nn TS, West, in Kansas City during NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Center of Stage in Capital Held by Prohibition Enforcement. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ROHIBITION was again the dom- inant topic in Washington, dis- placing the tariff and the naval confer- ence in London. Somewhat hurried by political pressure, the Wickersham crime commission made a preliminary report and in submitting it to con- gress President Hoover made recom- mendations for legislation designed to facilitate enforcement of the dry laws. Then the fireworks started. The neatly Herald : “In effect Chairman and his associates say: ‘Whether the Eighteenth amendment and the Vol- stead act are wise legislation or not, we do not choose to say. The law is here. Conditions in the courts and elsewhere are such that enforcement under ideal conditions has not been responsible, Set up new ma- chinery for enforcement, try it a while and ultimately we may have some. thing to say on prohibition as prohibi- tion. We defer judgment meanwhile.’ ” The four major recommendations made by the commission were: Unification of enforcement under the Department of Justice. Machinery for speeding up prohibi- tion cases in the federal court. Codification of all statutes relating to prohibition, Amendment of Volstead act to fa- cilitate prosecution of padlock injune. tions. Here is what asked of congress: Reorganization of the federal court structure so as to give relief from congestion. Consolidation of the various agen- cles engaged in prevention of smug- gling of liquor, narcotics, other mer- chandise and aliens over our frontiers. Provision of adequate prisons and reorganization of parole and other practices. Specific legislation for the District of Columbia. Legislation to give United States court commissioners enlarged powers in minor criminal cases, Transfer of prohibition machinery from Treasury department to the De- partment of Justice, thus Joston commission's summarized report by was the Wickersham some President Hoover N THE house these recommenda- tions were referred to the several committees especially concerned, and there was an apparent disposition to push the administration measures through in quick time; but it was thought they would encounter much op- position in the senate, The constitu. tional lawyers in both houses were prepared to fight especially the com- mission's plan to permit United States commissioners to handle petty prohibition cases on the ground that it deprived citizens of their constitu. tional right of trial by jury. Mr. Wickersham explained that this was a misapprehension, the plan merely assuring the defendant a speedy trial with the right to appeal to another court in whiclf he would be tried by a Jury. The wets in the house organized for the coming battles by electing JI. Charles Linthicum of Maryland leader of the bloc. Previously Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania had declined the post, explaining that while he opposed the prohibition law, he believed it to be “the manifest duty of the administration to enforce it.” Representative La Guardia of New York made a surprise attack on the drys when he raised a point of order on the prohibition provisions of the pending Treasury department appro. priation bill and offered a resolution to declare the Eighteenth amendment inoperative. La Guardia set forth the proposition that only ten of the state legislatures ratified the Eighteenth amendment within seven years, as re quired by its third section. The others, he suld, ratified merely the Joint resolution, which later became the constitutional article, Hence, he argued, the amendment and its en- forcement . legislation automatically died three years ago, LI. this hullabaloo coincided with A he tenth amniversary of the ad- vent of national prohibition, and at the same time the Anti-Saloon league opened its twenty-fourth annual con- vention in Detroit, The leaders of the organization announced plans for raising a “war chest” of £350.000000 for use during the next ten years and said they were determined to rout ut. terly the organized forces that seek repeal or modification of the Eight. eenth amendment and the Volstead act. General Superintendent F. S¢ McBride in his add assuming rather remarkable knowledge of th Creator's ideas, declared “The league was born of God. It has been by Him and will fight on while He leads.” Dr. A. J. Barton, chairman of the executive committee, sald: “The Anti Saloon league is the most hated ang feared organization in America. The wets are more and more the strength of our organizati a pitying and Batronizing announce that we moribund, The thought ; they know much alive” ress led IN Ze wish 5 that N THURSDAY the senate, by majority of ten votes, reje proposal of the Republican regulars for an increase in the sugar tariff, The amendment of Senator Har rison of Mississippi forcing the re- tention