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Russia Erects Port on Bleak Coast of Siberia Hopes to Open Ship Routes Through Arctic Sea* Washington, D. a? Along the bleak Arctic coast of Siberia, at the mouth of the River Lena, the Soviet govern ment Is constructing the most north erly port In the world. "Though one of the six longest riv ers In Asia, being almost 3,000 miles In length, the River Lena plays a minor role In the. life of the continent The sparse population of Its basin, and Its Ice-Jammed mouth on the dan gerous, little-known Arctic ocean has prevented the Lena from taking part In xQrorld trade and limited It to Inter nal commerce," says the National Geo graphic society. ' - ."As Russian population spreads toward the Orient, however, this new port and the opening of navigation routes through the Arctic sea, may mean that the Lena will become busy trade artery, ttwough which will pulse thr wealth of minerals, timber, and valuable furs of Central Siberia. "Rising as a clear mountain torrent In the Baikal mountains, the Lena rushes northward between steep, for est-clad cliffs of red sandstone from 200 to 800 feet high and then between lower chalk cliffs, gutted with Innum erable grottoes. At the town of Vltlm, 870 miles from Its souorce, it Is Joined by the Vltlm river, noted for its gold mines. Cliffs Resemble Castle. "Its volume doubled, the Lena flows for miles through the dense taiga, a primeval coniferous forest stretching from the Arctic circle to Turkestan. Through the dark wild shrubbery run packs of howling wolves. Flying squir rels leap from pine to pine above prowling brown benrs, sables and er mines. "The monotony of the forested slopes Is broken occasionally by the flickering red camp fires of hunters, tent settlements surrounding post houses, and limestone or sandstone cliffs. One series of cliffs, the famous 'Colannades of Lena,' resembles a castle, whose battlements of red and green limestone strata stretch for miles along the river. Shortly beyond the Junction with the rnpld Olekma smoke from burning^ coal fields Is seen rising ffom the banks of the Lena. These banks were long ago Ignited by forest fires, giving rise to legends of volcanoes In central Siberia. "The Lena valley has a wealth of minerals. Because Its tributaries, the Vltlm, Olekma, and Vllyul, flow through a region rich In gold, the Lena carries fndre of the foreclous yel low metal in -Its sands than perhaps any other rlyer. Coal la found In sev eral places along the Lena valley. In the region of the upper Lena are petroleum fields and whole mountains of salt. Near Yakutsk are silver mints, Iron and zinc. Sulphur springs Plan Steel Building French Show "Last Word" in Metal Construction. r Paris, ?In times of peace prepare for war is obviously the motto that Inspired the architect of the new ex position building to be erected at Issy les-Moullneux on the outskirts Of Paris along the Seine river. Commissioned to erect a building that would be at once the Inst word In steel construction and at the same time suitable for showing all the dif ferent uses to which steel can be put, M. Leon-Joseph Madeline, the archi tect, has gone even further. He designed a. building with an nlr plnne landing field on top and sur rounded with lagoons, where hydro airplanes may land. Ills design has been npproved by the committee of distinguished architects. THEODORE ROOSEVELT Col. ThecAove Koottovelt la Hie newly elected pn^ldent of the National Re publican, emh. In accepting the offlce he aald: "The Republican organisation mult be re-mmle Into a ritfflr party-*-* virile, fighting Jtnlt, llbeval In the real meaning of the wrtrrt?uh opposition party that wW'oppoHe where the real tnteresta of the nation will for op position and that will support the President whnlehj&urteUly In All eon aHuctlve moaevrett ^ { ^ , ?$$r:s: ' ' :v v. V bubble on the banks of the middle Lena. Jasper ' is found at Zhig&nsk. Platinum Is so abundant tn the Aldan valley that natives are reputed to make bullets out of It Yakutsk Is Chlsf City. "Yakutsk, the chief trading post of eastern Siberia, and nn Important fur market. Is built on alluvial soil about two miles back from the Lena and about halfway between its source and mouth. When the Ice breaks In June, floods sweep the town. Tor this sea son, many houses are built on high platforms. Yakutsk boasts a wooden blockhouse fort "built In 1632 by Yer mak, the Volga boatman who turned pirate. "Yakutsk has a few brick office buildings, schools and churches, but most of the city Is an unprepossessing collection of skin yurts (tents) pitched in spaces between snow-swept log houses. The few muddy streets become quagmires when the ground thaws. Many of the Inhabitants are exiles, relndeer-rldlng Tungus, who breed cat tle, and the more advanced Yakuts, who occupy the entire length of the Lena valley, fanning on the fertile elevated banks almost to the Arctic circle. "One hundred miles below Yakutsk, the confluence of the River Aldan from the right sweels the Klver Lena, tem porarily, to a width of twelve miles, almost an Inland sea. Not far below, the Vllyul enters the Lena on the left. Clock in Deserted Cabin Runt 8 Years Placervllle, Calif. ? An eight-day clock Id a vacant mining cabin has been kept running for eight years. When the mining company aban doned work in 1927, some one tacked a sign, "Please wind the clock." beneath the timepiece. ' Fishermen and honteni using the cabin for TOernight headquarters have been faithful In following In structions.