Wiley took
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Section of Pittsburgh
Shattered by Explosion
of Gas Tanks.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
AREE huge storage tunks of the
Equitable Gas company in
surgh blew up and an entire section
of the city, at the point
Allegheny flows into the
was wrecked. The total number of
fives lost may never be known, but {t
probably was forty or more; hun
ireds of persons were injured. In the
‘mmediate vicinity of the gas wks
many large industrial bulldi
iotally ruined, as were a n
enements where women and
were among the victims.
of the explosion was felt throughout
the city and nearly all the glass In
the downtown section was smashed
Cause of the disaster was found in
the blunder of some one who ordered
workmen to repair the largest of the
three tanks while it was partly
with gas. One man was using a
torch when the huge basin, which
stood 75 feet above the ground,
blown apart and a great of
flame shot a thousand feet upward
A second tank holding 4.000000 cubic
feet of gas and situated about 200 feet
away was crushed in, its contents ie
alted. and a second mighty blaze
up. A third tank, ha
feet distant, of 500.000 cubic fee
paeity and partly filled
asunder by the force of expl
and its contents added the
sath of flame that could be seen
m 3.
1oden the Colorado coal mi
strike deemed to be slowly wan-
ing, the prospects for bloody lighting
increased last! week. After
days of 'intermpittent picketing
Columbine ming, the only coal prop-
srty still opergting in the northern
Colorado fields] its owners
Gov. W. #. Adams that the
would be shot they set foot on the
Is
tts
where the
Ohio river,
The force
filled
blow
Wis
sheet
went
several
was
“4
Lhe
to
several
at the
informed
pickets
and the gunners “lind orders to shoot
any trespassers. A large band of
pickets led by a woman were turned
Yack Wednesday by these warlike
preparations. Meanwhile the I. W.
W., through their official paper, were
calling for “all footloose rebels” in the
country to flock to Colorado to aid
the strikers,
Officers in charge of state police
vent an appeal to the governor for
fifty more men to meet any. contin
gency. The situation was described
as “acute”. by Willlam H. Young, a
member of the state indusirial com
mission.
Gov. John 8. Fisher of Pennsylvania
told representatives of the executive
couneil of the American Federation
of Labor that he would investigate
sharges they laid before him of the
usurpation of power by coal and iron
police and of partiality by state police
in the strike district of the bituminous
coal region. The committee which
ronferred with Governor Fisher made
arrangements to see President Cool.
idge at the White House to discuss
conditions in the bituminous fields of
western Pennsylvania,
OL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
was the central figure in a re
markable * gathering of aviators in
Washington. The men, and one wom:
an, who have distinguished themselves
by overseas alr flights were enter
tained at luncheon by the President
and then went to the Auditorium
where before an audience of 6,000
“Lindy” received from the hands of
Mr. Coolidge the Hubbard gold raedol
of the National Geographic society, a
trophy that has been presented to only
seven other men. Justices of the Sun
preme court, members of the cabinet,
of the diplomatic. corps, and of con-
gress were In attendance, all joining
in the cheering and applause,
The famous flyers present included
f.leuts. Lester J. Maitland and Albert
Hagenberger, first to hop from San
¥rancisco to Hawall: Clarence D.
Chamberlin aod Charles A. Levioe,
who flew from New York to Germany
Ruth und Haldeman ;
Bert Berndt and
George who flew om
Elder
Acosta,
Noville,
Byrd France;
Fadward HH.
Atlantic to
successive
George
Bualchen
with C
Willian
2 hid wri
Schilee, win
manner
Fire ck
Crossed
io we
and
the
hy
nd Asia to Japan.
Capt. II. H. Macintosh and Ber
Hinckler, English ted
from Upavon, gland, attempt
the ance for
flights by Clunnberlin
London amd
then Hew MAZES NCrOss
Euiope ot
aviators, sia
in an
dist
held
to break record rot
stop
Levine hy fl to Fudin,
thi
ving Karachi
$000 miles At
venture
distance on
ing the
known
outcome of the
Sir Alan Cobham,
six and sccompunied by his wife, be
| Africa
with a crew
ere 3 13 t TT} 3 i Te
gan a fight arounda to sho
the possibility
tween the var
revolted
ng Assistant
Lamb wf atte:
and Lol
Gifford Pinchot,
cated it to
McMullen was dire ted
with the Buras
their activities to the district
plan of falsely :
H. KR
Juror
Attorney General
i » i les +
ppling to iniaence
kad % :
Glasscock, the
whole story
who in turn commun)
i
the government connsel
to “play al
meg
men and te report
gtiorney
This he says he did, and the whole
leged plot was then revealed
j That body
head of
his |OnNn
jared *he
grand Jury
J. Burns,
%
aise undertoo
who fled to France several
test in the Sinclail
trial,
rather than
An order enters
Justice Siddons directed Federal
shal KE.
