| Show news review of current events the world over international chamber of commerce debates causes and cures of economic depression financiers scored by M A traylor by EDWARD W PICKARD HAT alli alla this wold WHAT old world what 7 are the causes of the ailments what can be done about it these were the questions t asked and aad in various w a 0 y a a a swe redby by scores of the lending men in finance and industry from 43 nations assembled in washington for the atlas sessions of tile the inbur strawn national nol chamber or of commerce sling silas JI if strawn tit of chicago newly elected president of the chamber of commerce of the united states formally opened the meeting and then georges theunis former belgian premier and retiring flent dent ot of the international body took the chair the first address was the speech of president hoover welcoming the delegates and the chief executive seized the occasion to take another hard wallop at war and armaments ite ile said he believed the certain way to restore prosperity was to tighten lighten the burden of national defense which ts to now costing the nations more than a year anti and keeping beeping near ly men actively under arms lie iio urged the business men of tile the five continents to mobilize their in fluence upon their respect respective lyd govern merits ments to join in tho the I of armament at the con ference to be held field next year under tho the auspices cea of 0 the league of natt nations ons of nil all proposals for tile tho economic rehabilitation of the world said lifar hoover 1 I know of none which compares in necessity or importance with the successful result of that conference dl submitted a long and exhaustive report on world conditions in the course of which lie ho said 1 I am personally convinced that the commercial policy and tile the customs tariff in force in most of tho the countries of the world constitute ono one of the he fundamental causes of our actual economic troubles A liberal customs policy might be expected to lead to better business busine 99 conditions ile thus showed he be was in accord with certain prominent members of the united states chamber of commerce who at their meeting in atlantic city called for a tariff revision downward abelyn A traylor prominent chicago banker baglier ban lier electrified ills his hearers by a scorching attack on commercial leaders lea d era and government executives of america ambition cupidity and greed have dictated policies and trouble line has boen been tile the result ho he declared declare d it Is in a tragedy when in a world of plenty there should be so touch much poverty and when in nation that boasts of its riches or more persons willing to work should bo be unable to find employment it ts to a dial chai lenge to tho the world and especially to american as and political lead enship mr Tray lora birs began with a criticism of manufacturers who took advantage of technological and man ademont improvements their output to a point far in excess of the possibilities ot of consumption and he was equally severe in his characterization of tile the methods of bankers and of traders on the floors of tho the stock and grain exchanges tie ile urged that floor trading and small margin nc ac counts be forbidden M arn it STRAWN when lie ho addressed iv 1 the delegates to the Int international ernat 11 onal meeting invited tile n 1 nil jio to chicago engo tor for the jubileo jubilee c 1 bratton of slay may 10 to 20 and lie he received assurance that many of them would attend tile the midwest metropolis had find made most elaborate preparations for this affair the program including festivals in tile tho brightly decorated loop district big parades dedication of the replica of fort dearborn irs of the century of progress exposIt tor buildings building st and to wind up tip with the he elaborate war ume game of tile tho air force of the army d ep e pr crossion ossion has not affected the hoy doy scouts of america the notional national council celebrated at a two flay day meeting in mem aphis tho the close of tile twenty of tho and announced it had been tho the best and most eventful of 0 fill all dent walter IV head lord 0 hampton M ma or of chicago presided at an all the sessions and on tile the list last d adny a y mortimer new york bank banker er was elected president for 1031 1931 at a banquet concluding the he first days session dan beard veteran in dlan aig lighter liter and chief commissioner of hoy boy scouts presented tile the silver buffalo highest honor in the gift of the organization to an english peer and six americans those honored were lord II ampton chief atoned 1 of boy stouts scouts Gri Ogden EIlls editor of or th tha american roy boy magazine agazine in lewis gawtry Gair try new york banker george W olmstead cad pennsylvania public utilities executive victor P V ridder new york newspaper publisher robert P stilt salt fen yonkers yon bers N Y merchandising expert and uell mell it wilkinson atlanta oa ga merchant end and manufacturer citations praised them for distinguished service to scouting lord long prominent in boy scout work served walli ill distinction in the world war lie eie was awarded tho the sliver cross for lifesaving in 1010 and the following year received tile the award ot of the sliver silver wolf tho the british scout decoration tov for distinguished Is service to boys boya etim la Is something else elsa for certain active opponents of the dry law to ponder upon the district of columbia court of appeals in an opinion which takes away from robert nobert de francis of washington tile the citizenship granted him in 1027 holds that a violator of tile the prohibition net act cannot be attached to the tha principles of the constitution and Is not a person of good moral character the decision sion reversed the action of the district of columbia supreme court which had dented a petition by united stales attorney leo A rover hover seeking becking to set aside brands naturalization iza tion HI IS 8 conviction on oil it alio 0 charge of 0 accepting a bribe having been upheld by tile the district of Colum columbia bla court of appeals albert n R trail fall says he has decided not to carry the case to the supreme court of the united states the former secretary of tho the Inter interior it A 0 fall tor seems must serve the one year term in prison to which lie he w was 8 a sentenced and pay a one of 0 01 unless resident president hoover intervenes with a pardon which Is tile the hope of tits his friends fall interviewed nt at his ranch tn in new blex mexico teo sald tits attitude toward a presidential pardon was rather passive 1 I nin am nn an ald roan man he said 1 I am not guilty of the crime of which I 1 was accused I 1 had fought until I 1 am worn out and considerations for my mj family impel me to carry the fight no further ne ile said he had no money with will which to pay tile the one and explained lie he had lost ownership of the ranch chii on which he lives when a mortgage was foreclosed several years ago M MOTHERS children and and their welfare were the topics of especial consideration during tile the week throughout tile the nation to promote better