3—View down NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Reduction of Income Tax by One Per Cent Proposed by the Administration. By EDWARD W. PICKARD FF CONGRESS Is agreeable, and 1t almost certainly will be, our income taxes for this year will be reduced by about $160,000000. This is the plan of the administration, the announce ment of which was made in advance of the President's budget message to congress in the hope that it would serve to ameliorate the stock market situation, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Undersecretary Ogden Mills and Roy Young, governor of the federal reserve board, conferred with Mr. Hoover, and Mr. Mellon then issued a statement which said in part: “While the final detailed estimates of revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year 1920 and 1031 have not been completed, the secretary of the treasury considers the estimates have reached the point where tax redue- tion should be recommended to the congress at the coming sessions. “The indications are that business profits, dividends, interest, and wage payments in 1920 will considerably ex- ceed those of the year 1028. Our es timates indicate that the government should close both the fiscal years 1930 and 1931 with a surplus. Taking all factors into consideration, the secre. tary of the treasury, with the ap- proval of the President, will recom. mend tax reduction to the congress, “The form of relief to the taxpayers which the treasury's recommendations will probably take will be a 1 per cent reduction of the normal tax on the incomes of individuals and cor- porations applicable to 1929 incomes and payable in the calendar year 1830. “The total reduction of taxes to be collected during the calendar year 1980 will amount, it is estimated, to approximately $160,000,000. “The reduction, It is hoped, will take the form of a joint resolution of congress, thus permitting prompt ac- tion by both houses by avoiding a gen- eral revision of the revenue law. “The proposal has been discussed with the Republican and Democratic leaders of both houses of congress, who have tentatively approved the pro- posed recommendation.” It was believed In Washington that enactment of the necessary legisla. tion will come early in the regular session of congress, which opens on December 2, OMMENT on the stock market sit- uation seems superfluous, for every one in the country has been reading the financial columns with avidity if not with dismay. Day after day prices continued their downward way and It seemed gs if the market had no bottom. Even the bears were surprised, and one ot their leaders, Jesse Livermore, was quoted as say- ing that prices of many of the good stocks had fallen too low. But the amateur speculators were panie- stricken and refused to listen to rea. son. Many of the highest-priced in- dustrials fell to new low records for the year, and lots of bargain ‘hunters of the previous week were caught in the jam. The New York Stock Ex. change on Wednesday took steps to ferret out the undercover selling that had folled all efforts to stabilize the market, Every member was called on to give at once the following informa- tion: A list of stocks borrowed and from whom and for whose account; a list of stocks loaned and to whom; intra-office borrowings and for whose pccounts; a list of all stocks which they have failed to deliver, and for whose account, This action, together with the tax reduction news, brought on a flood of buying orders, and prices began to move upward, RESIDENT HOOVER'S Armistice day address at Arlington National cemetery was halled in America and Furope as one of the most important statements ever made by him, and it was given general approval. Briefly, he challenged the other powers to a radical reduction of raval armaments, declaring that the United States would reduce its naval strength in propor: tion to any other, that it remained for the others to say how low they would go and that “it cannot be too low for us” He suggested the ex- emption of merchant ships, carrying food exclusively, from seizure by bel- ligerents as the first step in solving the problem of the freedom of the seas. He proposed amplification of the Kellogg anti-war pact by provision of automatic machinery for Investiga. tion of disputes involved In violation of the pact, subjecting the aggressgr to the “searchlight of public opinion.” And he suggested the need of addl tional arbitration treaties and of an authoritative system of international law, Throughout his address Mr. Hoover revealed himself as an ardent advo cate of world peace ond the reduction of preparations for war, but asserted the latter must be by agreement only. “1 bave no faith in the reduction of armaments by example alone,” said the President. “Until such time as the nations can build the agencies of pacific settlement on stronger foun- dations: until fear, the most danger- ous of all national! emotions, has been proved groundless by long proof of international honesty, until the power of world public opinion as a restraint of aggression has had many years of test, there will not have been estab lished that confidence which warrants the abandonment of preparedness for defense among nations. To do so may invite war. “1 am for adequate preparedness as a guaranty that no foreign soldier shall ever step upon the soil