ii Lith of Rear Admiral W. H. Q. eT ERR NI CT ——— radio protect of federul in Arlington National attacks by strikers, 3. cemetery, NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Russia’s Plan for Total Dis- armament Rejected by Other Powers. 8y EDWARD W. PICKARD OVIET Russia LJ) gesture at the opening session of the League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission in and it was far from being a Success. Maxim Litvinoff, head of the soviet delegation. proposed the of all armies, ginking gavies, ing military airplanes, razing forts, scrapping manufacturin chemicals poison gas deadly thought this he one year, but said his government would plan for i out the disarmament g during a of four Litvineff continued: «1 have examined the schemes you have heen working on and am ierri fied by their complexity. The mixing in of the security problem, fixing the size of army and are entitled to maintain, according to geographic position and international the futility made its hig pence Geneva, disbanding destroy- ng like bacterin He within actories for war and should PUTDOSeS, done agree to a total period years. navy the states obligations, of at- tempting to deal with the ques these lines, “['nless the base of the nefotiations the disarmament iit break down complete ill to prove tion on fx changed confer ence either w Iy the war is not a th real propose hs ollewin re r to draft or continug waste time uring The danger of lity but n decade to come soretic POSE ih Therefore, we imm solution de hased commence tailed on in March, 1025, conference disarmament.” Paul-Boncour of France and Benes (zechoslovakia the Rus utterly Impracti- eal and said it had been prop sed by Norway 1922. discussed and found unworkable. Both and Doctor Louden chairman. asserted that the league had that security must linked with disarmament and that the commission's precise job at time was to name a subcommittee to bring gbout that co-ordination Paul-Bon- cour especially dwelt on the that total disarmament without inter- ational pacts cuaranteeing fe impossible, and reiterated the old demands for a powerful league army. Count von DBernstorff in a general way supported the Russian plan, though he did not leok pleased when Litvinoft the serapping of ehemienl factories. Finally it was de cided that at the second reading of the draft of the disarmament plan, adopted at the last meeting, the so viets might move to have portions of their scheme examined. It was announced that neither the United States nor Russia would be represented on the subcommission on security. Hugh Wilson, American min jster to Dene, representing the United tates in the conference, said: “The American attitude is simple, and con sists of our intention to leave to the European states those matiers pe cutiarly thelr own concern.” project of disarmament, and convoke at the latest a general the soviet proposals, on of ridiculed sian proposition as in those delegates of Holland, the decided he this theme security IrODOSe: proj r—— Vj BERS of the League tions council gathered in for a session that promised te ly, with the Poligh-Lithuanian qnarrel and the trouble over the Itilo-Al- banian and the French-Yugo-Slavian treaties to be handled. Premier Mus. golinl once more virtually defied the feague with the announcement that Italy intended at all costs to keep the Adriatic an Italian sea, He scoffed at the Serbian suggestion that the league refuse to register the [talo-Al- banian pact, “I'he league has a bureaucratic function of registration, and no po- ftieal Jurisdiction which would nec- essnrily affect the Independence of single nations,” he declared. “If such a precedent were created all the trea flex ponciuded by the powers since 1010.0 many of which are of a mili tary character, would have to be re examined.” of Na- Geneva he live- chamber of Briand to Italy, and to suggest the French each other French Minister branch warmly Addressing the Foreign an olive Mussolini taring it ridiculous that anything could and [talian people against Marshal Pllsudskl, Polish premier, went to Geneva with the apparent in- tention of smoothing out the row with Lithuania His collective note to all e reports that Poland is Lithuania plotters the Smetona-Waldemuras sovernment, The assures the that “Poland intend in the least to endanger the independ territorial Integrity of the Lithuaniun state. Poland's of fv wish is to establish normal, re. Lithuania most eaceful spirit) deputies, held praising ont tle even sel issued 0 government powers protest against th to encouraging asverthrow note POWers does not i ence Or neighborly iations with in the Premier headed the . the ithuaniar now a refugee in to he pus ing his pla overthrow of the reported Rovnao ge amd Pil foster. Lithnania asserts Poland 1 thn : denies that is his plot, B ELGIUM'S eubinet, forced to re of position So sign by the of the st members to the pluns for na- reorganiza- tion, by Premier Jaspar with the Socialists left ont The anxious to for. is com- of the The coun and reconstituted tional defense army was present government is tify the frontiers strongly, but pelled slowly +h of the opposition prosperous, but to hieenuae on gi stren: # ey iryY IS every one Is bling madly on the bourse. ua DD! RING the week semblir of the the before the ns Keventieth con. the zeninlors and against Smith, for and Pennsylvania gress Vare IHiinols Wash- the seemed and ively, became warm in Doth and Smith especially ington gentlemen were on ground, confident that he would be seated, de- the con ieading spite predictions to the assertions of that it would not be per- Vare issued a statement de- that refusal of the senite to him to take the oath would be blow at representative gince the legislative ma- general trary and Democrats mitted claring permit “the worst government chinery was first set in effect.” Gifford Pinchot, who was defeated by Vare, sent a letter to members of Republican that if voted national committee the Republicans in the senate to seat Vare the American “will adjudge the Republican party guilty of conniving at the purchase and theft of an elec tton and of doing so for its own po litical benefit.” With Smith and Vare excluded. the Democrats would have one more vote In the senate than the Republicans, but if Shipstead, Farmer Labor. votes with the Republicans, there would be a tie, the neserting people ICE PRESIDENT DAWES, Inter viewed by the Washington cor respondents, sald: “Lest there should be any doubt about it, 1 want to say as emphatically as 1 know how that 1 am not a candidate for the nomina- tion for President. 