FR the first time since he started
out on his hunt for instructed del-
egates Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt met
with a rebuff—two of them, In fact.
In the Massachusetts
primaries he expected
to win eight or ten of
the 36 delegates chos-
en for the Democratic
Presidential conven-
tion, but Al Smith
swept the state and
added the entire del
egation to his little
bundle of votes,
More important be-
cause more unexpect-
ed was the result in
Pennsvlvania. The
New York governor
captured the greater part of that
state's delegation, perhaps 60 out of
76 votes, but Smith made a much bet-
ter showing than anyone had antici
pated. Incomplete returns indicated
he had carried 15 of the 67 counties,
and his majority in Philadelphia was
impressive,
Altogether,
Sen. J. J.
Davis
the leaders of the “stop
Roosevelt” movement were consider
ably heartened by the outcome of
these two primaries.
President Hoover was virtually as
sured of the 100 Republican delegates
in the two states. In the Pennsyl
vania the Republican primary was
made Interesting by the contest be-
tween Senator James J. Davis and
Gen. Smedley D. Butler. The famous
marine was backed by Governor Pin-
chot and ran as a dry, but Davis, who
had been converted to anti-prohibition-
Ism through the Influence of William
S. Vare, Republican boss of the state,
defeated the general by a plurality
that approached 400,000, It was
thought this might mean that the
Pennsylvania delegation In the Repub-
lican convention would fight earnestly
for a plank promising resubmission of
the Eighteenth amendment. Mrs. Pin
chot, the governor's wife, sought the
Republican congressional nomination
in the Fifteenth district, but was
whipped by Congressman Louis T. Me
Fadden, who some months ago at
tacked the administration's interna-
tional fi and accused
President Hoover of “selling out” to
Europe.
nance policies
ATHER unexpectedly, the jury In
Kahahawali murder in
Honolulu, after being out 48 hours,
brought In a verdict of guilty of man-
sinughter Lieut. Thomas H.
Massie navy, Mrs, Granville
Fortescue, his mother-in-law, and Sea-
men E. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones.
The jury recommended mercy for the
defendants. The verdict means a sen-
tence of to ten years in Oahu
prison. Notice of appeal was served
by the defense,
The four defendants heard the find-
ing of the | bravely, but Mrs,
Massie, for assaulting whom the slain
man under indictment, broke
down and sobbed during the proceed-
ings. Darrow, the veteran
Chicago attorney who had made a re
markable attempt to win acquittal for
the four, was grievously disappointed.
the case
against
of the
one
was
Clarence
IRST rejecting a proposal by Sen-
ator Couzens to boost surtaxes to
the wartime maximum of 45 per cent,
the senate finance committee voted an
increase In all income tax rates above
the levies written Into the new reve
nue bill by that house.
The committee almost unanimously
adopted a schedule presented by Sena-
tor Harrison of Mississippl, the rank-
ing Democrat, calling for a maximum
surtax of 45 per cent Instead of the
40 per cent figure carried in the house
bill,
Normal Income rates were boosted
to 8 per cent on the first $4,000 In-
rome; 6 per cent on the next £4.00
and 9 per cent on the Income above
$8,000,
The present normal rates are 1%.
8 and 5 per cent. The house voted
to Increase these rates to 2, 4 and 7
per cent respectively,
By close votes the tariffs on Im-
ported oll and coal which the house
added to the measure were struck out.
The tax on automobiles was approved.
The house passed and sent to the
President the tariff bill restoring to
congress all power to alter import
duties. The house also passed the
£320,000000 navy bill after refusing
to cut the amount 10 per cent.
ETERMINED to get the $20,000.
000 economy blll before the sen-
ate as quickly as possible, Majority
Floor Leader Rainey decreed that the
house should hold night sessions until
the measure was disposed of.
Immediately a bi-partisan Insurgent
coalition took charge and overrode
the Democratic and Republican lead-
ership. First thing It did was to
knock out that provision of the rule
limiting the number of amendments
to the economy measure to forty, and
then it started in to rip the bill to
pleces. Its: primary achievement in
this line was the adoption of an
amendment by Britten of Iiinots ex-
empting from the proposed 11 per
cent pay reduction all federal em
ployees with salaries up to and In-
cluding $2.5 As framed by the
committee the exemption ran to
$1,000. The change took more than
$50,000,000 out of the $200,000,000
the blll was supposed to effect In the
annual cost of the federal government,
The administration proposal that vet.
erans’ compensation be curtailed in the
case of single men receiving a $1,500
income or married men with a $3,500
Income, with $400 exemption for de.
pendents, also was expected to bring
@ storm of protest on the house floor,
ICHMOND was full of governors
and other dignitaries last week
and was mighty busy in other respects.