of our country.” It should be noted that Mr. Hoover said his suggestion concerning food ships in war times would not be dis- cussed at the London naval reduction conference, NE of the many interesting events on Armistice day was the dedica- tion of the Ambassador bridge, the first to be bulit across the Detroit river to Canada. It Is the longest bridge of its type In the world and cost $20,000,000, Its free span is 1,850 féet long and its total length is one and elght-tenths miles. The ceremonies Included military parades in both Detroit and Canada and ad dresses lauding the structure as an ald in perpetuating the 114 years of peace between the United States and the Dominion, IR RONALD LINDSAY, British un- der secretary of state for foreign affairs, has been selected as ambassa- dor to Washington to succeed r Esme Howard, who retires from the diplomatic service early next year. Sir Ronald is well known In this country and his wife Is an American, a daughter of the late Colgate Hoyt of New York. Nelson Johnson, assistant secretary of state In charge of far eastern affairs, was appointed by President Hoover to be minister to China to succeed John Van A. MacMurray, re- signed. He 1s a “career” diplomat who has served In China and Is re- markably well posted on the entire far eastern situation, William Phillips has resigned the post of American minister to Canada, to the deep regret of President Hoover and the State department, He was offered another diplomatic post, but wished to return to the United States on account of his children, ENATOR BINGHAM'S theory that the senate lobby committee was packed against the Republican tariff bill received a measure of substantia. tion when its chairman, Senator Cara- way, asserted that its labors would soon be coecluded., For of all the lobbles operating In Washington, little or no attention has been paiu by the committee to any others than those whose concern is the tariff, Joseph R, Grundy, veteran lobbyist for Penn- sylvania interests, was recalled by the committee last week and Mr. Caraway demanded that he name the senators from “backward” states who, he con. tended, have too much voice in fixing the policies of the nation, Mr, Grundy sald that on reflection he had de cided this would be improper and un- becoming, and Mr. Caraway called him a welsher and yellow. But a mo ment later the senator retracted this, shook Mr. Grundy's hand and sald that, after all, he liked him. In a report to the senate, Chairman Cara way dealt with the testimony given by William Burgess of New Jersey, representative of pottery and other interests, The senator flatly accused Burgess of perjury and slander and sald he was a pald lobbist who had “no regard whatever for tation.” ELEGATES to the conference to establish the new Bank of Inter national Relations signed the statutes, charter and trust agreements of the institution and departed from Baden Jaden. The statutes, as published im mediately, fix Basel, Switzerland, as the seat of the bank and describe its purposes ns: “To promote co-operation of the central banks, provide additional fa cilities for international financial oper ations and to act as trustee or agent in regard to the Internationa! finan cial settlements entrusted to it” So long as the Young reparations plan Is operative the bank will not only “observe provisions of the plan in administration of operations of the bank,” but also will “conduct its af falrs with a view to facilitating ex. ecution of the plan” During the Young plan's operation the bank is vested with the functions of receiving and distributing the Ger. man reparations and supervising and assisting In commercialization and mobilization of certain parts of the German annuities, ADIR SHAH, the new king of Afghanistan, has Issued a proc lamation saying that strict prohibi- tion is to be enforced In that country. The rights of the people are to be equal, with no distinctions as to na tionality, caste or birth excepting those prescribed by the Shariat—sa- cred law. A recognized national army has been established and equipped with the latest implements of war, A military school is to be founded at be trained In modern scientific war fare. King Nadir also says be hopes United States, desire to live longer, the former Princess Victoria, eldest sister of the ex-kalser of Germany, died in a hos pital in Bonn at the age of sixty three years. Wilhelm was estranged from her when she married Alexander Soub koff, a Russian refugee, and gave her no assistance when she was forced to divorce from the dissolute Soubkoff, who was expelled from Germany and has been working as a walter In Luxemburg. Other deaths were those of James A. Robb, finance minister of Canada; Dr. BE. A. Allen, chief of the experi. ment stations of the Department of Agriculture; Dr. Frederick Monsen of California, eminent anthropologist, and James J. Riordan, New York banker and close friend of Al Smith, who committed suicide, HAT Is believed to be the larg est embezziement in the nation's history was revealed by a statement of the officers of the Union Industrial bank of Flint, Mich. It shows that within the last few months ten or more of the bank's employees have stolen from It money and securities to the amount of $3.0502,000, Charles 8. Mott, president of the Institution, has deposited cash cnough from his private fortune