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PARENTS AS EDUCATORS 1 "The Child's First School is the Family"?Froebel. Issued by the National Kindergarten Association. 8 West ^uth Street, ~]New York City. These articles are appearing weekly in our columns. Nature for Children -r-? ? By Edith M. Patch, Entomologist. University of Elaine. Author cf "A Little Gateway to Science." ! startling .' Mystery and Surprise. A tied package or a locked room ?or a shut drawer has an attraction for a child because it contains ".something unknown and stimulat ing to his curiosity. Any mystery fascinates him. and most of all the my-teries;Vf life i'cself. Fortunately j thought you'd be lonesome." he is surrounded by miracles that j Kcsponsibifcy. he can watch, for life is everywhere The interest in one life, intimate ?bundant. The mystery of a plant. J *>' watched, naturally reaches out with roots and leaves .and blossoms Ito other live things not so near illumination now and then, as was illustrated by the small boy who took his treasures to a dearly loved neighbor whose husband. had . recently died. "Aunty." he said earnestly. "I've brought you my tadpoles 'cause I sealed within a tidy box called ? seed or folded in a tightly wrapped brown parcel called a bulb; or the secret that the cocoon holds, from the remarkable creature that spun itself inside to the creature, won _.derfully transformed, that will make its way out; or the egg un^ The bird in the-bush, the whistling way of some wing in the air. the hoppy tracks: of a rabbit in the snow, the friendly squirrel In the j park.?become matters for sympa- j thetic attention.?a feeling that, if ? rightly guided, develops into a ; proper sense of .responsibility for <Ter the patient breast of old biddy. I decent treatment of bird and beast: from which the new biddy breaks j and blossom doomed to dwell with j :ts way into a larger world than the I us <>n this ^h and in "'^d cf! locked" shell, are matters such as} protection against the. ruthless; the questioning-mind, can pry into I hand of man. With no harm to "its own healthy j ; Free Instruction", growth. To see a life developing is In this school, enriching the' an experiencestimulating to khowl- J pleasure of the child and making; edge and imagination ilike. and! him a broader-minded: denizen of; is easily within reach of any child, tth" world, tuition is free to all. for; Fora country, child, can gather j the teacher. Mother Nature, seeds from the fields and sow the?,} charges no fees ami her lessons j or transplant bulbs to a wild-Cow-J may be read-by any child, young or! er garden of his own: while a city:old, who watches well. child can discover the curious hab- j-? its of a sprouting bean or find out! "M^ who helps a child helps hu- i what beautiful green -tnernber of j inanity with a distinctness, with an j .the lily family is hidden within an ? immediateness. which no other I orion bulb, joy to- be. had with a j help given tor human " creatures in1 "^ctrden no bigger than, a handful of {any other stage of their human life | dirt in a vegetable can. jean possibly give "again."?Phillips i Interest and Companionship. * ! Brooks. The faithful care of a pet.; if a kindergarten has not been' whether it be a plant ">T: was once j provided for. the-children of your: ?a seed, a caterpillar *.;tat will one I rominunty-. you will be doing-them j .. day, be a butter flyv.or a chicken j a great service by writing to the ! that loses its fluffy.; down and ; National Kindergarten Association. ! sprouts funny feathers tha. look ! v West 19th Street. New York City, i ; Jike.ltiny. paint-brushes, will awaken ; fur information and advice as to! - .