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1—Bathing beauties decorating municipal Christmas tree In Venice, Calif., where It Is sunny and snowless. 2—
INow portrait of Joseph K. Grundy, appointed senator from Pennsylvania. 3—German troops saluting the tlag of the
reich as it rises over Khrenbreitstein fortress after the departure of the French troops of occupation.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Senate Approves Tax Reduc¬
tion and French War
Debt Settlement
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
\irrm VV the tax cut bill passed by
both house and senate and the
Mellon-Berenger agreement for the
funding of the French debt ratified by
the upper house, congress quit work
on Saturday and wont home to cele¬
brate Christmas and New Year’s.
Fourteen senators, most of them
classed as radicals, voted against the
tax reduction measure but 63 were
accorded in Us favor, and it was
promptly signed by President Hoover.
The act, whose terms are already
<iulte generally known, remains in ef¬
fect only one year, hut it is presumed
that Congress u year hence will pro¬
vide for another reduction if tax rev¬
enues continue at the present high
level. ■'
The vote on tile ratification of the
Frertrih debt settlement was 52 to 21.
Senator Howell of Nebraska, Repub¬
lican, fed, the opposition on behalf of
the radical group, which consistently
fights about everything the adminis
■ ttatton seeks to accomplish. Howell
contended that the effect of the settie
jmont was to cancel the entire prin¬
cipal .of -tlie debt. His theory was
that the payments over a period of
<B2 years represent merely Interest at
a rate of 2.17 per cent.
• The French indebtedness, which was
funded .at a total of $1,025,000,000, not
only was one of the largest of any of
the debts but is (lie last to be dis¬
poned of except those of Russia and
Armenia, which are at present listed
in the hopeless class. The principal
end accrued Interest at the time of
the funding of the debts totaled ap¬
proximately $11.500,000.000.
Unless tiie entire debt question is
reopened at some future time the
controversy is now officially closed.
There is an impression that if the
•American public debt continues to be
retired at its present rate and is en¬
tirely wiped out within the next 17
or 18 years an agitation will Imme
sliately develop for a cancellation of
nil foreign debts which remain out¬
standing at that time.
A jpitOSl’ECTS conference for in l.ondon tite naval in limitation January
lire no quite so rosy as they were. In
the first place the Japanese delegates,
who have been entertained in Wash¬
ington on their way to England re¬
vealed that their program differs
sharply from that of the United
{States in the matters of cruisers and
submarines. The Japanese are still
asking a 10-7 ratio for all auxiliary
craft, including tite lug gun cruisers,
though it is hoped they will modify
their demands slightly in order to
gain their point concerning subma¬
rines. They wish to retain 78,000 tons
of underwater craft now in their fleet
or under construction. As the United
States is anxious to sharply reduce
her submarine tonnage and there are
some indications the cruiser demands
by Japan may he modified, the Jap¬
anese submarine proposal now fur¬
nishes tiie chief obstacle to an accord
between the two powers.
American naval officials, especially,
are opposed to permitting Japan such
a large submarine force. One big rea¬
son for tiie navy's opposition lies in
the fact that possession of a big sub
marine navy, together with numerous
naval bases, would give Japan control
of the Asiatic trade routes-over which
the United States- must transport its
supplies of tin and rubber, raw ma¬
terials not produced in sufficient quan¬
tities in ttiis country, but absolutely
essential to tiie prosecution of a suc¬
cessful war.
Over iu Paris the chamber of depu
ties’ commission on foreign affairs and
naval matters, sitting jointly, ap
proved tiie government’s viewpoint
that all results of the London confer¬
ence must be considered tentative and
must be submitted to the League of
Nations’ disarmament commission for
consideration of their possible incor¬
poration into a general disarmament
program. Foreign Minister Briand
explained to the commissions that
France had accepted the theory of
limitation on the basis of global ton¬
nage instead of categories; that she
demanded the right to devote as high
a percentage of her global allotment
as she wishes to submarines, and that
she Insists that each power tell the
others just what types of vessels it Is
using in its tonnage. Premier Tardleu
and his delegation, It is believed, will
demand a full 800,000 tons for tiie
French fleet, which figure is thought
too high by both Great Britain and
Italy. There is reason to believe,
however, that France and Italy have
made progress in reconciling their
viewpoints.
