Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, April 20, 1934, Page 1, Image 1

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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1934
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TRAGEDY TIME
HELD VITAL IN
MURDER TRIAL
Witness Reports Hearing
Shots After 6 in Man
ing's Office
floran's Partner Declar
as Victim Was Right
Handed
Klamath Palls, April 20 (JP Time
-exact time became a vital inci
dent today as the state sped
through the presentation of its case
charging Horace M. Manning, vet
eran attorney, with the murder of
young Ralph Horan, a member of
the lower house.
Witnesses who believed they
heard the first or second volleys of
shots coming from the Manning of
fice in the business district report
ed their times from the stand this
morning.
Two other state witnesses, men
who had known the defendant for
several years, testified they had
seen him on the street near the
entrance of his office shortly after
f o'clock on February 12.
The state expects to show through
evidence and witnesses that the de
fendant left his office where Horan
was killed some time after the first
two or four shots were fired.
Mary Mistecky, owner of a ranch
near Malin, said this morning she
Con"cludedbnpflBe 8. column 6)
SEEK DEFEAT
OF INDIAN BILL
Wa-shington, April 20 (IP) Mis
sionaries who fear the administra
tion plans to return Indians to
"heathen communism" and self
seeking western interests threaten
defeat of the Wheeler-Howard In
dian bill. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs John Collier charged today
Collier made a counter-at tack In
behalf of the bill which he said
was losing ground In the face of
widespread influences which placed
personal motives ahead oi me wel
fare of the Indians.
A campaign to turn Indians
against the measure has shifted to
the house Indian affairs commit
tee where, Collier said, action was
being blocked by the bill's oppon
ents.
"Those attacking the bill are
threatening the very lives and exist
ence of the Indians," Collier said
The Wheeler-Howard measure rep
resents the administration's effort
to correct long-standing abuses in
Indian affairs.
Collier classified certain cattle
men, job-seekers, real estate inter-
fits, attorneys and missionaries as
the chief objectors to the reform
program.
BANK OF ALBANY
ON FEDERAL LIST
San Francisco, April 20 (JPy The
Bank of A'bany, at Albany, Oregon,
has been made a member of the
federal reserve bank of San Francis
co, the latter institution announced
today.
The Albany bank Is the 397th re
serve member In the twelfth district.
It is a state bank. Its license to
conduct normal banking operations,
signed by the secretary of the treas
ury, became effective yesterday.
Mayor McKay To Go
To National Capitol
On Water Loan Deal
It is probable that within a few days Mayor Douglas Mc
Kay will leave for Washington, D. C, where he will person
ally represent the city of Salem in its negotiations with the
public works administration for
the $2,500,000 water loan for which
the city is angling. The mayor said
he might leave Sunday.
The mayor's expenses will be paid
out of the sale of $20,000 water
bonds on which the city council
last night accepted the only bid of
fered, that of the Ladd & Bush
bank which offered $19,000 for the
isfue.
The council took no official ac
tion on sending the mayor east
since It felt this was action that
should not be taken except at a
regular meeting. Unofficially, how
ever, the alrirrmen aereed to leave
It in the hands of the utilities com
mittee, and Uie mayor said he would
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By PON UPJOHN
WALTER IN HOT WATER
Walter Lam kin, clerk of the cir
cuit court, had just noted in the
clerk's records this morning the
$15,000 verdict rendered in the
alienation of affections suit ended
yesterday, when Bill McAdams, spe
cial delivery messenger arrived on
the scene with a letter for Walter.
Opening said letter Walter read the
following:
Dear friend: I have hesitated for
some time in writing this for fear
of annoying you but I felt that the
time has come when 1 must ask you
a serious question which has caused
me some restless nights and cor
responding days of anxiety. You
will understand my reluctance in
writing you regarding a matter ol
such importance to me. When I
tell you that pleasant lives and
happy homes have been wrecked by
just such troubles you will realize
why I feel that I should know the
worst at once for in all sincerity it
may mean life or death to me.
I don t communicate the state oi
mind to my friends for well you
know a subject like this should not
be discussed even among our most
intimate friends, so I appeal to
you in my distress knowing that I
can look to you in my distress for
the favor I ask.
It may be asking a great deal of
you, but since I feel that you are
my one and only friend I ask you
kindly and earnestly as a favor to
me to put away all your work or
pleasure and devote your time and
attention to my question until you
finally decide for me.
