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-No. 42. ESTABLISHED 1876 BUTTE, MONTANA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1934. PHONE JAPS PREPARE TO DENOUNCE NAVAL Northern and Western Democrats Plan Fight for Important Thirst and Starvation Kill Man, Woman Cast Away Wreck on Barren Rock in Pacific; Americans Discover Bodies LOS ANGELES, Nov. (UP)- The death of a man and woman marooned on a barren equatorial island, where their tiny sailboat was cast by a tropical gale, was described today in radio messages from an American fishing boat operating in the far-off Galapagos islands.

Captain G. Allan Hancock, Los Angeles oil millionaire and amateur scientist, identified the tims as Mr. and Mrs. Wittmer of Charles island, one. of the Galapagos group off the coast of Ecuador.

Hancock said he visited Wittmers several months. ago wh'le on a scientific expedition in his yacht. Capt. Manuel Rodriguez of San Diego, master of the fishing boat Santo Amaro, made the gruesome discovery of the bodies on Maichena island when he sighted distress signal raised by the castaways before they died. Both apparently succumbed to thirst on the Rocky volcanic isle, where no water or food is From letters and passports found on the bodies, it was believed the two were sailing from their own island to visit white residents of other islands when overtaken by the storm.

The wreckage of their small craft, wedged in a lava crevice, told a mute story of their tragic end. Wittmer. apparently died first, several weeks ago. His body covered with fragments of cloth, was beneath the boat. Fifty feet awaylay the body of Mrs.

Wittmer, according to the message of James Ells of Long Beach, the Santo KIDNAPED BOY, MISSING FOR THREE DAYS, IS FOUND SAFE LEXINGTON, Nov. John Lawrence a Gibbons, redeyed and haggard from loss of sleep over the mysterious disap- pearance of his four-year-old boy, Jack satisfied himself' on the telephone today that the boy found in Chattanooga was his son. "Hello Jackie," Gibbons said. "Hi, Daddy," the child responded. "When are you coming home?" "The day after tomorrow." The father turned away from the telephone.

"Everything is just 0. he said in a choking voice and hastehed to advise his wife. CHATTANOOGA, Nov. from his home in Lexington, since Thursday night, four-year-old Jackie Gibbons was found here today in company of a young woman, who told police officers that the boy followed her away and that she "became afraid" and let him accompany her. A kidnaping charge was placed against her.

The woman gave the name of Bernice Lou Givens, 18, and said she had lived in Cincinnati. A newspaper story of the missing boy led his discovery. Lawrence Harvey, who gave. the woman and child shelter last night, read about the misisng Jackie Gibbons in today's paper and notified police. The boy previously had told h's name.

H. H. Sully, radio patrolman, made the arrest at. the North Chattanooga home of Harvey. The boy was playing in the yard when the officer arrived.

He was identified definitely after a telephone conversation with his father, John L. Gibbons, a contracting company employe, at Lexington. Sully said that at first the young woman claimed the boy was brother and that boy verified her story until the officer got him by himself and bought him an ice cream cone. in Retirement NATIONAL ECONOMY LEAGUE OFFERS PLAN TO BALANCE FEDERAL BUDGET NEXT YEAR Elimination of Billion and Half of Emergency Politics Cost Spending Urged; With Too Much, Loser Addition of New Taxes. NEW YORK, Nov.

The National Economy league today sent President Roosevelt a plan which would balance the federal budget during the next fiscal year. To accomplish this, the league would eliminate a billion and a half dollars of emergency "exert a rigid control of the ordinary outgo," and add $935,000,000 in new taxes. Five Billion Total. which it has worked out "after which it has worked out" after months of research and conferences with government officials." carries a total of $5,435,000,000. This would cover both ordinary and emergency expenditures for the fiscal year beginning next July.

