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J1ETAL PRICES. Copper 595)40 Silver Uad, New York S.OOc Uad, East SI. 2.87c Zinc, Last St. Lonls HOME; EDITION Standard carries the runt eztcnshe newi urttce In Montmv VOL. $16.

ESTABLISHED 1876 BUTTE, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1933. PHONE 5411 PRICE FIVE CENTS ANOTHER WAR DEBT MORATORIUM FORESEEN League to Openly Condemn Japanese Action in Manchuria, Report Declares 5 Today and Tomorrow By WALTER HFFMANN Technocracy I. The Appeal to Science Thfs series of articles wai completed before the schism in the rants of the technocrats took place and before Mr. Howard Scott and his faction were repudiated by Columbia university. Vi'htle tbis development Is certain to deslror a Urje nart of the prestige of the claims for technocracy, the Ideas which have been circulated by the movement ate stilt ao widely discussed In the United States that the author Is venturluc to print the.

articles as all parts ol the land the report lias gone forth that for twelve years a body of scientists at 'Columbia university have been studying the economic situation, that they have diagnosed the trouble, have pronounced the present order doomed to certain destruction, and have discovered the principles of a new and happier society. A very largo number of persons have beenj greatly Here, at last, it appeared, was something to tie to at a time when the reputations of statesmen find bankers, of industry and economists, are at a considerable discount. Here were engineers, technicians, accurate, men, without the prejudices, the selfishness, and the weaknesses of our present leaders. The oracles science were prepared to speak, and, as the technocrats themselves tell us. "to modern civilized men, science has become the court of last, the explanations offered In the' name of science are It is, then, In th.3'" name of ,1 science that teolmocracy to speak.

The technocrats have.let the public think that their claim to speak "In tile name of science" is certified, by a great university. By exploiting these pretensions they have, for the moment, gotten the ear of the public, and they arc saying that the present order of things is destined to a complete collapse, that by April, 1934, there will be 20,000,000 unemployed, and that, at some time after that, a new order will arise, without politicians, without bankers, without without debts, in which nobody will need: to work more than sixteen hours a week, and every one will have an income of $20,000. The prophecy of doom suits the popular mood: when prices have been falling for three years, why not suppose they will fall to zero? The A prospect of a millennium is also popular: who would not like to believe scientists who promise riches with almost not work? Thus the prestige of science, the mystification of scientific jargon, the prediction of disaster, and the promise of salvation have proved to be an ideal combination to impress a people who are disillusioned, frightened, and eager for guidance. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2.) OF NINTH mm IE UNI DIES German Cabinet Begins to Shear Hitler of Power Resolution Urges Hindenburg to Give Von Papen Post in Prussia Move Would Endow Vice Chancellor Von Papen With Same Powers He Formerly Held as Chancellor; Gesture in Accordance With Promise to Ex-leader When the Conservative Agreed to Enter Cabinet.

LEGITIMATE SLASHING HOUSE MEMBERSHIP NEARLY HALF TO BE PROPOSED iit I i BERLIN, Jan. new cabinet, composed chiefly conservatives, moved swiftly today to shear 'Adolf Hitler, their fiery fascist leader, of some of his newly acquired powers is chancellor. Hitler's fellow cabinet members adopted a resolution this evening urging President Paul von Hindenburg to name Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen a federal commissioner for Prussia, a post automatically held by the head of the government under presidential decree issued last July. The'cabinet's resolution urged president to revise his decree of July 21, 1932, creating (lie reich's chancellor, then Von. Papen, concurrently federal commissioner for Prussia.

The move would endow Vice-chancellor von Papen with the same powers which lie formerly held as chancellor, and which were held in the brief interim regime by retiring Chancellor Gen. Kurt' von Schleicher. Move to Curtail. The gesture was in accordance with a promise to Von Papen, members explained, when the conservative leader agreed to enter the Hitler, Nevertheless, qoiirters Interpreted 'the proposed transfer as significant as the. first i move to curtail Hitler's Vori Papen as reich's commissioner for Prussia, can control 150,000.

meii in Prussia's police force. Prussia at present is ruled by the federal government, as a result of internal difficulties which caused Von Hindenburg to set aside the state cabinet temporarily, at least. Strike Falls. Hitler ran into serious difficulties ills first day in oftco, when communists sought to instigate a general strike. They had little initial (Continued on Page 2, Col.

