ad f 1 BE WOAH Fu at N. C., which is now thrown open NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS President Hoover Tries to Speed Up Senate—French Crisis Delays Parley. By EDWARD W. PICKARD RESIDENT HOOVER returned to Washington from his Florida trip with the conviction that congress, es- pecially the senate, must be prodded into speedier action if business wera not to suffer seriously. So he invited leading Republicans of both houses to breakfast at the White House and asked them what could be done to expedite the work on the tariff bill so that other Important measures could be passed. The replies he re- ceived were not encouraging. Sena- tor Watson, floor house, was the opinion tariff measure might March 10, but Representative leader of the upper that the passed by far from certain Tilson and others from the lower thought the would get through the remaining propriation bills within the next three or four weeks and then would take three-day recesses while the senate was catching up. Mr. Tilson hoped congress might adjourn about June 1, but admitted that little legislation would be enacted unless the senate speeded up. Mr. Hoover was especially concerned about the slowing down of business recovery due to uncertainty regarding the tariff, and also because delay in passing pending appropriation bills might necessitate the laying off of from 10,000 to 20000 men employed on public works construction. The leg- islative program of the Wickersham law enforcement commission was not mentioned, indicating that this is not of such pressing concern to the Presi dent as the tariff bill and appropria- tion bills affecting public works. The Republican senate leaders informed the President that the coalition of Democrats and radical Républicans was in complete control of the tariff situation, of be wns house house f ap HIS breakfast aroused the ire of the Democrats in both houses and they spent hours In attacking Mr. Hoover. Senator Pat Harrison sought to blame the Republicans for delay in disposing of the tariff bill and asked Senator Watson if the President had promised to sign the measure if f(t reached him in its present form as amended by the coalition; which ques- tion, Watson declared, was silly. Rep- resentative Byrns of Tennessee, chair- man of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, asserted that the President having claimed responsi- bility for prosperity for the Repub. liean party, must bear the blame for unsatisfactory conditions. He denled the announcements of administration spokesmen, including Secretary of La- bor Davis, that business is on the up grade, Garner of Texas, minority leader of the house, issued a statement saying: “The titular party leader in the White House is lacking in either courage or capacity to lead, and the consequent bewilderment of congressional leader. ship Is a reflection of the deepening disappointment of the American peo- ple In the promised and expected major part the President was to play in shaping national affairs to the bet- ter ends of national needs.” ARION DEVRIES, former mem- ber of the house and former member of the court of customs ap- peals, admitted to the senate lobby committee he Is a contingent fee lob- byist, and confronted the committee with excerpts from an opinion from the United States Supreme court up- holding the right of an attorney to rep. resent clients for or against legisia- tion on such a basis, Devries declared he already has re. ceived a total of approximathly £50, 000 from clients interested in tarift legislation and expects an additional $25,000 if certain provisions or rates sought by his clients are Included in the pending tariff bill when it becomes law, , WO more days were given to the wets in the hearing on dry law modification measures before the house Judiciary committee, and they full advantage of thelr opportunity. A recess was then taken until the fol. lowing week, when the drys were to heard, Representative Linthi- cum of Maryland, generalissimo of the foes of prohibition, made the ing statement and then followed imposing list of witnesses. These cluded Capt. W. H. Stayton, ¢ man of the board of the Against the Prohibition Henry B. Joy, Detroit millionaire and former head of the Packard Motor company ; Dr. Samuel Harden Church, Pittsburgh, Carnegie in- Dr. Charles Morris, New York health officer; Col. Grayson M. P, Mur- phy, New York director of Bethlehem Benedict Cleveland, fo 'r assistant secretary of war: Dr. L. W. W ns, New | York, head of the New York Academy | Ralph M. Shaw, at- | took be open an in. ion Amendment ; Assocs president of 18 fF . stitute; Steel company ; Crowell, irt of lowa announced senate ju ary com two Pe n lir i ing Investig: forcement meth the fight to the is corruption “le 4 or i f in the prohibition forces, 