W. Bruce J—~Tug-of-war in the Pythian games, NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS London Naval Treaty Will Be Dealt With by Senate in Special Session. Ey EDWARD W, PICKARD ATIFICATION or rejection of the London naval treaty will be ac- complished by the senate in a special session, to be called by President Hoover immediately after the adjourn- ment of congress about June 15. This was the plan decided upon by majority leaders of the senate and house with the approval of the President, It was considered best for congress to go ahead with the business before It, complete that and adjourn without taking up the treaty. The house lead- ers said they were ready to set a date for ending the session as soon as the senate was prepared for such a step. Opposition to hasty action on the treaty, by opponents of the pact, and a desire on the part of members of the house to get through and go home were the major reasons for the reached. President Hoover's announcement that he in- tended to call a special session, If necessary, to early action on al factor. fad two of decision insure the treaty was a princi Senators Johnson of California and Hale of Maine, leaders of the oppo- gition, especially vehement in their ol what they an attempt to railroad the pact through the senate by administration senators. Under the program adopted, the tariff, rivers and harbors, omnibus and vet. erans bilis will be acted on in the senate before congress adjourns. were jections to called More members of the navy general board and other high officers of the navy appeared before the senate com- mittee on foreign relations and naval affairs to tell why they consider the London treaty dangerous for the United States. Much of their testi. mony was to the effect that it would make it impossible for the navy to protect this country's trade routes; there nlso was further criticism of the reduction in the number of large cruisers for America and of the in- creased ratio given Japan. EBATE on the conference renort on the tariff bill was just getting under way in the senate when some one raised a point of order which was sustained by Vice President Curtis and under which the meascre was gent back to conference. Consequent- ly final action on the bill was delayed for at least one week. The point of order related to a clause in the flexible provision per- mitting the tariff commission to make effeciive changes In duties if the Pres- fdent failed either to approve or dis- approve a recommendation for aa in- crease or decrease within 60 days. Republican leaders were concerned over the fact that several additional points of order may be made relating to rate items, If these are sustained further delays are in prospect. IGURES presented to the senate campaign expenditures committee revealed that Senator Grundy of Penn- sylvania spent £201,000 out of his own pocket in his losing campaign for re- nomination and that the total cost of that campaign was $332,070. Secretary of Labor Davis, who defeated Grundy, told the committee that he expended and pledged out of his own funds £10541.45. He sald he also handled about $10,000 in contributions to his campaign which he turned over to his committee, Francis H. Bohlen, who ran against Senator Grundy and Secretary Davis with the backing of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, testified that the total expended for the ticket which included himself and candidates for governor and Heutenant governor was a little mare thin $200, 000. Of this amount $10,000 was con- tributed by the association, * OME of the dry leaders in the sen- ate were considerably more dis turbed by the ruling of the Supreme court, that the ordinary purchaser of intoxicating liquor is not guilty of an oftenze, than was the prohibition en- forcement bureau. Senator Sheppard of Texas, for instance, urged the early enactment of legislation to make the liquor buyer punishable under the dry laws. Sheppard was co-author of the Eighteenth amendment. Early in the present session he Introduced a bill to make the seller and purchaser of illicit liquor equally liable to punish- ment. Senator Jones of Washington, author of the “five and ten law,” and others opposed the views of Sheppard, The court, in an Important test case brought by the government, held that congress not only “deliberately and designedly” exempted purchasers In the Volstead but for ten years “has significantly left the law In its original form.” Enforcement hureanu officials pointed out that the decision was entirely in accord with the policy the bureau hod followed. act, HREE bills intended to Improve prohibition enforcement, printipal- ly through the relief of congested fed- eral court dockets, were given the ap- proval of the judiciary mittee. One measure would authorize the summary prosecution of offenses, elsewhere defined as before United States commissioners without a jury. Whatever the action of the it must con- firmed or disapproved by a member of the federal bench, Another would States to define a misdemeanor