8.) HIS DIMS SHOT MISSOULA, Jan. Branstelter, garbage collector, may lose his remaining hand as a result of a bullet wound admittedly inflicted this afternoon by his foster-daughter, Mrs. Georgia Lutz. Mrs. Lute, according to authorities, said Branstetter started to attack her when she Interferred In fight between Branstettcr and his" wife.

In her effort to escape, officers said she told them, she Jell from the porch and shot several times when he attempted to strike her with the iron hook which serves him In place of the right haJid. The bullet passed through the wrist' of the left hand, shattering two bones anct puncturing it, blood vessel. Branstettcr refused to talk of the affair to the county attorney be- PLEA DENIED i -P Committee Practically Agreed, It Is Believed, on Condoning Chinese Boycott Policy. HEW JSJK SOON Draft of League Rejects Virtually Every Contention by Japan Concerning Manchurian Dispute TOKYO, Pel). cabinet convened in extraordinary session tliis morning to hear Foreign minister Uchida's report on yesterday's conference wllli Hie venerable Prince Saionji and to discuss further Japan's relations with the League of Nations.

Family "Feud" Ends? Moss of Flalhcacl and Blankcnbakcr of Cliou lean Offer Amendment. NUMBER IN SENATE MAY BIO CUT DOWN yond saying that he did not Intend to prosecute Mrs. Lutz, the officer said. Snow More Than Eight Feet Deep in Montana HELENA, Jan. (if) depths Increased west of tlie continental divide last week and decreased cast of Ibc Hookies, the weekly report of the Helena weather bureau reveals.

Ninly-clEbl Inches of snow was reported from Lookout pass on tlie Montana-Idaho boundary. Sallcse, In western Montana, has 40 incites; Wallace, Idaho, 26, nnil Blossburg, between Helena and MIs- soula, 28. The weather bureau report lists 30 inches for Bcltoll. Other depths are: Big Timber, 4.5 Indies; Buttc, 43; Chateau, Dillon, 2.5; Great Falls, 1.5; ilaugan, 31; Mlssoula, Stanford, Thompson Falls, Helena, trace; Havre, 1.3; Kalispcll, 1.8, anil Miles City, 6.1. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan.

John R. Mitchell, 65, federal reserve agent in Minneapolis, and chairman of the board of the Ninth Federal Reserve bank, died of a heart at- taclc at- his home tonight. He was born In Franklin, Penna. and had engaged in the banking business in the Northwest since 1897. He was recognized as an authority on agricultural affairs in the ninth reserve district.

Surviving are his widow, a daughter, and two sons. TAXI DRIVERS AID AUTO THIEF WAR CHICAGO, Jan. thousand taxicab drivers were enlisted today In the Chicago police department's war against automobile thieves. The drivers will be furnished with complete lists of stolen cars and their license numbers. COUSIN OP SENATOR WALSH SUCCUMBS BILLINGS, Jan.

Catherine O'Keane, a first cousin of Senator Thomas J. Walsh, died at her home here today after an Illness of eight months. She had lived here 15 years. UNSUNG HERO OF EARLY-DAY DRILLING CONTESTS PASSES James Covell, 61, Expires at Local Hospital After Lingering Illness; Lived Here for Fifty Years. James Covell, 61, unsung hero of fhe early-day drilling days when the names of Plckens and Page, Kadell and McNichols and others were recognized as champion tingle and double Jack last night at a local hospital after a lingering Ulness.

He came to the United States from England when he was a young man. He had been a resident of Montana for nearly a half-century i and lived in Butte for the last 2V ieau, aaa a ouaato pit tie Ma- sonic lodge at Sheridan and the Butte Blacksmiths' union. As a tool sharpener, he played a prominent part in many of thi championship drilling matches. Hi ranked with such colorful figures as Billy McLean, Alex Gray and othe steel sharpeners who at the time were in great demand. His one diversion was harness horses.

