The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 37, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 January 1936 — Page 2

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BRISBANE THIS WEEK • Wilson for Earlier War? Prayer Plus Plane* New Disease Danger Ethiopian Victory? I Prof. A. M Arnett of North Carolina university says It was not Wilson that

kept this country * out of war tor a I while, but the eounI try that kept WUI son out of war I longer than he I would have stayed I out. } Professor Arnett I says he will prove, r In a book, that WilI son wanted war in I 1916, and was kept I out of It by three I men—Champ Clark, I Congressman Flood ®nd Claude KitcbDemocratic floor

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leader of the house. How deep should we have stink In our depression if Woodrow Wilson , had carried out his alleged plan and started the war one year ahead of time. In 1916? How many millions of Americans would have been killed (they were always honored with front row places)? How many tens of blUjons #ou!d have been added to the public debt and the repudiated debts of Europe? The krchbishop of Canterbury, head of the official Church of England, has invited all European Christian commo- | nicants to Join tn prayer for ' peace, with resolutions outlawing all war. While the archbishop takes that desirable step the British government work« rapidly on 8,000 airplanes of the -fl-htirfg kind.. Nothing like airplanes to back up eloquent prayer f<»r peace. * Uncle Sam has on his hands the Job of preventing the spread of disease throughout the country and its importation from abroad. Doctor Curran, in charge of insects for the American Museum of Natural History,- warns New -York it may be Invaded by malaria brought into Northern New Jersey by a CCC camp work-1 er from the South. The anopheles mosquito, always present, has been spreading the germa He cannot do that unless he first bites a malaria carrier. Halle Selassie's fighting Gen. Dejatmatch Hailu Kebede sends cheerful news ts his royal master: “We fought and beat the Italians from dawn to dusk: 200 Italian- white soldiers, twenty Italian officers, killed. Cannon, bombs and Innumerable batteries of machine guns made murderous concert against us. hut God protected your humble (Kristian soldiers ; and the Lion of Judhh was victorious." ] Ethiopians persist In their theory I that they are the only Christians Involved. They say the Italians are Catholics, therefore not Christians, j 1 which would amuse the Italians, If they had time for amusement Rome calls the General Dejasmatch dispatch “customary Ethiopian inaccuracy” Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, booked for a big political talk in Wash- [ ington. D. C, and invited by Mrs. Roosevelt to stop at the White House during his stay in Washington, decline* the invitation, explaining that he will have too big a crowd with him. Politicians do not think that the only reason. They expect. Governor Smith to “cut loose" and say things about the administration that would not come gracefully from a White House guest. Mr. and Mrs. Triplett of Jenkins. Ky, who have Just received from heaven their third wet of triplets, say: “We are just tickled to death, but imagine our surprise." Resides nine triplets, the happy couple have one set of twins, all eleven Mviag and all fortunate. The •baby bora ia a family that wants babies Is the fortunate child. For the woman or man who does not want children, the wtoe thing is not to have them—for the children's sake. Hitler knows what be wants, tells the rest of the world, and thus far the world has let him help himself. He wanted an end of the Versailles treaty and got It He wanted the right to build a strong battle fleet and England consented. Now he says he must have an str force as strong as that of France, and will proceed to build it He demands also the return of all colonies taken from Germany, and Intimates that he will fight for them if be can’t get them peaceably. •- Austria will pay Uncle Sam on account of debt thirty million schillings, payment in American jpaper dollars. At the current rate of exchange Uncle Sam win get $5,634,000. Our paper dollars are convenient for Europeans, for they know, although we do net, that our dollar is worth 50 cents. Thomas W. Lamont, a J. Pierpont Morgan A company partner, gives five hundred thousand dollars to establish a “ehair of political economy" at Harvard. The money will stay and the interest will be used. Weil invested, it should pay ths chosen professor a fair salary. © Sin* F»«n>r«» Syndicate, lac WWnssrrtmu _i_———————— L*a»b*rti Street la Lowden Lombard street Is a London street which has given Its name to the financial section of the dty. From the Ttttrimmth century until they were banished by Queen Elisabeth foreign merchants, many of whom were from Lombardy, were established there as nwkndkv Ipndcrg and U Edible Feed in Mtofr Family lOwfrwaMag j

News Review of Current Events the World Over p \ , Congress Opens and President Delivers His Message at a Night Session—Neutrality and Bonus Are Due for Speedy Action. By EDWARD W. PICKARD © WcatM-n N»w»p*pnr Union.

e INGRESS began a session that gives promise of being, not short and calm, as administration leaders had predicted, but long and lively.

