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Tammany Names Al Smith as Delegate to Democratic Convention THE WEATHER For Montana--Unsettled, snow west portion Wednesday and west and south portions Thursday; somewhat warmer. DAILY VOL. CENTS HELENA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19, 1936 Full Associated Press Service Member N. E.

A. N. Y. Stock and Bond List Hope Held Out Cold Snap is to Break As He Hints HE IS ON LIST NAMED BY TAMMANY TO CONVENTION New York, Feb. today named Alfred E.

Smith to head its delegation to the Democratic National convention from which Smith threatened to "take a walk" if the Roosevelt administration were endorsed. The former New York governor, who Toteci (o the final ballot against President Roosevelt's nomination at Chicago In 1932. was assured an i of a i good the threat he voiced recently at a dinner of the Liberty league in Washington. Among Tammany delegates to the Philadelphia convention in tnnounced today, will be U. S.

Senators Royal S. Copeland and R. P. Wagner; former Mayor O'Brien, close political a of i and James .1. Hoey.

Hoey was convention floor leader for i In 1924 and 192S and campaign manager for O'Brien, but vet led tho fight which dethroned F. Curry as Tammany leader a wa5juip.oJnted,,e,oJtoiorjj£J.n- i a revenue hero by President Roosovcll. Former Mayor James Walker, a delegate four years ago at the i Roosevelt as goveinor was a i charges which led to Walk- ei's resignation the mayoralty, was disregarded In the selections announced by James .1. Dooling, Tammany leader. While a foo of Roosevelt, Walker also became estranged from Smith.

Rpports had been published thai Postmaster General 1 A. Farley had sought to have a a a Walker a delegate to offset Smith's expected anti-Roosevelt activity, but the reports also were denied. Tammany spokesman kept silent on tho situation, and Walker himself had no comment. Ho has said, since his return from abroad last a however, that he is "through" with politics. WHIM: THE GOPS-- Xew York.

Feb. 3 8 republican state committee today overrode i i protests and named eight "regular" delegates- at-lnrgo to the national party con- i An i vote was cast i on Page 3) WHO NEWS IN HIST POMKSTIC York i three on Greek i saved by heroic res- in high seas; storm i ships. Washington--Senate passes neu- i a i i holds to freedom ot seas policy. Borah inlciprels TV A decision as i growth of i i Foreign Asuncion Chftco war veterans establish revolutionary government in Paraguaj'. Mmlrid--Amnesty offered 30,000 political prisoners in to hall i i loyalists flee country.

Home--France and Britain described ns in accord on policies while Italy adopt') now martial measures. With Italian Army-Troops press a a a gained in week of fighting. High Churchman at Consecration MOST REV. EDWARD D. HOWARD, the Archbishop of Portland, will play an Important part jn thejxm- tlie diocese of The A i was born in Ion a where he studied at Columbia college, and later became a member ot tho faculty where he a for 15 years before being elected president of the great school.

He was made Archbishop of Portland in 1926. SOME HOPE SEEN FOR BREAK IN WEATHER AS TEMPERATURE BEGINS CLIMBING YESTERDAY Hope fur a break in tho arctic spoil Mliirh lias held Helena in un icy vice for the laM, four weeks was strengthened lust night when the mercury climbed to minus four at 11 o'clock, from 20 below at midnight Mouda), although tli- forecast was for continued cold. W. E. Maughan, weather bureau chief, said yesterday it was probable this section would receive another snow storm, and last night, as tho temperature rose, a warm snow descended on the city.

Yesterday went out like a lamb, as compared i the last several days, but (ha early morning reading of i 20 was low enough to break tho previous February IS low, which was 19 below In 1 9 0 IJcloiv Normal School attendance in the pity was below normal, high school reporting a 65 per cent ot regular attendance i the grade schools wero short only about IB per cent School officials said last OF LOST CHEEK New York, Feb IS (fP) In a terse radiogram the master of the passenger liner City of Newport News i i the coast guard here he had Uken off all 33 men from Ilio foundered Greek cargo ship Stefanos Costomenis and was taking them to Norfolk, Va. The rcscup of the entire Greek crew i the wave-tossed, a i vessel wns accomplished in heavy. fog-cloaked seas about 500 miles off Virginia capes The coast guard vessel a a was sent to nihie or shell derelict to remove it from path of shipping. LEOPOLD WILL NOT TELL JURY ANYTHING ON DEATH OF HIS PAL Jolict, 111., Feb. I A Natluin Ix-olwM, "Ilirlll slurcr" Hobby Knuilw, testified today before, tho Will wnnly grand Jnry, uhleh In rmxlurllnff one of tlirrr rnrmit ImcrtlKmlloiis into Illinois penal Nathan and three fellow convicts convoyed from Statevlllc prison by a dozen guards nrined with machine guns and rifles to tell what Ihcv know ot the razor slaying ot lilrhnnl Loeb, I-copold's partner in ono of Chicago's most sensational crimes of a do7.cn years ago.

