ddd I abit] 2—View In federal covert 3 NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Supreme Court Scores Klan; Hoover's Plan for Big Construction Reserve. By EDWARD WwW. PICKARD PHOLDING a New York state law aimed especially at the Ku Klux Klan, the Supreme court of the United States last week declared in effect that the organization named Is unde- sirable and a foe of public welfare, The opinion was written by Justice Van Deventer, and Justice McReynolds dissented on the gtound that the Su- preme court lacked jurisdiction In the cese. It Is belleved the court's de cision will end the klan's existence in New York. The anti-klan bill was enacted by the New York state legislature in 1023. It provides that an organization which requires an oath as a prerequisite or condition >f membership, “other than a labor unidu or a benevolent order, mentioned In the benevolent orders law,” shall fle with the secretary of state a sworn copy of its constitution, by-laws, rules, regulations, and oath of membership, together with a roster of its membership and a list of its members for the current year. Any person who becomes a member of such an organizaticn or attends a meeting thereof, with knowledge that it has falled to comply with the law, shall be gullty of a misdemeanor, the statute says. In the case which was carried to the Supreme court it was contended that the law discriminated between differ. ent associations, relleving such secret organizations as the Masons, the Odd Fellows, and others from compliance while being directed especially against the Ku Klux Klan. Justice Var Deventer, in the court's decision, held that the discrimination between associations was justified by a difference between the two classes of associations shown by experience, The difference consisted, he sald, “In a manifest tendency on the part of one class to make the secrecy surrounding its purposes and membership a cloak for acts and conduct lnimical to per sonal rights and public welfare, and in the absence of such a tendency on the part of the other class.” ERBERT HOOVER'S itinerary on his Latin-American tour has been speeded up as arranged by Ambassa- dor Fletcher, who accompanies the party as representative of the State department. The President-Elect now expects to be back In the United States the first week In January. Brief stops at Ampala, Honduras and La Union, Salvador, were made on Sun- day, with a call at Corinto, Nicaragua, on the list for next day: but the visits to Panama, Colombia and Bolivia were abandoned because of the devious route necessary to get there. Wireless dispatches from the Mary- land sald Mr. Hoover was enjoying the trip immensely. When the battle- ship arrived off Cape San Lucas at the entrance to the Gulf of California she came to anchor for several hours and the President-Elect went fishing In the hope of landing a swordfish, tar- pon or barracuda. All he caught was a fifteen-found dolphin and a Spanish mackerel, It was stated at the Navy depart ment In Washington that Mr. Hoover's tour will cost the government little more than the regular maintenance and operating expenses of about $400, 000 for the battleships Maryland and Utah. Mr. Hoover Is President Cool. idge's guest on the trip, and the other members of the party are paying about $1.50 a day for food and laundry, as “Ro other persons using government “Mransport. mi. REAT BRITAIN expressed disap proval of American methods of in- vestigating the Vestris tragedy, but the inquiry at New York seemed to bring out much of the truth concern- ing the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the vessel. Most signifi cant; perhaps, was the testimony of Chief Ofticer Frank Johnson. This, summarized, whs that on the day the hip foundéred the officers wouldn't to their stations and that not a lifeboat set out properly manned or properly filled: that there was no gen- eral call to lifeboats: that the Iron chains on a number of lifeboats broke, and the patent releasing gear failed to work; that at 4 a. m. the day the Vestris sunk Captain Carey was un- able to give “any helpful suggestions.” Johnson sald If he had been in the captain's place he would have waited Just as long to send out an SOK, and that the storm was never severe enough to endanger a sound vessel. After seven days of investigation, £0 yet found out how a thousand tons or more of water had got Into the ship. The complete saturation of the counl bunkers, they thought, explained the sinking of the vessel. OOVER foresees the tims when of prosperity, and he has devised a program to meet that situation which was presented to the conference of state governors In. New Orleans. In brief, he suggests the creation of a three-billlon-doliar state and federal construction reserve that