Right at the start President Roosevelt Caused ~ the Republicans to howl loudly by deciding to deliver bls annual message on the state of the Union before a Joint night session of congress bo- it could be broadcast at a time when the maximum number of American citizens could be beside their radios. Thia required

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a special rule In the house for without it that body can.'meet but once a day; and the minori|y leaders made no considerable objection. But Chalrmaqf Fletcher of the Republican national committee was so aroused by Mr. Roosevelt's plan that he demanded eqiipl time on the national radio chains tor a Republican reply. Mr. Fletcher wak sarcastic In his comments. saying: || "The Presld'ertt'a decision to dramatise his and to bring down to the level offh political speech his constitutional! tight and duty to address the congress on the state of the Union, is understandable in the light of past perforn lances." Senator Dicki arson of lowa denounced what he called "an attempt to qse congress as the sounding board for a grand stand piay by the President." but Senator Borah said he had no objection to the plan and no criticism to offer. Anyhow, the President went ahead with his program and In his message gave his view of the nation’s present condition, naturally bolding that the New Deal was proving a success. TWO major* Issues that call for 1 quick consideration by congress are neutrality and the veterans’ bonus. The existing neutrality law-expires on February 29, and the President and hU advisers have | determined that a new law shall be passed which will give him broad discretionary powers with regard to shipments, loans and credits to There Is In congress a strong grotilp. headed by Senators Clark of Missouri, Vandenberg of Michigan ami Nye of North Dakota and Represemative Maury Maverick of Texas, that demands extension of the present mandatory neutrality law. ! Presumably the new measure will be a compromlite.! Speedy passage of bonus payment I legislation ls| expected, for its proI ponents are determined and vigorous. | Officials of the American Legion. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans have Just agreed on a bill win include these provisions : [ Immediate full cash payment of the adjusted service certificates. Refund of Interest paid on loans on ! certificates. Cancellation of Interest accrued and unpaid. Provision that veterans who do not j, desire to cash their certificates may h draw Interest upon the maturity value j thereof (less principal of loan, if any), to be paid thereon from a date to be specified. Provision for Issuance of special government Obligations in lieu of adjusted service certificates to the value of about'* a half a billion dollars now held as security by the United States Use Insurance reserves account The veterans’ organizations eeti- ; mated their united proposal would > entail a cask expenditure of approximately Sl.fflifi.OtMJ.noo, rather than the S2JhK»tXM).tXMJ generally accepted as the coat of payment ’ NEW tax levies of more than $350. h year went into effect on New Year's day. there being the result of delayed tax rates passed at the last session of congress. The heaviest Is from the unemployment Insurance and old age pensions act, which is expected to raise about $240,000,000 In taxes on Industrial pay rolls. Other new taxes Include : Raising ot Individual returns, SSO. 000,000. I Corporation tax boost. $40,000,000 Gift tax Increase. $25,000.01)0. Intercorporate tax levy, $30,000,000, Revision. Inf the personal holding company and corporate liquidation tax provisions of the tax program will Increase the [' country's tax bill. Thc> Treasury department has made no et tlmate of such Income. ■ L I — SENATOR PAT HARRISON of MU *3 slssippL chairadan of the senate finance committee, on his arrival in Washington for the opening of cot-

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gress ga vej out the welcome • statement that no new general tax legislation would be pushed through during this session. Said he: *1 don’t look for It and f don’t think M: to la the realm of possibility.’ Adoption ot a mansfacturer’a excise tax was aho “out,” according to Harrison.