-a*--interest in the thing watched \ how one may be secured: and tended, which will grow into aj ? ? : sense of companionship in its pres- j A little boy was telling his boy] "eVfee. Many an otherw ise lonely j chums that he worked at a black- i hour is eased in some simple way. I smith's. If we grown-ups are prone to over-i "But you're not big enough to j -?look the importance of such a po>- j shoe horses." said one of his chums, j session, .the child's own estimation! "No." he replied, "I shoe flies." ] of its value comes home to us with! ?Exchange. Zedeler Symphonic Quintet on gram ; The. Zedeler Symphonic Quintet, which will appear at the coming Redpath fibaaifauona, will be under the leadership of Nicolai Zedeler, distinguished cell ist, formerly with the symphony orchestras of Stockholm, Sweden, and of New York City. Mr. Zedeler organized the quintet more than twelve years ago with a firm belief in the discriminating appreciation of the American public for the music of the masters. With two violins, a cello, piano, and a reed organ which fills the place occupied by the wind instruments in a larger orchestra, the organiza tion has popularized the classics and has established itself as a high grade five piece-orchestra that approaches actual symphonic proportions in its musician ship. Miss Booth, organist, is also a coloratura soprano and renders a number of jtocal solos of great charm. RUSSIA, SIBERIA, POLAND CHAUTAUQUA LECTURE SUBJECT Ley i> A. ?"vpvjs at ihr- entaing Ked patb C?au'.ayqaa v.ill present a slg nifi -nt. ii;f? rwative address. "U:vb?r the Paws of ti e Rnssls-n .Bear," teJimg vivi'jtv of Russia, Polnn'd. and Siberia in relation to the problems of Amer ica. In Mr. Convis was assigned as a civilian worker to the Polish Legmen of Siberia. He remained with the Legion through varying fortunes and vicissitudes until Its final instruc tion, when only S70 men survived out of 16,000. Mr. Convis was peculiarly fitted to serve among Slavic i>eoples. For more thar;a decade he had been a close student of Poland and Russia and had had intimate '?ontaet with Polish ami Russian peasants and upper classes both in America and Europe. His years of study have inn de him thoroughly at home in the field of Russian and Polish literature, art and music; and his interpretations of the soul of the Slavic race?? are vital, in forming and challenging. Mr. Convis was in Warsaw during the siege of that'city by the Bolshetiki and witnessed the magnificent detVns? LEWIS A. CONVIS which the Polish people made of tl eir capital <?;!}?. GOMPERS AT TACKS COURT! _i I Scores Chief Justice for Re cent Decision?Says Labor Will Continue to Elect Friends and Defeat Enemies Xpw Haven. Conn.. April 16.? i Samuel Gornpers, president of the American Federation <?r Labor launched a vigorous attack against ; the "interests opposed to organized ! labor" in an address at an open forum session of the Connecticut i Federation of Labor here today. j Mr. Gornpers scored Chief Justice ? Taft when he refrred to a "recent ? decision of the United States Su- | Vereine court." He said the decision j "practically annulled the Clayton \ Act.*' He said the courts which j have boon issuing injunctions i against labor organizations are I "courts of iniquity" instead of, courts of equity. He declared that i organized labor is "asking for mot e j and would continue to ask for j more.*' He recommended that or- j ganized labor strive for modification of the Volstead law instead of try- i ing to repeal the eighteenth amend ment. He described the congres- j sional farm bloc, as a "financial I "bloc." The railroad brotherhoods, which i are not affiliated with the Ameri - i can Federation of Labor, had dele- j gales present, who asked about the policy of the A. F. of L. relative to the recently organized Non-Par- I tisan party; being fathered by the | railroad brotherhoods. Mr. Goni- j pers answered that the A. F. of L. ! "would follow the policy laid down : by our conventions of electing our j friends and defeating our enemies." and would have no part in any ! party campaign. The chamber of commerce and i especially the United Stales Cham- j ber of Commerce, were scored by j Mr. Gornpers for an alleged attack upon the workers of the country "in \ an effort to destroy organized la bor." On the bonus .?.??. tion Mr. Gom- i pers said that "the A. F. of L. be- | lieyes that thc men who offered their lives, gave up their jobs to do { so and are now out of work should \ be compensated'. To do so would put them in funds whereby they j could get a new start, business would be revived, an enormous amount of money be put into cir culation, and honest business thus would benefit while the public at j large would be affected financially ; to virtually a small degree, jf Con-j gross should pass a suitable bonus j measure. "Organized labor is not going to j supinely submit to an industrial i auU'crocy in America." Mr