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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Ne ws Review of Current Events the World Over Various State and City Elections Give Cheer to Both Parties Greece Votes for Restoration of King George II. By EDWARD W. PICKARD fl) Wnt Nawapapar Unloa. REPUBIJCANS shouted loudly that the victory of their party la Hie New York state election waa a terrific blow to the New Deal and repudiation or President Roosevelt. Roose-velt. The Democrats Demo-crats declared It was no such thing. James A. Farley, who Is both national nation-al and state chairman chair-man of the Democrats, Demo-crats, f ivi them their cue when he declared recapture of control of the legislature by the normal" and that J. A. Farley 0. O. P. was the Democratic vote for assembly candidates taken as a whole exceeded ex-ceeded the Republican vote by more than half million, which was something of an exaggeration. The Republicans gained nine additional ad-ditional seats in the assembly, giving giv-ing them 82 to 68 held by the Democrats. Demo-crats. Only two senate seats were Involved In the contest, both to fill vacancies. One of them went to a Republican and the other to ft Democrat, leaving the setup of the tipper legislative body unchanged. Ia 43 cities of the state, the Republicans Re-publicans elected 33 mayors. Including Includ-ing Roland B. Marvin of Syracuse, possible nominee for governor next year. The President saw Hyde Park go Republican and Farley failed to hold his owqjolstrlct In Rockland county. The Democratic organization In New York came through strongly and menaces the prospect of a reelection re-election for Mayor LaQuardla, observers ob-servers hold. The Fusion forces, which turned Tammany out two years ago, crumbled. In Philadelphia & Davis Wilson, Republican, was elected mayor bnt the vote was close enough for the Democrats to call It a virtual victory vic-tory for the New Deal Cleveland, Columbus and 23 out of 42 other cities and towns In Ohio chose Republican Re-publican mayors, and so did ft number num-ber of municipalities In Massachusetts. Massachu-setts. Socialists of Bridgeport, Conn., re-elected Jasper McLevy mayor, and Democratic mayors were returned la Hartford and New Haven. Republicans Re-publicans gained control of the New Jersey legislature, but Hudson county, Including Jersey City, went Democratic by a record vote. Results In the spectacular election elec-tion In Kentucky gave the New Dealers a real reason for rejoicing, for A. B. Chandler, known as "Happy," "Hap-py," the Democratic candidate for governor who had the support of the national administration, handily handi-ly defeated Judge King Swope, the Republican nominee. This despite the fact that Democratic Governor Lafoon had declared himself gainst Chandler and threw his support to Swope. The referendum on repeal of the state prohibition amendment rave the repeallsts a rood majority. In Virginia and Mississippi all the Democratic nominees were elected, wblcb was to be expected. "It's more glorious than I'd Imagined. Imag-ined. The expression of popular will to favor restoration was foreseen, but results exceeded all expectations." expecta-tions." The cabinet met to swear new oath of allegiance to the exiled monarch. All armed forces were called to take a similar oath A delegation sailed aboard ft Greek warship to present the official offi-cial request for King George to return. re-turn. Officials said they expected King George, who was In London, to come back within two weeks. MACKENZIE KFNQ, the new prime minister of Canada, was In Washington negotiating with President Roosevelt a reciprocal trade agreement between the United States and the Dominion. Completion Comple-tion of such a treaty was one of the planks of King's recent election platform. Canada buys more from the United Unit-ed States than any other country, and America, In turn, Is Canada's beet customer. Last year America exported goods worth $302,000,000 to Canada and Imported goods worth $231,000,000. These totals compare with 1920 touts of $948,-000,000 $948,-000,000 and $503,000,000 respectively. ROSSLY arbitrary, unreason-able unreason-able and capricious," was the way Federal Judge William C. Coleman Cole-man of Baltimore described the pub-lie pub-lie utility holding act, and he held the law unconstitutional In Its entirety. en-tirety. In a long decision, the Judge declared that the act's "Invalid provisions" pro-visions" were "so multifarious and so Intimately and repeatedly interwoven inter-woven throughout the act as to render ren-der them Incapable of separation from such parts