_—
By EDWARD
EMOCRATS, no
doubt, ure highly
edified by the way in
which the row within
the Republican party
is being kept going,
the radicals and reg
ulars taking turns in
swatting one another.
But there seems small
that the in-
will be led
into accepting the sug-
Dr. Dewey gestion of Dr. John
Dewey, head of the League for Inde-
pendent Action, that they form a third
party with Senator George W. Norris
of their leader and
tential for the
Norris, Borah and the
are convinced that the formation of
another party, under present electoral
provisions, wo..d b~ futile, and have
so informed Doctor Dewey. Of
there remained Gifford Pinchot of
Pennsylvania as a possible banner
bearer of a third party in 1032, but
undoubtedly he, like the other radical
Republicans, knows on which side his
bread is
Responding to a question,
said If the Democratic party should
nominate a real progressive in 1032
many of the western Republican inde-
pendents would support him.
“It is an open secret that the power
interests are
Democrat who
them.”
of the power trust are busy
ing to line up the Democratic
for Owen D. Young. The trouble is
that under our present system the
people have to for man or
the other. Often it is a case of voting
for the lesser of two evils. The
ple don’t really our Presidents
What we need is a system hy which
the rank and file can get control of a
party any time they have a mind to.”
There were various de-
velopments In quarrel Veen
Norris and Robert H. Lucas,
tive director of the Republican na-
tional committee. Treasurer Joseph
R. Nutt of the committee demanded
from Senator Nye an apology for his
assertion that the national committee
account used by Lucas was a “slusn
fund,” and the North Dakotan, who
was in Florida Inspecting Ever:
glades as a possible site for a na-
tional park, admitted grudgingly that
“further invess gation may reveal that
the $40000 was not a slush fund”
But both he and Senator Walsh, also
at Miami Beach, had more hard things
to say about the Lucas campaign to
defeat Norris, and Nuti kept things
going ".y accusing Nye of being a head-
line hunter. Representative Will R.
Wood of Indiana took a hand in the
row by the published assertion that
Norris Is not a Republican but a dem.
agogue, and that he is now assuming
to be a dictator to Democratic
party.
V 7 ITH
that
of the
prospect
surgents
Nebraska po
candidate
us
Presidency.
rest of them
course
huttered.
Norris
trying to nominate a
will be satisfactory to
aries
try-
party
he stated. “Known emiss
now
vole one
peo-
select
interesting
the bety
execy-
the
the
the
the report
Wickersham
commission would be
given to President
Hoover on January 5
and undoubtedly
transmitted by him to
congress immediately
thereafter, it
news
became
evident that there was
going to be a great
deal of fighting over
the prohibition ques.
tion during the re
mainder of the short session. There
was nothing authoritative concerning
the contents of the Wickersham re
| Sg
G. W. Wicker.
sham
being evidently determined to keep it
secret untill |. reached the White
House, But whatever its findings, the
battle seemed certain to open soon,
Wet members of the lower house
were sald to have determined to force
a roll call on some prohibition items
in the Department of Justice appro-
priation bill which Is to be reported to
the house about Janoary 13; and In
the senate both wets and drys are get.
ting their ammunition ready.
If the report contains specific recom.
mendations for legislation changing
the prohibition law in a vital way, ob-
ser~ers in the national capital think
this might be the factor that wonld
make necessary the calling of a spe
cial session of the new congress In the
spring. The administration leaders
are determined this shall not happen
if they can prevent it. Senator Wat
son of Indiana, majority leader, sald:
“It is the consensus of most mem
bers of congress, and of the entire
American business world, as far as
is ascertainable, that an extra session
is to be avoided except In case of an
extreme emergency. | do not believe
that this emergency will occur if mem-
bers will forego speeches on extraneous
matters and confine debate to the im-
mediate problems confronting them.”
On the other hand, Senator Borah
of Idaho asserted the opponents of an
extra session were (rying to find
patriotic excuses for going home or
to Europe, nnd that there was much
important legislation, aimed at help
ing business, that demanded immed!
W. PICKARD
ate enactment. The program on which
the radical Republicans want action
Includes such controversial measures
as the debenture plan for farm relief,
Muscle Shoals and power, further re-
lief measures including the Wagner
unemployment bills, regulation of bus
traflie, and increase In the income tax
rates In the upper brackets.
C UICK rellef for the drought suf-
ferers is a certainty, The sub-
committee of the house committee on
appropriations approved of an appro-
priation of 845,000,000 for this loan,
the full amount authorized in the leg-
islation already enacted, and the full
committee was orepared to recom-
mend this to immediately
after the session was resumed. [It was
expected to put through in both
houses as a deficiency measure within
a few days.
