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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Developments in Fight Between Administration and Senate Over Relief Funds Terrible Earthquake Earth-quake in New Zealand. By EDWARD W. PICKARD h i fr- " ? w2 j Joh'j Q. Tilson. ma-Rep. ma-Rep. Tilson Jol.i(J e.,er ()t lhe house, and his statement was approved ap-proved by James K. Watson, majority leader of the senate. "In all matters of legislation where no question of principle is Involved compromise is not only customary. It Is ofttinies necessary," said Mr. Tilson. "But In connection with the proposed $25,000,000 dole there is no proper place for compromise. The amount of money involved In the initial appropriation appro-priation is of relatively minor importance. impor-tance. Once the door to the federal treasury for a dole to aid citizens in distress Is opened, the appropriation used as the opening wedge, whatever its magnitude, will soon pale Into Insignificance In-significance in the wake of what will follow, "Once the Red Cross Is destroyed, as It must Inevitably he by a federal dole, and our local charities paralyzed, as they will be when the federal government gov-ernment takes over responsibility for charitable relief, the appropriations that must follow as a consequence of such u policy would now stagger belief." be-lief." Democrats and radical Republicans lost no time In responding to tills challenge. Senator Caraway of Arkansas Arkan-sas made one of his bitter attacks on the administration, the Red Cross and Representative Tilson, and he was followed fol-lowed by Senator Borah of Idaho who made a speech that brought cheers and applause from the Democrats nnd the Insurgents. He took his place alongside those who threaten a filibuster fili-buster unless the President yields on the matter of relief appropriations, shouting: "I am perfectly willing to say that not another appropriation bill shall pass this body until the hungry are fed, until the sick are taken care of, until the government of the United States has met its obligations to Its distressed and nujgrj citizens." This brought from President Hoover himself a long statement In which he defended his policy and declared his confidence in the adequacy of the Red Cross to meet the situation. Some of the opposition sav. a chance for a compromise in Mr. Hoover's assertion that "if the time should ever come that the volunteer agencies of tlie country . . . are 'lnable to find resources re-sources with which to prevent hunger and suffering in my country, F will ask the aid of every resource of the federal government." One proposal for compromise was to increase tlie drought loan appropriation appropri-ation by $15,000,000 with provision that, in tlie event of extreme emergency, emer-gency, It may be loaned for human relief purposes. House and senate leaders and Vice President Curtis all joined In negotiations to settle the dispute. President Hoover dispatched personal per-sonal representatives to Arkansas, center cen-ter of the drought region, to report to him on the actual situation. I A-""' - F) EPCBl.ICANS in congress who support sup-port the administration administra-tion started out the week by declaring there would be no compromise on relief legislation, even If the quarrel makes necessary au extra session. Their attitude was expressed by QFFICIAI. an nouncement was made In Washington that the administration administra-tion of the Virgin Islands Is-lands was being transferred trans-ferred from naval to civilian rule. Soon afterward President Hoover appointed Paul Martiu Pearson of swurtninore, I'enn-Paui I'enn-Paui M. sylvania. to be the Pearson lirst .'ivili!!n governor of the territory. Mr. Pearson Is well known as an educator, lecturer and author, is a native of Illinois Illi-nois and is fifty-nine years o!d. The Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark In March. 1017, and since then have been under the control of the Navy department. Capt. W. Evans was the last naval governor. D EPEATED earthquake shocks of great severity wrought havoc In the Hawke's bay province of the North Island of New Zealand, and were followed fol-lowed by conllagrations and tidal waves that added to the destruction. The large towns of Napier and Hastings Hast-ings and nt least three other towns were virtually ruined. The number of the dead will not be known fur some time, but It probably is nearly a thousand. thou-sand. Other thousands of persons were Injured. All means of communication communi-cation in the stricken area were destroyed de-stroyed and the only news reached Wellington aud the outside world from ship wireless station and eyewitnesses who had lied from the scene. At