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Show THE LEIII SUN. LEHLUTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Germany's Financial Plight Worries All Other Na-tions Na-tions Hearings on Railway Freight Rate Increase Begun. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Gates W. McGarrah 17HILE all the world looked on with anxious Interest Germany was plunged Into a financial crisis that threatened the country with utter economic collapse and made possible even the supervision supervi-sion of the government. govern-ment. Delay In acceptance of the Hoover moratorium by France had re sulted In the withdrawal of vast urns from the German banks, the conversion of these funds Into foreign for-eign currency and Its removal from the country. The big Darmataed-ter Darmataed-ter und National bank closed Its doors, primarily because of heavy losses sustained through the failure fail-ure of Germany's largest wool-combing wool-combing concern. Dr. Hans Luther, Lu-ther, president of the Relchsbank, rushed from Berlin to London and thence to Paris, seeking old. The French government refused to participate par-ticipate In a loan to the Relchsbank Relchs-bank unless Germany would agree to conditions which Herlln regarded regard-ed as Impossible of acceptance. These Included suspension of the pocket battleship building program, abandonment of the Austro-Gertnan customs union, further credit restrictions re-strictions In Germany and relinquishment relin-quishment of any hope of regaining Danzig and the Danzig corridor President von lllndenburg and his ministers said they would resign rather than submit to these demands. de-mands. Luther then flew to Pnsel and laid the case before the ISunk for Internationa! Settlements and representatives rep-resentatives of American, British and French banks. Gates W. McGarrah, Mc-Garrah, American president of the B. I. 8.. announced that the directors direc-tors of that Institution had agreed to renew Its participation In the rediscount credit of $100,000,0)0 accorded to the -Relchabnnk June 5 and due on July 15. This credit was advanced Jointly by the Federal Reserve bank of the United States, the P.ank of France, the Rank of England and the world bank. The sum was welcome to Luther, but It was only a drop In the bucket which be bad to fill. i -W t f ! : Hans Luther Meanwhile the German OTtr nment ordered all banks closed for two days, shut up the stock exchanges for a week, and decreed two-day moratorium. mor-atorium. It thus checked the exodus ex-odus of capital and the transfer of marks Into foreign currencies or se curities, for the time being. There was some rioting, but In general the German Ger-man people exhibited the calmness of despair. The German authorities authori-ties cannot believe that America and the other nations of Europe would permit the insolvency of Germany, and the decree Issued by lresldent von lllndenburg stressed the fact that the crisis was largely metaphysical and due to lack of public confidence. At the suggestion of the French government, an Important conference confer-ence was held In Parla Saturday and Sunday, the chief participants from other nations being Chancel lor Rruenlng and Foreign Minister Curtlus of Germany, Foreign Secretary Sec-retary Henderson of England and Secretary Stlmson of the United States. This was a preliminary to a conference In London called for July 20 by the British government. govern-ment. To represent the United States at the latter President Hooter Hoo-ter designated Secretaries Stlmson Stlm-son and Mellon. It was understood under-stood they would not concern themselves them-selves with matters of European politics, and Mr. Stlmson already bad explained that this government could not participate In a loan to Germany, that matter resting entirely en-tirely wltb the federal reserve and private banks. President Hoover kept In close touch with the German situation, but It was the official view in Washington that Germany must help herself fey strong measures, and that in the matter of outside assistance Europe must take the lead. Mr. Hoover took the position posi-tion that In bringing about the moratorium he bad done all that he legitimately and properly could do. France refuses to be abashed by the attacks on ber apparent harshness harsh-ness toward Germany. She holds that her demands are fully Justified Justi-fied and that they tend to promote the cause of world disarmament and to assure security for Europe In general and France la particular. particu-lar. pnARLES G. EDWARDS, Demo-crat, Demo-crat, representative In congress con-gress of the First Georgia district, died suddenly of cerebral benv morhage In Atlanta. He was fifty-three fifty-three years old and bis borne was In Savannah. Mr. Edwards' death restores to two the Republican majority ma-jority In the house. He was the seventh member of that body to die since the election. The Republicans Republic-ans now have 213 members to 213 for the Democrats and one Farmer laborite. There are only six va cancies, for that caused by the death of Aswell of Louisiana has been filled by the election of another an-other Democrat, John Overton. INVESTIGATION was ordered by Secretary of Commerce Lament La-ment Into charges made by Dr. Ray O. Hall that be bad been dismissed dis-missed from the department for protesting against falsification of the recently