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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Senzte, Still Dry, Votes to
Put Sharper Teeth in the
Prohibition Law.
EDWARD W. PICKARD
» Renate (8 st
By
£ Bi AL itl overwhelm-
gly ¥" was fully demonstrat
ed last week when the Jones bill to
put more teeth in the prohibition act
came to a vote. The measure was
passed by a vote of 65 to 18 while, In
the senators’ private gallery, the re-
sult was closely observed by Rev,
Clarence T. Williams, general! secre-
tary of the Methodist board of tem
perance, prohibition and public mor
ais, and Rev, Edwin C. Dinwiddie, sec-
reiary of the national conference of
B3 dry organizations. Every proposed
amendment was voted down except one
offered by Senator Jones of Washing-
ton, sponsor of the bill. This provides
that: “It Is the intent of congress
that the court, imposing sentence
hereunder, discriminate be-
tween casual and slight violations and
babituali sales of intoxicating liquor
or attempts to commercialize viola-
tions of iw."
As the bil ICTPRNAR
maxim penalties for 0 gal
facture, sale, transpo rin
feating liquor to imprisonmer
years or a fine of £10000 or b
identical
touse, having been
by Judiciary
y P of the
reded by a de
to
speakers
sourl
agaiast and for
fort, that spread
bly his last
the senate, for he retires on March 4,
and it was well worth hearing or read-
Jrg fith all the caustic
it his
in
should
the
passed, the
manua-
um
measure was pend
favorably
committee
Jones bill
bate that drew
the
assage ras pre.
crowds
leading
of Mis.
respectively
Heed's ef
the senate chamber, for
the
were Senators eed
1 Borah of Idaho,
the bill
over
ter 3
important
and
two days,
proba speech In
powers of
command-—-and
that the
Vol.
bitter
Yer d /
ndment and the
served
scored with
ws the dry senators and the lead
of dry organizations. There was
but
those
3 arguments,
delighted ev
om it directed.
nitted that
asm on
was
Borah ad:
ht be a mistake, but In
blect an exalted one.
was not committed to op
position the modification or even
the repeal of the amendment to the
Constitution or the Volstead act; that 1
he wus only committed against the
change, the ther of the
amendinent or y long as noth-
{ng better and has been
or can be While the
amendment is a part of the Constitu-
tation, he declared, congress and the
people must support it, maintaln it
and, if possible, enforce IL
Senator Caraway of Arkansas sa-
tirically recalled that Reed was sing-
ing a different tune when he was a
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
tion for President at Houston last
summer. He dwelt on the statement
Reed issued on the eve of the conven
tion in which he made a bid for the
support of the prohibitionists.
“Cyn that occasion,” sald Caraway,
“he was offering to lead the drys to
victory jut the drys were not de-
ceived and the wets were only dis
gusted.”
pro-
gigtec is
He said
repeal el
the law =
more elective
presented.
———
ITHOUT a record vote the
house passed the Johnson gen-
eral deportation blll which has pro-
vision for the deportation of allen
bootleggers, gunmen and bomb throw-
ers. A similar bill had been adopted
by the senate. It was considered Hkely
the conferees would modify the pro-
hibition part of it, authorizing depor-
tation of allens receiving a one-year
sentence, or two sentences aggregat-
ing one year, for violations of laws
relating to the sale and manufacture
of intoxicating liquor. This ls more
severe treatment than is provided for
those convicted of most other offenses.
T THE request of Senator Deneen
of 1llinols the senate foreign re-
lations committee postponed until the
pext congress action on the treaty be-
tween the United States and Canada
Benefits in Community
Foresight Are Outlined
It puys
dividual,
future.
i City,
ta look
Most of
have
Just as it pays an in-
ahead and plan its
the larger cities
accepted the
with
inclined
America
huve
results;
Ing.
must
Some » been applying it good
others have been to
In the
be Included.
lntter cluss Kansas Clty
A few days ago a
i move
for regional
promi
in this
ing
planning metro
Calif, the world, that
the frozen Zuyder
empt a nonstop
highest
mail na¢ YER
that
in
lane will att
0s,
version of |
authorizing f
for powér purpo
Mr. 1
treaty
water
falls eneen
on the
ing considerati
at Issue
and Canada
of water
tably the
ftary and
commitiee
hetween
involving othe
Great |
diversion at Chieage
navi purp
decide o hold
treaty durin reces
from the 1kes, no
y for san
tion wes, The
Wee
pearings
oon
on the 3 of
gress,
presi NT-El
Mrs. Hoover
ton
ECT
arrived in
HOOVER
Washing
to thelr
Mr. Hoover
al seclusion until
He has
his an-
make
and
Tuesday and went at once
home on 8S street, where
is to remain io
the day of his inauguration.
