The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 8, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 June 1932 — Page 2

News Review of Current Events the Wdild Over J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., Comes Out for Prohibition Repeal —Republicans Fashion Moist Plank—Shouse Is Democratic Bone of By EDWARD W. PICKARD

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., threw a man-sited bomb into the camp of the prohibition forces with bis announcement that he had come to

the conclusion that the eighteenth amendment Is a failure and should be repealed. Himself a teetotaler and. with his father, a liberal supported of the An t1 -Sal oo n league for years, Mr. Rockefeller In a letter to Nicholas Murray Butler commended the latter’s antiprohibition plank and urged its adoption by both the Republican

John O. Rocksfaller, Jr.

and Democratic paries In their national conventions. He declared the nims of prohibition had not been achieved and said that “drinking generally has increased: that the speakeasy has replaced the saloon and that a vast army of lawbreakers has been recruited and financed on a cotoesat'scale.” Up->n these reasons of •‘unprecedented crime Increase arid the ojpen disregard of the eighteenth amendment which 1 have siowly arid .reluctantly come to believe.'’ Mr. Rockefeller based bis pr.■--nt S’a'n-l. |!e declared that “the benefits of prohibition are more than outweighed by its evils.” After approving In detail Doctor • - ■- • f..r n ;i: <! state control of the liquor traffic. Mr RockefeHer .express* d a ti< ; e th if the “milHofis of earn.-st workers In t-.i:a”lf of the/ eighteenti> amendment” would continue tin r efforts In’snpport of ’•practical measures for the promotion of genuine temperance.” Os. course the wets were Jubilant 'over Mr Rockefeller’s statement. and the, drys tried without .much ' success' • bls iiss.r’ e t. wr-.dg T ’ Sib’CCSS of the prolHbltldn legislation. CNi •< >i i: \GEI \ proi itional antlprohlbltion organizations xmet In New I A-d rep. 1 ■ 'w ” the-purpose of placing In bo’!> the Republican and Democratic platforms planks calling definitely for tie repeal of prohlbl- - tlrin. Pierre S. du-Pont was elected chairman, of the council. The organ!-' 7■' ns | rrticipatlng were , the Xsso cation Against the Prohib’ton'Amendment. r.-pr. s« :;t. 1 by. Mr. du Pont, "more, and' Henry 11. Curran ; the;Worn en’s ttfganiz.itlon fi r National Prohibition Reform, represented by Mrs. Charles H. Salon and Mrs. Cortlaridt Nlcollthe Crusaders, fepreseitted■ by Enos Curtin and George E. Dickie; the Voluntary Commit** «f Lawyers, represented by Henry Alan Johnston nnd-IV. i iy\V. .Moi ■ g.. 0;. ry •lelplu.i; : -an II t. I a---'!-ation. represented hy A. K. im land and C. R. Ryan. Jr., and the Republican Citizens' committee, represented by Raymond Pitcairn and Randolph W Child* ANY anxious hours were sp.-nt *’l by administration chiefs and James R. Garfield over the form In

which the Republic plank should be cast and a conference partici;>n!f‘d"in by |N»at‘ master General Walter Bro.wn, the Bresldent's |M»littcal adviser. and-a dozen senators finally nppn.ve<l a. ■ ma •'■:• «hl< h states that, while the Republican party stands sos enferc-e---tnent of all laws and abhors the saloon. If

.-an prohibition Senator Borah

recognizes th* right of the !<*>>; ,• to u[H»n any porHon of the Constitution and therefore favors th* prompt re suthnlsalon of the eighteenth amendtnent to the (>eopl* of the several states acting through noqpartiKan conventional i This .naturally did not at all suit the «>< Republicans and' they promised that the issue would be fought out In the convention. The tentative plank was derided as utterly evasive and deplorably weak.* On the senate floor Senator Borah, dry. and 'Senator Tyd'tsga of Maryland, wet Democrat. took turns poking fun at the proposed resolution. Borah said It was •‘the rarest combination of hypocrisy and insincerity ever heard of." and Tydings calle,! It "the biggest piece of sham, bunk and camouflage ever seen assembled tn 150 words." INDIANA Republicans In state convention went wet despite the agonized pleadings of the prohibitionists. A plank was adopted calling for submission to the people of a repeal proposition on both the national and state dry laws. It was no| a strong declaration In favor of such repeal, but It sufficed. Raymond Springer was nominated for governor and Sen- * ator Jim Watson was renominated by acclamation. j SPEAKER GARNER’S 52J00.000.000 relief bill was rushed through th* house by an almost solid Democratic vote aided by twenty-one Republicans. The rest of the Republican members paid heed to President Hoover’s denunciation of the measure as a gigantic pork barrel and voted tn the negative. It Is hard to understand bow Garner and bls associates can Justify spending so much time and effort on this measure in the face of their expressed conviction that It would never get through the senate or past the presidential veto. Th* senate, indeed, showed at once that, it Intended to

