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Show ITAH CACHE AMERICAN. WHAT'S GOING Ofl IN WASHINGTON Congress Headed Straight for Long Extra Session; Many Weighty Problems. By WILLIAM BRUCKART Washington. Th wlb of great number of senators am) represent-theto stay In Washington it Unit S part of Hill coining iiimimT I going to In fulfilled. They ar headed straight Into an extra session of congress, and unless all sign full It In going to be i s t alTulr. It always bn boon the ran tliat a goodly iiiiniln-- r of nutlonul legislators profor to al:iy around Hi Capital afior a futile session, rather tliun to go homo and So the folk. Constituent have a liahlt of asking embarrassing qucniinn aa to why Ootlilng Hue done alHiiit tills, llist So. except for a or the oilier. abort iKrlod between the retirement of Mr. l!ooer and the chile President Elect Roosevelt which Axes for the extra session, representative and senator are likely to tie here on the job through much of the summer. Chief Executive The Ineoiullig thus far Ims kept Ids own counsel alHiut the extra session, but the wiseacre among the hundred of volunteer assistant who have tied themselves to him, or have attempted to do so, claim that the extra session will be called around April 20. That will give Sir. Roosevelt roughly seven weeks of the seven mouths' honeymoon" In the White House for which he asked during his rampulgu. Mr. I loosevelt was not the only one who desired to have that honeymoon period at the beginning of his The administration. expressions from business leaders were of the same tenor. They thought, and atlll believe, the absence of congress from Washington for a while would serve as a tonic for the country by allowing business to move along during that time. Heavy Work Ahead. Is no better way to depict what kind of a job confront the extra session than to set down some of the things pressing for decision. Here are just a few of them: The unbalanced federal budget, with Its family of related question like taxation, economies In government, abolition or consolidation of government functions and the policies necessary to carry out these de- There cisions Unemployment relief, with the further call for federal funds for loans to financial houses, railroads, cities and states, and now It (seven proposed to make loans to school-district- War debts, to which Is Inseplinked proiHjsals for a arably world economic conference Involving tariff policies, economic restoration. monetary standards (Involving valorization of silver), and of foreign trade. Inflation of the currency and Its Siamese twin, domestic mortgages, Allied with both farm and city. these two questions necessarily Is the question of ways and means to pull our own country out of the depression, and legislation revising national hanking and federal reserve laws. The demand for lmmedinte payment of the veterans bonus has a place In the same picture. Prohibition In Its various phases. The whole category of agricultural problems and prices of commodities and questions of production and distribution. These are not mentioned in the order of their Importance, but they all are with us, and they all must be dealt with. Left-Over- s on Card. No one doubts that the extra session will continue for a good many weeks. There Is much to he done. A considerable portion of the work to be faced results directly from Democratic party pledges upon But, imwhich victory was won. portant as those are, the things that will be left over from the pressession of congress ent probably are equal, If not more, im- portant. That is to say the Democrats have added to their burden by being unable or unwilling to formulate and pass a delinite program of legislation in the current session. Take the question of the treasurys finances, for example. Majority Leader Rainey, of the Democratic-col-trollehouse, has abandoned any attempt to balance the budget, or even take steps to do so, in the Taxes and governshort session. ment economies are all tied up In a neat bundle In that one question. It will not be easily solved. Of course. It must be stated that any program which the house puts through under present conditions will be torn to tatters in the senate, where an even division of membership makes direct action Impossible, That is one of the reasons cited, or suggested by Speaker Garner and Mr. Rainey for dropping a financial program until everything is under the control of the Democrats. Yet such a course obviously adds to the load of the extra session and there are many observers who feel also that It Increases the pos d factional slblllly of Democratic