Show news review of current events the world Worl dover over assassination In atlon of senator long stirs the nation great britain ready to take Sanc sanctions eions against 0 italy ickes versus hopkins by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 union VEY P LONG united states senator HUET and political dictator of louisiana ta ts Is dead the victim of 0 an ns as sas bullet As he passed through a corridor of the statehouse state house honse in baton rouge where the legislature was passing more laws to solidify his big control over the state he was shot once through the body f by dr carl A weiss jr ot of baton rouge one of the king fishs fichs political opponents tile the assassin huey P long was 3 immediately shot to death by the sena senators toes ever present bodyguards the surgeons and physicians worked unceasingly to save lon long but his strength steadily waned and shortly after 4 tuesday morning about thirty hours after the shooting he be passed away longs body lay in state in the rotunda of 0 the capitol building while many thousands passed by the bier the impressive funeral services were held on the front terrace and the dead senator was interred in a sunken garden ot of the capitol grounds rev liev gerald geraid L ac K smith the young minister who deserted a rich parish in shreveport to follow long was the only speaker at the funeral the only music was the song every man blan a king played in n minor key and dirge vale time by the state university band thou though il the nan man who villo killed long was known as one of his political cal foes oes the real story of the assassination was shrouded in uncertainty carl chris benberry ten berry secretary of the late senator declared that long was murdered as a result of a conspiracy that it a number 0 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 organization intact it will be difficult for them to decide on a successor to the kingfish as their leader gov 0 K allen alien Is considered too mild and peace loving seymour weiss no relative of the assassin sass n 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 EH ender speaker of the house may be tile the man finally selected though tili ough gov james A noe is to the tore fore political leaders of all parties expressed their deep re regret gret fo for r tile the assassination sassi nation ot of senator long M MUSSOLINI tacitly consented to the appointment of a committee of five fire nations by the league of nations council to handle the italo ethl imbroglio em broglio and after protest agreed that great britain and france should be among the members ot of that body the other members are spain turkey and poland senor salvador de Slad ariaga of spain is the chairman and he be and his associates at once began the tar task k assigned them each salv salvador 0 de country Is represented ma madariaga Madar rl laga a by its chief delegate being besides eden of england laval of france arras of turkey and josef ceck beck of poland soon after the assembly ot 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 itans need tor for expansion and raw materials but would not dot admit these could not be obtained peaceably pounding the tribune he be said bald britain stands for steady collective resistance to all acts of unprovoked aggression ile he paused struck tile the tribune again and repeated quietly i steady collective resistance to all acts of unprovoked aggression sir samuel more than intimated that J gres great L t britain was prepared to take 4 sanctions 11 against italy in case of 0 aggression gres res sion slon provided nil all the other oilier members of the league shared the risk end and if not then england was W is prepared to 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 he had bad devised and postponed bis big speech to the assembly representatives of the netherlands and sweden were the first to support doares II position announcing their countries would fulfill all obligations including collective penalties it any member became a 11 victim of aggression in two speeches lu in rome mussolini gave indication would not be diverted from his bis purpose to conquer ethiopia though in one he be said the italian people want peace provided it Is ig accompanied by justice in the other he declared we shall march straight on the ethiopian government announced that telegrams from the northern frontier show that tile the italians are making important troop movements on the ethiopian and Erl trean frontier indicating an early offen offensive against ethiopia accepting the advice of his brain trus emst which includes everett A colson of the united states emperor ualle 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 these are a tripartite mandate over ethiopia as suggested by france with 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 police force similar to the one that occupied the P PUBLIC WORKS administrator ICKES an dWork progress administrator got into such a quarrel over the spending of the fund that the president had to call them to nyde hyde park to together zether with the third and neutral member of the works relief triumvirate frank G walker the director of the national emergency coun ell cil and administrator ana of applications others called to the important works re harry hopkins P ilef parley included daniel cell bell director of the budget charles west un der secretary of interior corrington Corr logton gill assistant of hopkins fred ironsides administrative assI assistant of walker and col horatio II nac ackett kett chief ni of housing to in the mr roosevelt was determined to have peace and told those present thit that the prime necessity at this time Is to make jobs qui quickly kly always keeping in mind the idea of turning workers back ack to private industry as business warrants this looked like a victory for hopkins who favors quick jobs over ickes champion of permanent public forkl works the president has declared that ile he hopes persons can be removed from the relief rolls and put to work by the first of november T LEGAL EGAL attack on the guffey cuffey soft 1 J coal act has been opened by 16 coal operating in harlan darlan county kentucky in federal court at louisville they brought suit but t for injunction against its enforcement charging that it violates the federal constitution in these ways I 1 it violated the fifth amendment which forbids taking property without 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 era government or forbidden the states 3 it attempts to delegate legislative pou pott er 4 the section levying a 15 per cent tax tai on all coal production with a go 00 per cent refund to producers