THE CENTRE CENTRE HALL, PA. es ERLLH Havana which cost £15,000,000 and NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS W. H. Taft, Ill, Quits as Chief Justice and Hughes Named to Succeed Him. By EDWARD W. PICKARD \W/ LIAN HOWARD TAFT, re- turning to Washington from Asheville a very sick man, sent in his resignation as chief justice of the Sa- preme Court of the United States, It was at by President Hoover with expressions of deep re. gret and of sympathy for Mr. Taft's condition, and Charles Evans Hughes was appointed his successor. Though the entire matter sudden, it was learned that the Presi- dent had been informed of Mr. Taft's intention before and that Mr. Hughes Mr. Hoover cepting the Mr. Taft seriously once accepted seemed weeks had times before several several appointment. 8 physicians admitted that he ill, and toward the close of the week his con. dition appeared to they held out little hope for his recov- ery. . They said that for some years he had had very high blood pressure associated with general arterioscle rosis and myocarditis and also had a chronic cystitis. President and Mrs. Hoover called on him the day after his return from the South, and so did several of the Supreme court justices, There was a constant stream of other callers at the Taft residence but of course most of them merely left mes- sages of greeting and cheer. Mr. Taft's retirement closed a public career unparelleled in this country. For nearly fifty years he served the people, in offices ranging from an as sistant prosecuting attorney to Presi. dent of the republic and head of its highest tribunal. He was the first civil governor general of the Philip- pine islands and was secretary of war under President Roosevelt. He was appointed by President Wilson as chief justice in 1021. In accordance with a law passed at the last of congress, he retires with salary of $20.00 a year. Mr. Hughes though was have improved, session his full presumably will take office when the Supreme court recon- venes on February 24. His appoint. ment is the climax of a record in the public service almost as remarkable as that of his predecessor. He has held some of the highest offices within the reach of an American citizen, hav. ing fallen short only of the Presi dency, for which he was the unsuc- cessful Republican candidate In 1018 against Woodrow Wilson, To make that eampaign he resigned as asso clate justice of the Supreme court, to which position he had been appointed by President Roosevelt in 1010. About a year go he was selected as a judge of the world court and spent last summer sitting at The Hague. From March 4, 1921, to March 4, 1925. he was secretary of state in the Harding and Coolidge cabinets, retiring volun. tarily, As a matter of propriety, Charles E. Hughes, Jr., will now resign as solicitor general of the United States, and it has been suggested that Presi- dent Hoover may select as his sue- cessor Mr. Taft's son, Robert A. Taft, who Is now district attorney at Cin. cinnati. ASCUAL ORTIZ RUBIO was in- augurated president of Mexico Wednesday with simple ceremonies, and as he was leaving the national stadium an attempt was made to as- sassinate him, which was quite in ae. cord with Mexican tradition. A young man standing behind a file of soldiers at the gate of honor emptied his re. volver into the presidential ear. Ortiz Rublo was shot through the cheek, the bullet lodging in the left jaw. His wife and nlece and Lis military aide were slightly wounded, as was the chauffeur who nevertheless stepped on the accelerator and carried his passengers swiftly to n Red Cross hospital. A few hours Inter the sur geons announced that the president was out of danger. The assassin was seized hy the poe Hee and said he was Daniel Flores of Ban Luis Potosi state and was a fol. lower of Jose Vasconcelos, defeated candidate for the presidency. He re. fused to say why he had tried to kill Ortiz Ruble, but the authorities were satisfied that it was a plot of the “Vasconcelistas."” This was the view, also, of Portes Gil, retiring president, who told newspaper men that Senora de Oritz had unsigned letter a few days her husband would not live to be inaugu. rated. Only a week before the federal district authorities announced they had frustrated one such Vascon- celista plot with the arrest of nine teen persons who allegedly planned to both Senor Ortiz Rublo and Senor Portes Gil and selze the government, If that was the plan in this instance, events did not develop as was hoped, for Mexico City, except for an air of for the presi. dent's safety, was quiet with no Indie that any had happened, fin ago which said received shooting the assassinate anxiety little or ation pets ARY neg the naval conf r Macel) and Immes Stimson, head of the Ameri- kno that supported the marines, Henry L. can wn by delegation, made it this position United States and that he would pose the abolition of underwater war craft at the plenary session set for February 11. The French delegation met and examined the ques. tion and