Show news review of current events the fhe world over 1 president hoover on business and pleasure trip p to if t f v I 1 ft sl 4 porto rico an and dV i virgin irgin islands mayor walker under fire fic F by EDWARD W PICKARD r P 11 I 1 D I 1 t N T er and a stag stac party sailed from norfolk va athars day morning on the alie reconditioned battle ship arizona for a twelve day trip 1 on which tile chief ISs ex autive cu tive planned to combine rest and pleasure with dimill business included in t alie gov cov theodore party were secretary Secre tury roosevelt of war hurley secretary of the interior wllbur wilbur copt wll ilan furlong who handles navy island nat matters capt charles Cli arles it et train naval side col campbell hodges army aldef aide various other officials from the alie white house end and a bunch of newspaper men end and photographers copt 0 C 9 freeman rree nian was in command of the arizone arizona and the vessel carried a fall dill complement of 00 offers boffl cers and 1 men imen forit for it was making a shaking down run after being rebuilt the first stop was at sun san juan porto rico luco and the ha president for two days was to be the guest of governor and airo theodore roosevelt at ln ia I a fortaleza tile old mansion in which governors of tile the island have resided from frona the early days of ther the spanish reganie Teel re ginie tue it was planned that air Ill hoover should mako make a tour of the isan a gal in order to observe industrial agricultural and social conditions meet kneet the leaders of the political p parties a r aad gain a general idea of the success governor roosevelt has attained in meeting tile the problems of tup tile porto ItI alcana cans which aich are many an and amerious me er lous rious the governor in his bis 0 official metal reports and IA in communications communication sto to the annerl can papers hits has given dil detailed pictures of cf obtain obtaining ink in tho the island sixty per cent cant of tile the people are out of worle work iad he said bald either all or part of the year the population lae Is exceeded I 1 by few countries it ila la to the quare square mile and oven even intensive agriculture would not no support this lonSo la lafonso so it Is industries that goy cloy arnor roosevelt dayi abuya auya rouB ilVo T developed more afore than persons persona ore are suffering buffering from tuberculosis ax from malaria and froni from bookworm from porta letco the arizona with to proceed to st thomas thoma a principal port of the virgin islands where mr air hoover was to bo be met by dr babl II al fenre on of bf philadelphia the rece recently appointed civil governor and waldo evans Evana of the navy the retiring gov erner avith them ile he w was to study the problems of the group which ata are 6 na arlous iii th those ose of per borlo III co the virgin islands usei used to prosper im 06 the manufacture of of ru mi and the trans trana shipment e rit ot of european cargoes for the i entire caribbean re region glori the prevailing economic to Is the result of and tile the con conversion Il burning vessels to oil consuming ships only a few ew days daya ago the control ot of the virgin islands was wad transferred from roni t the he navy ts to the interior depart ni ent and abd how ow in washington it Is geed gf ed that orial orie result esula of the fresl the amalgamation of tho the voto porto 10 litls 11 single anglo political unit administer administered cil by ono one L G washing tork ton correspondent pt ot the boston boiton transcript has been dade secretary to president Hoo hoovert vero ro succeed george akers n resigned mr air joslin Is n q close iier sori nt friend of mr hoovers als inabit duties will be arranging the presidents calling list handling tort tori at the executive offices and main conant between tile the president Ident and the correspondent the new secretary Is an expert eneba aced it reporter ond has ins a wado among public nien lie ile la laa a native of massachusetts and Is tart one ona years ald bid I 1 D developments in the campaign campa to clean up new city politically tire cowing rapidly our dar ing tile the week forma formal charges of mcgl neglect t nod and unfitness were filed ailed against jemm walker tho the dapp dapper r mayer and debonair mayor of the metropolis 11 a now naw regaling in california T the h e samuel an charges s were pre dreyst ent seabury bury e frd to governor Gb vernor Kous dell by leaders of the city affairs coni ditte e it and nd were ft ere said eald to be of such a nature as to wm tont t ont pel the governor to take some action toward widening ehg investigation now low being conducted by samuel scabury ADO confirmed by police and lungys governor roosevelt Roos eTell had let it be b come known that he would not respond to any public clamor for a city wide investigation an that he would act only upon