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Show THE IWYSON News Review of Current Events the World Over MUM IS LllddU aid r.a ! t ..... tlonal ilu.r n b.'inns t i'ii a haial In the run r..v m An the adiiill.l't atj.iii and t '! I can I ederation of I at. nr J a suggest. on that section 7 A : recovery ait "hiii.M he elar.'el William Green nt.d h.s fi How It ers of the federal, on have long u n i i i i I i ir a Breach Widens Between Administration and Lahor-Hauptman- n tended that the el'i'ise, guurenti e Ing employe's rights to haigaiu i ol should he eidaiged to leelively, specify that the mujoiity of em ployees should have the right til choose thp spokesmen for all employees, and that company unions should he bine), 'J he national li hor hoard, vvhuh submitted a report Sentenced to Death Inquiries Into Causes of Macon Disaster Cet Under W av. n n n 1 W. By EDWARD Western News er ' M a; it X. f roosevelt ex President tended no olhc branches toward U tfi t li h 10 re 7 St pi tY m re P ir o J a & factory." I signed after months he of argument tween the tohaeio industry and labor, calls for a forty hour week and min lmuiu w lures from 2." to 40 cents an hour. Labor leaders also objected to the presence of S. Clay Williams, administration hoard chairman, w ho they declare Is not In sympathy with labor. The President Issued a curt statement Infot tiling the fed eratlon council that Williams services had been satisfactory and that he had no Intention of removing him without cause. The executive council of the fed eratlon, composed of William (Ireen and presidents of the federation of seventeen International unions, states that some present administration labor polides are bringing Increased unrest among workers which may reach the danger point of widespread strikes unless corrected Thus far, the Picsldent seems to have had the best of tho argument. Labor leaders, however, are expected to push tho tight for a prevailing wage" clause In work relief leg lslatlon, thus endangering the administration program. nULMIflt J, during the week of March IS, unless attorneys secure a stay of execution by filing an appeal. The prisoner. shewed no truce -- of" emotion as the Jurors nnhounced their verdict and dhl not break under the strain until after Justice Trenchard kad pronounced sentence, and he was returned to the cell. There, Ids Iron will gave way ami he sobbed as he sat on his hard Iron cot. The Jurors required more than twelve hours to reach their verdict. Two of the women were said to have held out for a recommendation of mercy which would have resulted In a life sentence for the man accused of the murder of the Lind bergh baby, but there was no men tlon of mercy when the verdict was road. ROOSEVELT eked out a close victory lu the senate appropriations committee, when the amendment to cut $2 OHl.OOO.tkk) off the administration's $ I,880,000,'00 work relit f bill was defeated by the close vote of 12 to 11. Administration forces scored another victory by the adoption of a compromise amendment to the proposal of Senator Rat McCarran for the payment of prevailing wages on all federal projects. Wltnc'ses testified that MeUarran's amendment would have Increased the cost of putting S.APOooO men to work by more than an I would have def2.ntH),txn,fkH) feated the purpose of the bilk PRESIDENT 'Aw n per-nitte- i 7 IIETH ER he desires It, Pres 111 have to face blent Rooscve an early test of his strength against that of bonus pay n erit advocates . . if pn sent signs are read correctly Although bonus leaders have been X ' MUSSOLINI found Lm of Ethiopia Is a in. in not easily Lightened. II I Hire's demand for Indemnities for Italian colonials killed on the borders of Italian Somaliland were pie litely, hut firmly, refused. The Ethiopians, undlsinujed by the vast 'reparations Italy lias been making, declared they would fight to tin Ir nst drop of blood to preserve their lndepemlenee. that they would not apologl.e or make reparations for what they maintain Is merely defense of their own country. This puts Mussolini In an embarrassing position, lie must either send an force against the expeditionary Ethiopians, or lank down after mobilizing troops, and that would he a hitler pill for the Italian dicta tor to svv allow. prror Halle N. I Admlii-stratlo- n win die in Bruno hauptmann chair at Trenton, f, X es p i fiRE troiil.'e looms for ! hbP c, accord ng to Sen tier-- , Met'.irr.in and N.ve, who introduced resolution for a seiiiitori.il Inves tlgntion of NR oAMiils, whom tlmy charge with widespread violation of aw, (irruption and grirt. The sen alors requested that It l.e referred to the commerce comndltt-of which Sen, .tor Copeland Is cl. airman arid of vvhhh N.ve is a member. forces. It Is said, will put up a fight to have It steered lido the hands of the tinmne committto, wlibli