(Continued on Page 2, Col. 7.) BATTLE IN PARTY LINES IS EXPECTED Southern Members Hold Control of Important Committees but Others Prepare to Get Plums. CHAIRMANSHIPS VACANT North Determined to Share Leadership With South, and Wreck Organization if They Don't Get It. WASHINGTON, Nov. (P)-Northern and western democrats are in a position to seize control of some important posts when the house is reorganized at the coming session of congress.

Besides the speakership and party leadership 12 chairmanships of committees will be at stake. They were thrown open by defeats and ments of 63 sitting democrats, which resulted in a total vacancies on 1 the 47 committees. Holding the balance of power with. 193 from members, southern compared and border with the states, 129 northern and western democrats are determined to split the party leadership. They are willing for the speakership to go south, but want the leadership and threaten to take both unless the southerners clear the way for a division.

Southern Control. Southern and border states control 30 of the 47 committees, including the chairmanships of nearly all the major units that formulate legislation. Next to New York, which has seven chairmanships, Texas is second, with appropriations. agriculture, interstate commerce, Judiciary, rivers and harbors and public building and grounds. As a result in the turnover of personnel, chairmanships of the following committees are vacant: Census, civil service, claims, education, election of president, vice president and house members; elections com- (Continued on Page 2, Col.

5.) HUEY LONG PLANS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1936 ON OWN TICKET BATON ROUGE, Nov. 4P-Huey Long plans to run for the presidency in 1936 on a third party ticket. The senator from Louisiana regards himself as the "kind of 3 president this country needs" and hopes to sweep himself into the White House on an anti-Roosevelt platform. He has not made a formal announcement of his ambitions, his only remarks having been made privately. Convinced that President Roosevet's popularity cannot survive for two more years, Long is laying the groundwork for his campaign in Louisiana now.

He hopes to perfect a model government in his native state that he (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2.) DINNER TONIGHT TO START BOY SCOUT CAMPAIGN HERE Tom J. Davis Will Be Chief Speaker at Banquet Which Will Open Effort; Assignments to Be Made. Fifty Butte business men, pledged to solicit funds for maintaining the Boy Scout organization in the city. for another year, will open their campaign at a dinner meeting in the Finlen hotel at 6:15 o'clock tonight.

Tom J. Davis, local attorney and enthusiastic supporter of the Boy Scout movement, will make the chief address, "What Scouting Means to Butte." Tomorrow morning E. L. Samsel, campaign commissioner, will lead a four-day "hike" of workers HOME EDITION The Standard carries the most extensive telegraph news service in Montana. No.

5411 PRICE FIVE CENTS TREATY Congress Posts INDUSTRY TO STUDY TASKS OF RECOVERY Leading Manufacturers Call Industrial Congress to Draft Recommendations to Offer Congress. CO-OPERATION KEYNOTE Relation of Business and Industry; Problem of lief Expenditures to Come Before Gathering. NEW YORK, Nov. New proof that financial leaders of the nation have determined on full co-operation with President Roosevelt to speed national recovery was seen tonight in announcement of the National Association of Manufacturers that 50 leading industrialists have issued a call for manufacturers to meet in New York Dec. 5 and 6 to draft "constructive recommendations" for recovery to be presented the administration before the new congress is convened The announcement describes the meeting as congress of American industry which will formulate Industry's "recommendations for the road to recovery." Speakers will include Donald R.

Richberg, co-ordinator of federal recovery activities; Prof. Raymond Moley, former No. 1 brain truster; Prof. Neal Carothers of Lehigh university and Former (Continued on Paeg 2, Col. 6.) SEN.

LEE MANTLE, LEADER IN MONTANA DEVELOPMENT, DIES Death Comes to Pioneer Citizen at Home in Los Angeles; Treasure State G. O. P. Leader for Years Announcement of the death of Senator Lee Mantle, prominent early-day Montanan, in Los Angeles, was given yesterday in messages received by Hugh Daly, a relative of Mrs. Mantle and by Frank W.

Haskins, the senator's nephew. Death was due to heart failure. Senator Mantle had been ill for some time but his death had not been expected. -Despite his advanced age-he was 81-he was possessed of a rugged physique vitality. He is survived by his widow, Etta Daly Mantle; his son, Lee Mantle and a number of nephews and nieces among whom are: Frank W.

