the Covered Wagon. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Dirigible R-100 Makes Safe Flight From Britain to Montreal, Canada. By EDWARD W. PICKARD REAT BRITAIN'S big dirigible, the R-100, mace a successful and uneventful crossing of the Atlantic ocean, taking off from Cardington, Wales, and reaching Montreal about 76 hours later. There, at St. Hubert airport, she was tied up to the moor ing mast that had been built for the purpose, and her landed, well pleased with the trip. Until the airship reached the vicin- ity of Newfoundland she maintained a speed of between 50 and 70 knots, hut the ever-present fogs then forced a glowing down until she got well into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, having passed over the Belle Isle straits, While passing over Quebec the airship sustained some damage to the fahrie covering one of the fins, and the mo- tors were shut off until repairs had been made. This delayed the arrival at Montreal somewhat and prevented the tieing up of the ship to the moor ing mast until early Friday morning. Throughout the voyage radio commu nication was kept up with bases in England and Canada and with ocean liners, The northerly route was tal en, following the great circle by way of nort] Ireland fo a point south of Lape Farewell, Greenland, then to Belle Isle and along Lawrence river to Montreal, $ Squadron Leader R. S. Booth was in ®umand, with four officers and a civilian crew of 30 men. Among the few passengers were Lieut. Com Charles Dennistoun Burney, managing director of the firm that built the R. 100: Lieut. Com. R, St. John Prentice British aircraft and Maj. G. H. Scott, famous airship commander. passengers the Rt of the carrier Cour- aAgeous, dritish ANADA'S parliamentary elections were watched with great interest because the results are likely to be im- portant to the United States as well us to the Dominion. The Liberal gov ernment, headed by Mackenzie King, was decisively defeated by the Con. servatives, and Richard B. Bennett, Conservative chief, will be the new premier. Mr. King himself was re elected to parliament, but many mem- bers of his cabinet lost out, these In- cluding Finance Minister Charles A. Dunning, who drew up the budget in- creasing tariffs against the United States and lowering them to Great Britain, which constituted the main issue of the campaign. A quick call to a session of the Ca- nadian parliament is considered one certain result of the political upset. Canada’s extension of tariff prefer. ences to Great Britain, without exact- ing tariff preferences in return, can be expected to be withdrawn or modified as the result of the election. The electors turned it down In defeating the government candidates. Canada, in other words, will make its trade treaties with the world, irrespective of empire ties and sentiment, The St. Lawrence seaway plan is once more thrown in the realm of po- litical controversy and uncertainty. Higher tariffs against the United States, In the absence of a Canadian. American trade agreement, are to he expected under a Bennett premiership. TARTLING news eame from China, A large Communist army took pos session of Changsha, capital of Hunan province, the government troops re tiring without making any defense, and the city of half a million inhab ftants, a commercial, political and edu- cational metropolis, was looted and partly destroyed by the Reds, ‘fen government buildings were burned, as were numerous foreign properties and the Japanese consulate, and the offices of the Standard and Texas OH com: panies were robbed. Wealthy resi dents who were unable to escape were tortured to death, The Red invaders proclaimed a Soviet republic, The burning and looting, says a dis patch from Shanghal, was carried on in a systematic manner. The city was divided into 50 wards, each ad- ministered by a Communist leader with a group of riflemen. Al power was centered in a supreme Soviet commit. tee, Gangs of Communists headed by squads of Red troops, surrounded buildings marked off hy the supreme command for depredation, Orators proclaimed the Communist purpose “to distribute the surplus wealth,” and selected followers tered the buildings and trunsported furniture and valuables to the street, where they were auctioned off. The proceeds were pocketed, after which the town riffrafl were invited to and complete the looting. After this the places were burned and the the next bullding struction More than 200 them Americans, resort at edn coolies and enter | crowd moved on to scheduled for foreigners were at the su Kuling, near Kiukiang, were considered to be In grave dan ger, On Wednesday boat Palos, Changsha, munists the American gun which was approaching om wand . using wis fired upon by five of Ti» Palos returned the fire und her crew wie ed, machine guns and threeinch rifles at close range, and Reds, The Palos helped