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THE-SUNDAT OKEGOXIAX;: PORTLAND. JT7LY 1933 A FOREIGN CAPITES AND OTHER CITIES i CONTRIBUTE GOSSIP AUTO DRIVERS OF NEW YORK TO CARRY PERSONAL RECORD Stills Under Sidewalks Explode and Home Breweries Flourish in Spite of Volstead Act and Other Restraints. FUNERAL OF FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY WILSON ATTRACTS ENORMOUS CROWDS. WAR CENSOR IN ENGLAND IS VERY DELIGHTFUL CHAP Difficult Task Declared to Have Been Handled So Well That United States Asked Official to Take Over Its Censorship. 1G BY JESSE HENDERSON. (Copyright, 1&22, by The OregoniaJi.) N" EW YORK, July 15. There is not so much difference- be tween New York and Petro- grad, except that n Petrograd they have fewer motor cars and fewer laws. . As if it were not enough to try to keep track of the price of gaso line, of the carburetor's peculiari ties and of the queer-looking man who is waiting to steal the traffic warning card which one must pos sess. If there is any other little thing which the police can think up to make life highly desirable, now Is the time to spring it. From now on the New York motorist is franctically besieging his precinct captain for one of the yellow cards "Do not mutilate; keep in a clean condition," is the printed warning which every driver of horse or car must have by August 1. The cards have just been issued. They are to bear the owner's de scription and photograph, like a passport, and on them the cop writes things every time you infringe a traffic rule. Six infringements means arrest or a summons. Alto gether, the new traffic warning card is just another one of those little things which make the Goth amite look forward with less re luctance to the great beyond. To the Maharajah of Rajpipla, however, they at present offer any thing but an invitation to meet G. Reaper, the gentleman with the scythe. The Maharajah of Rajpipla don't ask how it is pronounced is spending a fortnight in and about New York for the purpose of dis covering what institutions have made the United States famous, with a view to adapting them in his na tive Bombay. Since his serenity in tends to make an intensive study of Coney Island, among other institu tions, a good time on a scenic rail way down Mount Everest, or a zip ping shoot the chutes on the Ganges, might be expected by 'modernized Bombassians. A visit to city hall is another phase of the maharajah's trip of ob servation. If he also takes a fling at prohibition on Broadway his list of what makes the United States of America well known should be com plete. Coney Island, Mayor'AHylan and the Volstead act as interpreted round about Forty-second street this is seeing America adequately in three jumps. What 'did they do for fun in New York before Volstead took matters in hand? There couldn't have been much point in taking a drink when drinks were not anathema or when one didn't know whether blindness or mere blind staggers lurked in the cup. But now New York is really taking prohibition seriously. A loud noise rent asunder the cellar of a WASHINGTON SOCIETY KEEPS CLOSE TO SWIMMING POOLS Dinner on Houseboat Is Interrupted by Fire and Some Smart Gowns Are Mussed by Haste. BY BETTY BAXTER. (Copyright, 1922. by The Oregonian.) WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15. (Special.) The rendezvous of Washington society these days and it is surprising to see how much of society is still here Mans to be the swimming pool at Wardman: park. Five members of the cabinet. live at the 'hotel abut ting the .pool and perhaps instead of holding "putt-putt" sessions on the solf links this summer, as they shave heretofore, the president's executive family may discuss some of the mo mentous questions of state at "un derwater sessions." There isn't a prettier sight to he seen than the pool in its lovely syl van setting. Those who don't swim watch the hathers cavort from the large hotel gallery above, when an orchestra plays during the after noon and tea is served. The diplomats particularly seem to .gather about every afternoon, and many of the girls of the young" er set. The Peruvian ambassador, F. A. Pezet, scarcely misses a day in the pool. His pretty little wife usually watches from the gallery above. One day last week she was there, wearing a charming gown of ouster-colored silk crepe, the bodice rather snug fitting, made with a V-shaped neck in front but cut high in. the back, with a small fiat col-I lar. The skirt -was ankle length and rather tight with drapery of the silk falling down each side, with a rather indefinite looking hat. Mme. Claude Langlais, who sailed yesterday for Europe to spend two months with her husband's parents in Lille, was watching, too, from the gallery above. Her gown was a re freshingly cool looking model of wash silk, a white background al most entirely covered with a small green pattern. The skirt was plain, straight and slightly gathered and reached to a point four or five Inches above the ankles. The neck was boat-shaped and the sleeves elbow length, all untrimmed. Diplomat's Daughter Frolics. Mile. Ballivain, the pretty blonde daughter of the Bolivian ambassa dor, and Mme. Ballivain, was