1 floor. senate said he, "we've got to know it and to | know to blame for it." who is ped up | naval par. | £ since | RANCE'S eal the proceedings of the ley In London for the tir the entire French delegation withdrew, id not take part in until a formed, et crisis stop announcing iL wo further new gov- ernment had been Che down. fall of Premier Tardieu and his istry, which was due to Its defeat on an jmportant tax measure, might con ceivably have a marked effect on the course of the negotiations in the par ley. If the French Socialists and rad icals, who are committed to reduction of armaments, in the new government, the demands of Premier Tardieu for a fleet of 000 tons might be greatly sealed down 80 that the figures could be Italy, and would not force the British to Hoover-MacDonal bargain of summer, In this lie really the only hope that the confer. ence can at a pact providing for actual reduction of naval arma. ments, Otherwise, all it can be ex pected. to evolve will be a treaty for limitation, with possibly the mutual security pact asked by France, It is hardly to be expected that the United States would enter into such a se curity treaty since that would Involve entanglement in European affairs. In- deed, Senator Robinson told the Amer. lean correspondents the United States wouldn't Join in any pact requiring it to employ armed forces to enforce “obligations assumed with other na- tions.” The American delegation had approved this statement In advance, Dino Grandi gave out the formal statement of Italy's naval policy and requirements on Wednesday, Besides reiterating the demand for parity with any other continental power<mean- ing France—he upheld the thesia that naval needs are not absolute, as France claims, but are relative, and declared that no level of tonnage Is too low providing other countries reduce pro. portionately, discussions min- consented to take part Tad, met by h repudiate the d last & arrive SovET Russia's war on God Is causing a lot of excitement In many parts of the world and Chris tian organizations, and Individoals are urging “intervention” though It Is difficult to see by what right any other nation could Interfere with what 80 far is wholly a domestic issue in Russia, The campaign is being car- ried on vigorously by the Militant Godless league with apparently the full support of the Soviet government, and countless churches In many cities and towns have been closed as places of worship and converted to other uses, The league bitterly resents the protests in other countries and defies and villifies Pope Plus who issued an encyclical against “persecutions of Christians In Russia.” Sergius, who was set up as the metropolitan of the Orthodox Russian church to succeed the late Patriarch Tikhon, and who snys he represents “some tens of mil Hons of faithful,” is entirely subservi- ent to the Soviet government, and in an Interview given to forelgn corre. spondents he asserted he and his ee collaborators were the church and Christians in the lox clesiastical of satisfied with position Russia, of that his state- was the church and the Soviet unchristian and The tone of comment’ on The sald pope enemy Ortho ments against Union w unjust, the Soviet the press matter is violent Leningrad prom and defis branch of the atheism will until “the ge the whole world will conve can into a museum and the Scarecrow ises that ented to of » Vatl- row of near a Siberian lands wlless workmen RR BCHIed oman poy siand of 1 shaman masvrment fictions as errors and disser during thousands fare cn religion ism. priests is a iv the Soviet Union, Bolshevism 1s facing the period asserts in it protect ganda ame foreign cour sabotage, and that t 1 terrorism, tries, sfrikes, anc attacks against the Red home lan be made paper, ineffective, accor licts ism will events attempt EARS that Commander Bsrd his expedition would be compelle remain for Antarctic were when by radio from “Little his heads that the City of New York, had made its way into the Bay of Whales sheathed and that the exp a few hours later sailed for hom The Clty of New York had been 44 days on the way from Dunedin, New Zealand wits greatly delayed In vast ice pad ’ was blown far out of to more months in dispelled Hows Amerie relief ship, came riers, fee searct leads through the its course, UMBERTO to for the Italian public the EN. i Rd ionger NOBILE 1s considered a no be government has made record of the investigation the disastrous flight of di Italia In the Arctic and It brands Nobile's conduet terly indefensible. Captains Mariano and Zappl are given a clean slate by the Investigating commission. into the rigible HE body of Earl Borland, panion of Carl Ben Elelson, noted Arctic fiyer, has been found near the wreckage of their plane which crashed of North Cape. searchers also