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Show Thursday, December 19. THE 1935 News Review of Current Events the World Over POLITICIANS, TIMES-NEW- especially ttoptih ht!iiiie,l Ir Anniversaries of 1936 III Washington hetui-e- i former Vice President Charles Cur tls ninl Senator Borah, and It pos Nihle Implications. Curtis lnslstcil to the less that he Is still ndvo eating the nomination of Gov. All IjiihIoii of Kansas for the Presl dency, but the Idaho nenalnr himself a leading possibility for that honor. Curtis hud recently had a conference with Ijindon In 'IV meeting j President's Defense of AAA and Canadian Treaty- Italy Offeretl Peace Plan at Ethiopia's Expense Naval Conference Seems Hopeless. By EDWARD peku, hut be said nection between on Bopuh. W. PICK ARD WMna Nwapper t'nlua. That this the United States court wus hearing oral arguments In the Hoosuc Mills cant In which the constitutionality of WHILE the whole Agrlcul-tura- l Adjustment act was attacked and defended. President Roosevelt whs In Chicago seeking to justify the entire New Deal farm He adprogram. dressed the American Farm Bureau Federation In the AmInternational N. George at the phitheater Peek stock yards and was heard and enthusiastically applauded by some 25,000 farmers and aa many others as could get Into the theater and adjoining wings supplied with loud speakers. The funn program, the President Bald, aimed to "stop the rule of tooth and cluw that threw farmers Into bankruptcy or turned them Into serfs." As evidence Hint It Is succeeding, he asserted that farm Income "has Increased nrtirly In the past two and a half years." Necessarily Mr. Roosevelt defended the new Canadian trade treaty because only two days before that pact had been bitterly attacked by bis lute trade udviser, George N. 1'eek. "Just as I am confident," said the President, "that the great masses of city people are so I am sure that the great majority of American farmers will be fair In their judgment of the new treaty. "If the calamity howlers should happen to be right, you have every assurance that Canada and the United States will join In correcting inequalities, but I do not believe for a single moment that the howlers are right" export more agricultural products to Canada than we have tuiported from her. "We shall continue to do so for the very simple reason that the United States, with its large area of agricultural land, its more varied cljmate and its vastly greater population, produces far more of most agricultural products, including animal products, vegetables and fruit, than does Canada. "In the case of the few reductions that have been made, quota calamity "We limitations are set on the amount that may be brought In at the lower rates." In nutsell Is the status at Great Britain and writing. France reached an agreement as to the offer to be made to Mussolini before the Imposition of an oil embargo, set for Iecember 12. This plan for peace drawn up by Hrltlsh Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Houre and Premier Laval, was bused on the proposal that Italy should retain part of the territory already conquered In Ethiopia, chiefly in northwestern Tlgre province. Including Adowa but not the sacred city of Aksum, and that the Italian Somulilund border should be rectified. In return, Ethiopia would be given a seaport, either In Krltrea or In British or French territory. Thus poor Kthlopla, already declared by the League of Nations to be a victim of Italian rapacity, would be still further victimized with the consent of the two great powers that dominate the league. Presumably If Kmperor Halle Selassie refuses the terms and decides to con tinue bis fight for the territorial. Inviolability guaranteed by the league covenant, be will be aban doned to his fute. Dispatches from Dessye, Ethl opia, said the emperor rejected the Franco-Britisplan, asserting: "The Ethiopian government cites its previous declarations, notably that of October 8, to shov that Ethiopia never wished and does not wish war. But today we are bound to defend our soil, which Italy has violated. "Ethiopia agreed at the time of the Paris conference and the meeting of the League of Nations com mittee of five to all concessions comparable to Its dignity, to avoid Italian aggression, but that aggres sion has been committed. We cannot submit to force which we never provoked, because that would be rewading violence." Since Mussolini showed a dispo sition to consider the proposals, the oil embargo was postponed to per mit negotiations. If he rejects the plan the embargo would go Into effect later and supposedly the war In Africa 'would continue at least until the rnlny season next spring. Italian airplanes bombed the city of Dessye three days In succession but Iluile Selassie, who was there, the However, escaped Injury. American hospital and a Red Cross camp were practicnlly wrecked and ninny persons were killed or wound eil. The Italians replied to protests with the statement