of the act. If any, as otherwise might be valid." Judge (Vdeman Instructed trustees for the American States Public Service eonifinny, plaintiffs In the litifmtlon on the act, to treat the law s "Invalid nnd of no effect." The Securities and ICxchange com-mlsglon com-mlsglon announced In Washington, however, thnt enforcement of the act will continue, despite the ruling. WHILE the Invading Italians were pushing further and further fur-ther Into his realm Emperor Halle Selassie I of Ethiopia celebrated the fifth anniversary of his coronation, and he did It In fine style, too. Escorted by a throng of feudal chiefs In barbaric bar-baric attire, the king of kings and his queen passed through the streets of Addis Ababa amid wildly cheer-Inr cheer-Inr thousands, and Emperor Halls gnrt thanks to God Selassie , st George; ca thedraL Afterward, seated on his Ivory and teakwood throne In the palace, he received the felicitations of the chieftains and the diplomatic corps. The emperor holds that the big oil concession negotiated for American Amer-ican Interests by F. M. Rickett. the English promoter, still holds good although the Americans relinquished It at the suggestion of Secretary Hull. "This concession," said Halle, "is an Integral part of our national economic program. We purposely granted It to s neutral country like the United States In order to avoid political complications and Interna tional Jealousies. It Is unfortunate that war must delay Its fulfilment Through the benefits accruing to this concession we hope to raise the social level of people and pro vide them with honorable remunera tive employment I am sure that when our country Is sgaln at peace, and the clrcum stances are propitious, all the terms of the enterprise will be carried out by the original concessionaires, who never canceled the concession, but merely withdrew temporarily at the suggestion of the State department for the worthy motive of promoting International peace." SOVIET Russia celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution with a tremendous tremen-dous display of Its armed strength la Moscow. Infantry, cavalry, tanks and all the other army services serv-ices marched for hours past the tomb of Lenin, where stood Joseph H. Stalin and other leaders to review re-view the long parade. Voroshlloff, commissar for war and navy, declared In the order of the day that the Soviet army waa ready to protect the frontiers of our sacred land" at any moment n warned the world that danger of a new general war hung over mankind. The executive committee of the Communist Internationale published an appeal to workers of all coun tries to Join hands to force an end GKOIlflE of (ireece is once more king. The plebiscite resulted In his recall by a huge majority, and before long the monarch will be back on the throne he abdicated 12 years ago. The vote In favor of the restoration was almost al-most unanimous, even In Crete, the birthplace of the republican re-publican leader Vetilzelos, who Is now In exile and nnder sentence of death. As the results of the balloting came In, Premier Ceorge Kondylls ap peared on the balcony of a government govern-ment building nnd announced: "As of tomorrow. King George 11 will be king of the Hellenes. There will be no political parties. T ey bave been broken up by the people themselves and a n w epoch of construction will start THE League of Nations set November No-vember 18 as the day on which the economic sanctions against Italy should be put into effect, and later decided that coal. Iron and oil should be Included In the embargo. The league appointed Premier La val of France and Sir Samuel lloare. British foreign minister, to carry on npiicA negotiations with Italy. Sir Samuel .till Insisted any peace must h within the framework of the League. The Italian armies on the north em front pushed further Into Ethiopia, Ethio-pia, following the tanks and with bombing planes active overhead, and one column entered the city or Hau zien on the way to Makale. The to vaders met with no resistance of consequence. The government at Addis Ababa announced that Italian i. lanes had killed HO women, 15 chll dren and WO cows with bombs and machine gun lire at Gorahel. This place Is the site of a military post in the south but all the men were at the front nitKSlDKNT accepted an Invitation from Kd- Washington. About thia time I very fall, the President calls the director of the In noddle budget to the White House and they go Into a on Budget huddle ahnitt the finances- of the to Italy's war In Ethiopia, protect government sbout the needs for mo wimesB peopie irom invasion, money