L-T7 —JS' uxh 2*1 K3J> BUDGET A hopeful bit of information comes from Vvashington today. The correspondent of the Brooklyn Times Union reports that the Democratic leaders in the Senate drew a long breath, set their teeth, and came to a iSnsi resolution. They’ve agreed to ao their utmost to cut Uncle Sara’s expenditures to fit his pocketbook. They hope to reduce the budget to two billion nine hundred forty-nine million ‘A. dollars, trifle. is what the government’s revenues orobably will be in the next fiscal year. 4 This bit of news ironically comes on top of xts* A dispatch which reports that the appropriations committee of the House reduced, expenses by increasing the expenditures for Veterans by eighteen million odd dollars — eighteen million aste more than -sruoTXxt)Tzi&?te& last year. ROOSLVSLT From V’yarm Springs, Georgia, today came' significant information concerning the plans of President-'elect Roosevelr. George Van Slyke Vvires the hew York Sun that Mr. Roosevelt sins to extend the activities of the Federal Government beyond^ anythin.-; that has been known up to now. Uncle Sam's hand will reach into fields and into businesses Industries which heretofore have never before explored escaoed the slightest touch of government control will in the next administration feel the hand of Washington. H ^ tr I ■ PROHIBITION 0ne si"Tn of the times shov/ed its head in the House of Representatives today. A ten per cent, cut was made in the aporopriation lor prohibition enforcement for the next year. To be sure. Uncle Sam^» still o-oing to snend more than eight million dollars ef■ y-uro angray moaaait for this purpose. But at any rate, this is a reduction of ten per cent. It was approved by a vote of 129 to 118. At the same time the Representatives voted amendments prohibition spies from tapping wires cle Sam*s A A to obtain evidence, also them pend^ulic A A' money to buy liquor as ; ay to informers. Aii—this-^&.e- no-fc* do.-c v.ilhout c. iroor-di f.! rifted-dobnto In-Ur" Iljus'e-. IRELAND -j- and returns sootb . in from the election in Ireland.- ^ -A r They look more and more hopefulr|*> President de Valera. His party now is sure of having seventy-seven seats out of a hundred and fifty-three. Several others have been won by the Labor Party who are allies of the Irish President. Thus Mr. de Valera^ fondest hones seem to have been fulfilled and he will be in position to form his first completely independent government. The correspondent of the ^ew York Evening Post cables that this means the abolition of the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crov/n and also that Ireland no longer will have a Governor General appointed by the King* whi-m »1 ttas JAPAN More war news from Asia. The most important item is a defeat of Chinese troops. A telegram to the Toledo ^ews^informs us that for nearly a month the Chinese Generals have been massing troops at a pass through the Great V.all twelve miles north of Shanhaikwan. The long expected attack took place early today, and after a three hour battle the Chinese were repulsed by the Japs. Meanwhile military planes have been continuing k > their bombing raids over the Northeastern portion of the province of Reyho. Also the town of Heiho, two hundred and fifty miles north of Tsitsihar on the Siberian border has been occupied by Japanese troops. IMSULL Ins Insull Gas© —'i.yffeis tlie news once more. A report to the Toronto Star confirms the rumor that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Martin Insull^ brothers of Samuel Insull, who has been giving in Orillia in the province of Ontario, for the last few months. The warrant was signed at the request of the Deputy Attorney General of Ontario. Mr. Insull has been at liberty x± on fifty thousand dollar bail pending the extradition proceedings which began last October. Be-j—ae—wal-1 -a-s——bpother qamuel~—are und*»r—tndie ti’icnt TWZ Q'T - C3^\^a£ ~/3cbs ^rin . 7 INTRCI TO CAPTAIN ST. R.-R One of the world Ts foremost author11ies on trees is Captain .Richard St, Barbe—Baker from. England , Africa and everywhere. The world is his home. He is known far and wide as "The Man of the Trees." He has devoted his life to forestry, I have planted thousands of trees myself and share his enthusiasm. Just at present the Captain Is particularly interested in the preservation of the giant redwoods of California. Captain, what part of the world are you headed for now? CAPTAIN uT. B.