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Charles Maurras, a Royalist, is sentenced to four months in jail for his responsibility for the recent attacks by members of the "Camelots du Roi" on three Socialist members of the French Chamber of Deputies. Pope Pius XI writes to Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State, suggesting, in effect, that the amount of reparations to be paid by Germany be settled by an impartial commission, that adequate guaranties be given by Germany, and that occupation in the Ruhr be reduced proportionately as payments are made. June 28.-Marquis Curzon, British Secretary for Foreign Affairs, states in the House of Lords that the British Government is unwilling to extend the three-mile limit to twelve miles, but that effort is being made to check rumrunning into the United States by British ships. The American Government, says Marquis Curzon, is within the law in breaking British seals covering stores of liquor. The British Labor party adopts a resolution requiring a capital levy on a graduated scale on fortunes of £5,000 and upward. June 29. Saying that France will never quit the Ruhr until Germany pays her debt, Premier Poincaré obtains a unani mous vote in the Senate for an ap propriation of 307,000,000 francs t cover the occupational expenses. Seven Germans are sentenced to death by a French court-martial for sabotage. Eamon de Valera announces that in th coming elections the Republicans wil nominate one candidate in each con stituency, but they will not take the oath of allegiance. The French Chamber of Deputies adop the 1923 budget, which provides for a appropriation of 23,451,000,000 frane: June 30.-General Juan C. Gomez, fir Vice-President of Venezuela, is sassinated. Ten Belgian soldiers are killed and fort three others are badly wounded by explosion of a bomb on a Duisbur Hochfeld train taking the soldiers hon on furlough. As a result the Burg master of Duisburg, twelve other ci officials and four prominent citize are arrested and held as hostages the Allied authorities, and all caf restaurants, theaters, motion-piett houses and other public gatheri places are closed. July 1. The Peruvian Government p claims July 4 a national holiday as tribute to American independence. The Ruhr frontier is closed by the Int allied authorities and 223 German ci ians are arrested because of the D burg bomb explosion, and it is announ that all villages and the German Gove ment will have to pay indemnities the families of the dead Belgian sold and for damage done the railroads. July 2.-Pope Pius XI is reported to b instructed the Papal Nuncio in Be to request the German Governmen June 27. The United States Railroad Labor Board administers a second rebuke to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company by saying that its action in refusing to acknowledge the elected representatives of the clerks' organization is "devoid of intrinsic merit, violative of the will of Congress, and destructive of the rights of employees." June 28.-The Federal Coal Commission admonishes the miners in convention at Scranton that public sentiment "will tolerate no suspension of the anthracite coal supply this year." In his speech at Idaho Falls, President Harding proposes cooperative organizations, aided by the Government, for the elimination of middlemen between producer and consumer. In his speech at the graduation exercises at the Army War College in Washington, Secretary of War Weeks opposes the use of the Army for prohibition enforcement. Indictments against 226 coal operators, officials of the United Mine Workers and mining companies returned February 25, 1921, charging conspiracy to violate the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, are dismissed in the United States District Court at Indianapolis by Judge A. B. Anderson on the motion of Attorney-General Daugherty, who said that tho conspiracy was apparent, he believed a verdict of not guilty would be the inevitable result of a trial. President Samuel Rea, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, replies to the Railroad Labor Board's rebukes by saying that the United States Supreme Court made it plain that the railroad company was not obliged to obey the Board's decisions if it felt its legal rights were being invaded. June 29.-President Harding proposes in his speech at Helena, Montana, that capital and labor, commerce and agriculture be drafted in the next war, if war can not be averted. The tri-district convention of anthracite miners at Scranton demands a twoyear contract at a wage increase of 20 per cent. for contract miners, equalization of day rates, the eight-hour day underground, and payment by weight instead of by car-load. James A. McFarland, of Dalton, Georgia, is elected National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War at their convention in Minneapolis. June 30-The balancing of the Federal budget for the fiscal year ending this date shows a surplus of about $310,000,000 of revenue over expenditures, announces General Lord, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. July 1-Aliens landing in New York for entry into the United States number 8,908, the largest number to arrive on any one day. Edward W. Bok, of Philadelphia, offers a prize of $100,000 to the American who devises the best practicable plan for cooperation of the United States with other nations in attaining and preserving world peace. 