The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 42, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 12 February 1931 — Page 2

News Review of Current Events the World Over ■ / Developments in Fight Between Administration and Senate Over Relief Funds —Terrible Earthquake in New Zealand. By EDWARD W. PICKARD

Republicans in congress who support the administration started out the week by declaring there would be no compromise on relief legislation, even if the quarrel makes necessary an extra session. Their attitude was expressed by John Q. Tilson, majority leader of the

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house. and bis statement was approved by James E. Watson, majority leader of the senate. “Jn all matters of legislation where no'question of principle is involved compromise is not only customary, it ij ofttimes necessary.” said Mr. Tilson. ••But In connection with the proposed $25,000,000 dole there is no proper place for compromise. The amount of money Involved in the initial appropriation Is of relatively minor Importance. Once the door to the federal treasury for a dole to aid citizens in distress is opened, the appropriation used as the opening wedge, whatever its magnitude, will soon pale into Insignificance in. the wake of what will follow. • I Ince the Rod C -royed,. as it must inevitably be byyi federal ~ dole, and our Iqcal charities paralyzed, ' as they will be when the federal government takes oxer resimnsibjlity for charitable relief, the appropriations that must follow ns a consequence of i such a jsolicy would now stagger beifirf.” Democrats and radical Republicans lost no time in responding to this challenge. Senator Caraway of/Arkan- : one of hl# bitter attacks on the admlnistration, the Bed Cross and llepresentatlre Tilson, and lie was f.dlowed by S< <■ " I- . . I Id 4io ■ h<> made a speech that brought cheer# and applause from the Democrats and the insurgents, lie took his place nlongshb- lh<»e who threaten .s filibuster unless the. President yields on the matter of relief appropriations, shouting: “I am perfectly wilt ng to say that not another appropriation hill shall pass this’ body tin. I the hungry are fed, uptll the sick are taken care of, until the government of the United States has met Its obligations to Its distressed nnd hungry citizens,” He asserted that those in need were not being taken care of by the Bed Cross. It' was absurd to think, he declared, that the million and a half sufferers In the. drought area and the five or six million unemployed could be cared for with from eight, to ten million dollars. ■ “So I say.” he cried, “let us have It out. I do not propose, as a member of this! body, to surrender upon that principle. 1 jo not propose to accept the implication and the sfuy. We will either feed these people or we will stay here and tell .the American people why we do not feed them.” This brought from President Hoover himself a long statement in which he defended 1)1# policy and declared his confidence In the adequacy of the Bed Cross to meet the situation. Some of the opposition *a' a chance for a compromise in Mr. Hoover’s assertion that “if tjhe time should ever come that the volunteer agencies'of the country ... are unable to find resources with which to prevent hunger and suffering in my country. I will ask the ajid of every resource of the federal government.” One proposal for compromise was to increase the drought loan appropriation by >15,000.000 with provision that. In the event of extreme emergency. it may be loaned for human relief» purposes. House and senate leaders and Vice President Curtis tfll Joined in negotiations to settle the dispute. President Hoover dispatched personal representatives to Arkansas. center of the drought region, to report to him on the actual situation.

F F ICI AI. an noudbement «as made In Washington that the administration of the Virgin Islands was being transferred from naval to civilian rule. Soon afterward President Hoover appointed Paul Martin Pearsnn of Pennsylvania, to be the first civilian governor of the territory. Mr.

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Pearson Is well known as an lecturer and author, is a native of Illinois and Is fifty-nine years old. The Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark In March. 1917, and since then have been under the control of the Navy department. Capt. W. Evans was the last naval governor. • ( REPEATED earthquake shocks of great severity wrought havoc In the Hawke's bay province of the North island of New Zealand, and were followed by Ci.nrtngrutions and thlal waves that added to the destruction. The large towns of Napier and Hastings and at least three other towns were virtually ruined. The number of the dead will not be known for some time, but it probably is nearly a thousand. Other thousands of persons were injured. All means of communlcation ifi the stricken area were destroyed and the only news reached Wellington and the outside world from ship wireless station and eyewitnesses who had tied from the scene. At Napier, the ctpltal of the province, which has a population of 20,000,