shall do for labor and Industry what the federal reserve has done for finance. The plan, as outlined by Governor Brewster of Maine at the request of Mr. Hoover, provides for the co-operation of fed- eral and state governments in con- trolling construction work for the pub lec good “so that a reserve may be prudently accumulated in time of plenty against the lean year that is to come.” . Governor Brewster told nors that no infringement of legisia- tive; prerogatives was contemplated, because no project could be carried out except as the legisiatures might direct, although the rapidity of the construction program, within defined limits, could be accelerated or re. tarded to synchronize with national and local needs, The Hoover proposal was placed be. fore the American Federation of La- bor, also in session In New Orleans. by John Fry, secretary of the metal trades department, who declared that it was “a complete indorsement of our basis for wages, adopted In Atlantic City In 1925. President William Green also sald the plan is an unqualified indorsement of labor's program. R OBE? W. STEWART, chairman of the Standard Oll company of Indiana, was acquitted of perjury be- fore the senate Teapot Dome Invest! gating committee by the Dist: = of Columbia Jury that heard the The verdict was virtually directed By Justice Balley, who told the jurors Stewart could not be held guilty of perjury If it was found that a quorum of the senate committée was not pres ent when the ofl man appeared to tes tify. The government did not contend in the trial that more than five sena- tors were present at any one time dor. ing Stewart's entire testimony and it was admitted that a quorum was established by counting senators, who, never physically present, allowed their names, in accordance with the senate custom, to be used for the purpose. —— UFTHANSA, the great German airplane concern, has made ar- rangements with the Russian soviet government under which Germany and Russia will join In developing the northern Asiatie alr routes, over which the new combination will have a practi. cal monopoly. The soviet government will pay half the operating costs but will leave to Germany the handling of negotiations In quarters where the Russians are not liked. All the serv. ices will carry passengers, mall and light freight. the gover. —— RESIDENT COOLIDGE told econ gress last year that the Boulder dam project, on the basis of a cost of $125,000,000, would not be In conflict with his finanelal program. But the Sibert commission of engineers and geologists has reported to the Presi. dent that the cost estimates are too low by perhaps $40,000,000, and there Is speculation whether this will cause fu change in the position of the admin. istration, The commission holds that construction of a dam 550 feet high is feasible from an engineering stand. point, but proposes modifications in the plans with a view to obtaining greater safety, The report does not deal at all with many questions of policy that figure In the controversy over the pending legislation. (G OY ERNMEN] ngents, assisted by police and Scotland Yard, have big Jewelry smuggling conspiracy involving millions of dol- lars. The first results of their work were the arrests of Morris Landau, New York jeweler, and his daughter; William Ballyn of England, chief stew- ard on the Cunard liner Perengaria, and Patrolman J. T. McIntyre of the New York traffic squad, whose post for many years has been the Cunard The authorities allege that Ballyn recelved packages of jewelry from a confederate in Southampton, England, and handed them to McIntyrd on the steamer When it res hed New York, he in turn passing them on to Landau. The jewelers daughter is sald te have acted as a messenger. uncovered a pler. FiEavy rains caused serious and widespread floods in Kansas, Mis sourl, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ili nois, the overflowing rivers doing vast damage to property Many inundated, and the losses of farmers severe In states about a score of persons were drowned were were the REAT BRITAIN, France and Ger many agreed on a conference of experts, to pe held probably in De cember in Paris, to plan revision of the Dawes reparations plan and evace uation of the Rhineland. Bat Foreign Minister Stresewann, appearing before the reichstag after his long made a speech that the French press sald would scare away the dove of peace, for he had harsh words con cerning the continned occupation of German soll by the allies, and he does not consent to the connection of repa rations with war debts. Stresemann also attacked Seymour Gilbert Parker, asserting that he misrepresented con ditions in central Europe. ISPATCHES from Vienna sald Ivan Michailoff, Macedonian revo utionary leader, was threatening