in the pool, wearing a closely fitting silk Jersey suit of brown with a stripe about the abbreviated skirt of orange. Her cap was of orange with a black butterfly in front. The Wardman po-ol-s only rival is the one on the estate of Mrs. John B. Henderson in Sixteenth street. The pool is on the west side of the Henderson castle in the midst of lovely gardens and has been im proved by.stone benches on the side and much landscape gardening. Mrs. Henderson, who has gone to her summer home place at Bar Harbor, .turned her pool over to some of her friends for their enjoyment. At the Henderson pool also the one-piece bathing suit seems to be the most worn, usually wool:- The fancy silk, beruffled suits seem to be a thing of the past. Washington is really a very pleas ant summer resort, 7 can tell you, and gets more so every year. For one thing the women who stay have a grand time, for the town is full to overflowing with unattached men whose wives and sweethearts "have gone to the country," and then the girls, being fewer in 'number, find men always at their beck and call. There are also many parks, pretty drives and' many' other things to make life here in the summer de lightful. Taohts and houseboats are helping to pass the" warm days, too, ' for many. Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter of tne secretary of the treasury, whose cousin. W. L. Mellon, has a yacht, tne Vagabondsa, in the chan nel tor an indefinite period, gave a dinner aboard last Wednesday night. warehouse. When the planks, nails and plaster had somewhat subsided, investigation revealed a. 50-gallon still. The explosion, which occurred at , night, brought residents of -the street to the sidewalk in fantastic night attire. Anxiety on the part of various onlookers led the police to investigate. In an adjacent base ment they found six other stills, all going full blast. The more anxious of the onlookers drifted back to bed before the police , had a chance to inquire who was parking stills in this particular basement.. Front one point of view the dam age was trifling. But from another point of view, some 90 gallons of home brew had gone blooey. It isn't necessary, either, to do anything so crude as to label your home brew by its correct name. Un til the police Interfered this week you could, for a few pennies, pur chase any sort of label you desired, as well as large quantities of coun terfeit revenue stamps. : . ' Some jealous Californian, eager to steal away New York's biggest drawing card, must have inspired the report of the American Bar as sociation to the effect that Los An gles has three times as many mur ders a year as New York city. The canard probably originated because New Yorkers have for so long been so adept in getting' away with mur der. As the rumor gets about that visitors from the far and middle west do not have to keep one hand on their watch and the other on a police whistle all the way from Times square to' the Flatiron build ing, the hotels soon will be com plaining of the great falling off in trade. , It isn't exactly nice, either, for Health Commissioner Copeland to insist that New York is a health re sort. According to the commission er, the death rate 30 years ago was 97 for children under 5; now it is only 24. This is all -ery well for the youngsters, but the commissioner ought to realize that out-of-town folk don't come to Broadway for their health, and rash statements like the above are likely to react on the fair fame of our town. We submit that New York is still the only town in the world where a hundred or so commuters can start for work via the subway and 'wake up In a hos pital because someone has blun dered in the matter of putting the wrong kind of quenchment on a short-circuit fire. It is the little things like that which keep one's interest alive. Things like "that and like Mathilde Mccormick's sixth or is it seventh trip here to consult Grandpa John D. Rockefeller about her betrothal to the Swiss riding master. Yes, and like the railroad strike. The Erie has taken off some score of subur ban trains, a fact which by some miraculous chance.does not seem to impair the service...-.'! Miss Mellin is taking many short trips. Just now she is. visiting Colonel and Mrs. Bridges at Matta poisett, Mass. ' Colonel Bridges is on the British embassy staff. Miss Mellon looked very sweet at her dinner in a gown of soft yellow chiffon over fine white real lace. The gown was rather high in the neck and had small sleeves. Dinner Given at Houseboat. Representative . and Mrs. John Philip Hill had a dinner the first of the week on the ornate house boat restaurant anchored just off Potomac park, a charming party which broke up suddenly when the houseboat caught fire. No real dam age was done; only a faw gowns mussed up a bit in the hurry of get ting off the boat. Mrs. Hill, who is always smartly gowned, wore a biege canton crepe gown made on simple lines with a bateau neck and slashed short sleeves. With it she wore a biege straw hat trimmed with cherries. Then on Tuesday Mrs. Coleman Du Pont, wife of the senator from Delaware, entertained the senate ladies' organization on a picnic down the Potomac