that scores of buildings in the city were marked with the red cross. h there was that and WATSON It marU ANUAKV I the beginning of u new year In American his By ELMO SCOTT no con his call tory. Will L be more 1935 It Is a leap year and has an extra day? born Whut babies, f during this year will the historians of the future write down us the great men and women of their nation? Which of Its happenings, apparently Insignificant ut the time, will these same historians later point to as the "tremendous trllles" which profoundly affected the destiny of the nation? Will "history repeat Itself" during 1930 and will there be events which will closely parallel those of 178(1, of 1S3U, of 1801, of ISSU und rioting In Cairo, British control of Egypt, attucks on English sol dlers and smashing of street cars and shop windows, forced Premier Nes-slPushu and his cabinet to decide to resign. The rioters demunded the restoration of the con- stitution than K-y- d CONTINUOUS of ... 10"fl eventful The President said of the nomination : "I have no second choice, but a lot depends on what happens at the convention. I have the highest regard for the senator. I'm for l.an don, who Is well equipped to run after giving us an economic admin Istrution In Kansas something we need here in Washington more ww than ever before," of 10117 Here are some of the anniversaries which, during 103(5, will set Americans retracing the trull of memory back Into the history of their country : 1023 and the ministers pleaded with Sir 1786 Miles Lampson, high com- mluctfimtr In rrli-K.nB Fuad hIsconsent. He was obdurate In bis refusal until Nes-slm Pasha announced that he would quit, but yielded then to avoid disorders silmilar to those of February 14 On this day wns born the man who was to become known as the "Father of Prohibition." James Appleton was his name and be was a native of Ipswich, Mass. A colonel of militia in his native state, he was made 1019. general at the close of the Therefore, with the consent of War of 1S12. He moved to PortGreat Britain, King Fuad signed a land, Maine, In 1S33, and was elected to the Maine legislature In 1S.'!C. royal decree restoring constitutional government, and the cabinet Appleton was the first to advance members withdrew their resignathe principle of statutory prohibitions. The constitution thus re- tion of the manufacture and sale stored provides for a senate and chamber of deputies and takes control of Egypt's Internal affairs completely out of British hands. It does not, however, affect Oreat Britain's control of Egyptian foreign affairs, nor the British military protectorate. - rsH ii Ited States and Great Brlt- Nit ; J j 't'WOT'.vju THE in the conference at Wash Is a that plan ington, agreed upon expected to result In regular air s Vl i ' mall and passenger transportation across the Atlantic by the summer of 1037. Negotiations were under way for the northern route by way of Canada, Newfoundland, and Irish Free State to England, and the southern route from Porto Rico and American ports to England. The northern route Is more prac& ticable than the southern route beof cause the shorter distance, but JAMES APPLETON Is less practicable In winter because flights would be undertaken of liquor. He did this first by pe tition to the Massachusetts legisunder less favorable conditions. lature in 1S31 and afterwards in Under the agreement experiment1837 by a report to the Maine legis al flights will begin next summer. tature. His report resulted in the When regular service Is Inaugurated, according to the agreement, enactment of the Maine liquor law. four round trips will be made each the first of Its kind in the United States. Appleton returned to his week. native town and died there August 25, 1802. L. BERRY, industrial GEORGE found great diffJune 13 Winfield Scott was born near Petersburg, Va. He was des iculty In mustering his proposed Industrial council, In which many tined to become a general in three great industrial groups had re major wars (War of 1812, Mexican fused to participate The Initial war and Civil war) and In three session of his conference broke minor conflicts (Nullification dis up In disorder amid shouts of "liar" turbances in South Carolina, 1832- and threatened fist fights. Further 33; operations against the Sem Canadian doings were postponed for a week inole Indians, 1835-37- : or more, and most of the delegates revolt, 1837-38He was command went home, declaring they wanted of the United States nothing to do with a permanent army for 20 years '(from July 5, council which might lead to fur1S41 to November 1, 1801), a long ther government Interference with er period than any other man in private business. The labor unions our history ever held that position. stood by Berry, hoping his proIn 1S14 he was given the thanks of gram would aid their plans for a congress and a gold medal for his r week and government li- services In the War of 1812 and censing of all Industry. again In 1818 for his