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1— Telephoto picture of wreckage of big passenger plane which crushed nt Ocsanslde, fullf., killing •Ixteen per-
•on*. 2 Frau Dorothea von Velsen of Germany, Mr*. Tun no Gauntlet! of Japun, Mi** Kathleen D. Court,ley of
Foglanfi nnd Mine M*rle Ix ul-e Puecli of I ranee, prlneipal •|ieaker* at * public meeting held In I'hlladelphin
for the furthertneut of International pence. 8— Henry Wnarlou Shoemaker, historian, appointed American uilnlater
to Uulgarla to succeed II. F. Arthur Schoenfeld.
r ITTI.B 111,A<,'K SQUEALED de
■-* elded ho would have a party.
"Will you come, squeal, squeal?" he
•eked MIhs limn.
"Thank you, grunt, grunt,” auld
Mis* ilam. "I'll be pleased.”
“Will you come, (Irandfather Corky
I’lg, squeal, squeal ?’’ he asked.
"Ah, yes, grunt, grunt,” suld Grand
father I’orky, "your dear old grand-
father will do you the greut honor of
coining to your parly.”
"Will you come, squeal, squeal?”
asked l,ltlle lilsck Squealer of Mrs.
I’ink I’lg nnd Master I'ink i*ig am)
of his father.
"Squeal, squeal, grunt, grunt,” they
all suld, “we will come with pleasure.
| NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Naval Parley Starts With
Good Chance for Success
—Young Plan Signed.
By EDWARD W. RICKARD
j£VICRYTHINU except the physical
I
atmosphere of l.ondon was suspi-
cions for the opening of the naval llm-
ItaUoa conference on Tuesday, and
•vary on* connected with the parley
teemed optimistic concerning Its re-
sults. King Ueorge, making his first
public appearaace aloe* he fell III on
Armistice day, 1928. started the pro-
eeedlnga with a warm but brief ad-
dress of welcome to the delegates
gathered In tho royal chamber of the
house of lord*. Ilo waa followed by
the heads of the live delegation*, all
of whom made approprtnle speeches
full of generalizations and hope.
Significant extract* from these five
addresses are:
I’rliue Minister MacDonald of Great
nrltaln: "If we ore not careful we
•hall he once more Involved In fever-
ish competition such as heralded the
outbreak of the war In HIM. . , .
The way of Great Britain I* on the
sea. The stock of Its people came
from tho sea ; Its defense nnd Its high
roads have been the sea; Us flag Is a
Hag of the sea. Our navy nowhere Is
luperllulty to us. It Is us.”
Secretary of State Stlmson of the
United States; ”1 feel It Is more Im
portant to emphasize the fact that we
do not look upon this effort toward
disarmament as final. Naval limita-
tion Is a continuous process. We re-
gard disarmament as a goal to he
reached by successive steps. . . .
We alneeroly hope tlmt Increased fcei-
itig of security may enable Mill more
drastic reduction in the future.”
Premier Tardleu of I ranee: "Our
needs are determined, as Mr. Mac-
Donald has Justly observed, by our
geographical position, our historical
position, our economic, maritime,
colonial, political and defensive s.tua-
tlons. Taken altogether they define
what I* called n nation.”
Heljtro Wakatsnkl of Japan: "ll Is
the unanimous desire of the Japanese
people that peace should be lastingly
established. ... I see no Insuper-
able obstacles In our path "
I*|no 1 : rui”!l of |t i \ " I >.fascist
government is desirous of securing
real and tangible results In the held*
Ot ..anrnmnient and s.-ciinti. . . .
The problem is one calling for cou-
rageous uction . .
$
rangement of global limitation by
which 10 per cent of tonnage may he
transferred from one category to an-
other on one year’s notice.
ItURlnesa sessions of the conference
began Thursday, but It was the opin-
ion of Mr. MacDonald that It would
be two weeks before the delegates gut
to the point of putting their sea
strength estimates Into terms and
figures. In formal meetings he urged
them not to he too hasty In getting
down to statistic* nnd categories and
list* of tonnage, believing the problem
should be attacked slowly and plece-
meal. The three hundred Journalists
gathered In London from all parts of
the world wer* bitterly disappointed
when It wan announced that the
"plenary" sessions of the conference
would not b« open to them for the
present. Their exclusion, however, did
not prevent their sending many col-
umns of speculation end gossip to
their papers every day. It Is good
reading hut the wise render accepts
their statements with reservation.
