bos © UNL AYE NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Congress Is Struggling With Farm Relief and Tariff Change Problems. By EDWARD Ww. PICKARD. (onoRess, which met In extraor- dinary session at the beginning of is struggling with the prob- for th lution of inly it was called to Wash- ident Hoover. On the the usual process of organi- Nicholas Long- er of the ‘urtis tak- - Rea g officer of the week, lem of farm rellef, e sol nani ‘re res ried out, 1g reelected speak e President ( fon was car for the purpose to the seat- aelson of swore in all 10use at one nder farm ptly introduces Ibert N. and the next day it the new tee On a vote of 10 to 2. Tuesday |Age Was 1 brief and b been expected, ion's f measure by Repre- Haugen of Iowa was approved by agric by sentatl « committ ulture President Hoover's ead te congress. It siness- like, as might have but did not meet with approval. Some of Mr. Hoover worters in the campaign were idedly disappointed in his handling the farmers’ problem, these including Senators Capper, The Presl- and recommended cCOver- mes. was unanimous '® 81 dee Irookhs Norbeck. dent ing eight matters, board, and other Creation of a federal farm n enormous revolving fund wr stabilizing agriculture more profitable to the lsion of the tariff to in- protection of the farmers prote tion to h changed eco- slack- employ- crease and to those ine nomic ened activi ment, Reorganization of the tariff commis- sion and of its method of operation. Provision for domestic valuation of fmports in cases of forelgn undervalu- ations, Provision for the taking of the cen- sus of 10930, Reapp« in congress, Suspen furnis. adequate lustries In whic ions have produced ty and lessened onment of representatives of the national immigration restriction system. “Minor nistrative authoriza- tions.” including the transfer of prohit enforcement to the De- partment of Justice, sion origins admi ibly DOSS ition The control of farm production and Improvement of marketing by Mr. Hoover's plan, as embodied in the bill before the house, would be committed to the supervision of a féderal farm board which would use a government revolving fund to finance farmer-con- trolled corporations snd associations, The President Is known to be opposed to the export debenture plan though he made no mention of it In his mes. sage. The scheme was offered in the senate’s bill for agrienitural rellef, which varied In other respects from the house measure, Concerning tariff changes the mes. sage was rather vague It sald con- gress should be eareful not to make niterations that would impair our ex- port trade or cause retaliation by oth. er nations President's recom: mendation that the national origins fmmigration restriction system be sus- pended probably will meet with more in congress than any other of his sug he opposition estions., policies of the federal reserve board which affected stock market activities by restricting the amount of money for speculation were attacked in the house by Frank R. Reld of 1. nois and Loring M. Black of New York. Representative Reld offered a resolution for appointment of a com. mittee of nine to Investigate the ad- ministration of the federal reserve system, suggesting that the board THE HALL, PA. at start of the through New York unduly subject to have been influences. might foreign Representatis ve Black defended spec ulative on the New York insisted there was account of activities Stock exchange anc no occasion for alarm on the greatly expanded operations there, He that the federal board was injuring business generally by attempting to curb The board, according to Mr. Black, is exceeding its powers under the law, asserted reserve speculation, AT POINTMENT Dawes as amba Britain was of Ci ssador firmed by Other aries G. to Great con the se without roll call, Presidential nominations were those of Joseph M Dixon of Montana to be first secretary of the inter Colquitt of Texas ie board of med Pennsylvanis ed States Commission ; ant secre! their favorite lines. n the first of the lutions were Introduced to repeal or weaken the legislation, and others reso. and in the session a lot of bills house designed hibition offe not one of these measures stands any by pro were red on succeeding days, Of course chance of session, being considered wer ho ate of the referendum, Wisconsin's 1 the mands to repeal the state prohibition to wipe out the state prob mission, and hurried the senat Th hill takes the Badger state 180, ion com- the measure on to forcem Rat. villages prohibitory If they want abandoned own, but own borders. Washington's reply test against the sinking the runner I'm Alone in the Gulf of Mex! co by a coast guard vessel livered to the Canadian legation. [Its contents were not made public, but it was understood to be conciliatory and designed to confine the dispute to legal aspects of the case. The Issue may have to be determined by arbitration. H’ ARRY F. SINCLAIR. to avoid im Hprisonment f gtate effective to Canada’s of nro pro rm was de seeking for contempt has asked the court of ‘he "United States recon- sider its recent decision upholding his sentence. Meanwhile it Is reported that he has lost control of the Sin- clair Consolidated: Oil corporation and that his place as chairman of the hoard may be given to Cel. R. W, Stewart, whom John I). Rockefeller ousted from the chairmanship of the Standard Ol Company of Indiana. The Sinclair company Is sald to be dominated now by a new group of financiers, {f the senat Supreme to USSIA, supported by Germany and Turkey, again presented to the League of Nations preparatory dis- armament