Is packed with old Iiflt Demo-rats- , and where It would be an early death. The resold on mused considerable flurry among New Dealers. Although Nve nis la oil a constant foe of NRX. mi's attnk em.H s as a sur irise to the udminlsti at ion forces. y finally "0,-(tO- 1 of Its In s.x njonhs work, defend d the inajor.ty rule nt length A? well known, the adiipn 'Mation ires sei tlon 7 A eon'inind d in the new MIX lew v.loeli In the proc ess of making. eon-rubl- e Thp INQUIRIES Into the causes of the "quiver" width ripped away the two gas cells and caused the giant dirigible Macon to plunge Into the Pacific have been started. Even the surviving 81 officers and men of the Sky Queen ure not certain Just what caused the catastrophe, although Llctit. Com. 11. V. Wiley, survivor of the Akron disaster and master of the Macon, was said to have some Ideas about It. Ills findings will he placed before the hoiird of Inquiry. Some hints were made about structural weakness of the $2,4. craft, hut naval ollleers refused to discuss the subject In Washington President Roosevelt said there would he no Immediate move to replace the ship. Survivors of the crash told a dramatic story of heroism. Cruising along at a speed of Gil knots, the ship twice lowered Its elevation to avoid rain squalls, A short Jar was felt, the ship began to take a how-uposition, and Commander Wiley received a report that one of the 12 helium gas cells wus gone. The Macon then rose rapidly to 4,1500 feid, Its nose sticking tip at a sharp angle and then slowly sank townrd the ocean as the crew made frantic efforts to right the lurching craft As it hit the ocean the crew slid down ropes or dived Into the heavy swells. Men swam through flame where flares had Ignited oil and gasoline, others rescued companion whose llfolxdts were lost or broken In long leaps Into the sea. The sailors watched the ship crum ble "tinder the waves and at last disappear. Only two men were lost. Cruisers rushed to the scene and Ticked up the survivors. J did In sen-floo- la i.--t ing wider. The code, la n mt pr-- s his committee when a sul was offered, but Insist that he will di so on the The fight the American leration of Labor is making on s point Is exported to have influence w 1th n number senate!?,, who fe,ir the wrath of etr labor constituents. the substitute, proposed by Sonar Rieh.ird 1! Russell, and adopt-ba vote of 11 to 1) provides that the President shall est ildlsh the evading rates of pay whenever that thp Investigation dUi lo-lerol wages of $"g) n month are adversely the rates on irk of a slmPur nature. Thp matter Is entirely up to the Iresl nt, however, and he min take any notion or withhold any laves tigatloii, Just as he sees lit, which ay mean much nr nothing. Oliseivers foresee a rotl.v road lead for the hill. There Is (er-talto he eonsidri able oppn-dlloo It In the senate, although admin stratlon lendeis claim they have nough votes rounded up to In.siiie li tory. breach between the ad in rt rut n and labor Is dally grow- n IV Mcfarr-i- her leaders had declared was unsat O )V PICKARD aimemlnieiit the American federation of I,uhor heu he Binned the cigarette Indus Iry code, which L I Selas-d- pas unnhle to agt ee themselves among they Insist the plan he brought up fm consideration. Some administration lead ers have expressed belief such a stef Is necessary to prevent a revolt on major adminkstra tlon legislation. The controversy over possible ELMO SCOTT WATSON methods of payment Is becoming Inoi EUR JOHANN STRAUSS Representative creasingly bitter. Vienna was compos very busy Putman, Texas Democrat, author of ing waltzes. hill to pay the bourn certificates So begins chapter one of a with an Issue of new currency, gave Phantom Crown new book, emerged out a statement asserting thnt Comworn Ids hermit like seclusion mander Frank N. Relgrano of the The Stoty of Maximilian and Carlota of Mexico, written by Bertltu Harding and published re with a number of counter proposals American Legion wanted to finance l company. which he offered In reply to the payment with a bond Issue because cently by the A Franco Rritlsh Strauss waltz, played In the ro the bank of which he is vice presidreamy I er Fuehdent receives SLflhd.t'tk) in Interest mantle city on the Danube, Is an appropriate rer, a government annually on $to,ouo,poO worth of theme song for the main character In the drama thnt 1s about to begin. Maximilian was hk( spokesman stated, government bonds. would definitely reThe American Liberty leagnp also that a dreamer, an Idealist, a man of extraordl fuse to Join nny Issued a statement applauding the nary purity and simplicity hut lacking utterly Presidents stand against paying the the clear vision and the ability to deal with pact guaranteeing Austria's Independbonus The league s.ald the Legion practical matters. If he lmd