Com- I pers said. "It must get right down : to the ground in political tif \ go | into the primaries right away, tee i that men friendly to labor are nom- j mated and elected, and go the limit i to defeat those who have shown j their antagonism. "Organized labor had a lirge ] art in the election of Woodrow Wilson to the presidency. During his ad ministration many laws beneficial to everyone who toils were passed. This was not due to any "pull" but solely because Mr. Wilson had a real insight into the needs of ?he people. Labor asked no ??riv:!?ges and asks none now, but Jt will not stand for being driven back to \ serfdom." WOULD ADJUST ! ATTITUDE TO WARD RUSSIA _ i Premier Facta at Genoa Con ference Summons Heads of Powers Genoa. April 17.?Premier Facta, [ president of the economic confer ence, issued a sudden summons for ? a conference at ? O'clock of the heads of the powers now here to I adjust thc attitude of the allies to ward the Russian question. The] Japanese were included in thc in- j vitution; LONDON ARENA ENGAGED FOR BIG BOUT Syndicate Hopes to Stage Deropsey in Two Fights While in England London. April 17.?The Crystal: Palace Arena, with a seating ta- i pacily of a hundred thousand has ; been engaged by a syndicate which hopes to stage two bouts during! Jack Dempsey's stay in England. Realistic Diamonds or Chips and Dust. New York. April 17.? A pro cess of creating diamonds by fus- 1 ing a mass of diamond dust and j chips into large artificial stones that j only an expert can distinguish from , the natural gem. is the recent dis covery of a German chemist nam-j ed Van Doltom described in May; Popular Science Monthly. The chips and diamond dust, formerly used only to polish other: gems, are put in a little carbon crucible and mixed with a chemical i or a combination of chemicals that ; release mercury vapors when heat-' ed. This crucible is heated in an j electric furnace, where it remains for weeks and sometimes for months. During ?Iiis time the | mercury percolates through the diamond dust and is said :?? c< meat i!i<- particles together. No street is wide enough I'm -i woman learning to drive. College graduates will I" out soon a rid the u orld w ill !>?? ??a v.-ij. Civilization is hard to save be cause it is so scarce. The bootleggers do their bit in the national dry-cleaning move ment by furnishing the l?eiiziiie .i h,d ' he gasoline. SAYS D AUGHERTY BLOCKED INQUIRY Former Investigator For De partment of Justice Makes Charge in Lincoln Motor Case Washington. April 12.?Charges that the government's cases for recovery on aircraft contracts from the Lincoln Motor company ami the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corpo ration were withdrawn from Unit ed States attorneys "because of the influence exerted by persons out side the department of justice" were made today by II. L. Scaife. n former investigator in the de partment, who recently resigned, because, he said, proper action was not being taken io follow up the evidence uncovered. Scaife. formerly a major in the ari service, issued his statement in reply to Attorney General Oaugh erty's announcement in Columbus last nigh! that he had rebuked Scaife for prematurely giving out information regarding the Lincoln Motor company. Scaife declared Mr. Daugherty never discussed the Lincoln case with him. but charged that Senators Townsend and New berry, of Michigan, had. been in strumental in influencing the At torney General to withdraw the Lincoln case from the United States attorney at Detroit, after Assist ant Attorney General Crim had re fused to do so. The report of the auditors on the Lincoln case. Scaife declared, showed over-payments of mure than $9.000,000 and in the case of the Wright company over-pay ments of more than $5,OO0.0W). Of all the aircraft contract cases in vestigated Scaife declared only 4he Lincoln and Martin cases had been presented to United'States a.lor neys with instruction to proceed and they later were withdrawn. Scaife's charges in detail were read into the Congressional Record Tuesday by Representative Wood ruff. Of Michigan. In taking issue with Attorney General Daugherty's comment to day, Scaife's statement declared: 'The trouble with these investi gations is that they are stopped. There is a big blast of the trum pet and the chase