NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
More Marines Serit to Nica-
ragua—Government’s
Policy Attacked.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
HAT rebellion in Nicaragua whose
head Uncle Sam cut off [last year
is still wriggling its tail vigorously
enough to cause the United States
government a lot of trouble. The tail
consists of General Sandino and his
‘band, who are holding out in Nueva
Segovia, where the leader has set up
Anew “republic,” A few days ago the
American marines, in conjunction
with the Nicaraguan constabulary,
fought those rebels for several days
and took the town of Quilali, but six
marines were killed and many others
wounded. Washington was aroused
not only by this encounter but by ad-
verse criticism of the administration's
conduct of the Nicaraguan affair, and
after the President had discussed it
with the cabinet orders were issued
Tor the immediate dispatch of 1,000
more marines to the scene of action.
‘Quantieo, Paris island San Diego and
Panama. ‘At the same time it was an-
nounced that Brig. Gen. Logan Feland
had ‘been ordered to proceed to Nica-
ragua and take over command of op-
erations there. The additions bring
the force of marines in Nicaragua up
10 2.415 men,
Secretary Kellogz, following =
fancheon conference with the Presi-
«dent, issued a formal statement an-
nouncing ‘the government's intention
to ‘co-operate with the constabulary
of Nicaragua effectively to establish
erder throughout that country and
make possible the holding of a free
and fair election which we have un-
dertaken to supervise”
The secretary reiterated
government and Nicaragua
the Sandino forces as bandits. “It
will be recalled,” Mr. Kellogg said,
“that both sides agreed to lay down
their arms and that they did so with
the exception of a comparatively small
body of men under Sandino, which
has since been augmented hy lawless
elements.”
When congress resumed its session
on Wednesday the Democrats and
some others at once opened their at-
tack on the administration's Nicara-
guan poliey. Senator Heflin of Ala-
bama offered a resolution in the sen-
ate demouncing that policy and re-
questing the President to withdraw
the marines Immediately, Senator
Nye of North Dakota presented an-
other, declaring agninst the protec-
tion by the American government of
investments of American citizens in
foreign countries; and next day Sen-
ator Wheeler of Montana introduced
a resolution for the appointment of a
senate committee to investigate the
American Nicaraguan policy.
In the house Bloom of New York
offered a resolution calling on the
secretary of state and the secretary
of the navy to supply information
concerning the recent Woody fight and
the reasons why marines were sent to
Nicaragua. Begg of Ohle defended
the administration and engaged In a
warm debate with Gurrett, Huddleston
and others.
Quilali was Sandino’s base, and its
loss was a severe blow to the bandit
leader. He Is said to be concentrat-
ing his forces at 1X1 Chipote, a moun-
tain stronghold, and the marines and
Nicaraguan troops probably will at-
tack him there,
that this
consider
ECRETARY OF STATE KELLOGG
has answered the French note sug-
gesting that France and the United
States sign n treaty forever outlawing
war between the two nations with a
tounter-proposal that the United
States and France join in an effort
to obtain the adherence of all the
prineipal powers to a declaration re-
nouncing war as an Instrument of
aational policy In favor of the pacific
settlement of international disputes,
Mr. Kellogg's note makes it clear
that the United States cannot consid-
er the Briand proposal if It is con-
fined to France and America, and
Mat the United States will pot enter
any treaty binding this government
never to go to war ander any circum-
stances, Foreign Minister Briand
promptly replied, asking for clarifica-
tion of certain details of the Kellogg
proposal, especially as to what weuld
happen if the United States senate
refused to ratify an arbitration award.
He did mot make serious objection te
the idea of including all other na-
tions, but that plan Jdid net arouse his
enthusiasm, Ile pointed out that the
treaty must leave France free to
execute its obligatious to the League
of Nations. European press comment
on Kellogg's proposal was generally
unfavorsble,
RESIDENT «COOLIDGE transmit-
ted 10 congress a letter from See
retary of the Navy Wilbur, which he
indorsed, asking the appointment of
a commission of experts to investi-
gate the disaster that befell the sub
marine S4 and to make recom-
mendations looking 10 the avoldanee
of similar accidents in the future,
Identical joint resolutions carrying
out the administration's recommenda.
tion were introduced by Senator Hale,
chairman of the senate committee on
naval affairs, and Representative
Jutler, chairman of the house com-
mittee. Tt was provided that the
commission should consist of three
civilians and twe retired naval offi
cers. Representative La Guardia of
New York spent 38 lLours on a sub-
marine last week, and then announced
that his experience had convinced
him the navy had done everything
possible in the 8-4 disaster and that
he would rise to the navy's defense in
congress if the need arose,
Divers are beginning to recover the
bodies of the victims of the 84, al-
though their operations are hampered
by the extreme cold. Wednesday the
first three bodies were brought to the
surface and taken te the naval hos
pital at Chelsea, Mass. They were
identified as those of Lieut. Command-
er R. K. Jones, Lieut. Joseph MeGin
ley and Chief Machinist's Mate Aaron
A. Hodges. At the Charlestown navy
yard the naval court of inquiry was
hearing testimony concerning the sink.
