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1—Steamship Malolo, fastest and largest passenger boat ever built in the United States, as she looks on the ways in Cramp’s shipyard, Philadelphia; she will be on the San Francisco-Honolulu run. 2—Gen. T. H. Pangalos. who has proclaimed himself dictator of Greece. 3—Venetian gondoliers imported to man the gondolas at Coral Gables, Fla. 4—Design for proposed new State Department building in Washington.

NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS

Test Vote Indicates World Court Resolution Will Win in the Senate. By EDWARD W. PICKARD txtHAT was regarded as a test vote * V on the world court proposition was taken in the senate Wednesday and it indicated that the upper house will pass the resolution for American adherence to the tribunal. The vote was on Senator Reed’s resolution calling for an investigation of the financing of the world court propaganda. The foreign relations committee reported against the Missourian’s measure on the ground that the proposed inquiry “would tend to delay action on the world court proposal.’’ Reed then presented his resolution to the senate, and made a characteristic speech accusing the international bankers, especially the house of Morgan, of putting up the money for the propaganda and attacking the settlements of foreign war debts. His resolution was defeated by a vote of 54 to 16. The senators voting for an investigation which many of them declared they welcomed because, as they said, it would “show up the world court” were: Ashurst (Dem., Ariz.), Blease (Dem., S. C.), Borah (Rep., Idaho), Brookhart (Rep., Iowa), Dill (Dem., Wash.), Frazier (Rep., N. D.), Harreld (Rep., Okla.), Hiram Johnson (Rep., Cal.), Howell (Rep., Neb.), La Follette (Rep., Wis.), McMaster (Rep., S. D.), McNary (Rep., Ore.), Norris (Rep., Neb.), James Reed (Dem., Mo.), Schall (Rep., Minn.), and Wheeler (Dem., Mont.). Opponents of American membership in the court admitted after this that the adhesion resolution probably would be carried, but they were planning to delay the final vote as long as possible, hoping to “educate the country” on what they call “the crime of the world court’s Mosul decision,’’ and other “injustices” with which they charge the court and other “menaces” which they see in it. Senator Bruce of Maryland rather dismayed the world court advocates Tuesday by frankly declaring the resolution was a step, toward American membership in the League of Nations. Said he : “The entry of the United States into the world court would doubtless be followed eventually by its entry into the League of Nations. . Nothing can Commit us to the full extent of our international duty except membership in the League of Nations. . . . In other words, I am for the world court with or without the League of Nations; preferably with it, but cordially even without it.” Senator Willis of Ohio, who the day before had made an eloquent speech in favor of the court, was heard to say sadly: “We can take care of our enemies, but God save us from our friends.” PRESIDENT COOLIDGE sent a spe- ■■■ cial message to congress announcing the government’s plans for participation in the preliminary disarmament conference called by the League of Nations and asking for an appropriation of $50,000 to defray the expenses of the American delegation. The house foreign affairs committee promptly adopted a resolution authorizing this expenditure and rejected an amendment to instruct the American delegates to present a resolution to outlaw nations that start wars of aggression. In his message the President said: “Participation in the work of the preparatory commission involves no commitment with respect to attendance upon any future conference or conferences on reduction and limitation of armaments; and the attitude this government in that regard cannot be defined in advance of the calling of such meetings.” While stating that in his opinion this is neither the time nor the place !io discuss the agenda of the prepara-

