Re
1—Grover Whalen
Sapelo island,
Pan-American
seated: Ferrera
arbitration conference
of Cuba,
NEWS REVIEW OF
GURRENT EVENTS
Hoover Hurrying to Wash-
ing, Perhaps Because of
Farm Relief Puzzle.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
(CoNFt SION in congress
-4 ing plans for farm relie
tion has eaused President-Elect
wipone his visit t
or tO Pe
hurry to
States
Hoover
Ya.
about
Beach
change |
O pressure
itimated he
pend-
nauguration,
with
hefore
for grante Washing
ie felt it adviss survey
the farm relief si on the
ground. Viee President-Elect Curtis
and others are in favor of legislation
fn that line at
their su
this session, and on
Senators Fess and
MeN cabled Mr. Hoover at Rio de
Janeiro asking his influence In support
of their position. He did not reply, so
MeNary talked with him by long-dis-
tance telephone, telling the President
Elect that he was confident the opposi-
tion to immediate legislation would be
if Mr. Hoover would take a
fed stand In Ita favor. Mr.
noncommitial, but soon
after decided to come to Washington
as Probably. Mr.
Hoover would be glad to avoid eall-
Ing a special session of the new con
gress in the spring, but Influential
groups, including the American Farm
Bureau federation, wish to postpone
farm legislation, feeling that a more
satisfactory measure can be obtained
from t! Senators B woah
and on such post.
ponement and announced that
they will filibuster legislation at this
session unless Mr. Hoo=sr definitely
promises ill the special session for
farm relief. A filibuster mig Cage
the failure of appropriation billg. and
this of itself would necessitate a spe
cial session. Representative Dieckin-
gon of I leader of the farm bloe
in the and some of hig* A880
cintes want postponement heecnnee they
do not wish President Cooll ldge to ap-
point the federal farm board that will
administer relief.
gestion
ary
routed
determi
Hoover was
soon as possible,
I NOW CONZross,
insist
have
ironkhart
10 ¢
wn,
house
N R. HOOVER has not yet given an
inkling of the makenp of his
cabinet, but those who wonld select
his mids for him are getting busier
every day. A rumor that the Com-
merce portfolio had been offered to
Julius Rosenwald, the multimillionaire
Chicago merchant, was flatly denied
by that gentleman. For secretary of
state those most frequently mentioned
are Senator Borah, Charles E. Hughes.
Roland W. Boyden of Boston and Am.
bassadors Fletcher, Morrow and
Houghton. W. J. Donovan. Ceneral
Pershing and Hanford MacNider are
suggested for secretary of wir. It is
generally belleved the only members
of the Coolidge eabinet who will be
retained are Secretary of the Treas-
ury Mellon, Postmaster Genernl New
snd Secretary of the Navy Wilbur,
Christmas on the Utah was n happy
day for all. Captain Train and his of.
ficers gave the Hoover party an elab.
orate dinner on the deck, little pres.
ents were given and received and
there was an exchange of radio greet.
Ings with the Presidents of the Latin
American countries and with Mr. and.
Mrs. Coolidge. Mrs, Hoover slipped
away from the feast long enough to
visit a number of sallors In the sick
bay and make them Joyful with greet.
ings and gifis
RESIDENT COOLIDGE on Christ.
mas eve lighted the great national
Christmas tree near the White House
and the traditional singing of old
carols took place on the
morth lawn. Next day Mr. and Mrs
York city.
that the
Maurtua
conciliation plan
of Peru
devised
i
Colin's residence on
3—Special committee of the
and Paraguay; from right,
2--Howard F.
A others left for
several days hunt.