10t receded In the least from
nounced determination to
public his cabinet ections before
March 4. The latest gossip In this
connection was that Mr. Hoover would
like to have Senator Borah as atlor-
ney general so that prohibition might
be properly enforced, but that the sen-
ator would not accept the post. There
was talk, too, of James W. Good of
Chicago for the postmaster general-
ship, and of Charles Francis Adams,
treasurer of Harvard, for Navy
portfolio. On Wednesday Mr. Hoover
had an hour's chat with President
Coolidge in the White House, He also
with Repr Tilson
ww Watson con 1g the
gram for the special ses
§ spring.
of New
virto
not
gel
the
conferred esentative
and Senat
date and pro
slon of congress to be held thi
Next morning Senator Es
Jersey, leading wet, breakfasted wi
the President-Elect, and there was
reason to they discussed the
natter of naming a fact-finding com
mission to look into the causes of
breakdown (n prohibition enforcement.
There Mr. Coolidge
might be asked to take the chalrman-
’
ship of such a ission
Coon news ¢ “ om
America fe ears of
ernin
dpe
th
believe
the
was a rumor that
]
comm
Sont
quar-
reling ; and Peru
have wir Tacna-Arica
dary dispute by peaceful means
Peru and Arica to
boundary is so fixed that
railway, which
remal
settled bour
Tacna
Chile, and
the
is Bolivia's sole outlet
in Chilean ter
crosses the Bolivian
d from Tacna to
goes to
the new
ns
to the coast,
ritory until It
frontier. The raliroa
Arica wil » in Peruvian control, and
a spur at Arica to connect the two
Hines will be controlled by Chile, The
is the result of diplomatic
rotintions undertaken four months
after resumption of diplomatic
Chile and Peru at
the United States
Frank BEB. Kel
agreement +
neg
ago,
relations between
the invitation of
Secretary of State
last July
y
ORR
Coma ANDER BYRD has just made
a huge addition to the territorial
United States. In
flights over the Antarctic region he
discovered a vast area of land and
claimed it for his country, naming It
Marie Byrd Land for his wife. The
Rockefeller mountain range, in the
British Ross dependency, was mapped
by aero camera, and another and
loftier range, in the newly discovered
land, was found. Its peaks seemed
to rise to eight or ten thousand feet.
possessions of the
UMORS that the Spanish dictator.
ship was weakening and that Pri
mo de Rivera was soon to hand in his
resignation seem disproved by events
of last week, By 8 government decree
signed by King Alfonso the artillery
corps of the Spanish army, In which
originated much of the recent disor
ders, Is dissolved. All the officers of
the corps are dismissed without salary
and become private citizens, and the
classes of the Royal Artillery academy
at Segovia are dismissed. Command
of the artillery posts was taken over
by officers of other branches of the
service. Some of the artillery officers,
who took part in the revolt of a week
or two ago, were ordered deported,
but probably the others will be rein
tegrated after taking a new oath to
defend the present regime,
IR ESME HOWARD'S statement to
the press In Washington, in which
the British ambassador predicted that
another effort would now be made to
bring about an agreement among the
principal naval powers to restrict navy
bullding, caused a lot of excitement in
England and caused Sir Aosten Cham-
berlain, sferetary for foreign affairs, to
be heckled in parliament. The Laborites
been completed
Zoe
flight
+ extreme
‘nape Africa,
to
and Liberals questioned him persist
and at first his reply was to the
effect that the British government had
invitation
that
ms with
fer consid
not come to
result. Later
was con
ently,
no intention of issuing
for a conference on this subject:
all questions concerning relatie
the United
eration
States were un
the ti hand
make any nent of
he admitted the government
sidering a new line of approach to the |
Unit es on n of naval ,
a Us
disarmament.
ie
aud me
giater
ed Stat the questio
T= he Chinese Nation
alist a svelopil rapidly last
im
former northern
ed to be concen
A revolt that started at Lang
spreading to other towns,
was sald that Chang Chung-
former war lord of the prov
was on his way there, accom
panied by some Russian generals. Gen
Feng Yu-hslang some time ago con
centrated 80,000 Nationalist troops In
western Shantung In readiness for
just such a situation as has arisen
The American iser Trenton was
sent from Manila Chefoo to look
after American Interests,
week | Shantung, I » large m
bers
soldiers
Ince,
4
cra
to
HE
w=
extreme cold that b ht
much
as br rou
to Europe has
i one good England. The
minis been glven
ich » ost that most of the
leries are working full time and many
housands of miners are at work after
long months of unemployment
Trae
state ©
distress
had effect In
has
coal
col
nications
Brazil,
follow
in the
were
morali ing terrific
rainstorm he coffee crop was seri
1 wrt of Santos
.