^ Knough of them visit the cabin during the spring, sum mer and fall to keep the clock run ning. : During the winter, Ed Itarusey, who lives three and one-half miles away, makes a weekly hike to the cabin. Winding the clock has become a sort of tradition. Beyond are only Insignificant tribu taries and the Lena (lows northward L for 1,200 miles, a majestic stream, four to twenty miles wide. "Steamers carry about 15,000 tons of freight a year on the Lena. To Yakutsk come barges bringing trade from the Sea of Okhotsk via the Aldan, and smaller craft, with fox-skins from Bulun, with sub}es, ermine, and fossil Ivory from the tundra of the Arctic. Skln-hoats full of fish pass great rafts of timber, white stenmprs and lei surely ferries. "The vast delta of the Lena, covers nn area of 8,800 square miles. It Is formed partly by alluvlnl deposit, and partly by a group of ancient marine islands connected by silting or up heaval." Roper Welcomed by the Blackfeet Secretary of Commerce Daniel U. Itoper on a visit to Glacier National park wan greeted by Weasel Feather and George Rullchlld, Blackfeet chiefs. In the photograph they are saying, In tlie sign language, "Welcome" and "W? are brothers."' With Roof Airport The building chosen will cover twelve ncres of lnntl. The roof, by the use of cantilever arches, will be supported only by the four walls and yet will still be strong enough to hold up the great twelve-acre airplane field. The ground about the building will cover another eight acres, Including the large lagoons. In addition, the new building will solve a problem which had puzzled those Interested in commercial aviation for a long time. The building will make available, on the outskirts of Paris, a landing and taking off field that will Improve Immediately the pro?i>ectB of airplane traffic. ISRy-les-Moullneaux Is on the subway and the railroads, and the Seine boats stop there. What was originally Intended to be an exhibition of steel, and still will be, will also be at a strategic point from the aeronautic standpoint. All the technical services, laboratories and Industrial factories for the manufac ture of airplanes In this district are located at IsHy-les-Moullrieaux. 11 -Year-Old Bridegroom Has to Attend School Ilelgrade. ? Kurope's youngest mar ried couple are Mustafa Hashltch, eloven, and itrlsha Kasapovlch, sevon teon, of ftonnla. Although a full fledged husband, the young bridegroom has to go to school every day and his bride helps htm with hi* lessons. He Is In the third grade. ICarly engagements are no rarety In Hnnovlteh. which* Is a Moslem commu nity. The nlw>ve couple, however, break all records, -In the village of Itasnu recently a young couple thir teen and twelve, respectively, became engaged. Ilotb *vero In the same class at nchool. Tha bride-to-be's father, however, decided tbnt the marriage should he postponed until they finished their schooling fttid the groom-to be had become apprenticed to a carpet weaver. , - Tt mf";'""."" - ~ ~ Only -Whit? House Dog Gets DUtrict Tag No. 1 Washington. ? ('resident Hoosevelt has received a shiny brass tag bear ing the numeral No. 1> to be worn on the collar of his dog Winks. Winks, an Kngllsh setter scarcely more than ?,vear old.* Is tho only dog at the White' Itoire now. CJus H. (lenn^rlch, the I'^eu'd-Mit's ? l *ret Serv ice guard.1'* the mvhrr of n |???IT jrtW't American pit b'Ml .t*n l?r. b' t I ? tat* t*r Known *.< "1*fll,M mt In in IM In the White House kennels to the ex tent of receiving n special tng. The No. 1 tag was brought to the President personally by ChapHara M. Towers, collector of taxes for the dis trict. This is the first time the President tlal family has received only one dog license. Last year the White House kennels were composed of Major, the German shepherd dog, which was ban ished becauso of his fondn^BS of bit ing; Meggle, little black Scottle be longing to Mrs. Roosevelt, which also was banished for the same reason, and a collie pup belonging to the children of Mrs. Anna Curtis Dall, In addition to Winks. Ohio Man Given Permit to Kill Robin Raiders Dumontsvllle, Ohio. ? Cheery robins, believed by most ornithologists to be man's friends, are the bitter enemies of D. I,. Swarts, who believes he has the only federal permit to kill them. Swart's home Is a bird haven. Doves, starlings, wrens and cardinals flock there. But robins ? that's differ ent. "The robin Is one of the fruit grow ers' most destructive pests. One day I counted fifty robins at my place, and every one waft averaging a berry every five seconds." Swarts said. "I get mad at them, but I can't shoot them until the fruit begins to ripen. Then I'm going to proVect my property." Swarts, who said robins cost Mm several hundred dollarft' loss evory year, applied last spring for a permit to kill the brlds. The government granted It and the state conservation department approved. Expert Finds Flowers Keep Better in Copper New York. ? If you want to keep cut flowers for a long time, try keeping (hem In copper containers. John Rat* sek, floriculturist on the staff of the New York State College of Agriculture, placed snapdragons, stocks,, roses, primroses and other flowers In such containers and by so doing he found that their life span was Increased by one to threo days. He explained that the copper kills bacteria which would decay the flowers. P.al* 100 Doughnuts London.? Derek Eyles of Welling borough wagered he could eat CO doughnuts at ? sitting. He ate them?