Attorney W. R. McCabe Bald Leopold sat before I ijrand jurors in his shirt sleeves. McCnbo said questions concerning Leopold's last with Locb and his knowledge of tho crltno and its motive brought this uniform reply: "I don't euro to answer." Nothing wns learned from the other follows, McCnbe added. The jurors then adjourned until Thursday, they planned to Inspect Iho slaying scene.

Tlie prosecutor sftiil he wat certain the grand jury would Indict Day, a convict, for (ho Loeb flaying and Hint would not bo called is a witness. night attendance today increase materially should the rise in temperature continue. Scott Hart, highway maintenance department engineer, said last night that main highways in this region were passable and crews were working on some parts of the loads where only narrow trenches had been dug through deep drifts. Fifteen carloads of coal arrived in the city yesterday to relieve anxiety that there would be a shortage. Although coal companies have- sold only small orders to customers during the last few days, there have been no reports of persons lacking sufficient fuel to keep their bouses warm.

Itiscs al 1 alK Great Falls reported the mercury rising rapidly there yesterday, with an official thermometer reading minus 1 2 at a. m. at 2 a. m. the mercury stood at 32 below zero there.

Official temperatures at 6 a. m. as reported by the Helena weather bureau i Havre. 3 0 Kalispell. I Miles City.

--30, and Missoula, --2. Williston, N. had an official --12. Unofficial temperatures from all points yesterday were higher a in weeks. They included: Laviua.

--3S. a 20-degree rise since yesterday; Livingston. --S: (Continued on Page 7) PEOPLE IN Clear Zone GUARD CALLED AS MEN TRY TO CUT OFF FLOW OF GAS Utica, N. Feb. a i a guardsmen were called tonight to bar entrance tomorrow to this city's business center, evacuated as leaking gas mains caused an underground fire and injury to two persons.

Two of five gas mains feeding the concealed fire were blocked tonight by utility company employes working in near zero temperatures. Officials then said they exepected to a the fire under control by morning. Reserve policemen and firemen k--t everyone else out of a six-block area around the danger zone. Guards Offered An offer of SO national guardsmen to supplement the protective force was accepted by Commissioner ot Public Safety Harry R. Beebe.

Today 4,000 office -workers and other normal occupants of the area were sent home after explosions at Intermittent intervals shot flames 20 to 40 feet in the air and sent manhole covers hurtling. Tonight holes were bored into the mains about 50 feet from the "busy corners" intersection where the fire was centered. Into these (Continued on Page ITALIANS REPORT By A. E. STUXT6 Rome, Feb.

1m- iwssc between Great Britain and in efforts to reach a Mediterranean understanding "Is to be expected," Informed sources said tonight. Italy is used to "rebuffs" of the sort contained in a British refusal to discuss further with Rome the defensive Mediterranean security agreement she reached with France and other Mditerranean sanctionlst nations, theae sources added. While Jubilant blackshlrts cheered a claimed victory on the northern Ethiopian front, the government decreed an appropriation of 1,530,000,000 lire (about $122,400,0001 for extraordmaiy colonial military defense expenditures. Report A repott from Marshal Pietro Badofflio set the Ethiopian dead in the battle of Enderta at between 5,000 and and "at least twice that in wounded, and many, many prisoners." Italy's casualties were placed at 19G dead and 606 wounded. PROVISIONAL REGIME IN SADDLE Asuncion.

Paraguay, (yi 1 )--The revolt" leil by veterans of I'arHKlinjS bit lor linro war llollvia "placed proviiionnl government firmlj in the saddle toniftht. A proclamation by a revolutionary junta named Col. Rafael Franco, hero of the war. provisional president of tho nation. Franco is now exile in Buenos Aires, sent there recently by a charge of subversive activity." To Sfnt Today (In Buenos Aires it was understood Col.

would fly to Asuncion tomorrow. He apparently spent the Uy conferring with Paraguayan after issuing brief statement gaying "the guayan movement is not --rather. It represents the voi'-e of 40,000 Trenton, X. 1 )-The cross-examination to which Samuel S. Leibowitz subjected Bruno Richard Hauptmann left the prisoner ready for more.

Haupt- maun'e calm also was unshaken as the prepared to fix his death date tomorrow for the third time. SEAT TODAY At Cathedral CONSECRATION WILL BE GREAT RELIGIOUS OCCASION Notables and dignitaries of the Catholic faith from all parts of this country and from many provinces in Canada will be in Helena today for the consecration and installation of a Montana priest, the Most Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore, as fifth bishop of the diocese. The consecration will take place at magnificent Cathedral of St.

