By EDWARD W. PICKARD LLINOIS' primary held the center of political Interest for it not only provided lively state battles but also was of considerable moment nationally. , Col, Frank Knox, pub- ¢ lisher of the Chicago “ Dally News, and Sen- . ator Borah of Idaho, who was born In Ill nols, were the contest. ants for the Repub- lican Presidential pref- erential vote, and the former came out with 8 31 delegates against 26 ! for Borah, The sen- Pa A * ator's friends were Frank Knox ated because, with- out organization, he carried a large part of the state outside of Chicago. This preferential vete is purely ad- visory and neither man has a slate of delegates to the national convention, The result makes it certain that Knox will make a respectable showing on the first roll call. It also adds to Borah's prestige and alds him In the coming Ohlo primary. Gov, Henry Horner, seeking renom- ination, was victorious in the bitter fight with the regular Democratic or- ganization and the Kelly-Nash ma- chine In Chicago, which had thrown him overboard and supported Bunde- sen for governor. The Democrats al most unanimously voted for the re- nomination of Senator James Hamil ton Lewis, and the Republicans named Former Senator Otis Glenn to oppose him in November, Republican leaders In Washington were encouraged to believe the in. ternecine warfare in the Democratic ranks would help the Republicans to carry the state, The Democratic sages, on the other hand, liked the showing of strength made by Borah, feeling his liberal following might switch to Roosevelt in November If the G. O. P. puts up a conservative candidate, In Nebraska's primary only Borah's name was printed on the Republl can preferential ballot but about one- sixth of the voters wrote in the name of Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas, For the Democratic preference Pres ident Roosevelt was unopposed in both Illinois and Nebraska, EFEATING opposition by Pres! dent Roosevelt's supporters, the state Democratic executive committee of Georgia ordered a Presidential pref- erential primary on June 8 and fixed the entrance fee for each candidate at £10,000, “The New Deal has plenty of money to pay for a primary in Georgia and I am in favor of letting them do it,” sald Will Mann, close personal and political friend of Gov. Eugene Tal madge, administration critic, The governor was asked directly whether he would oppose President Roosevelt In the primary. “l don't know,” he answered “1 am pretty busy with state affairs right now, It depends on how things shape up In the state” AVING discarded the President's suggestion of temporary process- ing taxes, Chairman Sam B. Hill's house subcommittee completed its draft of the new tax bill It calls for a new type of corporation levy, ranging from 1 per cent to 20.7 per cent for corporations with net Income up to $10,000, and from 4 to 4214 per cent for cor. porations with net in- cs come over $10,000, de- © pending on the amount A of earnings that are 2 not distributed. Pref. Sam B. Hill erential tax treatment is giver to banks and Insurance companies, to debt-ridden companies, to companies in receivership, and a new system of tax- ing non-resident aliens Is created Railroads will continue to have the right to file consolidated returns but the committee refused to accept the petition of R. V. Fletcher, general counsel for the Association of Ameri can Raliroads, that railroads ds a segregated group of industry, be given a variety of special deductions In com- puting taxable net income. Wa appropriate ceremony the cornerstone of the new Interior department buollding in Washington was laid, the President handling the trowel. The structure, the second larg. est government office building there, is to be completed In December. It covers five and one-half acres and will pro- vide 700,000 square feet of usable floor space. It will cost $12,000,000, about $5,000,000 less than the capital's larg est, the Commerce department building. The trowel used by Mr. Roosevelt was the one employed by George Wash- ington In laying the cornerstone of the Capitol In 1793. I HIS press conference President Roosevelt sald government depart. ments are concentrating on flood con trol problems and that if congress would pass a bill appropriating a bil lon dollars for that purpose he would sign It, provided the measure put men to work immediately, Mr. Roosevelt sald the Passama. quoddy project In Malne and Florida ship canal were eliminated because of the recent refusal of congress to make appropriations for continuance of the work. He sald be did not contemplate doling out rellef funds for the proj- ects and that there would be no funds for the projects unless CONgress re- versed its refusal On the same day the United States Chamber of Commerce issued a warn. Ing against encroachment of the fed- eral government on flood control proj- ects which are the primary responsibil. ity of the states. The committee also objected to the New Deal policy of expending large sums for dams to develop hydro-elec- tric power and declared that the ad- ministration should follow a well-bal- anced program having