The events Included the annual con-
ference of state executives, the Wash.
Ington bicentennial celebration, a cel-
ebration in honor of the landing of the
first permanent Colonists, a state mu-
sic festival, dedication of the first
monument to James Monroe in the
state, and the opening to the public
for the full week of 100 colonial homes
and gardens,
The governors, thirty In number, aft.
er being received by Governor Pollard,
helped te dedicate the Monroe statue
at Ash Lawn. The chlef address was
delivered by Claude G. Bowers, eminent
Democratic journalist and orator, The
executive also took part In all the
other ceremonies, besides holding their
own four-day meet. On Wednesday
they were addressed by President
Hoover, who in one of his most impor.
tant speeches presented the federal
government's case to the states and
asked for thelr fuller co-operation In
settling national problems. Thursday
evening the governors were enter
tained at dinner in the White House.
EPRESENTATIVE F. H. La Guar
dia of New York, leader of the
bloc that defeated the sales tax propo-
sition, provided the sensation of the
week In the senate
banking committee
hearings on stock ex-
change methods. It
was an exposure of
alleged high pressure
publicity methods, in-
cluding even bribery,
to Ranipulate prices
on “the New York
Stock exchange, and
the documents he of-
fered In proof of his
charges Involved a
number of financial
writers formerly em-
ployed on New York papers. They
Were employed by brokerage houses,
he sald, to “bally-hoo™ stocks and sent
out misleading statements In order to
promote stock purchases. In some
cases he sald extracts from newspaper
articles inspired by high powered pub.
licity methods were Included by brok.
ers in letter to customers.
Five pools In which stocks were
manipulated. according to La Guardia,
were cited by the New Yorker to back
up his assertions. He sald that high
pressure methods had been utilized in
the handling of pools In Indian Mo
toreycle stock, Savage Arms, Maxwell
Motors, Pure Oil, Simms Petroleum,
and Superior OIL. In all instances ex.
cept the Indian Motorcycle stock, the
pools operated back in 1924 and 1025
Mr. La Guardia named A. Newton
Plummer as the high pressure pub
licity man who had distributed $286.
000 among newspaper men. This man,
he sald, operated under the title of
publicity counsel! and sometimes un-
der the name of the Institute of Eco-
nomic Research. Plummer is now un
der Indictment for forging securities,
The committee in executive session
decided to make a sweeping inquiry
into the whole stock
and bond selling as It
affects the stock ex.
change, and this may
last all summer. A
steering committee of
five was pamed by
Chairman Norbeck to
plan the investigation
and line up witnesses,
Senator Couzens of
Michigan, one of the
“progressives,” is per.
haps the leading mem-
ber of this smaller Senator
body and will be a Couzens
most Important factor In the inquiry.
Glass, Fletcher and Norbeck himself
nlso are on the steering committee.
Walcott of Connecticut, who Initiated
the Inquiry, has been forced Into a
minor place by Norbeck.
SENATOR Huey P, Long of Louisi-
ana broke out In violent revolt
agalast the Democratic party and es-
pecially egainst its leader In the sen-
ate, Joe Robinson of Arkansas, be-
cause In the pending tax bill the rich
were not being “soaked” as much as
he desired. He accused the Democrats
of taking orders from big business,
practically renounced his membership
in the party and shouted his resigna-
tion from all senate committees to
which he had been appointed,
Senator Robinson replied with dig.
nity and withering sarcasm gad the
Reputieans sat silently enjoying the
ir,
F. H. La
Guardia
OHN N. WILLYS, ambassador to
Poland, thinks he should return
to the direction of his automobile
manufacturing business. Therefore he
came back to the country and last
week called on President Hoover and
arranged for his retirement from the
diplomatic post in June. He sald to
the reporters:
“I shall make Immediate arrange-
ments to move back to the United
States In order that I may be on the
ground to take care of my various In-
terests here and particularly to be
more active and helpful in my duties
as chalrman of the board of the
Willys-Overland company.”
ERMANY Is especially grateful to
G President Hoover for his promo-
tion of the moratorium on repara-
tions and war debts, but there was no
way In which this
gratitude could be
shown directly to the
President. 80 Ambas
bassador Frederic M.
Sackett was chosen to
be the recipient of an
unusual honor — the
bestowal of the degree
of doctor of political
sclence by the ancient
and famous Univer
sity of Tuebingen.