all the stone and brick buildings fell with a terrific roar, oil taliks exploded, and flames consumed most of the remaining structures. Bluff hill, which stood high above the city, collapsed and toppled into the sea, and the bottom oL the harbor rose 18 feet, the anchorage pool becoming an j Island. Hastings? a plains town 12 miles from Napier, where most of the buildings were of wood, was raAd by temblors and fire. The hospital and nurses’ home collapsed on the inmates. The towns of Wairou, Waiplkuroa and Walpawa also were wrecked. The Hawke’s bay province is a rich agricultural, pastoral and fruit district and has. at Walkaremoana* one of New Zealand’s largest ydro-electric developments? Napier, which is 210 miles northeast of Wellington, is an important export and manufacturing city. Martial law was proclaimed for the ravaged district, and the immediate evacuation of Napier was ordered by the authorities because of the danger of an epidemic. The city’s water and drainage s? stems were entirely destroyed. Several British . cruisers reached Napier harbor and Commodore Blake’ took charge of relief measures, other vessels carried many refugees to Auckland. Property damage in the Napier area alone was estimated at $10,000,000.

ONE of those famous leaky congressional trunk cases that amused the country some time ago is going to get a further .•airing.. Justice -Josiah Van- Orsdel of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has made a ruling that Representative Edward E. Denison of Illinois must go tri

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trial on an indictment charging him with illegal po-session of liquor in his office on Capitol Hill. Representative Derilson was in dieted by the district grand jury on November lb. I!<2P, eleven months after a leaking suit<ase addressed to him was discovered by federal agents in the union, station in Washington. An investigation led to the discovery of a trunk containing liquor in Mr. Denison’s office, and in spite of the representative’s assertion that both the trurik and sqitcase were mistakenly delivered to him. an indictment was brought, PRESIDENT HOOYER was advised’ by IL C. Stephenson of South Bend. Ind., president of the American Banker’s association, that business conditions are improving in all parts of the country andMiould continue to get better during! the rest of the year. a Mr. Stephenson expressed the opinion .that the business depression struck bottom on December 20. and that conditions have been on the upgrade since that time. He said aqo that if there were less talk of unAnployment those who are employed would spend more.

T I THEN Maj. Gen. V » Smedley D. Butler was Philadelphia’s director of public safety six years itgo he naturally made enemies of a number of bootleggers. It Is reported that one of these disgruntled individuals first called the attention of the Italian government to the' general’s speech

in which Premier Mussolini was depleted as a hit and run motorist and which is causing the gallant marine so much trouble.' General Butler will go on trial before a court-martial board in Philadelphia February IG, and the puMic will be admitted, to the proceedings. Meanwhile he is free to go Wheye he pleases in preparing id's defense. Maj. Henry Leonard is his chief counsel at present. From close friends of Butler, it was learned that, he will argue that the Mussolini story was simply an II lustration, used in a military prepared 1,. spee< h. It wil! be urged that n<» offense against the Italian premier was intended. One point to be stressed is that the hit and run story was not told In any attempt to get into print nr because of any personal enmity toward Mussolini. D ISHOP JAMES CANNON. JR., ap peared in Washington liefore twelve traveling elders of the Methodist church. South, to answer to grave charges the. exact nature of which was not made public. If the elders find the accusations have sufficient merit, they HI order a trial which will he held gt the next general conference of the «..iurch In .1934. The bishop, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital for arthritis, was accompanied by two of his sups. A LBERT B. FALL, the only man ** convicted on criminal charges growing out of the oil leasing scandals of the Harding administration, bases his hope of escaping .punishment on the ciaim be bad no authority from congress -o make the leases. The case was argued in the District Court of Apiteais. Frank Hogan, his counsel, In seeking reversal of the former interior secretary’s conviction of accepting a bribe from Edward L. Doheny,,said that since Fail lacked the proper authority be could not be guilty of accepting a bribe to influence a lease. Fall was convicted more than a year

ago of accepting a bribe In connection with the Elk Hills (California) lease and sentenced to pay SIOO,OOO and serve one year In prison. Doheny was acquitted. Atlee Potnerene, special government counsel, replied to Hogan's argument that it made no difference whether Fall’s act was “official” just as long as Fall had accepted the money to influence his decision. The appeal of Harry M. of Denver, who failed to appear as a witness at the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy trial and was fined $60,000 for contempt Os court, also was argued.