lights. Th rows which the will have to settle ill not arise lr II legislation. The tremendous majority will make for reasonably smooth sailing for Instance on such things prohibition repeal and lesser legislation, lut when money questions are up, questions of taking mure tuxes from electorate, (he varieties of views Will number at least half as great as th numlier of representatives and senators. Mr. Roosevelt campaigned on promises of economy, lie proosed to the voters to do sway with a truckload or so of government funcMost of the Itvinocnita lu tions. congress made the aame sort of arNow, however. It Beeuis guments. aa though some of them had their tongues lo lllelr checks. Cottons of High Style Importance She Might Have By CIIER1E NICHOLAS Explained By ALICE DUANE C- radical, Mrs. Hanford managed to get Terry slone lo their tiny stateroom, crowded almost fc overflowing with bsndUg. cam eras, gulf bags, magazine, boxe of randy, flowers and hooka, she looked at her daughter Intently and ang gested Or mly that the hod on alto gather too much rouge. You know your father and I don't object to little, hut you look positively the- TITHES V atrical." Terry assured her mother that her face was rougeless and ruhtwd the flawless skin of her pretty cheeks with her handkerchief to prove her Innocence. (lu-tu.- l, A GAIN me arrive at llinl time of the year qgien fancy, or is It stem duty, turns to thoughts of spring sewing. If any Inspiration Is needed to lure the woumn who makes her own clothe into a dolt now frame ot mind, tl may tie found in the nlalef and aisle ol enchant lug spring materials now on display A slg ilirouglioiil all faslilonland t fact shout (he new falirlt showing Is the prominence given to cottons which are that amazingly novel and chic as to he slums! un helievalile. So completely have some of the newer cottons managed lu conceal their Identity one has almost to look at Iheii laliels ot Inquire ot the sHleaperaon to make sure that (lie) are what they are. and not lerhnps fine tllk or wool ?r as they apitear lo be. Almost sny effect Is possible with novelty cotton yarn as they are now being durene-proeased, often worked with rayon strands into tmuele or soft twisted finishes, or with silken sheen or perfectly delustered. as the case may be. The reign ot cotton weaves In the textile realm should prove very en cotiraglng to the amateur sen nist res with whom the thought of hnndllng and cutting into costly silk or wool en all but brings on an attack of stage fright. for although the new and smart cotton weaves are high style and look like a million." they are In reality Inexpensive enough to perndt any ambitious homesewing woman to experiment with them without fear and trembling. Ribbed and diagonal cotton fab Complex Foreign Questions. rlcs are proving of special inter Mr. Roosevelt lately lias given est to the Parts houses, such as for much thought to the whole category instance a type known as durene of foreign questions, too. Some of which appeared In dresses, them are in a situation at present suits, hats, shoes. handlings bench that Indicates they are growing In complexity. I refer to the Japanese-Fa- r Eastern condition, particularly, CAPE TAKES PLACE but there are disturbing elements In IN SPRING MODELS South and Central America as well. recourse be without It can seen, There Is more jand more evldenct to Imagination, that these are close- of the coming popularity of the Any men- cape. ly related to war debts. It apiiears almost dally In tion of war debts connects up at some new form. In the radios ot once with International tariff poli- the designers as a cies, and Mr. Roosevelt is proposing evening wrap, as a full new some sort of an International length sports overall, as an acces deal with respect to the high tariff sory to the afternoon dress, as thf walls erected in so many countries. collar on a town coat. Congress has said it would have It Is made in velvet, tweed, corrtn nothing to do with any proposals for roy. satin practically every imng war debt revision, but It Is going inahle mole rial. to have that subject before it whethAs Mninhocher Indicates in a good er it likes it or not. It Is extreme- many ol hls new spring clothes, ly improbable that there will be any looks Its youngest when It Is revision, yet it may be recalled that short. such men as Senator Borah (Rep.), He puts It, In a dashing abhrevl of Idaho, have said they would not ared form, on the hack of little wool be averse to a scaling down of the dresses; he wraps It around thf war debts, provided they can en- shoulders of spring suits; he maker force