| Show news review of current events the world over international chamber of commerce debates causes and cures of economic depression fina financiers i acie rs scored by M A traylor I 1 by EDWARD W PICKARD HAT alls ails this wold WHAT old world what are the causes ot of the ailments what can be done about it these were the questions tio asked and in various ways an a n by scores of the N Q lending leading men in finance L ia and industry front from 43 nations assembled in washington for the sla silas H sessions of the inar strawn national chamber of commerce silas 11 II strawn of chicago newly elected president of the chamber of commerce of the united states formally opened the meed meeting ng and then georges Tb Theun eunis ls former belgian premier and retiring president 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 bard w allep at war and armaments tie ile said he believed the certain way to restore prosperity w was as to lighten the burden of national defense which la Is now costing the nations more than a year and keeping nearly men actively under arms lie he urged the business men of the live five continents to mobilize their influence upon their respective governments to join in the reduction of armament at the international conference to be held next year under tile the auspices of the league of nations of fill all proposals for the economic rehabilitation of the world said mr hoover 1 I know of none which compares in necessity or importance with the successful result of that conference 11 al theunis submitted a long and exhaustive report on world conditions in the course of which alch lie fie said 1 I am personally convinced conduced that the commercial policy and the customs tariff in force in most of the countries of the world constitute one of the fundamental causes of our actual economic troubles A liberal customs policy might be expected to lead to better business conditions he thus showed he was in accord with certain prominent members of the united states chamber ot of commerce who at their meeting in atlantic city called for a tariff revision I 1 downward melvin A traylor traitor prominent chicago banker electrified his hearers by a scorching attack on commercial leaders and government executives of america ambition cupidity and greed have dictated policies and trouble has been the result lie declared it Is a tragedy when in a world of plenty there would should be so much bov poverty and when in i nation that boasts of its riches clies rl or more persons willing to work should be unable to find employment empl it Is a challenge to the world and especially to american business and political leadership sir mr Tray lors attack began with a criticism of manufacturers who took advantage of teelin technological olo aleal and roan man argement improvements to swell their ou output to a point far in excess of the possibilities of consumption and he was equally severe in ills his character hytlon of the methods of bankers ond and of traders on the floors doors of the stock and grain exchanges lie fie urged that floor door trading and small margin accounts be forbidden M MR R STRAWN when lie he addressed 0 alie e delegates to the international meeting invited them all to chicago Clil cago for the jubilee celebration of abay 10 to 20 anil and he received assurance that many of them would attend the midwest metropolis had made most elaborate preparations for atil this a affair the program including festivals in the brightly decorated loop district big parades dedication of the replica of fort dearborn firs of the century of progress exposition buildings and to wind up with the elaborate war game of the air force of the army P d e pres slon has not affected the boy scouts of america the national council celebrated at a two day meeting in memphis the close of tile the twenty first year of the and announced it had been the best an and d most eventful of all dent walter W head lord 0 of chicago presided nt at hampton n all the sessions and on the last day mortimer new york banker was elected president for 1031 at a banquet concluding the first firs t days session dan beard veteran indian tighter lighter and chief commissioner of boy scouts presented the silver buff a to highest honor in the gift of the organization to an english peer peer and six americans those honored were lord hampton chief commissioner of british boy scouts ogden ellis editor of the american cox box maga ning ilDe azine lewis Gawtry New york banker georee W ol 01 himstead m stead pennsylvania public utilities ex executive acu ecu victor F new york newspaper publisher robert P suit fen yonkers N Y merchandising expert and mell n R wilkinson atlanta on ca merchant lind and manufacturer cl praised them for or distinguished service to scouting lord hampton long prominent in english boy scout work served with distinction in the world kaihe war he was as awarded award edthe the silver cross for foi life saving in 1019 and the following year received theaward the award of 0 the silver wolf the british scout decoration tor for als service sen ice to boys H ERE Is something else for tain active opponents of the dry law to ponder upon the district of Colum columbia hla court of appeals in an ion which takes away from robert hobert de francis of washington the citizen ship granted him in 1027 holds that a violator of the prohibition net act can not be attached to the principles of the co constitution fi and Is not a person of good moral character the decision reversed the action of the district of columbia supreme court which had denied a petition by united states stales attorney L leo ea A rover hover seeking to set aside francis naturalization iza tion H HIS IS conviction on the charge of accepting a bribe having been upheld by the district of columbia 41 court of appeals albert 1 B poll fall says he has decided not to t 0 carry the case to the supreme court of the united states the former secretary of th he e interior arlor it seems A B fall must serve the one year term in prison pilson to which he was sentenced and pay a fine of unless president hoover innerve intervenes nes with a pardon which is tin tile hope of his friends fall interviewed at his rinch ranch in new mexico said his attitude toward a presidential pardon was rather passive 1 I am an old man TA said 1 I am not guilty of the boirie crime of which I 1 was ft as accused I 1 had fought until I 1 an am worn woin out and considerations for my family impel me to carry the fight no further lie he said he had bad no money with which whar h to pay the line fine and explained he had lost ownership of the ran ranch ell on which lie lives when a mortgage was ft as foreclosed several y ears ago a and n d MOTHERS children and their welfare were wei etlie afie topics or of especial consideration during the li week throughout ill alio nation to promote better