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Show rimoxirix. Til FI I'VYSON News Review of Current Events llie World Over tl President s Proposal to Eliminate Elilitv TIiM'n" Companies Prints Storm of CritieEm Treamiy Seeks to Simplify Nations Corn ne Structure. a r i u 1 'C I 1 it 4 f o i 'HR I resident 'a spo , S a Srwsj message calling fur abolition of utility holding eonipanli s stirred up a torn) that probably surprised oven such an astute J;i I ti ' 'cl.. i f iv I e f irrn rriortg rill Judge I C(b I fin mis City, i rnll lin'd n fi- -i i hTs 7 la i .i ty i was due t i v a Mili Ogg.-U- II In I the '1 he to d hill ills for $1 27s 7n, of whhh W oil'll j. pMOUIKI go to tin Agrici tore AdJ m mi lit ud AAA It. m , imrdstratioii aitivl-- t ii a At cominittt e hearings It was ex till) was Mi ih . A i Ben 'Ii' e nppr. u s com Ii ,i r ' i o t J t no partiiint of Acre i ore ap d piopr.itloMi lull fur toe I i ir i nt of $' IB i W. PICKARD By EDWARD rr I im rttrrn ' W -- ON, (TAH I 1, the O slid Is, at Friiter pl lined tint It Is to (stimale hmv tniuh would have to he oli'lgited because of the iop (iinlrol jiiiigi.iui, but t e a A Hi in was a rough t n ue of punt tux (idle, nuns and Is "ing not ( oii't oiling Ibnry all n e, of agriculture, told the tbit the farmers' ah ire of the national Income Is now Hluuit l(2 p. r emt, arid that It thould he l.i to Hi per ci nt, W. ill. ue said true prnspei it (unnot tome "until tin re has been a il lm rt ,im In the output very rnuti of ).oods, Industrial goods" If In home way it wire pos-.il- , le to turn out 50 per (cut more Indus-- t r hi goods ut a pro e definitely low-t- r Impos-dhl- cmke law w.is ronMltutluiml, ul though unul-- e In rnii.v of Its pm a Mr Milltban visb'is and almost Incomprehensible m i't r " Ja tge nils sild his rul toosev alt The Bre Mont urged liglsla lug was not the first In width the tlon to abolish those Hit was tpbild, and that an ap holding compardi s peal was Hire, uly before the nl'ed Ht iteg Suprr me comt ami a tie whiih were unnbli to allow they weie i Islun might tie expci ted shortly operated In the pub- '1 he AAA was declared Inv iid as lic Interest. Itepre regirds Intrust ite business hv Ted i r,il .Judge Ira I.lovd sentallve Beitrund at Irovl II. Snell, Itepubll letup It I. who lisped an Injunc tlon ri straining Sei rt t try of Agf1 ( in leader, Immedinil ure Will1 ue from enforiing the ately attar hed the message, claiming the lreshhnt ait against thrip him !e ,1 mil re thin the piesent pi he," the gee-thad detiouiKed propaganda again! tail milk dc ib rs on the grounds the result would teMilied, thu piopoaed h glslutloii, and was that their Im m ss w is i omlin ted en le ii) to in ike It possible tor agrh himself propagandizing for It. t'tll tlrdv w ti rt the Mate, and the tin to lu,y nine with the agiiiul-tui.i- l Ity comp'irdt s also swung Into the thu. al gov t riiiient till no right do'lar and tin it wind I le hitlle, and thousands of invt stars to interfere At New irk N J , i d lieu a ' id uy winkers to be Ud lu In utility sloths me reportod to eril Jcd.e G iv I. I a1 e rubd the litlie have Mitt In protests to (tmgto s national ret every net imtmi'tllu In the at n ate, Nmrls, Nebraska Retlonal as nptdled to It ra-- t ite tom L I N hicgli tie s' r a'e will not publican, offiied a ri'sidutlou calling men e bemuse t n'timots hii tin I i i di.it, y on the pink upon the federal trade commission lawful deli '.lion of led dative ail lull to dip" repi d hnorne tax pub-lto InveMInto propaganda rt gard 'I he Ihnrlfv itti r dei agries dv, Income tax figures will not Ing the legislation 'I ho mu ite ap with th if handed dean hv IVdera he available to the public for six proved without dehito. Charges lud re Nb l.ls In the cunt rot ersla month- - Hiiordmg to Internal revweie made hy utility companies that W t 'non tdi el s e. enue ofiniuls. While It Is likely the bet ause of the Htlminlslratlon's cam nit will he repeal, d, the house hav palgu against puhllc utilities "the C rcitn or TUB