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;■ 7 +~< ADVENTURERS' , CLUB “Roar of the Blast” \ By FLOYD QIBBONB > ' Famous Head lino Hunter. OU hcai; a lot of talk about Hades, boys and girls, but in my opinion, the place is overrated. I’ve seen a few places right here on earth that make the devil’s well-known backyard looTc like the penthouse on the top floor of Paradise. And this story from James C. Kekes is about one of them. When Jim was eighteen'years old, he look's walk through that Hades and his story of the trip, which he is going to tell us today, makes him a Distinguished Adventurer—a ranking member of our club. Stand by, then, while Jim Kekes, D. A., hands it to you, hot off the griddle. ^ Whera Is Hades? Well, In October, 1918, It was at Morgan, N. J^ \ * ,ew •"lies from South Amboy. Maybe you remember how, in the last days of the World war, a. hunk of concentrated Hades broke loose down there and turned the whole neighborhood upside down for a week or more. I mean the time the big ( munitione works went up. The ex plosion that shook New York,'20 miles away. Jim Kekes was in that, right from the beginning. He was worklhg in the shell loading plant—had Just finished for the day and, with a couple of other fellows, was walking down the hill toward the highway, when sdddenly he was thrown to the grpjund by something that felt like a terrific blow in the back. _ * Explosion Knocks People Down Like Tenpins. The Impact was followed by a thunderous roar and then Jim noticed that the other two fellows had been thrown to the ground too. He knew, then, even before he looked up, that an explosion had occurred in one of the many fac tories of the plant Before them, smoke was pouring from a factory near the gats. More explosions followed the first—and while the ground rocked around them, all three men were seized with an Indescribable fear. The plant was built over a hugs area. Its several factories .being spaced hundreds of yards apart The whole yard was surrounded by a high wire fence and the only gate was the one toward which they were headed. But in order to reach that gate, they had to pass the burning factory ln^ which explosions were occurring at the rate of two a minute. . .. “Well, all became panic-stricken,” Jim sajrs. “We saw guards and over time workers coming out of the plants and running fbr their lives in every direction. “My two companions, fearing they would never get through the gate alive, began to run in another direction. Excited, Jim Runs Right Toward Death. “But in my excitement I didn’t notice them go and didn’t notice that in running toward the gate 1 was also running straight toward the fire. The gate A Hunk of Concentrated Hades Broke Loose. ’ , • - r was between two plants—from one of which the explosions were coming. 1 didn't notice where 1 was until 1 found myself right between these two factories.” In fact, Jims Kekes didn’t realize where he was until he was knocked down by an explosion that was almost on top of him. He found himself between those two factories Just at the moment when the second one caught fire from the first and began to add Its din to the turmoil. The ground between those two buildings was like a battle field. ThS flames had gotten Into a magazine and shells were flying In every direction—bursting all over the strip of ground on which hs lay. “1 lifted myself up,” Jim says, “trembling with fear, but determined to make the most of my chance—if there was a chance at all Chills were running up and down my spine. The cold sweat had me. I was weak from fright but 1 pulled myself together and, with all the strength In me, I started running for the gate. It seemed as If I was being shot at from all directions. Afraid to look around me, I just kept running and running.” Running Through a Rain of Exploding Shells. It was a Quarter of a mile to the gate and Jim sprinted the distance with his eyes half shut—expecting any minute to be struck and killed. Twice In that distance he was knocked down by explosions and each time he thought he had gotten the death blow at last But he picked himself up again and staggered on. It took him several minutee to reach the gats but at last hs was through it and out on- the highway. The rain of exploding shells was almost as bad thers as it had been Inside but here he had a chance to jump into some sort o^ a vehicle and get away. But there weren’t any vehicles there when Jim got to the highway. He started running down the road afoot. He had gone about a hundred yards when he heard something coming behind him and turning, saw a heavy truck Speeding In his direction. < Jim waved to the driver, but the driver paid no attention to him. He was In Just as much of a hurry to get out of the neighborhood as . Jim was. Then Jim stepped to the center of the road, determined to get aboard that truck if he had to jump onto the running board while It was going full speed. The truck-wee-nknosL oa. toajotJxlm when Jim leaped. Then—crash-Jlm missed his hold and landed sprawling in the road. He rode away In that truck but it cost him a busted leg to do It The driver stopped then, picked him up and carried him to a hospital. And It was pretty tough luck, Jim tlflnks, to get all the way through a quarter mile stretch of Hades, only to be taken over by a