is announced. Small animals have a very hard time, but when the real quarry is jumped the Attorney General be comes weary. When we return from the hunt the hares arc chas ing the hounds." "In An Orderly Way." Washington, April J:j. ? Too government will "proceed in an or derly way to hie and press the payment of" the claim of the war department against the Lincoln motors company of Detroit for ap proximately $9,118,000 on aviation contracts. Attorney General Daugh erty announced Jate today after a meeting with private creditors -of the defunct concern whose cJuimt-j also amount to approximately $'J. ooo. yoo. Granite Industry to be Readjusted. Denver. Colo.. April 10?Virtually the entire granite industry of the United States has declared for the open shop, with a reduction in wages from $8 and $!? to $0 a day. according to II. C. Hefner, of Den ver, president of the Memorial Craftsmen of America, a national association of monument dealers. "An era of prosperity will smile upon the builders of memorials now that the buying public is assured of a substantial cut in prices as a royult of a decided decrease in '.he wages of all workmen employed in the production of memorials.'* said Mr. Hefner. "The drastic restric tions upon the operation of cuttiug and polishing machines likewise have been removed. This removal will so greatly increase production that prices will drop to the lowest possible level. Formerly the unions allowed ;i very limited number of apprentices, which was also detri mental to the trade. "The Memorial Craftsmen of America have for some time made a determined tight for the open shop principle, to obtain justice for the buying public. The f'ghi has been made largely from the standpoint of patriotism in industries. ??\Ve arc now mi a basis from which to make a new start, and we will build upon a foundation of equity and justice to all which gives ? very man :i chance to work and do his best. We have adopted the American plan of equality, which puts individual rights on a. pedes tal and will defend them against all attacks not sanctioned by the law and the golden rule." Bridled Vibrations Bun Strange Motor. New York. April 17.?Harness ing ;i pulley with *a web belt at tached to a small, rapidly vibrat ing bar of iron. Leslie R. MacDon ald. of Montreal. Canada, claims to have devised a new and remark able efficient source of. power?a motor without armature commu tator, or brushes, and with no ro tating parts except for the whirl ing drive pulley ?ctuated by the vibrating bar. "The pu\\\.*r ot harmonic vibra tions, which is the active principle on which the new motor ks based, has been recognized for Hges." says Popular Science Monthly for May. discussing the invention. "According to the Uiblical a ? count, the shouts of the multitude of Israelites under Joshua. m?rg hng with the blast ot trumpets brought down the walls of Jericho. "The pi rfected design include ; elements for maintaining free vi brations electrically, and ;> flexible member so ten'sioned as to allow harmonic waves to be reproduced in it in such u manner tu?; ihey perform ust-fiil work l>y turning a pulley." Tlianks io Land is. the .ur?;ii god ftuth has leai'ued thai Io* i n<<i ;it i ? i .< 11. omnipotent. \?i use arguing about the spell ing. The shortage of tvluskej has rr-'-le p whisk-.. FARM BANK FOR COLUMBIA, 3. C. - New Institution Will Lcndi Money on Agricultural Lands in the Two Carolinas Washington. April 1."?.?A3bury, F. Lever anouneed Iiis resignation j from the farm hem board, effect ive next week, to accept the presi dency of the First Carolinas' Joint Stock Land Bank, at Columbia. S. C.. which will be chartered under the Federal Farm Loan Act to op erate in the two Carolinas. The new bank will be the first of its kind chartered in the Caro linas and tin- initial capital stock of tio- institution $250.000 against whiHi it is permitted to issue farm loan bonds, the proceeds from which will be used to lend money on agricultural lands in those two States. Mr. Lever has been a member of ih?> beard since August. 