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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER, UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Litvinov, Soviet Commissar, Baits Europe's Statesmen at Geneva Secretary Doak Denounces Suggested Wage Reduction. By EDWARD W. PICKARD . CO VIET sia. as tied by Litvinov, I j i STTILL L fcVl M. , m Litvinov Maxim sitting. astounded Arthur Henderson, respect." The Soviets, continued Eri-an- the com- missar, are eager to help In bringing to an end the present economic iwession, and on their behalf he for the offered two suggestions consideration of the commission. The first of these was that the European powers adopt a convention pledging themselves to compulsory sale In the home markets at prices no higher than on foreign markets. The Soviets, Litvinov said, would lie assign such a convention, serted that it would raise the buying power of the masses and help them absorb overproduction. His second proposal was this: In order to remove the atmosphere of mistrust and jealousy that has been aggravating the crisis, nil nations should sign a pact of "economic along the same lines as the Kellogg pact outlawing war. The draft of a protocol of such a pact was submitted to the delegates. It called for a general customs truce, among other things. In the first sessions of the commission the question of the procustoms acposed Austro-Gerimicord was brought up, and the pact was vigorously and skillfully defended by Dr. Julius Curtius, German foreign minister, and Johann Sehoher, Austrian vice chancellor. The British and French insisted that the accord should be submitted to the World court for nn opinion as to whether It violated the post-wa- r treaties, and the council of the League of Nations ordered this done. The council has selected Arthur Henderson as chairman of the 19o2 disarmament of late THERE has asbeen to whether much condi- tions in the United States justified a general cut in wages, and what the effect of such a move would be. Secretary of Labor Doak took a hand In the debate with a statement to the effect that any move on the part of Industry to lower wages would he considered a violation of confidence by the administration because of the agreement to maintain wage scales which President Hoover obtained from the Industrial leaders late in 102!), In the event of wage reductions, he declared, organized labor would be justified in demanding higher pay and in opposing the move by strikes. Mr. Doak added that so far as he knew, no leader of Industry has in wages. proposed a reduction Such suggestions, lie said, have come from bankers, and are based on the opinion that workers' pay should be lowered to conform to the low price levels which have resulted from the depression. He attributed the current controversies between workers and employers to the expiration of agreements, and added that in nearly every case the difficulties have been amicably settled. Six impending strikes, which Were brought to the attention of the Lahor department the previous week, were averted by the department's conciliation service, and In every case a return to the existing wage scale was effected. ."'. 1 IN LONDON the world grain con- was try- ference ' ing to find the rem- edy for the crisis In the' agricultural world brought on i! 4 hv the Immense of i overproduction 1 ' ; wheat. Samuel R. MeKelvie, member of the American V, i sj farm hoard, told the delegates the S. R. MeKelvie first thing was to slash acreage to consumption needs, and submitted the results of a study of the situation of Increasing surpluses and falling prices. Speaking from the American standpoint, he said: "We see no possibility of a satisfactory Solution of the world wheat probi5--"- - and sugexpansion consumption gested abolition by European Importing countries of their protective tarifTs, milling regulations and preferential pikes for domestic wheat. the directors of the Rank for International WHEN Settlements met In Basel, SwitzerV land, they heard from Gates McGarrah, its president, that the deposits of the institution have mark. gone past the $100,000,000 This sum Is far in excess of the expectations, and it clearly shows, accordmg to the belief there, that the world bank is becoming something more than a mere depository for the central banks of various nations, so that even if the reparations payments should later be put on some other basis, or cease entirely, the bank would still be certain to continue to function. The bank has consented to help In putting the Austrian bank, back on its feet but it was decided that the initiative must come from the League of Nations committee for control of Austrian loans. Cred-llanstal- t, WAS predicted, the ASpartment has decided War deto aban- don wholly or in part 53 surplus forts, camps and reservations. In the list announced by Secretary Hurley are Fort Lincoln, N. I).; Fort Missoula, Mont.; Fort Eustis, Va. ; Fort D. A. Russell, Texas; Fort Brown, Texas; Fort Hunt, Va.;6amp Stephen I). Little, Ariz.; Camp Garry J. Jones, Ariz.; Miland Chanute ler Field, N. y Field, 111. Of course the abandonment of these posts may be prevented by indignant congressmen. H OW the Ameri- - to be reorganized, developed and moddewas ernized scribed In an an- nouncement by Gen, Douglas chief of staff. The plans set forth include extension of mechanization and motorization throughout Mac-Arthu- r, L" General