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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-10


Mr.. Block, invested with the
honorary degree of doctor of lit
erature, addressed graduates OF
st. Francis College.
He spoke first of the principles
of the brotherhood Of man as
laid down by st. Francis of Assisi
and how, centuries later, those
principles were reaffirmed by the
men who signed the Declaration
of Independence.
Destruction at Work
He continued:
"In our modern world forces
are at work which seek to
deny and destroy this brother
hood of man.
"They strive to destroy the
liberties inherent in demOcra-
.cies, the liberties of freedom OF
speech, freedom of the press,
freedom of assembly and they
also strive to destroy our spirit
ual freedom, the right to Wor'
ship our God.
"Only a few days ago prince
of the church and great Amerl-
can, Cardinal Mundelein, re-
veaIed the malicious propaganda
he which the party in power IN
Germany is seeking to destroy
freedom of worship there.
"NOT SLEEPING" r. U. S.
"Only in a dictatorship could
such propaganda flourish. The
forces which brought about the
rise of personal government In
Europe are not sleeping in our
country. The judiciary alone re-
mains the challenge to the as
sumption of complete authority
by the President and steps are
now being taken by him to re-
move this obstacle.
81 have no thought that Mr..
Roosevelt wishes to become a
dictator. He is a GOdfearlng'
patriotic American"
"But, Intentionally or unin-
tentionalIy, the machinery is
being pieced together which
will give him or any successor
the same powers that foreign
dictatOrs now have.
81 have been surprised to
note that prominent members
of organized labor are in favor
of Mr.. ROOsevelt's court plan.
1t seems to me that if there is
anyone who should favor an in
depent Supreme Court it is the
working man. More than IS
per cent of our people are work
ing men and women. Materially
they are not wealthy, but until
now they have possessed the
wealth of liberty and the guar
antees of individual rights.
TRIAL BY JURY NOTED
"AmOng the rights we, as free
Americans, possess is the right
Of trial by jury. If it is ever de-
MED us we would have to go
to the Supreme Court for the
protection of that right"
In pointing out that the right
of trial by jury, save for the
courts, had been denied in the
past, Mr.. Block cited the Milligar
case. That was the case of q
Southern Sympathizer during the
Civil War who was condemned tc
death in Indiana by military
court for expressing his sym
pathies.
The Supreme Court ordered his
release because he had not beer
tried by jury.
Cites Oregon School Law
The publisher also cited the
Oregon school law which, had the
supreme court not held it uncon
stitutional, would have closed al
parochial schools in the State OF
Oregon. He continued:
You may think that these
things cannot happen to us.
But if a wild majority in
Congress should some day pass
a law giving preference to this
or that religion and attacking
your religion, where would you
go for your rights and for
justice except to an Independent
supreme court?
"That is why the plan to re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-10
RULE OF COURTS IS LAST GOAL
OF DICTATOR, WARNS BLOCK
sreclal 10 The washington Times

LORETTO Pa June 10ConroL OF the courts is the last
goal of the dictator final exngushng of and
elcions freedom Paul Block publisher said here yesterday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-10

ADVERTISER EMIT
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12

Secretary Kennedy read a rather
long letter from Miss Ruth Reardon,
in which she explained the work Of
her office and the appropriations
that have been made to carry on
vocational education in Montana. The
letter referred also to some recon-
mendations she had made to the
State Board Of Education as super
visors of this type of work.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12
poses.
Millions for Relief

Attention is directed to the mil
lions of dollars expended for relief
in the district. Over $40, 000, 900 has
been spent and had this money been
expended in constructive regenera-
tive projects, Montana would be well
on the road to recovery.
In conclusion, the report summar-
ICES the benefits to Montana from
irrigation and states that these far
exceed the benefits derived solely
from protecting navigation rights,
and says:
Soil without water yields no re-
turns; soil with water creates an in
dependent economic region. Indus
try and commerce of all types, de-
pend upon products of the soil. Not
only will irrigated areas create a de-
mand for products of industry in the
immediate localities, but irrigated
regions have proved to be stable con-
sumers of goods produced by major
industries of the eastern portion of
the United States"
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12
UNIONS A55AIL
SHORTAGE OF OWE
Continued from Page y

