| Show news review of Ct current events the world over assassination sassi nation of senator long stirs the nation great britain ready to take sanctions against italy ickes versus hopkins by EDWARD W PICKARD Q western newspaper union djury UEY P LONG united states sen bator ator and political dictator of louisiana Is dead the victim of an assassins fassl sas sins n s bullet As he passed through a corridor of the statehouse state house in baton 4 rouge where the legislature was passing more laws to solidify his control over the state he was shot AV once through the body by dr carl A weiss jr of baton rouge one of the king fish fluhs S political opponents the assassin huey ey P long was immediately shot to death by the senators ever present bodyguards the surgeons and physicians worked unceasingly to save long but his strength steadily waned and shortly after 4 tuesday morning about thirty hours after the shooting he passed away longs body lay in state in the rotunda of the capitol building while many thousands passed by tile the bier the impressive funeral services were held on the front terrace and the dead senator was interred in a sunken garden of the capitol grounds rev ger ald L K smith the young minister who deserted a rich parish in shreve crt to follow long was the only speaker at tile the funeral the only music was the song every man a king played in minor key and dirge time lime by the state university band though the man who killed long was known ns as one of his political foes the real story of the ass assassination assi nation was shrouded in uncertainty earl chrls chris benberry ten berry secretary of the late senator declared that lon long was murdered as a result of a conspiracy that a number dumber of his enemies formed a jury of death and that doctor weiss was selected by lot to fire the fatal bullet to those who are familiar with the conditions in louisiana this story does not sound especially fantastic what will become of longs empire Is a question that agitates all his followers and all the people of the state as well for the present it seemed likely the members of the long machine will sink their personal ambitions and try to hold the or intact it will be difficult dilli cult for them to decide on a successor to the kin ash as their leader gov 0 ac K allen alien Is considered too mild and pence peace ionin loung seymour no of the assassin treasurer of the long organization iza tion Is the strongest man in the lot but he always has drawn back from holding a public position allen alien A ellender speaker of the house may be the man finally selected though gov james A noe Is to the tore fore political leaders of all parties expressed their deep regret for tile the assassination sassi eassi nation of senator long M MUSSOLINI tacitly consented to the appointment of a committee of five nations by tile the league of nations council to handle the italo ethl cahl embro gIlo and after protest agreed that great britain and france should be among the members of that body the other members are spain turkey and poland senor salvador de madariaga Madar laga of spain Is the chairman and he be and his associates at once began the task assigned them each salvador do da country Is represented madariaga by its chief delegate being besides madariaga eden of england laval of france arras of turkey and josef beck of poland soon after the assembly of the league opened its session sir samuel hoare british foreign secretary electrified the gathering by an outspoken warning to italy and france ile he declared great britain recognized italis need tor for expansion and raw materials but bat would not admit these could not be obtained peaceably rounding pounding the tribune he said britain stands for steady collective resistance to all acts of unprovoked aggression lie he paused struck the tribune again and repeated quietly steady collective resistance to all acts of unprovoked aggression sir samuel more than intimated that great britain was prepared to take sanctions against italy in case of aggression gres sion slon provided all the other members of the league shared the risk pad it if not then england was prepared eb isolate herself from the continent this seemed to put it up to premier laval of france to choose between the friendship of britain and that of italy laval meanwhile was trying to persuade mussolini to accept another plan lie he had devised and postponed hla his speech to the assembly representatives of the netherlands and sweden were the first to support doares IIo area position announcing their countries would fulfill all obligations including collective penalties if any member became a victim of aggression la in two in rome mussolini gave indication that tie be would not be liveried from his put purpose pose to conquer ethiopia though in one he said the italian people want peace provided it Is accompanied by justice in the other he declared we shall march straight oo oa the ethiopian government announced that telegrams from the northern frontier show that the italians are making important troop movements on the ethiopian and Erl trean frontier indicating an early offensive against ethiopia accepting the advice of his brain trust which includes everett A colson of tb the united states stales emperor halle selassie Se lassle instructed his representatives senta tives in geneva to reject all solutions thus far offered by the powers for settling the quarrel with italy those these are arc a tripartite mandate over ethiopia as suggested by france with tile the league of nations guaranteeing ethiopians independence and territorial integrity frances proposal for an italian protectorate similar to that of the british in iraq and an international pollee police force similar to the one that occupied the soar PUBLIC WORKS administrator ICKES and work progress administrator hopkins ll got into such a quarrel over the spending of the 00 fund that the president had to call 5 them to nyde hyde park together with the third and neutral member of the works r relief e I 1 I 1 e f triumvirate 1 frank G walker the director of the national emer emergency en cy coun ell cil and administrator of applications others called to the important works re harry hopkins her parley included daniel bell director of the budget charles we sr un der cler secretary of interior corrington gill assistant of hopkins fred ironsides administrative assistant of walker and col horatio hackett chief of housing lio using in the mr roosevelt was determined to have peace and told those present thit the prime necessity at this time Is to make jobs quickly always keeping in mind the idea or of turning workers back to private industry as business warrants this looked like a victory tor for who favors quick jobs over ickes champion of permanent public works the president has declared that he hopes persons persona can be removed from the relief rolls and put to work by the first of november EGAL attack on the guffey soft LEGAL L coal act has been opened by 16 coal companies operating in narlan harlan county kentucky in federal court at louisville they brought suit for injunction against its enforcement charging that it violates the federal constitution in these ways 1 it violated the fifth amendment which forbids taking property without j due process