Issued report on the "balance of International payments." pay-ments." Hall, who prepared most of the report, alleged figures were Juggled and detections made to suit "political expediency." He said particularly that a comment to the effect that Impending tariff legislation legis-lation possible was In part responsible respon-sible for merchandise Imports holding hold-ing np relatively well during the first half of the fiscal year 1930 had been omitted In the publication. publica-tion. The point he had endeavored to bring out and which, be said, was omitted, wa. that. In anticipation of higher tariff rates later, foreign shippers bad sent greater quantities quanti-ties of goods to this country during dur-ing the first part of the fiscal year than otherwise would have been the case. - ! Li.., ubJ D AILWAT offi- Ezra Bralnerd, Jr. clals. shl oners und other Interested Interest-ed persons gathered gath-ered in Washington Washing-ton for the hearing hear-ing before the Interstate In-terstate commerce commission on the application of the railroads for an increase in-crease of 15 per cent In rates on all freight trafllc. It is one of the biggest big-gest questions that Chairman Eiri Brulnerd. Jr., and his fellow commissioners com-missioners have had to handle for some time. There was no disposition disposi-tion to question the fact that the railroads are In a sad financial plight. The problem Is to find the remedy. In the first five months of this year the class one railroads had a net railway operating Income of $18S,3S7,587, or 2.10 per cent on their property Investment, and 44 of the 171 roads operated at a loss, of which 14 were In the eastern, 6 in the southern, and 21 in the western west-ern district. Conforming to the wish of President Presi-dent Hoover, that existing wage scales be maintained, the roads are seeking an Increase of revenue In Increased rates, but their executives execu-tives have made It plain that If this is not granted, wages will have to come down. Many shippers have let the commission know that they favor the latter alternative, asserting assert-ing that they cannot bear higher transportation charges. President Hoover has taken no part In the controversy, but Secretary of Agriculture Ag-riculture Hyde has publicly asked the commission to tnke Into consideration consid-eration the fact that while the revenue rev-enue of the railroads dropped 16 per cent last year, the revenue of the farmers dropped 20 per cent ; that farm prices are down to prewar pre-war level, while freight rates are relatively high; that with many products taxes, manufacturing costs, and railroad rates can be paased on to the consumer, but that the farmer cannot pass bis costs on. Two security Hotders' committees appeared before the commission to set forth the danger that many millions mil-lions of dollars of rail securities may become Ineligible for life insurance, in-surance, savings bank and other Investment In-vestment unless the freight rate Increase In-crease Is granted. One of the committees com-mittees represented life Insurance and savings bank Interests and the other trust and fire Insurance companies com-panies and Institutions. In an effort to determine whether wheth-er certain practices of the railroads rail-roads are consistent with "economical "econom-ical and efficient management," the Interstate commerce commission announced that It would conduct an Investigation on Us own motion Into practices of carriers which affect af-fect the operating reverfries and expenses. ex-penses. Among the practices the commission commis-sion Is Investigating are prices paid for railroad fuel and the handling of coal at tidewater ports, lake coal, private freight cars, the spotting spot-ting of cars at Industries and the construction and maintenance of sidings for shippers. r APTS. GEORGE ENDUES and v Alexander Magyar of the Hungarian Hun-garian army made a remarkable nonstop flight from Harbor Grace N. F to within 14 miles of Budapest. Buda-pest. That city was their goal, but their fuel ran out Just before It was reached. Joseph Lebrlx and Marcel Do-ret, Do-ret, two famous French aviators, set out on a non-stop flight from Paris to Tokyo, hoping to make the 6,000 miles In Gi hours. They were making good progress when they were forced down In Siberia 310 miles from Irkutsk. The plane was ruined and Lebrix was slightly Injured. In-jured. QoriET Russia has taken an-- other step in Its return to old time ways. It has been decreed by the people's romnilssiarlat for agriculture that payment to workers work-ers on Russia's collective farms shall henceforth be made only on tbe basis cf quality and quantity of work performed. The measure Is designed to Increase the "material "mate-rial Interestedness" of the farmers farm-ers and thus enlarge production. Heretofore collective farmers have been paid partly in money from farm earnings and partly In produce, according to the size and needs of their families, many taking tak-ing their jiliare of produce at the outset of the harvest. These factors, fac-tors, combined with Inadequate organization and management of farms, were cited in the decree as responsible for a break In labor discipline and consequently losses from the harvest TWENTY-EIGHT Dationa.tlirough their representatives at Geneva, signed an International convention limiting the manufacture and regulating