A trio, composed, of Covell Henry Davis and Pete Orogan. othe early-day resident, conducted many successful campaigns In Montana and the Dakotas. Surviving relatives are a son, Her nard Covell of Tacoma, an a daughter, Mrs. Trilby Blevins Deer Lodge. The body Is at Ricliards' mortuai Jufler.4 GENEVA, Jan.

Recommenclalion of open condemnation by the League of Nations of Japan's military activities in Manchuria believed certain tonight in the draft of the newly organized nine-power committee's report on the Chinese-Japanese dispute. At the insistence of the Swedish delegate on the committee, the drafters practically had adopted the following phraseology in their report, the United Press learned: "It is difficult to consider the Japanese military action at Mukden the night of Sept. 1C, 1031, as legitimate self-defense." The wording of the report on the Manchurian dispute was further quoted as follows: Japan Not Judge. "Furthermore, It Is difficult to consider the Japanese military activity In Manchuria since Sept. 18 (1031) ns legitimate self-defense.

"In any cose, It is not permissible that Japan herself should decide whether she acted In self-defense. Such a decision can only be reached through a third party, such as the league." Tlic committee had practically agreed that despite the reluctance of the British to condone tlie Citl- (Continued on Page 2, Col, 5.) KHRM1T ROOSEVELT. A "reconciliation" in America's two leading Roosevelt families Is cecn In the announcement at Warm Springs, where President-Elect Hooscvclt is sojourning, 'that Kerinlt Roosevelt, son -tlie late President Theodore Hooscvelt, will be In the next president's party aboard: Vincent Asto'r's yacht when starts fi'oni Jacksonville, 4. Although Franklin D. Roosevelt Is.

a distant relative of there hns been no affection evident between the republican Roosevelt line and the democratic Roosevelts until now. IILLECEfl PURSE 5UH5 HELD BY BUm POLICE Memorial Urging Congress to Expedite Road Aid Apportionment Noticed HELENA, Jan. auction of tlie membership the Montana house from 10 to 01 through an amcndmcn of the constitution groupin tho smaller counties Into i-cp vesentativc districts is to 1) offered the house by Moss FJnthcad and Blankenbakcr Cliouteau. The latter already hns introduce a bill busing the apportionment Iho house on Iho 1930 census und a. plan which would limit the men bcrnhlp to 8'J, Tlioy last-.

uijGonib declined to irmkd'n'ny'changes. Tile Way (o Reduce. MO.IS, republican floor leader, wl offered simitar plans the neinbly two ycnrs ngo, Kays iv scpu rnle 1)111 may bo Introduced vidlng for ficnalorlnl districts, tin reducing Iho membership or Urn (Continued on Page ii, Col. 3.) He's Up for Auction LONE WOLF POLICY HIT Reports in London Say It Is Understood President-Elect Is Ready to Grant Payment Delay. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania Fears Roosevelt Will Make Same Mistake Wilson Made in Paris.

JACK JEWELL. With barter spreading Uu'ough- oiit tlio United Btatarjtfi.il re- Suit" of Ihe Jiick-Now- oll, 21-year-old Tcxnrknnn Junior college student, of Tcxarkana, TCKIIS, Imp offered to sell flvo yenvs of hlB life, after college, to the highest bidder, or for $3,000 with which to complete Ills four- year law course. While earning Ills way through two years of college, Newell hiis been football etnr and honor student. LONDON, Fob, 1 (Wednesday). Reports in-lead- ing London newspapers this said it was understood Frcsidenl-cicct Roosevelt was prepared to grant Great Britain a moratorium on the June 15 war debt payment, if the forthcoming: continue past that date.

The Daily Express said It understood Mr. Roosevelt would grunt the suggested moratorium on the June and added that it Youths Confess Spending Money on Pimchboards; NiHe Raids Follow. U5H ACTION ON PLflNS Senators Urge Legislation at Present Session; Silver Hearings to Start. WASHINGTON. Jan.