tory commission ou to assess the prospects of any conference which may later be convened, the President said he understood that all aspects of the question of disarmament will be thoroughly discussed before plans are completed for a later conference. “The council of the League of Nations believes,” said the President, “that the time has come for studying the practical possibilities of the reduction and limitation of armaments and expresses the hope that at this time, when all the nations of the world are convinced of a common need, it will be able to count on the co-operation of the government of the United States in a work which so closely concerns the peace of the Avorld.” INVESTIGATION of the artificial control of the prices of rubber, coffee, Egyptian long staple cotton, camphor, iodine, nitrates, potash, mercury and sisal was begun by the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce. It is largely aimed at Great Britain’s governmentally monopolized production of rubber and Brazil’s control of coffee. Secretary Hoover was the first witness, and in a long and carefully prepared statement he declared the conditions tinder inquiry constituted “a growing menace in international commerce and relations.” What he has learned of the secrets of governments which have set out to enrich their nationals at the expense of America, Mr. Hoover deemed too sensational and inflammatory to submit to the committee in open session. He asked and was accorded an executive session in which he told the committee the inside story of these governmental manipulations and gave information on others now being contemplated. To have disclosed these matters openly, Mr. Hoover feared, would provoke international discord. Secretory Hoover revealed, among other things, that the Coolidge administration had sought without success to induce Great Britain, Brazil, and the other nations involved to abandon manipulation of the production and price of the commodities in question. He opposed reprisals or other offensive measures. npHE house passed the first of the J- annual appropriation measures, that for the Post Office and Treasury departments, carrying a total of $867,600,000, including the allotments for the enforcement of prohibition. Bills were introduced in both houses to authorize appropriations of $150,000,000 for public buildings, one-third of which shall be spent in Washington. -Q EPRESENTATIVE KING and Senator McKinley, both of Illinois, have introduced their measures designed to relieve the farmer. The King bill would create a government corporation with a capital of $200,000,000 to take loans for agricultural purposes. McKinley’s bill seeks to place farm commodities on a tariff equality with other commodities and provides for the issuance of export equalization debentures to stimulate exportation of farm products. The debentures would be negoliable and would be received by the. treasury at par in payment of import duties. XJEARLY all the house amendments to administrative provisions of the new revenue bill were approved by the senate finance committee, which then recessed to permit the Democrats to prepare their tax program. This program will provide for a total tax reduction of $400,000 : 000 instead of the $325,000,000 provided for in Poe house bill. Secretary Mellon says the latter amount should not be exceeded. at TAR debt settlements made with VV Italy, Rumania, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Latvia and Esthonia were approved by the house ways and means committee, but that with Italy will be opposed on the floor of the house by a considerable number of representatives, led by Rainey of Illinois and Hull of Tennessee. They intend to tell congress what they think of the Mussolini dictatorship. The Rumanian settlement has resulted in the recall of Prince Bibesco, minister to Washington, who will be given another post.

EN. T. H. PANGALOS, premier VJ of Greece, set up a dictatorship for that country with himself at its head and postponed indefinitely the senatorial elections which had been the cause of political trouble. Next day he formally declared the Greek republican constitution null and void and explained that his action was made necessary by the quarrels of parliamentary politicians. He was supported by the army, but the navy was holding off. Later Pangalos said he had discovered a plot for the return of King George to the throne. His first repressive measure was directed against the monasteries. T TUNGARY is “enjoying” one of the greatest sensations of recent years. A conspiracy to forge thirty billions of French francs was uncovered and one of the first men arrested was Prince Ludwig Windischgraetz, head of one of the oldest and most illustrious families in the country. He confessed and other prominent men were taken into custody, including noblemen and army officers and the chief of the state police. Apparently the state printing machinery was used by the forgers. The Social Democrats assert the fascist! of Hungary engineered the plot to get funds for a movement to place Archduke Albrecht on the throne. He has been seeking that honor hut the legitimists, headed by Premier Count Bethlen, have insisted that the crown should go to Prince Otto, the little son of the late Emperor Charles. rjRINCE CAROL of Rumania, hav1 ing renounced his right to succeed to the throne and his membership in the royal family, retired to Milan, Italy, where it was reported he was paying devoted attentions to Mme. Magda Lupescu, the beautiful wife of a Rumanian major. To interviewers he said his action was taken “for the good of the soul,” was purely personal, and that the stories to the effect that he was plotting against the Rumanian monarchy were unfounded. Among the many rumors were stories that Carol quit because his mother, Queen Marie, insisted on supporting Premier Bratiano; and that the queen had forced Carol to the act of renunciation. It was reported, however, that both Queen Marie and Princess Helene, Carol’s wife, were going to Milan to try to induce him to rescind his action. Meantime the king had accepted the renunciation and Prince Michael, little son of Carol, had been proclaimed heir apparent. f~\UEEN MOTHER MARGHERITA of Italy, widow of the assassinated King Humbert, died Monday at Bordighera at the age of seventy-four years. All her later years had been spent in charitable activities and she was greatly loved by the people. After an elaborate funeral In Rome her body was laid in the Pantheon beside that of her husband. TF THE two chief warriors of China keep their words, that distracted country may have a period of peace. Marshal Chang of Manchuria, after winning a grqat victory over the part of his army that revolted, and gaining possession of Mukden, declared he was about to retire permanently from public life. About the same time General Feng, who had occupied Tientsin and Peking, announced his immediate retirement. Next came the official announcement that Tuan Chi-jui had prepared a mandate for his own resignation as president. A MERICANS were considerably interested in the sudden marriage of Ellin Mackay, daughter of Clarence Mackay, the multimillionaire president of the Postal Telegraph company, and Irving Berlin, once a Bowery waiter and now called the “song king.” The young couple sought Mr. Mackay’s approval of the marriage, but up to the time of writing he has withheld it. Indeed, it is reported in New York that he has made a new will which cuts the bride off from any share in his millions. Mr. Berlin is a Jew and Mrs. Berlin a Catholic. She is highly educated, widely traveled and has been prominent in society.