Helena with colorful rites which i establish a presedent in Montana. It will be perhaps the greatest religious ceremony ever held in this state, attended by all of the pomp and splendor prescribed by the Catholic ritual for high affairs of the church. Although the cold weather is expected to reduce to some extent the number of clergy and laity present for the momentuous event, the ceremony will be none the less impressive and magnificent. First Time It will be the first time in the history of Montana that a bishop has been consecrated here; others being consecrated elsewhere and installed in Montana. The sacred church rites also will mark the first time a Montana priest has been elevated to the Catholic heir- archy.

Hundreds of leading officials of the clergy commenced arriving yesterday to take part in the ceremony, which will be presided over by the personal representative of Pope Pius XI, the Most Rev. Am- lego Giovanni Cicognani, D. Apostolic Delegate ot the United States. Soft intonations of the cathedral chimes will ring out into the winter air of Helena this morning at 9 o'clock: announcing the approach of the consecration, and the sacred music of the church will continue for 25 minutes on the 15 (Continued on Page 10) Celebrant of Consecration Mass RESCUE WORK GOES ON TO SAVE ISOLATED COMMUNITIES MOST REV. AMETO GIOVANNI CICOGNANI, D.

Apostolic Delegate to the United States, who is the highest churchman in attendance at the consecration ceremonies for Bishop Gilmore at St. Helena Cathedral today. KID CANN SOON CLEARED BY JURY; PLOT TO FIX CASE TO BE TAKEN UP BY OFFICIALS Minneapolis, Feb. (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld, former bootlegger, tonight was acquitted of first degree murder in the slaying of Walter Liggett, crusading Minneapolis weekly newspaper publisher, by a district court jury. The jury was out three and one- halt hours.

Blumenfeld, arrested ail hour after Liggett was slam by machine gun fire, December 9, last, had been on trial since January 20. Weep With the reading of the verdict tears sprang into the eyes of Thomas McMeekin, defense counsel, and Mrs. Blumenfeld. The defendant's wife, who had maintained vigil outside the courtroom since the jury began its deliberations, covered her AUTHORITIES OF MINNESOTA GANGSTERS, SAYS M'CORMICK ChicaKo. Feb.

IS. (AP) The U. S. supreme court decision hold- Ing iinconstAtntionnl the Minnesota press "gag lair," Col. Robert K.

Mc- Cormlck, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, said today has "become the great charter of the American press." Speaking at the annual meeting of the Inland Press association as chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Pi ess. Col. McCormick recounted the killing of How- aitl Guilford in September, 1934. and the recent machine gun slajlng of Walter Liggett, both Minneapolis publisheis. and all these foregoing- facts It necessary to conclude that Gull- ford and Liggett were killed with the acquiescence of the authorities of Minneapolis and Minnesota We A I I -IRV1X S.

COBB- San Antonia, Texas, Feb. time I go to a so-called wrestling contest, say to myself that, if only we revived the ancient Roman sport of matching gladiators to murder one another publicly, no building anywhere could hold the multitudes that would flock to the blood-lettings. It can't be the posing, posturing cheap acting, deliberate fouling, obvious hlppo- droming, the fixed victories and the faked defeats that bring the crowds swarming about the mastodonic masters of the manly art of self-pretense, these blubber- laden practitioners of the pleasant science of mayhem. All the cruel agony can't be make-believe, all the seeming suffering isn't rehearsed beforehand. That's what makes the business pay.

The creak of the dislocated nnkle and the brisk snap of the splintering knee joint, the scream RS a brutal thumb gouges at a tortured eyeball--it's so much music to the popular ear. That reminds me must see about getting my tickets for this week's bouts I hear the house is sold out. That's no way to treat a regular customer. mviN s. COBB.

cwntttM im kr RAM must believe that unconstitutional law having failed to do so, murder was resorted to by the public authorities to coerce the freedom the press. "The authorities of Minnesota belong to gangland. Way Out "The onlv possible rescue lies in publicity, and publicity in the state being a leign of tciror, the only hope lies in rewspapers published (lie protection nished to murderers by the police, pioseciitoi and pardoning in Minnesota." face -with her hands when the judge read the verdict "not guilty." The handful of spectators in the courtroom, most of them friends and acquaintances of the "Kid," let a cheer with the verdict. The jury took, only one ballot, the vote resulting in an unanimous ver- dice of "not guilty." Simultaneously with the reading of tbe jury's decision, "Kid Cann" arose from his chair, and started toward the bench, only to be pulled back by the coattails by McMeekin. Cann embraced his sister before they left the courtroom accompanied by his wife.

