The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 21, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 September 1931 — Page 7

News Review of Current Events the World Over James M. Beck's Interesting Suggestions to Congress— Butler May Be G. 0. P. Chairman—British ParUament in Action. ! By EDWARD W. PICKARD ’

OUR eminent statesmen are converging (on Washington already in preparation for the session of congress that opens In December, and each

one seems to have his own ideas of what should be done to save the nation. The remedies they are ready to propose are as various as the men themselves, and at least some of those that are not too evidently put forward for th? purpose of further embarrassing an already troubled administration ma y

J. M, Beck.

be worth considering. President Hoover. It. is reliably reported, hasn't yet made up his mind what it best to be done, and his cabinet members hold widely divergent views. Janies Keck, Republican representative from Pennsylvania. is always listened to respectfully. and now. on his return from a trip to Europe, he bus a hot to say. He decided the plight wate due to “excessive taxation for socialistic purposes and fears th\* United. States is in grave danger of being led into the same road. Mr. Beck suggests that the present example «>f tb»« British should be followed by the forjmatlon of a coalition h ahlp of lifput licans and Democrats in congress for the purpose of ‘'abolishing unnecessary and meddlesome bureaus" ajid effect Ing other economies. The PenmyKnnian estimates that 'probably [two billion- of dollars annually could be saved by temporarily su-p. tiding -inking fund requirements and by 4 such governmental nutchlnei i as the farm board, numerbare Jus of the Department* of At rb ultnn (Commerce and Labor and various commissions consecrated to pa ternalt-t icare of the citiaenry in their oe'hpatjons and in their i Ho fakjors Only one additional kind of tax. jjlle would have congress pronounce I'glit wine- and beer nonintoxieating M fact, which he says can be do; . and ' :> an ex :d<i tax on su« b beverages, which he e-t :i;!tc- would-bring In half a billion ikdlars of revenue annually. It is Noteworthy that the plan of a sales t iL for which Senator Smoot fought' ko earnestly. though vainly aga n IWashington jHul''seems to be gaining! ! supporters. However, the farmer land’ labor constituencies already are . renewing • their prot<---ts ugaliiMH that scheme, so it probably will .laifse again..' ' \* A T[b »NAL Relief Director Gifford. - ’ his ■ JIS bej" co-or<lil»:i.tl. g tile efforts of state ami municipal governments to meet Ihe Job of caring for the uncm. ploved next winter. President lime. .■ v.r MB abb.l many n.uues to the Hdvi-i jjy board, so R now includes a g eat number of the country's leading men h all lines. It wpsbellevred the-e m:\tM I'S would s- i 11. be called lb sesI ’ Labar <fay gave ; occasion for numero -S eM-re—ioi'.s concerioisg the ’situation I<v labor leaders, cabinet mem-c----l( • an.t-Utl I.h gv:> vral tie dole idea was condemned, but matsy k-'eed w ib William Green, head of the Amerimn f ederation of Labor, who asserted tii.it work must be prov.dedHlHe idle by' industry Governor Mui;mx ..f Oklahoma, -peaking at Chicagfl. kebetiiently attacked Wall Street ai l f e international bunkers., charging t! bni with having Upset theiM-onoiii ic sdiiictnre of the country. He culled for a (ta w d> .d in P.G-’ for the labor vrs ftl jd common people and freer lend lug t > the producing classes. Ills talk so lil’id as if be were suggesting himself fir President. as the candidate of a tie* party, for be assailed Repute Reaus and Democrats alike. So watch out far “Alfalfa Bill.” C> OSSIP about national politics now the man who shall succeed Senator Sitibf-.n D. Fess of t hio ns chairman

~ JI - 1 W. M. Butler.

