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1—Prime Minister MacDonald and Ids political foe, Winston Churchill, greeting each other over Mr. MacDon¬
ald’s cake on his sixtv-third birthday. 2—President and Mrs. Hoover in their box at the deciding game of the worlds
series at Sbibe park, Philadelphia. 3—Full length view of 11-101, huge British dirigible that was successfully tested
in flight.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Senators Begin Digging Up
Facts About the Doings
of the Lobbyists.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
INVESTIGATION of lobbies in Wash
I ington was begun by the subcom¬
mittee of the senate committee on
judiciary, and Messrs. Walsh of Mon¬
tana, Caraway of Arkansas and Blaine
of Wisconsin, the more radical of the
Inquisitors, made it clear that they
intend to extract n lot of information
concerning the individuals and orga¬
nizations that try to exert influence
on congress in relation to legislation
of various sorts.
Alleged tariff lobbyists were the
first to be called, and though some
of them protested that Information
demanded was personal and not re¬
levant to the inquiry, the recollection
of the contempt proceedings against
others who in recent times had refused
to answer senate committee questions
was potent, and the information sought
was reluctantly given. On the opening
day those quizzed Included William
Burgess, vice president of the United
States Potters’ association ; Thomas O.
Marvin, chairman of the tariff com¬
mission ; E. B. Brossard, a member
of the commission; F. L. Koch, chief
of the ceramics division of that body,
and Karl Lungenbeek, his predecessor
in that position. Burgess denied he was
a lobbyist, saying he regarded him¬
self as a legitimate representative of
industry. Most of the facts elicited
from this group of witnesses had to
do with quarrels among them over the
furnishing of information to the fram¬
ers of the tariff bill, and to relations
with importers.
Dropping the ceramics for the pres¬
ent, the committee took up the do¬
mestic beet sugar lobby, and the most
interesting witness in this connection
was H. A. Austin, secretary and treas¬
urer of the United States Beet Sugar
association. He said his salary was
$8,000 a year and admitted that his
organization spends about $70,000 a
year in the dissemination of informa¬
tion concerning the industry and of
propaganda. The latter, he said, was
incidentally in favor of a high duty
on sugar. Since the enactment of
the 1922 tariff act. he said, the as¬
sociation has expended about $4oeno!i
for those purposes. Classifying lobby¬
ists in four groups, he claimed he
belonged in the second class consist¬
ing of representatives of trade associa¬
tions who present the case of their
industry in an orderly way. For the
third day the main witnesses were C.
Eyanson. secretary of the Connecti¬
cut Manufacturers’ association and
Senator Hiram Bingham of the Nut¬
meg state, who had admitted that
Eyanson was temporarily employed as
his secretary and adviser during the
consideration of the tariff bill by the
finance committee and as such was
admitted to executive sessions of the
Iiepublicaon members of the commit¬
tee.
PROGRESS with the tariff bill in
V the senate was slow, and confer¬
ences between the Republican and
Democratic leaders failed to speed it
up. Smoot took to task the radical
group for helping in the delay, and
Borah, who wants to confine the tariff
revision entirely to agricultural prod¬
ucts, retorted that the measure could
be passed in ten days if revised to
suit agriculture.
■\ I THEN' the senate took up the con
W firmation of the members of the
federal farm board the radical Re¬
publicans and Democrats talked in
opposition for some seven hours, but
all the appointments were confirmed
by decisive majorities after Robinson
of Arkansas, minority leader, had an¬
nounced he would vote for them and
let the entire responsibility for the
board rest on the President. Thirteen
votes were cast against Chairman
Legge, twenty-seven against S. R. Mc
Keivie, representing grain, and twen¬
ty against Carl Williams, representing
cotton. Only Blease of South Carolina
voted against the other five members.
The attack on Legge was based on
his former connection with the inter¬
national Harvester company; McKel
vie was assailed because of his al¬
leged belief that most of the help in
the grain belt must come from Hie
farmers themselves, while the south¬
ern Democratic senators charged Wil¬
liams with lacking the proper views on
boosting tin? price of cotton.
