Show News Review of Current CUl l ent I Events the World Over r Probing the Morro Castle Disaster Textile Disaster Textile Strike Media Media- Mediation tion lion Fails and Rioting Is Resumed Resumed Profits Profits in War Munitions v v By EDWARD W. W PICKARD O c be 1 7 W Western N r Union EARLY always In the case of amarine amarine a ft N NEARLY marine disaster persons come forward for tor- ward with accusations of ot negligence e and misbehavior on the part of the officers and crew of the vessel concerned This II true now atthe of at sue K the Morro Ca Castle tle the fM x b i Ward War d liner which burned eight miles ort off the New Jersey coast cot s. s R ro with A lost Ion of ot 13 lives h The Morro Cattle I tit lar large e swift and luxurious lux lux- x url urious ul in iti III appointments appoint appoint- ments was returning Q roe rg u w w. t from rom a fc leven seven day cruise to Havana The ships ship's master Capt Robert WIl Wll- molt mort had died of heart disease only onty a few tew hours houri before the tragedy and William F F. Warms chief officer was In command With 12 other officers i l I and members of the crew he be stood by bythe bythe bythe the Marine ship until tho the hulk was waa torr towed d to Asbury Park and beached Several of ot the surviving passengers testified b before fore the federal steamboat inspection board that no alarm was sounded and little or no aid was given stricken panic passengers passengers passengers- by the mem memo ber the cr crew w. w Then George W W. flog Rog Rogers o ers ere chief chic radio operator and und his first assistant George I I. I Alagna told tollI of oC the delay in sending out the SOS call I a th they y could not Dot obtain on nn or or- I i l I I der Jer for tor It from the bridge This of oC course was explained by the usual reluctance reluctance reluctance re re- re- re of steamship officers to call for tor help because the salvage charges are heavy Alagna was put under arrest arrest ar ar- ar rest as a material witness after he had told his hs story to a federal feder 1 grand Jury The value alue of his hs testimony was somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what lessened by Rogers' Rogers admission to both the board and the grand Jury that Alagna had been distrusted by Captain Wilmott as a n radical and an nn agitator and ond that Ala Alagna some sonic months ago tried to Instigate n riot on the ship as a protest protest pro test against the foo food served the crew The first actual evidence e Indicating that the fire was of ot Incendiary origin was furnished by Quartermaster Gu Gus Gus- Harmon It was like the flush lush of a Inch 10 gun gnu he declared It coul couldn't nt have ha been gasoline because It traveled much faster taster It ml might ht have ha been some sort sortI of ot chemical all of which would light up tap when one point of ot It started There was a funny acrid smoke coming out of ot the flash nash Other officers of ot the ship test i led cd that they believed the fire was of or incendiary origin and was wal fed by hy gasoline or chemicals but they cou coul suggest no motive for tor such a B horrible crime Acting Captain Warms said he based his opinion that the blaze was incendiary on two facts First because because be be- c cause use on August rz on a previous voy- voy on y vagA pagA E two u ago go lo to Un valla there was was' a ft suspicious blaze In n the No 5 hold second because because be be- cause reports to him Indicated that the writing room locker In which the fatal fire started exploded The flames he explained further acted like gasoline gaso gasp line or kerosene and fire extinguishers extinguish extinguish- ers had no effect on them The chief of ot the secret police pollee In n Havana declares the burning of ot the Morro orro Castle was an act of sabotage by members of ot a secret International maritime association that takes tales Its orders order from tram th the Communists of at Mos Mos- cow HE International Typographical THE union In convention con at Chicago defeated defeated de de- de a proposal by delegates representing representing representing local No 6 of ot New Now York for fora fort a t four day thirty hour hoar week to be optional with each local by a referendum referendum referendum dum vote ote Charges were made that the plan had been Instigated by Communists In control of ot the New York local who are seeking to wreck the International organization and vilify its of ot- The accusation was denied by the president nt of ot the local which has a membership of union printers In New York Other dle delegates ates supplied supplied supplied sup sup- plied the convention with circulars setting forth the charges of communistic tic Interference EFFORTS of ot President Roosevelt's mediation board to bring about a sa peaceful settlement of the textile strike failed when the employers according to the board refused to make any concessions concessions con con- cessions that would open the wn way to arbitration The strike leaders had Insisted Insisted In In- that all aU the mills must remain closed pending arbitration and this was rejected by the mill mm owners The cotton textile employers then declared I flatly Hatty that they did not believe belle the Issues Issues is issues sues at stake are appropriate subjects for arbitration The