MacArthur the army, the re- of the vamping cavalry arm by the substitution of fighting machines for horses, and the development of powerful tank forces to be attached to army corps or field armies, rather than the Infantry which remains the basic arm. Some cavalry units with horses as mounts will he retained for use In rough country, but in general the horse as u war weapon is discarded. The mechanized force at Fort Eustis will be reorganized a reinCombat forced cavalry regiment. cars, equipped with machine guns and heavier weapons, possibly which can travel 70 miles an hour on hard roads, are counted on to give the cavalry high mobility. Despite the more extensive use of machines, the Infantry will remain the bnckhone of the army according to General MacArthur's In bis opinion the inprogram. fantry's ability and power to fulfill its mission of closing with the enemy make It "the decisive arm." dam across Boulder canyon of the Colorado river Is within the law and work on the huge project can go ahead. So ruled the Supreme court of the United States in deciding that the act of congress authorizing the construction was constitutional and dismissing the bill of complaint of the slate of Arizona. The court, declared that Arizona however, bad shown that it might be injured by the distribution of water from the reservoir to he created and that It therefore has the right to make further appeals for relief should Its rights be Impaired. In another case, that of Yetta Stromherg. youthful Communist, the Supreme court held Invalid that clause of California's "red flag" law which makes It a felony to "display any red flag or other device In any public place or from any building as a sign, symhal or emblem of opposition to organized government or as an Invitation or stimulus to anarchistic action, or ns an aid to propaganda that is of HOOVER The finda seditious character.' ing declared this clause was "repugnant to the guarantee of liberty contained In the Fourteenth amend." CELEBR A TING the fiftieth an- - American Red Cross staged on .May what It called "the world's Every greatest dinner party." one of Its 3,rw0 chapters held an anniversary dinner In Its community, and all of them were connected up by radio with the main dinner In Washington. At this feast I'restdcnt Hoover, who is also 21 ir In Tours, France, Brig. Gen. ert H. Dunlap, a distinguished officer of the marine corps, was killed by a landslide In a heroic effort to save the life of a woman. Ralph Barton, famous cartoonist and Illustrator, committed suicide In his New York apartment, leaving a note that said he feared he was gclng Insane. Rob- (U 'I - - thee " & the Pat frorcv Survival two Americans DEATHS of considerable attention. ; Modefx Day tl iLrX - - ' ftT PICS XI, a group of Spanish pilgrims, described addressing thereafter." Am a material aid toward relieving overburdened markets MeKel-vi- e urged every possible means of Litvinov friendly exporting. "It is perfectly obvious that low prices cannot he regarded as Indicating dumping," he declared. "If however, by clumping Is understood a pulley of high monopolist prices in the home markets and cut prices for export, it will be found precisely that it Is the capitalistic countries which are guilty io this -- I "f Infiui'-into r.riand's European union project was Dino Grand! and the rest of the commissioners by the calm statement that their "capitalistic" governments were ruining themselves and the rest of the world by selling goods dear at home and cheap abroad in other words, by dumping. And he then with equal denied flatly that the calmness Soviet government had been guilty of tills pernicious practice, though generally accused of it. Russia, he asserted, bad done Just a little V", lem which does not Include, as the most important single element, curtailment of production In ex porting countries, inuiviuuuny aim as a whole, until a better adjustment between supply and disposition can be effected, and restraint upon fresh expansion of production I Its com mlssar of foreign affairs, bad the time of its young life at (ieneva where the lnterna- tional commission j i RUS- personl- - president of the Red Cross, was the principal speaker; and the guest of honor was Judge Max Huber of Geneva, Switzerland, president of the international committee of the Red Cross. With them sat cabinet officers and their whes and many other notabilities. The Tost OlhV-department issued a special commemoration stamp on the anniversary date. the burning of churches and other religious edifices In Spain as "sacri leges against God and holy religion and added: "While I recognize the ab normal situation in Spain, it cannot Cardinal justify the out rageous deeds car Segura ried out by the enemies of God that were not sup pressed by the authorities." The Vatican, however, Is promot ing a policy of conciliation and the papal nuncio, Tedeschini, has had friendly consultation with Minister of Justice de los Rios who ex plained the arrest and expulsion of Bishop Mujica of Vitoiia. The nuncio has expressed sorrow over what has happened, and It is tin derstood In Madrid that he places much of the blame for the rioting on the attitude of Cardinal Segura, the former primate of Spain, who was forced to leave the country because tie would not accept the republic without protest. Cardinal Sigura and Bishop Mir jica got together at Lotirdes, France, and proceeded to Rome for an