on their yacht, j the Tech. These ladies meet every I Tuesday to sew for the needy and i have a picnic- luncheon together, meeting in the senate office build ing. Instead of holding Tuesday's session there, however, they met on the Tech, but all' other details were the same, the guests taking their picnic luncheons and all. Mrs. Coolidge, who, as the wife of the vice-president, heads the organiza tion and who almost always looks cool, no matter how warm it may be, wore a summer, costume com posed of a white silk sweater with a belt, Tuxedo coat and rolled open to display a soft white silk shirt and a smart white sport hat with a rather wide brim. Australia and India Are Invaded by Flapper. American Actresses Spread Fash ions and Manners. . SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. (By the Associated Press.) West ward the flapper takes her course. At least such is the hint conveyed by two recent visitors from Aus tralasia. In Australia the flapper flour ishes even as she does in the United States,, is the reluctant confession of Miss Carrie Lanceley, Australian prima donna,' who is here en route to London. Not so vampishly or so obviously does the antipodean flap per flap, but she does her anzac best, Miss Lanceley said. "Go into the lobby of any Sydney hotel." the singer said, "and you'll see them, just like the American girls. They get the idea from American actresses who come out to us." , Over in India, too, the flapper is momentarily, one might say, ex pected to appear, according to Syud Hossian, journalist and lecturerfrom the big British possession. But Mr. Hossain, who represented India as! a reporter at the recent Washing ton peace conference, explains the flapper, psychologically, and one mifirht sav. bioloericallv. He said Via j interprets her as a link in the chain of evolutiort from the clinging vine , to the new woman. She is a girl, Hossain avers, who has scrapped the Victorian age for the dawn of a new one. Despite her flapping, she really is a sweet, wholesome crea ture who simply hasn't as yet ar rived at whatever they call the next way station off the main line v. v,u.uuu. '-' .' '''" - " -, . . Photo by Underwood & Underwood. ' . . SCENE SHOWS CORTEGE ASCENDING LUDGATE HILL. Photo shows the cortege of Sir Henry Wilson going up Ludgate Hill, in' London, to the laBt resting place of the famous field marshal, who recently was assassinated on the steps-of his home in London. , Photo shows St. Paul's In the background. Clothing Assured Babies in - Famine District. America Provides for 15,000 Youngsters Born This Year. M OSCOW, July 15. Fifteen thou- babies boi'n in this year of famine will be dressed from top to toe, from shirt to socks, in warm American clothes. This number of layettes, for future Somas and Ivans has already been invoiced to the American relief administration and they are being distributed from Its warehouses at Moscow to the uttermost limits of the famine and plague-stricken dis tricts. . In addition to these there have been received some 18,000 clothing outfits in assorted sizes fr larger children. - Two thousand American relief ad ministration food packages, valued at $20,000, have been set aside for the feeding of famished physicians who are aiding the American relief administration in its inoculation pro gramme.? Comparatively few of the Russian physicians in the famine and plague stricken areas are able to earn enough by their practice for NAVY ENTRIES MAKE READY FOR INTERNATIONAL BALLOON RACE. . SCENE SHOWING BIG GAS BAGS BEING Above is Ahnwn the hisr na.vv balloon which it is honed will win tha Switzerland. August S. In th insert dames ouaaa. their own support. Many of them who have asked for American food have specified that they could ac cept it only on condition -that they be permitted to work to pay for it. . , "Any American physician who has files of medical journals for the past three years to dispose of," said Er. Henry Beeukwees, chief of the med ical division of the American relief administration, "could confer , no greater boon upon the medical fra ternity of Russia than to turn them over to the American relief admin istration for distribution here. Many Lof the Russian doctors have not seen a medical journal from the out side world for xears- They read them avidly and treasure them if one chances to fall into their hands." Small Reward Offered. CHICAGO. Special rewards have been offered by' the Law Enforce ment association for the capture and conviction of the murderers of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard. Blometer, found murdered June 14 at Forty-fifth street and Belle fontalne avenue, and Edward C: Meyer, salesman for the Motor & Machinists' Supply com pany, murdered by bandits last Sat urday. The reward, in each case is $250. In the event that the captures are made by two or more persons, the Darment is to be in proportion to service rendered, Howard Mc- Cutcheon, president, said. .am. shown, left to rtsrhL Lieutenant. wwim "Buying" of English Titles Gets Lloyd George in Hole. r . s So Many Brewers Are Admitted Into . House of Lords That Conservatives Are Accused of Forming "Beerage." i" BY NORMAN H. MATSON. (Copyright, 