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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Congress Overrides Hoover
Veto of Spanish War
Pension Measure.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
PRESIDENT HOOVER is not having
a pleasant time with a congress
whose mind is to a considerable ex-
tent fixed on the chances of re-elec-
tion next fall. The majority in both
houses is Republican but it isn’t al-
ways “administration,” especially when
being so might cost some votes at the
polis,
This condition
week when congress overrode the
President's veto of the Spanish war
veterans’ pension bill. In repassing the
measure the senate voted 61 to 18
against Hoover, and those for the bill
ncluded 28 Republicans, 32 Democrats
and one Farmer-Labor member. Only
14 members of the lower
Republicans, voted to uphold the veto,
with 208 against it.
Vetoing any pension bill is painful
for a President, and in this case Mr,
Hoover displayed courage. His three
objections to the measure were held
by the press of the country for the
most part to be well taken. The pro-
visions he opposed are the reduction
of the service period upon which pen-
gion claims may be made for disabili-
ties of a non-service nature from 00
to 70 days; and that venereal diseases,
drug habits or alcoholism, contracted
at any time in the life of the veteran,
shall constitute disabilities entitling
the sufferer to a pension. He also con-
tended that need should be an element
of valid claim.
The enthusiasm with which both
senate and house passed the bill over
the veto is strongly reminiscent of the
time when the Grand Army of the Re-
public was strong enough numerically
to obtaln from congress any legisia-
tion It desired.
was illustrated last
house, all
V HAT will happen to the London
naval treaty in the senate is still
a matter of conjecture. Senators Wat-
and Moses last week urged the
President to postpone the considera-
tion of the pact until after the autumn
elections, but he insisted on his plan
to call a special session of the senate
immediately after the adjournment of
congress, This despite the warning
from the two leaders that if the dis-
cussion proved to be protracted the
senate might adjourn the special ses-
gion and throw the whole question
over to the winter session. Next day
Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas sub-
mitted to Mr. Hoover a plan that
geemed to impress him,
The Kansas senator thought that
the wisest strategy would be to bring
the treaty before the senate at the
present session, immediately following
the passage of the rivers and harbors
bill, but before the veterans’ legisia-
tion is taken up. There has been
much talk of the difficulty of keeping
a quorum of the senate on hand to
discuss the treaty, but Mr. Allen
opined that few senators would dare
go home before the veterans’ bill
comes up. Altogether, the effect of
the situation, thought Senator Allen,
would be to expedite the disposition
of the treaty.
It was disclosed at the Navy depart-
ment that contracts for the construe.
tion of the new aireraft carrier and
two fleet submarines slated to be let
before July 1 will not be awarded until
after the senate has acted on the
treaty. According to Secretary of the
Navy Adams, contracts for no more
warships will be let this fiscal year.
son
ERTAIN citizens who have been
badgered, embarrassed and dis
tressed by the persistent probings of
congressional investigating committees
probably cheered—in private—for
Bishop James Cannon, Jr, last week.
That militant chairman of the board
of temperance and social service of
the Methodist church, South, and offi-
cial of the Anti-Saloon league, chal.
Jenged the authority of the senate
lobby committee to investigate his
political activities in the campaign of
1028, refused to reply to its questions
in that connection and defied its im-
plied threats to punish him for con-
tempt, as others have punished
in similar circumstances,
Cannon was willing to tell a lot
about his work as a lobbyist, “using
the word in its legitimate
behalf of prohibition legislation, but,
as he stated to the afterward
he insisted “that this singling out of
myself and of the Virginia i-Smit!
Democrats because we fought
Tammany candidate is a deliberate, in-
been
gense,” in
press
tolerable infringement upon the rights
of American and threat
to independent citizens against a repe-
tition of the Independent action of
1028."
citizens, is a
The bishop also told the press much
about the disposal of money contrib-
uted by E. C. Jameson of New York
for the anti-Smith campaign in Vir
ginla—information he had refused to
give the committee,
Senator Caraway, chairman of the
wns in Arkankas nat
the time, issued a statemen
committee, who
the stand
the had
into Cannon's politica
bishop's
committee
investigation was bein
Senators Walsh of
Blaine of Wisconsin.
