iil] 1—Bibb adelphia. Graves, Marie” float “Queen in annual Mummers’ parade in Phil. at his fourth inauguration. NEWS REVIEW OF Senate Ready to Exclude Mr. Smith of Illinois— Navy Controversy. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ® RANK lL. SMITH, senator-designate from Illinois, will not be permit- ted to take his seat in the United States senate if the plan agreed upon by apparently a great majority of the senators is carried out. When and if he presents his credentials, they are to be referred to the committee on privileges and elections, and whatever may be the report of that committee on his qualifications, it seems certain that he will ‘be excluded on the ground that he is disqualified for an office of public trust 'by ‘his acceptance of money from the public utility mag- nates, whose properties were subject to the regulation of the Tlineis com- merce commission, of which he at the time was chairman, This program was adopted after the senate had beard a long speech from McKellar of Tennessee, Demoerat vehemently demanding the exclusior of Smith, Borah, Deneen and som others indicated an intentiom eof con tending that Smith sheuld be permit ted to take the oath pending the In vestigation of his qualifications. This would permit him 40 defend himself before the senate, and It was sald he wins prepared to do this partly by teliing the sources of Republican eam paign funds in 1924 and arguing that he is no mere disqualified for publi office than is President Coolidge. ONGRESSIONAL advoeates of » bigger navy continued their efforts toward that end during the week, bu! the President stood so firmly on hi: platform of economy that their ulti mate defeat was predicted. The: thought Mr. Coolidge had been forced to modify his program when Repre sentative Tilson, Republican flon leader, introduced an amendment to the pending naval supply bill for an appropriation for the construction of the three unbuflt light eruisers author ized in 1924. But the President im- mediately wrote a letter to Repre- sentative French declaring that his attitude advising against any con- struction other than the completion of the five 1924 cruisers now under way, pending the outcome of negotia- tions for another limitation of arma- ment conference, remains unchanged. Representative Britten of [llinols, who had introduced an amendment for the elevation of turret gung on 11 battle. ships, thought the President was too optimistic about that conference. Another amendment, providing for the construction of a new dirigible, was adopted. Of almost equal Importance In the matter of national defense was the Inquiry into the general state of the army begun by the house military af. fairs committee. Among the first wit. nesses heard were Secretary of War Davis and Ma). Gen. Fox Conner, dep- uty chief of staff. They told the com- mittee that the budget bureau's cuts in the appropriations asked by the War department would make neces gary a reduction of 4908 in the army personnel, which already is 8.000 be- low the average strength of the last four years, In the senate the demands of the “big navy” men were volced by Sena- tor Johnson of California, who de clared it the Leighth of folly to crip- ple our first line of defense at a time when our war creditors are hating us and all the world is envying our pros perity. Senator Hale of Maine, chair. man of the naval affairs committee and an administration supporter In most things, followed with a speech In favor of bullding the American navy In all classes of ships up to the 5.53 ratio established by the Washington conference, ETS In both the senate and the house opened up a vigorous at. tack on the policy of the federal gov- ernment which permits the use of deadly polsons In the denaturing of al cohol as a part of the enforcement of the prohibition law, They had a long Ust of deaths laid to the drinking of Ea poisoned liquor during the holidays, and their denunciations were fierce. | The senate adopted a resolution intro- | duced by Edwards of New Jersey call- ing upon Secretary of the Treasury | Mellon to produce whatever spondence may have passed between the Treasury department and Wayne | B. Wheeler, general counsel of the | Anti-Saloon league, in connection with the poisoning of industrial alco- hol to make it unfit for beverage pur poses. Several members of the house introduced resolutions and other meas. ures dealing with the use of poisonous | denaturants. Mr, Celler of New York raised a storm by asserting that con- | gressmen drink to excess and refused to retract though others declared the assertion was “an utter falsehood.” Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, who fought the bootleggers and grafters of Philadelphia for many months, to have changed his mind about pro- hibition. In an address in Oakland, | Calif., the commander of marines on | the Pacific coast denounced the eighteenth amendment as class legis lation, saying It reacted against the | poor man and favored the rich one Its principal demerit, he indicated, Is | the manner in which enforcement has | grown. out of ft. Corre. seems ATTERS between Cantonese | forces and the British approached i real crisis last week when a mob of | Chinese at Hankow, Infuriated by anti attacked the Brit. sh concession, took possession of pub. lie tmildings, hoisted the revolutionary | flag and foreed the foreign business | houses to close. The British residents fled to the French and Japanese con- essions and all the British women and | hildren in Hankow, Kiuglang and | chang were removed by vessels, most | f them being taken te Shanghal. The Cantonese officials were appealed to by the British consul and the inade- | quate British forces there were with- drawn, control of the area being sur rendered to the nationalist command. or. The British government ordered | aval reinforcements from Hongkong, nd American and French naval forces | were held ready to land If the neces sity arose. The hostility of the na- | tives in the Yangtse valley so far is | lirected almost wholly against the | British, OR the first time since their with- drawal In August, 1025, the Amer. fean marines are in Managua, Nicara- gua, together with some American sallors—1686 In all—commanded by Capt. Julius C. Townsend of the navy. Landing from the U, 8. 8. Galveston at Corinto, the party went to the cap ital by train and was warmly wel comed by the Nicaraguan national guard and the officlals of the Diaz government. It was sent to Managua ostensibly to guard the American lega- tion and on the recommendation of Admiral Latimer, who Is maintaining the neutral zone he established along the eastern coast of Nicaragua. Ac tually one of the important factors prompting this action by the Washing ton government is the determination to protect the proposed canal route across Nicaragua, for which the United States paid $3,000,000, and also to protect our leased maval base on the Gulf of Fonseca. Support of the Diaz government is a part of this pol fey. Fully as important as the land | Ing of the marines was the decision | of President Coolidge to lift the em. | bargo on the shipment of arms and to | permit Diaz to get the 1,000 rifles, 160 | machine guns and several million rounds of ammunition which he pur chased In the United States. This was not pleasing to Senator Borah, who de. clared that under existing conditions it was intervention. The foreign re. Iantions committee of the senate, which has before It a resolution by Senator Wheeler calling for immediate with- drawal of American naval forces from Nicaragua, decided to ask Secretary Kellogg to explain to It this week the entire Nicaraguan situation. RESIDENT CALLES of Mexico has begun the enforcement of the pe- troleum law, Involving the prosecu- tion of the foreign oil companies op erating on lands to which they have, under that law, no legal right, having failed to apply for concessions con. firming their titles. The lands will be forfeited to the government. It Is ex: pected that the oll companies will seek injunctions against the dispos session proceedings. Automatically the dispute between them and the Mexi can government will thus be thrown into the Supreme court. There It may for many months, if for Meanwhile, if they oll from the properties they egally, they face federal for indemnification. wage not years, extract continue to WO Important manifestoes anated from Premier Italy Inst week. In one ders the prefects of all suppress ruthl all violence by Fas especially em Mussolini the provinces to duce or fllegalisin and when lessly ists, of foreign nations. Particularly Mussolini referred to word coined recently in Italy to de- scribe the act of “squadristl” or little bands of Fascist strong-arm men, who, while Important In the days Im mediately preceding the establishment of the Fascist regime, have now lived their usefulness At the same nounced that Fascism meant the Itallan state, through cabinet, further fascistized the state by extending to all employees of the public administration the law viding for the dismissal of employees hitherto applicable to the central po out time the duce an henceforth and, pro departments GEN. R AF AEL CRAME, chief Be of the Ph died a few dnvs ago lippine constabulary, , and another cessor 1s due between Wood and the Phil under the leadership of con his su« Manuel certain that General an American for the post, says the senate will not appointment of an American. Crame, who was appointed by Gen. Francis Burton Harrison, was of Spanish-Filipino descent, He was considered fairly efficient as chief, but the organization, which is thor oughly Philippinized except for about field officers. is ad the standard set officers head Quezon It is regarded as Wood will name and Quezon confirm the General former Gov, not up to when American army Rresident., the Lawrence river N A report to the United States St commission advocated the Immediate construction of the St, Lawrence ship way as a measure of transportation relief for