Influential democrats in congress were aligned tonight behind a movement for action at the present session on emergency legislation to meet the farm mortgage problem. The Importance of prompt relief was emphasized before a. senate banking subcommittee by the democratic leader, Robinson of Arkansas, and another senator high In the councils of his party, Cordell Hull of Tennessee. In the house, Representative Stca- gall of Alabama, chairman of the banking committee, pushed ahead with hearings on a bill he has Introduced for a moratorium on federal land bank loan repayments. The effort to help the farmer by boosting his prices through enactment of the domestic allotment hill passed by the house continued to make slow progress.

As hearings were resumed in the senate agriculture committee room, the organized flour millers assailed the measure, contending It would Increase the price of bread by a cent and a half a loaf and force consumers to the use of substitutes. A solitary witness in support of the bill 8. Hogan of Mtd- nun PUT ran MET At a well attended meeting of the republican city central committee last night In the offices of Walter Holliday in the Owslcy block it was decided Ic put up a full ticket in the coming city election. Mr. Holliday, chairman, and Eddie Price, secretary, were re-elected.

The chair was authorized to appoint all committees. Another meeting will be held Friday when a decision will be made regarding the date for tlie opening of campaign headquarters. The chair is expected then to announce committee appointments. The arrest of two Buttc police and their asserted confession of the theft ot a hnlf dozen women's purses here in the past few wcckr, resulted yesterday In tlie wholesale raids on nine uptown business houses and the confiscation ol punch hoards, whiffle boards and slot machines in all of the places. During tho past few weeks police SENATE, TIRED OF TALK.

CLAMPS GAG ON MEMBERS; DEBATE LIMIT 15 MINUTES have received by reports ol pursc- youths. More than $100 in cash, In addition to Jewelry and other valuables, was In the purses. Both boys, according to Chief of Police Jerc Murphy, admitted the theft of numerous purses and subsequent spending of the money on punch boards and whiffle boards In various uptown places. Officers Rlley, Sullivan, Duggan and Alekslch confiscated punch boards and similar paraphernalia In the Montgomery Drug company, Monoghan's grocery, Sip and Bite shop, Park Drug company, Terminal Drug company, Ed'fi cafe, Beehive Candy store and the American Candy shop, according to the official report. In the punch boards taken by police were two money boards, one of which gives as prizes about $15 in gold and a second various amounts in silver for the "lucky" numbers.

U.S. Stronghold In Pacific Is 'WipecTOffMap HONOLULU, T. Jan. billion-dollar defenses of the American navy's Pearl "Glbrnllnr of the not withstand a massed aerial nsMiult In the event of nn actual war aiml- llnr to today's "games." That was demonstrated tonight when United States navy craft and airplanes, playing the role of an "enemy fleet" In the annual "war game" maneuvers, theoretically blasted Pearl Harbor to bits. That faction of tlie navy designated is the "enemy" pretended It extended 'to cover, tll'e following installment duo in Deccinbcr, to time for a final settlement.

wan en route across Pacific to 'attack" the wcslcrn United suites. Its program was to "capture" the Hawaiian defenses for use as a base In the mock thrust against the American contingent. Despite the const artillery, submarines, anll-alrcraft guns, cruisers and airplanes "defending" Oabu, tlie attackers" objective. Had the Last Will and Testament of Woman Lame Duck, Written in Rhyme, Leaves Depression and Budget to New Solons WASHINGTON. Jan.

Representative Ruth Bryan Owen brought outbursts of applause when read "The Will and Testament of the Lame Duck" to a luncheon riven In honor of women In congress by the Women's National Tress club. Mrs. Owen said she was inspired to dogccrel by Sf.nator Ilattlc Caraway, also adept at It. When Mrs. Owen bad finished, Representative Florence P.

Kahn, of California, announced she would ask permission to rfad Ihc "The Last Will" In'o 'he she was goinif to place It In the senate record. Mrs. Owen protested, saylnjr such a procedure was "not lilgrni- fled" but Mri. Kahn overrode her reluctance wllli: "Oh. give the boys a good (Ime before They'll wish Ifiey had been smart enough to think of Hi" The verse follows: To members in Ihe coming session We leave what's left of the de- prchslon With (Ifty thousand tomes appended 2fl partly achieved thslr conlllct been actual instead ot theoretical, the death toll and destruction would have been appalling.