TIT Ing so voted. It Is not antlilp'ited vabe of utility steurilles has tie l BY Mold I NT At1 rt veiled Unit the a,. mite will ait oil the hv cliuttl time arid one ha, f hilllon dans to ihp Ini pinfls fiom gold measure for Millie tune liven though loll. ii s aim e Pin." I natti lent of selnie to re' Ite $'!7 I flj' 12 ,0 of the latltr might not act favorlegislation to halt holding cotnpa the nitlonal debt ably, thcie remains considerable idea will cause enoinious loss to the hi ough the use of work to he done hetore the figures Atm-rn n family, one power o'lulal i an he made public, and income tax gold t erl fit afes hi t stilled hefoie the house Interstate Infl tlon tenfl payers m ly he confident that pryil'y coniiner.e tnnnnltti e. arv, If will de irlve ing neighbors cannot have Inline-I- i national hanks of ite nue.-- s to sui h Information. In I B, Is mopping up the loose to Issue the senate a drive has been started tie power of the revolt, home tight curienty, and save tor higher federal Income and lng Is reported near the Bulgarian the government up fixes. Senator I nlollette holder wheie one regiment, part of n n ii a In'erest offered nn amendment proposing a the rihellmus .4 d vvst,. ninth army corps, 4 h new si 'ile of Income taxis to yield irge of 13 500 has dei blind to am tender, hut the (kill on 2(10,000 IKK). (Ipestlons revolution la definitely over. Kleti lull itl ninrv lmill therloa enlt los, ex premier, ami BB.MTI courts have formally In calons were avoid leader of the futllo revolt, waa reed hv the treisurv 10 persons. dicted Mrs. ported a refugee at Rhodes, the tiny officials, hut tfiev a lmitfei the pi in NtavNIv, for the Including scanStavUKy Island where Julius Caesar was In would put gold Imt k to work width dal that roi the government terned by pirates some 2,500 years can he after the finanelil debacle, which expanded enlelos was transferred ago. The maneuver will place In the caiiM-- los'Cs of ndl'lons of francs there hy the Italian government hands of to Investors, had broken Stavlskv, after he had been landed In Italy hy 117 12 (1,'tothe federal reserve hanks known as Haridsome Alex, died of certificates gold one of the rebel warships. !en which must he used ns hacking for from a gunshot wmin as police George Kaimenos, rebel command tried to arrest him In January, 193 1. Issue of same In foder.nl sum the er, Is safe In Bulgaria, where otll reserve notes to retire the bonds cials have refused extradition. Rob Note Issue against the bonds could ANCni.I.OIt AHOLITT el prisoners are being concentrated he expanded If currenev demands CII diplomatic" cold Is over, In camps, and courts martial are to about $1 037,500 non, and lie will welcome Sir John Siwarranted, In Salorilhl, Kavala and since a federal reserve note functioning need mon, British foreign set rotary, to Iarrlssa, and military trials have he a conference beginning March 24. not he hacked hy more than 4 In Is Athens. It believed that gun of cent or certificates per Accompanying Sir John will he ("apt. gold gold only a few of the most flagrant In like Anthony Ialen, lord privy seal, and percentage What will hap rebels will suffer the dtsith pennlty. will he the Immedlale slniplifl disarmament pen authority. After the Venlzelos Is almost certain to he cation of our currency svstPtn. The Berlin visit Bden will go to MosIn absentia, and and federal reserve hanks cow to talk with Soviet lenders The banished forever. Ills elaborate treasury will have all the authority to Issue Berlin conferences will discuss lehome In Athens, and his valuable The plan Involves retire money. galization of Germanys rearmalibrary have already been ronflscat ment on August 1 of $74 (525 (TO of ment In exchange for an air Loed and will likely be converted to 2 per cent federal securities and carno pact with Great Britain, public use. Italy has refused to ex- substitution of notes federal reserve France, Ilaly, and Belgium, Rnd an It Is tradite him, although possible for eastern of nn $(.7,937,030 