Be pictured an unnsnally short ae> | alon of congress with appropriation ] bills anti amendments to existing legislation the principal business to t« handled. | In the senator's opinion a comprs- !' arise on the bonus, always polltirwlfy vexatiotis, I would be reached and a preeiderriiai veto would be avoldet Harrison reiterated his opposition to t the Townsend cM age penskm plan anA I said It mould make ns progress at tl « new setistoß. x

Many bouse members agreed with Harrison as to taxes. It wouldn’t bo good policy to pass such measures this session for there will be elections in 435 congressional districts In 1936. Pat Harrison took a crack at the Liberty league and its legislative program offered to congress. The league, he said, was “ready to take over the legislative and Judicial functions” of the national government and might be magnanimous enough to take over the executive branch as well. The senator called the league a “lobby" and described its statements as “plutocratic propaganda." F?EDERAL JUDGE CHARLES J. » BRIGGLE of Peoria, HI., ruled that the Federal Alcohol Control administration act Is constitutional, the decision being made in a test case brought by a Peoria distillery company. The alcohol administration closed the distillery, asserting it held no. basic permit at the time the old code was outlawed by the Supreme court The company held it did hold such a permit and applied for a new one. Judge Briggle denied the plea for an Injunction to force the administration temporarily to retract Its decision on the application for a basic permit In his decision he said: ‘"Fhe former objections to the wrongful delegation of legislative authority with reference to the so-called ‘code’ provisions now has been obviated by this act, and while the plaintiff’s position in some other respects Is not without merit yet the court is not convinced that sufficient doubt exists as to the constitutionality of the act to warrant the court tn granting a temporary injunction.” WHAT may be expected from Elmer A. Benson, the new FarmerIjiborite senator from Minnesota, Is Indicated In a radio speech he made

In Chicago on his way to the National Capital He declared he believed that capitalism is doomed, and urged a much larger measure of public ownership ahd “production for use rather than for profit." “I am convinced,” he said, “that nothing short of social ownership of koyUjndus-

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tries* can save ns. Inasmuch ®&yhas been demonstrated that we e«ti produce enough tor all it our productive plant Is used wisely, society must take over that plant and our financial system as well and operate them in the interests of all. the people because big business definitely refuses to do so.” Mr. Benson, who has been serving as state banking commissioner, was appointed by Gov. Floyd B. Olson to complete the term of the late Senator Thomas B. Schall. He will serve until December 31, 1936. He has been a Farmer-Laborite since the birth of that party and before that was active in the Nonpartisan league in Minnesota. FRANKLIN C. HOYT has resigned as federal alcohol administrator and his resignation has been accepted by the President with the usual expressions of regret. Mr. Hoyt cited his poor health and other personal reasons to explain his action, bnt In his letter to Mr. Roosevelt he plainly indicated that he was dissatisfied with the liquor control setup. MRS. EUGENE TALMADGE, wife of the governor of Georgia, has Joined Alfred E. Smith In declining sin invitation to the White House. Mrs. Roosevelt asked her to be her guest the afternoon of January 8, the day before a meeting of the Democratic national committee in Washington. Governor Talmadge, a hot opponent of the New Deal, was to attend the meeting, but his wife toM Mrs. Roosevelt that liter cotton plantation in Telfair county demanded her attention. "I have to get my farm started on rhe 1936 crops,” explained Mrs. Talmadge to the reporters. “The first few weeks of the year are a busy time." NEW DEALERS speak scornfully of the Presidential poll conducted | by the Literary Digest, but everyone in eager to see what It reveals. The latest returns show a still further decline in Nfew Deal popularity. Out of a total of 1370,7*4 votes received. 828.929 answered negatively the question “Do you now approve the acts and policies of the Roosevelt New Deal to f date?" This brought the negates percentage to the new high figure of 60.47 per cent The last preceding percentage was 58.51. Eleven of the thirteen southern” states continued solidly New Deel. Only Florida and Oklahoma voted against it The twelve middle western farm states continued balloting more than 3 to 3 against the administration. The Rocky Mountain states, with the single exception of Utah, contributed substantial majorities against the New Deal, as did four of the six New England states, which were voting 8 to 1 against Itoneevsit 'THVELVE persona nine of them peaA sengers, perished when the Imperial Airways liner Qty of Khartoum crashed in the Mediterranean off Alexandria. Egypt The only survivor was Pitot Vernon G. Wilson, who was token from the water in a critical condition. Among the victims was one American, James C. Luke of Phlladephla. an oil engineer on his way from London to Basra, Iraq. The City of Khartoum, which had accommodations for 15 passengers and four members of the crew, had been •etlred from service recently, but was .Italy.