of pie Republcan national committee. It is tinted that Mr. Htwer can have a re n oiiri {nation if he wishes it. so his choice will prevail as to the manager of thp campaign. The one definite statenwip to date is that of the Boston Post, totheeffect that former Senator William Mi Butler of Massa-

chusetts has been approached by close friends of President Hoover regarding his acceptance of the place. He was ' chairman during the administration of President Coolidge and directed his campaign. The Post says Mr. Butler was recently a week end guest at the Hapidan camp and recommended Charles D. Hilles for the place. It was after this that he was himself asked if be would accept the chairmanship. Some of the statesmen in Washington are talking of the availability of Lawrence C. Phipps, former senator from Colorado, as chairman. Those who favor him urge that his great wealth would help the committee in raising the large campaign fund that will be needed. Mr. Phipps maintains a handsome home in Washington. All this Is long-distance talk, for the national committee does not meet until December, when it will choose a date and city for the 1932 convention. Democrats of Ohio held a statewide rally in Columbus, and not wnly listened to their own Senator

Robert J. Bulkley, bus called in former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri to tell the world what ails the country and how the Republican party is to blame. Senator Bulkley recommended that the Democrats Include in the 1932 Presidential platform planks for unemployment relief and for resubmission of the Eighteenth amendment to the states. He suggested the adoption of a five-day working week of six hours a day to offset Increased productive capacity resulting from modern machinery. Republican administrations of the last ten years, the Republican tariff and prohibition were blamed for the economic depression by former Senator Reed. Drawing a word picture of depression and unemployment with Its accompanying hardships. Reed said, “all this wreckage has Happened with the ‘greatest engineer’ the world ever produced sitting at the throttle.” Failure of the government to use its towers under the Sherman antitrust laws have resulted in widespread monopolies, he charged, specifying radio broadcasting and wireless telegraphy as examples. Repeal of prohibition, Reed said he believed, “would vastly contribute to the restoration of good times throughout the United State®.* As a panacea for farm ills. Reed recommended dissolution of the federal farm board, and "'recognize the fact that the farmer, through his individual exertions and his local organizations. can do better for himself than nine or ten salaried gentlemen In Washington, who have not a dollar jv.-'.l in their chimerical ventures." XI/HILE the London Bobbies ’ » with rubber batons struggb-d to disperse a mob of jobless men and ('ommuhlsts, British parliament

opened its special ses I sion called to try to ’balance .the budset. After the usual spev< h from the throne had been read. Prime .Minister MacDonald, head of the new national government, offered a motion that the house resolve itself Into a committee of the whole for the speedy passage of the econ-:i;e.i-ures dev is.-d

King George.

by ti:<- aKne!. He inelirted «»:r a <1 C -• the n . w .t< ;■.< a test of confidence. The result of the voting rave the government a majority of ’•!», the figures being for arid 2’>o against it. The Conservatives ami most of tile Liberals lined up with MacDonald. as did twelve members of •the | :ib<>r party. Sir Oswald Moselev and.his -new party"'were in ot>]»>si tian. together with Arthur Henderson’s l4ib**rites. The first lull introduced was to “authorize the htaktng of economies by order tn council," which would enable the emergency government to enact it s reform program virtually by decree, the ipprovat <>f parliament not being required. Orders in council are issued by the king on advice of the winded, after becoming law. by a majority vote of parliament. It was expected the government's measures would be put through w •* ti a few days. An interesting incident was the announcement by King tosirge that he desired a reduction of S'-’MMW in his civil 'list of which is the annual Income pa >1 by the government to the crown. Queen Mary and other members of the royal family joined the king's request for cuts in their parliamentary grants, and the prince of Wales, who derives his income solely from his duchy of Cornwall, estimated to be about g&iO.ilOO' per year, announced he Intended to contribute $50,000 to the national exchequer. , THAT amazing story of the defalcations of Walter E. Wolfe, manager of the coupon department of the Con tinental Illinois bank of Chicago, was made almost complete by an announcement from Arthur Ileynolds. chairman of the board of directors. He said that during twelve years Wolfe bad stolen 5.1.666,929.00, which makes his etnbeutlement the second largest in American banking history. The bank la covered by Insurance up to $2,000,000 and a charge against special reserves for the balance of $1,066,929 waa made. Mr. Reynolds Mated. He expressed the opinion, however, that thia entire amount, over and above the Insured sum. would be recovered in time. Lowell Baylee of Springfield. Mass., who a few years ago was a miner working underground. Is the new American king of the air. for he won the Thompson trophy race at the national air races In Cleveland, making the new record of an average speed of 23fi miles an hour In his Gee Bee supersportster over the 100 mile closed course. His money reward was $9,300. Among the seven rivals he beat was Maj. Jimmy Doolittle, whose achievements at the meet earned for him SIO,OOO. Os the women flyers Mrs. Mae Haislip of St. Louis was the biggest money winner, her share being $7,750. John Livingston of Aurora. 111., captured six trophies and a let of coin. TROUBLE between Japan and China, always in the offing, seems to be getting nearer. The immediate reason Is the shooting of Capt Shintaro Nakamura. Japanese, as a spy by