specific charges such I 1 as led him to appoint seabury to in vesti gate the conduct of district attorney thoimas 1 0 I T crain previous ly seabury be had beeri been pet in charge of un an investigation of police frame fram elipa aps in vice cases caseb and of the cand conduct act of city t tile the governor was naked by crali Cral tito to revoke the appointment of Seal seabury lury on the ground of blas bias but refused and chitin wits was summoned to appear and answer tile the charges wade against film by the city club republican ailt members of the state legislature were hlll trying to put through a resolution for a general inquiry into now non york conditions but were blocked by several recalcitrant members of their own party the next three months it das was announced at the house president hoover will carry cu out t an extensive speaking program delivering eight addresses end and making nine public appearances appearance s besides this lie he Is conte contemplating ni platIng a trip to his home lit in palo alto calif the subjects of ills his speeches epee clies have not been announced but it Is understood he will take the opportunity to set forth hla own estimate of the achievements of hla his pd ad tit ministration so far anti and his alms for the future thus he hlll be in a measure taking up the challenge put out by the progressives progress ives a at lt their recent conference in the speaking calendar tor for the president asar as arranged ringed Is april 13 american red lied cross in J washington I 1 aton ap april i 14 pan american day pan Amer american learl union washington may 4 international chamber of commerce washington may 21 fiftieth anniversary of the tied red cross washington may pa SO memorial day valley forge orge pa ila june e 15 editorial As AB andl indianapolis a ind J june une IG 10 D dedication 0 1 oi of harding memorial marion alart t 0 ohio h june IT 17 dedication of 01 lincoln memorial springfield 11 in ion to engagements the arid president n t Is 6 review revie veteran vetera nr of the Grand raud army ot 0 tho the republic at their reunion june IQ 10 6 ro columbus ohio S HIRAM johnson Jo linson of call cali who Is one of the most independent t members of the upper house thinks the re calt conference of ij progressive lea leaders de rs I 1 was a fine thing and I 1 that lint the lenders leaders of lie he republican I 1 party should call a similar tn meeting eteng add senator ing g only good can John Johnso ir come from such gatherings 1 he Is convinced that something Is radI radically celly wrong somewhere with the republican party mr johnson gave out a statement in which he agreed with some of alile progressive doctrines and disagreed with others but said that public consideration study and discussion cc constitute n the contribution and value of tile the conference no lie asserted the country was naturally interested in unemployment t representative government the tae power question mono monopoly s en and utilities add inn ingi I 1 some of our oar republican brethren not only belittle tile the effort but would woul d I 1 it into the 06 one public matter mattee ol of concern to them politics but a philosophic onlooker who long ago marked disown hi his sown own e course 0 ur se an and d prefers in ills his own way to follow fe it might suggest that only progressives progress ives iveal in the interim bew between e en sessions bring these vital questions ons up in public meeting for public can any one bee imagine the wing ang of either party meeting together with earnest and able experts and publicly discuss ing economic problems I 1 BATH once more ila ads s the DEATH political up of tile the house of 0 balch alch will assemble lit iff december B aswell asell cf I 1 louisiana democrat and ranking trino minority rity member of th the ID agricultural committee pa passed ased alf his ai all apartment art in washington after afier a heart attack lie ile was wait sixty two years old and hid hd served in engross gress tor for nine con ve terms 1 sir mr assells As weila ileah leaves tn in the housa house republicans 1 20 democrats and one farmer laborite Ite presen natives john Y 41 and david divald J oconnell both democrats of new hew york oled dle last eliter vi vl iter their successors matthew V and stephen A rudd kudd are both democrats representative nep henry allen alien cooper rc lie publican of wisconsin adlea last march 1 ills successor ing not na been chosen has now filed his income tax return or should haya have done so and the experts expert in washington are busy figuring up how much uncle sam will rec receive elve Trea treasury cury officials could not yet make definite predictions tin 08 to I 1 the lor for the first quarter hut but they 11 liopo hint the th receipts for barcli would run above WO und and those for the first quarter ending march ulrch 31 well above 1500 at east one