gasoline wagon. e—wmj Scnrle*. Bank Note for a Penny; Only One in Existence The £1,000 banknote is the highest denomination regularly Issued by the Bank of Eneland, but four with a face- value of £ff000,000 ‘were once struck, although none of them was ever cashed. One the bank retained, and It nmy be seen In its Interesting note lllTrary; another went to Samuel Rogers, the banker-poet, who put it in a gold frame; still another was given to Bar on N. M. Rothschild; and Uie fourth to George IV. But a much greater curiosity of the Bank of England's note library is a bank note for a penny, says Tit-Bits Magazine. As there is only one in ex istence, there is no telling to what heights Its sale value would soar were It to appear in the auction room, but it is very unlikely ever to see the light of day again. It was printed and Is sued by accident in 1828, got Into cir culation, and for many years was a source of annoyance to cashiers in mak ing up their accounts. It Is said that the bank, in despera tion, offered £5 for its return, but an other story says that its holder brought It to the bank and persuaded them to give five pounds for this scrap of pa per with the face-value of one penny. Inbroodiag Inbreeding Is not Invariably harm- fuL -Many breeds of cattle, horses, sheep and dogs, and several species plants and parasites, have been closely Inbred and have shown no signs of degeneration. One experi ment on albino rats, in which brothers and sisters were mated for 50 genera tions, actually Improved the stock, In creasing the average weight, fertility and life span of each Individual- Collier’s Weekly. / Washington! Digest 4k National Topics Interpreted Bv WILLIAM BRUCI<ART vVtMML mm Washington*—Through some months past, Oordell Hull secretary of state, bas been proceeding Canadian cautiously and quiet- Trad* Pad ly In the negotiation of trade agreements with foreign nations. His work has at tracted comparatively little public at tention although throughout the nego tiations individual economic Interests who stood to gain or lose depending upon their lines of business have made known their feelings quite emphatical ly. Six of these trade agreements, now called trade treaties, h^d been consum mated in this manner. When the sev enth agreement came along, however, the story was different. That was the treaty with our northern neighbor,.. Canada. It is Impossible here to set forth the list of commercial products encom passed in the new trade agreement with Canada. I doubt if most of the people of this country ever will know details of that treaty.- By the nature of things, few persons can be inter ested in all of the items. But, I do' not believe that it is the question of Individual Interest in the entire list that ought to concern us. Aside from tbe policy Involved in the negotiation and agreement on tariff concessions, the Importance of the Canadian treaty to the average individual lies In the one or two, or half a dozen at' most, Items that affect each one personally. I do not mean to say tbat the policy Involved is unimportant The contrary is decidedly true. From a political standpoint of course, it is general policy that will be debated; from an individual standpoint it will be the di rect effect that execution of that pol icy has on each of us that will deter mine our ultimate views and to that extent determine whether we will be for or against the general policy of re ducing tariffs enacted against certain kinds of imports. • • • - The new , agreement with Canada takes effect January 1—provided the Canadian parliament Had ratifies it No such Free Hand ratification Is neces- *• sary In this country. The treaty was negotiated by Mr. Hull and President Roosevelt under the au thority granted by congress in legisla tion passed a year ago which gave to the President the privilege of,working out trade treaties without further, congressional sanction. That MW re stricted the President In only one way, namely, the requirement that an In crease or reduction of tariff rates in cluded In those trade treaties may not exceed 50 per cent of tbe rate fixed in the present tariff laws. So It is seen that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hull had< virtually complete authority. It will operate for three years and, as far as I hare been able-4* discover, it will be affective after Canadian ratification an’d there will be nothing anybody can do about it, be it good or bad. In making public the agreement ne gotiated by Mr. Hull with Prime Min-. Ister MacKenzie King, the President asserted his belief that the agreement will Initiate or revive a flow of com merce back and forth across our northern frontier in a manner that will be most helpful He considered that tbe agreement would mean additional markets for some of our products and therefore additional work for some, of our unemployed. Tbe Canadian, prime minister was of the opinion that in this agreement a long step had been taken toward healing a breach that has existed between the two countries for 68 years. He was hopeful like President Roosevelt, that the Channels of trade again will be filled, perhaps not to the levels of tbe boom days of 1828 and 1929, but would again carry satisfactory volume. It will be recalled that our ship ments to Canada in 1930 amounted to