been otherwise ence unless the hacked Vinson hill to finance the some North American history even a part oi will of the Austrian bonus through the sale of bonds tho history of the United Slates might have conbeen different. first rn- - was the lesser evil," hut People ji k ' ''Phantom Crown Is an appropriate title, too, n,a"s gress to defeat both It and the Patof a plebiscite to man measure for the story of Maximilian and Carlota, who determine whether Its statement also said Immediate made the last grand, bewildered gesture of that nation desires payment would encourage a drive royalty on the American continent and who an "anschluss (union) with the for pensions Involving huge addiattempted a visionary conquest which ended so Uernittn reich. Hitler will also foltional costs for an Indefinite period tragically for them both. For the theme song low Roland's stand, and will have of years. given to the Austrian archduke In the opening nothing to do with the French sponchnpter of the Harding book soon changed ROBERT E. WOOD, head The notes of a Strauss waltz were drowned sored eastern securities agreement GEN. a Chicago mall order house, out by the crackling of the flames of rebellion If It Is to he based on mutual as slstance, although he Is willing to has been appointed chairman of the and that sinister sound rose to a crescendo In Join an air pact provided It allows special business committee to adthe crashing volley of rifle shots on the Hill of (iernmny an air force equal to vise the administration In spending Rolls In Queretaro where he who would he em the $t, 880,000,000 work relief fund. peror of Mexico died facing a firing squad. Soviet Russias. Hitler seems particularly anxious to avoid any This act was Interpreted as definite Maximilian wore his 'phantom crown only assurance the government does not throe years. Carlota wore hers for more than agreement which would hind Into Russia ami perhaps result Intend to compete with private fifty. Maximilian, facing death, declared 1 die In aiding Russia In event of war program. I forgive all, and pray that dustry In Its make-worIn a Just cause. between thnt country and Japan. all may forgive me. May my blood flow for From the tone of Hitler's de-of vast In the good of tills land. Long live Mexico! NINE old gentlemen the United mauds, he evidently did not entirely his last few moments on earth, he heard a comprising believe that France and Great Brlt-alStates Supreme court, conferred to- faithful subject salute hint with Hail Emperor, were not preparing some trap gether for five hours Saturday. farewell! Carlota lived to become the "mad for him. Tho Hitler reply demands Then, through Clerk Charles C. empress," to linger on In the twilight of Inthat Germany must he given absoCropley, Chief Justice Hughes ansanity, to cherish a delusion that she was still lute equality of armaments before nounced that there would be no de- a sovereign and to talk with the Imaginary anything else can- be discussed, and cisions handed down on the followmembers of an imaginary court. Jlmt Gerttnmy-wlll negotiate an air ing Monday. Nothing was said about Who, then, can say which wns the greater pact If her relations with Soviet the rest of the week, but It was as tragedy Maximilian's or Cnrlota's? Russia are considered, and If Engaumed the ruling on the gold clause Archduke Maximilian, thp youngest brother land. France, Rclgium and Italy cases would not he handed down be- of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, was horn agree to consult each other before fore February 18. It was thought at Schonhrunn on July G, 1832. In Dv7 the tall any notion Is taken. He also Insists by the well Informed that the de- fair haired, blue-eyeyoung archduke was mar that the genet al question of disarmPrincess Charlotte lay was due to the slowness with ried to seventeen-year-olament Is nllied with the air pact which the dissenters were preparing Marie Amelie Augustine Vlctolre Clementine and must he settled at the same their views. Iowpoldlne. daughter of King Leopold I of Bel time. Meanwhile anxiety over the mat glum. hen Franz Joseph made the nrehduke r When notified that I'er ter, at least In government circles, viceroy of the Austrian ruled provinces of would make reservations, was growing less dally. Attorney Venice and Lombardy In Italy, his bride changed ollielal British sources Indicated that General Cummings sH'nt two hour her name to Carlottn, the Italian for Charlotte Germany must either accept or rewith President Roosevelt going over After two years of rule In the Italian provject the agreement In Its entirety, the plans which have been drawn inces, Maximilian was glad enough to retire t and stated partial acceptance would up for Immediate action In the event the ease of private life In the splendid Chateau not he agreeable to