smother the bill. Leaders of both parties in the upper chouse prepared to push through a tfoncontroversial bill permitting the Reconstruction Finance corporation to lend up to to states for relief purposes. This was Just one section of the senate Democratic relief program, the .remainder. Involving a ssOtp*M).ooO h<lnd Issue for public works arid a $1,000.OOtKOQO expansion of the reconstruction unit’s capital, being left for later consideration. ~7 . . 117 HEN President Hoover signed ’ * the new revenue bill, he said many of the taxes imposed by it were not as he desired, which mildly expressed the opinion of countless Americans concerning that hodge-podge measure. However, bad" as It is in many resects, the act will, under certain conditions and within certain limitations. balance the federal budget at the end of the fiscal year 1933, provided congress enacts rhe necessary economy legislation. The senate almost rejected the conference report on the revenue bill bcause the tax on electricity was made Jo fall on . the consumer Instead of on the companies. One economy bill cutting the costs of government was passed by the senate after it had been mangled. Designed at first to save FJ35.900.000. It was amended so . the saving will be only SrM.tosi.tMli. An important change was the substitution of the enforced furlough plan for federal employees for the 1»» per cent pay cuts previously adopted. This was rejected by the house. / FIIAMJ IN ROOSEVELT'S supporters. -having' decided to run'the Dene ocratlc national convention to suit themselves, ar.mmnced’ that Jouett

Shouse wouldn't do as '.permanent chairman, though he had been selected by the Smith Raskob faction and presumably had been a ecept ed by Roosevelt; They declared instead (hat they would try to put Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana In that position, which he held eight years ago. Mr. Shouse, how

Jouett Shouse

ever, made it known that be and his friends would fight to the last ditch, so theZe is a prospect of a first-day battle in the convention that will provide for a test of strength between the Roosevelt and anti Roosevelt forces. .Mr. Shouse sqid that Governor RiH.sevelt expressly consented to the plan to make hint permanent chairman, “Not even repiotely wee any kind of condition atta. l.ej to the governor’s assent; otherwise i should not have iHHm a party to it." said he. "Any epeecb.’l may make before lb* contention w.ll be n.y own and will not be gored or inspired by any candidate. i ■ pri sidlng ■er of tl e mventton should represent no faction and should decline to assist or obstruct the fortunes of any candidate." The •'Rocweveit manageris plan to ke«p Senator Barkley for keynoter and temporary chairman despite the agitation to dump him because of his vote on the senate finance committee and In the senate for the “tariff taxes" on imports -f c-.j! at.d oil. X f ORE seriously affecting Roose- *■ ’ 1 ' of-Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York, put ftp to him »by the liofstadter in-

vr-tC-hiting committee and Its counsel. Samuel Seabury. the governor’s Inveterate foe. The report of the committee makes It necessary for the goverfibr to decide whether or riot the mayor shall be removed from office, and it is believed he will take some action a day or so *t>efore the Dernoc r a t.i c convention