to guarantee the de. positors against loss, OCIETY along the Atlantic sea. board was provided with a sensa- tion when it was learned that Wil. Ham W. Willoek, Jr, of New York had married Adelaide Ingebert, a recent immigrant from Norway who had been his mother’s chambermaid, The young groom is the son of W. W. Willock of the social register and former vice president of the Jones & Laughlin Steel company, and his mother was the daughter of the late B. F. Jones, The family fortune is reputed to be more than one hundred million dollars, but how much the son will get Is ques. tionable. He and his bride were found in a 85 a week room in Oyster Bay, ©, 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) LESS ACCIDENTS BY BETTER ROADS Improved Facilities Would Lessen Many Dangers. (By E. E, A signboard ten feet square with the big lettered words, “Danger— Sharp Curve” clearly outlined against a background of binck and white stripes Is placed in plain view along a highway in Iowa. Two people were recently placed in a hospital because they didn’t that warning. This merely illustrates that in anto- mobile aecldent prevention, chief con gideration must be given to the hu man equation, personal or | whatever other name can be applied to human frailty, Fault of Operators, State records show that 65 per cent Durty) Ree element, or more of motor car accidents may be attributed to ear operators and that a tenth to a third of the mishaps are due to the negligence of pedestrians, Automobile are increas ing, taking the country as a whole, Car usnge Is growing for two rea | song: 5,000 cars are added to those present every day, and beiter roads and the tendency towards motoriza tion lead to more intensive use of ev ery molor car, Much ean be done, of course, to ent down the human factor in accidents, vet there is this, to be consid- ered. Highway facilities must be constructed that will reduce to a min- fmum the possibility of human error in driving cars High Speeds to Stay. Automobiles capable of high speeds are without doubt here to stay, un- legs some faster means of transporta- tion is created. laws cannot train man to be a better judge of speed or distance and inadequate highway facilities exist car accidents will oceur. Fortunately, for most accidents ton, go long as safe highway dollars and cents Highway grade separa. whereby or street intersections, compensate for thelr cost where traf. fie is Pedestrian tunnels which permit foot traffic to pass safe. Iy and speedily under busy thorough fares feasible The same Is true of railroad crossing of high of wide facilities there is n justification, tions, passes one wed over another at heavy, algo are economically separations, ways double-decked roads, pe ple sirects and Twenty-seven thousand are yearly dying in car accidents. That is too many. Starting in Low Gear Is Much Preferred Practice Starting In gear is a better practice than starting In second, when | viewed from the standpoint of pro tecting the clutch. But, because it is rather a retarding process when one Is in traffic, many to let the clutch take the additional burden of starting in second. One way to get around the difficulty is to practice getting out of low gear quick ly. Use it only long enough to get the car under way ; but, it Is far wiser to use it, flow AUTOMOBILE NOTES 0000000000000 0000000000000 ! A Carlisle, Pa. | hit three times at | crossing ang still i . farmer has been the same grade lives » - { It seems that the well known com- mon law, which requires the word | "amazing” in all automobile advertis- { Ing, has been amended to include | “stamina.” * 4 * According to a returned college student, this country’s 25,000,000 ears figures out exactly at the rate of five persons’ to the front seat of every automobile. * ® * After pumping up four tires the other morning, to give them an addi- tional 15 pounds pressure, the Office Crab said he was alr-minded the rest of the day. “Familiarity with not make fons dangers attending its use,” says Wil- liam H. Stewart, Jr, president of the Stewart Automobile school. “While it Is well to know the safe side of gaso- line, It is fur more Important to know the dangerous side, People who han. die gasoline continually apt to overivok the fact that danger is al ways present, lurking unseen, but ready to work harm as soon the conditions are right for or a fire, “Probably the greatest danger comes from the fact that the heavy and colorless, he geen, its presence, It the bottom of a of an garage until drops a lighted mateh and to it. When allowed to in this manner its explosive power is tremendous, “It is evident, then, that care must taken to avold such asccumulat gasoline cautious one of ure ns nn explosion vapor is very cannot of at Gn Since It little may there Is indication accumuinte or some closed room the floor one sets fire accumulate ion, 80 that the vapor will be dissipated ag fast as it Is formed. Do not spill being especially eareful tanks. of the most devices Is a gasoline sprayer, us cleaning the motor. It should be used in a garage, and is not safe even In the alr. The operator sprays the gasoline on different parts of the engine as he uses brush, By this enormous quantities of vapor form which travel to a con- siderable distance seeking a The operator cannot some of the mixture, Jurious, Keep the premises ventilated