in the tariff bill of the exist. ing rate of 1.70 cents a pounds on Cuban sugar, was to 38. The finance a rate of 2.20 and the bill passed by the house put the rate at 2.40 cents, The Western independent Republic. ans, who combined with Demo crats to knock out of the Republican bill all rate increases except those on agricultural products, split sugar duty. Senators Borah of and Norris of Nebraska, his bloe, were among against an increased rate. {3 OYERNOR GREEN of Michigan, acting on recommendation of Ar- thur D. Wood, commissioner of par- dons and paroles, has commuted sentences of the five ims of state's former “life for a pint” reducing their terms from life impris- onment to Ti to 15 years, in con- formity to the amended statute. sixth sentenced under the former law committed suicide in his cell, Oscar G. Olander, Michigan's com. missioner of public safety, announced that the state police would be pro- vided with fast automobiles equipped with machine guns and tear bombs to stop rum running between Detroit and Chicago. The officers will wear bullet proof vests, In Providence, R. L, a special grand Jury called to consider evidence in the slaying of three men aboard the rum runner Black Duck by coast guards. men reported to the Superior court that, after thorough investigation, it had found no indictment, adopted, 48 had on C committee proposed cents uban sugar the on leaders of those voting the 7 th Vict Lae law, The ECRETARY OF STATE STIMSON and the rest of the American dele. gates to the naval limitation confer ence landed at Plymouth Friday morn- ing and were speedily carried up to London. There Mr, Stimson spent several hours In conference with Prime Minister MacDonald, and on the two following days he talked confi dentially and at length with Premier Tardieu of France and Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister. Presumably these conversations did much to clear the way to a tentative agreement in the conference, which was to open Tuesday. To the advance guard of the news paper correspondents from all over the world Mr. MacDonald said Great Brit. ain would propose the abolition of bat- tleships and submarines, not with any great hope of obtaining total abeoli tion, but in the strong hope of secur. ing a drastic reduction in these forms of armament and thelr possible extine. tion after a term of years, He favors reduction by categories rather than global tonnage, but France and prob. ably Italy are committed to the latter plan and it is believed the United States Is ready to sceept it. The French and Italian delegations were reported still far apart on the question of naval parity. However, fair minded observers In London were convinced that all five of the delegations were sincere in thelr desire to obtain re. sults of real international value and that while each of them would Insist on adequate national defense, all were against the premacy. Therefore for optimism, principle of armed su here Is reason ELEGATES of the Germany in the The Hague finally reache ment on the sanctions and larations part of several questions of dec- he formulated two on the Young plun pre which w the subject to tocol, as thus that in ca v agreed unlted any of ons any creditor the conrt ternati gave an aff itor power “full liberty course, powers should of the possibi resume : That, lity of arme« action means interventios Necessn the conf ldenhaver Germ ce, had already pr bani 1 Agreement v German payments, the nded ; if eer the month, ns dema toriu that pent poned and a to determine whether becomes special advisory Germ nomic life is endangered whet torium is asked. YENATOR CARAWAY, J the invest reported to the senate denounced lobby gating especially . 1 those tahhviata ODD YiIss ] interests, as a se business men, their crs stal gaz = the = money or sugar lobhyis tariff, had raised more than in their campaign to gressmen., The report said the com had found no impropriety nor ng open re or criticism on the part of the President, $400. 00%) influence con mittee anythi to censu HROUGHOUT Ohio much of the river valleys conditions were Increasing until threatened to be the worst in Vast areas of farm land were dated and many towns were isolated Southern Indiana especially suffered, Missin sippl and they years, i | the distress, there and elsewhere. The severest storms of the swept over the North Central states, and the heavy snowfalls extended even to Portland, Ore, California, Still worse in destruction of life and property were the great gales that prevailed in England and northern Europe. About were killed and many injured, jority of deaths being foundering of vessels, the ma- due to the ROVER CLARK returned to Plep. J ing from a six weeks’ Inspection trip in the Wel river district on behalf of the China International Famine Relief and reported that thousands of persons are dying daily from famine and exposure. He declared two millions are doomed to die within