governors of fourteen
for the Corpus Christi festival,
CURRENT EVENTS
Progress of Senate Battle
Over Ratification of
the Naval Treaty.
Cy EDWARD W. PICKARD
the
() IONENTS of
treaty, weming
there
the son
tion,
Ing
pact,
others, wa till
about
Pres
and Sena
House to
naval
that
pporters in
London
aware
its su
about
Wi k
and offering reser ions f«
tor Norris, as well ns many
i deeply concerned
uments which the
give the
Borah visited the White
Mr foover it 1 ht be
pt the Norris
leation is to be with
senate,
rider
there are no
nents,
highly indig-
this Nor
Hoover was
ie implications in
}
Since he | given
word tl sSoeret
ne
He did
treaty
pact
the
but he regarded it
that supporters
’ ie
reservation, if
not that
would
entirely possible the
of the Norris defeated,
would be ahle to wrolong the fight in-
if not to bring about a post-
| action until autumn.
definitely,
ponement of
forward with a
terms of
Tennessee
reservition under
Uritain would be required to dis-
oft American
came
the which
her naval bases
vellar offered vet another
for freedom of
had
of Pennsyivani i. the
London
the instructions of con-
reser
. vid :
providing the
gens, because, as been admitted
by Senator Reed
delocates to the
failed to obey
gress to consider thi
or at tl 0
conference
8 question before
arley. Both these reserva-
tions were opposed by the administra-
fon ens
Senator Watson of Indiana, majority
leader, in effort to up ac.
tion on the treaty unan-
fmous begin-
ing Tuesday, July 22 Hm-
fted to ten minutes on amend.
ment and reservation and on the treaty
itself. and that each senator be al.
lowed to speak but once on each. He
declared that if this plan were reject.
ed cloture we revoked, and a
petition for this was prepared.
i that
tors,
the speed
proposed a
that
debate he
consent agreement
each
uld be
he fact this petition was
se} 1 only the 18 names re.
quired for its submission, but nearly
majority required for
made it certain that the
be ratified with votes
not
the tvo-thirds
ta adontion
treaty would
to spare.
A ERELY for recreation and a much
N needed “rest. President Hoover
will start August 15 on a vaeation trip
that will last only about two weeks.
This wax announced nt the White
Houre, and it was added that the
President would make no speeches or
public appearances in the vagious
cities he passes through. It is his in-
tention to visit both the Glacier and
Yellowstone National parks, but the
ftirerary has not yet heen made ont.
It was considered likely he would
travel by train to Chicago, take a boat
from there to Duluth and make the
rest of the trip by railway.
Representatives of the Interior de-
partment, at the direction of Secre-
tary Wilhur, have selected a number
of enmping sites in the national parks
for the use of the Presidential party.
Nothwithstanding the President's
evident Intention to avold politieal
contests during his trip, the Repub.
Heans of Montana hope that his visit
to that state will help the cause of
Justice Albert J. Galen, who has been
nominated for United States senator
to oppose Senator Thomas J. Walsh,
Galen 1s a moderate wet and Walsh
has been an active dry. Both are
Catholics,
Though, as was sald, Mr. Hoover Is
declining invitations to make speeches,
he has tentatively given assurance
that he will be present and speak at
he dedication of the Roosevelt arch,
where the Roosevelt highway crosses
the continental divide In ' Montana.
The date of the dedication, which orig
inally was to have taken place the past
week, Is to be fixed to sult the Presi.
dent's convenience,
ENATOR ARTHUR CAPPER of
\J Kansas wants the farm board to
buy 100,000,000 bushels of wheat. in
addition to that already purchased,
and he put his plan before President
Hoover. The Chief Executive,
had just had a talk with
tary of Agriculture Hyde who ha
turned from a trip to the
and who was und rstood to ha
ever,
wheat
he was a
able to rel
Srowers,
Chairman Legge
made public his
Governor Reed
cized the
of wheat
activities, i
ter Mr. Legge
graln stabil
board have
change in
ernor's
the market
: 3
ing siu
S ENATOR N
I chairman
committee to
senate
invest
penditures, was in
holdin
AmMpLIgn ex-
inst week
expenditures In bel
Hanna McCormick, Republican nom
for senator Nye Mrs. Me
Cormick haggled a lot concerning
factions and
ported her against Senator
and various
Ruth
inee and
organizations that sup-
witnesses testified to thelr
contributions to campaign fund.