Haskins and Mrs. J. D. McGregor of Butte; Mrs. C.

C. Dosman of Lima, Mrs. W. L. Shirey of Portland, Mrs.

George McDougal of Spokane, and Mrs. N. I. Griev of Salt Lake. Burial, the message stated, probwill be in Butte, beside his mother, in Mount Moriah cemetery.

Although he had built himself a stately mansion in Los Angeles and had established many ties in southern California, he was always loyal to Butte and had frequently expressed a desire to be buried in this city, beside his mother. While the telegram was not definite on this point it is believed locally that the oft expressed wish of this eminent former Montanan will be carried. out. Although it is now 13 years since Senator Mantle removed to California he is remembered with affection and admiration by many, particular- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3.) ALL WELL WITH COUNTRY AND RECOVERY GAINING, IS WORD OF ROOSEVELT TO THE NATION President Pleased With Inspection of TVA Projects; District not Undergoing Regimentation but Community Rugged Individualism, He Tells Residents of Mississippi Town; People of Nation Understand.

TUPELO, Nov. today that, "all is well with. back," and prescribed the habilitation experiment for Speaking extemporaneously from a hillside of this pioneer town of the Tennessee valley development, the president said: "You are not being federalized. We still believe in the community, and things are going to advance in this country exactly in proportion to the community effort. Not Regimentation.

"This is not regimentation. It 1s community rugged individualism. It means no longer the kind of rugged individualism that allows an individual to do this, that or the other thing Mr. that Roosevelt will hurt revealed his his neighbors." termination to go ahead with the! New Deal and declared his "deepseated belief" that: "The people of this nation understand what we are trying to do, are co-operating with what we are try- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8.) Amaro's radio man, intercepted by Mackay radio here.

A German passport on the man's body was made out to Alfred Lorenz of Paris. Captain Hancock said, however, the victim evidently was Wittmer. because the description fit him and not Lorenz. In addition, he learned severaz. months ago that Lorenz had returned to Europe.

Captain Rodiquez said he would notify Ecuadorian official at Quito to take charge of the bodies. Letters found on the woman's body were addressed to Margaret Wittmer. One she had intended to mail was addressed to Captain Hancock. A dead seal on the beach, partly disected, told of the couple's fight against starvation and added weight to the theory. that they died of thirst.

FAMED LEADER IN CATHOLIC CHURCH ,5 DEAD IN ROME Cardinal Gasparri, Wartime Papal Secretary of State, Pneumonia Victim ROME, Nov. -Pietro Gasparri, wartime secretary of state for the vatican and powerful influence in the cause of universal peace, died of pneumonia shortly after 10:30 o'clock tonight at the age of 82. Stricken last week with influenza which crept into his lungs, the aged cardinal sank steadily during the day, and tonight his heart gave out. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon Archbishop Ottaviani, under-secretary of state, had imparted the special blessing of Pope Pius. Extreme unction was administered yesterday.

Final Rites. Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Gasparri's successor in office, visited the dying prelate during the evening. His nephew, Enrico Cardinal Gasparri, celebrated a final mass this morning at his uncle's villa and administered communion. Cardinal Gasparri had been secretary of state under three popes and was regarded as the most noted prelate in the Catholic church after Pope Pius himself. Cardinals and high church dignitaries had flocked to the home of the aged cardinal by the score during the last days of his life, to pay him tribute.

Nominated as Head. Gasparri in 1932 was nominated by pope to head the church after his-death. He was regarded as one of the most able diplomats that ever occupied the secretary of state's post as well as one of the. church's outstanding authorities Canon law. He was a strong opponent of fascism.

Almost until the end Gasparri re- (Continued on Page. 2, Col. 2.) PARAGUAY AND BOLIVIA WARNED BY LEAGUE OF POSSIBLE PENALTIES GENEVA, Nov. and Bolivia were informed tonight in the report of the league of Chaco consultative committee that by engaging in war they have the covenant of, the league. The report hinted without actually saying so that the league may be (Continued on Page 2, Col.