I will not sign my name ana i
do not want anyone else to know of
my troubles except you, and for
fear of someone else besides your
self knowing of my embarrassment.
I solemnly ask you out of tne bot
tom of my heart the question: Do
you suppose Jeff will ever be as tall
as Mutt? Yours very truly, Your
Friend.
the road to recovery by noon today.
We hope it won't make Mr. Han
nah Martin sore to find out that
Mrs. Hannah left a fine picture of
herself for us on our typewriter
yesterday. Alongside the picture
she has printed in large type the
words. For Representative, Mrs.
Hannah Martin," and in fine type
underneath in parenthesis the
words, (Mrs. Ivan Martin). Thanks
for the picture, Hannah, we'll put
it in our archives.
Elbert Bede came up from Cot
tage Grove earlier in the week to
address the Rotary club and Ro-
tarians announced with pride that
Elbert didn't hug a girl at the
Marion hotel all during the ses
sion. However, he showed up last
night again to speak to the Fra
ternis club and Fraternis members
report he hugged them all the
girls, we mean. The old boy, it
seems, still has political ambitions
regardless of his recent withdrawal
as a candidate for secretary of
state.
We received an invitation from
Mrs. Joe Rogers, who has a ranch
near independence to have dinner
at her home today and "meet the
next governor of Oregon." We're
sorry we couldn't be on hand with
Mrs, Joe and niect the next gover
nor whoever It may be, she didn't
say. So we don't know what Mrs.
Joe had for dinner whether it was
sausage or baloney.
It's generally conceded the wom
an's place is in the home which
seems to go for married chaps as
well that is, their own home.
MULES REPLACE CONVICTS
Little Rock, Ark., April 20 W)
Governor J. M. Futrell today ord
ered the state penal board to stop
the use of convicts in place of mules
to pull cotton planters on the
Rucker state prison farm.
start to Washington whenever the
committee gave the word.
In acceptance of the bank's bl?
on the bonds, which was accomp
anied by a lenathy statement con
taining reservations relative to leg
ality of the Issue. Mayor McKay
rapped the Salem Taxpayers' league
for its threatened injunction of
the issue.
"There was only one bid for this."
said the mayor, "because of the
constant threat of injunction by
the taxpayers' league. It was re
ported that some par bids would
be offered but that they were drop
ped brm? of th's threi'Tcc
iCcuciuutU ba jMtk W, Cwiuinu It
CONTROL BILL
FOR MARKETS
RECEIVES OKAY
Revised Stock Exchange
Bill Approved by Sen
ate Committee 11 to 8
With Roosevelt Support,
Measure Assured of
Early Consideration
WashinRton, April 20 UP The
revised stock market control bill
was approved by the senate banking
committee today, 11 to 8, culminat
ing a two year investigation of Wall
street practices and weeks of con
flict over provisions of the measure.
The bill was reported to the sen
ate in a form which Ferdinand Pe-
cora, committee counsel, said had
plenty of "teeth" to prevent repeti
tion of the practices he and his pre
decessors uncovered during the long
inquiry into market operations.
The close vote by which the bill
as finally approved was in line
with the sharply divided committee
sentiment which has resulted in
half a dozen revisions.
With President Roosevelt's sup
port, early consideration of the bill
in the senate was assured.
The vote on approval of the bill
found nine democrats and two re
publicans for the measure. Two de
mocrats and six republicans were
opposed. The roll call follows:
For: Democrats, Fletcher, Glass,
Wagner, Barkley, Bulkley, Costi
gan, Byrnes, Bankhead, and Adams.
Republicans Norbeck and Couzens.
Against: Democrats, Gore and
Reynolds : republicans, Goldsbor-
ough, Townsend, Walcott, Carey,
Concluded on pnge 8. column 6
PARISIAN REDS
BATTLE POLICE
Paris, April 20 (LP) Violent fight
ing broke out late today between
police and communist demonstrat
ors. The first outbreak occurred ai
5:40 p. m., when police charged
communists with their fists. The
lesson of bloody Feb. 8 having been
learned, the authorities dispensed
with clubs and firearms.
Scores emerged from the conflict
with blood streaming from their
faces.
Another serious clash occurred
when 500 communists war veterans.
led by three one-legged war heroes.
tried to smash through the police
cordon in the Rue de Rlvoli.
The streets were slippery from a
driving rain and many went down
in the struggle.