This high honor was
F. M. Sackett presented to the am-
bassador In an Impressive ceremony
in the presence of representatives of
the German cabinet and many of
south Germany's most distinguished
men,
In {ts centuries of existence the
University of Tuebingen has dispensed
only a few honorary titles. But, as
the rector suld, because of his “great
effort In allevisting economic prob
lems the university concluded that the
American ambassador did signal work
in singling out some of the® causes of
the present difficulties,” and decided
to honer him.
EFERENDUM of the prohibition
question under provisions of ar-
ticle five of the Eighteenth amendment
war voted by Michigan Republicans in
convention at Grand Rapids. The con-
vention also voted Indorsement
President Hoover.
The platform was adopted practical.
iy unanimously after a riotous session
on the floor, preceded by two hours of
debate In the committee on resolutions
The committee refused a report on the
soldiers’ bonus question.
EORGIA has a new senator, ap-
pointed by Gov, Richard B. Rus
sell, Jr, to fill out part of the unex.
pired term of the late William J.
Harris. The man se-
lected is Mal John 8.
Cohen, of the
Atlanta Journal. He
will until next
November. The Har
ris term does not ex-
pire until 1037. and
Governor Russell him
self will be a candi
date for the place in
the general election In
the fall
Major
been
national
editor
serve
who
Democratic
commitiea.
Cohen,
has
of a distinguished southern
family, He Joined the staff of the
Journal In 1800 and - was reporter,
special Washington correspondent, and
editorial writer. He was a corre
spondent and later an army officer in
the Spanish-American war.
ther was a Confederate officer.
member
NTATIONAL Socialists, under
strongest political party in four
the five states in the reich.
still lack a clear majority to control
any of them,
slightly behind.
In Prussia, where the fight was most
bitter because of the theory that “who.
ever controls Prussia controls the
reich,” the Hitlerite forces gar-
nered 102 seats against the nine
they held bheretofere. The coalition
which makes up the present gov-
ernment also obtained 162 seats. The
Communists also gained, now having
07 seats to their former 48. The So
cial Democrats were the heaviest
losers,
It was announced that the Prussian
government would resign on May 24
when the newly elected diet convenes,
but will carry on until a new premier
of the state is elected. Hitler Is in
sisting that the Nazis should be given
control, but there can be no definite
decision as to the alignment of the
parties until the middle of May, when
the Catholie Centrists meet in Berlin
for a caucus, ’
In the Austrian elections also the
National Socialists scored heavy and
widespread gains, but the control of
the government remains In the hands
of the Socialists and Christian Bocial-
ists. The Pan-German and Agarian
parties were practically wiped out by
the Nazis,
Sb,
JAPAN opened a great drive In Man.
churin to suppress the fast-grow-
Ing revolt against the government of
the puppet state of Manchoukuo, hav.
ing previously warned the rest of the
world to keep hands off. The rebel
How Clover “Bonus” |
May Be Obtained
Change of Farm Rotations
Method of Bringing
About Results.
Corn and wheat are not the so-called
“high-profit” erops they once were,
and consequently this is a good time
to change farm rotations permanently
to take advantage of the “bonus” of-
fered by a clover crop, says L. B. Mil-
ler, associate In soll experiment flelds
at the College of Agriculture, Univer-
sity of Illinois,
Such a change would Insure more
uniform production from year to year,
with no increase in surplus, and would
£lash the bushel costs of growing corn,
Miller sald.
“Rotation studies over a long period
of years here at Urbana show an av-
erige yield of 84 bushels of corn an
acre under a corn and oats rotation
and a 51-bushel corn yleld with a ro-
tation of corn, oats and red clover on
similar unfertilized land, Two farms
of the same size, operated under these
systems, would produce the same num-
ber of bushels of corn a farm, How-
ever, the farm growing the corn and
oats rotation would have half of its
land in corn, while the farm growing
the corn, oats and red clover rotation
would have only one-third of its land
In corn. Similarly, the change In ro-
tation Increased the oats yleld from
81.7 bushels to 44 bushels an acre.
“Thus, the farm growing one-third
of Its acreage in clover would pro
duce a8 much corn and almost ns
much oats as the other farm, and in
addition would have the clover as a
‘bonus’ to be used for feed and for
soll improvemeint,
“Census reports for 1030 show that
in ten typleal corn belt countries of
central Illinois more than 55 per cent
of thé erop land was in ebrn and only
13.1 per cent In legumes, including
tame hay and soy beans, Parts of
farms northern and central
grow red clover without
Most of the brown silt
little limestone
in
loam
Wil
Produce Normal Crop
of the
Despite the fact that much
its use for seed will be satis.
ment of Agriculture says,
In sections of the belt
slutes much
many corn
oat crop ripened prematurely
AR a ¢
ghter
ind may not ap
ed pur
1 is thor
becouse of dro ght, msequence,
outs are of 1 per
than usual
for s¢
However, If this sed
1
oughly fanned and graded
. atisfactory ron
e A 8a 1 ry crop.
