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News Review of Current Events the World Over Test Vote in House Encourages Wets ? Two Famous Men Take Their Own Lives ? Sales Tax Meets Strong Opposition. D> EDWARD W. PICKARD \ V7ET lea<Irtrs !n c ? ^ress. greatly enc-j raged by the **-*t v *e In the house. have st: "rted a vigorous campaign to compel the >r parties to place in their pJat f .r::.s plunks declare ir.g for m:s>;on of the prohibition question to the people. The rrv tion before t; b?-.i:se was to dis charge the judiciary committee from Juris diction over the F.eck IJnthicU res " ition for a rue:. Iment of the Eighteenth amend , .. ? , nier.t. wM-h had been J. M. Beck. mittee by a vote of 1 \ to 0. The test vote was forced nr. i r the liberalized rules by 14." petitioners. On call of the r > 1. 227 members voted against the motion. 1ST for it, and there were IS r >t voting. Follow ing the custom. Speaker Garner did not vote. The strength shown by the wets was greater even than many of them had expected and they were cor respondingly jubilant. Their cause had gained 50 votes since the house voted December 17. 1017, to submit the Eighteenth amendment. Heck and Linthicum, co-authors of the resolution, declared the fight was all but won and that all that was needed was one more election. Mr. Bec-k said: "This vote makes it plain that if the Republican party adopts a dry platform In June it will court disaster." He predicted it would not be necessary to wait for the meeting of the next congress for action to modify the dry law, believing that this congress at the session next win ter, as a direct result of the Novem ber election, will submit the anti-pro hibition amendment. Leaders of the drys, for their part, though admitting wet gains, declared they were undismayed, calling atten tion to the fact that the wets were still far from having the necessary two-thirds majority. , Both sides, in the Republican party. ' have been hoping that President Hoo ver would declare himself, but there was nothing to Indicate that he would depart from his neutrality lu the pre convention contest. A close associate of the President was quoted as saying Mr. Hoover has not changed bis be lief that the country Is still preponder antly dry. Representative Fred Britten of Illi nois introduced in the house a bill for repeal of the Jones "five and ten" law which stiffened the penalties for violation of the Volstead act. TWO of the world's famous men de cided that life was do longer worth living and so committed suicide. George Eastman, internationally known as the developer of the camera and the pho tographic film and also as one of the country's greatest philanthropists, put u bullet through his heart at his home In Kochester, N. Y., be cause he was in ill health and. as his farewell note said : "My work Is done. Why wait 1" Mr East- Geo. Eattm;ln man, who founded the Eastman Kodak company and was chairmtc of its board, had made a vast fortune but had given away all but about $20,000,000. His philanthro pies, estimated at $75.000, 000, were scattered over the world, the recip ients including universities and schools and dental clinics In many cities in this and other countries. He was seventy-seven years old, a bachelor and a lover of music and art. Mr. Eastman's many friends mourned his death but none was found to criticise li!s decision that It was time for him to go. Ivar Kreuger, head of the great Swedish match trust and one of the world's most noted in dustrialists, was the other notable suicide. For months his nu merous interests bad been hammered on the exchanges of Europe and his losses were supposed to have been heavy though his re maining fortune was very large. He had Just failed to obtain ? a" $10,000,000 loan in Ivar Kreufler New Tort where be * bad always been able to obtain ,ast lama tot the asking, ao be sailed 10 I Paris and there en<?ed h!s life with a revolver. Like Eastman. Kreuger was unmarried. His death created i a sensation Id financial circles. espe j dally in Europe. and the shares In his companies declined sharply. The I Swedish government obtained from , parliament in special session permis sion to declare a moratorium on the let 's of th-'Se concerns to prevent a rai l by creditors, and the Stockholm ex< i.ange was closed for a time. f"?\KBATE on the billion dollar rev 1*-^ e:-ue bill continued in the house throughout the wetk, and the op ponents of the sales tax sought to ; form themselves Into a bloc. Their > determined fight against this bis fea | ture of the measure at least resulted in changes, for the ways and means committee agreed to accept an amend ment omitting certain canned goods and press telegrams from the list of articles upon which a 2.25 per cent sales tax is proposed. The committee also was considering amendments exempting cheap clothing, electricity used for Ir rigation projects and radio company leased wires. Prospects for adoption of the sales tax were lessened in mid-week when leaders of organized labor and of the farmers came out In opposition to it. William Green, president of the Amer ican federation of Labor, declared "labor will call on Its friends in con gress to defeat that section of the taxation measure"; and Fred P.renck man of the National Grange said Im position of the sales tax would meet "the unqualified disapproval of the 27.0u0,0uci people upon the farms of this country." Should the bill substantially as It stands get through the house, its sales tax feature will face strong opposition in the senate. A group of senators Is ready to Junk it, these