then declared flatly that they would not consider the proposal. It was understood that Premier Tardieu at the plenary session would meet it with a speech in which he would say hat France the submarine as most necessary for the defense of the French coast though France does not want it as an offensive weapon and believes that submarine warfare should be “humanized.” Italy is willing to sub- marines if France will do so, but It in- sists that Italians must have submers- ibles if her northern neighbors have them. Thus the Italian will be governed by the French attitude. was Pro. at once considers abolish action The American delegation made pub- lic its plan for reduction and limita. tion, stating that it provided for imme- diate parity with Great Britain in ev- ery class of ship in the navy. Equal- ity In battleships would be secured by abandonment of five by the British and three by the Americans. The cruisers would be so apportioned that the Brit. ish would have an apparent advantage of 12,000 tons, which the Americans could equalize by including the num. ber of their smaller cruisers. Critics of this plan declared it was a surren- der to the demands of the British. Delegates from the British domin. lons protested to Mr. MacDonald that the conference was making unneces. sarily slow progress, and he therefore conferred with the other heads of delegations and they decided to speed things up. The first committee, which includes all the delegates, took up on Thursday the matter of the method of limitation, seeking a solution for the controversy between the global and categorical methods. London cor. respondents, however, sald it was not likely any real progress would be made toward fixing tonnage figures until near the end of the month. This is due to the fact that the Japanese have a general election on February 20, and the Japanese are stalling vig. orously on the figures until the present government can get scttied in the saddle or a new government formed. HEN Ma). Gen. Herbert Crosby, chief of cavalry of the United States army, retires on March 21 next, he will undertake the task of making the city of Washington a model for the rest of the country so far as liquor and crime are concerned. He has been selected by President Hoover to direct the police, fire and traffic departments of the District of Colum- bia, and Mr, Howver sald the appoint. ment “will be a guaranty to both the official and unofficial residents of the district, and especially to the nation at large, that the Capital shall be free of organized crime” The police affairs of the District of Columbia have been under fire from members of congress for the last year or so. During that time there have been a wide variety of charges, inelud- Ing lax enforcement of the prohibition laws. General Crosby will succeed Proctor L. Dougherty as commissioner. | ee | SA%UEL H. CHURCH, president of | J the institute, proposed at a dinner of the eastern directors of the Association Against the Prohibi tion Amendment that a news “liberal” party formed by the ! while the idea was not indorsed at the was decided that a nation | should be held in Baltimore In the spring. Leaders of the old parties and prominent | wets as well sald the foes of prohibl- | tion would forming a n who are practica Carnegie be weiss, and meeting, it wide convention many iitle or ng by gain 3 1 . new party, wells 1 i politicians believe they car more by placing wet necompll mi candidates in the field (n three-cornered contests for the senate or the house, They this result in wet 1 ¢rats and think might the election of Demo bring about a change in the policics of the Republicar EPRESENTATIVE C. L. offered In the house ¥ pu sie pro nce of their owners, ly accepted as an WSUre, ill provides that a distriet, attorney, falling of uisance, fy or $ Fo r city to locate al- leged to the be a un may “substitute™ or dummy subpoena and, without serving it on the owner, may go Into court and have his place pad- | that Judge may speed up the case if his referring it to a master for proceedings under equity rules, owner premises issue a locked. It also provides the docket is congested by ichsrath or national council of the states approved the Young plan, 1 which has now gone to the reichsing for final discussions and disposition, The council also gave its approval | to the separate German and American debt agreement. Bavaria's Doctor Held, tried everything In power to prevent the reichsrath from | premier, | his | accepting the Young plan. He declared | that the Young plan was based on the assumption that Germany was re. | sponsible for the war. Foreign Min. | ister Julius Curtius countered by say- ing that Germany never has and never | will sign a pact admitting war guilt, More Lambs If Ewes Well Fed Extra Ration in Breeding Season Is Treatment in Big Favor. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Not only has science been able to mnke two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, but it is now able to Induce ewes to drop a larger number of twin lambs. Extra feed at the breeding season i8 the treatment that produces the additional lambs. This statement comes from the United States Department of Agricul- ture, whose sheep specialists have been at work on the problem for the pust twelve years. The results of thelr work show that liberal feeding just before and during the breeding sen- son, commonly known as “flushing” has given a larger number of twins. While the percentage of Increase has varied from year to year, the average has been more than 16 lambs per 100 ewes for the flushed ewes than for lots which did not receive this extra feed, Supplementary Feed. A study has been made of the com- value of a supplementary grain ration and of extra-quality pas- for furnishing this extra feed. little QifY 1 in the ed Howevi r, it is rence was found of Very lambing thie nges ewes flus wthods, addi- to supply the { of ex 1 ori : to grain and the a supplementary r of from one-half to one per head dally, n the size int and quality $x Bot rreen feed ava ble Mixed Grain Ration. I grain ration cons Spraying Thoroughly Is Best Plan for Insects The time for spraying the orchards In fact, spraying done at any time now when the weather is suitable. It to em- phasize the importance. of doing this thoroughly. A few branches and may have scale on them to reinfest the tree before the next season is Use a fine spray and do a job, A spray that develops a strong pres- sure is essential. Either lime sniphur will soon be here ean be is well work missed hore there enough entire over. It is re. time was well under control, is now menacing our orchards and bring. sbout a situation that requires prompt attention, Look the fruit trees over and get TALY greatly strengthened its posi. tion in central Egrope last week by the figning of a treaty “of friend. ship, conciliation and Judiciary regu. lation” with Austria. This, as a Rome correspondent says, means that post. war Austria's 7,000,000 inhabitants will be added to the circle of friends Italy has been cultivating in the Danubian states, and which, at present, in- cludes Hungary and Bulgaria, plus the diminutive Adriatic monarchy of Al bania. It means likewise that, besides burying the hatchet in South Tyrol, Italy extends her range of influence to the border lines of the little entente. Austria, on the other hand, makes a noteworthy advance from her pre vious status of a political zero through this Italian alliance. HROUGH Riga, Latvia, the world has learned that recently nearly five hundred former officers of the old Russian imperial navy have been put to death by the cheka or secret police, This massacre was ordered by Com. missar Menshinski, chief of the cheka, and no reasons for his action have been given, Because of the crisis In diplomatic relations between Moscow and Berlin and Paris, the Soviet foreign trade monopoly Is contemplating a trade boycott of Europe and concentrating its European purchases in the United States, according to the Soviet trade delegate in Riga. ONGRESS authorized the Presi- dent to send a commission to Haiti to study conditions there, and Mr. Hoover last week was considering the makeup of that body. The com- mission, the President said, will be charged with the responsibility of recommending when and how the United States is to withdraw its mill. tary forces from the negro republie, It will also recommend the policy which this country should follow dur ing the years that will elapge before American occupation ends. (@. 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) Best in Some Instances Experiments at Iowa State college lead to the conclusion that the farm- er who needs only one or two hundred bushels ground annually should have it done at a custom mill if within reasonable hauling distance. Where more than four hundred bushels are needed per year, the farmer can well afford to own his own equipment and do the grinding work on his farm. Home grinding costs about one-half that of custom grinding when more than seven hundred bushels are ground per year. A small electric grinder will operate from 25 to 35 per cent cheaper than large equipment, especially when arranged for auto- matic or semiautomatic operation. It Is cheaper to operate, a smaller trans. former can be used with much de- creased core loss, and it gives an im- proved load factor and better diversi- fled load. Egg Quality Important in Sending to Market Some hens consistently lay a higher quality of eggs than others. That Is the conclusion of Prof. W, Thomp- son of the New Jersey Agriculture col- lege at New Brunswick, N. J. Hens were selected that produced from 100 to 200 eggs per bird daring the year. Yet the price received for the eggs from different hens during the year varied from £5.05 to $874 per bird. This was due to the fact that some hens Iald eggs of which over 90 per cent were exten ‘quality while others laid a high percentage of small eggs. The time will come when markets will compel us to take into account the value of the eggs produced as well