regu-lating the distribution of narcotic drugs, and It was expected that other signatures. Including that of the United States, would be added within a few days. The treaty was the result of discussions of delegates from 56 nations which have been In progress for many weeks. Among the first to sign were-Cermany, were-Cermany, France, Holland, Switzerland, Switz-erland, Great Britain and Japan, six of the leading manufacturing states. Turkey and Jugoslavia, chief opium-producing states, are not expected to sign at present. CHILE has a new cabinet beaded by Pedro Iilanquler who, besides be-sides being premier, is minister of finance. Iilanquler was formerly finance and public works minister, as well as director of the state railways. He Is regarded as an efficient technical man and It is believed In Santiago that he can find the remedy for the precarious state of Chilean finances. FROM the White nouse came an official reply to the attacks on the tariff commission that have been made by Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas and other Democratic leaders. The statement represented the tariff commission as a most ludustrlous body which had completed Investigations of 110 different articles under the flexible flexi-ble provisions of the tariff act and has investigations of 119 articles still under consideration. In 22 Investigations completed and reported re-ported to the President, It was pointed out that on only 10 of the 40 articles Involved hnd there been an increase proclaimed. On 12 articles ar-ticles the duty was cut. On 20 there was no change; on 4 others there was.no change, the report having been returned by the President. Presi-dent. It was also explained that In addition ad-dition to its duties under the flexible flexi-ble clause, the commission had been called on by congress for reports re-ports on 10 subjects, four of which have been completed. On Its own Initiative the commission undertook and completed an Investigation of leaf tobacco. "The cases brought before the commission are being handled expeditiously," ex-peditiously," the White House statement declared. "The tables presented herewith reveal thnt the commission la disposing of the cases at a rute of one per week." f NE more report from the Wick-ersliam Wick-ersliam commission has been made public. It deals with methods meth-ods of criminal procedure, and an Interesting puragrnph denounces as "shocking to one's sense of Justice" the laws under which the famous Mooney-Billlngs case was conducted. conduct-ed. The commission cites the case arising from the 1916 Preparedness day bombing In San Francisco as one In which motions for a new trial "were held Inadequate to prevent pre-vent Injustice." It makes no direct recommendation, however, that the case be reopened. In the body of its resort, signed by ten of the eleven members, the commission concludes that blame should be iald at the door of "incompetent, "in-competent, or politics ridden Judges' for much of the general complaint against this country's criminal procedure. Monte M. Lemann, New Orleans lawyer who declined to sign the commission's prohibition report, likewise refused to sign this document. docu-ment. He charges that the report was made without sufficient research re-search to back up the conclusions i I VIRTUALLY the father of the army air service. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Benja-min D. Foulols will, next Dec ember, reap the reward of his long and earnest ear-nest labors. The W a r department j announced his pro- motion to succeed -4 MaJ. Gen. James K. r ecnet as chief of Gen. Foulols the army air corps, effective December 20, when General Fechet's term expires. ex-pires. Foulols will then become a major general. He was one of the pioneers in the development of aviation avia-tion through association with the Wright brothers. He flew the first airplane and the first dirigible balloon bal-loon purchased for the army, and In 1010, when the appropriation for the air service was only $150, he contributed $.'KK1 from his own pay to make up a deficit. He organised the first flying unit the army ever had. As assisiartt chief of the corps he supervised the gigantic air maneuvers ma-neuvers along the Atlantic coast last May. A LHERT B. FALL, former seo- retary of the interior, was ordered or-dered by the Dejiartment of Justice to be committed to the New Mexico Mex-ico penitentiary to serve out the term to which be was sentenced on Ms conviction In the Klk Hills bribery esse. In order that Fall, because of Incipient tuberculosis ml;h: serve his term In the Southwest, South-west, his sente.-e of a year In J;i!l was changed to a year and s day by Justice Jennings Bailey of the District of Columbia Supreme court X tltL WwUra MmMM Cataa.) intermountain'Hews -Briefly Told by Busy Readers TO BUILD DREDGE TLAN NEW RESERVOIR COLD MIXING ACTIVITH TAX REDUCTION DENIED - I PROVO, UT.-The seventh an nual premium list of tbe Utah county fair, an attractive 7apage booklet, "featuring the spirit of 1819 and the progres of 1931," ba come from the press. WARREN, IDA. The California Dredging company Is building big dredge on the meadows Jusi below here. This activity is caus ing Warren to boom again, not like the old gold rush days, but In surer and more safe way. CALDWELL, IDA.