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C*ROM his field headquarters in • Dessye Emperor Halle Selassie sent to the League of Nations a vigorous protest against the war methods of the invading Italians. The emperor charged specifically that Italian flyers, in raining explosives on the southern army of his son-in-law, Ras Deets Demtu, near Dolo, used poison gas and destroyed a Swedish Red Cross ambulance laden with sick and wounded. A special iqpetlng of the Swedish Red Cross was held In Stockholm to take action tn this matter. The Italian government in Rome asserted the aerial bombardment was fully Justified by the alleged beheading of two Italian aviators by the Ethiopians after the flyers had crashed at Daggab Bur In Ogaden. The communique also said it was well known that “Ethiopian chieftains take shelter under Red Cross signs when they see Italian airplanes." Fierce fighting was going on along the northern front In Ethiopia. In Addis Ababa It was claimed that one of the emperoris armies had scored a decided victory, but there was evidence that others of his units had suffered reverses. DISPATCHES from Addis Ababa said reliable sources there disclosed the terms on which Emperor Haile Selassie had authorized his delegation at Geneva to discuss peace. They were thus stated: Withdrawal of Italian troops from Ethiopia; recognition of the African empire’s sovereignty; payment of indemnity by Italy; delimitation of East African boundaries between Ethiopia and the Italian colonies by a league of nations and foreign economic, administrative, and financial aid and advice for Ethiopia only on the condition there would be no Italian influence. DECLARING that ail America Is menaced with violence by the Communists, the Uruguayan government severed relations with the government of Soviet Russia; Minister Alexander Rinkin and his staff were handed tbeir passports, and the Uruguayan charge d’affaires was recalled from Moscow. The decree, signed by President Gabriel Terra and all members of the cabinet asserted that Montevideo was the headquarters of Communists who were plotting uprisings in all South America countries, and quoted the Brazilian charges that the abortive rebellion there In November was instigated by the Soviet government and that the Montevideo legation was its intermediary. Dr. Jose Espalter, Uruguayan foreign minister, said: “We have proof that Montevideo was the center of a gigantic Soviet expansionist plot and that Minkin was organizing a revolution in Uruguay for next February or March." Uruguay Is the only South American nation that recognized the Soviet Russian government WITHOUT waiting for a ruling by the Supreme court on the validity of the Tennessee Valley authority act Senator Nofcls of Nebraska, fa-'

ler of that and nfuch other advanced legislation. has prepared a bill for a Mississippi Valley authority along the same lines as the TVA but immensely greater In scope. He intends to Introduce the measure soon in congress. It would embrace more than half of continental United States, In-

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eluding all the vast plain between tbe Alleghenies and tbe western continental divide and from near the Canadian border to the delta of the Mississippi; only the Tennessee valley would be omitted from the plan. Norris sakl It was an expansion of bis former plan for a Missouri valley authority. Flood control would be its chief goal, he disclosed, but it also would direct the development of navigation, irrigation, hydroelectric power, soil conservation and reforestation. Like TVA ft would be managed by a three-man directorate. Tbe cost Is not stated. Congress would vote funds from year to year as the work progressed. NOTEWORTHY among recent deaths are those of Lieut Gen. Hunter Liggett, hero of four wars and leader of the American first army in France where he was second in command to General Pershing; and Harry B. Smith, well known and prolific light opera librettist who wrote the books and lyrics for “Robin Hood” and many other productions. DEPARTURE of Col Chariea A Lindbergh with his wife and child from the Untied States beeause of threats of kidnapers probably will lead to a congressional investigation of crime. Senator Pope of Idaho said be was prepared to Introduce a resolution calling for such an inquiry. His resolution would authorize an investigation of local enforcement con ditlona, primarily to determine If an ••American Scotland ’ird” controlled by the federal government could co-or-dinate police agencies successfully. COMPTROLLER GENERAL J. RMcCARL toned an order that blocked the plans of the Federal Sur plus Commodity corporation to buy