tt—rr ■ it They Had Ma’s Help By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD •i —=t! (Copyright.) TENNY CARTER, enveloped In a J kitchen apron, flung open the oven door and gingerly, holder,, ip each hand, drew forth the steaming meat pie. This she set on the back of the stove to retain its heat while she made coffee, dipped out the last of the French fries and cut the apple pie into five equal pieces. This was the moment for which Jenny lived all day. The great moment when the children and their father came home to supper. Tonight Jim and his father came in together. Rita followed. And, last of all, Thea, her thin little face reddened with the cold, her delicate nose sniffing gratefully the delicious aroma. Jenny was apt to look wistfully at Thea, wondering how her dainty, elflike beauty happened in the midst of the others’ healthy robustness. She was what Jenny, who had always been stoutish, would have liked to be and Jenny always hoped that the sort of thing she would have liked to happen to herself would happen to Thea. She never felt that there was any real harm in Thea or any actual danger in her little escapades. After all, it was more normal for a young thing like Thea to be interested in the boys than to wear heavy spectacles, like Rita, and find one’s greatest pleasurein the reading room of the public library. No, Thea was doing just as she, Jenny, would have liked to do when she was young—gad a little, flirt a little, enjoy herself a great deal. Tonight there was an unusual shine in Thea’s blue eyes, although in the casual supper conversation she gave no inkling as to what might be the cause. Afterward she insisted on helping her mother do the dishes and was rather more than usually affectionate toward both parents and forbearing with her brother and sister. About eight o’clock she went upstairs to dress for going out. She was rather vague as to just where she was going, and Jim took his mother to task in a filial way for not insisting upon knowing. “I’ll wager it’s to meet Pete Osgood,” offered Rita, who was going out hersel f with an armful of books which gave mo one any doubt as to her destination. “He walks to work with her In the morning and home with her at nifcht. That’s why she always comes in last. And you don’t seem to care, ma!” Wtom Rita had gone and Jim had settled down to the radio, Jenny stole upstairs to the room Rita and Thea shared. She found Thea dress 1 *'-’' hurriedly—her suit skirt and a soft silk blouse being slipped on as Jenny stood in the doorway. Jenny watched her wistfully, but turned away without saying anything, although she had many words on the tip of her tongue. Thea ran down the hall and threw her arms about her mother. “They pester you about me, don’t they, ma? But never you worry!” Jenny was comforted. Would she have been had she seen Thea take a little week-end bag out of the closet, raise her window, and let it fall with a soft thud to the grass strip below? Rita came in promptly at nine-thir-ty, the library closing at nine-fifteen. Jim and his father, too, sat over the radio, the earphones preventing them from hearing any possible sounds In the house. Jenny held a magazine, but there were many minutes at a stretch when she read not one word. When the clock struck eleven she grew restless and crept over to the window, where she sat peering out through the lace curtains down the deserted street. Thea was late. Suddenly she started and a little smile played about her Ups. She turned so abruptly to the others that the two men removed their phones and Rita looked up from her book. “Thea and Pete have been married,” she announced. “And they’re coming to tell us. Oh, please be kind to Thea!” A moment later and Thea was In her mother's arms. “Your note did It, mother. I found it on top in my bag when I opened it at the parsonage to slip In my wedding certificate. Oh, how did you know?” “I didn’t for sure,” whispered Jenny. “But I suspected, and because I like Pete I didn’t mind. Only—I didn’t want you sneaking away without your family's blessing. I’ve worried considerable, but now. married to a good young man I kind of feel as if you were safe. Thank you, dear, for coming home first.” A little later, as Thea and Pete turned to leave the house to catch their train which was to take them on their honeymoon, Jenny remembered something. “Wait a minute!” she begged them. She was gone but an Instant, and when she returned she held a handful of rice. “Good-by!” she cried, and flung it about them. “Good-by!” But when they were gone Rita and Jim took her somewhat to task. “You knew all the time,” they reproached her. “Yes, I did,” returned Jenny serenely. ‘That is a mother’s job.”

