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CANANDAIGUA, N. TUESDAY, MAY 19,1936. DEALERS TO DRAFT NEW GUFFEY Single Copy, 3 Cente LANDON-BORAH OPPONENTS IN JERSEY VOTE Strike of 48,000 In Mexico Fails; Return to Work is Given Support Ot btate Group; PrCSl- TV 90 ir T' TTI 1 IN 66 1 Hi GOP Slates in 13 or Districts Pledged to the Governor NEWARK. N. J.

The New primaries today brought Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas op posite Senator William E. Borah of Idaho in their first statewide contest for Republican presidential pre- (Copyright, 1936, -Associated Press) MEXICO CITY A strike of 48.000 employes of the Great Mexi- I can National Railways collapsed today under resolute counteraction from President Lazaro Cardenas' i administration. Leaders of the strikers, who walk- I ed out at 5:00 P.

Central Stand- ard Time, yesterday, demanding higher wages, ordered the workers back to their posts at noon today I after the government declared the it i unjustified and "non-exist- flit A personal appeal by the president, who cited "unmistakable proofs of my intention to fight for the betterment of the working classes," was believed to have gone a long way toward ending swiftly the short-lived strike movement. The velvet of the president's ap- ITALY MAY BE ASKED TO MAKE SOMEOMGES Believe Great Britain May Force Action In the Embassy TO EDEN Ascertain Status of Italian Attache in "Fabrication" 'AND NOW WE ARE SIX' proach to the crisis failed to conceal entirely the mailed fist behind his action. The government's central con-1 mcm UC10 lhe and arbitration board understood to intend to ques-- warned the workers if they failed to ference. Landon was supported by State Republican organization. President Roosevelt was assured ithta 24 no th would all 32 convention votes in the Dem- lose rf hte collec ocratic primary because the state I a labor bcontracts and the railway organizations slate was unopposed.

mallagem ent would be free to hire Republican slates in 13 ol the 14 wnrkpr-; congressional districts were pledged WUHVBI. to Landan as were five candidates for four places as delcgate-at-largo to the Republican national convention. Borah backers have entered candidates in 11 districts." Friends have entered both in preferential primary but the outcome will not be binding 011 thc- cielegates. In the Democratic ferentia! primary Colonel Henry Bveckinridge, legal adviser to Col. Charles A.

Lindbergh, as the sole entrant, can be beaten only write-in vote. Interest, however, was centered more in the so-called "Jersey Justice" fight between Governor Har old G. Hoffman and Franklin W. Fort than in the presidential voting. Although Fort, charging the Governor unfit to represent the party because of his intervention in the Hauptmann case, made the fight i-j sep Hoffman out, both may oe elected delegates.

The two carried on their fight to the last minute, Hoffman arranging LONDON 1 )--Italy may be invited to make changes in the staff oi Us London embassy, informed sources said today, in the Italo-Ethi- orjian-British dumdum bullet scandal. Certain members of parliament DR. TOWNSEND FACING GROUP IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON A House by a investigating committee today di I rected -its attention to Dr. F. E.

Townsend, who became a national figure in four years with his plan for payment of monthly pensions to all persons over sixty. The committee, with "loaded, guns." prepared to question the elderly retired California physician, on the source and ultimate disposition nickles, dimes and quarters which ton Anthony Eden concerning the pcsiticn of the Italian military at- tache after the foreign secretary kid the House of Commons yesterday an attempt had ot-en made to "fabricate evidence" that British interests supplied illegal 'ammunition to Ethiopia. The government was being press- id, informed scurcss to take up the entire question of the embassy's ai'iociaticn with a Pedro Lopez" whom Eden described as I'otorious purveyor of false information and forged documents." Eden declared a Britisn subject of Polish origin, known under a number of aliases, posed as ar. Ethiopian agent, obtained ammunition samples from a British firm through forged letters and used the samples to convince Italian authorities that dumdum bullets were being exported to Ethiopia. The foreign secretary made clear HOOVER MAKES PLAIN HE IS NOT RUNNING Is Only Concerned With Placing- Issues Before Nation NOT A CANDIDATE The Morlock quadruplets of Lansing, posed for this picture as their mother, Mrs.

