1—British troops In maneuvers THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA. dads mie Jrde wand the HKhineland Grove, Apr Pe a at ens willl forces of occupation. Madonna of NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS | Florida, Porto Rico, Swept by a Terrific Hurricane— News of the Campaign. By EDWARD W. PICKARD O N THE second anniversary of the great Miami hurricane the trop- ical storm that already had devastates Porto the Virgin and some islands of the Lesser Antilles struck the east coast of Florida in the Palm Beach region and swept through the center of the state, turning i to the and along Rico, islands again T thon snide northeast contin destructive course “33 tf Your a] simriinne hranel coast, Re ports coming thi i lines of communicat showed of the 100 worst The total reach this hurricane was one recent years may re 1} ousands ar homeless aumber of deaths < and many tl and without food and clothing fm: reasonabl estimate losses to make a tremend¢ ossible now of the us property In Porto Rico late reports place the dead at 175 in Guadele f French 700 killed ; pumber at least 700 and may be many more. The city of West Palm Beach was practically wrecked, and the fa. many and the destruc the Lake was inundated severely, or more; island, nearly known dead in Florida yupe, were y the talities were tion great in area which Palm Beach, many fine residences and business bulldings being Florida National Guardsmen called out promptly to prevent looting and to aid the suf ferers. Okeechobee too, suffered destroyed. were The American Red Cross responded immediately to the calls for help from Porto Rico and Florida and supplies and physicians and nurses were hur- ried to the stricken regions. Gener ous citizens appeals monetary ald large subscrip- John D. Rockefeller, Jr., head list in New York with £25,000 Bakes of Red to Porto Rico of restoration answered for with tions, ing the Relief ross Director the went at once to take charge of the task on the devastated island. As the hurricane moved up the sea- board the winds and tremendous seas wrought vast damage. Many vessels were sunk or driven ashore, and sea- gide communities were driven from their homes by the waters. ERBERT HOOVER and Governor Smith both started their personal speaking campaigns, The Republican eandidate spent two days in New Jer sey, and the apparent results of the trip highly encouraging to his manager. His chief address was de livered in Newark and was directed especially to labor. He declared him gelf specifically in favor of high wages, free collective bargaining, restrictions on the use of injunctions In labor dis putes, tariff schedules protective of American labor, continuance of Im migration restriction, further expan gion of our foreign export trade, and governmental assistance to the de pressed textile and bituminous coal industries, Democratic Chairman Raskob's re- tort was that Hoover's speech was the beginning of a Republican campaign to misrepresent the Democratic atti tude on the tariff and on immigration, Hoover's plans at present contem- plate only a speech at Elizabethtown, Tenn. on October 8, and addresses in New York and Boston, before return. ing to California to vote However considerable pressure is being brought on him to speak also In Chicago and fn Texas on his trip across the con- tinent. Al Smith on his Invasion of the Middle West was greeted everywhere by huge and enthusiastic throngs of supporters and alse by thousands of ngriculturists and thelr wives who were eager to know what he proposed in the way of farm relief legisiation His first address was in Omaha and was mainly devoted to a discussion of the farm problem, He again declared himself in favor of the essence of the were McNory-Haugen bill but neither up y held specifically equalization fee, defining his stand: nor repudiated the Here are his words “Aa I read the McNary-Haugen bill, ts fundamental purpose is to estab. lish an effective control of the sale of exportable surplus with the cost imposed upon the commodity benefit- ed. For that principle the cratic platform squarely stands, for that principle I stand. Mr. ver stands squarely opposed principle by which the farmer could get the benefit of the tariff. What remains of the McNary-Haugen bill is a mere matter of and I not limit myself to the exact mechan- ies and method embodied In that bill" Demo- and Hoo- to this method, do Smith's personal t the workers he coln, Oklahoma City Middle West, please While Indians mad populari among Lin in im met mas and elsewhere the mensely. in On Smith's tour Lr IN Wisconsin, where the poll leal situation has been 50 puz Republican for Follette crowd zling, the conservative forces, led by Kohler, nominee 1 ( le governor, bested the las in the control state convention by gaining of the resolutions committee and having the convention indorse Hoover and platform. the Curtis and the national The radicals, however, wan chairmanship central committee, the place going to Herman I. Ekern, a devoted follower of Follette. Leaders of both parties were satis fled with the results of the primaries in Massachusetts, Jenjamin