Montana
p Cannon repeat
On Thursday Bish
answer the
then
with
ed his refusal to
tee's and
walked out
ing to be excused,
sald,
subpoena
“If the
was not contempt, and |
action
case of
questions,
of the room
He
the committee
Wis
1
uniess
$8 ry
nim,
bishop's defian
his today Is certainly
contempt,” d
was ech
The
whose opinion
ber
Cannon probably will
the senate with a
tempt proceedings,
of senators,
request for con
NE more in the President's
dry enforcement program Was
taken when the house, by a
218 to 117. passed Wickersham
bill designed to relieve congestion in
the federal courts by eliminating jury
trials in minor prohibition cases,
If it becomes law the measure will
radically revise the federal court pro
cedure In criminal extant for
more than a hundred years, It pro
vides that defendants charged with
“petty offenses” shall first be given a
hearing before a United States
missioner recommendations
shall go to the District judge for final
disposal. The accused will be given
a jury trial only If he demands it in
a specified manner and time limit,
The house also adopted bills sup
plemental to the juryless trial meas
ure, one of them defining as “petty
offenses” all crimes involving a jail
sentence of less than six months or a
fine of less than $500, and another
amending the Jones act to make the
manufacture, transportation or sale
of less than one gallon of liquor a
“petty offense.”
The Democratic party of Pennsyl
vania is now officially wet. The state
committee, which was reorganized at
Harrisburg, adopted a platform that
recommends the repeal of the state
enforcement act and the Volstead act
and removal of the Eighteenth amend.
ment from the federal Constitution,
step
vote of
the
cusses
coms-
whose
HE French chamber of deputies
opened its summer session last
week with the opposition members
ready with a flock of interpeliations,
Among the things they wanted the gov-
ernment to explain were the naval
treaty, the serious Hed revolt against
French rule in Indo-China, national
security and an oll scandal that has
involved prominent officials, It was
predicted in Paris that the Tardien
cabinet would not survive the summer.
F THERE is a naval building race
between France and Italy, the
blame must rest with France, accord-
ing to Foreign Secretary Dino Grandi
of Italy. In a speech before the sen-
ate Grandi sald that last month In
Geneva he proposed to Aristide Briand
that the two nations suspend their
naval construction program for 1030
and that the French foreign minister
refused to consider the proposition.
The senate thereupon approved the
government's policy of augmenting the
Italian navy. Several of the senators
declared the Mediterranean would be
the theater of the next European war,
Recently Premier Tardlien announced
that the French would expend large
sums for fortifications In the Alps
In reply, Senator Riedl of Italy urged
the
continued strengthening of the
that
Italian frontier defenses in
region,
and Italy
Rieel, 1 hey
Adriatic: second, t
in Tunis, and thir
frontier of Libya. 1
oft
today, continued Senator
first,
he status of Italians
rd, the
repeated tl
are, control of the
southern
heard cha
ouring arms and
Numerous
Britis
curbing
of the
one
tion of
Dru ni
gtiate
Jews
for colonies, declared that
gration was restricted onls
the receipt an additional report and
recommendnt
from
Simpson, whe
survey of Pale
are now
sistance, which
more
the
the Reds and
serious than salt
raios,
On northwest frontier, wi
wild
trouble, British fro
several
tribesmen are
occupied
command of the si
of the
positions rebels
ERRIFIC fighting was reported to
to be going ob Yellow
river between the Chinese Nationalist
armies and northern with
the final results in doubt. Dispatches
told of victories claimed by first one
side and then the other. The outcome
of this conflict may settle the fate of
the Nanking government Late in the
week messages received In Shanghai
said the northern
the Yellow’ river sixty
Tsinanfu, broken the Nationalist lines
and reached the Tsinan-Tsingtao rall-
way line io the vicinity of Chowtsun,
The Nationalists the im
portant city of capital of
Hunan province, to a crowd of rebels
and bandits called the Red army.
