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1—Class of 1870 at Annapolis naval academy marching to the mess hall as they did fifty years ago. 2—View
of North Haven harbor, entrance to Utile Maine town where Lindbergh and Miss Morrow may be married. 3—
George W. YYickersliam, chairman of President Hoover's law enforcement commission.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
President’s Law Enforce¬
ment Commission Begins
Its Great Investigation.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
PRESIDENT HOOVER’S commts
* s ion on law enforcement has been
appointed and is about to begin its
momentous task of investigating the
evils and failures of federal judicial
procedure. The President's selections
for membership on this important
body have met with warm approval.
Its chairman is George W. Wicker
sham. attorney general of the United
States during the Taft administration.
The others are Frank .T. Loesch, as¬
sistant state’s attorney of Chicago;
William S. Kenyon of Iowa, United
States circuit judge; Newton I).
Baker of Cleveland, secretary of war
under Wilson; Itoscoe Pound, dean of
the Harvard law school; William A.
Grubb of Alabama, United States dis¬
trict judge; Paul .1. McCormick of
California, United States district
judge; Kenneth It. Mackintosh of
Seattle, former chief justice of the
Washington state Supreme court;
Monte M. Lemann, president of the
Louisiana Bar association; Henry W.
Anderson of Richmond Va., United
States member of Mexican claims com¬
mission, and Miss Ada L. Comstock,
president of Badcliffe college, Boston.
With the exception of Miss Com¬
stock, every one of these is an emi¬
nent lawyer, and three of them,
Loesch, Baker and Pound, have had
special experience in crime investiga¬
tion. The one woman on the commis¬
sion is also the sole representative of
the laity, and some regret lias been
expressed that there is no one to share
with her this great responsibility.
Not one of the members has been ac¬
tively identified with either the wets
or the drys, although Judge Kenyon
is generally regarded as the champion
of the prohibitionists. Three of the
commissioners, Baker, Grubb and
Lemann, are Democrats.
Though the scope of the commis¬
sion’s activities is by no means lim¬
ited to inquiry into enforcement of
the prohibition laws, tills phase of the
investigation is looked upon as the
most important and it is certain to he
the most Interesting to the people of
America. Already the dry and wet
organizations are marshaling their
forces and preparing to present be¬
fore the commission all the facts and
arguments at their command. Mr.
Hoover invited the members of the
commission to eat luncheon at the
White House and listen to his outline
of the scope and purposes of their In¬
quiry.
D AILROADS of the country won a
great victory when the Supreme
court of the United States handed
down Its decision in the famous St.
Louis & O'Fallon railroad case which
on behalf of that obscure little coal
road had been fought through all the
courts. The immediate object was to
have set aside an order issued by the
interstate commerce commission call¬
ing for a refund of a part of its earn¬
ings, coming under what is known as
the recapture clause of the transpor¬
tation act, permitting railroads to re¬
tain one-half of their earnings in ex¬
cess of G per cent, and requiring them
to pay over to the government the
other half.
Reversing a lower court decision
and annulling the order, the Supreme
court decided that the interstate com¬
merce commission must revise Its
whole method of valuing railroads to
reach a basis for rate making. Years
of work by the commission must he
done over again in full or in part,
['resent values and the cost of re¬
placements must he considered by the
commission in setting the basis of
railroad compensation, the court ruled.
This replaces the 1910 valuation now
used by the commission. Justices
Brandeis, Holmes and Stone dis¬
sented.
At first it was believed this decision
would bring about higher passenger
and freight rates, but later this was
denied. The immediate effect on the
New York Stock exchange was star¬
tling. Prices of rail stock soared with
a rush of buying orders, but the ad¬
vances were cut in half by liquidation
in industrial stocks.
UOikMEIi SENATOR IRVINE L.
E LENKOOT’S appointment to a fed¬
eral judgeship was finally confirmed
by the senate despite tiie determined
opposition of a number of radicals.
