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CURRENT EVENTS
What Senator McKinley's
Defeat in Illinois Repub-
lican Primaries Means.
By EDWARD WwW. PICKARD
I LINOIS Republicans admi t
a severe jolt to the Wor
kK, and the opponents
spondingly elated.
B. McKinley
nomination
WHas an
in the prim:
ght against him was ha
he fact he
membership in the
voted
World ¢
Frank 1
125.000
that
was defeated hy
Dwight by about
Ington
intense interest, and such men as Sen
Idaho and Reed of Mis
essed to i
that
the
voles
was watching the test with
tors Borah of
ouri prof see in the result
other sep
World
retired
Ameri
Though
statement forthcoming
House,
plainly somewha
World
fir re-e
portent
ported
he
would
the act of wiheslor
he repealed. there was no
White
the administration forces were
from the
disconcerted and tl)
court senators who «
lection this vear «id
eal their anxlety Norheck of Nort
Dakota and Ernst Kentucky al
have heen nated, but the
lude mm (Rep.
Broussard
Mass.)
of
read) reno
list also In¢
(‘onn.),
ler (Rep.
Ariz
Inws
lot of
the defeat
one of the str
the
Me
talk
of Senator
to
P'resident Cox
! the
gross
oss of prestige and popularity
lef Executive
ors said if Republic
followed the
there wonld be no lack of
test with Mr ntial
nomination in Chief of these it
wns believed, would be Senator Borah
The politi al
'}
¢
ans of other states
f Ilinois
lead of those in
men to con
Coolidge the presid
1928
SMITH W. BROOKHART was un
5 sented hy the ns
from lowa and his place was given to
raniel F. Steck. wns Immediate
Ivy sworn into office, the first Democrat
to represent Jowa in the senate since
the Civil war, The vote was close
45 to 41 Fifteen Republicans voted
to sent Steck, and nine Democrats and
one Farmer-Labor senator lined up
with the Republicans who stood by
Brookhart. As has been sald in this
column before, It Iz understood that
Brookhart will enter the Republican
primary In June as an opponent of
Senator Cumming for the nomination
sennte senator
who
N AGREEMENT was reached In
the senate to vote on the Itallan
war debt settlement on April 21, and
the administration forces were confi
dent that the house bill approving the
settlement reached by the commis.
tioners would be passed,
The senate passed a house bill to in
Cal, during burning of great oll
Crease pensions of veterans
Philippine
Boxer
and
of SI18.5040.000
Spanist iNsuUrred
the
War,
Jlion and
and
widows dependents in an na
gate annu
ure went to conference
t of differences
hetweon
+ stiel nate
nha senile
nproper
by
losed bed
ormution desired
should not
neon
has heen
COMPROMISE
A the contro
reached in
aver the proposed
prog
Both
army of
VOersy
stent Lakes Atlantic anni
sides have agreed that the
weers spall aurver both To
an route and the St, Ls
+ and report to congr
EN W
men
HOOPER, W
and Na
to the
by the
appointed
wor board Presid
terms will probably be shor
seems certain the Watson-Parker |
abolishing the board will be passed
bs
Rimi)
cial aviation were passed the
One authorizes the
year naval program
sila od
id giv
vere !
Having this to the drs
took charge again,
of the
reglon,
of probn
York, told of the
he Yolstead law as ob
Father Kasaczun, a
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Viola Androws,
officers In New
effects of
priest
anthrae toe
chief
©N i
served by them In their respective ter
ritories : and the Moderation league of
New York offered
tistics and graphs
a huge mass of sta
hen Gen. Lincoln
called to the
admitted
enforcement
under
his opinion
liquor
stand and
that in
of
ques
the the Inws
content were distributed under
He said the sale of such
beer in saloons should not be permit.
a8 a blind for
liquor. Having
“Now, I want to ask you, as a man
nnd a citizen, don’t you think that the
manufacture of liquor in the homes
has a tendency to put the American
home Into direct and Intimate contact
with liquor?
“Of course
drews,
“Is not this” questioned Reed
“bringing millions of families into eon-
tact with the manufacture and deink
ing of liguor; this secrecy, this con
tact with the police-lg not all this ut
terly destructive of the morals of the
home in which this goes on?
It does” replied An
which wns struck by light
stionably, it is seriously in-
admitted the
ronernd
general
which caused elation among
y leaders to
wlll Andrews,
he galleries to their feet
despite the offorts
'awes to maintain
propo
nocify the VYolstead
i th
d the «nln
act
ion
emes to evade the
f onstitut
ind therefore treasonable and tending
mal anarchy
titutional
to legal cngos,
nd
govern
M'
constitute
i! 4 hramNilown of
is
ent
SSOLINI'S «
isit to
Tripoil
interest, The
was
watched great
was given a reception worthy
n emperor and his speeches there
that the p
Roman empire,
'
0 Suggest
an is
new }
an
t ]
form hough
is careful not to intimate that Italy
soe kk to in
Africa.
11+
pedition
is needed
quire any more territ
ory
Correspondents with
geem to
as constal
a valley 800 miles long and
cultivable
with more
ir H If
8
a
Hee
negotiations ahrogatir
of the
German aviation
1g most
» clanses
ricting
ment
Versailles treaty
deve lop-
er.
mitting commercial flying without hin.
and have signed an accord
over both countries,
ATEST reports from China were
Lot the Manchurian troops of Mar-
Chang had broken the of
the national army commanded by
Feng and were about te attack Peking
itself. It seemed likely they would
be in possession of the city.
