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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Frobing the Morro Castle Disaster Textile Strike Mediation Fails and Rioting Is Resumed . Profits in War Munitions. By EDWARD W. PICKARD C br Wfftm Newnpajw Union. ' ( V ..... J& . . i George W. Rogers NEATtLY always In the case of i aiarlne disaster persons come forward with accusations of negligence negli-gence and misbehavior on the part or the onicers ana crew of the vessel concerned. This Is true now of the Morro Castle, the Ward liner which burned eight miles off the New Jersey coast with a loss of 135 lives. The Morro Castle, Cas-tle, large, swift, and luxurious In Its appointments, was returning from l seven-day cruise to Havana. Her master, Cant, Robert Wllinott, had died of heart disease only a few hours before the tragedy, and William Wil-liam F. Warms, chief officer, was In command. With 12 other officers and members of the crew he stood by the blazing ship until the hulk was towed to Asbury Tark and fceached. Several of the surviving passengers passen-gers testified before the federal steamboat Inspection board that no alarm was sounded and that little er no aid was given the panic-stricken panic-stricken passengers by the members mem-bers of the crew. Then George W. Rogers, chief radio operator, and his first assistant, George I. Alag-8a, Alag-8a, told of the delay In sending out the S O S call, asserting they could Dot obtain an order for It from the bridge. This, of course, was explained ex-plained by the usual reluctance of steamship officers to call for help because the salvage charges are heavy. Alngna was put under arrest ar-rest as a material witness after he bad told his story to a federal grand Jury. The value of his testimony testi-mony was somewhat lessened by Rogers' admission to both the board and the grand Jury that Alagna bad been distrusted by Captain Wllmott as a radical and an agitator, agi-tator, and that Alagna some months ago trted to Instigate a riot on the ship as a protest against the food served the crew. The first actual evidence Indicating Indicat-ing that the fire was of Incendiary origin was furnished by Quartermaster Quarter-master Gus Harmon. "It was like the flash of a 18-Inch gun," he declared. "It couldn't have been gasoline because It traveled trav-eled much faster. It might have been some sort of chemical, all of which would light up when one point of it started. There was a funny acrid smoke coming out of the flash,'' Other officers of the ship testl- flprl thnt tfm hnllnv-tri ta flrrt 1 was of Incendiary origin and was I fed by gasoline or chemicals, but they could suggest no motive for such a horrible crime, Acting Captain Warms said he based his opinion thnt the blaze was Incendiary Incen-diary on two facts: First, because on August 27, on a previous voyage voy-age to Havana, there was a suspicious sus-picious blaze in the No. 5 hold : second, sec-ond, because reports to hlra Indicated Indi-cated that the writing room locker. In which the fatal tire started, exploded. ex-ploded. The (lames, he explained further, acted "like gasoline or kerosene," kero-sene," and fire extinguishers had no effect on them. The chief of the secret service In Havana doelured the burning of the Morro Castle was an act of sabotage sa-botage by members of a secret International In-ternational maritime association that takes Its orders from Communists Commu-nists la Moscow. EFFORTS of resident Roosevelt's Roose-velt's mediation board to brln about a peaceful settlement of the textile strike failed when the employers, em-ployers, according to the board, refused re-fused to nu.se any concessions that would open the way to arbitration. The strike leaders bad Insisted that all the mills must remain Closed pending arbitration, and this w?a rejected by the nv'.i owner. The cotton, textile employers then declared flatly that they did not believe be-lieve the Issues at stake are "appropriate "ap-propriate subjects for arbitration." The Immediate result of this breakdown In negotiations was the resumption of violence and disorder, disor-der, especially In Rhode Island. Thousands of strikers and their sympathizers fought with National Guard detachments In Saylesvllte and Woonsocket. driving back the greatly outnumbered soldiers. Tear gas, nausea gas and finally bullets were used to check the rioters and