as its foremost purpose the control of floods, Y A vote of 153 to 137 the house rejected a resolution to permit Senator Black's lobby committee to pay $10,000 to special counsel in In- Junction Ntigation started by William Randolph Hearst to protect his tele grams from the probers. This action, which followed a bitter debate, doesn't halt the work of the committee, which has its own funds, but it prevents the payment of more than $3600 a year, in accordance with general law, to Crampton Harris of Birmingham, Ala, former law partner of Chairman Black. The lobby committee In a recent ses sion brought out the fact that some wealthy men who are backers of the American Liberty league also have con- tributed to the Sonthern Committee to Uphold the Constitution, though what this has to do with lobbying was not quite clear. The Southern committee, which Is headed by John Henry Kirby of Houston, Texas, Is opposed to some of the New Deal dologs. SUDDEN death, due to a coronary thrombosis, came to James M. Beck at his residence In Washington, and all informed Americans mourn the demise of this public spirited citizen and eminent authority on constite- tional law. Though he was a sturdy and con scientious opponent of the present pational administration, lead ing officials in Wash ington united with the Republicans In declar ing that in his death . the nation bad sos tained a great loss. J. M. Beck Mr. Beck was not only one of the foremost lawyers of America but for more than three decades was a public man of distinction, holding numerous offices at Washington, and an Influen- tial place In the counsels of the He publican party. Born In Philadelphia in 1861, be first held office as United States attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, as a Democrst. He left that party on the silver issue and was made an assistant attorney gen- eral by President McKinley. In 1921 Mr. Harding appointed him solicitor general, an office which he filled with distinction. He then served three terms In congress, where he was one of the best debaters, and retired In 1004. Richard Yates, former governor of Hlinois and former congressman, died In Springfield at the age of seventy-five years. The son of the Civil war gov- ernor of the state, Mr. Yates was for many years a pleturesque figure in Ii. nols politics and an Influential wer- ber of the Republican party. USSOLINT'S armies In Ethiopia occupled Dessye, an Important military base, and captured vast stores of war materials. Marshal Badogilo at once started an expeditionary force along the excellent road from there to Addis Ababa, and it was believed the capital eity would be captured with- in a few days. Stiffened by military successes in Africa, the Italian delegation went to Géneva for peace conversations, pre. pared to demand a peace on Italy's terms, including virtual Itallan con. trol of the entire empire of Halle Se lassie. Settlement of the matter with. in the framework of the League of Nations seemed remote If not impos sible. praNs for mutual defense In case Germany attacks France or Bel. glum were studied by the genera) staffs of Great Britaln, France and Belgium at a meeting In London. High officers of the armies, navies and air forces were present, with experts to assist them, It was understood that a major fea. ture of the plan would be to reply to any German attack with a terrific aerial bombardment by massed fleets on German industrial centers, rallways, army headquarters, alrdromes and sea. It was clear that the ‘relatively small British professional army could not give a great deal of help against German aggression, and that Britain's effective ald would be rendered by her navy, which could easily seize control of the North sea and the channel, and her steadily increasing alr forces, labor appeared spokesmen for ore ganized labor with charges that there Is a great movement of machine guns, tear gas and police clubs into indus- trial centers for use in contending with strikes and attendant disorders. The first witness to tell the story of the arming of Industrial plants for cop- flicts with labor was J. P. Harris, a steel worker from Portsmouth, Ohlo. In support of his assertions came a mass of data compiled by the senate munitions investigating committee and presented at the hearing by Heber Blankenhorn, an employee of the na- tional labor relations board, At one point Harris testified that he knew the Wheeling Steel corporation at Portsmouth was “arming,” a state ment that brought from corporation officials at Portsmouth an assertion armed.” were belng circulated that the Ford Motor ccmpany was with sples, hired to report on the ac- tivities of labor. BOUT six hundred men and wom- en, members of the recently or- ganized Unemployed Workers’ Alliance, staged a big parade of “hunger march- ers” in Washington, shouting demands, singing and waving banners. They sought to present a petition to President Roose velt In the White House but the best they could do was to obtain an audience from Secretary Mar i vin Mcintyre for a delegation headed by Vice Pres, David Lasser, presi- Garner dent of the alliance, Lasser