Indefinite stay. They will probably be told that the Vatican intends to drop the quarrel with the republic. Alfonso, the former king, celebrated his forty-fiftbirthday with a private family luncheon in There was no observation of the anniversary In Madrid. , h rESPITE Can- - rebellious the Gen, Chiang is still the ruler of China, and when convention the people's closed Its twelve-dasession In Nanking he made an impressive plea for unity and for with the government in suppressing banditry and communism. The principal achievements of the convention were the adoption of a new constitution, which goes Into effect on June I, the declaration of the republic of China with its permanent capital at Nanking, and the mandate given the government to carry out the terms of the manifesto declaring all unequal treaties between China and foreign powers null and void. tonese, Kai-she- k Trft'i... r : If- - ? 1W , The photograph shows Albert Thompson, has succeeded his father in carrying on a business at Meriden, England, where for five generations his family has daily manufactured bows and arrows. His work now forms the only direct English eur vival of this ancient craft, Mr. Thompson hav- ing been under his father's direction since he was a child. Exactly the same methods are employed as in the days when a form of conscription required every English youth to put in two hours of shooting practice with bow and arrows of his own production. The business necessitates the rearing of turkeys in order to obtain twelve special feathers from each bird 2,000 of which are needed each year so that Mr. Thompson may feather the arrows he makes. He Is shown at his workbench, while his assist ant tends to the turkeys. 2. If any attorney appearing before the United States Supreme court Is still old fashioned enough to want to use a quill pen, he will find a supply of them, freshly sharpened, ready on the counsels' desks in the chambers of that aucustom that is still gust body. It's a century-olobserved, even though few lawyers use them and souvenir hunters persist in carrying them away. The picture shows Miss Lorine Staley witn several of these relics of a day. hHi f , 4 -- 1 1. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON vho WAS Tennyson, the English poet, who penned the line about "the old order changeth, giving place to the new," but there are still with us in these modern days enough survivals of the past to demonstrate once more that other saying about the exception proving the rule. If.you want to find an interesting example of this fact, go Into a room in the Capitol at Washington which from 1S15 to 1S59 was the meeting place of the United States senate, but which is now the room where sits the "most august tribunal in Amer ica," the United States Supreme court. Look upon the desks which front the long bench be hind which sit the nine justices and what instruments for writing will you find? Typewriters? Heavens, no! Penicls? Not one! Fountain pens? No, Indeed! What then? Why quill pens! Dignity and tradition those are the two out standing characteristics of the highest judicial body in the United States. There is dignity in the appearance of that room, with its red cur tains, its marble columns and its general air of being thousands of miles away from the busy modern life which ebbs and flows through the streets around the Capitol. And the traditions! There's the traditional cry of the announcer: "O Yez, O Yez, O Yez!" as the nine black-robejustices, led by the Chief Justice of the United fctates, the Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, the through the door and take their places behind the long bench on the raised platform which overlooks the chamber. There Is the tradition that the Supreme court meets precisely on the dot of noon nnd that it will rise nt two o'clock sharp for lunch nnd the tradition that on "Decision Mondays," the stiff, sharp bow of the court d I X Qmw J Qy VV V" yC ft -J z'ySA ''''S. V "fA ,S - t1 v '- -, " ' a ' 9 V. d e Pendrell of Brooklyn, N. Y., who receives an annuity of $400 from the estate of King Charles II because his ancestor saved the king from the soldiers of Oliver Cromwell. o. George if you happen to be there at the beginning of a bunting season. For you may be treated to the sight of a group of Indians, dressed In na five costume, making their way to the Executive Mansion and bearing with them the carcass of a is, direct beneficiaries, the fund has been subdl- viueu. j.ne uirect pensioners are scattered and wide ,throughout the world. Most of them are in England, some in Ireland, some in India and two in North America. The only pensioners wno Dear the original name are Miss Florence Pendrell, who lives in New Zealand, and Geonre Pendrell of Brooklyn, N. Y. The other North American beneficiary is Dr. Francis E. Walker. a professor of English in the University of British Columbia, a direct descendant of Elizabeth , far" V- - deer or some other wild game. Away back In Pendrell. the Indians of Virginia started the custom The trust fund which King Charles estab of presenting to the white governor of that col- lished is administered by T. A. W. Gifford, ony the first game killed during the hunting hereditary trustee appointed bv the king. The season and that custom has been observed for original Pendrell charter is stored in the strong more than 300 years. room of Messrs. Fowler, ; L.mgley and Wright Or go to