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BRISBANE THIS WEEK War Possible, Four Kinds 10,000 Million Questions Our Large Gold Pile Knows Too Much at Four Russian newspapers, speaking offi cially, accuse Japan of stirring up trouble along the . Kussian border, to "bring on grave complications." A protest carries Stalin's warning to Japan that a con tinuation of these Incidents "may have serious conse quences In the re lations of Russia and Japan, and peace In the Far East." If Russia and Ja pan should have a Arthur Brisbane gerj0us disagree ment, Russia's equipment in the way of submarines and airplanes, all with in 400 miles of Tokyo, would probably enable other countries to stop worry ing about Japan's military plans. England does not approve of Mus solini's plans In Abyssinia, and the question arises, Would England close the Suez canal, the short cut for Ital ian troops and supplies to Abyssinia? Will Italian airplanes be forbidden to fly over the Suez canal area? The answer as to closing the Suez canal by Britain would probably be do. England would not voluntarily provoke hostilities with Italy. She really wants peace. But, how easily war could come?French against Ger man or English against Italian or Jap anese against Russian! Germany undertakes to establish a "family tree" for each of Its 66,000, 000 Inhabitants, which means asking, answering, writing down ten thousand million questions. The sensible answer would be, "I descend from Adam, with heaven knows how many mixtures In my blood on the way up," but Hitler would not accept that Young couples getting marriage licenses are questioned: "What were your eight great-grand parents like? Did they have any Ne groid or Jewish blood? "Were they fond of telling the truth? Did they have Imagination, driving power?" Ten thousand million foolish ques tions would seem to set a new record. The "greatest" country In the world, supposed to be the most Intelligent owns some tons of gold, called "worth" nine thousand million dollars. We do not use the gold, or even In Test part of It In adequate national defense, that would protect It We are afraid some one may come, with better airplanes and submarines than ours, and steal It; so the government will dig a deep hole, far from the coast, put In It a huge safe, and hide away the gold lump, that Is used only to Impress the financial Imagination of the world and keep foreigners from knocking down our currency. Dolores Anne Diamond, only four, eurprlsed teachers In a Schenectady kindergarten. She said the games for little children bored her, and she could recite the alphabet backward. Dolores was moved to the first grade, and could have gone higher. She has the Intelligence of a child of fourteen. Usually It Is better for a child to de relop slowly and normally. The In fant prodigy Is usually dull later. Per haps little Dolores will be an excep tion, like Mniart, and, at eighteen, as wise as Hypatla, with a happier end ing. Lloyd George, In spite of his seven ty-two years, returns to active politics. He hates the "arid atmosphere of po litical controversy" and returns to ac tive politics only because he believes that world conditions are growing worse, and "from the point of view of peace are worse than before 1914." Miss Koutanova, Russian, twenty one years old. Jumped 2.1.420 feet from an airplane without oxygen apparatus and landed In a cabbage field after turning over four times before her parachute opened. She claims the fe male record. Russia Is teaching millions of young people to use parachutes, the first step In curing nervousness In flying. Here we have only a small handful of excel lent pilots, but the masses of our popu lation know as little about aviation as they do about "geometry In space." Mr. Werner Kahn, district leader of "Hitler Youth," says Nail doctrines have become Germany's real religion, and "the time must come when entry Into the Hitler Youth organization will take the place now occupied by Cath olic or Protestant confirmation." Fur thermore, the young gentleman says, "I declare to all enemies of Hitler Youth that the fuehrer Is our faith and national socialism Is our religion." Millions of us go through life getting little sunshine, rarely If ever looking at the stars, our Interests not unlike that of the entomologtcally Interest ing tumblebug, that spends Its life In the field, rolling little balls of manure into a burrow. He doesn't even realize that there Is a snn, or stars, and many men are like him, M^ough they may "own fine country kC. Kiss Is*, lb... IT National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart National Press Building Washington, D, C. Washington.?It Is slightly more than three months since President Roosevelt signed the Slow on congressional resolu Work* Relief '1 ? n appropriating five billion dollars for nse by the administration In public works and public relief. To date, ac cording to the records, less than half a billion dollars has been allocated for expenditure on agreed projects and of this sum approximately three hundred million dollars was turned over to the Civilian Conservation corps, a going institution. The slow motion of the administra tion In getting Its public works relief program underway Is giving birth to an Immense amount of criticism. If one Is to believe the undercurrent of discussion In Washington, It Is giving more concern to the officials responsi ble for spending this vast sum of money In the recovery-reform effort