A correspondent of tiie London
Daily Telegraph says tiie American
delegates have prepared a series of
charts, graphs and data that actually
demonstrate that the British navy not
only is not superior in strength to the
American, but is really greatly In¬
ferior. Tiie correspondent under¬
stands that these revelations tiave
“deeply impressed tiie members of
President Hoover’s cabinet and other
American statesmen Who previously
had accepted tiie view, carefully fos¬
tered by propaganda, that the Amer¬
ican navy is below the treaty strength
and badly outclassed by tiie British
navy. It is an ironical circumstance
Hint tills disclosure should have
emerged from the work of American
naval officers who were, of course,
anxious to make out tiie case for a
larger ship building program.”
TAP AN is deeply concerned over the
*-* new situation in Manchuria, ami
statesmen the world over see in it the
possibilities of another big war in the
Far East. Mongols in the Barga dis¬
trict have seized control and declared
Barga Independent of China, and the
young Mongol party in Iluilar is re¬
ported to have organized an inde¬
pendent government, installing as offi¬
cials emissaries from lirgu, the cap¬
ital of outer Mongolia. These move¬
ments are believed to be inspired and
supported actively by tiie Soviet Rus¬
sian government, and if they are. suc¬
cessful they will bring the Soviet zone
several miles inside l lie present
Chinese-Bussian frontier. Dispatches
from Harbin said Japan had lodged
a verbal protest against tiie Soviet
activities with'the Russian ambassa¬
dor to Tokyo.
PRESIDENT HOOVER’S request for
* authority to send commission
a
to investigate affairs in Haiti was ap¬
proved by the house of representa¬
tives. The debate provided an oppor¬
tunity for Oscar De Priest, colored
representative from Chicago, to make
liis maiden speech, in support of tiie
proposition, lie took occasion to give
the Southern Democrats some shrewd
digs that made the Republicans laugh.
One opponent of the opposition was
Representative Huddleston of Ala¬
bama, who recently declined to serve
on a house committee because De
i’riest had been appointed one of its
members.
Seven Haitian political organiza¬
tions have asked the United States
to supervise the island’s presidential
election in April, 1930. Their petition
is considered the climax of a cam¬
paign of tiie anti-Borno factions
which hope to effect the withdrawal
of American marines before the expi¬
ration of the treaty in 1936. under
which the United States took over the
safeguarding of the republic.
T L' TNDER the terms of a decree recom
mended to the Supreme Court of
the United States by Charles Evans
Hughes, special master, the Chicago
sanitary district would be required to
complete a $176,000,000 sewage treat¬
ment program within the next nine
years. Meanwhile there would be suc¬
cessive reductions in the diversion of
water from Lake Michigan at Chicago
from 8,500 cubic feet per second to
0,500. 5.000 and finally, on completion
of the sewage treatment works, to
1,500 feet per second, which Mr. Hughes
holds is ail that is required for navi¬
gation purposes in the Chicago river.
The figures given are exclusive of
pumpage for domestic purposes. Tiie
proposed decree is of interest to the
entire Great Lakes region, and the
Mississippi valley.
CLEVELAND COURIER.
In the light of the adverse decision
of the .Supreme court of last January,
which held that there is no legal basis
for diversion of water beyond the
comparatively small amount necessary
for navigation in the Chicago river,
tiie Hughes report was regarded as
being about as favorable to Chicago
as could have been expected.
Mr. Hughes made it clear that it is
within the power of congress to pro¬
vide for a greater diversion for navi¬
gation purposes. It appeared evident
that if congress approves the Illinois
state waterway as a federal project
the way will he opened for a sufficient
diversion of wa'ter to maintain navi¬
gation in a nine foot channel from
Chicago to tiie Mississippi.
'THVO members of the British royal
A air force, Squadron Commander
Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant
Jenkins, started on a 6,000 mile non¬
stop flight from England to Cape town,
but crashed and were killed on u
mountainside 30 miles southeast of
Tunis. They had run into a severe
storm and supposedly lost their way.
More fortunate were MaJ. Tadeo
Larre-Borges of Uruguay and Lieut.
Leon Cjialle of France, though they,
too, failed in accomplishing what they
set out to do. They took off from
Seville, Spain, hoping to fly without
stop to Montevideo, but, having crossed
the ocean safely, they lost their bear¬
ings In the dark and made a forced
landing in a Brazilian forest. Their
plane was smashed and both men
were Injured slightly.
( A NE of the worst mine disasters of
’ tiie occurred McAlester,
year at
Ok la. An explosion in the Old Tdwti
coal mine trapped 59 men, and not one
of them escaped death. Seven others
who were on upper levels got out
alive. Rescue teams penetrated with
great effort to the lower levels, which
.were filled with gas, and there found
the bodies of the victims, many of
them charred by the blast. The ma¬
jority 'had died swiftly of gas suffo¬
cation.