TN AN oliicial report to the senate
*- concerning the investigation of al¬
leged financial manipulations and crea¬
tion of monopolies by the power cor¬
porations, the federal trade commis¬
sion charges that its efforts are being
hampered by the withholding of vital
records. Big holding company groups
also are delaying the commission by
slow responses to the comprehensive
questionnaire sent to them more than
a year ago, the report says. Senator
Walsh of Montana, sponsor of tlie in¬
vestigation, indicated he would move
to broaden the commission’s authority
if necessary.
\ FTER months of preparation a
ft combined force of special treas¬
ury agents, deputy United States
marshals and New Jersey police ex¬
ecuted a grand coup on the rum smug¬
gling syndicate that has been sup¬
plying New York and vicinity with its
imported—and cut—liquor. Secret In¬
dictments already had been returned
by a federal grand jury in Trenton,
and then the surprise attack was car¬
ried out with speed and skill along
the Atlantic coast from the tip of
Long Island to Atlantic City. Thirty
five places were raided, many arrests
made and great quantities of liquor
seized. Among the places taken was
the headquarters of the syndicate,
near Highland, N. .1., a mansion for¬
merly owned by Oscar Hammerstein,
Jr. Its twenty rooms were fitted like
a dub. In (he basement the raiders
found tunnels leading to underground
valuts in which liquor was stored and
where a number of machine guns and
a quantity of small arms were hidden.
The cupola on top the mansion was
equipped with telescopes and was ap¬
parently used as a lookout tower from
where the smugglers could watch for
their craft.
A mile from this mansion the raid¬
ers captured a hidden radio station
from which orders in code were sent
to the fleet of liquor ships and speed
boats operated by the syndicate. The
federal agents already had learned
the code and one of them took the
place of the arrested operator, to lure
more of the big rum vessels to points
where they might be taken by coast
guard boats.
William J. Calhoun, prohibition ad¬
ministrator for New Jersey, who was
in charge of the raids in his state,
said the syndicate was a “million dol¬
lar outfit” which operated a fleet of
six ships between St. Pierre and Ber¬
muda and an auxiliary fleet of ten
speedboats. Unofficial estimates placed
the amount of liquor brought in at
id cases a week. Ever since the
interception and solution of a code
message months ago, every operation
of tlie syndicate had been under close
observation by the federal agents and
every detail of its business was
learned. The liquor organization was
elaborate and its personnel well
trained.
rj'RANCE, F Italy and Japan all have
accepted the invitation to a naval
limitation conference issued by Great
Britain. Paris and Rome consulted on
the form of their replies, and the re¬
sult appears in the Italian note which
was made public in Washington. Sec¬
retary Stimson called it an unqualified
acceptance, but it does not commit
Italy to accept any agreement reached
in London as complete in itself anti
prior to an agreement on general land
and sea disarmament. Indeed, the
Italian reply says:
“The aim of this conference, to
which the powers signatory to the
Washington treaty are invited, should
be to elaborate a text to facilitate the
task of the League of Nations prepara¬
tory commission and of the subsequent
general disarmament conference.”
As has been said before, it is be¬
lieved neither France nor Italy will
consent to the abolishment of the sub¬
marine, and France may not consent
to naval parity with Italy because
much of the French navy strength
must be kept outside of the Mediter¬
CLEVELAND COURIER.
ranean while Italy’s Is concentrated in
that sea.
pRIME MINISTER MacDONALD,
* after a rest in New York and a
visit to Niagara Falls, crossed over
into Canada, where lie was enthusias¬
tically welcomed, and became the
guest of Lieut. Gov. W. D. Ross in
Toronto. In a farewell message to
the people of the United States Mr.
MacDonald said he was leaving this
country “rich in the proof that while
the Atlantic divides us, tiie cause of
pence unites us.” In Toronto lie ap¬
pealed to the American Federation of
Labor to aid him in his disarmament
and peace efforts.
onVIFT forces made the most ex
^ tensive raid of the present trou¬
ble with China, pushing far into Man¬
churian territory along the Sungari
river, occupying Linkianghsien and
threatening llan and Fuehin and even
Harbin. The Chinese fleet on the Sun¬
gari then got into action in co-opera¬
tion with land troops and forced the
reds to retire. The invaders had sev¬
en gunboats and twelve airplanes.