NCOAltilluCQ lAOlU dye ~
The part of private power interests,
and to the contracted demand for
power to complete the Fort Peck
project now designed only to store
Inc remaining vestige of Montana's
asst ungobbled resource, its precious
water, to provide navigation on the
Missouri through this soon-to-be
lust bowl, although irrigation could
oe provided cheaply with Fort Peck
storage by gravity and low lift power
projects, and
Whereas, the army engineers in
heir wisdom have overlooked these
human considerations and the neces-
sity for power for irrigation and de-
%velopment, contending there is no
reliable market to justify the power
production possible and that this
500, 100000 project be developed for
purposes of navigation over an I
already supplied with ample trans
portation by rail, bus, truck and air,
therefore
Be It Resolved, that the Cascade
County Trades and Labor Assembly
urges President Franklin d. Roose-
welt, the Congress of the United
States and other government Off
Gals to take e%ognizance Immediately
of these p%recarious conditions which
beset Montanans, and develop Fort.
Peck on a common sense basis with
regard to the human and economic
needs of the area, and
That all labor and civic organiza-
tons urge and insist on the establish
ment of a Fort Peck authority, SINH
lar to the IVA and in accord with
legislation introduced by Senator B.
K. Wheeler and Congressman Jerry
O'Connell, which would give con-
sideration to the human requirements
Of this area, thus providing a better
for all Montanans.
(This resolution was endorsed byl
the Farmers Educational and Co.
operative Union of Montana.)
Concurred in by the Cascade Coun-
y Trades and Labor Assembly Au-
gust 6, 1887.
Homer Whitmore, Secretary.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12

ALIAS SUMMONS
In the District Court of the Second Ja.
dicial District of the State of Montana
IN and for the County of Silver Bow
RUBY RUSK, Plaintiff.
VS..
JESSE j. RUSK, Defendant.
The State Of Montana send Greetings
to the Above Named Defendant.
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action, which IS filed
IN the office of the Clerk Of this Court q
copy Of which is herewith served upon
you, and to file your answer and serve 4
copy thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
Wlthln twenty days after the service 81
this summons, exclusive of the day AZ
serVlce; and in case of your failure ID
appear or answer, judgment viii be taken
agalnst you by default Tor the relief de-
handed In the complaint.
The complaint sets out and alleges the
following. lnter-marriage of the piaintifi
ana defendant, June %, 1890. at Telluride,
Ioionaaoi sad marriage now existing. No
chlldren born OF said union.
residence of plaintiff in Montana fof
more imam one year Immediately before
commencing her action and filing her
complaint, August 4, 1887.
Wilful neglect of plaintiff by defendant
to furnish and provide his wife with the
common necessaries of life or anvthinp
for her maintenance and support, although
able to do so, and which said Wilfui nep-
lect was caused by the idleness. proflieaev
and dissipation of the defendant for more
tllah three years preceding the commence
ment OF her action and filing her COM
plant. August 4th, 1887,
The relief prayed for is an absolute di-
vorce, dissolution of the bonds of mar
riage, and absolute release from the obli-
cations thereof; and such other relief as
the court may deem proper; and that
plaintiff may be permitted to assume and
resume her former name, Ruby Reed
The complaint is duly verified.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said
Court, this 9Th day of August, A. ID. 1887.
ELMER SHEA, Clerk.
COURT SEAL)
JAMES T. FITZGERALD,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
I18 Metals Bank, Butte, Mont.
First publication August S, 1937.AT.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12


Steel Corp. stockholders paid their
laoor-hating chairman, Tom Girdler,
$4,000 in 1896, records here show.
will cost them a lot more this
year.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PARDON
CASE NO. 1906

49, H3NF
Department State Board Of Pardons, Mem
bers Of Board: Harrison J. %Freebourn.
President John ]. Holmes; Sam w.
Mitchell, Secretary,
In the Matter of the Pardon Granted by
the Governor, to one THOMAS RILEY.
Helena, Montana, August 9, 1887.
AT a meeting Of the. State Board of
Pardons, held at its office on the above
date. the following order was made.
WHEREAS, Tit Governor of Montana
has this day officially notified this Board
that he has granted a full and uncondi-
convict confined in the State Prison, who
was convicted of the crime of murder,
committed at Butte, in the County of
Silver Bow, State of Montana, and sent
enced on the 23rd day of May, 1893. for
2 term OF life Imprisonment in the State
THEREFORE,, BE IT ORDERED. hat
Wednesday, September 8, 1887, be set
apart for the consideration of the execu-
tive clemency so granted as aforesaid, and
all persons having an interest therein, de-
string to be heard either for or against the
approval, by this Board, of the action Of
me Governor IN this case, are hereby nOti-
lied to be present at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day at the Office of the
state Board of Pardons, at the Capitol of
FURTHER ORDERED: That a O of
this order be printed and published in the
Labor News, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Butte, County of
silver Bow, State of Montana, once each
week for two consecutive weeks, beginning
thursday, August -, and ending Thurs
day. August 10, 1887.
Adopted.
HARRISON J. FREEBoURN, Presi-
Gent.
w. l.. FITzsIMMoNs. Clerk.
FIRST publication August IL, 1937.-2T.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12
7 no CREDITORS