1922. by The Oregonlan.) LONDON, July 15. The "honors scandal" will not down. No prime minister has ever suc ceeded in avoiding vehement criti cism "of his recommendations of men to.be given titles in recognition of their services to their country, but rarely. If ever, have critics obtained J support as strong as that given those who are now demanding that an investigation be made of "the sale" of titles and that ' safeguards be erected for the future. ; At present a knighthood costs from $50,000 to $60,000, a' baronetcy three times as much. Tour mil lionaire . manufacturer of soap or candy, or liver pills (for instance) pays money to "persons who, un known and in the dark, do this dirty work for the ministry." He and they figure out what his patriotic service has been, the prime min ister passes the recommendation along to the king and the king does the rest. That at least, is the sys- Photo by Underwood & Underwood. TESTED. international balloon race, at Ceneva. W- JB". Reed, nllot. ajut Chief Bjgarer tem, according to conservatives who are leading the attack. .The money, of course, goes to the party fund. Lloyd George replies: "I have followed the precedent established by every prime minis ter." Nobody denies that titles have all along been ladled out of the pork barrel to the deserving. The conservatives do not pretend that Lloyd George's predecessors did not recommend the grant of honors to gentlemen who rendered services to the party In power, either in the form of money or of service. But they protest that such services were not alone sufficient, that persons recommended were as a rule men of position, high character and influ ence. Now it Is plainly inferred you step up to the patronage coun ter, pianK down the money and thereafter you are "Sir" and your wife "Lady" for keeps. More than 130 members of ih. house of commons have joined in the demand for an inquiry and the house of lords is evidently determined to increase the pressure on the gov ernment. The government It is thought, must either agree to an inquiry or run the risk of defeat. curing tne past four years the press has received 49 titles. So many brewers were admitted into the house of lords not so long ago that the conservatives themselves were accused of forming a 'beer age." Sir J. B. RobinBon, who re fused a proffered peerage recently wiiou me nouse or lords wanted to know just what his "national and imperial services" had been, charges that his critics were actuate! hv the "simplest motives of. malice and envy," that it was through hi et- rorts arastic laws were passed against illicit diamond dealing, that certain men now in England were maxing Tortunes out of the deals in stolen diamonds "and they are hav ing their revenge." The man in the street thinks it all rather smells. and would like to know that it was to De given a good airing. There is no charge of direct graft; it is felt that at present the corruption is, as Lord Selborne said in the house of lords, only political cor ruption. The government is expected to make concession in the form of erecting a safeguard for the future, perhaps agreeing that hereafter all recommendations be passed by a committee of the privy council; but it seems most unlikely that it will consent to a general retrospective inquiry. FEW HOUSEBOATS SEEN Motor Launches Are Replacing Pretty Homes on Thames. LONDON. The flower-bedecked houseboats which American visitors to Hampton court, Henley and other places on the Thames were wont to admire are fast disappearing from the river. , The motor launch with a cabin capable of sleeping from two to four persons Is taking Its place. InJ a restless age the houseboat has been found too restful. (It is going the way of other Victorian ideas. Twenty years ago one Chertsey firm used to build 14 new house boats every year. Last year they duiii one. -me demand nowi Is for something ; that will . move. Over moo motor launches are now run- ning in "the Thames - consort n-v BY R. T. S. (Copyright, 1822, by The Oregonian.) A crj IVQTOU T r T,,I,r IK w (Special,) He has been in i Washington the. past week the man who knows more of human foibles and frailties and troubles and joy than any other person under the sun. He is the man who opened all the mail in England during the war. He is old "opened by the cen sor" himself. And a mighty fine man at that. t anyone had to open your letter to your wife, or your husband or your business associate or your sweetheart you would have voted unanimously for Frank V. Worthington. Unquestionably there was no more difficult task in all the war, to deal with than the postal censorship in England, but so well was it han dled by Mr. Worthington that when the United States came into the war he was asked by us to take over our censorship of all mail for continental Europe passing through England. That was the highest tribute which could be paid the British censor, for during the early years of the war there was much grumbling and discontent in this country over mail delays supposed to have been caused by the British. Of course, it is only in theory that Mr Worthington opened all the mail. And it was only in theory that any