including the men who are classed as progressive Republicans. Some of the more lib eral Democrats want a substitute bill providing for selective sales taxation and possibly for increased surtaxes on Incomes above $100,000. The house surtax is 40 per cent from $100, 000 up. Managers of the republican party are busy waking the ar rangements for the national conven tion in Chicago, and many of them In their informal talk in Washington felt cer tain that Hoover and Curtis would be the nominees, on a lib eralized platform which would serve to conciliate the wets without outraging the drys. The members of the national com mittee charged with selecting the presiding officers of the con ventlon at first thought It would be well to have Charles G. Dawes for temporary chair man and "keynoter," but It was said he was unwilling ?.o accept the honor. For permanent chairman It was vir tually agreed that Bertrand H. Snell, congressman from New York, would be the best man available. He Is one of the party's strong men and a skilled parliamentarian. However, both posts were left unfilled, the final choices to be made at a meeting in Chicago on April 9. Democratic managers also are slow ly -completing the details for their convention, but have made no an nouncements. In general, they will take over the Stadium as the Repub licans leave it. RUMORS, rumors, and more rumors, ali proving false. Clews leading nowhere. Theories swiftly exploded. ! Investigations and negotiations that have no result. Such has been the course of the Lindbergh baby kidnap i Ing case up to the time this Is writ ten. Toward the close of the week the authorities were inquiring Into a story told by Charles Oliver, a pris oner on Welfare island. New York, to the effect that the plot to steal the child was hatched in a jail, being pro posed to him by one William Gleason of Cliffside, N. J. The latter was taken Into custody and denied every thing Oliver said. An ingenious theory originated in Philadelphia ? that henchmen of Ai Capone stole the baby for use as a lever to pry that gang leader out of jaiL PAUL VON HINDENBCRG main tained his place as idol of the German people in peace time as well as In war. In the Presidential elec tion he soundly beat his ch;?f riiu... Adolf Hitler, leader of the vr Fascists. But the c?:e?l President . failed by one-half of 1 \ ? t cent to get \ a majority of the total votes cast, so I there must be a run-off elect:- -a on J April 10. At that time, it i> admitted by nearly everyone, he w triumph. As against nearly votes i for Von Hinder ' there were about II.500.0"0 for ILtier. Erne.<t Thael- j :nann. Communist, polled almost o.OOO.- : "00: Puesterherg. Nationalist. got j J.OOO.OOO, and Winter, independent, j III.000 odd. Hitler's vote was so far ahoad of the Nazi vote in the relchs rag elections of lf?."." that he decided to remain in the contest. Toward the close of the week the Prussian government cl " ? i it had discovered plans for a civil war and j therefore raided Nazi headquarters | throughout the state. ? i Franklin d. koosevelt and Gov. \V. H. Murray of Oklal. ma . ?^eie the contenders in the Democrat ic primaries of North D;ik ta. The i returns from the rural districts were -low in coming in, but on the basis of partial returns it appeared certain ; that the state's delegation would be | ?instructed for the New York governor, j However, Alfalfa Bill had captivated ; the imagination of many of the farm ers and was making a fair contest. On the Republican side those seek ing the preference of the voters were Dr. Joseph I. France of Maryland and Jacob S. Coxey of oi France was well in the lead. Mr. Hoover's name had not been entered but he received some votes. ^NEGOTIATIONS between Japan and j China for the withdrawal of Jap- j anese troops from the Shanghai area were reported about to open, after conversations engineered by the rep- > resentatives of the United States and Great Britain. It was understood the Japanese forces should be withdrawn gradually and that tiie Chinese should not enter the evacuated territory un til final agreement was reached. The operation will be supervised by a com mission with neutral members. Under this agreement China aban dons the point that Mpnchuria must be considered simultaneously with the Shanghai problem, and Japan aban- ; dons the point that the status of ! Shanghai must be fixed prior to her withdrawal. Meanwhile the Lytton commission : sent to Shanghai bv the League of Nations, with Maj. Gen. Frank Mo Coy representing the United States, began investigating the doings of the Japanese In and about Shanghai. Mayor Wu Teh-chen of the Chinese municipality was guide and chief in formant of the members and after telling them of the outrages commit ted by the Invaders he took them on a tour of inspection through many miles of devastated areas where, as he said, "you can see for yourselves how thoroughly the Japanese war machine has accomplished its mission of wanton destruction.'