1^F?. when he resigned as a member of tb<? House front South Carolina to ac cept the membership. Associated with Mr. Lever in the new enterprise. Mr. Lever said, are Angus W. McLean. North Carolina.! of tie- War Finance Corporation: J. Pope Matthews, president of the Palmetto National Bank. Columbia. S. C: W. B. Drake, president of the Merchants" National Pan. and the I Raleigh Banking and Trust Com-! pany. of Raleigh. N. C. "I am happy." Mr. Lever said.: "to be placed in charge of an insti tution which can be of such great service t<> the agriculture of my na- ! live and sister State. I am glad lot be relieved of the worries nf pub lie life. I etu happy t<> get back j among my own people. This propo sition has been under consideration for some time and I have fell in justice to my family, that I must forego any personal ambitions I* may have entertained in the en- j deavor Lo provide for its support | and comfort. "Naturally r am leaving the farm! loan board with a great many re grets. My relationship with my col-! leagues and with the personnel of thc bureau has been most pleasant. The system is running more smoothly since T have been con nected with it and the month o* March is the banner month in the j volume of loans closed for any j month during the life of the system. ? 1 am leaving only because of my realization of the fact that my highest obligation is my family." Mr. Lever was appointed to thc : farm loan board in August, 1919,! by President Wilson, his term of of fice expiring August I. 1924. He was formerly a member of Con gress from South Carolin.i. The resignation of Mr. Lever from the farm loan board leaves] a vacancy to be filled by President! Harding from within the Demo-j craHc party. The farm loan act re- ' M'tires that no more than two of i the four appointive members of; the board shall be of the same po-I Iitica! party, the Secretary of the j Treasury being an ex-officio mem- ! ber. The remaining members are! Charles E. Lobdell, of Kansas, and i W. S. A. Smith, of Iowa, both Re- | publicans and W. H. Joyce, of Cali fornia, a Democrat. N. C. Postmasters Visit Washington; Washington. April 17. ? B. C. i Sharp, of Greensboro, and O. R. j York, acting postmaster at High! Point discussed todav pest office I matters in North Carolina with First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Bartlett. Trial of Governor Small Held Up! j Waukcga. 111.. April 17.?The| trial of Gov. Lcn Small has been: temporarily post poned. Coal Strike De creasing Work Plttsubrgb. April 17?Some five hundred miners and coke workers' were added t<> idlemcn in Fayette j Countj region due to coal strike. One important plant has been clos-i Dublin Quiet On Easter Monday London. April 17.?Easter Mon day was looked forward to with, little trepidation by citizens of Dublin. The newspaper reports in dicated nothing to justify the as sumption that the day would bring! about a recurrence of the L'Jl-ii re-j hellion. ? ? ? ..? McCormick Con tinues to Improve New VoiU. April 17.--.lohn M< - Cormick, the tenor, who is ill with serious throat a fl eet hoi. continued I to improve otday, Iiis physician an-| nounccd. There may be limit to tin- radio! range, but not to the radio rage. ! ones is m- infant republic, but weaning us from the bottle iv nev ertheless ;? tedious and costly pro-! eesv. ? Pottsville Journal. -? ? ? In Wisconsin they arrested a 13 year-old bootieggor. They should' pass ;i law against minors bootleg-1 u ing. Peace i-- ;i Mali- of mind??of mind your own business'.- Walt Street Journal. --9 ? ? What, if anvthing. has become i oi the Ku Klux Klan.' -? ? Iceland is going wel again. Are tic .-spediiions are in eitler. i TOBACCO MEN HEAD DIVISIONS Growers* Cooperative Associa tion Creating Business Organization Raleigh. X. C. April 15?Carry ing out its avowed intention of ob taining tin- serviees ot' leaders in the tobacco trade 111 * * Tobacco Growers' Cooperative association announced today from Raleigh headquartcrs the appointment of! five more we]i Known tobacco men to its I * i C and warehousing divis ions. W. M. Fallon for is veara branch manager for the imperial Tobacco company at Durham. X. C.. joins thej leaf department of the Growers' as-I sociation. C. (?. Nixon of Mullins. j S. C.. who is w<-|| know n to the I tobacco trade, has become manager of warehouses for South Carolina.! J. S. Neal and John Dixon, promi nent warehousemen of Mullins.' ha,ve transferred their warehouses j and wi'l aid the association in the, warehousing and leaf departments,, respectively, the appointment