Chinese troops In Manchuria some weeks ago. The Japanese cabinet met early in the week to consider the matter and Minister of War Jiro Minami set forth the army’s attitude. Recently he urged the government to take a firm stand in dealing with the Chinese rulers of Manchuria, who have sought pretexts to delay answering queries from Tokyo. The vernacular press in Japan insists on strong measures against China. Six military planes of the Ninth division at Kanazawa dropped 100.000 handbills that called the attention of the nation to the danger of Japanese interests in Manchuria being jeopardized. This is the first time the army has ta£en such unusual measures. The handbills said: "Countrymen, awaken. The national defense is endangered.” WHAT the members of the League of Nations assembly termed a “lamentable error" was rectified when the assembly met in Geneva and

N. Titulescu.

almost Immediately adopted a resolution Inviting Mexico to join the league. The first business was the election of a president, and this honor was conferred on Nikolas Titulescu of Rumania, former foreign minister and now Rumanian ambassador to Great Britain. Then the matter of Mexico was taken up.

Lord Cecil of England said the admission of Mexico would rectify an error in the formation of the league, adding "I must admit I personally had a part in committing this error." He said the aid of Mexico waS needed in the league’s efforts to solve world problems. Tliesy sentiments were echoeil by M. Briand of F rance. Signor Grandl of Italy.' Curtlua of Germany and Yoshizawa of Japan, and the resolution was adopted unanimously. While the statesmen were paying tribute to Mexico, her observer at Geneva. Martinez de Alba, walked about the auditorium smiling ami shaking hands with the leading delegates. The Mexican senate accepted the invitation ami cabled its action to Geneva. The Mexicans feel that her position in the league will give Mexico pie- .ge. in the eye of other Latin American nations. I ike all the’ rest of the world, the league is hard up. for many of the member stales have not paid their dues for some time, and others are partly in arrears. FOLLOWING close on the announcement that the farm board will sell bushels of its wheat to China, comes the news that Germany is dickering for the purchase of 2W.000 tons from the same source. Os course both lots would be sold on long term credits; and many Americans doubt that we ever will receive payment. Os the wheat for China one-half' will be turned into flour before it leaves the United States.- in order to pacify the American millers. The shipments will he 50.000 tons monthly. the first to go before- October Carl Williams said American shipping lines would have a chance to carry this wheat and flour, but must mwt competition: in other words, be willing t<» carry the grair across he Pacific at the lower rates bid by other lines. Protests against the board’s deal with China have reached Nanking from the fanners o.' Manchuria, especfally Kirin province, who say amide wheat is available there at the same prices asked by the American board. MnRE than sixty experts on rural problems met at the University of Chicago to try to formulate an economic policy for farm relief. Their sessions were behind closed doors, but th se who consented to be interviewed between sessions held out little immediate encouragement for farmers, especially these depending on cotton and wheat. The policies of the farm board came in for condemnation on the part of many representatives, who declared that the board's policy of discouraging production of such crops a. wheat and cotton was detrimental. CHILE'S naval mutiny ended almost as suddenly as it began and peace once more reigns In that country, officially, at least. The rebels.

who objected to various government measures, held out . until the air force went into action against them. One hundred planes circled over the warships held by the mutineers, dropping bombs that sank some destroyers and damaged the battleship La Torre. Then literature was dropped telling the rebels they had no

