Show news review of current events the world over president preside n t hoover delivers addre addresses ases in three middle west states moves toward restoration of economic prosperity by EDWARD edovard W PICKARD responsibility ifor for the existing economic depression in clr united states should be laid to frozen confidence rather than to frozen neets according to president 11 hoover u 0 v e r who addressed tile indiana d republican edl association and its guests in indianapolis president the chief ix ex hoover eduthe expressed his hopes and plans for renewed prosperity which shall be wrought out of the nations great natural resources by a people with renewed courage and lie he vigorously defended tile the course of life his administration in tile the crisis and denounced panaceas for recovery after alluding to tile the russian year plan mr hoover proposed alint lie he called an american plan pinn said he we plan to in jnue lie care of increase in population in the next 20 years we plan to build for them new and better li homes leonies onies thou sands of new nen and still more beau alful city buildings thousands of factories to increase capacity of our railroads to odd thousands of kinhei to our highways nud and waterways to install electrical horse power wo we plan to provide new parks schools colleges and for tills this OW people we plan to secure greater diffusion of wealth a decrease in poverty and a great reduction in crime from indianapolis the president and ills his party arty which included mrs airs hoover and their son allan went to marlon marion ohio and took part in the dedication of the magnificent memorial to warren 0 harding sir mr hoover delivered the chief address in which lie he severely condemned tho the friends who bet betrayed rayea hardings trust former senator president of tile tho memorial association presented tho the memorial to the association ass oclad on and calvin coolidge who succeeded harding in tho the presidency replied in acceptance cep tance gov george white accepted tho the structure on behalf of the state immediately after the ceremonies mr hoover went to columbus and reviewed a parade of civil war veterans attending t tho I 1 ohio G A R encampment next day the presidential party journeyed to springfield ill for the dedication of the remodeled tomb of abraham lincoln mr air hoover wits the guest of governor emmerson and again delivered the main speech at the imposing ceremonies tho the politic nal implications of president hoovers trip to tho the middle west were evident and not denied the three states lie he visited have all caused alarm among the republican leaders by their votes in recent elections only last november illinois replaced a republican senator with a democrat anti sent five more democrats to the house in place of republicans ohio elected a democratic governor and sent six democrats to congress la in place of republicans and indiana replaced six ihil an congressmen with democrats the republican managers hoped the presidential tour would have effect in bringing these states back into the fold and there was also the expectation that it would help in promoting mr air hoovers prospects for and re elec tion that lie he la Is a candidate Is no longer in doubt if it ever was the recent conference of young albans in washington under the guidance of senator fess national republican chairman made that certain N A letter ater to lead I 1 IN ers of american in jiji austry and organized labor the national civic federation takes the first step in setting up a ten year plan of production eliminating unemployment and integrating the industrial and economic structure of the J W gerard nation the letter was signed by james W gerard former ambassador to germany and now the chairman of the federa federations federation tiou commis slon elon on industrial inquiry it la is based on a proposal made by matthew well vice preal president dent of the american federation of lehor and urges tile the calling of a national congress to discuss a and atril dt ril formulate a program of lu industrial readjustment I 1 and create permanent machinery for this purpose mr air gerards Gerar dB letter was addressed to nil all lending leading manufacturers in the country officials of the american federation of labor babor and heads of all international inions tile the letter declares that mr hr proposal for a n great congress of industry tins has received the HP endorsement indorsement Indor of the lie nn na lional civic federation and expresses tho the readiness of the federation t to 0 summon such a con congress rass if it can have reasonable assurance that the response will be such as to make success probable manufacturers and labor leaders were asked to state their opinion and that of their organizations izat ions on the proposal and to advise whether they would participate in a preliminary meeting that might be held before the formal calling of the congress what Is desired Is to draw to lether a great conclave of delegates not ot a mere collection of individuals without representative diameter character mr gerards letter declared rather expects E EUROPE I 1 that when secretary of state St linson gets over there tor for his visits to various capital cities it will be revealed that the united states government will consent under certain conditions to alter its stand on reparations and war debts and W A castle in this counti rf there are indications that tills this may be true undersecretary of state william A castle gave out a statement the other day to the effect that the government does not consider its position as signifying an inflexible thesis und and there have been strong hints at the white house that president hoover would not oppose the scaling down of war debts if he be were assured this would be followed by ample reductions lows in european european Eiro armaments amr sir castle said the government Is and always has been open minded on the war debt question and has been watching tile the situation abroad very carefully lie he added that no crisis has yet arisen of a nature that would call for any action by this country on tile the war debts if such a crisis should arise lie