commission her plan for the Immediate reduction of arma- ments, jut. France and Japan at- tacked the scheme as impractical, the other delegates were unfriendly, and the commission voted agninst it. The Soviet plan provides for reducing armaments one-half, one-third or a fourth, according to the present mili tary strength and various eategories of the countries. It would establish definite figures on the number of ef- fectives and the amount of material for the armies, navies and sir forces, ns against the conservative idea of merely seeking an agreement on broad general lines as recommenda tions for some future plenary disarm. ament conference which should fix the amounts and numbers and fill in all the detalls and particulars, H G. WELLS, the noted English * novelist and publicist, address. ing the German reichstag In Berlin, gave utterance to a grim propheey. a -pody enroute to Cleveland for burial, 8- He sald: {on headlong “Our world is marching on o which will fall 1914 unless we ally for peace, with , through compulsory iso- ‘becoming a country of in concentrated patriotism which to lead to a tremendous ween Russia and the west. The Russians will eall it western capitalism, ore than that, War out in Asia or elsewhere, spread all the world and gigantic war." new war, int we as we did In chief « “oaperted start to work systematl anger is 11 wardly is Micely ern powers a battle a it will be m gainst break it will J esR over "AL IL ES wmving the tically cor- , wont to Hy to npalgn of tion Orees were from the was new up- » in Pul- rogram quite a Mexican war ure fron he usual Loria rt depar practice, YO WIDELY divergent were the pro- S th and the Ger the matter wp German repara- of experts In fallu re, an- O50.000.000 gold marks, or dollars total by the rease the posals of © lies mans in tions that the cs Paris ended In Schacht offered mference yop! ete f or Germany 37 wuities of 1 billion more than three than demanded not Inc nt. Lord Revelst would no « less the sum ies: and he would ke's om 1d the commis devise was therefore deci The dele. Doctor f the ne had injected was meant settlement Is likely to $ ue its labors gutes of ilies blamed Kel it for the breakdown o £2 he polit { nate q into what to financial abroad be purely Germany's credit suffer greatly Khe BORIS of Bulgaria, who has been on a round of visits to vari- ous European courts, was saved from assassination by the vig- ilance of the Sofia police. They dis covered two bombs in the king's pri- vate railway coach which was being prepared to meet him at the border and bring § capital. The po- lice sald ad received warning that the unists intended to kill arch If the bomb plot failed. probable hey bh Comm the mor ABE RUTH being one of our na- tional “heroes,” his every move is of interest to the people. So It Is In order to report that the King of Swat took unto himself a bride last week In the person of Mrs. Claire Hodgson, a former actress who hails from Geor- gia. They were married early in the morning and set up housekeeping In a New York apartment. Their family includes the Babe's adopted daughter, Mra. Ruth's daughter by a former marriage, and Mrs. Ruth's mother and two young brothers. a—— OSEPH W. BAILEY, former repre- sentative and senator from Texas and almost the last of the noted orators of the South, fell dead In a courtroom in Sherman, Texas, In the midst of a lawsuit. Death was caused by a clot of blood In the heart. After his service in the national congress Mr. Bailey In 1020 sought the governor ship of Texas, but was defeated by Pat Neff largely because of his actly: ities against prohibition and woman suffrage. The body of Myron T. Herrick, late ambassador to France, was Interred in Cleveland, Ohlo, after Impressive ceremonies in the Trinity Episcopal cathedral which were attended by eminent representatives of the Amer lean and French governments and as many of his sorrowing fellow citizens as could crowd Into the edifice. The streets through which the cortege passed with military escort were thronged with people, despite rain, | Prickly Pear Is Valuable as Feed Particularly Advantageous in Times of Drought on Stock Ranges. (Prepared by the United Bistes Department of Agriculture.) A silage crop that keeps without need for a description of the prickly pear as it grows in the four states bordering on Mexico. It has proved a valuable stock feed, particularly In times drought on the range, such as be expected from time to time. As a forage crop it stores Itself, and the three or four-year-old sections of the plants are relished by cattle, Variety of Cactus, The prickly pears are varieties of cactus, and may be divided roughly into spiny and spineless forms, ac- cording to Farmers’ Bulletin 1072.F, “Prickly Pear as Stock Feed,” just is sued in a revised edition by the Unit. ed States Department of Agriculture, The "* varieties are not gmooth but are relatively free from spines and cattle can eat them with- out inconvenience, The custom is to burn the spines the sping varie tieg with a ga to chop them by mac ! Although able survive droughts for months =a time may “spineless blowtorch or severe the prickly pears plies at do net the spineless varieties, . not thrive if the temperature falls be low 20 at any The gpiny varieties may tolerate tempera tures five The best prickly pear regic United States Is In Tex: from the Edwards platean, Valuable as Feed. In times of drought the pri has proved a grea i require good water time under severe as a rul gome each year, 1 COig thrive degrees time, degrees lower, P ithward herds of eon rived by rs ing In fay that