China’s latest Civil war threat was
lessened by the news that Feng Yu
hslang, tlie disaffected general of 200,
000 troops, Imd been detained at the
capital of Shansi province by Com¬
mander Yen Hsi-slmn who, it had been
feared, would combine with him to
overthrow tlie government of Presi¬
dent Cliiang Kai-shek.
r_TARIRULLAII KHAN, the water
fl hoy king of Afghanistan, is out
of it and the country 1ms a new amir
in the person of his conqueror, Nadir
Khan. The forces of Ilabibullah were
driven from Kabul after the citadel
had been reduced by heavy bombard¬
ment and their master fled, after which
various towns and districts made their
submission to Nadir, who was report¬
ed to have been proclaimed amir. An¬
other dispatch, however, said he would
call a national assembly to choose a
king.
rvRITAIN’S new airship, the R-101,
D biggest and probably best of all
dirigibles yet constructed, took the
air last week on Its maiden flight, and
for an hour it circled, dived, climbed
and zigzagged over the London region
In an elaborate test of its powers. The
trial was believed to have been en¬
tirely satisfactory to her builders and
her commander, Maj. G. H. Scott. The
huge ship carries 14 passengers and a
crew of 38 men. It has five power
units, each self-contained in a car
slung beneath the bag and each com¬
plete in itself, and replaceable with¬
out stopping the airship). The R-100,
sister ship of the R-101, also is com¬
pleted and ready for trial flights.
n Y UNANIMOUS vote the American
LJ Federation of Labor, in conven¬
tion in Toronto, decided to embark on
a campaign for the unionizing of the
southern states, pledging the forces
and funds of organized labor for the
effort. All -rafts unions were directed
to center organizers in the South in
the coming year and a special fund
was set up it back the campaign. Tills
action was the direct result of pleas
made by representatives of the textile
workers who have been Involved iri
such serious troubles in the Carolinas
and Tennessee.
Notwithstanding the vigorous pro¬
test of the Detroit labor council presi¬
dent, who demanded tlie extension of
United States immigration laws to
Canadians, the federation indorsed the
executive council’s Immigration report
approving of commuting across the
border. The convention, however,
called on congress for further restric¬
tions on immigration. It also declared
against universal conscription in time
of war, and asked for limitation of
the power of courts to intervene in
industrial struggles.
A ULRICA'S most distinguished
A visitor of the week was Mme.
Marie Curie, co-discoverer of radium
and famous for her work with that
element. She came over from France
to receive from American admirers
a second gift for the purchase of radi¬
um, to call on President and Mrs.
Hoover and to pay her respects to
Thomas A. Edison on the occasion of
the golden jubilee of the electric light.
Madame Curie is in poor health and
therefore no strenuous program for
her entertainment was arranged.
(©, 1529, Western Newspaper Union.)
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$ Injured Miner Is
Saved by Terrier
Salt Lake City, Utah.—“Doc”
Buhl of Saltese, Idaho, was pros¬
pecting recently when his foot
was crushed by a rolling stone.
“Doc” tied a note on tlie neck
of his diminutive fox terrier and
sent her out for aid. She fulled
at first to grasp what was ex¬
pected of her and returned at
noon with the note still intact.
“Doc” fed her and sent her out
again, but she returned in a few
hours. This time the prospector
gave her a good scolding instead
of food, and ordered her out of
camp for the third time.
The dog reached the home of
a friend in Saltese in the even¬
ing and aid was immediately
dispatched.
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KIDNAPED CHILD
FORGETS PARENTS
Taken to Europe Months Ago
by Former Boarder.
New York.—Johnnie Cap., Jr., four
year-old New Haven boy who had
been kidnaped last April and taken
to Europe by a boarder in the home
of his parents who had developed a
deep attachment for tlie youngster,
came home recently.
In the months of his absence little
Johnnie had seemingly lost all ac¬
count of liis mother and father, had
even taken to speaking in German
and was tearfully disinclined to have
anything to do with them when tlie
ship which brought him home—the
Estonia, of tlie Baltic-American line—
docked at tier pier in Brooklyn. 'The
only interest tlie boy appeared to have
was in tlie ship’s nurse, Stefanin
IVercliowodko, who had the care of
him during ills home voyage from
Danzig.