Howard E. Coflin's
in the
a Brit
oolidge and several
Georgia to spend
ing and fishing at
winter home on Sapelo island
18 bee gsioned
York Genealogical and
Biographical soclety to paint a por-
trait of the President to be hung in
the organization's new home In New
York city. Mr. Salishury recently did
a portrait of King George of England
The President sat for the British
painter during his stay in Georgia.
who hi
by the New
Oo comnu
pans for the convoeantion of rena
ration experts
upon by
the
It was announced ir
lied 1
names of Owen Young and Dw
W. Morrow, with Rafus CC. Dawes
alternate, as the Am ohservers
The & are to bmitted
to President Coolidge and Secretary
Kellogg for informal
government is now, as
mined that the
rations question
with the
war cebis
govern
erican
ippointments be su
approval
always, deter.
settlement of the repa
shall not be
question of revision
owed to America.
yHoucH
ouncil for a peace
ful settlement of the dispute between
Bollvia and Paraguay, plan to be
followed was formulated by the Pan.
AmericAn arbitration conference in
Washingt ofy . It establishes an
national panel of nine judges, two to
he selected by each of those repubd-
lies and the other five by the arbitra.
tion conference According to the
plan, the jurisdiction of the econcilia-
tion body wonld be restricted to the
immediate controversy between Bolivi
and Paraguay over the frontier unter
which occurred in the month of De.
cember. It would not with
larger problem of the
ary relations between
tries. Should econcilint
possible, then the
publish a report as to the facts foun
and fix the responsibili
for the events which occurred.
The Paraguayan ministry of war has
ordered the demobilization of the
troops that enrolled during the
crigis over the Gran Chaco boundary.
N ingly active In several regions
burned the supports of a rallway
bridge across a eanyon in Chihuahua
and a train on the Kansas City, Mex.
leo and Orient line crashed to the bot.
tom of the ravine, two trainmen being
killed and 30 persons hurt. The train
was carrying many notables to core”
monies at the opening of a branch line.
President Portes Gill has announced
that in the future all rebels or revoln.
tionaries captured will be given the
benefit of trial by jury, or at least
court-martial, the policy of summarily
executing them being ordered discon.
tinned.
the League
assumes credit
the
inter
deal
general bound.
the two
ion prove
commission
coun
im
won!
also would
wore
EXICAN rebels, who are exceed
——— .
OMMANDER RICHARD E. BYRD
on Christmas day sent the follow-
ing wireless mefsage to Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur:
“We have reached today the great
mysterions ice barrier. It presents to
us an ice cliff higher than the mast of
the ship. On this Christmas day we
are thankful and proud to report that
we have heen able to carry the Amer.
fean flag several hundred miles far
ther south than It has ever been. and
it seems fitting that an airplane. that
instrument of good will, should reach
its farthest sotith on Christmas day.
“We are 2400 statute miles from
the nearest human dwelling in the
only area In the world where a ship
can get so far from clvilization. That
we are here safely is due to Provi.
dence and my loyal and stout hearted
shipmates, who have worked together
unselfishly as a unit. It will probably
be some days before we get ashore,
on account of ice that will he in the
Bay of Whales, BYRD."
ITTLE
4 il
navy propagandists may be
that even If the
builds the fifteen
a bill is pending In
ir navy iid still be far
Fr parity with that of GG Brit
Statistica showing this were made
publie by of the Navy wil
bur and Chairman Hale of the senate
naval affairs committee, to combat the
arguments of those opposing the
measure. The pacifists are redoubling
their efforts against the proposed
The citizens’ com-
i has
ISer con
nary 8,
eased to learn
St ites
r which
wot
reat
Secretary
tion,
: to the an
n each state
and then
an thelr
ators
¢ to the conference
in regard to the cruiser bill,
or bill should not pass” Is
word
yEORGE fered a relapse
caused renewed
weak
m to
iysicians
his extreme
disinelinatic
and his ph
ft y concerned, ad n he
od to have a narrow margin of
safety. The ray therapy treatment w
resumed
ry lend
ers and a large number of other
my men met in Nanking onder the
auspices of the Nationalist govern.
ment to confer on the dishanding of
the organisation of a national
and the establishment of a mil)
financial bidget. The big five
were President Chiang Kalshek, Gen
Feng Yu-hslang, Gen. Hslishan, Gen
L141 Chaisum and Gen. Ii Tsung jen
Colonel Bauer, German military ex-
pert, was on hand to give them advice.