successful campaign In the Mexican war. He ADMINISTRATION officials state was one of three army officers who will have ever been thus honored more ask the new congress for a than once. (The others were Gen appropriation as the initial Zachary Taylor and Gen. W. T. fund to launch the federal social Sherman.) Born 150 years ago, security program going into effect Scott died Just 70 years ago on January L The fund Is to be dis- May 20, 18G0 In West Point, N. Y tributed among the states for the August 15 Beginning of Shays' needy old aged In the form of penRebellion In Massachusetts, when sions, for maternity and child welfare, and to aid the blind. State commissioners and public welfare directors were summoned to Washington by the social security board to discuss formulation of regulations and procedure. British brig-udie- r ilk?' :? In his analysis of the Canadian agreement. Peek showed that 84 per cent of the tarllt concessions DROBABLY with slight hope of which the New Dealers granted to anything worth Canada were on agricultural and " accomplishing representatives of the United forestry products. He also showed while, France and that the articles on which the States, Great Britain, met In LonJapan New Dealers granted tariff reducdon and opened the tions amounted to 308 million doInternational naval llars In 1929, whereas Canada In reconference. Italy alturn had granted concessions on so was represented, articles valued at only 245 million but enly as an obdollars. Peek then charged the server and listener. President with breaking faith with Prime M I n Is t e r the farmers by granting the tariff Baldwin reductions. Stanley delewelcomed the After completing his speech and gates In a smooth enting luncheon with a lot of loaddress asking the cal notables, the President went to fa fhiif rpsi South I!end, Iml., where he received Admiral lessen some of their an honorary degree from Notre Nagano demands to "avert Dame university and delivered anof unrestricted naval the calamity other address. competition." Norman H. offered PresiOEFORE the American Farm Bu-- dent Roosevelt'sDavis of a 20 suggestion reau federation closed Its concent reduction in existing naval vention In Chicago, it adopted n per treaty tonnage, or, falling that a resolution endorsing reciprocal continuance of present fleet limitatrade treaties. To avoid dissension, tions. the resolution did not mention speThen arose Admiral OsamI Nagcifically the recent trade agreement between Canada and the United ano, chief of the Japanese delegatold the conference that States, which lowered the duty on tion, and demanded parity with Great Japan farm In over many products coming Britain and the United States Inthe northern border. ratio and Another of the 17 resolutions stead of the existing requested a "Just and fair agreeadopted at the meeting concerned ment on disarmament." He said In 'federal fiscal policies." Indicating their uneasiness over the mounting part : "A new treaty. In the view of the federal deficit, the farmers recommended that the fiscal policies of Japanese government, should be the government be modified, and based upon the fundamental Idea JOHN n. HOEPPEL, congressman a common limit that "Its revenues shall be in- of setting up California, and his son, creased, and that Its expenditures of naval armaments to be fixed as Charles, were found guilty by a shall be decreased, to the end that low as possible, which they shall not Jury In the District of Columbia Suwithin the next few years a balance be allowed to exceed ; simultaneouspreme court of conspiring to sell ly, offensive forces must be drasshall be attained." an appointment to West Point for The federation also approved a tically rednced and ample defen$1,000. They were released on bail resolution pledging Itself to defend sive forces provided, so as to bring pending motion for a new trial. about a substantial measure of dis- Iloeppel was elected to congress In the Agricultural Adjustment administration act The meeting offered armament, thus securing a state of the Roosevelt landslide of 1032 from and no serious criticism of the act, but noninenace nonaggresslon the Se'enteenth California district, In 1034. He Is asked that Its administration be among the powers." and was After several days of discussion fifty-fou- r simplified. years old ; his son Is twenty-oThe delegates, representing a pald-n- p and debnte, the Japanese demand ne. membership of 300,000 farmers for parity was flatly rejected by Edward A. the delegates of the four other In 37 states, CARLOS MENDIETA resigned as O'Neal cf Alabama as president of nations. of Cuba because of the federation for a term of two The pessimistic feeling that pre- a fierce quarrel In the government years. Charles E. 