a limitation on the other na- It Into elbow length and hip length tions also to cut down on their ex- wraps to go over young girls eve penditures for arms and munitions ning dresses. of war. Let it not be forgotten, the Borah view is gaining. Beads Suggested Then, too, it must be recalled that Angora Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, a as Splendid Neck Warmer Democrat and an astute leader. Is Angora beads strung together by little disks of copper are lust about promoting an idea about world-wid- e agreement on tariffs and is seeking is unusual looking as they sound to enforce reduction In arms exThe "fuzz of the angora might tickle a sensitive throat, hut for oth penditures along with it These are all of uncertain form at era It forms a warm little circle un present But the ideas are not with- ler the chin and lakps care of bones out merit in the opinion of lead- so unbecoming to those unfortunate ers everywhere. They must be reck- enough to have them. The best com oned with, and In the extra session, Olnatlnn is white and copper hut too. colors may be had to match pnrtlm Thus, when one studies the pic- Inr ensembles. ture and observes all the detail, It can hardly be doubted that the exSequin Capes tra session Is In for a peck of trouA shoulder eae ot sequins on ble. Tlie nature of the problems and the conditions of the people of nlack net or chiffon is charming with a simple evening gown this nation and of the world pre- worn can be bought separately tc They clude any evasion. wear different dresses W astern Newspaper Unioa Q. nlfii-an- c rib-cor- clothes, scarf, and coats last year and which. Incidentally. I being re vlved for the coming spring espe dally by millinery and footweai houses Diagonals are shown In wide variety, including those of lnc construction on solid grounds Shirred, rrepey and blbltred el fecta are vastly lmrtant. The new cotton mnlelnsse weaves In mono tone and two tone combinations ca ter to the prevailing feeling for crinkly surfaces Fabric laces that Is laces mndt to be used for dresses and not are for merely for trimming tuitously popping up again. Among the nett durene lace fabrics are et fed I ve swirled pntterus minute floral and geometric designs an tlqne block effects, eyelets and nub Both pastel and high color ot spring (mpnr'unee are available These lares are washable, and can easily be handled by the woman who makes her own clothes, at th same time they are a great favor Ite with the professional designer A dress and hat and dressmaker. ensemble (hat of aame material as the frock are high fashion) made of soft chartreuse durene lace com hlned with crepe Is shown to the right In the picture. The crepe of the girdle la repented In the set-lpleats which give graceful fullness A durene mesh as used for the demure three-piecsuit for the younger girl or for any youthful appearing woman, for that matter. Is pictured to the left Wooden buttons fasten the slmri Jacket straight up to the neckline The blouse which shows its cravat tie Is of lacy durene mesh. lint, shoes, gloves and Imndhag are s rustic brown which harmonizes with the brown In the tweed. - tweedy-lookin- 1931 Western Newspaper Union. "Then you must have a fever," decided Mr. Ilanford. "Just excitement" Terry told her snd dcur Mrs, Hanford believed that the excitement was due entirely to the tact that now after all these years of antldjmtlon they were finally going abroad. Not just going for lew summer months, but for over a year of gorgeous adventure, made possible by the fact that Terry's flrst year out of college coincided with Professor Hanford's year's leave of absence. And as they hurried out of the stateroom to rejoin their friends who bad come to see them off, Mrs. Hanford reflected that among all the good people who had come to wish them a "bon voyage" not one bad come on Terry's Invitation. Tm sorry," she told her daughter, "you didn't have some of your own friends here." Oh, well," said Terry, "you know father doesn't like to have young people around very much, and there's hardly anyone here In the city anyway." "But you expected Bob Taylor didnt your Bob Taylor was one of Terry's friends of whom her par ents entirely approved. Terry was about to explain sway her disappointment at Bob Taylor's nonappearance when they reached the deck and found the young man In question In the circle assembled round the beaming professor. Seeing Terry, he broke away, greeted Mrs. Hanford and accepted Terrys Invitation to make tour of Inspection." VeU be back soon," she called back. "Theres half an hour more before people have to go ashore." Terry