of the New Deal. So many projects have been advanced and rejected In turn, so many new Ideas have been brought forward and ballyhooed and so many false motions have been Indulged In that Washington observers are rapidly reaching the conclusion that congress was correct when In debate, It was said the administration had no con crete plan for utilization of this vast fund. To review the developments since April 8, when the President signed the appropriating resolution. Is to say that conditions have been one continual round of confusion. First, It will be recalled the President sought to meet the wishes of congress as expressed In debate by relieving Secretary Ickes, public works administrator, of much of the responsibility and authority he held. This was accomplished by the new setup that was reported to you heretofore. Now, It seems, the new setup has failed to function and the bulk of the management of expendi tures has settled down Into the lap of Harry Hopkins, the relief adminis trator. Mr. Ickes still has some authority. It apparently Is enough to Irk Mr. Hopkins. These two men differ widely In their views. Mr. Hopkins long has been looked upon as a reliever by pro fession; Mr. Ickes has attempted. Inso far as he has been able, to employ practical methods In administration of bis share of the funds. Laying aside the personal equation which Is best exemplified by the Ickes Hopklns differences It must be Bald frankly that next to nothing has been accomplished. President Roosevelt has stated and reiterated that the expendi ture program Is getting underway sat isfactorily, but the discussion among observers seems to show an alarming lack of co-ordination and of Indecision. ? ? ? One of the newest projects ad vanced, and It has Just passed the stage of an executive The Youth order setting up a Program new W"**. 1s the so-cafled National Youth administration. This new alpha betical unit?the NYA?has received fifty million dollars to spend In helping boys and girls between the ages of six teen and twenty-five. It Is supposed to be a means of preventing Idleness among the young people who are of the age during which, unless they are occupied, Irresponsible tendencies de velop. In announcing the new program, the President departed from his previously announced Intention of assisting only persons now on relief. Whether this departure means that he has tossed aside definitely the rule laid down last winter that the dole must go or whether this la to be an Isolated ex ception to that rule. Is not Immediately determinable. It remains as a fact that the government's assistance un der the NYA will be available to needy young men who are not on the dole as well as to those who are on relief. Secretary Perkins, of the Labor de partment, said the plan had been worked out by her and her associates In the children's burean. She figured that 2,500.000 would be eligible for as sistance under the plan. Those to be helped will be selected by local volun teer committees, thus establishing In each community another agency sub ject to federal domination and federal guidance. Succinctly, the scope of the NYA as outlined by Mr. Roosevelt Includes: Finding employment In private In dustry for unemployed youths. Training youths for Industrial, tech nical and professional employment. Providing for continued attendance of needy youths In high schools and colleges. Providing work relief on projects to meet the needs of youth. Miss Josephine Roche, an assistant secretary of the treasury, and Aubrey W. Williams, assistant to Adminis trator Hopkins, have been given sole responsibility for management of the latest alphabetical agency. The selec tlotJ of Miss Roche was said by the President to have been In recognition of her long service In the social field and her thorough understanding of problems of the growing generations. Notwithstanding the sincerity and the desires of the President to Initiate a program that will be helpful, one hears much doubt expressed that suc cess will be attained. In the minds of many students of governmental a (fairs there are thoughts flitting back and forth inquiring whether it is possible for a central group like the federal government to arrange satisfactory methods or occupations for a popula tion so far flung as our own. It is further doubted that sufficient flexi bility can be worked into any program to permit of any genuine good coming from the expenditure of even so vast a sum as fifty million dollars. Beyond that, I have heard it asked how the administration expects to find employment for unemployed youths in industry when late figures show a larger list of unemployed adults than obtained at this time a year ago. High schools and colleges, of course, are available to provide the educational requirements forming one idea in the general program. Those youths who desire to continue their education cer tainly are deserving of help and the NYA offers a means to that end. It is too early to forecast what the re quirements will be or what sort of rules will be laid down respecting ap plicants for educational assistance. But even the administration's most vigorous critics have omitted throwing any barbs at this feature of the NYA. j * ? ? Almost^ simultaneously with the j President's announcement of the NYA \ ? made known that Non-Federal the way was clear Projects for construction on what he said was the first group of non-federal projects un der the public works section of the Ave billion dollar