of the various governmental wru or uanger 01 war in e-urope aeencles who must pay their env and bring about a downfall of Fas cism. BILLY SUNDAY, the spectacular evangelist whose fiery elo quence led many thousands to "bit the sawdust trail" to the altar and seek salvation, died of heart disease dis-ease at the home of his brother-in-law In Chicago. His wife, known all over the land as "Ma," was with him at the end and said Billy died as he had always wished, suddenly. sudden-ly. Mr. Sunday, who was almost seventy-three years of age, was a professional ball player In his yonth. He was converted In 188G and In 1003 was ordained a Presbyterian Pres-byterian minister. One of America's leading scien tists, Henry Fairfield Osborn, died in New York at the age of seventy-three seventy-three years, ne was eminent In many branches of science and waa sometimes called "the successor to Darwin and Huxley." For years he was the president of the American Museum of Natural History. ADMINISTRATOR HARRY L. HOPKINS Issued an order barring from work relief Jobs all persons not on the dole as of November No-vember 1. He said, however, that despite this order 10 per cent non-relief non-relief labor could be employed on any project, and more In specific cases. The $330,000,000 public werks non-federal program and the $100,- 000,000 low cost housing program have been exempted entirely from the relief labor requirement because be-cause of a shortage of. skilled construction con-struction workmen on relief. conference with agri cultural specialists and repre sentatives of farmers, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace announced that a two rear program for corn and hog producers had been determined upon, the main features of which are: L Prevention of an excessive pro duction of corn In 1930 snd VJSi. 2. Allowance of an Increase in next year'a pig crop that would be at least as great as It Is estimated would take place were no adjust ment program In effect 8. Prevention of an excessive In crease In the 1937 pig crop. Maximum and minimum hog pro duction requirements will be imposed im-posed under the new contract par ticularly to prevent regional dislocations dis-locations In production next year, according to AAA officials who said such "dislocations" would be certain cer-tain to develop because of maladjustments malad-justments in feed supplies and hog numbers brought about by the 1931 drouth. The maximum and minimum mini-mum requirements have not been determined. The new contract will require that an area at least equal to the number num-ber of acres withdrawn from production pro-duction of corn be added to the usual area of the farm devoted to soil-Improving and eroslon-prevent-Ing uses. This requirement was a part of the 1934 corn hog contract, but was relaxed when the drouth came. M King Georga II ROOSBVELT has 'I ward A. O'Neal, president of the American Kuril! Bureau federation, to appear before that organization In Chicago on December 0 and deliver de-liver an address. Mr. Roosevelt will arrive In Chicago at nine o'clock that morning, make his speech and start back to Washington Washing-ton three hours later. The President's promised trip to Indiana to take part In the dedication dedica-tion of a memorial to George Rogers Rog-ers Chirk at Vlncenncs has been postponed until June' of next year, when he will slso visit the Texas centennial exposition In Dallas. EDALS were awarded by th Carnegie hero fund commis sion to 47 men and children of the United States and Canada, or to their relatives in 11 cases. Most of the awards are for rescues of persons per-sons from drowning. Two silver medals were awarded and 45 bronze. The sliver ones went to James C. Martin, fifty-one year old Joplln (Mo.) laborer n Chris tine Stewart, thirty-five, of Brook-line, Brook-line, Mass. Martin went Into a sewage sew-age pit trying to save a fellow worker. work-er. Both drowned. Miss Stewart leaped into the sea near Bar Harbor, Har-bor, Me.. In an attempt to save Emily McDougall. thirty-one. Rescuers Res-cuers pulled them out 40 minutes later. Miss McDougall died. Cash awards totaling $7,000 for educational educa-tional purpo accompanied the medals In .14 cases, the commission announced. In 22 other cases, a total of $t7.2.