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Y •\ • Published At Tapper Ukts^ew YoA, Hub Of The Good Rpads And The \ Gateway To The Adirondack Mountains Popular Because It deplete news evanii, personalities) -life— In Topper Lake, •*> • aly UH i hone town paper can. Mr md unMasad, MMI w a* advertlsng mediam, It HHI» of the •KsJfr arate- VOLUME FOUR NUMBERS TUPPER LAKE. N. Y. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1934 $1.50 YEARLY 5 CENTS COPY as at ' Rap- rat, of : pur- • than itottae at any it Ca- taking tnually border 0, now to Ca- wth of robably long as Take a Ing be- of hot it ugly better ounger, *ks) at In Am- niaelan t is the way to T. .45 .25 .50 .25 .25 .23 .25 .23 .25 23 .23 .25 .19 .19 .25 .21 .13 .26 TUPPER LAKE THE FRENCH \SEE RED\ A POOR SHOWING WE NEED MEN LIKE HIM! — By L. P. Qofii QN February 6th, hundreds of angry \\French citizens Joined groups or Socialists, Fascists, Communists, Royalists, War vet- erans, and students in a demon- stration at the Place de la Con- corde, which led to a bloody strug- gle' with police and soldiers and caused the death of at least 20 rioters. The causes of all this trou- ble are a number of grievances that.have aggravated the French citizen and caused him to see red. Moat of his anger was directed against the Chamber of Deputies, the ruling body of France. A se- ries of financial scandals .involv- ing many of the deputies; severe taxation much heavier than the taxes in this country; a great de- crease in tourist business and, above all, the fear that Germany was about to annex Austria, has given rise to the belief that the government of France was weak and unable to cope with condl- om , , . . Then, too, the Chamber itself has spent the last year in argu- ing and quarreling. Six different cabinets have—been set-up and falltrh without accompliahing^any- thing. The revolution of February^ 6th appears not to have been di- rected against Democracy but against existing conditions and an unmistakable demand for action. The new premier, a man ' hf- loved by the people, has come to power as a result of this revolu- tion. He has si strong cabinet and has 'promised to do all in his power to allay the great fear of a powerful Germany. He will tac- kle such other problems as taxa- tion, unemployment, valuation of the franc, and probably will in- vestigate the banking and poilti- _ ^ on the pre- mier dictatorial powers and may go on a \vacation\ themselves; an act which would be most wel- come to the French people. YESTERDAY Frank R. Seigel, president of the Chamber of Commerce in a short talk before the Rotary club deplored,the fact that there waa little Interest be- ing shown by most of the people of Tupper Lake in Its Chamber of Commerce. He stated that while the officers and directors had tried during the past year to function to the best of their ability, they were discouraged at the attend- ance at the meeting called for last week. There* 1 were not enough members on hand to hold the el- ection of officers, so it had to be postponed till Friday, Feb. 23, at 7:45 p.m. It would seem that the Chamber of Commerce deserves better treatment than this. Two or three can not accomplish much unless they are backed by the ma r jority of the business men. Ifs not possible to support an organi- zation of this kind passively and have it succeed. And it Is not ask- ing- too much to expect attend- ance at one meeting a year at least. If the members show no in- terest, the officers will soon begin to hrt- their work slide and soon there will be no organization. We cannot afford to have this happen. The Chamber of Cdmmerce has a record in the past few years that reflects credit on It. If it goes by the. board now, we are going to miss it badly. Why not plan on attending the annual meeting to- morrow night. Let's see what has been accomplished last year and find out what needs to be done this coming year. Then let's elect officers and give them our support in what they want to do. And even if we arc not interested in this work, why not be