Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Varied Effort Efforts to Prevent War Between Bolivia and Paraguay By fly EDWARD W. W PICKARD between Doll Bolivia via and Paraguay Para Pora WAR guay seemed probable last week until near the close of the period when It was report reported Id I'd that the Bolivian government might consent to arbitrate the quarrel Doth Both nations claim th the thi Gran Cha Chaco region and the present trouble was Wal precipitated by a B clash between between be be- tween their border troops troop The Ilo- Ilo considered and still consider that their national honor win was grossly Insulted and they have hae been eagerly clamoring for hostilities II The government government govern govern- ment resigned BO so that a new one com corn posed of ot the leaders of all parties could be formed the general staff called to the colors tho the class of 1029 1023 defense committees o were were formed formed and anti men women and children In the cities clUes par paraded ded with flogs flags and shouts for fur war President Sties told his people that Hint h to he did cUd not wish war and would do all he could to avoid It but that if were forced to go to war w to defend their national honor he would go with them Paraguay which would be able ahle Jon long to carry carryon on warfare was taking what steps she could to face the situ situ- atlon A non non board of national na nn defense was formed and Irest dent called on all the political po ID chiefs for collaboration Meanwhile various agencies were tr trying try ing tag earnestly to avert ert the threatened hostilities The council of the League of Nation to which Paraguay had appealed ap liP pealed urged that the quarrel be settled peaceably and in Washington the International conference of American Ameri Amerl American can states on conciliation and arbitration lion tion which began belan Its sessions Monday Mon day Immediately took up the matter pleading with the two belligerent republics re rev publics to arrange their differences pacifically and In a spirit of ot Justice con concord rd and of fraternity Argentina Argentina Argen Argen- tina and Chile both offered their services services servo ices Icel In arbitrating the dispute At first tho the Bolivian delegation In the Pan ran American an conference headed by Dies de Medina minister to Washington announced It had been Instructed to take tate no part In the sessions until the trouble with Paraguay had been seWed settled but on Wednesday after Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- of State Kellogg had communicated communicated with the government at La Paz Pax the Bolivians were told to resume their seats This was taken as all an nn Indication Indica tion that gene general rill warfare between the two republics would be averted a Mr Kellogg as chairman of the conference conference confer confer- ence fOnce named a conciliation committee of five tire the United States being represented seated by Charles Evans Hughes and anel the gathering of data on the conflict began at once TRAVELING miles from the African jungle to London In nine days and twelve hours the prince e of I Wales reached the bedside of his bis sl sick k father tather Tuesday night and from the moment of their meeting the condition of King George seemed to grow better The danger of ot the monarchs monarch's death did not pass entirely however and the British people and all the world continued con to watch the bulletins with anxiety The kings king's physicians ImmedIately Immediately Immediately Im Im- mediately after the arrival of 01 the prince of ot Wales Wails to take the themore themore themore more radical measures they believed i necessary to save the kings king's life lite aud audon on Wednesday they performed two operations op I to remove remore the purulent fluid at t the base bue of the right lung The bulletins of the doctors said the operations operations op op- rations were successful and that the condition of tin this Mug king was tory The fact tact that the king was wall strong enough to undergo the operations operations opera opera- gave Increased hope of his ulti ulU ultimate mate rE recovery O ery H nOO Latin Amer Amer- 1 lean Ivan tour may yet be hI enlivened by some exciting Incidents though the authorities s of the till countries tie lie Mi t tare are so 80 alert Illert that this seems able Last week Just before the President Heel Elect started on the ll Journey across the Andes Ands the pol e ept ft pt Buenos Duenos Aires Argentina unco l uncovered red a plot of anarchists to blow up Mr I lookers looker's ers er's train In the outskirts of the city tabling Raiding a house the police seized dynamite bombs hand