as the numbers in selecting our poultry breeding stock, Just as the dalryman has already learned to take Into neeount the test along with the weight of the milk pro- duced by different cows. % Advantage in Favor of Spraying Potato Found More Efficient in Control of Diseases For several seasons past experl- ments have been under way on the grounds of the New York State Agri cultural Experiment station at Geneva to test the relative efficiency of a cop- per-lime dust and liquid bordeaux spray, which contains much the game ingredients as the dust mixture, for the control of insect pests and dis- eases of potatoes, particularly potato blight, The results of the tests show a decided advantage In favor of spray ing over dusting. In each of the four experiments, the Bpray gave much the better results, as shown both by the appearance of the foliage and by the yield of mar- ketable tubers. Both early blight and late blight were controlled fairly well by dusting, but considerably better by spraying. For the contro! of tipburn or hopperburn, caused by leafhoppers, the dust proved almost valueless, while the spray showed high efficiency. Since neither flea beetles nor Colorado potato beetles were important factors in any of the experiments, no data on the control of these insects were ob- tained, Notwithstanding the lesser efficiency of the dust, under certain conditions, for e its use may be ad winter Is difficult to obts where it is to uce i nach where in small fields ne ines, Winter Sun Secald Quite Troublesome in Orchards uthwest’ injury {sometimes was quite : rel } .“- * and cherry sh f the w understand why £ from the direct rays o Eradication of Onions From Cultivated Land cultivated land is a slow process, and ¥ by the regu- tion of crops cultivation ean be sccomplished or lar and systematie ro and the thoroughly clean whenever such crops as corn and soy beans come on the land in rotation. Late full plowing by which the roots are exposed to freezing is also an essential means of eradication, Wild onion is a pest in wheat flelds, for the seed, or bulblets, are about the same size and weight of a grain of wheat, and It Is Impossible to clean them out In threshing even with the best sieves and fans, But if infested grain is kept for several months and subjected to cold, the onion seed dry and shrivel, becoming light enough to Thorough Cleaning Out oughly cleaned out and drenched with stock dip will serve. in the house should be removed and repliced with fresh whenever it be comes so broken up that thrown out to the birds does not dis appear so that search it out to find it. Agricultural Notes Select the richest soll and the sun. niest spot for the early spinach, - » - One of the most serious problems of the farmers Is that of soil wash ing. - » - Barley should go into the ground be. tween oat planting and corn planting time, . ° » Leaching, soil washing and robbing of plantfood are all working to de stroy the productivity of mother earth. * * People living In different districts of the country become accustomed te the particular flavor of honey common to that district and prefer it to others - » » At the Ohlo station a three-year av erage yield of 14.28 tons per acre of sunflowers 8 been secured while corn under similar conditions yielded 12.58. : * ss @ Tests run at Towa State college agronomy farm Indicate that soy beans have n long planting period, that is they may be grown successfully, with equal yields, if planted any time be tween April 19 end June 7. Feen-a-mint is the answer. Cleansing action of smaller doses effective because you chew it. At your druggists. the safe and scientific laxative. - | FOR CONSTIPATION ‘Garfield Tea Was Your Grandmother’s Remedy For every stomac and intest This good old ioned hert remedy pat ana me tem so prevalent these greater favor as a fami than in your grandmothers Have vou RHEUMATISM Lumbago or Gout? Tare RHEUMACIDE 10 res and grive the poison fro BHEUBACIDE OF THE ISSIOE PUTS EREURATISN OF TUE CUTEIDE At All Druggists Jas. Baily & Son, Wholesale Distributors Baltimore, Md, ve thecsone Eyelen the safe cay way before OF HOREHOUND AND TAR up colds, relieving throat Souble : Oc ot oll drogaiete coughs Gi vitality. Boschee's wve lief GUARANTEED. At all S drugs Y RUP — MR —tonight. You'll be “ft appetite back, bowels acting any mere laxative, | he TO-NIGHT Teo Bad It Was So didnt “No, she deserved a better fete.” worse troubles follow. Tike HALE’'S HONEY The tried home remedy for breaking beszling and soothing—quick r for coughing and hoarseness. poe (GQ ghs and colds wear down your strength and Syrup soothes instantly — ends coughs quickly. Re. \ Vv Boschee's® ists IHIOUS Take NATURE'S REMEDY and fine" by morning — tongue clear, headache pone, pleasantly, bilious attack forgotten, For constipation, too, Better than As druggistr—only 25c. Make the test tonight FEEL LIKE A MILLION, TAKE TOMORROW ALRIGHT “So Janet's birthday party | amount to much?" | Pathfinder Magazine.
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