| Show p WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F F. F PARTON NEW YORK In the war pre years about the only sure sure- enough newspaper man who covered covered covered cov cov- ered Europe was Henri S. S De Blowitz Blow Blow- itz Ute the U S. S Scribe on an who became Set Pace for lor a Frenchman British Boys Boy and scoop scooped 1 the world with the full fuU text of the Ine treaty at the conference conference conference con con- ference of Berlin at the end of ot the Prussian Franco war Although he did this for fot the London Times English English English Eng Eng- lish journalists distinctly that rather than newspaper men men men- seemed to think it wasn't quite cricket and they went on wearing spats carrying canes and dodging leg legwork I remember citing to an English friend the De Blowitz book published posthumously in 1903 in which he told how he got that beat beaton on the treaty treaty treaty-an an exciting newspaper newspaper per yarn If there ever was one Bit of a cotter dont don't you think said the Englishman After Arter the war the English correspondents correspondents cor cor- respondents started shaking a leg but but but- w with all this Chauvinism Chauvin Chauvin- ism loose In the world we may boast that It was the American lads who ho set the pace One press association and a few rew of or our newspapers sent over to the big war some news beagles who began retrieving stories right under the nose of the morning coat scribes They've been getting getting get get- ting ling better all the time and one of or the ringers bell-ringers Is Frank Smothers of or the Chicago Dally Daily News the tenth correspondent to be bounced out of Ital Italy for faithful reporting In the last year Mr Smothers Smother was a stepping fast-stepping and thinking fast reporter In Chicago Chi cago for nine years before he went to the Orient as correspondent for the Chicago Daily Dally News and the Boston Transcript lie He was close In when the Japanese made their first grab for China and ald pegged home some of ot the best stories from that beat In Italy he made a similar aim sim liar ilar record A keen analyst as well as news-getter news he Is one of or a number number number num num- ber of or American foreign correspondents correspondents correspondents corre corre- who have told old the he story story story sto sto- ry of world catastrophe faster and better than any others at any place or time lie grew up In Roseville III m. and finished at athe atthe atthe the he University of or Wisconsin after after arter aft art er two no years at Northwestern lie Is 37 years old GEORGE RUBLEE 70 years old J is beset with a thousand plans for taking care of European political political cal refugees as he heads beads the American Amerl Amerl- can efforts effort In to George Rublee i this humane un tin Vet of 01 Delicate Ills his Negotiation Negotiations tame fame rests upon h his t s achievements achieve achieve- achievements ments as an international lawyer of or the firm of Covington Burling Durling Rublee of Washington He was a e strong supporter and ally of the late Robert La Follette Whenever the they hey have had oil trouble rouble anywhere In la the he Western hemisphere the they have sent lent for Mr Rublee lie He has straightened straightened straightened straight straight- ened out snarls over oil rights In Colombia Mexico and other countries He lie was a friend and associate of or the he late Dwight W. W Morrow lorrow and helped him settle a number of or oil ll and banking arguments In Mexico l He is a native of ot Madison Wis and an alumnus of the Harvard law Jaw school lie He began the practice ol ot law at Chicago THERE was a news story theother the theother other day about a thwarted artist artist art art- 1st who came through and had a glorious revenge on- on his his thwarters The Fine Arts Flunked n t j A Substitutes asso- asso Evens Things Thing elation In be be- With half hall of teachers flunked d by the New York board of examiners gives an exhibition by which the public is to judge whether the board bopped them unjustly Among the exhibitors is Max Weber distinguished distinguished distinguished dis dis- artist represented in tn the Metropolitan museum who was among those flunked dunked by the board With his picture goes a note nole to the board in which Mr Weber tells teUs what he thinks of it and cites cite his success success suc sue cess as proof of ot their tence Mr 1 Weber a native of or Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia here at the he age are of or 10 was a modernist so 10 far out of bounds that hat the he academicians would turn urn In a riot call whenever anybody anybody any any- body mentioned his hI name He lie has been marked up more b by bythe the he critics probably than au any other man In America The turn in Mr Webers Weber's fortunes fortun came In 1925 1025 when a discerning New York Sun critic among othera others oth oth- oth ers era piped him up as a thoroughly competent artist Ills pictures sell lell He lie has a nice home at Great Neck Long Island G 0 Consolidated News Features Service |
