4 ® LR Tet celebration of that town. 2-Historical parade in Mass, during the tercentennary NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS James J. Davis and Pinchot Victors in Pennsylvania Republican Primary. By EDWARD W. PICKARD AMES J. DAVIS, secretary of labor, won the Republican nomination for United States senator from PPennsyl- vania in the hot fight with Senator Joseph R. Grundy, and his plurality was decisive, Gifford Pinchot, with his heavy vote In the upstate counties, managed to defeat Francis Shunk Brown for the gubernatorial nomination, his plurality being about 15,000, The returns from the large cities of the state had seemed to give Brown the victory, but this was reversed when the country vote came in, Pinchot winning in 60 of the 67 counties. Willlam E. Philadelphia Vare with his powerful organization both won and lost, for he was supporting Davis and Brown. Eight years ago Pinchot raptured the gubernatorial nomination from Alter, another of Vare's proteges, The nomination of Mr. Davis for senator was sald In Washington to be highly satisfactory to President Hoover, and certainly many the defeat of Mr. Grundy. There were wet candidates for both the nominations, F. H. Bohlen for sen- ator and T. W. Phillips, Jr., for gov- ernor; because of help from Philadel- phia they cast a large vote, Davis is presumably a dry; Pinchot cam- palgned as an ardent dry, and Brown urged a referendum on state prohibi- tion enforcement. There were no contests for state wide offices in the Democratic party. Redgwick Kistler of Lock Haven be coming the minority party nominee for senator and John H. Hemphill of West Chester for governor. ARREN E. GREEN of Hazel, “dark horse” candidate, was nominated for governor by South Da- kota Republicans at their state con- vention in Plerre, over four other can- didates, Including Miss Gladys Pyle, secretary of state, Miss Pyle led in most of the hallots but was defeated when Brooke Howell of Frederick, her strongest opponent, withdrew. Howell's support then was thrown to Green, received more than the majority of 55.995, necessary to romination, on the eleventh ballot. who FTER many months of work, the tariff bill was submitted to con- gress for final action, which, It was hoped, would be taken within a week or fen days. The conferees of the senate and house reached complete agreement on the few items remain. Ing after the export debenture and flexible tariff features had been set- tled. The debenture clause was elim- fanted as the house demanded. A compromise was adopted on the flex- thle tariff provision which Is closer to the house than the senate plan, Un- der it the President retains the power to change duties, ns In the house bill, but on the basis of differences in costs of production as provided in the present law rather than to equalize competitive conditions as provided by the house bill. The tariff commission w!ll be continued as a bipartisan com- nission of six members, as provided by the senate bill, instead of a non- partisan commission of seven, as In the house bill, Leaders of both the Democrats and the radical Republicans have issued statements attacking the tariff bill as it stands. N THEIR eagerness to obtain ratif)- cation of the London naval treaty the sponsors of that pact in the senate last week looked with some favor on ua proposal of Senator Claude A. Swanson of Virginia that there be an exchange of notes by the United States, Great Britain and Japan to close an “loophole” in the treaty which might allow Great Britain 23 big ecruigers un year after the United States reached its full treaty strength of 18. The Virginia senator, a member of the foreign relations committee which bas been holding hearings on the treaty, said that, unless the “treaty ambiguity” on the point could be cleared up by an exchange of notes, the senate would be justified in adopt- ing a reservation to safeguard the American position. Several rear admirals, members of the navy general board, told the com- mittees on foreign relations and naval affairs why they objected to the treaty, asserting that it favors Great Britain and Japan at the expense of America. But, ss was sald a ago, the critics of the pact in England and Japan are equally sure that it is unfair to thelr countries. There Is little or no doubt that the treaty will be favorably reported to the senate by the foreign relations committee, but whether or not it will be passed on by the senate before the winter session is uncertain, week ITHOUT discussion and without V a record vote, the senate con- firmed the appointment Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia to be asso- ciate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Ed- ward T. Sanford. The judiciary com- mittee had unanimously approved the appointment, and when Senator Joseph T. Robinson, the minority leader, sald he had no objection to Immediate con- sideration the question of confirmation was put and carried without a nega- tive vote being heard. of sea aboard the new cruiser Salt Lake City, and off the Virginia Capes reviewed a large portion of the Ameri- CAD navy. Fifty-three battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers and submarines took part in the pro- gram, which included an aerial attack against capital ships from the flying decks of the alrcraft carriers Lexing- ton and Saratoga and the staging of a mimic naval engagement which