Show news review of current events the world over president hoover orders drastic economies economics in departments 4 uld old military posts may be bc abandoned briand Is defeated by EDWARD W PICKARD P PRESIDENT RESIDENT 1100 ver vcr has notified the oe members of the cabinet that t they h e y must fiust introduce economies in their departments part Dart ments wherever possible the civilian personnel de sonnet Is to be reduced and the overhead expenses cu cut t drastically the th message went out after see sec hurley the president h had a d conferred with secretary of war fiur ley and secretary of the navy adams and it la in evident he expects many of the economies econom lea to be made effective in those departments surveys survey have been recently nindo made indicating how savings could be made by the sale of old indian posts navy shore stations coast artil artillery fery fortifications cat ions ani and yards and other shore chore pro pertle of the navy that are no longer needed for purposes of national defense secretary hurley said the other day that the administration desired to remove army posts from the pork barrel classification and it seems that among those considered superfluous are port fort lincoln north dakota fort mende south dakota fort MIsa Alle onla soula montana fort eustis virginia VIrgInIn 7 and various posts along khz the Alex mexican Ican border some air flying fields also may he be abandoned how flow far the expenses expenses of the military establishments me n to can he be cut Is problematical the last annual supply bill for the war department carried about ab 44 p of which approximately was to bo be devoted to non mIll enry activities the latter after figure included for rivers and harbors and tor for mississippi floor control As aa for the navy it Is known that civilian labor cost that depa department rement last year some official investigators vesti gators have estimated the navy department personnel at washington glon could be cut as much as 40 per cent without impairing efficiency congressmen in whose states stales are located the obsolete army posts and aix surplus shore stations probably will light fight against their abandonment talat th at belog belofi their habit in matters of this sort but it if economies are applied throughout all tho executive depart merits their poll if may amy be unavailing 1 feind RED C CROXTON OTON Cn vice chairman of the presidents emergency con com for unemployment stated that during the lie week ending may 0 9 con tracts wi were ie awarded for and deml auml pit hile work amounting to 27 OO louo ams brought the total since december 1 I 1030 to nearly a billion and i a half FOn akl mil N I 1 S ter vr 11 1 and was per dei hy by his fr friends ceils to be a cand candidate I 1 for the presidency deicy of the french republic and then some of those friends let him film down the result was that he failed of election on the first ha ballot k ot and astounded lind and M erland broken hearted he withdrew from the contest paul dou nier iner venerable president of the son sen ate wib wn s elected this action by the french parliament was of importance not only to trance but to europe and a ell the world it manns that for fop the present nt at least arlands nr lands policy of peace and Is discarded and the nationalists are arc in the saddle it Is possible brintie will continue to represent his government in the debates of tho league of i nations at geneva hut but it if he does he will be subject to dally daily orders from paris more likely it Is that lie he will soon retire toCo to cochard Coc herd cherel his home tie ile tin has s been in poor pooh I 1 ellith for ninny many months and it la Is feared this defeat will break him blin down hadly andrea andre tardley and edouard herriot Herr Iter lot riot lenders leaders of the left are held mainly responsible for the rejection of briand w i A CLERICALS of spain egged on by and very pos wily hy by monarchist plotters staged violent riots la in madrid and other ether cities for several days dais and the government was forced to procia proclaim lm martial low law the mobs directed their attacks against catholic churches and other religious edifices and burned many of them monks and nuns were beaten and driven through the streets bt and in some cases the he troops that hat were called refilled out refilled to move against th the holers telling their off officers leers they would not fire on the lie people an angel el Ca galarza calanza larza the republics prosecutor declared dei lared the riots were the result of a carefully laid monarchist plot and that there would he a mons anions ter trial of captured royalists in which chic ai ginner former king hing alionso will be jud ed in its his ahsene absence for complicity the vatican state department instructed papal nuncio Tede at ala arld to demand deni find from the golem ent nn an explicit apolony for the at and convents the vatican protest while