Secretary
CONSIress
be
of Agriculture
the
appropriation, although he
belief that $25,000.000
suflicient to for the
He that he
intention of approving any
food, although the
language of the authorization was con-
during
bates as being made broad enough to
Hyde ap
peared before subcommittee to
support
reiterated
the
his
would be care
drought
had no
loans for human
aren asserted
strued congressional de
include such loans In cases of emer
Mr. Hyde said the loans would
be available for distribution
week after the money Is appropria
aency.
within a
ted.
EPRESENTA-
tive Hamilton
Fish, Jr., of New York,
in whose district West
Point is
urging the early
sage of his bill appro-
priating $1,500,000 for
ited, Is
pas-
the purchase of 15.000
additional for
the Military academy.
Though the
is considered by many
Heres
academy
Hamilton
Fish, Jr. the
school
hig! officers of
serted that It is greatly
by Insufficient ground, meager water
supply and lack of facilities for train-
ing the cadets,
Gen. John J. Pershing has indorsed
the move to acquire 15000 acres of
land adjacent to the He
sald:
“If West Point Is to continue to ful-
fill its mission of preparing its grado-
ates for emergencies, greater facill-
ties for the special training required
must be provided.”
He urged that the government im-
mediately acquire the land as recom-
mended by Maj Gen. William R. Smith,
superintendent of the academy.
greatest: military
in the
have
world,
army ns
handicapped
academy.
T THE
Hoover,
of President
executives of the
instigation
the
chief eastern rallroads got together
and arranged for consolidation into
four major aystems, the focal points
of which ar« Pennsylvania, the
New York Central, the Baltimore and
Ohlo and the Van Sweringen lines,
Mr. Hoover announced that he gave
his endorsement to the plan as =a
means of alding business recovery and
improving railroad service. If certain
minor details are agreed upon and the
scheme is approved by the Interstate
the
However, opposition in
objectors being Senators Couzens and
Wheeler, both members of the senate
committee on Interstate commerce.
It is understood the executives
agreed to allot the Reading and Jersey
Central lines to the Baltimore and
Ohlo, the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western to the New York Central, and
the Lehigh Valley to the Chesapeake
and Ohlo-Nickle Plate system, while
the Pennsylvania will get trackage
rights over both the Lehigh Valley and
the Nickle Plate lines inte Buffalo
and a cash consideration,
BP ORDER to round
out the federal
bullding program in
Washington, accord
ing to Senator Henry
W. Keyes of New
Hampshire, the prop
erty adjacent to the
Capitol grounds now
occupied by the Meth
odist bullding 18 neces
sary and may be pur
chased under condem-
nation by the govern. Senator Keyes
ment, Keyes Is chairman of the
senate public bulldings and grounds
committee, so he speaks by the card.
The Methodist bullding, sometimes
called the Methodist “vatican,” is lo-
cated just east of the Capitol, across
the street from the new Supreme
court building, now under construction.
Senator Keyes sald the ground oc.
cupled by the Methodist bullding could
be used partly for open park space
and partly for some government build.
ing. Although no bill is pending In
congress providing for its acquire
ment, Senator Keyes intimated that
such legislation was In prospect,
The Methodist board of temperance,
prohibition and public morals, which
occuples the structure, recently was
refused permission to build an annex
to it by the District of Columbin zon
ing authorities. This ruling, however,
did not molest the present bullding.
which would be demolished If the
property was condemned and pur
chased.
UDGE DAVID JENKINS of Youngs.
town, Ohlo, put an end to proposed
plans for the milllon dollar merger of
the Bethlehem Steel corporation and
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube ecom-
pany when he granted to minority
stockholders a permanent injunction
restraining the combination, His de
cision was the climax ot a bitter legal
struggle that hac been going on for six
months and was a for
S. Eaton, Cleveland financier, who
headed the minority stockholders of
the Sheet and Tube company and ear
ried the battle to court with charges
of fraud.
victory Cyrus
CIENTIRTS
. all parts of
United Stites
Canada spent
week In Cleveland,
iho, the
sessions of the
oan
from
the
und
the
attending
Amer
Associntion for
the Advancement of
Science and Aflilinted
Societies, nut
five
bered more than
" thousand and they
Millikan OUsan - ;
read and listened to
papers the latest
into the secrets of the universe,
Dr.
relating researches
The re
tiring presidential address was deliv-
ered by Dr. Robert A. Millikan, Nebel
prize winner In physics, his topic be
Atomic Disintegration and
Synthesis.” He
James Jeans and
“heat death” of the
bated second Inw of dynamics, and
Atomie
Sir
to the
ing
took issue with
others as
de
universe, the
study of the nature of
the
t .