fourth ol of the total tax title due wai ans paid with th income tax returns tiled filed so that col sections for foi file lie first quarter ii arter will iu run n fibbe tile fi e for tho the four foar quarters indications atre re alint tha th higher tax tai rate for aorl wilt fall to oft off set it ll Hid b by y the economic depression by latt last years jor for the first limiter wera notably LY twenty taw ian perished P ihei lie boaler was blown up ui lit in white I 1 baity I 1 newfound land of uie the lia many of ibin hadly Injured manu jo deac little florse aksland sli ind M 1 6 rd yew it in 11 tried to cal vat alth i annil equate bodd iiii 00 R supa ul pile Hey Sc vernl firpi others were picked u up b by vessels vessel a that sped ailed to tile rescue called wv by ebo ines sageR of the girl radio operator tin on the island besides tile the large crew tile ali viking carried the members of a moving picture expedition onia 1 1 of 61 the earnest earnest t hopes P a of oti tile the american Ameri cm Vede federation ratIon of labor the tl alon n of ifie ue brotherhood of railway hall w a y trainmen with the federation la soon to be realized accord according ln to dispatches from washington representatives senta tives of both bodies and of certain a affiliated f f I 1 I 1 I 1 a t e d ril railway liay doak n workers unions were engaged during the week in drafting the terms of an agreement for the amalgamation representing the federation in the conference were fresl dent william green secretary frank morrison and vice president J al M bu gen lazet who also la Is secretary of the international brotherhood brothel hood of electrical workers sitting in for the trainmen were president albert whitney an and d james farquarson legislative agent the drafting conference was the culmination of negotiations that ahat have been in progress fora for a year in which secretary of labor doak in his former capacity ns as legislative agent of the train mens organization Is said to have played an important part pait Y heavy demands by world war veterans yet erans for loans haye made madeia it necessary for the treasury to raise in less than a month secretary melton mellon announced a 0 request by veterans administrator nines for to cover payments its on applications received up to march 15 it had been estimated would and nd la 14 per cent treasury were issued to get that sum hines said however the would be needed by april 11 the veterans administrator also told melton mellon would be required to pay nil all loans AL brot brother brollier lier of M MAL former attorney general narry harry al daugherty was sentenced at lV ashington courthouse ohio to ten years in pris prison and a fine of lie ile was waa convicted recently of abstracting str acting funds from the now defunct ohio state bunk bank of which lie be was waa president and was refused a nei new trial C A it D I 1 P pal lint madl abrew bishop of pisa and one of the most emt emilj law nent members of the sacred college Is dead in pisa nt at the age of seventy three years in his earlier years acara lie ho gained fame as an astronomer tron tro nomer onier and teacher I 1 1 I of philosophy lie was vas nde made archbishop cardinal cardl nal mam in 1 loos io 3 and four years later was raised to the purple by pope plus illus X tin the same pope it was rumored considered 1 deposing hint him because he Bup sup porte the modernists I 1 in n a cn contest it es t with the reactionaries in the church twice afterward modi ft wits us considered i a papal possibility na he was always a great friend of the italian royal fa fanelly nilly rind lie he officiated last year nt at the marriage obrown of rown prince humbert of I 1 lily aad princess marie aarle jose of beegi belgium tim for this he be was given ghen the collar of the annunziata Annun zlata the lilg hest gift of the crown cardinal mains death reduces the i italian membership in tha sacred c colt ol 01 lege ego to 28 against SO 10 foreign members therefore it it Is expected lu rome that a consistory will ps be held deore long at which the p pope wl will fl create a number of cardinals and give the italians lit at least equal strength with ali t are the interests otdis of dlf SO ferent countries ahat interests hat the er 16 armistice convention call called ed at geneva by the league of I 1 nations I 1 J Js a forced to report abai alm it has failed bulled to reach an an agreement th though it na hopes that within a few years enough nations will ratify tile the pact to make it arfee effective for europe the conference was called by the tha league in rii an effort to secured a truce on the raising of tariffs and later to obtain a general reduction of tariffs only eleven countries ratified the truce arnce rause and all eleven made tin portent reservations the usual res rea was if surrounding countries would ratify 11 1931 wearn N Nw lr U isso |