The Holly chieftain., 1923-02-15

once again the wisdom Of passing the
ship subsidy bill. placing on the legs
lators the responsibility for continued
losses in the operation of government
vessels In the event of their failure to
act on the measure. In tone of des
pention he pleaded with congress TO
take definite action either for or
against the subsidy bill The managers
of the filibuster that lius prevented q
vote In the senate appeared unmoved
by the Presidents words.
4 CENATORS WADSWORTH, Borah,
Ashurst. LenroOt and others stroye
I in vain to staye In the "pork barrel" In
the army appropriation bilI-the allot.
ment of $66,00O.OOO for rivers and har.
bors. The budget bureau had recon-
mended the sum of S27.OOO.OOO and
there were various attempts, all in
vain. to have 1t cut down to this or
some other figure. Spencer. the new
senator from Missouri, was strong for
the pork" declaring that even the
s56.0O0.OOO was inadequate.
THE government is preparing for
1 participation In the Pan-American
conference that opens March 25 in
Santiago. Chile, and eight eminent gen.
tlemen have been named as our repre-
sentatlves. The government In re-
sponse to question from South
American nation, has declared against
broadening the scope Of the Pan-Amer-
lean union SO as to include any nation
or group Of nations not located within
the two American continents The in
timatlon was that the League Of Ma
tions might be willing to be represent
ed In the union. The administration
said 1t was desirous that there should
be cooperation between the Pan-Amer-
ican countries and the league or any
other agency that promised better In.
ternational understandings. but that
official representation of the league at
the Forthcoming conference did not ap-
pear to be In harmony with the pur.
poses for which the Pan-American
union was organized.
After two months of successful work
the Central American conference In
Washington came to an end last We'd
nesday. A treaty Of peace and amity.
, eleven conventions and three protocols
designed to bring about closer relations
, were signed.
little army of occupation"
, ~ from the Rhineland arrived safely
at Savannah and was given a bolster
, GUS welcome. Sixty-three of the boys
, brought with them German wivea,
while five of them had Belgian spousea
, and three proudly introduced French
wives.
THE house committee on immigra.
4 tion has approved bill revising
immigration quotas downward and In
Guiding provision which would pro-
hibit the immigration Of the japanese.
. The measure apparently will cut the
number Of aliens admissible In any one
year to 1s6.437, as against 35s,s37; but
. the number will be increased by the
operation of provisions designed to pre-
vent the division Of families.
The senate passed bill authorizing
admission into the United States Of
. Armenian refugees, with special pro.
vision for admitting up to $4,000 Ar
. menian orphans under sixteen years Of
age.
THE Ku Klux Klan must be chuc.
] I Killing in Its myriad throats over the
! troubles that beset Tolerance, the
Chicago organ OF the association or
ganized to combat the Klan. The pub.
, fishers and editors of the paper are
fighting among themselves. and now
several more or less prominent Chica-
! goans have sued the publication for
, large sums for alleged libel because
they were stated to be members Of the
Kian or applicants for membership.
TWO serious mine disasters oc.
L Cured on Thursday. At Dawson,
/ n. NJ, an explosion entombed 100 min.
ers, and 1t was feared nearly all Of
! them would perish. A blast In the
! Cumberland mine on Vancouver is
land, B. G., killed 1s men and injured
: as many more. In both cases the &C.
/ tual cause of the explosion was un.
! known.
NNE of Americas leading astrono.
J " mers, Edward f. Barnard Of the
University Of Chicago and the Yerkes
! observatory. died last week at VII.
liams Bay, Wis. His discovery Of the
! fifth satellite of Jupiter In 1892 brought
5 him International fame and recognition