Show itiKi f k ‘rYi 7 ' 1 i Ln- - l ? f' t £( ?v uj vvL- I s' sK - - CSU-LiiJ- s Awf KjL 1 of congress 2 — Body lVice President Curtis calling the senate to order1 at start ot tne extraordinary session of the late Ambassador Myron T Herrick being escorted through New York enroute to Cleveland for burial 8— Illness King George of Englund with Queen Mary at Bognor on his first public appearance since his serious NEWS REVIEW OF— CURRENTEVENTS Congress Is Struggling With Farm Relief and Tariff Change Problems EDWARD W PICKARD which met In at the beginning of the week Is struggling with the problem of farm relief for the solution of which mainly It was culled to WashOn the Hoover ington hy President 0r4t tiny the usual process of organization was carried out Nicholas speuKer of the being house and Vice President Curtis taking his plnce as presiding officer ef the senate Dos'dhly for the purpose of avoiding any objections to the seating of De Priest and Mlchaelson of swore In all Illinois Mr Longworth the new members of the house at one colored was under De Priest time Indictment for months as a member of a gambling ring hut the ense was Mlchaelson wag Indropped recently In on charges Florida of dicted smuggling liquor Into the country The farm relief measure administration’s was promptly Introduced by Representative Gilbert N Haugen of Iowa and the next day It was approved by the new committee on agriculture by a vote of 19 to 2 President noover’s mesTuesday It was sage wus read to congress brief and business like as might have but did not meet with been expected Some of Air unanimous approval In the campaign Hoover’s supporters In hla were decidedly disappointed of the farmers’ handling problem Senators these Cupper Including and Norbeck The PresiBrookhart dent recommended legislation covering eight matters as follows: Creation of a federal farm board an enormous revolving fund and other for stabilizing agriculture machinery on a basis more profitable to the farmers Limited revision of the tariff to Inof the farmers crease the protection and to funds' adequate protection to those Industries In which changed economic conditions have produced slackand lessened employened activity ment of the tariff commisReorganization sion and of Its method of operation Provision for domestic valuation of cases of foreign undervalulmports'ln ations Provision for the taking of the census of 1080 of representatives Reapportionment in congress of the national origins Suspension restriction system immigration authorizaadministrative Minor tions" possibly Including the transfer to the Deof prohibition enforcement partment of Justice The control of furm production and Mr of marketing by improvement Hoover’a plan aa embodied In the Mil before the house would be committed of a federal farm to tha supervision hoard which would use a government revolving fund to finance and associations corporations The President la known to be opposed plan though to the export debenture of It In his mesmention no he made The scheme was offered In the sage n grind turnlrell eL senate's— r which varied In other respects from the house measure Concerning tariff changes the mesIt said consage was rather vague gress should be careful not to make that would Impair our exalterations retaliation cause by othport trade of recomThe President's er nations that the national origins mendation system be sus'Immigration restriction pended probably will meet with more opposition In congress than any other of his suggestions By CONGRESS By ELMQ SCOTT WATSON N TUB town of Vn there stands a lofty stone shaft which Is said to have the unique of being the only monument In the United States erected entirely by the efforts of women to a woman I’erbaps the simple In on the monument explains scrlptlon the reason for that distinction It reads "Mary the Mother of Wash lngton" ( ' 4 ' As the annual celebration of Moth r’s Day — It Is May 12 this year — ap proaches all Americans should be Interested In the story of this mother who gave to the nntlon one of Its himself Washington greatest men once said that his mother was the most beautiful woman he ever saw but even more Interesting than this natural tribute paid by s son Is the In a letter writcontained testimony ten lu 1772 Curiously' enough this letter was found In s deserted house tear the York river during the Civil war It rends as follows: "Wins Burg ye 7th of Ootr 1771 — Dear Sultry Madame Ball of Lancaster and Her Sweet Molly have gone Horn Mama thlnke Molly the Malden 8he Knows She le about sixteen yre old la taller than Me It erry Senaable Modes! end Loving Her Hair Is like unlo Flax Her Eyee are the color of Youre end her Cbekee are like May Blossoms wlah You could See Her" The 'sweet Molly" referred to In that tetter was Mary Ball who on March 0 17110 became the wife of Augustine Washington t friend and and It was neighbor of her father's on Februury 22 17:12 that she gave birth to the hoy who wus destined to be the founder of a new nation In to being s woman of great