Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
Current News Events
Summary of Important National, Foreign
and Local Affairs Specially Arranged
for the Convenience of Students.

The United States immigra ton
laws apply to hiEh and low, but when
they hit those of prominence much
publicity usually enSueS. Such an
instance came to the atten ion la ST
week when the Countess CathcarI.
British noblewoman. was barred
from entering the country because
she admitted acts in the past in
Nolving moral turpituGe." Such acts.
according to the immigration laws,
prevent aliens from entering this
country. Interest was aroused eSpe-
ciallN in this case because the Earl
of Craven, who eloped with the
countess some time ago. was ad-
mitted, while the countess was
barred. When Immigration officials
sought to arrest him in New York
he fled to Canada. The attorneys
for the countess will make n test
of the case in court.
Although advocates of the prohi-
hitiun laws have declared repeatedly
that prohibition is a dead issue
now that it is safely on the statute
books, the enemies of prohibition
scarcely let O. pass without an
effort to revive the issue for discus
sion. Representative Brtten of Hi
nois has introduced a resolution tor
investigation OF the Anti Saloon
League, alleging this organization
has spent money IL election cam
paigns of judges and legislators.
senator Edge of New Jersey last
week introduced another measure de
signed to modify the Nolstead act
by permitting beer and light wines
and on the eve of banquet here
tomorrow the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment has
sought an opinion from the Attorney
General as to whether they may have
distributed at the banquet recipe
for making beer written by George
Washington. Several measures are
pending in Congress for investigation
of the whole question of prohlbltion'
but it is doubtful if any will live TO
see the light in the near future
The White House roof is in such
bad state of repair that IA heavy, wet
snow might cause it's collapse. but
neither Congress nor the president
seems especially worried over the SIT
uation, The roof should be replaced.
but it would cost 100000 and require
months. and the President does not
know when he could spare that much
time away from the White House.
Carol late the crown prince OF Ru-
mania, may become numbered among
those who change their mlndS. re
Gently renouncing his right OF success
sion to the throne, he has now written
q letter urging all RumanianS to SINK
party feelings and strive for natlonai
unity, supporting the reignlng famliS'
His letter is interpreted in some quar-
ters as Indicating that the prince re-
crets his foolish episode" and is max
ing oyertures to come back, eventu-
ally to be a king.
The President Roosevelt. United
States Line vessel which rescued the
crew from the sinking British ship
Antinoe January 81, received warm
welcome in New York last week When
she steamed up the harbor. Her com.
mander, Capt. George Fried, received
praise and honor for his feat in sea
manship.
A herd of about 600 head of elk is
being moved across the country from
Flathead Indian Reservation in Mon
tana to Middleboro, Mass, where the
animals will be allowed to roam the
New England hills. Before Shipment
the bull elks had to be dehorneo'
which was a dangerous and tedlous
nrocess. as the animals fought their
rantors, The herd is being moved IN
electrically lighted express cars, ana
the lob will cost in the nelShborhooo
of $50 900 before it is done.
After eliminating many OF It's mus
important taN-raiSlng features, 'iie
House of Deputies passed the leitSi
.,oyernmeut's financial bill last "eeh'
the vote being taken as an expression
nr confidence in Premier BRAND
noIicv. The measure now goes 10 the
French Senate, where 1t Is noPeu
some of the important provisions ae-
sisned to balance the budget Will De
restored.
Loon Trotsky, returned to power
a,d noD,,larity after his recent polltl-
cal exile. addressed thousands OF en-
tl,usiastic Russians in Mosco" iaSt
week and pictures the TINTED olateS
as "a mighty monster or capitalism
ready to devour all Europe ana De
come the ma jority stockholdef vi az
the resources Of mankind. But capI
talism is expiring, he said. and Amer
ica's colossal wealth is her most Vui
nerable spot. The higher America
climbs to power the more dread1u u!
will be her fall" he said.
A slide of snow and debris plungea
over a cliff and into the narrow suich
where Bingham, otah' E go r,e -
h,,rving a score of homes ana nan d
hundred people last week. FeVerlsh
digging brought bodies 10 the surface
but it is feared that many or those
crushed beneath will not be recovered
until the warm sun OF Spring tlelts
The snow away. Bingham, Utah,
mining town. is called the narrow,
oct town in the world" 1t is located
in the bottom of a gulch which runs
for two miles. but at no point Is II
more than so feet wide. The ava
lanche of snow started from a POM
high on the mountains above ana
gathered momentum and deprlS OF
its n1,,nee of more than mile to the