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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,
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Careful attention should be given
turkey eggs which are to be used for
hatching.
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A portable brooder house is an ald
in preventing chick troubles, The
brooder house and chick range should
be on clean ground.
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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,
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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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Duties of Party
Party whips are
“Whips™
of recent introduc
tion Into the gress of the United
States. The office has long been in ex
istence In the British parilament. The
duties of whips are (1) to inform the
leader of the state of party of
(2) to count the in every di
and report the res :
(3) to inform men
tant divisions are ¢
them
to tell men
ernment
house”
con
vate
ult the wa ko
118 to the sx ker,
bers when in pe
ed &
until division occurs
viet
XH
wrs how to vote
business
He was
attached
game.
the
strokes,
worse an
rinally,
times In st
he turned to
remarked :
“Dear, dear!
more
and
d worse went on,
the ball 15
on one occasion.
patient caddie and
after missing
iecession
the
I suppose there can't
be any worse players than myself”
“Well,” returned the caddie consol-
ingly, “there may be worse players,
but, of cour they don't play.”
Spain Puts Forward
Claim to Columbus |
wi having
her.
im America
a Madrid newspag
offered a prize of 50.000
he best proof that
the land
pesets
for t Columbu
from
nand
Historians
the word of
before Queen
come from Genoa,
The acceptance of this single
ment may have led to what
Altamira has called
of historical error.”
has been raised to it
ble of such
Humboldt Columbus
typically than
zeal,
of Isabella and Ferdl-
therto
15 wi
Isabella and
where 1 was born.”
have hi
Columb
accepted
wn
said:
seg
the fossilization
for no objection
¢ xcept
observations scholars
that
Spanish
was
Italian in his
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Mead 575 Fang?
Each
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Dyers Making Use of
Tree Once Condemned
of a coun-
try as grows casts about for more
and more sources tha an be con-
t shed prod-
uthwest has
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age ora
'arc tree.
ke what
Every country or section
vert
ay
"
roe
ge,
were
0 was
ge tree
green
I's Cone
a
COWS
it be-
Cross.
to
houg
ba
ht
to mas a felloes,
A new day, wever, Is dawning for
the hedge appl ree, It is being
turned of some of
the co v's ! » dye factories
This is developing Into a real indus
try In " Oklahoma,
The hedge
lent material i
and insulator pins. What Is
the tree Is utilized the
fertilizer. 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
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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,
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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