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LONGSHOREMEN VOTE ARBITRATE DIFFERENCES
PREMIER POLLFUS ASSASSINATED AT VIENNA
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LONGSHOREMEN
WILL ARBITRATE
DIFFERENCES
OVERWHELMING VOTE TAKEN
ON STRIKE WHICH WILL
BE ARBITRATED
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, Six
thousand, three hundred and eighty
eight were for arbitration ami
fourteen hundred and forty-ouc
were against, with most of the
ball dtp reported coanted. Only
the small port of Raymond, Wasn
ii:Mon, retnr.im .. ii'H]' illy agah.
at. arbitration.
The federal disputes board im
mediately tackled the problems in
cident to the formal ending of the
L Walkout and the return of the
unions to their jobs.
Conferring with employers and
unions, a meeting of all three
groups will be arranged as a pre
liminary measure and an arrange
ment Is expected soon of the re
sumption of waterfront and ship
ping activity.
During the arbitration period,
rumors were circulated that the
shipping Interest and the unions
were widely apart on some ques
tion including what was to be
done with non-union men who
worked during the walkout."
Under the tentative peace ag
reement the longshoremen’s is
sues will be submitted to the
President’s board for arbitration
and the striking maritime work
ers will choose representatives
for concilliatlon with the ship
owners. If this falls sailors and
employers will also submit to ar
bitration.
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NAVY TAKING OFF
FOR ALASKA
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jul y2S, The 12
Navy planes are scheduled to leave
at dawn Thursday for Ketchikan.
They .are expected to make the
flight there In eight hours. The
plan is for the planes -to remain at
Ketchikan until August First.
SELLING SLOWING VP
(By The Associated Press)
N®W YORK, July 25, Selling
press let up somewhat although
late selling drives cancelled most
of the modest stock rallies. Tho
close was heavy.
CONDITIONS RETURNING TO
NORMAL COAST CITIES
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. July 35, Rb
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liable sources said the longshore
men were voting three to one In
favor of arbitration.
Meanwhile activities on various
waterfronts have speeded up and
conditions are fast returning to
normal.
Seattle lines are scrambling to
re-capture their freight and pass
enger business. Seven ships are
being worked in Portland. It is
believed that thirty others will, be
worked by the week-end.
VOTED FOR ARBITRATION
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. July 25, The
mediation board announced that
the iong-iborefhe i tad »oted over
whelmingly for arbitration".
PEACE OF EUROPE
NOW HANGING ON
SLENDER THREAD
PKAG'K OF KCKOFK NOW
HANGING IN BALANCE
WITH WAK LOOMING
I . (Uy The Associated Press)
I
I'NDATBD. July 26, The peacej
of Europe hung in a delicate bal
lnttce 11 Juy an nations lined ,np on
either aide of the fulcrum, for
and against Austria wher* civil
istrife between the Nazi and gov
ernment troops, followed today the
assassination of Dollfus.
The former world war align
ment again came into existence
with Italy, France and England
and the little Entente all report
ed ready to take steps against
anischluss or a uinon between Aus
tria and Germany. ,
Germany gssayed a strictly neu
tral course, recalling her minis
ter for t.he unauthorized Inter
vention at Vienna, and closing
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her borders to polttical refugees
from Austria.-^-—
French sources, which regarded
Nazi'ism saw a war menace since
Hitler came into power, professed
nevertheless, to see Germany as the
power behind the Austrian Nazi
revolution.
Premier Mussolini gave his as
surance that Italy will defend Aus
trian Independence “even more
strenuously in these exceptional
and difficult times,'' and that ail
ttalian troops north of Padue ar •
ordered to be ready to march on
short notice.
The Austrian government is still
controlled by I>oilfus’ men who
are bitterly opposed to any inter
national union of Nazi followers.
It was reported in Rotue Jthat
his men have asked for armed in
tervention of European powers to
preserve the integrity of Austria
aganst the revolting Nazis.,.
Civil war broke ou! in Austria
today as Nazis battled government
forces for control of half a dozen
cities in the province of Styria*
Whether armed assistance will
PREMIER DOLLFUS OF
AUSTRIA IS KILLED
RY NAZI RADICALS
PREMIER DOLLFUS KILLED
IN AUSTRIA WEDNESDAY
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, July, 25, The Austrian
legation here today confirmed the
death of Premier Dollfus. It fun
ther announced that Dort Kurt
A
Schufchnlgg was forming a new
gorernment. Following is a bio
graphical sketch of the life of En
gelbert Dollfus, Premier of Aus
tria, furnished by the Associated
Press: p
The smallest, for a time the
youngest, and one of the boldest
prime ministers in all Europe was
Engelbert Dollfus, chancellor of
Austria in the turbulent period be
ginning Slay 1932, when nazilsm
was starting to sweep neighboring
Germany and post-war financial
and economic troubles were at a
peak. *
With a wide sentiment In his
country for “anchluss,” or union
with Germany, Dollfus dedicated
himself to the task of maintain
ing the independence of his coun
try. A foe of both Germanic na
tional socialism and its antithesis,
Marxian socialism, he preached a
species of Christian nationalism,
guiding himself by the precepts
of the Roman Catholic church,
of which he was a devout member
and forecasting the day when a
common political creed would unit*
a people already 90 per cent dedi
cated to a common religious be
lief.