about $900,000,000. The depression cut those Shipments to apprpximately $300,000,000 last year. So, if the pre dictions of tbe President and Mr. Mac Kenzie King are in any way fulfilled, a considerable traffic is due to begin Bpop ihe eperatigTi of thtsuevr treaty. Any discussion of the treaty, how ever, that failed to call attention to basic conditions, in my opinion, would be short of its goal. So, it'seems to me that while the President and the Canadian prime minister hold such high hope for trade revival, one ought not forget that trade will not flow if no market, no demand, exists for the goods. It may well be that by reducing the tariff duties that must be paid at the frontier on goods enumerated in the treaty that a reduction In prices will follow. It may then follow that the consequent reduction In prices will stir up a demand for the products. But that is not certain. • « • Now from the political standpoint, examination of the treaty must take n »• . s '» lnto consideration In- Pohttcal dividual Itema. And Standpoint ^ow those individual items affect commu nities and economic interests Iq this country. Already, we here in Wash ington have been deluged with the com plaints of certain communities against provisions of the treaty. Likewise, we have heard those provisions praised from other sections. Thus, from tbe political standpoint we see developing a fine old fight over the tariff. Tariff questions are and always have been sectional questions. Indus trial communities want to be protected against Inroads of foreign competition where labor is cheaper. Agriculture wants to be protected against Imports from bountiful producing lands In those countries where vast open spaces and high productivity exist at the mini mum of cost. Importers and consum ers of Imported products always have fought and always will fight to have low tariff rates so that the things they buy may enter this country at the low est possible price. With reference to the Canadian treaty, these same con ditions exlft. , Early outbursts Indicate that cattle raising communities and dairy produc ing sections are up in aims because the treaty reduced a tariff protection accorded against Imports of cattle and cattle products and the products of the dairy. Lumber Interests are upset It is true that the lumber market in the United States has been In the doldrums for several years and naturally the lumber people do not want to have Canadian shipments atyorh what little market they have. \ These are just q few qP the com-, plaints. They are offset partially St least by the praise and the hopes of some other phases of agriculture such as fruit and vegetable growers who feel that they can now market their products in Canada. Without even a careful analysis of the more than seven hundred items Involved In the treaty. It is to be seen that there will be pos sible markets available after January 1 to a number of agricultural lines and to some industrial interests. Yet It remains, as I said earlier, for the pas sage of time to disclose exactly wheth er the net result will be favorable to us commercially or whether the Cana dians have put over a fine bargain from their standpoint • • • All of the discussion about the Cana dian treaty, however, brings back memory. As a result Political of these recollec- Dynamite tions, I dug back the other day Into the congressional debates of 1911 when a Canadian reciprocity agreement was under consideration, backed by the late William Howard Taft After read ing those debates, particularly the ob servations of the late and distin guished Champ Clark of Missouri and Representative George Norris, now a senator from Nebraska, I could not fail to realize the political dynamite embodied In the new course of inter national trade relations adopted by President Roosevelt. It was the Cana dian reciprocity proposal that defeat ed Mr. Taft for re-election to the Pres idency. It was, Indeed, that controver sy that caused the organization of the Bull Moose party and that sent Mr. „Taft Into political oblivion. I am not predicting here that the same consequences are In store for President Roosevelt but It Is fair to recall, it seems to me, that the reci procity proposal of 1911 burned the fingers of every political leader who touched it The cases are not exactly comparable nor analogous. Mr. Roose velt has retained a number, of tariff duties which were swept aside In the proposed Taft recoprodty arrange ment He Is therefore fortified to that extent But you may be sure that those who sponsor the present Cana dian agreement are going to meet the same sort of fight that was made against the Taft proposal Then there Is in the current treaty circumstance another factor to be considered. It links back to the Champ Clark observations which were made on February 14, 1911. At that time, Mr. Clark was expressing the vlew that the reciprocity agreement constituted a step at least In the direction of uni versal peace. In the debate just men tioned, Mr. Norris asked Mr. Clark to elaborate on his' view concerning the value of the agreement as affThifru- ment of peace. “I wanted to ask the gentleman a question along the line of universal peace,” said Mr. Norris. “As I under stand it, the gentleman favors the bill for at least one reason—that it will have a