of P.: E. chambers of Blackstone, V'a.. as manager of warehouses for the5 dark belt assures the northern ter ritory of the marketing association strong leadership according to T. C. Watkins. Jr.. manager of ware-j houses for the association, hundreds' of contracts reaching Raleigh headquarters of the association this week from new members in North Carolina give assurance that the association will increase its pres ent majority to a very high percen- , tage of the tobacco and growers' in North Carolina as well as in Vir ginia and South Carolina. CONTRACTS TO BE AWARDED Highway Commission Has Several Bids to Be Opened Columbia, April 17?Ten road and bridge- projects are to be let to contract by the state highway commission within the next, few weeks. Bids are now being asked by the department for the work. May 3 the commission will open bids for the construction of the tim ber trestle approaches to the Wat ercc river bridge at Garner's Fer ry, i May ?! bids will be opened for the ; building of G.GD miles of road in Marlboro county on the Bennetts ville-Cheraw highway. May ? a contract will be let for I tin- construction of the bridges on \ the Columbia?Charleston highway in Lexington county. The work will include one bridge of four 22 feet spans, two double ten by eight reinforced concrete box culverts and one triple ten by eight reinforced concrete box culvert. May S bids will be opened for the building of 12.43 miles of the Charleston-Augusta highway in Bamberg county. May 9 contracts will be l(*t for tli** building of 14.65 miles of the Orangeburg-Neeses road and the bridges thereon in Orangeburg county. Bids are also to be opened on May 0 for the building of 2.51 miles of the Nowberry-Greenwood road in Newberry county. May i 1 a contract will be award ed for the c.oiKtructon of 6.36 miles of the Moncks Corner-Kingstree highway in Berkeley county. May 12 bids will be opened for the building ,of 9.65 miles of the Barnwell-Aikcn road in Barnwell county. Also on May 12 bids are to be j opened for the construction of 5.30 miles of the Barnw-ell-Aiken road in Barnwell county. May 18 bids are to be opened for the construction of 13.3 miles of the MeCormick Abbeville highway j in MeCormick county. ? ??*>???? Fire Destroys Government Buildings Norfolk. April IT.?Twelve gov ernment buildings on Fisherman's i Island. Chesapeake Bay. were de stroyed by fire it is reported here today. The damage is approxi mately one hundred thousand. WHEAT TAKES ANOTHER JUMP Chicago Market Opens Quar ter to One-Half Cent Higher Today Chicago. April 17.?The wheat market opem-d one-quarter to one-half cent higher today at $1.4:2 to $1.43 1 -for May delivery, after the extra-ordinary jump of nine ? ?cuts a bushel Saturday. Suspect: Any unfortunate citi zen to whom the police can give tie- third degree, when they are baffled. Wuinen can biame Eve foi nx>;.t of i lo-ir faults, but Eve never bor rowed a neighbor's vacuum clean er. The reason why these arc the piping times of peace is because we arc paying the piper.?Dallas News. Perhaps California earthquakes are dee ;?> too many shimmies be ing shook :<t the same time. i America's ship won't com?' in un 'il her ships begin to z<< out.?Wi chita Kalis Record. The main trouble with ;.i reformer i.. he often becomes ;i deformer. ? a >ut of ten Americans, eight enf their tish with meat knives.* rinds a society winter Wrong, eight use their lingers When it comes to exc lusion, why docs California stop at the Japs''? Wall Street Journal. DISPOSITION OF GERMAN COLONIES Suggestion Made That Afri can Colonies be Turned Over to United States Berlin, April 16 (By the Asso ciated Press).? "Could the United States dispose of her surplus col ored population by distributing it among the former German colonies in Africa under some agreement with the present European man datories'.'" This question arose today in the course of a conversation wi*h \)r. Heinrich Schnee, former governor of German East Africa, in ?mnec tion with a special dispatc.a from Washington published in Berlin attributed to United States Senator France. a suggestion that the allied debts to the United States could be redeemed by the transfer of tin former German colonies in Africa now controlled by Great Britain. France and Belgium, to the United Slates. Senator France