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FIVE PLAINS HOMES DAMAGED BY DYNAMITERS
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
THE WEATHER
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A.M. SUNDAY
Ea.5tern Penna.! Fair Sunday; Mon¬ day cloudy and •llifhtly warmer, probably    occasional    rain.
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The  Only  Sunday   Newspaper CoTering the Wyoming Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1934
Xntercd  t.  Wllkes-Barre,  Pt., Al  Becond  ClaH  Mall   Matter
PRICE TEN CENTS
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CONGRESS UPHOLDS PRESIDENT;
GOLD SEIZURE BILL APPROVED
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STRIFE CAUSE
Attack On Home Of Union Official Brinns Damage, Shook  To  r.'eighborhocd
THIRTY AFFECTED
Sick Sen And r.'G'w-Born Dai}y Amonn Sufiei-ers As Violence    Flares    Forih
AIMED AT NEW UNION
Bride In New York, Spinster On Coast
Los Angeles, Jan. 20—Ur— Betty Madison, 18, of Santa Monica, Cal., became a New York bride today and walked out ot the courtroom a Cali¬ fornia  Kpinalcr.
Tbo anomaly followed a 3,000 mile exciianBo of slBuaturpH to a marrlasc contract drawn In New York. Elmer AVest of Kent, N. Y., had previously signed the cimtract and mailed it.
Mis.s Madison sipncd tho docu¬ ment before Superior Judge B. Uoyschaurer.
"This is not a marriage cere¬ mony In C'Mllfornla." said tlie judge. There are certain pre- ncribed ways of perfurmiiig mMrriages in this state, and this is not one i>f them, liowever. I'm told tb.-it in New York this method of maniago is recog¬ nized and tluit the very minute the young lady steps into tlial staio   she   will   beeome   a   wife."
The bride announced ber in- tention to fly East and iiii" matrimony soon.
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KILLED BY EXPLOSION ON SIOVE
Parsons Woman Dies Of Burns Wfien Enamel Used On Kitchen Range Ignites
HELPS HUSBAND
A dynamiting in Plains Township at midnight damaged five homea and caused about 30 men, women and children to suffer temporary shock.
Police link the blast with the ejiLitlng battle between mine unions In that area as the charge waa placed In the yard ot Ihe financial secretary of Maderia culiiery local, Anthracite .Miners of Pennsylvania. Fifty windows In the five homes were shattered. The dynamite tore a large hole In the ground.
The damaged homes are occupied by:
Chester Czwalina, r)0 Delaware Btreet, l'> windows shattered.
Laurence Kopatch, 33 William •treet, 8 wimlows.
.Stanley Sweeda, 4(i Delaware itreet. 15 windows.
Jolm Oolombiewskl, .'JI Delaware atreet, 4 windows.
Andrew Pelock, 48 Delaware «treet. S windows.
Czwalina Is linancial secretary of the Madeira local and he, together witli other officers of tho union, recently succeeded the former staff affiliated with United Mine Work¬ ers of AniericB. He feels tho bla.st was a reprisal for the recent ousting procedure. Wlien questioned early today Czwalina, although having a strong siisidcion who might have done the job, was reluctant to men¬ tion a name. A detail of I'lain.s police were on the scene soon after the dynamiting. They were unable to fasten the crime on any one at three oclock tills morning.
Sick Son Suffers Czwalina was obviously angered after the blast, not solely because of the property damage but on ac¬ count of a sick son who was occu¬ pying the rear room of the home, located within 20 feet of where the dynamite was placed. The boy has been III for the past four montha and he suffered greatly last night from the effects of shock. Czwalina Is tlie father ot four children.
An infant, born live days ago, and Its mother, Mrs, Andrew Pelock, were Jarred while In bed. It was flrst believed the mother would have to be removed to n hoapital, however, she was made calm by nelghbois who hurried to her nsslsl;iti(i>. In addition to the (Coniinucd on  Page G, Section 1)
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Tfiomas Kennedy Of U.M.W. Is Considered As Running Mate For W. Van Dyke
Mrs. Patrick Gavin Victim Of Odd Mishap; Laurel Run Man Dies On Crossing
MINER BURNED
McCOLE FOR CONGRESS
(,Speclal   To   The   Indepen<lent)
Washington, Jan. 20—Conference.- Iiere this week between Pennsyl¬ vania Democratic county leaders,' .State Chairman Warren Van Dyke nnd Natloiiil CiunVnlttccman Josepli F. (lulTey resulted In giving rise to the report In usually well Informed cinles that Thomas Kennedy, Inter¬ national secretary-treasurer of tlie ITnited .Mine Workers of America, has been tentatively slated to be the Democratic noniinee for Lieu¬ tenant-Governor.