The boy was taken from his home
last April by Joseph Urban, the lodg¬
er, and when his disappearance was
announced an appeal was made to
Governor Trumbull of Connecticut,
who was told that Urban had taken
the boy to Danzig.
After arrangements had been made
for the return of litlle John on the
Estonia, he was placed in tlie care of
Nurse IVercliowodko. Ilia plight be¬
ing known, he became the especial
pet of the commander and of the chief
steward, and was permitted prac¬
tically tlie run of tlie vessel. He could
go on tlie bridge, into the captain’s
cabin, wherever be wished.
Word of his homecoming had boon
sent to his parents and they were at
(lie pier. The instant Mrs. Cap
reached her son he tried to draw
away from her despite her cries that
she was his mother. “No, no, nurse,”
he exclaimed, and clung to Miss Wer
chowodko.
“Oh, my son doesn’t know me,” the
mother wailed, as John turned and
spoke in German to the nurse. “He
doesn’t speak Polish, he doesn’t speak
English, lie doesn’t know his moth¬
er!” Mrs. Cap cried, tears stream¬
ing down her cheeks.
It was some time before the small
boy came to understand that he was
in tlie hands of his dearest friends
and that no harm was to come to
him. Mr. and Mrs. Cup said that they
were starting for New Haven with
him at once.
Man Who Threatened
Suicide Is Found Dead
Staunton, Va.—After telling another
patient at the Western State hospital
that tie was going to kill himself, N. It.
Harris, forty-seven, of Loudoun coun¬
ty, disappeared. Some hours later his
body was found hanging from a limb
of a tree in an orchard of tlie hospi¬
tal. He had been dead several hours
when found, according to Dr, J. B.
Catlett, Augusta county coroner, who
declared it a case of suicide.
Harris had been subject to spells
of melancholia, with suicidal intent.
He had tied the rope around his neck
while In a standing position and had
(hen dropped to his knees.
Host Is Too Gracious;
Sheriff Arrests Him
Monte Rio, Calif.—“I want you to
see iny new dining room," proudly
said E. E. LaFranchi, resort manager,
to Deputy Sheriff W. A. Shulte.
Shulte saw the dining room—also
two illegal coin paying slot machines
in the corner.
“And to think I took him in there
myself,” mourned LaFranchi as the
deputy seized the machines after plac¬
ing LaFranchi under arrest.
Farmer Loses Money;
Cow Chokes to Death
St. Joe, Ark.—A roll of bills choked
a cow in a pasture belonging to U. Y.
Jones, Newton county farmer.
The currency, wrapped about a
small cob to give it shape, was found
in the throat of a dead two-year-old
heifer. Jones had lost the money a day
or two before.
Too Much for Her
Indianapolis.—Mrs. W. E. Hinkle
was dealt a perfect bridge hand, all
spades, an event that should happen
only once in 108,888,000,000 deals, ac¬
cording to bridge statisticians. Mrs.
Hinkle was too excited to redouble her
seven-spade bid. The scorcekeeper
gave her 501 when the excitement
subsided.
The Mark of
Genuine
Aspirin..
13 AYER ASPIRIN is like an old friend, tried andL
D true. There can never be a satisfactory sub¬
stitute for either one. Bayer Aspirin is genuine.
It is the accepted antidote for pain. Its relief may
always be relied on, whether used for the occa¬
sional headache, to head-off a cold, or for the more
serious aches and pains from neuralgia, neuritis,
rheumatism or other ailments. It’s easy to
identify Bayer Aspirin by the Bayer Cross on
every tablet, by the name Bayer on the box and
the word “genuine” always printed in red.
