1—Senate finance
Gouraud of France,
National cemetery.
Stimson.
General
Arlington
of
Soldier In
Secretary State
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
China and Soviet Russia
Near War—Wickersham
Stirs Wets and Drys.
—
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
HINA and Russia came to
verge of war, and whether
would push each other into the gulf
was an open question. Surface indi-
cations pointed to an armed conflict in
the immediate future, but optimistic
individuals, like former Secretary of
State Kellogg, believed a peaceful golu-
tion of the trouble would be reached,
tnasmuch as both nations signed the
Kellogg pact outlawing war.
Russia, enraged by the gelzure of
the Chinese Eastern rallway in Man-
churia and the expulsion of numbers
of Russians, sent an pitimatum to
China demanding that within three
days the Nanking government arrange
for an amicable settlement of the
crisis, immediately release the citizens
of the Soviet republics and cancel all
“illegal orders.” Unless this were
done, Moscow threatened, the Soviet
union would resort to other means to
defend its rights. In response China
sald an envoy was being sent to Mos-
cow to discuss matters, and also de-
manded that the Soviet release all Chi-
nese imprisoned in Russia and ade-
quately protect Chinese nationals In
Russia from aggression and repres-
glon.
The Soviet government, declaring
the Nanking note was unsatisfactory
in content and hypocritical in tome,
announced that all its diplomatic and
consular official and commercial repre-
gentatives would be 1 from
the
they
recalled
China at once, all means of reaching
an amicable settlement having been
exhausted. It placed the entire re-
sponsibility for all consequences on
the Chinese government.
During this exchange of notes, and
indeed before it began, both nations
were concentrating lirge bodies of
troops along the Machurian-S8iberian
border, canceling the leaves of their
army officers and otherwise preparing
for armed conflict, With these Chl-
nese, on border duty, were the former
Russian imperialist White Guard
forces. Dispatches from Nanking
quoted a member of the central execu-
tive committee of the Nationalist par-
ty as saying that the Chinese govern-
ment would resist to the very end any
Russian threats growing out of the
taking over of the railway in Man-
churin. And President Chiang Kal-
shek was reported to have told a gath-
ering of party leaders that the seizure
of the rallway was only the first stage
of the Nationalist polley toward Rus-
gla. He was quoted as adding: “After
this first stage we will go further. The
imperialist powers are greatly excited
over our coup against the Russians
and fear that thelr interests may be
involved. But so long as we Chinese
are united, we need not fear oppres
gion from the outside.”
Aside from the quarrel over control
of the rallway in Manchuria, the row
between these two huge nations is di-
rectly traceable to the everlasting urge
of the Russians to spread their Red
Communistic doctrines in other lands
by means of insidious propaganda.
They seem convinced that they are
right and determined that all the
world shall be turned to Sovletism.
Only last week 20 of their agents were
sentenced to prison in Turkey for dis-
seminating Communist propaganda and
attempting to undermine the existing
government,
Sous {dea of the prevailing confu-
sion of mind among American citi
gens concerning prohibition enforce
ment may be gained from the response
to the suggestion which George W.
Wickersham, chairman of the Hoover
law enforcement commission, made to
the conference of governors in session
at Groton, Conn, In effect the Wicker.
sham proposition, made in a letter to
Governor Roosevelt of New York, Is
that the prohibition laws be changed
to turn “wholesale” enforcement over
to the federal government, and “retail”
enforcement-—against saloons and
speakeasies”—to the states. Both wets
and drys both praised and denounced
the suggestion. In the governor's
meeting the notably dry executives
sought to have it indorsed as a move
toward greater co-operation of the
states with the federal government in
fighting the demon rum; and the drys,
led by Governor Ritchie of Maryls
rallied to prevent indorsement.