HE deep
rave ventured suggestion
there Is reason to think
helr re.
and
Hons
con
tantly
is running
the universe is 5
buiit as that It
doomed to extinct
down
ion in some mii
of years.
Doctor Millikan
the
of the
nology, after welcoming
Pr. Robert E. Vin
Western Heserve
many of the meetings were
Dr. Willlam E. Wickenden,
K
of the Case School of Applied Science
NE of the features of New Year's
O day was the Inaugu on of
governor of
At
the
ted by
Morgan
Institute of Tech
WAS presen
new president, Thomas H
California
speeches by
of
president
held, and
president
Franklin Roosevelt as
New York
11:15 the
executive
term.
from
for
for his second
started
mansion in Albany
state capitol, accompanied by his mill
Maj. Cen, William N. Has
officer of the New
Rear Adr
commander of
or YEE
governor
the
tary staff;
kell,
York National
William B
the naval militia, together with Troop
3 of the One Hundred and First cave
alry. took place at
noon, Secretary of State Flynn admin
Governor Roose
commanding
Guard ;
Franklin,
niral
The ceremony
istering the oath to
velt,
TEW YEAR'S
- House for the
annual reception that is traditional
President and Mrs. Hoover went to the
Blue room at 11 o'clock In the morning
and there greeted the members of the
cabinet, justices of the Supreme court,
army and offi
of congress
corps. At
thrown
was admitied
passed through
shaking. hands
Hoover.
day In the White
was the occasion
navy inls and members
and of
o'clock
the
the diplomatic
one the doors were
and general i
For hours the call
room,
Mr
open
era
one
Mrs
the each
with and
intest
has
established in
the little principality
of Monaco by Its
ruler, Prince Louis Il
and his people do not
take it with good
grace. Twice within
a week there were
political and popular
demonstrations
gainst the prince,
partly because he had
been spending most of his time living
a gay life in Paris, and partly be
cause of the decrease in the revenues
from the Casino In Monte Carlo-—the
only revenues of the state. The first
disorders were timed for the arrival
of Louis from France, and he prompt-
ly called out his army of shout one
hundred men and suppressed them.
Jut when he followed up this action
by dissolving both legislative bodies,
assuming a dictatorship abrogating
the rights of franchise and elective
representation granted the citizens
twenty years ago the indignant people
again broke loose with mass meetings
and parades of protest.
Again Louis mobilized his army, but
it was generally believed that he was
relying not on his own military
strength but on assurance of support
from the French foreign office. Since
1011 France has maintained a kind of
suzerainty over Monaco, and the
prince was probably acting on French
advice. There are plenty of French
troops in the neighborhood if he should
need their ald.
[UROrES
«+ dictatorship
been
Prince Louis
EATH of Representative David J.
O'Connell of Brooklyn reduced
the number of Democrats elected to
the next house to 214. He had served
in congress continuously since 1019
with the exception of one term.
Japan lost one of its ablest diplo-
mats In the death of Marquis Kinieht
Komura, vice minister of everseas
affairs. He leaves no helr to his title
(@, 1931, Western Nowsnaper Unlon »
Wealth of Community
Based on Real Estate
“Real estate Is the one constant fac.
tor in a constantly shifting universe
und Is the real measure of the wealth
of a community.” This was the mes.
sage delivered by J. Solis-Cohen, Jr,
in an address the community
center of Atlantie City.
In his talk he stressed the facet that
real estate men from the beginning of
modern civilization have been the
greatest factors In the upbullding
and the success of the community in
which they
“Real
before
operated.
said. *It
the one
universe,
estnte
real,” he
wenlth,
shifting
the
utilized
prosperity that
Unlike other
cannot be hidden
must be used to its best
the
®O
estate is
is the basic factor In
constant unit in n
The manner In which
of any community Is
mines the
that community enjoys.
wenlth,
or hoarded, It
ndvantage to really
real
deter.
mensure of
real estate
give the owner
greatest benefit and when it is
utilized it
nity
“The great problem that confronts
benefits the entire commu-
the owner of any plece of real estate
or
property
the prospective purchaser of
tries to
any
arises when he de-
termine whut is the best use to
Upon
this question
Just
which his property may be put.
his determination of de
future
the
pends and the
property in
progperity
vitlue ticular
}.in the throes
clon any
and m
N vol.
