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!
.