Show news review of current events the world over mayor walker presents his afis defense progress of the midwest mid west farmers strike business conference opened by president hoover EDWARD W PICKARD JAMES J M MAYOR opened his defonso defense before governor roosevelt and numerous witnesses were called to testify to the purity of lite his actions and moti at the beginning of the week walkers chief counsel john J curtin closed hla his plea pica to supreme court justice staley to halt tho the removal proceedings and with what to bo be lila his usual lack of tact wound up with the wo L F loree can only go to court to avoid a physical conflict that might well ensue ensti It a removal order were made without jurisdiction henry epstein of tho the attorney generals challenged the authority of tho the dourt court to limit the gov ernoes power tho the mayors first witnesses were the members of tho the city taxi heard board of control ono one of them being L F loree president of tho the delaware and hudson railroad he and ills his colleagues testified that walker did not attempt in any way to limit tho the number of cabs after the bond transaction with J A sisto which is tho the basis of one of mr Scab Scabury a most serious charges four independent taxicab operators were called and aware the board of control had bad not tried to create a monopoly for the larger companies paul block the newspaper publisher was a loyal and stubborn witness for the mayor concerning their joint stock account he testified that each took from it in one year and he told the governor that he never entertained the thought that his personal or business friendship for the mayor might be used to trade for favors governor Roosevel ts questioning brought forth illuminating testimony ro regarding garding that mr block had put into a tile manufacturing concern in which senator john J hastings another of tho the walker group owned a largo large interest it was brought out that none of the tile ever was sold to the city it was also shown that if the plans to manufacture tho the tile had not been dropped the city would have been interested in the product walkers claim has been that the entire investigation was inspired by the republicans to embarrass the democratic party in the november election in tho the attempt to bolster up this claim he summoned eight republican state leaders at the head of the list being W kingsland macy state ch chairman airmaiL the governor however blocked this move by refusing to hear testimony regarding the motives of the legislators who ordered the investigation that resulted in the charges against the mayor the hearing has taken much more time than had been expected so the governor decided on night sessions ALFRED A E SMITH na lional leader of the democratic party Is now an editor when the outlook now renamed re named the new outlook resumes publication on october I 1 at al will bo be filling the editorial chair once 4 occupied by theodore roosevelt in his announcement no of the fact ho he said he would carry on the traditions of roosevelt and strive to make the magazine a platform for the free and liberal expression of A E smith progressive thought on the economic civic and spiritual problems of the day As to its political complexion he find noti nothing ing to say the outlook which suspended publication li last spring was recently purchased by frank Tic publisher of the spur aero acre digest and other magazines it was founded by henry ward beecher in 1869 and has included among its editors lyman abbott as well as theodore roosevelt roosevell four years igo ago it was waa combined with the independent which was founded by n U 0 bowen as an antislavery anti slavery organ rooting FARMERS aimers of the middle west were meeting with considerable success in their strike designed to force produce prices to higher levels the movement which started in iowa spread to other states and two victories tories were scored in nebraska where milk producers gained higher at omaha officials of the iowane iowa rowa ne no braska co operative milk association consented to pay paya 2 per hundredweight tor for milk compared with a previous ions figure of while at lincoln milk dealers agreed to pay an increase of 0 f 40 cents over the previous figure more than 1000 agriculturists were assembled in camps along the main highways leading into omaha but there were reports that som conw of tho the picketers were in a dispute as to tho the best beat method of enforcing holiday despite warnings from federal boffl bials the danners far in several instances interfered with rall rail shipments of uvo live stock in lown iowa onil and nebraska wisconsin and minnesota dairymen were planning meetings to decide whether or not to join in the alie strike tear bombs camo came into uso at counell council bluffs iowa when sheriffs deputies 1 employed them to scatter a crowd of 1000 farm strikers and spectators who were blocking a highway each trucker en route to market was given a deputy escort and no violence resulted WHEN the white house confer co on business and industry opened with wore more than one hundred prominent men in attendance president hoover started the proceedings ings with a statement outlining the scope of the parley lcy ile iio proposed several specific lines of action ono one alms to bring about increased em ein and includes the five day week though mr hoover did not roc recommend its adoption universally A second deals with easier and cheaper credit for or certain industries that have not benefited by the loosening up that already has token taken place A third proposition Is to seek better credit facilities a cili ties for marketing of farm products and live stock both in the united states and abroad other speakers of the opening day wore were secretary of the treasury ry mills gov eugene meyer of the federal reserve board chairman atlee Po Pomer mereno cne of the reconstruction finance corporation secretary of commerce ralph nelph D chapin chairman franklin IV port fort of the home loan bank board and paul bestor farm loan commissioner it was waa decided that small committees should handle each specific problem of economic inertia and that after the close of at the conference the plans it way may develop shall be given effect by local subcommittees officials predicted that as a result of the conference a central or executive committee will be formed to include the biggest bankers bank era and business men of the country this body they pointed out may unity unify the activities of the business busane a a and industrial committees of the 12 federal reserve districts and become the spearhead of the recovery drive S SOUTH TRIMBLE THIMBLE clerk of the house of representatives made good his fits promise and gave to the pub lie ile a statement of the transactions of tile the reconstruction finance fin n a n c 0 corporation from july 21 to july 81 inclusive during those eleven days daya the directors of 0 the corporation por po ration atlon authorized 1 I new loans aggregating g a t I 1 a g and increases of former XI loans totaling