mrplus farm products for relief distribution. He held that tbe administration eould not use the 30 per cent of gross customs receipts set aside for the AAA to buy farm products to be given to relief clients. In a letter to Secretary Wallace. McCari said relief legislation and relevant statutes pro-

tided another way to handle each purchases. 1- It was believed MeCarFs rulinp would not affect AAA plans for pur chases for diversion purposes and not for relief distribution. An offer has been made for purchases of surplus i,potatoes from She 19® erop, to be diverted Into Industrial channels. Officials said, however, they did not expect growers to take advantage of this offer because of recently advanced prices for potatoes.

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> Washington.—lt was In the. sultry ' days of the summer of 1914, it will t a _ _ 4 JS .a-- a

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’ remote province of Austria. At the 1 time, the assassination was front page news for most of the newspapers but ' its real Import was not generally recognized. Nevertheless, from that incident ' sprang the greatest war the world has ever known. Within a' few months of 22 years ' after the assassination at Sarajevo the world sees a situation in Europe where another such incident would have consequences just as violent. At the present time, ammunition dumps all over Europe are waiting for a spark to set them off. It may be an accidental spark or it may be a spark deliberately [! cast Into that powder keg. I do not mean to say that It will happen but I do wish to emphasize that at no time , since the Archduke’s assassination has I there been a field so fertile for the pro- ' motion of a gigantic war as the present ' It may seem, and it undoubtedly does seem to many, that the dangers In- ; herent in the European situation at present are afar off. But, It can be recalled that there were those in this country who, as late as 1916, said the European war was 3,000 miles away. Before It ended, however, 5,000,000 American boys and. young men had been drafted to be thrown into that European cauldron. It may happen again. While there 4s no immediate possibility of the United States getting tangled up in the European political problems which spring from hostilities between Ethiopia and Italy, those who know history cannot fail to agree with the statement that it is never too early to plan for preventing war. ■ For that reason; then, I believe almost every family in the United States has a stake, either directly or .indirectly, in one of the problems with which congress must deal. This legislation Is known by the short and rather indescriptive title of the neutrality policy. It is, indeed. Just that, but the point I seek to make is that the title does not convey by any manner or means its full importance or its full effect upon the lives of each of us If a policy can be worked out, a policy that is effective. obviously our chances for remaining out of any hostilities in Europe—or in Asia for that matter —are certainly much better. I do not know and I do not believe anybody can say accurately that It Is [possible to develop a neutrality policy that will be fool-proof; or that will guarantee to us the removal of possible entanglements, or it bat will prevent us from stubbing our toes and falling into the midst of the mess. It seems to me, however, that we ought to try. « • • A year ago about this time, congress enacted a bill which was designed to