Loring Young, former speaker of the Massa- chusetts house of representatives and the choice of Herbert Hoover's advis ers, was returned a victor over Eben S. Draper, former state senator and choice of the Republican wet faction, of the state La as the Republican nominee for United States senator. He will tor David 1. Walsh In November the Democratic side, Gen. Charles HH. one of the Smith-for President men, wop an overwhelming victory ever John ] Cummings in the contest for the gubernatorial nomina- tion, ose Sena- On op Cole, original Y J HILE various religious and pro- hibition organizations were taking wallops at Al Smith for his attitude on the liquor question, the wet Repub- licans of the East, who are rather numerous, halled with delight a let. ter from Otto Kahn, New York bank- er, to Vice President Dawes, in which the writer said: “Knowing Mr. Hoover as both able and courageous, I have no doubt that, if elected, his experience in the actual administration of the Volstead act will lead him to recommend to con- gress suitable changes in its pro visions. And | am convinced that such changes will be—and to be effec. tive must be-—not in the direction of increased stringency, but of increased liberality.” EVERAL notable events in aero nautics marked the week. Juan de la Clerva, Spanish inventor, gave his novel “autogyro” its first severe test by flying across the English chan- nel, and then demonstrated it again in flights at Paris. The machine rises and descends almost vertically by means of a windmill propeller and the wings are nearly negligible, being used only to keep the plane horizontal. It was sald the British air force had or- dered several of the machines and that France might buy one. In Detroit the Packard Motor com- pany announced successful completion of test flights with an airplane pow- ered by an oll-burning motor, the first Diesel type aircraft engine ever built. The motor is of a radial air-cooled type and develops 200 horse power. With the use of the Diesel principle of oll for fuel the engine does away with gasoline, ignition systems, spark plugs, and other trouble “bugs” Elim. ination of those parts, officials said, results from the firing from compres glon in the cylinders, the Diesel action that has been applied up to this time In only extremely heavy engines for power plants and In boats. new the Graf Zeppelin, was tested in flights from Friedrichshafen and seemed to be entirely satisfactory. It is intend- ed to send this air vessel on a trip to the United States in the near future, Germany's huge dirigible, The big Bellanca plane Roma was waiting at Old Orchard, Maine, for suitable conditions for the jump-off on its flight to Rome, and indeed 4d make one start but had to return be- cause of a alr intake on the carburetor, broken LLINOIS scale ar the ratified the nt minority the res tha ikes of con- m y Officials of the miners new mines large a are opposed in several “wildcat” st: once opened, 80 the men to ulting reduction their wages there ie mom Vorkers sieved the nounce the wag Western raliroads and its efforts, condue aban abandoned the President to create commission if he deems ivisable. The m officials sa in if for a strike id the unions would take no en have voted but October 1. silk antil «ft until after definite act! Charles G. Eagle, New York who commited in approxin manufacturer, recently, provided trust fund of 000 to purchase hotels and apartments worthy working girls live and to ald them In thelr careers in which ERBERT brought HOOVER'S name was the federal trade of public utility prepaganda methods, when it was dis- that the National Electric association purchased 48.500 of an address made by the secretary commerce In 1025 of of Railroad and into commission's probe closed Light copies then before of the annual convention the National Association Jtilities Commissions, Among other vouchers produced be- fore the commission was one indicat. ing that Willlam Allen White, nation- ally known editor, recently in con- trovePsy with Smith, the Democratic Presidential nominee, over the latter's legisiative record. was paid $500 for an address he made be- fore the Electric Light association's convention In 1926. Governor NEARLY two thousand men who A fought for the Union in the Civil war took part in the parade that marked the opening of the sixty-sec- ond encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, in Denver. To the music of the drum and fife they marched almost a mile, and few were forced to drop out of line Com- mander Elbridge Hawk of Sacramen- to, Calif., reviewed the parade and opened the formal sessions of the en- campment, — R. J. LOUDEN, president of the disarmament commission of the League of Nations, creatéd something of a sensation in Geneva by announc- ing to the league that he intended to call what would amount to a confer ence of the five great maritime pow- ers, the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, for the pur- pose of agreeing on some plan for de- creasing their naval armaments. Lord Cushendun, British delegate, iImmedia- ately declared he was sure the pro- posal would not please