is reported to have declared that such a transfer would need as a complement a joint international V>Jan 1<J1* re const ruct ive development. "Assuming that the 5:<mator means the transfer of the man datory powers and not annexation, the scheme would seem both feas ible and desirable provided United States control would mean a con tinuation of her open door pol icy, admitting the cooperation of all nation::." said Dr. Schnee. "This." he added, "would be ex actly opposite to the present, re gime, which excludes all but the nationals of the occupying pow ers." We still hope that our col onies, now held in trust by the en tente powers, some time will be re stored to us. "Doubtless the German-African colonies would ye able to support thrice the present native popula tion. Indeed there is room there for 30.000,000 colored people now and there will be more room as development progresses. German Fast Africa, southwest Africa, ^o goland and the Cameroons aggre gate an area of more than a mil lion square miles, rich in natural wealth and abounding in the raw materials the world sorely needs. Moreover, most of them have /.ones suitable for white settlers: but their tropical coast line re gions are entirely suitable for col onization by millions of colored people. "The largest zone. East Africa, consists of 383.000 square miles, about the size of Alabama Geor gia, the two Carolinas. Florida. Virginia. Mississippi and Louisiana combined and has a population of less than 8.000,000. Next is South Africa, with 32.0C00 square miles and about 90.000 population while the Cameroons has 80ft.000 square miles and a population of 2,300,000. "As a colonizing power, I have the greatest regard for the United States, f was able to observe American methods while governor of Samoa. Their sanitary achieve ments ia Panama deserve the high est praise. "As regard's the attempt to col onize Africa with the surplus American colored population, this in a long way would settle the vex ed problem and under a plan such as Senator France has outlined might enable France and Great; Britain to discharge their debts to' the United States and simultaneous-1 ty ease the burden of German! reparations which is paralyzing economic life. "But this subject, however inter esting in the perspective it appears, presents enormous diffieulties. Re member the failure in colonizing Liberia." ASSASSINS IN IRELAND Attempt to Kill Michael Col lins Made This Morning Dublin. April 17.?An attempt on the life of Michael Collins, head of the provisional free state govern-* ment. was made this morning, simultaneously with the- assault on the beggar's bush headquarters of the Irish Republican army, says an official army statement. One at tacker was captured with a revolv er and live bombs in his possession. NEW RUSSO- I GERMAN TREATY Full Diplomatic Relations On Basis of Equality Re established Genoa. April 17.? A treaty be tween Russia and Germany has been signed at Rapallo nullifying the Brest-Litovsk treaty and re establishing full diplomatic rela tions on an equality basis. Foreign Ambassa dors Not to Testify Washington. April 17.?Tim state department is preparing to call the attention of the senate labor com mittee die usual diplomatic im munity of foreign ambassadors in connection with the committees sujbponeaed of Poris H. Bjikhmcteff. the best accredited Kassian ambas sador to testify in tie- investigation Mr. Muddh?Where did you get Ihese cigars? ' Mr. ClaffUn?A friend of miu. j sent them from Cuba. Mr. Muddle? You ? friend cer tainly knows the rope down there. Little Boy?Mothejr. are there any men angels in Heaven? Mother?Why certainly, dear. Lit:!.- boy- -But mother. 1 never saw any pictures of angels with whiskers. Mother ?No. dear, the men nil get in with a close shave.- Ex change. SOVIET READY TO TALK DIS ARMAMENT, Bring Up Matter at Financial Meeting?Germany is Heard From Genoa, April . 1?.?The financial commission met in the afternoon. Sir Robert Stevenson Horne pre siding, and? {formed three subebm mission*?: the [first on currency, the second on credits and the third on., exchange! ?l'Each-" commission in-' eludes re*present atives of the five inviting powders and of Germany and Russia ?tnd! also five represent atives of the smaller countries. On mot ion'; Vir' Robert Stevenson Horne. 