addition seemed to beauty Mary Washington have been a remarkable woman In many resiants “A silent serious woman she wus self and reserved" respecting says an the forty sis "During early witter years of her widowhood she managed her household and farm without the assistance of any adviser and reared her children to usefulness and honor and saw them go forth Into the world equipped for Its work and pain That they each and all revered her and sought tier council In every emergency Is sufficient testimony of her worth Mrs Washington's lack and a hi III of personal ambition mul her const I were iinilllles which tutlolial te tier from h Homing popu prevented larly Mi wn to the pi title even at The half ii Inti is the IvllDnllott out- ro l flnenictil It ittuin am lety in came Into VIII the reign of ot during II Kngland pruhitlily connected Mint may nl mMinm-with ect have been no oiitgiovtli of (lie man Iple whhh win originally of linen and Worn over the fingers of the left hand and used for the same piirwp fo Which the handkerchief whs used to a Roojim wfcH WAJHrG‘7vrrATC£vr£ HtS ttQTHJTfiS ftiiSuimtib Cosrt ray Vlnlala Stale Clumber of Commerce 8U£SfG Of mate and young tnnn's companion the mother I wus more afraid than of my own parents she awed tne In the midst of her kindness and even now when time has whitened my locks am the grandfather and of a second I could not behold that generation majestic woman without feelings It Is Impossible to describe” “Mol her and son were much alike In character personal appearance and conduct Both were wanting In hu mor and Imagination and both pos sessed In an extreme degree consclen tlousness gentleness and determlim tlon” says the writer previously referred to More recent historians have shown that more thnn once during a life there was Washington’s early clash of these two strong wills but there wus a strong bond of affection between them nevertheless At the outbreuk of the Revolution the dangers Washington realizing which the war would bring to Virginia tried to ludure his mother to move Into town from her home on the FredericksItappnlmnnock opposite burg She had previously declined the offer of a home with her daughter Mrs Betty Washington Lewis declaring that she preferred to rule her own home But at last Washington's sistence prevailed and In March 1775 he and his sister moved her still pro testing Into a home In Fredericksburg which Washington hud bought from Michael and KM her Robinson In 1772 It was n part of the orlglnnl Ken more estate The gar Betty lewis’ home den wus separated from the Kenmore Just as garden by a fence and gate women who erected It wus American the mmiumeut to Mary Washington so It was a group of American wont en who have preserved the unprelen ileus cottage where Mary Washington lived from March 1775 until August hud Mary Although Washington her strenuously objected to leuvlng pluntatlou she soot) grew very fond of her little home In Fredericksburg and enjoyed being near her daughter and her church at which she wus s It constant and devoted attendant wus in this home that she lived fur from the dangers her son wus encoim terlng In the tight for liberty but site was In constant receipt from Idm of news of that struggle Here she re celved the courier to tell her of Ids and It splendid victory at Trenton was here that he came to her after the battle of Yorktown uccompnnled It hy French and American officers whs on this occasion thut for the one Htnl only time she shared the honors tluit had come to her now famous son A grand lull was given in his honor In and the proud moth reilerlrksburg er leaning oti the arm of her son was the belle of the evening Il wus here too that Marquis de certain extent tn France In the Klght eenlh century At (Ills period hand kerchiefs were richly ornamented Women adopted the use of colored Itnndkerv hlefs as stain as the taking of snuff been me an established custom The Tims by locbss When Bobbie wus six he was given a real watch which regardless of loud tick quality or accuracy had Naturally the little fellow was very proud and he would stroll op and down the street stopping every "mo IaFayette came with Washington's Robert Lewis to pay bis renephew spects to the mother of the greatest American She received the courtly Frenchman In her garden met all hts fine phrases with dignity and gave him her blessing when he bade her As he left be said to s good by friend “1 have seen the only Roman niHtron of my day" It was In this little home too that the last scene In the association of the and son took mother Washington In the spring of 1780 Charles plnce arsecretary of congress Thompson to notify rived at Mount Vernon that he had been elected Washington the first President of the new Datlon Afler preparing to accompany Thompson to New York then the capital of the United States Washington rode to to say good by to his Fredericksburg Both knew that this would mother probably be the last time they would see each other for Mary Washington was then past eighty years of age