But it was not apparent that anything
out discreditable to Mrs.
her
was hrought
MeCormicl
That lady while on
manded that the committee
her Democratic rival for the
ship, James Hamilton Lewis, and ask
him to explain a statement he made tn
Springfield to the effect that ft
$1.000.000 to win the Republican
ination. She sald Lewis
knowledge of expenditures of
over $700,000
the stand de
summon
senator.
cost
nom-
“must
well
I have In-
cluded in my He should
be schpoenaed If he has any knowl
edge of that sort™
more than
accounting.
RANK J. DORGER, majority stock.
holder In the Cosmopolitan
Bank and Trust company of Cincin-
nati, filed a petition in bankruptey.
Immediately thereafter O. C. Gray,
state banking superintendent, stated
that a shortage of £2.000.217 existed in
the bank. The institution closed sev.
eral weeks ago as the alleged result
of the $1.000000 check kiting
tions of A. W. Shafer,
found Dorger's bank accepted $023.
000 in fake securities from Shafer,
Common Pleas Judge Stanley Stra.
bel sald he would consider a contempt
of court charge against Dorger and his
daughter, Martha, who also filed bank.
ruptey proceedings, because the state
had been granted a temporary Injune-
tion restraining the Dorgers from dis.
posing of their personal assets.
CTIVITIES of Communists in the
United States are being Invest!
by a congressional committee
which was busy last week in New
York city. Most Important of the
witnesses heard was Charles (3. Wood,
commissioner of conciliation of the
Department of Labor. He said the
Communists at work among the labor
groups were chronie trouble makers,
and described strikes in Passale, New
Bedford and Gastonia, N. C., each of
which was either started or inflg.
enced by the Reda. He declared the
strikes, like other activities of the
Communists, were but a means of at.
tacking the government of the United
States.
closed
gated
RANCE and Italy last week reached
a “gentiemen’s agreement” to take
a naval building holiday for six
months, and there was great relief in
European diplomatic eircles. The
agreement means little from a naval
standpoint, for neither nation Intended
to lay down any more vessels this
year, but it was of Immense impor
tance psychologically. The statesmen
of both countries now hope to settle
most of their problems before the six
months are up,
(GREAT BRITAIN, still struggling
to settle the row in India, has a
hew trouble on her hands, This is In
Egypt, where the Wafd or nationalist
party, supporting Nahas Pasha
mer premler against King Fuad, is
stirring up revolt. The first outhreak
was In Alexandria, where a fanatical
mob of Wafdists staged a riot,
attack]
for.
great
Europeans and looting
Before troops and po-
lice had regained control of the situs
shops, native
tion
heen
obedience camp
It Is also !
nister MacDonald and
his colleagues a » enger to shels
\ AKING nse ¢
A conferred or
Hindenburg
von
o
into mergency finance 1s
hy tle rive
to approve the
ernment lost patier
ia expected
deficit,
tax, enforcement of a tax on bachelors
ichstag ha«
measure gf
oe, The |]
the
Inclu
and spinsters, a head tax and a spe.
cial tax on food and liquor served in
inns and restaurants,
The reichatagz has the right to repeal
£4 3
the law, but the chancellor threatens
to dissolve the parliament If a repeal
is sought,
ERMANY'S reply to the memoran-
dum of French Foreign Minister
Briand proposing a European feders
the plan,
many
though It has almost ns
reservations as the Italian re.
ply. The Germans lke the Italians
and some others, Insts that Russia
and Turkey be included in the union,
and they make it clear the federation
should In no way be directed against
the United States. They subtly sug-
gest a revision of the war treaties,
but say little of disarmament. The
German reply grees heartily with
Ing economic to political ASHOCT §ooegy
view which may prove to be the fatal
weakness of the whole scheme.
A “purely tentative” reply from
Great Brifain was not so encouraging.
expressing the opinion that the pro-
posed union Is “unnecessary and pos.
Ibly a dangerous Institution” It sug-
gested that the plan be placed on the
agenda of the next assembly of the
League of Nations,
Greece, Austrian and Poland also
Russia seems to be fishing for an
invitation,
choice as to which faction In
China I= winning the elvil war. Just
now things look none too cheerful for
the Nationalist government, Dis.
patches from Pelping say fifteen lead
ers of the Kuomintang signed a mani-
festo formally ending the long dispute
between, the right and left wings of
that party. and calling a national can.
ference within a month for the pur.
pose of establishing a government “to
succeed the false government whieh
Gen. Chiang Kal-shek usurped.” It is
predicted Gen. Yen Hsl-shan will be
head of that new government.
of Brig. Gen. H. C. Bmither, UU.
