nurse in the United States army. that women were, as usual, doing and Alanson B. Houghton, United President Coolidge on the coming arms i NEWS REVIEW OF | URRENT EVENTS, Germany's Election to the League of Nations Is Postponed. By EDWARD W. PICKARD HE League of Nations assembly on March 17 voted to adjourn the | question of Germany's election to the league until the September The vote came after announcement by | Afranio Mello Franco, Brazilian repre. | sentative, that the decision of his country not to vote a permanent coun cll seat for Germany unless Brazil was | given one at the same time, was irre- | vocable., Then Sir Austen Chamber lain gave notice that it would be possible for him to propose the admis sion of Germany the at this time. He concluded a long speech | by expressing the conviction that the September would great nation, Germany, rightful place within Nations.” As a of this profound disappointment wishers for the League throughout Europe down of the called to ship. In an- agreement at tending toward general peace and security Is regarded as indefinitely deferred, fears are that arise political recriminations in domestic politics which may the difficulties. Such heen strongly where the making every session, | i: iI | into league assembly see “that | assun her the e League result of Nations the the to over break- | session of lengue member of elect Germany some countries the hope (Geneva expressed there BG recriminations already manifested In anti-government effort bring the political downfall of Sir Chamberlain, the foreign nr who, with Premier Briand of Fran is declared to the author of Geneva collapse Chamberlain's sion will be discussed next week in house of con and a sure may be moved against him such a case the present indicat that he would be saved conservative majority. There some reports, apparently based speculation, that he will forestall attack by resigning. It remains to be seen whether Pre mier Briand can Inject his optimism regarding the future of the league into his countrymen from | France reflect the disappointment over i the fallure at Geneva as are expressed | elsewhere Briand : difficult task of restoring the financial gituation of his country to normal With the failure of the league to elect | Germany to membership, his “secur ity” ambition falled of accomplish. ment, as the Locarno pact cannot be. come effective until Germany is leagne member, Chancellor Luther and Foregin Min faster Stresemann of Germany must face parliamentary fire, particularly on the part of the Communists ana Nationalists, who will endeavor to un- seat them. press about Austen ret: to Sec be the HMons, vote of ions the are by big are on an | Dispatches must resume his ai HE Prince of Wales and Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister, fig- ured in a “bombing™ scare on St. Pat. rick’'s day which still is a source of mystery. While the prince was attend. fing the St. Patrick's day banquet of the Irish club in London someone in a passing tax! threw into the entrance of the restaurant where the dinner was held a cardboard box from which ncetylene fumes were escaping. An examination showed the contents in- cluded among other things molstened ealeium carbide and a piece of tarred rope. No damage was done, A similar “bomb” which blazed | fiercely and emitted clouds of smoke | was flung from the gallery of the Hotel | Cecil where Mr, Baldwin was attend. | ing a St. Patrick's day banquet. It fell on the table not far from Mr. Bald. win. rolled on the floor, and set fire | to the carpet. Consternation was | caused among the guests, A woman | at a table near Mr. Baldwin fainted | and was carried out. The prime min. | ister, however, remained calm and the | fireworks and burning carpet were soon extinguished. There was nothing to show whether the missiles were mischievous pranks, lot of the paying. 8 parley. or the manifestation of anger by per sons with grievances or a political pro test of Irish against their countrymen's hobnobbing with British royalty and British min isters. some ENATOR (Rep., Town) will lose the upper house in favor of his Demo- his seat elections committee upholds by a majority of 1420 votes It was being Senator Caraway (Dem. Ark). unanimous, the other Senator Ermst (Rep, chairman of the full mittee and the subcommittee ; (Rep., Ind), and members Ky.) elections who com Senator that Steck Is entitled to subcommittees took the intent of the voters r. 1024, election should In holding the seat the the Iowa election author! out hundreds marked by »( make to at Democratic = hrew 0 were ties t which ! Arrows it vote clear for the st: were desighe to the voters desired idge and the Arrows of this sort (‘ool for nominee peared In newspaper ballots, and many being aware that such their aC tion might Invalidate voles ropled the marked ballots, arrows and all Renator Brookhart Is one of the forr members of the La Follette gr out of the party by action of the ir i i 0 oup read Re £ un the Ken. publican senate he he primaries as a candidate agai (Rep., Towa) and that he will caucus, free t $ sented will be enter nat it is make ator Cummins regarded as certain the race, HE ers United States and other DOW ultimatum to block. ended delivered an } (‘hinese factions demanding that of Tientsin be » of the port all impediments to harbor and traffic m, proto ol be uit the removed The of to maty signatories signed by f 1901, handed az w commanders of the forts at HE {('hinese vessel outside of The United Japan and Italy have a dozen ] States, Great or The pro- more in these waters tocol of 1901 made stipulation concern- the disarmament of