ing of the submarine and the efforts
te rescue the vietims,
LL doubt concerning the authen-
ticity of the Mexican documents
published by the Hearst papers was
removed when handwriting experts
employed by Hearst himself told the
senate committee that the papers
were undoubtedly epurious, They
were sure the alleged signatures of
President Calles were forged. Former
Ambassador Sheffield testified that the
embassy had not purchased or econ-
sidered purchasing the documents ofé
fered it, and Migucl Avila. the half
breed, who procured the papers for
Hearst, gave conflicting testimony.
OLONEL LINDBERGH'S air tour
of Central America continued with
great success and eciat. He made a
wonderful landing on a tiny fleld at
Belize, British Honduras, and after a
day there flew on to San Salvador.
Two days there, and thence to
Tegucigalps; Honduras. On Thursday
he hopped off for Managua, Nicara-
gua, avoiding so far ns possible flying
over the zone where the marines and
the rebels are fighting. His route then
was to Costa Rica and Panama, his
arrival at the latter city being ex-
pected on Monday. Everywhere he
was, as usual, welcomed by officials
and enthusiastic populations and his
eollection of decorations was largely
fmcreased. An extraordinary honor
was the issuance of a million special
Lindbergh stamps by the Panama gov-
ernment,
Miss Ruth Nichols, a society girl of
Rye, N. Y., made the first nonstop
flight from New York to Miami, She
was accompanied by Harry Rogers
and Maj. M. K. Lee, and they covered
the 1,200 miles in 12 hours. Half of
the time Miss Rogers piloted the
plane.
Jj 2 rorp MACNIDER has re
signed as assistant secretary of
war, effective January 12, and anoth-
er Towon is to succeed him. The
President appointed Col. Charles Bur-
ton Robbing of Cedar Naplds to the
post, Colonel Robbins 1s a close per.
sonal friend of MacNider and a for
mer commander of the Iowa depart.
ment of the American Legion. He
served In both the Spanish-American
and the World wars, and Is now en-
rolled in the reserves. He was cited
for gallantry in actioa in the Spanish-
American war. While Mr. MacNider
gave, as his reason for quitting, the
need of looking after his personal
business affairs, some of his friends
in Jowa think he may seek the Re
publican vice presidential nomination
senate in 1030,
V HEN Gov. Al Smith delivered
his annual message to the New
York legisiature—a long document
declared by him to be his last—he
took the opportunity to set forth his
position on prohibition and law en-
forcement for the benefit of those of
sidering his pessibility as a Presiden-
tial eandidate. Ostensibly
himself te New York state affairs, he
discussed water power, budget
reform, agriculture and structural
governmental changes, As for pro
hibition, insisted It was the “‘sa-
ered duty” of the state to sustain the
eighteenth amendment and the Vol-
stead act and reasserted that, so
as it was within his power, he would
remove from office any public officer
guilty of laxity im enforcement of the
law. He sald the failure of the Re-
publican legisiature of 1019 to sub
mit te a popular referendum the ques-
tion of ratifying the elghteenth
amendment was “the direct cause of
the unrest, uneasiness and dissatis
also
he
the state, It has gone further and
been the prime cause of creating dis
respect for the law among citizens
who fimit of obedience to
every other regulatory statute ever
enacted in the state or nation”
give the
RDERS
States
entered by the United
Supreme court allowed
the lake states, which seek to enjoin
the diversion of Lake Michigan wa-
ter at Chicago, 13 days in which to
prepare and file briefs supporting
their exceptions to the findings of
Clhinrles Evans Hughes, the court's
special master in the lake level
troversy. Thereafter, under the
ders, the Chicago sanitary district
and the state of Illinois, defending
the water withdrawal for sanitary
purposes, are to have 20 days in which
to respond with renly briefs. As a
result, It is practically certain that
three months will elapse before the
court hears oral arguments in the
case,
HREE noted figures of the amuse
ment world passed away last
week. First of these was Lole Fuller,
the famous dancer and friend of
Queen Marie of Rumania. She died
in Paris after an illness of two
months. The others were Miss Emily
Stevens, ah actress, who had played
leading roles in many plays, and Miss
Dorothy Donnelly, actress and play-
wright. Charles M. Kittle, president
of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and former
vice president of the Illinois Central
railroad, died in Cuicago following an
emergency operation. He was only
forty-seven years old and had had ex-
traordinary success in business,
praNs Just annouticed by the gov-
erning board of the Pan-American
union contemplate the erection In
Santo Domingo of the largest light.