immediate result of this breakdown breakdown break break- down In negotiations was the resumption resumption tion of violence and disorder especially especial especial- l ly in Rhode Island Thousands of or strikers and their sympathizers fought with National Guard detachments In Saylesville and Woonsocket driving back the greatly outnumbered soldiers rs Tear gas nausea gas and finall finally bullets bul bullets lets let were used t tt check the rioters and many persons tree wounded some fa fa- tally Governor Green reen Nen made conces conces- concessions concessions ions to tho grille hWe Mile strikers I couces-I and ordered that there should be no more shooting But at Woonsocket conditions conditions conditions condi condi- grew momentarily worse and the police commissioner of the city asked the governor to obtain federal troops to stop the rioting The major in command of or th the National Guardsmen there admitted the situation was out of or control Great crowds were looting shops In the downtown section and others oth ers era were threatening the Woonsocket Rayon company's plant Fearing major bloodshed and death Governor Green read the riot act and asked Pre s President dent Thomas F F. Mc McMahon lahon of the United Textile Workers of ot AmerIca America Amer Amer- ica to hasten there from Washington The rho governor go also ordered the mobilization of 1000 World war veterans and anda andU a U statewide roundup of Communist agi ngi agitators tn tors FOUR Foun OUR members of ot the Du Pont family Pierre Irenee Felix and Lammot appeared before the senate munitions inquiry committee and told of the huge business the Du Pont corporation has done In supplying war material Between 1914 and 1918 the company which was founded in 1802 to manufacture black powder filled fined 1 12 worth of ot war orders In that that- time it did about 35 5 times the business it had In the year Just before be bo- f fore re the World war ar when its sales amounted to Irenee Ir nee du Pont testified that the corporation subscribed to preferred st stock ck in the German d dye e patents seized d during the war by the United States He said these patents had resulted Ina in ina ina a great service to America The corporation entered the dye business after the war as a licensee of the Chemical foundation Du Pont said There did not seem to be an anything thing very cry sensational or scandalous in In the facts elided elected from the Du Ponts Pants but previous witnesses had told a lot about the deals of airplane companies and other corporations with foreign nations nations na na- na in which it was alleged they had been aided by United States diplomats diplomats diplo diplo- mats and army and navy officers There was as a lot too about graft on the part of South American government officials One of the stories told brought In the name of King Geor George e eat of at England and this resulted In officIal official of of- tidal protests by British diplomats both In Washington and In London Just what Senator Nye and his committee committee com com- expect to do with the Information information information tion they are arc gathering is 18 not certain There are suggestions of ot government ownership or at least government control control con con- of ot all aU war actor actor- ing lag and selling Plenty of evidence e was brought cut to prove that the makers of ot these wares sell to both sides in n warfare I TN N the fifth Installment of the senate banking committee on Its stock market mar mar- I ket et Investigation Internal revenue re agents were charged with ladt laxity In enforcement for accepting ac HC accepting v 1 z cep ti ng w without 1 tl ex u 1 Income tax tux t fr returns prepared h by fl J. J P P. P Morgan fo Cn o. o lY The committee S 1 ir pre presented I. I sent rented d a long review re of evidence that oHl- oHl dials of oC the Morgan t. t N company Kuhn Lo Io h Co and the National Nam National Na Na- m City bank of J J. J P. P Mo w gan Lew Kew few r York rk l lincome Income tares taxes by In a a 1 variety of methods methods gds I Many returns particularly of partners partners part part- art art- ners in large banking houses were cIe r exempted from adequate scrutiny till thy t committee ee Raid c E ro C. C M ne examinations were ere made the time iliac devoted to them was comparatively short In view of the wealth of ot the taxpayers and the complex nature of their transactions transaction Thus Ihus in 1930 according to the bureaus bureau's burems burem's bu bu- bu- bu reau's renus own records one day was as spent In checking the partnership return of ot J. J P P. Morgan Co and find Drexel Co the the most powerful banking group In inthe tho the world This return was not subjected to toan an any field examination and find apparently the agents agent's explanation was sufficient to satisfy the Internal revenue bureau that none was necessary p Finance corporation corporation cort cor- cor R t announced a new corn loan lonn program Farmers will be offered loans on corn of ot an any crop year ear at the tho rate of 55 cents a bushel by the Commodity Credit corporation corporation cor cor- the disclosed The has hns turned over oyer to the commodity corporation which Is really n a branch of the for tor the carr carrying in out of the pro program ram Slates States included In the new loan