em- phasized this country’s shortage In cruisers. During the eight hours spent aboard the Salt Lake City the President wit. nessed the launching of planes from catapults, watched a naval plane hiteh on to the giant dirigible Los Angeles, and obtained a glimpse of the navy arm's latest method of attack against surface ships, the diving bomb ettack. HARGES of stock market gpecula- tion, made against Bishop James Cannon, Jr, of the Methodist church, South, by Josephus Danlels and some twenty other laymen, were declared not substantiated by the evidence pre- sented, by the episcopacy committee of the church at Ita conference in Dallas, Texas, se the bishop was econ- sidered exonerated. He told the com- mittee that he had fallen into the hands of “a bunch of sharpers,” was sorry for what he did and would not do It again. F SCOTT McBRIDE, general super. * intendent of the Anti-Saloon league, continued as a witness before the senate lobby committee, and was severely hectored by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, a wet, during several sessions. McBride, however, frequent- ly held his own In the scrap, and on at least one occasion was loudly cheered by the audience, which en- raged Mr. Blaine, AVING been revised by the senate commerce committee, the house rivers and harbors bill was reported to the senate, and it was believed it would be enacted into law before the adjournment of congress. As finally agreed upon the bill carries authoriza- tions amounting to upward of $125.- 000,000 as compared with £110,000,000 fs passed by the house. Senator A. H. Vanderberg of Michigan asserted that actual cost of all projects an- thorized would reach $335,000,000, The bill Includes $7.500,000 for the completion of the controversial 1111. nois waterway project, £7.500,000 for beginning the deepening of the upper Mississippi river from six to nine feet, an authorization of $20,000,000 for deepening great lakes channels and an authorization permitting the gov- ernment to take over the Erie and Oswego barge canals In New York state. One of the final items added to the measure by the committee was an authorization of $5,000,000 for .im- provement of the Tennessee river, Senator Vanderberg made unsuccess- ful efforts to incorporate in the Iii nols waterway section a limitation of 1,500 cubic feet per second upon the diversion of water to be allowed at Chicago, ANFORD MACNIDER of Iowa, former assistant secretary of war and also a former national commander of the American Legion, was nom- inated by President Hoover to be min- ister to Canada, to William Phillips, resigned. MacNider is forty years old, a banker, and won the D. 8. C. when serving overseas Second division, succeed Mr. with the ILLS reported house by favorably to the its judiciary committee provide for the appointment of eleven new federal judges as a step toward relief for congestion In the courts. They would be distributed as follows - New York, Southern district, two; New York, Eastern district, one: Call. fornia, Southern district, one; Texas, Southern district, one: Missouri, East- ern district, one: Oklahoma, Western district, one; Michigan, Eastern dis trict, one; Louisiana, at large, one. and District of Columbia, Court of Appeals, two, Previously the committee had re ported Individual bills for two new Judges of the District Supreme court, and one each for West Virginia, Ken- tucky, and Minnesota. ERMANY'S big dirigible, the Graft Zeppelin, commanded by Dr. Hugo & successful and rather unevent- ful trip from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco and Ilo Janeiro, Brazil, last week. But one stop was made en route, at Seville, Spain. The pro- posed route of the Zeppelin thereafter will take it back to Pernambuco, to Havana, to Lakehurst, N. J. and thence back to Germany. Owing partly to head winds the speed of the big ship was not unusual, being from 50 to G0 miles an hour. NTATIONALISTS of India made sev- 4 eral attempts to raid government salt works, especially those at Dhar- sana, and there were violent clashes with the police In which about 800 of the natives were injured. Mrs. Raro- Jini Naidu, the poetess who succeeded Mahatma Gandhi as leader of the cam- paign, was arrested, as were many of her lieutenants, The leadership of the volunteers then fell to V. J. Patel, resigned speaker of the legislative as. sembly. The spokesman of the India office In London said the worst was over and the period of reconstruction optimistic, PERATION of the Young plan for International Settlements at Basel, Switzerland, went into effect officially, the opening being marked by the burn- of the Dawes plan In Paris, zone of occupation in the Rhineland assurance that the final zone, includ. ing Mayence and the Palatinate, would be freed within a few weeks. F THE now completed poll taken by the Literary Digest is a true indi- cation of the nation's sentiment, the population of the country is 40 per cent wet, 20 per cent moist and 31 per cent dry. A total of 4,800,464 votes were cast in the poll, Of these 1,043,052, or 40.48 per cent of the total, favored outright repeal of the Eighteenth amendment and all that goes with It. Another 13800814 cast their ballots for modification of the Volsteand law. This was 20.11 of the total. The rest, or 1464008, 3040 per cent, urged strict enforcement of the existing measure, N MOTION of Representative Bertrand H. Snell of New York, the house