evacuate Changsha and was returning to vey the ruins of the city. Two Amer ican missionaries, Rev, William Lingle of Salisbury, N. C., and Rev. Allen Cameron of Lawrence, Kan. in Changsha because they scientious objection protection finally dispersed the had foreigners previously fron sur remained had $ against accepting Con. from gunboats, NDER the guidance of Prohibition Director WwW. W. Woodcock Iry enforcement is fo be carried in 8 manner that w - * Amos Bh II not be 20 likely to arouse the rage of Mr. proposes to dry law agents trained ng ort las * 3 18 gentid i and the citizenry Wooden K have the use of fire He called the cial inid before them a policies which approved hy Attorney General will he teach the “to use their brains rather than brawn in discharging their duties” train them In methods of gathering evidence, in knowledge of the law and in habits of discipline” Five major points were emphasized in the Woodcock statement aside from the proposal to maintain high per sonal standards for agents. These were: (1) Establishment of a system of daily reports to Washington bs deputy administrators; (2) selentific research into such problems as drunk enness statistics, alcoholism deaths and hop and corn sugar production: (3) efforts to obtain more state aid in dry law enforcement; (4) efforts to secure more uniform sentences for violators; and (5) concentration upon 4 the commercial liquor trate rather than upon “pitiful, picayonish, mon commercial cases” Supervisors of indostrial wledhdl | permits also met in Washington anil, with their chief, James M, Doran, con sidered how they might best combine their efforts with those of the pro hibition enforcement unit. President Hoover's law enforcement commission will issue a second formal report of its work this full. Arrange ments for formulation of the docu: ment will he completed at a meeting here early in October, Leaders of nearly all the dry organ. izations in the country issued a signed declaration of policy which was lnoked upon by many as a recognition of the growing antagonism to prohibition en. forcement as it has been carried on In the past. In it they repudiate all en. forcement policies that do not regard and safeguard every personal right guaranteed by the Constitution, and pledge themselves to a campaign of education, The declaration states it is the paramount purpose of the Eighteenth amendment to destroy traffic In intoxicating beverages, and that the enemies of prohibition try to make this appear as offensive sump. tuary legislation. itms only in sel administrators and spe agents all In to Washington and his heen statement of was said to have President Hoover Mitchell Se and get up to UT of the welter of Democratic aspirants for the gubernatorial nomination In Texas, “Ma” Ferguson, former governor, and Ross 8, Sterling, wealthy Houston publisher, emerged in the lend, and the victor will he de. termined In a run-off primary, since neither of them had a majority Senutor Love, who led the successful bolt in Texus from Al Smith in 1028, wis among those badly beaten, Unit. ed States Senator Morris Sheppard wus renominated, There will tion in Oklahoma in the Democratic were “Alfalfa BHI” Murray and Frank uttram ; and for United States ator, Thomas I’, Gore, the mer and Charles J. man, Nials have to be a run-off elee- nize, The leaders race for governor on senator, Wrights. the ged § 8 no oppo tion \ JITH virtually 1 London pave] treaty w ! fn 15 jul . Tielt &¢ Dritish 1 1 hy hoth houses ment then we and ' far as Great Brit is cOti recelvis the formal approval of =~ HY George under qui tuted during 1} Sehator Hiram nin, leader of treaty In th that th ment rat the British Were seal trol | % LINE = of the a bargain per of the seas the Hoover business, with program representatives various branches of the build. and in Chicago and created a national on : . . Julius H. Barnef chalp natio ing industry allied ngencies of finance met permanent contruction conference man of the onfercne iP the pub : s Fim. 7 dev elopir 5 { to nsxist of such problems “Aspects of realts ing problems of le of property, methods o sriictices means of the 12 and credit cussed, Possible stabilization of construe tion Industry, a number of aspects of greater taxation and practical methods of In- trodueing economies In the bhallding and financing of residences and In come properties, were considered ™ RESIDENT HOOVER has credted a commission to “rudy the ques tion of gnemployment statistics and hag invited labor, business nd eeo nomic groups to select 18 members, EtheThert Stewsrt, commissioner df labor statistics of the Depurtment of Labor; Willlum J. Steunrt, director of the buredu of census for the De. partment of ‘'Commérce, aml n repro sentative of the Department of ‘Agri culture will be ex officto members, In annofmcing ‘the appointment 46f this commission the President