on hand to give the retiring officers a vote of thanks for the fine work they have done in the last twelve months. * * • TODAY we celebrate the 202nd birthday of the father of our country, George Washington. Born in the lap of luxury and rated a wealthy man for the time, never- theless he has endeared himself to millions of Americans, and each year his greatness Increases, Ceorge Washington possessed the i are quality Of being able to think j cloarfy and although never a great - his words and advice were followed by thousands of colon- ists. As a leader he was able to inspire, his followers and as a military leader he ranks second to none in his times. His ability as n statesman Js still unquestioned mid his^r/oneaty and Integrity are the two most important reasons for his greatness. Washington has left this nation a great heritage (Continued on Page 6) $6,000 WORTH OF FOOD GIVEN TO NEEDY HERE NINE TBUCKLOADS OF FOOD- STUFFS, TOWN'S QUOTA OF GOVERNMENT SURPLU8 PURCHASES, DISTRIBUTED —CWA WOBKEB8 MAY NOT . SHARE IN DISTRIBUTION on the basis of a family of five members, which is •verag*. The the for sueh a family, for one month. Includ- ed 6 pounds of butter, 9 pounds of smoked meat; one-half sack of flour, two dosens eggs and four packages of cereal. Town Clerk George DeLair has asked that It be made clear that under the new ruling, CWA work- ers are not entitled to share In the distribution of surplus com- modities. He stated that the Town of Altamont will receive Its next quota of the surplus food- stuffs on March Oth. Jap Envoy Here \l His Excellency 'Hiroshi Saito, new Japanese ambassador to the United States, has arrived in this country to take up his new duties. Saito, who brought his wife and two daughters with him to Wash- ington, is shown above shortly af- ter bis boat docked. Foodstuffs to the value of ap- proximately $6,000 have been dis- tributed to needy families here within the past week, Town Clerk George H. DeLair and 'David Singer, town welfare officer, point- ed out today. Nine truckloada of flour, meat, butter and eggs have been hauled from Malone, representing the Town of Altamont's abjure of the Federal government's purchases of surplus farm products. Seven trucks transferred temporarily from town CWA projects, made the round trip Friday and two heavily-loaded trucks arrived on Monday. Under the directions of Mr. De- Lair and local welfare officials, a large proportion of the food has already been given out, CWA workers and families on the town welfare lists receiving it at the Town Hall. Under a new ruling given out by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Relief Administrator, through County Commissioner F. of Malone, surplus com- modities will no longer be issued to those holding CWA Jobs or earning as much as $12 per week. The foodstuffs will go to the Job- less and those on the town wel- fare lists. *^ Commodities trucked neTe from the warehouse of the Northern New York Grocery Company in Malone, where they had. been stor- 1. Included 220 bags of cereal, 48 ounds to the bag;. 90 boxes of smoked ineat, 110 pounds to the box; Ml hafo—rks of flour; 102 boxes of butter! \SO pounds toJh«f«t»*raT-the hxdaf -eWA_ office, box; 28 boxes of salt meat 116 pounds to the box, and 38 of eggs, 30 dosens to the ease. Donations of the food waa made CWA HAS SPENT $54,297 HERE SINCE NOV. 20 RECORDS AT TOWN HALL OFFICE IN MIIOW TOTAL OF $205,242.68 EXPENDED IN COUNTY — FUNDS HERE- SHARED ABOUT BQtTAfctY t BETWEEN ^PROJECTS Q TOWN. VrtLAGE Some Idea of the extent to which the Civil Works Adminis- tration aid has slashed the relief burden of taxpayers here may be gained from statistics compiled by Manager 'Wilfred Hebert an«K his ertftn*\ WA off which show that between Novem- ber 20th, when the system got under way. until February 10th, a total of IS4.297.24 was expended In the Town of Altamont alone. Of that total, $28,976.7* went Into payrolls on Town of Atta- mont CWA projects and $28,321.