declared after spending 80 minutes with the President's secretary: “Mr. Mcintyre gave us a lot of nice words, but nothing substantial. If nothing Is done to give these people jobs throre will be a hunger march on Washiigton next summer in which hunireds of thousands will take part, We are tired of Mr. Roosevelt's prome issory notes.” Lasser and his delegation also called on Vice President Garner at the Capl- tol and got even less satisfaction from him, “The jobless feel that we have been sold out by the Democratic party” Lasser declared. “1 resent that™ snapped the Vice President, reddening. “I have been in politics for 40 years and I don't think anybody has ever been sold out by the party.” [oLLOWING a conference with Mal. Gen. Johnson Hagood, who was re- corps area for criticizing WPA meth- ods, President Roosevelt took the sol pointed him to the command of the Chicago. He will replace Ma). Gen. Frank McCoy and the assignment takes effect May 2. General McCoy is trans. ferred to the Second corps area at New York to succeed Ma) Gen. Dennis E Nolan, who is retiring. PrUIARCO ELIAS CALLES, former was forcibly exiled to the United States, together with three other once prominent citizens, by the Mexican government, which declared thelr pres. ence there was dangerous to the wel fare of the country. hand, were Luis Morones, former min. ister of labor and leader of the region. al confederation of workers and peas ants; Luls de Leon, former minister of the Interior and agriculture; and Ra- of Guanajuato, The four men were, by order of Pres. ident Cardenas, placed aboard a plane border to Brownsville, Texas, From fornia, help.” § OMETHING new In Spanish history of president of the republic. This ac tion, accomplished by a coalition of on a Socialist motion that the presi dent had acted illegally in dissolving the ast parliament before the elections pelled from office. Back of this mo that Zamora, In using his power ace cording to personal whim, bas ham pered the progress of the “republican revolution.” Diego Martinez Barrio, speaker of parliament, was made temporary pres. ident to serve until elections are held. — IN THEIR formal acceptances of the Invitations of the United States gov. ernment to the forthcoming Inter-Amer- ican peace conference, three of the Latin American nations have proposed that a league of American nations be formed to preserve peace in the west ern hemisphere, The suggestion from Presidents Alfonso Lopez of Coe lombla, Jorge Ublco of Guatemala and Rafael Trujillo of the Dowlnican Re public. BRISBANE THIS WEEK 18 and 65 No Perfect Crime A Heavenly 400 Fighting Over Rivers President Roosevelt, In another \ “opening speech of the 1030 campaign,” addressing 20,000 Young of Baltimore and the nation on the radio, suggested that youth should begin work at elght- een and “old age” Stop work at sixty. five, Youth should have Its first 18 years, at least, for exercise, study, happiness, Sixty- five might be a good age to stop dull routine work for wages, but no man would want to stop real work until death, except that six months to look around this side of the grave might be acceptable, Goethe finished the second part of “Faust” when he was past seventy- two: and of the ablest French writers, starting a new prose style, wrote nothing until at eighty-six he wrote the Life of St. Louls dt the re- quest of the king's widow. Within balf a century 25 years have been add- ed to the average lives of old men ; nobody would want those years wasted, Arthur Brisbane one In the murder of an unfortunate young woman, New York detectives think they see, at last, “the perfect crime,” one in which the perpetrator cannot be identified. Fortunately, there is no perfect crime, except In the Imagination of the criminal or the detective story writer, because criminals are dull, can- not keep thelr mouths shut, are vain, boast and the electric chalr gets them, Also, they jump when a hand is lald on the shoulder; that helps detectives, and criminals are betrayed by fellow criminals. Bishop Stewart, Episcopalian, ot Chicago, thinks Immortality may be limited. “Only those who have a defi. nite relationship to God through the spiritual life may be eligible for im mortality, and other souls cease to ex. ist upon death™ This important suggestion of a ce lestial “four hundred” wii} appeal to many that might not care to meet, In heaven, the cave man with low fore head, protruding jaw. the bushman with a vocabulary of 150 words, or all the repentant thieves, murderers and trust magnates, It Is conceivable that selection of the celestial few might be postponed a few million years, until real civil zation shall have begun. This is the poison gas age. Rivers have played an Important part in the world’s history and In wars. The Tigris and Euphrates, creating fertile Mesopotamia, and the ancient {| Nile, with Its rich valley, regularly coated with Nile mud, made the first civilizations possible. Men fought through the ages about | those two rivers, and today rivers stil] | cause war. In Europe the Rhine bor | der may cause & repetition of the big | war. In Africa, the Blue Nile, fed by | Ethiopia's Lake Tana, breeds bitter | hatred between England and Italy, Charles Lamb tells of a Chinese gen- tleman whose house burned and of a pig so marvelously roasted that there. | after pigs were locked In houses, the { houses burned for the sake of the roast pix That is recalled by a arrest in Pensacola, Fla. dy charges she tried twice to wreck R passenger train to kill her husband, It Is alleged that the lady under { the engineer. 