HALL. PA. 1—Hemarkable -Boy scouts celebrating Washingt Holland and the of Loo. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS : New Tax Bill, as Fixed by Conferees, Now Is Law— Wet and Dry Conflict. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PPROVED ate and sigr idge, the “revenue fixed up by the is now a law. The house accepted the conference report by a of 354 «8, The Soles represen the opposition of the ductions eof high taxes and the that wished repealed Republicans tive were Browne, Lam Schafer, display prince consort, by the house and sen i it Cool 1ed ny Presider aet of 1020" as conference committees io ted to re vole negative radicals surtaxes and protest of another gr tax estate oup the estate completely the Representatives Nelson, Voigt of Wis Anthony and recorded in nega Beck, pert, 8d hneider and consin, Ramsey (lowan) Hoch (Kan.). John and Williamson (Neb.), and Sinclair (N Democrats were Drane, and good and Oliver (Ala), Morehead (Neb), and Others in the ne Representatives Carss, Kv fald (Farmer-Labor, Minn.}, Guardia (Socialist, N. Y.) Representative MeDuffie Ala), as pre Ten with 61 recorded in Chr D.). DD) Representatives (Fla.). All Howard and vert {Ry ). 1S0n, (8S slog herson Niumons Green Sears Gilt voting tive eS We and La ale was recorded sont. senators voted against the hill, ve yoles rier and Nye {Rep., 8. D.), Howell (Ie {Dem I in were Fra beck Wis), Minn.). With the exception of Ser Tram protest ator registered his of mell, against tax, the upon reductions in high st od estate tax rates, repeal of publicity and other features which radical senators have attacked. By the new law the come is reduced by 000 in 1026 and $343.000,000 Though cut mended by Mellon that revenues will who the continuance 1 a opposition w hased chiefl as irfaxes the more governn ahout the greatly exceeds the not worried bu recon tre tary lieves the President, with the gress to tions An law is asury, for inues ix if t siness be fairly w con sufficient. too, | 1 measure but coun be economical In for new important the expenditures feature of creation of a the new whose duty is to investigate the opera- tem, investigate of taxes by the bureau of internal rev. enue, to Iinvestigs and methods for the simplification of such taxes, to make a definite report to the senate and embodying recom mendations not later than December 31, 1927, and to report otherwise to the finance and ways and means com- mittees and to the senate and house from time to time as investigations are made or recommendations decided upon. to ite measures house s HOUGH tralned observers assert there is not the slightest chance for modification of the Volstead at this session of congress, the are carrying on their campaign vigor. ously. Their “face the facts” confer. 1 i i i now exhibited birthday at Mount Ver celebrated ive Just World Won ie the public Episcopal nd nda One New Yor an't ilecoholic lianor comimitiee, committee 8 recon from the rules dation that it be given authority te in tion, pls ite quire int iroliibi ins to the vestigation on OWN ACCON WHEELER introduced an resol of ENATOR has an for activities investigntion Hungaria to the United States to brin of the ty of the recent excl usion Karolyi from ti de partn that the we country resolution asser been made resulted ent, 4 rge exciusl of certain the cha has countess’ on “fo pond oy ow Lever it t sing goen which tended to connect her with nolitie inizations with oxi rs ie desirable i the United St It inister nites not on was terms charges that tl Hungarian m to States paid a $20.0) for ports obtains of the on a trip on private det inaccurate +d throug! and Count visit in Count this count which she was COOLIDGE ment ads ined develop the scale Mitchell on ards - | i { | i i { the perf to date pounce it a He does not record breal f the tax resolution, appropri and is expect the ent other bilis, not the leaders now and adionrn He regards it igricultural Muscle remain sesso irely ’ r - £1 of and rail 0 dispose labor bills, Khoals, settlements on bills, and thout pr that date HERE on between President is another fight and the ante, the the ratification ap reanintion aiming at Secretary Mellon's Aluminum Company of Amer ica, supported by of the Demo the radical Republicans; of the appointment Thomas FF. Woodloek to be a of the Interstate commerce glon, opposed by those who call him a “Coolidge Democrat,” a reactionary and a “Morgan man”; and of the appointment of Wallace MeCamant of Oregon to a federal judgeship It Is predicted that the President will win In the two mentioned matters and probably lose in the last two. questions These are the of the house: prosecution most member 'M EXICO has replied to our govern ment's protest against Its new all parts of the country and to legalize beer and light wines and to tighten the law against spirits, In confiseatory. According information, Secretary to rell able of State Calles will be withdrawn, Ambassador eating, respectively, examination of | the books and activities of the Antlh Saloon league and the Against the * Prohibition Amendment, William H. Stayton, executive head of the association, has announced that the organization Is willing to have its books looked Into if the league Is | ready to reveal its records, and If the | relations broken off If Mexico persists the new laws, Such retroactive con truction would have the effect of con- fiscating, our State department con- not less than half of the £1,000. 