Estate Of CECILIA V. MOLLOY, Deceased
Notice IS hereby given by the under-
signed, administrators Of the estate of
Cecilia V. Molloy, deceased, to the credi-
tors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication Of this
notice to the said administrative at the
office of the Public Administrator of Sill
yer Bow County, Montana, in the County
Court House Bldg, of Silver Bow County.
Montana, situated on West Granite Street
in the City of Butte, Montana. the same
being the place for the transaction of the
business of said estate, in the County Of
Silver Bow, State OF Montana.
MARY WALSH, Administrator of
the Estate of Cecilia v. Molloy,
Deceased.
Dated Butte. Montana, this 4th day Of
August, 1887.
First publication August 5, 10s7-4T.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12
AMBITION FOILEn

Gentleman-Can't you go into any
business more profitable than beg
ging?
Beggar-Well, sir, I'd like to open
a bank, but I haven't got the tools.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12

In the District Court of the Second Ju-
dicial District of the State of Montana.
In and for the County of Silver Bow.
RUBY RUSK, Plaintiff.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12

w. L. FITZsIMMONS, Clerk.
First publication August u, 1937-2T.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12
What's Happening
in lie Unions
| orr Peek, Neil mcdonald, State
Printing and Other Items.

The Trades and Labor Council last
tuesday endorsed William Wilson as
a member of a nationwide board
o administer the Guffey-Vinson Coal
Act. This is the measure that was
passed not SO very long ago in con
aection with the regulation of coal
mines. There are 80 districts in
which the nation is divided and from
which labor has a right to endorse
or choose one man from each dis
trict. At the present time Wilson is
working IN the mines of Basin. He
was formerly a member of the
Miners Union and was endorsed, so
1t was reported, for the position of
quartz mining inspector by the
Miners Union.
A report came in from the Tacoma
unions asking Butte people to buy
Valleys products. A list of these
products r published in another
part of the paper.
All kinds of communications and
letters We're received from Wheeler,
Murray, o'Connell, and O'Connor
about establishing power authority
at Fort Peck and about WPA lay-offs
and other matters, but most of it
related to Fort Peck.
Both Senators Wheeler and Muir
ray and O'Connel and O'Connor
must be congratulated upon their
sincerity of purpose and liberal ideas
regarding the development of power
at Fort Peck and also in relation to
the Schwellenbach-Al resolution.
The Schwellenbach-A Allen resolution.
is that measure introduced in the
which would prohibit any per-
son on WPA being laid off unless he
had secured a job in private indus
try. That was the original intention
and principle which guided the oper-
alton Of the WPA in its conception,
the selfish, greedy senator's and
congressman cut down the appropri-
atoms so that there wasn't enough
money to take care Of the people.
As the nation appears to gradually
emerge from the panic more and
more, the business interests and CAPT
assume an arrogant, greedy
md cruel position toward the com
non people, so that Montana's rep-l
'esentatives are really in the fore
'ront in helping and recognizing theI
iced of the Government assisting its
people.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR VOL
UNTABf DISSOLUTION OF THE

III IER
Notice is hereby given that The LaWler
Corporation, a Montana corporation, hav-
ness at Butte, Montana, has filed with the
Clerk of the District Court of the Second
Judicial District of the State of Montana,
in and for the County of Silver Bow, its
voluntary application in writing for its
dissolution; n that Wednesday, the first
day Of September, 1897, at the hour of ten
of said court, at the Silver Bow County
Courthouse, in Butte. Montana, has been
by the said court appointed as the time
and place for hearing said application, and
that any time before hearing said appli-
cation any person may file his objections
to said application.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said
Court this 9th day of July, 1887.
ELMER SHEA, Clerk.
COURT SEAL)
First publication July 20, 193755T.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12