The "battle" hcsa" at dawn. Fleet naval airplanes swept down therun- wayn of aircraft carriers and Into the grey They were of the "enemy." Had they dropped bombs Instead of photographing their targets, the great radio masts and giant oil tanks of Pearl Harbor would now flaming ruins. Huge coal munition dumps and the navy elation were theoretically "destroyed." WOMAN FROZEN FEW FEET FROM HOME Drastic Move Conies After Diiy of Oratory Which lias Nothing to Do With Business at Han d. WASHINGTON, Jan. of speeches that have nothing to do with the case, the senate tonight clamped a rigid 15-mlnule de- hale limit on Us'members in the liope of cxpedltlously passing tlie necessary appropriation bills.

Comlni, 1 after day of oratory Mint spanned tlie ranee of world events but missed absolutely the tmslne.s.s at billion dollar treasury-post office bill with its economy unanimous consent agreement will take effect tomorrow. This Is even a more severe limitation on debate than rloturo. which Individual members to speak nn hour on the unfinished business nntl which requires a two- vote to hceo ic effective. Both republican and democratic leaders gave nssent to tile speed-up program. WASHINGTON, Jan.

and warnings over the approaching war debts negotiations with European powers were sounded In the senate today, with criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt's announced Intention to deal In person with the representative oC Great Britain. The new Hiring of the debt topic coincided with the departure of Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British amb'as- Kador, headed for London to prepare with his Bovernmcnt for the discussion. 1 which ure to open here Immediately after Inauguration day. night afterward the Italian ambassador, Aiigusto Rosso, and the Chechoslovakian minister called on Undersecretary Castle of the state department and advised him the representatives of their governments would be ready for discussion of debts with Mr.

Roosevelt after he has finished the British discussion. CASCADE, Idaho, Jan. Mrs. Inez Shaver, 2ff, was found frozen to death only 150 feet from her ranch home in Long Valley. Mr.i.

Shaver came here on skh Saturday and was returning to the ranch, four miles distant, she collapsed, body, Her husband found her WKATIIBIl FORECAST. Montana: Unsctlled Wednesday and Thursday, occasional snow west portion. No decided change in temperature. Senator Lewis of democrat, opened the Illinois, ft debt debate with a speech In which he warned the American people against the possibility of a concerted drive from abroad for a new moratorium, and called for reassertlon of the opposition of conui'css to any new moratorium or any reduction In the debts. Senator Rccd, republican, Pennsylvania, then broke in to say he feared the president-elect was about (Continued on Page 2, Col.

7.) LOCOMOTIVE TOSSES A UTOIST THIRTY FEET MISSOULA, Jan. 31. Thrown nearly 30 feet In his truck when tlie machine was struck by tho eastbound Milwaukee Olympian' train shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon, Earl Stickney escaped with injuries which, while painful, will not prove serious. The accident; happened at the eastern edge of Missonla. ARGUMENTS IN VOTE CONTEST WILL BE CONTINUED TODAY Two Attorneys to Speak at Hearing Before Judge Riley This Morning; Decision Not Expected Soon After live hours of hearing the arguments of contending counsel, Judge Frank Rllcy yesterday continued the hearing of tho election contest Instituted by Arthur Duble, republican candidate for county commissioner, against Fred Balanl, elected official, until Ibis morning.

The cqurlrooin £acked to the doors all day with an eager crowd listening to the arguments. Three attorneys spoke yesterday but were not able to conclude tha case, testimony in which took hino days the past two weeks. William Meyer, one of the counsel for Ba- tanl, will conclude today, after which tlie final argument lor Dubta: will be made by Earlo Qenzberger. Attorneys Howard Johnson for Du- blc and N. A.

Rotcrlng for Batant completed their arguments yesterday. Dubie's counsel In Hie opening remarks contended to the court, who on Page 2, Col. 1) 'JA.