as an ng for a maximum penalty of six months in jail, a fine of $500, or both, and a felony as offense by Imprisonmer for not than one year, The third measure woul law to define a misdemeanor under the prohibition laws as an of- itted by one who is not an habitual violator of the dry and a involving not one gallon of liquor, house com- misdemeanors, commissioner, be amend the United code offense cal punishable less Jones fense cor than Cnse more UT in Seattle a federal grand fury CL Oregor prohibition administrator for Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska, and others on charges of corruption and bribery. Among the indicted a Lyle's assistant and legal advisor; Earl Corwin, a prohibition agent; M. L. Fryant, a deputy sheriff who won notoriety as a wire tapper in the fa- mous Olmsted “whispering wires” case, and C. T. McKinney, a young lawyer from Kentucky who led the prosecution of the Qlmsted liquor gang. FFICIALS of the Methodist board of temperance, prohibition and public morals were asked to appear before the senate lobby committee to explain its alleged failure to report, In accordance with the federal corrupt practices act, its activities In the Presidential campaign of 1028, Deets Pickett, research secretary of the board, testifying In the absence of Dr. Clarence True Wilson, its general secretary, insisted that its activities in behalf of Hoover were “nonpolit ical.” He pointed out that the Depart. ment of Justice has declined to prose- cute the hoard for noncompliance with the federal statute. Pickett stated that hundreds of thousands of copies of the Volce and the Clipsheet, organs of the board, a‘- tacking Al Smith's prohibition record, were circulated during the 1028 cam- paign ; that the religious issue received attention in the Voice, a fact he now deplored ; and that, as reported to the board by Doctor Wilson after the com- paign, “we did use all the energy that we were capable of In bringing about the election of Herbert Hoover as President and Charles Curtis as Vice President.” ASSIvE no longer describes the resistance of the Indian natives to British rule. The rioting is increas. ing daily and has developed into bloody conflicts with the police and the troops, What Is worse, in the eyes of the British, is the fact that the Moslems pre joining thelr tradi. tional enemies, the Hindus, in the cam- palgn In some localities, though In other places there have been sangul. nary fights between natives of the two religions. Worst of all the rioting, but not directly connected with the Indian campaign, was that in Rangoon. In that capital city of Burma warfare broke out between different bands of to break a strike o¥ dock the mobs, wounded numbered sand. Latest perhaps a reports Indicated hy coolies, becoming desperate, livered several fi and provocative concerning the that the negotiations between tion agreement were broken least temporarily. hint at the between France newspapers even bility of war a speech before the Italian of make Europe appenled to accord with Italy so may present a united America In the future he Is certain deputies, an agninst % struggle which come. HINESE Honan been Nationalist forces Ir are defeated by northern Hsl-shan province have severely troops of the alliance com sgnanded Yu-hsian men, The government forced to dig In by Yen and and nu troops ¥ % il vance on Chengchow, til rel nies have the re nforcements arrive. The been » railway May 8 engaged In south of the Yeliow | the United tion restraining Orleans raliroad, system subsidiary, States upheld an the Texas and a Southern from so-called ing with the activities of the Brother hood of Rallway and Clerks among its employees, D ETERMINE ern nent expenditures D the basis for nual costs to the government, “1 am charging the national men who served In war or became dis dent in his veto message, the public.” new record for the east to west trans continental flight. York, he made one stop, at Wichita fiving time. He battled strong head winds all the way to Wichita, Tur ner's only compnalon was a lion cub, an hour or two In Buenos Aires, re Havana and Lakehurst, N. J. gsengers numbered nineteen. It service. * who flew from England to Australian is touring the Australian continent English admirers, EVERAL well dinal Lucon, the venerable archbishop World war; Mrs. Katherine Keith Ad ler of Chicago, popular novelist, whe in France; Lord Randall Davidson, former archbishop of Can terbury ; Daniel M. Lord of New York Ashton, the richest man In England (@), 1930, Western Nowspaper Union.) Turkey Business on Stable Basis Heretofore Industry Has Been Regarded as Side Issue and Gamble. (Prepared by the United Stntes Department of Agriculture.) Turkey raising in the United States hus been regarded as a side issue and a gamble, but increasing knowledge of parasitic diseases and thelr control is putting the industry on a more stable hasis, save A. I, Lee, poultry husband. man of the United States Department of Agriculture, “There are now more than three nnd a half million turkeys