worth of Blackmers
ever it may be found within the United
Blackm iin
self to appear on January 6 to show
he not be held in
contempt and his property confi
conspiracy
Snyder to seize 100,000
oO property
States and summoned
cause why should
cated
HINESE students and workingmen
created disturbances at Yeang
kong. 150 miles southwest of Canton
making demonstrations against
jean workers and an American m
sion. The United States gunboat Ashe
ville was sent there from Hongkong
by the commander of the south Chinn,
patrol. The military forces
arrested leaders of the mobs, but there
was fear of further {rouble
The Labor party usGer Chang Fat
ful attempted size Canton and
there was long continued street fight.
ing. Martial law was declared and
the gates of the foreign settlement
were closed.
Nanking Nationalists gained a big
advantage by the collapse of the radi
cal faction at Hankow and ite abandon
ment of that city. The region was im-
mediately overrun by Kwangsi men
belonging to the Nanking party. In
the struggle of the southerners with
the northern armies the former are re.
perted to have met a severe defeat
north of Mingkwang. However, Feng,
the Christian general, won a three-day
battle against Marshal Chang's forces
in Shantung province,
Amer
mis
Chinese
to
I'TH the aid of 102 lawyers, Mi
hall Muanoilescu, former under:
secretary of state of Rumania, won ace
quittal in his trial by court-martial
on charges of plotting to place former
Crown Prince Carol on the throne.
The defense, engineered by General
Avarescu, bitterly attacked Premier
Bratiano and his policies and the re-
sult of the trial was admittedly a se-
vere blow to that dictatorial official,
One of the defense witnesses, an
eminent historian, declared: “One
fourth of the country ie against Prince
Carol, but Romania is 75 per cent
Carolist,” The government fears an
uprising of the Carolists, and hurried-
ly put through parliament the new na-
tional defense act, which provides
or
2. View of ceremony aboard
the United States fleet. 3—Col,
“Lindy” the
of
after had received des
servitude and heavy for
word or deed”
penal fines
frersons wis
ly or
o direct
, by
indirectly seek to everthrow the
present
M
Iynasty
monarchical rezihme
OULAY YOUSSEF suitun
Moroeeo, ren
of
entecnth reler of his
, tied at Vez, ehielf
He
ssan and
of is four
tal cities,
tan Moulay Ha
brother, Moulay Hafid, in 1012
his thy
protectora
was the son of Sul
i
stisceeord hi
one since 10028 under the Fren
%
uno HEU
French zo
Ves old
for
BE in
1 u
pie
pd
to admit the
parity
i nite Ntates
bars door”
nt with
He
¢ the fall
Ww
freat)
the
been “der
Serbs
sly and
before the embassy an le
$
ose nations in Reme, kas
y
I
pinin that enormens orders
leather and wom] are being
Germany by the French on
tions account. The gomis
nt §
Slavia,
this
to French s
tipped t
are
genie
: he
frontier xl
The (Germune
development
Yugo
delighted over
mar
delivered
4]
ax each k's worth of
te Fre
of a8 mark
is
from
which
thes delivery
cash under the Dawes plan
gomis Nee
frees
in
over
tify
rates
UR little with France
tariit virtually ended.
French Minister of Commerce Maurice
that the United
States after the conclu
of a provisional agreement, to
study the possibility of a reduction in
American tariff ratex based on a com-
parison of American and French costs
sf production.
is
Bokanowski said
had agreed,
ion
“LEVEN cities have applied for the
honor of having the Republican
national convention next year. They
are San Franeisco,
Cleveland, Kansas City, Omaha, Den
ver. Seattle. Minneapolis, San Antonio,
and Philadelphia. The winner will be
picked by tle natlonal committee
when it meets December 6. Just now
it looks as if San Francisco would be
selected, but Detroit also has strong
backing. Chicago is sald to have little
chance hecause of Hlneois candidates
for the Presidentinl po mination,
Chicago,
RESIDENT COOLIDGE, whose duty
it often has been
others, was himself decorated Thurs.
day evening in Philadelphia, receiving
tinguished public service and a certifi-
ente of membership in the club. The
occasion was Founders’ day, and the
President delivered the chief address
at the banquet. Two other Presidents,
Lincoln and Johnson, have received
the club's medal, and Harrison, McKin-
ley, Roosevelt and Taft were made
honorary members,
—
OUR men attempted to assassinate
General Obregon, Presidential can.
didate in Mexico, with bombs, but the
general escaped with ents on his face
from broken glass of his automobile
windshield. Three
the police.