In the eastern corn belt section the
much of the cer
for sowing this
of last
entirely
tified seed distribute
t
9
BE god
8 as that
will be
spring Is not
Year, but this seed
of good quality provided weather con- !
ditions are favorable,
ef any other seed oats, the light, chat
and im-
removed
As In the case
ard
proved hould be
by fanning he dey
farmers to treat their seed
smut prevention,
varieties sg
. artment advises
for
oats
Figuring Silage Price
Because it is sible move
ellage, It Is frequently n cossary for
tenants to sell nnused feed Arriy-
Ing at a fair price Is difficult because
the sliage does not have a regular
trading value. At Ohlo State univer.
#ity dairy men have figured that a
mpos to
feeding value of good mixed hay, de.
has been found that a ton of silage con.
tains approximately the same amount
of nutrients found In seven bushels of
corn, or In 4% bushels of corn and
000 pounds of corn stover of medinm
moisture content. In figuring the
price of silage figure out the value
of each of these comparative feeds,
If the figures differ greatly, add them
together and divide by three to get a
fair valuation on the silage per ton.—
Prairie Farmer.
sms.
Feeds for Beef Cattle
Roughages and other home-grown
feeds play an Important part In the
economical production of fat beef cat.
tle. Many cattle men find that It pays
to grind or roll such grains as whent,
barley, and graln sorghums which are
too small and hard to be thoroughly
chewed. Coarse grinding is better than
find grinding for feeding purposes,
gays A. T. Semple, of the United
Btates Department of Agriculture,
Grinding or chopping roughage is not
advieable unless the cattle will con.
Fume more roughage and make such
profitable use of It as to pay for the
cost of grinding,
Ee ——————
« Sow Clean Seed
Beed oats with a purity of 0O.Mm
per cent may still contain enough
weed seeds to keep your grand-chil-
dren fighting weeds. In a sample
that was 00.61 per cent pure there
were 171 weed seeds to the pound,
Error in Marketing
Brood Sow Too Soon
Pork Producers. .
Good breeding and good feeding go
hand in hand, Swine, like all classes
of live stock, should be selected on
the basis of thelr performance from
the standpoint of prolificacy, vigor,
quality and yield of carcass, Prolifi-
cacy and the ability to utilize feed
economically are matters of heredity,
of this fact. Feeding and
tests will enable the producer more
accurately to select breeding stock.
are suffering a great loss due to the
Ing them, Under this system the
number of sows is proportionally
greater than would be the case if the
brood sows were kept thelr full life
of usefulness, which is frequently five
or six years, It would be profitable
to the producers to keep the sows
which have proved good mothers Just
as long as they continue to
and successfully raige large
of desirable type that are economical
feeders. Two litters a year not only
reduces the cost of production of mar-
ket but ft producer
two chances at the market during the
year Instead of one.—Breeder's Ga-
zette,
hogs, gives the
Operation of Seeding
Without a Nurse Crop
The i have
proven
without
cultural
most
2 nurse
The land is disked or enltivated
er harvest, or early in the
fore grain
This conserves the
ture in the land and is an Insurance
that all the wild oats and other weed
the ground will be
practices which
in seeding
as follows,
satisfactory
crop are
aft.
spring be
the main crop is seeded.
151 5
rs 81 wees $8 cnr
cuilivatlion
i On
seeds which fe
germinated and not plowed down as
viable seeds 1e land Is plowed aft.
er spring at
which time wild oats snd other spring
germinated weeds will have made suf-
ficient growth to insure that they will
be killed by plowing. The land is then
worked down Into a fine
kept
¥
3
seeding Is completed,
seed bed and
well worked and harrowed until
the latter part of June. If
moisture is avallable and tillage §
en every ten dave, a
cogsive weed ore Is w
number of sue.
ill be germinated
and destroyed before the grass or clov-
er Is seeded,
Phosphate Aids Crops
hardin to "ne
Phu whats if
reased beet yl
nearly
vi
ar
Louth
: trogen,
He decid
sugar
12 rows of phos
wit 12
He
=" ' 4 py 1 4s
icre from plots
beet «
aled bee
fermnated
fertil
rows that
ner, Rol seven ns
€
that had no fertilizer
” - » 3
an acre wi
and nearly eleven tons ere
ipplied phosphate
The contract price of beets was 87
a ton,
turns nearly
Wheat was
following year
go the
phosphate increased re.