defend. ed hig practice of naming such inves. Iiigating ‘bodies, and added: “As We nee) the best’ brains of the Country to né¥sist In <government ordination 60 ple efforts F ahilll ap- point others” USSIAN goods will hof he Rept out of this country merely because they come from a Soviet state. This in a sentence was the stand taken by President Hoover, and consequently Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lowman had to reconsider his de cision denying the entry of two ship loads of Russian wood pulp at New York imported by the Amtorg Trading corporation, Any action barring Soviet goods the President held must be based solely on the law applicable to all nations and designed to exclude conviet made goods and prevent “dump. Ing” practices on the part of countries competing in American trade, # THE Wafdists or nationalists of Egypt succeed in thelr eampaign against King Fuad, Abbas Hilmi, former khedive who was deposed by the Brit. ish, may be restored to the throne, The British government is sald to be disposed to accept this result, though both Italy and France have declared their opposition, The Wafdists nesert that so long as Fuad is on the throne there will be no peace In Egypt and no possibility of settling disputes with Great Britain, (@ 1050, Wantern Newspaper Unbet. ) Home Owners Protected by Zoning Restrictions Charles H. Cheney of Los Angeles, chairman of the committee on city and regional planning of the Ameri can Institute of Architects, suys: “Property values are destroyed, cher- ished homes abandoned and neighbor hoods ruined by the erection of one or more ugly or inappropriately de- signed bulldings. More than $3,000. 000.000 was put Into such buildings lust year. Every vacant lot in ap un- protected neighborhood today carries a threat of ruin to its neighbors “This Is the greatest economic loss of our time, and one that ean and will he remedied as soon us Investors, home owners and the public generally learn how to protect themselves, More than 500 cities have established zon ing in the last ten years. “Architectural control of this kind is not new, Santa Barbara, Calif, in 1925 to 1026, required that all plans for private bulldings be passed on by a competent architectural board of re view, “For 50 years high-class real estnte subdivisions have careful architectural marked success and prop- erty values, by means of building re. strictions established by private agree. ments In the deeds, been exercising control, with increasing » More Than Mere Beauty in Attractive Grounds There 8 Just as much thrill in the sinall there howe ground is in the planning of a princely for there Is estnte, periaaps more, g£ about beautifying a back the ald and inter Ch enisis yy member of the fu iy. \e¢ art H uo un a ree ua) LPress purpose in out be utilized vines may portions of lants bave home enough to tis serve owners even their ns 6 sort of sunex or them Green Streets Trees are good citizens rarely streets, hey te of { J olfer shade and dec again the Tao lence of Al best a modern harsh. unbal. vio- gireet is Only trees recinim make It uneed, ern the it from livable, oe alienation and he little grussy yards and trees people plant before their houses Washington boulevard for And Grand boulevard, or Irv. boulevard, or Athiand do ns well, that Save gation Park vard Civili ing boule wold they cannot find them naturally they sot them nut in Hitle squares, behind stall iron fences, to remind them of serene realities beyond the city's bor They smuggle nature In. The rows of vim are green beside the surge snd drive of motor cars and wen along the road. Trees are good oftizvens, slong with those who plant them. Chicago Tribune, Varieties of Hedges There is no limit to the heauty pos hedge planting. The hedge may be trained to have all sorts may be bultressed ft’ the ends, It may be trained to offer varying outline on top with some parts higher than others, The top may be on square or curved lines, The hedge may even be trained over an opening in the hedge to form an arch. In facet, hedges are almost indispensable In the intensively developed landscape scheme, A well-kept hedge is so ornamental that it will pay every home owner to consider its use in his planting scheme, Beauty in Slate Roofs We have by now passed out of the period when slate roofs looked like smooth biackhoards, We are literally having a revival of its use in this country, because the manufacturers have gone back to the old traditions and brought them to the front. Today we cnn secure as beautiful a slate roof for our house as any in the world, und yet have it lald with more tech nical skill, Thus while the old ways have been revived new life has heen injected into them. Select Trees Carefully Trees ounce planta become a per manent part of the landscape. In most cases they will outlive the plant- er. ‘Whether they give great Joy, henuty