ness
ertainly
-
in Regional Planning
lanning encounters one of
ult modern % In
he
problen
tendency of towns to
red] centers of activity
Architects
When a communi
istrinl, commercial
sult of narrowed
The result Is that »
conditions
se! of mplex
eninils research over a
region In order to an ve the
structure nnd cotuelt
wn Ti
anner is ®
iety
tions In any one to
of the
of so BOW
nroblem
regicnal p
erned with th sdntion
con
between work
$
e
home and pluces of recreation, to
gether with a transport system ade
quate to the needs of the various pop-
ulations,
Fireproof City Coming
The “fireproof city’
The
British Fire Protection comn
is n commercial
possibility, researches of the
ittee, car
ion in Lon
conclusively
many
construction
ried out at its testing stat
have demonstrated
1
don.
the fire-resisting properties of
iterials used today in
vork
nse heat on
3 ceurring buildis
—~granite. sandstone and Ime
is found to follow certain defi
n laws, and in considering these
from the point of view of
finds that
rendered more
of fire Very few
materials used in building are capable
fire prob
sublect is
the
lems, one the
complex by very
Nrocess extinction,
of withstanding the application of
jet water after hav
ing been heated to a high temperature
a strong of cold
Fire Prevention
It has been found by the National
Jourd of Fire Underwriters that the
inrgest fire josses in twenty-two of the
forty-eight states in the country dur
ing 1928 were due to strictly prevent
able conflagration. Fire were
definitely responsible for a $12.537.7501
property loss. Defective chimneys and)
flues caused the majority of fires In’
eleven states, the misuse of electri
city In three, sparks on roofs in two
states, stoves, furnaces, boilers and
their pipes in five and rubbish and
litter in one.
The home owner might well use the
list as a guide to follow In
renovating his home, for by giving
special attention to eliminating these
causes of fire he will not only make
his property more valuable but will
beautify it as well. ’
Chnuses
nhove
For Next Year's Garden
There are many reasons for setting
out shrubs in the inate months instead
of waiting until spring. The one rea-
son, however, that Is most convincing
~the one that changes fanciful mus
ing to eager activity—Iis the pleasant
anticipation of the picturesque garden
that will be yours next year.
Shrubs ure the backbone of the
planting, so give them first consider
ation when you plan the development
of your outdoor living room,
Study of Safety
The study of safety in public schools
has been made part of the curriculum
in many states, In most instances the
A. A. A. club is furnishing the A, A, A
graded safety lessons amd posters
Schoolboy patrols are in operation in
muny states and the A. A, A. clubs are
furnishing lecturers 10 address the
children on the Importance of safely
Blasting Lowers
Producing Costs
Specialist Tells How to Re-
move Stumps and Boul-
ders on Farm.
Lowering the cost of crop produc
tion by blasting stumps and boulders
out of tilled fields to reduce the time
required for plowing, cultivating, and
harvesting, Is a safe and inexpensive
practice when certain rules are fol-
lowed, says Virgil Overholt, extension
specialist in agricultural engineering
at the Ohlo State university
If dynamite is handled with the or-
dinary recommended precautions, blast
ing is as safe as other farm tasks, he
believes,
Care of Cap.
all caps wit}
than with a pair
Pliers are like-
Crimp
rather
Overholt recommends,
ly to crush the cap, thus cutting off the
powder train inside the fuse and oft.
times, as a result,
delayed or does not
use of
best form of
in preventing
Most
tions
charges have
best not to iny
until a day
should be at
long: this lex
about a m e 0
the or boulder
ing mac} or ba
gufest to use wir
long.
he char
harge is either
err NN ut
£0 off at
cap £
accidents
gue
are
stump
ine
pleces of
tone
BLOM
that the mi
This con
ns
six Inches
them, Stun
by placing
the stump,
root, in
the
the wood
placed close
The char
after a few in
placed next to
placed in the hole,
boring
center of
i
3
is
i TNI0
Legislation to Improve
Quality of Dairy Milk
Je
Ontario has recently introduced |
islation to improve
milk offered for sale
“All milk receiy
cream distributing pla
or
nn
on a uniform standard of 3.4 per cent
utterfat. For milk testing 3.4
to 4.5 per cent fat, the purchaser shall
add 4 100 pounds
for one-tenth
above the stan
ing 34
chaser shall
pounds of milk
1 per cent belo
leg-
distributed in liqu
consumption shall be purchased
from
cents of mil
fat
per
each per cent
below
i
deduc
Asparagus Seed Will
Germinate Very
Asparagus seed germis
slowly. It is usually twe
from time of pla
appear above
is often difficult to cot
this reason n also
unite a variation in
it is advisable to seed In a
small plot and transplant the crowns
when one year old into the permanent
location. The seed bed should be
worked early in the spring to germi-
nate as many weed seeds gs possible.