But Austria, divided into two
camps with the socialists domin
ant in Vienna and the facists in
the country at large, aeethed and
boiled. On March 7, 19SS, Dollfns
shelved parliament with the re
mark that It had "paralysed It
self." The socialists threatened a
general strike and Dollfus dis
banded the party’s private army,
the "schutsbund'' of 140,000 men,
I confiscating their arms and muni
tions.
He raided and closed all Naal
headquatrers, arrested . 1,000 lead
era and forbade political uniforms.
He made the “helmwehr," fas
cisms uniformed rank, auxiliary
police. Municipal election showed
nazi gains and he shut down on
further voting.
On September 21,- 1933, there
was a cabinet sbake-up with “helm
wehr" leaders admitted to the gov
ernment and wtth the dimunitlve
chancellor himself assuming four
portfolios. Promptly he was dub
bed “dictator” by bis foea, bomb
ings broke out and on October 3
the disorders culminated in an at
tempt to assassinate the chancell
or, . - -
Rudolf Betrll, a one-time army
bugler, fired several shots at Doll
fus at the entrance of the parlia
ment building. One bullet him
In the shoulder, but within r fort
night he was back at his desk.
Dollfus was born October 4.
1892, in Texing, Lower Austria,
and spent his boyhood on a farm.
He studied law in Vienna and ec
onomics in Berlin until tho world
war. He served at the front 37
months, emerging as an officer.
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materialize, it i» said, will be de
cided at a conference of diplo
matic representative" at Vienna,
but Italian troops are already mo
bilizing. -
. K if
The United States maintain an
official silence, but is watching
closely.
VIBNNA. July -6. The! revolting
Austrian Nazis seized the federal
Chancellory and killed Chancellor
Bngelbert Dollfus and held the
building against attack until pro
mised safe conduct into (Jermanv
One hundred and forty-foil
Nazis raided the building and
fatally wounded Dollfus. Martial
law was immediately proclaimed,
in several section. President Mile
las named Jut’et Selluschnig, Chan
cellor. s,
KXKCUTK COUP D’KTAT
KIIJ, DOLLkTH AND
CAPTl’RK CABINKT
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, July 25. Austrian
Nazi captured Premier Dollfus >n
his office in Vienna in the long es J
peeted “Putsch" of a switch in j
government.
Civilians at the Chancellor cried
"Dollfus is dead."
Telephone service from l.ondon
and Paris has been cut off. The
Auatro-Gernian frontier has been]
closed, but a phone report to Bej
lin from Vienna stated that Doll
fub, Emil Fey and several other
government officials are still lock
ed up and guarded at the Chan
cellory.
In London, the Austrian Embas
sy reported that Dollfus was deal
as did Praah reports. The Praha
reports stated that the authority
for the news was the Austrian
minister to Czechoslovakia.
Military circles said tkat Italy
has seventy-five thousand soldiers
near teh Austria border.
Nazis smashed Into the Chan
Afterwards he became active III
agricultural orglnisatlons, was sec
retary of the Lower Austrian Pea
sants League and helped organize
the Lower Austrian chamber of
agricultural. In 1930 be went on
the executive bo&rd of the federal
railways and before the year was
out was named president of the
lines. In March, 1931, he became
minister of agriculture and In May
1932, President Miklas asked hlmr
to form a cabinet.
jee-llory and took all of the official*
| prisoners. Reports immediately
leaked out that Dollfus bad been
shot and seriously wounded in thn
struggle and wag dying.
Shortly after the coup de etat,
other government officials, appar
ently headed by Prince Krnst von
(Starbetnberg, vice-chancellor, with
the evident approval of President
Miklas. Issued an ultimatum ty
Putsch leaders warning them«>te
either release Dollfus and aban
don the Chancellory or the loyal
Heimwehr would attack.
W* -v. ..
Telephone communication to tli*
outside world was cut off shortly
after the ultimatum was Issued.
Tlie deadline mentioned was
around 11 a.mv" Eastern Standard!
Ttme, At least six men have been
killed. I.oudon reports said ten.
lighting in Vienna and o-ther An*
trian points continued all night.
KRANt’E GETTING MAR IT
OVER AUSTRIAN MESS
i By The Associated Press!
PARIS. July 25. Official cireiaa
here express grav,, concern over
the Austrian Nazi Putsch. Kran'M
is pledged to support Austrian in
dependence and fears that a Mast
1 • . J .
revolution in that country might
lead to international complica
tions.
IS solitary conkinumhnt
FOR KIC.HTKKN YKAHS
t By The Associated Press*
LEAVENWORTH. July 25. Ro
bert K. Stroud,' in solitary jron
flnement for eighteen years, after
lie had been saved from hanging
by President Woodrow Wilson,
following the slaying of a guard
in 191 S while serving a sentence
for murder in Alaska, today had
Attorney General Cummings' word
that he would investigate Stroud'a
case.
On a tour of Inspection, Cumm
ings passed Stroud’s isolation cell
where he keeps hundreds of can
ary birds to help support hia mo
ther. “ Stroud asked to talk to
him. Cummings stepped into
Stroud’s cell.
Stroud asked Cummings, "Don't
you think I've spent long enough
tfme in this place. U I e'ay I
wen Id like mor« light. Another
thing they will not allow me to
have any correspondence."
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