Apparently the Russians have given
up hope of results from the Moscow
conference between China and Russia
on the Eastern raliroad and
have reverted to action along
the frontier of ‘northern Manchuria.
The Nationalist government charges
the Soviets have raided the town of
Taheiho in Chinese territory opposite
Magovyeshchensk and carried away
a number of Chinese and also a large
amount of farming machinery.
‘ang
along the
the rebels,
roops had crossed
miles east of
also lost
Chanhsha,
Chinese
direct
ARRYING twenty-two passengers
and a large cargo of freight and
mail, the Graf Zeppelin left Lake
hurst, N. J., Monday night for the
return trip to Friedrichshafen. Khe
had a pleasant and swift passage
across the Atlantic until she neared
the coast of Portugal, where a storm
and heavy winds were encountered.
It is hoped that the Zeppelin will be
in Chicago late in August as one of
the attractions at the national air
races to be held there,
FORBES, Boston
WwW CAMERON
* banker and former governor
general of the Philippines, has been
tentatively selected as the now ame
bassador to Japan, according to infor.
mation learned in adminietrotion dr.
cles. Mr. Forbes, a close friend of
President Hoover, served as chairman
of the special commission which re.
cently completed a survey and report
on the American administration of af-
fairs In Haiti,
N RECOGNITION of his "outztand.
ing contributions in the many ®elds
of human service,” the Louls Living.
stone Seaman gold medal was pre
gented to President Hoover by the
American Museum of Safety, The
award of the medal was decided upon
before Mr. Hoover's nomination for
the Presidency but the formal presenta.
tion was delayed,
(@, 1930, Western Newspaper Union.)
Farmer’s Income
One of Best Means of In-
creasing Productivity
and Helping Soil.
the United Btates Department
of Agriculture.)
“If all the fertilizer—7,500,000 tons
of it—used annually by farmers of the
United States sold in bags it
would take nearly a hundred million
of them,” says Dr. Oswald Schreiner,
chief of the division of soll fertility
of the hurean of chemistry and solls,
United States Department of Agricul
ture.
(Prepnred by
were
Help Productivity,
“I'he use of chemical fertilizers,” he
says, “ls one of the best means of in.
creasing productivity and improving
g0il fertility. It is conservatively esti.
mated that for every dollar invested
in fertilizer the average return Is
about £3. The reason that farmers are
buying $250,000,000 worth of fertilizer
a year is that the best farmers of the
country know that it pays them to use
fertilizers.”
Summing up the relation of fertili-
zation to farming under present eco-
conditions Doctor Schreiner
“With the present high cost of
labor, increased acreage is not fo ad-
production per
acre. Under present costs of produc-
tion the proper use of fertilizers of-
fers one of the best ways for the
American farmer to Increase his farm
income, An acre of underfed plants,
struggling for growth and reproduc
tion, probably less,
than an yield of crops, the
price of which Is absorbed to
interest, taxes,
d, If
there Is to be any profit it must come
}
from a higher
nomlie
BAYS:
vigable as Increased
means not more,
average
mes the costs of
operations, and se
fur
yield, Therefore It Is
and
acreage than
profit.
able yleld on less
nverage vield on the
ns
Ps.
ays that Intell
application of lime and complete
Doctor Schreiner s:
to double or
iple yields of pasture grasses and
wiint is more Important but
yf overlooked by dairy farmers
lizers makes it easy
which
en
tein,
the forage often im-
proves the health of the stock and
lime, i phosphorus content of
Such
insures against mineral deficiency dis
eases and nutritional abortion,
Don't Expect Magic.
Schreiner warns
not expect fertilizer
to work magic or to make up for short.
comings of crops, soils,
Doctor
that
farmers
they must
poor seed, in.
spraying, y plowed and
land, poor drainage, acid
for a low supply of humus,
poor!
soil, or
“Use manure to improve your solls
green manure
get stable manure.
returns from
Grow when you
Then you
have hetter your
jzer,” he advises farmers and
1
out that there is a q
of fertilizer which the maxi.
mum profit in eny given case and the
amount varies greatly with different
crops and different solls, and Is great-
er, by far, for high-price crops than
for low-priced crops.
specific quantity
yields
Cutting Small Trees Is
Quite Costly Business
Parker O. Anderson, forestry spe
clalist of the extension division, Unl-
versity farm, St. Paul, advises farm.
ers in the handling of their woodlots to
avoid the cutting of small trees. He
says that the cutting of such trees is
poor bufiness, that the leaving of
small trees of desired species means
increased future profits. When small
trees are relieved of the competition
of larger trees they grow In height
and diameter at a correspondingly
higher rate. This means a speeding up
of the future crop.