Carl A. Morlock arranged their sixth birthday party. 2ft to right: Edna Sarah Wilma B. and Helen D. (Associated Press Photo) WASHINGTON viiing the nations of the 1 world to enter a "frank exchange of views'' on money matters, the.

United States moved today to help China stabilize her currency. Secretary Morgentliau's expres- Eii Route to America muiues, anu wuiu'i i have been paid into the Townsend continued ana he known organization. have had contacts with members Chairman Bell Mo.) said the examination of Dr. Townsend pro speak twice over the radio today, would take three or four days. Just two weeks ago today Dr.

that despite "friendly warning" to I of willingness to participate in Ambassador Dino Lopez' as- bilateral parleys came yesterday associations with the Italian embassy i he announced an agreement with after he had voted in South Amboy. He knocked down a questioner who aroused his resentment before a speech in New York last night. Denies Italian War Vets Parade Permit LCCKPORT The Lockport Common Council denied Italian war veterans a permit last night to p.uadc on Sunday because the na- was advertised, as a celebia- tion of Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. Anthony Giulsiani, president of the veterans, said later th Announcement was in error. He insisted the parade was intended to mark Italy's entry into the World War.

Ihe aldermen and the mayor were kept busy late yesterday answering telephone calls from citizens protesting the celebration. Townsend appeared before the committee under subpoena and was ready to step on the witness stand when Bell suddenly announced a postponement. to of the Italian military attache's stafl v.ithin the last three weeks." Eden made no direct charges a- gnmst the Italian government, however, confining hi's criticism cave- lully to the activities of Lopsz and the publicity they received in the r.alian press. There was no suggestion that Since that time a "Townsend car- Kalians used Lopez deliberately to a van" has reached Washington from California bearing petitions urging Congress to enact the Townsend plan into law and signed, Townsend leaders said, by 10,561,000 names. obtain false dumdum bullet evidence, Eden's statement seeming to slu-w it was the agent who attempted to impress the Italians with his "mischievous China whereby the United States treasury will make "substantial' tilver purchases from that nation.

The agreement, conditional in some respects, was reached after several weeks of conferences witr. representatives of the Nanking government's finance ministry. In addition to the purchases, to be made in unannounced quantities, the agreement also provides China with dollar exchange for currency Eta biliza tion. scv.th of a storm aroa over the At- the big Zeppelin Hindenburg speed with a pc.s- bibiiity of reaching York late tonight on its second flight from Germany. Except for one sudden squall yes- tovday which tilted ihe airship's broke dishes and frightened ionic passengers, the voyage prc- ci cded with smooth monotony.

Ernst Lehmann, in com- of the craft, the passen- L'f rs at dinner ths unusual weather conditions being encountered on tin. fl.t'.ht involved no danger. The Hindenburg passed south of depressed area las: night while 1.380 nautical miles from New York, and raised its again.v Ends Speculation Over Recent Conference In Maryland CHICAGO Herbert Hoov- er's assertion that he was "not a i candidate" but solely concerned i with placing "critical issues" before the nation turned attention toward the shaping of a Republican platform today. The former president, in a formal statement issued here late yesterday set forth: "It should be evident that I am not a candidate. "I have stated many times that I have no interest but to get these I critical issues before the country.

"And get one thing straight. I am not opposing any of the candidates. My concern is with principles." Some observers' linked Mr. Hoovers announcement that he opposed no aspirant to the party's presidential nomination with the recent California primary. There a slato of uninstructed delegates supported by Mr.

Hoover defeated a group carrying the banner of Gov. Alf M. Lan- aon, of Kansas. The pronouncement ended specu- lation over the nature of the former president's conference with party leaders in Maryland. It said: "My discussions with senators, i congressmen and others who visited me irom Washington over the related wholly to the Republi- i can platform." Morgenthau said the agreement head winds to 58 knots.

