I Counselor Chilton of British embassy and Sons of American Revolution place wreath on Edmund Burke's
statue in Washington on Burke's birthday. Strange memorial for war dead unveiled in Munich, Germany,
symbolizing the burden weighing on the nation. 3? Judge A. 1?. Anderson taking oath as member of U. S. Cir
cuit Court of Appeals in Chicago,
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Kfllogg to Succeed Hughes
as Secretary of State ?
No Change of Policy.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
T I TASHlN'i ?TOX and the count ry |
VV general!? were taken quite by sur- j
prise by the announcement that Seere- |
fjiry of Stare Hughes would retire from ;
the cabinet "n March 4. There h;(d.
l?een no previous intimation of. this j
change although it was known that Mr.
Hughes wished to resume the practice
law within a few years at most, lie
lias been in the public service almost
continuously for twenty years. The
?correspondence between him and tlio
.President concerning his resignation
reveals no basis for report that there
had been any conflict of views anii
Those .-lose, to the White House say
Mr. 1 1 iur'ae> was the first cabinet mem
ber* 'whom Mr. ('oolidge asked to re- ;
main in l* i - official family.
Tim I *!??-??? i ii'iit selected Ambassador
Prank f.5 Kellogg to succeed- Mr.
Hughes. ! the choice has met with
no adverse eriticism. Mr. Kellogg has ;
gained a i 'ear insight into the affairs
of l'.uri'pe and especially the- settle
ment of i Jennan reparations and in
terallied debts. His ability is unqUes- j
tiotifd. Ttiose who jumped to' the con
clusion ' his coming t<? the Depart
ment of Stat.- would lead to American
adhesion to *he League of Nations ,
probably w:il have to change their j
opinion. ;s is known that he favors
(lie e..[v >1:1. -;..n of our government's :
<'??-i?pe::a: ii>a with the league in handling
-,!iu: i)i' .; and social problems. j
Many persi.:'.s. here and abroad, who
think A : :i : ! a ? should recognize the
?Si>\ ic! ; : . . ? ! 1 1 of llussi;i also hailed,
??"be advent .Mr. Kellogg --or rather
-.iie retirement of Mr. Hughes as a!
ti;ar 'l e administration's policy in
!i:s matter would be changed, be
cause Mr. ihi-hes has been unalter
: i ; . : \ _.i m-i any relations with Russia
i present ?-..nditioiis. These persons, j
(no. ;(!??? deceiving themselves. The j
i're^iden' authorized the statement
That he ?;:! inued to oppose recognl
floa of the Soviet government until it'
:ii?ree> to compensate American citizens
fobbed i.\ the Communists. torecog-j
ni/.e Hie war debt of Russia to the.
r lilted. Stat'-s and to cease trying to
undermine the American form of gov
ernment. Mr. Ooolidge still hopes,
however, tint? Russia will meet these
conditions and that relations with her
e:in be resumed. <lreat Britain and
France are pleased with the appoint
ment of Mr. Kellogg, who has shown
sympathy with the aspirations of both
nations. The French hope he will
favor certain ameliorations in their
de!)r to America.
To succeed Mr. Kellogg at the court
:>f St. ,laine>. the President chose
Al.itison P?. Houghton. now ambassador
to iJermany. He has bandied the ditli
?;It work in I'.erlin so skillfully that it
was felt he had earned the promotion.
> ?erinan statesmen have learned to ad
^ 1 .::v him immensely.
N'i >T W I T 1 1 ST A N D I N t i the united op
position of tiie Michigan congres
sional delegation. President Ooolidge
insisted 0:1 appointing Charles IJeecher
k ,\V:irr'-n to succeed Mr. Stone a? at
torney general, and the senate showed
no inclination to refuse continuation.
Mr. Coolid-e yet has to find a man fur
secretary of n irricul ture, and then his
cabinet presumably will be complete,
for rumors of still other changes are
n >w denied. Secretary of. Labor Davis,
who wished, to retire, has const nted to
remain, his leave of absence as head of
the Loyal Order of Moose having been
extended. Postmaster (Jenerai New,
Secretary of War Weeks and Secretary
of the Interior Work, who It was re
ported would step out, evidently have
? iveti invited to remain and have agreed
to do so.