Mr. Anderson says that cutting trees
mnder 12 inches In diameter is ordi-
narily unprofitable. This is because
they yield only a small amount of
lumber whereas If they are left to
grow until they are from 10 to 18
inches In diameter they give a much
larger yield and command the prices
of higher grades. He cites certain tests
made by the Lake States Experiment
that for 1,000
board feet from eight-inch logs the
cost is about $20 whereas from 24-
inch logs the cost is about $0.37,
Many Miniature Farms
Not Listed by Census
Government officials estimate that
there are 5,000 farms of less than
three acres in this country to which
individuals gave their entire time last
year. In taking the 1080 agricultural
censug, areas of less than three acres
were not listed as farms unless they
produced as much as $250 worth of
farm products In 1020. Small areas
of more than three acres were classed
as farms regardless of the value of
products if the land Is actually being
farmed.
Serious Insect Pest
The most serious insect pest on po-
tatoes Is usually the leaf hopper, a
small green Insect that lives mostly
on the undersides of the leaves and
feeds by sucking the juice from the
foliage, This insect causes the leaves
of the plant to curl up and turn brown
at the margine. In some years the
yields from unsprayed fields have been
reduced BO pbr cent or more by leaf
hopper Injury. Bordeaux mixture, (4
400 strength), is the most effective
material In controlling leaf hopper In
bury.
Peas at Canneries
Lead All Vegetables
Usually Grown Along With
Other Crops for Canning.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
1005 the volume of garden
peas grown for canning has multiplied
more than five times, and since 1922
this crop has headed the list of vege-
tables grown for canneries. In 1028
pea canners packed 17.0943,000 cages,
according to the United De-
partment of Agricultures
Peas are usually grown along
other vegetables for canning, and the
culture is centralized In the vicinity
of canneries, according to Farmers’
dulletin 12556-F, “The Production of
Peas for Canning,” recently revised hy
V. R, Boswell of the bureau of plant
industry. The bulletin may
tained free from the Office of Informa-
tion, United
Agriculture, Washington, D. C,
The points out that
are not exacting in their soil require-
ments but demand a soll well
drained and not too dry. A
mate is preferable and planting should
Since
States
be ob-
Btates
bulletin peas
that is
cool cll-
be as early as the soll can be worked
in the spring. The Individual grower's
limited by suitability
of his soll and equipment and Hy the
avalliabllity of labor at rush time. Ten
or fifteen acres of usually
well
acreage is the
Neng fit
pens fits
into a 100-acre ro
The pea 18 a legume, ant ni the
proper bacteria are present it enriches
the zoil by accumulating
the expensiy
The
reases
element, nitrogen, from the
bulletin notes Instances of
York
sighteen
of a
of wheat
ranging
ginte
bushels
previous
legular Schedule Adds
to Dairy Farm Profits
A regular the
and milking of dalry cows has
schedule for feeding
been
shown to increase profits,
to a report made by Carl
er of the Dairy Herd Imp
No. 1 of
Minnesota, The
tamer Leighton,
he 2 lewur
herd img
fit rdine
according
sociation
repos
head
rovement asso
the state at University
According Mr. Stad
members of his
".
gEsociatlior
good
lms been
¢
eequng
nite schedy
duction ir
Paul Stay, teste f
Preston lation, reg
the Harmony-
worts that
gtrin-
ping by hand, following the use of the
ft
increases but.