Soon thereafter a newspaper pub¬
lished what purported to be I lie roll
call by which this action was taken in
executive session, and this stirred up
a row that lias resulted in the barring
of news service reporters from the
floor of tiie senate. This step was
taken by the rules committee and re¬
ported to tiie senate with a resolution
censuring die unnamed senator or
senate employee who had disclosed
tiie roll call. Afler considerable dis¬
cussion. Vice President Curtis an¬
nounced that while news service re¬
porters have been accorded the priv¬
ilege of the floor "by courtesy for Half
a century or more," tiie rule specify¬
ing the persons entitled to admission
will be rigidly enforced in the future.
rpOLLOAVING L Colonel Lindbergh's
Might In his amphibian plane to
North Haven, Maine, carrying his
fiancee, Anne Morrow; her mother and
two sisters, tiie news developed that
tiie youngest of the girls, Constance,
had received extortion letters threat¬
ening tier life if $50,000 were not paid
to tiie writer. Constance got two of
these notes at Milton academy. West
wood, Mass., where she is a sopho¬
more. Attempts to catcli tiie extor¬
tioner by a decoy package failed, and
at ttiis writing his or her identity
lias not been discovered. For several
days the Morrow family, heavily guard¬
ed by special officers, remained on
their North Haven estate, and then
Colonel Lindbergh took them all to
New York in ids plane.
/GOVERNOR'S ISLAND and part of
tiie financial district of New
Y'ork were theoretically devastated by
bombs dropped b.v the army's huge
Keystone bomber which made a non¬
stop flight of G00 miles from tiie head¬
quarters of tiie army air maneuvers
at Fairfield, Ohio. Next day tiie
bomber returned to die metropolis ac¬
companied by a smaller biplane from
which it was successfully refueled
while in flight.
r\ XE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY’
SIX clergymen, educators and
leaders of religious' thought in Great
Britain and American have issued
what is entitled “A Britlsh-American
Message to the Churches and to All
People of Good Will.” It is an ap¬
peal for better understanding between
the American arid British peoples, and
expresses the hope that ail war may
soon be abolished. The signers pledge
themselves to accept in spirit and in
fact the words of the Kellogg treaty;
to “discountenance any and all ex¬
pressions or acts which contemplate
as possible the use of any but pacific
means for the settlement of disputes
or conflicts; and to do our utmost to
rally all pien and women of good will
to unite with us in this same deter¬
mination.”
\XTHILE the senate and house eon
* * ferees continued in deadlock over
the export debenture scheme in tiie
senate’s farm relief measure, the Re¬
publican members of the house tried
to fix up their tariff hill so it would
be assured of passage. There was a
lot of log rolling arid varions trades
were engineered.- It was said duties
would be placed on hides, leather and
shoes and those on a number of farm
products increased. Every effort was
being made b.v tiie leaders to prevent
a vote on the floor of the house on
amendments for a reduction in the
proposed duty on sugar or for the
restoration of cement, brick, shingles
and lumber to the free 'list. The
Michigan automobile industry together
with other industries using alcohol,
such as manufacturers of drugs and
paints, were reported to have tri¬
umphed over Illinois and Iowa corn
growers who have been seeking a duty
on blackstrap molasses high enough to
stimulate the use of corn in the man¬
ufacture of alcohol.
In the matter of the farm relief
measure, the house conferees were in¬
sistent that there be no vote In tiie
house on the debenture plan, while
the senators argued earnestly that
such a vote would make easier their
CLEVELAND COURIER
task in persuading the senate to ac¬
cept tiie bill with that feature omitted.
EOEXT disclosures of the actlvl
l' ties of the International Taper
and l’ower company in financing news¬
papers, made during tiie Investigation
by the federal trade commission, in¬
spired Senator George Norris of Ne¬
braska to deliver in the senate a
long address in which lie urged legis¬
lation to prevent the acquisition of
newspapers by public utilities con¬
cerns and lo curl) the expansion of
such corporations. The Nebraskan
scored President Hoover for putting
I.enroot on the federal customs ap¬
peals bench, and bitterly denounced
Samuel Instill, tiie Chicago public
utility magnate.
Mr. Norris said lie believed every
newspaper in the country has had tiie
opportunity to sell out to the “power
trust," the existence of which he has
been declaring for years, and passion¬
ately pleaded with publishers to re¬
ject the offers of the power magnates
so that the country might have a free
press.
P * HIDE lieved and by Peru the settlement are immensely of the re
old Tacna-Arica dispute, which was
formally announced in Washington.