plan are Illinois Indiana Indiana Indi Indi- ana Iowa Kansas Missouri Ohio Min Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota and Colorado HUEY nUEY LONG IONG won handily handily han han- S SENATOR dily In hIs his fight for absolute control control control con con- of Louisiana his candidates for tor congress state supreme court and public service commissioner defeating those of the old guard The election was quite peaceful despite the predictions predictions predictions pre pre- dictions of bloody civil ll war The Kingfish Is now expected to press his Investigation of oC graft and corruption In n the affairs of ot New Ne Orleans and to undertake to have havo his arch enemy Mayor T. T Semmes Walmsley ousted from office through action by the le legislature leg which he controls Huey Isnow is isnow isnow now the virtual dictator of ot the state butt but his opponents have haye not given gI up the fight V E DEALERS rejoiced In the results results results re re- N NEW of ot the Maine election though their victory was Incomplete Coy Gov Louis J J. J Brann Democrat was re-elected re by a substantial majority over o the Republican candidate Alfred K Ames a wealthy and aged retired lumberman Senator Frederick Hale lIale veteran Republican was returned to the upper house for his fourth term but his majority over oer F. F Harold DuI Dubord Dubord Du- Du bord d dynamic Democratic nominee I was so slender that Hale must have ha felt rather humiliated The New Dealers Deal Deal- ers era won two of ot the three congressional seats rents William A. A Comstock lost the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic nomination to succeed himself as governor of Michigan being defeated defeat defeat- ed by Arthur J. J Lacey LaGey The Republicans Republicans named Frank B B B. Fitzgerald now secretary of ot state In South Carolina the textile strike injected Itself Into the election In a runoff election Olin D. D Johnston union sympathizer and former mill hand won the Democratic nomination over Cole Col Blease In Arizona the Democrats Senator Ashurst and Congress Congress- man-at-large man Isabella Greenway The New r Dealers tried to get the gubernatorial gubernatorial gubernatorial nomination In Colorado for Miss Josephine Roach coal mine operator and social worker but she was beaten by Edward C C. Johnson the Incumbent In Washington also the few New Dealers lost out when J. J C C. Stephenson was defeated defeated de de- fated b by Lewis for the Democratic senatorial nomination Q QUARTERLY financial reports from Vc the national committees show that between June 1 and September 1 the Republican receipts were and the Democrats collected Republican expenditures aggregated 1409 0 and Democratic outlays were The Republican deficit was fixed at 5 against Democratic unpaid obligations of Among the generous contributors to the Democratic fund were Col Jacob Ruppert George F F. F Trommer and WilIlam William Wil Wil- liam Ham Piel Pic of ot New York and Fred Pabst of ot Milwaukee all Identified with the brewing industry Irenee and Lammot Lammot Lammot Lam- Lam mot Du Pont and their associates gave largely to the Republican fund N NATIONWIDE L distribution has been started ono on a poster pledging the Ule public to support Blue Eagle business esta establishments Four Inches square ItIs It Itis itis is gummed for tor pasting in windows Code authorities and local committees committees committees com com- are counted upon to aid its distribution This agitation Is to accompany the temporary Internal reorganization of ot the recovery administration as decided ed upon by President Roosevelt and Hugh S. S Johnson the adminis adminis- Authority Is to be i split spIlt three ways instead of the present one-man one con con- General Johnson Is expected to continue In an Important post Separate Separate Separate Sepa Sepa- rate agencies will be In charge of ot policy-framing policy administration and deciding deciding deciding de de- controversies I TF F YOU can believe the foreign office 1 in Tokio Japan Is ready to scrap all aU powerful weapons of offense and andIs Is likely to propose at the forthcoming ing naval reduction conference the abolition of ot battleships and plane car car- It Is not Japans Japan Intention to enter entera a naval competition which will result in an increase la to armaments and heavier heavier ier ler burdens for tor the people of ot the world the foreign office spokesman said Our plan In is to have a navy insufficient for offensive purposes but sufficient for defense We hope others also will work towards this end WHEN HEN the League of Nations met V V In iQ Geneva a an invitation to Russia to Join the league w was circulated signed and sent to Moscow 1 The council council coun coun- cil then announced that an accord had been reached to grant Russia a Ii permanent per per- manent seat Beat ea on the council and It was expected th that only Portugal and Ar An r r. r would wOUla contu continue u ae to o oppose l this I Richard Sandler Sandier of Sweden was elected president of the league assembly assembly assembly assem assem- almost unanimous vote bly by an Poland gave a n jolt to the thc league by announcing that It will no longer abide by the general treaty treat for tho the protection Joseph Beek Beck of minority peoples people foreign minister |