Hk i S. Seabury

meets. Presumably. Ms he ousts the mayor he will rouse the wrath of Tammany Hall—which might cost hin» the vote of New York In the election but Undoubtedly would add to bis strength elsewhere, for Tammany Is not admired outside of the metropolis Governor Roosevelt made a strategic move when he demanded that Seabury quit talking and submit to him the charges and evidence against Walker at «>n<e. He let it be known that he would give the mgyor unlimited opportunity to defend himself add /ds administration, but said he would demand that Walker prove himself fit to be mayor of New York. Walker engaged Dudley Field Malone as bls chief counsel. . The committee of 1.000 and the Society for the Prevention of Crime prepared joint charges against Walker to be sent to the governor In case Mr. Seabury did not act up to their expectations. QEN. CHARLES GATES DAWES suddenly and unexpectedly sent to President Hoover hl’s resignation as president of the Reconstruction Finance corporation, to take effect June 15. He denied rumors that there bad been any friction between him and Eugene Meyer. Jr, chairman of the board of the corporation, and averred be was quitting the post merely because he wished to resume nis banking business In Chicago. In his letter to the President General Dawes said he felt he could do this now that the budget had been balanced and “th* turning point toward eventual prosperity seems to hav* been reached."

EIGHT thousand of the "bonus marchers” who bad gathered in Washington to demand immediate payment of the bonus to veterans held their first parade down Pennsylvania avenue to the capifol. and there was not the slightest disorder despite rumors that the communists would stage an outbreak. As a matter of fact, the reds who ried to stir the veterans up to violence were roughly treated by the ex-soldiers. The marchers carried many American flags and tlad three bands. Swarms of police were on hand but had little to do. The paraders broke ranks at the Peace monument and returned to the various camps established for them. Every day the number of veterans tn those camps was augmented by arrivals from all parts of the country. Senator Lewis of Rlinois had a runin with the bonus seekers and came off with flying colors. They resented his Memorial day reproof to them and threatened to “tell him where he got off.” whereupon the courtly senator calmly told them to “go to hell” and walked through them to the senate chamber. In a speech In New York Gen. James G. Harhord said: “Nothing so nasty as the bonus march has been seen tn the United States since 1916, when the representatives of organized labor sat In the galleries of congress and forced through the eight-hour day railroad law. Not since 1783 has an army of citizens marched on the capital with evil in their hearts.” IOWA Republicans at last have grown weary of Senator Smith W. Brookhart and have put an end, at least for the present, to his political

career. |n the primaries they decisively rejected him, selecting as his successor Henry Field of Shenandoah, a nurseryman and a novice in politics who owns a radio station. Field had been making a vigorous speaking campaign In which he attacked Brookhart especially for neglect-

Sen. Brookhart

Ing his senatorial duties to make Chautauqua lectures and i for nepotism. He pledged himself not ■ to take aby of his family to Washington and fasten them on the federal priy Brookhart, a radical who never has hesitated to vide against Republican measures, refused to comment on bis defeat, which was attributed by some observers partly to-the fact that many voters hithero Republicans had deserted that party and cast their ballots as Democrats. The Democratic senatorial nominee was I.ouis Murphy, who defeated former Senator Daniel Steck. •In North Carolina the Democrats turned against one of their long time leaders. Senator Cameron Morrison, who was defeated for the nomination by Robert R. Reynolds, almost a newcomer in politics. Morrison is bone dry, arid Reynolds is an advocate of prohibition repeal. Neither of them had a majority of votes cast, so both will be candidates again in the runoff primary on July 2. Two others who polled a considerable vote promised to throw their support -to Reynolds. Franklin Roosevlplt won a sweeping victory tn Jbe Florida Democratic pri ; tnary. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray getting ’ only a small vote. .Mark Wilcox of ’ West Balm Beach, running on an antiprohlbitlqn platform, apparently defeated Ruth Bryab Owen for the congressional nomination in the Fourth district \ 1 ASIN’S conservative Repub- ’ ’ licans In convention at Madison nominated a ticket with the purpose ] of putting a crimp in the regime of the La Follette dynasty John B. Chapple of Ashland was put for the United States senate in opposition to Senator Blaine; and former pov. Walter J. Kohler was ’ nominated for govern >r , to run. against Gov. t’hil La Follette ! who seeks to succeed himself. ■ r ■ ■ ■ ■ S A M U F. LINS U L L ofi Ch i ca go. w ho for many years has been, one of the country's leading public utilities magnates. has finally fallen under financial stress and has been forced to resignas head of his gijeat utilities concerns and also as officer or director of ; many other corporations with which he has been associated. Besides his money troubles Mr. jnsull is in pobr health. He is soon t(j> sail for Europe and it Is understood he will reside in England, where be owns a home. Three of the big corporations he built up. it Is said, will unite In paying him an annual pension of $18,009. CHILE has become a “socialistic rerepublic." The government of President Montero was overthrown by a military and socialistic junta In a