Napier, the oi pital of the provide, prov-ide, which has a population of 20,000, ail the hi..i:e and brick buildings fell with a terrific roar, oil tanks exploded, and flames consumed most of the remaining re-maining structures. BlulT hill, which stood high above the city, collapsed and toppled Into the sea, and the bottom bot-tom of the harbor rose IS feet, the anchorage pool becoming an Island. Hustings, a plains town 12 miles from Napier, where most of the buildings were of wood, was razed by temblors and fire. Tlie hospital and nurses' home collapsed on the Inmates. The towns of Walroa, Waipikuroa and Waipawa also were wrecked. Martial law was proclaimed for tlie ravaged district, and the immediate evacuation of Napier was ordered by the authorities because of tlie danger of an epidemic. Tlie city's watei and drainage systems were entirely destroyed. de-stroyed. tX'vernl British cruisers reached Napier harbor and Commodore Blake took charge of relief measures. Other vessels carried many refugees to Auckland. Property damage in the Napier area alone was estimated at $10,000,000. t ! ( NE of those fa-mous fa-mous leaky congressional con-gressional trunk cases that amused the country coun-try some time ago Is going to get a further air.ng. Justice Josiah Van Orsdel of the Dis-I Dis-I trlct of Columbia j Court of Appeals has made a ruling thnt ' Representative E d- E. E. Denison wnrd E- Denlsnn of Illinois must go to trial on an Indictment charging him with Illegal possession of liquor in his office on Capitol Hill. Representative Deuison was -Indicted by the district grand Jury on November 19, 1929, eleven months after aft-er a leaking suitcase addressed to him was discovered by federal agents in tlie union station In Washington. An Investigation led to the discovery of a trunk containing liquor in Mr. Denison's office, and In spite of the representative's assertion that both the trunk and suitcase were mistakenly mistaken-ly delivered to him, a.n indictment was brought. D RESIDENT HOOVER was advised by R. C. Stephenson of South Bend, Ind., president of the American Banker's association, that business conditions are improving in all parts of the country and should continue to get better during the rest of the year. Mr. Stephenson expressed the opiuion that the business depression struck bottom on December 20, and that conditions have been on the upgrade up-grade since that time. He said also that if there were less talk of unemployment unem-ployment those who are employed would spend more. WHEN Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler But-ler .vas Philadelphia's director of public safety six years ago he naturally made enemies en-emies of a number of bootleggers. It is reported re-ported that one of these disgruntled individuals in-dividuals first called the attention of the it ' i Italian government to Gene,a, But,er the geueral's speech in which Premier Mussolini was depicted de-picted as a hit and run motorist and which Is causing the gallant marine so much trouble. General Butler will go on trial before be-fore a court-martial board in Philadelphia Phila-delphia February 16. and the public will be admitted to the proceedings. Meanwhile he is free to go where he pleases in preparing his defense. Maj. Henry Leonard Is his chief counsel at present. From close friends of Butler, it was learned that he will argue that the Mussolini story was simply an Illustration, Il-lustration, usd in a military preparedness prepared-ness speech. It will be urged that no offense against the Italian premier was intended. BISHOP JAMES CANNON. JR.. ap pea red in Washington before twelve traveling elders of the Methodist Meth-odist church. South, to answer to grave charges the exact nature of which was not made public. If tlie elders find the accusations have sufficient suf-ficient merit, they will order a trial which will he held at the next general conference of the church in 10.14. The bishop, who is undetgoiug treatment at a hospital for arthritis, was accompanied accom-panied by two of his sons. ALBERT B. FALL, the only man convicted on criminal charges growing out of the oil leasing scandals scan-dals of the Harding administration, bases his nope of escaping punishment punish-ment on the claim he had no authority author-ity from congress ;o make the leases. The case was argued in tlie District Court of Appeals. Frank Hogan, his counsel. In seeking seek-ing reversal of the former Interior secretary's conviction of accepting a bribe from Edwurd L. DuheDy, said that since Fall lacked the proper authority au-thority he could nol be guilty of accepting ac-cepting a bribe to Influence a lease. Fall was convicted more than a year ago of accepting