Senator Caraway of Arkansas sald in
Washington that Mr. Wie kersham's
letter was the “worst blow” ever lev-
eled at prohibition, branding the Vol-
stead act as unenforceable and lend-
ing encouragement to he crimi
world, and he insisted ti
ersham should resign from
manship of the commissior
ers generally A
that the letter was an admission
the dry law could
consequently chuckled
But representatives of the W. C.T. L.
and other dry organizations took the
view that it was really a call to duty
on the part of such states as have been
remiss in alding in the enforcement
of the Eighteenth amendment.
such
agreed with }
that
and
contentediy.
not be enforced,
a statement from Prohibition Commis-
gloner Doran that he would Issue to all
prohibition administrators a
barring the employment
armed volunteers In liquor ralds
ducted by agents. This Is a
result of the killing of two Oklal
i iy by a volunteer
drastic
of
con-
order
federal
oma
ald
Haz promised to be an exciting
'
airplane race across the Atian-
tie, from Paris to New York, ended
in tragic death and failure. The Pol-
ish plane Marshal Pilsudski managed
to reach the Azores Aang, king
forced landing on the small i
Graclosa, overturned, rolled
embankment and exploded.
wik Idzikowskl was burned
and his co-pilot, Ma). Casimir RKubala,
was badly injured. Kubala sald their
motor falled them. The French plane
Question Mark, piloted by Dieundonnpe
Coste and Jacques DBellonte, glowed
up by dense clouds and strong head
winds that forced the consumption of
too much gas, flew almost to the
Azores and then turned back, reach-
ing Paris in sefety..
Willlams and Yancey flew to Paris
from Rome last week, saw the gights
of the gay capital and then crated
thelr plane and started for home by
steamship.
'Untin' Bowler, the Chicago Trib-
une's amphiblan plane that was
trapped by weather conditions on Hud-
gon strait on its way to Greenland,
Iceland and Berlin, came to grief when
jee floes broke up, earrying the plane
out to sea where It sank. The crew
was safe ashore,
V ITH all but one member appoint-
ed, the federal farm board was
started on its way toward agricultural
relief with an address by President
Hoover at its Initial meeting. In his
charge to the board the President said
its chief task was the creation of farm-
er-owned and farmer-controiled mar
keting agencies, He continued:
“l am deeply impressed with the
responsibilities which lie before you.
Your fundamental purpose must be to
determine the facts and to find solu-
tions to a multitude of agricultural
problemns, among them to more nearly
adjust production to need ; to create
permanent business {nstitutions for
marketing, which, owned and con
trolled by the farmers, ghall be so
wisely devised and soundly founded
and well managed that they, by effect-
ing economies and giving such stabil.
ity, will grow In strength over the
years to come, Through these efforts
we may establish for the farmer an
equal opportunity in our economic 8ys-
tem with other Industry.”
After this first meeting Chalrman
Legge expressed the belief that, while
the board was created to deal with
the whole agricultural situation, it was
probable the wheat surplus, generally
considered the most urgent phase of
the question, would receive the board's
immediate attention.
Next day following an executive ses
gion Mr. Legge announced that the
board would do everything possible to
work with existing co-operative organ.
jzations and to build up new farmer
groups for co-operative marketing. By
effecting a better organization of farm
marketing facilities and bringing the
farmer in more direct contact with
his market, Mr, Legge sald the board
down an
Maj. Lud-
to death
feels that increased profits will accrue
to ing
great a burden on the consumer,
Later Mr. Legge gave out the state
ment that the board would not at-
tempt to displace private banking In-
stitutions and the federal intermediate
the producer without plac
credit banks in financing co-operatives
en ed In
The
natives to
marketing farm cou
expects the
the lines
be obtained at
gag
ties, board co-oper-
of
reasonable
other institutions
the board for
For the present no loans will be un ade
out of the though a
great many have
exhaust credit
which may
rates from
on
before
calling assistance.
board's funds,
applications already
been received.