a few months and that there was no hope of saving them because of transportation difficulties and fear of bandits, OPE PIUS XI issued an encyclical geverely criticizing co-educational methods and declaring the right of the church and family to take precedence over the state in education of children. The state, he said, should have charge of military education for the common good, but should avold an excess of so-called physical and military instruc ion, Though especially a part of the pope's controversy with Mussolini, the encyclical was transiated into sev eral languages and sent to the church throughout the world, The Italian press accorded itethe severe criticism of complete silence, which brought forth an angry rebuke In the Vatican official orghn, Osservatore Romano, (®, 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) Each Crop Should Be Plant- ed According to Its Climatic Needs. Timeliness, crop necording to its sea the very satisfactory # good garden, or planting the son, garden Is one of ways of having “This means planting each erop ne cording to says BE. B turist at ns English peas, lettuce best its climatie Morrow State requirements.” extension hortieul “Such college erops radishes, spinach, and weather for thelr development. Don't make the mistake of planting head lettuce late that the plants will go to Instead of producing heads. Lettuce Wants Food. “Lettuce also likes plenty food, require cool 80 seed of plant and if heads are wanted, the be rich. the readily nitrogen, nitrate of plants have become established soil Nide dress crop with available such the This enh ns godin, As Soon as Is also a good practice for early bage and most of the other le afy tables.” Those who vege have never grown planting this Mr. Morrow The the ear ke an small planted nt ame tin intenny variet conditions one of the ties of beets. It ren Long hest va mins sweet and mder over a long period and is pri ¥ 8 home garden type. Ventilation Important, 1% the hot hed on the bri Mr. Mor hot bed ha the pla res Eron lati ght inys | tant y es re the ventilation, the Pogr fils damp off nd or rodueed, #1 for set , ants have ezun to crowd In » hot hed, them to ! four inches ng d keep the fr night and on trans fer the eoid frame. nart ar ime covere Ar, hould Fill Mows With Good Protein Hay the p—10 help 950 feed bill ide of from one of soy bean hav, cent ax much as any farmer's pocketbos ditures for protein feeds™ of college of Briggs, one the mists at the agriculture of the state university, When hay crops fail, mow be had by using as an emergency hay crop. can be planted or in combi is adaptable There can soy The as late as July 1, tion with corn. The crop to many kinds of soil. many things to be sald favor of soy beans | as a substitute falfa and other They can be grown after a crop of peas or other hay been taken from a field. No special tools are required to hand! the crop. “Some farmers believe soy bean hay ig not very good because it Is hard to cure and looks poor,” Briggs stated, “but it Is often relished far more than what appears to be a bet- ter grade of hay.” A strong point for soy beans is that they contain a high percentage of pro tein which makes it unnecessary to supplement the hay with a large amount of expensive grain supple ments, beans ROVE alone are often Extremely Sharp Plows Not Materially Faster Tests conducted at the Towa State college Indicate that extreme sharp ness of plowshares has very litte ef fect on plow draft in ordinary plow. ing. In tough sod, however, dull shares do increase draft very much, where the average draft of a 14-inch plow, working 0 inches deep, was 740 pounds, while with the edge dulled to tions the same, the creased to 881 pounds, crease of 10 per cent, due to dull shares, in alfalfa sod. It was also found that a sharp share helped the plow greatly to penetrate hard ground, Hence, for ordinary spring plowing. only the point need be kept sharp, while for plowing sod or in hard soll, it Is important that both point and share be kept sharp. Efficient Repairs Cut Cost of Farm Machinery In a recent survey of the life and service of farm machinery the lowa station found that efficient repairing was a big factor in cost reduction, If allowed to go unattended a minor de- fect grows untill the owner Is forced to go to considerable expense to re pair it, but with annual overhauling, the implement in question will remain in almost perfect condition for many years, When tools are stored in the fall, there Is seldom time to overhaul them immediately, and farmers generally prefer to put them in shape later in the winter when the pressure of other work is not great. draft was in This Is an in Consumption of Milk Gradually Increasing i Accompanied Campaign to | Eradics ate Tube rculosis. the United Bin tment of Agric il increase United accompani (Prepared by tes Depnr ulture » A gradu: in milk cons tion in the years has Sp States In recent ed the