Aspirin is tho trade mark
Bayer Manufacture of Mono
aoeticac ides ter of Salicylicacid
Norway Celebrates in 1930
In 1930 Norway will celebrate the
ninth centenary of tlie coming of
Christianity, together with tiie anni¬
versary of the deatli of King Olav II,
who died in the struggle against the
opponents of tlie new faith. Celebra¬
tions will take place in all parts of
tlie country but the principal cere¬
mony will be held at Trondjhem, an
old royal residence and the seat of an
archbishopric before the Lutheran
reformation. The work of restoring
the cathedral -has been proceeding for
a long time. It was built on Olav’s
tomb. The completion of tlie work
will coincide with the celebration of
nine centuries of Christianity in Nor¬
way.—Translated for tlie Kansas City
Star from the Journal de Geneve.
When a White Collar Man
“Goes Army”
Perhaps he doesn’t
learn a few things!
IpNON’T envy a man who “only
has to work a typewriter.”
So we were told by Mr. Solon S.
Bloom of 3503 Woodbrook Avenue,
Baltimore, Md., whose health began
to give way because his work gave
him no bodily exercise.
f‘I decided to get away to a military
training camp,” says Mr. Bloom,
‘‘thinking the rough and tumble
with the army would do me good
for a month. I asked the doctor
what to do about my condition.
‘I’ve seen men, I’ve known men,’ he
said. ‘I know what they eat, drink,
and how they live. I know cathartics,
physics, and all the ways men try
to keep themselves regular—and the
only two that go together well are
men and Nujol. Nujol soothes and
heals the membranes and expels
bodily poisons normally, naturally,
easily, so that you are regular as
clock-work.’ ”
That was what Mr. Bloom learned
when he left his typewriter and went
Find Size a Handicap
Gertrude Restoule, sixteen, of Stur¬
geon Falls, Ontario, lias gone to a
Toronto hospital to get thin, being
perhaps the heaviest young woman
in Canada. She weighs 450 pounds.
A sister who weighs 375 pounds also
will be taken to tlie hospital for
treatment. The parents of the chil¬
dren are normal in weight.
You rarely lose anything for long
in a flat. Jn thirty minutes you cun
search the whole premises.
When
are upset
Baby ills and ailments seem
twice as serious at night. A sud¬
den cry may mean colic. Or a
sudden attack of diarrhea—a con
dftion it is always important to
check quickly. How would you
meet this emergency—tonight?
Have you a bottle of Castoria
ready? There is nothing that can
take the place of this harmless
but effective remedy for children;
nothing that acts quite comforting the same,
or has quite the same
effect on them.
For the protection of your wee
one—for your own peace of mind
—keep this old, reliable prepara-
Hen Paid for Trip
A story of a lien that laid an egg
while flying a mile in the air sound®
like nature faking, but one at May®
Landing, N. J., did it, although it can¬
not be said that it flew on its wra
wings. Instead of that the hen was;
sitting in a basket carried in an air¬
plane. Tlie lien belongs to young Jack:
Brogan, to whom was given the op¬
portunity to make a flight. He wanted
to take his lien along and it went in
a basket and soon a fresh-laid white
egg was found in the improvised nest.
The hoy was more pleased with the
record egg-laying than he was with
his first ride in an airplane.
Humility is a feeling not to be dis¬
played.
into the army. If you are like most
other people, you too will find that
Nujol will make all the difference in*
the world in the way you feel.
Remember Nujol is not a medi¬
cine, for it contains no drugs of
any kind. It is simply bodily lubrica¬
tion that everybody needs.
You can get a bottle of Nujol ait
any good drug store, in a sealed pack¬
age, for the price of a couple of good
cigars. If you will start today and
try it for two weeks you will agree
that Nujol is the easy normal way
to keep well and make a success out
of your life. You will be astonished
at the results!
Expatriate: Still Pensioned
If a soldier is receiving a pension;
removal to a foreign country would
not deprive him of it. During the
World war the pensions of many Civil
war veterans living in Germany were
cut off, but this was owing to lack of
communication between the two conn
tries. After the war all these vet¬
erans received their back pension
money.—Pathfinder Magazine.
You can know people so long thnit
their “company disposition” wears off*
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keep it just for emergencies; let
it be an everyday aid. Its gentle
influence will ease and soothe the
infant who cannot sleep. Its mild
regulation will help an older child
whose tongue is coated because ol
sluggish bowels. All druggists
have Castoria; the genuine bears
Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature on
the wrapper.