Show ra W V 4 R i mv c 0 w X jo I senate committee probes unemployment situation 2 edward L doheny with his wife brid lawyer leaving cour L after his acquittal on charge of attempting to bribe former secretary of the interior fall 3 helen halt author of the asking price who won the guggenheim fellowship NEWS REVIEW CURRENT HOMO tariff bill passed by senate after months of heated controversy months mot of heated and acrimonious AFTER Amon lous controversy the senate passed the tariff bill by a vote of 63 53 to ito 31 it goes back to the house which passed it last may and will bp be thrashed over in conference committees of the two houses the result will be a compromise bill which may be expected in about six weeks the bill as passed by the senate represents a higher degree degier of protection than that afforded under the present law but provides duties on a somewhat lower level than the bill passed by the house senator reed smoot rep hep utah told the senate that the dutiable items in the bill as passed represent the equivalent of nn ad valorem valoree rate of per cent as compared with per cent as reported from the finance committee 43 15 per cent as passed by the house 34 01 per cent in the present law and 2108 per cent in the underwood act of 1013 1913 the senate made 1253 amendments to the house bouse bill according to senator smoot among the features fea turea of the senate bill aro are included many increases In creasea in rates on agricultural products over those granted in the house bouse bill a somewhat smaller increase in the duty on sugar than in the house bill imposition of duties on cement and brick as in the house bill a new duty on softwood oft wood lumber elimination of duties on shingles and hardwood lumber as proposed in the house bill lower duties than in the house on aluminum pig iron watches aud and clocks and on many chemicals and other manufactured articles bitter contests in the deliberations of the conference committees of the two houses ore are expected over the export debenture farm relief provision and repeal of the flexible tariff which are in the senate bill senator borah who voted for the bill indicated that he did so chiefly because of his support of these two provisions and intimated that he would vote ote against any conference report that eliminated them OW on the final vote on vie the bill 40 46 R republicans for public ans and 7 democrats voted for the bill while 20 26 democrats and 5 republicans voted against it the radicals split seven of them voting for the bill and one being paired for the bill while five voted in the negative THE HE question of paying the price which Frit prance nee demands for joining a five power navy reduction treaty has been passed up to jo great britain by the united states delegation if the british government offers a security guarantee acceptable to V france rance the amerl american c an delegation may favorably consider amerlois Amerl Ameri cis cals commitment to a consultative pact under this plan great britain would bo be pledged ped ced to protect france against aggression america would be pledged to consult with european powers in the event of a european war hut but would not he be bound to employ armed force against the aggressor it Is not clear whether the united states would I 1 be committed by I 1 implication to take sides in 16 a european quarrel qu orrel and join any boycott proclaimed by the league of nations whether the british government wilt will make a concession in line with a security guarantee acceptable to F franco ranco Is the big question of the moment and one macdonaldd Mac Donalds cabinet must soon decide since the beginning of the conference france has been trying to induct great britain to underwrite french security hitherto the british have refused to give france security gum glun altees declaring against entangling military alliances but both france and great britain would like to commit the united states to on an understanding by which this country would not be neutral in case of a european war but would respect any block blockade de declared eldred by the league of nations now nov the american delegation holds out promise of such an approach to commitment of a character represented by a consultative pact on the condition great britain will give france an acceptable cep table guarantee foreign minister briand of france has returned to the conference and Js is happy in seeing what he believes la is a surrender by great areat britain and the united states to the french demand for a security pact france lias has reduced her army thy by 44 per cent since 1013 was claimed by senator albert mahieu as the senate approved the 1830 1030 army budget expenditure however increased owing to a boost in war material tills this year france will begin the application of the one year service act practically all conditions now being fulfilled one of these conditions Is that a force of permanently enlisted men should be maintained VT RT nav james do de wolf perry L bishop of rhode island was elected primate of th the 8 E episcopal pis copal church at a session of the house of bishops in chicago lie ile succeeds the late bishop charles P anderson of chicago bishop perry ferry as primate primat eor or presiding bishop mccu occupies P lei a position la in the united states comparable to that of the archbishop of canterbury in la england bishop perry la is a great great nephew ou of commodore oliver hazard perry hero ot of the battle of lake erle erie in 1812 P proposals to pay world war vet erans a portion of the face value of their adjusted compensation certificates in cash received a death blow in a letter from secretary abellon to representative hawley chairman of the house ways and means committee under a bill fathered by representative cochran tho the 03 now held to the credit of the adjusted compensation sa tion fund would be made available for the payment to certificate holders of 25 per cent of the face value of the certificates