the Middle West. The con clusions of the commission are thus summarized : “First: The construction of the ship way from the Great Lakes to the sea area in the Interior of the continent. “Second: The shipway constructed on the St. Lawrence route, provided sultable agreement can be made for its Joint undertaking with the Dominion of Canada. “Third: The development of power resources of the St agencies, “Fourth: Negotiations should be entered Into with Canada In an en deavor to arrive at agreement upon all these subjects. In such negotia- tions the United States should recog: nize the proper relations-of New York to the power development in the in ternational section.” Senator Shipstead of Minnesota in. the President to enter into the necessary negotiations with Canada. It was in dicated at the White House that Pres ident Coolidge regards the reports favoring the St. Lawrence project nas representing the judgment of the best experts available, but that he has not yet given his own indorsement. service London was put In operation on Fri day. The first communication was an formal one between Walter 8. Gifford president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, and Sir G Evelyn P. Murray, secretary of the British general post office. After that the “line” was thrown open for gen: that, for applications had been com ing In for many days. OUTHERN California started in the New Year with a series of 00 severe earthquakes that, while killing no one, did a lot of damage In the Imperial valley. The effects of the temblors was felt also In northers Mexico. The heaviest losses were In Calexico and its sister town Mexioall across the border, | Factors Fixing Price of Hogs plies Are Among Domi: nant Influences. Higtes Department ured United of Agricu’t Financia} returns depend to a considera how wel! they adjust production to the the product, declares the of Agriculture as a result of a of the factors that affect hog The dominant Inf in the market, the are supply of hogs and ex pected to arrive on the market within the next few months, the hog produets In storage price level, general tions, the products, The and nbroad ordinarily hog producers ble extent the volume demand Hoh prices, fiences the BAavVs department, on the market quantity of the genern! business cond of levels and prices af de both Im onl genernl here brut Hre portant, slowly, change Hog-Price Cycle. “hog-price eycle” was The found hy so-called the the tendency of hog ghoot the mark in tion the relation In corn prices too much able. This ex the departr ‘umulation ing the int creased hreedir department to be due t rs to over produ« hog price and it wag unfave produce increasing of favorable, when Wis reduce wher cessive reaction, savs nent, resulted from the ne of production changes dui reduced or In mar erval before 1g began to offset ket receipts and prices Coupling the corn-hog ratio, It ing what changes were likely in breeding, with cating changes In the weigit idieat- ather of bh CONSUMErs, that Oogs the demands of the department forecasts belle of eves very good the war, however, conditions formula hing not ory results, Information Frcm Surveys, The department believes that plg surveys the market with a8 to prospective sup available before the World war, while the agricultural outlook reports of the department and mathematical such satisfact given have much better provided information plies than similar change farmers’ reactions Full detalls of the study published in Department 1440-D, en “Facters Affec Price of Hogs” which obtained from Agriculture, W have been Bulletin itled ting copies of may he ashi ngton, D.C Diseases of Lambs Are Discussed in Bulletin With the increase in the lamb feed made their appearance, and in years losses have been ex the winter feeding season ig in force a bulletin published by the Colo rado experiment station of Colorado Feeding lambs” particularly timely This bulletin is prepared for feeder, to whom it will furnish able Information. It will also veterinarians who practice In feeding districts and feeder will naturally and counsel. some TeRKIVe, ¥ aon becomes the valu. serve lamb whom the turn for advice fo loss In lambs on winter feed It deals briefly with the following: Hemor- rhagic septicemia, paratyphoid dysen- tery, coccldial dysentery, sore mouth, indigestion, pneumonia, and scab, ticks others. Vital Plant Foods Lost When Straw Is Burned Some small grain farmers still burn their straw stacks apparently una- Clean straw should be used for bed- ding whenever possible. It may thus add to the comfort of farm animals and later replenish the soil by Its re. ized that more straw is produced on many farms than can be used for this Where a large surplus of sirable to scatter It over the land, Sometimes soll moisture is a limiting factor and means that the straw would remain in the soil for a long time unrotted. A good practice would be to leave the straw stack to rot and later haul the residue to the land as manure. It takes a year or more for the straw to rot, depending on the rainfall, The stack should be tocated where it will not seriously in. terfere with cultural operations, FARM NOTE Bring in all the farm machinery and store it . » Good foundations under buildings are one of the most important things about buildings. . 