Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS House Passes Administration tion Farm Relief Bill After Killing Amendments By EDWARD W. W PICKARD CARM FARM relief legislation as ns drafted dratted 1 a by hy the house bouso committee on agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture and approved by tho the President dent lent won out easily In tho the lower lo lowerhouse lowerhouse house of congress after several days of debate Representative Cannon of ot Missouri tried to get through an equalization fee feo amendment but It was ruled out on a point of order as not germane and all oil other attempts to make mako changes In the Haugen bill were frustrated by the administration forces Most lost of the posed were from Southern Democrats Two attempts to Inject prohibition Into the tho mC measure l were made by Rep Hep- es Black and Lu Guardia of New York but they were squelched Senators took up the debate debato on their own o farm bill which as liS reported report ed ld contained the tho export debenture feature Senator McNary of ot Oregon chairman of the tho senate committee on agriculture told the senate that ho he had withdrawn his support from the debenture plan because ho he regarded It as 08 n a subsidy and III also so because ho he wished to support a bill which President Irest dent Hoover Hooker Is sure lIuro to signI sign I 1 feel there Is no doubt whatever said Senator McNary that if It a n bill Mil carrying the tho debenture plan lIon were sent to the White House It would be disapproved disapproved disapproved dis dis- approved by President Hoover Senator McNary conceded that the debenture plan which provides nn an export export ex ex- port lort bounty on farm products product through tes redeemable In the payment pay pay- meat ment of ot import duties would be bo ef- ef In boosting prices In la n letter to Mr 11 McNary the President Pres Pres- ident had given ghen at nt length his reasons for tor opposing tho export debenture scheme concluding by saying It Is Ismy Ismy ismy my belief that the theoretical benefits would not lOt be reflected to the American American Ameri Amerl- can cnn farmer that It would create pro profiteering that It t contains elements which would bring American turn hire to disaster Tho The Introduction of or such a n plan n would also Inevitably confuse and ond minimize tho the much more mOlo reaching far plan of farm tarm relict relief upon tho the fundamental principles of ot which there has been general agreement n R RUNNING up to New lew York for tor n a couple of hours President Hoover er rr made mode before the tho Associated Press Iress nt at Its annual luncheon his first public address since Ms his inauguration It was an nn urgent appeal to tho the people of the United States for tor law observance once ance and law enforcement Life Lire and ond property he declared are relatively more unsafe In III this country than In any other civilized cI land I and he pleaded plead plead- ed with the editors and I the citizens generally to aid the tho government In changing IIII n it this deplorable condition n. n Reorganization of ot t luw law enforcing machinery he 1101 said 1 necessary To tret et this he hl propos i to take his time In selecting minded minded men Impartial tint In n their j Judgment ud e m eat skilled 1 In the he science of ot law and our tern tem to st o study and report upon the whole of ot our problems Involved in criminal law late enforcement At the outset Mr 1 Hoover declared that while violations of ot laws have hate been hem Increased by the Inclusion of It under the 1 Eighteenth I amendment amendment amend amend- ment and by the vast sums that are poured into the hands of ot the criminal classes by the patronage of ot Illicit liquor b by otherwise responsible cUt cUt- zens rens yet this Is but one ono s segment of our problem for tor l but ut n a small percentage percent percent- age of these Ulese can be the I uth amendment I P PROSPECTS nOS for reduction of ot naval ol I 1 armaments were brightened Immensely Im m- m when Ambassador mb Gibson on American lIn delegate dt on the League of Nations' Nations preparatory disarmament commission frankly laid before tIlt that body the tho Hoover cr administrations administration's pro pro- 10 To the till astonished representatives tives of tho the other nations lie he declared was WIlS prepared to a agree rec to any UDY reductions however drastic of naval tonnage which leaves no type of war vessels unrestricted and also was ready to abandon limitation of ot ton ton- singe by categories and accept the French compromise proposal