many persons were wounded, some fatally. Governor Green made con cessions to the Saylesville strikers and ordered that there should be m more shooting. Rut at Woon socket conditions grew momentarily momentar-ily worfe and the police commis sioner of the city asked the governor te obtain federal troops to stop the rioting. The major In command of the National Guardsmen there ad mitted the situation was out of con trol. Great crowds were looting sieps la the downtown section and others were threatening the Woonsocket Rayon company's plant. Fearing major bloodshed and death, Governor Green read the riot act and asked President Thomas Thom-as F. McMahon of the United Textile Tex-tile Workers of America to hasten there from Washington. The governor gov-ernor also ordered the mobilization of 1,000 World war veterans. FOUR members of the Du Pont family, Pierre, Irenee, Felix and Lammot, appeared before the senate sen-ate munitions Inquiry committee and told of the huge business the Du Pont corporation has done In supplying war material. Between 1014 and 1918 the company, which was founded In 1802 to manufacture black powder, filled $1,245,000,000 worth of war orders. In that time It did about S3 times the business It had In the year Just before the World war, when Its sales amounted amount-ed to $30,000,000. ... Irenee du Pont testified that the corporation subscribed to preferred stock In the German dye patents seized during the war by the United Unit-ed States. He said these patents had resulted In a "great service" to America. The corporation entered the dye business after the war as a licensee of the Chemical foundation, founda-tion, Pu Pont said. There did not seem to be anything any-thing very sensational or scandalous scandal-ous In the facts elicted from the Da Ponts, but previous witnesses had told a lot about the deals of airplane air-plane companies and other corporations corpora-tions with foreign nations In which It was alleged they had been aided by United States diplomats and army and navy otlleers. There was a lot, too, about graft on the part of South American government officials. of-ficials. One of the stories told brought In the name of King George of England, and this resulted In official of-ficial protests by British diplomats both In Washington and in London. Just what Senator Nye and hla committee expect to do with the Information In-formation they are gathering Is not certain. There are suggestions of government ownership or at least government control of all war munition muni-tion manufacturing and selling. IN TIIR fifth Installment of the senate banking committee on Us stork market Investigation internal revenue agents were charged with "laxity In enforcement" enforce-ment" for accepting, accept-ing, without examination. exam-ination. Income tax returns prepared by J. P. Morgan & Co. The committee presented pre-sented a long review re-view of evidence that officials of the Kin reran rnmnnnv. LJ . J Kuhn Loeb ft- Co ana ma rauonm City bank of New Income taxes by a J. P. Morgan lork "avoided "variety of methods. "Many returns, particularly of partners In large banking houses. were exempted from adequate scru tiny." the committee said. "When examinations were made the time devoted to them was com paratively short. In view of the wealth of the taxpayers and the complex nature of their transactions. "Thus, in 1SM0. according to the bureau's own records, one day was spent In checking the partnership return of J. P. Morgan & Co. and Prexel ft Co. the most powerful banking group In the world. "This return was not subjected to any Hold examination and apparent ly the agent's explanation was sulH clent to satisfy the Internal revenue bureau that none was necessary.' Citing that since the bearings were held congress has enacted certain cer-tain reforms In legislation and ad ministration to prevent tax avoid anee, the report stated: "The need for reform, either In taw or Its method of enforcement. or both, was made abundantly clear when the Income tax returns of some of the leaders of American finance for the years since 192D were examined by the subeommlt tee. "For the year 1029 th partners of J. P. Morgan & Co. collectively paid shout 111.000.000 la taxes to the federal government For the year KV'lfl. IT Morgan partners. In eluding J. P. Morgan, paid no tax. and five paid aggregate taxes of about $r.C.0.Hl. For the