house In the world as a memorial to
Christopher Columbus. It Is to cost
$4,000,000 and architects of all na
tions are invited to compete for
the honor of designing it. Prizes
totaling 850000 will be distributed
among the architects. Albert Kelsey
of Philadelphia - has been authorized
to go to Santo Domingo to select the
site and plan the competition. The
Dominican government already has
subscribed £300,000 te the fund, ‘and
other governments have indicated
their willingness to participate,
I" AMERICANS thought they had a
hard time during the week of ex-
treme cold weather that prevailed
over almost the entire country, they
should contemplate the plight of the
British. Over there they had a cold
snap that was, relatively, as severe
0s ours, and then the deep blanket of
snow that covered the island bogan
to melt rapidly and much of the coun.
tryside was speedily under water.
Citles and towns were flooded, com.
munication was interrupted and there
was widespread suffering.
Combinations of Home-
Grown Crops Are Most
Economical Rations.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
A suitable ration for horses meets
the requirements of nutrition, econ-
omy and convenience, says the United
States Department of Agriculture in
fn revised edition of Farmers’ Bulle.
tin . 1030-F, “Feeding Horses,” just
published, Combinations of home-
grown or locally raised as a
rule constitute the most economical
rations,
It is a good plan to observe the re
sults in feeding a ration and modify
It according to age, size and condition
of the horse, declares the bulletin,
Slight changes In feeds are occasion-
ally advisable but should b¢ made
gradually to avoid digestive disturb
ances,
Computation Not Difficult.
The computation of rations is not
difficult, according to the authors of
crops
feeder Lo
ration
on calculations enables the
provide from avalluble feeds a
approximately supplying the requisite
ald to the feeder, It
feed the
the
an
an-
more economical te
right proportion than te provide
The benefits derived from grinding
preparation,
the
not
on the cost of
conditions and state of
Ordinarily ft is
hard
crushed
small,
or
the
rolled
When
be
horses,
grains cannot
Additional
Farmers' Bulletin
information,
1000.7
information
nnd
concern
if
ing the selection computation of
affecting feed requirements
tive to
cong of the
free upon
horses A hulle
may be obtained appli
io the Department of Agricul
Plant Food, Says Keffer
No food is
quite nas yard
manure in the maintenance of soil fer
tility. That is why some form of ani
mal bushandry should find a place In
farm plan, Director
agricultural
extension service, University of Ten
nessee, The fertility of the land can
be kept up and increased bs
of commercial fertilizers and
manure crops, Lime and legumes and
nceld phosphate mark the cropping
route to successful improvement,
Most farmers practice a more or
less diversified agriculture and
most farms crop rotation of some sort
is used. It may that of fol
lowing corn with small grain or
ton, or even letting a field lie
plow under the
for the following crops
there not a few farmers
imagine that merely to
peas, cutting them
greatly benefits the
mighty
fertility.
Crop rotation of any sort is better
than continuous cropping to one kind
of plant, but to be in the highest de
gree beneficial corn and cotton and
tobacco and truck crops should alter
nate with some legume, preferably
clover or alfalfa for hay and pasture
and then plowed into the land. Thus
we have a cultivated crop rotating
with a sod crop, and the use of live
stock In the farm scheme.
BOO Ov Ov ORO Ode Ow OR
$ Agricultural Notes
HOH Ov OO + ORO OOOO
Large, regular fields are cheapest
to plow, as less time is fost on turns,
LE Ld
plant
satisfactory as
other source of
barr
every ®intes
the
the ase
Treen
soil
on
be only
col
idle
wend
And
who
ETOwW ocow-
for hay,
That is a
maintaining
are
close
soil.
poor way of soll
Keep in touch with your state col
lege of agriculture for new and prom-
ising plant varieties,
- * -
A tub of water in your cellar on a
cold night will keep the vegetables
from freezing, Freezing water gives
off heat,
. * *
Old erank case oil which has been
filtered from grit and carbon will do
for light running machinery on the
farm. Use is freely.
- * »
On stormy days repair that plece of
machinery you need later on. It will
save time when the machine is in the
field. A stitch In time may save the
wheat.
