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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, AUGUST 1, 1929.
A NIGHT OF FRIGHT
(By Get McGee)
I am not at all scary. I am noted
for my bravery far and near, but
mostly near. 1 don't mean that I'd
fight a tiger or a lion or anybody
else. I ain't talking about thut kind
of bravery. I am trying to lead up to
the matter of staying by myself in a
iiouse at night. Why for the sum of
l or 3 million dollars I’d spend 2
lights in my own home ull alone. No
sir ree, I ain't no baby.
But not long ago, my wife went
,outh for a week for her health: (ner
lister lives 40 miles down south as
he crow flies, and that's where Bhe
vent seeking her health), and I had
| to stay in a room by myself during
I ier absence. Of course, there were
1 ither people in the house for me to
■ orotect /.nil look after and I told them
, to retain their equilibrum and call me
f anything happened.
1—View In tirund Teton National park In western Wyoming, the nation's newest playground, just forma!
dicatcd by the National Editorial, association and officials of the national purk service. 2—Chinese troops be!
shed to the Manchurian border to confront the forces of Soviet Russia.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Goddess of Peace Is Busy in
Many Lands—Kellogg
Pact Is Proclaimed.
tlon of the Blessed 8ncrament was
performed.
With the assistance of the Italian I
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
I RENE, that goddess of peace, who
has become familiar to all cross
word puzzlers, was the star performer
of the week. Iler gracious presence
was manifest In Washington, London,
Furls, Home, and Mexico; and over In
Manchuria she could he seen peering
through the fast thinning war clouds.
Our own National Capital was the
stage for the more formal peace pro
ceedings, for there President Hoover
In an Impressive ceremony declared
effective the Kellogg-ltriund treaty for
the renunciation of war as a national
policy of the 40 nations that have de
clared their acceptance of the pact.
In the East room of the White House |
were gathered the representatives of
42 of those countries, together with I
former President Coolldge, former Sec
retary of State Kellogg, Senator Borah, I
and n few other Invited guests. At the 1
central seat of a long U-shnped table !
was tbe President, with Mr. Coolldge
at bis right. When tbe diplomats bad
entered while the Marine band was
playing and had been Introduced and
sented. Sir. Hoover arose, and In a
rather cautiously worded address, con
gratulated the assembly and the na
tions represented on the coming Into
force of "this additional Instrument
of humane endeavor to do away with
war and to obtain by paclllc menns
alone the settlement of International
disputes." He expressed the thanks ot
the nation to Mr. Coolldge, Mr. Kellogg,
Senator Borah and Representative
8wanson for tlielr diplomatic skill, de
votion and high service. The Presi
dent then read his proclamation mak
ing the pact effective.
There were no other speeches, and
the assemblage adjourned to the stnto
dining room where luncheon was
served.
C OINCIDENTAL with the ceremony
In Washington were announce
ments from London uud from the
White House of uctlon looking toward
real curtailment of flHvnl building pro
grams by Great Britain and the Unit
ed States. Declaring that Ids govern
ment Is determined to secure a reduc
tion of nnvul nrnmnients through
agreements with America, Prime Min
ister MacDonald told the house of
commons that work had been suspend
ed on two cruisers now under con
struction and contracts for a subma
rine depot ship and two submarines
bad boon canceled. Tills, lie Indicated,
was but the first step In nn extensive
program which would Include not only
canceling of contracts for ships con- i
teniplated and actually under con
struction. hut also scrapping ships ill- ]
ready built.
Of Ills conversations with Ambas- |
sailor Dawes, Mr. MacDonald said:'
“We have agreed on a principle of,
parity, and that, without departing in |
any way from that principle, n mens- i
ure of elasticity can bo allowed so as |
to meet the peace requirements of
each nation. We have arranged that
we shall not allow technical points
to override the great public Issues in
volved In our being able to come to
an agreement.”
The prime minister snld that Octo
ber themed to be the most likely
month when his contemplated visit to
President Hoover would take place.
The bouse of commons rose on-Friday
and wns told by the prime minister It
would not be summoned to sit again
until October 20.