The average made not only to aid China's! for the flight thus far ha? RESETTLEMENT FUTURE BEING DISPUTED NOW WASHINGTON The future of the $275,000,000 resettlement administration remained in dispute tc- c'ay, although officials indicated work of the agency might be pushed forward while funds are available. tion of principles and repeatedly ex- Alter the District of Columbia Also Propose to Continue Relief Program Roosevelt Silent on Court Decision Demolishing Wage, Hours Act (Copyright 1936, Associated Press) night. Authoritative sources said WASHINGTON -Swift moves that, representatives of National write a new Guffey coal control sc: and to continue most of the hv.ge relief drive wer3 made today bv officials in the aftermath of tw? blows dealt the New Deal program in the courts. President Roosevelt vas silent or the Supreme Court decision demolishing the Guffey act to regulate v.ages and hours and fix prices in the bituminous coal industry, and on a District of Columbia Court of Ap- pi-als decision which called a halt on part of the $4,880,000,000 relief program, Conference Called While New Dealers ceplorsd the decisions and their fosi hailed them, a conference was hastily called last Bituminous Coal Commission! Jistice Department; some operators backing the Guffey and- mine un-'on leaders attended and immediately set to work to draft a new coal regulation bill. Word was passed that the key- That document prime concern of has also been a Senator William E.

Borah, presidential contender. Avowedly seeking a liberal declara- pressing the right to "look over the platform'' and candidate approved at the Cleveland convention. Hoover said former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois should be asked to write the agricultural plank for the convention. The statement also set forth: "I have rigidly prevented my friends from setting up any organization and from presenting my Court of Appeals decision yesterday, Attorney General Cuirrnings said he believed the court had declared only one type of resettlement proj- cut invalid." Opposing counsel argued Lehman Maid Injured When Car Leaves Road BEACON familiar "No 1" license plate on the front 01 Governor Lehman's automobile was missing today and a maid was.in the hospital after an accident to the cai mar here late yesterday.

The accident took place as Timothy Mulcahy, chauffeur for tin cnief executive, and Louise Kanzcak Mrs. Lehman's maid, returning to Albany from New York with lug- cage. The maid suffered two nbs, lacerations of the head ant. face and contusions on both knees the car left the load and rai. head-on into a tree.

Explosion Wrecks Home, Three Seriously Hurt NIAGARA FALLS (fP) The home of Nicholas Longo, was wiecked by an explosion early today and his wife and two daughters were taken to a hospital suffering from serious burns. Longo was in New York city at ths time of the blast, which occurred while the family was asleep. daughter was only slightly injured. The injured are Mrs. Carmela Longo, 39, Arcangela, 11, and A'i- gelini, 14.

Josephine, 17, was less seriously injured. REPORT $99 SURPLUS UTICA The Utica Com- nn-nitv Chest drive ended today a surplus of $99, the first time in four years the campaign achieved its goal. 1 40 FISK1ERMEN MISSING NOVOROSSIISK, U. S. S.

R. Forty fishermen, caught in a storm on the Black Sea, have been missing three days. Searching craft found or.e of their bodies today, but located no trace of any others. Declares Way Open to War Debt Settlement PARIS Former Premier Ecicuard Herriot declared today that "the way is cperi" to ihe settlement of the war debt "misunderstanding'' Health Knights Start between Fiance tieaty. Writing in the United through the States anu new trade- program of monetary reform, but to been 59.8 knots despite slower time name in any primary or to any state 1-r-lp the United States fulfill the storms.

1 revisions of the silver purchase act. CONDITION CRITICAL ROME (fi) Glenn Walker, 53, a fanner, was in critical condition in Rome hospital today with skull fracture suffered when he attempt- than ed to stop a team of runaway horses. Walker was injured yesterday when he leaped from the run- "Information" he ap- plsuded the recent speech of Premier-designate Leon Blum before the American Club. Blum still is endeavoring to ge; Herriot into his cabinet as foreign minister although Herriot's journal, "L'Ere Nouvelle," said he was not likely to accept. Thirteen Killed in Weekend Accidents FOUGHKEEPSIE Sixty- five Health Knights of the Road started another lap of their 410- ning board of a car in front of the mile hike from New York to Dans- horses while pursuing He fell ville today refreshed after a night's anc ms lea( struck a stone, rest amid the comforts of two of the city's hotels.