grenades pistols and ammunition and arrested ted two young youn men In the house houRI was found a detailed map mop of the railway system One of the prisoners was waB sold said to have made a full confession of the Ibe plot to destroy the Hoover er special train Mr Hoovers Hoover's two days' days visit in Chile was pleasant and colorful Though he had cabled a request for simplicity his reception In Santiago was most elaborate President Carlos Ibanez the dictator of ot the republic met him dressed In a generals general's uniform and the parade through the streets was a grand military display The Tle chief guests rode in carriages drawn by four horses horae with gorgeous outriders and footmen At a banquet given ghen by the government Mr Hoover announced his policy for the encouragement of government gov government and private loans lonna In Latin IaUn America for tor reproductive works only such as public works and tion When the receptions and sightseeing sight seeing were werl over the Hoover party part started across across' the Andes Andt's to Argentina Argentina Argen Argen- tina on a special train making brief stops at many little towns Buenos BuenosAires Aires B was reached late Inte Thurl Thursday lay afternoon end and President n was wason wason wason on hand to receive the tho guests The usual round of ot ceremonial Ir affairs fol lowed Sunday morning Mr Hoover er and his pArty went on nn an Argentine Argentine Ar Ar- gentine warship to I 1 1 11 t 11 1 Uruguay Uru Dru- guay where the U. U S. S S. S Utah ml met them to convey them to lit Rio do Janeiro COT COL U. U S. S GRANT THIRD U. U S S. S A. A has been given n charge of all the arrangements for tor the I Inauguration inauguration gu ration of Hoover lr on March 4 4 and I Maj Gen Oln en Charles I 1 P. P Summerall chief of staff has accepted the post pORt of ot grand marshal for the tho occasion will manage the parade This Thill appointment appoint ment follows precedent The I Elect dent lies has asked that the ceremony ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony be as simple ns liS possible I SIX SIX weeks of ot negotiations culminating culminating naUn In a conference of Sir Austen Aus Atts ten Chamberlain and Gustav in Lugano resulted re rev suited in an agreement of the allies and Germany that the committee of experts should assemble In I Paris about the end of December and nd finally fix the total amount of reparations Germany must pay puy and the method of ot payment Fran France however er stipulates stipulates lates that the decisions of the experts are not necessarily binding on the governments so it Is not certain that the great Ireat problem will be definitely solved It Is specified that the American American Ameri Amerl can experts have hae no official mandate and shall be merely American citizens chosen for their competence by hy the rep reparations commission Germany carried Its contention that the reparations repa reps rations parley be he absolutely Independent eat ent of considerations either of the Rhineland e evacuation or of the war debts of the allies allies' RUMANIA held Its n first t free par par- election Wednesday and und It passed off quietly throughout the kingdom As had hud been I predicted the Peasant party part headed by hy Premier Julia Mania Mantu scored nn on overwhelming o victory On Incomplete returns the minister of the Interior estimated that the Peasants had hall got a full 8 per percent percent cent of all the ballots cast Some I 8 or 10 per cent went to the Liberals headed by and the the- remainder to the Hungarian minority It appears appears ap ap- pears that the two extremist groups the Anti Semites and the Communists will not have ha a single seat out of seats Mania himself thou though h an Albanian Al AI banian chose to stand for or election In Bucharest and received 05 OS per cent of the vote Tole there thre I JN r. 1 TilE THE fiftieth anniversary edition of the St. St Louts Louis Post appeared appeared ap ap- pearld nn an article written by President Coolidge telling of the demands on the time of the President nail and suggesting that the Ih government go provide a n country WilliE u use p. p a modest plate place In the hills near Washington to which the hlf Executive e I ml wIt wIt-ht ht 1 gr ge for brief periods of re rest t The Til Idea was seized upon hy lIy C C. A A. A Brut of Virginia and he hI Intro u II resolution fur for the establishment of a II temporary White t In Virginia The measure be tIP offered directs the public buildings a loll loll-a a joint commission n of ot the house and senate senate- to select a tentative site and report as I soon lIoon as practicable the approximate approximate mate matI