in his letter secretary mellon pointed out that the ilie cochran proposal Is based on the false assumption that all of the reserve Is immediately available the fact Is that in order to fi finance nanceL the scheme it would be necessary to increase taxes or authorize a bond issue for the purpose he wrote thereby increasing the public debt with a consequent disruption of the orderly program upon which the government Is proceeding T Dep department ariment of agriculture announces that a 28 per cent increase in them the acreage of corn this year a 15 per cent decrease in that or of durum wheat and a 1 per cent increase in the acreage of all other spring wheat as compared with last years harvest were indicated by far farmers ners intentions on march I 1 to plant this spring the the report was based on returns from about farmers and was intended to f furnish urn ish information which we would uld enable formers to make such buell adjustments in their plans for this years plantings as may seem desirable si fie canadian house of commons T THE by a vote of to 11 passed prime minister kings bill to ban liquor exports to the united states the galleries were crowded for the altal commons scene in connection with the bill senators who will now have the bill in hand in the upper chamber crowded their railed sanctum overlooking the commons floor following the vote jote with keen interest the to 11 majority pe recorded corded for the bill hilll Is one of the largest on en commons records and the total vote of out of a possible votes indicates a remarkably large attendance of members Hil IQ it treasury officials express confidence that the 1 per cent income tax reduction granted by congress for the year 1029 can be continued this calendar year income tax cc collections for march have exceeded expectations thus far and the financial outlook for the government for the remainder of the fiscal year 1030 at least Is bright revenues from income taxes for the fiscal year atiat th at lends enda june SO 39 now total or more than was collected for the corresponding period last year this collection lias has given the treasury books booke a paper surplus of despite a falling failing off of customs receipts for the year of treasury experts hold that with settlement of the pending tariff bill the custom duty collections will expand fed federal ral actuaries believe the cheav deahn lest drain on the treasury will como come from the federal farm board congress has just appropriated an additional for the board how much the board will be forced to draw from the fund Is dependent upon the agriculture situation TUR titter HE great north german lloyd liner europa broke the worlds record on her malden maiden trip to the united states she smashed we the record held by her sister chip the bremen me n by 18 minutes and could easily have bettered the mark by several hours the official ume time from cher bourg breakwater to ambrose lightship a was 4 days 17 hours and 0 minutes it took the bremen IS 18 minutes longer so the crown of the fastest liner in the world goes to the europa c CHAIRMAN HAMMAN ALEXANDER of the federal farm relief board has put himself emphatically on ree rec ord as opposed to the development of any new irrigation and aad reclamation enterprises by the government so bo long as the farm board is 19 striving to reduce the acreage of wheat and other agricultural commodities the opening of new lands which whish would increase surpluses Is unwarranted and absolutely contrary to common sense mr leggo legge asserted he added that he ha has had conversations with interior department officials on an the subject and that more active steps by the board may follow certainly the farm board chairman continued we will stand squarely against all bills in congress that would gideus give us more farms and farmers at this time 1 B n national a t I 1 0 n at business survey conference tf THE c re n e e 1 has i a s received reports frona from 27 lines of business for the four months following the stock market crash which indicate that american business in general Is firm alna and showing steady improvement although the reports indicate both strong and weak spots some of the early retarding factors partly psychological appear to have been gradually overcome according to julius IJ 11 barnes barncs chairman of the conference who made public a summary of the reports this view was borne out hy by the reports themselves three fourths of which were optimistic the reports indicate that the importance in laid upon construction as an influence to in restoring industrial balance has bas not been over emphasized mr air barnes aarnes asserted they show chow that for a revival of construction in its manifold forms a first requirement la Is adequate and reasonably priced credit there to Is no cause whatever tor for alarm over the count rys construction program according to mr barnes as utilities of alt all kinds coa contemplate template such expenditures this year as to aggregate DOO as against 2863 last year D made to william green 1 president ot of the american federation of labor show that unemployment decreased slightly in the first two weeks of march for the first time since Ati august gust reports Ite ports from trade unions in 24 cities for the first halt half of the month indicated that 21 per cent of f their membership was unemployed as compared to 22 per cent in february based on these statistics aft green declared definitely that the rise in unemployment has been checked WARDS of fellowships amounting ato to more than which will enable their recipients to carry on research and creative work on four our t continents have been announced by the tha john simon guggenheim memorial foundation in new york the recipients are 85 scholars novelists poets poeta composers kc sculptors tora painters and other creative workers r resident in 23 states and Ill mexico exico they were chosen from among more than applicants a 1110 1930 western NeW avaDer ua caloa 1 |