II7I1KN on January 20 the dole-
W gates of nineteen nation* signed
the revised nnd amplified Young plan
at The Hague, the World war uctually
came to un end. Twenty separate
agreements, fourteen annexes nnd tlf-
tcen special clause* were signed and
presented io Premier Juspnr of Bel-
gium, chairman of the second repara-
tions conference, and he thereupon do
dared the conference adjourned. After
ten years of dlseusslons, quarrels,
military occupations nnd parley*, the
ttnal act of liquidating the wut hud
been performed.
The Young plan n* modified and ac-
cepted require* Germany to pay about
$9,282,000,000 from April of last year
through 11X10. Tho system of annui-
ties is little changed. The sanctions
clause that was added Implies that
military occupation can ensue If The
Hague tribunal holds that Germany
luis wilfully defaulted. The Interna-
tional hank will he merely & clearing
house for the payments.
The first concrete result of the
adoption of the Young plnn will he
the withdrawal of 20,000 troops of oc-
cupation left In the Rhineland. This
already I* under way, for the French
are moving out of the fort* In the
Ithlne valley nnd the Germans are
blowing up those fo-tIdeations In ac-
cordance with the evacuation agree-
ment and the Versailles treaty.
I?ROM their public expression* nnd
* the Information Unit came from
their private conversations with mu
another, It appeared the representa-
tive* of the live naval powers had at
least reached a unity of opinion on
five broad principles. They were ♦
agreed upon the necessity for a naval
holiday in the sense that competitive
building of war ilecis should cease.
They admitted that the public opinion
of the world demanded economy In
tinvnl expend!iuivs and relief for the
peoples from financial burdens. They
believed It advisable that any agree
meat* arrived at by the conference
Should he for n Comparatively short
period so they might be revised nnd
Improved ill later v.-ai-s As to Ga-
inst po’nt, ii v.11- -aid tin- British and
l-rohuli’v the Amo: oar . favored re-
vision of agreement* in 1930 and the
French wished the term to be about
twice as long.
The three highest hurdles the con-
ferees will have to surmount probably
are the British determination to bring
about a sharp reduction In battleships
with their possible elimination In the
future; tin.....blest between France
nnd Italy for control of tho Mediter-
ranean nnd the Italian demand for
parity with Franca on that sen; and
the desire of the French that any
agreement reached shall be advisory
to the League of Nations'disarmament
OOmnilssion.
When the question of the method of
liniitntlon comes up, the Americans
•rid British, who prefer restriction by
categories, will prohnhiy make con-
cession* to the French and Italians,
who advocate the theory of global re-
trlctlons, and offer te accept an ar-
/~voNGItFSS has elevated the Amor-
xJ lean legation In Boland to the
rank of an embassy, and President
Hoover bus nominated Alexander B.
Moore of Pennsylvania to tie am-
bassador to Warsaw. Similar action,
of course, was taken by the Polish
government, T.vtus Ftllpowlcz, the
Polish minister In Washington, being
named ambassador.
The nomination of F.dwnrd B. Brodle
of Oregon to be minister to Finland
was also sent to the senate hy the
President. The senate confirmed the
nominations of four ministers. They
were Gilbert Baker Stockton of Flor-
ida. to Austria; John Motley More-
head of New York, to Sweden; Ralph
II. Booth of Michigan, to Denmark,
and Henry Wharton Shoemaker of
Pennsylvania, to Bulgaria.
11 ANY cltliens still thought the
* VVickershnm crime commission In-
tended to take up the question of the
desirability of prohibition, they were
undeceived last week by Mr. Wicker-
sham himself. In n radio nudre-s that
w.iy bro.nb .ist to tbi - -u the chair-
man of the commission .idc it quite
plain that that "body was concerned
onlv with the enforcement of tho dry
laws, and he appealed to cor,gress and
the people to aid the authorities In
mcklug the country arid.
"The Klghtecnth amendment Is a
part of the Constitution and It Is the
duty of congress to enact adequate
laws for the enforcement of Us pro-
visions,” said Mr. Wh kersliHin. "The
detection nnd prosecuting agencies of
tho government should be properly
organized and there should he tri-
bunals properly constituted to deal
promptly nnd efilclently with viola-
tion- of the law. These w-.in . seem
to he elementary principles not rec
quiring argument.”