/CONSIDERABLE relief was assured
vj disabled veterans of the World
war when the senate unanimously
passed the veterans' hospitalization
bill which had previously been put
through the house. The measure car¬
ries a total appropriation of $15,
950,000.
World war veterans and dependants
of deceased veterans who have not i
filed applications for federal compen¬
sation are warned by officials of the
veterans’ bureau that they must do so !
not later than January 2.
I PRESIDENT seph B. Eastman HOOVER of appointed Boston, Jo
a
Democrat, and Robert M. Jones of
Knoxville, Tenn,, a Republican, mem¬
bers of tiie Interstate Commerce com¬
mission for terms of seven years be¬
ginning January 1. Eastman has been
a member of the commission for more
than ton years representing the New
England section. Jones, who is chan¬
cellor of the Eleventh judicial district
in Tennessee, will succeed Richard V.
Taylor of Mobile, Ala., appointed tiiree
years ago by President Coolidge to
fill out an uuexpired term.
I“N WIGHT W. MORROW, nmbassa
L' ,jor to Mexico and delegate to
the naval conference, has formally an¬
nounced his acceptance of the ap¬
pointment as senator from New Jer¬
sey upon the resignation of Senator
Baird. He will assume his new duties
as soon as his work in connection
with the London parley is completed..
Baird was given the place when Edge
resigned to be ambassador to France;'
with the understanding that he would
step aside for Morrow.
O r. McXAUGHT, who has been
AJ* engaged in prohibition work in
Iowa, was elected superintendent of
the Indiana Anti-Saloon league to suc¬
ceed the late E. S. Shumaker. He was
the choice of F. Scott McBride, the
national superintendent of the league,
so other candidates retired from com¬
petition.
In tiie process of drying up the Na¬
tional Capital George L. Cassidy, known
as “the man with the green hat” and
reputed to be the bootlegger to United
States senators, has been indicted un¬
der the Jones act.
(<§, 1929. Western Newspaper Union.)
Nab Thief Who Hides
14 Hours Under Sofa
Berlin.—There is a young chap
whiling away a few months in
a Berlin jaii, wtio probably has
learned by now that he must be
patient if he would succeed in
his chosen profession. He broke
into a house in the fashionable
Tiergarten section some days
ago, bnt before he completed his
haul be was interrupted by the
return home of the occupants.
Seeing that his only means of
retreat was cut off he sought
refuge under a divan.
There he remained through¬
-out the day. Hour ^followed
hour until 14 of them had
passed by. About that time the Z
young burglar's patience gave
out and he decided to make a #
dash for liberty. His -dash ended f
in the arms of the housekeeper,
who had little difficulty holding y
him until the police arrived. I T
KILLS CRIPPLED
CHILD AND SELF
Father Grieves Over Invalid¬
ism of Daughter.
Two Harbors, Minn.—A sorrowing
father’s grieving over the hopeless* in¬
validism since birth of his seventeen
year-old daughter, has ended with bis
slaying her in mercy and then ending
his own life.
The father, John A. Barton, presi¬
dent of the Two Harbors First Na¬
tional bank, this village's wealthiest
and most respected citizen, is the
mercy slayer, and seventeen-year-old
Beatrice Barton, deaf, dumb and like
a babe In arms despite her seventeen
years of life, his victim.
For years, the surviving family
members recall, tiie. fattier grieved
over , the condition of his daughter
He lavished every care on her, sought
every aid of medicine anti science
but her condition was pronounced
hopeless. During the. past few months
his mental attitude entered deeper
depths of depression over his daugh¬
ter’s condition. Sunday morning he
took her and Isabelle,and Audrey, two
other daughters. In tiie family 'car
and started for the Presbyterian
church for services.
At the church lie told the other two
daughters he wished to drive Beatrice
around a bit for the air. Ttiat was
the last they were seen alive. The
next day at 5:00 rn. searchers
found tiie parked car on a lonely side
road in tiie woods a short distance
from Two Harbors with-the bodies’of
father and daughter in it..
IJe had-shot Beatrice, once through
the heart ami wounded himself in the
arm. then above the heart and the
third bullet pierced flip heart. The
gun clutched in his hand told, tin
story. No other motive than that ot
a grieving father taking 1 * matters in
his own hands to end the suffering- of
his .tnvgJ.id.jdaugliter medicine
and science had failed could be ad
vanced.
Three Children Burn
to Death*in Farm Home
Thonipsonviile,, Mich.— The three
small children f Mr. ajjd Mrs. Frank
Ed«lv. residing west of Thompso'fivijlef
Benzie county, were burned tb* death
when fire of unknown origin de¬
stroyed the Eddy home, from 1 which
both of the parents were absent at the
time.
