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Vol. XL. PRICE THREE CENTS BATTLE CRPEK, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY JULY 10, 1935 -v-fl rt ir mm mm mm JPxlJ' cas mm fpa fe fe4 88 mi aiy es tea mi Death, Destruction Rule Flood-Marooned City in New York State Electric Garbage Man New Invention FOOB POLICEMEN SERVE NOTICES What's the Real News in Public Affairs HAN NATION i IS PERSISTING II i OUEST DF PEACE! IE PAY DEMANDS r)r i C-- 9 4 SCHENECTADY. N. Y.

-The Machine Age is enveloping the garbage pail and displacing it with an electrical garbage man right in the kitchen, electrical engineers reveal here. The electrical garbage man is a grinder, driven by a one-fourth horse, power motor, which can be installed under the kitchen sins. Kitchen was'e is shredded and reduced to pulp which is flushed into the sewage stream and carried away. FIGHT OPEHS OH AMENDMENTS TO 1ST! Friends and Foes Alike Claim Victory; Vote on Utilities Biil Provision. SPEED 'MUST' LEGISLATION washing: IE HENTVA victory was Claimed nv both; men dismissed at the same time friends and foes of TVA to-ihari an appointment for this after- Inoon with Attorney N.

A. Cobb, who da as the staited ot-ljs th mg on amendments to; Attorney Cobb explained that he strengthen the Tennessee ihad not decided what ac-icn would Vallev Authoi'itv act. be taken in behalf of the poiice- A close fight was predicted. Ad- men. Tne notices tney handed in.

ministration forces soueht to strip said, were merely -protective" te ccmoromise bill approved by measures, taken to show that the th miliiarv committee did i.ot consent to their dissections unwanted" bv President missals, were willing to keep on working and had claims against the In theTs-enate another hard battle Io' the four weeks' pay they i that rbamberlhr'd lost in payless vacations in A scone of appalling flood disaster is the city of Hornell. shown in this striking air view, cut off from the world by torrents from the Canisteo river suramg throuch Its streets, submerging fir ilorrs of homes and business blocks, in New York state's worst deluge in 70 Exports r.umbered'more 40 dead in the state, 100 and prop rty damage exceeding $10,000,000. In the upper left is shown the normal cour-e cf the river, with the higher land beyond, wh.re manv residents Local Delegation Visits NOT GUILTY AGAIN Italy's Unwillingness to Take Up Uaiual Question Cited As Proof of Claims. DENY SEEKING JAPAN'S AID ADDIS A A A i.T'j The forr ijrn ministry an-: noune.d today F.thi-oivia. "pp sistinsr in a pcaco-: fill solution" of tho difiv.itoi with Italy, demands fho int-: mediate convocation of th" council of the Iftayuo of na-: Hons.

Failure to acree in Itala- Ethiopian conciliation meeting at -follow. nu the refu-ai the Italian rrbhrato-s to examit:" the qirfirn of Uaiual." did iter snrpri1" Ethiopian covftriiyr ctr- the announcement said. Proof of Justice in lnim- The uuwilliucur ss to take up this ouertion v.as termed new proof of tho jtiuiee r.f Ethi- cpia's claims against th ilpnal rc- cunaticn of its territory and the; I'alian of December 5. i 1034. iThe Italian arbitrators, that discussion be confirmed to the actual blame for the Uaiual border, clash in which 30 and 110 Ethiopians were repcrtcd killed, declined to entertain, or even to.

Ethiopia's contention that is situated on E'hicplan territory. Sevral Am trier, mi: -icnaris have left Addis Ababa, whence the United ites legation has advised ail its nationals to depart in view of possible hostilities between Ethiopia and Italy. The missionaries joined 24 in a group which left yesterday for the frontier. Government circles denied today reports that Ethiopia expected Japanese aid in the event cf a war with Italy. Although Ethiopia's purchases of cotton goods from Japan cive that: nation 75 percent of Ethiopian im-: ports, the government circles point ee! out that Japanese interests are st ill smaii.

BILLS TOO ITER SHOT OFF i Department Discontinues Its c. Service Where Big- De- I Imquency Exists. I T-i nut t'-t mission's sver n-'T severe looting old water bills, the wafer department has begun to turn off service in instances where unpaid bills are eldest and biggest. About 10 services have been shut off in the last few days. Five-day notices are being sent out to owners and tenants and when the time expires without some arrangement for the back bi bs being made, tiie water is shut cff.