as all a n basis for discussion He lie offered yet another concession stating that AmerIca America Amer Amer- ica lea would consider estimating equivalent equiv alent naval values on the basis of ot other factors than the displacement of tonnage alone such lIuch as ns age unit displacement and the caliber of guns Any approach at ot the disarmament on purely technical grounds he declared was bound to be Inconclusive French Italian and Japanese delegates delegates dele dele- gates gottS chorused their welcome of ot the American proposals and though Lord Cushendun was vos mighty careful In his comment the tho London press quite generally generally generally gen gen- praised them The British cab cabinet inet met met to consider the Gibson plan but it was believed nothing definite would be done dono about It U before tho the thoEn En English lIsh elections which are set for May 80 After that Austen Chamberlain Chamber Chamber- lain may no longer be bo secretary for foreign affairs and W. W 0 O. will wilt not be first lord of the admiralty The commission decided that n a ban should be placed on the use of poison polson gas and bacteria In warfare I Encouraged En In n- n by this action Count von Bernstorff for tor Germany proposed that the dropping of ot bombs or Incendiary gases from airplanes piloted either by human buman hands or by wireless be outlawed Many delegates opposed this scheme as ns outside the Jurisdiction tion of ot the commission and only the German Russian Dutch Swedish and Chinese representatives voted for its adoption Soviet Russia's plan for air force reduction also niso was rejected i H HEARTED HALF ALF efforts were made modo by tho the commission on German reparations to find n a compro compromise that all nil might accept but the tho new otter offer brought from Berlin by Doctor Schacht wits was not sufficient The I French rench on anti and Belgians were firm in their determination to make no further further fur tur- ther reductions Tho The American experts experts ex lX Ilert tried earnestly to save sn the conference conference con con- ference from utter titter failure was a n lingering hope that this might be accomplished If It the Germans would again revise their of offer r I ILLINOIS wets wet ju Just t barely hartly won a 0 victory in the tho state legislature when the hilt bill calling for fur a n referendum upon repeal of the state prohibition laws was passed by the house without without without with with- out n a vote ote to spare The Tho measure was handed up to tho the senate where the drys drs believed It would be bo defeated and ond the lie wets were ere nono none too optimistic of s success u Senator Cole Blease Ilease e of South Carolina Care Caro lInn ling Introduced In the tho senate n a resolution resolution reso reso- lution proposing to prohibit tho the Importation importation Im im- of ot liquor by foreign diplomats diplomats diplo diplo- mats and providing for the expulsion of envoys lmos who decline to accept our I dry laws lows as binding upon themselves th of Alabama broke loose H again In last t tt week wk eek In March he ho went vent to Brockton Mass to deliver n a speech under the auspices of the Ku 1 Klux Wan and n a small riot resulted He ne tried to Induce the senate suat to adopt a o resolution expressing Its condemnation tion of the tho treatment lie Ie received In Inthe inthe the tho Massachusetts town but this was WS too much even wn for tor that senatorial courtes courtesy that has ro cr covered 1 n 0 multitude multi tude tule of or queer actions Goaded GoalIe by bv questions admitted he be was paid t. t for r Ms his Catholic anti Catholic speeches In i Brockton and cl elsewhere l' After he had bud annoyed his colleagues for two days 11 S 'S I and tried to Interrupt the debate on tho rho farm tarm relief hill bill the tho Alabaman was WIlS sharply called to time by Senator Borah horah tt who tio averted that the tho resolution would ally the senate with witha a campaign against tho the II l' man C th th- cute people of the United States If It If the senator really f feels els cried Borah that that Is 19 tho the Issue we ought not to pass a futile resolution but we ought to appoint n a bolln bodyguard from the senate to accompany the senator on en these trips This Tills resolution tion can rIm have hoo only a political or what Is la worse a religious effect attacked Watson of Indiana because lit lie said Fuhl the latter had bail gone forio back on In u promise to support the resolution Why hy joure youre t the e finest old lu horse he-horse In the klan be he shouted demanding to know what