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own expense, once offering a fine house when Calvin Coolidge was Vice President. Its upkeep was too expensive and he declined. Now Mrs. Henderson Is trying again, offering to present to the government a handsome residence valued at something like $300,000 and situated on one of the exclusive streets of the Capital city., At the writing congress had not decided whether or not to accept the gift, but Mrs. Henderson’s granddaughter. Mrs. Beatrice Wholean, has asked the District of Columbia Supreme court to prevent the aged lady from disposing of any of the real estate belonging to the estates of her former husband and son. According to Mrs. Wholean, her grandmother is mentally incompetent properly to perform her duties and functions as trustee under the wills of her husband and son, and her removal as . trustee lv asked, 1 I FOR the second time the senate voted on the appointments of Smith, Garsaud and Draper as members of the power commission, and the Democratic radical Republican coalition rejected Smith by a vote of 40 to 33. The two others, however, were confirmed. The administration considers all three are legally members of the commission. The leaders of the coalition had that this latest action perfects the senate’s record in case the matter is taken into court.

Gameron mo rrison. appointed recently to succeed the late Lee S. Overman as senator from North Carolina, disregarding tlf? senate tradition that new members must sit silent for months, arose to warn his fellow Democrats that the Democracy of the South would not submit to

the wet wing of the party, and to call for the appearance -of a dry leader for the- party. Said he: “I ant a party Democrat. And I am also a dry. I believe that millions of Democrats in this country feel as I do. If the great city organizations in army against the Eighteenth amendment seek to capture the Democratic party and put a wet plank in its platform they will fin 1 us resisting. We will not be driven out of the party, neither will be submit to such domination, They will never override our consciences on that matter or force us to bow to party decree.’* BY NO means satisfied with the ; prospects for self rule in India held out by the British government and the plans devised by the round table conference. Mahatma Gandhi and his lieutenants have decided that their campaign of civil disobedience I shall” be continued. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting < of the working committee of the All- I India National congress, the members of.which were released from jail when ; Gandhi was set free. It looks now as . if they and the “holy man" will be in I durance again before long. The Na- j tiohuiists decided that all political I prisoners must be freed before they I will treat with the government, and | that meanwhile the picketing of for- i eign cloth, narcotic and liquor shops | and the illegal making of salt shall I be continued. A conference was arranged between ' Gandhi and his associates and the Federationof Indiar Chambers of Commerce which it was' faintly hoped might help clear us the situation, because the business men in the federation, who have been financing the Nationalist campaign, are said to be ready to call a halt. Gandhi is quote<_ as saying: “It is obvious that a mass movement like the present one cannot suddenly and without reasonable hope of a final peace settlement l»e stopped nor can k be called off unless hope of settlement is shared by the vast mass of the people. This can never happen so long as the government’s repression In its present vir jlent form continues." He cited numerous instances in which he alleged repressive acts by police, adding: “I don't see bow it is possible to conduct peace negotiations with such repressions fouling the atmosphere hour after hour." GERMANY’S big flying ship, the DO-X, which is on its way to South America, made the first jump from Spain to the Canary islands without mishap, but it attempting to take off for the Cap* Verde islands it was damaged by a wave. Repairs, it was believed, would take at least two weeks as it was necessary to get new parts fmm Germany. AMONG those taken by death during the week were the duke of Vendome of the royal Bourbon line; Philip Lz*Haie. American artist and son of Edward Evejfett Hale; Mary Hampton, vetenpayacr fess. and Lady Decies, the foFtner Helen Vivian Gould, granddaughter of Jay Gould. 1»I1. Western Newcpaner Union.)