- 48 on village Jobs. The total ex- pended In Franklin county on CWA projects for the same peri- od was $200,242.62. Accurate records of expendi- tures have been kept by the staff at the CWA office in the Town Hall, and their records show the disposition of relief funds be- tween November 20th and Febru- ary 16th as follows: •'Town projects: Painting the town hall, $886.20: ditching, wid- ANNUAL LEGION DINNER MONDAY WELL ATTENDED 85 LEGIONNAIRES AND THEIR FRIENDS ATTEND BANQUET AT AMERICAN HOUSE- COMMANDER MTNNICH PRINCIPAL SPEAKER KNIGHTS BOOST LEAD TO 3,712 IN CARD DUEL Eighty-five legionnaires and their guests made merry at the annual banquet of Benjamin Chur- co Post, American Legion, Mon- day night at the American House on Lake street. Henry Hull, Faust, presided as toastmaster. Guests and speakers wene Introduced by Commander William Shean. Town Clerk George H. DeLair and Frank R. Seigel, president of the Chamber of Commerce, were guest speakers; Mr. Seigel, CWA chairman in Franklin county, dis- cussed the impending cut In the county CWA fore*. A diamond-set past-command- er's emblem was presented Robert E. Lines by T. K. Somers, another former commander of Benjamin Churco Post. Mayor Frank J. Mc- Carthy spoke of CWA work u» the village this winter, paying tri- bute to Hr. Seigel for his efforts in making possible the Setting Pole Rapids dam which is now noaring completion. - State Commander Robert E. Mlnnlch, principal speaker of the evening, discussed the Legion 4- point progrannupassage of whlcn is looked for shortly. Guests who were presented at the annual banquet included Har- old Eckert, commander of the Saranac Lake Legion post; Al- fred H. Ginnane, commander of the Tupper Lake Chapter, D.A.V., and Captain Louis C. Schleip of the 114th New York Volunteers, lone Spanish-American war veter- an. -A striking likeness of Com- mander Mlnnlch, done in oils by William Moore, a patient at Sun- mount, wss presented him at the banquet Monday. .On the banquet committee were WUUam Bouchard, Robert Lines. Walter Zurawsld. Kenneth Greig. Percy Plmsteln, Joseph Veneronl. C y Cart BuUls aad Burns. G. O. P. SMOKER, MEET AT O*W.D. HALL TONIGHT COMIC SKETCH BY RICHARD MOUBAR TO FEATURE EN- TERTAINMENT AT REPUB- LICAN CLUB SMOKER KnighU Take Lead In Bowline Tourney By Narrow Margin First blood In the Knights of Columbus-Masonic bowling tour- nament went to K. of C. pin-top- plers Friday night when they took two out of three games of a hard- fought match. The first game went to the enlng\Md'^7ing\\und\rw\o^ lC ° unc 1 11 21 \ p J* yer V by ™ eve , n roa£ $2,889.38: cleaning up thejj 00 Plns-868-766; the « At 7:30 o'clock tonight, mem- bers of the Tupper Lake Republi- can Club and their guests will convene for a big business meet- ng and smoker In the Oval Wood Dish hall.' Featuring tonight's program arill be a highly entertaining cora- 'c sketch by Richard Moubar, de- Dlcting his experiences In France. George H. DeLair, presidents and other officers of the club, will of- fer short talks. Plenty of cigars, cigarettes and refreshments will be available, smoker committee- members promise, and club mem- bers are urged to attend and to bring a friend. Membership cards will be re- quired, according to Ross Utting, secretary, and non-members may attend if accompanied by a mem- ber in good standing. Deer Reported to Be Suffering from Shortage of Water Deer are suffering greatly from the acute shortage of water in the woods, according to reports reach- ing Tupper Lake from all sections of the Adirondack*. Some of the smaller lakes and ponds are re- norted frozen to a depth of four fee, and there is little open water to be found in any of the woods streams. When Russell Woods, local nlumber and pipe-fitter, was call- ed to repair a frozen water main at Whitney Park headquarters, 13 miles south of here, last week, about 20 deer gathered around the -•lace where he was working drink from the popl that formed when water flowed from /the thawed-out mains. At Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park, large numbers of deer remain constant- ly in the vicinity of the main lodge building for food and water, which they cannot obtain in the woods, en, public dump near Little Wolf, $5,- 173.64; work on the Tupper Lake Country Club golf course, $4,541.