and After an affecsuffering from cancer tionate greeting between mother and oh so says one account Washington said “The people Madam have been plensed with the most flattering unanimity to elect me to the chief magistracy of the United States but before of that ofI can assume the functions fice have come to bid you an affee So soon as the pubdonate farewell lic business which must necessarily be In arranging a new gov encountered ernmertt ran be disposed of I shall hasten to Virginia—" “You will see me no more” she In terrupted Idm “my great age and the disease which Is rapidly approaching my vitals warned me that I shall not I trust In Qod he long In this world atn somewhat prepared for a better But go George fulfill the high destl ides which Heaven appears to assign Go my son and tnay that Ileav you on's and your Mother's blessing I She died on An with you always” gtist 27 1789 and was burled In spot on the Kenmore estate which she selected had herself For muny years the Mary Washing ton home belonged to various owners In 1S00 an effort was made to take It down and erect It again at the World’s Columbian exposition In Chi The protest which this plan cago resulted In the purchase of aroused the house hy the Association for the Preservation of Virginian Antiquities Since thnt time t has been ln charge branch of the as of a Fredericksburg which has opened It to tha soclatlon Last year It was the scene public of a special observance of Mother’s Hay and future years may see this on become s national shrine sjMit Mother's when ell Day each year Americans Join the women of Virginia in honoring the mother of the first sod American greatest ment from or his y two to draw the timepiece pocket and regard It gravel- Every passerby smiled at Bobby’s but the cllniRX came (lerforntanee when hts little cousin Betty tripped long and asked him the time Bobby regarded hla watch perplexedly for a moment and then replied with dignity: “Two Inches to fourl" There have been more than 120 days above the normal since rainy 1910 tn Eflgland of the federal reserve POLICIES affected stock market activities by restricting the amount of were attacked money for speculation R Retd of IlliIn the house by Frank nois and Lortng M Black of New Retd offered York Representative comof resolution for appointment mittee of nine to Investigate the adof the federal reserve ministration suggest tag that the board system to might have been unduly sbbjeet — fore'gn Influences" Black defended specRepresentative ulative activities on the New York Stock exchange and Insisted there was no occuslon for alarm on account of the greatly expanded operations there He nsFPrted that the federal reserve board was Injuring hulnes generally to curb speculation hy attempting The board according to Mr Black Is exceeding Its powers under the law — g of Charles to Grent Britnln was confirmed by the senate Other Presidential without roll call nominations were those of Joseph M Dixon of Montana to lie first assistant Oscnr B Interior of the secretary Colquitt of Texas as n member of the John M Morin of hoard of mediation Pennsylvania aa ntembpr of the United States employees’ compensation commission Patrick J Hurley assistant secretary of war Ernest L Jahnclce and David S Ingalls assistant secretaries of the navy Cnpt Jopaymaster geneml seph J Cheatham of the navy with the rank of rear admiral and MaJ Gen Charles McK member of the Sultzman (retired) and Charles federal mdlo commission of Indian J Rhoads commissioner affairs Appointment of congress lost no WET members In getting Into action along On the first day their favorite lines of the session a lot of hills and resoIn the house lutions were Introduced designed to repeal or Weaken the prohibition legislation and others were offered on succeeding days Of course not one of these measures stands any considered chance of being by this session Wisconsin’s lower house obeying voted the mandate of the referendum to repeal the state prohibition act and to wipe out the state prohibition commission and hurried the measure on to the senate The bill takes the enBadger state out of prohibition forcement but leaves the matter opCities and tional with municipalities or villages can adopt any regulatory prohibitory ordinances they see fit If they want to they can adopt the abandoned state dry Code as their own but effective only within their own borders Washington’s reply to Canada’s protest against the sinking of the rum runner I’m Alone In the Gulf of Mexico hy a coast guard vessel was delivered to the Canadian Its legation contents were not made public hut It was understood to he conciliatory and designed to confine the dispute to legal aspects of the case The Issue may have to be determined by arbitration Harry f Sinclair seeking to Imprison nu nt for contempt of the senate has asked the Supreme court of the United States to reconsider Its recent decision upholding his It Is reported sentence Meanwhile that he has lost control of the Sin Oil dalr Consolidated corporation and