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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS House Passes Tariff Bill Boosting the Duties on ! Nearly All Articles. By EDWARD W. P1CKARD IMPORT duties on many agricultural agricul-tural and Industrial products are raised to new high levels by the Haw-ley Haw-ley tariff bill which was passed by the house of representatives. The final vote was 264 to 147. Twelve Republicans Repub-licans voted against the measure, but on the other hand twenty Democrats, mostly from the Southern states, voted vot-ed for It. The dozen Republicans in opposition were: A. H. Andresen, Victor Christgau, Frank Clague, G. G. Goodwin and C. G. Selvig (Minn.), Merlin Hull (Wis.), E. H. Campbell (Iowa). C. A. Christopherson (8. D.), T. J. Halsey (Mo.), W. P. Lambert-eon Lambert-eon (Kan.), F. H. La Guardia (X. Y.), and James M. Beck (Pa.). The Republicans from central agricultural agri-cultural states voted against the bill, chiefly because of failure to boost duties on dairy and other farm products prod-ucts high enough and because of the Imposition of duties on building materials. ma-terials. The increased duty on sugar was the chief reason for the adverse vote of Representative La Guardia. All of the more Important changes made In the tariff by the measure are upward except that the rates on children's chil-dren's books are reduced. So, too, is the rate on carillons, if any. The bill ends the terms of members mem-bers of the present bipartisan tariff commission and provides for the appointment ap-pointment of seven new members on a nonpartisan basis, with salaries of 812,000. The flexible tariff system Is retained, but with a change In formula for the ascertainment of costs. The senate finance committee, to whose hands the Hawley bill Is now committed, will take several months to rewrite the measure, after wlilch It will be debated by the senators. During that period. It is hoped, congress con-gress can take a recess and escape some of the . hot weather. BY THE decisive vote of 57 to 20 the senate passed the combined cen-sus-reapportlonment bill that was so obnoxious to the dry3 of the South. Its main features have been told before be-fore In these columns. Passage of the measure by the house was considered a certainty. PRESIDENT HOOVER S first Memorial Mem-orial day address, delivered at Arlington National cemetery, was an earnest plea to all the nations of the world to join In the peace movement by making the Kellogg pact effective. He nrged that they all reduce their naval armaments and navy building programs to the limit required by the needs of national defense. The maintenance main-tenance of permanent peace, the President Presi-dent declared, would be the highest (honor that could be accorded the imemory of those who had died In war. jAJRS. MAREL WILLEBRANDT re-signed re-signed as assistant attorney general gen-eral In charge of dry law prosecutions, and the President accepted the resignation resig-nation In a letter expressing c'oep re-jrret re-jrret at her leaving the government service and appreciation of the work she has done. She Is to become Washington counsel for the Aviation corporation. Reports that Mrs. Wlllebrnndt planned to leave the government had been current since It became known that President Hoover had no Intention Inten-tion of placing her In chnrge of all proliihlllon enforcement when the dry bureau Is transferred from the Trona-tiry Trona-tiry department to the Hi-part merit of Justice. It was slated In Washington that Mr. Hoover would not select Mrs. Wlllebrnndt's successor until about the time she retires, which will be June 15. pKKKIHENT JlOOVI'.li'S special law enforcement commission held Its first meetings and begun the work of organization to get In readiness for Its gigantic tank which It Is believed -Ul keep biwy for two years. In a brief address to the commission the President said : "It Is my hope that the commission shall secure an accurate determination of fact and cause, following them with constructive, courageous conclusions which will bring public understanding and command public support of Its solutions. so-lutions. The general public approval of the necessity for the creation of this commission and the extraordinary universality of approval of its membership mem-bership are in themselves evidences of the responsibility that lies upon you and of the great public concern in your to.sk and of the hopes that you may succeed. "I do pray for the success of your endeavors, for by such success you will have performed one of the greatest great-est services to our generation." OL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH and Miss Anne Morrow were married mar-ried Monday afternoon at the Morrow estate Just outside of Englewood, N. J., and the cohorts of reporters and news photographers, who have dogged every move of the young couple, knew Dothing about it until the affair was all over and the bride and groom had sped away In an automobile. Much as the people of the United States are interested in Lindy and his doings, a gleeful chuckle ran ail across the continent con-tinent when It was learned that he had put one over on the press and camera men. The wedding ceremony was of the simplest, with no brlclrs-mald brlclrs-mald or best man and with only members of the families present. The nuptial service was conducted by Rev. Dr. William Adams Brown of Union Theological seminary, a close friend of Ambassador Morrow. At Its conclusion con-clusion Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh entered a waiting automobile, cleverly clever-ly evaded pursuing reporters who thought they were Just going for a ride, and disappeared entirely from the ken of the public. 