Brooklyn, N. Y., seek out a seventy- - of Wolverhampton, solicitors to the trust. At resident of that city named the top corner of; the parchment is a George Pendrell and ask him about the annuity finely engraved medallion with the head and which he receives from the estate of King shoulders of King Charles. Charles II of England. The story which he would The great seal bf England with Its danMimr tell you goes back to 1G51 when Charles Stuart, ribbons has crumbled and broken during the who had been proclaimed King Charles II of centuries so that It has to be held together In Great Britain by the Scots, even though Oliver a leather bag. The writing is nearly as clear Cromwell's Protectorate was In power in Eng- - and bright in black and red ns on the day it and, was fleeing from Cromwell's Roundheads was first penned in a fine clerkly hand. after the defeat of the king's forces at the The text, In legal Latin, sets forth all the battle of Worcester. properties on which payments are to be made On September 6 of that year the fugitive king to the trust, and states that the pensions shall came to Boseobel, near Wolverhampton, and be 100 to Mary Pendrell, 100 to William Penicre was taken into the home of a yeoman fam- - drell, 100 marks to John Pendrell, 100 marks to ly named Pendrell. Cromwell's soldiers were Humfrey Pendrell, 100 marks to Geo rW hot on his track and if they captured him it drell and 50 to Elizabeth Yates, and to heirs)11' back. was quite likely that he would suffer the fnt of their bodies. Away back In the early days of the Supreme ofhis father, Charles I, who had been beheaded. The amounts received by the various nension- court it was the custom to provide quill pens It was certain that they would search the bouse e.s vanes irom iin sterling to 40 sterling, for the attorneys nppearing before it. The duty so Elizabeth, the daughter of the family, hit paid of providing them was assigned to the marshal upon the idea of hiding the monarch in a great .uuuuu.uunjr. me urooklyn heir receives the largest amount." Twice a year he receives a or the court. Fashions In writing utensils oak tree which stood in their garden. letter from the solicitors to the trust, inquiring changed but not in the Supreme court of the So up the tree went King Charles II if he is . in th United States! The marshal kept right on sup he remained nil day while Cromwell's and there affirmative still alive. Unon his renh-tnhe soldiers a check for 10, about plying quill pens and Frank K. Green, who has searched the house and premises In vain. When -- W, which is receives paid bv the Ttritiah rrAr arn ri r been marshal since 1015, still does it. night came Elizabeth Pendrell and her brothers Years that ago government realized that its Each lawyer's desk gets two pens They are told him how to reach the coast safely and he In the center of a writing pad, which escaped to France. Years later when the Res- treasury was badly cluttered un with nensinns placed of all kinds. Some of these It $20,000,000. quit pajln? and must be large and white nnd one pen Is placed toration brought Charles II to the throne of others it bought off by paying a lump sum to the in over the other, the shape of an X. Above Is a England he had a chance to repay those who LYING men of pensioners. The Pendrell annuity was one of had saved his life and, although he was notori- those cut tray for steel pens (a concession to new-fathe off, but when these Is and to the a ous for small the gled placed ways!) right fact remains that resentations to the court the heirs made repunkept pledges, States army had a permanency of a must be blotter blue Charles did Stuart (it blue). There is always repay this debt. In July. 1C75, chance to show made In perpetuity by a king of i. England no telling what might happen if any chnnge he issued a royal charter establishing a pension grant what they can do 1 was were made in that arrangement, for It would for the Tendrells to be paid annually, out of For recognized and payments were resumed. in mass during the Vx the English, even more than the Urited be upsetting a tradition in the United States rents to be collected from Roundheads In a week, for the air States Supreme court, has a great reverenc, r,,r forces were mobilcourt and traditions are NEVER upset. dozen English counties. The charter designated tradition nnd Supreme ized In grand maas beneficiaries George, John, Humphrey, Mary survival of there Is no better example rf the there. ancient customs In these modern neuvers nt Chicaand Willinm Pendrell nnd Elizabeth Pendrell one came near Once very being upset and a days than is found in certain feudal go, New York and rights which Yates. who For the national scandal was barely averted. It congirl, suggested the hiding the king of England still elsewhere under retains. a man had married named those Yates nnd place, Genuine cerned pens. are' quill direct command pens quill the In if not made in the United States. A Washington when she lived out her time her pension passed the fact," King George V were to enforce all of Gen. P.. D. Fou-loito which he is legally entitled to her named Yates. General eldest Down son, store dean of the through he would Imports them from England department a unique collection of odds possess B. D. Foulois Yates the nnd Marshal Green gets them from this store. thev family fighting air men. pension ran for many nnd ends. A "quit-rent- " Is