A JR 2DiCALS in the senate gave up defeating on hope of the compromise drought relief ap- propriations which was outlined a week ago, for Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, and many others prominent In his party indorsed It as the best that could Senator Blaine 1, gniained. Both Robinson and Caraway, who had been 80 critical of the administration's pol- fey, changed their stand, defended President Hoover, expressed thelr con- fidence in Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and admitted that the work of the Red Cross In the drought area had Improved until it was now ad- equate to the situation. Robinson sald he was not trying to save his face, but honestly believed that the com- promise agreement would do what was necessary, Secretary Hyde was asked to tell the senate whether in his opinion money ebtalned by farmers under the compromise plan could be used to buy food. His reply was yes. La Follette and Blaine of Wlscon- sin, Norris of Nebraska end other in. surgents continued to denounce the compromise as humiliating, wicked, shameful and altogether w rong. Young Bob denounced the Democrats for co- operating with the 1 diministration. and asserted that “If we accept this sur render it means that we do nothing for the 22,000,000 affected by unem- ployment.” While he was speaking a committee of fifteen that was sald to represent the workers’ unemployment Insurance delegation tried to get Into the house of representatives with a big petition, demanding that Speaker Longworth recess the house for twenty minutes 80 they might appear on the floor and state their case. The speaker refused this request and would not receive the committee In his office. so the petl- tion was left with his secretary and the importunate visitors were gently pushed out of the Capitol by a bunch of policemen. The unemployed work- ers were said to be led by commun- ists, and the Washington police were out In force to prevent a Red Invasion, This aroused “the wrath of Senator Blalne, who declared that “the menace exists only in the minds of those who are protecting the very system that may some day create a real menace of this sort.” In Minneapolis, Boston, New York, Sacramento and other cities there were communist demonstrations In behalf of rellef for the unemployed, in some in- stances Involving conflicts with the police, D. SCHALL, the ‘blind radical Re publican senator from Minnesota, resents President Hoover's request that he cease recommending Ernest Michei of Minneapolis for a federal judge ship and submit a list of “fit” candidates. He puts all the blame for the situation on At- torney General Mitch. ell, declaring that the latter's “corpor- ation-public utility connections” have warped his judgment, Schall isn't let. ting the affair rest. He sent a letter calling to the attention of the Pres! dent “some of the former corporation connections of his attorney general” and also told the senate all about these, “As a Republican and a senator,” Schall wrote, “let me importune you, Mr. President, jot to close your eyes to the lessons of recent political his tory. Taft wrecked his administration by trusting Bellinger: Harding wrecked his by trusting Fall, Daugh- erty and others of lesser notoriety like Theodore Rush Holland, “Are you going to wreck yours by further trusting your attorney gener al? The answer is for you to make; but millions of loyal Republicans throughout the land are hoping and praying for a uegative answer.” Ernest Michel Wy BL, the Smedley Butler Incident Is closed. The flery marine gen- eral has expressed In writing his re gret for his animadversions on Prem. fer Mussolini, Secretary of the Navy Adams has formally reprimanded him for his indiscretion, and the order for the generals court-martial trial has been revoked. The public is disappoint. ed for it had expected some spicy reading, Information obtained at Washington is that Ambassador de Martino of Italy called on Secretary of State Stimson and discussed the Butler case In such a way that it was easy to Infer that his government would prefer that Italo-American relations should not be Imperiled through a presentation of the elrcumstances surrounding the al leged hit-and-run (ncident In a possi- bly serimonious way. It was apparent that Mussolini would be glad if the matter were dropped entirely, so Mr. Stimson suggested to Mr. Adams that & compromise might be effected, with the result stated above. Premier Mussolini was quoted as saying In Rome: “I have already for gotten the whole matter, except the kind touch of friendship the American government showed towards Italy and me.” HEN the senate passed the inde pendent offices appropriation blll the federal farm board was given a new lease of life and assured that it could continue its operations for another year. The measure carried the final $100,000,000 of the board's authorized $500,000,000 revolving loan fund. The senators, desiring to avold blame if the board falls to accomplish results, rejected an amendment of- fered by Senator Black of Alabama which would have forbidden the use of any of the hundred millions for trading In futures on graln or cotton exchanges. Southern senators were particularly exercised over the use of farm board funds by cotton co-operatives in trad- ing in futures. By permitting its funds to be used In this way It was as- serted that the board is encourag' ug speculation. MBARRASSING, to say the is the position In which Leo 8. Hover, district attorney of the District of Colum. hia, finds himself, When the senate re scinded {ts approval of the appointment of George Otis Smith as f member of the fed. eral