a bribe In connection with the Elk Hills (California) lease and sentenced to pay $100,000 and serve one year In prison. Doheny was acquitted. Atlee Pomereue; special government counsel, replied to Hogan's argument that It made no diiTerence whether Fall's act was "official" just as long as Fall had accepted the money to Influence bis decision. I" j FOB some y e a r 8 Mrs. Mary Henderson, Hen-derson, ninety -year-old social leader In Washington, wealthy widow of John B. Henderson who was a senator from Missouri, has grieved because Uncle Sum does not provide a residence for the Vice Presl- dent. Mie " Mrs Mary attompts t0 Henderson Mg , her own expense, once offering a fine house when Calvin Coolidge was Vice President. Presi-dent. Its upkeep was too expensive and he declined. Now Mrs. Henderson is trying again, offering to present to the government a handsome residence valued at something like $300,000 and situated on oue of the exclusive streets of tlie Capital city. At the writing congress had not decided de-cided whether or not to accept the gift, but Mrs. Henderson's granddaughter, grand-daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Wholean, has asked the District of Columbia Supreme Su-preme court to prevent the aged lady from disposing of any of tlie real estate belonging to the estates of her former husband and son. According to Mrs. Wholean, her grandmother is mentally incompetent properly to perform per-form .her duties and functions as trustee under the wills of her husband hus-band and son, and her removal as trustee is asked. FOR the second time the senate voted on the appointments of Smith, Garsaud and Draper as members mem-bers of the power commission, and the Democratic-radical Republican coalition rejected Smith by a vote of 40 to 33. Tlie two others, however, were confirmed. The administration considers all three are legally members mem-bers of the commission. The leaders of the coalition !n!d that this latest action perfects the senate's record In case the matter is taken into court. CAMKltON M O R-rison, R-rison, nppoluted recently to succeed the late Lee S. Overman as senator from North Carolina, disregarding the senate tradition that new members must sit silent for months, arose to worn his fellow Dem- nrrnta tli.lt the I )e. mocracy of the South Sen Morr8on would not submit to tlie wet wing of the party, and to call for the appearance of a dry leader for the party. Said he: "I am a party Democrat. And I am also a dry. I believe that millions of Democrats in this country feel as I do. If the great city organizations in array against the Eighteenth amend ment seek to capture the Democratic party and put a wet plank In Its platform plat-form they will In 1 us resisting. We will not be driven out of the party, neither will be submit to such domination. domi-nation. They will Lever override our consciences on that matter or force us to bow to party decree." O Y NO means satisfied with the prospects for self rule In India held out by the British government and the plans devised by the round table conference, Mahatma Gandhi and his lieutenants have decided that their campaign ol civil disobedience shall be continued. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting of tlie wording committee of tlie All-India All-India National congress, the members of which were released from jail when Gandhi was set free. It looks now as if they and the "holy man" will be In durance again before long. The Nationalists Na-tionalists decided that all political prisoners must be freed before .they will tre.it with the government, and that meanwhile the picketing of foreign for-eign cloth, narcotic and liquor shops and the illegal making of salt shall be continued. A conference was arranged between Gandhi and his associates and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce which it was faintly hoped might help clear up the situation, because be-cause the business men In the federation, feder-ation, who have been financing tlie Nationalist campaign, are said to be ready to call a halt. GERMANY'S big flying ship, the DO N, which is on its way to South America, made the first jump from Spain to the Canary Islands without mishap, but in attempting to take off for the Cape Verde islands it was damaged by a wave. Repairs, It was believed, would take at least two weeks as it was necessary to get new parts from Germany. A MONO thoswi taken by death dur-Ing dur-Ing the week were tlie duke of Vendome of the royal Bourbon line; Philip L. Hale, American artist and son of Edward Everett Hale; Mary Hampton, veteran actress, and Lady Decies, the former Helen Vivian Gould, granddaughter of Jay Gould, . ID31. Western NcwBpaper Union. |