not blaming these attacks on the ite ile publican government asserted that violence against religious rell clous orders does not represent st a general political tendency but Is the result of the antl re odium of a small minority of spain P king of slain un 1 derwent a on successful opera operation t ion for the removal of a cataract from froin hla his left eye and Is recovering nicely at ophir hall the whitelaw reid held man sion blon in westchester cheater county new york lie he wax tin na excellent patient and tie be ing under only local Lanes anesthesia thesta he knew what was going on and coop co op aerated crated in every way with drs dra J M wheeler and T N john Joh johndon son neon who per formed the operation when the cataract had been extracted his majesty said 1 I see the light FIFTY 17 railway ex 1 acu ecu lives have united in asking ashing an increase of freight rates that would bring more revenue to their roads but it will not be grunted granted without a tight fight duncan D u n c a n U fletcher F 1 e t c h e r senator from florida and ranking Demo democrat ernt on son sen pletcher fletcher tri hr the abbate commerce ommittee voiced the opposition to the plan ile he called for lower rates rather than higher carrying charges and said one renson reason why trucks were moving so eo much freight today was because of high rall rail rates 1 I cannot see how hovi the railroads can expect to increase their revenues by increasing rates he said some ten years ngo ago an increase of 40 per cent was allowed the railroads and this brought the rates up to the lilg highest hest point ever reached ren ched they have been revised downward by the interstate commerce commission in 5 out of cases brou brought glit today the railroads ral complain of a loss of business and ley lay a good d deal benl enl of that to competition by trucks nud and to some extent airplanes undoubted ly they would increase their revenues by raising the rates provided they could carry the kaniv anine anu 0 I 1 jon ton nage hut but it Is perfect s that one reason why trucks are moving so en much freight Is because of the high rull rail rates consequently it if these rates were increased there would be nn an inevitable decrease in tonnage freight rates os or live stock fron from western points into cleveland were attacked by the chamber of commerce of that city in a complaint to ali interstate ter state commerce commis commission gion asking a reduction 0 NH of the worlds greatest scientists enlists ts prof albert A chel son bon fori formerly of the university of Ch chicago lengo passed away in pasadena calif after a long illness and was itald at rest in altadena ile he was nas the recipient of nil all the honors the world of science could bestow not the lerest least of which was the nobel prize for his achievement in measuring the speed of light and it hns has been said that hla his discoveries and inventions added billions to the wealth of the world hut but withal he was elc exceedingly modest and unassuming and always dec declared lured he be carried on lits ills grent great works in physics because they amused and interested him doctor Al Ml chelson ichelson was a 9 native of poland but was nna brought to the united states when a babe and was waa educated in san franciaco and the naval academy nt at annapolis two years acears after his graduation he went back to the academy as nn an instructor instruct and it was then lie he begun began the eap exp experiments eer rl and investigations that con coa tinned throughout his long life another eminent man E eugene ugene asaye master of the violin d died led in brussels belgium at the lie age of sev enty two ile he Is survived by his anler anier acan jean wife the daughter of dr herman dancin of brooklyn rooklyn Il N Y whom he married in 1027 walter A trong strong publisher of the chicago dolly dally news nes and one of the most forceful figures in american jour died suddenly of heart disease ile ho was only forty seven years yeam old ile he became publisher and principal owner of the news in after the death of victor lawson ECRET Any or OP S state henry L stimson sou in an address on united states foreign relations and american policy toward latin america served no tice that our army tind and navy will not be used to collect debts from foreign nations at the same saine time owe ho he see sec ei oil made it clear the present administration would give to americans americana who have investing In investments vestin ants abroad all the protection counsel and assistance to which they are entitled under law defending the hoover policies in nicaragua which have been attacked mr air stimson declared the lion don was not dep depart a lne from american traditions adal adding ng that the united s states t t L s would vicc vI dc continue to bo be zealous in I 1 its t 8 concern for the lives of its if dais nationals t 1 0 n a wherever they may be found I 1 he characterized the current