Evening star., 1925-03-22
Current News Events
Summary of Important National, Foreign and
Local Affairs Specially Arranged for the
Convenience of Students.
History.

President Coolidge's award as ar
hitrator of the Tacna- africa dispute
meets some rough going. Approved
in Chile, where IL is hailed as q VIC
tory. evidences multiply concerning
It's unpopularity in Peru. News dis
patches. which have reached Wash
ington through other countries be-
cause of Peru's system of censorship.
state that the American embassy In
Lima was under heavy guard follow
ing publ cation of the award, and
that the crowds which gathered In
front of the building to hoot their
dsaproval went so far as to tear
down the American Coat-of-arms
Rumors are current to the effect that
the Peruvian Ambassador to the
United States. Herman Velarde, may
resigned. His retirement has been
the decision.
DR.. Cosme de la Torriente. Cuban
Ambassador to the United states, has
resignued His retirement has been
expected for some time, it was stated,
and he only awaited the ratlncatlon
of the Isle of Pines treaty.
The Cuban Senate. accepting unani-
mously the amendments in the treaty
made by the United States Senate, ar
ranged a celebration of the event and
adopted resolutions felicitatins the
American Senate on its action.
One of the closing acts OF the
League of Nations Council which
concluded its sessions at Geneva last
week, was to throw open to all
states which are not members OF the
league or who were not represented
AZ its conferences the convention, or
Snt n control
of opium, which was adopted by the
council recently.
The French Chamber of Deputies
has apparently decided to shelve the
question of woman suffrage for an
other year, ignoring the question
when il came up in the regular order
of business last week. an action
which NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. claim to be
in effect shelving IL. The program
before the chamber is SO heavy this
year that IL would be impossible for
the body to dispose OF the question
of woman suffrage in time for senate
action before the close of Parliament.
A tree-for-an fight broke out in the
French Chamber of Deputies Friday
after Premier Herriot had concluded
Catholics Deputies rushed TO the
open space beneath the rostrum and
miIled about while sergeants- at arms
formed a flying wedge and tried to
break them apart. The chamber was
finally adjourned, and upon assem-
bling again passed a vote of confl-
dence in the premier. The part OF his
speech TO which his opponents took
exception was when the premier de-
clared, we accept and welcome Chris
tianity in its pure forms, but not the
Christianity of bankers"
An interesting and somewhat pub
cling outcome of the fight which has
been waged for months between fac
tions in the local division OF the
Daughters of the Confederacy de-
yeloped last week when the executive
chapter of the national organization
took action which virtually expels the
District division from the national or
The District division,
which has been split because of the
inability of chapters to agree on the
selection of divisional president,
probably will take steps to secure it's
A devastating storm, or "twister,"
followed by fire, took a terrific toll in
life and property from 35 towns and
cities in the Ohio Valley, Wednesday
and takes its place as one
of the great catastrophes in the Ma
tons history.
Starting from Annapolis. Mo, the
tornado swept northeastwardly, and
after striking two other towns on the
Missouri side of the Mississippi River,
Jumped into Illinois, divided near
the Indiana line and spent its force
in northern Kentucky and southern
Indiana. Another line moved south
eastward from Annapolis through
Cape Girardeau, Mo, and struck
isolated portions of northern central
X kentucky and Tennessee. The force
of the wind was terrific, some of the
bodies being hurled mile, while
timber was blown Is miles.
While bodies still are being re.
the death list has been placed
at S22. and the injured over 5000:
of dollars.
Twenty thousand were rendered
h homeless, thousands injured and many
killed in a great fire which swept
Toxic, destroying 5000
Wednesday. The area swept
by the fire was being rebuilt after
the damage suffered from the recent
The area consisted large
ly of fiimsy, wooden structures.
On the same day reports were re-
ceived from Trujillo, Peru's third city
in Importance and size, stating that
great rains had virtually destroyed
the city. The city Is located in the
northern part of Peru, about one and
one-half miles east of the Pacific
Ocean II has q population of about
IL, 900 and is about 250 years old.
A terrific explosion Tuesday night
in coal mine in Fairmont, w. Va,
entombed "a men, and a search of
1, 900 feet into the mine failed to
reveal their death chamber
A fire, which for a time threatened
the destruction of the entire resort,
swept through Palm Beach, Fla,
Wednesday night, reducing to ashes
the Breakers and Palm Beach hotels.
with an estimated property damage
Of s4,0OO,000. There were no lives lost.
Former Senator Charles A. Culber-
son of Texas died here at the age
of 70, last Thursday. For 20 years
he was a leader in Texas politics, and
he retired in 1929 following shis
failure to be reelected to the Senate.
One of the changes proposed by
those who have been advocating
of the Government.
took place last week
when the Pension once. which has
been under the jurisdiction of the
Interior Department, was placed un-
der the Department of Commerce.
Another change which is contem-
plated is the transfer of the Bureau
Of Mines, now under the Interior De-
to the Department Of Com
merce. This change, however may
have to await the authorization OF
Congress, as some authorities believe
Ii is necessary.