of representatives author. ized a sweeping congressional Invest]. gation of Communistic activities in the United States. A committee of five probably will hold hearings dur. ing the summer in several of the larg: er cities, and it has the power to pend as much money as it needs and to subpoena witnesses and documents. The resolution had the full support of the administration leaders and was not seriously opposed. (@®, 1920, Wester: Nowspaper Union.) Community's Big Task, here is au tine element of ng In creating frequently falls In nuiintuining greatness nchieved, the Detroit principle works In the simplest phases of community life. enthusi- 10 nnd which defending Kreatiess, ua writer In News, and view with content Its varnished floors und newly decornted walls and well-fenced gar den. But too easily they slip into the relused mood with the of an nbjective reached. The varnish mars: the walis the garden fence Is broken and the owners lose the pfde of possession which came to them in the struggle to obtain, Not different may be the fate of any civic enter. prise however Imposing and costly. There Is “upkeep” to be reckoned as un essential with every community un- dertaking und the biggest task is to keep community enthusiasm up to the supporting point, Too often with tremendous enthuy- slasm a people bring about changes in their government and establish it in conformity with high ideals; then, the new house Sense soil, their obligations, deterioration. business forget comes city's ed machine, How quickly “Neglect of the which business men often complain,” writes a eritic of civic affairs elty great is a bigger tusk than mak- ing it great” Real Estate Investor quires a certain period of time mature us an investment. The length of this thine varles with the loention, seriousness of purpose and the finan- clul ability of the developer, While the completion of a new high way or transportation line will greatly accelernte this maturity and thus re logical term for the Invest it is very apt to be followed by #8 period of repose and, in the long the maturing process tically stabilized. It is much like the forcing of plant fife. The harvest may be artificially but at the cost of plant the run, hastened, to recover from the experience. Beautify the Home Place Many realtors say that the right kind of planting and gardening adds to the financial value of property st lense 20 per cent. Amateur gardeners, however, be careful to lay their plans skilfully lest the effect be marred and the value all lost, it Is pointed out. The landscape problems of the small home owner of course vary greatly from those of the man with a large estnte, i i i and elaborate effects while the man who has to deal with limited space will find his planting must serve a two-fold purpose; that of being use- ful as well nas ornamental, Builder Should Look Ahead Restrictions providing that houses in certain arcas must reach a certain vost level or even be of architectural gesign harmonious with its neighbors now control many residential sections throughout the country, but there are many places where no such restric. whee the entire matter ix up to the home builder, and where it would pay him to be extra careful Design Essential If the garden is to be along formal in proportion. Repetition, bal- ance, rhythin and accent play their part In the formal design. The be holder of a completed garden may not be conscious of anything but the beauty of the picture, but the require ments of good design have to he met, if there is real beauty expressed, Markers on Highways Markers describing historical points of interest for the henefit of tourists are to be erected along Massachusetts highways within a year, One hundred «uch markers are to be put in place ns soon as possible, and plans call for the erection of 100 or 200 more Iater. The markers will bs fashioned after those now in use throughout Virginia, Homes Affect Bodies In order to grow strong capable and stalwart men and women, it is abso ntely necessary for children to have the benefit of good home surroundings ind proper home !nfluences, Healthy Conditions Vital But few things, If any, contribute o the cultural and refined tastes of in individual more than inviting and sealthy living conditions, Appearance Everything A community's appearance, in the muin, determines property value and community value, x APPEARANCE ' on the streets of the British capital. “Hitch your brain to the thing you're supposed to be doin’. If that thing happens to be operatin’ a molor ve- hicle, tie It with a double knot so it won't pull loose.” (By MARCUS A. DOW.) Everybody that is old enough to talk about the “good old days” may re member a homely sort of expression Your teacher used you dreamin’ Instead of studyin’ say, “Johnny, you're wool gatherin'.” There's no way of tellin’ where such sayin's come from. They just spring up sort of natural like. We hear plenty of phony words today such as “He's nutty.” meanin’, the bird referred to is crazy, or “She knows her onions” meanin’, of course, that there is a Jane you can’t put nothin’ over on. Well, wool gatherin' was one of them wise cracks our grandmothers pulied when they wanted to tell some body his or her mind was wanderin’ around almless like. Accordin’ to my best calculations there is at least 15,000,000 wool gath- erers drivin’ automobiles every day in this land of free thinkers and careless