that Ids place as chairman of the board may be given to Col R W Stewart whom John D Rockefeller ousted from the chairmanship of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana Is said The Sinclair company to he dominated now by a new group of financiers D USS1A supported by Germany and Turkey again presented to the dla League of Nations preparatory armament— coromfsgloa her plan for the Immediate reduction of arma ments But France and Japan attacked the scheme aa Impractical the Other delegatee' were unfriendly and the commission voted against It The Soviet plan for reducing provides armaments or a fourth according to the present miliand various categories tary strength It would establish of the countries definite figures on the number of effectives and the amount of material the navies for and sir forces armies aa against the conservative Idea of on merely seeking an agreement broad general lines as recommendations for some future plenary disarm fix ament conference which should the amounts and numbers and fill In all the details and particulars HO Ing gave WELLS the noted English and publicist address German relchstag In Berlin utterance to a grim prophecy the lie sufd: "Our world is marching on -“to ir Into' which e will fall wa headlong ns we did la 1914 unless start to work systematically for peace with The chief danger Is connected Russia which through compulsory isoof lation is becoming a country which wardly concentrated patriotism Is likely to lead to a tremendous Russia and the weststruggle between ern powers The Russians will cull It a battle against western capitalism War hut It will he more thun that may break out In Asia or elsewhere hut It will spread all over the world In a useless and gigantic war’ calies having the rebellion practically cornered In the state of Sonora went to to work carefully and systematically there the campuiga crush it finally being under the active direction of Federal forces were General Almazun being concentrated coming from the The program was east and South temporarily disarranged by a new uprising In Conlmlla and a battle In pass the entrance to Sonora Federal aviators reported that General Caraveo had 1500 Insurgents defending the pass and that hundreds of In the were hidden Yaqul Indians mountains ready to engage In guerGeneral Enriquez one rilla warfare In the battle of the rebel commanders 1° General of Jlmiuez surrendered Almazun The latter said Enriques would not be executed but would be treated as a prisoner of war— quite a from the usual Mexican departure General practice were the proand the Germans In the matter of German reparations that the conference of experts In In complete ended failure Paris Schacht offered for Germnny 37 annuities of 1(550000000 gold marks or billion more than three dollars total less thnn the snm demanded hy the allies and he would not Increase the Lord Revelstoke’a offer by a cent could devise no comsubcommittee promise and It was therefore decided It would be useless for the commission to continue Its labors The delegates of the allies blamed Doctor Schacht for the breakdown of the negotiations saying he' had Injected political matters Into what was meant to be a purely financial settlement Germany's credit abroad Is likely to suffer greatly WIDELY divergent SOposals of the allies of Bulgaria who has KING BORIS on a round of visits to various European courts was saved from probable assassination by the vigilance of the Sofia police They discovered two tvoinbs In the king’s private railway coach which was being him at the border prepnred to meet and bring him to his capital The police said they hnd received warnings that the Communists Intended to kill the monarch If the bomb plot failed BABE RUTH beinghis one of our Is "heroes" every move of Interest to the people So It Is In order to report thut the King of Swat took unto himself a bride last week In the person of Airs Claire Hodgson former actress who halls from Georgia They were married early In the morning and set up housekeeping In a New York apartment Their family Includes the Babe’s adopted daughter Mrs Ruth's daughter by a former Ruth's Mrs marriage and mother and two young brothers JOSEPH W BAILEY former sentatlve and senator front Texas almost the Inst of the noted orators of the South fell dead In a courtroom In Sherman Texas In the midst of lawsuit Death was caused by a clot of blood In the heart After hts service In the national congress Mr Rullej In 1020 sought the governor ship of Texas but whs defeated Tat Neff largely because of hla activities against prohibition nd woman suffrage The body of Alyron T Herrick late ambassador to France was Interred In ( leveland Ohio after Impressive ceremonies tn the Trinity Eplscoplfa cathedral which were attended fly eminent representatives of the American and French governments and as many of hts sorrowing fellow citizens as could crowd Into the edifice The streets through which the cortpge passed with military escort were thronged with people despite rain Hnd |