More of these notices will go out within the next few weeks. The water department's delinquent accounts amount to more than S12.0O0 and would be much larger if if were for the fact that it has been made po for hundreds of water u-ers to -work cut" the.r bills. Within the last year, fcupt. sued approximate 3.000 wor rs: or riers and erased old bills ranging from $4 upwards. Day-by-Day History of These Momentous Times Interpreted for the Home Reader by a Skilled News Observer.

-3Y PAUL MALT.ON: WASHINGTON STRANGER things may have hap- pruned in than fho on the wealth-tax plan. if so, no one ran remember when. may th" heat, and then again it may the stuoidhy. chapter in this seriocomic mys-ery s'ory hinges on the appearance of Treasury S-rrrtary lyf-or Yidh-p ways and means ce-mmi'tee. Ha was surpos-n-i off-- the new plan, when asked apparently had never ho-T-i of it.

Ho d-rlmed io say how ir.uch additional H-vcnnf th treasury if any. refused to hint at tvha" ras ho taxs was ha he rra-! in the Pro si-xir's "This Vr." por cans No on? ever toils thorn vhat "roin? on inside. They tried to questions, but the democrats leaped at with charges that they wore trying to oppose tiv.ra en th" wealthy. This led to no'htiaal decaf placed the meeting on a lev-! vrrh the Hvera-e meetinsr of a town Mr. Morgentr.au stood on one foot, or the other, sarinj It icohed almost as th? demo- era tic had en- into a conspiracy to protect i Mr.

s.iyin; any- thinr. is exactly what hap- pned. Demands The inside story dates back to a i ccmferr.re at the White House a days earlier 4. The; men 'Douah-j ton. Otoper) filed into the President's study on that occasion with perplexed brows.

They tried to be but hinted broadlv that the President's wealth-tax idea was s-mewhat In fact, they are supposed to have ttred that exact word, cut in a less offensive way. something to th" effect that th" id "a placed them a Their contention was that the rate? by Senator Karri- I son for th.o would rais-e sJ34.ocn.0C0 mot as Han-isan contended, cr S1IO.000.CCO. as some of the house members have They did net object to breaking up big fortunes or confiscat'ng bi; incomes. But they believed a mors Ic-ical revenue excuse for such a step should be devised. They knew that the only place to raise more revenue was in the lower class of taxpayers, th" ir.idd!e-men.

the successful business executives, doctor', lawyers, th? people who receive ceod salaries. Therefore they demanded an extension of President, Ec-oseveit's plan to include these. It is said the President was cool to this As thoy under-ttocd it, what he wanted was to break up the big fortunes, to start taxing bigness among corporations. Apparency he did not have revenue in mind at all. and did not care particulars? about it.

Neither did he care about soaking-the-suc-cessful mere heavily. His position was the same as in his message. But the congressmen insisted there had to be more than social reform in the new tax program. For ence they won an argument with the president. At least they now they it.

they base their on is the frit that the President half-raised both hands to a level of his shouiders and shrugved as if to say: ri'-ht. if you insist." but he actually said nothtrg. The only thing he on was that congress do nothing to the bill to destroy the popular belief that it is an administration measure. Mr. recalcitrance as a wttnssi nvo this picture right here: He was present at the conference and naturally shared the prrsidrnr.ii vtewpoint rather than the centressloual viewpoint.

He went even further and declined outrght to apptar before the ways and means cemmit'ee. His i.s easi.y unaer-stanriable fccau-e the committee v.as takms the matter cut of Whtte House treristtrv hands. In view cf thts situaion. he pottited out he couid not, say if he did testify. Committee members would not stand for that.

They said it was the custom for the treasury secretary to appear. He must appear. They promised to fend off any questions if he would jussf come up and offer a few vague observations. That is what happened. Thus endeth the second chapter.

Chapter three prchablv will be written v.hcn the congressmen get themselves into such a mess trying Discharged Officers Say The- Are Ready to Perform Duties at Any Time. HIC0K FINDS NEW JOS Four of the five policemen dismissed by tiie city Monday night for reasons of economy served notice on Chief Gordon today that they might go to court to fight for their jobs or at least for the pay they lost during two payless vacations. Stating that they hold themselves ready at all limes to perform police duties, they demanded that their pay from the city co on and that they also be compensated for the vacations. The four who served twice were Perl J. Kei'ay.

Leonard H. Decker, Paul Ker.gle and Clarence Miller. Only George Hieok. who already lias found another job. did not present Chief Gordon with a typewritten statement at the time he turned in his uniform and equipment.

