Washington, Mar, 11 ort Beecher Howell of died here to-day" from pneumonia.
Senator Howell who was 68 years old, was one of the Senate's fore-
of public utilities. He was formerly moit advocates of public ownership fan'attorney and an engineer. He led the movement in establishing Omaha's municipally owned utilities. Mr. Howell had been in the Senate for 10 years and was a Republican.—United Pres:
In three brief years, the incredible happened, the consequence in part Jof commodity price declines and maldistribution of gold, but to an leven greater extent of practically universal resort to artificial trade barriers Major causes of the slump were: tries' either through internal econ.
(1) The purpose of many coun-
mie exigencies or thinly disguised motives of retaliation to' discourage imports in general and those American products in particular; (2) Abandonment of the gold standard by a majority of countries, Jwhich caused disparity in national price levels; (3) Resort by more than 30 countries to foreign exchange control plans, designed to discourage exports of gold by curbing mer-Jchandise imports where necessary; respective states. fication are the!
pawn brokers, _autombile agencies and. small money-lenders.
Banks have been notified that} they may require depositors to sign. fan affidavit that they are not. intending to hoard money before funds will be released to them, All, banks are prohibited from pormitposes. ting withdrawals for hoarding pur-
The New York Federal Reserve Bank told the Treasury that all but, nine of the 51 member banks in New York City will open to-morrow, jieago reported that all of the: "downtown" banks and many of] those in the outlying district will open promptly.—United Press,
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