'Hearst was re- vailed was attributed to the Jap- over procedure for the election of Men-dleelected vice president and all 15 anese demand for parity, the rival- a constitutional president members of the board of directors ry In the Mediterranean between had held the office for two were reappointed. France and Italy, the war In Ethi years. Secretary of State Bnrnet took over the office nnd reappointed opia and Its sanctions developments In north members of the enhlnet, and Is being punished for .occurrences all recent and ITALY war against Ethiopia, and China. Any one of which might preparations for the election went ahead. will be well paid for stopping it. well wreck the conference. nnw-pr- PAGE THREE NEIMII. UTAH S. 1 major general of wdiinii'crs ; in the Imllnn wiir on the plains as colonel of the "Fighting l'IMli" cavalry ; ami us major general In the regular riny In command of the laud forces during the Philippine campaign which culminated In the capture of Manila on August 13, lM'H. lie tiled In 1010. June 2S Jumes Madison, "Fa ther of the Constitution" and fourth President of the United States, died Ic Montpelier, ... GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT poverty-strickethe despairing farmers, led by Daniel Shays, veteran of the Revolution, tried to right their wrongs by direct ac tion. Shnys was proclaimed an out law, fled from the state and died In Sparta, N. Y., In 1825. August 17 While Daniel Shay; and his men were preparing to strike a blow for freedom from debt Va. September lO Joseph Wheeler ("Fighting Joe"), a dlstlnu'iiished cavalry leader In two wars, was born In Augusta. Ga. Graduated from West Point In IS.': I. he served In the drc.goons until the ouihreak of the Civil war when he entered the Confederate army In which he was commissioned major general and senior commander of the cav alry. During the war he won dis tinction us a bold and successful raider. After the war be studied law, held a seat In congress from ISSt to 1S.W) i and at the outbreak of the war was made a majorgeneral of volunteers. He commanded the cuvalry division In the San tiago campaign, was appointed sen lor member of the commission to arrange tor the surrender of the :. st,.;, Spanish army and later served In -the Philippines as commander of the First brigade of the Second diGEN. WESLEY MERRITT vision. Appointed a brigadier gendie with the words "Go ahead! Llb- - eral In the regular army In lOOO be rty and Independence forever!" on was retired on his sixty fourth his lips. That was the day of the birthday und died January 25, 11HK5. Alamo Massacre In Texas. PA Spntiish-Americnt- Ii 1861 183S January 30 Joseph Warren Kel- fer was bom In Ohio. He served as of volunteers In both the Civil and Spanish American wars ami was the first congress man from Ohio ever elected to the position of speaker of the house. February 25 The basic patent for the revolver was Issued to Samuel P. Colt During the next hulf century or more t he Colt revolver was to become an Important weapon In modern warfare and one of the chief Instruments in the taming of the American frontier. March 2 Texas adopted Its Dec laration of Independence from Mex Ico and the war of liberation, which was to result in the founding of the Lone Star republic, began. March 0 Gen. Santa Anna and his Mexican army overwhelmed and massacred the garrison of the Alamo in Sun Antonio, Texas. On this day died such frontier notables as James Bowie, Inventor of the Bowie knife; Davy Crockett Ten nessee bear hunter and congress man: William uarret lravts ami "Ther lames Butler Bonham. mopylae bad Its messenger of de feat the Alamo had none." April 6 William Rufus King was born in North Carolina. The only Vice President who was ever elect ed from Alabama, he was also the only one who ever took the oath of major-genera- l January 20 Lewis Nixon, famous shipbuilder, was born In burg, Vu. He was graduated from the United States Naval academy In 1882 and transferred to the con struction corps of the navy In 1SS4. In 1S'.H) he designed the bat tleshlps Oregon, (famous for Its Ies STATUE OF LIBERTY and a "pictorial war correspondent." He died December 20. 1009. fi December Patent Issued to Richard J. Galling for the first type of machine gun, the Catling gun. (The modern slang word of "gat" for any kind of gun is a survival of the name applied to this new type of weapon by Union soldiers In the Civil war.) mawmmm r i 1886 On this day Chicago police attempted to break up a public meeting of anarchists In llaymar-ke- t Square. A bomb was thrown by some person whose Identity was never established and seven policemen were killed and 27 wounded. Of the anarchists who were captured following this famous "liuy-markSquare Riot," four were hanged a year later and a fifth, who was convicted, killed himself In prison the day before his execution. Three others were sentenced to prison, two for life and one for 15 years, hut all were later pardoned by Governor Altgeld. 