The rioting, inspired by the dis
satisfaction of communists, war vet
erans and socialists over the coun
try's economic decrees, including
the cutting of civil service salaries
and pensions, was met by a for
midable turnout of police.
Thousands of communists aband
oned work In factories to Join the
demonstrators. Police expected the
trouble to continue until midnight
but strove to prevent the rioters
from reaching the main boulevards.
GILLNETTERS PLAN
STRIKE WAR CHEST
Astoria, April 20 IP Union gill
net fishermen here were laying
plans today to raise "war chest"
funds for a strike to be called If
packers refuse to give in to union
price demands before the commer
cial fishing season on the Columbia
river opens May 1.
The gillnetters' union at a meet
ing last night voted to give a series
of dances at wishing towns along
the river to raise strike funds.
The union also fixed Its demands
at 11 cents a pound until August
10 and 6 cents thereafter, making
a 1 cent concession below previous
demands after August 10. Packers
are offering 10 cents to August 1,
6 cents to August 10 and 4 cent?
thereafter.
Dissension threatened the ranks
of the union today, with Puget Is
land and other upriver fishermen
discussing formation of a separate
union. Some of these upriver men
opposed the strike last year in
which the union finally gained it
demands after six weeks.
LOADINGS I P
Washington. April 20 (LP) The
American Railway association today
announced carioadintrs of revenue
freieht for the wc-k ended April
14 totaled $578 837 car, an increase
of 20.950 cars over the preceding
week and 80 T5 cars ovr the cor-
rcsioi.uj.i net it in Vj2S.
KAISER'S BLUSTERY
INTERVIEW IN 1908
SEES LIGHT OF DAY
Long Suppressed Talk Published; Declared
.War Necessary and Christian; British-Japanese
Alliance Miscegenation; "West and
East Must Clash and West Must Conquer
Boston, April 20 (7P What the kaiser said to William
Bayard Hale, journalist, that night back in 1908 an inter
national mystery for a quarter of a century was revealed
today. The famous "lost interview," which caused so many
headaches and so much speculation, Is presented in the May
issue of the Atlantic Monthly mag-
azine by William Harlan Hale, son
of the man to whom Emperor Wil
liam II of Germany spoke so freely,
and, as his country thought, so in
discreetly. This is the gist of the views ex
pressed by the kaiser:
The inevitable world crisis was ft
clash between Japan and occidental
nations; east and west must meet,
and the west must conquer.
Great Britain was guilty of a sort
of political miscegenation in ally
ing herself with Japan.
War was necessary. War was
Christian. The bible was full of
fighting. The greatest soldiers were
Christians.
Theodore Roosevelt, then presi
dent of the United States, was his
(Concluded on page 9. column 5)
PRESIDENT OK'S
INDUSTRY LOANS
Washington. April 20 UP) Presi
dent Roosevelt today approved the
proposed legislation authorizing the
federal reserve banks to make di
rect loans to Industry.
Senator Glass (D., Va.) and Gov
ernor Black of the federal reserve
board went over their bill with the
president and. upon leaving the
White House, said they had the go
ahead signal to push It tnrougn
congress.
Industrial advisory committees
are to be established In each of
the federal reserve districts to ad
vise on the loans which would be
limited to five years.
The bill stipulates:
"In exceptional circumstances,
when it appears to the satisfaction
of the federal reserve bank that an
established industrial or commer
cial business located in its district
is unable to obtain dequisite finan-
cal assistance on a reasonable basis
from the usual sources, the federal
reserve bank may make loans to or
purchase obligations of such Lusi
ness, or may make commitments
with respect thereto, on a ieason-
able and sound basis, for the pur
pose of providing It with working
capital, but no obligations shall be
acquired or commitment macie here
under with a maturity exceeding
five years."
SEEK PARDON
FOR DILLINGER
Indianapolis, Ind.. April 20 (LP)
While home town friends of John
Dilllnger were circulating a peti
tion asking that he be pardoned.
state police officials demanded co
operation of the public In appre
hending the notorious outlaw.
The petition, containing a rap
idly growing list of signatures, is
making the rounds at Mooresville
where Dillinger spent much of his
youth and where his father still
resides.
It urges that Gov. Paul V. Mc-
Nutt issue a pardon on the condi
tion that Dillincer surrenders
the nearest legal authority and
agrees to abide by state laws and
discontinue association with crim
inals. Sieners of the petition were crit
icized bitterly by Al G. Feeneyn.
commissioner of state police.