. » -
Within from ten to fourteen days
after the corn has been put into the
gilo It will have gone through the fer.
mentation process sufficiently to be
fed If needed,
LE
The most practical method of cur
ing alfalfa in Nebraska was found to
be a partial curing In the swath fol.
towed by windrowing and then stor.
ing it promptly after curing,
* - *
Sweet clover is one of the best
honey producing plants known, The
plants bloom abundantly and bees are
very fond of the nectar. Sweet clover
honey is of the highest quality,
Renew Interest in
Jerusalem Artichoke
By New Method Levulose Is
Produced From Tubers.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
known but little used plant native to
the UnKed States, has recently taken
opment of an improved method
producing levulose from its
Levulose is a form of sugar which Is
considered by many authorities to be
much sweeter than ordinary
sugar,
The
salem
calls
plant,
cane
the Jeru-
possibilities
interest in
artichoke and its
for a thorough study of
Accordingly the United States
renewed
TELL YOUR FRIENDS
What You Know
about BELL-ANS
for Indigestion
No
collected
ly published Technical Bulletin
33 which has been
83-T, in
and reviewed all of the
artichoke,
works on the
summary of available literature the
bulletin includes the results of pre
liminary work in the study of varie
gestions for improvement of
varieties incinded.
The culture of the Jerusalem
choke is very similar to that of
and is no more expensive, exce
which is
potatoes,
ties, Sug
3
are also
artd
corn
vesting,
that of
rather
weed
comp
Althong]
reputation
hardiness
by
practices,
undeserved
hecause of its
be kept under
tation and cultural
It bas long been regarded as a com
that
received the attention it
It bas a much wider
usefulness, however, than
for the All
plant may be ased for
human food or for man
French in
xt] the ure
of the
laboratories
control
proper ro
petitor of potatoes and for ren
son has not
Seems (o merit,
range of
ns a substitute
parts of the
feed, forage,
ufactured
$
potato
articles Some
vestiga I
The
stalks
for use in
Gre five surge
hin ora
for fuel
research
and
valuable for
1
able to use the
tained in It to better adyantace
is the case with sng
If the United States
plant more
1
1
i
Wf the
Are of
extensi
crop will deg om
stments ways
of select
temp find the
whicl
{ of *h ballets
obtained by writing to the
States Department of
Washington, D, C.
Odors in Milk Annoying
During Winter Season
will often
in keeping
dairy products in winter tl
This Is on account of milk
from the
feeds that are
Dairymen rience
trouble
expe
mre odors from
their
summer,
absorbing
well as from the
to dairy
an in
edors barns as
S:ven
OWS,
Keeping barn odors from milk
means not only keeping the barn clean
but pros ng proper ventilation, When
fa barn is close and stuffy, barn odors
are apt to be noticed in the product.
Green feed often produces odors in
the milk, especially when eaten short
Iy before milking. Rape is
this When are pastured
on rape or any other feed which af
fects the it is important
they be given the feed shortly
milking. When used In this
odors will not be noticeable if several
hours intervene between the
feeding ahd milking.
T'he same principle
feeding during winter,
class, COWS
that
holds
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to milking. For this reason it is pref.
erable to feel silage and any
feds of a similar character after milk
ing, rather than before
Prevent Mice Damage in
While certainly rabbits
the most serious of
are
animal
girdling the trunks and roots.
by rabbits, says Successful Farming.
In many orchards pine mice attack
the roots, frequently girdling the en-
tire root system, and this is a very
serious injury since it passes unno
ticed in the majority of cases until it
is too late to save the tree by bridge.
grafting or other means,
A few ordinary mouse traps baited
with rolled oats is 2 means of deter.
mining definitely the species of mice
that may infest the orchard. And in
case of slight infestation of mice In
small orchards, trapping is a very ef.
fective method to use in ridding the
premises of the mice,
In larger areas control measures
must consist of proper cultivation, the
use of nonlegume cover crops, and
systematic polsoning during the fall
and winter,
Balanced Roughage
Alfalfa and corn silage makes only
one of the combinations which will
give us a balanced roughage. Clover
hay ie nearly as rich io protein and
minerals and can be used in place of
alfalfa with good results. Soy beans
and cowpea hay are as high in protein
but are coarser, resulting in somx
waste. Corn stover, corn fodder ot
hay from grasses can be used, If neces
sary, in place of silage but they lack
succulence, Any of these combine.
tions give us a medium protein rough
age.
Why do so many, many babies of to-
day escape all the little fretful spells
and infantile afiments that used to
worry mothers through the day, and
keep them up Palf the night?
If you don’t know the answer, you
haven't discovered pure, harmless Cas-
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sweet in the little stomach. And %s
gentle influence seems felt all through
the tiny system, Not even a distaste
ful dose of castor oil does so much
good.
Fletcher's Castoria is purely vege-
table, 20 you may give it freely, at
first sign of colic; or constipation: or
diarrhea. Or those many times when
you just don’t know what is the mat-
ter. For real sickuess, call the doe
tor, always. At other times, a few
drops of Fletcher's Castoria. \
The doctor often tells you to do just
that: and always says Fletcher's.
Other preparations may be just as
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the book on care and feeding of bables
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