The agreement reached was that pro¬
posed by President Hoover. Under
its terms Tarn a is awarded to Peru
and Arica to I'liilo. The city of Arica,
I lie only port of call for steamers on
tiie Tacna-Arica coastline, is award¬
ed to Chile, hut Peru is to have ihe
rights of a free port there. Chile lias
agreed to erect a railroad station, a
custom house, and a wharf at Arica
for the use of Peru. Chile also agrees
to pay Peru $<1,000,000.
Bolivia, which had hoped for an
outlet to the sea through tiie port of
Arica, alone is dissatisfied with the
settlement.
pOOR old China seems to he on tiie
I verge of another great civil war.
Gen. Clilang Kai-sliek, head of tiie Na¬
tionalist government, and Gen. Feng
Y’u-hsiang, tiie “Christian general,”
have reached the parting of the ways
and at last reports were about ready
for armed operations against each
other. At present I lie trouble is cen¬
tered about Canton. Just what it is
all about is difficult to understand at
this distance, but Feng accuses Cliiang
of a desire to dominate the country,
asserts his government Is “illegal”
and warns foreign consuls against
lending him assistance.
nn. ALBERT VOEGLER, secretary
of tiie German Federation of In¬
dustries, has resigned from the Ger¬
man committee of tiie conference of
reparations experts and departed from
Paris, which led to fears that tiie con¬
ference would he a complete failure.
In any event it seemed certain the
negotiations, if not broken off, would
be greatly prolonged. Germany had
accepted tiie American compromise
plan with certain conditions, and the
allied nations had practically accepted
the.se conditions, but with reserva¬
tions. The Germans indicated four of
tiie reservations of the allies were al¬
most totally innccepfable and that
they would yield no further, and the
allies stated that their limit had been
reached.
C'ORETGN ministers of tiie little en
*■ terite held a conference in Belgrade
in which, according to official an¬
nouncement, a complete accord was
reached on all questions. A treaty of
arbitration was signed and the other
treaties among the nations were pro¬
longed, The nations all entered pro¬
test against any reduction of repara¬
tions amounts.
EATHS of the week included
those of Earl Roseberry, veteran
statesman and former prime minister
of Great Britain; Eliza Ilensler, nine¬
ty-three, the American-born morga¬
natic wife of Ferdinand of Saxe
Cohurg, king consort of Portugal half
a century ago; and Rebecca Ewing
Watterson, widow of Henry Watter
son, the famous Kentucky journalist.
TpHE tions society Tiie of Hague the League of Na¬
at has awarded
Grotius medals to Frank B. Kellogg,
former secretary of state, and Sir Eric
Drummond. The Grotius medal was
instituted in 1925, to be granted each
year thereafter to ten persons for
work done in tiie promotion of ,'.e-ace.
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Gratifying Growth of
Zoning Activity Noted
During the last year, S7 municipal¬
ities passed zoning ordinances, while
101 either adopted more comprehen¬
sive zoning ordinances or amended
existing regulations to make them
more effective. An analysis of tiie
87 new zoning ordinances which were
passed shows that 44 were compre¬
hensive; that is, tiie use, height and
area of buildings were regulated; 27
merely controlled the use of build¬
ings ; seven regulated tiie use and
area of buildings; and two were
merely temporary ordinances, pend¬
ing the preparation of a zoning ordi¬
nance to suit local requirements.
Zoning activity is evident in prac¬
tically all states, the report shows.
New York led in tiie number of mu¬
nicipalities zoned during 1928, with
23 cities, towns and villages. Ohio
and Pennsylvania lied for second
place with six each. Y’oungstown,
Ohio; Waterbury, Conn., and Altoona,
I’a., were three of the largest cities
which adopted zoning legislation last
year. South Dakota ail'll Idaho were
added to the states having zoned
municipalities when four cities in tiie
former and three in tiie latter adopt¬
ed zoning ordinances during tiie year.
New York is tiie foremost state in
the Union in the number of its mu¬
nicipalities having zoning ordinances
in effect with a total of 131. New
Jersey is second with 84; California,
third with 73: Illinois, fourth with 71,
and Massachusetts, fifth with (52.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wis¬
consin and Kansas follow in the order
named.
Little Difficulty in
Remodeling Old Home
As the average futility grows more
prosperous, it begins to think in terms
of greater home prestige and comfort.