Inspired the Indiana senators senator's change of heart The senator knows I do not belong belong belong be be- long to the Ku Klux klan klon klan retorted Watson heatedly I do not answered and added that lIat he Intends Intend to visit Indiana and let the people there know what has gone on here today TORNADOES TORNADOES In the Middle Southern South- South rn ern states and storms and blizzards bliz bliz- blizzards in Nebraska and Wyoming cost about fifty lives last lost week and did vast damage to property Heavy losses also were sustained sustained from from floods In Missouri l and Kansas The blizzard In Wyoming was described as the worst In the history of ot the state Transportation was tied up telegraph and tel telephone phone wires were down and thousands of automobiles marooned on highways The loss of ot live stock on ranches was severe TIm American commission In n the Dominican republic headed by Charles rles G. G Dawes Dowes has completed Its work and recommends the passage of ofa a n budget law and the appointment of ot ofa a n budget director similar to the office In the United States It advised Improvements Improvements improvements Im Im- In the organization of the executive e and Interior departments and the accounting system and urged Stringent economy conomy The commission states I that the gt general nerol economic and financial condition of ot the country Is Inherently sound The total Indebtedness Indebtedness Indebtedness edness of the republic foreign and domestic Including wed owed by OS GR municipalities is estimated at 22 22 E ELINOR S SMITH year seVenteen old flyer regained the womans woman's endurance flight record at nt Roosevelt pit Held vv Nt-vv York remaining aloft for 20 6 hours horns and 25 5 minutes She Is H now nov planning n a transatlantic flight to Rome HOllie One of the tho worst of ot recent aerial disasters occurred at nt San on Diego Calif when Howard Keefer lerer In inan nn an army pursuit plane while white stunting collided with a n Mg big passenger ship of ot the lute Maddux Air Lines Inc bound hound for tor Phoenix nn and l both planes crashed to earth from n a height of ot 2000 feet fert Keefer I the two pilots pilot of the passenger passenger ger gr plane and Its three p passengers passengers two of ot them women were killed F U SITED STATES TES Supreme court refused last week welk to rehear rebear the appeal of Harry 1 F F. F Sinclair millionaire millionaire million million- aire oil magnate from the three months months' Jail sentence Imposed upon him for contempt of ot the s senate durIn during during dur dur- In ing the Teapot 1 Dome oil scandal Investigation investigation In In- five fi years ago ngo A mandate directing execution of the sentence will lie ht Issued on onay May ay 4 and Sinclair's only hope of It avoiding the tho punishment Is a h Presidential pardon submitted to the tho A APPOINTMENTS senate by resident President Hoover er In Included included In- In those of Seth W W. Richardson of Fargo N N. D D. to succeed B. B M. M Parmenter Par- Par menter as I assistant attorney general Julius Klein I chief of the bureau of ot foreign ant anti and domestic commerce to be assistant secretary of commerce Col tarry Harry I. I L. L to be hl chief of the tile lIl al warfare ser service Ire of ot the army with th the rank of major general and Col Cli S. S O O. Fuqua to bo bl chief of Infantry infantry tr try with the rank of or major general ID I n I F F. CARRY C. president of ot L the Pullman company died In his 11 sleep cil In his Ms home lit at the age of ot sixty one years jears Resides Besides Ms Ids long eminence In 11 the hU business world Mr r. r C Carry Corry rry Was wis known for tor Ms liIs philanthropies philan and his hU nail and durIn during during dur dur- In ing the Ihl war he was director of operations operations op op- for Ih the Unit United Ill I'll States shipping shipping ship ship- ping hoard He lie was the recipient of ot two papal dignitaries heln being made n a Knight of or If Malta lal n nt at the eucharistic congress In Chicago In HI 1020 6 O and n 11 knight commander of the Order of St. St l Gregory the Great a f few w months later inter Prince Henry only brother of ot the ex kaiser ex-kaiser kaNer er died of ot pneumonia monia at nt his estate In Hol telu lie He was a n great admiral In tn the Imperial navy y but took no active port part In the th war for tor he was vas exceedingly ex lX fond of ot his English relatives rela rela- tives t and of the thc czar nr of Russia Hus and Ms his wife was ss Irene of ot Great Britain In Prince Henry toured l the United States |