year UW1 oot a single Morgan partner paid any tax. For the year 10,12 sot single Morgan partner paid any tax. "For the year tVC3 the partners of Kiihn. I.oeb & t' collectively paid about Sl.IWO.OOO In taxes For the year V.CO fonr Knbn ltb part tiers. Including Otto IL Kahn. R-iWi no tax, and four paid aggregate taxes of about JlOO.ooo. Kor the year UCl six Kuhn IjH'b partners paid no tax, and the other palil taxes totaling les than JCiKKX A similar situation prevailed In VJS2." OENATOR HUKT iaj.mj won nan- O dily la his fight for absolute con trol of Louisiana, his candidates for ranerena. state suureme court and public service commissioner, defeat- In c those of the "old guard." The election was quite peaceful despite Hi nredlctlon of bloody "civil war." The Klngflsh Is now expected to nreni his investigation of graft and corruption In the affairs of New Orleans and to undertake to have bis arch enemy, Mayor T. Semraes Walmsley, ousted from office through action bf the legislature, which he control! Huey Is now the Ylrtunl dictator of the state, but his opponents op-ponents have not given up the fight NEW DEALERS rejoiced !n the . results of the Maine election, though their victory was Incomplete. Incom-plete. Gov. Louis J. Brann, Democrat, Demo-crat, was re-elected by a substan tial majority over the Republican candidate, Alfred K. Ames, a wealthy and aged retired lumberman. lumber-man. Senator Frederick Hale, vet eran Republican, was returned to the upper house for his fourth term, but his majority over narold Du- bord. dynamic Democratic nominee, was so slender that nale must have felt rather humiliated. The New Dealers won two of the three con gressional seats. Maine was the pioneer prohibi tion state, but in this election It abandoned Its 60-yenr-old policy and Joined the wet list, voting for repeal by a large majority. William A. Comstock lost the Democratic nomination to succeed himself as governor of Michigan, being defeated by Arthur J. Lacey. The Republicans named Frank B. Fitzgerald, now secretary of state. In South Carolina the textile strike Injected Itself into theelectlon. In a runoff election Olln D. Johnston, John-ston, onion sympathizer and former mill hand, won the Democratic nom ination over Cole Blease, old-school orator and campaigner. Johnston will succeed Gov. Ira Blackwood, hated by the union as a "strike breaking governor." Gov. Eugene Talmadge was renominated by Georgia Democrats. In Arizona the Democrats renom inated Senator Ashurst and Con- gressmnn-at-large Isabella Green- way. The New Dealers tried to get the gubernatorial nomination In Colorado Col-orado for Miss Josephine Roach, coal mine operator and social worker, work-er, but she was beaten by Edward C. Johnson, the Incumbent In Washington, also, the New Dealers lost out when J. 0. Stephenson was defeated by Lewis Schwellenbach for the Democratic senatorial nonm-lnatlon. TIIE International Typographical union. In convention at Chiencro. defeated a proposal by delegates representing local No. 8 of New York for a four day thirty hou week, to be optional with each local by a referendum vote. Charges were made that the plan had been Instigated by Communists In control of the New York local, who are seeking to wreck the International organization and vilify Its officers. The accusation was denied by the president of the local, which has a membership of 10,500 union print ers In New York. Other delegates supplied the convention with circulars cir-culars setting forth the charges of communistic Interference and warning; warn-ing; the nnlon to be on its guard against the proposition. NATIONWIDE distribution has been started on a poster pledging pledg-ing the public to support Blue Eagle business establishments. Four inches square, It is gummed for pasting In windows. Code authorities and local lo-cal NRA committees are counted upon to aid Its distribution. The agitation Is to accompany the temporary Internal reorganization of the recovery administration, as decided upon by President Roosevelt Roose-velt and Hugh S. Johnson, the NRA administrator. Authority Is to be split three ways Instead of the present one-man control. con-trol. General Johnson Is expected to continue la an Important post RECONSTRUCTION Finance cor-poratlon cor-poratlon announced a new SIOO.000,000 corn loan program. Farmers will be offered loans on corn of.any crop year at the rate