The correspondent of a Shangha! pa-
per predicts the early fall of Chiang
Kal-shek's government and says Feng
Yu-hsiang will be the leader of the
new element In the Knomintang party,
composed of the radical younger mem-
bers,
troops,
nrmy
ATEST
4 olare
reports from Kabul de
the Afghan still
the danger of the situation
the fact that Amir Ama
went his queen and his
her city and most of the
foreign women have been removed by
airplane. The rebels are sald to have
been evicted from the heights near
Kabul and driven back forty miles, hut
volunteers are still
defense of the government.”
capital is
quiet, but
is shown by
nullah has
mother to anot
TORMER CONGRESSMAN JOHN
W. LANGLEY, sent to the peniten-
tiary at Atlanta for conspiracy to vio
by President Coolidge two years ago,
has been pardoned and had his cit)
zenship rights restored ut Mr,
Coolidge, before he acted, received
from Langley a pledge that he would
not seek re-election to his old seat In
congress. Mrs. Langley, who was
elected to succeed her husband and |
re-elected last November, will not seek |
another term.
——
JA YIERICANS who want to go to
Havana for—well, for the ell.
mate, are being favored Just now by a
rate war started by the Cunard line.
The steamer Caronla was taken from
the transatiantic route and assigned
to the Cuba run, and the Ward line
promptly cut its passenger rates 25
per cent. This action was followed by
the United Fruit and the Munson lines
last week. Cunard officials said these
reductions would not affect the rates
on the Caronia.
——
A YONo the deaths of the week
was that of John Merle Coulter,
dean of American botanists, who sue
cumbed to heart failure at his home
in Yonkers, N. Y. at the age of sey.
enty-seven years, Doctor Conlter was
a member of university faculties for
fifty-folir years, was president of Lake
Forest university, and In 1018 was
president of the American Association
of University Professors.
T. Suffern Taller, social and elvie
leader, well-known New York banker
and sports enthusiast, died suddenly
in Baltimore,
Clarence Goecke and His Sister,
Which Won Title
I
Budge etal Curb
Can
of
fig
and even if they
Id not
use of
qd the
rable, since
often
co-operatives cnm-
s pervires not offered by
the has
in checking
ciency, Thizx has fre
ed as "hu
ald
igetary
8 great desl of
probably more
ntry., re
he
with It,
other In
Fiperience
han any
tly m
had yet
evedd there
his om
tement
giness
3 he
nde the sta that
to see many bu
wag none—which
brought out of its
into a better position through the
conld
dgetary control.
Five Essential Points.
brief.
¢ what can
the following five
met hod
“ a] ” 1 + -
1. Eudgeting subst
figures for
Anning
rough this
facta and
+ 3
feiiigen $i
fumbling.
ve. It emg
more-—it
indeed, creates it
wey
“>
and
ation ;
HOYE 0 operation ;
lors enforces cooper
It serves to materialize contem
that the
we known
elves are set
plated actions in such a way
ite of those actions beonn
{ions thems
fos
before the nc
in motion
“4. It hei;
pansion
"5 It
operation-—-a
that,
mM to restrain unwise ex-
provides a unified plan of
financial working plan
executive knows, is of
value and importance to
ng every
Medium Producing Cows
Like Alfalfa and Corn
Sines there Is seldom a deficiency
‘an carbohydrates and fat when the
lniry cow has all the roughage that
the ean eal, a roughly balanced ration
may be obtained by baluncing the pro.
tein of the grain mixture to go with
the roughage and disregarding the car
hohydrates and fat. For low to
medinm-producing cows good alfalfa
hay and corn meal make up a rea.
sonably, good ration. To go with
alfalfa hay, some grain mixtures are
as follows: Mixture 1-200 pounds
corn, 100 pounds oats, 100 pounds
wheat bran, and 100 pounds linseed
ofl meal. Mixture 2-100 pounds bar-
ley, 100 pounds oats, 100 pounds wheat
bran, and 300 pounds corn oil meal.