Firemen May Art A representative of the six fire- 1933 and 1934. SELECTED TO Mrs. Cieo Knapper of Urban- daie Will Supervise Work At Canning Kitchen. Mrs. Knapper cf Urbandale, p- in thc uderwav I( Cnxs, 1Irs visor for the COunty.

runouueeti' te- riav. Canning equipment will be moved in Thursday and a crew of iciief women will ass: in cleaning it. Pressure cookers have been reconditioned and an ERA allottmcr.fi of cans, rubbers and covers has ai-rived. A ton of sugar, the entire July r.uota, is all gone and it probab-1; be necessary to dip ihej August quota to supply the kitchen. Tiie sugar was given out in fivq pound lots for home suiiing and tt the Center Mrs.

Arthur S. Kimball is directing a crew of seven women and man who are canning rhf cries atj Community Center. Tiie fruit weus picked by men living there from the city orchard. Mrs. Marvin said the crop of early cherries lies been, wonderful this year an 1 la'" cherries promise to be ss frod The early cherries are nearly core.

KTt, Ct. dpePM itCarly fruition in Calk loan ERA projects from the beginning of the program to and including June 27 for county cos; $047.271 .03. a r.n:p! report; made at the local reveals. labor costs ict entrpmeut and S14.450.CI; material expended. $047.271 .03.

JUST WANTS CAR WASHINGTON cf fet-ertd bureoti of a-o rhuelillog over tiiis one. Fed-ra! m'-n in Ci v. hunting for a i -icr c-r ar.d its v.ite. tiie f-, the owner Denh to lock for my All I wanted ba'k was HOW SMART ARE YCU? e-s-h I'l av.r:.." -'lr. 'I w.ll nyi r' 1 re is i -v i.s- vr-r.

s- i'r- 0-- 'i by 4 i- a 0 W'b- rjr r. 7 I ri p-" rl; t- -i t- rr-'i-T f- 0 IVhri: U' p.r- a -e iha IS 1-t 10 la law, win is a ce- dl ROSS CANNERY iTEAR PESTILENCE IN FLOOD AREAS Rampaging Rivers Recede in Persons Dead in Upstate New York. By the Tress) The threat of pestilence loomed todav in flood-stricken areas as ramnaaing rivers receded in the east Governor Lehman, persenaily directing relief and rehabilitation ac tivities in Neve York state, supple- mented the warnings of health officials, in urging that drinking water be boiled to prevent a possible outbreak of typhoid fever. The governor said the situation in the flood sectors of the state "is improving generally." Forty persons died in upstate New York, four are still missing and property damage v.as estimated at 325.000.000. About 3.000 persons were made homeless bv the floods.

'No Piece Like Home' But He Prefers Jail WILLIAMSTON. N. P. There's no place like home, and that's why Buck Terry wanted to stav in jail. He was locked up on a charge of ill-treating his wife.

The mayor suspended sentence and ordered his liberation on payment of costs. Terry said he'd rather stay where he was, and no costs would he pay. They pushed him out. Wil l. ATTEND FATHER DETROIT- -Mavor Frank Cour.ens left todav for Rochester.

Spr-ator Cotir wi.i unuergo. an: operation in the Mayo brothers hos- Pital tomorrow for removal of blad- der stones. Cooleij on If all goes smco the PWA'S $200,000 loan to the Battle Creek General Hospital may be made available within a nun-h. In that event work on the pral building in Irving park will be resumed in about two Such were the assurances of George J. Genebach.

president of the hospital received Tuesday at Detroit, in rsr.fer. no: with Mortimer E. y. rubltc works tor relatie to tiie procedure for clarinet the loan transaction. Wliile copies of the the hospital assoeia'icn inti.t en'er iu'o have not yet been received from Washinerion.

Mr. Genebach learned that the agreement will contain no conditions that the association can-! not reasonably expect to meet, First and foremost, the hospital's assets must stripped ot all in-; cumbranccs. which means that the Si 2.000 still owing to L. J. Latrd.

the contractor who built the h'-s-! pitai "shell," be paid off be- tore rov ten- will make ailable. Tiie PWA S200.000 loan a wants no so: Latrq moras V--J- mortgages, so the be discharged CHILDREN CF ACCUSED II SLAYING EM1 Loretta Jackson's Anna May And Jack Have Been Ex- tended Emergency Aid. DETROIT Mrs. Irene Elks Murphy, welfare case director, has ciseloted that rm.erg-'r.ry relief has been extended to the two children of Loretta Jaoks-eu, -eho is aroused in the slaying of Howard Carter Dickinson. New York The children.