forts ing a The blockade to Peking from the recently resulted In Chinese firing upon two Japanese destroyers and troops ACCrRs i] FE VIDENCE that the law has not yet 4 caught up with the radlo is shown by a peculiar case of “radio slander” that has occurred In Chicago. State's Attorney Robert E town cabaret. the station's announcer tell the world that Mr. Crowe and some of friends at that moment were sented enjoying the entertainment, Mr. Crowe ordered the arrest of the announcer, who was held In jall for i mission of five members to co-operate Hoover In keeping or- ing and past Secretary der In the alr, where brondenst of in wireless the The of confusion, bill provides for the issuance and ators’ licenses by the secretary of com Opposition to it centered the contentlons bers that no machinery was provided would Insure against radio monopoly and that It gave the secre- tary too much power. Only one major amendment added to the committee draft of bill. This change, proposed by sentative Davis (Dem. Tenn.), giation oper- merce, of some mem was the out the power to remit ’ tions, The five members of the five established zones to be { ' have th right to appeal to the trict of Columbia Court of It was stipulated that the should power to close tion during war have any st “or other emergency.” U NDER a suspension of t hotly by a HOUY he minor rules, contested of 311 group, the house passed the Porter b of £10.000.00x) of for appropriation purchase or construction and ign capitals. terms of the approved by the budget burenn and the State expenditure of the en consular b fore Under the was ihassy ulidings bhiil, is flpnt President, ment, money will under the direction commission, which will Include three members of the house and rep resentatives of the State department. The is designed to permit the con nitration In one building of all gov. years, 1 TREN eo n capital | ANUFACTURER West were rallying { In in the for Middle a A Will, pending in congress the bill would have the practical effect of preventing permanently the inter commerce commission from re g its ruling against establish. ment of cheaper rail rates on certain commodities from Middle West points Pacific coast cities Mid-West shippers take the position that without the cheaper “long haul” rates they cannot hope to compete with their rivals on the Atlantic sea- board on account of low rate water transportation via the Panama canal Manufacturers say Important Indus ginte gcindin nore favorable locations adjacent to water routes, Refusal of the commis slon to grant the request of industrial leaders of this section and of the trans. continental railroads, that the through rates be lowered, spurred to a greater activity opponents of the Gooding bill. Many belleve the commission's ruling may weaken opposition to the bill in Congress, ECOND LIEUT. JOHN 8 THOMP- of the United States army wae hanged for the murder of his charged with disorderly conduct. intervening time trying to find some more serious charge to place against the prisoner, but there were none, The Mr. Crowe him. of listeners that Mr, Crowe was hav- ing a night out, published a hasdblll to the same effect, he could have been charged with the erime of llbel, The law makes that printed word. To defame a man by word of month Is slander and no crime ; to defame him by means of the printed word may be criminal libel, Prosecution of the case® against five and the decision of the court may set an important precedent in bringing the Inws of slander and libel up to date in this radio ange. ANOTHER important event In the radio world was the passage in the hogse of representatives by a vole of 218 to 124 of the White bill de signed to create a federal radio com- sald he could not live without or marry because of his Insufficient sal ary. He was the first American officer to be executed In peace time. Thompson killed Miss Audrey Bure ligh at Manila In the early morning of April 5, 1025. She was thé step daughter of Capt. Hamilton P. Calmes, medical corps, and they were engaged to be married. HE annual circus season this year will lack one of its greatest thrills for the children, according to word coming from headquarters of the big The circus parade, it has been de cided by showmen there, Is to be aban donned. The high-priced performers, especially the Europeans, will not pa- rade. The big clreuses now visit only the larger cities, It Is explained, and noonday traffic problems and the grow- ing distance of the circus lot from the railroad make the parade physically impossible, Ten years ago there were 20 cir cnses with trains of ten or more rafls rond cnre. Now there are only a dogen, but these have expanded until the largest ¢ircus in the country trav. els with 1,500 persons, and the smaller ones carry about 600. § i $ i { y - Sd Easter is of the had been what me 1 ¢ of HE the But or date fixed bs Pussover Pass Lime occurrence if there no Oy re ible { for Resurrection could have been selected memorating the dead, die shall the ure when to life Hye again? season nature app COmes ‘If lie plaintive | from the | the universal hope doubt The the Resurrection If the for tion to what date could that of foliage again? “If a wm been the mankind CRPresses has nterrogation of earliest th It with doubt ix He shall the arbitrarily ral date recurrent celebra were he selected, have been fitt er than the the grass, the growing of draping the trees, the bloom - Moravian Easter Eggs Have Real Artistic Worth Most Intricate Designs With Are Painted Patience and Skill. are especially ess of decoration garding the application i in each hemian of eastern woman who number of