Show news N aws review of current events the world over breach widens between administration and labor hauptmann sentenced to death inquiries into causes of macon alacon disaster get under way 1 by EDWARD W PICKARD 1 0 western newspaper union RESIDENT ROOSEVELT extended P PRESIDENT no olive branches toward the american federation of labor when he signed the cigarette indus code which lat int fy f y tr rt try bor leaders had bad de v blared was unsatisfactory is the breach between the administration and labor Is dally growing wider the code finally signed after months or of argument between the tobacco industry and labor S clay pang calls for or a forty W williams ilams hour week and minimum wages from 25 to 40 cents an hour labor leaders also objected to the presence of S clay williams administration board chairman who they declare Is not in sympathy with labor the president issued a curt statement informing the federation council that williams services had bad been satisfactory and that he had no intention of removing him without cause the executive council of the fedoration federation era tion composed of william green and presidents of the federation of zev seventeen enteen international unions states that some present administration labor policies are bringing increased unrest among workers which may reach the danger point of widespread strikes unless corrected thus far the president seems to have had the best of the argument labor leaders however are expected to push the tight fight for a prevailing wage clause in work relief legislation thus endangering the administration program INQUIRIES INQUIRIES into the causes of the quiver which ripped away the two gas cells and caused the giant dirigible macon to plunge into the pacific have been started even the surviving 81 officers and men of the sky queen are not certain just what caused the catastrophe although corn com H V wiley survivor of the akron disaster and master of the macon was said to have some ideas about it his findings will be placed before the board of inquiry some hints were made about structural weakness of the V craft but naval officers refused to discuss the subject in washington president roosevelt said there would be no immediate move to replace the ship survivors of the crash told a dramatic story of heroism cruising along at a speed of 63 knots the ship ahia twice lowered its elevation to avoid rain squalls A short jar was felts felt the ship began to take a bow up position and commander wiley received a report that one of the 12 helium gas cells was gone the macon then rose rapidly to feet its nose sticking up at a sharp angle and then slowly sank toward the ocean as the crew made frantic efforts to right the lurching craft t As it hit the ocean the crew slid down ropes or dived into the heavy swells men swam through flame where flares had bad ignited oil and gasoline others rescued companions whose life belts were lost or broken in long leaps into the sea the sailors watched the ship crumble under the waves and at last disappear only two men were lost cruisers rushed to the scene and picked up the survivors athe RUNO HAUPTMANN will die in the electric chair at trenton N J during the week of march 18 unless attorneys secure a stay of execution by filing an appeal the prisoner showed no trace of emotion as aa the jurors announced their verdict and did not break under the strain until after justice trenchard had bad pronounced sentence and he was returned to the cell there his iron will gave way and lie he sobbed na as he sat ant on his hard iron cot the jurors required more than twelve hours to reach their verdict two of the women were wd said to tc have held out tor for a recommend a tion of mercy which would have rl suited in a life sentence for the mar man 1 accused of the murder of the lindbergh baby but there was no men tion of mercy when the verdict was wa read PRESIDENT pout L RESIDENT ROOSEVELT eked out a close victory in the senate appropriations committee when the amendment to cut ODO olt oft the administrations work relief bill was defeated by the close vote of 12 to 11 administration forces scored another victory by the adoption of a compromise amendment to the proposal of senator pat mccarran for the payment of prevailing wages on all fed feral eral projects witnesses testified y that mccarrens McC arrans amendment would have increased the cost of putting men to work by more than and would have cave defeated the purpose of the bill i fr f mccarran Mc Corron did not press ills his amendment in committee when a substitute was offered but insisted that lie will do so on the senate floor the fight the american federation of labor Is making on this point Is expected to have considerable sid erable influence with a number of senators who fear the wrath of their labor constituents the substitute proposed by son senator richard B russell and adopted by a vote of 14 to 9 0 provides that the president shall establish th the Q prevailing rates of pay whenever an investigation discloses that the federal wages of 50 a month are arc affecting adversely the rates on work of a similar nature the matter Is entirely up to the president however and he can take any action or withhold any investigation ti just as lie he sees fit which may mean much or nothing observers foresee a rocky road ahead for the bill there Is certain to be considerable opposition to it in the senate although administration leaders claim they have enough votes rounded up to insure victory PREMIER MUSSOLINI found em geror halle selassie Se lasslo of ethiopia Is a man not easily frightened 11 II duces demand for indemnities for italian colonl colonials als killed on the borders of italian Somal Soma lland liland were politely but firmly refused the ethiopians undismayed by the vast preparations italy lias has been making declared they would fight to their last drop of blood to preserve their independence that they would not apologize or make reparations for what they maintain is merely defense of their own country this puts mussolini in an embarrassing position he must either send an expeditionary force against the ethiopians or back down after mobilizing bil izing troops and that would be a bitter pill for the italian dictator to swallow chancellor HITLER emerged from his bis like seclusion with a number of counter proposals which he offered in reply to the franco british proposals der fuehrer a government spokesman stated would definitely refuse to join any pact guaranteeing Aus independence unless the will of the austrian 1 people Is first consulted lk rl by means of a plebiscite to chancellor determine whether hitter that nation desires an anse an bluss union with the german belch hitler will also follow polands bolands Po lands stand and will have nothing to do with the french spon bored eastern securities