Legrrup R|ONS. Mrs. Tsune Gauntlett Courtney of Philadelphia Miss Kathleen ID. held In to Bulgaria to succeed H. F. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Naval Parley Starts With Good Chance for Success —Young Plan Signed. By EDWARD W. PICKARD CVERYTHING except the physical atmosphere of London was auspi- cious for the opening of the naval lim. itation conf on Tuesday, and every connected with the parley seemed optimistic concerning its re suits, King George, making his first public appearance since he fell {Il on Armistice day, 1028, started the pro ceedings with a warm but brief ad- $8 of welcome to the delegates gathered In the royal chamber of the house lords. He was followed by the heads of the five delegations, all of whom made appropr speeches full of generalizations and hope. Significant extracts from these are: nister MacDon sie once erence one 1 Qare of iate five addresses Prime Mi 1d of Great Britain: are not careful we shall be nore involved in fever. ish competition such as heralded the outbreak of the war in 1014. . . The way of Great Britain is on the fea. The stock of its people came from the sea; its defense and its high. roads have been the sea; its flag is a fiag of the sea. Our navy nowhere is superfluity to us. It is us.” Secretary of State Stimson of the United States: “1 feel it is more Im portant to emphasize the fact that we do not look upon this effort toward disarmament as final. Naval limita. tion is a continuous process. We re gard disarmament as a goal to be reached by successive : a We sincerely hope that increased feel- ing of security may enable still more drastic reduction in the future” Premier Tardieu of France: needs are deter Mr. Mac Donald has by our geographical storical position, our ei colonial, polit tions. Taken what is called a Reljiro Wakatsukl of Japan: the unanimous desire of the Japanese people that peace should be lastingly established, I see no insuper- able obstacles in our path.” Dino Grandi of Italy: “The fascist government is desirous of securing real and tangible results in the fields of disarmament and security. . . . The problem Is one calling for cou- rageous action. . . .)” we steps, “Our ed, as observed, position, our hi nomic, maritime, ical and defensive situa. altogether they define nation.” “It is and from one ROM their public expressions the information that came their private conversations with another, it appeared the representa. tives of the five naval powers had at least reached a unity of opinion on five broad principles, They were agreed upon the necessity for a naval holiday in the sense that competitive building of war fleets should They admitted that the public opinion of the world demanded economy in naval expenditures and relief for the peoples from financial burdens. They believed It advisable that any agree. ments arrived at hy the conference should be for a comparatively short period so they might be revised and improved in later years. As to the last point, it was sald the British and probably the Americans favored re vision of agreements in 1936 and the French wished the term to be about twice as long The three highest hurdles the con- ferces will have to surmount probably are the British determination to bring about a sharp reduction in battleships with thelr possible elimination In the future; the contest between France and Italy for control of the Mediter- ranean and the Italian demand for parity with France on that sea: and the desire of the French that any agreement reached shall be advisory to the League of Nations’ disarmament commission, When the question of the method of Hmitation comes up, the Americans and British, who prefer restriction by entegories, will probably make con eessions to the French and Italians, who advocate the theory of global re. strictions, and of’er to accept an ar. Conse, rangement of global limitation by which 10 per cent of tonnage may be transferred from one category to an- other on one year's notice, Business sessions of the conference began Thursday, but it was the opin. ion of Mr. MacDonald that it would be two weeks before the delegates got to the point of putting their sea strength estimates Into figures. In formal meet not to to statistics lists of tonnage, be and urged hasty in getting and and lieving the problem should be attacked and plece- meal. The three hundred Journalists gathered in London from all parts of the world were when it terms ings he them be too down categories slowly bitterly disappointed was anoounced that the “plenary” of the conference would not open to them for the present. Their exclusion, however, not prevent their sending umns of speculation their papers every day. It is reading but the wise reader their statements with reservation. Se|s8i0ons be did col to good nany and gossip accepts VY iN on January 20 the dele gates of nineteen