Great Rrltnln that the decision goes against the Miramar nt Trieste. Mennvvhlle affairs across All of which may he true, or It may government. the Atlantic which were t affect the destiny of he Just the old horse trading spirit the Austrian archduke were rapidly taking which seems to break out lu the that the govern shape. Mexico had thrown off the yoke of Spain STRONG evidence host diplomatic circles. even In the event of an hut was troubled by the Internal strife which adverse decision on the gold clauses, was to characterize that turbulent land for the an ounce price for next from will keep the $C century. Because of these unsettled comb Dispatches be takenBolivia with sev gold and fi!' rent dollar wns con tlons European hums became so endangered tha1 rrnl grains of salt. Indicate that the tallied In a statement from SecreIn October, 1SG1, France, England and Spain Bolivians are meeting with success tary Morgenthau. Tho treasury chief signed a Joint agreement to Intervene In Mexirt their stated : In defending Villa Montes, In order to protect the investments of The country ran go about Its last Important stronghold In the tils business with assurances that we pitted Gran Chaco, and thnt the scisOther factors, however, entered Into this D are prepared to manage the ex- dslon at least, so far as France was concerned sors l.Ke offensive of General Es tlgnrnhhla, Paraguayan commander ternal value of the dollar as long For France was ruled by Napoleon HI, Nnpo In chief, Is .seriously menaced, ss It may be necessary Icon the Little," a master of Intrigue and poMr Morgenthau disclosed that the litical was reported the Rolivlans, strug to collect scheming. Besides dollar stabilization the French debts In Mexico hedesiring gllng desperately to relieve the 2.00) million was dreaming of a be If used had tie Villa would on fund Montes, necessary to French empire In America to save Catholicism, Hs pressure feaed the Rarngmijans In the Nan keep the dollar on an even keel nn well as the Iattin races, from being engulfed hv cornlnza sector tUtor three da vs of til congress can take remedial ac- the Anglo Saxon culture. True, the Monroe D,h tion. by pass' ng the new laws w hitter lighting" This offensive, trine had been a warning to the European na are now being prepared hv the tlotis to keep hands off" In the New was thought, might force Rstlgar orld, big t this tune the United States was In the riblas northern wing to retreat. treasury. thro, uw hitter Bobbs-Merril- tier-man- y k ? n - XX Reich-fuehre- s. M.-t- i XX 5 of a civil war and therefore In no condition to '.jik up that doctrine. Ur at least, Napoleon thought that this was a good time to put its strength to the test and England and Spain too no doubt were willing enough to see it tested era Cruz was occu On December 14, 1801, pied by Spanish troops ; soon afterwards the reach fleet arrived with a large force of soldiers and Great Britain sent ships and landed When It became apparent, how .00 marines. .ver, that France was Intending to Interfere In domestic politics in Mexico, especially In regard lo the relations of church and state, beyond the scope of the agreement, Spain and Great Britain withdrew their forces In March, 1M52, leaving France thereupon inFrance to go it alone. creased the number uf her troops by many thou sands and set about to compter Mexico. The following spring her army beIoged and reduced Puebla nnd on June 7, 1803, entered A provisional government of lie city ot .Mexico. Mexicans was set up as the puppets of the i rerch and this temporary organization voted in favor of a nionarchial form of government. It was Napoleon's Idea to offer the crown to Arch-InkMaximilian of Austria. But Maximilian, enjoying Ids books nnd the life of a private gen tleman at Miramar, refused to accept the honor and went off on a botanical expedition to Brazil Returning from P.razil he was approached again. Napoleon was persistent. The giant shadow of Bismarck, which loomed with an Increasing menace across the Prussian border, was causing both France and Austria some concern and the French emperor hoped that an alliance with the House of Ilnpsburg might lessen that menace. Rut Emperor Franz Joseph was sus plclous of this upstart emperor In France and he strongly advised his brother against having anything to do with Napoleon's schemes. But Cnrlotta was ambitious. She had tasted the delights of being a ruler, even though a minor one, during the time her husband hnd been viceroy of the Italian provinces. She was dazzled by the Idea of being an empress. For all her youth, she was a stronger character than her husband nnd she exerted all of her Influence over him to get him to accept Napoleons offer. At last he yielded to her persuasion and, after renouncing his rights of succession to the Austrian throne, accepted the