NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Dr. Getulio Vargas Becomes
the New President of
Brazilian Republic.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
REETED everywhere by cheering
throngs and showered with flow-
ers, Dr. Getulio Vargas made a trium-
phal progress from southern Brazil,
through Sae Paulo to Rio de Janeiro,
and assumed the presidency of his
country. This was the culmination of
the revolutionary movement which he
had so skilfully led. The military
junta that took over the government
in Rio when President Washington
Luis resigned under compulsion speed.
ily settled the impending quarrel among
the various leaders of the reheilion
and selected Vargas as the new Presi.
dent. He was a candidate for that
office In the last election, in which
Julio Prestes was victorious, and his
supporters claimed he was defeated
by fraudulent count of the votes.
Following Vargas up to Rio were
thousands of his revolutionary troops,
mainly gauchos, rough cavalrymen, un-
shaven, tanned and clad in khakl and
wide brimmed hats. The other armies
of the movement also gathered In the
capital city and plans werc made for
a great military parade on Novem
ber 15, the forty-second anniversary
of the republic.
A proclamation issued early In the
week sald In part:
“The government headed by Doctor
Vargas will direct the republic of
Brazil without any promises and In
accordance with the program of the
Liberal alliance. The duration of Doc.
tor Vargas’ government, which will be
as constitutional as possible, will be
for an undetermined period, until the
public life of Brazil has been recon-
structed.”
The final hours of the revalntion
were marked by considerable violence
and disorder. In Rio a detachment of
troops tried a last resistance which
was quickly quelled with bloodshed.
There was much rioting In various
cities, especially In Sao Paulo where
mobs burned Cambucy prison and lib
erated all the prisoners and also the
gambling places and political clubs,
ITH understandable indignation
President Hoover denounced ss
“infamous” the ofl shale land charges
made against the Department of the
Interior by Ralph 8. Kelley who was
an employee of the land office, which
charges were declared unfounded by
the Department of Justice after an
investigation. The President asserted
the whole affalr was “an attempt to
charge odious scandals to this admin.
istration,” and he was especially
severe on the New York World which
published Kelley's story In serial form.
The publication, he sald, was pur
posely delayed to be made in the midst
of the political campaign, though
Kelley negotiated the sale of his story
to the World in the summer,
“As a plece of journalism it may
well be that the newspaper involved
was misled,” went on the President.
“It certainly does not represent the
practices of better American journal
ism. As a plece of politics it is cer
tainly far below the ideals of political
partisanship held by substantial men
in that party.”
In reply the World said: “The ar
ticles themselves were replete with
specific facts, names, dates, and fig
ures. They ralsed questions which
seemed to the World at the time and
still seem to the World to call for ex-
haustive investigation. The only in.
vestigation which they have had is a
brief survey into Secretary Wilbur's
department conducted by en agent of
one of Secretary Wilbur's colleagues
in Mr. Hoover's cabinet. This agent
has denied the accuracy of Mr. Kel
ley’'s charges. Mr. Kelley, speaking
as the former expert of the govern
ment and speaking on the basis of his
25 years of honest service to the gov.
ernment, has repeated his charges,
“It seems to us that these charges
call for n more thorough investiga.
tion than they have yet received by
an agency whose motives are perhaps
less partisan. Such an agency is the
public lands committee of the senate.
It is quite apparent that the public
lands committee will Initiate an inves-
tigation as soon as congress meets, It
will be time then, we suggest to Mr.
Hoover, to determine precisely how
‘reckless, baseless, and infamous’ Mr.
Kelley's charges are.”
OINCIDING with the celebration of
Navy day In the United States, the
London three-power naval treaty was
put into effect with the formal de
positing of the ratifications of the sig-
natory powers in the British foreign
office. Prime Minister McDonald,
Foreign Minister Henderson, American
Ambassador Dawes and Japanese Am-
bassador Matsudaira took part in the
ceremony, while the French and Itallun
ambassadors looked on. To mark the
event, President Hoover and the prime
ministers of Great Britain and Japan
exchanged felicitations, which were
broadcast to the world by radio, Mr.
Hoover expressed the hope that the
limitations effected at London would
be followed by further rednc-
tions In naval armaments; and both
he and Mr. MacDonald orged France
and Italy to an agreement so the pact
can be made a five-power treaty.
soon
[ RANCO-ITALIAN relations were
not improved during the week, for
Premier Mussolinl took advantage of
the eighth anniversary of the march
of the Fascisti on Rome to indulge
in another of his provocative attacks
on his neighbors. He sald Fascist
Italy is surrounded by enemies and
that a state of “moral warfare” al-
ready has been declared against it In
preparation for military war. He dis
played a little book In which, he said,
“is noted down the day by day military
preparations of 1027, 1028 1020 and
1930 against Italy, long bhefore my
speeches at Leghorn, Florence and
Milan. Here is a complete list of bat-
teries placed, forts constructed and
armaments created and put In place.”
