’ ICHOLAS LONG- worth, speaker of the house of repre- sentatives, veteran Ohio congressman, and sondnlaw of Theodore Roosevelt, died of pneumonia at Alken, 8. C., where he was spending a spring vacation. Alding the three physicians and staff of nurses who sought unavailingly to halt the malady was the speaker's wife, Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Born to wealth and position on November 5, 1869, in Cincinnati, Ohio, his home ever since, Mr. Longworth, after attending Franklin school there, was graduated in 1891 from Harvard. He spent one year In Harvard law school, then transferred to the Cin- cinnat! law school, graduating from that institution in 1804. Although admitted to the bar, he did not practice to any extent. In- stead, he became interested In civie affairs and soon was immersed in pol- tics in the city over which “Boss” Cox then held sway. Despite his per- sistent inclination to remain “regular” in political controversies, he declined to take dictation from the Cox or- ganization and never was closely iden- tified with It. A six year term as speaker culmli- nated the service of Nicholas Long- worth In the house of representatives during thirteen congresses. But three speakers In the history of the house occupled longer the chair to which Mr, Longworth was elevated by his Republican colleagues after twenty years’ apprenticeship as a “boy” representative from Ohlo, dis tinguished service om the powerful ways and means committee and one term as majority floor leader, He was the Republican candidate for speaker of the next house, in which that party now holds a majority of only one. Nicholas Longworth A N IMMIGRATION case which may develop into national importance with wide consequences has arisen through the application of Miss Ella Young, Irish author and authority on ancient Celtic mythology, for admis sion to the United States with the Intention of becoming an American citizen. Miss Young, who In recent years has lectured at Vassar, Smith and Mills colleges, made application for a visa in November, 1930, at Victoria, B, C.; where she is now living, but it was re- fused or held in abeyance on ground that she had not demonstrated satisfactorily to the American con- sulate that she might not become a public charge, based upon the view that Miss Young, being sixty-six years of age, without Independent means and a writer, might pot always be self-supporting. Notwithstanding appeals from prom- fnent educators, financiers and law- yers the State department refused to take cognizance of the case, It simply stated, what it has said without ex- ception since the immigration act of 1924 was amended In 1927, that the American consul who passes upon ap- plications for visas is the court of first and last resort In such matters. Miss Young was a resident of this country from October 15, 1025, until November 18, 1930. She arrived upon a visitor's permit which was repeated ly extended, upon suitable bond being posted, but left the country at Seattle on November 18, 1980, although her permit had been extended to July 1. 1931, and went to Victoria. It was her intention to make her permanent home In California and write a book on Irish mythology. In addition, friends were arranging for a chalr In Irish mythology to be es- tablished for her at some California university. HE earl of Bess borough, C a n- ada’'s new governor general, comes to the Dominion heralded as the wealthiest man ever to hold the office. He is also the first governor general to be chosen by the Can adian government. Under the new Do minion status he was appointed by the king , Earl of on the advice of his Bessborough Canadian ministers. The appointment was announced from Ottawa, not from London. Early governors general of Canada were actual as well as official heads of government. They took a direct part in the administration of public af- fairs, One negotiated a treaty with the United States, another plunged di- rectly Into a political eampaign, a third was attacked with eggs In Mont real when he signed what was known as the rebellion losses bill, Thirty years ago a governor general blocked a list of appointments being rushed through by a defeated government. By degrees, however, governors gen- eral came to take a ess active part In politics. Only once in recent years has a governor general acted against the advice of the premier. When W, L M. King was defeated in the house of commons a year after a general elec- tion, Lord Byng declined to dissplve parliament and called on Arthur Meighen to form a government. When Meighen was defeated within a week an election had to follow. The con- stitutional Issue—the right of a gov- ernor general to decline the advice of the premier to dissolve parliament was one of the main features of the campalgn and the return of Mr. King to office made it certain that never again would a governor general re- ject a premier's advice. FFICIAL denial that Arthur JM. Hyde, secretary of agriculture, would re sign, and that Presi. dent Hoover would shortly reorganize his cabinet, seemingly rets at rest recent widespread reports of dissension in the President'sofflicliai family, since the de nial also extended to Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- bur, secretary of the interior, William D. Mitchell, attorney general, and Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treas- ury. For