k to banks I 1 and other credit in to rall rail south trimble roads the total so eo loaned was waa later it was revealed that some of the loans authorized zed to banks had not been drawn upon chairman of tho the house banking committee said lie ho bell believed eved the publicity given the loans loana would tend to strengthen the confidence of depositors tn in the banks concerned mr trimble was accused by congressman treadway of massachusetts of acting as he be did in order to gain favor with speaker garner who advocated publicity for the reports in reply the house clerk said this charge was ridiculous and that he acted on the legal advice of his son who held the law gave him no discretion in the matter congressman congressman rON GRESSMAN committee A investigating the results of federal competition with private vate concerns in business went to south bend ind and there heard a lot more complaints against uncle sam as a trader manufacturers business men and representatives tIves of various industries declared they were being pushed to the wall through competition from government boards and bureaus that are financed by taxpayers money their wall was presented by the federation of american business lines of competition ran all the way from pickles and rubber stamps to department stores wheat coffee and cotton the association of railway executives presented a brief attacking the inland waterways corporation the government barge line that operates on the mississippi illinois and warrior rivers the railway men argued that the government should get rid of the bar baro barge o line as an unfair competitor of the rails manufacturers at in illinois 1111 noli pre presented dented a brief giving speciale lines in which competition by the government la Is reducing their business cutting into the normal reYe revenues reducing their pay rolls and number of empl employees byees meanwhile piling up th tax burden one item of complaint I 1 Is tho the growth of prison industries DAVISON assistant F secretary of war has had announced that lie ho la Is it candidate for tho the gubernator lal nl nomination at the new york state republican convention tho the announcement no followed formal noti flen tion to him film that tho the executive commit tee tco of nassau county republican corn com I 1 attee n had adopted it resolution pro n bouncing him tho the candidate of tho the nassau county republicans PROSPECTS for civil war in gor ger 1 ninny were heightened when a court at upper silesia sea een fenced alvo national socialists to benth in connection with tho the killing of a communist seven other nazis wore were sentenced i X 1 to prison at hard 10 1 i b 0 r immediately C adolf hitler and lite his followers arose in mighty w wrath r a t li denouncing noun cing tho the a BOD 0 n tonce chancellor Chancell orVon von lapen and tho the entire government 0 of f t tho h e franz von holcli bolch and demanding pardon for tho the live five thero there were riotous demon demonstrations strut ions in beuthen and other places with attacks on jews and soda lists anti and the police and more con serva tivo nazi leaders lind had a hard tamo curbing tho enraged Hitler ites hitler issued a statement declaring tho the condemned men inen to bo be Imar martyrs tyra and assuring thorn them that their freedom from this la Is a question of our lionor honor he added it Is our duty to battle tho the government which made this monstrous blood sentence possible heaven may send us tor ture upon torture tor turp but tho the national socialist movement will soon bo be able to finish this guillotine government led by von to meet the storm of protest and denunciation nun nuncia clation tion tho the governments of the retch and of prussia issued a joint manifesto that made it plain von pa pens cabinet would not tolerate any revolt against the laws of tho the belch it declared that oat tho severest penalties would be invoked against every lawbreaker regardless of person or party and that the government would yield to no political pressure in considering the cases of the five condemned men tho the best piece of news of P PERHAPS the week was the announcement by myron 0 taylor chairman of tho the board of the united states steel corporation po ration that it would immediately spend for replacements and new equipment the expenditures aro are to bo be made in tho the corporations plants in I 1 in ohio illinois indiana alabama and pennsylvania it would seem the buying nove ment cannot long bo be delayed said mr air taylor and his further remarks indicated that tho the directors of tho the huge corporation believe it Is now safe for far them to plan for better times in the industrial world on the other hand a sour note Is injected in the chorus of hope by a group of at eminent engineers known as an technocracy who for more than ten years have bavo been analyzing the american industrial and social system under the a auspices of columbia uni university ver these men using a yardstick called energy production have concluded that industry has reached the point of efficiency where further expansion Is virtually impossible and where the creation of debt on anal an already over laden structure has passed its of growth they predict credic t unemployed within two years it if a downward trend of basic commodities and services continues and consider such auch efforts at re susel tation us as tho the five day week the reconstruction finance corporation and low cost housing schemes technological efficiency they hold has haa increased production to such an extent that employment no matter how many new industries are initiated will continue its steady decrease from the peak of 1018 1918 while the total debt claim against the physical equipment of all american industry has baa risen to tho the fantastic figure at ODO a debt claim on posterity t LONDON ONDON again hears that the prince LJ L J of wales Is going to take a bride and again the rumor Is that the lady chosen Is princess ingrid of 0 sweden the br prince brincely Incela Is to open a british exhibition at copenhagen on september 24 and he Is to attend the wed ding of prince gustaf of sweden at coburg on od october 20 between those dates according to the ancon ormed firmed story ho will pay a visit to stockholm and it Is expected the marriage prince of will then be arranged wales the prince of wales was thirty eight years old last june ingrid a pretty blond la Is twenty two she Is distantly related to the prince and Is a frequent visitor in london where the ehe Is often tho the guest of the british royal family she la Is also one of the most eligible of the prIncis princesses ses in europe C CAPT APT JAMES A of great britain put his little moth plane down at roosevelt field now new york and went on record as the first V arson ason to make the solo flight wosa west ward across the atlantic his start was from Frel treland tind and he landed first forty miles froni from st john N B ile he planned to fly back to ireland ns as soon as the weather was proal propitious apus as 0 19 31 wo western stern union talon |