IERRE LAVAL, prémler of France, arrived in the United States Thurs- day for his conversations with Presi- dent Hoover. Hurrying at once to Washington, he . was received there with all due formality and cordiality and was housed, with his en- tourage, In the man- sion of Ambassador Walter Edge. There was the stated round of calls, receptions and dinners, all ar ranged In advance by Warren Delano Rob- bins, the “chef de pro- tocol,” and both MM. Laval and his daughter, Mlle. Josette, seemed to enjoy themselves. However, the chief interest in the premier's visit centered in his talks with Mr, Hoover, What they discussed and what conclusions they reached, if any, were not to be given out to the public until the affalr was all over. But it was known that the French mis- sion was concerned especially with questions of finance and disarmament and would try to reach an agreement in which these two matters would be linked up with the security which France continually demands. M. Laval was troubled by the American be- lief that France is militaristic and did his best to dispel that idea. On the way over.he intimated that about the limit he expected from America In the way of security guarantees was a consultative pact to define the aggressor in war, but he thought the Instrument might be so worded as to imply certain assurances of the at- titude of the United States towards a power that deliberately forces war. As to finance, the premier expected to reach an agreement with Mr. Hoo ver concerning prolongation of the moratorium on war debts and repura- tions, He also hoped plans might be lald for an international conference to examine the gold and credit ques- tions, Fer one minute Wednesday night the people of the United States turned out their electric’ lights in tribute to the memory of Thomas Alva Edison--an impressive demonstration that was requested by President Hoo- ver. That day the funeral of the greatest inventor of all time was held in West Orange and his body was laid In the tomb. The services were simple but many thousands of mourn- Ing men and women were there. Mr. Hoover was kept In Washington by official duties, but he was represented by Mrs. Hoover, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, closest friends of Edison, were prominent In the throng. They had .said goodby to him two weeks before when all knew lis death was not far off. Plerre Laval APAN removed the Manchurian em- broglio from the front page tem- porarily when it withdrew its objec- tions to American participation in the discussion of that mat- ter by the League of Nations, This, how- ever, wis a mere for- mality for Prentiss Gilbert, American con- sul at Geneva, already was sitting in with the league council, The committee of five of the council gested that the pow- ers signatory to the © Kellogg anti-war pact call to the attention of Japan and China their obligations under that treaty, and identical notes on that line were sent to Tokyo apd Nanking by Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and other na- tions, Then the council commitiee contin. wed its discussions of the Manchuar- fan question and it was reported that its attitude was being reversed ow. ing te alleged suggestions from Wash- ington, Japan, it appeared, was about to win a complete diplomatic victory, and the Chinese delegates were dumb founded. In other words, it was ru- mored the council would decide that Japan's occupation of Manchuria might continue indefinitely until Tokyo was satisfied that the security of Jap- anese in the province was amply guar anteed, and that negotiations between Japan and China should begin at once, There was every reason to helieve that these conclusions would be indignant. ly rejected by China, Diplomats in Geneva feared the re- sults of the council's rumored change of view, prophesying that the Nanking government would fall, that there would again be chaos In China and that the influence of the league and of white nations generally In the East would greatly decline, Briand, as a kind of mediator, asked Japan to abandon the fifth of its five points, which demands “a new ar rangement between the South Man. churian and the Chinese railways In Manchuria to obtain co-operation, and it was intimated in Tokyo that this might be done. Japan's other points are: sug- Prentiss Gilbert 1. A mutual pledge by both nations not to resort to aggression. 2. Chinese abandonment of antl Japanese movements, including boy- cotts and anti-Japanese propaganda in school texthooks. 3. Mutual respect for territorial in- tegrity. 4. Chinese recognition of the valld- ity of the existing treaties guaran- teeing protection of Japanese life and property and the right to reside and engage In peaceful occupations. on leased land in Manchuria. These are vot final terms, but are considered by Japan essential preced- ing withdrawal of troops to the rail- Way zone, In reply to the nations that invoked the Kellogg pact, Foreign Minister Shidehara declares that Japan ree- ognizes fully Its responsibility under the pact and holds that Its army's ac tion in Manchuria has been activated solely by reasons of self-defense and also to protect Japanese lives and property against wanton attacks by Chinese troops and bandits, The Japanese government, accord ing to the reply, does not intend to take recourse to war to obtain a solu- tion of its differences with China. The govegnment’s aim is to compose the differences pacifically, REAT BRITAIN'S parliamentary campalgn developed into a good deal of a rough house performance, with many fist fizhts and the slinging of much mud. Prime Minister MacDonald held his own