tuberculosis campalge The ed te Kince to eradicate bovine estimated hns per campalgn increase amou more than 1020, under way. 50 quarts the This tuberculosis cap well ferkit when wins interesting sidel eradication is seen In a chart prepared by the mal Industry, United States ment of Agriculture In the work of er approximately tuberculin on bureau of ar adieating the dis 70 per cent of tested else, Cattle have heen dalry cows and heifers over two years old. Dr. A. E. Wight, wh of tuberculosis t 0 has cls eradication siry, indu reau of animal in he four year 5.000.000 old had been tubercy number tested ! while to date the period and heife 1.000.000 in only COWS aver two years of about the country By 1026 the 1 10,000 000, Hn tested 1d reache at] 1 106.000. 000 has exceed % he “nr capil increase in the a consur Dr. W 1 nption of ight bel leves, for Uppress tube Any iInfi n testing work mas 1eTice le rather than rep: ive the ¢f Howeve ber of In her tha are. vt £34" s TOre oO ubted! increas Hy are pe menace to the Destructive Se ed C orn Diseases Are Treated treats 811 {f am “tp Aira n of the Inv Com net retur of present There are at leas ive seed corn 1 corn is entirely them, states Koehl treatment reduce star these some of is thereby cuttin iel IH of the ld market , shelled corn at the bushel chief requirement is that the dust and seed m ough that it shovel, but must be with a homemade or commercis ing machine, ig as ical dust treatments now on the ied dry are appl two ounces to the ust be so th cannot be done wit} performed Heat in Silos Found to Be Only Temporary When corn is placed in the silo that near the surface, where it is exposed to the air, becomes hot. This has led to a somewhat general belief that the whole mass of silage becomes hot However, such is not the case. Ther mometers buried at various places jn the silage show a maximum tempera tare of 100 degrees F.. which would be termed only lukewarm. Usually the silage reaches its maximum tem. perature in ten days or less, after which it gradually cools. The silage keeps, not because it is hot, but be cause of the exclusion of air and the action of the acids in it RRVEE RAFI REEZRERRRRRERRRERNR Agricultural Notes Now is the time to list your seed requirements for next spring: only adapted varieties, - . - material for this purpose. . * » The amount of moisture in the seed bed at seeding time has an important bearing on the amount of wheat that will be harvested the following year, - . » From the standpoint of feed pro duction, the pasture Is commonly the most important field on the farm. Don't overlook the permanent pasture when applying this winter's manure, . . . Soy beans are recommended by spe. claliste as an excellent emergency hay crop. The soy bean Is tolerant of acid solls and produces a hay of high protein content and feeding value com parable to alfalfa. . + » Plows scour most easily in solls that have plenty of humus. A starch con. dition of solls ean be corrected by bringing the percentage of organic material up to 4 per cent using cal clum carbonate for soll acidity, Clean Kidneys | By Drinking | Lois of Water| | Take Salts to Flush Kidneys If Bladder Bothers or Back Hurts Fatir luce | 1g 100 mine ay pro form because kidneys Then they becor hed, get up and all ports #8, particularly backache and rhen ere headac Hes, acid torpid liver and urinary irrk jdney troubl uted acids cre clog in the kidney twinges, sey gtomach, constipation, sleeplessness, bladder tation, The moment your back hurts or kid neys bladder bothers you, begin drinking lots of tor ] aren't acting ri right, or if good wa and also get about foun m any goof poonfuel in before breakfast for » uy ther is made the nel: if wi and lemon and has used for vears to flush clogged EF « % 1-13 and your } from : t com been activ Kceps Leather Heels, But Wa Hea « on Tiptoes utives ire, your onally. Is help a box. Mending Fishing Nets Not for Modern Wives iP ing Scot tion is towns apable The the ng now in hen great dif n ol rine iring taining pair the lardyke give a reason fo rv own Cel 14 » ghortage, hic replys “The fisher girlie h was given modern wife!” never and conse older wom steadily dimin- words, young ed to quently the en, whose numbers ishing, are In great demand. Appar. ently there is no desire among the wives to learn this duty. ave learn mend the nets, services of the are SHUNT Joung Pastime of Great Men In virtually every phase of history. chess appears. Monarchs like Charle Tamerlane, Charles XII, Fred. the Great, Haroun al Raschid Napuicon I, along with philoso kerg like Voltaire, Rous spent many hours erick and phers and thi sean and Franklin. Every man's own reason in his best. EADACHE ? Instead of dangerous heart de- pressanta take safe, mild, purely vegetable NATURE'S REMEDY and get rid of the bowel poisons that cause the trouble. Noth. ing like MR for bilicusness, sick
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