generally, herself on OWT SER" in o hier the $3 fire very ancient i 1 f teed found in leaf petal bird feathers, the ool all long since small into stars weroll There alized flenre figures are geometric ie patterns gimy ginning peasants themselves from her and Bine, vel and red are the principal hues, though black with distinctive effect and bright. made in ' from dyes prepared vegetable sources low used The Color Process. The method of putting the color the jx somewhat like the process of ba old first of washes milk where Using an with * i= on It tik all to egg is quite complicated peasant woman the eggs in warme them by the has put some wax to meit instrument like a wooden pencil a tiny metal tube at the end, "* she picks up the melted wax and care sour fire she - i i i i i the egg. varying the design on each. If the egre are merely to be dyed red, they are left some time the dye, and then put in boiling which takes off the wax, and the white background of the egg shell in its place, so that we now have an red egg with a white pattern. another color is to be used, the is left on after the egg comes of the first dye and additional in water, wax out wax ever pattern is to appear in red; then the egg i= laid in the new dye, black for Instance, When thoroughly overlaid the egg. boiling water takes off all the wax and we have a black egg with a red and white pattern.” By postponing the nse of the boiling water and drawing more patterns in wax, the number of colors may be increased, An Easter Legend. There i a quaint and curiously touching legend in these eastern coun tries that explaing the decoration of eggs at Easter, It has the same simple directness asx the patterns on the egg themselyes, The story is told that while Jesus was being tortured on the cross, Mary went through the crowd «/ persecutors trying to bribe them with a basket of eggs. Being unsuccessful, in her despair, she placed the eges at the foot of the cross where they were stained with blood from the wounds of Jesus, When he saw this, accord: ing to the old story, he sald to his apostles who were standing nedr: ww i or ¢ ing ol birds? is ian live nn faith It ix pessimisn m-~onuly hil world Inspiring that shall sain the antidote for the occasion rising ns ih As It intimately ated with all that Is life, Mr, Raymond Fosdick other that Tut-Ankh sloicism in @ » lent i y best the (day the LiIiose sounds | pect it permented ethics, a preservative, unknown te » eivilizations cern only the historian 5 2 From thi "ry § my «orucifizion ve today EGG SEEMED TYPICAL nile AD HED og AERA and Impressive in Latin Lands Easter Observan Seem Quaint to Us— Pilgrims Gather at Jerusalem. Ces or B AY peal to All Faiths. world In elaborateness Easter ave been an al 3 radi tional! egg rolling on the White Ho Easter Monday CER h offic given nowt inl recognition by the t 1 grounds every When the curious person desires to CRE of Resurrection day and who started ool eggs and why, he conflicting testimony A spring festival was celebrated by pagans long before Christianity. his curiosity as to how the connected with observance the BOON en- counters Pagan Easter Ceremony. over at this season. The name Easter is derived from that of a Nordic god- dess. Most of the early converts to customs doubtless SOUrces, Easter the Holy aborate and is in Priestine places, that the mx church, are particul jut among the holy Impressive celebration arly, el impressive it st! td of Easter ~ curs From every part of the world, the holy thousands of pilgrims assembl ! hols On Monday o week Igrimage to the { Jordan takes place, i of the | and almost ¢ at gepulchre f the j River and some 30.0000 faithful, of every nationality, the at Jordan ford, { dipping themselves thrice in honor of | the Trinity, and filling bottles, pans { and other receptacles with the mi | raculous waters, Often ragged and footsore, the pil grime visit the holy places—the Chapel the Ascension, where be levers may see the rock with the footprint of Jesus: the Garden of Gethsemane: the Grotto of Agony, where Judas kissed the Lord. Up the Via Dolorosa, with its fourteen sta tions each commemorating some act of Christ, the pillgrimg crowd to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where they jostle each other to kiss the un | dulation in the stone wall made by | the shoulder of Jesus as he fell from the cross. Afterward this vast army {of Armenians, Russians, Poles, Turks, Jews, Syrians, Europeans, and Ameri | cans, too, sometimes elbow each other in their eagerness to purchase the holy relics vended by fakirs in the | market places. —Grit, every creed, splash in | consecrated waters of sterility of wintgr, the egg furnished a splendid symbol of renascent life, Scholars have traced the custom of giving eggs back to the times of the Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks, flomans and others, To all of these peoples the egg was an obvious sym- bol of life. Indications have also been found that the custom of dyeing and stain ing exes at thix season is very ancient. Among the Persians the egg was the emblem of the mundane egg, the earth, for which Ormudz, the god of light, and Ahriman, the god of dark ness, were contending. % ay The Joy of Easter In the gray of the early morning, while yet the city siept, And only the old bell.ringer hic watch in the churchtower kept, On a sudden the chimes of Easter fel! like a silver rain, And the rills of mellow rusic laved weary heart and brain. “Awake, for the Lord is risen!” they sang. “The night is o'er. From the graves of sin ¢r sorrow arise, rejoice, adore! .
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