the last year there have been rumors that Hyde was desirous of get ting out of the cabinet, as the duties of secretary of agriculture have placed d severe strain on his health, There also have been reports he would be come chairman of the Republican na tional committee, and that he planned to run for senator in Missourl next year, To his friends he has denied both reports. Wilbur's leave ol absence as presi dent of Leland Stanford university expires this year, it is understood, but undoubtedly It will be extended Mitchell has been reported to be con sidering a New York law partner ship, and also has been mentioned as a possible appointee when the next Supreme court vacancy occurs Since Hoover entered the White House, Secretary Mellon has been re ported to be preparing to resign and Henry M. Rouinson of Los Angeles selected as his successor, Mellon Is the only holdover of the Coolidge cab- inet, Sec. Arthur M. Hyde RACTICALLY every disaster af- fords a test of the hervic mold of its participants. [It Is heartening to reflect that the test usually is met, In no lostance of tragedy in recent years has there been a better display of courage, presence of mind and iIn- telligent action than in the Colorado school bus catastrophe, which meant the death of five children from expos ure to the severe cold. All of the fif- teen children who survived this terri. ble ordeal must have een possessed of unusual endurance; but the behav jor of one alone, of thirteen-year-old Bryan Untledt, was most herole and admirable. It Is worthy of all the attention it has attracted, Including the invitation received by Bryan from President Hoover to visit the White House and the citation of his record to the Carnegie hero fund. But great. er than any recognition that may come of the event is the reminder the ex- ample affords to humanity everywhere that, in spite of all its weakness and seeming helplessness at times, there is within it an element of the herole. HOSE who ex- ma pected that Adolf | Hitler would arise In offended might and defy the recent dicta torial decree of Presi- dent Paul von Hin denburg were not fully acquainted with Hitler. The Fascists are enraged both at being suppressed and at being classed with the bated: Commun Adolf Hitler ists as national nuisances that must be abated. There are many flery young men among the Fascists; indeed, one is almost led to believe that the major. ity of them are flery young men. A word of encouragement from thelr leader would doubtless be sufficient to send them on the warpath in de flance of the Presidential decree, But Hitler gives no word of encour: agement. Instead, he issues a strict and emphatic command for all Fas cists to be good and to obey Hinden- burg to the letter, He has announced from the start that his followers will keep strictly within the law, but that they will do all In thelr power to de- stroy or change the laws. And 80 now Hitler declares that he Is preparing to go before the German courts with a strong argument that the Hindenburg decree Is unconstitutional and Inef. fective, When Fascism gets a hearing In court there would seem to be a flue THE v chance for the safe broadcasting of propaganda. HE conviction of Albert B. Fall, secretary of the interior in the Harding administration, on a charge of accepting a bribe In the oll lease scandals, has been upheld by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. At the same time the court sustained the conviction of Harry M. Blackmer, oll operator, for contempt of court in refusing to leave a self-imposed exile in France to testify in the ofl trial, Unless the United States Supreme court permits Mr. Fall to take an ap- peal to its bar, the mandate of the District court will be handed down within 15 days and the former cab- inet officer will be taken into cus tody to serve a one-year prison sen- tence and pay a fine of $100,000, Mr, Blackmer's sentence is a fine of $60,- 000, Told of details of the court's ac- tion In upholding the one-year im. prisonment and $100,000 fine assessed against him for bribery in connection with the California naval oll leases, the former secretary of the interior sald his final decision In the matter of another appeal would not be made until he had received a copy of the court's opinion from his lawyers In Washington. Mr. Fall Is now in seclusion at his ranch at Three Rivers, N. M,, the same ranch on which he spent $100,000 cash received In a sachel from Edward L. Doheny, wealthy oll man, almost ten years ago. Mr. Fall collapsed during his last trial and is supposed to be In feeble health. ENATOR BING- ham's remedy for “governmental extrav- agance” is more tax- ation. He would re. vive nuisance taxes and slap on other lev- les so thick that the people who are now demanding always greater government expendiiures, which t..ey fondly think some one elise is pay- ing for, would realize that some of the morey is coming out of their own pockets. Then, Senator Bingham thinks, (hey would call & halt and taxes coukl be reduced The sénator admits he realizes his proposal will be “extremely tnpopu- lar,” but he thinks that at the bottom of federal, state and municipal ex- travagance in this country is the feel- ing of a large 2iement In the elector ate that when It voles taxes it voles away some one else's money. As long as that feeling exists, there Is no in- centive, Senator Bingham