Show r 4 o 1 t y i f I i v t Dr J yo 1 ts X x w f r. r ri iI AI t 1 4 S 1 f fJ 1 11 4 K et O J ili t I t By ELMO SCOTT WATSON TY EtE there was u unveiled In hr Caracas the capital of the South American t f republic of Venezuela a statue of ar n a a r h great rEat Am American The Inscription on on f ft it written In Spanish reads Henry Jenry HenryClay Jay Clay In 1777 2 apostle of fraternity between the countries of America 1 and valiant defender of inde- inde The United States Stales of America presents to the United States Stales of If Venezuela this statue of of Its Irs i Illustrious 1 iolJ statesman statesman cr r of 1 the file house lionise of es se senator f fr- fr i and secretary of state r Tie The which h was given iven in return for one Simon the South American chant chain pion Pion ion of Ind Independence which was unveiled ull In Cen- Cen fl dal park in New hew York city In 1021 1921 was formally forn I c hy by y James II U. Sheffield former fI f I ico lead hear of a distinguished delegation OU United States tate and the statue was rt Retired hed by President Juan Bautista Perez of f tel e zuela T which honored the man wh who has been ill been called the First Ian Pan American and eFa Fattier tier of Americanism Pan was a n aft jant t on one In the history of the nations of the Aw elV ee World It was a gesture of friendship on the theart art of or the most powerful of those nations to a faker ker nation ion which has hns reason to feel grateful o its lis older sister r In the Pan-American Pan family l Clothe or r to the Venezuelans the thc statue erected In the the square tare In their capital to which they have already yen eD the name of Plaza Henry Clay means menns more more Kaii ar a mere ere memento of a great man To them aenry enry Clay was a n friend not only a friend In t. t d s. s but a friend in actions as ns well welt and the W V monument will be a constant reminder of ot that f ct and arid of the tile International good will which opted t the presentation of ot it to their country Si As early as ns 1810 Henry Clay began hIs Ills cam cam- tal Iiga I In n the house of representatives In support the colonies colonl S of Spain then In revolt Clay in InS rs S capacity capacity as speaker reasoning that the nI co W I States might have openly to take part th le Ilie Patriots of South America opposed the junction on of ot taxes incident to the War IVar of ot 1812 an anI d n a rear fear later likewise opposed a n bill Intend- Intend I 3 t to St stop P the lie titling fittIng out of war vessels In i Unit i ted States State bill billAm ports maintaining that such a slit Jt tf t detrimental to the Interests of South Am- Am in Wll who Were still struggling for freedom laIn n 1817 1517 he offered a proposal to authorize a adel Ii lary ry for tor r a n minIster to the provinces of ot t the le Rio de del Id r In March March- 1818 Clay made the speech filch Am Ani 1 s slip 1 hatefully gratefully remembered by hy the South tj DS Uk LIke J nil all of Cla Clays Clay's B orations It was stir- stir o j it u was WIS s the first plea voiced for recognition 0 of the h e countrIes then shaking off oft the grasp of or Aloe the e countries slinking shaking off the grasp of ot Spain A ne In l the house of representatives he thun thun- u rEd rj and pleaded sympathy for the 18 millions CJ of r b e leoNe e re Ie Struggling b to burst hurst their chains and t 11 speech gained for the United States gen gen- a toon 81 Ong and aDd CI Clay y In particular many friends th the e South American countries who were tune to lo Increase when wilen In 1820 Clay Intro Intro- to tl J in a into the house of representatives lJ with an any I h the dIplomatic Intercourse e got er of South America which have I tn n 5 antI anal ale maintaining their re of Spain c of f a at I I lim The Thc next year ear as aa th the Ulc result I ech he resident President Monroe sent a a t i IlIr c Rn e to CO congress 1 I and a resolution to h American Ins Interco In with the South American bis Ivien 1 became me secretary secretary of state I in n 18 1825 5 ln in Promoting friendship between the rei re- re 8 of North and South America h cIn 6 hf I i he a lr Ot Immediately lie has been hailed as r tI Ben Father allier er of Pan Americanism because of ot the thes Iv th IS c s 1 uhf leI 11 Ch i he tool took to encourage enco e tie t su ess If f fI I at t ti tta mn al nt Panama In III r. r which i d t N I s Le call nf nf of Simon im n Bolivar oll Th the States I not O t In the first list of countries but hut but at nt Clays Clay's s In e lon this c In later t r was n aa Included The TheM M on in gave e Clay an ap nn opportunity to In prepare which In OI J to the ie united Slates delegation ry y prin- prin l feature with the elp lee Seemed to accord S l which 11 have ha governed th the Pan rn nt n 0 of t. t On One recent years eurs t e e of e or of the tact facts about Clays Clay's Us InO Influence upon l rv t 1 1 r r x t Statue of Henry Clay recently unveiled in Caracas Venezuela our International nal policy which Is n not t comm commonly nty known to most Americans Is In regard to the so-called so Monroe Doctrine The principles enunciated enunciated eluted In that famous document Clay forecast In an nn address at nt Lexington Ky In Jul July 18 1821 1521 1 lie Fie South American AmerIcan American