nations signed the revised and amp! at The Hague, the came to an end agreements, fourteen annexes and ff teen special clauses igned and prese nted to Premier Jaspar of Bel glum, chairman of the second repara tions conference, and he thereupon de. clared the conference adjourned. After ten years of quarrels military occupations and parleys, the final act of liquidating the war had been performed The Young plan as modified and ac cepted requires Germany to pay about $9,282,000.000 from April of last year through 1066. The system of annul. ties is little changed. The sanctions clause that was added implies that military occupation can ensue if The Hague tribunal holds that Germany has wilfully defaulted. The interna. tional bank will be merely a clearing for the payments, first concrete result of the of the Young plan will be the withdrawal of 20,000 troops of oc cupation left in the Rhineland. This under way, for the French out of the forts in the valley and the Germans are blowing up those fortifications in cordance with the evacuation ment and the Versailles treaty. ified Young plan World war actually Twenty separate were si discussions, house The adoption already Is are Rhine moving no. agree. CONGRESS has elevated the Amer- ican legatie in Poland to the rank of an embassy, and President Hoover has nominated Alexander P. Moore of Pennsylvania to be am- bassador to Warsaw. Similar action. of course, was taken by the Polish government, Tytus Filipowicz, the Polish minister in Washington, being named ambassador, The nomination of Edward E. Brodie of Oregon to be minister to Finland was also sent to the senate by the President. The senate confirmed the nominations of four ministers. They were Gilbert Baker Stockton of Flor. ida, to Austria; John Motley More head of New York, to Sweden; Ralph H. Booth of Michigan, to Denmark, and Henry Wharton Shoemaker of Pennsylvania, to Bulgaria, Fr ANY citizens still thought the Wickersham erime commission fn- tended to take up the question of the desirability of prohibition, they were undeceived last week by Mr. Wicker sham himself. In a radio address that was broadcast to the nation the chalr- man of the commission made it quite plain that that body was concerned only with the enforcement of the dry laws, and he appealed to congress and the people to aid the authorities In making the country arid “The Eighteenth amendment is a part of the Constitution and it is the duty of congress to enact adequate laws for the enforcement of its pro- visions,” sald Mr. Wickersham. *“The detection and prosecuting agencies of the government should be properly organized and there should be tri bunals properly constituted to deal promptly and efliciently with viola. tions of the law. These would seem to be elementary principles not re quiring argument.” Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Prohibition Commissioner Doran appeared before the house committee on expenditures In the executive de. in behalf of the Wicker commission's bill for the transfer of the prohibition bureau from the Treasury department to the Department Justice. The wet members of the committee tried in vain to lure Mr. Mellon Into giving his per the possi of In the bh of reg wels had another ch when partments sham of sonal opinion of prohibition and enforeing it, ives the use iresentat ince {or sarcastic iis to rel prisons ration But the bills Judge J. W ared oratory five bi eve over. federal were un. got po were passed, crowding of der conside where and Federal Omaha part of mits habitual they Woodrough at dee! that the prohibition act which per- personal injunctions aga of the unconstitutional inst violators jaw, SECRETARY OF \ MONT announced basis of stat led by the new construction division of his ment, It seemed ce there in 1830 an expenditure of seven ittio ollars and m public watilit mont said, does not include commercial and other last year tot COMMERCE LA- that, on the istics compl depart- would aimaost rtain he on coustruction rks and Mr. La. residences, gintens ublic wo ios i his total, and Industrial structures private which aled 1 tions ian three bil lion dollars, Programs for betterment and equipment, announced by public utilities, railroads and telegraph panies represent expenditures of 200,000,000, divided as follows: A railroads, £1.050,00,000: electric, gas and street rallway companies, $1,400. 