power board and then rejected the nomination, it also adopted a resoln- tion ordering Mr. Rover to institute court proceedings to Mr. Smith from the board. He has no cholee but to obey instructions. However, both President Hoover and Attorney General Willlam Mitchell hold that Mr. Smith's appointment was legal and that the former approval of it by the senate must stand, wherefore ap parently it Is up to Mr. Rover to at. tempt to prove that his superiors are wrong !n their contention. least, Leo 8. Rover oust these ISHOP CANNON of the Methodist Church South was freed from the charges made against him, the elders deciding they did not have sufficient merit to warrant putting the bishop on trial. But this didn't end the churchman’s troubles, for Senator Nye's campaign fund committee, with enlarged powers, called on him to ex. plain his expenditures of antli-Smith funds In the campaign of 1028 Disclosure in the house of the large expenses Incurred by the Nye com- mittee In Its travels about the coun. try has greatly irked the North Da. kota senator, This expense account has been Introduced Into the Congres. sional Record, and Nye Justly fears it will be a potent weapon in the hands of his foes when he comes up for re-election. RIENDS and ad- mirers of Albert C. Ritchie of Mary- land are very busy these days urging him as the Democratic standard bearer of 1632. They have formed the Ritchie for-President league and its general secre tary, Lawrence Lock- wood of Baltimore, says It will have branches In forty-eight states within three months. Already these branches number thirteen, organizations In Michigan, Massachusetts, [linols and Georgia having been formed In the last two weeks. The national president of the Ritchie league Is Edward A. Gabler of Philadelphia, and the leader in New York is Willlam A. Powell. As is of course well known, Governor Ritchie is a wet, The entire Maryland Democracy 1s back of Governor Ritchie, the only man in the history of Maryland who has been elected four times to the governor's chair. From reports re ceived, the Ritchie leaguera believe that Ritchie already Is regarded as a serious contender for the presidential nomination to be made by the Demo cratic party next year. The plan to formulate a national organization got under way about two months ago. Secretary Lockwood sald a quiet eam. paign was now being conducted on the Pacific coast and among midwest states, BY A vote of 91 to B68 the lower house of the [llinols assembly passed an act wiping out the state prohibition law and the search and seizure act that complements it The repealers hind 14 more votes than were necessary, The measure goes to the sennte, which Is In recess until Feb. raary 17, and some of the house mem. bers gave warning that unless prompt there might be a filibuster on appropri- ation bills, The Wisconsin senate adopted three resolutions asking congress to relieve the country from prohibition. One urges a national prohibition referen- dum, the second asks modification of the Volstead act to permit the manug- facture of light wines and beer, and the third calls for immedinte repeal or modification of the Eighteenth amendment. Concurrence of the lower house In these resolutions WAS cop sidered certain. EFYING emies the en- of . the monarchy and disre- garding all threats, King Alfonso has re- stored part of the abrogated constity- tional rights of the Spaniards and called parliamentary elec- tions for March 1, ending the dictator ship that has been in existerce about seven years. The royal decree restores dur Ing the election period freedom of speech, freedom of writing. freedom of lawful assembly and of political and religlous organization. It says the government has done everything possi ble to guarantee honest elections and that these should have the full sup port of ghe nation, But, say the Madrid correspondents, many politicians do not believe in the sincerity of the government and many more willl not participate In the elec- tions because of their wrath against the king. Socialists representing the vast majority of labor; Republicans, who command the support of fully 80 per cent of the students; monarchist enemies of Alfonso XIII, who, under the guidance of Sanches Guerra, are demanding a constituent assembly, stand fast in their refusal to gv to the polis, King Alfonso The opening of the electoral period finds the country In a state of extreme nervousness, Alarming posters of revo- lutionary counter revolutibrary plots appear everywhere s v1 od ana F THE naval ap- propriations bill re favorably to becomes ported the iw, the " house le naval i will sidsrably reduced. The niensure carries $344.- O00 000. estab shment be con which Is more than £36.000.000 below the expenditures al lowed for the current year. It provides for fewer ships In com mission, reduces the enlisted personnel of both the navy and the marine COrpR, diminishes funds for new warsh ps and decreases the size of the Naval acad- 1 Annapolis, Officer niained at the same 4 Rep. Britten emy classes strength is level, There is now before CONZress 8 war ship authorization bill carrying $74.- 000.000, whi the con struction of four subma rines and one alreraft carrier Chalr- man Fred A. Britten of lllinols. of the naval affairs committee announced of. forts would be made to have the house enact this measure, and it also will be pushed In the senate later. It is fav. ored by [President Hoover, V JITHOUT a negative vote the sen. ale passed the Kendall bill, al ready passed by the house. providing for & 44-hour week in the postal serv. Ice. The mensure was backed by the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and opposed by Postmaster General Brown, i provides for one cruiser, V HILE Paul Bogdanov, head of 'Y the Amtorg Trading corporation, was denying to Chicago business men that Russia was dumping whent on central European markets, dispatches came from Vienna telling how Hus sia's commercial representative there, operating from his seat on the Vienna stock exchange, was offering Soviet wheat at prices ag much as 25 per cent under those quoted by compet!