hurried Bob to s secluded corner of the writing room. "Something rather terrible has happened," I left my passport she told him. and ticket at the hoteL I wouldn't dare tell father. He'd be furious. taxi I can go to the But If I take hotel and get back." Bob insisted at flrst on going with her but yielded to her second plan. You "I'll have to go at once. Tell them stay here and explain. everything will be all right And If It comes time for visitors to go ashore, you come ashore and wall for me. Don't let them come ashore, Tell them whatever else you do. you'll arrange to get me at the fast minute." Once on the dock Terry sped with all haste back toward West street Bob made some unsuccessful at tempts to explain to the Hanfords who were too absorbed In theli friends to think much about theli It was not until the first daughter. signal for visitors to go ashore that Bob managed to make them under stand. An hour later Bob watched the last glimpse of the liner going down And then quietly, from the bay. somewhere, appeared Terry, looking entirely serene and unhurr d. Here I am," she told him. But dont do anything about It till I explain." But maybe we can charter a tugboat or something, he said. promised them I'd and its all rtglu about your passport and ticket. Your father had them all the tlma Of course he did," Terry told I didnt go to the hotel. him. I Just stood out on West street until the boat had gone. It was Just out of the question any way you put it. Fathers a dear and I admire him. but being together, morning noon and night for over a year would be unthinkable. Well, of course Jm glad, Terry that is, 1 couldnt endure the thought of not seeing you for so long, and I wouldn't be able to get over even next summer but what are you going to do? I mean, youll have to send a wireless as soon as possible to let them know you're safe and what you are going to 1 half-lengt- Itll by MxVtura iHMJ sea Farm Rshsf and Banking, Among other things due to face the extra session are farm relief and If the senate hanking legislation. takes the house farm parity liill," the domestic allotment plan under another name. It faces a certain veto The hill frutu President Hoover. over which Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, has worked so long and ably to revise the nutioua) hanking and federal reserve laws. Is going nowhere lu this session. So It Is easy to see what gigantic forces will be exerted against two measures which It aptears Mr. Each of these Roosevelt favors. bills has opposition spreading from coast to coast, hut It remains to be seen whether that optsisithm Is strong enough to break the unit of IVmocrutlc strength. The character of the fight that Is to come over the Glass hanking bill has been thoroughly demonstrated by that which took place In the senate recently. It Is no game at which children can play. There are tremendously big bankers against It, and there Is a goodly number of little bankers against It. Their objections are not to the same sections, but that is lininaterlaL This banking legislation links right Into the problems of domestic debts, and that. In turn. Is tied like knot about the use of the Federal Reserve system as an aid to economic restoration. Back of It all obviously are the two camps, one urging Inflation of the currency even to the point of abandoning the gold standard and the other group preaching sound money and retention of the gold standard. This phase of the problem that will be left on Mr. Roosevelt's lap provides an entree Into the picture for all of the varied patent medicine legislators who have their own plans for curing everything from the hives to an economic breakdown. Probably some legislation will come out of the situation centering around debts. Changes In the bankruptcy laws are now Impending, as I explained In an earlier dispatch. The consensus is that this legislation Is moving In the right direction and that something worthwhile will eventuate. That legislation, however, has only a very slight connection with the general farm problem. It may, and probably will, result In help in the case of mortgages of city prop erty, but it will not deal with mortgages on farm lands. Those mortgages are so great that distinctive and separate consideration must be given them. Our Pet Peeve Nicaragua Has New Rail Line to Sea Outlet for Product From Mountainous Interior. With the opening railroad between San Jorge, on Lake Nicaragua, and San Juno del Sur. on the Iaclflc ocean. Nicaragua now has a second rail outlet to the sea for coffee, cattle, sugar, and other products raised In Its mountainous