to march on Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, on short notice, and that the population of that city was panic stricken. The public buildings were occupied by troops and the streets were deserted in the evening. The Bulgarian ecabl- net was summoned, but its problem was serious for it was believed a ma- jority of the troops and officials were siding with Michalioff. ANON those whom death claimed during the week was George H. Jones, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. He had been with the corporation for thirty-five years and was known as “the man who never played” Dr. George T. Harding, father of the late President Harding, died in Call fornia of a paralytic stroke at the age of eighty-four years. Another notable person who passed away was Rejire- sentative William A. Oldfield of Ark ansas, Democratic whip in the house, He was completing his twentieth year ered one of the most important and active members of the Democratic delegation in the house, —— R W. W. CUMBERLAND, the American expert who has made survey of the financial and economie conditions of Nicaragua at the request of President Diaz, has submitted a new plan for the rehabilitation of that republie, the salient feature of which Is a recommendation for more exten sive American participation In the ad- ministration of Nicaraguan finances. He urges, as vital for the stabilization of Nicaragua, the maintenance of a strong national constabulary under American officers. The principal finan. cial features of the plan provide for: Control of the collection and expen diture of Nicaraguan public funds by an American collector general and an American nuditor general. Control of the Nicaraguan budget by an high commission controlled by Americans. Sale to an American flancial group of the majority Interest in the Na. tional Bank of Nicaragua. Refunding of the Nicaragpan na tional debt. Negotiation of a new loan of $12. 000,000 by Nicaraguan offeiale Beat Early Ohios by From 25 to 50 Per Cent in Southern Ohio. In a series of ten demonstrations in southern Ohlo Irish Cobbler potatoes have this year outylelded the Early Ohlo variety, from 25'to 50 per cent, according to data collected and tabu- lated by E. R. Lancashire, extension specialist in vegetable gardening at the Ohio State university. Demon stration plots were managed this year at Portsmouth, Urbana, Irish these Cobblers and Early were given same treatment In all regards, Cobbler Yield Highest, plots precisely 345 bushels to acre as compared with 188 from the Early Ohilos. mouth, on a farm belonging to W, lL. Joyton, the Cobbler yield was 253 bushels to the acre as compared with 202 bushels of Early Ohlos. In a com- posite report on several fields Pomeroy, In Meigs county, the Cobbler yield ranged from 25 per cent to 50 per cent greater than the yleld of Early Ohlos, grown under the same conditions, “In spite of the fact that Cobblers are equal, in all ways to Early Ohios, there are certain markets which mand the Early Ohlos,” says Lanca- shire. “Part of this may be due to the Cobblers yielded bushels buyers may have been shipped in from northern states. Such shipped-in po- tatoes have not reached maturity when they are harvested, and therefore are not of as good quality as the Ohlo- grown potatoes. However, Cobblers which are grown in Ohlo and do reach maturity before they are harvested, fare the equals, in all respects, of the Early Ohles. It is true that the Early Ohlos willymature -a few danys before the Cobblers, in Ohlo, and the man who grows them will be able to catch the market a few days eariler than he can catch it with Cobblers But the advantage of that few days doesn't make up for the loss In yield Make Change Gradually. “It Is quite possible for the grower has customers demanding the Ohlos, to change gradually, growing only enough of them to fill his demands. If he Is who few Early Ohilos for that purpose, and season. In our opinion many potas toes more than he has been getting of Oats Smut in Tests Smuttox wins hands down over for- maldehyde in controlling tests by farmers in several counties during summer indicate. D. T. Herrman, extension agent In Auglaize county reports: “On two demonstrations where Mr. Pler- storff treated the seed with smuttox we found only one smutted head, The formaldehyde-treated plots showed Ohlo land's and 1.2 per cent at Edward Kunlerim's. Untreated plots on the same farms showed 5.4 and 6 per cent respectively. At the William Glass the untreated plot showed 14 found in the four acres smuttox.” in three demonstrations in Wayne was A. Dustman, the dry smuttox treats ment gave almost perfect control, Farmers preferred that to the wet formaldehyde treatment. These tests were arranged by Mr. Dustman In co-operation with Mr, Plerstorff and Dr. H. C. Young of the experiment station, F202 P PFE PREP EPP E4400 Agricultural Hints Feed tee e202 PEEP ENe grade machines are profitable, v ® » At present the most active subject of agricultural research in the United States Is that of vitamines, ee = » To make your poultry house more comfortable for winter put in a straw loft overhead. * * 0 Kill the corn borers by putting the corn In the silo, If the insect escapes the knives of the cutter, it will die of suffocation, . » » Two important ways farmers are lowering the cost of production are by securing high yields and by keep ing operating costs at a low figure, .