This, of course, referred to the
formidable chain of fortresses and
machine gun nests which the French
are constructing on their eastern
frontier, recently described In dis
patches from Paris. In the course of
his speech the duce clearly revealed
the fact that Italy has lined up with
the nations that were its enemies In
the World war in their demand that
the peace treaties be revised and the
League of Nations covenant be re
shaped.
ERMANY'S Fascists In the reichs
tag met with defeat when the
foreign affairs committee rejected their
motions demanding that Germany can-
cel the Versailles treaty and immed!
ately cease all reparations under the
Young plan. The committee adopted a
motion presented by Doctor Daugh.
representing the German People's
party, requesting the government to
take all steps necessary to Induce
other signatories of the Versailles
treaty to fulfill the pledge to disarm.
UROPE, and especially Great Brit.
ain, was deeply Interested in a
conference In Angora participated in
by President Kelam Pasha of Turkey,
Premier Count Bethien of Hungary
and Premier Venizelos of Greece.
While the parley was looked upon as
a good augury for future pence in the
near east, it also was thought the
three nations might be getting ready
to Join the concerted action for re-
vision of the peace treaties. Greece
and Turkey, it was sald, were dis
cussing a treaty of naval limitation
and would sign friendship and com
mercial pacis,
Ars ABABA, capital of Ethiopia
--better known to us as Abys-
sinin—~was the scene of a gorgeous
ceremony on November 2. Ras Tafarl,
self styled “Inheritor of the Throne
of David, King of Kings and Anointed
of God," on that day mounted the
throne as Emperor Halle Selassie I,
being the 336th sovereign of that em
pire. A few days previously he had
killed a lon, for Ethiopian tradition
is that no man is Ait to rule the state
or command warriors until he has per
formed that feat,
For a week or more deputations
from other nations and tourists from
many lands had been gathering and
the state and religious officials had
been preparing for the great event.
Ras Tafarl spent
own money for
2000000 of his
crowns, robes, cur
riages. triumphal arches and other
paraphernalia, and the expenditures
of the government were as much, so
there wus no lack of splendor or en-
tertainment. Many other rulers sent
handsome coronation presents, Presi.
dent Hoover's gift, in accordance with
the American custom, was an auto
graphed photograph of himself,
Modern Abyssinians claim their firs:
king was Orl, or Aram, son of Shem
and grandson of Noah; and Emperor
Selassie traces his descent from Sole
mon and the Queen of Shebn, making
his dynasty the oldest royal house in
the world.
T WAS roughly estimated last week
that funds totaling neariy a hilllon
dollars had already been mobilized to
relieve the unemployment situation by
providing work for the jnhless iy
sections, the Pacific coast leads with
shout $4T000000, and the Middle
West comes next with £255 .000.000,
For its part the government Is ptixh-
ing ahead many public works projects
ordered the employment of some 250.
000 extra men by the Post Office de-
partment during the holiday rush and
stopped the dropping of employees at
naval stations. The President's emer.
gency commitliee on unemployment,
headed by Col. Arthur Woods, Is hard
at work co-ordinating the efforts of all
governments and organizations
The size of the job confronting fed-
eral, state and municipal agencies denl-
ing with onemployment was Indicated
in a forecast hy the American Federa-
tion of Labor that 5.000000 persons
were threatened by idleness this win-
ter. On the basis of this estimate the
federation sald 20,000,000
one-sixth of the entire population—
were threatened with acute need dur
ing the cold months.
persons
EADING pharmacologists of the
world gathered in St Louis and
held a two-day celebration of the ter
centenary of the first recognized use
of quinine. The bark was used in
1630 to cure the malaria of Jusn Lo
pez Canizares, a Spanish statesman,
Among those altending the meeting
was Dr. M. Kerbosch, director of the
government cinchona plantation in
Java and considered the world's ex.
pert on natural sources of quinine.
SAVAGE head hunters who inhabit
the mountainous region in the cen-
ter of Formosa have revolted against
their Japanese rulers and gone on the
warpath. Recent dispatches say they
have killed many scores of Japanese
and peaceful natives and destroyed
some villages, The war office In
Tokyo sent large detachments of
troops to help the island police, but
they had a difficult job on their hands,
for It was almost Impossible to get at
the savages in thelr strongholds,
ARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, one of
the best known and best liked of
America's wealthy sportsmen. died at
his home in New York after an {liness
of several weeks, at the age of fifty-
eight years. Mr. Whitney inherited a
large fortune from his father. who
amalgamated surface rallways, and by
assiduous work Increased this to a
vast fortune — possibly £200,000,000,
He also devoted much time and money
to yachting, racing and polo playing.