Anna May. 5. and Jack. 6. will remain wrh their grandmother.

Mrs. Anna Lore; her sister. Florence, and Jean Miller v. ill be brought before Recorder's Judge Thomas M. Cotter with William Lee Ferris, eonfev-ed "trigger man," for hear.ncs Friday.

funeral services f0h mrs. Williams Friday Concresman'! Mother to Ee rurieri Near Old HonK- at 2:30 p. m. CHARLOTTE Funeral -vices for Mrs. A.

M. Williams, mother of the Congressman A. B. Williams of Battle Creek, and of Representative Dodge C. Williams of Charlotte, will be held Friday at 2:30 p.

m. at the residence, 317 Lovett. The Rev- Mr. Chase, retired Methodist minister, will be in charge of the services and burial will be made in Maple Grove cemetery, outside of Charlotte. Mrs.

Williams, who was S3 years, old. d.ed sudd-nly at 21:30 a. m. Tuesday cf heart trouble. Bvl-rles her son she is survived by four grandchildren.

Mrs. Williams and her husband lived in Ashland couty. Ohio, until 1377, when they moved to Charlotte. i Hospital Loan Mi. Ger.eh.ich said he thought the association would have less ck-iicuky in the money to pav Mr.

Laird now that the lean has been granted and delinquent subscribers have good assurance that their money will go into a comple'eti ho: i Mr. Laird lias a suit pending in s- against each t-f the 800 cr 000 sub- who still owe the as-ocia-ti-n abca: A list of subscribers amounts oveed probably will be fded the court this rtteruoon or tomorrow. necessary preliminary to the loan transaction is conveyance bv tiie Charitable Union of its Nichols hospital property to the General Hospiial association. Only the exterior of the new hospital has been completed. The floors, partitions of the.

rooms, plumbing and heating be ins-ailed. Contracts for this work will be subject to competitive bids after the loan agreement has been signed. At'cruev Howard W. Cavar.aeh and L. J.

S.uvis. caustilting architect, accompanied Mr. Genebach to ti" conference in Detroit. ifflO flffl USE RILLED II MM IIS FRftY One of Pair of Bandits Slain In Robbery Attempt Today Near Ava. Mo.

aiiij. r.cnces of a crackling gun battle in which two men were slain near Ava last' night through the Crark hihs today as sheriff's and civil po ses eouaht two men who af -mp-e'i Anna Ellison and killed her sen. Rindo. Ellison, 22. was shot to death when he ran to aid his mother in tr.eir neme.

But he had scored be-When, the robbers ran fore dying. they left one of their number dead on toe fxor. A c.iauffeur's license his peckt was'iVsVd to HJ Morefh 23, Oklahoma City. She Didn't Want Him To Suffer First Day i N3T.V YORK Mrs. Ruth Sta-; tiie complaining witness, fold the ntacp-frate she thought her husband ought to spend about six years in jail for disorderly conduct.

She was not without compassion I for her erring spouse, however. She i brought along six years' incidental I supplies to give him two packages of a handkerchief and a quciter. The made it six months. HOOVER DECLINES YPSILANTI Herbert th-' former president. ha d'ehned an to a 3 the centennial anniversary of the Ypeilanti Friend; church.

Tne anniversary will be celebrated Sunday. PLESOFGOODrT Confessed Slayer of Lillian Callaher Makes Same Plea Twice in 24 Hours. DETROIT Merton Ward Goodrich, for th? second time with- -hi 2-1 hours, pleaded not guilty to ray to murder 11-year-olo. Lhkan Gallakrr. His trial was set for July 17 by Judge Christopher E.

Stein cf Recorder's court. Goodrich was brcucht be fere Judae Stein for arraignment on the the last formality preceding trial. Asked how ha wished to plead the crime has confessed fuby. Goodrich replied in a c.ear 'No' eeuiltv, and I want a lawyer. Pros -outer Duncan C.

McCrea was bv thc if he had any statement to make. i-i, three w-. n-d wore the nrose- cu'or said. "He is cerainly canty." What do you say to that?" the court a -ked Goodrich. -he prisoner said.