It was learned that Kennedy's namo for the Lieutenant-Oovernor- sliip nomination was advanced by Dr. Leo C. Mundy, Postmaster James J. Law cf Wilkes-Barre and other Democratic leaders of Luz¬ erne county who attended an in¬ formal dinner given by National l^omtiiitteenian (iuffey In the May¬ flower Hotel to celebrate the con¬ firmation by the Senate of Dr. Mundy's appointment as Internal Revenue Collector of the .Middle United States District ot Pennsyl¬ vania.
Stnte Chairman Van Dyke. In¬ ternal IU venue Collector Dave Lawrence, of Pittsburgh: State Committeeman Ja( k lireslin, of Summit Illll and <dher Itoosevelt followers In Pennsylvania are .said to have enthiislastically indorsed Dr. Mundy's suggestion tliat the Hazleton Labor leader be considered for a place on llie Demociatic Klalo ticket. Tliey appeared to bo impressed with the strength that Kennedy would bring to a ticket headed by (Iuffey aa a United States Senate candidate and Van Dyke as the (iuliernatnrial nominee.
In the event that Ciiffey aspires for the Senate and Van Dyke for (trontinued on Page 7, Section 2)
No Second-Hand Reports For W, C, T. U. National President
Denver, Colo., Jan. 20.—UP—Mrs Ida B. Wise Smith, national presl- aent of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, revealed today •he had visited iinuor drinking establlshmenta so "ril know what Im talking about."
Defining temperance aa "t<jlal •bstinence from harmful things," *>"¦«¦ Smith drew a sorry picture of «onditions under repeal before the Colorado W. C. T. U. chapter and predicted that the W. C. T. U. would "Rht alcohol   until   It  again   brings
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The definition the W. C. T. V. has Placed upon temperance excludes * "1, moderate use ot light wines aim beeiH, she explained.
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f^wces   and   Industry,"   she   said,
'"t no  Place  In   the  stomachs   of
"'en or Wumen.   Alcoiiol is a vice,
as dangerous and hablt-torming a:< opium. It Is a force that tears down the mental faculties ot the citizens of  this  country."
Mrs, Smith described as "loose thinking" the contention that re¬ peal has brought revival of busi¬ ness and  greater employment.
A development which hriM been particularly distasteful to Mrs.Smith and the orgaiilzatiim she heads, she said, is that "the front door of the saloon now la open to women— women who are supposed to be re¬ spectable  and  law-abiding."
"I know what I'm talking about," slie said, "because I've been In those jjiaccH myself. In order to be sure th.it I know what I'm talking about, I've mingled about in  those jilaces,
"I walk right In the front door with the rest ot the women, and nobody thinka a thinK of It. But I won't act as the real ot the women
The explosions, one In the kitchen nt a Parsons home, which resulted in the death of a woman, and the second In a West Side mine, were reported yesterday. A Laure! Kun young man was killed.by a mail train and a boy was crushed to dc.iiii when run down by an auto- mobiie, according to a round-up of mishaps last night In Wyoming Valley.
Burns received when her clothing caught flra yeaterday following an explosion, brought death to Mr.^. Patrick (Javin. 58, of 327 Hollen¬ back avenue. Parsons, last night at 6  oclock  In  Mercy  hospital.
The woman's husband was using an enamel solution wiille cleaning the kitchen stove yesterday at 11 oclock. The substance exploded. Upon seeing flames shooting toward the man, Mrs. (lavln rushed to aid him. Her garments became Ignited and she soon was enveloped In flames. Jlr. Gavin's bands and wrists were burned. His wife was rushed to the hospllai wiiere she succumbed  seven hours later.