Marshal Wu Pei-fu, who had been in-
vitedd by the national army leaders to
tnke supreme command at the capi-
lines
of
of
be.
his
take
whatever jit
with
to
army west
advantage
might
ready
situation,
UTHER BURBANK, the world's
<4 most eminent horticulturist and a
great benefdctor of mankind, died at
his California home and his body lies
ant the foot of a cedar of Lebanon In
the garden where he carried on many
of his most notable experiments in the
development of fruits, flowers and
vegetables,
I LOODY Herrin, In Williamson
county, lHlinols, was In the hands
of the state troops again after a re
newanl of the klan warfare at the pri
marles, 8ix men were killed and many
wounded béfore the guardsmen gained
control of the situation, Further fight.
‘ng ou election day was predicted.
MOST OF KASKASKIA |
¥
Ilinoi. First Capital Rapidly |
Disappearing. |
Il fulfilliient
Indian the
seippl river, lapping aw;
most of of old |
Ilinois' first capltal--have
the hope of the Hiineis State
In
curse
Knskusi da,
a legendary
of the Mi
the site kaskin |
traved
Histor
there,
tle
leal societ
With
of placing a marker
preetleally all of an
Of
the ent
fireeis
rippling
Waters,
mark
of all
ghenles
yearly
I
The historical
10
ferritory
and the Rockies,
roxas smal
gleuring
building
and
In
it that a
fulfilled
its
leg
Nitunted
been on
the mouth of
peninsula at
nak is river
Missi
tance i
181 hen
History of the Curse
of
Sets Indian Adrift
LARGE AS BABYLON
Discovered by Scientists in
Ancient Kish,
tor of
Chicago BC
Field
the
Pravies fire
the museuin, received a
Fieid
who
in
report
from cientists of his mu
seum and Oxford ure
the
HDIYEers 15
unearthing temples
vast ruins of the
With
Stephen
Father of 13 Pups
Cares for Six
Yors here
he to foed on
Houston
$1
are
163
is ¢ mother must
bur
father, it happens,
Rip Van Winkies who is
plenty of
who will never lift a
uen
those
to
others, but
ns of
hand
IRRIIMe the burd
to help in his own home,
While Peggy, purebred
German police dog and proud mother
of the 13, is guarding and feeding the
puppies Honston her
prodigal mate, Lightnin’, is “mother
ng” six two-monti kittens up
the One Hundred and Fourth field ar.
tillery armory at Rixty-eighth
and Broadway.
Lightuin®, the father, is the much
prized mascot of the One Hundred and
Fourth field artillery, He is
uled to appear in the films some time
Palisade
down on sireet,
old at
treet
sched
a —
Duty, Now in Good Health
Danvers, Mass ~Though rejected
as a volunteer with the Union forces
the Civil war because physicians
said he was “not strong enough,” 8, |
Janzaniah C. Plerce recently entered
upon his one hundred and fourth year
with cheery good health and un ac
tive interest In the changed world
Impaired hearing and sight keeps
him in the house of his daughter,
Mrs. Leland J. Ross, but he is up
and about every day and enjoys hav.
ing newspapers read to him. His
father wes 28 veteran of the War of
1812.
Once Pirate's
of
Haunt
f
the
named for
was overlooked, The
exploits of Gasparilla along the Flor
ida coast played an Important role in
history of the state. It is
the favorite
stronghold of Gas
ars purposes
the island had been
pirate Gasparilia
the romantic
the
treasure-hiding
«aid that island was
parila
The reservation ig well Iwlow the
frost line and climatic
conditions prevail throughout the year
the base of opera
Indian war of 1825
important military
Everglades
semi-tropical
Thix section was
the
was
tions during
1842 and
center during
paign,
an
the cam
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Sir Oliver Lodge Claims
Radio Problem Is Solved
London.—The Evening Standard
says that, after three years of re
search, Sir Oliver Lodge, the eminent
scientist, has solved the problem of
the wireless “howler” or oscillator,
which has baffled experts throughout
the worid,
Briefly, the paper says, the discov-
ery will insure perfect reception
without aerial tuning, thus avolding
the use of reaction (regeneration).
It will not add to the cost of new sets,
but will mean the alteration of ex.
isting receivers,
Sir Oliver expects to publish the
results of his activities soon,
HAVE WOMEN CHIEFS
| Other Financial Jobs Held
by Feminine Aids.
York
Bankers Took Action
Tailor-made Costumes
Among Dog's Necessities
New Yori ir if a arg d
morn
other “necoessifie
and
Francie, his mistress said
drank, but
in a mild
ican bootleg
Francie
She
liquor
Amer
offensive
appreciated good
iighball at tea
however, is
time
to
& fasle
and Mr
the
Williams had
annual
she
four dogs
of which was S23.000 a year
Mre, Willinms explained that
uring the
always
said
other EXPOS
in fig
annual expenses of her dogs
she included the money she
for travel, hotel ac
food and wardrobes
spent on them
commodations,
University of California
Owns Maximilian’s Library
Berkeley, Cal-—~The library of the
University of California contains 5,000
volumes once the property of Em
peror Maximilian, archduke of Aus
trina, who ruled In Mexico City from
1864 to 1867. Students are permit.
ted to take these rare books out of
the building and the general public
has the privilege of reading them on
the campus.
After Maximillan's death, the 1
brary reached the hands of Don Jose
Maria Andrade, a famous collector,
At an auction in Leipzig, Germany, In
1860, Hubert Howe Bancroft, the his
torian, purchased them and in 1001
the entire Bancroft libracy came inte
the possession of the University,