000000 of American Investments in Mexico. Great Britain also filled a protest » Interior in Was Wi Jueen ne thou! SNE) (RE (NR) YHICAGO'S of the the is bearing frult ined Sicilia federal gathered In large nun ’ at show ins and sorted more thelr and will ho could not country Dozens of ot} have ers ther local where they The specinlly ried on hi-jackers and {Hlici held lings The police ralds 1 hy a recent dis ities, are mnded up fmported ave heen o active in derons wars oar hy they res; and ponsible for num were are erous brought « that American-born serye on rie for and ing tried 1tthorities visors of immigration declare limit and Ww prepared to go the ton will he slo to not warranis portal ion X1 {ntior pore PITS negot can the Fa Gern Brian Great Britain and Stresem prel to many hoi fn imi March 7 try on the uncili by Brazil or any ans do not object anent will not Poland Ch maker is difficult, Ary come to question taking | ind Germ one to gis in the the seat for ain's role of stand amberi ie profs skew 10 he be ia lleve the permanent council should gel. but the iritish cabh opposed to such action net said to be flatly at this time, holding that it a breach of falth to betrayal of the Locarno p would be Germany and a Hots ROWN PRINCE CAROL of Ru mania seems to have won his fight against Premier Bratiano and the lat. ter’'s brother-in-law, Prince Babu Stri bey, favorite of the queen, and his Bratlano's power is broken and he has while Prince Babu has been forced out of public af- fairs entirely. Carol arrived in Paris week, accompanied by Magda Lupescu, and the official courtesies ac. corded him were significant. He prob. ably will soon retract his renunciation of the throne, go home and become re. gent for his aged and sick father, King Ferdinand, HOUGH one hesitates to help along the publicity campaign of the countess of Catheart, it seems neces. gary to record that, having been al- lowed ten days of liberty In New York on her personal bond, she is now likely to be returned to Ellis Island and thereafter deported to England unless she wins In the habeas corpus proceedings started by her attorneys. The Department of Labor has refused a rehearing of the case, holding that ft Is now within the federal courts, The department would welcome a court interpretation of the "moral tar plitude” provision of the immigration Inw. The defense Is ready to show the offense of the countess is not a erime in South Africa, where she and the enrl of Craven spent a year after thelr elopement, Brwce Morake Vg P= JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN HE By fur send aqua land thie ter is an $ weldom vigits the of In omit to storms winter sumnier goes dred here single oul resorting mother ususlly gue of ter is ususll £ 1 than in herds why the cannot otter: amiliex, rather Now, here i= the United vithout the sean Peter the Great deathbed in 1725, issued Vitus Behrigg, a Dane should Niberin build ships and search for the main land supposed to lie east of Japan The result was that in 1742 Behring's men returned from Alaska with furs of the sea otter, which they had used for and bedding, and ready market at 8200 a pelt. Thence forth the sea otter grounds of the North Pacific were as important to history of States ber on his n decree that in his employ, tor of Russia, Cross Coats ——————— APANESE CLOTHING “The ordinary Japanese costume,” says BE. W. Clement in “A Handbook of Modern Japan” “may consist of a shirt, a loose silk gown fastened at the walst with a «ilk sash, short socks with separate places for the big toes and either straw sandals or wooden clogs. For ceremonial oc easlons, ‘a divided skirt’ and a silk hat adorned with the family crest are used; these are called respectively rd 272 RA EC iorrer: Brog waorlin American march The BETO 1 habitat of Mexico to stew] the se t The extended from the Aleutian | comn Islands. It found in largest num bers off the coasts of 1 por agd Low er Californin on tt including those of t! channel fas After commercialized ing hw the took of bidarkas ! (small skin canoes) on =ailing ships to the hunting grounds, the ship for months plan was to l arigin repro 11 3 ¥ Horsfall Ir body anving {ing by R. Bruce Magazine, has a of the . A from three Francisco by vas also | ing a nine-inch SO to 110 hind feet ext the forefeeot very small f= littie or no neck and the head it feeds crusta possibly tender kel Nature that is includ was suggesting The feet aril | a] a vy i ane const is weal animal four anas common rhara to long Nn > 2 1 an tail, and weighs fro de The fiat the ‘1 orite oar-lik« of the proun hunt Suge flappers =an white man fleets seal : are There i= blunt and on mussels, on natives living at a time, An ave small colonies | growths, from Alaska all| The fur is generally of a deep liver | brown frosted with a scanty growth of long, sllvertipped stiffer hairs, and underlain with a beautiful soft woolly fur which gives the pelt its value. The skin of a mature ani | mal 1s about five feet long and more than two feet wide, The fur is espe cially adaptable to a gilt or golden (dye. In the old days it was thus col jored by the Russians for uge in court in | garments, i ion the other of native along the No fast of the | ceans hunters const and furious w otter and so indiscriminate the slaughter pelt prime the year round--that the diminished | rapidly after 1820 expeditions {took only hundreds of skins where thousands had been the eatch In catch of fifty pelts war the color, ag the pursuit sen itm is trade Later ISOS a | exception { How many marketed skins were ] bakama and haoel. In winter two or | “Apparently not, according to docu. { three padded gowns are added, and | mentary evidence. Practically all the | in all seasons many persons go bare: | advertising I have seen shows very | footed, barelegged and barehédaded. few persons but a child or two here The female garb dees not differ great: [and there and any number of large ily from the male costume except that {and husky ladies dressed in nothing {much I have reached the conclusion [that when the latter are not tolling or strolling on the beach they prob. ably are exercising their muscles by cultivating. the soil or otherwile busy. {Ing themselves with tasks thal would ba done by the men, if there were any there "— Kansas City Star. | the sash is larger and richer and the | gown ix made of lighter fabrics.” The .Adamless Eden “As there are few or no men Florida" began J. Fuller Gloom “No men In Florida?" we astound. edly echoed, in
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