- 41; clearing of underbrush from the shoreline' of Raquette Pond, $11,946.66; administrative expens- es, $1,568.50: total for the town, $28,975.79. On the two big village jobs— filling in the municipal park and construction of the Setting Pole Rapids dam on the Raquette riv- er, expenditures of CWA funds were: on the park, $6,125.40; on the dam. $19,196.05. A gradual tapering-ofT of tne number of CWA employes In Hie town, as throughout county and state, is expected until May, when the relief work shall be discontin- ued. The first cut takes effect here tomorrow. LITTLE CHANGE^ IN CONDITION OF LUMBERMAN ALEX LASHWAY, (10, STILL IN MERCY GENERAL HOSPI- TAL—FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON FLOOR OF CAMP NEAR PITCHFORK. Little change in the condition of Alex Lashway, 60, who was found unconscious on the floor of a camp about four miles north of Faust near Pitchfork, Friday by Troopers L. J. Stoneham and E. H. Van Schaick of the Tupper Lake patrol, was reported up till noon today from Mercy General hospital. Lashway, a veteran woodsman, owns a camp a few miles above Pitchfork Pond, and was believed to have been on the return trip to his camp when overcome by in- tense cold. Troopers believe that, unable to proceed further, he sought refuge in the camp owned by Hirdy Pave, Faust, where he waa found Friday morning. Troopers Stoneham and Van Schaick, acting upon a complaint by Madeline Payle, who, with her sister, had found the camp open, investigated and found Lashway collapsed on the floor. He was brought In to Mercy Generay hos- pital, whene he is being treated. Hands and feet wore badly fro* Masonic team took the second leg by a 10-pin edge, 813-803, and the Knights squeezed through to a vic- tory in the final game by one lone pin, 734-733. Standings are based on total games won. The second leg of the 10-weeks' tourney will be played off tomorrow night. The Blue Motor Bus Line bowl- ers dropped three straight games to the Armour quint In an Indus- trial League meet last nlght ( trail- ing 2421*1067, in total pins. Mon- day night's matches saw the Town Cubs take three games from the Giants, 2348-2091, while the Fire Department team defeated the Olympic Lunch bowlers'. END OF FIFTH SESSION FINDS K. OF C. TEAM WELL OUT IN LEAD IN AUCTION BRIDGE TOURNEY WITH MASONS With five of the eight session* of the annual K. of C. - Masonic auction bridge tourney behind, the Knights are leading by a total of 3,712 points, having won in last night's session at the Masonic Temple by a 1,916-point margin. Last night's victory marked the third successive win for the K. of C. players. Trailing by more than 6,000 points at the end of the sec- ond meeting, they entered a win- ning streak which has continued until they have amassed their present 3,712-polnt lead. Total scores were 29,808 for the Knights and 27,892 for the Ma- sons. Scoring was as follows: D. J. MdCarthy, K. C. 2734 (high score) - F. Reeves, M. 1005; P. DeLair, K. C. 1605 - M. Grab- enstein, M. 1306; C. C. Frenette, K. C. 1476 - R. Hastings. M. 1808; J. Ryan, K. C. 2039 - Dr. Williams. M: 2118; V. H. LaRocque, K. C. 923 - M. H. Ginsberg. M. 2483; O. Raymond, K. C. 1408 • H. Bellows. M. 1819; L. P. Qulnn, K. C. 2468 - F. R. Seigel, M. 1549; P. H. Mc- Carthy, Jr.. K. C. 1799 - R. Wood- ward. M. 2396; L. J. Cheverette, K. C. 1981 - E. Snyder, M. 1109; J. Currier, K. C. 1692 - B. E. Leigh- ton, M. 1615; J. H. LeBoeuf, K. C. 1947 - H. Pimsteln. M. 1930; P. E. Martin. K. C. 2276 - M. J. Sny- der. M. 1681; J. E. Twohey, K..C. 1763 - H. Hughes, M. 1489; H. Cor- neau, K. C. 1537 - Dr. CoUinson, M. 1690; A. F. Monakey, K. C. 2396 - 8. Clark, M. 1268; F. Mc- Carthy, K. C. 1764 - R. Woods, M. 2068. The sixth session will be played next Wednesday night at the K. of C. home. Heiress Seeks Film Fame Slate W.CT.U. Meet Tomorrow After A meeting of the local