The children were Lulu, four; Len
na. three, and Melvin, one.
Mr. Eddy, a shell .shocked .World ;
war veteran, ..had been.all morning
working about the farm out of sight
of the house, while Mrs. Eddy had
been away for an hour at the home of ;
a neighbor,
Tiie blaze was discovered by tvtol
passing traveling ..men on the Thotnp- ,
sonviUe ; Beulnh road.
The three children were completely
cremated, with small only bits a few scattered bones j
of -burned flesh at- j
tacbed, were found.
Tiie tragedy was the second of such t
nature visited upon Mrs. Eddy’s fam¬
of ily. her Two.years uncle. George ago the three children j j
Peters, residing
a mile and a half south of Thompson- L f
ville. were' burned to death in a fire
under similar circumstances.
Prisoner Lost on Way
to Jail Shows Up Later
St. I.ouis, Mo.—Although Sam Mor
fia has been a resident of St. Louis
all his life, be became lost in the
crowd at the Union sihtion and missed
his train. It isn’t unusual.for trav¬
elers to miss trains but Sammie con¬
sidered himself well chaperoned for
he was a member off a party of fed¬
prisoners being taken to the coun
jail at Mexico, Mo. The following
morning Sam knocked on the rent
door of the jail and asked admittance
as a boarder for six months. He had
caught the next train.
Mouse Eats So Much
Popcorn, Can’t Get Out
Kennewick. Wash.—Illustrating --the
truth jf -ome old adage, a tiny mouse,
after- eating to. capacity of ppocorn in
a local electric light arid power com¬
pany office window, ran around the.
display form for an hour in agony of"
fright, in full xiew ot amused Satur¬
day night crowds. The mouse had
eaten so much popcorn tlint'rt was .un¬
able to make its exit through the tiny
hole which it had entered.
UN Cl/E/
New Age if/ »
Clara Agee : i tv 11
never a year as ^
new, as strange,"as tremendous as 1930.
ith 1930 breaks the fa^unri§e of a-NswAge.
The years come booming in like^iides, breaking upo:
Humanity’s hopeful beach. Each leaves its treasure or
dross and ebbs away, toward the horizon of Timec^^t
year of 1930, as all who have vision can see, is the f
esf, the mightiest tide that has ever come towering jntojjf. -X
our jar of can Hope; see, gleaming in its xliamdni-like spray - th* v.
promise that soon there will be po more poverty to chill the v
hearts of ragged mothers and tojsteal the^lAughter the pfchildrep;, 7
The year of 1930 opens a new era in which statesman, 1
the economist, and (most important ak- all). ihp.-brdina/y will
citizen will succeed ip banishing wanT In time there he
no hunger that shall want for br$ad, np fc^y oT^
will not be answered by ministering hands.
P^%ie tide of theN ofbrotherhood e wAgecarries on un^x^ its. vt ■ : >
crest treasure chests s
tarnishablegold, cargoesof enthusiasm.
We can hear in its thunderous ad-,
vance the diapason of a new idealism.-*
•^Nineteen hundred and thirty should
be a great year. We have all been made neighbors:-,. ^
by the magic of wings and winged words. •■ ’ .v
l{ffe ,
C the New Year we will be more;::: ; ’
■
than neighbors. We willbecome good neighbor
©, 1929, Western Newspaper Union •-**'
E:fAv.v.v.v.vA%v/.v.v^:;a
I I Het
New Year’s
£ Surprise
By .
Lily Rutherford Morris
AVAVAV,W. , s
, ,,WAW. , 2;2
;j"l RAUF, DAVIS looked up from
v her office desk into the eyes
of a strange young man.
,
u e was smiling down on her.
Would you please write me a .let¬
ter tomorrow ? I’m going borne for
the holidays, and here’s my ad¬
dress.* depositing -u slip of -paper* be¬
fore her.
Grace stared incredulously.' ‘-‘Such
impertinence f r*’doVtf evA'-know
you!” ‘ ’ .
“ I don't mean to bo Impertinent,
really. L can’t explain now why- I’m
making the'request, but I will on my
return after Christmas.”
-'‘But—’’ .
“It is most important that .-I receive
at least one .tetter from you.- Say
anything you wish, but please' write. ”
Tie left without smother word ‘and
Grace sat motionless, jstaring’after
him. There was no one in tjie-. office
to talk to, so she just stared , and
wondered. * ’
FinnHy. sUe picked up tiie.slip bear
ing his address and read; “Ben Gra¬
ham, Avondale, Kentucky.”