The ninth member of the board, not
to represent
the wheat growers,
Incidentally
losses in
Northwest
especially
. reports of severe crop
and Canadian
prices on the
,
great leaps and
the American
sent
boards of trade up in
and other grains
wheat
advanced
YET IRAE banks in the part
of ound Tampa cl
f Florida
In two een of them
sen}
weeks, on
"he Atlanta Federal
5,000,000 to Tampa
with the promise of one of
one
day last week.
Reserve bank sen
its officials
“ont
ai
of
gituati
ida
store
the money
n" and
bankers and
public ¢
controller said the {
prin
als, propaganda and a financial
sion through the state, which
eeded to meet the
the Flor-
business men
hi hol edd
this heipeq
onfidenc
wil vv Shee ow
rily by t
accentuated by the effect of
terranean fruit fly and quarantine,
I ous B. SELTZER, editor of 1
Cleveland Press, and Carlton K
the paper's chief
were sentenced to serve
days and pay fines of $300 each
contempt of court In pric
torial denunciation of Common Pleas
Judge F. P. Walther, of Cleveland.
The judge himself brought the charges,
heard the case and pronounced sen.
tence. Newton D, Baker, former sec
retary of war, defended the newspa-
per men and filed an appeal and they
were released on ball after an hour in
jail, The case will be watched with
great interest by all members of the
journalistic fraternity, for it involves
the freedom of the press and the priv.
{lege of criticizing public officials, ac
cording to Mr. Baker,
Matson,
writer,
editorial
30
for
iting an edi-
LL.D times on the river were re
vived, to the delight of thousands
of spectators, when the veteran pad-
dle wheelers, Betsy Ann and Tom
Greene, raced 20 miles up the Ohio
from Cincinnati to New Richmond for
the championship won many years ago
by the Betsy Ann. The steamers ran
neck and neck for most of the dis
tance, but young Tom Greene finally
pushed his boat ahead and won the
exciting race by a scant five feel
URING na
coast
terrific storm on the
of Chile the Chilean army
transport Abtao was sunk off the port
of Valparaiso and all but two of the
crew of 43 were drowned,
A Rock 1sland passenger train west:
bound from Chicago, plunged through
a weakened bridge over Landsman
creek near Stratton, Colo, and one of
the pullmans was submerged. The
loss of life was reported to be nine,
Floods in the Trebizond district on
the Black sea have taken a toll of per
haps a thousand lives, Many villages
were engulfed and 50 square miles of
crops destroyed.
—
ING GEORGE of England under.
a few days his subjects were very anx-
fous, But he came out of it well and
was reported to be recovering rapidly.
The surgeons found It necessary to re
move parts of two ribs to facilitate
drainage of the abscess on his ma-
Jesty's lung.
ETERANS of the Rainbow division,
A. E. F., held their annual meet:
ing in Baltimore and their parade was
reviewed by President Hoover, Gen-
eral Gouraud, war-time commander of
the Fourth French army with Which
the division fought In France, French
Ambassador Claudel and other nota
bles. General Gouraud is honorary
president of the division's association
and came over especially for the re
union,
to Best Cattle
looking Means of Improv-
ing Their Breeds. «
(Prepared by the United states Department
of
Agriculture.)
Dalry hreed assoclations in
of datry Industry,
States Department of Agriculture,
Speaking before the annual conven-
tion in Philadelphia, Mr, Rleed suggest-
ed the desirability of the national
breed associations giving “some study
to setting up a of registry
which will permit entéring in the herd
system
reached a high degree of purity for a
high level of production.”
Seems Like Rank Heresy.
Mr. Reed admit
might seem like “rank
ht the
«d attent
ted this suggestion
heresy to those
proposition
'
ion
tle now registered
or, he {ted fgures showing the very
the
regine
between
production
tered commercin
Of
yurean of dairy
erds today.
100,006 cows tabulated by
industry, 70,000 were
1 30,000 were registered,
id, produced 7,12
{ 2684 pounds of but.
