New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1929, Page 6

FULL SPEED AHEAD STIHSON'S HOTTD Energetic Lite Washington, Feb. 15 (P—Politi- cal lightning outdid itself in the un- expected when it played its spot il- lumination on Henry L. Stinson as possible dean of the Hoover cabinet. Lawyer, soldler, war secretary, revolution subduer and insular chief executive, the New Yorker has a wide range of public activities and accomplishments to his credit. There is little about his record, however, to suggest the state department portfolio as his destiny. Yet there is this to be said of Henry Stinson. Any man who could plunge inte New York city life in 1901 as a $15 law clerk and emerge a decade later as secretary of war, surrendering a lucrative private practice, is a man to be reckoned with all the time. Between times, the quiet man- nered, scholarly looking Stimson had developed his law clerkship into membership in the firm of Root & Clarke, headed by Elihu Root. He had become a federal district attor- ney and driven ww ruthless conclu- sion such widely remembered cases as the sugar rebate trials and the Morse case. He had been republican nominee for governor and had been beaten by Dix, Theodore Roosevelt figuring in that campaign. He had met and won the respect of Taft, brought him the war portfolio 1911, To a large degree, Stimson dis- appeared from the theater of pub- lic events when his cabinet service ended. His largest public effort na- tionally in this period was touring the middle west in behalf of the military and naval preparcdness campaign in 1916. Stimson said of himself, when the United States entered the war, that having talked such a lot about bat- tle, he ought to do a little fighting. He tried to, as an enlicted man. But the former war secretary was denied admission to the ranks as too old. That drove him to a commission as colonel of an artillery regiment, and as thus he served in France. The determination of President Coolidge to send Stimson to settle the Nicaraguan row in 1927 jvas en- tirely unexpected. It has never been disclosed just how his name came up in connection with Nica- ragua. Having been assigned the Central American job, however, Stimson moved with speed and ended the civil war within a week. Yet that was not a diplomatic triumph, administration critics in the senate have held. Stmson told both sides to stop fighting and disarm, pending an American supervised presidential election. And to back that up, he told the liberals to take their choice, disarm or be disarmed hy Uncle Sam's marines. That ul- fimatum, the senate critics shout, savored more of war department than state department diplomacy. e that as it may, Stimson did the job. And if President Hoover turns over to this New York lawyer state department problems pending when March 4 rolls around, that is the way Stimson's friends expect him to tackle them. His motto scems to be full speed ahead, no| matter what kind of a job he's working on. HURDS AGAINTAKE 10 PATHS OF WAR Maraoding Bands Harassed As- syrians Almost 3,000 Years Ago Washington, D. C, Feb. 15—The Kurds are revolting again. A Turk- ith newspaper man perhaps would change the word “again” in that sentence to “yet." Nearly 8,000 years ago, outlying Assyrian settlcments were harassed by marauding bands of Kurds and in the fifth century B. C. the tribes- men attempted to annihilate Xeno- phon and his 10,000 retreating Greeks by rolling stones from high clifts along the line of march, S & bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geographic Society. “In the mean- time, the Armenians who entered Kurd territory were either massa- cred or driven from the country. Tukish Changes Offend “In spite of exciting events in the fighting history of the Kurds, the tribesmen were almost unknown outside the Near kLast before the ‘World War. When a delegation of Kurds appeared at the Peace con- ference in 1919 newspapermen did rot know who the sunburnt trihes- nen might be. When their identity was revealed the Kurds went on the which in front pages and frequently have been there since. Four years ago the tribesmen revolted in an attempt to set up their own government, but Musta- pha Kemal's forces subdued them. The scrapping of the Calipha.a at Constantinople arousei fnem and nearly evegy change in old Moslem customs hag frritated them. Revoit fter revolt has been quelled but as “non as the Kurd replenishes his forces and supplies, he is ready to 1ttack again. Maintain Old Racial Customs “Most of the the 2,000,000 Kurds in Near East Inhabit the eastern 8 of Turkey. hut tribes also are scattered over the northern part of Iraq and western Persia. Neither the Turks nor any other people has influenced the tribesmen. Now anl then a Kurd will light his cigaretto with a patent lighter instead of the old flint stone he once carried, and & few other modern devices have crept Into his mountain village, but the close tribal Jife maintaing the old racial customs, “The Kurd farmicrs of the Traq Pplains are mora prosperous than th tribesmen of the hill country, Trav- elers climb the trails of Kurdistan for miles without sccing a vill When one docs appear, it is neual ly situated In a well protected spot. |The Prince of W Houses are placed without regard to building line and a bird's-eye view of a village reveals a jumble of mud and stone structures. One-Room Huts House Family “The peasant’s house is a one- room structure which might be mis- taken for a stable. The tribesmen reserves one side of his abode for his animals whil his family occupies the other side. Kurds sit on the floor when they rest or eat, there- fore they do not need tables or chairs. “The tribal chief or headman fares better. He has a house for his fami ly and a guest house where he lives and entertains his guests. He is of- | - fended if a traveler does not ‘drop in.' Once the traveler has stopped. he must remain for dinner. The food is placed on the floor in the center of the diners. Should a guest stretch his | legn toward another person, convey | food to his mouth with his left hand, or fondle the dog, his host is of- fended. No knives and forks are to be found in the Kurd silver closet but if a guest has difficulty in feed- ing himself with his hands, a spoon will be handed to him. Few meals are served that do not include m (curdled milk) the favorite dish of the Kurd. A little water mixed with the mast makes mastao, the Kurd “national’ drink. The tribesmen like vegetables but seldom serve meat. A Wife for a Goat “Under the Moslem