The trial date was set. brief rence. MeCr was anxious for an ear! that a defense r.ttarney. to be ne n--d by the court, would need a eek to prepare his case. POSTMASTER GIVES RADIO TALK ON FEDERAL BONDS Foe-master John C.

Davis Tues- day rif erno'n cave a short from the s-udto. of the Enquirer and News st.rion WELL on federal baby bends. His tall: followed one by Nehie Te.y'.eo Ross, superintendent of m.r.ts at Denver, on the netwcr.e. T.ie cer.f--r-" est! merit ite casli war ye-eraus" nitrates." no? also is so a hrg for th" of W-rlti compensation eerie bonus resolution was effete 3 from the original r-sdution cf the tee included the clause. to the fineuua! abilitv vr.

The comtuit- 'a-rording tiie fed- eerai go-eernment to compensate Other planks in the conference plat term: A balanced budget: stabi-lirition of currency; protective tariff: enforcement of anti-trust laws; a permanent agriculture! plan: abolishment of child labor; age pensions: care of th-' ri.sab'.ed; maximum hour law for women: rm-pl vment insurance fcr employes. Presidential possibilities v.ere not discussed at the meeting ex-ept for a of ere speaker for Sona-er Borah of Idaho whioh was preniptly stricken from the record. It was however, that a reference by Jans P. Thcinean, commiss.or.er of to Senator drew i i I neared a vote on whether to insist on retention in the utilities bill cf a provision requiring absolute abolition of certain holding companies. The vote was fixed for 2 p.

m. S. TJ. Ortrr-nron RFC slfornfv was recalled for cross examination in the house miles committee's in-i vestigaiion of lobbying for and against the utilities measure. Invites Cross Examination He himself had invited the cross examination to complete his denial of charges by Representative Brewster Me.i that he threatened to ston work on a Maine power proj- ect if Brewster voted against the administration on the utilities hout-e democratic leaders sought to app.y new speed to expeeme Poosevcit program of must ieg- islation with the ltiea of winamg (Please Turn to Page 7, Cotunm 5) SEAPLANE, PASSENGERS USSiiiC I OSIS FOUND Party Discovered in Miner's Cabin in Alaska: Trek 20 Miles to Refuge.

CORDOVA, Alaska A seaplane pilot, and three passengers missing since Saturday were safe here today after experiences that included a forced landing and a 20-hour trek to refuge in a miner's cabin. Pdot M. D. Kirkpa'rirk reported he flow against treetors in fog near Pe lagataga. ou io a safely and get the passengers to the bencn.

and Lemuel G. Wiuga.rd. and A. bureau of fisheries of- RAY LONCJ editor for various motion picture sfidias fohowing a varied and colorful eereer in New York, had not been feeling well, his house- (Please iiirri to Page 4, Column 6) 4ir-. eA Ray Long, Famous Editor, Is Found Shot io Death G.

O. P. Conference Ends; A ii'L yn ch ing La A skeel EEVERLY KILLS. Ray Pnc? f.atios lead-j lug a suicide vie lira under circumstances he must have scanned in many a short story plot. He v.as believed to have been.

U-sL J-a literary success that was his for more than a score cf years. Fatally wounded. Long was found in the bedroom of his Beverly Hills home late yesterday. Nearby was a small rifle. Long died in an emergency host-it a 1 as a hurried operation was attempted.

i Known as the man who guided a host of writers to fame and; wealth, who translated the public's: leading tastes, into money-making publications. Long's death was' marked by an enigmatic twist. He. left r.o note, as far as could be. found, explaining his act.

"There is r.o doubt it was a suicide." said A. G. Peterson. Eeveriy Kills officer who investigated the death. Tne 57-vear-old executive, who came to California to becorae story 1 CLEVELAND ptiblicans from six states ended tiv-ir regional crusaders conference y.vterdav wfh an anpeal for a "federal anti-lvnrli-ing law to cenform t- the Constitution." The anti-iynching issue retr-e up after the resolutions commr rejected it.

Councilman Jolin E. Hubbard of Cleveland introduced it. W. G. McDowell of Detroit objected to the resolution and said hs adorrion would make the conference" "the laughing stock cf the country" and would "make men-keys" out cf the delegates.

"There is no object." said Thomas J. Barrett of West Virginia a resolution that flies in the' face of the Constitution. We have been condemning the democratic administration for passing laws which on their face are flagrantly ur.ccnsiiutior.a'. Do we now want to follow the same procedure?" irhe resolution finally was brought iPlease Turn to Page 4, Column Si to a vote and adopted. warm a.