-)0 was granted for purchsse of homes or "other wormy purposes." which had been ILWAUKEB iVl terrorized for eight days by s succession of mysterious dynamlt-ings. dynamlt-ings. was relieved when the terrorist.' terro-rist.' Hugh Frank Rutkowskl. was blown up by his own bomb ss he nas preparing for another outrage. Unfortunately a little girl was killed by the same blast The bomber, described de-scribed by the chief of police as "an extreme low type of Individual with a warpwl. criminal mind," had st least one sccompllce who may also have been blown to pieces by the explosion. ployees and the other expenses to which they are put and In addition addi-tion they discuss general questions of policy. It Is, ss I said, an annual an-nual affair that presages a new tempo tem-po in the movement of activities In Washington because it occurs some weeks In advance of the reconvening reconven-ing of congress. Congress, under the Constitution, must appropriate the money which Is spent by all branches of government Well, the annual huddle has Jnst been held by President Roosevelt and Dsnlel W. Bell, acting director of the bureau of the budget and Mr. Bell has gone back to his office of-fice In the treasury with Instructions Instruc-tions to begin formation of budget estimates for submission to congress. con-gress. Of course, budget making goes on throughout the yesr. The huge staff of experts and accountants who work under Mr. Bell's direction are busy the year "round examining the proposed requirements of the various agencies snd arriving at conclusions ss to what their needs reasonably should be. The White House conference, therefore, repre sents the second step because those were the figures that formed the basis of the discussion between the President and his budget director, In drafting the budget for sub mission to the next session of con gress, the admin- Problem lstratlon Is con to Solve fronted with a va rlety of problems, not the least of which la the political po-litical ohase. It Is to be re membered that the budget now un der considers tlon covers money that will be appropriated for use after July 1, 1936, and the succeed ing 12 month period. Therefore, half of the Presidential campaign next year. Indeed, the heated part of that campaign, will take place after governmental agencies have begun to use the new approprla tlons. It Is easy to see, therefore, that politics can hardly be kept out of the forthcoming budget In some form or other, even though every President says politics does not in fliienee budget making. Neverthe less, New Deal spending and future taxation constitute questions which the President cannot overlook and Is not overlooking becsuse those things are vital to every man, wom an and child In the nation. It seems to be pretty well settled now that the Republicans are going go-ing to make spending and taxation the major ammunition against Mr, Roosevelt and his New Deal. In fact It seems reasonably sure that th Itennhllcan slogan will be Throw the Spendthrift Out" That being the case, Mr. Roosevelt ob viously must have In the back or his head considerable concern over the current budget making. Knowln "Danny" Bell as I have known him for nearly 20 years, dur ing which time he has grown up In the treasury service, I think It ought to be snld in his ravor mat po"- tics Is farthest from his thoughts. I mentioned the Issues of spend Ing and taxation. The American Liberty League. Spending, which has con t slstently warned about the posslbll- it of future heavv taxation has not been silent since the President some weeks ago made public a pre- budgetary summation. The league Insists that while present tax rates soon will provide enough money to m hnf the President terms as "ordinary" expenditures of the gov prnment. the rates are Insufficient to meet the spending which Mr Roosevelt calls extraordinary In thnt t iMiVPrl relief. Further, the league. In a statement the other day. asserted Its belief that the present tax level was high enough to meet "legitimate relief ir pres ent unsound spending policies sre abandoned." But It la emphasized hw tho i.!ru that even "If unsound soendlne policies are abandoned the present tax levels are Insuffi cient to make possible any appre ciable retirement of the gigantic debt that has been built up through the New Ieal relief program. So It Is easy to see that a head on -mi kotwnon two schools Of thought is Inevitable. Mr. Roosevelt and his l.rsln trusters have contend ed and will continue to contend thnt federal (mending In the volume tnat has taken place was the only means h which the nation coma or cur m..r this period of depression. (in the oftier hand there will be the vlelon attacks of Republican earn .Htsuer the shots by such men a i k.it?lns. former director of the bureau of the budget, who broke with Mr. Roosevelt over "reckless spending," and all of those groups of which the Liberty League is typ ical. These have plenty of cam paign material, and you can