security pact with Poland outstanding that new demands will be made by hank currency. These bonds and Russia. Limitation of armathe Greek government, who will tlonnl claim that he took funds from a will be rptlred with surplus funds ment by all nations will also be taken up. The visit Is complicated bank In Crete. Unless he Is sur- created by devaluing the Boose a rendered. he w 111 probably move to velt dollar from 100 cents to 50 00 hy recent announcement that Gercents was The total gold many possesses military aviation In profit Tarls where his two sons now violation of the Versailles treaty. $2,312 0K)000 National hank notes Issued by Because of this, France may Invoke national banks ngalnst federal se- the Borne accord with Italy and smaeked down Franco British declaration at Loncurities represent more than TIIB senate Iluey Long for his filibusthe nation's circulating cur- don In snpiwrt of Its move to keep of tering tactics and his efforts to rency. The administration's pro- the relch from giving the air force amend the administration's means the permanent official sanction. work relief measure. The gram likely abandonment of the national bank Klngfisb had demanded alterations A FTBU twenty months of bar- note which has been used since the In the work relief bill which would gaining, the documents convey Civil war The circulation prlv take $100,000 000 away from the Ing full title to the Chinese Pastern on all bonds expire deposited lieges for CCO hv $000,000, XK) earmarked hanks and held In trust hv the railway to Mnnehukno were Initialed work and allot It to students In colon July 22 1035. except on In Tokyo, thus eliminating Bus treasury Long s two leges and universities sla as a factor In Minchnkuo. The Issues. By calling for redemp amendment was defeated by a vote written approval of the agreements tlon the treasury will rellre all (sof 53 to 27. To prove that old was signed hv Kohl Illrotn, Japanese ecurities hearing "circulation prlv adage of politics makes strange and national hanks will no ' reign minister; Dr Constantine bedfellows, Imng wns aided hy liege" have suitable longer security for Is Totireneff. Soviet amlnssador to Senator Illratu Johnson of Califorsnnnce own notes of Japan; nnd bv Gen, Ting their nia, who deilared that the senate Minchukuoan minister of should have something to say about finance The cons! location wns V'MI'I ITK of ad the collapse methods for spending the huge sura 110 DUO 000 yen. or about $39 100, ministration's long battle to OKI sought hy the President. Johnson The documents require that has heretofore been considered a regulate prices In the steel Indusall three governments approve them V In Is seen an Mt olTer to give supporter of the ITesIdent lauigs try before their formal signing about amendment brought forth other pro- up, and In charges hy the federal March 23 Thus Is ended fort? years posed chnnges which should keep trade commission of a fiasco of col of Russo Japanese contention. the senators httsy arguing for sev- lnsion The trade commission Insists he scrapped and no eral days. The bonus bill ninv be that price-fixindragged In and an attempt made to prosecution of steel companies nn xS czar, was acquitted In a Chimake It a rider to the relief ineas der the anti trust laws. The trade cago criminal court of charge of ore, and Inflationists and leaders commission charges that under the $t!0 000 from the treas eniherriing of other Ists' will Insist on having code the steel companies have fixed of one of his former companies ury and on raised prices their say. government to ose In supporting a brokerage contract. In defiance of competitive account hv his brother, Martin Bids were IX outstanding first Liberty bidding requirements Instill was "delighted. since It probIdentical and then steel executives lonn bonds have been called ably Is the end of the Insull prosefor redemption hy Secretary of slapped fines of 0 ton on mem cutliinx, although another charge of let who hers the hnve The government the Treasury