- 8 0» Machinery left standing outdoors In- creases the farmer's expenses, One way to get practical farm relief is to carefully clean, store, and protect all implements when not in use. . se Farm accouhts should be started January 1. In keeping these accounts, simple books are usually best. If the books sre secured and plans made to start the accounts on January 1, the actual starting of the books will not be difficult, Nervousness, a $100 of jowr Neuralgia, Dr. Miles Medical pany, Elkhart, Ind. The abolition of hoary rules, than for its actual perpetration? the introduction of and Justice should not be bound by Here’s the case good will fall Why onspiracy. — ties in literature or in art. ciation. of philosophy and religion. right for a mess of pottage. of the college. Folly is Fashion authorities returning from Paris say that muffs will be In style again this winter. With this news de- signers have been busy making new models. At present the chief interest is In those made of flat furs, as they are to be widely used, it Is expected, The muffs are being made in several shapes, all somewhat small, although not too tiny for either a tall or large woman fo carry without appearing conspicuous. Many of them contain purses or pocketbooks equipped with patented openings. Some of the con cealed pockets are fitted with powder case and mirror as well One of the new muffs Is shaped like a handbag, having a pointed flap which is fastened either by a buckle or a button and may be opened like any other handbag. The flap and Inner lined with white kid. A nilrror is attached in a separate pocket, thgs at the sides for the hands are small and shaped, and the inside is lined with soft satin. The vogue for one-sided trimming is seen to advantsge. One muff of krimmer is shaped to fir over the coat sleeve as a cuff, with the patented opening so placed that at such times the seaming will not show. This muff is large enough to carry a change purse, mirror and powder case. Aprons Are Popular The province of the apron is cen tainly varied enough to keep it ir pop ularity ad infinitum. Aprons sre, Uke work, a year-round staple, but 8 Christmas and bazaar times, the sprog drs bask In an even brighter limes Hght.—Successful Farming Magazing Small Felt Leaves Trim Hat A most unusual felt hat has the catire surface covered with small plecer of feit cut to represent leaves, The hat fits closely over the head sad down «ver the ears After a few seasons of shawl col lars and the familiar johnny type, this season promises to Introduce so cult to find the collar assuring the most flattering effect to the face. The pouch collar Is spoken of as new, and this is designed on lines not too similar to the pouch of some sea- sons ago. It is especially attractive in the fluffy furs and is achieved by means of a band of the coat material which takes the place of the fur at the back of the neck. Because of this the fur stands slightly away from the face and throat, Is most becoming to the wearer and also saves the wear and tear on the fur, Whole capes of furs are shown on a number of cloth coats, presenting a luxurious appearance with the added attraction of the warmth of a fur coat without its weight. These, of course. add to the value of the coat according to the fur used and are of varied pelts, The jenny standing collar is em: ployed in many versions, one having a bow of fur at the back and anether looped scarf ends at the back instead. This is an excellent type for flat furs Vastly different Is the vestee collar created by Lelong, and intended for short furs only, such as mole or flat caracul. Peplum Theme Piquant is a two-plece ralsin-col ored crepe frock with its Jumper fitted to a snug hipline and edged with a plaited ruffle that flares like a pep lam, Stiff Velvet Finds Favor Evening dresses of black stiff vel vet are trimmed with brilliants or pearls. Ropes of the latter nutline the back of the deeolletige In a dross from Worth Lamb Bandeau A black velours hat that turns off the face and dips over the ears has a varrow front handeau of shaved lamb.
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