cost of ot erecting a suitable man man- sion slon B BOULDER dam was the subject of I protracted debate in the lien senate ate and a lot of ot log rolling roiling and finally California and Arizona reached a compromise on the diversion of water from the Colorado river The bill was Wal amended so that California's allotment shall be acre feet teet annually annually annu annu- ally out of ot acre feet assigned to California Arizona and NI Nevada NIda da Senators Ashurst and Hayden of Arizona Ari Arl zona Sofia abandoned their filibuster and It appeared likely that the mea measure ure with further amendments would be I I adopted by the senate M To avert a threatened filibuster Inthe in inthe the house the leaders of that body I promised that a B congressional reapportionment reapportionment reap reap- I bill would be brought to the floor soon lIOon after otter the holiday recess The census committee under pressure I reported favorably a pending measure I which proposes a redistribution of ot seats stats In the house on the basis of the 1030 census HOOVERS HOOVER'S proposed farm relief plan now has the support of the American Farm orm Bureau Dureau federation Frank O. O Lowden n. n In a B letter read rend at atthe atthe atthe the federations federation's closing session in to Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago JO urged the farmers to support the legislative proposal of the President President- Elect and nd n a resolution to that effect was adopted The federation announced announced an an- that at the beginning of the new v y year nr a wide nation op co-op operative co-operative marketing service lle would be Instituted by It Through this dep department live livestock livestock stock grain and other markets willbe will willbe willbe be analyzed to serve e the commercial interests of farmers Frank Frnk l Evans the federations federation's general coon coon- eel Fel and head of Its marketing d department department depart depart- part ment explained that two years had been spent In tn preparing for the operation operation oper oper- of ot the service department D DELEGATES from forty nations some sODie of them distinguished aviators aviators aviators avi avi- held beld a three-day three International Civil Aeronautics conference In Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington invited thereto by President Coolidge The time was WOl chosen as as' as the twenty-fifth twenty anniversary of ot the first heavier hea than air flight of the Wright brothers and Orville Wright was present present pres pres- ent as a member of the American delegation delegation delegation dele dele- gation and also as the guest of ot honor honorof of the conference Mr Coolidge In his hi speech of welcome of ot the spoke present present pres pres- ent and future of the aeronautic science and Industry and Assistant Secretary of ot Commerce MacCracken w who ho presided reviewed the history of ot II aviation and told of its progress in America CR en It O. O M M. otherwise the Mexican C Federation ot of Labor which has hOl been boen a pow power r in the government ot of our neighbor republic for tor years ear and stirred up much of the trouble with the United States Is crumbling In ruin As a political party It has been blacklisted blacklisted black black- listed by the and Its Ita own ranks ronks are split wide open State governors governors gov goy that support it are to be boy boy- Many of the unions led by the union of new newspaper aper editors and reporters reporters re re- porters of the federal district have seceded from the federation MICHIGAN has another of those life imprisonment cases that stir up the foes of ot prohibition prohibition and a great many IDony other people This time It is III a woman the mother of ten children who was found guilty In Lansing of a fourth violation of the liquor law It ItIs Itis I Is possible the woman Mrs Etta Mae Miller may escape the life sentence through appeal al to the Supreme court I INFLUENZA became epidemic over overa a large of the port country and federal federal fed fed- eral and local h health organizations worked hard to combat it A number of colleges and schools were closed until after the holidays The epidemic I started on the Pacific coast const and swept S eastward Fortunately the cases i are I milder thru In 1018 the proportion of deaths l being much smaller I I J TAMES A A. A PATTEN Chicago cier and philanthropist formerly i I known as the tile wheat king died In till hit suburban home at the age of seventy seventy- I six HP He had acquired great riches but had expended vast list sums for the I benefit benfit of ut mankind so he was sincerely sincere sincere- ly Iy mourned |