quite well In the debates, but some others did not fare so well, Sir Oswald Mosley, lead- er of the New party, was the center of dis turbance wherever he appeared with his bodyguard of prize fighters and football Sir Oswald players. He was Mosley. Jeered and booed and physically assaulted several times and a Birmingham court issued summons for his arrest after a stormy meeting in that city, Winston Churchill was nearly mobbed while ad- dressing a meeting In support of Vis- count Borodale, son of Countess Beat- ty. but was saved from the howling crowd by the police, One novelty in the campaign the use of airplanes in ald of National government candidates. wns the The machines were all privately owned and were under the direction of a woman. Mrs. R. R. Bentley. ECLARING that a blanket 15 cent increase in freight would be contrary to the best Inter ests of the railways and be unjustified by the economic conditions ng. the interstate commerce commission denled the application of the carriers for the The commission suggested instead a temporary increase of rates on num- erous specified commodities for a pe- riod ending March 31, 1913, with the understanding that the additional! rev- enue produced by such increases shall be pooled by the rallronds to meet deficiencies In interest payments on their bonds and other obligations. This increase, it was estimated, might pro duce as much as $125.000,000 whereas the roads hoped to get £500.000.000 from the blanket raise asked, In some quarters it was intimated that thé railroads might now resort to cutting the wages of their 1.300.000 workers, which they are loth to do since they realize this would decrease buying power and In turn decrease the quantity of freight to be carried. per rates would preval boost. HEN the President returned to Washington from the Yorktown celebration, one of the first delega- tions he received was from Philadel phia, bearing a strong protest against parts of the navy economy program, especially the postponement of the construction of the $3,000,000 naval hospital in that city. Four congress. men told Mr. Hoover they thought work on the hospital should go ahead. Another delegation, which included Senators Nye and Frazier of North Dakota, asked White House ald In relieving the farm land credit situa- tion in the western and northwestern farm regions. Later the two senators said that the President had promised to aid the federal farm banks by rec ommending an increase in capitaliza- tion, They sald they told the President that the present capital of the 12 land banks Is tied up in farm land that cannot be sold, and hence the farmers in this time of stress are not able to avail themselves of the credit facilities which congress intended when it created this particular branch nf the treasury system. Fears that the economy program for the Navy department would be disas- trous for the navy band and the main- tenance of Old Ironsides, otherwise the frigate Constitution, were dispelled by an announcement by Theodore G, Jos lyn, secretary to the President, He sald that whatever else Is eliminated from the budget, the band and the his torle frigate would be provided for. The President, he sald, 18 opposed to diminishing “the Inspirational value” of the old Constitution by laying her up and to taking the “joy out of life’ by scrapping the band. ATHOLIC discontent and home rule for provinces threatened so much trouble for the regime of Man- uel Azana, the new provisional pres! dent of the Spanish republic, that the cortes took quick ac- tion, passing a law “for the defense of the republic” that gave Azana real dictatorial powers, a position to deal with the monarchist clerieal and syndical ist-communist groups. and also with the re bellious membérs of the government. Acts of aggression against the re public are defined elaborately, The government can deal with labor, po litical and religious disorders with ex- traordinary powers, It Is to dissolve any organization ered a8 menace to public order, sup press a hostile press and fire any public official whom it finds lux In en- forcing the law. The government is also empowered Manuel Azana. consid- of arms. Anyone convicted of pos sessing firearms, or even of enlogizing the ousted monarchy is liable to im- prisonment. Strikes will be lilegal un less preceded by an eight-day notice ERNEST R Jersey Hampshire, JR EPEESENTATIVES Ackerman of New Fletcher Hale of New both Republicans, died during the week, The Democrats thus for the time being had a majority of one in the new house, the count belng: Democrats, 214; Republicans, 213: Farmer-Laborite, 1: vacancies, 7. Five of the vacancies, two normal ly Democratic, are to be filled at spe cial elections November 3. Governor Larson of New Jersey was expected to call a special election to fill the vacancy In the normally Republican Fifth district before the new congress convenes December 7. Attorney Gen eral Stevens of New Jersey belleved, however, there was not sufficient time. ORMER Representative Harry E Rowbottom of Indiana, who was sentenced to a year and a day Im prisonment In Leavenworth peniten- tlary for accepting bribes for patronage Jobs In the First In- diana district, Is to be released on parole on November 9, though his term normally would not end until February 0, 1832, It was the Department of Justice that recommended role learned aot mong those who pa. cenators the were James E. Watson and Arthar R. Robinson of Indiana, bot Other reco WN releasing Rowbottom before the explir- ation of his full term were made by Circuit Judge Charles E. Woodward, who sentenced the former representa- Harry