The subject of new furniture for tiie
living room conies up, the thought of
moving to other quarters is given con¬
sideration, and there is a general un¬
easy feeling that the family is not get¬
ting all out of its home life that it
should.
Many families who own their own
home would not hesitate for an in¬
stant to leave (he neighborhood for
more pretentious quarters were it not
for the fact that old friends and ac¬
quaintances would he out of easy
reach.
The desire for a bigger home and
one with more modern improvements
can be accomplished through modern¬
izing. Exterior walls can either he
overcoated with shingles or stucco.
The interior may be livened and made
pleasant through the use of paint and
varnish, new trim, l lie installation of
a second bath and replacement of the
worn-out heating system with a color¬
ful, jacketed and insulated boiler and
decorative thin tube radiators.
Brightening the Garden
It is surprising how much a few
cans of paint can do in the way of
brightening up the garden when ap¬
plied to fences, lattice and arbors.
This should be done before growth
starts and the actual rush of painting
begins. Also, garden furniture that
has been stored Inside or left out
should be painted to look its best.
Bird houses should he put out so
that they may weather a bit before
the birds take possession. If they
are home-made, do not paint the in¬
ner edges of the doorway or the in¬
side of the house. These little houses
will tiring the friend of tiie garden
nearer home and will help greatly In
fighting against insects.
Shade Trees and Health
The health of a community is vital¬
ly affected by shade tree growth;
leaves are continually, through trans¬
piration nnd chemical processes, send¬
ing moisture particles into the air
we breathe. They are absorbing,
through the tiny openings (or stomata)
of their leaf tissues the noxious nnd
harmful gases of a crowded city and
their growth is breaking up tiie heat
of the sun, giving cooling and refresh¬
ing shade.—Boston Herald.
For Road-Sign Regulation
During the annual convention of
ihe American Association of State
Highway Officials held in Chicago, ad¬
vertising signboards which tend to dis¬
figure the landscape were discussed.
A resolution was passed tiiat advertis¬
ing signs along highways are liable
to create serious traffic hazards by
distracting attention of drivers and
should be placed at least 500 feet
from all highways.
Quality Always Pays
From master to apprentice, from fa¬
ther to son, Colonial craftsmen passed
their pride of manual skill. To them
home building was an art Charming,
sturdy homes, many still standing, re¬
flect the builders’ dreams of a new
empire. The home builder of today
can have no finer examples of the
worth of good materials and good
workmanship. Quality always pays.
Hoover Model Act Followed
North Dakota has passed a city
planning enabling act following in gen¬
eral the Hoover model act. Under
this new law. territory within six
miles of a North Dakota city can he
made subject, to the control of the city
planning commission.
Crab* Four Feet Long
King crabs measuring four feet In
length and even longer have recently
been found in tiie Alaskan waters and
they are being taken in grat quan¬
tities and their meat shipped to the
United States, where it is highly es¬
teemed, as evidened by a rapidly
growing dnvand. The crabs are
caught in neis sunk deep in tiie wa¬
ter of Cook inlef, and when brought
to the surface and dressed, the aver¬
age yield of meat is six and a half
pounds per crab. These are said to
be far superior to t he great crabs
which have been taken from the Jap¬
anese waters.
Capital Punishment
The punishment for first degree
murder is death if tiie crime is com¬
mitted on lands and waters within the
admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of
tiie United States. This includes ves¬
sels registered under tiie laws of tiie
United States, which are on voyage
upon the waters of any of the Great
Lakes or any of the waters connect¬
ing these lakes.
If it weren't for the daily news
j paper a man's trousers would become
) lopsided with pennies.
With some people tiie season for
killing time is always open.
MOTHER!
Child's Best Laxative is
"California Fig Syrup"
“California Fig Syrup” now will thor¬
oughly clean the little bowels and In
a few hours you have a well, play¬
ful child again. Even if cross, fever¬
ish, bilious, constipated or full of
cold, children love its pleasant taste.
Tell your druggist you want only
the genuine “California Fig Syrup”
which lias directions for babies and
children of ail ages printed on bottle.
Mother, you must say “California.”
i Refuse any Imitation.
Bilious ?
Take Nf?—N ature’s Remedy— to
nifrht. You’ll be “fit and fine” by morning
—tongue clear, headache prone, appetite
back, bowels acting pleasantly, bilious at¬
tack forgotten. For constipation, too. Bet¬
ter than any mere laxative.