For the agriculture portfolio the
President' believes a marketing expert
must be found, and he hasn t yet dis
covered him. though many men have
'jtx-n recommended for the- post Hie
feels that the department has soiveM
the problems of development and or-|
LCani/.at i'>a of agricultural production
but ihat the marketing of farm prod
ucts remains the weak spot.
C. Bascom Slemp has | resigned as
secretary to the President, according
to a White House announcement, and
Representative Everett Sanders of In
diana has been named to succeed him,
a choice which is liked In congressional
circles. Mr. Sanders was head of the
speakers' bureau at Chicago during the
last campaign. He was not a candidate
for re-election to congress and so can
not be classed among the "lame ducks."
ACCORDING to the preliminary re
port of the President's commis
sion on agricultural problems, cattle
raising is the only branch of the in
dustry that needs Immediate relief, and
Mr. Coolidge lias undertaken to pro
cure that relief from congress before
March 4. If this is done there will be]
no need of an extra session of the new |
congress. The commission recom- 1
mends only one piece of emergency leg- j
islation. namely, the amending of the]
agricultural credits act so as to per- ^
mi't the redisCounting by intermediate
credit banks of loans negotiated by
federally chartered agricultural credit
agencies.
[n addition, the commission rocom- j
mends certain administrative actions |
by government agencies, including!
these :
Inauguration by the federal farm
loan board of a campaign for the or
ganization of discount agencies as a j
means of obtaining loans from inter- 1
mediate credit banks to assist live!
stock raisers.
A review of the personnel of the in- j
terinediate credit banks to ? make It j
certain the employees include persons
conversant and sympathetic with the
needs of agriculture, including live,
stock.
A special report by the chairman of,
the federal, farm loan board by .1 uly 1
!. 1 !>!!.". indicating such progress as has
been made in meeting the emergency
in the live stock industry...
An 'early and thorough revision of
freight rates to relieve the raw prod
ucts of agriculture and live stock from
; j disproportionate share of transport a
I i??n ?vsts.
The commission found the- entile
raising industry suffers froiii l of
tariff protection for hides m- .Jt ?
products, and. urges it uniform policy
? nil grazing on public lands and in the j
national forests. In general, the coin- j
i mission declared that confidence in the'
future of the live stock industry was
warranted.
ONE- more high hurdle was cleared
last week when the allied financial
? ??inference in Paris reached full agtve
j uient as to the di vision of German
funds ami the accords were signed hy
the great powers. The United States
gi.it all it had asked? 21,? per cent of
; the reparations annuities under the
[Dawes plan until ail its claims are
| paid--and just before the close of the
j discussion the delegates consented to
i eliminate a clause by which America's
! claims for war damages were limited
tn 000.1 >00. The settlement of the
i occupation army costs gives America
i $i:;.7.j0.000 annually. Credit for the
recognition of America's claims goes
mainly to Col. .lames A. Logan and to
Ambassadors Kellogg and Derrick.
Many of the small nations were griev
ously disappointed at receiving no
share of the German reparations. The
delegates of the big powers listened
sympathetically to their plaints but
told them there was no money avail
able for them.
ETlKXNlv CLEMENTEL, French
minister of finance, has handed to
the P.ritish government a memorandum
i agreeing in principle with the British
I view that Great Britain must exact
from her debtors sums sufficient to
cover her debt to America ; but he de
mands a moratorium for France in
l ease Germany defaults, and also de
mands equal facilities to those ac
corded (iermany i: the event of her
lapsing in Dawes plan payments. Eng
lish treasury official's, see some justice
in this, but are likely to ask that the
United States make equal facilities for
pajrnents by Great Britain.
HAVING spent several days playing
ring-at'ound-t he-rosy with the Mus
cle Shoals proposition, the senate final-,
| ly passed the Underwood hill by a vote
of 50 to 30: It is now a substitute- for
j the Henry Ford measure which the
! house passed last session, so its final
enactment by congress is uncertain,
j First the senate approved the L'nder
| wood hill; then it substituted the Jones
'\bill for further investigation by a com
TOYS DO MUCH TO
SHAPE BOYS' LIVES
No Doubt That Playthings
Have Great Influence.
Ilave you over watched parents and
fond relatives wandering about aim
lessly in the toy department of hig
stores? They linger this toy and that,
worriedly, and 'finally end by buying
something? anything ? at the counter
that is least crowded.