Amer Amer- had been pleading the cause of the ican patriots with brilliance and fervor fen in congress congress con con- less Indifferent to it which was more or gress Iress and opinion was won over o Slowly however public of Florida was purchase the when finally In 1822 the began to recognize ratified President Monroe next neat car the President uttered new republics The year since been famous as the words which have although they might more the Monroe l Doctrine hind hadnot not Justly be called the Clay Doctrine for not Henry Clay prepared the way for them and contributed con of the doctrine the formulation ideas to might never neer have been uttered Clays Clay's last they of ot state Pan American work as secretary great grent organize European Influence par par- particularly particularly in 1825 was to to Spain prevail upon that of Russia Russin to her former colonies the war against discontinue who was honored In the The story of this man a n figure of International international American capital as South Is one of the most romantic in American Importance history Although he Is usually regarded regard- regard J Is another example of a n i Kentuckian Clay ed as ns a the Old Dominion for he lie i iwas by to the nation gift Slashes district hence his popular pop pop- popular In the lie was born of of the Slashes ular nickname of oC Mill 1111 Boy oy Hanover county on April 12 1777 received but hut meager schooling young young Having flaYing of the Virginia offered the lie post of clerk clerIc Clay was There he lac made macle the most high court of Chan chancery ery to study law beI being admitted of his opportunity about this time he lie emigrated emigrated emi emi- in 1791 1707 At bar n the to before he not long Kentucky It was grated to in current affairs in the question took an nn interest His ilis articles and speeches particular In of thrust slavery him before the public repeatedly Adams put It as John Quincy educated Half edt and gayness of that eloquence all all' possessed Clay pO popularity Before Clay to leads lends spirit that of constitutional ruling was thirty thIrty thirty-la unnoticed unnoticed unnoticed-he In violation he was in is the tiie United apparently term Before Be Ue filling out an States senate had served In the lie Kentucky legis legis- fore that he lature political career his long tong beginning of The real of the house nominated speaker C r in arc 1811 when was flu first oratorical c efforts orts Ills of r representatives the compromising nm and pacifying ln contrasting with directed d were In later Inter years ears of his bis support nature trade re restrictions opposing Great Britain 1 firmly against of American sen sea thin l s and response and the altitude found ready men much Clays Clay's s voice dill did i of 1812 was the lle result War which resulted in near j. j powder train to fire fil j the the United Unite States disaster for for time of embarrassing reverses rC n s j Aft After Britain finally entered American ambitions Great with Adams anti and Clay Ir into t to o nc negotiations for Cor peace President Ghent by Gallatin was sent to Albert 1 I r t W 1 7 u 11 11 Madison to make the best of a n sorry situation England It appeared wanted territorial concessions concessions conces conces- and Clay alone among the lie commissioners maintained a n bold front Ills His unwillingness to give Id hi undoubtedly would have resulted in noth nota- nothing ing lag had not England Englund become more concerned In European affairs than America Peace at almost any price was desirable and a treaty was finally signed which restored things Just about as they had been at the beginning of hostilities Clay was dissatisfied for nothing was stipulated about the sailors the war had been fought over but ho signed In Ia the years ears that followed Clay rose to tho the heights as a n statesman and a leader in a day when there were such giants as Webster and Calhoun at hand to guide the destinies of ot the nation although the greatest honor and the one for which he wished most ardently was denied him film lie ria tried three times for the Presidency and failed every time But his name has come down downto to us as one of the greatest men who ever sat satIn satin satin in the speakers speaker's chair In the house of representatives lifted his voice In debate in the senu sen sen- tives tl or up u ate and It Is Inextricably linked ea with some of 01 the vital Issues which played a n part in the lie making makIng making mak mak- ing ot of the nation One of them was the Tariff of Abominations which so stirred strife between North and South that the Union was actually endangered In the end It was he who stretched out a hand band to his time long political opponent Calhoun so that a compromise was effected Later Later Lat Lat- er Clay who by his tact Judgment and patience was was wasa a very prince of peacemakers brought about the compromise of 0 between the lie slave states and the free states and but for his Isis untimely death in 1852 the history of the Civil war Var period might have been written differently Closely connected with the name of Henry Clay Gay In the story of Pan Americanism is the name of ot Gen Simon Bolivar called the tire Liberator and the lie George Washington of ot South America Within a week weel after the Venezuelans