and comfort to the planter and his family or prove to be ugly, dis pleasing eyesores to all who gare upon them, depends upon how wisely they are selected, Not Markers for Missiles Eighteen states in the Union now have laws making it a misdemeanor willfully to damage official road signs SPARK PLUGS ARE CAUSE OF FAULTS When Worn Out or Improp- erly Adjusted Hard * Starting Results. Spark plugs that are worn out, Im- properly adjusted or dirty, cause miss. ing of the engine, resulting in hard starting, excessive drain on the bat. tery, poor engine performance, higher gasoline consumption, and larger en- gine repair expense, All that is needed to correct such faults is to clean or re-gap the plugs; or if the ear has gone some 10,000 miles with the same spark plugs, to replace them with new ones, Limit of Mileage. This mileage is about the limit at which engineers put the efficient life of spark plugs. If the spark plugs need cleaning, fill the lower part of the plug with alco- hol or equal parts of ammonia and water, and let stand for a few min- utes. Rub the carbon from the in- sulator with a cloth-covered stiff wir or wooden peg. Then wipe the plug dry. points with cloth, The spark plugs are equipped with two set In such a manner the electric current Jump small gap from the other, In making this jump a spark OCCUrs. It is that the mixture of gasoline and air cylinder. The size of the gap between the electrodes affects the type of spark adjustment, in aver. motors should inch tors it should be game time the points should be Clean emery electrodes must ACTroEs A one to this spark ignites in the The gap for use wider than For high compression mo- 020 inch. At the distributor age be no or S25 contact d. These and 020 adjuste should be between 015 inch Inch In width of gap. Horse Power Reduced. ried Figures Are Given on Gasoline Consumption motorist in the United an average of 571 gal- » per mote States yr vehicle and » of 218.30 gasoline tax, he Ameri: consuming ons Massa ine based an 406) of gasoline, chusetts paying an tax of §8 per motor a 2-cent gallons of gasoline per motor vehicle verage gaso vehicle, tax, using an average of Many Methods of Fixing License Fees Now Used different methods used fork Sixteen are by fix registration for passenger automobiles, and weight is used in the largest number of com monwealthe secording to the research department of the American Automo- bile association. Weight is the basis in 20 horse power in 13 states. Other meth ods used are: Fiat rate, three states; cost of the antomobile, three states; horse power and weight, five states; value, one state; flat rate and weight, two states: value in weight, one state, and cubic inch displacement, one state, Car owners paid a total of «$344. 704.053 in registration and license fees in 1020, says the A. A. A, on a total of 23,542,108 passenger cars. the states to states THE MOTOR QUIZ (How Many Can You Answer?) Q. What is the cause of an engine back firing through the carburetor? Ang, Improper valve ign. tion timing, crossed or defective fgnition wires, lean sticking valves, Q. What is the cause of back- firing in the muffler? Aus, An Intermittent spark caused by Improper adjustment of distributor breaker points, sticking breaker mechanics, loose or mixture or or badly worn distributor brush, short-circuited wires or connections, Turning off switch and coasting with the car in gear will cause gas to collect in the muffler which will often ignite when the gwiteh is turned on, Q. What percentage of cars 8 recovered? Ang, Ninety-three Seven years ago this percentage was only 74. Q. What 5.108167 1008¢ stolen per cent. the pro- wore percentage of motor vehicles duced in the world in 102% made In the United Ang, Eighty-three half per cent, Tallest Traffic Cop Is Guarding Busy Corner Officer Harold D. foot three guardian of the busy corner at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, midway between the Capitol and the White House, Is the tallest Johnson, the six yy Officer Johnson and His “High Sign" traffic wp in 4 Washingto is this stalwart il semaphore, six in dard, was shows Officer sign” with the looming in the AUTOMOBILE HINTS Motorists who wantonly rob nature ought to be taken ith the other af its wild flowers into custody along wi bandits, #* * * Noise under the floor board, when the car is coasting with the elutch dis- etigaged, may be a clue to wear in the universal joints * * » To the reckless speeder in the under- world every pedestrian Is a “jay walker” who takes his chance of hav- ing placed himself accidentally on the gpot. . * * - Don't, if you are a woman driver, presume that every map will give way to you. Even if he should want to in this unchivalrous age, he cannot be ex- pected to inspect the driver of each car. id i track as he takes a hairpin curve
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