-B. I aia on my way to on© of the most fascinating places on this planet, northern California, where dwell the oldest of all living things. The members of my organisation, i^The Men of the Trees,« are establishing a Grove of International Understanding beneath the limbs of those redwood marvels* I wish you could all come with me and see those treess — Thre thousand years oldl Three hundred feet high they tower — serenely poised, majestic, their tips reaching toward the heavens* I measured one giant, and the distance around it was one hundred and two feet I »Vhy, its first branch was one hundred and thirty feet from the ground. And the diameter of that first branch was seven feet, a branch seven feet thlcki I figured out the total weight of that one tree, roots, trunk, branches and all* It came to live th usancl tons* Five thousand tons of lumber, enough lumber to build forty five-room houses, from just one tree* It would require at least thirty railraod cars, to move the trunk alone* Yet that giant sprang from a tiny seed half the sis© of the tip of a ns tch. C a PT. ST. B* -B- — f> It is a.s thougn the Rulefc of the Universe were trying to shov/ us just V/hat miracles He can perform. Just thinlc of the age of those redwoods of California, and the crime it is to cut them down. They were patriarchs when Geer ge Washington lived. They were already old in the days of Columbus, Balboa and Cortez. n01d? They were old when the world was young! The mating song of the spring was sung In the Icindly heart of each brave old tree When the good Christ walked on Galilee.” Four thousand years old, our oldest living link with the dim past. It is difficult to say whether the antiquity or beauty of these redwood giants makes the stronger appeal. When things go wrong and you feel you h venft the courage to stay and fight it out, when you feel that you want to run away and end it all, ju. t imagine yourself a tree. A tree can’t run. It must stand and take eveaything that comes its way. Of course trees afe of value to us because of their economic importance. But there is something spiritual about them too. can learn much from the tr^es. elopement An interesting elopement took place today in ^ew Jersey. The eloping bride was Miss lane Schwab^ niece of Mr. Charles M. Schwab, celebrated after-dinner speaker^ ajad* contract bridge player. Oh yes, and when Mr. Schvrab isn’t speaking at banquets and playing bridge, he has something to do with the steel business The groom, Mr. Leonard Knowlton, is by profession a truck driver of Morristown, New Jersey. In fact, the papers say that it was in the truck which the groom operates that the At any rate. Uncle Charlie’s niece Jane eloped yesterday and telephoned her parents that she had been married in Eastwwn, happy pair eloped to the Pennsylvania Gretna Green. f f*'' ’ FORD In Detroit a hundred, and fifty thousand people are suddenly laid off as the result of- that strike, 1 j UIki» > 0 ' began in plants supplying a well known autoBi^^^^ifc««^ dovm "f^ttie with bodies. Since/body-making shut anttrnwtaHTr plant ^altro had to shut down. So the strikers have A. A U+rJLfZ thrown not only themselves but out of a job. FLOOD Folloving the ga.le that lashed, vv * yesterday id&tly high tides oi phenomenal strength/ swooped down torhvy upon Itfew lork City and surrounding communities. Ihep rushed A up fer rivers, turned^he waterfront streets into lakes and played havoc with suburban traffic. Ferry terminals on both sides of the Hudson were inundated. West Street, Manhattan, where the docks and trhe markets are, was under water for several blocks. The tide spread over railroad tracks both in Hew Jersey and L0ng island^, to such an extent that is^e current had to be shut off and all train traffic was interrupted. The outline of the coast was radically changed in many places to such an extent that houses toppled into the sea and were swept away. CABINET Inere s an authoritative sound about the latest report on the personnel of ^r, Rooseveltfs Cabinet. The Washington Post today came out with the announcement that Senator Carter Glass of Virginia haS definitely accepted the appointment of Secretary of the Treasury. It1 s- t^me^--as~l-^nentionee--to you^- t-hfrt' — we-ul4 -he ma4o^ 'though fche name of Bernard Baruch ha^ also been swa. the Washington Post story definite, and adds that the aphni.Tti^end^ngitblrrite u^v£p cUfvng . HF^HrsiAAAe-^l formally annoimc^A^tayHaa^stog A A w«iP»-&pr4.nffBy kx in a few days. Also fh1® Senator Walsh of Montana ■the peet O'f^Attorney General. The Post interprets the appointment of Senator Glass as meaning that there will be no currency inflation in Mr. Roosevelt’s administration. /r STEEL Hopeful news comes today from the steel districts in Ohio, The Cleveland Press reports that the night sky over that city is illumined once more by the fires of open hearths. The steel mills of Cleveland are running again. And many men have been called back to work. Vvho are the ten meanest men? A headline writer in the New York Sun nominates four. It seems that in one county in Pennsylvania the jobless have been getting temporary relief on emergency road building. All applications have to go through tpo of the county?s politicians. And when they get their jobs the men have to pay one dollar and sixty cents out of their three dollars and sixty cents to the wire pullers. Then the Chicago police claim to know of two of the meanest fellows they ever heard of; thieves who held up a sixty-two year old man last night, knocked him down, took his hat, shoes, eyeglasses, and false teeth. All && that to a man who has been over two years without a job dtid is three score and two FARM American xarmers, says the ^ew York Sun, are-not the