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
and Prohibition Commissioner Doran
appeared before the house committee
on expenditure# In the executive de-
partments In behalf of the Wicker-
sham commission's hill for the
transfer of the prohibition bureau
from the Treasury department to
the Department of Justice. The wet
member* of th# committee tried le
vain to lure Mr. Mellon Into giving
his iiersonal opinion of prohibition end
the possibility of enforcing It.
In th* house of representatives the
wets hud another chance for sarcastic
oratory when five bills to relieve over*
crowding of federal prisons wer# un-
der consideration. liut they get no-
where and the bills were pasted.
Federal Judge J. W. Woodroagh at ..gha„ Wa Nama , 0at# for Your
Omaha declared uneon.Htutlon.l that A,k#d Grandfather Porky,
part of tho prohibition act which per-
mits personal Injunctlona against “We will be with you, end you can
habitual violator* of the law, ■ count on ua, aa people auy.“
- “Will you come, Sir Benjumln
gRCRRTART Of COMMERCE LA- n,co"r
MONT announced that, on tho
baala of atatlstlrs compiled by the new
construction division of his depart-
ment, It seemed certain there would
be In 1930 an expenditure of almost
•even billion dollars on construction
•nd maintenance of public works nnd
public utilities. This total, Mr. La-
ment anld, does not Include residences,
commercial and Industrial structures
nnd other privnte operation* which
Inst year totuled more than three bil-
lion dollars.
Programs for betterment* to plant
anil equipment, announced by public
utilities, railroad* nnd telegraph com-
panies represent expenditures of $3,-
250,000,000, divided ii* follows; Class
A railroads, $1,050,00,000; electric, gas
nnd street railway companies, $1,400,.
000,000 ; American Telephone nnd Tele-
graph compuny, $700,(XlO; Independent
telephone and telegraph companies,
short llns railways and privately
owned waterworks, $100,000.
Complete returns from the gov-
ernors of 20 states Indicate probable
expenditures of $1,778,742,001 for pub-
lic works and this combined with con-
servative estimates based on partial
returns from the remaining 22 states
aggregating $1,275,000,000, It was
stated would give an Indicated total
of $3.o53‘,742.000 for public construc-
tion by the various states. When
federal construction Is Included, this
totul for public construction, It Is es-
11 mated, will be Increased to $3,325,-
000,000.
"Grunt, grunt, I accept your kind
Invitation," suld Sir Benjamin.
"Will you come, Sir I’erclval?” Lit-
tle Blnck Squealer asked.
"I will come," said Sir Perdval
Pork. ''Yet, yes, I will come, grunt,
grunt."
"Will you come. Brother Bacon?"
Little Black Squeuler asked. "Squeal,
squeal, will you come?”
Brother Bucon twisted his tall, and
said:
"With delight, with delight. Grunt,
grunt, with delight.”
“Will you come, squeal, squeal,
Sammy Sausage?”
“Indeed I will, grunt, grunt,” said
Sammy Sausage,
“And Pinky lig. how about you?"
"I'm your pig gentleman when It
cornea to a pig party," lie answered.
"But,” said Miss Ham, “when Is the
party to take place? I'd like to know.”
"Ok, yes. Little Black Squealer,
when are you going to have your
party?” asked Grandfather Porky Pig.
“You forgot to tell u* the date," said
Mrs. Pink Pig.
"You didn't mention that,” suld
Master link tig.
"We must know,” auld Master link
Plg'a mother.
I imp# it Is to be soon," suld Ben-
jamin Bacon.
‘That would b« pleusunt,” suld Sir
Periivul Pork.
"When Is the big event to bo?"
asked Brother B. c.„
"Yes, win* la the party to come
off?” asked Sammy Sausage.
"I must keep the day free snd not
go to murket that duy,” said Pinky
lig'a mother, and Pinky lig auld:
•i'll corn# and bring my merry it
tie appetite, But when is the date
of your party?”
“Well," he said, "I decided I would
have a party. But I haven't decided
Just when my purty would tuke place.”
“But that la the must Important,"
all the pigs Said.
“of course It Is the mast Important,”
suld Little Black Squealer.
“Shall we name a date for you?”
asked Grandfather Porky. “I think It
would he nice to have It soon, then
all the other pigs should return your
charming hospitality—all save myself.
“For an old grandfather Is doing
enough of an honor to come to these
functions."