Beside her husband the following children survive: John, ot Pitts¬ burgh; Elizabeth, Shamokln; James, Plains; Edward, city; David, Par¬ sons; Margaret and Francis, at home. Two brothers, Kdward Mee¬ han ot I'ittsburgh. and i'atrick Meehan ot Philadelphia; one sis¬ ter, Mrs. Karl Gruver of Jersey City, also survive. The deceased was a member ot the War Mothers' organ¬ ization ot Parsons and a devout member of St. Dominic's R. C. church. She aiso was atHllated with the Altar and Rosary society ot the church. Funeral arrangements will be completed today.
Killed On Crossing Alexander Wa.skiewicz, HI, ot 48 Slattery street, Laurel Run, met instant death early yesterday morn¬ ing when run duwn by a Jersey Central mall train. The accident occurred near the railroad crossing at Laurel Run. The young man's head and one leg were severed trom tlie body. The train was in charge of Engineer John Thomas of Allentown and Conductor Charles Taylor, also of the same city.
Besides Ilia par,;nts, Mr. and Mrs. .Vntliony Wasklewicz, theso brothersi and .sister.s survive: Joseph, Stella, Peter, Helen, Sophiii, and Stanley. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 8:30. A solemn high mass ot requiem wiil be celebrated ut nine oclock In St. Mary's Polish church. Park avenue. Interment will be In the parish cemetery at Wyoming. Mine Worker Burned An explosion In the mine ot Eajjt Boston Coal Company brought seri¬ ous Injuries to Adam Oiidus, 45, ot 250 (;hapel street, Luzerne, who was admitted to Nesbitt Memorial hos¬ pital yesterday afternoon at 3:45 oclock. He suffered contusions ot the right side, burns and bruises ot the face.
James Kdwards, 50, ot 412 George avenue. Parsons, fell down an em¬ bankment yesterday morning and Htruck a stone wall. Edwards' scalp was lacerated. He is In General hospital.
A skull fracture, caused wlien run down' by an automobllo In Scran¬ ton yesterday afternoon, brought death to Frank Karpenski. aged II, of 626 Theooore street. T!ie driver of the  deatli  car  is  unknown.
Robert Cuminlns, 2 years old, 139 Plymouth    avenue,    city,    received no«e   lacerations   when   he   fell   on (Continued on Page 7, Section 2)
ST. PA UL BANKER STILL HELD BY KIDNAPPERS
Victim's Father, Friend Of The President, Requests Police   To   Mark   Time
HAS RANSOM READY
St. Paul, Minn,, Jan. 20.—UP— Safe return ot Kdward G, Bremer, kidnaped banker, over the week¬ end was the objective on which the combined forcea of federal, slate and city governments concentrated tonight, more tha,n three days after the abduction.
I'resident Roosevelt's close friend, Adolph Bremer, succeeded today in winning over law enforcement heads in his plea tor an additional period of grace In which to pay $200,000 of his brewing fortune tor his son's freedom, and expected re¬ newal ot contact with the captors tonlKht.
The United Press learned posi¬ tively today that only one message, the one signed by the victim, had been received from the kidnapers since the banker was seized after he had taken his daughter, Betty, '.I, to a publio .school.
That message directed the prep¬ aration   of   $200,000   In   small   bills
and promised further Instructions "later." With all the resources ot the elder Bremer's brewery and ot his brother. Otto's score ot banks, the money waa raised In a few hours.
Within 12 hours after receipt of the message, the advertisement, "We are ready—Alice," was in¬ serted In a Minneapolis newspaper, according to Instructions, and all that remained waa for the abduc¬ tors to name the time and place for delivery of tho money.
The silence since then Is not con¬ sidered significant, a police offlcial explained, because the kidnapers undoubtedly did not dream that such a staggering sum could be assembled In less than' a day.
As the hours continued to roll by without further communication from the kidnapers, Bremer's father began showing signs of strain.    He spoke jerkily:
"The money. It Is ready. Wo have followed instructions. We are willing to pay. We—his wife, daughter, myself—we want hira back. But we've received no word —no word from the men who have him."