censor opened all the mail. There wasn't time for that. It was necessary most of the time to se lect a bag hero and there and ship as typical. But take it from the writer, the British missed mighty lew of them, v The task of organizing the postal censorship was something enormous and it was here that the Worthing ton genius shone at its best. Oddly enough, he came all the way from South Africa to London to do the Job. For years he was one of the native commissioners for northern Rhodesia. He soon,headd' for Eng land when the war broke out and became deputy chief postal censor. Today he is regarded as the great est authority on postal censorship Lin the world. He was one of the two Britishers sent for by President Wilson when the latter was visiting the king at Buckingham palace to be thanked for their invaluable as sistance to the United Sttaes gov ernment. The other was Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, head of the British naval intelligence and, with all due respect, one of the wisest old birds who ever wore a uniform. What "Blinker" Hall didn't know about what was going on wasn't worth knowing. "Blinker" was great favorite with all the Amer ican correspondents who went to war. The afternoons spent with him at the admiralty over tea and cigarettes were a real delight. Frankness itself to the American correspondents, I don't believe British press man ever ventured to invade the sacred precincts of his office, which always had an air of mystery or suppressed ex citement about it. Mr. Worthington, accompanied by ERSTWHILE HAPPY "STARS" JOBLESS AND HUNGRY NOW Thousands of Actors and Actresses, Many of Them Americans, on Brink of Starvation in London. LONDON, July 15. (By the Asso ciated Press.) England's the atrical crisis is daily growing more serious. More than 4000 actors and actresses, including numerous Americans, are without employment and many are on the brink of star vation. Playhouse officials say it Is the worst situation in. the history of the stage. Men and women who one time were billed a "stars" and who have devoted their lives and talents to giving pleasure to others are now existing in a wretched state of misery. Many of them have sold their jewelry and most of their cftthin,c. Artists who in thA Dast drew $50 a night now get less than! that In a week. But most of tluero are without engagements of any kind and are seeking help from benevolent institutions. The causes are the wholesale closing of the aters due to lack of public support, the Increasing tendency of people to patronize the cinema in the interest of economy, and the general exodus of the population, to seashore and country. The reform of the house of lords is a perennial problem in British politics, and according to many astute .politicians it may prove to be the frock on. which tho coalition cabinet will split. It is generally said that the con servatives want to reform the upper house of parliament by making it an iron-clad permanent conserva-' tive body, while the liberals are striving to dilute its conservatism as much as possible. The government of former Pre mier Asquith reformed the house of lords by taking away its power to kill bills originating in the house, of commons, although it can .postpone them by an annual vote for three years. The. principal motive for this reform was to make liberal Irish legislation possible. The upper house next Tuesday will deal with proposals of Prime Minister Lloyd George's , cabinet which resemble more a declaration of principles than a definite plan of reform. The government proposes that the membership of the house of lords shall consist of 350 mem bers, i According to the present plan, the house shall consist, in addition to peers of royal blood and law lords, of members elected from outside, including heriditary peers -elected by their order and members nomi nated by the crown, the number vf the latter to be fixed by statute. The terms of the elected lords also would be fixed by statute, and th-ey would be eligible for re-election. The government proposes that the lords shall not reject or amend fi nancial bills, and the question whether a given bill is a financial bill would be decided by a Joint committee of the two houses. There are now more than 60 lords, only a small minority of whom take part in that body's p.ro- ceedings and many of whom are never seen there. So far the year 1922 ham not been a triumphant season, for British ex plorations. The failure of the Mount Everett expedition to reach the summit of the highest mountain, in. the world was discounted by most authorities, who said the greatest surprise had been that the climbers were able to go as far as they did without oxy gen and that they were able to transport oxygen apparatus to al most the highest slopes. Xbai definite; news tbai, it&ejr mve his wife, passed through Washing ton on the last leg of a journey around the world. He saw Secre tary Hughes while here and was entertained 4y some of the men at tached to the American embassy in London during the war.' As a reward for his work in the censor ship the British gave Mr. Worthing ton a grant of 10.000 acres of valu able land in Uganda, East