1 favor the nomina. tion of Frank O. Lowden, assuming that President Coolidge is not a eandi date.” Al Smith's boom for the Democratic nomination was given further impetus ty his indorsement hy n gathering of Democratic leaders of Utah. ROMINENT wets in the Republic. an party gathered In New York last week and laid plans for the cam- paign for modification of the Vo!stead act. Capt. W. H. Slayton, head of tha Association Opposed to the Prohibi tion Amendment, told them the asso elation would seck from both the ma- jor parties a d~claration in their re- gpectivo 1028 platforms in favor of a national referendum on prohibition, The declaration ig to be accompanied by a pledge that whatever the out. come may be, the result shall be “in econsetence binding” on all Democratic and Republican members of the United States senate and house of representatives subsequently elected. The association is planning to ralse £3.000000 to be used with a nation-wide prohibition, in connection referendum on “BORETARY OF COMMERCE “7 Hoover In annual report the fiscal year ended July 1: “con tinued the economic progress which has now been characteristic of Amer The dark textile of continued depres of Midwest, unemployment, his guys jean industry for six years’ spots noted were the coal and industries, the rel and in agri little ice cotton, some sion uiture the There was LABAMA's * violence fight against masked an abrupt end following the acquittal in Luverne of of in controversy He OC enforcement kinn ourt came to two men accused complicity hooded whippings Attorney MeCaull, the state nw and and a hetween General Char partment, the Ku Judge A ou Fr » niger wi Poole nible participation he had charged the Ku Klux to attempting vestigation of flog JF ORMATK IN of the European chem to play in South Last dyestufls ical trust which is expected hob with American manufacturers markets, well © foreign especially In America week the ngreement, nder way Franco-German its netus hasls, was signed at Frankfort were f plans drawn for the distribhat 3 i and i of markets, for prices The Piritish are believed to have 8 private agre einent with ganization of Belgian makers of chem icals within a Tia te 000,000 on and other vital aspects dyestuffs manufacturers those of Germany, and the or hiv foin join the wil rob Interesting romor wns an } 4 United Sta merger of tes that a automol ed, the Jordan several le to he Peerless CONCerns for: Was soon nental Motors and Hupp being mentioned. This was step In W, C. Du huge consolidation The Aators sald to be the first rant's plan for a of motor car companies dent of Continental that his company was involved in the tnerger. M opened, presi denies ORT of northern the re under state troops. Among Col umbine mine where production ceased the fatal battle girikers Reports from the southern field, where 1. W. W. leaders concentrated thelr forces for more than a month, showed production was about 705 per cent of gormal. The larger companies In that gecilon announced employees were following their policy of avoiding demonstrations and that scores of miners were returning to work dally, ARDINAL BONZANO, formal C papal legate to the United States and one of the most eminent princes of the church, died in Rome and was buried after eleborate funeral services on Thursday. At this writing it Is expected he will soon be followed to the grave by Cardinal de Lal Other notable men taken by death during the week were Charles B. Man. ville, founder of the Johns-Manville Asghestos company; John DD. Griggs, former attorney general of the United States: Henry W, Savage of Boston, theatrical producer, whe used to give us grand opera in English: Herbert 8. Hadley. chancellor of Washington university, St. Louis, and former gov- ernor of Missouri, and Charles F Choate, Jr. a noted lawyer of Boston TORTHWESTERN ALGERIA bas in dietrict the the the mines ‘olorado guard of these conl was nfier with floods that took a toll of several hun. dred lives and millions of dollars’ worth of property. Torrential raine Hornell, N. Y., by the waters of the Canisteo river. No lives were lost but the property loss was heavy and rafl way service waa sunepended, It THE final blg amatenr football games of the year Notre Dame de . feated University of Southern Call fornia In Chicago, and West Point beat Annapolis in New York. PA. Some Birds Act | Wren and Nighthawk Are Particularly Valuable in Eating Insects. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Birds in general are useful as well | ns beautiful. Without birds to keep | the insect pests In check it would be | more difficult to grow food. They also | eat many weed seeds and so give a | better chance for the planted seeds. | The biological survey finds, however, | that some birde are not beneficial and | this branch of the United States De- | purtment of Agriculture studies the | birds in order to be able to Inform | farmers and legislators as to their {| comparative merits, Eats Bugs and Weeds. | As a general rule, the birds that eat | largely of insect foode—for example, the wren and the nighthawk-—are pars ticularly valuable, On the other hand, | the gray grosbeak and the brilliantly colored painted bunting are valuable they depend for a great part food troublesome weeds, the foxtall because of thelr ' such ! seeds, on 0s and pigeon grass other owle, com on sight, but ought is one of the most small The barn owl, like | monly is shot be, it jceable birds not to {or gery ro particula the pocket gophers West, it ize, the effective ts. W § y broods 5 in destroying dents, in the wren house is one of bird enemies of the inse rens neunily rear two young each j) and the parents keep ing to night hungry food wren bringing young. The s diet most exclusively wrens will account vumber of insects in a seusol Bird. grackle One Harmful The the few thap good. stages, boat-talle birds hat do It ind 1 the first more of ears corn Lighter Soils Produce Highly Colored Fruit fhe High more § produce earlier and colored soils This is such fruits On the contain greater holding capaci hence give greater growth for the amounts and fertilizers particula the gr: hand, plant 3 as other more water ¢ ida yields of water used. 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