Operations on Limited
Knowledge.
—
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Need for more complete poultry sta-
with which to epable produc-
trade more efficiently to
consumption demund was em-
of
National
Agricilture, address-
the Poultry, Batter and
Mr,
min
conditions,”
“the market
“Under present
declared,
ted
und
decidedly
information as is now available
on his own opportunities, often
limited, to form an opinion
ns to prosable production. The pro-
ducer, likewise, must adjust his pro-
duction program om a decidedly in-
ndequate basis on which to judge of
the probable size of the poultry and
crops which will be available dur.
ing the ensuing The Iindus-
try needs a much clearer picture of
current conditions and of the probable
trends of the mediate and the more
remote future to enable it to regulate
production most jatelligently and to
the poultry and egg crops io
CEE
season,
market
the best advantage.”
Values of Product.
The poultry industry,
Slocum, account:i
of the total value
products, but
widespread
fo
for
jive
gecording
inst year
of
because
is and be-
relative Inv
ror. Bet
It urate and compl
crop information 18 particula
Main, A
commitice
ol Department
been
to the prob-
hins give.
fdderalion
Cons
more
this
nad
adequate
the
veloping
veloping
sis statisties for industry
collection, tabulation release
which, the
Cony
performed most jogicully by the su
ris
Collection. of Statistics.
ve program formula
fhe
government.
$4 bos ding
oe Inciuors
on produ if
Cy.
eal of oth
sald, "it would
department
the reports which BOW Peceives,
probably to reclassify iis list of vol-
untary reporters and to
and
ohservers,
extend their
fikely
It
to employ a
considerably,
paid
NeCeREATrY
number
te
would
competent
stants
very
employ some
be
statistician
who could devole
{1G
nis
with adequalc
their
work for the poultry in
wholehearted
of trade
support
and co-operation the
be: requ 1
Make and Store Butter
for Use During Winter
zg % Storing
ise” the seifexpiana-
Leaflet No, 91.
Enited States
Agriculture. It
farm homes where
“AMakis Farm Batter
for Winter
tory title of
in
just is
sued by the Depart
ment of
for use in
is
here is
and
surplus of butter in the summer
where the winter supply is not always
for the For
which is to keep for months, it has
found that Pas
teurized sweet cream should be used,
and the butter churned at a fairly low
temperature. After being churned it
be washed carefully, salted,
wrapped in rells or prints and
ered in a strong brine and kept in a
piace. The brme method of
preservation in stone crocks was
found far superior to covering with
adequate needs, butlers
been hy experiment
should
Cov.
tool
0. covering with parafiin. This leafiet
ix devotes primarily te suggestions
for storage and supplements the more
detailed bulletin No. 87C-F, “Making
Butter on the Farm” These publica-
tions may be ebtained by application
to the United States Department eof
Agrieniture. Washington, D. €,
Oe Or Ov OrOUO+ O+O+O+OR
Agricultural Notes
Sugar beet tops have been used for
silage and are quite satisfactory.
- » *
Alfalfa and corn for silage
among our most profitable erops
- - »
are
Every man who grows legumes op-
factory.
«0
The fertilizer value of the manure
that is lost in feed lots that are not
be overlooked.
ee 5 »
if vines, cornstalks and other truck
aren't gathered up and burned they'll
shelter Insects through the winter
that'll make you grief next season.
-. .
Pumpkins and squashes should be
allowed to ripen and harden but not
freeze. Well matured specimens should
then be stored on recks or shelves in
a dry, warm room.
LA
Paving of feed lote is an Investment
that pays good dividends, If a com:
plete program of paving the entire lot
cannot be earried out, there are cor
tain places that should be by all
meuns paved
Inereasing Demand
Call for Expansion of Pro-
duction in This Country.’
(Prepared
by the United States Depgriment
of Agriculture.)