fund. He gave his ap proval to 63 projects, the total cost of which was figured at approximately twenty-one million dollars. Each of the loans made in this allo cation of funds was based on a grant of 45 per cent of the cost of the par ticular project by the community where the work Is to be done. The federal government loans the other 55 per cent. In this way the cost to the gov ernment In most Instances Is expected to be held within the limitation of $1,143 per man per year. Some weeks ago the President fig ured out that the cost of no project In which the federal government put money should exceed an amount greater than $1,143 for every man em ployed. This was designed to spread employment. But the rule thus far has been Inoperative because not a single man has been put to work un der any of these projects. In the meantime, numerous 'and sundry other proposals for expending parts of the federal money have either been thrown overboard or have been held In abeyance pending further con sideration. This Is true of a gigantic housing program worked out by Secre tary Ickes. It was planned there to spend $250,000,000 and when it was announced a press statement was forthcoming from the Public Works administration that hundreds of men would be offered Jobs within a month, so far had the plans advanced. Also, since April 8, nothing whatso ever has been done toward elimination of dangerous railroad grade crossings. I was told at the Interstate Commerce commission and again at the bureau of public roads that their plans were all ready to proceed with reduction of these highway traffic hazards and eliminate potential death traps where highways cross railroads. Something has blocked the effort In this direction, however, and as far as present Infor mation goes actual work on grade crossing elimination will not be started for the next several months. ? ? ? While the administration Is seeking to develop new projects to aid unem ployment and relieve "** scheme destitution, one of Its Rang Amuck [>et schemes appears to be running amuck. [ I refer to the effort to transplant 200 Middle Western farm families to the Matanuska valley of Alaska. This colonization project was carried on with federal relief money and those families which were uprooted were taken to Alaska to find the end of the rainbow. According to activity around the Federal Relief administration here It Is made to appear that the end of the rainbow was, as usual, some dis tance further on. Certainly It was not in the Matanuska valley because a number of the families already have determined to quit and return to their home communities In the states. Members of congress who are ac quainted with Alaskan conditions tell me that the Matanuska valley Is prob ably the most fertile spot In conti nental United States. They hold to the conviction that almost any kind of food can be grown In the soli of that valley. But these men are under no Illusions. They know the hardships that confront those settlers who were being planted there by the federal gov ernment In the hope of colonizing that area. Few of them, the house members assure me, can live there very long unless Uncle Sam Is willing to spend millions in providing at least some of the modern conveniences of this day and age and supplying in ad dition means of transportation and communication. The word that comes direct from Matanuska colony to the ReUef administration shows. In my opinion, that the project was conceived and executed without any thought hav log been given to the practical prob lems to be met. ? ? Waatara Wewapaeer Cnloe. Okefinokee Swamp Okefinokee Swamp, Mystery Land of Georgia. Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington, D. C?WNU Service. DOWN In the southeastern cor ner of Georgia lies the great Okeflnokee swamp, a primeval wilderness rich In treasure for the modern biologist. Mystery and en chantment live In Its colfee-oologed wa ters, Its moss-hung cypresses and sun lit plney woods. The Okeflnokee owes a great meas ure of Its unique charm to Its "prai ries"?wide, unspoiled expanses filled In large part with a tropical abund ance of aquatic plants and flanked with dense "bays" of stately cypress. On these one may delight his soul amid scenes of unearthly loveliness that have changed virtually not at all since the Seminole warriors poled their dug outs over them. The Okeflnokee prai ries are not land, but water! In these morasses are many areas of open water, varying from lakes a quarter of a mile In diameter to "alli gator holes" a rod In width. The snowy blossoms of the white waterllly gladden many acres of the deeper water, and the golden, globular flowers of yellow pond-lilies, or "bon nets," glow In a setting of huge green l^ves. In the shallows yellow-eyed giss, Its tall stems swaying, forms a sea of pleasant color. The small pltcherplant Is hardly true to Its name on the Okeflnokee prairies, for Its spotted greenish tubes reach a yard Into the air?a height unheard of elsewhere; the parasol like flowers of greenish gold, each on a separate scape, stand a little below the summit of the leaves. Another plant Is the maiden cane, which forms dense, yard-high beds. Among its sheltering stems and leaves the least bittern, the swamp rice rat, and the Florida water rat build their nests. In late summer, as a boat pushes by a bed of maiden cane, a host of katydids will fly out and astound the newcomer by plunging Into the water and disappearing. These diving katydids