of law 2 it violated the tenth amendment which reserves to the states or to the people all rights not granted the federal government or forbidden the states 3 it attempts to delegate legislative power 4 the section levying a 15 per cent tax tas on all coal production with a 00 per cent refund to producers submitting to the code provided by the act Is an unconstitutional attempt 0 on the part of congress under the guise of taxation to punish those producers of bituminous coal who are unwilling to surrender their constitutional rights 0 5 congress has no jurisdiction over and no power to legislate upon certain matters covered by the act or the code the companies declared they would refuse to submit to the act and the code it authorizes former federal judge charles 1 I dawson filed the action as counsel for the plaintiffs judge dawson recently left the bench to reenter re enter private law practice after declaring unconstitutional tile and other new deal measures T U university of michigan Is rejoicing oer a gift of for enlargement of its graduate school the money Is donated by the norace II 11 and mary A fund basee base on the bulk built of the estate of the late horace 11 detroit philanthropist one million dollars will be spent to purchase a square block of land adjoining the present campus and for a new building the remainder will be employed as an endowment the in come will be used to promote research by the terms of the agreement the school will be known as the horace H school of graduate studies the purpose of the gift Is twofold dr mark alark S knapp director of the fund said first to create a memorial and secondly to place the uni hersity on a firmer foundation as ag one of the greater universities la in this country it will provide means for original research funds for which have been lac lacking lackl kinz ns of american business and R REACTION financial men to president roose volts latest public statement that hij basic is ae program has reached substantial n completion and industry will have a breathing spell ran the gamut between mild hope and downright unbelief those who permitted pe emitted the themselves m sel ves to be quoted were generally extremely cautious in their expressions hut but there was usually a vein of skepticism in ID their remarks wall wai street brokers were gladdened by a spurt of trading at higher prices but bankers were more than doubtful an economists insisted that a balan balanced ceJ budget which mentioned in tho the presidents letter to roy howard publisher was a prime requisite silas strawn former president ident of 0 the chamber of commerce of the united states said business men generally will nili say th atthe improvement in some lines of business has been in spite of rather than because of tile the activities of the administration 11 politicians regarded the letter as mr Roosevel ts opening of his campaign tor for reelection election re and praised or decried it according to their party adill allons frank knox of the chicago dally daily news a potential candidate for the republican presidential nomina tion called it just another promise and set forth the many campaign promises which sir roosevelt has failed to keep senator black of alabama said tile the statement was a wonderfully der fully clear explanation of his pro gram its original alms aims and its execution ec ution it should be a call to 0 o those engaged in business to vo no operate in further national progress howard had written the president that many business men had become convinced that there could be no real recovery until the alie fears of business have been allayed through the granting in of a breathing spell to industry mid a rece recess from further experimentation until tile the country can recover its ita losses in a long iong letter the president replied that the legislative program of 0 his administration had reached substantial stant lal completion and the breathing spell of which you speak Is here decidedly so UREE men who made independent tent TUREE in investigation v esti gation of the deaths of 0 war veterans in the florida hurricane reported they found no evidence indicating culpable negligence on the part of any persons they were states attorney G A worley of miami aubrey williams representing federal relief administrator hopkins and col george E ijams of the veterans bureau representing president roosevelt this finding was denounced as whitewash by james B E van zandt commander in chief of the veterans ot of foreign wars jolin john J skillman commander of the miami chapter of the same organization and other representatives senta tives of veterans societies van zandos statement called on president roosevelt to ignore the official report and take action against officials guilty of degli negligence cuce ORATION of the greek monarchy farchy restoration Is coming nearer and presumably sual ably former king george will be the man to occupy the throne premier Tsal darls has put himself on record as favoring the restoration and president salmis has indicated he will be willing to resign to make room for a 11 ang n g Tsal darls said in bis big statement 1 I attribute the nervous tension at present existing in public ranks and the army to gei general teral anxiety concerning the question of a constitution I 1 consider democratic royalty as the natural regime for greece and ask the people to vote for it in the impending plebiscite WENT to war on foot and awe V were joining the alie parade the same way declared about of the grizzled veterans who attended the annual encampment of the grand army of the republic in grand rapids mich alch so these sturdy old men marched in the big parade while the rest numbering some rode in automobiles H here ere were all that remained of the hundreds of thousands who answered the call to the colors in civil war days save for a few who were wera kept at home by extreme age and illness some of the states had no representatives in the line but their flags were carried nevertheless th from other states there were but one or two it was a pathetic but inspiring inspirit procession watched by thousands whose eyes were dimmed by tears and escorted by sons SODS of veterans american I legionnaires and veterans 9 of the spanish war oley ocy 1 nelson 91 of slater iowa was elected coin commander mander ln in calef to succeed albert E stacey of elbridge N Y in il session of the organization the proposed reunion at gettysburg next year with the confederate veterans was discussed and commander stacey made it plain that the affair would not be held under the official auspices of the grand army the plan originated in pennsylvania DWARD L DOHENY one of the tha wealthiest of americas oil magnates died in los log angeles at the age ag of seventy nine dine years after a long III ness ills his oil interests were mainly in california and mexico in 1924 doheny and his old friend albert B 13 fall secretary of the interior under harding were involved in the investigation of the governments leasing of the elk hills naval oil in california to doheny tor for exploitation doheny was twice tried and twice acquitted on charges of conspiracy t tn defraud the alie government a and nd of givin a bribe of to to fall the lul ter however was found guilty of tuk tak lag a bribe and went to prison |