Soy-bean growing Is a branch
Morse of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture pointed out to an
Hiinols audience at the State Soy Bean
day celebration at Urbana, In spite
of the very rapid spread of soy-bean
culture In the United States in recent
years, we fmported last year about
21,000,000 pounds of soy-hean oll, 43,
000,000 pounds of voy-bean cake, and
1.000.000 pounds of soy beans. These
farge imports and the Increasing utiii-
zation of the erop, Mr. Morse said, call
for an expa
tion in eur own country
sion of soy-bean produc-
In the United States the indust
fn its Infancy and although #«
are wsed primarily for forag
mills offer an epportunity for a
er d. In Chi
a cash crop.
product any of see
bea
is used
an Indispensable part of the
diet In Manch
about 70 per cent
of woy beans,
25 per
producing on the
a
It
is
®OY
in me food products and
nations
whieh produces
the
thie ovo wearrslon at
thie eroep CCU pIes #1
of world supply
pout
cent of the eultivated
wd
averuse abeut
ton to the acre,
That the Department of
in
reflected
—
IR dong 8 share promoting
the fi:
bean: cultur in
ural explorers
mately 2.000
that
in €1
introductions © d wi
Ore
i Ir are being
fried out government w
promising
Life of Farm Machinery
Depends on Winter Care
it claims are made the
on
htreine
& eyes.
= On
anes
beter
its purpos
bist
ina weat!
if it be
ond cont It greater
efficiency i wl ated that =
last well
while
two-out Job of
gs three sep
T«
and give as good rest
rent
single coat
arate single coats put on at di
times, In
painting costs G0 per cent more to get
other words,
the same efficiency,
sufficient to
cover a surface the paint is
properiy mixed and properly brushed
out. Three conts are usunlly not nec
essary the surface in ex-
ceedingly bad condition. If the paint
is applied thick It Is likely to
peel and blister and thus be
in value,
Two coats are usually
well if
unless is
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Pyrethrum Flowers Form
Basis of Insecticides
own” Insect powders, In other words,
ducting field experiments to determine
whether or mot pyrethrum flowers,
the United States,
The plant is closely related to the
common oxeye daisy and has been
put the supply now comes
from Dalmatia and Japan,
largely
000 annually, and
wants to know what can be done to
ward keeping the money at home.
Summing Up Economic
Value of Farm Silo
Summing up the economic value of
the silo, where large numbers of ex:
periments and tests are averaged, you
can safely figure that the silo will
gave $1 on the production of 100
pounds of beef or growth. Jt will
save 12 cents on the cost of producing
a pound. of butter, It will save 40
ebots on the preduction of 100 pounds
of milk. It will save $1 in the pro
keeping horses, mules, young stock,
and dry cows, Rt will save 30 pet
cent on the feed bill Every stock
keeper can figure out the value of the
i
| silo to him on this basis,
a
| Grandmother,
Knew
there was nothing eo good for conges-
tion 4nd colds as mustard, But the old-
fashioned mustard plaster burned and
blistered,
Musterole gives the relief and help
that mustard plasters gave, without the
plaster and without the blister.
It is a clean, white ointment, made
with oil of mustard, Gently rub it in.
See how quickly the pain disappears.
Try Musterole for sore throat, brone
chitis, tonsillitis, croup, stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion,
pleurisy, rheumatiem, lumbago, pains
and aches of the back or joints, sprains,
sore muscles, bruises, ehilblaing, rosted
feet, colds of the chest (it may prevent
pueumonia).
Jars & Tubes
ou Feel a
When Y Cold Coming On.
Take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tab-
aff the (sl and
ry
RE ———
IES
§ The Infants’ and Children’s Regulator
Plesgant to give~pionsent to
take, Guaranteed purely veg-
etableand al iy harmless,
It quickly ves oulie,
disrrhoesn, slency and
ree
p Coughing
Sto
are i ‘ r thr
imngEe seg me ve i: ' a har
Boschee’s Syru
wr yy A 1
Woodbury, N. J
DON'T
INFLAMED LIDS
1” meres
ce
uy
Carboil draws out the core
and gives quick relie
CARBO!
GENEROUS 50¢ iL
Money back Gusantce
AE, Taw
rea beviy
At All Druggists —
SIRLOIN y, CO
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ow “ig
© ¥ . . : » 31
x - . I. an
Use Magic Gas for
Carbon Elimination
rd ¢
8
bone
gasoline
Bax 79. ¢
Agents Wanted to Sell Combined Wrenches
and § hong Sairagiog wi rn
Gre
for
Lame Back
for Soreness
for Aches
for Pains
Use It Today!
The Gee 7. Rendie Co
Pigom, Obie
Eoradiiindnd 1870
Chastening
“Doesn't it make you feel bad to be
imposed upon?” “Yes; it humiliates
we to redlize that it can be done.”