Such parents lose a great opportu
nity by neglecting a chance to help
tiieir children. A toy is part of a
child's education. .lust as educators
choose textbooks, considering care
fully the needs 01* the child, so should
the parent choose toys, writes Ferdi
nand Strauss, toy manufacturer, in ;
the Popular Science Monthly. For j
toys should be chosen that will en- j
courage children to think and develop !
their latent powers.
"America makes toys that teach j
something, because it has advanced
further in the field of child psychol
ogy than any other country in the
World, and the psychologists have
demonstrated that children learn
while they play.
"Not long ago I read a story about
Orville and Wilbur Wright. When
they were little boys in Ohio, their
favorite toys were kites and balloons.
In playing with them, though, they
never dreamed that they would he the
men to accomplish through their air
planes the-conquest of the air.
"Again and again I find, in reading
of the childhood of famous men or in
speaking with them, that they spent
their play hours with toys that had
some definite connection with their
later occupation.
"If Lindenthal or Modjeskl, the
great bridge builders of today, were
to tell you of their fthildhood, you
| would learn that as boys they spent
most of their : time making toy
bridges.
"ltear Admiral William A. MofTett,
f chief of the bureau of aeronautics,
United States navy, himself fold me
that as a boy his principal interest
was flying kites.
"Carl E, Akeley, the inventor and
big-game hunter, the man who raised
; taxidermy to the, level of the arts,
spent his playtime as a boy with tools.
The gift of a folding pocket foot rule,
he says, gave him a big thrill, and
with big tools he made toys and use
ful articles f?>r the house. In the
heart 'if a jungle, hundreds of miles
from any source of supplies, a man
without ability for construction is al
most helpless. <'arl Akeley is not. for
as a boy lie possessed a tool chest."
Checking Up
The Skeptics' society, after exhaus
tive research, has arrived at the fol
lowing conclusions:
A stitch in time does not ?uve more
than three or four at the most.
He who laughed last laughed worst
In NO. 14 per cent of the tests made.
Where there was smoke there was
fire in only IS. 1 13 per cent of the rases
examined; In all oilier eases it was
too rich a mixture.
Still waters were n>;t only shallow
in nearly every ease invest igated. l.iu
were most easily i xriwi
In <?3 per cent of the tc<ts when a
leaper paused to look somcon" ? Ne
leaped ahead of him.
Of the burnt chililren ??\;;mine<! the
majority were canying matches and
manifested no fear of tire.
Of the mice ob$e .veil per cent
did not play at all when the cat was
away, but went rig 'it to work.
Some very short lanes were foimd
to have no turning.- l.ife.
Dogs Mate With Wolves
A story reminiscent of Jack London's
"fall of the Wild." has come to the
I bureau of biological survey of the
United States . Department of Agricul
ture. Last winter a number of wolves,
Including three black ones, wen- re
ported by different stockmen east of
Lodgegrass in the Wolf mountains in
Montana. A government hunter, as
signed to clear them out. trapped an
almost black animal that was obviously
part dog, and a short time afterward.
In the same vicinity lie killed a vicious
dog similar to an aircdalc, probably
the sire of the half-blood. It is believed
that most of the wolves in this pack
are halObreeds.
Too Patriotic
"Mother, make Jane quit singing."
This gentle command came for the
second time from upstairs, where Jim- j
my anil Jane were supposed to have
been asleep.
"Jimmy, pay no attention to Jane.
l?e a little man an I go to sleep," an
swered mother. I
"I a in a man. mother. Jane keeps j
singing 'Star Spangled IJanner,' and
every time 1 have to stand up." ? In- j
dianapolis News.
New Building Material '
A company has recently been organ
ized to make a new building material
similar to concrete but which is really j
a combination of port land cement and j
mineralized sawdus". It Is claimed to j
be cheaper, stronger, and in nearly I
every way better than real concrete. |
This represents on." of the many an
swers to the problfiii of saving forest
waste and thereby lessening forest de
struction. ? Nature Magazine.
Proof Enough
Mrs. Carr (after a motor trip in
the country) ? I'm Afraid our child Is
not normal, .Tanies.1
Carr ? What's the sign?
