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he charges against concentrated
wealth and at least part of big busi-
ness. He mentioned price-rigging, un-
fair competition directed against the
little man and monopolistic practices
of many kinds.
Give to me and give to your Gov
ernment,' said the President, the
credit for definite intention to
eradicate them"
The President was given an ovation
when he arose to speak. The guests
stood and clapped and cheered for a
1ull minute. Postmaster General Far
ley, chairman OF the Democratic Ma
tlonal Committee. attending the Jack.
son Day dinner in New York, intro
duced the President by radio to the
audience here, as we'll as to the guests
at dinners throughout the country.
Long Introduces Farley.
Mr.. Farley himself was introduced
by Breckenridge Long, former An1bas-
sador to Italy, chairman of the dinner
here.
The President delivered his address
with his usual persuasive and compell-
Ing voice. He was in good form.
Twenty-three times his address was
interrupted by applause. When he
told how he cast his first vote for
President for Theodore Roosevelt in
1904, because he believed his name
sake was a better Democrat than his
opponent (Judge Alton B. Parker) the
Democratic audience applauded him,
There was no Indication that the
President was pulling his punches. He
went after the same minority group
which ne has attacked on many other
occasions. notably in his Madison
Square address in the 1886 campaign.
He said then that this group during
his first term Of ofnce had met tts
| match and In his second term It. would
meet its master.
The President insisted this minority
always sought to make themselves the
masters Of the people and Of the
Government. He referred to the fact
that such group had called Thomas
Jefferson "a rabble rouser," and the
inference was that the group now was
applying the same name to himself
At the speakers table, besides the
President, were Vice President Gar
ner, Speaker Bankhead, L. w. Rob-
ert, jr., secretary Of the Democratic
National Committee, and Mr.. Long.
When the President concluded his ad-
dress, Speaker Bankhead was intro
duced. After referring to the Demo-
cratic party as venerable institu-
ton which has gotten plenty tough, +"
the Speaker insisted that the party
had deserved to live for . century
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R0B|NSON-RUBENS
MYSTERYDEEPENS
State Department Awaits
Word From Soviet About
Missing Woman.
~ the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. s.-Stories o1
locked doors, mysterious figures NOV.
ing across an international stage, OF
men who change their names anc
men who refuse even to identify them
selves. served tonight to intensity the
fog of facts surrounding the Robin
son-Rubens case.
While the State Department awaited
from the Soviet government a reply
to its Sprmal request for information
about Mrs. Ruth Marie Dubens (who
disappeared from Moscow hotel De-
cember 81, other Federal agencies
hunted answers to these questions:
l. Why was Mrs. Rubens in Russia
under passport issued to Mrs Don
aid L. Robinson?"
g. Where is Adolph Arnold Rubens,
husband of Mrs. Rubens?
3. What happened to Robinson"
who disappeared December from the
Moscow hotel? Who is Robinson?"
Passport Ring Suspected.
4. Does there exist, as officers are
beginning to suspect, fraudulent
passport ring in New York, and if
80 what connection did it have with
Louis Lepke) Buchalter, fugitive New
York racket chief? GA man resem-
bling Buchalter obtained q passport
some time ago through the Office of
the county clerk in much the same
manner as the "Robinsons.")
5. What does Aaron Sharfin, who
was an employe of the Egyptian Con-
sulate here, know about the Robin
sons" and why did he refuse for
10 hours even to acknowledge his
identity?
6. Why did the "Robinsons," Adolph
Arnold Rubens and the man resem-
bling Buchalter seek their passports
through the Office of a county clerk "a
legal but unusual procedure) when
the main passport Office of the State
Department was accessible? (The
county clerk through whose Office the
passports were issued was Albert
Marinelli, a Tammany Hall power,
who resigned from Office late in De-
cember in the face of charges placed
before Gov. Lehman that Marinelli
associated with known criminal char
acters)
Z. Where are the "Robinsons" and
the man resembling Buchalter now?
(Buchalter is hunted by both the Fed
eral and State authorities in con-
nection with racket activities and
smuggling of narcotics. Buchalter
and Jacob (Gurrah Jake) Shapiro,
who also is missing. are considered
public enemies by New York police
"Robinsons" Kept Door Locked,
Ofdcials have heard stories that the
"Robinsons" kept one room of their
New York apartment tightly locked
at all times and were very myste-
rious."
The role of Aaron Sharfin was
equally inexplicable. Police said he
was rs years old and was considered
a political radical up to few years
ago. They said he had been arrested
on four occasions in connection with
picketing and similar labor or social
demonstrations.
The State Department, having sat-
1sf1ed itself that Mrs. Rubens is an
American citizen, has asked the Mos
COW government to say if she is being
held in prison, and If so on what
charges. No inquiry has been made
about Robinson" the State Depart
ment not as yet being satisfied that
he Is an American.
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Democrats Serve
A Very Nice Meal,
But 1t Comes High