W.CT.U. unit will be held tomorrow after- noon at 3 o'clock at the home of' Mrs. George Bristol on Park street. Topics for discussion will cen- ter around the life of Frances Wil- la'rd. The meeting will be in the nature of a dues social, and mem- bers are requested to take care of back dues then, as the state fees fall due in March. Mrs. Floyd Gould, Mrs. T. E. Bruce and Mrs. Bristol will have charge of the meeting. Postpone Benefit Show to April 11 Mrs. Thomas J. Murray, gener- al chairman of the H.G.A. Auxil- iary committee, announced today that the moving picture, \Berke- ley Square,\ originally slated to be staged at the Palace Theatre for the benefit of Holy Ghost Academy on March 5th, has been postponed until April 11th. It was felt that holding the show on the date originally se- lected would conflict with the an nual H.G.A. entertainment on St. Patrick's Day. Nab Factor Kidnap Suspect With the capture of Basil (the Owl) Banghart, inset, said to be 1 one of America's cleverest criminals, wanted iK in Chicagoi^ln^ connect tlpn with the kidnaping of John (Jake ''die Barber) Factor, police found, in his apartment $12,945~irr$S hills. A policeman is shown above with some of thf money. Banghart, was seized in Baltimore after a search that extended through many states. Aspiring to a movie career, innie Flint, above. Chicago heir- ess, has signed as one of the cho- rines in a new Hollywood produc- tion. She is the daughter of Amos P. Flint, millionaire' corn syrup manufacturer. DEMOCRAT AND G.O.P. CAUCUSES NEXT TUESDAY POLICE JUSTICE JOHN A. CHALMERS AND TRUSTEES RULE AND DE8HAW AN- NOUNCE CA'MDflDACT FOR REELECTION — ELECTION DAY MARCH Mtk The first rumblings of the an- nual skirmishing proceeding the village elections were heard here this week with the posting by Re- publican and Democratic commit- tee* of the notices of their caucus- es. G.O.P. ' adherants will meet Tuesday afternoon, February 27, at 3 o'clock In the Town Hall, when nominations will be in order to fill three vacancies this year. Candidates will be named to FIRST CWA CUT HITS 395 ON COUNTY JOBS 20.000 TO GO IN FIRST CUT IN NEW YORK STATE — FORCE TO BE GRADUALLY CUT DOWN, WINDING UP IN MAY —RURAL AREAS HARDEST HIT For the first time since the Civil Work* Administration supplanted the State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration late last November, taking a heavy relief burden from the town and throw- ing open sorely-needed Jobs for more than 300 unemployed here, the axe has fallen for a substan- tial personnel cut. Three hundred and ninety-five men were lopped off the lists In Franklin county, effective tomor- row morning, on Instructions for- warded to Frank R. Seigel, coun- ty chairman, from Alfred H. Schoelkopf, at CWA headquarters In New York. The first cut was felt on every project In the coun- ty. Projects in so-called rural ar- eas—villages' under 2,800 popula- tion—will be hardest hit by the early cuts which will trim CWA forces in America by at least 400,- 000 before tomorrow night. In New York State alone the cut will affect 20,000 men. All additional persons employed on Civil Works projects hence- forth must be engaged on the ba- sis of their need for relief solely. The local CWA officials shall be responsible for establishing the fact of need. Where more than one person from the Immediate family is now employed on a CWA Job, all ex- cept one person shall be released Immediately and replaced by a. needy unemployed person. Chalmers for a term of four yean and* Village Trustees Henry Rule, Faust, and Albert J. Deshaw for terms of two years each. Mr. Rule has served for four years as a trustee and Mr. Daahaw has held office for six years. Judge Chalmers, feted here In Septem- ber when he rounded out his term as president of the New York Magistrates' Association, has held office here as police Justice for well over a quarter-century. All three announced their Inten- tion today of presenting themselv- es as oandidates for reelection. It is probable that no opposition can- didates will be