belong to a peculiar species first described from the Okeflnokee. Resort of Hunter* and Trapper*. For generations swamp hunters have pushed over these prairie waters, standing up In their slight boats and bending rhythmically with graceful thrusts of their long poles. The skilled boatman Is able to make better prog ress over the prairies than the bear he chases. Old hunters knew well how to drive a deer out of a prairie head In the direction of a waiting com panion. In winter the trapper camps for weeks at a time In these heads, tending his line of traps and taking the pelts of raccoon, otter, wildcat and opossum. To pass from the sparkling sunshine of the prairies Into the gloom of the adjoining cypress bays Is a striking experience. The huge trees, but tressed by "knees," stand In close ranks In a foot or so of water. Their green crowns, 80 feet or more over head, shut out all but a few stray beams of sunshine, causing even at midday a sort of twilight Here and there a winding channel or "run" per mits the hunter to push his tiny boat between the tree trunks; but In the greater part of the cypress bays there Is tall, dense undergrowth that makes even foot travel a slow and arduous undertaking. The bear, having the double advantage of bulky strength and a tough hide, Is the only large ani mal that can readily and rapidly break through such a tangle. Good Fishing There. . More than thirty species of fishes in habit the Okeflnokee. Persons who love simple pan-flsMng, with an old fashioned reed pole, find here their heart's content. At Suwannee lake this sort of angling surpasses that in al most any other part of the country. When one considers that the lake is barely a quarter of a mile long, with VI average width of perhaps 30 yards, ? year's catch of more than 40,000 flsh (recorded in 1925) Is astounding. Farther within the swamp, at Billys, Mines, and Buzzard Roost lakes, or on the Big Water or the Suwannee canal, there Is likewise rare Ashing. The oulk of a day's catch with hook and line Is made up of snch basses as the warmouth, the "stump-knocker," and the "sand-flirter," with a goodly pro portion of mudfish and catfish. Those who elect trolling are more apt to land I Jaekfish and large-mouthed bass. The great state of Texas can boast of 30 species of frogs and toads; the Okeflnokee region, with one-two-bun dredths the area of Texas, has 20. With varied habitats to suit the re quirements of different species; with unlimited breeding places in the cypress ponds, cypress bays, and prairies; with abundant rains in normal years, and with a warm and humid climate, the Okeflnokee is a veritable frog paradise. Let copious showers fall during a warm summer's day and by nightfall the bedlam of amphibian voices aris ing from the swamp waters and their tangled margins is beyond description. The field herpetologist's trained ear picks out of the din the shrill peeping of the oak toad, the droning roar of the southern toad, the plainly uttered "gtks" of the cricket frog, the insect like chirp of the little chorus frog, the | machine-gun barb of the pine-woods tree frog, the hogshead-thumping notes of the Florida tree frog, the deep, hollow roll of the gopher frog, the "clung" of the green frog, the pig-like grunts of the southern bullfrog, the clattering chorus of the southern leopard frog, the hammer strokes of the carpenter frog, and the lamb's bleating of the narrow-mouthed toad. Alligator* and Birds. Men still living can speak of the times when It appeared as 11 "a feller could walk across Billys lake on 'gator backs." To this day the Okeflnokee remains perhaps the best stronghold of our famous corrugated saurian. Suwannee lake In. particular, where the alligators are protected, provides j unequaled opportunities for making Intimate studies of the habits of wild j Individuals. Of the approximately 180 species of birds recorded In the Okeflnokee re gion, scarcely one-half remain during the summer and breed. While some of I these summer residents move south ward with the approach of cool | weather in the autumn, their places are more than filled by hardier species coming from the northern states and I Canada to find a congenial winter home In the swamp. By far the largest mammal of the swamp* and perhaps the most Inter esting, Is the Florida bear. From . early times It has attracted the swamp hunters?not so much because of any particular value of Its hide and flesh as by reason of the thrill that comes from matching wits and strength with j so formidable an animal. An addi tional reason for the pursuit of the bear Is Its numerous depredations on the hogs that range through the piney , woods and the swamp borders. At a hog's prolonged squealing the residents become Instantly alert, for it generally means that a bear has seized the ani mal and Is making oft with it toward the depths of the swamp. Guns are hurriedly lifted from pegs on the cabin walls, the dogs are called together with the hunting horn, and the chase Is on. Primitive Life of the People. For generations the sturdy, self sufficient, and gifted people of the Okeflnokee have led a rather Isolated and primitive existence, some of them on islands within the swamp and others along Its borders. They repre sent some of the purest Anglo-Saxon stock left In our country, though a few of the families have a slight mixture of French Huguenot and even Seminole Indian blood. In ancestry, speech, folksongs, and general social ways there is a marked affinity