^ Mrs. Carr ? Wp must have passed at
least a hundred hot-dog stands' and
he never dropped a hint.? Life.
mission; next It approved the Norrls
government ownership hill; again it
substituted the Underwood for the
N'orris measure, and defeated the
Jones bill in two forms. Then came
final passage of the Underwood bill
with the aid of Republicans who had
.supported the Jones measure. As
adopted the bill authorizes the Presi
dent to lease Muscle Shoals for fifty
years, but provides that If a suitable
lease cannot be made by next Septem
ber the property Is to be operated by a
government corporation.
According to figures given out
by the census bureau, the wealth
of i he United States at the close of
1922 was $320.S03,.8G2,000, which means
an increase of 72.2 per cent in the
decade beginning 1912. Real estate
and its taxable improvements are in
the' lead in values, being placed at
$155,908,625,000. Personal property is
next, at nearly forty billions, and man
ufactured products on hand were third,
with a valuation of more than twenty
eight billions.
In listing the wealth by states, the
bureau placed New York first wtth a
total of $37, Itt:., 2112.000. Following that
state in order given were Pennsyl
vania. $2S,83.",745,000 ; Illinois, $22,232,
794,000 ; Ohio, $18,489,552,000; Califor
nia, $10,081,734,000; Massachusetts,
$12,980,329,000; New Jersey, $11,794,
189.000; Michigan. $11,404,801,000, and
Iowa, $10,51 l.(?S2.000. All others fell
below $10,000,000,1)00. Nevada had the
smallest amount, $511,710,000.
JUST before he retired from the
otlice of governor of Kansas, Jona
than M. Davis was arrested on charges
of soliciting and acrepting a bribe for
a pardon. A warrant was served also
nit his son. Russell (J. Davis, and Im
mediately Carl J. Peterson, state bank
commissioner, was involved in the
same scandal, ltojh the elder Davis
and Peterson have; strenuously denied
their guilt .and have issued various
tiltcmenls. The younger Davis, who
iiad accepted marked money and who
was trapped by an arrangement of
telephones, is said by. his fat her to
.have been ensnared by the political
enemies of the former governor.
DR. MANS LUTIIKR, former min
ister of finance, took up t he task
of forming a cabinet for Germany after
i llerr Marx had failed, and presented
| a list of ministers that is strongly
? monarchistic, though Luther himself
i declared he as' 'chancellor would carry
out the Marx policies. Stresemanti re
! mains as foreign minister, and Martin
| Schielo. official leader of the kaiserists,
j is minister of the interior. The Catli
i olics were given several portfolios and
agreed to support the government's
program. The Republicans, who won
in the reichstag elections, are de
prived of the fruits of victory because
their various elements would not get
together.
BY A VOTE of 772 to 65 the house
passed the McFadden bill for re
vision of the banking laws. This ineas
j ure is designed to put national hanks
I, on a better competitive basis with state
1 institutions, particularly with regard
I to maintenance of branches. As re
ported to the house, the measure gave
national banks the right to maintain
intracity branches, where state banks
are permitted to do a branch banking
business, but amendments by Repre
sentative M. D. Hull, which the house
accepted, placed restrictions on the
maintenance of these branches.
The Hull amendments provide that
in states hereafter legalizing branch
; banking, national banks must obtain
j authority, from congress before estab
lishing branches. In such instances,
state, hanks would be denied privileges
of the federal reesrve system until na
tional banks were accorded the right
to compete with branches.
FIGHTING has been renewed in the
Shanghai region and is believed to
he the prelude for a general civil war
in the spring. The city is now in the
possession of Marshals ("hi-llsieh-yuan
of Kiangsu and Sun Cliuan-fang of
I'hekiang. and they announce they have
formed a new alliance of those prov
inces and Fukien, Anhwei and Szeeh
wan to oppose the Peking govern ?en t.
There was much looting in the native
city of Shanghai, and the foreign set
tlemer.t now swarms wirli fugitive sol
diers from the defeated armies. Amer
ican, British, French and Japanese
hiarines have been landed to protect
the .settlement.
STATE if OWN
RADIO STAINS
BILL CARRYING APPROPRIATION
MAY BE OFFERED IN LEGIS
LATURE.
Raleigh.
Senator Paul D. Grady, of Johnson,
favors 'I lie erection of a radio broad
casting station at tlie North Carolina
State College of Agriculture and Engi
neering, to cost, if necessary, $2.j,000.
and -stands ready to introduce and
champion (lie necessary legislation.