coup d'etat that was almost bloodless, and the leader .of the movement. Carlos 1H Vila, former ambassador to the United States, was installed as provisional president. Col. Marmaduke Grove was made minister of defense and Immediately bad to get busy suppressing a counter-revolution

a Ay k al Carlos Davila

in the southern parti of the country. ». It was authoritati ely stated in Santiago that the establishment of the socialist regime created no immediate danger for American investments In Chile except those tied up in the $375,000.000 Cosach nitrate combine which. It was understood, would be nationalized. President Davila said one of the main purposes of the government would be to remove the burdens on workers and the I 1 unemployed. He promised that within a month there would be a job for every man. Three state companies, fbr agriculture. industries and mining, will be created to supply the jobs, the money to be obtained by heavy taxation of* the wealthy. <©. UU. Waataro Xawipapw Union.) I

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL.

MT. ETNA’S ISLAND C ' "a ' mT'‘ BarabfflLffi o' am* , ■ c ■' « . ■ Sicilian Boys Pressing the Essence From Lemon Rinds.

(PrVlMirtd by National Geocraphlc Society. WaahinKton. 1). C-h —WNV Service. S ICILY goes back to work as the summit of Mt. Etna, famous landmark of the Mediterranean island, resumes its peaceful, eternal steaming. Recent rumblings and explosions within the mountain have preceded devastating lava flows in the past. The present “threat” recalls the eruption of the huge volcano in 1928 when a lava stream, flowing like a 2.5(X>-foot ribbon from one of its craters, flooded the eastern slope, one of the island’s most fertile regions. Orchards, vineyards and forests were destroyed'; also the villages and towns that thrive*} on their products. More than a quarter million people live on the slopes of Mount Etna.- The eastern slope is thes<most thickly populated with one town almost adjoining another. Almost every foot of ground not used for dwellings is cuitivated, yielding abundant crops. Etna has terrorized this district many times before. Whether the traveler goes by train,or automobile down the east coast of Sicily, he passes flow niter flow of lays; Some of Jhetn are Centuries old; others more recently deposited from sothe of the two hundred craters that pepper the side of the cone-shaped mountain. The town of Acireaie perches on a 306-foot' cliff funned of seven distinct layers of lava. Within the Christian era. Mount Etna has boilo<l over its crater rims more than a hundred times. It has wiped ont cities, towns and villages and spelled doom to thousands of homes. Almost daily Mount Etna rUiiddes. and its summit constantly emits Steam, but It takes more than these “suggestions" of action even to arouse the Sicilian’s curiosity. The homes of their ancestors are sandwiched between.two of the lava flows, and many of the present generation, like those of ’Mascali" and Nunziata. chief sufferers of the last decade, have watched their hopes sink bei#eath a new molten bedi Catania, Birthplace of Bellini. Catania, lying at. the foot of the mountain, has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. Catanians know Mount Etna so well that the famous volcano has to spit fire and boil over its rim before they seek shelter. To the Catanian who loves his modern city. Etna lias been a benefactor. To the traveler in search of antiquities it has been a despoiler, for tfncierif Catania of.tlre.k. iloinan. Saracen and Norman days is buried, save for a flreek theater, a Roman amphitheater. some baths and a few unimportant monuments. Catania is more interested in’ its wide thoroughfares, public squares ami parks, and in honoring her illustrious sons than in digging up ancient relics of a restless past. Bellini the coiupo-Ser was born there in 1802, and < ’atanians are not allowed to forget it. A statue of the composer adorns villa Bellini, one Os tlie city's' finest parks where on summer evenings one can sit and listen to Italian melodies played by a tine Sicilian band. The vine-clad slopes and the white head of Mount Etna form a magnificent background. Another statue of the composer adorns the Piazza Siesteoro through which runs tiie Via Etnae. Catania s main street from the southern part of the city to the foot of the great mountain. A third statue stands among those of kings and great Italian, and Sicilian patriots in the cathedral. There is also a Bellini theater, once the finest in Italy, and the Catania guides point with pride to the tablet which marks the house in which the composer was born. The cathedral, and a lava elephant atop a tall marlde Hase at its front door, are two of, the most popular monuments of early Catania. The elephant s origin Is unknown but the cathedral is cre*lited to the prosperous reign of the Norman King Roger. Built In 1901, it was badly damaged by successive earthquakes and eruptions of Mount Etna, but each time It ha» been restored and used. Agatha, the Patron Saint More honored than even the kings monuments in the cathedral Is that of St. Agatha. Catania's patron t aaint. The head of her statue is said to contain the head of the saint who in defense of her virtue was tortured by a Roman praetor in the Third century. Among her relics is a veil which is said to have miraculously diverted a lava stream that menaced Catania in 1069. Once a year, in February. Catania turns out en masse to honor her. The status, mounted on two long poles, is borne through the streets from church to church by white-robed men. The route of the procession is jammed to suffocation, old balconies groan under the weight of humanity and every roof has its quota of spectators. At night there are torchlight processions which brilliantly light up the city, and in nearlv every window a candle or two throws feeble beams. The yelling and whistling and confusion of the day continue, augmented by the booming of colorful fireworks, the toll of church bells and the occasional roar of a cannon. The St Agatha celebration Is only once a year. Before and after, Ca-