Interior. The new line pierces the Conti nental divide at one of Its lowest points and cuts diagonally across the route of the proposed NIc raguan canal says a bulletin from the National Geographic society "At Its narrowest point this strip of land between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Is about 14 mile wide. The railway parallels the line that In route of a 1849 carried hundreds of prospec tor to the California gold rush. "Nicaragua also has come Into world news lately with the gradual withdrawal of forces of American marines, who have been maintaining law and order In the former revolution-torn nation. "Nicaragua Is the largest of the Central American republics and many acclaim It the most beautiful. It hRS vast forests of precious woods, ontold resources of.valunble minerals and anil so fertile that It has been said, 'If you tickle the ground with a hoe It smiles back with a yam.' After a century of almost per petual civil war Nicaragua has settled down to comparative pence In recent years and already has be gun to reap the dividends In amazing progress toward prosperity. Has Lacked Atlantic Doorway. The country has about the same area as New York state, but Its total population Is only a little larger than that of Pittsburgh. Pa. It has two mountain ridges which nearly Inclose the Great Lakes of Central America. Nicaragua and Managua. There Is also another railway line connecting Its three chief cities Managua, the capital. Leon and Granada with the Pacific port of Corlnto. A glance at a Central America map tells the story of Nicaragua's backwardness In bygone days. Costa Rica, to the south, and Honduras to the north, are accessible from the Atlantic ocean; all of Nicaraguas Important cities are near the Pa clflc. although they stand on the At the long Atlantic watershed. foot of the mountains He her lakes, but she presents to the Caribbean a very unprepossessing back yard, with the worlds worst real estate designation, the Mosquito coast. "Today, with Los Angeles. San Washington. of a e stage-coac- HEADS TRADE BODY do" Maybe you better figure that out, Terry told him. You tell them I'm safe and everything OK and I'll write them so theyll have a letter by the time they land." Bob drew a notebook from hls pocket and scribbled with a pocket How's that?" U you -- re going south, ot It you pencil. Terrys safe. We have deciden ire staying at home, for dial matter. there is nothing smarter and to be married at once. Letter fol newer for your next party frock lowing. than cotton or silk nmtelasse. This "The Last Supper" in Glass nuilerial which tins eltl.ei a quilled or a blistered or a puffed surface Is Some 300,0(10 pieces of glass were he rage both here and In style cen required to make a copy In mosal lers abroad. The gown pictured Is of Leonardo Da Vincis famous Charles H. March of Minnesota as ot white cotton inalelassp with a painting, The Last Supper " shown ruche-edgesort of a capelet affair in the Iergnmon museum In Berlin lie appeared at hls desk In Wash of organdie. The wrap which ml It Is a hoit 23 feet long, and 12 ington to assume the chairmanship of the federal trade commission. feet high. ludy carries Is of cherry taffeta. l d r random end Seattle to tap her markets, Nicaragua's Pacific frontBut yesterday age Is a blessing when the Atlantic port of North America and Europe were doing the world's shipping, she was severely handicapped Named for Indians. "Curiously, too, her Mosquito coast waa appropriately named by error. The appellation was not In tended for the InsecL which abounds there, but Is a corruption of the name of the 6,000 Indiana, the Miss kltos, whose descendants make op most of the population of the region. "The country's northernmost Caribbean headland. Cape Gracias headline of geography. Dios, Is Columbus explored the Central American coast on bis last voyage and. cruising east from Cape Hon dura, was compelled to take shelter from a storm at point where the coast abruptly turns to the south. He named the cape Thanks to God and took possession of the country for Spain. That waa In 1502. A century before the Mayflower touched at Ply- - mouth Rock, th Spaniards were established along th lak region In far western Nicaragua, despit unwelcome volcanic outbursts. .Tbs most sensational single eruption, however, occurred within a century from our day when Cosequlns blew off Its head In 1835. For days black pall obscured the sun, dost field and forests, blanketed th and animals died by th thousands, snccumblng to thirst and bnnger. "At th foot of Monnt Masaya is lake of that name, and near the lake Is the