an acre
put
That on the
four to five a:
a
Gey oem
aha, B33
field made
on this field the
fertilized
strips matured IYS
an
rE
—-
and made bushels
The rest of the
Last year the fie]
That from 1
phosphate had been applied to
was a foot taller, matured five to six
days earlier, and looked good enor
to double the yleld of that on unfer
tilized plots —Capper's Farmer,
earlier
acre
bushels
4d was in
corn. the strips where
hoeets
oh
Seed Corn Treatment
Treating seed corn with dust disln.
fectants Increased the yield three
bushels per acre in Illinois, according
to the United States Department of
Agriculture. With well selected lots
of seed under proper storage condi-
tions seed treatment was found to be
ag effective as the germination tests
In increasing yields
The dust treatment effectively con
trolled two of the ear rots most com-
mon In well selected seed. The treat.
ments also gave partial protection
against soll-borne diseases,
Around the Farm
Get after the weeds early and often.
They work fast,
. + 0»
Alabama farms bave more hogs and
cattle but fewer horses and mules than
A year ago.
* ® »
A rich sandy loam soll with a good
supply of decaying organic matter is
the best for potatoes.
# . & »
Over two thousand horses and mules
Dlinois, for the control wi internal
parasites,
* * »
Blue grass sod Is one of the preven
tives of erosion In fleldk
- . *
Heavy feeding and no exercise on
Sundays or rainy days are bad for
horses. Be sure to reduce the feed
when the horses are Idle, live stock
specialists urge,
. 9 »
Covered smut of wheat, barley and
oats causes tremendous losses to grain
growers In Dakota, but is
solution of
controlled by the use of a
formhldehyde or with copper carbon:
ate dum.
NO COLLATERAL
Two Georgia darkles were discuss
| Ing the financial condition of the coun-
| try. They didn’t agree.
| “You's all wrong,” one vociferated.
| “Dey ain't no money sho'tage. Ab
asked mah bankuh is he out o money
{| and be tuk me in de vault and showed
me piles an’ piles o' money. An’ 1
Bays could he let me have les’ a little,
An’ he says sho’ he could. Has Ah
any collat'rul? An’ Ah hasn't. Now
dat's what's de mattuh wif dis coun-
try. Dey’s plenty o' money but we'se
Jes’ runnin’ shot on collat'rul”—
Bankers’ Monthly,
AGREES WITH HER DOG
“She says this place disagrees with
her.”
“Then why doesn’t she leave?
“Seems her pug dog bas gained a
pound.”
Prefers Other King
“Every one says,” gushed the city
boarder, “that you have the most won
derful chickens. They say yours is @
model flock !™
“Model flock, eh?" responded farmer
Brown, gloomily, * Any-
bow, right now, they don't ‘pear to be
oraadeum® Sed
a workin' model
Well, mebbe,
Different Angle
Flaphead—Yes, I'm jolly nerv-
ous. 1 don’t think I've got the cour
age to propose to a girl
Miss Coyly—Er—I'm pot exactly a
girl, you know,
Mr,
Exact Figure Wanted
Pompous Employer—We have 3.000
workers here.
New Office Boy—Including me or be
fore 1 came?
Evolution
“He's on the stock market”
*On the curb?”
“He was on the curb, but now he's in
the gutter.”—Passing Show,
Sure
“How can we be sure that people
really poles, North and
South? .
“Huh? Don't they take pictures?”
————————————————
Ask the Installment Man
Hobbs—~Do you live within your in
come?
Dobbs—Good heavens, no! It's all §
can do to live within my credit.—Bos-
ton Transcript.
SHOWED HONESTY
find these
“Is he absolutely honest?”
| "Yes, Indeed. He wouldn't even
take lumber from the new house that
| Is being bullt next door to him ™
Meaning Just What?
Mary—Mrs. Allblow was telling me
| her daughter married a man of means,
| Carrle—And she's right, for if there
was ever a man who means to do this,
that, snd the other, and never does
| anything, he's the one
Call for Action
Mother Weil, our little baby's got
| daddy's eyes and my nose
| Little Jimmie—You'd better get
busy, then, ‘cause he's got grandma's
teeth now,
The Mocking Bird
Wife (at bathroom door)—Dinner's
on the table, John, Hurry and finish
your bath,
Husband-—Coming, dear!
more stanza and I'm through. —Boston
Transcript.
AAA.
aha Rather Uncomfortable
Flapagan--Was your old man in
Sod circumstances when be
Mra. Relfly—No; be was half
uoder a train, 8 pd