- and won. 4 Then he ordered RO more and at* iliom ut the rate of om ? minut*. I BRISBANE THIS WEEK It's Already Smashed At Last They Got Him Air Wisdom, and Nonsense Forest Made to Order Senator Borah denounces monopoly es the cause of all oar troubles, ana saya "Smash the monopolies 1" As It huppens, happenings since 1029 have smashed the monopolies fairly well. If anybody has * monopoly that yoa would like to own, you can get It at a bargain. It took 10 federal agents, all ex pert gunmen, to "get" Dllllnger. And they got him by surprise, thanks to a woman's "tip that he was to be In a certain theater" a tip supposed to have been well paid for. It was no "detective work." Dllllnger was killed as he had killed others, without a chance of escape, like a trapped coyote, and now he knows. If he knows any thing, that as a profession "crime does not pay." The War department's special avia tion committee says the army should have 2,320 planes, with corresponding Increases In flying men. It also says there should not be one department controlling nil air forces, which Is pitiful Idiocy. Mr. Baker must remember what hap pened when he wns secretary of war and the flying machines of this country sent to Kurope were a joke nmong na tions, our Hying men compelled to bor row from France and England planes that would really fly. However, the big men In the army and navy are m>t flyers, and feel that they should have their little separate Hying units to play with. From somewhere In the Pacific Pres ident Uoosevelt sends an order that $15,000,000 be set aside now, $75,000, 000 In all, spent on a "made to order" forest, stretching across this country through the heart of the drouth area from the Canadian border to the Texas Panhandle. Plunned as an experiment to counteract the drouth by encourag ing rainfall, the new forest will be 1,000 miles long, 100 miles wide, 100, 000 square miles of forest surface. It will be a l<>ng time before any body knows about the plan's success. The President afiU those oround him will have disappeared, will not see the big forest, and before It amount* to much men may have learned to pro duce rain when necessary. It Is an Interesting experiment, costing only $75,000,000, a mere nothing in these_ days. Henry Ford says: "Old-fashioned Americanism, the pioneer spirit that Isn't afraid to tackle anything, wllFsave this nation from Its economic and social afflic tions." Perhaps Henry Ford, who lives some distance from the fringe of American foolishness, gives his fellow citizens credit for too much of the old "Ameri can spirit." When you read that 8,000,000 chil dren are deprived of schooling in the United States, that this country spends for "luxuries" twice as much as It spends on education, you think that possibly something has happened to that "pioneer spirit." The Talmud says, "Jerusalem was destroyed be cause the schools were neglected." Conditions In Vienna are bad, with more dangerous riots expected as Nazi terrorism continues Its bomb explo sions, Nazis In Austria declare that "Roman Catholic priests led Chancel lor Dollfuss In his campaign against the Nazis," and a Nazi spokesman de clares that Nazis "hnve determined to kldnnp the Roman Catholic priests as hostages." As soon as any Nazi ter rorists are sentenced to death, and hanged, their friends will kill the priests held as hostages. Mr. and Mrs. Peters (he wns "night mnn" In n smnll Hoboken, N. J., lunch room) -won $25,510 In n sweepstake lottery and felt thnt they should show that winning, In a lottery, Is n good thing. They drove to collect tholr money In a rented 10-cyllnder car with a liveried chauffeur, and "opened" champagne. Any expert accountant enn show them that 4 per cent on $25,510 will not stand thnt strain. Homo "get-rlch quick" expert will probably show them how to change $25,510 Into $10,000,000 ?