- tors, It was understood in the Austrian capital that the Soviet government was planning to ship wheat from Rus sian Black sea ports up the Danube river to compete with grain from Ru mania, Jugo-Siavia and Hungary ia the markets of central Europe. Jugo- Slavia already bas taken steps to com- bat this move, a decree being promul. gated doubling the duty on imported wheat, flour and corn, Rumors of political turmoll In Rus sia that might lead to a revolution caused the price of wheat on the Chi. cago board of trade to Jump 4 cents a bushel to the highest price quoted there since last July. ORD IRWIN, who is still viceroy of India, seems to have spilled the beans In the dispute with the Na- tionalists, Mahatma Gandhi, who was la rather a conciliatory mood, wrote to Lord Irwin asking an investigation of what he termed gross cruelty and repression by police in subduing those engaged in the liberation movement. The reply of the viceroy Is described as “curt und coldly official,” and the members of the working committee of the National congress professed to wee ip it no evidence that the government really desires to make peace with the Nationalists except on its own terms. They feel there Ig no longer hope for the acceptance of Prime Minister Ram. say MacDonald's proposal tor qualified home rule for India. The Bengnl leg Islative council approved the MacDon. ald plan, (@® 1921, Western Newspaper Untos.) Eradication of Barberry Bush Will Have Much to Do With Control of Black Stem Rust of Wheat. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. )—WNU Bervice, Fifteen years of barberry eradica- tion In the wheat belt have accom- plished much toward reducing the toll of black stem rust. The United States Department of Agriculture estl- mates that this disease destroyed 50,- 100,000 bushels of wheat annually during the first five vears of this period, less than 206,000,000 bushels annually during the second five Years, and only about 11,500,000 bushels an- nually from 1925 to 1920, Eradication Results. In Farmer's Bulletin 1544 P. "The Common Barberry and Black Stem Rust,” the Department of Agriculture points out some striking results of the barberry eradication campaign. Since 1018 the department and co-op- erating states In the northern wheat belt have destroyed more than 18,000, 000 barberry bushes. In the northern sintes the common barberry is the only source of early grain rust infec- tion, Comparing 1016 and 1025, two vears of similar weather conditions, the fol lowing results are obtained. In Min nesota 61 per cent of the entire crop was destroyed by rust in 1018 and only 12 per cent In 1925. In North destroyed in 1016 and only 5 per cent = i% per cent In 1025. There Is to suppose that if so every many destructive as that of 1918 areas of the Dako neighboring states where and the hot, checked the Crown grows § 1 ry develop Destroyed Much Wheat, A single 60-year-old bi Indiana. irberry bush wie cred E5000 the vicinity of the Alert In 1022 After that 1 wheat in the vi r free from rust make it evident, ivs the facts + 1% IFNIiEN) bushes, The antl 1544-F, Dr mi many bushes struction, The obinined free hy » States Departmen Vaahinotan y . 1 Fern t + Wash ng n, offers suggestion t and destroying cating Tune Up Work Team for Heavy Tasks of Spring It Is time to tune up the work if they are expected to do full duty in the spring rush, said Prof. M. W. Harper of iversity over WEAI recently. A bh fat or too thin is In no conditi work. team 1 1 ree plunge Into heavy Light work at this season increase In grain helps team and toughens the should amount of feed differs with the hors the k work, and of the horse. A good rule is to & ip ply two pounds of feed daily for each hundred pounds of weight for light work, and two and a half pounds for heavy For one-third grain and and for heavy work the ratio may go ns high as two-thirds grain and one third hay. Sound oats are unexcelled ar a grain for horses, Salt should be supplied regularly but it should not be put in the feed. There is little advantage In grinding or chopping grain. As for the order of supplying water, grain and hey: feed or water so fre. quently that the horse gets neither hungry nor thirsty, But feed and wa- ter regularly, because horses antiel- pate the hour of feeding and become nervous If it is long delayed. Many Gardeners Give Up Raising of Cauliflower Many gardeners have given up rails Ing cauliflower in the home garden because they find that the cauliflower in the market has so much clearer and better complexion than those they raise at home. This need not be so with a little care. To bleach the head and keep them that delightful creamy white that makes this vege- table so tempting In appearance, it is hecesgary to start as soon ns the head begins to take definite form to pro- tect It from the sun. This is done by tying the outside leaves loosely together at their tips and watching the growth of the plant to see that the developing head is kept shaded. harden nd of the condition light work give two-thirds hay, work. Care of Pastures Pastures which are deficient in phos. phorus will pay well for the addition of ample quantities of this fertilizer. Recent Wisconsin tests illustrate this point. One plot which already had available 288 pounds of “phosphorus per acre produced 5,730 pounds of dried hay per acre as against 2.350 for another plot which had avaliable 48 pounds of phosphorous. In addi tion to this the grass from the first plot was more than 2% per cent high- er In protein, i Roadside Market Is Gaining Popularity Attractive Display, Steady Supply Requisite. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. )-~WNU Bervice. A successful roadside market must front on a road with heavy traffic and must sell high-quality, fresh produce at fair prices, says Miss Caroline B. Sherman, associate agricultural econ. omist of the United States Depart. ment of Agriculture, Attractive play, steady supply and courtesy to customers also are recommended, That roadside markets have dis not in is attested by several cited by Miss Sherman. however: “Apparently the mushroom growth in the She roadside. come when inclined to has ure study of much roadside passed. The time farmers, as a group, make a fairly careful question before putting money or energy into kets.” Miss Sherman finds that ness of the better roadside is Increasing. Khe cites as an ple n study in Michigan in which many of the better markets reported creases of 10 to 15 per cent in volume of sales In the second year of busi ness. Co-operative markets also are reported as being suce us ful mar: the markets exam roadside in some localities, To ald farmers who contemplate en- the Sherman tering roadside. business, Miss has mn irized the Important Advantages of Well Planned Garden # ¥ to ia = Order that on the ms son crop It mu other c1 in production Fertilize Fruit Trees Shortly Befor oom $1 fertilize alions Nitrogenous for frult trees should three weeks before bloom, iner good the tissue of the fwo to fertil- into The does most gels free early In the spring when it may inf] te the the ft of of shoot grov and the de velopment of fruit, says Prof. A. J. Heinicke of the New York state lege of agriculture While the tree may nitro. gen even after the leaves ruit has been formed, it is not alw ays best size of the leaves, fruit, the length col. absorb and growing season, pounds of actual nitrogen In a year. About one-third of this Is contained in the leaves and shoot growth. Much of the nitrogen in the leaves Is recov ered and again the following year, The quantity of reserve nitro. uaed Year to year, and the plant must de pend more on fertilizer one year than another. HRRRRERERREBRNRERRBERER ERR Agricultural Squibs FRR NNN NBR RARER RRRERRRRN With the drought in mind provide a better watering system this year, » * + A well-grown chinchilla rabbit will weigh four ponds when eight weeks old. «a It is an waste of time to plant trees or shrubs without fencing the plant. ings to keep out live stock. . -. . In most parts of the country there Is great need for increasing the acre: uge of the leguminous crops. .« & 9 Cultivation to be effective against quack grass must be thorough, fre quent, persistent, and properly timed. * * » Dig enough parsnips or oyster plants the first thaw to last for some time. It may freeze solid when you want them again, Experts Set Out Idea for Highway Building supervision of highway construction, the el nation of state highway financing by county aid and the elimination of the use of tax funds for other than highway pur- poses were recommended to the Amer. fean Road ation, in Centrallzed Rasciine Builders assoc! St. Louis, by its committee on highway finance and ad ministration, Legally regional ning bodies, with the power to enforce their recommendations, const tute the solution to lems, conceding that complete states of nll hig and percentage authorized highway planning { prob. While control by the committee re ported. nway undesirable of the mil ‘onstruction “Impossible large eal and must sources. the be financed from loen ttee noted tionnl ning “The tween publie port by stat smalle trend towar ntralized relat the roads tity, It sult How Remodeling Will Make Attractive Home 1% emen ward bu otherwise Duty of Property Owners & the of onstruction not least, i from States suffers. —E»- filire losses Prevent Fire! ked over a lamp In Chl years ago and the fire which A cow ki engo 59 followed destroyed a large part of the city. That was a hard lesson. but— The American people “kicked over” the simple rules of fire safely last year and half a billion dollars worth of natural and created wealth went up in smoke, and-— More than ten thousand people were killed by fire last year and many more were mained, Fire prevention tant problem and a sponsibility as an Shem is a very impor part of your re- American citizen. Light and Dark Paint Houses in the warmer climates, where most of the days are long and Sunny, are actually cooler within It finished on the outside with a light. colored paint. The lighter hues re flect the light and heat, whereas dark shades ahsordb them. In selecting two or more colors to be used In combination it should be remembered that a very smaW part of the house painted in the dark or heavy color will be sufficient to com- plement the larger areas where light. er color is used. - Concerning Tree Planting Some trees grow quickly and In a few years become a problem how to dispose of, while some others have ob. Jectionable features such as shedding blossoms, ete., that makes them a nui sance. The purpose of trees and shrubs Is to provide shade and shelter and to beautify, They should frame the picture. Unless they do this the home planter has failed in the execn- ton of his plan,
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