of 55 cents a bushel by the Commodity Commod-ity Credit corporation, the RFC disclosed. dis-closed. The RFC has turned over $100,000,000 to the commodity corporation, cor-poration, which Is really a branch of the RFC, for the carrying out of the program. States Included In the new loan plan are Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri. Ohio, Minnesota, Min-nesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Colorado. WHEN the League of Nations met In Geneva an Invitation to Russia to Join the league was circulated, cir-culated, signed and sent to Moscow. The council then announced "that an accord bad been reached to grant Russia a permanent seat on the council, and It was expected that only Portugal and Arsrentlna would continue to oppose this, by refraining from voting. Rlrhard Sandler of Sweden was elected president o the league assembly as-sembly by an almost unanimous vote. Poland gave a Jolt to the (eague by announcing that It will no longer abide by the general treaty for the protection of minority peoples. Jo-soph Jo-soph lek. the ftweizn minister, told the assembly that until all states protect the rights of minor!-ties minor!-ties Poland would refuse any trot by an International organism of Its treatment of minority groups Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Reader WOMEN BACK FLAN DAILY POTATO NEWS TREES MAKE' PROGRESS ARRANGE FALL FIESTA STYLE KEVIE FOB FALL ST. ANTHONY, IDA.-A total of 473 workers are receiving employment employ-ment on FERA proJecU In Fremont county during September. BOISE, IDA. The Idaho council coun-cil of the Federation of Women's Clubs indorsed dissemination of birth control Information. The action ac-tion was taken at a meeting attended attend-ed by 40 delegates, each the head of a club in the state, and doulde that number of visiting members. BURLEY, IDA. No district 4-11 club fair will be held this fall, announces an-nounces the district ?lub agent. A style revue demonstration and contest con-test for the district will be held at Jerome, September 29. County champions and near-champions will be scored then for placing In district dis-trict and state standing. SnoSHONE, IDA. Good growth has been made by the 100,000 seedling seed-ling trees planted on the Irrigated sections of Lincoln county last spring. HUNTS VI IXE, UT.-A war Is being waged In this district against grasshoppers. OGDEN, TJT. Reports Indicate a gain In employment In this city. PROVO, TJT. City officials bare promised officers of the Provo Chamber of Commerce they will cooperate co-operate In staging a fall festival and modernization exhibit here September Sep-tember 27, and 29. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. Approval of the Buffalo river site for a 100,-000 100,-000 acre-foot capacity storage reservoir reser-voir to serve tipper Snake river valley val-ley farmers has been announced here by E. II. Bahmeler, resident engineer of the TJ. S. reclamation bureau. It is estimated the dam will cost one million dollars. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. The bureau bu-reau of agricultural economics. United States department of agriculture, agri-culture, has opened a temporary field office at Idaho Falls. Daily reports on the potato market will be issued. SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. The government has bought 81,626 head of cattle In its purchasing program In Utah. Purchases in Wyoming have totalled 15G.299 head; Idaho 21,277 head, and Nevada, 15,304 head. Purchases In the drouth area have totalled 5,104,954 head, the farm administration reported. TRICE, TJT. Price has been chosen as the convention city for the Utah State Federation of Labor in 1935. SALT LAKE CITY, CT. Reduced Re-duced railroad rates on livestock feed will be restored for Utah points. Rates were cancelled because be-cause large mills, quoting delivered prices received all the benefit of the former reductions and did not re duce the price of feed to those in need. Rates will be allowed probably probab-ly to livestock men and associations in Utah that buy hay and other feed in other states or cotton seed and other mill feeds at the factory. They will not apply to shipments from mills to states where the feed is sold after shipment MURRAY, TJT. A special bond election will bo held here Oct. 10, 'or a balance of funds necessary for the construction and installation