believes, on the part of those who entertain it to curb thelr demand for tax-breeding services. Leaders of congress look with little favor on Mr. Bingham's proposal. He is the first, In discussions of the ap proaching $700,000,000 deficit, to sug- gest tax demands be made on smalier incomes. Some legisiators sald they would favor Increasing the levies on bigger Incomes, while leaders of both parties and in both houses have In- Senator Bingham sary. President Hoover believes an in crease will not be necessary If con- gress restricts appropriations. ite thinks an increase is not now needed and should not become mandatory. Members of both major parties have promised to co-operate to keep down expenditures at the next session, thus eliminating a need for more money through increased taxation. EAR ADMIRAL Thomas C. Hart has been appointed superintendent of the Naval academy, suc ceeding Rear Admiral 8. 8. Robison, retired. Admiral Robison has had a career of 43 years in the navy fis official retirement starts June 1, but in the meanwhile he has planned to take a va- cation at his recently purchased home on the South river near Annapolis, The regiment of midshipmen gave the retiring superintendent a round of cheers In front of his home. Re- gret at his passing was expressed by Maurice Hibschmann, regimental com mander, and a delegation represent. ing the Annapolis city administration and various civic organizations pre sented a resolution praising him for coming to the rellef of the cliy during the severe drought of last summer, Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart RIME MINISTER LANG, of New South Wales, In Australia, is ex: tremely anti-English and be could scarcely have chosen a more pointed way to indicate his antipathy than by scoring the solid English virtue about paying one’s bills. There was general consternation in London when recent. ly he repudinted the payment due to be made in that city at once of inter. est charges amounting to $3,045,000, London's consternation has been changed to something like exultation by the announcement of Prime Min. fater Scullin, of the Commonwealth government, that his government would take over the New South Wales, obligation and bring suit against the state to recover, Mr. Lang Is seemingly tdking a leaf from the book of some southern Amer. ican states which, many years ago, were guilty of a number of repudia- tions, (@ 193), Wesiare Newspaper Union) Substitute for Stable Manure Specialist Is Developing Syn- thetic Compost for Mushrooms. {Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. )—WNU Service, With the horse population steadily decreasing, mushroom growers of the country have been looking to the United States Department of Agricul. ture for a satisfactory substitute for stable manure, the standard medium for growing this crop. To meet this need Dr. Edmund B. Lambert, mush- room specialist of the department, is developing a synthetic compost which has given promising results. In a gen- eral way the procedure used In making this compost Is based on the process for making artificial manure that was developed and patented by English scientists in 1022, Synthetic Compost Tested, The artificial compost was first test- ed In 1028, and three crops of mush- rooms have been harvested from It. The mushrooms grown on the syn- thetic material were normal In every way and fair yields were obtained, but as yet they do not compare favor- ably with ylelds obtained by commer- vial growers. The experiments are be- ing continued, however, and the prod- uct Is being steadily improved, Wheat straw, cut into short pleces, forms the base for the synthetic com- post. Different sources of nitrogen, such as dried blood, eyanamids, and urea, were added In varying amounts, a8 well as various mineral foods, to determine the ratios that produce the crop. The material is handled in the same way as ordinary compost, and no change is made in the usual cultural practices industry Is Growing. The mushroom industry In this coun- try has made a remarkable within the ast 20 years, according to Doctor Lambert. This has resulted, he says, from the development of pedigreed spawn, or propagating ma- terinl, and the use of special houses instead of caves for growing the crop. The use of pure culture spawn Is a factor in the control of pests and diseases, and the grower can control temperature and moisture con- We best growth big insect Goosefoot Weed Weakens Disease of Sugar Beets A weed which Is good as well as bad has come to the attention of the Unit. ed States Department of Agriculture, It is the nettieleaved goosefoot, To all outward appearances, this weed In a sugar-beet field concentrates all effort on robbing the crop of its plant food. But Dr. Eubanks Cars ner, of the office of sugar plants, ob- served that it may compensate for its evil by weakening the virulence of the curly-top disease of sugar-beets, The diseass is less destructive to beets afl. er It has first passed through the gooseleaf, C. F. Lackey, also of the office of sugar plants, discovered that another the virmence of curiy-top disease If the disease passes from gooseleaf to the chickweed Nelther weed Is a practical factor In curly-top control in the sugar-beet belt yet. hut plant pathologists think this relation of weeds to the virulence of diseases of nearby cultivated crops, discovered or the first time by