maternity care for the women of the united states was the object of a big meeting in the park lane lane hotel new york city mrs kermit it the he arrangements fa for I 1 roosevelt which were in t the li e charge of mrs roosevelt prominent physicians and health officers as veil as many well known women were among the attendants the latter including mrs airs herbert heibert hoover mrs airs jolin john klonne air mrs S august belmont Belr mrs E H marshall fit field eld mrs airs jeremiah mrs airs samuel mrs airs robert L gerry mrs john it drexel dresel miss mabel choate and miss frances perkins ns new york state industrial commissioner P prize awards for literary excellence in 1030 have been announced and there are few if a any ily surprises in the list the main awards are best novel mrs afro margaret ayer darnes barnes for years fears of grace best book dealing with the history of the united states prof bernadotte E schmitt of university of chicago for the coming of the war best play susan Glas GI aspell pelf for allyons All Ali sons house best american biography henry hen james for charles IV lilot eliot best ry volume of verse robert frost for collected poems best piece of re por portor tortal lal work A B macdonald of the kansas city star best example of foreign correspondence H it knickerbocker of the philadelphia ledger best editorial C S rickman of the fremont neb tribune best cartoon edmund duffy of the baltimore sun A gold medal was awarded the constitution of atlanta ga for meritorious public service in exposing municipal graft several young men were given traveling scholarships in journalism G GEORGE EORGE FISHER BAKER of new york reputed to be the richest american banker and tile the third richest man in the country who died of pneumonia at the age of ninety one was burled buried tuesday in tuxedo park N Y where he resl resided ded many persons persona prominent in finance and in life generally were present at the funeral because mr balcer bakir died in a period of price depression tle the united states and the state of new york receive in inheritance taxes far less of his Is amassed wealth than would have b been ee the case he had d he be passed away we wa years ago ills his estate Is estimated at something like crenan opposition to the proposed austro german customs accord seems seem s to be effective at least tc the extent of keeping the little entente out of alln line the foreign ministers of 1 that hat entente have stated that all all ques t lons concerning the accord must find the countries of the little entente firmly united in their attitude and what that attitude will be Is indicated by the tact fact that the rumanian government manthas men thas has informed berlin that it dues not wish to negotiate with germany at this time ai M briand Is being w warmly a rm supported by czechoslovakia has virtually CHINA I 1 y abrogated the extraterritoriality treaties with for els eign powers the abrogation to take effect january 1 I next chinese jurisdiction over legal cases involving foreigners resident in china Is to bee be established but special courts for such cases chiang chiai a a will be created in kai shek tain araas oreos including shanghai mukden and canton the mandate to this effect was promulgated by president chiang channg kal kai government after negotiations with sir miles lampson british minister for abolition of extra extraterritoriality territorial had broken down foreign consuls in china feared that communists would find in the action excuse for attacks on foreigners in the interior and the number of protecting warships at various ports was increased president chiang kal kai shek Is having his troubles with rebels in canton and with some members of his own nationalist party the former are led by chen chi tang and both they and the conserva conservative tire nationalists declare that chiang must resign the presidency asserting that he Is trying to make himself a dictator the provinces of Kwang tung and declared c their independence P RESIDENT opened 1 frances international colonial exposition at vincennes park on tuesday find and it Is expected that the big show will attract throngs of visitors until it closes at the end of october in addition to all french colonies the united states italy belgium brazil denmark holland and portugal are represented native life of indochina indo china equatorial africa and madagascar has been reproduced even to the extent of importing natives ti ves the united states Is represented by a copy of mount vernon home and by pavilions for hawaiian porto lorto rican alaskan and ahl philippine if apine exhibits PRESIDENT of portugal Is comparatively happy now for I 1 the lie rather serious revolt in madeira I 1 island has been suppressed by the government forces under command of Magal liens correla correia minister or of marine the federal troops bombarded the rebels nt at funchal funchar by land sea and air until they save jave up the fight the leaders taking refuge in the british legation the casualties were not excessive ces cess sive lve but the normal life of madeira had been greatly disturbed for weeks and the government in lisbon was really worried tor for a time than once mustapha kemal M p pasha h tins has refused t to 0 I 1 let et the turks turk m make ake him president iden t for life but the they y are doing it in effect anyway the other day they elected him for his third term of four years that action being taken by the national assembly in extraordinary session at angora and the vote was unanimous ismet pasha and the cabinet resigned pro forma and the premier and other ministers were promptly re appointed JAPANS foremost 77 aviator young seji started his solo light flight from tokyo to washington D 0 under the auspices of the tokyo newspaper hochl Shim bun ills route FT tor for the them long and perilous journey was laid out ou t to the northern islands of japan thence vl alii ii along the buriles to Petro with two intermediate landings from there across the bering sea and along the aleutian islands and the alaskan shore sli re with stops to seward and then down to t 0 vancouver and seattle at the latter city he will change his for landing gear fedir and jad proceed 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 pla plane tie Is a light light nil all metal junkers with i open co cockpit capit find no radio the huge german seaplane DOX DO X w aich started for south america months ago and was laid up by a fire Is on its way again and at last accounts had reached bohama portuguese guinea F FULL ULL recognition has been extended by the united states to the dual kingdom of hegaz and and its ita dependencies on the arabian peninsula after years of warfare the entire kingdom Is now now ruled by ibn saud it embraces an area of about square miles with a population ot of less 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