The victim's attractive young wife has not ventured trom her home  since  the  abduction  was  re-
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Seven Escaped Convicts From Kansas State Peni¬ tentiary  Elude Posses
MEET THEIR PALS
Southwestern States Fear Depredations By Members Of  Clyde  Barrow  Gang
KIDNAP TEACHER
IN THIS SECTION
John Vaughn Baker, New- field, N. J., Disappears; Believed   To    Be   Here
JOHN  VAUGHN   (JACK)  BAKER
Mis.sing more th.in ten days fiuin his classes at Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y., John (.lack) Vauglin Kaker, 18, of Newfleld, N. J., is be¬ ing sought In this section by his father and uncle, who traced the young man to Bingliamton and re¬ ceived reports that he was heading In  this direction.
Y'oung Baker, a Junior at Cornell and a star performer on the track, disappeared a week ago last Wed¬ nesday from college and efforts of his family and college authorities to trace his whereabouts were un- (Continued on Page 6, Section 1)
Will Cease Before May 1 Unless Congress Gives Out Another   250   Million
W.ashlngton, Jan. 20—UP—Tho Administration held fast today to its plan to terminate the $400,000,- 000 CWA employment program by May 1, despite criticism and pro¬ tests from many quarters of the nation.
Unless Congress appropriates an extra $250,000,000 the CWA will cease before then, with about 4,- 00",000 workers becoming potential Job-hunters on February 15—tho date set tor a drastic demobiliza¬ tion program. Administrator Hop¬ kins said that If no more funds were forthcoming, ho would start discharging CWA workers at the rate ot  1,000,000 a week.
He reiterated a belief that when CWA "goes out of business" new channels ot employment will have been opened through active opera¬ tion of the huge public works pro¬ gram. Also, he believes, seasonal industries should be employing more workera and farms will ab¬ sorb many as a result of the ex¬ tensive recovery program of the agricultural adjustment adminis¬ tration.
Loudest jiroteats have come from the American Association of Mayors; chambers ot commerce, boards ot trade and various civic offlcials, including city managers.
Work hours In communities of more than 2,500 population have been cut from 30 to 24 per week and purchases ot materials for CWA projects In tlie lield have been stopped In view ot tbe de¬ pleted condition of the original CWA fund. Should Congress ap¬ propriate funds to continuo CWA to May 1, Hopkins said, the work week win be restored to Its former level.
COUNTERFEIT GANG IS ARRESTED HERE
Witii six men in custody and an¬ other under $5,000 bail, Wilkes- Barre police and United Statea secret servico agents last nlglit felt confldent they had broken up a gang ot counterfeit money passers who are said to have operated on a wide scare during recent months throughout Luzerne and Lacka¬ wanna counties.
Names of five suspects, held at Wilkes-Barre police headquarters since their arrest I'riday, were made known laat nlglit when authorities revealed they had de¬ livered a smashing blow at the bogus    money    raiket.      They    are
Charles, William and Jolm Sutton, all ot Wilkea-Barre; Howard Fen¬ ner, formerly ot Ashley; William Tutselino, 33. of Pittston. Identity ot another youth, 17 years old, was not disclosed.
The Sutton brothers, according to police, have figured prominently In police caaes here. Charles Sutton waa recently released from prison while William Sutton also was In custody some tln.e ago. John Sut¬ ton figured In a near murder some months ago when he was shot and seriously wounded on Northampton
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Lansing, Kan^., Jan. 20.—UP— Southwestern states tonight feared another reign ot terror as seven desperate fugitives trom the Kansas State penitentiary eluded hundreds of military and civil possemen of three statea.
Reports from scattered localities Indicated that all ot the escaped vonvicta had obtained civilian clothing, automobiles and probably arms.
Bob Brady and Jim Clark, who led the escape. Joined contederatea in Oklahoma, believed to be the Clyde Barrow gang. They were Identifled by I^ewis Dresser, Kansaa teacher, kidnaped near the prison when tho pair commandeered hia automobile. He saw them transfer to an automobile waiting on a highway near Bartlesvllle,  Okla.
Occupants ot the car, including a woman who answered the descrip¬ tion of Bonnie ("Suicide Sal") Parker, cigar smoking companion of Barrow, greeted Brady and Clark by their first names and seemed liappy to see them. Dresser said.    The wom.an was driving.