tania is busy with its commerce and industry. The harbor is filled with commercial craft whose flags add a colorful touch to the view from the Flora della Marina, a narrow but beautifu.i parkway near the water’s edge. Catania is not only the second largest city in Sicily but one of the island’s chief gates of export through which some 6<X>.ooo tons of merchandise pass annually. Sulphur, fruit and wine have made fortunes for Csitanians, and these, and other Industries keep many of the city’s 271.000 inhabitants employed. Like Catania, the small towns and villages of Sicily usually “come back" bigger and better after a catastrophe. Catania's greatest disaster was Iqss than .’IOO years ago. A large portion of the city was buried under lava. Instead of making extensive excavations, the-inhabitants immediately rebuilt on the cooled lava that had flowed .in a fiery stream down the mountainside. Mount Etna lava has helped vegetation in some areas. Even old craters are often filled with vegetation. There are gardens and farms in and around, them and in these cup-shaped holes are many villas. Monte Rossi, which was in eruption when Catania was overwhelmcl, is one of these garden spots. Attractive to Travelers. Interest in Mount Etna's moods is not entirely confined to the volcano's immediate neighborhood. All Sicily ■ feels the death dealing blows of lava flows' as much as all America feel* the lash of a hurricane sweeping Florida. Normally, however. Sicily is an island garden spot which nature has endowed with a warm sunny climate and all the charni that might go ■ with it. Its -wild mountain scenery, ancient history, and picturesque inhabitants ‘ make it a mecca of European winter tourists. Travel in the interior was formerly considered unsafe because of brigandage. Such conditions, however, have long since been eliminated. Now the visitor is safe, and in addition to native inns, comfortable pensions are conducted by French. German and English landlords of many years’ residence in the country. Provincial towns of Sicily are famous for their situation, high up on picturesque hillsides or on rocky promontories Jutting into the blue waters of the Mediterranean. Many of these towns are built on Greek foundations and contain ruins of Roman. Saracen, and Norman origin. A few Greek temples and theaters are practically intact. The temple of Concord at Girgentl is said to be the most harmonious example of Doric architecture in existence. At Syracuse are extensive stope quarries formerly worked by the' Greeks. The hot springs at Termini still supply bathing establishments as in Roman times, though not in the same buildings. There are Norman cathedrals on the island founded by the northern conquerors themselves, tlieir attention having been called to Sicily as they passed en route to the Crusades. Natives Are a Cheerful Lot. Racial types among the peasantry vary from classic Greek and swarthy Arab to blond Norman and haughty Spanish. In spite of his mixed aneestry. however, the Sicilian of today is distinctly a Latin product in matters <>f disposition, culture and religion. Travelers unite in testifying. to his cheerfulness, quickness of perception, and hospitality. Stable government and education are said to be doing much tQ stamp out superstition and secret vengeance and terrorism. This movement for better conditions is exemplified by wholesale prosecutions against outlaw gangs now taking place at the <dd Roman bathing resort of Termini Imerese. In Roman times the Island of Sicily was called, the granary of Italy, and. while no longer specializing in wheat it is one of Europe’s mainstays in the production of citrus fruits. Only California rivals Sicily as a grower Os lemons. A part of the lemon crop Is marketed in the form of citrate of lime and lemon extract For thousands of years this football at the toe of Italy has been the melting pot of many races. Its early inhabitants, the Sikels. who gave the island its name, were conquered by Greeks, whose great cities such as Syracuse dominated the land for five hundred years. Next came the rising power of Rome, during whose heyday Sicily was given over to the plunder of successive governors. Roman oppression grew so cruel that gangs of plantation slaves twice rose in revolution. Succeeding centuries saw Saracen conquests, Norman kingdoms, and Bourbon misrule. Finally, freed by Garibaldi, Sicily became a part of tha kingdom of Italy. During the last half century Indus trial conditions and political relations have not always been to ( the liking of the Sicilians, so that the Island has been called the “Ireland of the South. Many thousand sons of the racial melting pot emigrated to America, some districts being stripped bare of men of working age. One town whose present population is 25,000, has sent 15.000 emigrants to the new country.