drivers. The records show, accordin’ to the newspapers, 30,000 humans get killed—bumped off, annihilated or wiped out complete—and half a,.mil- lion get hurt—punished or contract drivin’ pains—in automobile accidents every year. A thousand different reasons, con- tributin’ causes and what have you are responsible for this smashin' Amer. ican tragedy. But way down at the bottom of most of the causes of these accidents is a main cause that can be described by a little old fashioned grandmotherly wise crack, viz: The driver was wool gatherin'. Perhaps he was thinkin' about the baseball score or latest market quotation, or she was when hers, Wake up, »ou dreamin’ drivin’ fools, before old man Bad Luck comes along and slams you one that'll end your drivin’ career permanent or make you wish it had. Keepin' the mind on the job of drivin’, no matter if it's a tin Hzzie or a Rolls-Royce, is the most important safety rule in the catalogue! So get hep to yourself and stop this here wool gatherin’. Modern Automobile Now Biggest Wealth Maker The modern automobile is Uncle Sam's leading wealth maker as well as the world's foremost manufactured product. In addition to rolling up an annual wholesale value approxi- mating $4,750,000,000, American-made cars pour more than £700000,000 in wages a year Into the pockets of workers, use the major part of 11. 000,000,000 gallons of gasoline con- sumed annually in the country, and pay more than 385 per cent of the country’s annual highway bill, which runs well over £1,500,000,000, COPEEIIITOIIEOPIOLILOEI0 AUTOMOBILE NOTES CEPPPPII POPPI IITs Even the bus driver takes the fam- fly out riding on Sunday. » » - More than $2,500,000,000 was spent for road construction and maintenance In the United States during 1020, - » - A broken spring, on either the front or rear axle, will result in loss of con- trol, and, sometimes, in a serious ace cident, *. * » A slight pressure Is all that Is need. ed to bend the luggage carrier on the rear of the car. not use it for a bumper, . * @» Plain, modern screwdrivers are best to work about the car. Painted han- dies are likely to cause blisters on the hand. . ® » During the ten years ending with 1020, motorists in the United States scrapped 15,100,000 cars, for which was paid $12,156,000,000, or an aver age of §800 aplece. OC000000000000000O0OO0O00N THE MOTOR QUIZ (How Many Can You Answer?) CCO000000000000VOOOVVO000 0. In what trafic keep to the left? Ang. Great Britain Sweden and the States, Q. How does Germany automotive exports? Ang. Germany ig now in sixth Before the she next to the United and France in exports. In 1028 an Increase over the automotive exports, Q. What Is first thi io when front wheels “shimmy? Ang. Check for proper tire in. flation, Q. When a a tendency to spit hack on hard pulis or loses power for any what should be don Ans. Examine first, then fuel line countries must Hungary Irish Free rank in place. ranked States war antomo- tive Germany ~y il per previous year in showed of cent COOCO00C0OQ0V0000VC000000000000000 the { 00 or A vi y x ROO4 engine shows ts v its He and 1¢s et 3 engin A usual cure for ing to “cooler” spark 000000000000 0000000000000 QOCO0000000000000000000000000 CO0C00000000000000 Ingenious Method of Holding Brake Pedal A novel and method holding the brake pedal while adjust- ments are being made on the brakes is shown In Figure 3. By setting the wrench so that it is fairly tight on ingenious of wd Jf ie —— WRENCH - The Wrench, Clamped to the Clutch, Holds Brake Pedal While Adjust. ment Is Made. the clutch pedal shaft, it will hold the brake pedal at any desired posi- tion so that the point is easily found where the brakes first begin to take hold.~—Popular Science Monthly. Point Adjusting Quite Easy If Car Is in Gear One of the things that slows up the work of adjusting breaker points is the difficulty of turning over the engine until the points just open. It seldom can be done with the starter- motor, since the engine has a ten- dency to stop in the closed position of the points. The hand crank is the usual way of doing the job, but sometimes the own- er does not have his crank handy, and getting it out at best Is always a nuisance. In repair shops, therefore, they have figured out a way to ac- complish results with & minimum of delay and effort. The trick Is to place the car In gear, with ignition off, and move it a little, forward or backward. This turns the engine very slowly untfl the points break. Usually in their open position the points should space somewhere be tween 015 and 020 Inch. It varies somewhat with different makes. Several Important Hints For Automobile Repairs Here are several important precsu- tions for car repair work. One, dis- connect a lead from the storage bat- tery while working. This prevents anyone from starting the engine, Two, use blocks under a wheel, to avoid the axle toppling off a jack. Three, watch out for gasoline. A broken ex- tension light may produce a spark which will ignite the gasoline. Four, do not hold the head directly under the work in hand. Dirt in the eyes or a slipping wrench striking the face may result. Five, use gloves as far as possible when handling piston rings, Ugly cuts ean result from sharp edges. Six, take no chances with Hght chain or rope garage hoists, Seven, put good blocking under the raised axle.~Science and Invention,
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