between the residents of the Okeflnokee and those of the Ap palachian mountains. In each case there has been comparative isolation, tending to preserve the cultural herit age from Britain of several centuries ago. The picturesque regional ver nacular contains various elements representing survivals from the Eliza bethan age that have dropped out of general American usage. The old-fashioned square dance, or "frolic," still holds sway here as a leading form of social recreation. The fiddle, the handclap, the footbeat, and the "calling of the set" by the leader all lend their aid to the rhythmic per formance. The late fall days?the sea son of "hog klllin' an' cane-grlndln'" see these social expression* at their height 1 ? ? U. S. AGENTS SEEK TO SOLVE STRANGE GEM TRANSACTIONS Scotland Yard and Other For eign Police Are Aiding in Investigation. New York.?Sixty star federal "G" men are digging Into the ramifica tions of the International Jewel-theft and recovery ring which has stolen millions of dollars' worth of gems In recent years, and bribed officials. Scotland Yard and the German, French and Italian police are co-op erating, In addition to the detectives of nearly every large city In the United States, Canada and Mexico. Jewelry stolen In one country fre quently turns up thousands of miles away. Sitting lc the center of the excite ment is Noel C. Scaffa, mystery man of the dlamond-and-ruby world, who as a private detective has recovered nearly two million dollars' worth of stolen jewelry. New Federal Law. It was the passage of a new federal law, making It a crime to transport stolen property from one state to an other, which resulted In the campaign to wipe out the Jewel-theft racket Fantastic beyond belief are the op erations of the jewel-theft ring, accord ing to Adams. He said: "The gang sometimes goes out and buys up entire communities ? the police, the district attorney and the courts. It Is easy to understand how they can do It In small towns, for the value of a single necklace Is often greater than the entire pay roll of the officials of the community." First, he says, the Jewels which are to be stolen are located, and the thieves make certain they are In a j "right town." They contact political chiefs who control police, and the pros ecutor's office In some cases. Avoid Murder. They always try to avoid commit ting murder, for that causes such a sensation that they are arrested some times despite their "pull." After the Jewels are taken, the thieves He low for a while. Then they contact a trustworthy man who will get In touch with the Insurance com panies, or with some detective or ad juster. Adams added: "The Insurance companies are al ways willing to pay a reward running between 10 and 15 per cent of the In sured value." Adams cast some light on a number of thefts In "Impossible" situations such as from a locked apartment, or the loss of Jewels while traveling. In some such cases the person purposely "loses" his Jewelry e as to collect In surance. Auto Jack Is Used to * Help Man's Broken Back San Antonio, Texas.?A common au tomobile Jack is a useful surgical In strument in the treatment of broken back, Dr. Sim Driver of Dallas told the Texas Surgical society here, A person suffering from a broken back. Doctor Driver explained, It placed on a frame of metal splints with his feet tied down and a weight at tached *o his head. An automobile Jack is placed be neath the frame and the patient's back and slowly raised to the level of his extremities. Thus the ligaments of the backbone are enabled to draw the fractured pieces of vertebra into place and the patient can be placed in a plaster cast, the surgeon said. Dr. Robert Moore, associate profes sor of surgery, told of a method of eli minating pain in heart ailments by sev ering a certain nerve. Ghouls Rob Graves of Pioneers of California San Jose, Calif.?Evidence that ghouls have been systematically loot ing the historic old Spanish cemetery at Almaden, one-time site of world famous quicksilver mines, was discov ered. Several open graves were found with headstones destroyed and fences knocked down. Sheriff George Lyle has been asked to take steps to appre hend the grave robbers, who evidently are seeking Jewels and other posses sions burled with their owners in the old Spanish days. The oldest grave In the cemetery Is that of R. Qulreposano, who died May 30, 1876. A pepper tree has grown di rectly through the grave, which is surrounded by a fence, and now towers high above it. Absent-Minded Motorist Smashes Wrong Motor Car Kokomo, Ind.?Guy Lawrence, Mi ami, parked and locked his car in the business district here, and when he re turned he found two automobiles, iden tical In appearance. He could not remember his license number and picked what be believed was his. When the door lock wouldn't respond to his key he went to a locksmith and had another made. When that one failed, he picked up a stone and threw it through the windshield. Then he discovered his mistake. He reported to police, paid for a new Windshield, and set himself to the task of memorising bis license number. Student Never Absent Logan, Ohio.?Myel Skiver has gone through his eight years of grade school st Haydenville without a day's ab sence. I > LEADS IN KINDERGARTEN'S Public school kindergarten lnstruc Hon In Pennsylvania received it, start through a school conducted at the Centennial exposition In PhUa delpbla In 1870. 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