Modern Contract j Bridge 3y Leiia tlattersiey I) :

No. 4. The Rule of Eight URING the play of the thirteen tricks of a hand, four tricks will be won by aces, about four or five with other honor cards, and the re- j mainder with lower cards. Thus we i get a yardstick for the trick measurement of a hand. The Yardstick of Tricks. Honor Tricks Low Card Tricks 8 .- 5 (possibly 8^) In suit bids these low card tricks I are won by trumps, or by end cards , of set up side suits. At no trumps, i all tricks are won either by honors j or by end cards of suits. i . In measuring your total trick expect- I ancy. in accordance with your honor- j tricks you may use the following i count: The 4-5-5 H Count (At No Trump) Honor-tricks Will de- So that, the i held between veloplow contract ex- ■ partners. card pectancy is ' ’ tricks. 4to (or down 1) 5 3 Two-odd or more 3to 4 GAME, When you and your partner are bidding a suit, it is highly improbable ' that against your trump defense the j opponents will be able to win any j low card tricks. So you have only the I definite fear of their defense in hon-or-tricks. Therefore a partnership holding of honor-tricks with strong trumps puts you in the game zone,with a major suit bid. To carry you over the long hard road to game at a minor suit, where the opponents must be held dqwjj to two defensive tricks, some additional honor strength is usually needed. To give a brief outline of the specific use of the yardstick in the most generally recurrent situation, let us assume that you are In the position of responding to your partner's original suit bid of one. If he has bid first or second hand, you know that he has at least honor-tricks, lit may have more than 25a honor-tricks, even, possibly, as many as 5. If so, these, surplus tricks will be shown in subsequent rounds. For the present you must assume that he holds the minimum. \ an unbreakable rule in' this system. We will suppose that you have counted your honor-tricks immediately upon sorting your hand so as to be ready for any emergency. How you have only to add your number to the minimum, us 25» shown by partner to know whether or not your partnership total of honor-tricks (554) puts you in the' desired game zone, if you find this to be the case, you must serve prompt notice of the important fact en your partner. This notice may be served in any one of three ways which you deem advisable, First, by an immediate bid for game at your partner s' declaration; second, by a bid for game at no trump.; or third, by a jump forcing take-out, of one more in another suit. If your partner has opened with a major suit in which you have length or strength, and you have a short side suit that gives you the probability of making some separate use of your frumps, it is usually best to ehoose your partner's suit for the ; game try. Lacking trump assistance, or another biddable suit, a three no trump bid would, naturally, be your only recourse. But when you hold with your 3 honor-tricks a long or strong suit of your own, the game probabil--ity should be announced by a forcing take-out. This forcing take-out is the most Important and the most often employed of the three uncondi-. tional’forcing bids of the forcing system. It will be fully outlined in a later article. (t. 1532, by L»lta Hntter»ley.) , ■ WN’V Service) ' Learned to Leave Fire Alone One of the most amusing incidents of the early days of anthracite was when a firm of wire manufacturers, early in the Nineteenth century, 'attempted to substitute anthracite coal for soft coal in their rolling mill. After working f<>r two days ami using two cartloads of coal they were about to give up. The attendants of the?|fire, who had done a lot of work with jokers/laid, down these tools and went to lunch. When they returned they were astonished to note that the furnace was red hot. Opening the door they found the interior glowing with intense white heat. So, accidentally, they found that the way to make an anthracite fire burn was to leave It alone! Remarkable Tide Ranges The United States coast and geodetic survey says that the largest periodic range of tide on the coast of the United States proper occurs in the St. Croix river. Maine. In this localtty'there is an average range of 20 feet and a spring range of about 23 feet. In Turnagain arm. Cook Inlet, Alaska, there is a mean range of approximately 30 feet and a spring range of approximately X? feet. The largest known periodic tides in the world occur in Minas basin, Bay Fundy. Nova Scotia, where a mean range of 42 feet and a spring range of 45 feet have been reported. Coffee Demand The various types of coffee, together with the care taken in their preparation. make rather a wide range in price of the finished product. It Is 1 estimated that nearly 1.000.000,000 pounds are used a year in the United States. Educational Week The office of education says that December 5-11, 1920, was the first educational week to be nationally observed. Doctor Claxton was the founder of this movement