No definite word of the other flve convicts wlio followed Brad.v and Clark over tho prison walls had reached hero since they (led at dawn l''riday. They were variously reported hiding In the countryside near Victory Junction, Kan.; to have robbed stores at Onaga, Kan., of civilian clothing and headed northward In two automobiles; to have passed through Paolo, Kan., In a southbound sedan; and to have passed through Olathe, Kan., In  another  automobile.
State offlcials began an Investi¬ gation ot the escape as censure was heaped upon penitentiary au¬ thorities.
Armed onl.v with a policeman's club, obtained In his cell block, Brady Intimidated a guard, took his keys and liberated his com- panion.s. The prisoners then took 25 minutes to build a ladder from scrap lumber, marched to the wall and scaled it through Ineilectual gunfire   from   guards.
Jail   Breaks  Common The escape was the fourth break in   the   southwest   this   week,   threo ot   which   were   successful.
Barrow and an unidentified com¬ panion opened machine gun flre on' two guards ot a working party of convicts at the Texas prison camp near Crockett. Ray Hamilton, for¬ mer member ot Barrow's gang, and tour other convicts Jumped In the gunmen'a automobile nnd escaped. Three convicts were shot to death by guards when they attempted to escape from an Arkansas prison farm.
A Missouri convict at Jefferson City penltenilary gained freedom when he cllmehd to tho roof of a CO- foot building leaped 35 feet down to the top of thn wall and then an¬ other 25 feet to the ground as guards watched, to astonished to fire.
The Kanaas teacher kidnapped by Brady and Clark was released un¬ harmed and his auloiiioblle was re¬ turned when tlie fugitives met their waiting friends. Authorities believed the outlaw parly fled Into the Osage hills ot Northeastern Oklahoma, traditional hideout trom which out¬ laws launcli forays on niidwestern banks.
MINE   WORKERS   TO   MEET
\S'aslilngliui Local lii;i,',, rniled Mine Workers of .\nuTica of I'ly- moulh. will hold .a special meetinST thia afternoon nt 3 oclock at Camp- beira Hall,  I'lymouth.
TIDE OF 'YEAS* PUTS ROOSEVELT BILL BY HOUSE
Only Two Democrats Vote 'No' As Administration Passes Test In One-Day Rush, 360 To 40; Even Republican Opponents Swing To Support In Final Cast Of Ballot
PERMITS DEVALUATION PLAN
Washington, Jan. 20.—UP—The House sped the most Important monetary bill of many years toward enactment tonight when It passed President Roosevelt's gold seizure and devaluation legislation.
Attempts to amend ths measure were crushed. The roll call vote wa« announced as 360 to 40.
Only two Democrats were record¬ ed against tho bill, Claiborne of Missouri and Terrell, Texas.
With the Administration test safely passed in the House, the gold legislation battle will now center In the Senate where more etrenuous opposition Is assured.
Administration leaders are seeking to speed the bill to a vote In the upper chamber as early as possible next we^k.
The Plouse action waa a atriking demonstration ot President Roose¬ velt's hold over the membership. Tiie measure was swept through the House on a tide of "yeas'. Amend¬ ment after amendment was beaten down, and the bill goes to the Sen¬ ate In tho complete form desired by tho Ailministration.
Tlie sharpest assault on the meas¬ ure occurred during the three hour general debate earlier In tho day. Vet ,<-onio of the Republicans, who assailed the effort to give Secretary ot Treasury Jlorgenthau control of a $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund, swung to support ot the bill on the final vote.
Vital Legislation Tho measure, conceded to be of vital signiticance In Its ultimato affect on the pocketbooks of every American, sols up tho huge stabi¬ lization tiind. periuits tlio President to devalue the dollar between 50 and 60 cents, and gives the treas¬ ury title to all monetary goliI In the country Including the $3,500,- 0011,000- stocks of tlie federal reserve banks.
Ij'nder pressure frum the admin¬ istration tho House leadership pushed the bill through In one day. It is "imperative," Secretary of Treasury .Morgenthau had informed the leaders, tli.it the bill be enecat- ed into law by Tinsday iii|;lit be¬ cause of linanclng ))lans.