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rected by congress to lay an embargo against the shipment of arms, ammunition of war to any countries engaged in hostilities regardless of whether tbeir claims were right or wrong. We have had some experience with tbe force of that legislation already and it has not b4en without its embarrassing and difficult phases. Now, however, it is proposed to revamp that legislation which was admittedly of a temporary character and is due to expire by limitation of law on February 29 Congress has-been told rather definitely, I think, that this country wants to remain out of someone else's war. The President has the same idea. So. instead of allowing our citizens to run ; wild, ship anything and everything, | make contracts with tbe countries now ; engaged In war or those that may be | engaged later, it is proposed that we - have a permanent policy embodying whatever principles may be found wisest to protect us from ourselves and | prevent us from throwing ourselves i again Into such a volcano of qtolten ! lava aa any present-day war would be. I Tbe problem Is not as simple as it ’ appears on the surface When congress [ enacted the present temporary neu- : trality legislation, it provided that tbe embargoes, when and if laid, must apf ply to al). It gave the President no ■ discretionary power to determine < whether we wanted to use these em- < bargoes as a weapon against one nation while aiding another. Mr. Rooae4 velt. In accepting the original legis- ' lation. said publicly that be believed be should have such discretionary power. This was in line with the conclusions ot tbe Department of State which necessarily must be the President’s adviser on matters of this kind. Congress was criticized in many quarters when it made the embargoes applicable to all belilgerez t& Now. however, if we may Judge from tbe word that comes to Washington, sentiment seems to be swinging in the other direction and there certainly is a considerable, if not a majority, sentiment for use of the mandatory provision as distinguished from the extension of discretionary authority to tbe President. To say It another way, the sentiment appears to be In favor of making the embargoes applicable to all belligerent powers and not Just to one nation whose claim <mr government may believe to be unjust to to to ■ ' -, X ', It is safe to say that before congress determines definitely what the perrna-

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| be remembered that when the governi ment lays an embargo against all nations at war it takes away possibilities of tremendous profit This profit accrues to those industries by which sustaining war materials are produced. Neutrality legislation, therefore, may prove costly, not as costly as war, perhaps. but nevertheless a costly action.

Hence, there is no question that many lines of commerce and industry are going to be drawn into the preliminaries of this decision. To explain how disturbing to certain lines of industry this thing can be, it is only necessary to recall events of the last month or so in connection with the sanctions proposed by the League of Nations. The League has tried to force the dictator, Mussolini, to withdraw from Africa by the use of embargoes, which is what sanctions are. The League proceeded with considerable vigor until It reached the question of oil. Immediately, shoes began to pinch and the feet that were pinched were in every country where oil is found, even our own. / As a result, they have led the oil horse up to the tfough from a half dozen different approaches but they have not yet been able to make him drink. Our own oil interests have not been quiescent If the league bans oil shipments to Italy, the United States, which is not a member of the league, obviously will do likewise. Profits of the oil companies and the hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of shareholders would be cut. Further, Mussolini has announced publicly that imposition of the embargo upon oil would mean war. He did not say with whom he would go to war but the British and the French know and they are getting ready. The British has Its entire home fleet in the Mediterranean at this time and the Blue Jackets aboard the British men of war have been drilled thoroughly anew in the science of manning their big guns. So it is seen how delicate this whole circumstance is. It is plain that when congress deals with the neutrality legislation, it is moulding a pattern over which there will be undoubtedly an alignment among our citizens as sharply drawn as though it a purely domestic question. There will be those, of course, who favor a permanent policy which will make it mandatory upon the President to apply embargoes against shipments of anything usable in war and treat all nations engaged in war alike. There will be set off against this sentiment those who think the Chief Executive should have discretionary power and that the government should not be placed In a strait-jacket from which it cannot extricate itself without congressional action. Whatever the conclusions may be and whatever form the new legislation takes. It remains as one of the most important policies to come before congress in many moons. Whatever is done necessarily will be a precedent toward which future generations will look as time goes on whether civilization becomes more enlightened or hot 'v. • » • The Treasury, operating on a fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30,

be remembered, that Archduke Ferdinand was laid low by an assassin's bullet in a

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prevent tbe shipment of war materials to any belligerent nation or nations. It The President was dl-