on farms in this country, and they con- stitute 13% per cent of all poultry, The 1920 crop of market turkeys indi- cated a decided the ness ns compared with 1928. The es- timated Increase was about 9 per cent.” ndvance in husli- Information Needed. In recognition of the Increased In terest in turkeys and the need for further information concerning para- sitie the United States De- partment of Agriculture has estab. lished a foundation flock of turkeys at the United States range experiment station ant Miles City, Mont, This work pot under way last spring, Of C00 birds raised last season, 300 yere Ever a research worker, Is de diseases, gelected for the breeding flocks, ett E. Wehr, voting all his time to the Investigation of para The this ill also include a study sitic diseases, work at station w he established chasing hatching eggs which t artificially, The young were brooded in special brooder houses flock was by pur were In cubated birds yards until they were ahout old The precautions to prevent in ps of the poults by such par tur range investigators ax are introduced hy adult i inrge enough to Modern Improvements. improvements in mechani of hatching and “Mo eal iern means brooding Mr. Lee re now produced by and shipped much the same says, “Day-old s x Aol inl hatcheries Ly parcel naner as baby post in y 1 Ke Artificial brooding has been rticular value in preventing losses which at one blackhead disease threatened to destroy the in have determined s Is eapsed by irkers sannot live jong in so transmitted In sarasite, the of ad parasite su in the worm chickens may clhironie worms, prevention of the getive form of turkeys calls for rearing on sround away from chickens and Cun wir blackhead ¢ n ldible Period of Many Vegetables Lengthened iv of our best are for a very short period of time. corn is for y when it Is In the roasting tage. When past this stage It wot be used, The same is true of woh crops ms beaps, peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes and many others. he edible period of such vegetables can be greatly lengthened by a suc vegetables sweet used Ie ‘or example, If a row or two of sweet corn is planted every two weeks from fhe roasting ear season will be ex- two to three weeks to months, This succession other vegetables as well with the re- sult that the fresh vegetable season Poison Are on Decline At the second annual conference of the Eastern Radent-Control district, Washington, it was reported that clippings from thousands of ented a material decline in the num- ber of accidental human deaths from rat poison during 1920, fince the sales and use of extermi- nators have not decreased, the confer ence concluded that the diminishing rate Is due to the increased, nation-wide use of powdered red gquill, which Is unique as an ex- terminator in that it is deadly to rats live stock. dogs, cats, poultry and mice but harmless to humans, and even baby chicks. It is highly rec. ommended by the United States De- partment of Agriculture, Oats Grown With Wheat as Succotash Are Good There Is a very common notion that oats grown with wheat as a guccotagh are not good for seed. Just what the foundation of this notion i no one seems to know. There is nothing In the association of the wheat with the oats to In any way dicturh its Inheritance and it there. fore is just as good for seed as oats tat have been grown alone, The main difficulty in using such grain for seed les In thoroughly separat- ing the wheat and onts so that a elenn crop can be raised, death Muskmelons May Pay Any Garden Soil Is Suitable for Good Crop. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Muskmelons produced locally and sold In small towns and on roadside markets could often be grown to vantage In small acreages In many parts of the country, according to Farmers’ sulletin | 1468-F entitled “Muskmelong,” recently revised by the United States Department of Agricul- ture and available to anyone request- ing it. The country's earlot markets are well supplied from the big produc- ing centers, but local growers in many sections can advantageously and zell melons on the smaller markets which are now not fully supplied by the cariot movement, says the author, W. R. Beattie, horticnlturist of the bureau of plant Industry. Well drained, warm, sandy-lonm or slit loam soils are best adapted to melon growing although some of the finest melons grow on sandy river hot. toms and rich clay loams, Mr. Beattie points out. Warmth, drainage, abund- ance of quickly avallable plant food and humus are essential for success, Any garden soil is suitable for melons grown for home use, Insect pests and are the greatest obstacleg to muskmelon grow ing, according to the bulletin, This crop must be rotated, appearing not oftener than once In five or gix years on the same land and with no related vine the rotation if the soil is to be kept uninfested, Seed treat aud- produc “ diseases “ kr ins crops in ment and dusting or spraving will be for the necessary SUCCES, bulletin points out, The author vari- eties