Morgenthau. embezzling $101 IKK) Is pending. Fur$2,000,000,000 outstanding has been s'eol cheaper, the commission snvs ther Insull fine a charge of viocalled for June 15, before which lating the federal bankruptcy lawa, time the treasury will likely ofler ANTON BINT1T BN. former but It Is believed that the verdict lower Interest hearing securities In Austrian minister to Italv, has In the criminal courts case will disexchange for the first Llbert'es, been sentenced to life Imprisonment courage eftorts to try him. In connection with the N irl putsch saving the government some in annual Interest charges of last summer Blntelen waa the KIT Ulino's f.irnu rs refused man who whs amioumed over the lei the government census Heal policies took two more radio as the "now ch mcollor" at rakers hew? :nm h their (anus were batterings as Federal courts almost the sime moment C! smelter worth and h.m heav'ly they were held both the AAA and NBA un- Ilngelbert I Ml Buss was iississlmited inert, ned cl i tiling sm h Inforun constitutional as regards Intras'ate The de'end mt denied the (harm's or tlen whs bene of the government s business. The administration might high res sou, hut admitted he was tmslmss. 3h? tr,o w i re ' nrres', d In Minpnthy with a policy of recoti find some consolation In another rulan I held for a grand lurv, clurged with Germ my. dilation Frazierradical which held the with violating the census nvL ing I A mc-ritu- y I com-mltti- e u t n la a r h U 1 I il rt n 7 5 P tl nr I I I i r P n 0 n I 3 I N x ; v s I, sa 1 ; 1 V a 'y ' . ' P ? y j- 4! I i I j i X , "Ip Gll I? , S' ' t L A , Jfet f g 5 - v jeN L - VO c i? X t'r.'xjL v , vk. J A k 7$ ' w&y 4 - : 7. ' T' i1 " fw OMylfr ? yV if ''A 4 i N50I jrt i ai.1 . , ,4 V ni ti la i F By ELMO SCOTT WATSON iiBKTOW.N was a great evi nt, Sna tuga was a gu.it event, and theie hive belli gleet events In our history sine the War of the Revolution; but the grealt at wns that which ou.ni red on April 9 1 Ni'o, nt the little village of Appom I'tox. whin Gcnciul lee met Geneial Giant and the quistion of the indissoluble union of those States pissed into history, never to he revived. Those were the words of a nun who was not to but nn nitive p irtielpnnt only nil In that 'greatest event." He was Col. Charles Marshall, military secretary and assistant general on the staff of the Confed crate commander from 1SC2 to 1Mr nnd the quotation Is from his collected papers which were edited hv a distinguished British soldier, M.ij Gen. S.r Frederick Maurice, and published by little. Brown anil company under the title of "An Aide de Camp of Lee." The quotation con 1 11IT-I.l.U'- court-martiale- d one-tent- h $4,SS0,-000,00- 0 Stilh-Ym- g A - D't 0 Til Ni:V ; t CCA 1 uil Iht his nllmrs piev Uiughupmi loin to open to gut ltiotis 3 la resit, t w.s a letter t Bant asking the tonus lie would odu on unnli turn of t ne mu lender of I it s aimy. To this ii ant replied. Gi in i a our note of last evening, In teply In mine of same duo, asking the i null mm on uliith I will inapt the sunein or of the Aimv of Niiitnein Aliguna, Is just leituved In rply, 1 would say, tint peace being my great desire, there Is but one con di t ion I would insist upon; namely, that the men nnd nlbieis Minendered shall be ills qualified for taking up aims against the government of the Lnited States, until prop et ly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate olhitus to meet any olbiers you may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the At my of Northern Mrglnia will he reienod. Uhe next letter from lee read ns follows: General, I roomed at a late hour your note of today. In mine yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Not thorn Virginia, but to ask the tetms of your (imposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has at men to call for the surrender of this armv ; but, as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I lies re to know whether your proposals would lead to that end I can not therefore meet