000,000 ; American Telephone and Tele- graph company, $700,000; independent telephone and telegraph companies, short line rallways and privately owned waterworks, $100,000, Complete returns from the gov ernors of 20 states indicate probable expenditures of $1.778,742.001 for pub- lie works and this combined with con- servative estimates based on partial returns from the remaining 22 states aggregating f$1.275,000.000, it was stated would give: an indicated total of £3.003,742.000 for public construc. tion by the various states, When federal construction is included, this total for public construction, it timated, will be increased to 000,000, 8 to plant com- $3, Class g7 om Db Baad JOURTEEN passengers and two pilots lost their lives in what was called the worst tragedy in the his- tory of aviation, near Oceanside, Calif. A big was bringing Angeles from the race track at Caliente, Mexico, got out of control make a landing on the beach the ma- chine burst into flames and crashed. Every one on board perished, thelr bodies being burned beyond recogni. tion. victims, WO Latin reached a stage last week, While were under way for peaceful settle. ment of the border dispute between Jolivia and Paraguay, there was a clash between troops on the frontier with some casualties, Paraguayans were the a were defeated. Paraguay bianmed the Jolivians and both complained to the League of Nations The government dered a mobilization of troops to dis- lodge Guatemalan forces that were alleged to have occupied Honduras territory, The foreign minister at Tegucigalpa in a statement disclozed that military movements on the Guatemalan border had threatened the life of the Joint boundary dispute conference which Is now seeking a solution of the problem, The status quo note was restored, however, and the conference resumed its work, American somewhat quarrels dangerous RNS, WILLIAM JENNINGS nny. AN, widow of the “Commoner,” died of arthritis fn Los Angeles at the age of sixty-eight years, Other deaths of the week Included those of Stephen T. Mather, former director of the national parks sys. tem; James Dahlman, mayor of Omaha ; George Le Maire, well known comedian; D. A. Boody, one of the veternn brokers of Wall Street, and Viscount Esher, one of the most ne fluential of British peers, 8, 1530, Westorn Newspaper Union.) Soy Beans Make Popularity Bid Comparatively New Crop Rapidly Gaining Favor in Many Sections. Soy beans are making a cross-coun try race into popularity amoung the farmers. Last year the northern states Incre thelr soy bean age per The total of soy beans In the country was 000 in 1924 as against 45 Some st such nsed acre acrenge 034, JAHN) Mis Increase their test 1o 20 cent. neres 10a, showed a S50 in utes, as gouri, Seed laboratories cateh up wil bean, It has to test this crop both for climate ying strains per cent smen in 4 testing grounds of found nnd th the rush the soy been necessary farm the na atively new for compar and soil, vir being somewhat tior to the records show, the are in itl as to thelr territory If they flourish, Although first known United States in 1504, far as soy be not been a commercial product of impor tance in this country the last few years, in fact it Is chiefly a de- velopment since the war. What They Are Good For. To the layman, the natural question #appeurs Lo “What heans for that they ing over th wountry?™ One in this 80 an has until bo: are BOY spread. of coun great oll vegela of failure the called into good should be its rage Is one of the ; Limes of Good Fertilizer, and hi achievis Essential for S Success That Bees Have Honey of bees should in wher early 4 fhe spring and that the ne ¢ for maintaining the bees ime when can own food (pollen and nec ave good ERRAry stores they gather their tar) in the field at two or three frames of ; senled in the ive at all times in to be protec vation, An abut the summer The bees must b least honey against star order ted dance honey en- rearing spring, overlooked y to of good brood and late cannot be is to be strong enougl make quantities of honey. If the honey stores are rather short in the iy spring, the bees will delay brood-rearing until they have had time to gather sufficient from the This precaution on the part naturally hive, and iy weakened and will not full strength by the time main honey flow. hances execssive in This es if the hive large stores blooms, of the be consi the bees will decrease the lerab sige of colony will develop to of the Controlling Gophers by Poisoning During Spring Pol of gophers this gpring to killing six or mare next is suggested that alfalfa growers every infested field a thorough “once over” treating with poisoned wheat gs soon as the ground is dry enough to work. One bushel of strychnine polsoned wheat should kill 00 or more pocket gophers, On a basis of six gophers per acre one bushel of poisoned wheat should clean up 100 or more acres of Infestation, Early spring is breeding and litter ing time for pocket gophers. Polson. ing during early April will be most effective In controlling the 1020 gopher crop, Gopher mounds may be dragged down to prevent the killing of alfalfa plants by smothering. soning will one pair be equal fall. It give ' Agricultural Hints EVIE IEEE PEGE POLAT Either red or alsike clover is more valuable for huy than timothy. * - * Asparagus is one cultivated crop that will grow when a comparatively heavy application of salt has been mado. . - - From early spring to the fatter part of May is the best time to seed sweet clover, Weeds are less troublesome with the later seeding. v " » When planting seed in the garden eare should be taken not to get the seed too thick since this will increase the amount of thinning necessary, La - Experience and laboratory tests both show that fuel wood will not give max. imum heat in either stove or fireplace unless it has heen properly seasoned before being burned, . 