8. A. Rear Admiral A, H, Robertson,
!. 8. N.; Henry Sydnor Harrison, nov.
elist; Judge Jesse Holdom, dean of the
Chicago bench; James M. Lynch, vet.
eran leader of the International Typo-
graphical union, and Leopold won
Aver, eminent violinist,
(@. 1930, Western Nowspaper Union.
Leaf-Spot Causes
31g Beet Losses
May Be Controlled to Some
Degree by Timely Dust-
ing or Spraying,
(Prepnred by the United Statens Depuriment
of Agriculture.
The leaf Spot disense of sugar beets,
which is responsible for serious losses
to beet growers in some nreas, may be
controlled to a considerable degree hy
spraying or dusting, say experimenters
of the burean of plant industry in
Circular 115-C, published by the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture. The development of the disease
depends primarily on temperature con-
ditions and the distribution of rain-
fall. Only In years of unusual weather
conditions does the leaf spot disease
Ciuse severe losses In the eastern
area of sugar-beet culture. The situa-
tion Is more serious in Iowa, southern
Minnesota, Nebraska, and northern
Colorado; the disease does [ts great.
est damage in the Arkansas valley of
southern Colorado and it Is only in
that beet growers
logses,
years
serious
Cause of Disease.
The disease is caused by a parasitic
fungus which is introduced into the
field by Infected seed or it may enter
BpOres, The spore.
from the beet tops
previously diseased
bearing
and
fleld is the
Infection.
the
of Irrigation
material
refuse of a
most important source of
Long rotations }
Careful control
drainage in
unfavor.
able for the multiplication and spread
of the There
plant breeders may eventually develop
commercial
resistant to
elp to re
infection.
and
create
good
: 1 3 3
beet fields conditions
parasite, is hope that
beets of value
i wy Furey
ine lent RO
the mi antime
the Depar
} Fe, OF more
Leaf.Spot Toll,
“Present knowledge of loaf-sno
logy
Heavy
i
dors not permit forecast
ir g the
heavy te 1f- spot oc
CHITenee rt thors of circular
1a,
he viewed as a form of
ant protection mus
Cron ins
ffire
From the experience of the |
«A Years in the Arkansas valley
ich all but
Years of
four or five
heen heavy leaf spot
toll, such Insurance seems
for that aren. In
sich ns
warranted
many other areas,
for ie, this
5 wn
Michigan, I
wrotection will probably
iype of plant
be most
exam
serviceable as an emergency
control weasure.'
Those interested In the detalls
the experiments, and in the discussion
ation of the experimental
His, may obtain a copy of circular
“The Sugar-Beet Leaf Spot Dis-
case and Its Control by Direct Mens.
ures.” by applying to the Office of In
formation, United States Department
Close Grazing Keeps
Grass Young and Rich
Since young grass, consisting large.
Iy of leaves and comparatively little
stalk, is richer in proteins and soluble
carbohydrates and is more readily
digestible than older grass in which
more stalks have developed, a pasture
should be grazed sufficiently close to
keep young leaves growing and pre.
vent development of too much stalk,
the United States Department of Agri-
culture says.
ritish investigations show that
complete grazing once In three weeks
during a good growing season Is suffi.
tent in the pasture,
The relatively high protein consent
of proteins Indicate that the supple
ment needed for young and closely
carbohydrate feed, such as corn.
In seasons of heavy rainfall, when
grass grows rapidly, pastures should
periods, when grass grows slowly, the
department says,
Effect of Fertilizer :
on Quality of Corn
Numerous reports of fertilizer ex.
periments with corn have demonstrat.
ed the effect in improving the quality
of the crop. Generally increased yields
are nccompanied by higher quality, A
number of records show the relation
between yield and quality of corn har
vested on experimental plots by the
Purdue university agricultural ex.
periment station. The results are
averages of yields for five years on
eleven fertilizer plots located at five
different parts of the state. Increased
yields due to fertilizer applicutions
fire accompanied In every case by a
marked Increase In percentage of
sound corn,
————— a.
Seed Marketing Not
‘avored for Farmer
Success Depends on Careful
Attention to Details.