3
while
grades ant
The gra
pounds of nn
terfat a
the
New System Is Favored,
nregistered ane
apacity
United
nea
There are
nals of
guclive (
the
made
aly
and
fine
Hol
for
land,
thelr
used sud
Preventive Steps for
Poults and Blackhead
wuch tragic stories as come In ab nt
"pou get
fa ye drome
pings”
“they go
This is the old enemy “biackl ead”
ta the size of quails” “They
T Quai
lowish or greenish color
“they begin to walk slow” }
light ontil they dle,” etc
turkey poults on ground that
wmetnred by hicks: to give them
I
the sour wm they will drink,
r
¢ all
ik and
every third week to give epsom salts
in the
per old bird, and a half
pouits
The droppings of a flock affected
with blackhead should be kept cleared
away and burned or buried. Make
gure that the fowls are free from
mites and lice,
Do nag keep as breeders birds that
have been cured of blackhead.
nre
i
teaspoon for
Food for Goslings.
Bread and milk. cornmeal and hran
mash are all good food for goslings.
One thing that tends toward profit in
fs that but little food
{fs required after the first few days
when grass is plentiful, Dut because
goslings are not alwnys careful as to
diet they eat poisonous
weeds, principally young encklehurr,
nnd onless ald is given they
dle. It is best to feed them at least
once a day. and inclnde a little
Inrd or grease skimmed from ilqnor in
which vegetables have heen be fled and
gensoned, to overcome the effects of
such poisons,
geese-raising
sometimes
timely
fo
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Destructive Fires Set
by Terror-Ridden Cats
Two stories from Paris tell of two
eats, each of a hous
down, From the east,
ch, in the
mistress, crawled up on
to reach a chunk of
above. It lost
the fire,
whom burned
Montbeliard, in
of a cat wl
absence of its
the mantelpiece
that hung
footing and fell into
meat
of the window
the granary. Its blazing fire
to the building, which burned to the
ground. The tale ¢ from
Lorient on the There a
cat had been two
girls, who ha
The el
from the
fe Pe 4
ur ses
other ame
west coast.
plagued by
ler of the two snatched a
on
conl
firey
the roo
and le
the res
ceived by
wdroom
wr
When
overwhelming
bulldi
ng wa
Something Omitted
Modeling in clay, now ta
dren in many ! tary schools, is
very gOMe
young sculptors, Ju iging from a story
told by Mrs. Laura Knight, A. R. A.
A friend of hers was one of a party
who orks of
various pup and they © gath-
ered round to ut a sia of a
little oid y which a child of five or
thereabouts had just finished. “1 won-
old lady is thinking
about 7" somebody said “Oh, she can't
think,” replied the tiny sculptor, i
didn't make her any brains.”
were inspecting the w
look tte
He Really Lived
Good King
out of the window al the celebration
of the feast of Stephen, is usually re
garded as & mythical person. He Is
sald to have really lived, however, and
the thousandth anniversary of his
birth is about to be celebrated. In
Polish his name Was Vaclav, which
§ Agricultural Notes
Feed a dry mash.
- » -
Hoeing 1s the life of peas
them plenty of it
» »
Give
Sudan grass used for pastures is
not nearly so hard on the land as
sudan grass used for hay.
. 8s »
One of the Intest devices is a con-
veyor and self feeder for baling straw
directly from the threshing machine.
. 0 »
Vegetables will not develop satisfae.
torlly if the plants are thick, hence
judicious thinning Is very important,
LE
Don't forget to take a dally lookout
for bugs and give them a shot of polson,
One bug can produce a big family In
short order.
ee
Unless turnips are thinned just at
the right time they will be disappoint.
ing. Get them pulled to reasonable
distances to permit growth, =
man Wenzel! and so became Wences-
jas. There are many other stories told
about his goodness besides that of the
Christmas carol
Trumpeter's Guilt
A trumpeter during a
tured near the enemy and was
captured by them. They were about
to proceed to put him to death when
he begged them to hear his plea for
mercy. “1 do not fight,” said he, “and
indeed carry no weapon; | blow
thie trumpet. and surely that cannot
harm you: then why should you ki
me? “You not fight, yourself™
gald the others, “but you encourage
and guide your men to the fight.”