"Well. 1 thought of having you all
name the day for me,” said Little
Black Squeuler.
"I thought you could sll name th#
day which would he convenient for all
of you to bring the food. I thought It
would he one where everyon” entered
Into the spirit of th* thing, and each
brought aomelhing - a regular picnic.
In other words.
“Rut I'll Im the chief one to plan
the picnic party, and It will be In my
part of the pen.”
“Why, the very Idea," suld Miss
llatn, "he was going to have us bring
the party.” And she walked off.
“Never have I heard of such nerve,”
anld Sammy Suusuge.
“Well, he can't do that sort of a
thing with us,” said Brother Bacon.
"The child lias no maimers,” grunt-
ed Grandfather Porky. And tie strut-
ted off In Ills great fat fashion, hut
looked at Little Black Squealer out
of Ills small ryes.
And Ills look said quite plainly;
"Of all the nerve—1 Well— X*
Everyone had w alked off n< w. And
the party was off, too. Little Black
Squealer'* Idea hadn't worked well in
the pen.
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How It Started
By Jean Newton
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SCISSORS CUT FRIENDSHIP
C'OURTF.FV pnssenger* and two
w pilots lost their lives In what waa
called the worst tragedy In the his-
tory of aviation, near Oceanside,
Calif. A big trl motored plane that
was bringing passengers hack to Los
Angeles from the race trnck at Agua
Cullente, Mexico, got out of control
and ns the pilot* were attempting to
make n landing on ()<• beach the ma-
chine burst Into flumes und crushed.
Every one on board perished, their
bodies being burned beyond recogni-
tion. Eight women were among the
victims.
"tv WO Latin American qunrrela
A reached a somewhat dangerous
stage last week. While negotiations
were under way for peaceful settle-
ment of the border dispute between
Bolivia nnd Paraguay, there was a
clash between troops on the frontier
with some casualties. Bolivia said the
Paraguayans were the aggressors and
were defeated. Paraguay blamed the
Bolivians and both complained to the
I-iengue of Nations.
The government of Honduras or-
dered a mobilization of troops to dis-
lodge Guatemalan forces that were
alleged to have occupied Honduras
territory. The foreign minister at
Tegucigalpa In a statement disclosed
tlmt military movements on the
Guatemalan border had threatened tho
life of the Joint boundary dispute
conference which Is now seeking a
solution of the problem. The status
quo nntn was restored, however, and
the conference resumed Its work.
1 they'll cut our friendship," said
the recipient of a pair of exquisite gold
embroidery scissors. For ll Is written
or rather cut Into the pages of super,
stltlon that a gift of knife or scissors
outlet!) In twain the love or friendship
between him that giveth und him that
reeel vet I)!
Such a gift wns once a* popular ns
It Is now taboo! For among the mid-
dle classes during the reign of KHz
• belli In England, n . air of scissors
w-ns a common, we might almost say
the staple for wedding gifts I As the
modern bridal couple n.....Ives vnses
and candle stick-, u.rse who ventured
then into the bonds of matrimony
were bombarded with scissors I Lot
us hope they were good dodgers.
The purpose of this gift was to arm
the prospective husband and wife with
a weapon for severing Hie knot, should
It become painful. In the language of
the day:
I tune doth Cm Ui»h* I' ll'-*' »f knlrin
!• you.
To Out the thread of lnv« If It b« untrue.
(Copyright.)
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\ f RS, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRY-
-’ I AN, widow of the "Commoner,”
died of arthritis In Los Angeles at the
nge of sixty eight years.
Other death* of the week Included
those of Stephen T. Mather, former
director of the national pnrks sys-
tem; Janies Dalilmsn, mayor of
Omaha ; George Le Mnlre, well known
comedian; I). A. Boody, one of the
veteran brokers of Wall Street, and
Viscount Keher, one of tbs moat In-
fluential of British peers.
te lilt Wwlin ltiiM*f •>*■»
((£, by M-Clura N«w«t’»p-r Syndic*!* )
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Perhnpt He Didn't Dare Te
Mrs. Jtibbs—Mr, Van Shrimp any*
he ha* never found bii imperfection in
hi* wife.
Mr. Jtiblm—Well—er—she Im* dnreil
klm to, I suppose.—New Bedford
Standard.