His stable was one of the finest in the
country and his horses won many Im.
portant races.
Others who passed away were Mrs,
J. R. McKee, daughter of the Iate
President Benjamin Harrison: Dean
W. H. Hutton, of Winchester, England,
a noted scholar; Rear Admiral C. Ww,
Dyson, U. 8, N,, famous designer of
marine engines, and Edward H. (Snap.
per) Garrison, once the premier Jockey
of America.
HIRTY men were killed by an ex.
plosion In a coal mine at McAles
ter, Okla, most of them being en-
tombed beyond hope of recovery, In
Germany a similar disaster near Fried.
richstahl was fatal to 107 miners,
RS. KEITH MILLER of Australia,
an aviatrix of much experience,
set a new mark for women flyers to
alm at when she flew from Los An.
geles to Valley Stream, N, Y¥., In 21
hours and 47 minutes. One of this
Indy's previous flights was from Eng
land to Australia,
(@®, 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)
Control Rodents
in Sod Orchards
Mice Are Especially Harm-
ful to All Kinds of
Fruit Trees.
Thousands of fruit trees are girdled
every year by mice in New York
state. They are especially serious in
sod orchards. Through the co-opera-
tion of the United States bureau of
blological survey, the college of agri-
culture and the farmers' co-operative
organizations, it Is now possible to ob-
tain ready-mixed poison bait to kill
the mice. This will be a great conven.
fence for fruit growers, and it Is ex-
pected that many will use this oppor-
tunity to poison mice with so little
trouble, says Prof. Joseph Oskamp of
Cornell university,
The bureau in explaining its expe-
rience quotes the following fable: “A
man long ago recommended for a cer
tain aliment a certain salt. Of those
who suffered and heard bim, 90 per
cent used the salt. Then he suggested
that they dissolve the salt In water
whereupon 75 per cent used the salt,
He stated proportions, four and a half
ounces of salt in nine and a third
quarts of water and 60 per cent used
it. He recommended that the water
first be bolled and 30 per cent used It.
When he said that the solution should
be strained through muslin, 15 per cent
used It. He finally indicated distilled
water for the solution, and then no-
body used it at all. Each modification
had been sound and wise and he was
much disappointed. Then he gave his
solution a name and made it up him-
self, and everybody used it.”
The experience of this man has been
much the same as the department's ex-
perience with recommending formulas
for preparing poison balt to control
mice In orchards. Such recommenda.
tions have been made for many years,
but the proportion of fruit growers
who have adopted the methods has re-
mained small, because the formulas
were some trouble to prepare. New
York orchardists used the ready-mixed
co-operatively prepared bait successful
ly last year for the first time and re-
sults Indicate that this year many
more orchardists will use f(t.
The says that
who are interested in getting a supply
of this co-operative poison bal} pre
pared In Idaho, should get in touch
with their county agricultural agent
college orchardists
Find Wilt Resistant
been developed which will enable
many farms to have the crop that
otherwise would not be able to grow
it, according to Dr. Benjamin Koehler
of the University of Illinois,
Government Investigators and expe
rithent station research workers have
made selections from a strain of Tur
kestan alfalfa that has a high resist
ance to wilt disease. Apparently the
resistant varieties are also hardy.
Until there is sufficient seed for
farmers to use it In quantity there are
four things that will enable farmers to
keep the disease from spreading to un.
affected fields:
] Fields should not be replanted
to alfalfa after there has been wilt
in the previous crop.
2. Alfalfa should not be cut while
it is wet with dew or rain.
3. New flelds should be planted so
that water cannot run from wilt in-
fected land to new planting.
4. When a new and an old field are
to be cut at about the same time cut
the new first, preventing any possi.
bility of carrying the disease to the
new crop.
Variety of Soils Will
Produce Soy Bean Crop
Soy beans may be grown on a wide
range of soils, from light sands
through the loams to the clays, doing
better on the heavier loams, drought
resistant and yet producing good crops
on heavy soils, provided water does
not stand in the soll for any length of
time.
Frequently they give good response
to applications of lime yet satisfac.
tory crops are grown on many acid
roils when they are properly supplied
with phosphoric acid and potash, As
the soy bean is a warm weather plant
nothing Is gained by seeding the erop
until the weather has become settled
and danger of frost Is passed.