submitting to the code provided by the act Is an unconstitutional attempt on the part of cor congress gress under the guise of taxation to punish those producers of bituminous coal nho are unwilling to surrender their constitutional rights right 5 congress has no jurisdiction over and no power to legislate upon certain matters covered by the net act or the code the companies declared they would would refuse to submit to the act and the code it authorizes former federal judge charles I 1 dawson filed tile the action as counsel for the plaintiffs judge dawson recently left tile the bench to reenter re enter private law practice after declaring unconstitutional the nita nit and other new deal measures U of michigan igan Is ing over a gift of for enlargement of its graduate school the money Is donated by the horace IL 11 and abary A rach Rack ham tiam fund based on the bulk of ti the estate of the late horace 11 II Rack bam detroit philanthropist one million dollars will be spent to purchase a square block of land adjoining the present bampus and f for 0 r a new building the remainder wi will 11 be employed eirp loyed as an endowment the income will be used to promote research by the terms ot of the agreement the school will be known as the horace n U school ot of graduate studies the purpose of the gift Is twofold dr alark S knapp director of t the h e fund said first to create m a L in memorial e and secondly to place the th e varsity on a firmer foundation as one ot of the greater universities in this country it will provide means for original research funds for which have been lacking of american business anil and REACTION men to president roose belts latest public statement that hij basic program has bag reached substantial completion and industry will have hava a breathing spell ran the gamut between mild hope and downright unbelief beliet those who permitted themselves to be quoted were generally extremely cautious in their expressions bur bor there was usually a vein ot of skepticism in their remarks wall street brokers were gladdened by a spurt sport of trading at higher prices but bankers were more than doubtful rai economists insisted that a balan balanced ceJ budget which mentioned in the presidents letter to roy howard publisher was a prime requisite silas strawn former president ot of the chamber of commerce of the united states said bald business men n generally will say that the improvement in some lines of 0 business has been in spite ot of rather than because of the activities of the adminis tra tion politicians regarded the letter as sir nir Roosevel ts opening 0 of his campaign for reelection election re and praised or decried it according to their party 1 athons frank knox of 0 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 ala bama said the statement was a wonderfully der fully clear of his program its orf original inal alms and its execution ec ution it should be a call to those engaged in business to operate cooperate co lc in further national progress howard had bad written the president that many business men had become convinced that there could be no real recovery until the fears of business have been allayed through the granting of a breathing s spell pell to industry and a recess from further experimentation until the country can recover its losses la in a ion long letter the president Ident replied that the legislative program of his administration had reached substantial sta completion and the breathing breaching spell of which you speak Is here decidedly so ihrer men who made independent tent THREE investigation of the deaths of 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 worle y of Ill miami anal aubrey williams representing federal relief administrator hopkins II and col george E ijams of the veterans bureau representing president roosevelt tills this finding was waa denounced as whitewash by james E van zandt commander in chief of the veterans of foreign wars john J skillman commander of the miami lili anal chapter of the same organization and other r 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 negligence of the greek monarchy restoration Is coming nearer and presumably former king george will be the man to occupy the throne premier Tsal daria darls has put himself on record as fa favoring the restoration and president has indicated he will be w willing illing to resign to make room tor for a king Tsal darls said aid in his statement 1 I attribute the nervous tension at present existing in public ranks and the army to general anxiety concerning the question of a constitution I 1 Cn consider sider democratic royalty as tile the natural regime for greece and ask the people to lo vote for it in the impending plebiscite 41 13 WINT WENT to war on toot foot and W were joining the parade the same way declared about of 0 the grizzled veterans who attended the annual encampment of the grand army of the republic in grand rapids midi so these sturdy old men in arched tin in the bi big parade while the rest num bering some rode in automobiles nere here were vere all that remained of tile the hundreds of thousands who answered the call to the colors in civil war days save for a few who were kept at home by extreme age and illness some of the states had bad no represent athes 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 procession watched by thousands whose eyes were dimmed by tears and escorted by sons of 0 veterans american legionnaires and veterans of the spanish war oley nelson olt 91 of slater lowa iowa was elected commander ln la chief to succeed albert E stacey of elbridge N Y in a session of the cne organization the proposed reunion at gettysburg ur next year with the confederate Conre teter veterans anil was discussed and commander command r stacey made it plain that the affair w would not be held under tile the official a auspices of the abe grand army the plan originated in pennsylvania adward DWARD 1 I one or of the wealthiest ot of americas oil magnates died in los angeles at the age of seventy olne nine years after a long iong ulness illness ula ill s oil interests were mainly la hi california and mexico in 1021 dob eny ny and his bis old friend albert B fail secretary of the interior under ha harj rd ing were involved involve dlin in the investigation ton or of the governments leasing of the t li e elk hills naval oil reserve reser ve la in Call fornA to dabeny for exploitation doheny was twice tried and twice acquitted on charges of conspire conspiracy acy tu defraud the government gov and of giving a bribe of to fall the latter however was found guilty 0 of taking a bribe and went to prison |