he said it was obvious this government would have to consider whether a temporary change was necessary official opinion in washington was that mr air castles statement was designed to help chancellor bruening of 0 german in the troubles that beset him ISS ANNA ADAMS GORDON gondon M MISS former president of the national womans comans christian temperance union and of the world W 0 T U died in castile N Y at the age of seventy eight years she was a close friend of the late frances E willard Wll lard helped her organize the W C T U and tor for many years was her secretary e she was one of the best known of temperance leaders of this generation R A N K 1 L 1 I N D 7 FR veils presidential boom was givon given a decided boost in massachusetts by the luncheon given by cot col edward al house R at ills hla summer cottage near car manchester by the sea the governor of new york guest of honor a and n d among those col E M present were tho the most house influential democrat le lc leaders of the bay state little was said about politics during tile the luncheon but the feeling was general that tile the affair was of considerable political significance and friends of sir mr roosevelt are of tile the opinion that the massachusetts delegation in nest ne st years national convention will be in line for his nomination just before the party rose from tile table colonel honse offered a toast to tho the governor as the man on whom the eyes of the nation are focused it will be remembered that colonel house recently announced that he be was corresponding with leading democrats with a view to promoting Roosevel ts presidential prospects among the guests at the luncheon was henry like house a close friend ot of woodrow wilson and it Is believed he has associated himself with house in this movement with the sanction of roosevelt all although hough the governor line lias not yet declared himself a candidate for the presidential nomination L CAI caponn CAIONE ONE tile worlds most notorious A AL gangster will have to PI spend end some years in leavenworth penitentiary before federal judge wilkerson Wll Will kerson ierson in chicago calca 0 o he pleaded guilty to indictments for evasions of income tax payi i and for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law lie he will be sentenced on june 80 30 0 ully ay in to from two to four years in prison sixty eight members of ca tones pones t ones gang also are under indictment fur the liquor law conspiracy ca pones rule as king of gangland Is ended TUAN UAN BAUTISTA nAU TISTA J perez apro obeying a det demand made by the congress of venezuela resigned from the presidency of that republic after evading for some rome time the oral and written suggestions gest ions of members of congress that lie he step out of office tile the drive against him juan j vicente vin c was managed by sup gomez r c porters of juan vicento vicente gomez who were determined that tile the veteran should resume the place ho he held for 20 years from tile the time of castros downfall until may 1029 1929 ile he retired then on his awn motion and when perez was elected to succeed him film the constitution was amended to p permit ermit gomez to become commander ln in chalef of the army and to be responsible only to congress an academic rather than active type president perez left the task of putting down insurrections three of which have occurred since lie he took office to general gomez and tits his army of men gomez in fact has been almost as much the ruler of the country since retiring as he was before and tits his return to the presidency in the election set for june 19 was considered certain ile he Is getting to be an old man hut but retains his youthful vigor and cletur eness and probably Is the man venezuela needs ITH all tile the tra WITH W dit ional splendor and ceremony paul doumer was inaugurated as the new resident president P of the french republic succeeding gaston dou morgue premier layat layal called at the senate for M doumer and took him to tile the presidential palace paul their automobile being doumer escorted by cavalry through throngs of cheering citizens as the artillery fired the 21 gun salute at the pal palace a ce the r tiring retiring 0 president transferred his office to his successor sue cessor and M doumer received tile the insignia of grand master of tile legion of honor from the the hands of general duball head of the organization president Do doumerc aci ac was to go to the city hall and be received by the council after which lie proceeded to the are arc de and there in a solemn ceremony re lighted the eternal flame at the tomb of the unknown soldier this rite wits was especially moving for at doumer lost four of his alve sons in the war EARLY persons most of them N NEARLY women and children perished when a french excursion steamer capsized near st nazaire during a storm only eight of those aboard the vessel were saved the submarine nautilus carrying sir hubert wilkins under ice fee polar expedition was disabled in midat mid at alantic lantic by the breaking down of her engines and was taken in tow by the american warship wyoming ARDINAL SEGURA the exiled C CARDINAL primate slipped back into spain the other day but wits was promptly apprehended and ushered out again across the french border ills presence in spain threatened a recurrence of the attacks on church institutions for the radicals were enraged by the news of tits his return the vatican protested his expulsion NE more member of the alie federal 0 farm board the third within a few months has resigned from that body ue he Is samuel R mckelvie McKelv lc le the wheat member of the board and he said that as his term had just ended presidential acceptance of his resignation was not necessary Ms file successor has not lot yet been announced mr McKelv mckelvie le who took part in the recent gealt aalt conference in london will retire to his bis large live stock ranch in nebraska N ETTA DUCHATEAU of belgium la 11 was sele sd ed as miss universe sn at a t tho the international beam beauty ay pageant in galveston texas she Is sevet seventeen iteen years old and has long dark daik hair M CO 1911 1931 jestam mew spam union |