r-nsgrTOn the Funny Side Wrd SOUNDED SUSPICIOUS The talkative old man was delivering quire a lecture on speedy travel to the young man with whom he shared a compartment. “Yes, we travel fast these days,” he said. “But have you ever thought of the flight of time —of the fleeting hours of youth, the golden days that swiftly pass away? Have you ever counted the minutes—?" “Look here,” said the young man, suspiciously. "1 don’t quite get the hang of this. Are you trying to sell me a watch?” As.lt Looked to Her Three-year-old Helen followed het father to the barn and stood for awhile watching him oil harness. When she returned to the house her mother said. “What is daddy Jluing at the barn?” Helen replied in irbored way, “Oh. he’s washing the horses’ garters.”—Exchange. Impetuous Campaigning “Do you think you might appeal to the collegiate vote by making your talk more classical?* ”l’m afraid to try ft.” answered Senator Sorghum. “My more conservative constituents might be afraid the boys would become so enthusiastic as to go further and start one of these student riots in my behalf.'’— WaSnIngton Star. I HARD TO TELL (? vL J? “Don t you think Mrs Sirongtuind’B husband is naturally a gentle, patient man?” ’ 1 “Sometimes 1 think he is and Sometimes 1 think he's just qtlain scared.” Late Stayer Again “Virginia, er-what does that young man do?" "What young man. papa?" “Why. the one that calls three nights a week and never notices the dock.” “Oh, papa, he has political aspirations. He really expects to be elected a legislator.” “H'm. Well, tell him not to practice any all-night sessions around here.” Foul Weatberi Warning* = “Hiram." exclaimed Mrs. t’orniossel, “that candidate you don t like is coming Up the road. What’ll 1 say if he wants to kiss Hie children?” “Don't say anything. Just call 'em back to the kitchen and give em plenty of bread and butter ami molasSes.”— Washington Evening Star. GETTING EVEN Al®' “1 see tiie government is establishing free barber shops in the West for the Indians." “It's coming to them. The.V gave the early settles many a close shave. * No Job for Him Aint—Do you mean to say that Sponger wliA hits been out of work f<>r a'year actually* refused offer of a job? Itso—Ygs? says he gets more from charity than he would from the job. / ■ ' ' j , t< Too Obvious Mrs. Gabbins—Here is an interesting article on “What a woman should weight.” ■Husband—Does it. by any chance, mention her words? ' Joke Not on Him Hix —Thatl was a good joke those kids putting a hat over a brick on the sidewalk forborne passer-by to kick. Nix—Not po good—the first man who came by picked up the hat and put it 0~. throwing bls own away. Knew His Business Bassler—Why does Lelsenring eynploy only bobbed-haired brunettes, for his stenographers? Rhodes —Lelsenring bfmself has dark hair and his wife is very suspicious. Ins and Outs ot It "My husband is trying to sell our car.” “Why?” “He says the outgo for the upkeep Is too much for his income.’’—Boston TranscripL Sorry He Spoke He —I wish you would use your head a little more, my dear. Wifey—Good I I will go to the milliner’s tomorrow and use It trying on bats.