Rear Admiral Gomex.

chance, so they gave up. Their officers. including Rear Admiral Gomes commander of the fleet, were set free and resumed their commands and the craft were taken to Valparaiso and Port Tongoy. The government has started ar investigation into the guilt of those involved. more than 2.700 enlisted men and petty officers. Other hundreds of men. some of them In the army, took part In the seizure of the bases at Talcahuano and Valparaiso. It la alleged that Communists stirred up the whole affair. The nation was generous in praise of the conduct of the aviation division, and attaches of embassies and legations remarked that it was the first time in a Latin-American revolt that aircraft had conquered a navy to protect a government. The senate proposed to the cabinet that one of the outstanding heroes of the rebellion. Lieut Fernando de La Pax. be raised to the rank of major. The lieutenant defended single-handed the powder magazine at Talcahuano and killed seven insurgent soldiers with seven shots when they tried to rush him. <A I*3l. Weaters Newspaper Catoa*

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL.

GENERAL INTEREST IN “QUEER” PEOPLE Monstrosities Can Always Command Attention. 3 — The public interest in freaks of nature which makes It still profitable to maintain circus sideshows where various malformed, queerly distorted unfortunates are exhibited to gaping crowds is an interest of long standing, says the following article from the New -York World. It goes back not only to the courts of medieval kings where dwarfs and hunchbacks frequently furnished cruel amusement to bored nobles and their ladies. It is also to be found even before the Christian era. It has recently been demonstrated that this Insatiable curiosity concerning human beings of unusual shape, coloring or habits is of veryancient origin. In the quarterly Journal of the International School of Vedic and Allied Research it is revealed by an expert Sanskritist that the ancient inhabitants of India referred in one of their early scriptures to such monstrosities as threeeyed people, one-legged mountaineers and people with ears as large as pillows. Dr. E. Washburn Hopkins, emeritus professor of Sanskrit and comparative philology at Yale university. who is vice president of the American section of the International School of Vedic and Allied. Research, points out in the article referred to. “The Epic View of the Earth,” that the stories about these queer people sometimes are based on facts, while others are “travelers tales distorted." The epic referred to. the Mahabharatac was probably composed about 200 B. C., but is made up of stories that had been handed down from even older times. Mahabharata means the great war of the Bharatas. the people of India, which took place probably in the Twelfth century B. C- but the epic contains in its one hundred thousand stanzas much material which is not directly connected with the great war, a mere eighteen days’ battle. The epic is really an encyclopaedia of information presenting the philosophic, social and ethical Ideas of ancient India. The colorful epithets applied to the various tribes described in the course of the long, rambling story reveal to us the fa-.t that the ancients were just as much interested In “freaks of nature” as the average circus-going American is today. One Is reminded of the big-lipped women from Africa, featured in a