maj the rati and a dairy of pri cultiva pros great Pri r tings, that exces temj Farn mends fow to for The tained United ture, Was) of the feeding tions varieties free Sta men the areas where the different may be grown Damage From Corn Rots May Be Greatly Reduced The 1a diar the Ur 1 Sta culture have show ha he condition of the so ag a close lation damn; If the uninfected and its fertility Is ind by the additio f lime and phorus where needed, the extent the damage wil be greatly reduced. Crop rotation is generally beneficial the +» from disease, station and tes Department of Agri a experiment to the soil is reased phos of In checking Where corn rots lover or a legume crop should be grown In the rotation every four years, and corn should not follow either corn are preva lent, ¢ once The 1 is and Indiana experiment stations have found that some strains of corn are damaged far less than oth- ers by the corn rots, Beginning with a strain which has possibilities for Im provement, the continnous selection of seed from healthy plants may be ex- pected eventually to produce strains strongly resistant to these diseases, +4444 4044424434442 40402 Around the Farm : #2424042 24924 9224244440440 Careful attention should be given turkey eggs which are to be used for hatching. . » * A portable brooder house is an ald in preventing chick troubles, The brooder house and chick range should be on clean ground. » » * It is always essential to maintain an area immediately around the young trees tion which would, If present, down the growth of the trees. . 0 If a patented silo Is to be bullt, do not accept lumber having loose knots, any sapwood, or pieces with Sapwood, as a rule, Is less durable than heartwood and will nearly al- ways decay first, * . - injury by rabbits and field mice, es- pecially during the fall One-inch mesh poultry wire, ¢ld news. factory protectors, ee » » ~ The grape Is attacked by a number of Insects and a few diseases which are capable of causing heavy loss, However, on the average farmstead, grapes of fair quality are sometimes grown without any spraying treat- ment being given them. 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Long age bows of this wood. into is also excel CrOSS-arms left of making of Indian made tree one in the Goose Put Forward as Canada’s National Bird Canadian naturalists have been con centrating on the choosing of a ration al bird for Canada to commemorate the oe of Mr. an authority bird life, gives his vote to the Canadian goose, which he describes as “the noblest creature that ever lived on land, im alr, or in the water.” Wild geese, he says, pair off for Hfe. The male guards his mate on the nest. As soon as the young hatch he protects them from the opposite side of the mother, keeping the bables between the parents. He will leave his family for his mate, and for her only, but he will die for any of them. When traveling in the alr the male Canada goose leads the way, breaking the alr for his mate, who is quartering be. hind him, and his family travel next to her. “In brief,” says Mr. Miner. *he fa one of the most self-sacrificing, godly. principled leaders the human eve ever and to know him is to love diamond jubll Jubii nfederation. on grounds. In the first place, they be- lieve that Columbus follpwed the prov- erh, “No man iz a prophet in his own country.” It Is also asserted Columbus really came from Galicia, which had taken sides with Colum | in disfavor at court. Thirdly, side, and, since Queen Isabella was notoriously anti-Semitic, he feared her displeasure, (Columbus) appears in the annals of the Inquisition as a Jew in 1480. The evidence connecting Columbus with the Jews may be found in letters written to his friends and to his son, Ferdi nand, It is also pointed out by scholars that in 1402 and for fully a hundred years thereafter Columbus was not claimed by Genoa, where he was known only as a wine merchant, but that after the magnitude of his dis coverieg became known the city halled him as her own, Indeed, these scholars deny Columbus his own name, for the only time the discoverer of America called himself Christopher Columbus, they say, wag In his letters to Ferdl- nand and Isabella, and all his other letters are signed “Cristobal Colon." This is a common Spanish name, and one may yet read In an old house in Porto Santo, Galicia, the words “ + « Colon, ano 1400." —Tiving Ale ————— ————— — Legends of “True Crom™ There is no authentic information as to the composition of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. Legends on the subject are legion. The alleged fragments of the cross preserved as sacred relics are composed of pine. According to one legend, the true cross was made of four kinds of wood palm, olive, cedar and cypress—rep- resenting the four quarters of the globe. A more poetic legend says the cross was made of aspen, supposed to account for the almost constant quivering of the leaves of that species, ~Pathfinder Magazine. Difference im Rainfall There is uncertainty about what constitutes a day's rainfall. At Lon. don, for example, popularly regarded as a wet place, it seems that the bost the clouds ever have done was 8.19 inches of rain in 24 hours. In France however, there was a shower at Jops euse which checked out at 31.17 inches in the same time. At Genoa, the best rain was 80 inches for a day's Joly Gibraltar has a record of 33 inches but it took 26 hours to get down, In the Khasl hills, India, the record drizzle is 830 Inches a day for fi consecutive days. This foots up at 3 000 tons on every acre
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