At 500 a plate, here's what
the New Dealers ate at last
nights Jackson Day dinner:
Diamond back terrapin soup
with Old Madeira; croute au
chaud farci; hearts of celery,
nuts, ripe and queen olives.
Baked pompano bonne femme;
pommes Parisienne; graham
bread and cucumber sandwich.
Breast of capon farci Perigour-
dine; asparagus tips Polonaise;
sweet potatoes with chestnuts,
Chatelaine.
Tomato farci Bienveillance;
brown bread bel Paise cheese
sandwich.
Chocolate mousse and Toronti
ice cream with Cointreau Gateau
dimplomate.
Demi taSse.
(The wines served we're:
Coronet Gonzalez Byass y Ca and
Barsac, 1923, Barton & Guestier.)
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RAILWAY HEAD SAYS
WE'RE ON THE UPGRADE
Ernest Norris, Southern System
President, Urges Rate In
creases as Aid.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOBILE, Ala, Jan. 8.-Ernest E.
Norris, president Of the Southern Rail-
way system, said in an interview here
today that the bottom of the "reces-
sion" had been reached and that
we're on the upgrade"
His statement came as he prepared
to attend luncheon as the guest of
the Mobile Chamber of Commerce.
The railway president said restora-
ton of railway rates, as asked by the
roads in their plea to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, would be a big
factor in boosting general business,
pointing out that with the additional
revenue from the rate increase the
roads could create employment in the
purchase and manufacture of new
equipment
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Dinners
Continued From First Page J

