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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Nicholas Longworth's Death Enus Long anJ Honorable Political Career Senator Bingham's Taxation Itlca Cabinet Changes Unlikely. By EDWARD V. PICKAKD p ;-7"a -yj IC1IOLAS I.ONTi- i , LN worth, speaker I . ' 5 ut the bouse of repre- ' I sentatives, veteran ! . .1 Ohio congressman . -",. and son-in-law of j: - i I Theodore Itoosevelt, .. S died of pneumonia at I 3 Aiken, S. C, where he i "-. ' j ns spending a spring 1 - j vacation. k kuai Aiding the three Nicholas physicians and staff Longworth ot nl,rS('3 wl' su"-1" unavailingl.v to halt the malady was the speaker's wife. Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Born to wealth and position on November 5, lSli'J, lu Cincinnati, Olfio, his home ever since, .Mr. Longworth, after attending Franklin school there, was graduated in 1S91 from Harvard. He spent one year in Harvard law school, then transferred to the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati law school, graduating from that institution in 1S94. Although admitted to the bar, he did not practice to any extent. Instead, In-stead, he became interested In civic affairs nnd soon was immersed in politics pol-itics in the city over which "Boss" Cox then held sway. Despite his persistent per-sistent Inclination to remain "regular" in political controversies, he declined to take dictation from the Cox organization or-ganization and never was closely Identified Iden-tified with it. A six year term as speaker culminated culmi-nated the service of Nicholas Long-worth Long-worth in the house of representatives during thirteen congresses. But three speakers in the history of the house occupied longer the chair to which Mr. Longworth was elevated by his Republican colleagues after twenty years' apprenticeship as a "boy" representative from Ohio, distinguished dis-tinguished service on the powerful ways and means committee and one term as majority floor leader. He was the Republican candidate for speaker of the next house, in which that party now holds a majority of only one. A N IMMIGRATION case which may develop Into national importance with wide consequences has arisen through the application of Miss Ella Young, Irish author and authority on ancient Celtic mythology, for admission admis-sion to the Dnited States with the Intention of becoming an American citizen. Miss Young, who in recent years has lectured at Vassar, Smith and Mills colleges, made application for a visa In November, 1930, at Victoria, B. C. ; where she ls now living, but it was refused re-fused or held in abeyance on the ground that she iad not demonstrated satisfactorily to the American consulate con-sulate that she might not become a public charge, based opon the view that Miss Young, being sixty-sbt years of age, without independent means and a writer, might not always be self-supporting. Notwithstanding appeals from prominent prom-inent educators, financiers and lawyers law-yers the State department refused to take cognizance of the case. It simply stated, what It has said without exception ex-ception since the immigration act of 1924 was amended In 1927, that the American consul who passes upon applications ap-plications for visas is the court of first and last resort in such matters. Miss Young was a resident of this country from October 15, 1925, until November 18, 1930. She arrived upon a visitor's permit which was repeatedly repeated-ly extended, upon suitable bond being posted, but left the country at Seattle on November IS, 1930, although her permit had been extended to July 1, 1931, and went to Victoria. It was her intention to make her permanent home In California and write a book on Irish mythology. In addition, friends were arranging for a clyjir in Irish mythology 10 he established es-tablished for her at some California university. THE earl of Bess- r borough. Can-! i'' , - , 7 ada's new governor s J general, comes to the j - 1 Dominion heralded as S , - J the wealthiest man j".t ever to hold the office. ' 4 J He is also the firs! i ' j governor general to be 1 'J' c.s 5 chosen by the Can "i, , , a d i a n government. Under the new Do- . minion status he was f appointed by the king aur 0 . ,, , , . . . Bsssborough on the advice of his Canadian ministers. The nppointment was announced from Ottawa, not from London. Early governors general of Canada were actual as well as official heads of Kdvernment. They took a direct part In the administration of public nf-fairs. nf-fairs. One negotiated a treaty with the United States, another plunged directly di-rectly Into a political campaign, a third was attacked with eggs in Montreal Mont-real when he signed what was known as the rebellion losses bill. Thirty years ago a governor general blocked list of appointments being rushed throDgh by a defeated government. By decrees, however, governors