P RESIDENT HOOVERS response
to Mr. MacDonald's announcement
was Immediate. He gave out word
that construction of three cruisers, the
keels for which were to be laid down
In American navy yards this autumn
would be held up pending considera
tion of disarmament proposals. In a
formal statement tbe President said
In part:
“I have read with real satslfactlnn
the statement which the prime min
ister has made In the house of eoni-
< inoiis. The American people are great
ly complimented by his proposed visit
and he will find a universal welcome |
"Mr. MacDonald’s statement marks
a new departure In discussion of naval
disarmament. The prime minister In- 1 ofllclals the whole affair was given
troduces the principle of parity, which n j 10 |y an( j solemn aspect that kept
we have now adopted, and Its eon- , t froin he,ng merely an Immense spec-
summation means that Great Britain tacIe The crmvds were aslm! t0 re .
nnd the United States henceforth are f ra | n from cheering, and the making
not to compete in armament as po- of photoKral) | 18 ; or stm , was
tentlal opponents but to co-operate as j f or [ ( |(i,] en-
friends In the reduction of It. | ' __
"We huve three cruisers In this i
year’s construction program which [
have been undertaken In the govern- i
ment navy yards, the detailed draw-
A/f EXICO'S part In the general
I’-I peace concert was the ending of
I am a little bit deaf, but 'long
about midnight, I heard a burglar
sawing the screen out of one of the
windows in my room. I was too weak
to scream. The temperature was
about 26 in the bed, but I began
! sweating a heavy night sweat, and
] that sawyer just kept on a-sawing.
| There was a pistol in my chiffer-robe
i drawer, but I was .not physically
1 able to get up and walk across the
floor to get the weapon, so I just
stayed as still as possible and breath
ed low and deep.
ings for which are now In course of
preparation. The actual keels would,
In the ordinary course, be laid down
some time this fall. Generally speak- |
lng, the British cruiser strength con
siderably exceeds American strength I
at the present time and the actual <
construction of these three cruisers ■
would not be likely In themselves to i
produce Inequality In the final result. I
"We do not wish, however, to have j
any misunderstanding of our actions, |
nnd therefore we shall not lny these ,
keels until there has been an oppor- |
tunity for full consideration of their ;
effect upon the final agreement for |
parity which we expect to reach, al
though our hopes of relief from con
struction lie more largely In the lat
ter years of the program under the
law of 1028.”
W AR between Chinn nnd Russia
probably bus been averted at
lenst for the present. Reminded by
the United Stutes, Great Britain and
France of their obligations ns signers
of the Kellogg treaty, both govern
ments declared their Intention to abide
by the terms of that pact; nnd then
nt the suggestion of Chinn representa
tives of Nanking and Moscow began
n conference nt Clinng Chun. This,
it was believed, would lead to direct
negotiations for a peaceful settlement
of the controversy over the Chinese
Eastern railway. There were uncon
firmed reports of several clashes along
the Manchurian border, and Russian
diplomats declared there could he no
mediation between the two nations un
til China lmd restored the status quo.'
But the atmosphere wns more peace
ful, nevertheless. Japan, which has
vast interests in Manchuria, wns striv
ing hard to prevent warfare, nnd both
China nnd Russia Insisted they had to |
desire to resort to arms. Secretary of
State Stimson In Washington was es
pecially active In the cause of peuce
In the Fur Enst.
P REMIER POINCARE of France tri
umphed In Ills endeavor to obtain
from the French parliament a ratifica
tion of the debt agreements with the
United States and Great Britain. The
chamber of deputies authorized the
action by n vote of 300 to 202 after a
long and stormy debate which sent the
premier to n sick bed. The senate dis
cussed the question more quietly and
then concurred. Ratification by France
was so long deferred that congress will
have to take action on the agreement
all over again next fall. The house
ratified it two yeurs ago but the sen
ate refused to consider it until France
had acted. Meanwhile a new house
has been elected and the representa
tives must puss on the agreement
again.