known press of the day, with the ex-
ception of three newspapers.
There Is an ancient strategy" Mr..
Roosevelt said, which we have seen
recently employed whereby those who
exploit or dominate people seek to
delude their victims into fighting their
battles for them In these days
of organized Nationwide publicity the
strategy for undermining a Govern
ment attack upon minority abuses is
to make this appear to be an attack
upon the exploited majority itself"
During the last few months, he
maintained. attacks upon the misuse
Of power by the few have been dis
torted into attacks upon all business,
big and little" and upon the whole
system Of private profit and enter
prise.
During the last few days." he
added. Il have been happy to note a
definite Improvement Of understand
ing on the part of many who have
been led to follow this false guidance. -
The President declared the source
and influence of such misguioance OF
public opinion can easily be recog-
nized."
He followed this up with a state
ment that the point of view in the
Middle West and other parts of the
Nation was very different from that
OF the principal financial centers, New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago.
Opening Remarks by President.
At the outset Of his address Mr.
Roosevelt congratulated the country
on the fact there IS less Of unthink.
ing partisanship in this country today
than at any time since the admins.
tration Of President Washington" HI
added, however, that II cannot helr
but feel pride in the fact that the
Democratic party, as it exists today, i.
. national party rejecting the essen
tial unity of the whole country"
Mr.. Roosevelt described how the
battles of Jefferson, Jackson and othe,
leaders who have fought for the great.
er interests Of the whole people were
won. and how there followed periods
IN which the interests and wealth
again gained and upper hand.
In our Nation today" he said
I'VE still have the continuing menace
Of comparatively small number oi
people who honestly believe in theil
superior right to influence and direct
Government"
A. he did in his annual messag &c
to Congress last Monday, the President
enumerated the evil practices which
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sary for the extension or Improvement
OF their services.
But most OF these operating COM
panles are owned by holding com.
panlese-pyramided holding companies
which are finance companies, not
operating utility companies. Very few
investors IN the operating companies
nave lost money. But thousands of
investors have lost money in buying .
holding company securities which had
blue sky above them instead of tangible
assets behind them.
Says Similar Occurrences
viii Now Be Prevented.
That evil Of utility holding companv
control will not grow in the DAYS to
come because this Government has
now passed laws to prevent similar
occurrences in the future. But we
nave not yet corrected the existing
evils that flow from mistakes of the
past. We cannot condone their con.
tinuance
1t has been estimated that there
are outstanding some $4,000, 600, 900
OF electric utility securities and that
the substantial control of this total is
vested in the hands of the owners of
less than $600,0O0,00O of the total.
That means that the ownership of
about per cent of the securities con-
trols the other 96 per cent.
Here is a 96-inch dog being wagged
by 4-inch tail.
have ronanf1y
other activities that should not be
tolerated in our democracy-price rig
glng, unfair competition directed
against the little man, and monopo-
listic practices of many kinds. Call
them evils. call them abuses, call them
unfortunate facts. 1t makes no differ
ence Give to me and give to your
Government the credit for a definite
intention to eradicate them. Give to
me and give to your Government the
credit for believing that in so doing
we are helping and not hurting the
overwhelming majority of business
men and industrialists in the United
States.
Urges Cooperation
OF All Citizens.
We hope and believe that these evils
and abuses will in greater part be
eliminated by cooperative action of
that overwhelming majority.
The White House door is open to all
our citizens who come offering to help
eradicate the evils that flow from un-
due concentration of economic power
or unfair business practices-who offer
to do all that is possible by Cooper
ative endeavor and to aid in corrective
and helpful legislation where neces-
Sary.
We know that there will be a few
mere handful of the total of business
men and bankers and industrialists--
who will fight to the last ditch to re-
tain autocratic controls over the indus
try and the finances of the country as
they now possess. With this handful
it is going to be fight-a cheerful
fight on my part, but fight in which
there will be no compromise with evil
no let-up until the inevitable day
of victory.
Once more. the head of the Nation
is working with all his might and main
to restore and to uphold the integrity
OF the morals Of democracy-our herit-
age from the long line OF national
leadership-from Jefferson to Wilson
and pre-eminently from Andrew
Jackson
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C0VADONGA DIVORCED
1ncompatibility Charged in Ha
vana Suit by Second Wife.

HAVANA. Jan. 8 (P.-The Count
OF Covadonga. former heir to the nom
existent throne of Spain, and his sec
ond wife, the former Marta Rocafort
OF Havana, were divorced today.
The proceedings were instituted by
the countess. who charged incompati-
bility. Neither was present when the
decree was granted.
The count, eldest son OF former King
Aphonso XIII of Spain, is in a Havana
hospital recovering from an attack
Of hemopholia.
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BOY FREED FROM SAFE
Torch Used to Extricate Lad
Locked in by Playmates.

Locked in by Playmates.
TARBORO. N. c., Jan. 8 tP).-
Coleman Johnston, 13, crawled into
a discarded safe near here today
and his playmates slammed the door
shut.
j. M. Arnold, railway employe,
applied torch to the metal front
for an hour to extricate the lad.
DR.. Edward Robertson pumped oxy-
gen into the safe until Coleman was
freed.
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Poems Resurrected,

A collection of Rossetti's poems, after
being buried with his wife, was dis
inferred and published in 1870, IL
years before his death.
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COAL OPERATORS ELECT
L. E. Woods Heads Williamson.
W. Va, Association.