found the body of Eifel IREPARATIONS for further war fare were reported In China, where the Nationalist government was con- fronted by another revolutionary: movement, largely In Honan provinee. The Shansi and other forces were sald to have mobilized and started south. ward to attack the armies of Presi. dent Kai-shek. Mo Te-hul, president of the Chinese Eastern railway, went to Mukden for the avowed purpose of trying to pur. chase the Russian interest in the rail way In accordance with the terms of the 1024 agreement. He said If he was unable to arrange for the pur. chase he would try to persuade Soviet Russian to agree on the joint opera. tion of the road on a strictly commer. clal basis, LEXANDER P. MOORE of Pitts. burgh, recently appointed ambas. sador to Poland, succumbed to tuber. culosis of the throat and lungs at Los Angeles, never having the chance to serve in his post at Warsaw. Besides being a well-known newspaper pub. lisher, Mr. Moore had gained distine tion in the field of diplomacy. Presi. dent Harding made him ambassador to Spain, and under President Cool fdge he was ambassador to Peru, and in both posts he wns eminently sue. cessful. He wns a lifedong Repub lican save that he supported Col Theodore Roosevelt In the Bal Moose eampalgn. (@, 1920, Western Newspaper Union.) Mild Winters Not Right for Trees Definite Amount of Severe Weather Required for Needed Changes. sn——— (Prepared by the United Biates Department of Agriculture.) Severe winters in the North usually mean short erops, but with peaches in Georgia and apples southward from Virginia, the rule works just the other way. This is because temperate-zone fruit trees require a definite amount of cold weather during which certain changes are carried on which prepare them for growth In the spring. This period of “rest,” which is so definitely required for many trees and plants, is really therefore a period of slight but Growth Delayed In Spring. Dr. M. B. Waite, of the United many years ago, that our fruits, such as the peach, when cultivated too far south in Geor- frequently exhibit symptoms of growth in the spring, at. Lee M. Hutchins, of the has recently ob- Dr. department, out that as a rule, in about one year in five, the mild winters of Georgia do not give peach trees the required amount of resting period, and the re. longed dormancy.” When this hap- pens, peach trees in the lower portion of the fail to bloom at thelr reg- ular time. Finally they bloom, from a week to several weeks late, slate This disturbance may interfere with the setting of the fruit, and the ripen- ing of the fruit may also be thrown in other parts of the state farther north, which tends to make an over- crowded market, Albany ls Limit, Albany is given by Doctor Hutchins as about the southern limit for the production of our stand. of of win- ard varieties peaches. South this limit the trees during most ters do not get enough weather for maximum production. The principle applies to apples in a zone arther north, cold same much fi Corn and Peas Favored . as Home Garden Staples High quality grown In most any ga through, say horticulturists University of Minnesota, Starting with Early Dow, which Is about ten days ahead of Golden Bantam, or with Pickaninny, a rather low growing, bushy type, with ears near the ground, the gardener can follow with succes- sweet corm can be rden the season of the and have highly flavored toothsome ears for his table until early fail Peas, a good second for corn in the garden, should be planted as soon as the ground can be worked, Alaska and Thomas Laxton are good early varieties, Those recommended for Ia. ter use are Little Marvel, a dwarf which is fairly early; Gradus and Telephone, both of which are late, and Alderman, a tall, large podded plant which also produces rather late In the senson. New Zealand spinach and chard will minerals, vitamines and bdlk the form of greens all through the season, and one or the other, or both, If there is room in the garden, should be grown, FARBER EBRBEEFRREFRFRRERERRRTR Agricultural Hints BEBE RRRRRYE BRT HTRRNRERTTRTRTR Kill the early weeds, * - » A good erop caffinot be grown on an jet a wheel hoe, so the boys can take care of the garden, - * * Make the change gradually from . » » Clover hay Is two-and-a-half and al- falfa three-and-a-half times as rich In digestible protein as is timothy. . *. . Fathers Have Hard Lot The family Is an Institution for the average. It cannot easly tolerate out- members, If, for instance, trouble for the family. Children of important like a was nothing. meteor, Napoleon's son The same fate awaited Children of particular- ly successful parents are discouraged, own confllet, mainly uncon devours them. All of them could be happy if they did sclous, Goethe, In his old age, has uttered lem: “There are people who are ex- in every way and besides so that everyone likes to be as But this Is Impossible be- are go Take a Mozart or a Raphael, they are. unusual. field and covered with building paper or straw, Haul It this winter. . - * The use of high-grade seed potatoes would Increase the returns from the potato crop of the country by many millions of doliars, - » LJ Probably the largest single item in tractor cost Is depreciation, followed closely by fuel cost. is a poor Investment. . - ® . Superphosphate Is equally well adapted for use on the dropping boards of the poultry house as in the gutters of the dairy barn. * * » Fence posts, unless they are of ce- dar and oak, and cheap, should be given a preservative treatment before they are set in the ground, . se Any silage remaining in the silo ean be kept over for next winter with lt. tle loss by covering with roofing paper and weighting down to expel and keep out air, ® 0» Tests at the various experiment sta- tions Indicate that both wire and cloth base glass substitutes lose at least one-fourth of thelr efficiency in trans. mitting the ultra violet rays when they become dusty or dirty. could not equal thelr models.” Be- cause of modesty, or perhaps because of grief over his own son, Goethe did wt comment upon the fact that he himself was one of those lovable and natures who burned near thelr Love,” by particularly gifted up everything that comes glory ~¥From of Fritz Wittels, “Critique Barbed - Wire Industry The [rs ' 3 fo ov barbed-wi heginnin k guests have to guess which is your house? A cheerfully lighted porch and well illumi- nated street number give a cordial welcome. WEST PENN POWER CO 1 SR 10924, 40,000 200,000 tons; “00 00 180.000 tons, BETTER LIGHT MEANS A BETTER WELCOME thousand and one different in a It may be due to a causes. the cause. cause—what will you do in to suffer? the meantime? Continue They relieve quickly. even when these pains are so severe that vou think tica, Lumbago. 25 for 25 cents Where Ocean Is Bluest Authorities on oceanography say the South Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, It has been found that these parts of the ocean contain very little plankton, whose presence minimizes the transparency of the water and The gulf In the open Nearer the With. parallels north and ocean the water is bluish. in the thirtieth itude 30 degrees it changes to deep indigo, which continues as far as the Antarctic circle, where it changes to an olive green. The blue color is at- tributed to the rays of light being un- Vari- ations may also be due to materials in suspension or solution, From Rome to Boston The grandeur that was Rome rested In large measure upon founda- tions of bricks, as the traveler may sce when he visits the baths of Die- cletian, where the marble facing has long since disappeared, but the brick. work stands strong and sturdy after the lapse of nearly twenty centuries. The Romans practiced an ancient art when they made bricks, yet It was one destined to be forgotten or nearly forgotten in Europe during the Dark ages which followed the fall of the Roman empire. But in the Eleventh or Twelfth century there was a re- vival. Again bricks were fashioned In a manner to make them of endur Ing character.~Boston Herald 125 for $1.00 “Shieling of My Sornow” Typical Highland Legend The following legend is associated with Aveda No Dhubhach. the sloping ground lying to the east of Loch Drom, on the way from Garve to Ullapool, in the highlands of Scotland. Three young men from Strathmore were returning home from the low country where they had been working all summer and autumn. ‘They reached Loch Drom in the evening, and as the night was stormy, they decided to stay in a shiel- ing that was near. One of the men was a piper, and had his pipes with him, and to pass the time away he struck up a tune on the pipes, while his two companions danced to the music. One of the lads said it would be fine If they had some lassies to dance with. He had hardly spoken when three women entered the shiel- Ing, and Joined the dancing. The dance. ing and playing went on for a long time, and at last the two men sat down on the seat, and the women seated themselves beside them. The piper, feeling all was not right, looked at his two companions, and was horri- fied to see them dead. Slipping out, leaving his plaid with the women, he ran for his life as fast as he could. The women followed, and continued to pursue the poor, exhausted piper until dawn, when he came in sight of Fas- grinnach, and escaped from his evil pursuers. When the mothers of the dead men arrived at the shieling the pext day they bewalled their loss, repeating the words "Aueda No Dhub- hach"—“Shiellng of my Sorrow." Montreal Family Herald
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