{Prepared by the United siates Depnriment
af Agriculture
By careful purchase of better scods
farmers may save money and at the
sume time their
yields, according to
julletin JZ2-F, “Seed Marketing
Hints for the Farmer” re ently re
printed by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture,
Farmers obtain thelr seeds, George
C. Edler, the author, points out, from
three sources—thelr own farms, from
other farmers, or from dealers, Early
purchasers usually have an advan-
tage. If a great quantity of seeds 18
needed, It Is wise to get samples
‘which should be tested for purity and
germination. Better grades generally
pay and purchase by weight Is consid-
ered preferable,
Success of the farmer who grows
Seeds for sale depends largely on the
care
sacking,
enlarge returns by
bigger Farmers’
cleaning,
given to thresh
sampling, testing, tagging
and storing, the author points out. He
may sell seeds local
dealers or shippers, to traveling seed
buyers, to distant gseedsmen or by ad-
growing His
will depend ou supply, demand, qual.
ity, and
his
to neighbors, to
vance contracts, price
business conditions
the best
general
ability to find
There
mand for fancy quality and
strains of seeds
outiel,
should usually be a good de.
superior
Coples of Farmers’ Bulletin
“Seed Marketing Hints for
er” may be obtained free
to the Office of Informat 3 rn
States Department of Agricul
Washington, D. C.
Hydrated Lime Check:
Clubroot of
ints may «
de. Heavy tre
hydrated
from g disens
is present in 30 tates ane n 21 of
them Is important truck growers
Eradicate Wild Garlic
on Cultivated Soils
ic 1s all right In soup, if
the flavor In flour or
iz decidedly undesirable Plow
Ing late each fall
followed by
iitivated row crop, iz thus
known method of killing
this
spring,
thoroughly «1
far the best
wild garlic on cultivated land, but
method must be followed for three
years or more in order to clean up the
weed, according to the United States
Department of Agriculture. Fairly
deep plowing should be started in the
fall in time to destroy young late-sym-
mer plants before they produce new
bulbs, his work should be done as
a rule in October or November In the
South and about 8 month later in the
North, The must be
plowed under completely or else they
will keep on growing.
farm
garlic tops
Spring, summer and ‘fall are good
times to spread limestone,
. - #
To eliminate the bad taste of cod
Hver oil: Feed it to the hens and
eat the eggs they lay.
- - -.
There were 5,751,000 cases of eggs
in storage May 1 compared with 3,
002,000 cases a year ago.
® . -
A trench silo is not as good as the
usual upright silo but it is a very good
substitute for one In an emergency or
as a temporary proposition,
- » -
Artificial brooding of turkeys Is a
means of avoiding worms, lee, mites,
and possibly blackhead, If the poults
are kept from Infected areas.
- » .
A width of 22 to 868 feet, outside
dimensions, is most satisfactory for
the dairy barn. Thirty feet is too
narrow for convenience and more than
36 feet is likely to result In a cold,
damp stable,
. 0»
Dipping the sheep after shearing
will save feed later because the opera.
tion will kill lViee and ticks which an.
noy the lambs and keep them from
making proper gains, Any good coal
tar preparation or stock dip can ba
used,
er
shina
(
i
valle,
Feen-a-mint is the ideal summertime
laxative. Pleasant and convenient,
Gentle but thorough in its action,
Check summer upsets with Feen-a.
mint at home or away.
INSIST ON
THE GENUINE
¢
n
a
’
OF
soda ing a little temporary
relief of gas and
1 : sour stomach,
Phillips Milk of Ma %ia has gcid-
ity con hie nd the gi-
anquilized.
tried form of
relief you will cease to worry about
diet and experience a new
freedom in eating.
This pleasant preparation is just
as good for children, Use it
tongue or fetid
breath signalz need of a sweetener,
Physicians will tell you that every
spoonful of Phillips Milk of Mag-
nesia neutralizes mans imes its
volume in acid. Get the genuine,
the name Phillips is important.
Imitations do not act the same!
pletely ¢l
gestive
Once you
organs
have
your
4
ton
whenever coated
FARM WOMAN
BENEFITED
After Taking Lydia E. Pinke
ham’s Vegetable Compound
Lickdale, Pa.~*“Befors T was mare
ried, my mother and sister and I did all
the farming work
: on a 6tacre farm
for eleven years, |
arvied o farmer
and now in addi.
tion to ray howlies
work and the care
women
told mo to
Vegetable
Aaa Somanand 1 kow that
; better than 08, MRS,
Cuvos 1 Suzsuax, R. #1, Lickdale, Pa.
W. N. U, BALTIMORE, NO. 30.1930,
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