However, the deliberate Senate threatens to delay passage until late In tho week.
There were Republican shouts ot "we don't even have a chance to study tho measure" during House debate. But the restricting amemi- raents whicli were ofl'ered hardly were given a brief explanation by sponsors before the majority sido would   shout   "vote,"
Rej), McGuglii, Rcpn,, Kans., pro¬ posed that .a bo.'ird ot five supervise the gigantic etabilizatbm fund. U.s amendnient was voted down In quick order, 168 to 73.
Similarly, the administration amendnient iirovidiiig for ci .iiplete secrec.v of stabilizatitui fund opera¬ tions for three yeara, was passed with scarcely a protest.
An attempt to recommit the bill to the coinage committee to provide for a stabilization board failed on a viva voce vote. The effort for a roll call on the question failed when only 49 Republicans, or less than one fiftli ot tlie mi'inbership present, arose to demand it.
Highlights Of
New Gold Bill
1, Gives the Treasury titU to all monetary gold In the coun¬ try Including the IS.800,000,000 stocks of the Federal Reserve banks.
2. Appropriates 12,000,000,000 trom profits of gold stock for uas a.i stabilisation fund by Secretary ot the Treasury to steady the dollar on foreign ex¬ change.
5. Restricts fluctuation of the dollar between 60 and (0 cents ot gold  par  value.
4. Provides that bo gold staBlI be coined hereafter and that all gold coin be withdrawn from circulation and melted Into bars.
6. Permits secrecy in opera¬ tions of the stabilization fund tor three years, when a report to Congress will bs mads by ths President.
The session wsui a turbulent one, marked during the last hour by in¬ creasing  Impatience  ot  Democratic members to get the bill over with. All  Debate Squelched
Indicative of the ironclad manner iu wiiich the measure was rushed through was the refusal ot Chair¬ man Somers of the coinage commit¬ tee to explain details ot the meas¬ ure.
"What Is legal tender," shouted Rep. McFadden, Repn., Pa.
"I move all debate cease," shouted back Somers.
".My question Is not a flippant one. Just what Is legal tender?" McFadden came back.
Somers started to open his mouth In reply, but was pushed back In his seat.
A bitter criticism of the manner In which the bill was pushed came from Rep. Beedy, Repn., ile.
"I've been humiliated by sitting and hearing the chairman (Somers) emleavor to respond to questions,' said Beedy. "And he confirms my view of his Inability to answer them. I liope it Is not Indicative of the in« telligence of the House."
A chorus of "boos" came trom th« Democratic side. ^j|
"Have a good time," retorted Beedy, "but I'm telling you I have pride in this House. If a citizen In the gallery goes back home and re¬ ports confidence In our government, he haa either an elastic consclenc»g or an India rubber brain."
Tbe Senate, moving i.iore slowly, held committee hearings on the measure today, but will vote next week.
House debate on the measure, the most t.ar-reachlng monetary till of recent generations, brought a color¬ ful crowd to the galleries.
Republican     orators     and     soma ' Democrats    questioned    legality    of 3 the  measure  and  assailed  the  pro* vision  which  would  give  Secretar
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House Committee  Votes Draw On Showdown For Huey Long
Wasliington, Jan. 20—UP—Claims ot both Mrs. Bolivar 10. Kemp and J. Y. Sander jr., to a House seat from tho Sixth Louisiana district wero rejected today In a formal re¬ port by a House elections commit¬ tee.
The committee ruled that tho election in which Mra. Kemp, Huey Long-bucked candidate, was chosen waa illegal because of the manner in v^•llicll  It was culled.
At the same tlinc, the committee refused the claims of Sanders be¬ cause   Luui.siuiui  luw   fails   lu   pro¬
vide for an election ot the type by which he was selected.
Mrs. Kemp and Sanders were ex¬ onerated however from any bjami in connection with the ballutlngs.
The eiectlon contest was regarded by ubservers us a test of Long's powera In i>arty ranka. They felt that aeating of Mra. Kemp would have been u signal victory for ths Kingfish, while a victory for San¬ ders Wuuld have marked the downfall nf Long's domination wl Luuisiuiiu politics.