BIGGEST TIRE VALUES bring Rjßh RECORD SAI.ES Ha jpi VxAR OWNERS have shown their appreciation of Firestone extra values by giving Firestone Service Dealers a record-breaking business. During May, June and July more car owners came into Firestone Service Dealers and Service Stores and bought more Firestone Tires than in any like period in history. Firestone Tires with two extra cord plies under the tread and the patented process of Gum-Dipping with uniform quality and the Firestone name and guarantee on every tire give greatest safetv and greatest values at no higher cost than special-brand mail-order tires, made by an unknown manufacturer who takes no responsibility for your safety -S X1 or your service.—Firestone control every step in tire jli 11 p <0 making with only one small profit from Plantations to Firestone Sen ice Listen to the Voice Dealers and Service Stores. of Firestone every Monday night Drive in TODAY and equip your oveT NB c notion . Ml car with Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires — ~ . , H Ba * * wide network BffocK—the safest, most dependable tires made. COMPARE PRICES COMPARE — 1 . " . """I CONSTRUCTION end QUAUTT Fin- rlr »" ■ rw ** On- I ~r* ' 1 —1 .M e*" -**-■] •*“ 4.71-19 Tire 4-14-S* Tire t.m , ( . w -AKI „ Tl „ ( wn X S «*■ •'« 22 cX I Give You TSm ’X- £: - Bu.ek.M. 15.0017.80 17.01 16.10 4.40-21 4. M 4.98 4->f $.35 s.se ' I * Mere Jerd.a_ 5.50-18 0-7$ 8.75 17.ee ®SB .605 .598 .561 (3wmfet_4.so-20S.se s. 6oie.se 4.7a 4.?a cXtSS: Mere Noo-Sldd F-d 4.50-21 S-M5.69 ll.ie 4^*4.85 «-«e 5.50-19 5.74 8.90 17 >e .. ; Sted’fc’kr ! j Tread .... 8 5 0 5 4.75- 15.74 S-S8 5.6811.14 6.00-18 HAS aSfoX- 6.00-19 11.48 11.45 ' Seme Price . . 50.05 86.65 84-85 $4.85 4.75- 4.716.7514.14 , rurV.-A 6.00-2111.4111.65»5.4e 6.50-201M11X45 «f-44 -gpertal ‘•rend" tire b nU« by ■ Mecfactow ‘R* - *?. i U«e«la- 7.00-2011-8515J5M.54 far dfetribat«r» M Bill arfer IwmM. WLtfr— lf «M ;c7"2-r 5.00-H 4.51 6.98 l»-4e f.si 5.99 11.44 __ I 4 ! atban. »fer a BB»a that dm Bat Wratifytb.tira aur Peetfea TIRES faexarar ta tba pabUe. anuUy baeaaaa ba baiMa Ma "baat Wqu It TMWM. aww eve ***** «aUiy** tiraa aadar Ma awa aawa. Wraattar pata Ma aana WUlya-Kj Ftowbae Flrwtaaa 1 BVSRT U»a ba Biia. MU eMWM -keaaaial *M*M «- 1 , M _ Type eraadeaM Type • - I ’ . (Mt Per Fab ' _ 1— . e«« na 817.95 SS4.ee I ®ewble Geerewtee— Svaay tire waaafaetarad br ! SS _Ji.e^n,«>.»».«• s „ gj. T-»1 T.3:14.11 °** l -* *** *-**- " T — *” —*• ——*• OroiTini Ssrvlee Stms Ssnrlos Deaters Save Tea Maney an 4 Serve Yeo Better TkrtpfMt <kMeMßMn.lbePMam Tira 4 Rahbar Oa.

great circus, when one reads of the Karnapravaranas, “who use their ears as coverings.’’ It might be supposed that this is a reference to a tribe whose ears were naturally very large, but Professor Hopkins draws our attention to the fact that the large-eared folk mentioned in the old epic have evidently survived to our own day. He says: “1 myself saw near Madura some Individuals with ears so distended by heavy earrings that an English official with me exclaimed, ’Why, they might use their ears as pilllows.’ ” The three-eyed people mentioned in the epic might seem to give some credibility to the theory that the socalled pineal gland in the human brain is the remnant of what once was a third eye. Certain reptiles do have lhe structure of an eye in the pinea' gland. But Professor Hopkins suggests that the third eye of these three-eyed folk may have been “a sectarian forehead mark." The “mark of Cain” referred to in th Bible has been supposed by some to have been a tribal mark, tattooed or burned on the forehead. Such a mark on the men mentioned in the epic may easily have been in the shape of a glaring eye in the center of the forehead to inspire terror in their enemies; just as the American Indians painted themselves grotesquely before going into battle. Thia Machine Age Studies of how machinery causes unemployment by replacing man power have been made from time to time during the past fifty years. The latest study of this kind, made for Collier s - Weekly, reveals a razorblade machine which takes the place of 500 men. and a railroad switching device which supersedes 16S men. Machines have now displaced 9 out of 10 shoe workers, it is shown. Nut Trees in Variety In Baldwin. L. 1.. ou the main business street within SOO feet of the railroad station is the largest collection of nut trees in the country, and for that matter, in the world. Not the largest in area, for it covers less than seven acres, but in its confines are more varieties of nut trees than are to be found elsewhere. Ample Proof Proud Papa—Darling, our baby smiled at me. Sweet Mamma —Then he has a sense of humof. Henry. $ Unless They Are Spry Prof.—What people are scattered all over the earth? Class (in chorus) —Pedestrians.