WILLIAMSON, w. Va, Jan. 8 @.-
The Williamson Coal Operators Asso-
ciation reelected L. E. Woods of
Huntington as president today and
chose two new directors.
The association reported the Will
hanson field produced 9,977,s4O tons
of bituminous coal in the first IL
months of 1897.
j. w. Stricken of Welch and w. c.
Shonk, general manager of the Puritan
Coal Co.. were named to succeed T. H.
Huddy of Williamson and E. E. Ritter
of Columbus, resigned.
Other officers reelected were c. A.
Hamill Of Cinderella, vice president;
j. d. Mclaughlin of Kermit. treas
urer, and j. j. Ardigo of Williamson,
secretary.
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evening, resulting in a pretty,
runaround model at far less than
you usually spend.
The Patterns.
Pattern 1850 is designed for
sizes IL to 20 (32 to 38 bust>. Size
IA 1927 requires 3B yards of 80
inch material with short sleeves.
Fourteen inch Upper required for
front closing.
Pattern 1872 is designed for
sizes IA to a. (32 to A bust). Size
16 (34) requires 334 yards of 80
inch fabric; IA yards braid re-
quired for trimming.
Pattern 1444 is designed for
sizes SO to So. Size 38 requires 43s
yards of IS or 80 inch material;
" yard required for revers facing
in contrast. Bow requires Is yard
ribbon.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 247 w
Forty-third street, New York,
N. Y. Price of patterns, Is cents
Tin coins) each.
@Ben Syndicate.-WNU Service.
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WITH Winter almost over
w March billiards to the con.
trary notwithstanding, you find
yourself cycling the fashion sheets
a little more than casually. In
deed you probably already have
your needle threaded, just waiting
for some nice Spring patterns to
make your acquaintance. And
here they are, three quick tricks,
each pleasantly awaiting your
choice, each designed to make
some wardrobe happy. Which do
you prefer?
Fitted Bodice.
Look your Sunday best in this
graceful afternoon frock with it's
snug and softly shirred waistline.
The skirt flares slightly to the
front and emphasizes the slimness
of the silhouette. Note the saddle
shoulder and short, pulled sleeves
"details that are unusually be-
coming and make for distinction.
One of the new widely spaced flow
err patterns in rayon or silk will
make your informal afternoons
and evening a double delight. and
the pattern is particular joy to
work with. So simple, and so
pleasing.
Trim Morning Fr0ck.
Don't be caught around the
house without your best foot for
ward. You needn't be, with this
crisp and fiattering morning frock
at your beck and call. Simple
as pie, yet charming fresh and
youthful, this model dispenses
with all fussy details yet achieves
an appearance which will see you
through the busiest day. The skirt
flares a bit from neatly fitted
waistline, and the ric-rac trim.
in contrast, adds note of bright
ness. Just nine pieces including
the belt and pockets. Try dot
ted swiss or a printed percale.
For the Full Figure.
This charming frock is really
more than a house frock-you'll
find it flattering enough and
dressy enough to wear through
out the day. The slim, straight
lines make every provision for
comfort. The skirt has a kick
pleat at front, the sleeves are full
and pleated, and the neck line
is just right to be very f1attering
Furthermore you can make this
dress, of a rayon print or gay
pereale, in brief afternoon OF
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-02-18
CHAPTER II

It was long past midnight when
James Lambert went upstairs.
Thinking things over" had been a
devastating process that led him
back to his first amazing glimpse of
Leonora, her thin little legs dangling
forlornly from a STRAIGHTFORWARD,
uncomfortable chair beside bed on
which lay the body Of her mother.
He had come in answer to a fran
tic telegram, the first word Iris had
vouchsafed him since the note he
had found after she went away. But
he was too late. She had been dead
almost three hours; and ever since
(the woman who ran the rooming
house said afterwards), the child
had sat there. refusing to move,
to eat, to cry, holding tight in one
small, clenched fist scrap of paper
which she had promised her mother
to give to ''the dear, kind father"
who was coming for her. and to no
one else.
James never forgot the shock of
Nora's presence in that silent room.
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IA bad woman? Aren't you my
father? Is that why Ned hates me?
Don't belong to anyone-anyone
in the whole world?"
my God!" cried James, pro-
foundry shocked. "You belong to
me! Where did you hear :"
Then, as upon that other day Of
tragedy, Morals self-control gave
way and the story was sobbed out in
those loving, fatherly arms that had
never failed her-the old, old story
of hearing the tale from some spite
full playmate. Perhaps, James pom
dered as he held her close, per-
haps Nora had been growing trifie
arrogant. Ned had complained on
more than one occasion that his lit
tie sister ''put on airs" His father
had thought the comment mere jeal-
ousy on the boys part; for despite
the ten years. difference in their
ages, Ned was jealous Of Leonora.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-02-18
Cold Flames, Discovery of Russian
Scientist, Is Step Toward Cold Light

