aaa Hollywood studios. NOT NECESSARILY BETTER First Girlle—You say you like him because he's a better man? Second Girlie—No-a petiter man, NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Hoover Asks More Economy in Expenditures—Revolt in Santo Domingo. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRESIDENT HOOVER started off the week with a plea to the people of the nation to be moderate in their requests to congress for appropria- tions for projects in various parts of the country. His aim is to keep gov- ernmental expenditures down to a fig. are so reasonable that an increase in taxes will be obviated. Though this should worthy aim, and in stating it the President carefully made it plain that he was not reflecting on the brought apon himself the wrath of some of the Mr. Glass of Vir seem a wisdom of congress, he senators, gir The appropriations situation was the subject of a White breakfast attended by Republican both houses of congress, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Un- dersecretary of Treasury Mills, Col. J. C. Roop, director of the pudget, and Walter H. Newton, one of the President's Mr. which he nereased 735.000.000, which notably House conference leaders of the Ogden secretaries, issued a statement in for £1, Newton enumerated proposals totaling he said If imply an increase in The list, projects had would expenditures approved taxes of however, In- that the either would $0 per cluded many gressional leaders heard of or knew serious the imposing righten cent, con- never given Consequently not appear to not be consideration, list did them. reading Newton's statement in the senate, declared that “nothing more ever emanated from the White House with. in my thirty years of service in con- gress.” The President, he setting up a straw man knocking him since, as every one knew, many bills were introduced at congress only for and with no enacted into law, Mr. Hoover, meanwhile, had given out a statement obviously intended to pacify congress. In it he said: “It should be understood that the unprece. dented drive now In progress for new legislation and for expansion of es. tablished services which increase ex- penditure beyond the budget, only in a small per cent originates with mem. bers of congress or heads of govern ment departments, It originates from different sections of the country itself and from various groups and organiza- tions, each vigorously supporting their own projects. Many of these projects are worthy and no doubt can and should be undertaken some time over future years, especially when funds are free by completion of legislation already adopted.” And he urged “the people at home” to realize that the government cannot undertake imme diately every worthy project, Senator Glass, shameless has said, was merely for the purpose of down, every session of home consumption that they would be idea MMEDIATELY after the Issuance of the President's economy plea the house adopted a senate resolution ap- propriating $7,000,000 for loans to farmers in the flood stricken areas of fifteen Southern and Western states, though opponents declared the meas gre was “pork™ and “political ple.” Under the resolution, as adopted, the secretary of agriculture may make ad vances for the purchase of seed, feed and fertilizer, which banks refuse, Loans in only six states, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia were authorized under the original senate resolution, The house agriculture commitiee, Bowever, added Ohlo, In. diana, Illinois, Minnesota, North Da- kota, Montana, and New Mexico and the house itself tacked on Missouri and Oklahoma, Representative of Okla. homa said: “Everybody knows the purpose of this bill Is to get congres. slonal votes, but so long as you are cutting the ple, Oklahoma wants its plece” O'Connor HE Dominican republic was in the throes of a revolution last week. Insurgent forces, determined to keep President Vasquez from running for re-election and to assure the free choice of his successor in May, assem- bled in various parts of the island and marched on the capital city, Santo Domingo. They entered the city firing volleys In the air and were enthusi- astically greeted by the populace, There was no bloodshed as the rebels took possession of all the public build- ings. President Vasquez took refuge in the American legation and other administration leaders sought the pro- tection of various foreign consulates, Vice President Alfonseca resigned. Charles B. Curtis, the American min- ister, was acting as intermediary be- tween the insurgents and the govern- ment and was trying to bring about an agreement whereby the situation could without dam- to property. The lead- ers had promised to respect all lives and he police force of the be solved bloodshed or age nsurgent changes city and property made no except in John M. young member ¥ i Cabot of Massachusetis, a of the staff, wns most emissary of Minister Curtis and a swift trip to Santiago to Urena, American active as the after MISSY confer with Rafael chief of the In surgents, he was hopeful that a peace- the arranged, able settlement of whole con troversy could be was sald by offi. mild not be necessary to send marines to the Dominican republic to protect Ameri- can and If they are needed, however, there are plenty with in easy reach, and the fleet is now in Caribbean wi In Washington it cials tha it probably wx 1 lives property. scouting ters. AMILLE Socialist, CHAUTEMPS, and his five Radical government of lasted Then they were denied a vote of confidence y¥ the orced France days, only i chamber of deputies and were f to resign. Chautemps told par- he had no intention of follow- the left llament the radical policies of except that taxes would be re. but would maintain the lines which Andre Tardien, his predecessor, had outlined, including his ing in the naval conference at Lon don. The him, and the left wing Vins policy center refused to believe was displeased. The vote, which was 202 to 277 against Chautemps, showed there is no real majority in the chamber of deputies and that any government can survive only through a coalition of center and left groups, Raymond Poincare was called by President Doumergue but declined to undertake the formation of a ministry on the ground of {ll