a contribution in kind The planes, of all One day he discovered that his supply was ex- years, then through a succeeding family named made to Britain's reigning sovereign by holders types, concentrated at Dayton, hausted anil the store had none. Here was a Dyson nnd another named Walker. of country estates granted to them Ohio, and on Thursday put on a crisis Ind ed! But the marshal was by English The Tendrell pension Is one of the few per equal to kings in ancient times. parade and exhibition nt Chicago the occasion. He secured some on record. Another Is feathers petual pensions paid by that was the closing feature of the nnd fashioned them to resemble turkey The duke of Alholl holds his lands on condireal quill pens the Belgian government, for. although more tion city's jubilee. Then they descendthat he present a white rose to the him tided nnd a over these than until a fresh supply century has passed since the duke of whenever honored ed on the Atlantic coast nnd disking with a visit nt his resiplayed their ability to defend the was received from England. What would have Wellington, nided by German, Belgian and dence, Blair AtlKilI. The royal Munros of Foulls 'in metropolis and Boston from hostile happened if he hadn't Is unknown. Probably Dutch troops, defeated Napoleon nt Waterloo, attack. A night bombing raid on nothing, for none of I he lawyers who appear for this feiit of arms the Belgians must pay a similar circumstances, are under the much niore difficult obligation to present a snowball. New York hail been planned, but before the Supreme court ever use the perpetual annuity to the duke's heir amounting When his majesty passes through the t,mn General .MacArthur, chief of staff, pens, anyway. The last one who ever did quill was to approximately $20,000. of Crendon In Buckinghamshire tt.-- . vetoed this, asserting that the ma,.- a New York lawyer anil that was more than a Afier Waterloo the duke of Wellington re- tne neuvers represented n real attempt on land winch It is a 1ms situated to of But tender century ago. the Important vvv.wvi to test out the defensive power of quarter i. nt- - i'i inure or n merino red roses. Should the king visit the village of fact is that the quill pens must be on hand In together uir with revenue from the property sit the air arm rather than the staging case Wiltshire, the owner Amesbury. of the 1.,m,i ,lri they ever do want to use them. That Is uated In the famous battlefield. The of n circus. Nearly seven hundred present which It is Is called upon to furnish n Supreme court tradition, than which there Is planes took part in the maneuvers, beneficiary Is Arthur Charles WeMedey, fourth straw for the royal bed. The holder of the Cor-bbeing gathered from all parts of nothing more sacred. prince of Waterloo. estates In Shropshire t the country. Cross over the Potomac river from Washingas of a total Today persons receive annuities ic). lifJl. king's table with bacon vhon Engl n, VaV Ncwaner L'nion ) ton Into Virginia, go to Richmond and In that under the UT'M of King Charles' charter to war. find will another nncirnt survival that the Pendrells. ror, although there are onlv 12 city you "y nenlorn Niwnpnpar Union.) many months the world has reading about the first armored cruiser built by the German republic under the limits imposed by the Versailles treaty. It was described as a wonderful vessel of lO.fKX) tons so powerful that It was called the "vest pocket battleship." Well, It was-- launched the other day at Kiel in the presence of a huge crowd of otljeials and citizenry, but the event was marred by a conflict of orders that resulted In the ship's being loosed to slide down the ways before President Ilindonhurg had a chance to break the hot tie of champagne on its bows and christen it Deutschland. The new ship defies the WashIt is ington treaty classification. neither a capital ship nor a cruiser but Is superior to both. Limited to 10,(X0 tons, it is much heavier armed than other ships of the same size. It Is equipped with six guns throwing projectiles In velocity, weighing 0(IO pounds. which Is said to he as much as 2fi knots, the new ship is superior to The hull of the capital ships. cruiser Is of shallow draft and so ns to minutely compnrtmented make it comparatively safe against torpedoes and mines. The usual heavy turbines have been replaced by Diesel motors, which give a radius of action of over 10.000 miles. The cost of the ship was FOR F United attaches wearing their punctilious cutaway coats will be made to the advancing line of justices with the same exact military precision. And then there is tiie tradition that there shall always be on the counsels' desks a supply of quill pens' in case they want to use them. The Supreme court, you know, has Its own bar, or group of lawyers, admitted to practice before it. To be eligible for this, a lawyer must have been a member of the bar of the highest court in his own state for not less than three years and, more than that, he cannot be admitted to the bar of the Supreme court unless he is sponsored by another member. For the court is very careful to whom it gives its privileges, nnd that includes the matter of dress, too. Several years ago an attorney appeared before the Supreme court one hot summer day without a vest. He was immediately Informed that he could not plead in such a garb as that. 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