"The state should own and operate
such a 'station," lie said. ' I am so
thoroughly convinced that it would
meet with popular approval that I
would not hesitate to favor a liberal
appropriation. It seems to be that
$25,000 would not be too much to be
gin with. However, I am going to
write experts and lind out how much
jt will take. Also, I am planning, a
series of conferences with Captain
Georgo Cox. of the electrical faculty
of Staite college, who,- 1 believe, can
render valuable assistance on account
of 'his record as a radio expert during
the world war."
Continuing. Senator Grady indicated
that when he has received the data
he desires he will draw a bill provid
ing for the establishment of a state
owned and state-operated station of
no mean d/imensions.
"There are thousands of people in
the rural districts," he went on
"whose only ?amusement comes from
the outside world. Comparatively few
are able to buy expensive receiving
sets. Witih the establishment of a
station in Releigh. they could pur
chase inexpesive receiving sets and
enjoy radio just like people who have
plenty of money.
"Th6n, aside from the purely amuse
ment features that would be furnished j
our people, they could be kept inform- j
ed 011 subjects very vital to them. I
have in mind particularly agriculture. !
For instance, weathfi^ conditions ar?'.l
crop reports could be broadcast daily.
This would greatly aid the farmer
The extension division of the college
could use the service to promote the
things it is trying to do. and if the
| state superintendent of public instrijc- ,
tion so desired, he could bold a state
wide teachers' meeting once a week.
Again, there is the state highway
commission. If such a station is estab
lished, Mr. Page and his assistants
: could keep our people contantly in
formed about detours, the opening of
new routes and the condition of tho
highways generally. In rainy weather
'? this service would be very valuable."
Senator Grady plans to go thorough
ly into the subject and to push hi-t
light fur a state owned broadcasting
station The State college is the logi
cal place for it. he thinks. This view j
was also expressed by Senator O. 1?
Moss, of Nash county, who declared.
"I am thoroughly in sympathy with Hie
; movement, and a.t the proper time I
shall give it my active support.
-
Send Out Movie Films.
| Fifty miles of motion picture films
j arc lK'iii.u sent out. weekly by the Vis-!
ual Education Division of the North
Carolina Department of Public Instruc
tion ot the 75 public schools of the
state equipped with motion picture
machines sic-cording to James 15. Wil
liamson, director of this division.
"These films," said Mr. Williamson,
"are sent free of all charges, except
those incident to their transportation. I
They include various subjects. Some
of the films are purely educational in
trteir nature. Others are designed to
amuse the people who see them. No
film of doubtful character is ever pur
chased by tho department or sent out
tor exhibition. Each is thoroughly
censored before we turn it loose. It
believe good, wholesome pictures are
helpful.
"These programs," continued Mr
Williamson,, "go largely to the rural
; districts. They reach people who
! otherwise could not enjoy screen pru
| ductions. We buy many programs
i already filmed and. on the other hand,
! we make many films ourselves.
Mr. Williamson is planning to take
pictures of the inauguration of Gover
i nor McLean. These will be shown in
i the rural schools equipped with motion
picture machines. Also, he recently
took pictures of the opening of new
inlets in eastern North Carolina.
Making Plans For Convention.
Officers of the North Carolina Sun
day School Association have announc
ed that plans are already under way
to make the annual State Sunday
Schoel Convention, which is to be held
in the First Baptist church, Greens
boro, April 2S. 29 and .'10, the largest
gathering of Sunday School lesider3
ever held 'in the State.
Commutation Granted Halifax Man.
Governor Morrison commuted to life
imprisonment the death sentence of
Gerson Cotton, pf Halifax county,
whose electrocution date had been set
for January 12. Cotton was convicted
of first degree murder at the August,
1924, term of Halifax court.
"Beliveing that tne prosoner was in
such a state of mental confusion and
excitement, as to make impossible
that deliberation which would warrant
his ya ping the extreme penalty for hi*
crime, I hereby commute his sentence
to that of life imprisonment.-'
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then a soothing, cooling sensation ana
quick relief.
I lave Muttcrole hnndy for emergency
use. It may prevent seriou:. illness.
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made in milder form for
tjabics and small children.
Ask for Children's Musterole.
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