Planted at the same time as corn
for silage, satisfactory results are ob
tained. If seed is not desired, the crop
being grown only for soiling, silage, or
hay. seed may be sown as late nas
July 1 and good yields will be ob.
tained,
Traps Painted Green
Capture Most Beetles
Traps painted green proved most ef-
fective In a series of tests conducted
by the United States Department of
Agriculture to determine if Japanese
beetles have color preferences, Forty-
four traps were used in the test,
which lasted for 18 days. For every
100 beetles captured in the green
traps, traps painted other colors
caught beetles as follows: Brown, 08;
yellow, 80; red, 81; blue, 76; orange,
76: unpainted, 60; white, 65; Indigo,
00; black, 52; purple, 50, Four traps
were painted each color, and four
were left unpainted. During the test
each trap was moved to a new spot
every other day, #0 that no color had
an advantage over another In respect
to location,
Wheat or Barley Is
Favored for Stock
Farmers May Save Money
by Using These Grains.
(Prepared by the United Etates Department
of Agriculture.)
Farmers whose corn crops are short
may save money by substituting wheat
or barley, pound for pound, for corn
and by feeding these grains in much
the same way and in the same com-
binations as they usually feed corn,
says the United States Department of
Agriculture,
To ald farmers In deciding whether
to feed wheat instead of corn, the de
partment has Issued Miscellaneous
Publication 96-MP, “Feeding Wheat to
Live Stock.” This publication discusses
relative prices of wheat and other
grains, the feeding value of the grains,
and wheat rations for cattle, horses,
sheep, swine and poultry.
When the price of corn is $1 a
bushel, the value of wheat for feed-
ing poultry and sheep is about $1.07,
and for feeding hogs and beef cattle,
$1.12, the department says, For all
purpose feeding, the department
points out, a pound of cracked wheat
or of cracked barley, or & pound of
the two mixed in any proportion, is
equal in feeding value to a pound of
corn.
Copies of Miscellaneous Publication
06-MP may be obtained from the Of.
fice of Information, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Washing-
ton, D. C.
Bargain Alfalfa Seed
a Big Waste of Money
Care is needed in purchasing alfal-
fa seed. Bargain peed ought to be
regarded with suspicion. A year sgo
there appeared on the market In the
United States a new kind of alfalfa,
generally called “bargain™ alfalfa
seed. Because it was ballyhooed over
the alr, It was also called “Radio”
alfalfa seed. In South Dakota alone
a total of 62 different samples of the
bargain type of seed were tested at
the seed-testing laboratory of the
agronomy department, state college,
with the following results:
In every one of the 62 samples,
sweel clover was found: in 60 sam
ples there was dodder; In 25 there
Johnson grass, there
was pasium
-
and In 5
found an average of 14 kinds of weed
seeds, while In 15 samples there were
24 different kinds, In some samples
the sweet clover ran as high as 8 per
cent and the purity averaged
90 per cent or
only
lower,
Cows or Sheep Return
Profit to Good Farmer
The question often asked, “Which
has a great many angles to be consid:
ered The biggest in the
profit in handling cows and sheep de.
pends on the number than can be han.
died by one man, A farm with 20 to
25 cows is usually eonsidered a one
man does not have
many outside jobs to do, The same
man on the right kind of land could
handle approximately 600 to 800 sheep,
A good cow will return above feed
costs about $100 a year. A sheep that
produces a fleece of 8 to 10
pounds and a G)-pound lamb will ap
proximately turn the value of the
jamb her feed cost, Use these
figures and draw your own conclu.
sions about the labor, income from
dairy cattle and sheep.
difference
farm where he
good
ahove
HERA REFER FERRRRERERRR AREY
Agricultural Squibs
RENE RL RETR R TWN RTR NRW
Beef cows which calve In the fall
should be given some grain during the
winter months
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One advantage of western or range
ewes Is that they are not likely to be
infested with stomach worms.
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In nine cases out of ten pure bred
Chester Whites or Yorkshires when
crossed on Durocs will give white pigs.
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Honey is a destroyer of disease
germs that afilict the human family,
particularly those that cause typhoid
fever, dysentery, and various diarrheal
affections,
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The purchase of western ewes from
the range ig a very satisfactory way to
start a farm flock. These ewes shonid
be bred to a good ram of the mutton
type, such as a Hampshire, Shropshire,
of Southdown,
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Farmers who want to start a flock
of sheep should consider the advis
ability of purchasing western or range
ewes. The drop In market price of
lambs is reflected in the present price
of range ewes,
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Ewes lambing in January or Feb
ruary require more attention than
those which lamb in April or May. In
cold weather lambs become chilled
quickly at birth, and many are lost
through neglect.
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to lay Is a characteristic that remains
fairly uniform throughout life. Where
trap nesting is being done, the rate
of Inying may be used as a basis of
culling pullets in the early winter.
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Blackhead will be prevented In a
flock of young turkess if they are
kept entirely separated from mature
turkeys and from all other poultry,
and from bulldings or soll where other
stock has been allowed to run.
Chest or Throat?
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Those good old-fashioned cold reme-
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To Mothers—Musterole is also
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and small children. Ask for Chil-
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Worms cause much distress to children snd
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removes the cause with s single dose, G0c,
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