Safe, mild, purely vegetabl :—
KD TO-NIGHT
I TV tomorrow alright'
At Druggists —only 25c
Hold Everything
Young Husband—Good-liv, darling.
I'm going to run down town and buy
some kniekknacks.
Y’oung Wife—01>, lint are you sure
they'll be becoming to you, dear—re¬
member, you’re just a teensy hit bow
legged !—J udge.
Of 25,000 miles of possible inland
waterways in the United States, not
more than 7,000 are really modern¬
ized.
// Mosquitoes
Die, or
Money Back
Flit is the world-famous “sure thing’*
In killing mosquitoes, flies, roaches, bed
bugs, ants and fleas. More people use
Flit because it kills faster (thanks t»
more insect-killing ingredients), and is
easier to use in the handy Flit sprayer.
More for your money in the quart size.
FLIT
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vents chafing and irritation, and soothes,
cools and comforts tender skins.
Sold everywhere. Talcum 25c. Soap 25c.
Ointment 25c. Sample each free.
Addrtsi: ''Cuticura,'' Dept. B6,Ma!dea, Mass.
I
BEWARE OF WORMS
IN CHILDREN
Worms quickly ruin a child’s
health. If your child grits his
teeth, picks his nostrils, has a
disordered stomach—beware l
These are worm symptoms!
Quickly—without delay—free your
child’s body of these health-destroy¬
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/s' 60c. and $1.00 at Druggists, N. Y.
A Hisoox x Oh C pm. Wks. Uat ohogu ue.
FLORESTON SHAMPOO—Ideal for use In
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hair soft and fluffy. I>0 cents by mail or at drug
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S. ('. Standard Blood Tested Rhode Island
Red Chicks, electrically hatched; $15 per 100;
C. O. D. Shipments.
COMMUNITY HATCHERY, Manning, 8. a
Double Your Dollars. Pint each Amazing Auto
polish cleaner; Fragrant insecticide; Glass
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working out fit $1 . Sells $1.75. Representatives
wanted. Write Teasdale Co., Savannah, Oft.
POULTRY BUSINESS
Chattanooga, ° Tenn.; 'Poliri • est. £»o + H 8 yrs. yrg W big profits.;
owner retiring. Price only $5,000. $5,000. File 0-304.
TIIE APPLE-COLE ip I COMPANY *
1002 Transportation Bldg. - Detroit, Mieku
PORTO RICAN POTATO PLANTS
$1.60 M; 6,000 lots $1.50; 10,000 lots $1.40 M.
Tomato Plants $1 M. Cash with order.
BARBER PLANT CO. - BAXLEY, GA.
WASTED—TEN SALESMEN AND SALES¬
LADIES to sell New Patent Roller Wash
board in cities, towns and country. Big
money to sellers. Address W. O. TALLEY,
State Agent, Box 5, " ~ Decatur, Ala.
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Dehit Kahn, Box D, Station C, Atlanta, Ga.
Business Opportunities —Gigantic Mail—Ex¬
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Weiss & Co., 821 Park Ave., Weehawken, N.J,
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Nicolas Co., 417 So. Dearborn, Chicago, III,
MEN OR WOMEN Full or Part Time, hancD
some income, selling Corn-Rid for corns, cal¬
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PRODUCTS, 575 49th st., Milwaukee, Wis.
CHICKS. Rucks, Reds; 100, $11; Heavy
mixed, $10. Hatch every Wednesday. Prepaid
live delivery. Sat 11 la Farms, Way cross, Ga>
Agents—make big money selling Ideal Product®
direct to consumer. Hundred items—Toilet)
articles,Ext rads,Medicines. Big profits. Writ#
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Single Girls—Answer This, Send your nam#
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The Kerox Co., Box 442-K, Indianapolis, Ind.
W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 22-1929.
Unavo’dably Absent
Brown (to employer)—Jones won’t
lie at tiie office this week, sir, owing
lo a bereavement in his family.
Employer—Oh, indeed, and who’i
dead fids time?
Brown — Jones, sir. — Everybody’*
Weekly.
Tiie driver of a horse cab has just
driven his vehicle from Berlin to Pari*
and hack, I lie double journey taking
him 22 weeks.