7WIME. ROSIKA SCTIWIMMER'S " long fight for naturalization In the United States came to an end when the Supreme court affirmed the decision of the Chicago Federal District Dis-trict court that the famous Hungnrlan radical and pacifist Is unfit for American Amer-ican citizenship. The majority of the high tribunal, In an opinion read by Justice Butler, reversed the Circuit Court of Appeals and found with the Chicago District court, that Mademoiselle Mademoi-selle Schwlmmer'8 admitted lack of nationalistic sense and boasted "uncompromising "un-compromising pacifism" make her "liable to be Incapable of that attachment attach-ment for and devotion' to the principles princi-ples of our Constitution that Is required re-quired of aliens seeking naturalization." naturaliza-tion." Justices Holmes, Brandels and Sanford dissented. A NOTIIKR decision by the Supreme court upheld the Presidential "pocket vetoes" which have been used by nearly all Presidents to kill legislation leg-islation they deemed undesirable. The opinion Interpreted for the first time that section of the Constitution which provides that bills not signed by the President within ten days or returned without his signature before congress adjourns shall not become law. It came as a blow to those advocates of government ownership and operation who Insisted that the Muscle Shoals resolution, "pocket vetoed" by President Presi-dent Coolldge at the end of the first session of the Inst congress, became law without his slgnnture. Senator Norrls at once Introduced another resolution Identical with the one killed, and It wns reported favorably favor-ably by the committee on agriculture, but the Nc.bnislttin had little hope that the senate could act on It before the summer recess. ' I SI IERE Is n great to-do over gov-ernmental gov-ernmental affairs In tho Philippines. Philip-pines. Insular Auditor Hen V. Wright refused to Issue a certificate releasing the nilillon-dollnr fund for a wharf development scheme at tho clly of Ololo, asserting Hie contract was Invalid. In-valid. He was sentenced lo prison for Ihls refusal but has been sol free by a habeas corpus writ granted by Supreme Court .lustier' Street, and thus the cur." will come before Hie full court In July. Americans I" Hie Islands Is-lands say Mr. Wright sought to protect pro-tect American funds am faced I he penitentiary for protecting the treasury, treas-ury, which In turn represents millions In bonds Issued by tho bureau of pub lic works and chiefly held by Americans. Ameri-cans. If he loses in the Island courts he contemplates carrying the case to the Supreme court of the United States. Opposed to Mr. Wright are Manuel Quezon and his followers, who are striving for complete autonomy. PEACE, at least to a degree, has come to Elizabethton, Tenn., for the striking workers in the textile mills voted to accept the terms of the employers and apply for reinstatement reinstate-ment In their old jobs. The settlement settle-ment was largely due to the efforts of Miss Anna Weinstock, who was sent to the scene by the federal Department De-partment of Labor. She obtained from the rayon mills an offer that was much more conciliatory than any previously pre-viously made. The companies agreed not to discriminate against any former for-mer employe5 because of his or her affiliation with the union, provided the employee's activities were legitimate and were not carried on at the plants. The management agrees to meet a committee of employees for the purpose pur-pose of adjusting any grievance. ' I 'HERE was "great excitement among the universities of the Middle West when the faculty committee of the Western Conference, usually known as the Big Ten, expelled the University of Iowa from the conference, effective January 1, 100. Tut In a few words, the reason for this drastic action was that Iowa had been administering so-called so-called athletic funds for the support of individual athletes. The Iowa authorities, authori-ties, from President Jessup down, professed pro-fessed to be exceedingly surprised by the expulsion, nnd the student body In Iuwa City was tremendously worked up. There were ominous threats that the action would result In the breaking up of the Western Conference because other institutions also were vulnerable. It seems not unlikely that the date of actual expulsion was set so far ahead In order that the trouble might be ad-Justed ad-Justed meanwhile and Iowa permitted to retain her membership, and there are predictions that this Is what will happen. The championship track and field meet of the Big Ten was held at Northwestern Just before Iowa was expelled, ex-pelled, and wits won by the University of Illinois. Two new world records were set. Tolan, young colored sprinter sprint-er of the University of Michigan, ran 100 yurd3 In 10 5-10 seconds; and Rockaway of Ohio State university negotiated the 220 yards low hurdles In 22 S-10 seconds. RAY KEECH won the 500 mile automobile auto-mobile race In Indianapolis, his average speed being 05.585 miles nn hour. Louie Meyer was second. Hilly Spence was killed when his enr was overturned. Out of thirty-three starters, start-ers, thirteen finished, dividing the prize money of $100,000. TAMES KELLY and R. L. Robbing, J flying a re-conditloned plane over Fort Worth, Texas, shnttered all records for sustained flight, remaining up for 172 hours nnd 31 minutes. They came down then only because their propeller blades had been cracked by hail, Lieut. W. O. Tomllnson of tho nnvy won the Ourtiss seaplane trophy, making mak-ing a new speed record of 175 miles an hour. O EPA RATIONS experts reached nn almost complete agreement In Paris anu if the German reservations can be adjusted the grent problem will soon be solved. As the plan stands Germany will pay a total of about eight and a half billion dollars over a period of fifty-eight years, the annuity figure being approximately $ IN7,000,000. Payments under this Young plan are to begin on September J. The matter of early evacuation of the Klilnehind, being purely pollllcnl, was not considered by the experts. Dr. Gustav SI reseniann, German foreign for-eign minister, announced he would be In Paris Monday, when It was hotted Hie Belgians anil Germans would reach a settlement of certain disputes that hampered full agreement. A MAM'LLAII has abandoned bis efforts lo regain the throne of Afghanistan Af-ghanistan and hns passed through India on his way to Italy, where he will reside. The former king does not believe llaiha Sakao, who seized the throne, will bo able to retain It ver long, his possible successor being Uirn Nadir Khan. |