1 An earthAugust quake almost destroyed the city of May 4 Charleston, S. C, killing many people and doing more than $8,000,000 of property damage. September 4 Through the influence of Lieut. Charles B. Gatewood of the Sixth cavalry the famous GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER Apache war leader, Geronlmo, survoyage around Cape Horn at the rendered to Gen. Nelson A. Miles outbreak of the at Skeleton Canyon, Ariz. This war), Indiana and Massachusetts. brought to an end the long series In 1805 he founded the Crescent of raids with which these Indians shipyard in Elizabeth, N. J, where had harassed the Southwest for in six years he built over 100 of more than a quarter of a century the vessels which helped make the and closed the last serious Indian United States a modern sea power. war In the history of the United Among these was the Holland 9, or States. Geronlmo was first sent as "Porpoise," the first submarine for the United States navy. It was de livered at the outbreak of the War With Spain, but naval authorities refused to use it on the grounds that such use was inhumane March 4 Abraham Lincoln was Inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States, and In his Inaugural address uttered these immortal words: "We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, It must not break our bonds of anection. The mystic cords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will fx yet swell the chorus of the Union If M ' ' ii when again touched, as surely they ! w " '' i will be, by the better angels of our nature." GERONIMO March 4 The Stars and Bars, of the Confederate the first flag a of war to Florida, later States of America, was unfurled to prisoner Alabama and finally to Fort Sill, from the roof of the state capitol Okla., where he died February 17, at Montgomery, Ala., then the cap- 1900. ital of the Confederacy. It was deOctober 28 The Statue of Libersigned by Randolph Orren Smith ty on Bedloe's Island In New York N. a veteran of of Loulsburg, C, was dedicated. It was the the Mexican war and of the Albert harbor work of Auguste Bartholdl, an AlSidney Johnston campaign in Utah satian sculptor, who, as he entered In 1858 and It continued as the offIn 1871, conceived the icial Confederate flag until May 1, the harbor Idea of a statue of "Liberty Enlighton 1803. March 3, Smith died World" to stand at this 1913, and was burled on March ening theto America. Funds for the gateway 4, the anniversary of the adoption erection of the statue were raised by the French people as evidence of their friendship for the people of the American republic. On this date, Bartholdl drew the cords of the huge tricolor of France which concealed the statue and unveiled It In the presldence of President Grover Cleveland, members of his cabinet, a delegation of French officials, members of congress, millury and naval leaders and "a vast throng of onlookers." Spanish-America- n 1 ). $100,-000,0- ta up in MaKMuchtiKeit. a frontier log iihlu down In Tennessee was the birthplace of u boy whose name as to be forever famous nn a mar- yr In a light for freedom from a Duvtd, his par rcign opjiressor. ents named him, hut history know hlui ns Davy Crockett, who on a March day 50 years biter was to hf f f FREDERIC REMINGTON office In a foreign country. He was chosen on the ticket with Franklin Pierce in 1852 but before his inauguration his health failed and he weit to Cuba to recuperate. He was sworn Into office by a United States consul there on March 4, 1S53, and died on the following April 18 shortly after his return to Alabama. He was one of the seven Vice Presidents who have died In office. April 21 Sam Houston and his Texans won a victory over the Mexlctias at the Battle of San Jacinto, thereby winning also the freedom of the Republic of Texas. May 17 Joseph Gurney Cannon was born In Guilford, N. C First elected to congress from Illinois In 1872, he was a member of the low er house from that date (with the exception of four years) until 1023, a period of 46 years, one of the longest congressional careers In our history. He also served as speaker of the house four successive terms from 1903 to 191L He died in 1020 at the age of ninety. June 15 Arkansas admitted to state. the Union as the twenty-fiftJuno 18 Wesley Merritt was born in New York city. Graduated from the United States Military academy In 1800, he was assigned to the dragoons and started on the career which made hlra one of the greatest cavalry leaders in our history. He won distinction In the Civ LI war, rising to the rank of h 1911 THE STARS AND BARS of his flag by the Confederate con gress. April 12 The Confederate batteries In Charleston opened fire on Fort Sumter, thus beginning the greatest civil war In history. October 4 Frederic Remington was born In Canton, N. T. He became famous as an artist and delineator of Indian and frontier types January 3 Postal banks estah fished in the United States. February 14 House of representatives passed a Canadian reciprocity bill. (Passed by senate July 21 but later rejected by the Canadians In an election.) August 25 Aviator Atwood completed a flight from St Louis to New York in 28 hours actual tlm tight G WMtern Niwipw Uuloib |