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FOR some years Mrs. Mary Hendersob, ninety - yearold social leader in Washington, wealthy widow of John B. Henderson who was a senator from Missouri, has grieved because Uncle Sam does toot provide a residence for the Vice President. She has made several attempts to remedy this at her ■

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SHEER VELVET IDEAL FABRIC FOR LUXURIOUS PAJAMA MODES

AND again sheer, soft, colorful velvet lends Its glamorous beauty to t' e mode. This time the scene of Its triumph Is staged In the realm of luxurious pajama fashions. After designers have exhausted all the adjectives at command in lauding the beauty, the colorfulness, the exquisite sheerness and the softness of velvet, they climax the argument by telling you that the thing to remember especially is, that above all else, velvet Is as practical for pajama costumes, as It is lovely. To prove the practicality of velvet

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as a medium for pajama suits, designers who specialize, in this field say that being so exceedingly sheer as modern weaves are and so supple, velvet is delightfully “comfy” to lounge about in. and for the same reasons it yields gracefully to simple treatments. z . For hostess pajama costumes, which, by the way is a therne of outstanding importance in the smart world, there Is no doubt about the prestige of lovely velvet as a fabric-ideal. Often the trousers .are made gt black velvet and fney are so wide and flaring at times they seem more like divided skirts. The accompanying jacket or coat is frequently of velvet in a pastel shade, or the blouse is apt to be of dainty chiffon or perhaps of handsome metgl weave. In the picture two very conservative pajama types are illustrated. A pajama costume simply tailored of

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thin, black velvet Is shown to the left. A Roman-striped sash, the stripes repeated in sleeve decoration and neckplping gives a brilliant dash of color wbich is altogether fascinating. The handsome suit to tbe right combines transparent velvet in colors which while they contrast at tbe same time, they are in that artistic harmony which appeals to discriminating taste. The satin blouse has a soft Vionnet neckline which is flattering.

NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF FASHION

Yellow is an Important color. Pearl or covered button trims appear on sports models, jewel touches on formal types. Many women who have an eye for smartness as well as for the budget will welcome the return of the blouse. Blouses of all kinds are in the mode, afternoon blouses, blouses for street wear and blouses to be worn with sports things. Molyneux, southern collection re-

Plaids? They’re everywhere. You can't miss ’em, no matter in which direction you may travel along fashion’s pathway this spring. And when a fabric is not plaided then it is almost sure tp be checked or striped. Bear this information in mind when looking for what’s new in spring materials, for there is no doubt about the spectacular role which will be played by plaids, stripes and checks during the coming months. The interesting thing about plaids is, that they are exploited for materials of every description, from sheerest

chiffons and daintiest silks for formal dress to the most utilitarian of cottons as well as all -Ahe other types which go between. The new lightweight woolens especially subscribing to the vogue for plaids. < This craze for plaids and stripes, gay Roman stripes if you please, ex tends especially into the blouse section, where the most intriguing models of striped and plaided silks are displayed, for as the salesperson will tell you these bright-patterned tuck-ins and over-blouse effects are a smart new item with the tailored cloth suit. • This flair for plaids, stripes and check, should carry a message pf special importance to the woman who does her own sewing, since much of the success of the “simple little frock’’ which she usually plans to make at this time of the year depends upon selecting smart materials. The attractive dress in the picture

should prove an Inspiration to the home seamstress from the standpoint of the plaid-patterned sheer cotton weave of which it is made as well as because of its chic styling. The contrasting yoke and sleeve idea is made much of this season. This is one of the new resort fashions which at this time of the year point the way to that which is to be for spring. CHERIE NICHOLAS. t®. I»SL Western Newwaper Union.)

Flannel, silk serge, linen, rough sports silks, massively printed silks, and wool Jersey both plain and patterned are represented in outstanding collections. Backs are reverting to period—that is, backs of evening dresses are The greatest successes at the mid season openings in Paris smack of the gay ’9os. There are bustles and bows, ruffles and flounces at the back A variety of earring that’s having