60,598 Bankers to say "Yes" or "No" "How does this hat look on me?" you turn to a friend for an opinion. The salesman says it looks fine, but the salesman is interested. Your friend does not care whether you buy the hat or not, but he does care how you look-he is the disinterested adviser. He says what he believes. On great occasions of doubt we all turn to professional advisers Bankers, Architects, Lawyers, Doctors, Engineers whose opinions influence us in things we are going to buy. The Literary Digest is read by 60,598 Bankers, 3,292 Architects, 56,732 Lawyers, 61,394 Doctors, 29,737 Engineers, whose "Yes" or "No" influence the sale of many kinds of goods. Millions of people who buy and use the products In its circulation of 1,300,000 copies per week, leading professional men, just as the merchants and manufacturers who read The Digest are the leading merchants and manufacturers. Men of thought and action, men who lead, men who have arrived, read The Digest, whether professional advisers or merchants, or manufacturers. The Digest did not make them leaders, but leadership makes The Digest necessary to them. The same advertisement in the pages of The Literary Digest reaches both the customer and the professional adviser who may be consulted about the purchase. And this professional man is a multiple customer, buying in his own individual capacity as a successful and prosperous man, home owner, head of a family, etc., and influencing sales to others in his capacity of professional adviser. We shall be glad to send any manufacturer or other advertiser a chart showing just how the readers of The Digest are multiple buyers for the goods he makes and sells. The Literary Digest, 354 Fourth Avenue, New York. FUN from the PRESS The funniest thing said last week in any newspaper turns up on the screen in "Fun from the Press,' The Digest movie. This animated comic is illustrated by Max Fleischer who created the celebrated Out of the Inkwell clowns, The funniest words and funniest pictures will make the high spot of your evening at the movies. The literary Digest THE LEXICOGRAPHER'S EASY CHAIR To decide questions concerning the correct use of words for this column, the Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary is consulted as arbiter. Readers will please bear in mind that no notice will be taken of anonymous communications. "W. F. M.," Brookline, Mass.-(1) The origin of the proverb, "Do not cut off your nose to spite your face," is unknown, the earliest recorded use of the expression being in Tallemant des Reaux's Historiettes (1657-1659), where it is given the literal French form, "se couper le nez pour faire dépit a son visage." (2) The idiom, "to show the white feather," is defined on page 147 of "Idioms and Idiomatic Phrases" (Vizetelly and DeBekker) as, "to prove cowardly; back down; turn back." The idiom has been traced to cock-fighting and to the fact that a cross-bred gamecock has white feathers in its tail, but the pure-bred bird has only red and black feathers. Birds with the white feathers proved to be poor fighters, to have less pluck, and, therefore, were never trained for the pit. "G. D. W., Jr.," Hurricane, W. Va.-(1) The plant to which you refer as resembling the squash is the cushaw or cashaw, a variety of the crookneck squash. The name is derived from the Algonkian Indian escushaw and is pronounced keu eu as in feud); sha (a as in all); or ku (u as in but; sha (a as in all), the accent in both cases being on the last syllable. (2) In the maxim, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," the word two is an adjective, birds being understood. "H. C. L.." Piedmont, S. C.-In the sentence, "Each of you (is or are) expected to do (his, your, or their duty," the correct words to use are is and his "Each of you is expected to do his duty." The pronoun each is the subject of the sentence and calls for the singular verb is and for the singular pronoun his. Each means "every one considered individually," and can not under any circumstances be considered as a plural. "J. C. B.," Fremont, Neb.-The facts concerning Memorial Day are that early in May, 1868, AdJutant-General N. P. Chipman in conference with Commander John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic discussed the matter of having his organization inaugurate the custom of spreading flowers on the graves of Union soldiers at some uniform time or day over all the land. General Logan concurred, and issued an order naming the 30th of May, 1868, "for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country" The order concluded: "It is the purpose of the commander-in-chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of the departed." "F. R. B.," Kirwin, Kan.-The use of the word man for "husband" is very old. It dates from 1300. "E. D. R.," Chicago, Ill.-Mackinaw, representing the Canadian-French Mackinac, is identical with makinak, the word for "turtle" in Chippewa and related dialects of Algonkian. This term is said to be a contraction of Michilirackinac, a corruption of an earlier mitchi makinak, which in Chippewa signifies "big turtle." The place name Mackinac designates a famous trading post between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Fort Mackinac is on the island of Mackinac northeast of the Strait of Mackinac. The Mackinaw blanket is a thick blanket formerly used by the Indians of the Western United States, which derived its name from Fort Mackinaw, where these blankets were distributed in large quantities. "R. R. B.." Monument, Ore.