title of emperor of Xlexico. On May 28, 18(14, the new emperor and empress arrived nt Vera Cruz and their reception was not ns ardent as they might have hoped for, yet they were warmly welcomed by the tlergy nnd the military elements which hoped, through ttie monarchy, to regain some of the prestige and the property they had lost. Prior to the establishment of the empire Mex ico had known two factions. One was the liberals led by Benito Juarez, an Indian patriot who had been exiled by Santa Anna, the dictator and returning to Mexico after the fall of Santa Anna, had succeeded to the presidency the upon death of Jean Alvarez and In is,--, 7 had omul mied the great reform measures which pi brought ahem n complete severance of church and state when Maximilian was set upon the throne by l rem h troops, Juarez was a !"R although he was a nmi out. The ether party was the conservatives, or the "hom .Maximilian owed h!s tary , Napoleon and commanded Marshal Razuine, who was almost as much ruler of Mexico ns Maxi unban was. As the Civil v'ar drew to a close. It became Pl'arent that the North was sure to win. The I dled Mates then would be able to turn Its V,,"nMWt0 nr,,run t,lp Monroe Doctrine N the handwriting on the wall.' ;M,,'8n Ft r.y feetfu! of nil Ids promises to Maxitnl'lnn t I' ed t,. ahvd.m him to bis f;,te although " seme time the Uieneh ruler kept up a pre o supporting las puppet emperor across - the sea. Finally In 1SGG In response to g representations by the United States, . promised to withdraw his troops from Mer In the meantime open revolt had spruij Mexico! In October, lSGo, Maximilian h. sued a proclamation threatening death t who offered resistance to the govern, was aimed primarily at the bandits ik been ravaging the country. But the Impea and French officers took advantage of the? amation to execute many Liberals who classed as brigands after their capture tsi strengthened the hand of Juarez In his against the usurper. It gained rapid headn' Maximilian, realizing nt hist that Napoleon not be trusted to support him, saw that was almost In sight. For a long time lie had been blind to that he was an unwanted ruler in Slew that his reign was destined to failure blinder was his empress Carlota, (si her changed to the Mexican spelling of upon becoming empress). When he prop abdicate his throne, the empress stormed t So it was decided that she should go P to rope for a personal appeal to Napoleon protect! and of his support by promises h the Imperial venture. Falling the efforts to win such a promise from tot? Frenchman, Carlota went on to Rome to the pope for aid. In the Vatican she developed her first of Insanity and so violent did she become It was necessary for her to spend the hi there. Thus history accords her the over, remain to being the only woman ever in that historic building. efforts to Having failed utterly In her and Rome or in Paris either support health and her mind falling, Carlota moved to her castle In her native Belgian, while hack in Mexico events were draw the swift close. In February, Diff, after Maximilian ture of the French troops, front Mexico City and went to Qnereti he assumed comnmnd of a small arm.v. He was besieged by the revolutionists. an last desperate effort to break through a but he was betrayed by taken prisoner. and t A month later he was court martlaleda far a of a trial that was something h.m sentenced to die. The end came for loP 1 Tlier morning of June 1!), winter they brought his body "t the lxapuzinergruft another cry ptoftt monks. A long line of Ilapshurgs them here and he was laid quietly among And while he slept eteW roamed through the corridors of from plan castle, as far removed It "as times At childhoods. separate cnwW never been. . . . Five empi.es lDe' Brooding she sat In her garden, of fiveH sunset chair, slip watched the Ilars Bonaparte, Braganza, Romanovsunn!" a be henzollern. Would there 1&1 Death came quietly on January hors Until thnt moment, however, t hold on life. She knew her-eshe ' ment to Maximilian and "llle To t1 would not allow men to forg'd sfjner would paid her formal visits she ha.icd them remember the lair gave his life for the ambitions " the o;;y. unscrupulous Napoleon! acted in good faith; nnd may (, . memory he sad but never hobfu In Mexico they remember ' !ir jDlaJ.' fortuned Mexican Empress, "hn xictlrn In the game of Etn'"I":,n She will remain engraved up'' r( her goodness, her nobility ind, The "r r. women thp most loving of two hers her and her emperor as Jvecrtor of chance" whose tragic for pity than for blame. e bv Western Ne'O'4"" tie1 the d the no rerst ndm o pi- pe: s OK b Fli't t me BPS deb Ion; r tus tl Sto VlJ a p mt e yi d m on K l R Al "hey ton Pth Petr he re ch inei In rk. 'rot go an ffl ' I Te'j a. o a me Aoi t'ti; P'if t At t nr lf ti- ! t ' ' 5s , .v y-- :r t |