0» Keep plenty of fresh water before the fattening hogs. Slop will not an. swer the purpose, .« The man who departs from the beat. en track of a good balanced ration pays for it sooner or later, . A movable Stover house with a conl stove In It Is an economical means of raising a large number of ahicks at one time, Growers Warned to Grades Being Set. {Prepared by the United Biates Department of Agriculiume.) mny be sustained this unless dam aged corn Is culled from market ship ments, the Department of Agriculture says in a warning to producers, The o¢frn crop. of Minne and Ohio, lOSKeS Heavy «corn by RrOWEers Year especially sections Indiana sota, lowa, contain damaged ears, of producers grain unts will be accord ing te dealers and reports grain inspection records assured less shipments are free {rom corn, the department Damaged ears in result in uiseo un damaged BHEVE the low gra when des beine as ter by Ii % pointed corn shelled corn markets when it reache and is pectors, it wa graded ain ins Low-grade corn takes a discount in price in approximate proportion to To prevent murket discounts helled corn contains ds Orn pre dueers ane ury at the tlme corn is busked In field, when it is put into cribs, or when it btain best results, the should be removed at three operations. the damaged ears be- the corn is shelled, says the de partment, the remainder of the corn can be stored with less danger of be damaged, and such corn gen erally will grade higher by one or more grades, and sell more readily fit a higher price by several cents per bushel, The damaged ears, while worthless on the market fairly good feed on the led. To « damaged ears af these By removing make Feed for Producing Milk Clover, alfalfa and make far better hay and produce better milk Hayden, , Ohio experi questions coming other le: for ds SUMes best of than chief ushe tion Yet department dally farmers ndry to his that miik stover fact their the feed hay and from reveal still cows timothy The milk hay or stover and dry gr Mr. Havden o« is not as valuable from cows fed bright legume hay 1f timothy must be grown big it | if cut appear corn cows fed timothy low in 18. and as that nins Is nting for ctilidren Yery soon aile If no clover or alfalfa next tutes are hay and oats and ed together as soon as the be prepared and the is coming on best subst) field peas are for use winter, the soy bean or The peas onts weed ground can soy beans are Value of Lime Learned by Progressive Farmers We cannot grow legumes fully without the use of lime, SUCCPSE and we great extent without legumes Fur thermore, legume crops, besides draw ® in solis for the benefit of other crops, and supplying organic matter which Is necessary to enrich the land, the very best feed for live stock. It is an old saying that “a limestone country is a rich country.” It is al clover and the grasses and fine cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. But any soil plications of pulverized limestone, and for this reason the use of lime i= on the increase In all lime-lean sections where progressive farmers have learned something of its value. Ohio Flocks Increased Egg Production in 1926 | The average production of the poul- increased from 07 poultry year, Flock owners co-operating In ords. Specialists from the university help the owners to keep their flocks in best possible condition, These flocks gerve as practical demonstrations of what proper methods and care will do. Demonstration flocks are expected to double the state average per hen this year, each, averaged 138 eggs each, William Pitt’ 8S Advice to Plant Trees Was Fit The Aurora (Ill) Deacon News says William Penn advised the colonists to plant trees in one acre in every five. When he sald It the country was woods and not much else, and Penn's advice sounded foolish. But today we have 81,000,000 acres of idle land in the United States, most of it east of the Mississippl river, and are confronted with a shortage in tim ber. The center of the lumber Industry today is In the Rocky mountain coun try. Forsthe eastern stgtes that means big freight bills, It Is not too late, even now, to take Penn's advice. We need trees, “Mother, we're hungry. Give us some Monarch Cocoa and Teenie Weenie Peanut Butter sandwiches.” Thou- sands of mothers are ready to respond to this call when the kiddies come home from sports that whet the appetite. Every genuine Meoensrch package bears the Lion Head, the olden trademark in the United States cov. ering 8 complete line of the world's finest food prod. ucts ~~ Coffee, Tes, Cocoa, Catsup, Pickles, Peanut Butter, Canned Fruits and Vegeta. bles, and other su. perior table spe- cialties. 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