had gathered gath gath- gathered ered in their capital to honor the memory of ot the North orth American they were paying honors to a n So South th American even ev n dearer In their memory The Tice Clay statue was unveiled on December S 9 1930 and on December 17 11 there was celebrated not only in Caracas but in many other capitals throughout the world ceremonies marking the hundredth annIversary anniversary anniversary an an- of the death of or Bolivar the man whom history has written down as both a soldier and a n statesman and nul the founder of live five South AmerIcan American AmerI- AmerI can can republics Born in Caracas In 1783 1753 the scion ofa of Qt a wealthy and Influential family he ha hind had the opportunity as asa asa asa a youth to travel extensively in Europe and to study law In Madrid On one of his trips he stopped ofT off in the United States where he hc saw the spectacle of republican institutions newly setIn set setIn setIn In motion Then rhen and there he resolved to go home borne and free his bis countrymen from flom the tho Spanish yoke yole lie He first associated himself with a secret organization ion tion of patriots In Venezuela going as their envoy to tf London In the effort to gain British support would require a full To tell the story of Bolivar volume and necessitate the liberal use of an atlas to follow all the movements of his busy life It would show him leading the patriot forces now in one country now in another We Wo find him some some sometimes times in triumph sometimes In defeat as when In 1812 the Spanish recovered Venezuela Having won the support of the pre president ident of New Granada fresh volunteers having been added to his forces Bolivar Boll d entered the city of ot Caracas as conqueror accorded absolute liberator and being eIng hailed as dictatorship in matters malters military and civil lt On the heels o of that carne came more victories more defeats Eventually he lie had to resign his dictatorship In ID 1829 and when he died the next year car he lie was In the land which he lie poverty po and a n reu refugee ee from struggled so hard to S save Se e But Hut a century later In ha 21 capitals of the world In ha Europe as well as ns In North and South America thousands gathered to pay homage to the memory of a man of whom It who rank ranks o of aman memory to 19 th the homage pay ay for flee freedom om with Washington Washington as n a fighter Lei CO p by Western Newspaper por Union M J N IwI d da a CATHERN PREBBLE Miss Prebble had had no previous commercial training prior to enrolling enrolling enrolling en en- rolling with Henager's Business College This however was no handicap Sh She finished her SecretarIal Secretarial Sec Sec- Course one-month one under schedule le and was placed in a position po po- position by the school at per month to start The present enrollment is t the e elargest largest in the history of the school I The new addition recently acquired has been completed and is now being beIng being be be- ing used for tor office practice and finishing work This adds third one additional space making approximately approximately one-half one acre floor space occupied occupied oc DC oc- oc by the school 1 Few ew schools In the U. U S S. S are so thoroughly equipped equipped equipped equip equip- ped to train their students for responsible responsible responsible re re- re- re positions in the business world New students students are are enrolling each week A position is secured for every graduate calls were received receIved received re re- for office help during 1930 Visitors are always welcome me at Henager's Business College 45 E E. Broadway S. S L L. and Inquiries promptly answered red Call Cal write or phone for full Information Fortune Came Hi Ills Way Fortunes are not always the t re-t re- re suit Butt of ot hard work and good Judgment Judg ment meat but are sometimes made by accident says say John McLaren In writing upon the subject In the London Loudon Lon Lou don Daily Chronicle One Ohe such case occurred when a roundabout was wad landed at nt Thursday island island n a cog cos- pearling center ort oft the north coast of Australia Australla foe tor to Japan Finding there were a few days to wait the proprietor decided to erect his apparatus apparatus ap ap- and employ the Interval by making it earn a n lIttle Instead ofa of ofa a n few days ays he stayed three years For the Island was completely lacking in entertainment and the colored population rushed th the roundabout as they would have rushed nothing else riding it twenty twenty ty hours a day men women and children often three to a horse Fare collectors had to be put on In relays So many were the repairs necessitated necessitated by th the excessive wor worl working ing J g that before the end of ot the second second year the whole affair had been twice completely rebuilt Those three years gave the owner far more money moncy than he had thought to earn In the whole of his life Ufe Dr z Pierces Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes weak reak women strong No alcohol Sold by cy druggists in tablets or l liquid Adv A War One Vice Commander John E E. CurtIss of ot the American Legion told a. a wah wan story at nt a banquet In Lincoln o n. r Bullets and hand grenades weren't the lie only thin thing he |