only ones who are in trouble. When it comes to tax burdens and mortgage trouble, they have plenty of company abroad. In Germany, i*-Canada, is* Spain, 3**-France; even iw Japan^and other countries/Ministers of Agriculture report debts and all sorts of distress: In tho-s o c ouftt-r-io0—100 overproduction is ttU oonc id0rod'1 largely ro O’pei^sib-IeT In Ireland, on the other hand, the difficulty is underproduction, especially underproduction of crops. ' And in France the government wa-e concerned about A A. "TT speculation in wheat, ^sxd ®ne of Premier MussoliniTs chief efforts is in getting some hundred thousand Italians l , o leave the cities and go back to the farm. In 01 t-he-r'-wordsy—I-tali-an. -9h<»r^faQgo of-labors FARM American farmers, says the "ew York Sun, are not the only ones who are in trouble, Vi/hen it comes to tax burdens and mortgage trouble, they have plenty of company abroad. In Germany, it* Canada, $»-Spain, i?**-France; even 4rft Japan^and other countries^Ministers of Agriculture report debts and all sorts of distress; in tioo- overproduction is t%JL cay-, eons goly—i^e-ajw-no'i-blo In Ireland, on the other hand, the difficulty is underproduction, especially underproduction of crops. And in France the government concerned about A /y IT speculation in wheat. Axci @ne of Premier Mussolini’s chief efforts is in getting some hundred thousand Italians oo leave the cities and go back to the farm. In oth:?r'“WO'**ds y -Hrai-ian™ SH0QTTI3G Here1s an item about a man who seems to believe in self help, A seventy year old gentleman in Hightstown, New A Jersey, came dovm to breakfast this morning and found there was no room for him because all the places at the table were occupied by his and his wife's relatives. So he went back upstairs, got a gun and made roorn^ He made room by shooting one of the relatives. If you don't believe me, you1!! find the details of this story in the Trenton Timesi**- r/v>SPAPl'JH ADVERTISINT, 5 Here's one I read in a Boston paper: "Mil you advertise if I can convince you that people read newspaper ads?" an editor asked. "Certainly," replied 'the hard-boiled prospect. "If - you can show me. But don*.t worry, you can't." Whereupon in the next Issue of the paper the editor ran a line in the smallest type he could find, and he put that line in the most obscure part of the paper. The line read: "What is Jenkins going to do about It?" That was all. ~Mu. Frothing at the mouth Jenkins, tho who didn't believe in newspaper advertising, came storming into the office. He was furious. "I’ve been pestered to death," he yelled. "Everybody Is calling me up. They want to know what the deuce that line means. What's the idea?" The editor grinned and said: "Aha, how about It? I proved my point, didn't" I?. Iti the smallest type I ran that single line about you, and .here you admit that everybody in town saw it. o N RIOT A fight took place in New York City today Qver on the East side in t-h^ street appropriately called Paradise Alley, is an apartment housd inhabited by painters. sculp Lore, poets, and such like. In fact, you might call it quite a colony. Well, according to a description :\n the 1| If § New York World Telegram, the poets, painters, sculptors, have been suffering lately with an epidemic of the disease m t cWc-^2-4. — ''v0< ^ known in real estate circles as fallingAof the room rent/ They III wanted the landlord to low r,the rent, and the landlor<fAsaid - no. ** AsuJhJr?x£& ? ; || So the artists 'the landlords A /v v 'I || took the usual proceedings and,secured eviction orders, but the City Marshal and his men were unable to serve the eviction orders because the striking tenants barricaded themselves So today the City Marshal invoked the aid of the police, regular harness with nightsticks, revolvers, and ^ -Ld&rij&n army of twenty coppers, nightsticks, revolvers, and 5 z1 I " . together with six Deputy Marshals, moved on ode besieged forces which consisted of seven artists and writers. £=&&¥a i It took the brave minions of the law S RIOT - 2 Writers, not rioters. two hours to get those seven artists and writers out. One lady barricaded herself behind her door and set fire to her furniture — but they burst in and hauled her out. One writer piled chairs, bureaus and beds against the entrance and shouted; nStand back or I* 11 shoot.M The cops climbed up on the roof. broke through the skylight and discovered that the writer had nothing to shoot with but a second-hand typewriter. At any rate, it took twenty-six minions of the 1aw two hours to put to flight seven artists and writers, not rioters, several of them women. — ENDING In the Times Journal^an enterprising daily paper published in t>t. Thomas, Ontario, I find that a lady reproached one of the Sons of Rest saying: f|¥ou promised if I gave you a square meal you would get as busy as a bee in a garden.” uUh,n replied the tramp, "Bees don!t make no honey in the winter time lady, and whoever saw a male bee workin1 anyhow?” Which brings me to the time when I must go out and look for my honey (both kinds) and SO LONG UNTIL SUNDAY.