health. So Tar dieu was given the job again and Poincare said he would help him, though he could not accept a place in the cabinet, The expectation was that Tardieu would be able to make up his government in time to resume work in the naval conference by March 35. N THE absence of the French dele- gation the chief delegates of the other nations in the London naval conference resumed their negotiations, and it was reported the Americans, English and Japanese were inaking notable progress in adjusting their differences, The British official spokesman gave out a communique laying stress on the fact that “the five. power pact is still holding the center of the picture” and adding that “any sort of an agreement reached will be purely tentative, will be dependent on French and Italian acceptance and will nlso depend upon its inclusion in a five-power treaty.” HEAT raisers and wheat specu lators had a lively time Inst week, Europe had the idea that the United States and Canada were going to boost the price of wheat, so it obtained its supplies in other markets and cut down its consumption. Then Chair man Legge of the federal farm board made the statement that the board would not support the wheat market 80 as to stabilize the price somewhere near the price ita purchasing agency was paying und that it would buy only from co-operatives, This was some. what distorted and misunderstood in parts of the country and the result was that non-cooperative wheat was dumped on the market and prices fell alarmingly. The farm board's funds were then used to purchase large amounts of May and March wheat, this led other buyers into the market and prices rallied considerably. Mr. Legge, after conferring with | President Hoover, issued a statement | designed to co-ordinate the farm| board's program with the govern- | ment's efforts to stabilize business gen- | erally, and asking the co-operation of | the grain trade in restoration of the | grain markets. Mr. Legge added sig- nificantly that the board will stand | firmly on its wheat loan pelicy and that he is confident its co-operative agencies “will get the loan figure out of their wheat,” namely, $1.18 a bushel at Chicago. I HEADACHE | nd a NEURALGIA IERRE 8 Use Dr. Miles’ the boare Anti - Pain Pills Nemours company J.. was the before the house judi and known argued tion of the co DUPONT, chairman of | of the E. LI. Dupont de for prompt relief. of Wiln Muscular Pains witness } 5 and iary Functional Pains —even those so trongly for modifica- severe that they 3 The day before are mistaken for ttee heard W. W. Atterbury, | Rheumatism, Sci- i atica, Lumbago— arerelieved quick- ly by Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills #6 for 25 cents board star commitlee almost as well and he others president of the Pennsylvania railroad, who urged that the Volstead act be re- pealed and authorty be delegated to | the states to determine for themselves years. what is intoxicating liquor and whether | they enact legislation to en force the He “a great ad- temper. ily reg- ol ulated manufacture and sale of liquor should Eighteenth expressed the opinion the real vance in cause of w ance” would be made by prope and national Canadian these culiar to supervision, and Swedish modified to America, suit pores in Wisconsin have reached and Mem- the La Follette faction of tepublican party are trying to Gov. Walter J. Kohler from cause of alleged violations of the elec tion and now the Kohler faction | has retaliated. A petition asking for the naming of special counsel to start against Lieut. Huber, Attorney Gen | levnolds and Secretary ti pot kettle stage. Lo bers of the oust office be law, removal proceedings Henry A. eral Jolin W of State ’ with the for a two These letteites, are Gov, Theodore Dammann was filed Just before he left vacation In Florida, men, who are La Fol- cused of pooling their funds in the Iate campaign and thus conspiring to bring their filings under the limit of £1.500 erch, and of other wise circumventing the election law, The only constitutional state officer not now under charges is State Treas- urer Solomon Levitan, governor weeks' three thick oil. extra Power. OMAN Catholicism lost one of its most eminent churchmen In the | death of Raphael Cardinal Merry del | Val, arch-priest of the basilica of St. Peter's and secretary of the congre gation of the holy office, and former | papal secretary of state under Pope Pius X. The cardinal, who was a member of a noble Spanish family, passed away after an emergency oper ation for appendicitis. He was sixty. | four years of age. In 1803 and again | in 1014 he was urged as a cmdidate for the papal throne but failed to get the necessary two-thirds vote of the college of cardinals, He was prom- | inently identified with the intran- sigeant party that upheld the church's | right for temporal power, and was an | opponent of modernism. Only a few days before the death of Cardinal Merry del Val came that | of Carlo Cardinal Perosl. The college of cardinals is thus reduced to 28 Italian and 30 foreigners, there being twelve vacancies, Other deaths of the week included those of Mabel Normand, screen star; Ahmed Mirza, former shah of Persia; Maj. George H. Putnam, New York publisher, and Eugene Byfield, Chicago | hotel man and sportsman, HARLES EVANS HUGHES was sworn In as chief justice of the Supreme court on Monday, the oath | being administered by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Nestor of the | bench, Among the decisions handed down | by the Supreme court was one de- | claring constitutional the provisions | of the packers and stock yards act | authorizing the secretary of agricul. | ture to prescribe maximum rates for the services of commission dealers at public stock yards, (@®, 1920, Western Newspaper Union.) “He married the lexicog- rapher’s daughter.” “Yes: and he says she inherited all the words her father put into his die tionary.” great I History's Teachings “History,” sald HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “often reminds us that many may be compelled to suffer for the mistakes of a few.”"—Washingtorn Star, Plenty of light in the fruit cellar saves endless bother. POWER CO BETTER LIGHT means LESS BOTHER = '/ be
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