Picturesque Spots of “Holy City*’ Wiped Out . Clusters of old houses supporting one another, winding cobbled blind alleys and clothes lines represent the Isola Tlberina, a tiny island lying in the middle of the Tiber’s biondish waters right below the (laribaldi bridge In Rome. In ancient times the island was held sacred to Aesculapius. to whom a temple was erected there. Today it Is a favorite spot for artists and for those lovers of the city whose devotion is not limited to the Imperial ruins. Now the city planners have threatened this area and the artistic population is seriously alarmed. Besides, veteran islanders are asking themselves whether posterity will thank the present authorities for substituting a modern construction for the decrepit buildings of Tlberina. On the site of the sacred temple there stands today the beautiful church of St. Bartholomew arid nearby is a hospital attached to the church of San Giovanni di Dio. Picturesque Rome is rapidly disappearing before the enthusiasm of clearing squads, and the non-Babbitts are wondering if rite demolition process is not beginning to be carried too far. However, demolitions carried out for the widening of such places as the Trajan markets and the theater of Marcellus, and also for the relief of traffic congestion, have been happily received by the entire populace. New Tuberculosis Remedy Tubercular Frenchmen lio >onget have to go to the mountains for treatment of their lungs. Doctor Ar nold. a French physician who has made a 26-year study of tuberculosis, has recently completed the first “in halatorium” for treatment of con sumptives near Paris. Patients inhale specially treated air through tubes eliminating the necessity for them to be exposed to the rarefied air ot mountain tops in winning their wayback to health, says Popular Science Monthly. In Doctor Arnold’s institution each patient sits in a small Irboth and breathes in health-giving drafts. The treated air has »< cleaning action on their lungs and helps to heal lesions that have formed. On’ the Make P. s Gaskeli Blythe, well known hotel man. was the honorary guest at a waiters’ t>am|ite.t in Chicago, and in the course >f a brilliant afterdinner speech tie said: “Good waiters think only of service. Bad waiters think only of tips —whatever you say suggests tips to them? “ ‘Got any celery ?’ I said to a waiter at luncheon yesterday. "He looked sad and shook Iris head “‘Oh, no. indeed, sir,’ he said. 'Ye got to rely entirely on yer tip* here.' ” Love Note on Soles Because he wrote a love message on the wrong shoes, a youth recently had to pay for the damaged ntiment and feelings of an elderly woman he had pushed into the water. Tlw* story told the judge in Berlin, was that the youth full in love with a beautiful stranger who was staying at the same hotel as he was. The girl refused to accept his advances, and when a pair of dainty shoes appeared one morning before the door of the room she had occupied he wrote on

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one sole *T Implore you,” and on the other, “Five today at the waterfall.” Not knowing that the room had changed occupants he waited in the Tleqgarten, Berlin's most beautiful park. Came an elderly woman, donned in her best. “Here I am!” she said, rushing up. “The wonderful words written on my shoes—” She got no further. The youth, scenting a hoax, pushed her into the water. Then followed the suit. Warning Inez Haynes Irwin, noted novelist, said in an address on eugenics in New York: “For her children’s sake a girl shouldn’t marry an old man. She shouldn’t do it for her own sake, either, unless she wants to be unhappy. “A girl married an old man. and one day a year or so afterward she said to him querulously: “ ’James, you promised me. if I married you, that my evety wish would be gratified.’ , ’“Well, ain't it?’ growled James. “‘No.’ said she, ‘for 1 wish I hadn’t married you.’ ” —Detroit Free Press. i Floodlight* to Guide Pilot* Mobile floodlights are Grbat Britain’s answer to the problem of illuminating the air paths of the empire. Landing fields along air routes to India and Africa are to be equipped with modern lights for guiding aviators to airports and illuminating field surfaces. Lights ordered by the air ministry will-serve all purposes, being tilted upward to serve as beacons or moved across a field and directed downward into the wind to give at the same time a landing beam and a wind indicator. Metal Turnings The value of the refuse of the machine shop, cast iron borings or steel chips, has beefi about trebled by the development of a briquetting machine. Chips and turnings -of this; Sort, when held together loosely, cannot be profitably remelted. Bint in the form of well-conipacted briquettes-; such as the machine is capable of producing, the scrap constitutes material that <-an be melted with as little loss as is pig iron. It> actual practice, scrap, which was formerly, worth $7 a ton is now worth S2O. Flint on Safety She—Did you read in the papers that some people were’ poisoned through eating chocolates? He-r-I fancy I did. but what about it? She —Nothing, except that I was .thinking—er—liow safe we are. Wa!’. Street Style* h There are fashions in investments quite as much as in dresses or houses. And Wall Street styles are as fickle as those in frocks. —Woman's Home Companion. Safety Firit Insurance , Agent—What! You’re : going to drop your insurance? Jones—Yes, I’ve quit' walking and bought a car. A wild youth may go to the dogs, but he can frequently stir your heart to the depths doing it.