You Hit Him First Soak-—How does an Eskimo tell when spring is here? Second Same—That’s easy. When it’s winter he burns five tons of coal a month and when spring comes he gets by on four'n half tons.—Notre Dame Juggler.

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Scientists Have Arranged to Make Discoveries. f The discovery of a plateau only 150 feet below the surface of the water of the Atlantic ocean was recently announced. This is only one of many discoveries^ made in the last few- years, which.show that bur knowledge of the ocean bed is remarkably poor. In many books published a quarter of a century ago it was emphatically stated that the ocean floor is flat, sloping gently here and there, but never broken into ranges like the dry land. Then, in 1901, the cable ship Britannia discovered a mountain range in the South Pacific which was in every way like a range on the dry land. More recently a range of mountains, known as the Edward VII range, was discovered in the North Atlantic, its highest peaks only a hundred fathoms below the surface. In the Atlantic, too. is Mount Laura Ethel, whose summit towers near the surface. Several small islands are only the peaks of a mountain range which have broken the surface. The Bermudas rise straight up from a depth of two and si half miles, while St. Helena and Ascension island are also mountain peaks. Off the Kuril islands the bottom drops sheer to a depth of five miles, while only a mile or two from the coast of Porto Rico the depth is 27,366 feet. It is curious that although the bottom of the sea has not changed for a million years, man still knows little about it. Many expeditions are now setting out with the object of salvaging some of the $1,500,000,000 worth of gold which is hidden in the depths, and these expeditions will, no doubt, make many discoveries concerning undersea scenery. Diving apparatus invented during the last few months enables man to descend to depths undreamt of ten years ago; but the terrific pressure at great depths is still a great obstacle. Quite as important is the invention of a mercury vapor lamp, which enables films to be taken at great depths. Experiments on a lamp that will illuminate a large area at a great depth are also being made. By means of this the diver will be able to see the hillsides covered with olive-green seaweed, which a passing eddy turns into a wind-swept pine forest, mountains towering to the surface, volcanoes, plains, and many other features which are associated with the grandest land scenery.

Make Money From Pest The extent to which rabbits and hares are a pest to the farmers and stock raisers of New South Wales, Australia, is shown to some extent by the numbers slaughtered each year, notwithstanding which these little animals do immeasurable damage. The flesh of these animals forms a common article of diet both in the cities and towns and in the country, especially in the winter, when large numbers of men are engaged in their capture and treatment. The year 1919-20 was the record year for the export trade, the total value of exports being $15,650,000. During that year 6,980,636 pairs of rabbits and hares valued at $2,600,000 and 9,927,240 pounds of skins valued at $13,140,000 were exported. It is estimated that the skins and carcasses exported during that year, added to the numbers killed for local consumption, totaled at least 100,000,000.

A Woman’s Way An unusual weapon with which to fight a burglar was used by Mrs. Clara Kemick, of Lodi, when she was awakened by a noise early one morning. Mrs. Remick, fully satisfied that there was someone in the house, jumped from her bed and, grabbing a feather pillow, dashed into her kitchen and chased a burglar from the room. She made a swing with the pillow and struck the fleeing burglar over the head as he darted out of the door and down the back stairs. Then, woman like, she removed the pillow case and put it in the weekly wash before returning to her bed. She was so nervous over her encounter that she forgot to telephone for an officer.— Sacramento Bee.

Pigs That Speak French Some time ago a French girl visited some farmers in Illinois. She heard two boys quarreling. When asked the cause of the misunderstanding the older boy said: “Well, you see, mademoiselle, that’s about old man Tyson’s pigs. I was telling Bud those pigs are French, and he said they are not.” The foreigner, rather puzzled, inquired, “What makes you think Mr. Tyson’s pigs are French?” “Well,” answered the boy, “because from morning till evening those pigs grunt oui-oui.”