Words may be deeds ~—Aesop.
battle ven.
{00
only
may
Large-Brained Ancients
Rcientists believe they have found
the remains of a finely developed.
large brained race of men who lived
in Africa in prehistoric times. One Is
never quite sure whether the human
race has been golng forward all these
years or backwards. Perhaps it's a
matter for the individual to decide for
himself. Do you think you are im
proving? Do we think better and be.
lleve better than we used to? Deep
questions, these. —Capper's Weekly,
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Odd English Bird
Pled wagtalls are attractive birds,
with bold, swinging flight, says Na-
ture Magazine. Their call is some.
what like their relatives, the pipits,
as they fly, then alighting beside a
stream or stagnant pool to feed, while
constantly wagging their long talls.
These pled wagtalls of England are
clad In contrasting black and white;
the white wagthils, more common on
the continent, are gray and white,
wheels, equipment.
y Low prices. Send no
1 money.Usethe coupon.
Phosphorescence
be
ishment
server.
Many a st
ghostly
forests, CAYeS and
mysterious
in
ubtless
churchyards
bluist
hours of
fill the sug
the
with awe
Sneexing Superstition
r gti tradit
me of Ads J
sign of death. Jacob
these things. He
for a repeal
cessful was he In
of
death
ion asserts
to Jacoh
he phenomenon
o be a sign of
and became an infallible sign of life.
ob's dav, Ww
3
he world, they
t announced their
arrival by sneezing
i zing. So that when the
Shkunamite
life by the Ix
son of the was called to
lisha, “The child
d the child
"New York Times
1
Rneezed seven tines Ar
opened his eyes
Ancient Surgical Tools
Like Those Now in Use
of years ago used
) ar in shape to those
This was shown hy probes
uncovered in buried
» of Pompeii, snd recently exhibit-
in London. The large number of
comparison to other instru-
the eollection suggests thal
fRurgeons PALL
forceps the
ed
probes in
ments of
the
city.
work before the year 79, when
eruption of Vesuvius buried the
While the shapes of the instruments
in cases are almost jdentical
with those of the modern surgical
tools, their steel is less flexible. The
absence of saws from the collection
some
indicates amputations were rarely at-
largely because of lack of
knowledge circulation of the
blood, says Popular Science Monthly.
Surgery is known to have been prac-
ticed at an date. When Alex-
ander the Great invaded lands east
of the Mediterranean in a00 B.C, he
found it being practiced by the bpa-
with great skill, There is evi-
that surgery was in use in
Ezypt as early as 5,000 or 6,000 B. C
tempted,
about
early
tives
dence
“Waste o Siller!™
A heavy gale was blowing and the
steamer making very heavy
weather of it. After a huge sea had
swept the deck, a Scottish passenger
went up to one of the officers and
asked him if he really thought the
ship was going to sink.
“I hope not!” said the officer, “but
gurely an old man like you is not
afraid to die?”
“It's no that exactly,” said the pas-
senger, “but ye see 1 just purchased
a plot o' ground in ma local cemetery
an’ it seems to me as if it's going to
be a terrible waste o' siller "Detroit
Free Press,
Was
Dog's Double Life
An Interesting trait is the Jekyll
and Hyde existence lod by many
sheepdogs, always regarded by us a8
gentle, man-serving creatures. These,
when they take to sheep killing, 23
velop a cunning so extraordinary
they remain by day the perfectly faith
ful servants of their masters, careful-
ly shepherding his flocks; yet, at
nightfall, they transform themselves
into viflains and steal forth to murder
thelr victims, returning before dawn,
Strange to say, a “killer” dog, never
slanghters sheep of his own flock, He
always ravages the neighbors’,
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