He characterized the public atti
tude toward Dill in err as antl-fo-cial.
and said he could not under
stand why Dillinger's presence at
the farm home of his father April
8 was not reported by Mooresulk
citizens. SAVED FROM FLAMES
BY GENERAL WHITE
Minnville. Ore., April 20 (LP) Mrs.
A. M. Harris, 59. teacher at Midway
school near Willamina, was in Mc
Minnville hospital today In a criti
cal condition from burns suffered
when she attempted to rescue be
longings from her burning coture.
She was found as the coitatre was
In flames, badly burned, but at
tempting to make an exit, last
night, by Adjutam-Orneral Gr?
A. White and Col Jovph Shur of
Salem, who was pacing in an
automobile. They ruched her here
in Their car.
Mrs. Harris had bf'n rendin? by
lamp lisrht and it is believed the
lamp either exnlod'd or was up?H.
igiuiu.g the iiiiall collage.
PHOTO MAILED
TO DR. CONDON
New York, April 20 (LP) Dr. John
P. (Jafsie) Condon todav failed to
identify a photograph of William
Lardner, Leavenworth penitentiary
convict, as that of the mysterious
John ' to whom he paid $50,000
Lindbergh ransom.
In facial contour the two are
altogether different," Condon said
Boston, April 20 (LP) A photo
graph has been mailed to Dr. John
P. (Jafsie) Condon, Lindbergh kid
nap Intermediary, and should arrive
today at the Bronx home of the in
termediary. The picture is that of one William
Lardner, 37, of Boston, a man of
many aliases who allegedly was ac
quainted with members of Chica
go's Roger Touhy kidnap gang.
Lardner is now serving three years
in the federal penitentiary at Leav
enworth for passing a counterfeit
$1000 bill at Boston airport Janu
ary 25 last.
TJ. 6. Marshal John J. Murphy of
Boston, sent the picture to Dr, Con
don, who Is seeking the mysterious
John to whom he passed the $50,
000 Lindbergh ransom in a fruit
less attempt to recover the stolen
baby.
It was recalled that while Jafsie
was in Massachusetts shortly after
paying the ransom he told a news
paper man he had good reason to
believe that "John" was a Boston
ian. BELGIUM PLANS
WALL OF STEEL
(Copyright. 1934, by United Preat)
Paris, April 20 (LP) Belgium has
decided definitely to extend along
the German frontier to the sea the
"wall of steel" that Prance has
built on her part of the border
from Switzerland to Belgium, It was
learned today.
It was understood that the Bel
gian staff submitted the plans to
the French general staff, which
made suggestions for further
strengthening.
As plans are now, military en
gineers believe that between Ger
many on one side and France and
Belgium on the other, there will be
an invisible wall which no army
can pass.
French authoritative circles said
that the Belgian wall probably
would be completed within a year,
when the two countries would lie
behind fortifications of steel and
concrete really extending from the
North Sea to the Mediterranean
sea for France's system of forts
on the souhteast extends from
Switzerland to the sea along the
Italian frontier. Only the Swiss
frontier will be left unfortified.
Belgium really will lie hemmed
In between two fortified walls, with
the North sea forming the third
side of the trangular wedge which
side of the triangular wedge which
Europe.
Heart Balm Verdict Of
$15,000 Given Laughlin
In Suit For Alienation
Verdict for $15,000 against Perry H. Vallriltf(, local
insurance manager, was returned by the jury yesterday aft
ernoon in less than an hour in the alienation of affections ac
tion brought by Robert R. Laughlin.
The quick action of the jury came
as a surprise and Judge McMahan
and court officials only were In the
court as the verdict was returnrd.
A jury in the same court last wek
in the same kind of a ca.se, that of
Rice against Graves, brought in a
verdict for Ihe defendant in ler-s
limn a half hour.
The ca.'-e against Walbridpe con
imrd three days and produced one
sensational ftature after another
from th" time Alva R. Laughlin.
wife of the alleged Injured man.
took trw stand to tfll her story ol
irland'tine meetings she said hc
iliad with thu insurance man who
JOHNSON ASKS
AID OF PRESS
FORNEW DEAL
No Case of NRA Viola
tions by Larger Con
cerns Pass Courts
Cooperation Asked To
Speed Recovery
Snooping Delays
Washington, April 20 OP Hugh S.