8.) Young- Man- Wife Proper Designation of Red Man, Indian Authority Says SHAWNEE, Nov. The ancient redman, an embodiment of Mars and nimrod in the field, was just "Young-ManAfraid-of-His-Wife" when the day's fighting and hunting was over. You have this from Bill Penny of Shawnee, who says he spent 30 years among the Indians of the West and now rises to refute the timehallowed theory that the Indian braves of pioneer days were absolute masters of their home TOKYO DUE TO ACT IN FEW WEEKS State Leader Is Dead SEN. LEE MANTLE. WINTER ARRIVES BUTTE WITH NOVEMBER SNOW Storm Reported General Over West With Severe Gales, Rain in California Winter came to Butte yesterday, when snow, not seen in heavy quantity since the first fall of the season, Sept.

19, swirled through the streets. With "lights low," the stage was all set for a heavy snowstorm at noon. In. a flurry of cottony white flakes winter made its debut. Later in the afternoon the old man of the north seemed to have departed.

But last night he flicked his robes again, sending out a shower of flakes at intervals. Travelers reported the snowfall general throughout the Northwest. Pilots on airlines coming into the storms throughout their territories. At the local weather bureau, the barometer registered low. Temperatures, yesterday ranged between 13 degrees of difference on the thermometer.

The maximum recording was 44 and the minimum was 31. GALES ON COAST. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. Wind and rain lashed the California coast today, causing at least five deaths, while heavy snows in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains disrupted highway and air traffic.

Trees were uprooted in the San Francisco bay region by the force of the gale, power' lines were damaged and basements were flooded in some sections as storm sewers failed to carry away the downpour of rain. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 6.) LEWISTOWN SOLON IS SERIOUSLY ILL Nov. -The condition of D. J.

Burke, former state representative and prominent Fergus. county resident, remained unchanged tonight, attending physicians at a local hospital said. He is critically ill. Advices From Nipponese Capital Indicate NoWithdrawal From Equality Stand With U.S., Britain COMPROMISE DOUBTFUL Tokyo Pronouncement, Deprecating Naval Building Race, Expected to Ac- company Pact Abrogation LONDON, Nov. (U.P.)Private advices from Tokyo tonight said Japan is preparing to denounce the Washing-: ton treaty of 1922 early in December.

The fact, which established the 5-5-3 naval strength ratio among Great Britain, the United States and Japan, placed the Japanese on the short end of the apportionment. The Japanese dispatches indicated again that Tokyo is in no mood to withdraw her demand for naval equality, and despite compromise efforts by the British is ready to proceed with. a lone hand in abbrogating the Washington pact. The U. 8.

delegation, expecting some move momentarily since the preliminary conversations began here in October, were non-committal on the latest reports. They remained committed to opposition to Japanese naval equality, however, and to support of the Washington and London treaties, which they admitted could be revised but hoped to see remain in force in somewhat. the same shape as at present. To Urge Peace. The advices tonight added that the Japanese government will issue a proclamation simultaneously with the denunciation of the Washington treaty, deprecating a naval race among the three major powers, urging continued co-operation for peace in the Pacific and the world in general, and hoping that the world naval conference still can be held next year.

The United Press informant indicated this proposed pronouncement would be couched in terms similar to the imperial rescript on the occasion of Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations. Her notice of withdrawal becomes ef- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 5.) Roosevelt asserted the country and we are coming Tennessee valley power and renationwide operation. RIFLE, Nov. Politics lost an active man when a candidate in Garfield county was defeated.

His retirement from politics was made in a letter to the editor of a Rifle newspaper. "Dear I have decided not to run for a county office any more on account of the following misfortunes I recently had in the Garfield county campaign," the defeated candidate wrote. "I lost 1,319 hours of sleep trying to find out some way to beat my opponent. I also lost two front teeth and a whole lot of hair in a personal encounter with one of my opponents. "I kissed 129 babies, walked 4,979 miles, shook hands with, 9,911 persons, most of whom promised- to vote for me.