<THE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
By H. IRVING KING
MAGPIES
*TV) SEE one magpie is not *o bad,
A though you ntny expect no good
luck for some time thereafter. To
see two mngpies I* a *lgn that some
enterprise you are engaged in Is like-
ly to have an unfortunate ending, or
nt lenst tliut Its success will bang a
long time In the baltince. Three mag-
pies seen together 1* a most unfavor-
able omen.
Tills I* s common superstition in
northern Europe, including the Brit
Isli Isles, and in this country. Sailors
on shore have gloomy fortmdlng* when
they see three magpies. Sir Walter
Scott tolls of n seamun who said to
him. "I never saw three magpies hut
twice. One of those times 1 nearly
lost my vessel and the other time I
fell off my horse and was badly hurt.
Ail the world knows that one tnagplc
is bud. two are worse and three the
very devil.”
Our superstition In this country re-
gn riling magpies Is an Inheritance
from German nnd Scandinavian folk-
lore. In the days when witches flour-
ished they were accustomed to hold
high carnival on Walpurgla night—
the night before tile llrst of May—
and at that time the said witches
used to transform themselves Into
magpies and—according to the Scan-
dinavian mythology—fly to Blnkuile
to consult the devil. In fact these
birds are suspected of having rela-
tions with the Spirit of Evil nt other
times and today when the magpies
molt, the Swedish peasants will say
that they have been to Blnkuile to
help the devil get In his hay and his
yoke has worn the feathers off their
necks.
Much water has passed over the
dam since the magpies flew to Bin-
kulle: of the thousands who view the
omen of three magpies nsknnce how
many ever heard of the place of the
legend? Yet this most reprehensible
custom of the bird* iu the dim day*
of old lias given them nn evil reputa-
tion which, apparently, they will never
lie aide to shake off.
(,Eib> M ''lur* Nrn-T>*pvr SyndlrsU.)
■I iiiif' .I ■ !t
Off to * Bad Start
When it child grows up without nn
appreciation of the connection between
work and money, he frequently catches
that deadly fever, the desire for quick
return*.—Woman's Homs Companion.
Before he became famous In motion
picture*, Ronald Colman had much
•tags sapsrisnes. He was born at
Richmond, Surrey, England. His first
experience was in amateur theatricals
during his school days. His motion
picture work has been much to his
credit as a star. "Raffles” was Col-
man's third ail-talking picture.
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For Meditation
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- By LEONARD A BARRETT
THE ECONOMIC APPEAL
WANT suggestions have been mad.
AVI for the attainment of interna-
tional peace. A warlesa world Is nn
Ideal condition devoutly wished for
L. A. Barrett.
hy every person. But Juat how to
realise that Ideal Is a question now
receiving astute consideration by men
who hold responsible positions In th*
business and political world.
Organized efforts for the attainment
of International peace might be di-
vided Into thre*
.lasses, upon two
of which much
time and labor liav*
already been spent,
while the third Is
only beginning to
receive serious con-
sideration.
Of t ii e two
classes, the Moral
appeal I* doubtless
the most important
ttid effective. It
:e«'ks through voi-
tntnry peace or-
ganizations to
create "u will to
pence" through eul-
t I v n 11 n x public
•’pinion In favor of peace. That pub^^
lie opinion Is a very vltnl factor,
tile- will deny. Such organizations,
unattached to any political party, are
free from governmental control. The
legislative appeal endeavors through
compacts, official documents, etc,, to
enter Into peace agreements with
other nnllons. Many of these take the
form of agreements to reduce the slz*
of the navy and war materials.
The third effort Is comparatively
new. It Is the Economic appeal. TIm*
International Chamber of Commerce
tins now before It for serious consid-
eration the permanent elimination of
war through economic methods. It la
claimed that It )vuuld he Impossible to
carry on war without the use of basic
metals nnd minerals, such ns steel,
nickel, mercury, etc. The argument Is
tliut those In control of th«» markets
for these things should agree together
that uny use of them for other than
industrial purposes would constitute
a violation of trust, and nt r.J tint*
should they he sold for war purposes.
Mercury for Instance Is Imlispensubl*
In warfare. If the sale of mercury
could he so controlled ns to make It
unnttatnnhle for war purposes, the re-
sult would lie self evident. The sums
may he said of Iron ore, coni and other
raw materials. May we not expect •
very valuable contribution to be nmd*
through the Economic uppeal for lb*
abolishing of war?
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