Where had she heard that flame be¬
fore? Somewhere, surely. “He'was’a
'
- - ,
nice lopking chap anyway.” she
mused;, ■ “and there might be an iioq
•
of the request.
I ' think *' [’ll* * " give him ' a tryout.”' |
' It was a queer letter that CtraCe
sent, but n nice one came back - from
Ben—so interesting that she sent an j
other and was sorry that Ute holiday |
season lasted no’ longer. There was I
some doubt about knowing him after¬ i
ward.
On January 1 Grace again looked
up from her desk into the eyes of
Ben, and again he .war smiling.
“Happy New Year! I have come to
explain,” he said.
“Weil. I’m waiting. Do satisfy my
curiosity.” .
“That was a fraternity initiation
stunt.' L had do - it.”
to
“Oh! Now l know why your- name
seemed familiar. You are in college
here.” '
“Yes. . One of the fellows knew you
arid -picked youjgit.for me to come to
with that request Am I to-be for
-iven. for the ‘impertinence'?” ;
“You are a good sport. Ben, and.
I'm for you!" holding out a hand
which he eagerly seized, saying:
“Happy New . Year again .' What
about a dinner date for tonight?”
($c>. 192 9 t . Western Newspaper Union.)
Resolution Might Help ,
A young man. asks’-a--medical pub
-licist what to do about a tendency
f o lose his balance in a dark room
Maybe he should have made a New
Year’s resolution.
Never Too Late
. Any day is a good day to start, the
New Year right for persons who have
not done so already
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Discovery *
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Katherine Edelman 4* 4*
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n |T terp was WAS falling New a Tear's typical in soft, eve." mid ffathery ' Snow west
mms* flakes, turning the city into
a panorama of beauty. Dorothy Cran
dell caught her breath ■siia-rply as she
looked at the picture, .. .
.
Suddenly .she slapped, on her brakes;
In her interest she 'htui’ almost run
over a little fellow oft’ the.-Hno'w-cov
ered park drive.. Jumping mit^hastily,
she inquired of. the boy if hp Wjjs hurt.
. “No, ma'am,’’ he . answered, half
apologetically.' "I—I’m sorry i-was in
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a.
SjT '
s -f
ly
^-y i -.
thought, _ cfitrtd
.and 1 maybe, 'I shovel
Snow for some rich -ftiiks eoyhf-lp out.”
• •DoTOthy-.Urandell- na.st jjai* in tha
■habit of ptvfiflg particular attention to
ragged urchins. Born'TH~i.be lap of
luxm'y,' she liifd-riA-er • taken; any in
'teresfki .those.iwho; »haig *,to wrest
existence, from.life. 'usfuir'*s£ffishness, J Now Jffie was
shaken t out of her
arid frightened, toe, ’ bv- JliK thought
sfth-’ might havgvkiiiqtj^e boy.
•> And, top, the, manliness ‘his .of the little
fellow, crippled with solicitude for
bis mother, t'diiebed- *tk‘t ’Strangely,
Something -awoke Dorscli^ heart
that had never come to life before.
' Then she tool; t+ie^boy 'into her
car
and drove.back
with him. to Jhe lit-,
tie. cottage down.in
tiie hollow where
his- mother .lay
*-Iff the two-hours
th.at followed Dor¬
othy Orandell rnSde
the discovery, that
had. been ..of
_
very I i 111 e r e a I
service in the
world before. For
the first ti'fnfe in her
life she felt the
glow of happiness'
•tlwp
helping ’The others. .
grat i t*u d e
and appreciqfiofl
of the sick woman
touchy .hfif. ’up bpypnd.- info“Sfe measure. Tears
had_ ^be-toob-the welled faded eyes as
hill thatvDwjjtfly pressed
into her hand at leaving. “As soon as
Jim comes back from the hospital and
we get on our feet again. Til pay
every-cent.ef it back,” she said
“No—no! you mustn’t think of it,”
Dorothy answered back. This New
Year’s-experience h^d : awakened her
to the discovery Jhat life’s greatest
happiness lies in making others happy.
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'tha-'wtvy.;..,I. ought
i.o-,huye been look
.
in’, riVryitr ..but—but’I V*g was
■ bout
a'i] s tf.CT'bvl, sur
-’ prised- Isl -. tierself.
-ff Ajffi-^-and'Tm _Y<»u’re so
glad * not
IT-You tell
4 rtre- Wl*we .'. you’re
. gpingo ^-;be glad
to take yop there.”
“You see, ma’am,”
Hie; ltitle fellow
tried -hard .to keep
the quaver out of
his voice, “my ma
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