agreement it if it Is to be based on mutual assistance si although he Is willing to join an air pact provided it allows germany an air force equal to soviet dussias Rus sias hitler seems particularly ticul arly anxious to avoid any agreement which would bind germany to russia and perhaps result in alding aiding russia in event of war between that country and japan from the tone of hillers Hit lers demands he evidently did not entirely believe that france and great britain were not preparing some trap for him the hitler reply demands de in ands that germany must be given absolute equality of armaments before anything else can be discussed and that germany will negotiate an air pact it if her relations with soviet russia are considered and it if england france belgium and italy agree to consult each other before any action Is taken he also insists that the general question of disarmament la Is allied with the air pact and must be settled at the same time when notified that der reich fuehrer would make reservations oil official lelal british sources indicated that tha Germany must either accept or reject the agreement in its enair entirety aty and stated partial acceptance would not be agreeable to great britain all of which may be true or it may be just the old horse trading spirit which seems to break out in the best diplomatic circles dahich dispatches from bolivia which must be taken with several grains of salts salt indicate that the bolivians ians are meeting with success in defending villa montes their last important stronghold in the disputed gran chaco and that the acis sors cors like offensive of general Es paraguayan commander in chief Is seriously menaced it was reported the bolivians ians struggling desperately to relieve the pressure on villa montes monies had defeated the paraguayans Paraguay ans in the nan sector after three days ot of bitter fighting this offensive it was thou thought ailt might force Es estegar entigar tabias tibias northern wing to retreat rK RANCIS ANCIS ta I 1 TIDIE annil ills n 1 1 anal palmr tion i inirio i lii a I 1 lionil ill in III the s but liuia t the mill thi ahr adiv 1 can I ir in 1 iliin a n st suggestion t gge stion thia 7 A nr 01 lii recovery net lr bv il green and am ills 1 lin h i ors of tile the ft doritt lon ht ahre e binig ion on cm tended that alint the lie clause giarmita giar miti ing employees lights to ban C ci electively should bt bp ellal ged t specify that the iii dority of vi nt have the rl ellit ht I 1 ti choose the ii for ul all eibi fi plo and that company com piny ni Iii ol should be barred tin 11 bor board which submitted a i rep of its first six months worl work defend di oaid ed ea the majority rule nt at A Is well known tile I 1 ill desires section 7 A continued un in changed change in the now new nm NHA law willell is in the process of ORE trouble looms for tl hn MORE eagle accor according daig to senator mccarran and nie ne who ini rd it resolution for n senatorial ln ti gation of NIIA ouicla oni cla ther harge charge with wi widespread despre it vlola timi of law corruption and graft the dpn an acors requested that it he be rol erred to the commerce committee 0 of which senator copeland Is chairman and of which nye Is a member administration forces it Is said will put up tip a fight to have hare it steered into the hands of the finance committee which la Is pack packed edwith with old line democrats and where it would be per emitted an early death the resolution caused considerable flurry among new dealers although nye has been a constant foe of mccarrens McC it c C arr arrans ins attack comes as a surprise to the admInIs administration tr a t I 1 on forces W Vl HETHER he be desires it pros pres dent Roosevel twIll have to face an early test of his strength against that of bonus ent advocates if present signs are read correctly although bonus leaders leader have been unable unab le to agree 1 among themselves they insist the plan be brought up for M consideration some administration leaders 4 44 be belief have such expressed a step Is necessary to pro pre wright 9 vent a revolt on patman hatman major j administration legislation the controversy over possible methods of payment Is becoming increasingly crea singly bitter representative patman texas teas democrat author of a bill to pay the banut certificates with an issue of now new currency gave out a statement asserting that commander frank N belgrano of the american legion wanted to finance payment with a bond issue because the bank of which he is vice president receives in interest annually on worth of government bonds the american liberty league also issued a statement applauding the presidents stand against paying the bonus the league said the legion backed vinson bill to finance the bonus through the sale of bonds was the lesser evil but asked congress to defeat both it and the patman measure its statement also said immediate payment would encourage a drive for pensions involve involving huge additional costs for an indefinite period of years t CN ROBERT E WOOD head GEN of a chicago mall mail order house has been appointed chairman of the special business committee to advise the administration in spending the work relief fand this act was interpreted as definite assurance the government does not intend to compete with private to an austry in its make work program NINE INE old gentlemen of vast dignity comprising the united states supreme court conferred together for five hours saturday then through clerk charles C cropley Crop lcy chief justice hughes announced that there would be no decisions handed down on the following monday nothing was said about the rest of the week but it was assumed the ruling on the gold clause cases would not be handed down before february 18 it was thought by the well informed that th tha d delay was due to the slowness with which the dissenters were preparing their views meanwhile anxiety over the matter t at least in government cirdes circles was growing less dally attorney general cummings spent two hours boura with president roosevelt going over the plans which have been drawn up tor for immediate action in the event that the decision goes against the government STRONG evidence that the government even in the event of an 1111 adverse decision on the gold clauses will keep the 35 an ounce price for gold and 59 69 cent dollar was contained in a statement from secretary the treasury chief stated the country can go about ltv business with iab assurances that we are prepared to manage the external value of the dollar as long as it may be necessary mr Morge nthan disclosed that the 2000 million dollar stabilization fund would be used it if necessary to keep the dollar on an even keel un til congress can take remedial action by passing the ney nevy laws which tire are now being prepared by the treasury |