maternity care cara 7 tor for the women of the united states was the object of a big meeting in the park lime lane hotel now new york city lars kermit ui the arrangements tor for roosevelt which were in the charge of mrs airs r erelt roosevelt prominent physicians and health officers as well as aa many well known women were among the attendants tile the latter including airs herbert clerbert Il hoover mrs mra jolin john sloane mrs august delmont airs IS 1 marshall field mrs airs Jere jeremiah nilah airs samuel mrs robert 1 L jerry gerry mrs john it IL drexell miss aless mabel choate and miss alias frances perkins new york state industrial commissioner PUlA prize awards for literary excellence in 1030 1930 have been announced and there are fow if an any surprises in tile the list the alie main anwar y are arc best novel mrs airs margaret ayer games barnes tor for years rears of grace best book dealing with tile history of the united states prof bernadotte n schmitt of university of chicago for tile the coming coining of the war best play susan glaspell tor for allyons All sons ll house ouse best Atner american atherlean lean blo biography graphy henry benr james tor for charles W eliot best volume lume of verse robert clobert frost tor for collected poems 1 best piece ot of re work A 11 macdonald Mac donnld of 0 the kansas city star best example of foreign correspondence 11 it knickerbocker of tile the philadelphia ledger best editorial 0 S of tile fremont neb tribune best car toon edmund duffy of tile sun A gold medal was awarded the constitution of atlanta Attan tn ga for mert inert corlous public service in exposing municipal graft several young men were given traveling scholarships in journalism byork baited of new york reputed to be the rici richest test american banker and the third richest riches t man in the country who died of nt at the age of ninety oue one wa waa burled tuesday in tuxedo park N Y where he resided ninny many persons prominent in finance and in life generally were present nt at the funeral because mr baker died tn in a period of price depression depres slon the united states slates and the state of new york will re 71 elve lie iame in inheritance taxes tar far less at 0 f ills his a amassed in d wealth than would have e been the case had bad he passed away wo ye years a ra ago ills estate la Is estl esti coed m abated n at t something like faustio opposition to the proposed austro german customs accord seems to be effective at least to the tha extent of keeping the little entente out of line the foreign ministers of 0 that entente have stated that all questions concerning the accord must find the countries of the little entente firm ly united in their th lr attitude and what that attitude will be la Is indicated by the fact that the rumanian government hag fins luf informed 0 baled berlin that it does not wish to negotiate with Geri germany nany a at t this time M 31 arland adriand Is being warmly supported by czechoslovakia I 1 C CHINA has virtual ly abrogated the extraterritoriality treaties with foreign powers the abrogation to take effect january I 1 next ciak nest nesi jurisdiction over legal cases involving foreigners resident in china to la to be established but s special courts for such cases chiang shek will be created ln la cerkal maln areas including shanghai mukden luhden and canton the mandate to this effect was waa promulgated by president chinng hat government go eminent after negotiations with sir allies lampson british minister for abolition of extra extraterritoriality territorial had broken down foreign consuls in china feared that communists would find inthe in the action excuse for attacks on foreigners in the interior and tile number of protecting warships at various ports was increased president chiang ral kal shek la Is having his troubles with rebels in canton and with some members of hla his own nationalist party parly the former are anre led by chen clil tang and both they and the conservative nationalists declare that chiang roust must resign rest agn the preal d dency ney asserting that he Is trying to make himself a dictator tile the provinces of Kwang tung and de dared their independence PRESIDENT DOUMER aUB opened prances international colonial exposition at vincennes park on tuesday and it Is expected that the big show liow s will attract throngs of visitors u until it closes at the end of october rn in addition to all french col colonies the united states italy belgium brazil denmark holland and portugal are represented lalive life of indochina indo china equatorial africa and madagascar hns has been reproduced even to tile the extent of importing natives tives the united states Is represented by a copy of mount vernon home and by pavilions for fla hawaiian wallan porto rican alaskan and philippine exhibits RESIDENT CARMONA of portugal P PRESIDENT Is comparatively happy now for the rather serious revolt in madeira macelra island has been suppressed by the government forces under command of Maga Meas correla correia minister of marine the federal federci troops bombarded the rebels nt at funchal funchar by land sen sea and air until they jave ave up the fight the leaders taking refuge in the british legation the casualties were not excessive ces sive but the normal life of Ala madeira delra had been greatly disturbed for weeks and tile the government in lisbon was van really worried tor for a time M than once kernal kemal I 1 past kaaha ia has refused to let the i turks moke make him president preside at for life but they are doing it in effect anyway the other day they elected him for tits hla third term of four years that action being taken by the national assembly seln bly in extraordinary ses slon nt at angora and the vote was unanimous ismet pasha and the cabinet resigned pro forma and the premier and other ministers were promptly i JAPANS aviator foremost young seiji yoshihara ed cd his solo flight from tokyo to washington D 0 C under tinder thenus alees of tile tokyo newspaper llo cht Shim bun ills route for or the long and perilous 0 us journey was laid out to the northern islands of oe japan thence yoshihara along the auriles to Petro with two intermediate landings from there across the bring bering sea and along tile the islands and the alaskan a shore hore with alth stops to seward and then down don to vancouver and seattle at A the latter city lie he will change his sea pon for landing gear nad and proceed eA to san francisco after which he hopes to fly to the national capital to deliver to president hoover a message of good will from japan plane Is a light nil all metal junkers with open cockpit and no radio tho the huge german seaplane DOX DO X which started for south america months ago and was laid up by a anre ta is on its way again and at last accounts had reached dalama copse guinea culnen FULL aby ULL recognition 0 la tins has been extended by the united unit e states to the dual kingdom of and neja and its dependencies on the arabian penin sula after years of 0 warfare the en tire kingdom Is now ruled by rin ibn saud gaud it embraces an area of about square miles with n population of less than 0 2131 western |