8 . Don't be afraid of making your gar. den too rich, especially for cabbage, lettuce, spinach, eanliflower and beets. For enriching It there is nothing bet. ter than fine well-rotted table manure. Home-Grown Wood Is Excellent for Fuel Makes Cleaner and Quicker Fire Than Coal. With over 50,000,000 cords of wood avalluble for use this yeur, R. W, Graeber, extension forester at North State asks the ques- “Why grown fuel North Carolina “Any wood makes a cleaner, quicker fire than is free from and odor and compares very favorably with coul in hesiing Mr. “Two pounds same hes Carolina college, tion, not uge home in homes?” coul, gus value,” says Graeher, of dry wood has the pound of coal and many of woods, hid Kory, birch welgh iting one as heavy ns #8 such ’ beech, elm and long-leafl pine, 4,000 pounds to the a cord of this wood equal al, The Is ess, § cord, making of pop and ds to to a lon lighter woods such us white pine, basswood thers weigh only 2,000 poun and it would two cords of this ton of coal In heating value” According Mr. Graeber, the economic value of using wood is two- fold in that all the money spent for wood remains in the state and the cut- vung and hauling would furnish work for many that would otherwise of charity. At cord, the wood that is now sold, would add $200.000,- the state. As it the cord therefore take about wood 10 equal one io be ob- jects an aver of $4 a age price avaliable, if 000 to the wealth of two-thirds of the money spent for conl leaves the vided between he railroads, the mine oper- is, { ture Gracher. Expert Advice on Time for Beginning Gare den It AS that there is 800N beets they perly. 8, plants of cabt broceoll © been his Some of the the ound “Early potatoes, tion, to go into Saint Patrick's day, weather man decrees it fore planting, treat the good disinfectant. The mercury disinfectants most effective ag but they are co Mige, | Luce, out, if proj 3 out require protectors. according to tradi- ground on whether the or not. Be- seed with a organic are not only ainst tuber borne dis- nyvenient be set have oft plants set in gr may are the new enses, to use.” New Vegetable Entered Illinois Family Garden A new has the family garden at the University of Ii- linois, It is called Italian broccoll, a plant { losely Plated cauliflower The new vegetable has the ability to produce two or ce crops 1 a season. It is as easy to raise as cabbage and has a delicate flavor caulifiower, according to university. It is a can endure far greater than cauliflower, after the plant is set in the field the vegetable entered fo as hardy plant and The buds form the ed- plant. The plant caulifiower but it break forth ible part of the looks somewhat like is green. After the first moved smaller head soon ready to cut. The common method of serving vegetable is similar to cauliflower, Utilizing Sweet Clover for Different Purposes | Sweet clover may be utilized as hay | pasture, and for soil improvement pur poses. As a hay crop, however, it ig pot equal to alfalfa or red clover As a pasture, a good stand of sweet clover In its second season will fur nish more grazing than any other pliant known. It is also an excellent crog for soil tmprovement, and fortunately it will serve both as a pasture and a soil improving crop at the same time In some sections it has been found that the increased yields of sugar beets due to sweet clover were practically the same when the crop was turned under after being pastured as whet the entire crop was turned under, main head Is re 8 form and the | Provide Honey Supers It is easy to loge part of the honey crop, and some of the bees as well, if care Is not taken. This is particularly true of the farmer beekeeper, because he falls very often to provide sufficient supers for the bees to store thel honey, The amount of nectar varies with the year and in gome is more abundant than in others, Some years the nec tar comes with a rush and if the bees do not have room to store their sur plus, they either loaf or become crowd ed and as a result swarm and the honey crop Is lost, tired A ® 9 morning { Get poisons out of the system with Feen-a.mint, the Chewing Gum Laxa. tive. Smaller doses effective when taken in this form. A modern, scien. tific, family laxative. Safe and mild. 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