These will be killed in the final prep
aration of the plot for seeding Aspar-
agus germinates very slowly at 68 de
grees
Slowly
.
nates vers
to six weeks
until the pleats
As a result it
trol weeds. For
because there is
the young
sow the
crow
Extra Fertilization
for Garden May Help
If the garden has not been doing
well, some extra fertilization may en-
courage the plants, says the United
States Department of Agriculture. A
top dressing with a complete mixed
fertilizer, at the rate of 2 pounds per
100 square feet, may be applied. A
mixture containing 5 per cent nitro
gen, 10 per cent phosphoric acid, and
6 per cent potash, is suitable. Bone
meal can be used at the same rate,
but is slower In its action. If the
need nitrogen. This can be supplied
by nitrate of soda or ammonium sul
to 100 square feet.
Pocket Gopher Control
in Northwest States
At least 50 per cent more grazing
than two years ago is reported by a
sheepman whose grazing allotment in.
cludes portions of the Cascade and
Umpqua National forests, in Oregon,
where pocket-gopher control was un
dertaken two years ago and the areas
retreated last year under the direc.
tion of the biological survey of the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture. Many sections indicated practi.
cally 100 per cent success. In some
areas that were beginning to erode
badly two years ago, grasses and other
vegetation are now rapidly regaining
a foothold.
a
Manure Is Valuable
Plant Food Source.
Farmer Should Not Allow It
to Waste Away.
“There 18 little question but that
stable manure the farms of
Wisconsin is, and will continue
on
to be,
the chief source of plant food in the
fertility maintenance tivated
land,” says G. J. Chapman, University
of Wisconsin, “Any who will
allow his nanure to
wnste away and lose its
deliberately
able con-
and
ounts
stituents by leaching and runoff,
on the other hand, bus
of commercial fertilis
opinion headed for
“In the early days
excuse for the neglect
able plant food but 1 be
now i rEails
value of manure
and the
age,
around
farthest
neglected.
are univer
back
and
crop
ay Chapmay
Manure sh
to the fields
Exception sit
Don’t Neglect Rhubarb
During Whole Seas
not f 1 t LON
rhubart
Do
Wey
ds be contre
8 may sic
he roots withot
stalks
we Are
food will
duetie rather than in-
ywed to develop,
to seed r
the ro
ts where it is desired
Discover Two Sources
of Potato Blackleg
The popular theory, held by
growers for many years, that diseased
seed constituted the only source of In-
fection of blackleg, has been exploded
Dr. J. G. Leach, plant pathologist
University Farm, St. Paul, Minn,
important
These new
present in
hacteria
potato
the discovery of two
new sources of infestation
first, bacteria
the and
carried into the seed pieces by mag-
SOUrces are
soll itself, second,
EOS.
Iroctor Leach’s experi have
shown at the blackleg
ter in the
when plant-
; le conditions
ained soil, a layer
ned on the seed
to the
ments
conclusively
bacteria may live over wir
soil. However,
ing is done unde
in light,
of wound cork
and
which them
bacteria,
pleces
blackleg
COOOOOO0VL DOD LOODLDOOODOTH
Agricultural Squibs
COOO0DON NNO LRTUODOROOTE
Test your seed corn. If a sample
tests less than 80 per cent good ker-
nels, test every ear planted.
* - *
Spring grain sown after a heavily-
fertilized crop such es potatoes may
not pay for any additional fertilizer.
. » -
One of the simplest and least ex-
pensive ways of testing seed corn for
germination is by the rag doll method.
- * .
Select a variety of silage corn that
will at least reach the glazing stage
in & normal season, If early planting
is necessary, plant early.
* - -
Many feeders have found the silo
more profitable for summer use than
winter and, without doubt, we will see
the silo used more In summer as its
merits become known.
- * -
sardens should be planted to pro-
vide the kinds and amounts of vege
tables needed to balance the family
diet. Yields vary with the weather,
so plant enough and Insure an ad-
equate crop.
- - -
Try a row of asparagus broccoll
It grows as easily as a turnip and
needs the same conditions. This Is
the green broccoll that has become
popular. “Calabrese” is one of the
fine strains, It Is old in Europe but
a new vegetable here,
- . -
For 2 to 4 cents an acre the oat
crop can be protected from smut.
Last year Pennsylvania farmers paid
a 10 per cent toll to this disease which
ean be controlled easily by treating
the seed with formaldehyde. Why pay
the extortioner when it can be
avolded?