C ONSEQUENT on the signing of the
Lateran treaties that ended the
long quarrel between Italy and the
Vatican, the pope, for the first time
since the destruction of the papal
state In 1S70, emerged from the Vat-
tlie Cntholie rebellion by tile surren
der of the “Crlsteros” nnd their loud
ers In several states, and the an
nouncement by the prosecuting attor-
That sawing kept up with much
uniformity strokes. I knew that guy
would shoot me the minute he got the j
opening large enough to poke his gun |
uey general thut all legal suits lnstl- ' through. I trembled and sweated and j
tuted against persons accused of re- 1 prayed and prayed and sweated and
bellious activities In the name of the trembled but the robber did not let up |
I supposed that he had found out in I
soone manner that I had brought 2 j
dollars home with me to pay the
washer-woman, and he was going to
have that money or my life, and pos
sibly both. I had never owned any
money but that saw kept a-cutting.
church, sedition and furnishing aid to I
rebels, have been suspended through- i
out the twenty-eight stutes and three
territories of Mexico on orders of
President Portes Gil.
npIIIlEE banking Institutions In Pas-
-*• sale, N. J., owned by the Bankers'
Securities compnny, whose president
Is former Senator Edward 1. Edwards,
were closed by the state commissioner
of banking because, he said, their cap
ital has been Impaired by assets of
doubtful value. The affair Is mysteri
ously tied up with the recent kidnap
ing of the executive vice president of
one of the concerns nnd Ills resig
nation after he was released.
Three more Florida banks have
closed. They are the First National
of St. Augustine, the Phifer State
bnnk of Gainesville, nnd the P.unk of
Ormond, winter home of .t.' D. Rocke
feller. They shut their doors because
of excessive withdrawals and for the
protection of depositors.
Announcement wns made of another
huge hank merger In Chicago. The
Institutions to be consolidated are the
Foreman Nntlonnl bank and the State
Bank of Chicago, with the Foreman
Nntlonnl corporation as an Investment
subsidiary. The Institutions will have
total resources of nearly $229,000,000
G ERMANY captured the speed
championship of the Atlantic
ocean when the new liner Bremen ar
rived nt New York 4 days, 17 hours
nnd 42 minutes out from Cherbourg.
This clipped 8 hours and 52 minutes
from '-he record held for some years
by the Cunnrder Mauretania. The
huge North German Lloyd liner also
broke nil records for a single day's
run, having made 713 miles on the
last day. It maintained nn average
speed per hour of 27.83 knots, or al
most 33 miles, for the entire trip.
I gathered enough vitality to ooze
myself out of the bed and crawl un
der it. It was cold as the dickens un
der there, but perspiration kept ,-oak-
ing out of me. 1 didn't know what in
the world to do. I’d have to pass right
under the window that was being
sawed to get to the door, and I wouid
not risk that. I began to catch cold,
but I knew better than to sneeze, and
my stummick almost busted several
times from holding-in pressure.
EMBERS of the federal
farm
board held a conference In Chicago
with 30 Invited officials of grain grow
ers’ co-operatives, the purpose being
to acquaint the hoard with the prob
lems now existing In the marketing of
wheat and coarse grains nnd to ob
tain opinions of the grain growers as
to the methods to be adopted by the
hoard under the terms of the farm re
lief act. From Chicago the board went
to Baton Rouge, La., to attend the
annual meeting of the American In
stitute of Co-Operation.
W fLI.IAM nOHENZOLLERN Is
now free to return to Germany
from his exile In Doom, Hollund, for
the bill for protection of the republic,
a clause of which excluded him from
the country’, has expired and the
relclistag refused to renew It. It Is
reliably stated, however, that the
This thing went on thusly till day
light. I crawled close to the window
to peep out and identify the burglar
before I ran, and when I got where I
could get a perfect view of him, I
found that he was a little limb of a
peach tree which had grown long
enough to rub against the screen
while the wind blew it about. I fell off
5 pounds that night, and was so nerv
ous for a week I wouldn't answer the
telephone by myself.
lean, and entered the portico of St. 1 former kaiser lias no intention of re-
Peter's, ending the self-imposed lm- j entering Germany,
prlsonment of the head of the Catho- |
He church. However, l’lus XI did not
leave the boundaries of the sovereign
Vatican state established by the trea
ties, for St. Peter’s Is Included In Its
territory. The occasion was a great
one not only for Rome but for the
whole Catholic world. Thousands of
Italian soldiers. Fascistl and city po-
666
is a Prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Denfue,
Bilious Fever and Malaria.
lice guarded the plaza of the church It is the most speedy remedy known,
while perhaps three hundred tliou- i
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close resemblance to the Corpus
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