-Thougn unimproved, un-improved, the I. 0. N. highway, s route shortening the distance from this section to California several hundred miles, Is rapidly coming into in-to use. CHEYENNE, WYO. A survey of available water Is being made here and a conservation program Is being be-ing planned In an effort to make It go as far as possible. A similar plan Is already in use on the Laramie Lar-amie river. MANTI, UT.-Cheaper prices and plenty of available labor has led to considerable building In Man-tl Man-tl recently. CnALLIS, IDA. One of the largest mining deals In Idaho was closed when the George Z. Black-mon Black-mon group of claims In Washington Washing-ton basin, In the East Fork mining district, was sold to a Chicago concern. con-cern. LOGAN, UT.-The contract has been let to build an addition to the city light sub-station to house the new diesel unit recently purchased by the city of Logan. SUGAR CITY, IDA. Organization Organiza-tion of the Grand Teton Reservoir company, whose objective is Irrigation Irriga-tion development In the upper Snake river valley country, has been announced. an-nounced. The concern contemplates the building of a 100,000 feet storage stor-age reservoir on the Teton river. OGDEN, UT. Ogden chamber of commerce officials have received word from Mexico City that a concert con-cert will probably be presented In Ogden by tbe Mexican presidential band about Angust 10. The band is making a good will tour of the United States. LEWISTON, IDA. With baser metals In the dumps on the worid markets the attention of the mining world Is turning towards gold and many observers anticipate a revival reviv-al of the gold mining Industry in Idaho. Examination of the gold-bearing gold-bearing quartz claims of the Elk City area have beea underway for sometime. OGDEN, UT. A plea of the American Packing & Provision company of Ogden for a reduction in freight rates on hogs In single-deck single-deck carloads shipped by the company com-pany from points on the Union Pacific Pa-cific railroad In Nebraska, Colorado Colora-do and Wyoming to South Omaha, Nehr., has been granted by the inter in-ter state commerce commission. MANTI, UT. Considerable work has been done on the Community camp grounds In Manti canyon to add to the convenience and pleasure of campers. m . SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Busi ness conditions are viewed with op timism by the Los Angeles chamber of commerce, It is shown In a report re-port of a recent survey. VERNAL, UT.-The U. 8. gov ernment with the help of the state district fish and game associations plan to restock the streams and lakes In the Uintah range. RUPERT, IDA. Pronounced by tbe state highway officials as the best small concrete bridge In Idaho, the new bridge crossing the canal near the Sawyer place, a mile east of Rupert on the new highway has been thrown open to travel. SPANISn FORK, UT.-The con necting line and substation for Interchange In-terchange of electric energy be tween the Strawberry Water Users association and the Utah Power and Light company has been completed. PROYO, UT. More than 100 students are in attendance at the Alpine term of the Brigham Youne University summer school at Aspen urove. ine school is located at an elevation of 6S00 feet, below a perpetual per-petual glacier and a wonderful system sys-tem of cataracts offers a broad curriculum. ROCK SPRINGS. WYO. Henry Kobinson, reputed chamnion nreds. tory game hunter of Wyoming, again led the state in the killing of SOS coyotes last year, according to a report issued. MOSCOW, IDA-Latah connt. commissioners recently denied the w per cent reduction in assesed valuation val-uation of farm lands asked by farmers and the Latah County Tax league. MORAS, WYO.-Three thousand acres of valuable timber was burned burn-ed before fire fighters placed a blaze in north. ivin. . -V . u iiv.u uauuuai park under control. The fire was tria sw4 .at . . ""w "'Circus one in this section sec-tion for years. IDAHO FALLS, IDACrops of r.CrB Waho where water Is available ire doing well, according to the report of the United States ft BoT"1 bureao lRdylo Be Christened by MrH v :f-Ji ; rKA w x -- k ': f , f i c f . f-a ? v X H ' ' ' "T ll ' - I v. Mrs. Herbert Hoover has consented to christen the new navy dirigible Akron at Akron, Ohio,onAla 8. The airship, biggest In the world, is nearing completion at the plant of the Goodyear-Zeppelin coS tlon. The photograph shows it as the giant fins were being attached. Rookies Arriving at the Plattsburg Camp J fx jt " IW,.!!Av..IW).--r,T.-,,,,i, j a.uuaisu I many 0 fa, espec' ;jt and D( kiiied i to win b agh(iut Vutawa. b' Sjaddtiists, kive fi trlca. He fortjJea: 1 center ol ibove is w Francisc first ai Ite girl I' e i Buc fck,Kfogei & (jrriifie Li Ma r " B y $ r-fc -4 9 W&$ ?-M ft 1 J' Vi 'v s,'t 1 The famous training camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., is open again and throngs of young civilians arere i the rudiments of military education. Above Is seen a special train unloading rookies from lis. irk city. Here's the Mechanical Radio Cop 8 . JtOtt." I t Jl""'!' i. m 11 TTTT "7""-"""''""" 11"""1" I 1 f , ?' 'if I ,,i,ih ; "'.-.-.3". I - VWf, M-. .y:..:. i , t I tn'i UK.. a new mechanical wdta , rr ? . Hi?Iadl0 comnissIon Is Inspecting court as evidence. Droaacasts- The record can then be run off In Smashed Twelve Liquor Ring; RULES THE SHRINE , .4 f j tt j Thomas J. 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