The Trades and Labor Council en-
dorsed the action Of the allied print
ing crafts in condemning the state
of Montana and various merchants
and other firms for sending out of
state for printing material. The com.
plant of the printing crafts was
brought to the attention Of the dele
gates by Paul Erler, member of the
printing p~ressmen's union. He said
that a fund had been established to
be used in an attempt to restrain if
necessary the state auditor and the
state purchasing agent from pur-
chasing any further printing outside
of Montana. Erler explained that
the Legislature in 1885 passed a bill
which provided that the state should
favor printing work done here if the
cost of such printing was within 10.
per cent Of the cost submitted by
foreign concerns.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12

The Electricians Union expressed
its appreciation to its International
Office on the floor of the Trades and
Labor Council last Tuesday, for ap-
pointing Neil Mcdonald as organizer
for Idaho and Montana. In mention
ing the subject, Duncan of the Elec-
tricians called to mind the need of
preserving the wages and conditions
that have already been Incorporated
in agreements, and then to try and
better those conditions if possible.
In this regard, the national organiza-
ton in the opinion Of Duncan did
well in selecting an organizer. The
speaker complimented Mcdonald for
his executive ability in the Electri-
clans Union, for the assistance that.
he has rendered that organization.
including their conditions and wages.
Mcdonald will be a credit to the
Electricians Union in his new posi-
ton.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12

The Workers Alliance acknowl-
edged an invitation from the Trades
and Labor Council to participate with
the other unions in the Labor Day
celebration and stated that they.
would attend. They also thanked
the Council for the $40 which had
been donated to their union.
Montana labor news., 1937-08-12

A letter was received from the San
Francisco Bay Area Federation of
Labor about Mooney and Billings,
asking that the unions throughout
the United States dedicate its Labor
Day celebration to the release of
these two martyrs.
The Washington times., 1937-04-05
u. 5. TO BRACE
BOND PRICES
international News Service


The Federal Reserve Board
Joined with the Treasury today in
an emergency move to halt tum-
bling Government bond prices
and to maintain an abundant
supply Of bank credit for indus
trial expansion.
The boards open market COM
mittee announced it would en-
gage in a heavy buying program
to steady the Government bond
market.
By buying Government bonds,
the open market committee in ef-
feet, is making available to banks
additional cash which will enable
them to meet the reserve increase
and still keep a substantial sur
plus for loans to industry and
other forms of credit extension.
The reserve banks already hold
approximately 2,400 millions in
Government securities purchased
in an open market operation sew
eral years ago.
Support Of the Government bond
market also is coming from the
Treasury, which, is buying bonds
with cash reserves drawn from
various trust funds.
The Washington times., 1937-04-05
Clipper Forced Down,
81 Swim Ashore

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 5
G.N.S0.-All of the 20 passengers
and five members of the crew of
the Trinidad Clipper escaped in.
jury when the huge airplane was
forced down in the sea off Santos
on Sunday, according to word
reaching here today.
The airplane was en- route from
Buenos Aires to Miami when it
ran into thick weather. Because
of the low ceiling, the pilot was
unable to locate Santos. After
alighting on the water, the ship
was TAXED for two hours, the
passengers in the meantime put
ting on life belts.
Roughness of the sea caused the
hull to spring a leak, and passen
gers and crew swan ashore, as
sisted by batherS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-05
FATE OF FLYNN
ST|RS EUROPE
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
in response to a telegraphed query
received this dramatic war bull
letin":
Flynn, dressed in smart gray
suit, seen sitting lounge Madrid
Hotel last night talking to Prof.
J. B. S. Haldane and Ernest
Hemingway, American novelist"
Said Lii when confronted with
the dispatch:
Someone ought to be shot
for this. 1 have run myself
ragged for hours getting in
touch with the British foreign
office and other places in search
of information. It is a great re-
lief to hear he is Okay. l can
not believe he would have viii.
fully caused me all this anxiety"
Exact whereabouts of the tall.
handsome actor remained some
thing of a mystery. It was fairly
definitely established, however,
that he had left Madrid. Lii said
she thought he was on his way to
Barcelona to board a British war
ship for his return to England.
The Washington times., 1937-04-05
DC. WAGE LAW
TO BE REVIVED