tendency to bring Canada into the Union.” “Yes,” Mr. Clark replied. M hare no doubt about that I do not have any doubt whatever that day Is not far distant when Great Britain will joyfully see all of her North American possessions become a part of this re public. That is the way things are now tending.” "So, If the controversy over the pres ent Canadian tariff agreement becomes violent, I think it is fair to expect that again we will hear the question dis cussed whether the United States Is seeking to annqx> Canada—to make Canada part.amf parcel of the jolted, States. Of course, as far 4y anyone can see today, annexation of danida Is Inconceivable but the incldemt|B ro-_ lated here simply to shpjr.rSlDfV'-fir- reaching such controversies may be come • WtBtBrn Ntwapapw Union. "QUOTES" COMMENTS OH CURRENT TOPICS BY NATIONAL CHARACTERS -- Opinions enprssierf in ike pmgraph* below ere not tfctmrUy concurred in by ike •ditor e/ this newspaper. WAR’S MENACE Br VISCOUHT CBCIfc? T HE nations. In America no less than in Europe, are preparing for further wax. More money Is at the present time being spent for armies, navief and air forces than ever be fore In peacetime. Moreover, one great country,' In defiance of all treaty obligations, has launched a war of conquest against another. And yH the contest which finished In 1918 was a war to end war. > 7 We* are drifting toward another world catastrophe worse even than the last Can nothing be "done to prevent It? Certainly good Intentions and pious aspirations are not enough. No doubt the peace-loving nations will wish to remain at peace. But we found In 1914, and you found three years later, that In spite of our wishes we were driven Into war. What happened then.. may—nay, will—happen again unless we take 'adequate steps to prevent It. We Trust She Remained Her Los* PRESENT AMERICAN ECONOMY ■r SECT. HENRY A. WALLACE T HERE la as much need today for a Declaration of Independence as there was for a Declaration of Inde pendence In 1776. The typical New England farming community of the Eighteenth century was 95 per cent economically Inde pendent of the rest of the nation and the world. The rest of the colonies mlpht have suddenly disappeared, and the community con]|d continue to function. Of how many communities in America could that be said today? Merely to ask the question Is to an swer it And If farmers, with the help of government should today achieve even a 50 per cent economic self-sufficiency, as compared with their present 20 to 80 per cent the result would be the starvation of many millions in our cities. A change of this sort might be brought about slowly, but brought about rapidly It would prove a catastrophe. GREAT BRITAIN’S NAVY By DAVID LLOYD GEOBOB I HAVE gone Shrough the figures of the Admiralty and make this state ment: In effective fighting force of battleships, battle cruisers and cruisers we have a more powerful fleet even than the United States and far more than any other nation. In addition, our guns are Tar bigger than those of any Continental power. AMERICAN TRADITIONS SOUND By DR. HANS KOHN T HE philosophy of Fascism glori fies' the nation, \to which the In dividual is expected to sacrifice him self; therefore the gesture by Mus solini, to impress the Italian people with the great traditions end the splendor of their country’s conquests. I believe that the courage which is asked of youth lu s democracy,'the courage to think things out for them selves rather than to depend blindly on their leaders, Is a far greater courage than la asked of yonng peo ple going Into s war. It was the traditions of Germany, of Russia and of Italy—the tradition of obedience to a kaiser, a czar, a king, which made it possible to set np Fascism, Commnnlsm, Nazism. The traditions of the American people, on the other hand, the prin ciples of liberty, Justice and equality for all of which your ancestors fought in 1776, would prevent such a happening In America. Youth, think for yourselves, even though Affiert can Ideals have-never been complete ly realized. A woman, once a great beauty and tbe talk of two continents, has fallen on hard ttffiea. This antnmh, enable to replenish her wardrobe as she would have liked, she spent nearly all her tiny clothes budget on a very handsome pair of gloves, because according to her credo, gloves make the lady. The first time she wore them was at a luncheon party given by Baron Rothschild. Unfortunately, she lost one of them, and observed Its loss only after she had arrived home. That evening she received ■ telephone call from one of tbe guests at luncheon. “Yon lost one of yonr. gloves at luncheon today, dear M . . .“ bn said, “I ..picked It up aad pot K in my pocket .1 shell keep It as a token.*—June Pro vines, la Ohlcage Tribune. I’M SOLD It always works . *. Just do what hospitals do, and tba doctors insist on. Use a food liquid laxative, and aid Natnya^to restore docklike regularity without strain at ill effect A liquid can always be takan.lB luafly reduced doaaa. 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Thus Calotabs serve the double purpose of tive and diuretic, both of a purgat „ which are needed In the of colds. Calotabs are quite economical; only twenty-five cents for the family package, ten cento for the trial package. (AdvJ 41