show that Its receipts are lagging far behind the expenditures and demonstrates the necessity for cutting down the federal outgo unless the nation desires to see Its public debt go far beyond any total hitherto conceived. The official Treasury statement as of December 30 shows that the government has spent approximately sl,850,000,000 more In the first six months of this fiscal year than it received in taxes and other revenue. In consequence of this deficit, the public debt Is now approximately $30,600,000,000, the highest point it ever has reached, and that total is roughly two billion dollars higher than the public debt as it stood last July 1 when the present fiscal year began. Since the expenditures were so much larger than the receipts, the Treasury has been operating on a basis that, reduced to the minimum, shows an outgo of about $1.96 for every SI.OO collected in revenue during the first half of the current year. C Western Newspaper Union. “Swan Song” Phrase Has to Do With Final Tasks A “swan song” is the last work of an author, artist or composer, especially a work produced just before death, advises a writer in the Indian- . spoils News. . The phrase alludes to the old belief that the swan sings beautifully while dying. According to a Greek legend, Apollo, the god of music, passed into a swan. Plato, in Pbaedo, has Socrates say that swans sing at their death “not out of sorrow or distress, but because they are Inspired by Apollo, and they sing as foreknowing the good things lheir god hath in store for them.” Aristotle and other early Greek philosophers accepted the belief that swans sing before death as having a proper place In natural history. Much has been written to prove or to disprove' the belief. There may have been a slight basis for IL Although most species of swans make no sound at any time that could be described as musical, there are a few exceptions. In his “Account of Iceland.” Nicol says of the whistling swans of that Island that “during the long, dark nights their wild song is often heard resembling tones of a violin, though somewhat higher and remarkably pleasant" A statement even more to the point is found in George Adolf Erman’s “Travels in Siberia.” that the Cygnus olor or whooping swan “when wounded, pours forth its last breath in notes most beautifully clear and loud." The United States biological survey makes the following state ment: Ht seems now that notwithstanding swans do not have notes that are particularly musical, on rare occasions wounded or dying swans do produce notes which are very different from the ordinary notes of the species and which might readily give rise to the story that the bird stags when dying. This may have been the original basis' for the story, and it is vouched for by the field observations of a very com petent observer, in comparatively re

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BBorimio' Udi Homift Ferns grow and thrive tn suspended window baskets if soil is kept moist and not allowed to dry out. » • * Keep a roll of glued paper and a ball of twine in your kitchen to use when tying and labeling bundles. •; •• • ‘ Chilling makes rolled cookie dough firm and easy to roll without the addition of extra flour. • • •' ,A pail of sand should always be kept near the furnace iu»the cellar. Should "a spark from the furnace start a blaze it may be quickly extinguished with the sand. • ♦ • Place a loaf of cake as near tbe center of oven as possible. If placed close to the firebox one side of cake will rise higher than the other and is likely to burn. • • • After removing fudge from the stove, add half a teaspoon of baking powder. It makes it fluffy. * * *! Adhesive tape may be quickly and painlessly removed from the skin if softened with, benzine. Saturate a sponge with benzine and wash tape with it • ' • * Do not keep cyclamens in too warm a room. Too much heat causes the blossoms to lose their firmness. Keep soil about the roots quite damp. © Associated Newspapers.—WNU Service. NO UPSETS The proper treatment for a bilious child nm mH . ' —in REUEVIM ' I CflllfTlWfflflfl A deansing dose today; a smaller quantity tomorrow; less each time, until bowels need no help at all. ANY mother knows the reason «-when her child stops playing, eats little, is hard to manage. Constipation. But what a pity so few know the sensible way to set things right! ! The ordinary laxatives, of even ordinary strength, must be carefully regulated as to dosage. A liquid laxative is the answer, mothers. The answer to all your, worries over constipation. A liquid can be measured. The dose can be exactly suited to any age or need. Just reduce the dose each time, until the bowels are moving of their own accord and need no help. This treatment will succeed with any child and with any adult. The doctors use liquid laxatives. Hospitals use the liquid form. If it is best for their use, it is best for home use. The liquid laxative most families use is Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup ■ Pepsin. Any druggist has it. Poisonous Gossip Gossip is told with leers that envenom It. ' : Still Coughing? No matter how many medicines you have tried for your cough, chest cold or bronchial irritation, you can get relief now with Creomulskm. Serious trouble may be brewing and you cannot afford to take a chance with anything less than CreomulMon, which goes right to the seat of the trouble to aid nature to soothe and heal the inflamed membranes as the germ-laden phlegm is loosened and expelled. Even if other remedies have failed, don’t be discouraged, your druggist is authorized to guarantee Cretsnulsion and to refund your money if you are not satisfied with results from the very first bottle. Get Creomulston right now. (AdvJ

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