1 were pnlled from the ralls | Gandy thinks the lady wanted to col lect $3.000 in life Instrance, | the gun not to shoot him. He did not know bow to use it This country is equally A Frenchman says truly “American | digestion would Improve If Americans | made more and better sauces” 5 | Voltaire, another Frenchman, sald | He found that England had many re- | religion, and he preferred France, — | pines out of order on her return from | Brazil to Germany, kept on her way | mt B0 miles an hour, fighting winds over the Mediterranean. That is one advantage of a dirigible—she stays up, The heavier-thanalr plane with en. .gine trouble comes down, Russia has a genuine “youth move ment,” with one-third of all workers under twenty-three years of age, 43 | per cent of them girls. Russia has 173,000,000 population, nearly half of it born since the Bolshevist revolution, , Populations and history change rap- | idly. Extreme youth might control the whole of Russian but for the fact that it Is already controlled by Stalin, of middie age. ine ND Tar oe i i (obb thinks about: ANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Maybe the English have the spouting. Park where the crack- pots and clack-jaws speak thelr pleces, an impassioned radical is in full eruption. Be- ing a hater of kings, he would drive the royal family forth and set fire to thelr official London residence. A heckler quarrels with Joins in, about equally divided, trouble im. pends, A large calm policeman plows through the Jam, “'Ere, now!” he commands. “All them us Is going to burn down Buck- Ingham palace form on this side, please, All them as is not going to burn down Buckingham palace kindly form on that side” When you start people laughing at an agitator you've killed him colder than though you used an ax. I wish we'd club In and laugh some of our half-baked Communists to death, But for desperate cases we might keep an ax or two handy. * * * Irvin 8. Cobb Rise of Landon Boom, A= ONE state delegation after an- other swings toward Landon, his campaign managers are as optimistic as a seed catalogue, To be sure, taking the first heat doesn't necessarily mean your nag will win the county trophies, but it certainly does cheer up the sta. ble-hands—and sometimes starts a stampede for front seats in the grand. stand, For once In G. O. P. history the rank and fille shun a brother from the Atlantic seaboard as though he were a pesthouse, At the ensuing convention it looks as though all the easterners will get will be the seconding-the-motion conces- sion, And yet 1 ean remember when, If you called a fellow a Wall Street Re publican, you didn't have to smile as you sald It, . ® at War Debt Specters. IVE and a half miillon European troops are drilling and seven mil- lion more are practically ready for service, more by one million and a half than there were In 1014, when the last big mess broke out. Those Americans who are being griev. ously taxed because the powers won't pay back what they have owed us since the armistice for refinancing and re habilitating their own lands—and that, one way or another, includes every liv. ing soul in this country—are invited to save up these statistics for use next time they meet one of those gentle souls who'd cancel these mounting for. eign debts. Not war debts, mind yon, but peacetime debts, Bo let's call them by thelr right name as we sing: “I didn’t raise my dough to arm a soldier but by golly Idlers on Relief. A” LAST we know wherein the League of Nations really func. It says that in the world are 24.000.000 unemployed, and of this total more than half are in the United States Since we are spending more govern- ment funds to ald the idle than any country, can it be there are persons projects to taking regular jobs? Next time I pass a public works un- tion to some able-bodied party who, If A pick handle, as I've often observed on one roaddigging operation that's being financed by Uncle Sam, comes In for fanning, - - - Kentucky Colonel. O°z here they've found a mall.or der theological mill which, for marry, bury, and--oh, goodie—take up but on behalf of Joe Penner's duck honors balanced In this world Recently, when the present bumper under, we natives stayed calm. No- born with ‘em. In my youth, anybody good at guessing the weight of hogs was called “Judge,” and a man who cured warts with stump water was “Doctor,” and all the rest of us auto matically were colonels, except one chap who was a major on account of having 80 many major operations. Poor fellow, he died before he attained his life's ambition. He wanted to run somebody's general store and be a general, IRVIN 8, coBB. 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