installa-tion of a neve Diesel generating unit, to be installed in the Murray City hydro-electric plant located at the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon. BOISE, IDA. The representa-ttves representa-ttves of sugar manufacturing companies com-panies have proposed to Governor C. Ben Ross that the state seek federal support nnder terms of the recently enncted Taylor bill to curb white fly, a sugar beet pest, in Ida-bo. Ida-bo. BOISE. IDA. Idaho has 593 retail re-tail d?aierg ln distsIIcd aPonoic liquor paying taxes to the federal government in spite of state dry laws making a felony of operation of such business, a report cf the bureau of internal revenue disclosed nwe. In addition there are S3 In the wholesale dealers list BOISE, IDA. -The Idaho wheat "op is estimated at 20.759.COO bushels, an Increase of 600,000 bushels over prospects a month so, due to improved irrigated wheat turnout bot the crop Is well Te"!ge of 27,-313.000 27,-313.000 bushels, although above the "..Go,ooo bushels produced last w'' Bc,!,n production is esti- at 1,102,000 hundred pound ". gainst 1.C70.000 bas last and sugar beets at 315,000 zm.m bushels, or 26 per cent be- e so and much nnder the "re-year average. kOGAX. UT. Demanding pay-ent pay-ent :Cf ?r.022.S2 claimed due them Z, fCS tax- the l'tah st! tax Rrat t,ls(rIct hpre ISJf rIsbaa CitJ asiXORE. rTAcwrdlng to reports frcm . ... . .. , isiir or tcs ! JWcJ .U be dWribatri for re nrwc the winler. Scenes and Persons in the Current i 7s New. I t ss ran L n f ii Pi. i ,&'. 1 -V I i V ' f 3 L fcbuyler K !-. .1 ff ' fa a v,-r 1 I, ' I: J . - " r " 5 tl , . 1-Textile workers In a mill at Concord, N. O, running the gauntlet of jeerlne ' thA hnrnlnff Xfnrrrt Pnsrl( nnil n ltfehnnt snfl rnnat ninrit rtorv ho! nr. ,nn-nj ... 6 o - a " wttcu anuy witn gnrvlvn 1 catastrophe. S Model of statue of King George of England which loyal ruline nrtn, . , oflbt4 New Delhi ' . i. i-rmces 0f Inia Riotous Strikers Held Back by Guardsme fit",; s " at. $ VVISk Ks vtf ZT" - , inte w ...i ttra Lund. ut f'rwti Wl APTER I"- lorned and I e kMed ag against th j!iBewbat h 1 bis red car sioess ee t w tenS I f. it (bird tim L rearrange I the bott I Ltul. Ko fat ft wl Its brazier-tie brazier-tie touch it the ba fcutes mce Cnbeuevi oa bands ! She glai be tor ue be! tent slowly rent w i & at the I wasn't I she dreai She open Jiaew at o: Wrlptlon. i m her was e Tillage ' I I 'nifty a white gl afternooi r neighboi I my darlii drew for I I soft pi iaodlng be! '$ demure' Striking mill workers giving way before the bavonets of National Guardsmen after a riot it to f't(fes P of the Woodside mill near Greenville, S. a The workers became unruly as they received their last pa; r tu' mill office before going on strike, and the troops, oa hand for just such an emergency, were forcedttt f8-0 tear gas bombs before the riot could be quelled. i .sine wo ?le hatei Hhe way ff'lds, bat vter with it wing ( f on the p darting It's. Walter i sJt-d to h: f.b near. during tie havi !i at you I Ledges. l-all aet renee w. Sa room.' f blatant barksi sit la i:t she lweat-gi ?' S-Ta In 'f'er the t Lamei a It, By ( 'tis I I fame i the t using f chair. 'Mai ' i iri T tepu -t he g "fa to m v for H h -fiJci f.m uvt ? iv i t COMANCHE LAUNCHED - : "r - . The new coast guard cutter Comanche Co-manche taking its maiden plunge nt the yards of Tusey & Jones ln Wilmington, Wil-mington, Del. Miss Katherlne Leary, daughter of Judge Timothy A. Leary of White rialns, N. Y cracked a bottle of champagne on the prow of the boat to christen It as It slid down the ways Into the water. SENSATIONAL JOCKEY wnv tBffiiirifii iLiOiij faul Kester Is the J.Kkey who cas created a sensation by his nn- cm esiMy Liu-cola Liu-cola Fields. Chicago, fie has a good P of the American Jockey list. Saved From the Burning liner mm 4" 1 ': & fit ., $ . j -it , ,r ? Vv:,,r. v ; ; A v' ' This woman passenger of the Morro Castle the deck of a rescue vessel to which she had been drafceu ; a . ..... .. . . V end ft iumpea irom tne Diazing liner mio me ruufcu Dv. Trying to SetUe Textile Strike tin i. 5 t- ' & ''f " 4' w'WWiiiMUMiw-!yg'''-. ' ' - " ' I if - ' - ' - -1 j i - t - - - - hi - I - III 1 1 1 i i s Here are the members of the special board rPc'BUeJ . Hoosevelt to try to mediate In the great teiuse s' right: Marion Smith of Atlanta; Gov. John a Wnam cnairman; and r.aymond V. lngersou oi |