ilk. In a report
» says that one cow's
the
trinnine
Rirpping
whereas
tested 2.5
utterfat with
tested 3.8 per cent,
Mr. Leighton
' 4
{
in January 38055
€
the
hiy report o
COWS
were under test in Minn
8564 gave in
sota. Of these
January more than 40
pounds of }
also that 1.515 herds ir
averaged more than 25
-— pounds of but-
terfat per cow.
utterfat. "he report
says
the association
New Tomato Pollinator
Is Electrical Vibrator
One thing that occasionally cuts a
slice from the tomato-grower's income
is the failure of early blooms to set
fruit. Apparently the weather has to
be just right for pollination; and
though plants may blossom early,
there will be no sets without pollina.
tion. In order to have
pollination, the alr must be warm and
dary.
Artificial pollination is the answer
to this difficulty, of course. Several
methods are in use—shaking the vines,
tapping the blossoms, and actual
transfer of pollen by hand.
Now comes a new wrinkle—an elec.
trical tomato pollinator—a device not
unlike an automatic pistol, with a vi-
brator on it. This electric vibrator
seems to do a good job, even on damp,
sunless days.
satisfactory
diritti bbb bd
Agricultural Squibs
FHF RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR
Cream should be separated to con-
tain not less than 35 per cent fat.
Clean utensils are most essential
» * *
If you never grew kohl-rabi, take a
chance on a 10-cent package. It Is
a tasty member of the turnip tribe,
. . -
It costs money to wash the smut out
of wheat before it is milled into flour,
That is why smutty wheat has to be
discounted, Smut discounts can be
avoided by treating seed with copper
carbornate.
. » -
Cow testing enables the dairyman
to know which cow is “boarding” and
which is paying for her keep. With
low butter-fat prices, it is more im-
portant than ever to get rid of the
loafers in the herd.
. . »
Milk and cream spoil more rapidly
during warm weather. By cooling
dairy products as rapidly as possible
after being produced, bacterial growth
can be greatly checked. Frequent stir:
ring promotes rapid cooling.
. 0» -
Dry cows should be fed all of the
good legume hay that they will clean
up, as legume hay is a good source
of calelum, one of the minerals that
a dairy cow requires, and supplies
considerable quantities of protein,
#®
JAM!
An
clubs
viet ¢
ciaing
eeting of the mem!
wus held for the p
whether the cf
amalgamated, After
taken place, the
“This meetin’
the two clubs
chair anopoun
has
bein’ marm
mean,
in favor of
ated.”
“1 suppose
that they be jammed
inquired secretary of
clubs. —~Montreal Star,
you
man,
thie
A WEAKNESS OF HERS
Photographs
ry photog rs
€ Phi« rs
OU NE ~—— Ne
Alimony for Him
ay guess 1'll have to give
hopeless,”
“Is he
dearest friend.
ught Mim
the rigin
the proper
overlooked
8 impossible,
First Reading
Mistress—Isn't that
that the postman,
gone to the door?
Mary—Vlease, ma'am, cook has.
Mistress— Well
, what's she
Just Came True
“I'm beginning to believe in fortune
telling.”
“Whe?
“Tes
Something
come true?”
A fortune-teller told me yes-
1 would have money left
after paying wife's dressmaker's
blll."=—Stray Stories.
my
“How do you suppose that Chicago
“Why, to furnish a quick getaway
fo the bandits, of course.”
Tear for Ellis
“hed a tear
For Ellis Bree:
The car he hit
Was marked “P, D”
Liquid Chicken
Freshman—We sure bave a fine
landlady. She saved me the tender
est part of the chicken when | was
Inte for dinner yesterday.
Soph-What part was that?
Freshman—The grav y.—Capper's
Weekly.
No Good Cook
Ichiban~My wife is a canny house
keeper,
Sayonara—My wife doesn’t know
how to cook either,
Monologist Appreciated
“You often buy things you don't ex-
actly need.”
“Yes,” answered the amiable lady.
“When a capable salesman appears,
whether | think much of his wares or
not, 1 feel as If so good a monologue
ought to be worth something.”
Too Extravagant
“Darling, 1 offer you wy heart and
my fortune.”
“Don’t be extravagant, dear,
fortune will be quite emough.”
Your