'a 'special' consultative com-, mittee of eminent experts now in Genoa was appointed to help the three subeommissions. Sir Basil Blackctt. controller of finance of the British treasury*, was nrrned* as president of this advisory group When Chairman Horne asked the Germans and Russians to intro duce their suggestions for amend ments to the London experts' re port. Dr. Andrea.-; Hermes, the Ger man finance minister, impressed the impossibility of Germany bal- . ancing her budget, burdened as she was with foreign debts. He did not wish to appear controversial, but merely desired to state a fact. . Russia's suggestions presented by M. Rokovsky proved a rather dramatic feature of the session. He again raised the question of dis armament, insisting that all at tempts to establish needed equilib rium of national budgets were fu tile until all countries gradually disarmed. The chairman rejoined that ev- * ervbody was entitled to mertfcon the causes of his government's budget difficulties. He might for his part mention the burdens of" debt owed to England, on which no interest was paid. Sooner or later, declared 51. Ra kovesky. the world must consider disarmament. Then at the chair man's request, he withdrew his dis armament amendment, after which he took up the gold standard. Although all the sessions of the. commission are secret, it is learned that M. Rakovsky proposed a monetary convention to terminate the increase in the price of gold and decrease in the value of paper money. He criticied what he termed the capitalistic vr- >.e and suggested many ways of reforming it. FAMOUS TOKIO \ HOTEL BURNS Staff of the Prince of Wales Suffer Losses Tokio. April 16.?Fire today de ; stroyed the older portion of the ! famous Imperial Hotel and dam aged the temporary annex to the I hotel. One person is known to* have been killed. Three hundred persons, mostly members of the suaff of the Pr'7*e* j of Wales and visitors who came to : Tokio from various parts of Japan j in connection with visit of the prince, were rendered homeless. Their effects were partly destroy ed. When the fire broke out thi3 afternoon, the Prince of Wales was ' just entering the Shinjuju gardens, j three miles from Tokio, accompa j nied by the regent, the empress and ; some 3.00U invited guests for a garden party. Consequently he knew nothing of the fire until hiv return to the city. TRAIN GOES INTO WASHOUT Big Four Engineer and Fire man Seriously Injured Peoria. III.. April 17.?The big four passenger train, westbound, ran into a washout near Foster. End., today. The engineer and fireman were seriously injued in the smash following the derailment of the train. Philippine Government Will Zcou oniise Manila. P. I.. March 15?Only a few pensionados will be sent to the United Slates this year, accord ing to Secretary Kalaw of the de partment of the interior, on account of the financial condition of the Philippine government at present. It is said that only in those cases where there is special need to train a Filipino for any given branch of work, and when there is no capable Filipino instructor available, will pensionados be sent to the United States or elsewhere during this year. The sum of S-.'O.OUO was appro-' priated this year for the mainte nance of additional pensionados in America; but owing to the financial embarrassment of the govern" ent no further expenditures wih be made until the finances have been readjusted. According to Secretary Kalaw there is 'great need for a Filipino to tak?w 'clraYge of the Constabu lary'band which is now directed by. Major Robert Loving, an American negro, but there is no Filipino cap able'of tilling this position at pres ent."in the opinion of the secretary, tie said it was the intention of the government to send a member of the b?<nd, to the United States in the near future to specialize in band organization and conducting. Little Willie had been hearing his father, boast to his friends of his iiew fvar and its ability to take the styepest hills. At the Sunday supper' t;/6le he suddenly astonish ed his parents by demanding: "'Pa. does tin- Lord Almighty own a Nash six. too'.'*' "Great Scott, no. son. Whatever put that into your head'.'" "Well at Sundhy school we had a hymn that went. "If { love Him when I die He will take me home ?me high.*1?Trumbull Cheer.