general gen-eral came to take a less active part in politics. Only once in recent years has a governor general acted against the advice of the premier. When W. I. M. King was defeated in the house of commons a year after a general election. elec-tion. Lord riyng declined to dissolve parliament and called on Arthur Meighcn to form a government. When Meighcn was defeated within a week an election had to follow. The constitutional con-stitutional issue the right of a governor gov-ernor general to decline the advice of the premier to dissolve parliament was one of the main features of the campaign and the return of Mr. King to oliice made It certain that never again would a governor general reject re-ject a premier's advice. ' P"5"" """i rV''FIC1AL doniftl P. i thilt Artnnr M- ' " Hyde, secretary of agriculture, would re- E 'vvV Sli and that I'resi- L" , X-' dent Hoover would ' "v A shortly reorganize his f " cabinet, seemingly w s J -'ets at rest recent s t- j widespread reports of it Var J dissension in the President's official Sec. Arthur fnmlIJ'- since the de M Hyda nial n'so exteado(' t0 Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Wil-bur, secretary of the interior, William D. Mitchell, attorney general, and Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury. treas-ury. For the last year there have been rumors that Hyde was desirous of getting get-ting out of the cabinet, as the duties of secretary of agriculture have placed a severe strain on his health. There also have been reports he would become be-come chairman of the Republican national na-tional committee, and that he planned to run for senator in Missouri next year. To his friends he has denied both reports. Wilbur's leave ol absence as president presi-dent of Leland Stanford university expires this year, it is understood, but undoubtedly it will be extended. Mitchell has been reported to be considering con-sidering a New York law partnership, partner-ship, and also has been mentioned as a possible appointee when the next Supreme court vacancy occurs. Since Hoover entered the White House, Secretary Mellon ha been reported re-ported to be preparing to resign and Henry M. Robinson of Los Angeles selected as his successor. Mellon ls the only holdover of the Coolidge cabinet. cab-inet. PRACTICALLY every disaster af- fords a test of the heroic mold of its participants. It is heartening to reflect that the test usually is met. In no instance of tragedy in recent years has there been a better display of courage, presence of mind and Intelligent In-telligent action than in the Colorado school bus catastrophe, which meant the death of five children from exposure expos-ure to the severe cold. All of the fifteen fif-teen children who survived this terrible terri-ble ordeal must have been possessed of unusual endurance; but the behavior behav-ior of one alone, of thirteen-year-old Bryan Untiedt, was most heroic and admirable. It is worthy of all the attention It has attracted. Including the invitation received by Bryan from President. Hoover to visit the White House and the citation of his record to the Carnegie hero fund. But greater great-er than any recognition that may come of the event Is the reminder the example ex-ample affords to humanity everywhere that, in spite of all its weakness and seeming helplessness at times, there Is within it an element of the heroic. THOSE who ex- r-.ti- i pected that Adolf s j Hitler would arise in offended might and , defy the recent dicta- ( ,f , torial decree of I'resi- ( s dent Paul von Hin j denburg were not 1 fully acquainted with t j Hitler. The Fascists j are enraged both at being suppressed and tA- at being classed with . . ,, , , , Adolf Hitler the hated Communists Commun-ists as national nuisances that must be abated. There are many fiery young men among the Fascists; indeed, one is almost led to believe that the majority major-ity of them are fiery young men. A word of encouragement from their leader would doubtless he sufficient to send them on the warpath In defiance de-fiance of the Presidential decree. But Hitler gives no word of encouragement. encour-agement. Instead, he Issues a strict and emphatic command for ail Fascists Fas-cists to be good and to obey Hinden-burg Hinden-burg to the letter. He has announced from the start that his followers will keep strictly within the law, but that they will do all in their power to destroy de-stroy or change the laws. And so now Hitler declares that lie Is preparing to go before the German courts with a strong" argument that the Hindenburg decree is unconstitutional and Ineffective. Inef-fective. , When Fascism gets a hearing in court there would seem to b a fine chance for the saTe broadcasting of propaganda. TIIIC conviction of Albert B. Fall, secretary of the Interior in tho Harding administration, on a charge of accepting a bribe in the oil lease scandals, has been upheld