his govern- ment, and the reaction to it in Wash. ington wag decidedly unfavorable. Japan alone openly favored the scheme The powers are still stewing over that mysterious Franco-British com- promise agreement for limiting aux- ililary naval craft, In Washington es. pecially It Is the subject of serious consideration by the President and his advisers, who have not made up their minds whether to disapprove of it offi. cially or disregard it for the time be- ing In the hope that it will be dropped. Neither the British nor the French foreign office has submitted more than a summary of the naval section of the agreement, FARMER'S ONLY HOPE IS SMiTH VICTORY Republican Promises. tesponse In agricultural sections of the country to Senator Robinson's speech accepting the Democratic Vice Presidentinl nomination has been just as favorable as that following the ae ceptance speech of Governor Smith, Attention has been directed to the fact that Benator Robinson placed which occupled in his speech, Senator Robinson's treatment of the problems follows along the main lines Iald down by Governor Smith, recognizing and defining the difficulties of the farmer and then ad vocating specific and constructive mensures of remedy. Both President primary position for have ns candidates and Vice President serted thelr ehamplonship of the prin- of for which tending In years. Democratlie ciple surplus control legislation the congress for been con past five farmers have the Farm leaders have been particularly enthusiastic about Governor Smith's that the gross injustice of tariff system should that the farmer can get benefits from protection ns industry now enjoys. The Democratic ! self to find soundest statement present he corrected, so the same candidate ale the chinery ! tpg fry pledges hin most effoctive and ma for bringing this about, t princi party platform that stat. the essential the contained of ple COsL8 nll be assessed of market, unit the bene ht to Robinson reviews arren fallure role t ut roneral general broug Senator of the ree ord Republican I on hooks any laws of this 1 gurnl tion us Hoover's expressions and expos fon of economie 1 if of that an i the Industry could not n Curtis Has Forgotten, but Voters Will Not The voters of the country who are with Senator Curtis’ habit flipflops and his linesx to take either side question, uch I of apparent turnis itienl on any are not inreased going he his rather ie Democrats In tn very no by wenk Was! nttncks upon “4h irnneton ™ ington 11 be remembered that the sen. the ardent who, ed. de Larsxsdsd Hepublican ' Hoover was nomina sre - Reput party Herbert Hoover for its standard bear or, American tion day.” Offered “It the Hean choose we shall have to apologize him gontil to the people for elo the nomination for Vice Curtis conveniently forgot previous stand. And unaware of incon gistency of his perfervid praise of the for he predicted the ne of apologizing. Nor will the farmers of the coun. try forget the repudiation of bis previous vote to sustain the Presi- dent's veto on the McNary-Haugen bill, President his he seems now entirely the mnn whom conalty Country will Rebuke Appeals to Big=*ry That Republican leaders are willing to let their disabled craft drift to any port in the political storm they have blundered Into Is indleated by thelr failure to repudiate the appeal that intolerance in their behalf, Senator Robinson has forcefully at. tacked the hissing “political serpents” All intel. ligent voters will agree with his state ment that a candidate for President “proves himself unworthy if he know. ingly accepts advantage from false. hood, even though not uttered or In- spired by himeelf.," An even more attack upon the sinister campaign” has been Protestant clergyman and writ. er, who declares it would be a “ecalum. ity for our country” if Governor Smith were defeated, Robinson Makes Friends In his speech of acceptance Sen. ator Robinson has revealed the same tralts which have characterized him as Democratic leader In the senate. He has shown himself to be a man of strong convictions but at the same time liberal-minded toward those who do not share his views, When he shows Intolerance it is only for fanat. felem, That trait has won him the undying enmity of Senator Heflin, and It will also commend him te a multl tude of voters.—New York World, fan - Cleaning Up to Increase Yields Diseases of Wheat and Corn Are Causing Big | osses to Farmers. (Prepared by the United Ftates Department of Agriculture.) Wheat scab and corn-ear rots are eausing large annual losses in the Central states by reducing acre yields and lowering the quality of the corn and wheat crops, according to the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture. Losses from wheat gcab huve aver- aged about 12,000,000 Lushels of wheat annually for the last nine years. Corn- ear rots, some of which are produced by the organism, have caused a miutely 100, 000,000 bu annually for the wheat-gcab 1088 ol licls of last five years. Cause of Scab and Rots. fungous paras moet of the over winter on dead wheut stubble approxi corn ites causing 8CUD and coru<«ur rots ii Blaiks, er these