and types of melons hest suited to the Ear dens, on the preparation of soil, cul- harvesting of In est: growing the need Is for improvement of q ndard also comments on local markets and home tivation, and packing melons, sections shed melon most urgent uality and sta ization of packs, says Mr. Beattie, Requests Farmers’ Bulletin 1468-F should be addressed to the Of- United Washing- for Information States Department of Agriculture, ton, D. C. fice of Selecting Dairy Sire on Basis of Past Records In selecting a bull on the of the records should be dairy basis of his ancestors consideration given to the under which the records nye the United States De of Agricul An investiga- he Bureau of Dairy Industry Md. conditions ture showed that when and fed three time instead of twice, mfined Hg Ir of In make them fat 3 inary vals of 15 instead in ord flesh, luction was increased A herd Improvement g fation ord of 400 butterfat, If made under ons, ad- ster of merit rec. condit the bures ) is equal to an vanced registry or reg record of 000 pounds, Bordeaux Mixture Good Spray for Leaf Hopper Bordeaux mixture has been found to be an effective remedy for the control of the potato leaf hopper and the dis ease known as “hopper burn™ which accompanies attack by this pest, says the United States Department of Agri- eniture. Leaf hoppers may migrate from the early to the late crop, and spraying ‘should begin when the pests first appear. The spray should be a the plants, of the leaves, should be sprayed. Each side of every row When leaf hop- times necessary in hot, dry summers. Dusting with commercial copper-lime dusts is also effective, COOOL NOON DOLD LOOD000ODY Agricultural Notes Make sure that growing heifers have plenty of fresh, pure water at all times. - * - Cows should be removed from the pasture several hours before milking if their milk is known to contain the off flavor produced by weeds and plants, . * 9 No purchase of vitamin rich feeds is necessary where the proper amounts of good alfalfa are fed, say about one pound to every 100 pounds live weight, in a balanced ration. » » * Where milk is sold it is usually more convenient to cool it at once aft- er milking. It is true that bacteria do not begin to increase rapidly In milk till from two to four hours after milking. . ® » Dairy farmers may help improve the price of cream by consuming more butter and dairy products. Temporary overproduction may be corrected by selling for slaughter all low producing and unprofitable cows, .« * Efficient separators deliver skim milk that tests below 2 per cent. When the fat content of skim milk reaches 5 per cent there Is a preventable loss of three pounds of butterfat in 1,000 pounds of skim milk delivered by the separator, HIS DIFFICULTY Little Billy, returning from dancing school, was asked by bis mother, “How was the lesson?’ to widch Billy re plied. “Not so good, Mummy.” “How do you mean, ‘not so good?” “Well,” sald the contemplative four. year-old, "1 couldn't get the step the teacher showed me.” “Oh, so that was it. think was the trouble?’ “Well, Mummy, I've been about it, and I think I was m GOOD AT HISTORY What do yon inking fects” He—Are you good at She—Inded 1 am! I never forget a date. history? No Upemployment Though not When polities goes dizzy, There's work in every state To «seep large numbers busy. Nothing te Worry About Gentleman (buying a cigar)—By Jove! If 1 haven't left my pocket book at home, Saleswoman—That's me tomorrow. but over or great compensation is all right: yon can pay Gentleman—Yes, suppose | hit by =» wld get run tots brick? set swoman— Well, It wouldn't be great calamity, anyhow. Quo Vadis? {to motorist 1)=Don't you iid always give to a woman driver?” Motorist —] when 1 out which half of the road she Boston Transcript. who nearly know that half of the you road 8 always do, find wants, Results of the Fray “Say, old man, sight! Why, you are pasted vith fudge and smeared with chewing Get mixed up in a candy store?” “Worse than that, | umpire a basketball two girl teams.” You are n gum attempted to game belweed WOULDN'T TRY IT AGAIN Diner—Let me see— 1 had a steak yesterday. Walter—Yes, sir. again today? Diner--No, I think not. Will" you try It If you will I can do. The Fickle Public How many a man of genial style Who can't see when to stop is entertaining for awhile And then proves just a flop. Poor Papal He-—My dear, you talked in your slgep a long time last night. She—~What did 1 talk about? “Well—er—it seemed to be malnly abuse of me.” She—1 wasn't asleep. More Modernism Jack—Why did you break with Alice, 1 thought you were crazy about her? Jim-1 am, but 1 decided 1 couldn't stand it to live with her folks. Latest Car Out Mrs. Bragg—My husband's car Is the iatest one out, you know. Mrs. Cutter—Yes, I've heard the neighbors complain that It wakes them up when: he puts it In the garage. Just a Drop Wife of aviator who is slout to cross the Athantie—But what would fallure be? Aviator—Oh, just a drop ln the ocean
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