policy toward latin america as one of removing sore spots which have anju injured red good will and american trade mr stimson expressed confidence that the anglo french no won would d eventually be successfully con eluded ed expressing the opinion that a great sti stimulus mulas had bad been given the p respects prospects for success of the league conference en general disarmament to be hold held next february C cultivation u ItI of good willi will between nations if on s was described by him as the grent great business of diplomacy Il honest lonest people in one nation find it notoriously to understand the viewpoint of honest people in another lie he said s at d state 9 t a te departments and their ministers exist tor for the purpose of translating P viewpoints of one nation into the terms understood by another some of our most important work and efforts at the present time lies in this direction S PEAKING the manchester before 4 14 chamber of commerce 1 S the prince of wales harshly admonished british business men for their failures Is getting and holding foreign trade the only way which great britain can gain a larger share chare of the south american mar prince of 0 ket lie declared was wales wais by y imitating north Anier american fenn business ond and methods the prince ts Is delivering a series of speeches dealing with conditions he ha found pro prevalent valent in south america during his recent tour not only did wales score acom british business methods but he also dipped into politics lu in fl a way that caused a sens sensation atlon ills advocacy of manufacturing within tariff walls cuts squarely across the hottest political itsou issue 0 of the moment in britain tariff ver versus free trade and was wag an unexpected blow to the tree freo trade labor government PRESIDENT HOOVER has appoint ed george hastings of new york as a member of the white louse house secretarial ret arial lat staff to succeed french strother mr castings bastings Is given the title of executive clerk and will handle the presidents outside social welfare tire interests including his bis contacts contasti con with the conference on child health and protection ile he will take tahe up his duties about june I 1 after 15 years of soc social a we welfare fare work tn Is new york tic RE to Is consternation in gang land and pleased 8 surprise u r prise among the decent citizens ot of chicago I 1 al capone the red redoubtable e gangster chieftain hitherto looked upon as ali al nl i unconquerable lina fins been defied and 1 la a seemingly doomed t to 0 fall in one of hla his lot lat al capone est efforts to add to hla his monetary y stores it la Is the deelus am and d denning cleaning industry of chicago hach 0 has been a fruitful field for I 1 neke ahat has done the defying and in its bold stand it Is backed up by the law enforcing agencies of the city alty and state scarface thought the time was ripe for him to take charge of the th industry and through agents he informed the cleaners and dyers institute that he would do so BO for 75 per cent of its ita annual receipts in member hip dues which would be about 19 for this lie h promised to keep prices up to police the industry and to bring into line any recalcitrant ire robers A committee from the in met capone in his bis hotel headquarters in chicago and he repeated his offer reducing his demands to BO per cent but declaring if his offer were not accepted he would take over the industry anyhow the institute however happens liap pens to have as its ita chairman mandr dr benjamin II 11 squires honest and nervy who had practically freed the industry from the mcke racketeers lie he told capone no gangster associations would be tolerated and states attorney swanson promised to support him to the limit in this stand calones capones Cn Ca pones efforts to take over the cleaning and dyeing industry azre were regarded by assistant states attorney charles J mueller tn in charge of racketeer prosecutions as an indica tion of the reverses suffered by the th gang in recent months there la Is no question that calones capones Ca pones mol has been hard hit and that he h needs money said prosecutor muel ter lei ahls racket has felt the force of raids by the police and the states attorneys ollice office in connection with the special grand jury and sonic some of hla hia biggest breweries brewer lf have hae been becaj raided by the federal agents the prosecution of the big shots la in the gang by the federal for ern eminent ment and the high bonds required have no doubt caused cupone capone to look around for new ways of raisins raising money amateur boxing c champions am F eight tn in number who came cam 1 over to meet the team of american champions from chicago and new nev york in the former city were de dej j tented but wide a good showing shoeing they thea lost fly five e of the bouts and won three the tournament was a feature of 0 chi j cagos cages fortnight of jubilee JIG |