-then Mr. Peters will bo "night man" again. (Sormany hns real troubles, some fac tories closing, hours reduced, because of lack of row materials. It isn't that other countries refuse to sell rnw ma terials to Germany, but thnt Germany lacks cash and credit. Hundreds of thousands are said to be added to the number of unemployed. News that malnrln Is spreading In Cuba, 0,000 cases reportod nt Santi ago, will disturb Intelligent Cubans and doubtless cause an energetic fight against the dangerous malaria-bearing tnorqultoes Mosquitoes spread malaria and also spread yellow fever. Malaria Is the worse of tho two, for It makes life worthless. Acoordlng to scientists, the mninrla mosquitoes coming up from the marshes, not rode barbarians from the north or the vices of the Iftkabt tants, destroyed the power of ancient Bom, A syai? IM, mrt>* , National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart Washington.? The end of June state ments of all of the banks of the coun n .. try are now a mat Banh Deposit$ter of record and Increase surprisingly, nearly all of the Individual banks have shown Increases In de posits and resources over a year ago. A couple of the largest banks In New York showed such astounding In creases in deposits as $100,000,000, compared with June. 1033. But Irre spective of the Increase lu deposits? that Is, the money actually In posses sion of the banks? almost none of them disclosed any Increase In the total loans now outstanding. Indeed, the rule was a decline from June 30, 1033. Banking authorities In the govern ment and outside tell me these figures on deposits and resources clearly indi cate an Improvement In the general banking situation. The Federal Re serve board in its latest review of con ditions declared the hanking structure was on a much firmer foundation. Yet, the fact that the bnnks have not made loans is being seized upon by a certain segment of politicians and alleged economists as proof that the banks are not doing their pnrt. From very high quarters in the administration we hear intermittent yelps that the banks are not co-operating and are not attempt ing to loan money. This condition, as they construe It, Is being used as the excuse for the existence of numerous of the government loaning agencies and for other activities under the New Heal that result in getting money nut Into the country. The circumstances in the decline of hank loans, however, Is to my mind not such as the critics of the hanks claim. It must be remembered first of all that bnnkers, when they make loans, are putting out money belonging to yon and to other depositors. They must be reasonably sure of getting it back, even though we do have now the Fed eral Deposit Insurance corporation that is supposed to prevent losses for the depositors. Rankers, therefore, are willing to make lonns of the vast sums of Idle cash their banks hold If they can only find someone who will put up security guaranteeing a return of the borrowed funds. While some of the critics of the bnnkers have been continuing their at tacks, T note statements from the Pub lic Works administration, from the Re construction Finance corporation, from the Home Owners' Loan corporation, and the Farm filrpdlt admititntrndon, among others, which show very clearly that the government" or Its agencies Is unwilling to make loans unless It can foresee a reasonable chance for re payment. Just the other day, the Pub lic Works administration withdrew an allocation of some $0,877,000 for con struction of a bridge In Chicago he cause. according to Public Works Ad ministrator Ickes. the political subdi vision of that city having Jurisdiction was unable to provide a guarantee of repayment of that loan. Every dav local units of the Home Owners' Loan corporation are turning down applica tions by home owners who seek gov ernment money through mortgages on their property to uld them in what ever distress they find themselves. The same statement may be mnde respecting loans by the Reconstruction Fnance corporation in Its denllngs with In dustry. Lately the vnrlous Federal Reserve banks Issued a weekly statement of their operations, and only three of the twelve reserve Institutions reported having mnde loans to Industry. ? ? ? I have Inquired In numerous quarters for rensons why borrowers were so ix/t d few- The consensus Why Borrow-,, lvon bj m?n era Are Few who should kn^v. Is that there are two distinct reasons ror the small amount of loans being made by bnnkR and, of course, the same reasons apply in the case of government loans, except thnt the government hns been known to put out money In places from which It probably never will be returned. One of the rensons mentioned whs thnt In dividuals and firms who most need money have nothing but their own signed obligations to put up as n guarantee. Obviously, If an Individual or a corporation has no resources, the note of thnt Individual or thnt corpora tlon Is of little value, however honest and well Intentloned the borrower may be. I The second reason, and one thnt Is quite as Important, Is the lack of con fidence which business men tell me exists to ? largo extent In commerce and Industry. Whatever Is the basis for this lack of confidence Is not n matter of concern In this discussion, but Its existence seem to me to be n matter of the gravest importance. Whether tt*payers are afraid of the burden in lovles which they pan fore see, Is the reason for their hesitancy, Is not now wholly apparent. Many observers are convinced It Is an In rtnentlal factor. There Is also the question which one hears so often asked: WheTe and how far does the New Deal Intend to go In socialization and reform? It seems to be obvious that each of these, and perhaps others, ?re factors