Brazil Advertising Business interests in Brazil, one of the large coffee producing countries, have turned to advertising as a means of coping with the so-called coffee boycott started by some South American coffee drinkers. In the course of a few months they spent a million dollars in counteracting the effect of the boycott.

Mosquitoes Found Refuge After a thorough cleanup of all mosquito-breeding places in Tanga, Tanganyika, Africa, European settlers continued to be bitten. An investigation showed that the mosquitoes were breeding in the hollows at the base of the leaves of coconut trees.

GOOD BROODER IS QUITE IMPORTANT

One of the most necessary appliances in the poultry business is a good brooder so the chicks can be cared for and raised successfully regardless of weather conditions. According to Director T. W. Noland of the Missouri state poultry experiment station, Mountain Grove, there is no better method of brooding chicks than the coal-burning brooder stove, although there are as many ways of brooding chicks as there are "bills of fare.” It is best to procure a stove of 500-chick capacity and brood 250 chicks with it. This gives about the right number for the stove and the most successful number to place in one group. A house, 10 by 12 feet, high enough to allow the attendant to work around without stooping, is preferred. The regular “fool-proof colony house,” makes a good brooder house. Most any building that is the right size will do. We prefer that the upper sash of the two windows in the front of the house be replaced by unbleached muslin tacked on frames which are made to fit the openings. These frames should be hinged at the top. In this way we can supply plenty of fresh air without drafts even during the coldest weather and can fasten them open on warm days. It should be rememberpd that it is just as important to keep the brooder house of medium temperature as it Is to furnish plenty of heat immediately about the stove. The brooder house should be floored. It should be placed on a concrete foundation to prevent rats harboring under the floor. If portable houses with double floors are used, one-inch mesh wire should be stretched about the house to exclude chicks and rats from the space under the floor. If the house is six or eight inches above the ground this wire may be removed when the chicks are several weeks old. It is a good plan to run the brooder stove a day or two before placing the chicks around it, so that you may understand it and get the right temperature, which should be 90 to 100 degrees a foot from the hover and two inches from the floor. As the chicks get older, they will choose the desired heat and you can control the stove so as to keep them about a foot from the hover. An inch and a half of finely cut clover or straw should be kept on the floor of the brooder house. Care should be taken to keep this litter clean, especially around the stove where it should be cleaned at least every other day. Often when brooding the early chicks it is necessary to confine them to the house for weeks. In such instances it is well to supply greens and moisture. Sod helps solve this problem, but the chicks should not be allowed to eat too much of the dirt. If the chicks seem to be too dry ns shown by the condition of the fluff and feathers, it is suggested that moisture be added by placing a can of water on the stove or lightly sprinkling the floor about the hover after removing the droppings and before putting in the new litter. When first placing the chicks in the house, it is. well to make a round pen of inch mesh wire two feet outside the edge of the hover. This should be removed as soon as the chicks become accustomed to the stove. One thing to bear in mind is not to overcrowd the hou*e if you are expecting your chicks to do their best. Even in small flocks it is best to provide some means of preventing the chicks from crowding. A roosting device across the north or back side of the house will assist in the prevention of crowding. This device should be made with three roosts about eight inches apart, and about twelve or fourteen inches from the floor. It is very important that the chicks be kept free from contamination. The yards and runs should be cultivated and sown to small grain at least once yearly and the brooder house should be cleaned regularly and thoroughly. Some Means of Dusting Is Essential in Winter Chickens never wash, as many other birds dev but cleanse themselves by wallowing in soil. Where board or cement floors are used in the chicken house, some means for dusting should be provided during the winter months. For a flock of 50 or 60 fowls a dust box 3 by 5 feet or 4 by 4 feet will generally be found large enough, and should be placed where it can be reached by sunlight during as much of the day as possible. Fine, light, dry dust is the best kind with which to fill the box, but sandy loam is good. Road dust is recommended by many, but it is apt to be fifthy. Coal or wood ashes may be mixed with the soil if desired.

Chinese Hama in England Hams from China are sold in England as coming from Ireland, said d witness giving evidence at the Manchester city police court in a prosecution. at the instance of the markets committee of the Manchester corporation. for exposing for sale alleged unsound meat. The inspector stated that he had known Chinese hams imported into England, sent across to Ireland to be stamped and afterward sent bach to England to be sold as •Irish.”

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