Johnson told newspaper editors to
day that no charges of NRA code
violation brought against large man
ufacturers had developed a case that
would stand up in the courts.
Addressing the convention f the
American Society of Newspaper Ed
itors, he said their help would speed
accomplishment of NRA objectives.
Johnson said frequent reports in
the "opposition" press asked why
some drastic action was not taken
against some conspicuous firm al
leged to be violating an nra code.
"On reference to the federal trade
commission, or to our legal depart
ment, or to the attorney general,
we haven't any case against a large
manufacturer that would stand up
in the courts," Johnson said. "Some
are skating pretty close to the line."
Johnson told the editors that "if
you help, the objective of NRA will
be more quickly achieved. But u
you hang around like vultures and
swoop down on every mistake, It will
take longer."
"I would like to have your co
operation because I think tnena-
"(Concluded onrRO "9, column 0)
STATE OBTAINS
GAS IN TACOMA
Purchase of 30,000 gallons of first
structure gasoline for the state at
5'j cents a gallon fob. Tacoma,
Wash., was announced today by
William Einzig, state purchasing
agent.
Einzie said the purchase was made
through the Union Oil company of
Salem. Tax and transportation
costs would bring the fuel to 12X!
cents a gallon at Salem, about one
cent below the present contract
price.
The first car load of gasoline will
be brought here Tuesday, Einzig
said. The oil company will furnish
temporary storage and deliver the
gasoline as needed to various state
Institutions. He proposed construc
tion of a 200.000 gallon storage tank.
with smaller tanks at the institu
tions. KLAMATH FIRE
MENAGE TO BIRDS
Klamath Falls, Ore., April 20 (IP
A fire, fanned by a stiff south
wind, was sweeping the tule beds in
the lower Klamath lake region to
day, sending volumes of smoke over
Klamath Falls. The fire was be
lieved to have started from one of
the peat fires which burn contin
uously in the draned lake beu.
Game officials expressed fear that
the blaze would destroy thousand:
of wild bird nests.
The old lake bed compiises otic
of the projected national bird ref
uges and it has been proposed to
the president's wild life conserva
tion committee that It be re-flooded
as a haven for birds.
had employed her to write Insur
ance contracts.
In hfs closing aerument to the
Jury, Eugene Marsh, counsel for
Laughlin, launched a scathing de
nunciation aeainst Walbndge call
ing him a wile-sttaler. home wreck
er and a snake In the gra-sv He cit
ed him as a man in a responsible
position, capable in business whom
he d'-laitd didn't go to sec Mrs
Laughlin to taik iiu-uraiKC- He also
flaved the dff-ndant for his aHezrd
failure to stand by Mrs. Lauehlin.
He scouted thf charges of "franw
up ' rmde bv the d' f' ire and aid
Coi'-luUtU p:KC 9, column 0)
1500 Attend
Endeavorers
Jubilee Meet
Christian Endeavors in the num
ber of approximately 1500 from
various parts of Oregon were on
the campus at Willamette univer
sity Friday as the second day's pro
gram of the Golden Jubilee conven
tion of the organization got under
way. The number is expected to be
augmented by additional hundreds
by Saturday evening.
Following an afternoon of variety
activities including a number of
group meetings, the delegates took
advantage of a period of relaxation
to take sight seeing tours through
out the city and surrounding country-side.
A lack of transportation,
however, threatened to curtail this
(Concluded on pnne 8, column 6)
BOWEN TAKEN
IN OKLAHOMA
Portland. April 20 (LP) William
Bowen, check forger who led the
escape of five inmates of the Ore
gon state hospital last uctoDer, is
under arrest at McAlester, Okla..
on an auto theft charge, O. H.
Fleming, manager of the Burns De
tective agency here, was notified
Thursday.
Bowen. 49, was said by police to
be wanted in or have been arrested
in 45 states.
He had recently escaped from
the Washington asylum at Steila
coom when he was arrested on bad
check charges here.
Oregon authorities will make no
effort to extradite him.
The flight of Bowen and five
other Inmates October 8, 1933, was
one of the most sensational es
capes ever made from the state In
sane hospital. Bowen was the ring
leader. The fugitive slugged cnar
les C. Williams, an attendant, stole
his keys, left him unconscious and
slipped out of the building. All but
Bowen were caught within 10 days.
Bowen was never considered by of
ficers as an insane man, but of a
cleverly criminal mind. Forgery was
his usual crime.