VOCABULARY INDEX TO MENTAL ABILITY Vocabulary is a fairly reliable index to a person's mental ability, states Calvin T. Ryan in an article “Speech Habits and Personality.” in Hygeia Magazine. A jtnan’s language is considered the shaper of his thoughts and no longer as a mere conveyance of thought, he declares. Precocious children who learn to talk before the normal age have been found to have abnormally large vocabularies and to be above the average in intelligence. Mr. Ryan writes. The children who begin to talk later than the normal period have been found tfl have small vocabularies for any certain age and to be below the average in intelligence. We are called a lip-lazy people, says Mr. Ryan. We are told that we do not love our language. Boys and girls graduate from high school, go into college and professional school without learning to speak grammatically. They have never been taught the seriousness of speech habits, and they do not realize that a listener is entitled to think that a slovenly speaker is a slovenly thinker. Thanks to our modern science, mental and physical, we are now able to recognize the cause r.nd effect of speech abnormalities and to do something for most of them. Speech clinics are becoming almost as popular as baby clinics were 25 years ago and ways'have been found to remedy stammering, stuttering and organic malformations of the organs of speech. Parents and relatives of young children who set a bad example by incorrect speech are deplored by Mr. Ryan. For the normal child, learn ing to talk is not only a great event but a great task. If he is normal and acquires habits that are abnormal, the result is nothing short of a disaster. . > Looking to Alaska for Supply of Pencit Wood The pencil wood supply near large factories is practically exhausted and the industry is now investigating the possibility of utilizing Alaska red cedar, the finest-grained wood of the Northwest. Cedar wood intended for lead pencils must be soft, liyrit yet strong, close, and straightgrained and free from defects. The older the tree the better pencil wood it makes. The wood from the heart of aged logs that have lain in the deep woods for years makes admirable pencil material. A possible substitute for cedar in lead pencils is Pacific coast myrtle. Its wood Is light, straight-grained, well-scented

and of good color. Both cedar and myrtle woods are immune to the effects of quick climate changes. The Election Bet Former Mayor Thompson was talking to a Chicago reporter about the city’s empty treasury. “It’s unique.” he said. “The rich city of Chicago is in as queer a fix as the chap in the batter’s. “A chap in a batter’s, after he’d tried on nearly every hat in the place, said be wanted a finer, softer quality of felt. “ ’But this line,’ the hatter said, *is really very superior, sir. You really can’t do better than this.’ “The chap examined the hat again. “ ‘No.’ he said, ‘it’s not tender < enough. You see. I’ve got to eat it.’ ’’—Detroit Free Press. Telling the Neighbor* The Browns had had their hoijse painted and reshingled. Mrs. Brown, on the receipt of the bill, remarked to a neighbor: “Every time I wish we were going away for the summer I walk around my house and ’this is my vacation.’ ” Sometime later six-year-old Joan was overheard excitedly telling her younger brother: “Do you know where we’re going this summer? We’re gonna walk around our house in a circle and look at it. That’s our vacation. Mother said so."—Chicago Tribune. Synthetic Sunlight Experiments in London by the National Physical laboratory have shown that artificial sunlight, shining through imitation windows to further approximate the effect of real daylight, will speed up the production of night workers. The eyes are more comfortable under conditions as nearly approaching natural daylight as possible and better vision produces better wo|k. In the experiments coloring of ? the light to approximate the sun’s rays was found to be of paramount importance. The Shock Cure “I have the hiccoughs—please frighten me.” “Lend me £5.” “Thanks—the attack Is over.’’—Zurich Nebelspalter. O Well! “What is the date?” “I don’t ktjow, but look on the newspaper you have in your pocket. ’ “That is no use—it’s yesterday’s.” —Berlin Ulk. ■ Bribed “I hear Jimmy is doing-well with his new “Yes, the neighbors all chipped in and pay him $2 a week not to play It.”