WHAT AN ANGLER NEW WOODSTOCK (ff)--3. M. six trout. Following a breakfast of cracked i wheat, the marchers grimly trudged 99, of CortLind proved to- northward, announcing they in- flay that he stm js to be reckoned tended to be in Red Creek, 27 miles i as an ane i er He veturned home- distant, by nightfall. Bernarr McPadden's hardy band of nature lovers pounded 28 miles of smooth concrete state highway in.

i a broiling sun yesterday, breaking 1 camp six miles north of Peekshill' early in the morning and wearily plodding into this mid-Hudson city- late yesterday afternoon. JEWS PUSH DRIVE SYRACUSE Syracuse Jews pushed a drive for $25,000 today for rehabilitation of Jews in Europe and the United States with more half the fund already sub- convention, and not a single delegate from California or any other state is pledged to me." scribed. Six pledges of $1,000 each were received last night at the opening dinner and total donations totalled $10,400 when the banquet ended. MAYOR TO GET PAY OGDENSBURG (fP) The Common Council has voted to pay Mayor Fred J. Elie a salary of "not more than $2,500 a year." The mayor has been serving the city without pay.

ALBANY Describing the loss of thirteen lives in upstate traffic accidents over the weekend as "deplorable," Motor Vehicle Commissioner Charles Harnett today urged motorists to increase their vigilance. "We have arrived at the season of the year," he said, "when traffic is at its heaviest. It behooves drivers to be more than ever alert." The weekend toll established a record for 1936 thus far. Death Claims Third Auto Crash Victim PENN YAN W--Maurice Kent, 18, nf Dundee, is dead today, the third victim of A hcadon weekend automobile collision. He died last night in a hospital.

Oliver Orr, 63, of Perm Yan and Margaret Prosser, 17, of Dundee, died a short time after the crash. TREASURY REPORT WASHINGTON The position of the treasury May 16: Re ccipts, expenditures, balance, customs receipts n.onth, $17,643,505.87. for the KILLED BY BASEBALL CANTON Wallace Jones, 10. was in the head by a base- tsli while watching a semi-profes- donal game ycsterdwy. He went home for supper and complained oi a headache.

His mother called a physician but he died before the arrived. Volckniann Trial Nears End; Dismissal Denied CATSKILL The Volckmann murder trial drew to a close today as summations began and court attaches predicted the case would go to the jury by tomorrow night. Scared Them HENDERSON, N. C. When thieves broke into Charles Trade's Having: Fine Time HOLLYWOOD Eddie Sutherland, movie director, is off for a Testimony trial ended sides rested in the six-weeks-old yesterday after both and Supreme Court Justice Gilbert V.

Schenck again denied a defense motion for dismissal of the indictment against 20- year-old Alfred Volckmann on the grounds of insufficient evidence. The Greenville butcher boy is charged with slaying nine-year-old Helen Glenn, daughter of a Methodist minister. gasoline station and stole a quantity two-weeks vacation, expecting to of goods. Sheriff J. E.

Hamlett let spend nine days of it in Germany. everyone in the vicinity know he He boarded an airplane here, hoped was "hot on. the trail." to make connections with the Zep- Two mornings later, Trado found pelin Hindenburg and be in Frank- the loot returned with 25 cents extra i lort 63 hours from the time he to pay for a window pane the thieves had broken. Dowii Bui Not Out BEVERLY, George Freeman wants his friends to know he's still alive, local reports to the contrary notwithstanding. Freeman, a steeplejack, is ready to excuse those who believed he was dead despite a recent 87-foot fall.

He said he is "still climbing." RETURN TO WORK SYRACUSE (ff) Striking caddies at a golf course here agreed to return to work today no increase in pay. More than 100 youths picketed the course when their demand for an increase to 90 irom 75 cents wan denied. Three youths arrested on the picket line for trespassing on clf club property will be released, Sheriff Thomas Munro said. GETS $8,000 VERDICT AUBURN It was an ill wind which blew the roof off a tool house owned by the City of Auburn in 1934. A Supreme Court jury has awarded William Macon $8,000 an'd Miriam Macon $150, for injuries received when their truck collided with the roof.