There were Indications that a file
had been smuggled to Bowen from
outside the hospital. The other es
capes, after their capture, said he
had $30 that he had secreted in his
bed. He claimed to have an auto
mobile at Vancouver, Wash., In
which he planned to escape east
ward. GOOD PRICE FOR
VETERAN BONDS
Ferris & Hardgrove of Portland.
representing a syndicate of five lin
ancial firms of New York, was the
successful bidders for the purchase
of the one million dollar bond issue
of the World war veterans state aid
commission here today, offering the
best price received by this branch
of tne state government since 19-7
The bond issue was sold to round
out the financial status of the com
mission, and it was announcrd none
others would be sold for two or
three years. Five bidders, Including
IS firms, entered bids.
The low bid was for $99,307 per
$100. which represents a yield of
4.0611 per cent. The latest best
price In 1927 was 3.9 per cent. The
Portland firm represented Lehman
Brothers, Phelps FVnn A; Co., Kean
Taylor & Co., Wells-Dickey At Co.,
and The First of Michigan corpora
tion, all of New York.
The second bidder was Jaxtheim
er & Co., of Portland at 88.97. Other
bids entered were Stone & Webster
Ac Blodget of Chicago at $98.7597;
Blythe A; Co., of Portland, $98.60;
Brown Bros., Ac Harriman Co., New
York, City Co., of New York and
Mercantile Commerce Co., New
York, $98 53.
BROADCAST NEWS
SERVICE BY RADIO
Washington, April 20 (LP New
channrls of information are open
today to radio broadcasting stations
by order of the federal radio com
mission which has amended its rules
govrrnlng radio-telegraphic dissem
ination of news.
The prior rule authorized radio
telegraphic transmission of news,
advertising or other material in
tended for publication by press ag
encies and newspapers. The radio
news service of America appealed
to the commission to permit Individ
ual broadcasting stations to receive
directly news or related material
transmitted In telegraph code from
fixed ixiint-to-polnt radio stations.
The commission's order changing
the rule stipulated that point-to-point
radio telegiaphlc news service
could be supplied for public dissem
ination bv any t-lar-s of radio sta
tion whose programs arc intruded
to be rccivtd by the general public
OFFERS AS LOW
AS 19 CENTS AN
AIRPLANE MILE
Farley Opens Bids On 21.
Routes To Be Placed
In Private Hands
Allege Kermit Roosevelt
Instructed on Convey
sations With F. D.
Washington. April 20 OP) Spec
tators whistled in surprise when
Postmaster General Farley ripped
open the envelopes and read thQ
bids today for carrying airmail on
the 21 routes the government In
tends to place in private hands for
at least the next three monttis.
Some of the companies bid aa
low as 19 cents an airplane mile lit
offering to fly the mails. Tho
maximum range stipulated in th
specifications was from 41 to 45
cents per airplane mile.
The small room where the bids
were opened was jammed with post
office and Justice department of
ficials and aviation men. Mean
while the senate was getting ready
to debate the airmail bill which,
would provide for a congressional
commission to study the whole avi
ation situation. Senator Black (D.,
Ala.), announced that officers of
Concluded on page 8, column 1)
F. D. DEFINES
SILVER STAND
Washington, April 20 (Ah-It wa
made known today at the White
House that President Roosevelt fcela
the answer to the silver remonctiza
tion problem lies in the formula
presented at the London economic
conference whereby all nations
would fix definite reserves of silver
in ratio to their gold supply.
This would bring for the first
time in history, a fixed ratio
throughout the world between gold
and silver. It was proposed at Lon
don that the nations establish sil
ver reserves up to 25 percent of
their gold supply.
As a result of this informal ex
position of the president's attitude
it was believed today Mr. Roosevelt
would stand pat against any manda
tory legislation at this session re
garding silver.
As explained at the White House,
Mr. Roosevelt feels it is impossible
for one nation to get anywhere In
rehabilitating silver without the co
operation of all countries.
One problem, it was said. Is that
there is an unknown quantity of sil
ver in the world unlike gold which
can be ligured to an almost exact
total.
How far negotiations for an inter
national agreement have progressed
since the London parley is generally
unknown. Nor Is there any indica
tion of an Immediate nc world ec
onomic conference for consideration
of silver alone. Presumably Informal
discussions are going on. The presi
dent will confer tomorrow with the
senate silver advocates on the whole
problem.
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Recipes for Mixed Drinks, ti
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