these Department of Agreulture sclensta, may have a practical bearing on some crop diseases. Insects Prove Useful in Controlling Weeds The popular idea that nearly all In. sects are injurious to man in one way or another is entirely wrong, accord ing to entomologists of the United States Department of Agriculture. In some parts of the world Insects have been Imported for the sole purpose of controlling weeds which have threatened to crowd out useful plants, Entomologists of the Hawallan Su- gar Planters’ association have Intro- duced from Mexico a number of In- sects which feed on the lantana plant, a troublesome weed, and recent re ports state that this plan of control is meeting with success, Scale insects, plant bugs, caterpil- lars, and beetles are now being In troduced into Australia to feed on the prickly pear cactus, a pliant which has spread over the country at am alarm- ing rate. A few years ago it was said that 60,000,000 acres of land in Aus- tralian were overgrown by this cactus, and the rate of increase was about 1,000,000 ncres a year, After other methods of control had falled the plan of importing insect enemies was adopt- ed, and it Is proving successful, ac- cording to recent reports. Farmers Safeguard 1931 Crops by Testing Seed To protect themselves from unserup- ulous distribution of farm seeds, farm ers in many sections of Wisconsin may call into action a state law which pro- hibits the sale of such stocks without purity and germination tests While it Is expected that much of the Wisconsin grown alfalfa seed will meet all legal requirements, frugal growers will not run any chances next spring by planting seed which has failed to meet these standards A. L. Stone, Wisconsin state seed inspector, Is preparing to meet a live ly call for the services of the state seed Inboratory In testing this, and asther, seed sold under the state law. . Minor Blemishes on Onions Hurts Value (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. }—WNU Bervice, Onlons frequently acquire unsightly blemishes and discolorations—for the most part damaging only the outward appearance—when exposed to certain chemicals, sunlight, or some fungi, the United States Department of Ag riculture says in Circular 135-C, Blem- ishes and Discolorations of Market Onions. “Scorched spot” and “bag print” fre- quently appear on colored onlons that have been in damp storage for some time. The names are descriptive of the appearance of these blemishes, The chemicals in some bags print the weave of the bag on the outer surface of the onion, when the bag is moist, Ammonia fumes escaping in a storage plant or emanating from manure plied over ground-stored onions as protec tion from freezing often discolor on- fons. Ammonia turns yellow onions or metallic black, greenish-yellow, oglons at harvest. scald frequently opens destructive bacteria and fungi. ing bulbs may ish which Is greened portions are self-descriptive, usually subject to decay. A fungus growing on “soll stain” In the outer scales on the bottom of the onion. t damages the onlon only In appearance. the States writing to United ment of Agriculture, D.C tained by Information, Climbing Peach Borer Orchardists’ in ling peach-tree ther co Hieated In the recent Inere in the hes of the tree. a habit of iarger bran: is out from the 1 castomarils Ii on the around the control borers, rk ine working of r tree Department of cide but In a different found that paradichlorobenzene crys tals could tonseed oll, any highly “painted” er burrows 1 penetrative solvent The age of the borers, generally effective against like habit. Control Is Important in an Apple Plantation The development of an apple plan- tation and the bringing to maturity of a good crop of high grade fruit de pends not only upon correct cultural practices, good nursery stock, fertile soll, and favorable climatic conditions, but also upon the attention given to the control of diseases of vasious kinds and insects injuries, observes Dr. L T. Scott, plant pathologist of the plant division of the Missourl state board of agriculture, Neglect of proper control measures themselves, common and serious, and knowing how to control them is a necessary part of the equipment of every apple grower, the plant pathologist says. FARM.ND' Plant Kentucky Wonder beans for tiie succotash season. . » . Don't be afraid to sink the spade when you do your garden digging. . - . Try some of the cucumberleaved sunflowers for cutting—nothing finer, a 8 = Don’t expect to cut a newly set asparagus bed. Give the plants a chance to get established. . - * When you irrigate or sprinkle, ap- ply sufficient water to soak down te the root system of your plants, * » - Reports state that thé San Jose scale is increasing again, Thorough control Measures Bre NECessary. . 8 = Get plenty of beet seeds, an ounce, and plant a week and a half apart un. til midsummer for baby beets. Same for carrots, . & » Experiments conducted at the Penn. gylvania state college to determine the value of commercial fertilizers for use in coniferous seedbeds show that they ald In producing vigorous seedlings in the field. STOMACH UPSET, SOUR? THIS WILL COMFORT Don't let sour stomach, gas, in. digestion make you suffer. And don't use crude methods to get rellef, Just take a spoonful of Phillips Milk of Magnesia In a glass of wa- ter. 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