make sure that they will use It My experience as an observer of politics and government prompts me to say that there is nothing that strikes the heart of the average taxpayer quite so fundamentally as displays of wsste with the accompaniment accom-paniment of forecasts of greater tax ation. Thus, If the New ueai op position goes ahead on the course that appears to be charted for them ctually It is made to order for them they can cause the adminis tration many anxious moments. I say this, knowing full well that the administration has much argument on Its side, and that It Is equipped ith the finest layout of machinery for Influencing public opinion that any administration ever has had. It has at Its command all the ma chinery used in crop production con trol, the thousands of persons on the federal pay roll and the millions who believe Mr. Roosevelt Is earnestly seeking to make this a better country In which to live. It Is, therefore, no small task for tne New Deal opposition If It Is to succeed suc-ceed even In turning the New Deal strength In the house of repre sentatives to anything near an even distribution of seats. Apparently. New Deal opposition will be concentrated as much In the congressional dls- New Ueal tricts as against nnnnvtion the President him self. The reasons are simple. Flrst.the senate is going to remain Democratic whether Mr. Roosevelt Is re-elected or defeated. Onh one-third of the 90 senators me up for re-election next year, and the bulk of these are from nor mally Democratic states, unless a cataclysm follows the Democratic party, the senate majority for the Democrats will continue to be ample. Such Is not the case In the house of representatives where the entire membership must seek election every two years. There are In the house membership possibly as many as 75 Democrats who can be called pure political accidents. That Is, thev were elected from districts which sre normally Republican dur In the landslide that swept Mr. Roosevelt Into office. A consld ernble number of these naturally will be retired by the voters Jnst as a considerable number of Re publicans were retired sfter they had held house seats in the early inWs hv virtue of election In the Harding landslide Consequently, rhnipps tnav he expected In tne house New Deal strength. In concen tratlng the fight In congressional districts, the New Deal opposition Is battling for position If the New Deal majority In the house can he whittled down. It will then become Impossible for the President to drive through his program of legislation as he has done In the last three sessions. From the Republican standpoint this would he Important s'nee It would place Mr. Roosevelt In much the same position fha President Hoover found himself In the last half of his administration when he had an adverse congress on his hands. No political leader likes that situation. When the New Deal opposition Jumps onto the questions of spend Ing and taxation, therefore, and when It goes back to the grass roots of congressional districts. takes no stretch of the Imagination to see that a real political light lies ahead. Developments between now and the nominating conventions next Jne may change the genera perspective. While several of the federal courts, Including the Supreme court of the United Washington states, are con on Rieht ai'ienng que tlons revolvln around rresiuent itooseveit s pro eram for development of Muse! Shoals In the Tennessee river as an electrical power project, govern ment owned, a newly discovered letter written by President George Washington takes on unusual Interest. It seems that even In 1701. there was argument about the development of Muscle Shoals The letter, which was addressed to the attorney general of the United States at that time, called attention to the efforts being num.-hy num.-hy Individuals to effect trades wlib Indians and suggested the neces slty for federal laws which would afford some protection for the Indians In-dians In their dealings with the white men. It will be remembered of course, that the Tenn-ssep river valley In those d.ivs was populated by Indians, but the problem Hint existed then exist today, namely, protection of the rights of the Id dividual. fj Wtattrn Nwptpr tTnlos GOLDEN PHANTOMS fascinating I aies ui csltMLWi Lost Mines THE LOST CITY IN 1879, near where the town of Aspen, Colo., now stands, a stranger staggered Into a ranch bouse. Ill, tired, and crazy from privation. When he had recovered suffi ciently to tell his story, he tfpoke about the ruins of an old city In Utah, near which were an eld fort and s rich mine of gold and silver. The