None of the three prosecutors who tried the case for the state was in the courtroom. Blumenfeld's defense was centered around the alibi that he was in a barber's chair at the time the s'aying occurred al 5:41 p. the night of December 9. The state emphasized that Blum(Continued on Page Minneapolis. Feb.

I and county officials today characterized as "silly" and "ridiculous" tho assertion of Col Robert Mc- Covmlck, Chicago publisher, that Howard Guiiford and Walter Liggett. Minneapolis editors, were killed "with the acquiescence of authorities ot Minneapolis and Minnesota." Ed ,1. Hennepln county attorney, when informed of charges, replied. "Why. its so silly, it doesn't warrant a reply "Colonel McCormick takes in a large territory he makes those accusations." Chief Frank PRESIDENT CALLS ADVISERS Washington.

Feb. a a inconclusive i House conference- with the chiefs of various federal lending and borrowing agencies was held today by President Roosevelt as a prelude to the drafting of an administration tax plan. Announcing at his press conference that he had called in government fiscal experts for a talk on taxes tomorrow, the president declined to expand further upon his i a i a plans. Still Snappy Chicago, Feb. falling barometer in the Canadian northwest today raised hopes of a let-up in the record- breaking cold waves that have swept over the Middle West.

C. A. Donnel, federal forecaster at Chicago, said a barometric drop in the western reaches of the Dominion is often a signal of warmer weather. He added, however, that definite prediction must await further developments. The frigid wave which.

swept south to the Gulf and east to the Appalachians relented but little under a brillian sun. Freezing temperatures extended as far south as Brownsville, Texas. The zero line reached almost to Memphis, Tenn. The polar mass moved east with a reading of eight above expected tomorrow at Newark. Rescue State highway crews attempted to bring food and fuel to three iso- 1 a Nebraska communities-Springview, Newman Grove and Elgin.

Clyde Ice, aviator who was forced down Sunday while surveying South Dakota's blizzard belt, was located at a ranch near Dalzell. Three relief parties renewed efforts to reopen roads to a half dozen villages in Meade and Penn(Continued on Page 3) SENATE VOTES FINALLY ON MEASURE By D. HAROLD OLIVER Washington, Feb. (fl) -Sinking in a sea of "noes" all efforts to restrict traditional United States polic)- of freedom of the seas, tho senate today completed congressional action on the compromise neutrality resolution. Not even a record vote was required to send to the White House the proposal extending from February 29, 1936, to May 1, 1937, the existing law's temporary ban on arms shipments to belligerents or to neutrals for transshipment to warring factions.

Restrictions ou loans and credits were added. Hurdle Gone The house adopted the resolution yesterday, 353 to 27. Senate concurrence removed one hurdle In the path 'Of the Mai' 1 adjournment goal, althougn a further fight was foreseen by some senators. Madrid, -Feb. 18-- leaders issued assurances tonight of amnesty for more than 30,000 political prisoners in an effort to halt rioting in prisons, following the lefts' apparents victory in Sunday's geneial election.

Many monarchists were reported crossing the frontiers Into France, Portugal and Gibraltar. STAND ON YOUR HEADS, GIRLS, WHEN YOU BRUSH YOUR LOCKS Seattle. Teb. (AP)--Women Forestnl of Minneapolis 11 111 1 stni ld lh ir asserted. "As far as I am personally concerned, his statements are ridiculous." 1TED SIflltS III KJEQUirai Washington, Feb.

A general resumption of recruiting to bring tho army's enlisted sttength to tho 147,000 maximum prescribed by President Roosevelt was ordered today by tho war department. nftcr brushing Imir In order to pet the maximum benefit from thai form of scalp treatment, Norman JIllHor of "cw York told tho Beauty con- here today. "Women don't brush thejr hair enough," he said. "If woman would stand on her head, that would bo so much the bettor. Standing on the head brings blood to the scalp." Marc Gartman, president of the Chicago and Illinois Hnirdiesscrs association, said i hair long enough to bo 'done up' is passS, bobs will now be arranged to achieve that same effect.

Gartman said extroma hair shades, such as henna red and platinum blonde, wero "out." "Hair will be combed down flat on the top and sides ot the head and then will roll up again In curls and ringlets. Flowers will be worn to gain halo effects and fresh flowers -n-ill be scattered through the hair with certain stylet," said. In AlMka Mm. X. Edna Stump, who oytned the first beauty shop In couthWMt- ern Alaska a decade the native women there were "going white" In a "colorful -way," She said half her In a Wranfell, Ahwka, btauty were native flrls..