law, the Kurd may take four wives. Wives are bought, so the peasant usually has only one. The chiefs take the full quota. Wives are priced according to their rank. The tribesman can get a wife in exchange for a pony or goat, | or one may cost the. equivalent of | $2.500. The wedding entails a sca- | son of merrymaking in which the | whole tribe joins, but it takes less | than a minute to dissolve a union. | The man simply says ‘I divorce you' | three times and the parties are free. “To the foreigner, the Kurds seem to know little else than the ‘art’ of highway robber: fany of the moun- tain tribesmen are adept thieves, but in the hills as well as the plainas, many Kurds n honest livings by farming and cattle raising. Kurds are pastoral people, seldom moving from their villages except to migrate to higher altitudes during the sum- mer for new pasturage. Now and then a whole tribe will move from a village. The tribesman takes his roof, the only valuahle part of his hut. “Life is hard in the mountains but the family has time to play. In the summer camp the young tribesmen spend their leisure moments playing touch-last on horseback. Children | play a sort of hockey, with crooked sticks and wood balls. Now and then the traveler will see a deck of cards in a tent but they are usually used by the children. Gambling is not in- dulged in by the tribesmen, who. after a hard day's work enjoy sitting outsi ide their tents, smoking cigar- TO BOG ng., NOR Teb, 15 () s landed here in France today | Southampton, from a short visi and departed immediately hy mo- tor to visit his mother and father at Bognor, Sussex. The soviet government is working toward the eventual establishment of the scven-hour da TONICandlaxative, | to throw - off colds, | build up resistance, i and fortify the system against grip and “flu.” Grove’s W BROMO QUININE LAXATIVE TABLETS | Get Rid of that Old Range i of yours NOW NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929, LIFE FOR A PINT LA N MICHIGAN Habitual Criminal Code Applied {0 Prohibition Offenders Lansing, Mich., Feb.'15 P — The subject of much public comment, both favorable and adverse, Michi- gan's crime code with its habitual inal clause has become the ve- hicle of some sharp words on the floor of the state legislature and be- tween Gov. Fred W. Green and the Rev. R. N. Holsaple, superintendent of the state anti-saloon league. Governor Green and the admin- istration forces in the legislature are determined that the habitual criminal clause shall be modified so that the possession of a pint of gin shall not be classified as a felony, for which upon a fourth conviction a man or woman must be sent to pris- on for life, Mr. Holsaple, on the other hand, is exerting every effort (o F-ve violations of the prohibition law retained a3 one of the felonies to be counted in prosecutions under the habitual criminal act. The legislature now has before it amendments that will strike more than 200 offenses from the list of felonies now include” in the habitual section by providing that a fourth conviction mnst be for a crime de- manding a maximum penalty of not less than five years for a first of- fense, if a life sentence is to be im- posed, “The hootlegger and ~the moon- chiner,” says Mr. Holsaple, “with a supreme contempt for the law, not only corrupt society, but leave their victims or patrons in weakcned ail poisoned condition. They are poten- tial murderers.” Volcing his determination to have the habitual section of the law amended, Governor Green said that some members of the legislature have complained they did not realize — liquor law violations were included in the blanket description of fe.on- ies contained in the code, “If there v.s such a misunderstanding it sh ..l be corrected,” he said. The crime code became effective | September 6, 1927, and since that time 15 men and one woman have been given the mandatory life im- prisonment sentence. ‘The fourth offense of six of these, including Mrs, Etta Mae Miller of Lansing, was a violation of the liquor law. The first to feel the provisions of the law was Fred Palm of Lansing, convicted on a liquor law violation charge September 29, 1927, His case came to be known as the “life for a pint” case, because his final con- viction was based upon the posses- on of a small amount of liquor. In Palm’s case, however, his previ- ous record inciuded convictions for various other crimes. That of Mrs. Miller was entirely on liquor law of- fenses. She was sentenced Decem- ber 31, 1928, It was her case that indirectly led to the furore over the law’s provisions and inspired the legislative activity for an amend- ment, ANTHCIGARETTE WAR DENIED BY W, C. T. U. Temperance Union Mcerely Secking to Control Questionable Adver tising, Statcment Says. Evanston, 1ll, Feb. 15 l')—'l'hr" i Women's Christian Temperance | {Union in a statement striking back at Rupert Hughes, the writer who criticized its attitude toward ciga- rets, declared it is not sccking an | anti-cigaret constitutional amend- | ment. “The latest attempt to belittle pro- hibition via the cigarct comes from Rupert Hughes, who evidently has| been led astray by the untruthful reports of the W. C. T. U.’s views of narcotics and cigaret; the statment read. “Mr. Hughes declared the W. | C. 'T. U. has failed in its purpose and on its prohibition campaign against cigarets” The temperance organization de- clared it stood with athletic coaches, schoolmasters and the journdl of the | American Medical association Te. garding cigarets. . The statement pointed out what it called “questionable advertising of a tobacco concern utilizing athletes to endorse certain cigarets,” adding: “It is noticeable that these are for- mer athletes.” \CHRYSLER'S VALET FINED AND RUN SUPPLY SEIZED Onc Bottle Breaks at Honolulu Dock, Resulting in Loss of 81 Mure in Luggage. Honolulu, Feb. 15 UM—William Reid, who came to Hawaii as valet to Walter P. Chrysler, American tles of assorted liquors and $405 In cash today because the 82nd bottle broke. Mr. and Mrs. Chrysler and their daughter Bernice and son Walter P. Jr., arrived here on the steamer Ma- lolo from San Francisco last Wed- nesday for a short vacation en route to the Far East. When the Chrysler luggage was being removed from the boat there were certain bags that Reid refused to let porters handle. He took them oft himself. An odor of liquor at- tracted the attention of suspicious customs officers. The bags were found to contain whiskey, gin, rum, and champagne. 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