Cold flames, perhaps a step toward
the long-sought goal of cold light,
have been discovered by soviet
physicist, DR.. N. N. Semenoff, of the
Institute of Chemical Physics at
Leningrad, who has won interna-
tional fame though still under forty,
observes a writer in the Detroit
Free Press.
The existence Of ordinary hot
flames depends on the fact that
many chemical reactions which
ought to take place do not do so be-
cause of a mysterious reluctance Of
atoms to combine. The oxygen of
the air, for example, should react
instantly with the carbon of fuels
or with the iron of bridges or build
ings. It is fortunate for mankind
chat these reactions happen reluc-
family. If they did not most things
in the world would vanish instantly
in fame or ashes.
For several years DR.. Semenoff
has been studying what chemists
call chain reactions, in which pre-
liminary chemical reaction acts to
assist another one. The rusting Of
iron in air is not unlike this. A
first reaction of the iron with the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-02-18

The two had never understood each
other nor got along. Well, he sighed,
the time had come when his girl
must learn the truth, though it
would hurt them both; so, as ten
derby as such truth can be told,
James told her.
Nora had gone to boarding school
after that; then to college, where
she majored in music.
Then came Europe, a gorgeous,
colorful six months to Nora-a lone
ly, dragging time to James. And
on the way home, because her COM
panion insisted on taking a one
class boat, she met Don Mason who
ever since, James Lambert told
himself, had been externally hang
ing around the house," that is, when
he wasn't trailing off to some out
landish place where no one in his
senses would consider going. Even
during his absences the fellow had
written every day; and Leonora.
who took a Pullman chair for an
hours journey, was thrilled by his
adventures in towns where there
wasn't even a clean hotel!
1T isl James had confessed to
Ned the day before, AN infatuation
beyond my understanding"
''And if she marries him." Ned
predicted, you'll be supporting 'em
all their lives, Dad. Don Mason is
no good. He's a rolling stone"
1t would have been some satisfac-
ton to the girl in question had she
known that James told her brother
brusquely to ''mind his own bust
ness"-that he would look after Leo
nora. It was seldom indeed that his
much-loved son caused this some
what fiery man to lose his temper;
but now he was worried, and Ned's
well-aimed criticism touched a ten
der spot. So the younger man had
gone home rather disgruntled to tell
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elements Of water acts to cause a
slow combustion or burning of the
iron into rust, in much the same
way that iron will burn rapidly and
explosively if highly heated. Ordi-
nary coal gas also refuses to burn
unless the reaction is started by
heat but by adding a very small
amount of a chemical called phos-
phine DR.. Semenoff is able to make
the coal gas "burn" at tempera-
ture only about half as high as or
dinarily is necessary.
Some light is produced even by
this chilly gas flame, but not yet
enough to be Of practical importance
fer illumination.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-02-18
Caterpillars Can Hear

This statement has been made be-
cause experiments have shown that
these insects have the ability to
hear; for certain sounds result in
sudden movements Of the body.
Hairs that absorb sound are pro-
vided in place of ears. In expert
ments, when these hairs were coat
ed with shellac and noises were
made, the caterpillar did not re-
spond.
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SYNOPSIS

James Lambert tries In vain to dissuade
his beautiful foster-daughter Leonora from
marrying Don Mason, young rolling stone, :"
whom he likes but of whom he disapproves
according to his conventional businessman
standards. He tells her. Unless house
is founded upon rock, It will not survive.
Leonora suspects the influence of her half.
brother Ned. always jealous Of the girl
since the day his father brought her home
from the deathbed of her mother. aban-
doned by her Italian baritone lover. Don
arrives in the midst of the argument.