spring and snmmer from the wheat wheat Much Ve corn straw, oth by late and crop refuse, BEpores produced Lhe blown io I orgunisms ripe in and old stalks snd straw iy ol ure the scab and corn-car rots. this damage eould veuted by by of cornstall and stubble, ¥ ii ng, says of be pre cieani-up rotation, sug by thoroug ment. Removing or plowing under all crop refuse, if yeutls velopinen EpOres, if done yeuts the depart done de and ef Ro ’ ts. © of is thoroughi is are nbhle to grow deeper ure a Ia part of their food the subsoil, A well-drained soll nkes conditions right for the growth the millions an essential part in prepar- its. When a soll the air is passing into It where it for the respiration of Wet zolls are too growth plants decomposition the of micro-organisins at play -— ne fond g fo i for crop plan —- ” waterlogged prevented is need. these *vy or. for pre La BR cold and of org t of hun his keeps such a soll in a poor physi il condition, of atter i form Soy Bean in Demand for Great Variety of Uses The soy bean is now in demand for ue ag hay and a green manure to Kev. salads; soy bean meal is is made from the bean; it is used to manufaciore a rubber substitute, the sprouts are used as green salads, and there nre a variety of other uses to which the oriental visitor may be put. The demand for it Is growing as man- ufacturers expand thelr fields. sp POP PPP PPVGGLPOO OH . Agricultural Notes PPP The majority of chickens that markeied are entirely too lanky. are lean and The neighbor with sick hogs is like ly to carry infection on his shoes or his clothing to your hog lots If he is permitted to visit them, - - - Don’t crowd the late thin lambs on the market. Send only the fat ones, he others can be made to sell higher by good care and some feed. » * * Cod liver oll, to prevent leg weak- ness and promote growth, can be fed to growing chicks in the proportion of one pound to 100 pounds of mash. . » - According to results obtained at the University of Alberta, Canada, 50 per cent of the lambs weaned by ewes fed fimothy hay die within four weeks after birth, CE The young cockerels should be sepa. rated from the pullets hy the time they are big enough to fatten, or at the latest by the time they weigh a eouple of puunds. Deep Plowing Best by Special Machines Kind of Outfit to Use Will Depend on Needs of Soil Deep plowing « machines especially de n best be done by si rd for that purpose, according to the agricultural engineering department of the New Jersey State of Agriculture, Rutgers university, The kind of outfit to use will depend on the needs of the deep Colle; soil. In any case, heavy ex- sometimes in Justified when involves =a labor, and and is only the cost will be amply repaid, Deep plowing is usua plished by plowing penditure in equipment, ally accom means thus bringing the face, There practice are occas is desirable, preferable simply the subs top. It creased gradun one-half inch of turning Most best up subsoil w Ous are their when ti depth does not greatly ex of the reason a wide plow shoul depths I plow 5 des work width of the pl of either They the usu OTs gid 8! Pe ' be washed tains some n powder, Use bow grease shonid be rinsed plenty Lim J Prevent Winter Rodent Losses During the Farmers joss in every state fac wr rr PY, Ya ives running into { h year throug! more eomn number these mals existing In each state or to each in how much h is not 1 The feed but al in buildings d ness weakened and exactly & year consumed, CONsUMed lors only 1m 8D aged, har general depredations of these numerous pests. been the one at thes thus clearing the cribs are filled and before the ground has become frozen. After the cribs are filled, rats and mice have an ideal hiding place to which they ean scur- ry, once the hunt Is on. Boards, boxes and all other places under which the rate and mice may hide will soon be frozen down, making it for the farmer to exterminate ail of the pests. measures have often at present, advice is to the fall, before Control reiterated. big plece of pests early the farm with Just ot sel in corn impossible Pruning Small Fruit Is Desirable in Summer The question, as far as the desira- bility of summer pruning is concerned, has only one answer in the berry patch, It is highly desirable. The old canes, which have borne their crop of fruit, may be removed from the berry patch as soon as pos- sible after harvest. This serves to remove any diseased canes and pre vent the further spread of disease. [It allows all the energy of the root sys. tem to go into the production of new cane growth, upon which the follow. ing year's fruit production may be expected, In the case of black raspberries, the new shoots should be pinched off when they reach a height of aboutwwo and a half to three feet. The sside shoots may be similarly pinched back, as they reach a length of twelve or fourteen inches, By following this practice on soll where the canes grow rapidly and vigorously, bushy, productive plants may be expected, and the job will be found well worth while, simply in the greater ense of harvesting the follows ing season.
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