-McNeil's Island is in the State of Washington, and is the site of a Federal prison. "L. P. D.," Chicago, Ill.-The boundary of European and Asiatic Russia, north of the Caspian Sea, according to the map makers is indicated by the Ural River, following the original division-one which dates from 1584 and which was followed down to about 1881. You Need Street Cars How do you suppose the great bulk of the people in your town get about on their errands of business and pleasure? You may go in your automobile-but most people ride in street cars! Street cars are the links in the endless chain of transportation that binds your community together for business, social and industrial growth. Given a square deal (which is all it asks), your electric street railway company will be a tremendous factor in the growth, progress and prosperity of your community, no matter whether it is large or small. You and all other citizens will act in your own interests if you make sure that your street railway company always has a fair chance to provide the kind of service your community needs. Many of the technical problems that have surrounded the development of street cars to their present state of efficiency have been solved by Westinghouse Engineering. Many more problems, apparently insurmountable today will be solved by them in the future. With your interest and helpful co-operation-and that of other citizens as well-it will always be possible for your community to enjoy the resulting economy and the increasing efficiency of the street car. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. COMPANY "Yes," said Elizabeth, "but this is only a half-sister." "Why, that doesn't make any difference, does it?" "No, but I never can understand where the other half is."-Harper's Magazine. Out of Luck.-OLD GENTLEMAN (engaging a new chauffeur)-"I suppose I can write to your last employer for your character?" CHAUFFEUR "I'm sorry to say, sir, each of the last two gentlemen I have been with died in my service."-Punch (London). Trouble Ahead.-WANTED-A real rough guy-I want a cow hand who knows cows. Not under 35 years of age nor over 50. One who smokes, drinks, swears, tells the truth and hates sheep herders. W. F. H., The Three B Ranch, Largo Canyon P. O., Aztec., N. M.-Classified ad. in Ajo (Ariz.,) Copper News. No Damage Done.-After much excitement the Smiths had at last managed to catch the train. Now, when they could sit quietly for a while, they began to wonder if they had left anything behind. Mrs. Smith gave a shriek. "Oh, Harry," she gasped, "I forgot to turn off the electric-iron!" "Don't worry, darling," he replied, "nothing will burn. I forgot to turn off the shower-bath."-The Christian Advocate (New York). -The Passing Show (London). Learning by Degrees. -FOREMAN - "Yes, I'll give ye a job sweepin' an' keepin' the place clean." "But I'm a college graduate." "Well, then, maybe ye better start on somethin' simpler."- Life (New York). Wasted Energy.-The farmer took the man out to a field and started him at plowing behind two horses. Two hours later the new farmhand returned to the house utterly exhausted. The farmer asked him how he was getting along. "Not gettin' along at all," snapt the new man disgustedly; "how do you expect me to hold a pull it away from me all the time?"Boston Post. Impossible.-DOCTOR-"Put out your plow with two big, strong horses trying to tongue-more than that-all of it." CHILD "But, doctor, I can't. It's fastened at the other end!"-Le Rire (Paris). Why He Quit.-"That's Bill Fligh, the aviator. He's the guy that used to write ads in the sky in smoke." "Isn't he doing that any more?" "No, had to give it up. He got writer's cramp."-American Legion Weekly. How To Do It.-This is the way to write a thoroughly angry business letter: "SIR-My typist, being a lady, can not take down what I think of you. I, being a gentleman, can not write it. You, being neither, can guess it all."-Brisbane Daily Mail. The Real Danger.-Dan Boone, the fearless animal tamer of the circus, had a dread of cold air that amounted almost to an obsession. One day after his exhibition in a cage with a fierce lion, he remarked to the circus manager, "John, old man, this will be the death of me yet." "You're not losing your nerve, are you, Dan?" inquired the other anxiously. "You're not afraid of that lion?" "Afraid of that beast?" snorted Dan in disgust. "I should say not! But those cages are the worst place on earth for drafts. Some day I'll take cold in one of them and it will be the death of me."-Boston Transcript. Keen Retort-GUEST-"Waiter, this steak is like leather and this knife is dull." WAITER "Strop the knife on the steak." -Michigan Gargoyle. Weekly Treasure. - INQUISITIVE OLD GENTLEMAN-"And what are you digging for, my good man?" DIGGER "Money." "You don't say so! And when do you expect to find it?" "Saturday night!"-Good Hardware. When the Beans Were Spilled.-An old lady was on a visit to her married daughter. One day there was company, and little Theodore, the hope of the house, was doing his best to amuse his mother's visitors. Presently he left the room, to return soon afterwards with a zinc bucket. This he planted right in front of his grandma, while the others sat wondering what was about to happen. "Grandma," said little Theodore, "will oo kick it?" "Bless the child," said the surprized old lady, "why do you wish me to do that, darling?" "Because," replied the young hopeful. "I heard pa say we should be awfully rich when oo kicked the bucket!"-Brisbane Daily Mail. |