by sea
and comm
Paulo, de
n
SRO
zed by ods
for
excel
President
the fArst
tion of
court
retary State {
the Washington
the World court
inviting the
reconsider
ret an
predictions,
Fl! FILLING
Coolidge last
week took
step toward reopening ti
the
We ques
» World
of
America’s entrance to
adi Nec
lirection
ivered to
representatives of all
nations identical
interested government
their reject
tions Americar
notes
to
of t! senate’s
¢ and to
ion reser
to adherend
possible
a member of
NE igedies of
the week was the mu
Angeles of E. 1. Doheny
the magnate, by his secretary and
companion, Hugh Plunkett, who then
committed suicide. It was apparent
that Plunkett had suddenly become in
sane after a year of nervous trouble |
for which he had been under treat
ment. The younger Doheny was thir
ty-six years old and was a partner In
his father's oll corporation. The fa
ther was prostrated by his son's death
of the interesting tri
rder In Los |
Jr, son of
oll
HILLIP ©. HANNA, a retired vet
eran of the American diplomatic
service, died in San Diego, Calif, at
the age of seventy-two years. Mr
Hanna entered the consular service in
1801 and served In various Latin
American countries as a consul gen
eral, being noted for his unswerving
protection of American Interests Ip
times of revolution and disorder.
Edward J. King of Galesburg, TL
who had represented the Fifteentt
Illinois district In congress for seven
consecutive terms and was reelected
for the eighth, died at his home In
Washington after long suffering from
heart disease,
Newspuper men mourned the death
in New York of Melville E. Stone, one
of the organizers of the Associated
Press and until 1921 its general man
ager. Mr. Stone founded the Chicago
Dally News In 1875,
———
HOMAS STERLING, special coun
gel for the senate’s public lands
committee, has virtually absolved the
Midwest Refining company, a Standard
Ol company (Indiana) subsidiary, of
fraud in connection with its Salt Oreek
(Wyoming) leases. In a formal report
of his six months’ investigation of al!
the leases covering the Salt Creek
field, Mr. Sterling, former Republican
gsenntor from South Dakota, declared
he found no evidence of fraud on the
part of the Midwest company or other
operators in the field and no evidence
that any of the leases are invalld, As
fn result of the report it Is considered
certaln that the committee will aban
don a proposed inquiry.
politan area
proper in
proper, pail
wis started, In
involve
O00 000 in tl
the us
for
be
On
Oniy Bix
us to provide work
deRire it wo iid
nor bi
it would be sound busi
7 ed nre.
irdensome
feasibility of the
izing em
orderly pianning J»
gests the
* i f ’ i
proposal for stabil
CArs
mstruction
and
will
reserve of of
§
ds, In its public
ngs, the country
around to this betlter
The «
to
Lusiness, ities, es
exercise
for
or
Painting Brick Needs
Correct Color Choice
why brick
nt brings
the
the
ipt the
used
ainted
tis
paint
wmke It
con
to nu
It in
dition
ted Ce
bit since
ARKO
fer certain
be pa
trim,
irrevocably
tal houses with clap:
is not In
color scheme
ight
rey
green
cinted
best of
un
board the
Are Most Desirable
Indianapolis be one of the
most beautifully shaded towns in the
Perhaps it still ranks high
in this particular. But it is fast los-
ing this distinction--and it was a real
distinction. Perhaps private and vol
untary effort can do something, says
the Indianapolis News, Certainly
property owners could, in many cases,
plant trees in front of their homes,
But we are not now thinking of ways
and means, but only of the desirability
of the end to be reached. Cleveland
used to be known as the Forest city,
and it was a proud name. There
ought to be many forest cities in this
country, and
one of them,
used te
Home Entrance Important.
The entrance should be hospitable
and so placed as to help the harmony
of the building-—not necessarily
the exact center of the front wall,
but in harmony with the other fea:
tures of the house, One too frequent:
ly seen fault of modern houses is that
the doorways are small. The fine, big
doorways of some old-fashioned houses
frequently reach well up to the sill of
the second-story windows, and seem
to extend a hospitable ale of welcome
to the Incoming guest,
Growing City's Needs.
Clean and well-paved streets, hand.
somely kept parks and boulevards,
well-ordered private property, clean
skies and pure air will contribute
greatly to the growth of the city, and,
what 1s at least as important, to the
health, comfort, and pride of the clith
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They
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This famous salts Is made from the
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