mine, he said, seemed to have been worked centuries before his discovery of the place. He had about 20 pounds of ore to back his story, which he had managed to keep throughout his Journey over the broken country. As soon as he had regained enough health to allow htm to travel, the strsnger set out again with his load of ore, saying that he Intended taking It to Leadvllle to sell. He expected to devote the proceeds pro-ceeds to furnish a modest outfit when he would return to his find and work It But he disappeared from all knowledge when he left the ranch, and was never seen again. A party was gathered at Meek er to go Into the Ute reservation where this mine was supposed to be, and It started out on the trail of the golden phantom. The party was headed by an old prospector who knew something of the country, coun-try, and this man, as they neared the place where the mine was said to be, decided to go on ahead to scout the lay of the land. He was gone for some time, snd when he returned he bad with him two sacks of ore which were from 70 per cent to 80 per cent pure silver snd also contained some gold. He came with bad news, however, for the Ctes were not feeling hos pitable. Later on this same prospector met a cowboy who claimed to have considerable Influence over the Utes. He was persuaded to Join this man in a hunt for the lost city treasure, but first be made a map of the country and left It with friends, as he felt uncertain whether wheth-er he would live to return. Time ent on, and no word came from th prospector or the cowboy. cow-boy. They seemed to have disappeared disap-peared as completely as had the stranger who started for Leadvllle with bis ore. At last the prospector's prospec-tor's friends, wno had been keeping keep-ing his map, decided to go In search for him. They followed the trail Into a desolate country where no human seemed ever to have lived. At last they met an old Ute who appeared to be friendly, and told him that they were hunting for the two men. The Indian understood them, and led them on to the foot of a cliff. Here they found the body of the prospector, who had been shot and thrown off of the height but no horse nor pack was to be seen. Several Sev-eral miles farther on the old Ute showed them the body of the cowboy, cow-boy, also shot to death. The two men were burled where they felL In 1004 the location of these graves was still known, but the site of the mine has never been found. BEHIND THE WALL IN 1006 two men named Murphy and Thomas came Into a little town In Sonora. Mexico. They bad some ore which they took to the local assayer, an American, for a reMrt It assayed $00,000 to the ton. The newcomers said that they had been prospecting up In the mountains to the west, snd one day their burros got sway. It was while they were hunting the animals that they found a wall of masonry which aroused their curiosity. It seemed very old, snd yet was well preserved. pre-served. Its discoverers thought that there might be something valuable behind such a wall, and accordingly accord-ingly they broke through to Investigate, Inves-tigate, Crawling Into the hole they had made, they found themselves In the mouth of s tunnel. There were peculiar Judelte statuettes snd other evidence of ancient tribes In the long-hidden place, hut what these men wanted was gold, and It was with a vast thrill of Joy that they found It. at the end of some l.'0 feet, a two foot vein of the yellow yel-low metal In the breast of the tunnel. tun-nel. The assayer heard their story with great Interest. Then he proposed pro-posed that the partners let him In on the mine. It was Yaqul conn-try, conn-try, and three men would be stronger strong-er than two. Then, his greater knowledge of ores and minerals would also serve Ihem well. He was able to convince Murphy and Thomas that they needed hlra us a third partner, and they agreed to take him back with them. Two days later they started for the mine. On the way, the Yaqula ambushed the trio, and the two prospectors were killed. The ansa an-sa yer escaped, hut he had not found out where to search for the ancient wnll and Its locution remains a secret se-cret to this day. Human progreil JJ three foundations; , of positive h,..,K. n H hare In reason.w, wealth, and nt. flm to each the mei ward he merits. Dl.t .f j, .! Th Jam no., i ""H green and brown leaf chafr, lla Japanlca) Introduced iZ ica irom japan. Ths ," follae and fruit,; J on the mntm uol Srnsei sad ing vegetation. Eodaad k P... - v England Is politically , J Europe, though when t. man speaks of "th Europe" he 1. 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