yon with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia ; hut, as far ns your proposal may affect the Confederate States forces under my command, and tend to the restoration of peace, I should he pleased to meet you at ten a m , tomorrow, on the old stage road to Richmond, between the puket lines of the two armies. In the meantime lee was pushing on toward Appomattox Court House whore Gordon attempting to open the way for retrout, had broken through the cnvuhy forces barring Ids road only to find himself confronted hy a force of infantry so far supeiior to Ids weaned and starving comm ind that an at ick would h iu been suicide" So lie sent word to I oe that it was Impossible to advance farther and upon receiving tins news the comnnnder In i tuef, necompanleil hy Colonel Marshall, Ids de c imp, st irted down the I ynchlmrg road the next morning, confident that Grant would meet him even though he had not yet received a reply from the Union commander Halted hy a skiimish of Union troops Marshall went forward under a white .g and wasnet h.v lieutenant (Monel hitt.er, who gne him Grants reply to Lie's Utter of the pievious day. It -- tlnues; Perhaps the most Impressive feature of that occasion was the fact that there American sol diers met together, who dealt with each other ns Ameilcnn soldiers. If the officers of General Grant's army had been Instructed how to act; If they had learned their parts; If they had been taught by the greatest nctors how to play them, how to net at a time when one of the loftiest"souls that God ever sent upon earth was humbled, how to act so as to show their respect nnd veneration, they could not have done better than they did. They could not have (lops better, because they were nnd behnved ns American soldiers ; they loved their enemies and they did good to those who hated them Such Is the tribute of one who wore the Gray to those who wore the Blue on that historic April ilav 70 years ago nnd It Is a striking hit of evl detiee of the essential spirit which will he for ever associated with the name of Appomattox Although three years were yet to elapse before one of the principal nctors In Its drama should Use the exact phrasing of Let us have peace'" yet that thought runs like a golden thread through the dark fabric of the d lys of useless bloodshed and blighted hopes hnniodlntelv pre ceding the climax, through the letteis which pissed between lee anil Grant as the Inevitable end drew near. Since the story of Appomattox properly begins with that correspondent e. It Is appropmte to tike Into account those foreshadowing events in telling the story of Appomattox. By the end of March, INCo, It was apparent that the Confed erney was a lost Cause" Indeed Slowly but stirelv the sledgehammer Mows of Giants over whelming forces had beaten down the resistance of I ee s ranks of ragged men In gray The opening week of April found both Grant and lee weary of war Grant tortured with he id iches nnd heartsick over the slaughter he had been forced to bring about; Lee, all hope of victory gone, weighed down with the responsih'llty that wns his for finding some way to sne Ms starving army, Richmond had boon lost. The Confederate gov eminent was In flight. lees only liove was to esiape from the trap that Grant and Sheridan nnd Meade were closing around him Hnd try to Join forces with Gen. Joseph Johnston. On April F.w ell's (J corps vras surrounded nt Sailors Cretk and surrendered, and after this disaster nes A run of Northern Virginia wns reduced to two Maps under the comm mil of thnen's i"g teit and (!ordn Thin re,ro'ed tiro igli I t iv e closely pursued hv fit in n n in g 11 read: Your note of yesterday received authority to treat on the subject of pence The meeting for ten a. m today would lend to no go,,, ! wl!1 sUte ll(nun,,r Genetnl' that I am equally anxious for with yourself; and the whole North peace tains the sum feeling The terms enter pon wine, pew can he hnd are well understood Lv the south laying down their arms. the wi.l hasvn