CONTINUED from Page II
ton to carry the board for the re-
mainder of this fiscal year, which
ends June 80, and an attempt will
be made to have an item for the
expenses for the board included in
the 1888 District supply bill now
pending in Congress.
Allen said he expected an
opinion from Corporation Counsel
Elwood H. Seal on the legality of
the law, to be presented at the
meeting tomorrow. Both he and
Hazen declared they thought 1t
advisable to proceed under the
old law, which was passed in 1918,
and to seek new legislation IN line
with a suggestion by President
Roosevelt to INCLUDE men as well
as women and minors under the
law.
Thousands Affected
At a press conference last week,
President Roosevelt expressed his
opinion on the local law and
called upon Attorney General
Homer s. Cummings for q ruling
as to its legality in the District in
the light of the courts decision.
Affecting thousands Of women
and minors now employed in the
District, the board is empowered
to fix minimum wages and to see
that the health and morals Of
women and minors are safe
guarded in their employment.
Under the law, the board is
composed of three members-oue
representing the public, one the
employees and the other the en-
ployers-who serve without pay.
Provision also Is made for a sec.
rotary to be paid $4,000 a year.
In rulings made under the law,
the old minimum wage board set
the following pay scales for WON.
en-: $3.50 per week for employ.
ment in the publishing industry;
$3.50 a week for employment in
the mercantile, hotel and restau-
rant industries, and SIS a week for
work in laundries and dry-clean-
ing establishments.
The Washington times., 1937-04-05
BORN
TO WRITERS

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Armstrong,
jr., Of 1920 Western Ave-, both
former washington news writer's,
are the parents of twins, born
while Mrs. Armstrong was visiting
at McCook, Nebr.
A telegram received here stated
that both mother and children, q
boy and a girl, were doing WE'LL"
Mrs. Armstrong, the former BeSs
Furman, was employed as a staff
writer here for a national press
association for more than eight
years. She resigned last year. She
was also an officer of the Women's
National Press Club.
Armstrong is employed in the
Department of Interior. He for
merly was Washington CORE
spondent for the San Francisco
Chronicle.
Friends disclosed that mother
and children are expected to re-
turn to Washington the middle
of next month.
The Washington times., 1937-04-05
GIRLS SLAYER
WILL ADMIT
HIS GUILT
DR.. Miller Faces Five
to 20 Years in Death
of Cleo SProuse

CHARLOTTESVILLE, April 5.
DR.. Richard G. Miller, confessed
chloroform killer of Cleo Sprouse,
1S-year.old school girl, will enter
a plea of guilty to second-degree
murder here Wednesday morning
at $50 o'clock before Judge Lem.
uel Smith, it was announced today
by Chief Defense Counsel e. v.
Walker.
Commonwealtn's Attorney w.
o. Fife is said to have agreed not
to place any barrier In the way Of
a guilty plea to second-degree
murder.
Five to 20 Years
With Mr.. Flies consent, the
plea would be accepted by the
Commonwealth of Virginia and the
52-year-old dentist would be sen.
fenced to from five to 20 years IN
the State penitentiary.
DR.. Miller was to have made his
plea this morning in the Abe
marie county circuit court, but a
death in the family of Judge
Smiths caused the case to be
postponed until Wednesday.
The dentist, formerly one OF
Charlottesville's most respected
citizens, was brought to the jail
here yesterday afternoon from
Richmond, Va, where he was
spirited shortly after the murder
to prevent any mob violence.
Attorneys Agree
Mr.. Walker said that both the
Commonwealth and the defense
felt that a plea Of guilty was
necessary to "save everyone con.
cerned" from scandalouS publicity.
Commonwealth Attorney w. o.
Fife agreed some time ago not to
place any barrier in the way Of the
guilty plea to Second-degree muir.
der, Walker said. Fife believes
that the ends of justice will be sat
isfied if the 52-year-old dentist, not
long ago one Of this community'S
most respected citizens, pleads
guilty to Second-degree murder.
1t was on the morning Of March
2 that the body of Miss Sprouse
was found alongside the gray wall
surrounding the University Of Vir.
ginia's historic cemetery. In her
mouth cotton had been stuffed.
An empty chloroform can was bal.
anced on her face.
Visited Dentist
Discovery that Cleo had paid
many visits to the dentist, and
that he had recently purchased a
can of crude chloroform, led to
DR.. Miller's arrest. While a crowd
Of 1000 gathered around the
Charlottesville Jail, Miller was
spirited to Richmond. En- route
he confessed.
He admitted killing her with
chloroform, but claimed he old it
preliminary to an illegal opera
ton. Cleo would have become a
mother in five months, the au'
topsy revealed.
Then, according to DR.. Miller's
confession, he placed her body in
the cemetery in a semblance Of
suicide,