Mixture 3-200 pounds corn-and-cob
meal, 200 pounds oats, 100 pounds
wheat bran, and 100 pounds cottonseed
meal,
If prairie hay 1s used as roughage
the ration may be as follows: Mix.
tare 1-100 pounds corn, 100 pounds
oats, 100 pounds wheat bran, and 200
pounds linseed ofl meal, Mixture 2
100 pounds barley, 100 pounds alfalfa
meal, 100 pounds eorn oll freal, and
00 pounds linseed ofl meal,
2
With Their P¢
Cattle,
Vv Qs
ccre, Steer
ize
pion King of
net loneer's
Twonts
ing for Legumes
ssential for
Soil
Needed on Sandy Land for
Alfalfa and Clover.
two to
uld be
may be
of eastern
nin, and
the
as ground
are now
which a farmer
il for lime
on
testing outfits
market with
test hls ws
Ry atbwestern Minnesota and adjs
Wisconsin are well
of limestone
from which
agrien tural lime hased.
Some farmers find it profitable to hire
grind
outcrop
The pur
inders ig searcely eco
tent section: of
nrovided
with deposits
and rn arries
numerous qn
can be pure
CwWners ers
of portable ne
puiverize limeztone
ings o wir own farms
farmer or even a
arn , as it is likely to
too much of the time It
for one man {fo own
devole all of
aro
stang aie
is more profitable
ine and his
nna
to its operation. —The F
Life of Weed Seeds
do weed seeds live?” le
Jsked by the farmer when
he sees a we growth of weeds In the
spring on iad that wae ieft clean the
year before. Soch a sight is discour
aging to him, and often is quite un.
explainable,
The life of a seed In
pends upon many things: the amount
of moisture in the soil, the tempera.
ture, the depth to which the seed is
buried, and the nature of the seed
itself. There are other quite impor
tant factors,
ariner,
"How long
the soil de
Agricultural Hints
For the land's sake lime your soil!
LJ » *
The Inoculation of the seed should
be done shortly before seeding.
. » -
Potatoes require cool climate. Wash.
ington and Maine exeel in this crop.
* * -
Use the big-team hitch if you want
to get results and gave the horses and
driver.
. » =»
Sweet clover has no equal as a
combined soil-building, weed-fighting
pasture anc hay crop,
= & »
The farms of the thrifty have many
conveniences ; but the gardens of the
idle are rather weedy.
.
It's a wise farmer who encourages
Liz boy to take up Club work--and
he'll be wiser sy afterwards,
. »
Limestone shade be applied at least
six months and preferably a year be
fore sweet clover, red clover or al
falfa is to be sown, they say.
When Food
Sours
of foll
setion®
I.ot
pH ILLIPS
ilk
of
To Cool @ Burn
Use HANFORD’'S
Balsam of Myrrh
AR doslers ure suthorined te refund your money fur the
fired bottle Hf pot suited
HERRY-GLYCERINE
COMPOUND
wg
COUGHS. COLDS
FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS |
Ber uty Aids
mple
Must Have Been Tired
Three tired your Wn
of the rond nea
thelr car by the side
Syivia, N. C
awakened to find
bed, where it had st
ing down
they did
event bh
and went to sleep. The
car in
pped after roll
H-foot embankment and
their a creel
know how or whe the
Ne Wonder
“Yes, poor Percy may have
faults, but his heart wi
side.”
|
15 on the
807 No wonder
Don’t Fuss With
Mustard Plasters
Don’t mix a mess of mustard, flour
and water when you can relieve ain,
soreness or stiffness with a little
white Musterole.
Musterole is made of oil of mustard
and other helpful ingredients, and
takes the place of mustard plasters.
Musterole usually gives prompt re-
lief from sore throat, bronchitis, ton-
sillitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma,
neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleu-
risy, rheumatism, lumbago, paias 5d
aches of the back or jomts,
sore muscles, bruises, chilblains,
feet, colds of the chest (it may pre-
vent pneumonia).
svt
At Al Droggists
Jus. Baily & Whslesale Distributors
RR
W. N. U, BALTIMORE, NO, 1.1929,