tint most ilesiriMe event sue thousands of human lives and lm n duds of niill.ous of property rot yet dt strew d erl General, have I no b"p!ng tint all eur ihtheultles nleil wi'lHiut the losS of subscribe mvseif eU ,v , he j the sad He all niht long, w is lyugonss Idmkets that had been sj,r. (1 uipmbm his staff for linn under an appY tree at toot of a lull on the nthir s le of w h ch st Appomattox Court House. hen uccuried the lnuilint whiih thrust fai upon an obseuie eitien of iiiuia mined ii tner McLean and nude Ms ho im one of the bo Buiious In American limtoiv It is an Inc whiih also illustrates the strmge wwkirfl ate. ns shown hy this passige from Mus hook: We Started off General Lee, C I.aheoik, Colonel Babcoiks ot di rh, one of e shrink up the orderlies and myself. towards Appomattox. There was a nun nan McLean who used to live on the lust battle fit. of Manassas (Bull Bun), nt a house abnm mile from Manassas Junction He didn't like war, and having seen the hist h utle of Manasss he thought he would get away where th wouldn't he any more fighting, s he moved do1 iieiieral Lee to to Appomattox Court House me to go forward and find a hniie where could meet General Grant, nnd of all pee whom should I meet hut McLean. 1 rode op1 lum and said, Can you show me a house General Lee and General Grant can meet gether? lie took me into a house that ffiS dllapid.ited nnd that had no furniture In it told him It wouldn't do. Ihen he s ud, Man He lived in a very cunt my house will do! aide house, and I told him I thought thit suit 1 had taken the orderly along with me I sent him back to bring General Lee and Bj went if coik, who were coming on behind I the house and sat down, nnd niter a while Gti eral Lee and Babcock came In " N So Wilnier McLean, the in in who "didst tot witness the war," was an unexpected and it? high spots, virtually its hi ginning the vv is given ending. To this Virginian of the t' sought privilege of seeing the noise victory the in flist Its height fnleraey gain An Bull Bun and recede to Its lowist ebb at tnuttnx, from which no tide ever ruse agaA Half nn hour inter the men in McLeans P' ws heard footsteps at the front door nnd in j beard? Giant. With him came los tiller ego, dll'5? Gen John A. Rawlins; his aide decamp. ' Col A C. Barker, the Iroquois Ind an: In little mg Iliil Sheridan, the stocky alrv leader; and Generals Horace PM'ter U B O. Ord t Alter a biief talk over the teinix of illwIeT, render Colonel Grints Barker, corner 0 brought a little table from the r0 room nnd on it the Union commander Confederate the terms of surrender. The were to give their individual p i roles not and up arms against the United States All a like parole for their commandham lery and public property weie to lie to the Lnion forces, but the oll'cers w'pre t0. tain their side aims, horses and peF"1113 gage The soldiers also were a'l0"e.c their horses, because, as Grant said, tnoy need them for their spring pnwlng Alter Grant had written tils note.be lllr h to I a'e. who rend It over, then aide. Colonel Marshall, to draft a rid lie accepted the terms of suinii"'1 In the meantime. Barker hid unde Gr. nit's letter. Says Marshall jp. Ihen Gineral Grant signed Ins h,te , t d turned my letter over to Gt in i It. Barker liamh d in' Ge' erJre I a r I T 1 I g v ril A mu . i i ! Grant ont ctii'i r of Ins dt tit of the 7 1 1 1 iirmv t , hU t 1 1 s er ask e w ih in,' e u v s ' K nisi - ' t i ' t i I t M Ml IMl cc cc whi'P i J i I , 1 . s Ve1 (nS was HceompVn t It " t" in ' h' if from hi- - tlieatrli.il display about It. tl A ,urlcC(l T r, i u'e telling t he hips the gieitist tragedy s t ' . the history of the world, hut it h" won p. s, lor u' ' most thR mul 't pl n?uM, "se ot nn i Mug UN mpt at ,n'' 1 .. eiieit, that yo is the Civil war i uoo t'1 1,11 lm i li Iv. me nn Instorn r I f .a ht K In I ' tl h k IjTI m, a the surrender II It I t O, I I . Mt g log It possible to e wanted 1 unity, lu i u Btrrt i i e "i ftlvi AA ed so Ut 1 1 . irrw P, 111 '"Id , w et ru Ni ' J Aft |