EARO while filling dangerous ed in never One open the process flame, help breathing which is in- " Motor-Minded Prince on His Swedish Motorcycle Prince Rigvard, right, second son of his Swedish-built motorcycle, Washing Out Oil Filter When washing out a filter, such as an oll flter, care should be taken to pags the gasoline or other washing fluid through the wire gauze in the direction opposite to the normal flow of oil through the device. The reason for this is that if gasoline is passed through in the same direction as the oll it will probably leave particles of fluff or other substances that might have been caught, sticking just where they were, while washing in the oppo- site direction would dislodge them. Cane Alcohol Useful as Substitute for Gasoline Cane alcohol has been used with some success in Brazil as a substitute for gasoline, the price of which in. creased 20 per cent last year, Tests have shown that the alcohol is the cheaper fuel at present prices, but ad- mitted objections to its use are gum- ming of valves and cylinders, “knock- ing,” smoke, viscosity and the high ignition point. Much interest has been shown lately in an alcohol mix. ture which eliminates these features at a slight additional cost per gallon, WHY WE BEHAVE | LIKE HUMAN BEINGS By CEORGE DORSEY, Ph. D, LL. D. a Rifle Ball Hyves body a host fre purasites Fecles elinims in the world The most numerous und deadly par. from that great half-an- imal, half-plant underworld bacteria. come Khiown as Second only deadliness are of the of some the unicellular organisms animal world, the ng, but of quite ent in thet tion, are some o flips Ser 10g protozoa, a differ orger ra of destr §O= ri} 1DeErS To the or with iles Live on Hry home that they jeath they nierest and Indeed, had been at natural and higher animals Is This but It MICro-Or nisms enor. in man due to parasitic organisms i probably overstates the case, is a fact that sly infl fluenced organi ; » wat certain for: evolution, men that no part, tissue, or fune- The of their as. BE Are oo stant ang § » fs i o our body is germ-proof menace is great because v i ©“ 5 Tye x 1 r | tounding capacity to mult y., constant are nl scratch may be nun poor, A pin rifle ball; ¢ ns fatal us a of milk general Areiess may plague a city. parasitism only : prone to re The problem We shall look at those parasites whicl kely how ley onter ft hos i do he rid of The an- are oft- il a bac a juiton ndet- iIrrier life nsites, t seourges of a-borne dis. and fleas im. And how they a cobra, the toxin are dendly. Are Only in their normal human pro and in the similarity response our make to do he venom of the castor bean, 1 Rerms, they related substances? disruption of cesses of living the bodies such substances, It is true that raised regarding any one pha human of living without re- moving lid of of life. The intricacy of life in its simplest forms is profound enough; it is not simpli fied by the addition of parasites. And yet possibly ail living processes in higher organisms are brought sbout by aggregates of protein molecules, which function as micro-organisms. If we only knew more about the pro- molecule | We shall, for keen minds are on its trail, and sooner or later it will yield can be s¢ of any no question process $ all the ai Meanwhile, there are mosquitoes to And with them we may begin to call the roll of our parasitic en- emies. Mosquitoes belong to Hexapoda (six-footed) insects, the most diversi. fied, the most numerous, and for thelr size the smartest of all animals. Lice, fleas, ticks, bedbugs, Jiggers, mos quitoes, flles—dozens of kinds, mil. lions of each. And a variety for ev- ery plant and animal on earth big enough to carry one. They live on us, they live off us. They give us nothing useful, They irritate us. Bot they do not kill us. We are accus- tomed to them, “adapted,” immune. That i= what immunity means, We are not exempt from fleas or dozens of other parasites, Only immune. We can stand them. The germ of death or disease carried by a parasite Is another matter. Immunity may come in many forms, Insects are which infest man body. flatworm, the highest animals or bedevil the hp Lower in the scale is a the long. flat Taenia, or tapeworm. Its life history is longer and pot at all flat. Man gets it from unsalted, uncooked pork. In his all mentary canal it loses most of its ane atomy and becomes head and long body of dozens of segments, each for breeding purposes a complete male and female. That Is what it is, a series of reproductive units. It needs no sense organs, has none; as it feeds on predigested food it needs no diges- tive apparatus, has none. Its head is a hook te hang cn by and a siphon to suck up food Our next lower animal parasitic en- emies are the two threadworms—hook« worm, trichina. The trichina is well understood and now under control; we hear little of it. The hookworm is well understood; but people will go barefooted, (& by George A, Dorsey.) Roses in History The rejolcings of victory, the mel ancholy moments of grief, have known roses. Arbors of delight, the desola- tion of surrender, playtime of children, dreams of aging men and women, hesi- tant hope of the sick, all have known the language of roses. In the choruses of the world's sentiment they have sung their part.—Dosten Herald
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