Both men live in New York. Or What Have You NEW YORK Columbia University let it be known today that gifts of mice and rabbits from alumni wishing to endow the institution for special needs will be welcome. The mice and rabbits, it was explained, can be used in scientific research. Highway Wide Spot AURORA, Neb. Kuhn's trained animal circus failed to show up for a promised rain-or-shine engagement.

The truck driver leading the caravan explained: "We drove right through the town at night without seeing it." Hanging its head in shame on behalf of the 3,000 citizens, the Aurora Republican published this: "Aurora didn't miss the show so much but for the show to miss Aurora! It is to be red in the face," started. Pre-Natal Conditioning- BARABOO. Wis. Local ornithologists figured this mother robin must have calculated to cure her fledglings of flight-shyness even before they were hatched. She built her nest on the boom of a steam shovel, laid three eggs in it, and sat complace'ntly on them as the boom swung back and forth.

Stung- BELOIT, Wis. Somebody stole a box out of J. J. Nickel's back yard, but Nickel just laughed. The box was a hive.

It contained a swarm of bees. The bees were not Iriendly toward strangers. Name, Wrong Address PALO ALTO, Calif. Dr. M.

E. Rumwell went into his garage one right and found a stork perched on his automobile. Next day an eight- pound son was born to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Arnold Rumwell. Trusty Trusty LOS ANGELES Charles Johneon, negro, was made a trusty at the county jail and soon lie walked off, taking flight by the hitch-hike route.

But he didn't hike far. He thumbed a ride with Deputy Sheriff Mike Matzoff, who recognized him. Consider Indictments; Fourth Man Arrested the whole program of the agency "in the ash can." Resettlement officials remained silunt. An assistant to Administrator Rcxford G. Tugwell referred newsmen to the Justice Department for cunment.

Cummings said in a formal state- stone of the new measure, expected to be introduced into Congress soon, be price regulation and marketing provisions. The Supreme Court majority, in--a sweeping decision, had ruled tliat the Guffey act's provisions for re'g- u'ating wages and hours were ccnstitutional invasion of state's rights. It also knocked out price-fixing clauses on ground were inextricably tied to the prpA visions, but it was non-cbmmittakqn wnat attitude it would-take to-pric8- f.xjng if enacted separately. To Press Proposals New Dealers displayed inter tion to press all possible portions of this and other programs until the last legal shot was fireci. Amid controversy as to how much of the $4,880,000,000 relief actr'of 1935 was affected by the Columbia court's decision General Cummings issuM a statement contending that only a small part of'it was-tieclareifeun- ccnstitutiorial.

He said the opinion applied only to such undertakings' as the subur- Lsn housing project at Bound Brook, carried on by Rexford G. Tug- veil's resettlement administration. He evidently took the view that the court's general criticism of the huge relief act was not a binding decision. The court, finding fault with the powers granted President Roosevelt by Congress, said: "This is delegation (of powers) running riot." Disputing Cummings' interpretation, Spencer Gordon, attorney who fought the gpv.ern- i ment on the case, said: "The entire I OO'fC "in a three-to-two decision of the resettlement adminis- NEWBURGH (ff) The Orange County Grand Jury considered robbery indictments against two suspects in the $13,000 Pine Bush National Bank holdup today while police in New York City announced the arrest of a fourth man in connection with the crime. John Sheehan, 45, taken into custody in New York, was accused by the Metropolitan police as the man who "fingered" the bank and supplied the machine gun and ammunition for the holdup.

District Attorney Henry Hirschberg sought indictments against two others under arrest, John, (Archie) Stewart, 34, and Stewart Wallace, 58. Both men were wounded and captured by State Police. United States Court of Appeals for iC District of Columbia, it was decided that the suburban housing in-authorized. The majority that the activity was au interference the reserved powers of the states and depended upon the unlawful delegation of legislative pow- d- by Congress x. The decision ws limited to the particular type of project involved, and, as I inter- pi ct it, was not intended to apply to oilier agencies of the government nor to other activities of'the resettlement administration." Fifth Person Dies in Anti-Jewish Disorders A Jew was today in the JERUSALEM found shot to death old city of Jerusalem the fifth person to die since the renewal last Saturday of Arab anti-Jewish disorders.