E. Rowbottom tions tive, and by Judge Vanderburgh of the Probate Evansville, District Attorney George 1 JefTery, who prose. cuted Rowbottom, was opposed to the parole, the Justice department said, court of IFFORD PINCHOT, governor of Pennsylvania, appeared in Wash- ington and held a number of secret conferences with “progressive” mem bers of the senate, which started the correspondents off on a lot of specu- Iation as to his possible cundidacy for the Presidential nomination In the Republican primaries, and these with whom he conferred vere equally reticent about the mat. ters they discussed, The senators whom he saw included Borah of Idaho, Couzens of Michigan, Brookhart of Towa, Frazier of North Costigan of Colorado. EDICATION of the George Wash ington bridge across the Hudson river took place Saturday with pomp and circumstance subject. Manhattan at 170th street to the Pall. sades on the New Jersey shore. The stretch between the massive towers is 3,500 feet, and the bridge including {ts approaches extends for nearly two miles. It has been built in four and one-half years at a cost of $60,000,000, For the present it has four traffic lanes, but there will be eight when the bridge Is completely paved. I. CAPONE, boss gangster of Chi cago, facing sentence to the penitentiary after his conviction on charges of income tax fraud, was dealt yet another blow by the government last week, Collectors of internal rev- enue at Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., were directed by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to place liens on all property owned by the racketeer as a preliminary move toward the collec tion of taxes ranging from £200,000 to $1,000,000, REEK people resident on the Island of Cyprus revolted against British ruls, demanding that the Island he turned over to Greece, Mobs stormed and burned the government house in Nieogla and fought the police. Four British warships were sent from Crete and airplanes carried British soldiers from Egypt. (@®. 1931, Western Newspaper Unlen y Profit to Owners of Purebred Bulls Oklahoma Cattlemen Have Proof of Value of Good Sires. Cattlemen of McCurtaln county, Ok. lahoma, as a result of the eradication of the cattle tick, expect to receive through the use of purebred bulls, more than double their usual returns on the sale of spring calves, according to Shawnee Brown, county nagricul- tural agent. On two different slong since 1028 when this county was freed of the ticks, the ecattlemen vis. fted sections where purebred beef cattle were raised and purchased a total of 49 purebred bulls. The introduction of these valuable purebreds would not have been prac- tical while the farms were still In- fested with ticks, In August, 1831, the county contained more than 2,000 calves sired by the purebred bulls had been bred to native and grade cows, The increased value of these grade ealves as compared to calves sired by scrub bulls is shown by the prices re- celved by two neighboring stockmen, One had serub calves for which he re occn- loth lots of calves were from scrub cows, As these grade calves were typical of the 2,000 spring calves In the county, it is estimated that they are worth close to $40,000 more to their owners than If scrub bulls had been used instead of pure more than double the returns ordinarily received from the same number of calves sired by scrub bulls, McCurtain county has its own live stock association which alms, during the next five years, to continue to in- crease the quality of all the beef cat- tie In the county through the further use of purebred sires, Wheat's Value as Feed Many live stock feeders can make A% one cat- Wheat as a feed for hogs equals or : It is 90 to 100 It Is not quite nas palat- In order to to feed other provide variety, It is wise wheat In combination grains The one Important thing to keep In with be coarsely in the produces must ground for best resylis case of lambs. Fine grinding a floury that sticks In mals’ Unsatisfactory from heen due to poor quality improper methods of feeding. except mass the ani resgits 11 teeth, have feeding this grain uso wheat Silage Needs Water It Is eskential in filling a tres to add plenty of water throughs 8 process says G. BE ch silo Martin of the Mis Wetting the edges is of special Importance if the sllage dry earth since the some of gouri College of Agriculiure. is put against earth will absorb will result if there is not the silage as it throw generous edges at intervals If it will be absorbed hy and leave the silage quantities along the the excess of water is peed, the dry earth This Pit Saves Manure No manure goes to waste on the CO. E. James farm, Piatt county, lllinols. Years Mr. James concreted his barn and an open shed that is used as shelter for young stock. In one corner of the lot toward which the remainder of the yards sloped he ago lots Ing sides as a manure pit. This saves lieves the liguid manure may often fs important as the solids. The yards may be cleaned by taking a team and scraper and pulling the manure into the pit.