Africa. Women, fickle women. Only last week it was pointed out in this column that Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, in presenting a national headquar ters for women in this city stipu lated that no man should be em ployed about the place except in a menial capacity. Now comes Miss Alice Paul, who went to war mili tant, and declares there ia no occu pation on the face of theearth too menial for women. That is, she. says, there ought not to be any calling too menial. In other words Miss Paul believes Instead of mak ing laws forbidding women to par ticipate in certain classes of worK there should be legislation making all trades safe and decent for wom en. It was so in Europe during the war, and to .a large extent In this country. One forbids women to shine shoes or operate taxicabs. Miss Paul avows this is all wrong. The na tional women's party has ten wonv en lawyers working in the library of the United States supreme court making the first comprehensive re-1 port on the legal position of worn en in the United States. This la no easy task. It is comparatively easy to define woman's legal status under the federal laws, but each state has its own particular ideas as to how women must be- regarded in the eyes of the law. What Miss Paul seems to resent is the idea that laws should be passed to prevent women from working at certain trades because mere man believes these trades to be sacred unto himself. It is ad mitted that most of these exclude trades which may bo regarded as menial. . A real "old sleuth" in the depart ment of justice gave some of his friends a bit of advice a day or two ago. "Never hold the transmitter of the telephone to your chest with the idea that you can prevent the person at the other end of the line hearing what you are saying to a third party in the room with you." he said. "Many persons think that simply by pressing the telephone to their chest they are shutting off all possibility of being heard over the line. That is not the case. Every word you say vibrates the chest and the words are carried over the wire almost as plainly as if you had said them in the mouth piece. Turn the transmitter in an . opposite direction and whisper if you will, or place tha hand over it, but never hold it to the chest." All those yearning for secrecy please note. returning was taken for gramted before it reached England. Whether the Royal Geographical society will renew the enterprise smother year is questionable. The expedition, was one of the most costly ever at tempted and financial reasons, may make another Mount Everest cam paign, impossible. The late Sir Ernst Shackletonls little ship Quest, -according to re ports, is about to sail homeward from the South Pacific, thus giving up tho long programme for An tarctic explorations over which the explorer had studied several years. Sir Ernest's death was not tha only cause of tile failure of the en terprise. Captain Wild, who suc ceeded to command after his chiefs death, concluded after consultation with shipping men, that the Quest was not large enough or strong enough to fight the souUiera Ice fields. Considering Sir Ernest's wide ex perience and the fact that all of England's seafaring knowledge was at his disposal, it now seema strange to leading shipping experts that the Quest's possibilities and limilatJioma were not realized before the expedi tion started. 1 Wine Permits to Provoke War by Dry Agents. Government Officers Declared to Be Seriously Handicapped. LOS ANGELES, CaL, July 15 (By the Associated Press.) A "wine war" on a big scale will be waged In southern California dur ing the coming grape season by federal prohibition agents and revenue officers", according to local government officials. The fight centers about the so called government permits issued to heads of families to make fruit juice for their own use, which "per mits" are in fact declarations of in tention filed with the department of internal revenue by heads of families wishing to indulge In such domestic manufacture of bever ages. This "declaration of intention" provision is said by prohibition of ficials to offer an easy loophole in the Volstead law. Wine results in 95 per cent of the cases where "fruit juice" is made at home, they contend, but the new prohibition law provides that possession of the beverage is not illegal unless it should become intoxicating "in fact." Arrests on Volstead charges are made still more difficult, it is alleged, by the new ruling that actual "buys" must be made before search warrants can be issued. PESTS DESTROY GRAIN Mice and Locusts Sweep Over Big Area on Russian Fields. MOSCOW. Field mice and locusts have damaged millions of acres of grain In several Russian districts already seriously affected by last year's drought and famine and which were expected this year to produce good crops. A report of the bureau of agric-al ture states that more than 20,000,009 acres - are in the belt affected by these pests. Locusts have swept In from Persia and the field mica have not been far behind. Chemical warfare squads mobil ized to fight the plague have been 1 greatly hampered in, their work; fcr i lack . destructive, .taunteali . A