The government tightened its restrictions in an effort to put an end to the Holy City violence, ordering the curfew to start at 7 P. instead of 8 P. clearing the streets each night. Uation was 'in the ash Preparing to fight the decision up to the Supreme Court, the adminis- tration made plain the flow of re- pioject of the resettlement admims- lief bmions W( uld go on It offi tration in Bound Brook, N. was ally estimated that i oi the $4,880,000,000 appropriation will remain unspent on July ii is considered unlikely that, a Suj preme Court ruling will be possible before all the money is Decision Is Split The Guffey coal act decision, in which the Supreme Court split three ways, raised questions among lawyers here as to the fate of the Wag-' ner Labor Relations Act; regulating employe employer relations in oth- industries.

Most officials to comment on the Wagner lawfs exact status pending study. The decision also led to speculation as to whether demands for constitutional amendments would revive. For the present, at least, there was no sign of any concerted move among officials on Capitol Hill. Col. Franlc Knox, candidate for the Republican nomination for president issued a statement challenging the President to "advocate ccnstituMonal-jamendment to give the fedefftiygwferhment additional 100 Police Restore Order in Negro Riot NEW YORK (IP) More than 100 police restored order in Harlem today after three patrolmen were beaten and a negro was shot in a disturbance which began as a protest to Italy's conquest of Ethiopia.

Lee Cornish was shot in the ankle by Patrolman Michael Ronan, who said the negro struck him during a melee between officers and demonstrators. Police said the disorder followed a speech by Ira Kemp. Kemp was jailed. power over iritra-state business and He said that politics" Former WPA Worker Is Held for Murder GIVEN PHONEY QUARTER OSWEGO will cf G. Scth Miller, on file in Surrogate's Court hare today, listed a number of bequests to friends from his $6,500 estate, but to his sistfiv, Ida U.

Miller of Fulton, he gave only a counterfeit quarter. Residu3 of the estate is left the Masonic Home at Utica. CHEST DRIVE SHORT ROCHESTER (IP)--With the fund campaign over, the Rochester Community Chest drive for $916,436 was $81,000 today. The campaign ended last night. DOUBLE FUNERAL MOUNT MORRIS --Together in death as in more than a half century of life, Mr.

and Mrs. David Linton' of Grovcland will be buried at double funeral services today. Linton, 84, died Saturday and his wife, a year younger, died yesterday of shock ascribed to grief. COHOES Rubinsky former WPA 'worker, was under arrest today, charged with the slaying of Mrs. Delia Rousseau, 75.

Assistant District Attorney Henry Kahn said Rubinsky admitted he attacked the aged woman in her basement apartment on the Mohawk river front here yesterday. Coroner Boy M. Peltier said ths woman was bludgeoned to death with a heavy iriflrument that fractured her skull. An autopsy also disclosed the wo- r.uin's jaw was broken. FUNERAL TOMORROW GENEVA Funeral services for Mrs.

James M. Williams, 60, wife of Dr. James Williams, Hobart College faculty member, will be held tomorrow in the family home here. Mrs. Williams who died Sunday, was a daughter of the late Henry Taylor a brigadier general in the Civil War and a former representative in Congress.

ihtra-state labor." would would "insure a' presidential contest fought out on a real issue." The Guffey act decision was so sweeping that it seemed to-many to outlaw all federal regulation of hours, wages and working conditions in production industries. Would Refund Tax The act, seeking to regulate the vast bituminous industry, imposed a 15 per cent tax on the sale price of all coal at the mine. Ninety per cent of this would be it said, to operators who abided by prices, wages and hours of labor fixed in a code supervised by the bituminous coal commission. The majority opinion read by Justice Sutherland, holding that-the act invaded the domain of the "states, said "the evils (in working conditions which the act sought to correct) are all local evils over which the federal government has no legislative control. The relation of employer and employe is a local relation." It held that production, as distinguished from the sale of products in interstate commerce, is a "purely local activity." Justices Cardpzo, Brandeis and Stone dissented' from the other six justices' opinions that price fixing just fall with the labor sections.

They declined to rule on.the tabor provisions, on the ground that com plaints about than were preroatfw..