little town ot Masaya. Were It not so remote one might aspect the writer of e once popular American song had stolen the cry of the women fruit vendere who drone: 1 have oranges, papaya Melons of water, of capotes. Will yon bnyT "But Nicaragua also has bananas she exports between a million and two million dollars' worth yearly. Only one other crop nets her more. Lights of New York st CapL Ashley McKinley baa been telling me of the downward voyage made by the Eleanor Bolling, one of the ships of the Byrd expedition from New York to Little America It seems that the entire crew, with the exception of CaptalD Brown, the flrst mate and the chief engineer, were strictly volunteers, all being members of the exploring party. One or two of them may have had active experience In a rowboat, but none bad really done anything to Impair hls standing as an amateur. Dr. Laurence M. Gould was second mate, because of bis position as second In command to Admiral Byrd and because be was able to use a sextant. When be was not seasick, he was a very valuable second mate. The ship got out of New York harbor all right, with the captain on the bridge, the flrst mflte at the wheel, and the chief engineer dashing back and forth between the engine room and the stokehold. One of the volunteer stokers bad once had some experience with aD oil furnace In a suburban cottage, but the other had never done more than turn a radiator on and off. The Eleanor Bolling burned coaL By frenzied effort the two were able, while they lasted, to get up at least two pounds of steam. Joeotea, gold, end TRUMBULL feelingly to the helmsman, the latter was both astonished end hurt Why, captain," he protested, she never was more than 6 Inches off her course," meaning 0 Inches on the compass card. Owing to a few such trifling Incidents, the ship, which bad been due to reach Norfolk early on Tuesday, did not arrive until Wednesday afternoon. This was a bit alarming to relatives of the crew who had gone there to meet her, especially as some of the papers carried headlines saying that the ship was overdue and probably had sunk. But with the mate again at the wheel, she came into harbor nobly. Meanwhile, the flrst volunteer stokers bad given their best and their all They were tenderly laid In bunks and CaptalD McKinley and the doctor took over the stoking Job. They stoked a large part of the way to New Zealand. They did well and would have done better, If the furnace doors had not formed the habit of ewlnglng shut just when they wanted to throw coal In. Fair by pair, the huskiest of the volunteers took their turn In the stokehold, but the steam gage remained at about the same point At New Zealand a couple of Scandinawere signed. vian professionals This had a bearing on something From the time they took over. It which happened, off Atlantic City. was possible at all times to blow There a revenue cutter took the the whistle without stopping the ship for a rum runner. In spite of ship. They weighed abont 130 the Byrd Expedition, painted pounds each. plainly In various places, and sigEntering the New Zealand harnaled her to stop. Captain Brown bor, Captain McKinley had been waa highly indignant and whether promoted to the wheel If the ship he would have stopped or not Is had been an airplane or a dirigible, somewhat of a question, but some he would have been an expert pilot one pulled the whistle cord, the As It was, a small misunderstanding whistle jammed and blew for about arose between him and the captain. a minute and a half, and the ship came to rest of her own accord. All Port" ordered the latter meanthe steam was exhausted. When the ing apparently that he wanted the revenue men came aboard they were wheel turned to port Bui Ashley welcomed by the officers with strong McKinley naturally thought he was language and by the crew with loadreferring to the ship. The captain ed cameras. They were a sheepish was so surprised at the result of looking lot hls command that the ship, like a cat chasing Its tall, made practicalthe mate couldnt ly a complete circle to port before Naturally, spend all his time at the wheel and he recovered hls power of speech. when he was relieved by the flrst But by the time the Eleanor Bolling volunteer, strange things happened reached Little America every one. The ship began to do a sort of com Including the captain, first mate and hlnntlon tango and barrel roll. Ct chief engineer, had obtained a lot tering loud supplications to all the of experience and ail were able seagods of mariners, the captain reeled men. bis way on deck. When be spoke C, 11X1. Belt Byb0lc.ts.-W- NU , |