—Capper's Farmer. Bees Sold in Packages “Packages” of live and very active bees are being sold for use by or chadists, sometimes being shipped long distances by express or mail, accord: ing to the Department of Agriculture. It seems the natural supply of bees and insects is insufficient in some places to care for the necessary polll- nation, and “packaged” bees have been developed for this purpose. Bees are placed In small boxes by bee keepers and the orchardist has only to set the package In the orchard and pull the cork from the box. The bees do the rest. Farmers Like Bot Control Because farmers in this community co-operated with the McLean county farm bureau and the University of Ilinols in treating ail the horses In the district last winter, Glenn Thomas reported recently that the nose and throat flies had been so reduced in number that it was necessary to use the guards against the flies only a few days last summer, Farmers who used the treatment last winter report equally good re sults. Prairie Farmer, Cattle Make Gains When Fed Roughage Cottonseed Cake Advised as a Supplement, In the Northwest roughage for win tering cattle is a problem, At the Ardmore experiment station In South Dakota yearling steers made an aver. age gain o” 75 pounds per head during the winter when fed a dally ration of ten pounds of oat straw and five pounds of alfalfa hay. Stockmen who have no clover hay to mix with quality roughage may alfulfa or may be made by the use of small quan- tities of such feeds along with quality roughage. Cottonseed may be fed at the steers being nifalfa half as much to tained. One ton of to mature cattle, Cottonseed horses. Linseed ollmenl can be used for such classes of stock. Treatment for Sheep worms, once per month with a copper sulphate solution (1 per cent) and also the combination of copper sulphate so- lution and tobacco Infusion. The re sullis were not sheep continued to die. Dr. Ed Ever ett of Auburn then used. after stary- good. combination of 1 per cent copper sul- phate solution and 1 dram of ofl of chenopodium, This destroyed the Worms, Dr, periment station of south advises the use of the copper sulphate combined with MeNell ex- Mississippi Cooper Curtice of solution or It sulphate, repeating the dose every two The combination may be made sul Weeks, by dissolving 4 in 8 add 8 ounces of 40 per cent nieotine Ounces copper gallons of water sulphate are 2 ounces for 40-pound ounces for SO0.pound sheep ounces for 100.pound sheep for each additional in welght, For calves and cattle the doses range from 3 Add 1 ounce cording to age and size are present add % to af chenopodiam but doe not chenopgdinm as often as once every weeks repent the teo ite gal The Manitoba in has und that though sodium chlorate wil weed commi il weeds tl} ost Is prohibitive not that win suf general final but tentative conclusions are application Results are it is effective on if applied In client ication of a pound to each hundred square feet is thing like required for any kill. This works ont to 435 pounds wr acre, At 12 cents per pound the : ’ wonld cost £52.20 per acre for the chemical alone It patches of such weeds as sow histle and quack grass on an other i of the pests which might result in com plete infestation, Bees as Pollinating Agents essential to the successful of those fruits that require cross poll nation blossom, If the supply of wild bees is insuffi cient, it may be necessary One strong hive of bees to in many cases one hive to ination, into the business of supplying bees to od, to the advantage of all concerned. Storing sprayers without a thorough cleaning may do more damage than a year's running. - . * Corn fed to hogs by Robert Bar wick of Craven county, N. C, paid a profit of 70 cents a bushel. - . » From the standpoint of the cash farm income, potatoes in 1120 exceed ed all other vegetables, representing 61.8 per cent o* the cash income from all vegetables In 12 northeastern states, . » When wheat Is ground and mixed with twice Its weight of othe: feeds it will not be a gummy feed. . 0» - Farmers suffered the worst fire hazards in 1080 that they have en. countered in the history of agricul ture, which totaled approximately $125.000,000, .« & » Serateh grain mixtures usually econ sist of equal part corn and wheat or two parts corn and one of wheat. One may feed two parts wheat and one part corn as scratch feed. Mercolized Wax Keeps Skin Young Get an ounce and use ne directed, Vios particles of aged skin peel off until all defects such as pimples. liver spots, tan and freckles dissppesr, Bkin ie then soft 1 velvety, ¥ our (nee locke yesrs younger. Mersidived ‘x brings out the hidden besuty of your skin, Te remove wrinkles use one ounoe Powdered Bamditg disscived in one-half pint witeh based, At drug vores, A — — Special Guests Marcia L. of Mooresville was plan- ning for a birthday party. Her mother had written the Invita- tions and told the little girl that she must tell her to send them, “Now, Marcin,” she your best friends, the best, and I'll send them one little and they will your party.” Marcia studied quite aw} finally said: “Mother, I've decided to #k & Claus and Jesus to my party.” dianapolis N Watch Your | Kidneys/ out whom she must said, “think of i ones you like cards Treat Disordered Kidney Function Promptly. A nagging backache, with bladder irritations and a tired, nervous, depressed feeling may warn of disordered kidney function. Thousands recom- mend Doan’s Pills in these con- ditions. Praised for more than 50 years by grateful users the country over. Sold by dealers everywhere. Unimportant my What shall we “1 hn, arried, & wedding present? sister Lucy's getting give her for “Does she really love the “{ course.” 1" io™ “Then most anything will « man? Peanut Seed’s Vitality t growers have tl seed stored more than would lose indicate seed can be used after ment testis years of storage How much age man give you? the Hat Girl—Those ask how much I generally get n me a quarter, who Where It Should Be Customer-—How's the Ship Chandler saii business? it's on the boom, It is a pity that when you visit a farmer, you can’t eat more than two or three apples, after all,
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