standing In the way of a sortnd expanston of tmslnesa under the" recovery plan. In the meantime, the federal govern ment Is going ahead with its program to spend our way out of the depres sion. Here is one Item to show what is happening. This road building has resulted In the construction of enough miles more than 22,000 ? of new highway al most to encircle the earth. This money was voted by congress In the last ses sion as a means of creating work. Pro ponents of the appropriation, and ad ministration authorities, hold that the $400,000,000 earmarked for road build ing would provide thousands of new Jobs. Bureau of public roads figures Indicate that this has been the result, but I find many observers who are wondering whether the amount of money that has been paid to labor for highway construction has been a proper proportionate part of the total set nslde, when the purpose was solely the making of Jobs. Total figures by the public roads office show that G.3G0 miles were com pleted and In use on July I of this year and that 14,000 miles were under construction, with the probability thnt they will he In use by the end of 1034. Contracts have been awarded, tho bu reau has said, for the construction of about 1,000 miles more, and work on this portion will be under way In the late summer. ? ? ? It used to he assumed that when economic conditions were below par, q. ... .. many owners of nu " Usc tomobiles would dls Their Cars pense with their ma chines until they were better situated financially. Sucli, however, seems not to have been the case In the last year. Automobile reg istrations, while they declined In 1033, continued to remain at an unusually high figure as compared with recent years. Official statistics show that 23, 8? _.000 motor vehicles were In use last year. This Is only 1 per cent below 1012. The decline from 1031 to 1032 was larger, hut the point Is, according to officials, that the decline was very small. The authorities lnslvt that the reduction In total motor vehicles In use as compared with 1032 should he considered as hardly noticeable when the whole country and the whole num ber of motor vehicles is considered. Although I have not the official statis tics concerning the sales of new cars last year, responsible sources Inform me thnt this business was very much Improved and they add ah:o that the sales for 1034 In the first six months hove Been excepttonn Jly hl*rh. This ? wo\i'<l Indicate thnt n Rreit mnny In dividuals have found money. In some way or another, which they conlff spare for a new automobile. Washington observers lately have noticed an Increasing tendency among conservatives throughout the country, whether Democratic or Republican, to align themselves under one hnnner. The movement ns yet Is much In the embryo, but I am told by various ob servers who are acquainted with po litical trends that the alignment Is tak ing a rathor definite shape. Some months ago I reported in these columns the belief of many political lenders that Mr. Roosevelt, as Presi dent, was definitely engaged In tho formation of n Roosevelt party that would adhere strictly to llheral stand ards. Assignments which the Presi dent has made, the legislation which he has proposed, and his general atti tude on soclnl matters coupled with nn absolute disregard of old-time Demo cratic principles, has laid the ground work for the regrouping of voters tin der a liberal and conservative align ment. Tt Is to he noted In this connec tion that Mr. Roosevelt Is continuing to expand his liberal doetrines nnder the guidance of some of the political leaders heretofore held to be radical members of the two old parties. * * ? Another factor and Influence that Is noted now to be at work Is the grad nnl concentration of Conservative business Interests on T rend the conservative side of political questions under the New Deal. Washington has beard lately of efforts belntr made which would result In the molding of business Interests, or the spokesmen therefor, Info a compact organization as a means of combating policies of the New Deal regarded hv huslness leaders as radical in character. Tt Is too early to attempt a forecast as to tho scope riT tills move. Never theless, |f is quite apparent that a con centratlon of thtt strength Is under way. Not only will these men and In terests oppose expansion of such pol teles nn Nit A and the AAA but thev are organizing to fight the ever increas ing burden or taxation and to oppose extension of government In business. It Is n matter of record, of course, thnt the tendency of government poli cies In the United Stales since the World war has been steadily to the left. Conservatives have been unable thus far to check this trend, largely hecaur.e the conservative element never has stood together, ft Is Im portant and significant, therefore, that for the first time we are observing tho development of a conservative organi sation In this country which has the avowed purpose of turning the Ameri can government back somewhat to the right and, ns .the leaders describe it, back again to the Constitution as It was originally drawn' ? by WaatArn N*w?r>*p?r Union