by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. At the same time the court sustained the conviction of Harry M. Blackmer, oil operator, for contempt of court In refusing to leave a self-imposed exile in France to testify in the oil trial. Unless the United States Supreme court permits Mr. Fall to lake an appeal ap-peal to its bar, the mandate of the District court will be handed down within 1," days and the former cabinet cab-inet ollicer will be taken into cus-todv cus-todv to serve a one-voar prison sentence sen-tence and pay a line of $100,000. Mr. r.hickmor's sentence Is a fine of $00,-000. $00,-000. Told of details of the court's action ac-tion In upholding the one year Imprisonment Im-prisonment and $100,01(0 fine assessed against him for bribery in connection with the California naval oil leases, the former secretary of the Interior said his final decision in the matter of another appeal would not be made until he bad received a copy of the court's opinion from his lawyers In Washington. Mr. Fall Is now In seclusion at Ida ranch at Three Rivers, N. M., the same ranch on which he spent $100,000 cash received in a snchel from Edward L. Doheny, wealthy oil man, almost ten years ago. Mr. Fall collapsed during his last trial and Is supposed to be in feeble health. p-ywwn-ma Q EN'ATOR B I N G- f" s-j ham's remedy for '-v Ss i "governmental cxtrav- ! 4 agance" Is more tax- ' j ation. He would re- j i the nuisance taxes T ; and slap on other lev- . ies so thick that the J people who are now t demanding always ; greater government Li-Z- expenditures, which t .. e y fondly think Senator gome Qne else s pay. Bingham ng for woud reaMze that some of the mjt.ey ls coming out of their own pockets. Then, Senator Bingham thinks, ihey would call a halt and taxes could be reduced. The senator admits he realizes his proposal will be "extremely unpopular," unpopu-lar," but he thinks that at the bottom of federal, state and municipal extravagance ex-travagance In this country is the feeling feel-ing of a large alement in the electorate elector-ate that when it votes taxes It votes away some one else's money. As long as that feeling exists, there Is no Incentive, In-centive, Senator Bingham believes, on the part of those who entertain It to curb their demand for tax-breeding services. Leaders of congress look with little favor on Mr. Bingham's proposal. He is the first, in discussions of the approaching ap-proaching $700,000,000 deficit, to suggest sug-gest tax demands be made on smaller incomes. Some legislators said they would favor Increasing the levies on bigger Incomes, wfiile leaders of both parties and In both houses have Insisted In-sisted greater taxes will not be necessary. neces-sary. President Hoover believes an Increase In-crease will not be necessary if congress con-gress restricts appropriations. Republican Re-publican Leader Tilson of the house thinks an increase is not now needed and should not become mandatory. Members of both major parties have promised to co-operate to keep down expenditures at the next session, thus eliminating a need for more money through increased taxation. REAR ADMIRAL "'""; ";'"1 Thomas C. Hart " has been appointed ,,'fs superintendent of the t-wllt " Naval academy, sue- ; , ceedlng Rear Admiral jf -f? S. S. Robison, retired. V ' I Admiral Robison has i' had a career of 43 f years in the navy ? tJ A His official retirement i f , starts June 1, but in " - -the meanwhile he has .... planned to take a va- ,R"r Am'ra! cation at his recently Thomas C'Hart purchased home ofi the South river near Annapolis. The regiment of midshipmen gave the retiring superintendent a round of cheers in front of his home. Regret Re-gret at his passing was expressed by Maurice Hibschmann, regimental commander, com-mander, and a delegation representing represent-ing the Annapolis city administration and various civic organizations presented pre-sented a resolution praising him for corning to the relief of the city during the severe drought of last summer. pRIME MINISTER LANG, of New 1 South Wales, in Australia, Is extremely ex-tremely anti-English and he could scarcely have chosen a more pointed way to indicate his antipathy than by scoring the solid English virtue about paying one's bills. There was general consternation in Ixmdon when recently recent-ly he repudiated the payment due to be made in that city at once of interest inter-est charges amounting to S3.G-I5.000. London's consternation has been changed to something like exultation by the announcement of Prime Minister Min-ister Scullin, of the Commonwealth government, that his government would take over the New South Wales, obligation and bring suit against the state to recover. Mr. Lang Is seemingly taking a leaf from the book of some southern American Amer-ican states which, many years ago, were guilty of a number of repudlal tions. laai. WesUra Newipaw Unln. |