* That new Manchurian state of Man- ; choukuo, established by the Japanese i and headed by Henry Pu-yi, is in trou ble already. Dispatches from Tokyo said there was revolt In the province of Iieilungkiang which is ruled by Gen. Ma Chan-shan, war minister of Pu-yl's government. The Chinese troops there declined to transfer their allegiance. From Changchun, capital of the new state, word came that a strong Chinese force, equipped with artillery, had captured Fu-yu. a city of 80.000 people 100 miles southwest of Harbin. Adjournment until April n | was taken by the international i disarmament conference at Geneva. Correspondents there relate an inter- j esting incident during the discussions in the naval commission. Vice Admiral D. P. it. Pound of Great Bri tain naively proposed that they eliminate from the draft con vention of the con ference an article in the Washington treaty providing that a na tion engaged in war shall not seize a war vessel of another Sen. Swanson j country being constructed in Its own ! yards. He said it was not logical to j expect a country at a moment when | it Is straining to the utmost not to I lay its hands on ell available mate rial. But our own Senator Swanson was on the alert at once, declaring this would not do at alL Ships constructed in time of peace for another power should not possibly be considered available to the builders In time of war. he said. Otherwise, there would never be a chance for the govern ments tc agree on their relativ* strengths. Mr. Swanson exclaimed. Other delegates supported Senator Swanson'a argument, and Tatcr th? British admiral smilingly Intimate' that his proposition had been misun derstood, and withdrew IL (t, ?fl. WMC?hi N?w??p?r UnlsL] WETS ARE JUBILANT OVER LIQUOR VOTE Technically Defeated, They Count Large Gains. Washing ?n.?Tb* h- u-* of ropre sentatives. by a v?-:e to 1^?- re* jected the :ro p -il of the wet bloc? to force u ::- n . x^e B. -< K-l.intliicuir proposal ! -r * "? the < onsti tution to turn i: ;uor control back tc the states. This was the first r< .1 call vote on constitute : . ' i "? a since tbe Eighteenth a' ? : t *a* put Into force, and only IS r: failed tc cast hai!?.-*. Al'h- :gh technically de* feu :ed. the wet ler.'l.rs were jubilant over the 1ST v..:e? cas: for their mo tion to discharge the judiciary com mitiee from ci.siderat: n of the Beck Linthicuia re- .-Itiiion at I bring it be fore the h' the strongest showing they have been able to make since pro hibition v.* : ? ? put into the 'Constitution. They predicted victory f"r resub mission at the next session of con gress. The Irys. meanwhile, expressed satisfaction over their majority. As evidence of the trend awav from pro hibition. die wet leaders pointed to the significance of a tabulation of the | votes cast by state delegations, which j showed that those of IT states fa vored immediate consideration of the resubmission proposal, with 'JS against it and three tied. One hundred and twelve Republicans and 114 Democrats and one Farmer Labor representative voted against the motion to discharge the bone-drv judiciary committee from consideration of the resolution, while OT Republicans and !H_i Democrats voted for immediate action. Although the test Indicated the In ability of the anti-prohibitionists to drive their project to successful con clusion in the present congress, their showing in the house vote, larger than the previous predictions of the most sanguine of wet lenders, was quickly followed by announcements both in the house and senate that an issue will be forced on beer resolutions pending in both chambers. How party lines disintegrated as the roil was called was illustrated by the ballots cast by the leaders on both sides. Recording themselves against the motion were Representatives Jo seph \V. Byrns, (Dem.. Tenn.) chair man tf the appropriations committee; Charles R. Crisp (Dem., Ga.), acting chairman of the ways and means com mittee; Representative Willis C. Haw ley (Rep.. Ore.), ranking minority member of the ways and means com mittee. and Bertrand II. Snell (Rep., N. Y.). Republican floor leader. On the other hand the motion was supported by Representative Henry T. Rainey, Illinois. Democratic floor lead er; John McDuffie, Alabama. Demo cratic whip; Representative John Q. Tilson. Connecticut. Republican leader in the last session of the congress, and Representative William R. Wood. Re publican. Indiana, ranking minority member of the appropriations commit tee. Mr. Garner, as is the custom of the speaker, did not vote. WASHINGTON BRIEFS The Republican party's committee on arrangements for the national con vention has put off until April 9 the selection of a keynoter for the Chi cago June 14 meeting. The State department announced the appointment of Stuart J. Fuller, as sistant chief of the division of Far Eastern affairs, to attend the fifteenth session of the opium advisory com mittee as an expert In an advisory ea paclty. Denying the petition of IT go Ferroni, convicted I'eru (111.) bootlegger, the United States Supreme court rule?l that the government Is empowered to collect taxes on illegally distilled liquors. The senate passed a house bill al lowing free entry only to those mu sicians who possess "distinguished merit** and "superior talent." President Hoover attended the fu neral services for his second cousin. George C. Hoover, at the Quaker j church. More than 20,000 women are at work at the present time in stockyards throughout the country, receiving an average of only S1G.85 a week, accord ing to a survey announced by the wom en's bureau of the Department of Labor. Senator Wacner of New York intra luced in the senate a bill for a $1,100. 000,000 bond issue to finance public works already authorized by congrew but not appropriated for. ? ?' OHILD need REGULATING? I CASTORIA WILL DO ITI When your child needs regulating, remember this: the organs of babies and children are delicate. Little bowels must be gently urged ? never forced. That's why Castoria is used by so many doctors and mothers. It is specially made for children's ail ments; contains no harsh, harmful drugs, no narcotics. 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