Told 10,101 lies and enough to fill 1,001 volumes. Attended 16 revival meetings and was baptized four times by immersion and three times by other ways. "I would ask you for the money I paid for my advertisements but I hate to do so, so I ain't goin' to run no more." MOTOR TROUBLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSING SILVER OSSINING, N. Nov. Motor trouble, not hijackers, was responsible for the disappearance of a 10-ton truck transporting 19,000 pounds of silver sludge from Rochester, N.

to Irvington, N. it was learned today. State police found the truck, which left Rochester Tuesday, stalled here on Highland avenue, its load intact and its crew safe. PARTY UNITY IS PLEA OF FARLEY: PRESIDENT FIRM Newly- -Elected Solons Warned Against Promises; Vandenberg Attacks NEW YORK, Nov, plea for party unity and an assurance that President Roosevelt will continue to use "good old-fashioned horse sense" despite attempts to swing him to the "left" or "right" were put before the nation tonight by Postmaster General Farley, In his first. post-election speech, over a radio chain, the democratic national committee chairman promised, too, that the new congress dominated by his party would live up to its responsibilities.

Fear. He brought into the open the fears of some democratic leaders have had that minorities might sucdeed in obtaining enough pre-congress promises from representatives to cause difficulties for he said: (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1.) WEATHER FORECAST. Montana: Rain or snow Monday and Tuesday; little change in temperature. AIRPORT LIGHT DRIVE TO BE CLOSED TODAY WITH SUCCESS EVIDENT Assured that the airport lighting campaign will be successful today, leaders of the movement will close the drive this noon with a luncheon at the Finlen hotel coffee shop.

Solicitors and committeemen will make their reports at this time. Forty men have been engaged in raising money for installation of a new and modern lighting system at the Butte airport. Although the federal government is lighting the Northern air route, terminal points must light their own fields. In regard to the drive leaders stated that most districts covered had reported their quotas filled. Twenty districts were contacted.

"The drive to light Butte's airport is proving a popular one," leaders stated. ized into two troops and eight patrols. Trail assignments and equipment will be issued at tonight's meeting. 'Assistants will be the Rev. Peter F.

MacDonald and Malcolm Gillis, as campaign scoutmasters. All workers are asked to be at tonight's meeting. Arrangements will be discussed for completing the campaign Friday. Expansion the scouting program in Butte, to make it available to more boys, was stressed by Mr. Samsel in his announcement opening the campaign.

"The Boy Scout program is such that every boy who takes advantage of it becomes proficient in taking care of himself, is prepared to aid those in distress and is available in the saving of life when it is necessary. It also provides a profitable and pleasant way to spend leisure MONTANA MERCHANT, SHOT BY ROBBER, CRITICALLY INJURED teepees and loafed while forcing their wives to work. On the contrary, Penny declared today, the Indian household was organized much as is a modern home. Father Indian went out and killed the meat, just as father today brings home the bacon, and mother Indian attended to its preparation for table. Nor does the comparison of the Indian to the meek modern householder end there, Penny says.

(Continued on Page 3, Col 1.) 18-Year-Old Great Boy Picked Up as pect After Being Found With Stolen Automobile. GREAT FALLS, Nov. Shot three times in the head by a burglar who assaulted him while he was asleep in his store early this morning. Tony Anderson, Sand Coulee merchant, lay in a critical condition at a hospital here tonight. George Motari, 18, of Great Falls, who was found beside a wrecked car on the highway about mile from Sand Coulee, was taken into custody the by deputy sheriffs investigating shooting.

Motari, the officers said, admitted driving the car which later was found to have been stolen from a Great Falls street Saturday night. The youth also admitted owning the revolver found beside the car which was of the same caliber as the gun which wounded Anderson, the deputies said. No formal charges have been filed Motari, who denies any knowledge of the shooting..