advanced from within the party at the caucus next Tuesday afternoon. Democrats of the village will draw up their slate at their an- nual caucus in the Town Hall at 7 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. With election day, March 20th, less than a month away, no candidates for vacancies have as yet been prominently mentioned. * Interesting Program Presented at Meet Of Mission Group The February meeting of the Presbyterian Foreign Missionary Society was held last Thursday at the home of Mrs. J. E. Dewey at Sunmount. An Interesting program center- ing about the subject \Our World at Peace,\ was presented. Speak- ers were Mrs. James L. Jacobs and Mrs. Ralph Hastings. The Rev. John Forsyth reviewed \Peace on Earth\ for the mis- sionary group. Friday was an- nounced by the president, Mrs. Merlon Edgcombe, as having been, designated for the annual observ- ance of World's Day of Prayer by the home missions. Luncheon was served at the close of the meeting by the host- esses. Mrs. H. B. Williams and Mrs. J. E. Dewey. Burned by Steam From Car Radiator Arthur Neault of this village sustained burns about the face and eyes Monday \from steam es- caping from the overheated radi- ator of a huge Mack truck which he was driving. Mr. Neault was en route to Meacham' Lake to haul a load of logs to the Oval Wood Dish plant here when the mishap occurred. He was forced to stop at the Tru- man-Hamner gas station on the Tupner-Saranac road when the truck became overheated. Upon removing the radiator cap, the steam and boiling Water escaping flew into his face and badly burn- ed his left eye. He was attended by a local physician. WARN AGAINST CARELESSNESS. RACING TO FIRES TOWNSPEOPLE URGED TO GLEAN CHIMNEYS AND COT DOWN ON UNNECESSARY WORK OF FIREMEN — RAC- ING TO FIRES TO% \Clean out your chimneys! was the plea of Chief William Glrard and officials of the. local volunteer fire department today. By far the greater part of more than a score of alarms turned In since the first of the year have originated from minor chimney fires—and in nearly every case the exercising of a few common sense precautions would have pre- vented a fire. Firemen have been turned out time after time in wea- ther far below sero to find sparks flying from an overheated chim- ney, and have had to do the work which should have been done by the home-owner before. If towns- people will dean their chimneys and exercise a little care with their fires the number of alarms • will dwindle.offldals feel. Resi- dents, moreover, will lessen the danger of destructive fires result- Ing. Funeral Service* Monday Morning for Charles Collins, 77 Funeral services for Charles Collins, 77, who died Saturday morning at his home on Second street, were held Monday morning at St. Alphonsus Church. Rev. Father E. O. Hervieux, pas- tor, oMcktM at the. last rites, assisted by Rev. J. A. Des Jardins and Rev. Fr. L. duPont. The body was placed in the vault to await interment In St. Alphonsus Cem- etery in the spring. Born in St. Paul, Province., ,«f,. Quebec, in 1806, Mr. Collins spent the earlier part of his life in Ca- nada, coming to Tupper Lake from Cape St. Ignace. P. .Q., in 1890 when the lumber industry, with the pushing through of the rails of the Northern and Adiron- dack Railroad, was giving the first impetus to the growth of the vil- lage. A saw-fitter by trade, he found employment with the A. Sherman lumber Company and during his 44 years in this sector, he worked forth'« Norwood Manufacturing Company and the Santa Clara Lumber Company and during his International Paper Company at Piercefleld. He had been confined to his home here most of the time dur- ing the past three years and had been seriously ill ifor more than six weeks before his death Satur- day. His first wife, the former Mrs. Delima Bernier, died in 1899. Lat- er he married Mrs. Delphtne Sey- mour of this village, who survives him. He is also survived by a daugh- ter. Mrs. Paul Bernier. of KxPter, New Hampshire, and two sons, Fred' and Louis Collins, of Plerce- fleld. , 1 - I
