The Arvada enterprise., 1922-08-03

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power" This, Mr.. Smoot supposed. was
the basis OF McCumber's statement,
but he, Smoot. did not think Norris
had been authorized by the publishers
to make such threat. McCumber
reiterated his statements with added
details and was supported by Watson
of Indiana who related how Norris
and other publishers In 1908 offered
to make Joe Cannon president II he
would put through n bin placing news
print and wood pulp on the free list.
Cannon, he said, ordered Norris from
his Office. All Of this, whether true
or not, was highly entertaining to the
Democratic senator's.
COMMISSIONER BLAIR Of the In
ternal revenue burenu dealt the
liquor Industry Il hard blow by for
bidding further Imports OF wines and
liquors until the supplies already In
the country for nOnbeverage uses are
insufficient for national requirements.
Secretary Hughes asked. and presum-
ably was promised the aid Of the Brit.
ish government In the suppression Of
liquor smuggling from Bermuda aud
the Bahamas. The British govern.
ment, however. has refused the unofii-
cinl request Of the United States for
the right TO search outside the three
mile limit British vessels suspected
Of being engaged In smuggling liquor
into the United Stntes.
THAT the French are at last reach.
L ing n point where they will con.
sent to n reduction OF the German
| reparutiOns debt IL evidenced by the
plan on which Premier POlncaire Is
working. As II stands nOw-it IL be-
Ing modified daily-the proposition Is
that for every dollar paid by Germany
on the rcparations account md for
every dollar of the allied debts which
IL cancelled. France will cnncel nm
equal amount OF certain clnss Of
bonds In the second week In August.
or sooner II the Italian government
crisis Is cleared up, the Morgan com
| mittec of bankers Will meet again In
Paris, md 1t is hoped TINT meantime
the League OF Nations council will
have prepared the way for the bank.
crs to propose n new reparatlons set
Element. Poincnre and Lloyd George
are to hold their conference In London
| August 10.
THE Bnvarian government In in
L open revolt against the central
| Germnn government at Berlin and has
Issued u decree TINT rejects md sup
plants the recent Legislation by the
| relchstag for the defense Of the re-
public. The Bnvnrinn minister at
Berlin wns instructed TO inform
Chancellor Wirth that my outside pO-
lice official attempting To operate In
Bavnria would be promptly arrested.
Wirth hns called n conference OF all
the German states to consider the
problem. nnd II Rnvnrin does not
suppress It's new law President Ebert
mny summon the s,nnisgcrichtshof. or
tribunnl Of the states. to dcnl with the
ease. Chancellor Lerchcnfcld Of Bn.
vnrIn says he Is opposed to any sep.
nrntlst movement but that his state
will not submit to any nbrldgcmcnt ~
Its rights. The old cnmity between
Bnvnrin md Prussia md the strong
monnrchlst sentiment among the Ba.
vnrinns mike the situation difficult
| for Berlin.
z ROM several widely separated
I sources comes the Information that
soviet Russia Is planning military
operations on her western front In the
autumn. Frank Vnndcrlip. the Amcri.
can tinnnclcr who hns been In touch
with the Russians In Berlin. snys In
Pnrls TINT the probability II increasing
that the bolshcviki viii fore. such
war on Europe In the harvcs, season,
nttncking ituinnnia nnd Polnnd sin
nm attempt to rnlly Russian morale
and also Ia get food from the cnsi"rn
hmrves,s." ltussinn refugees In Bel.
grnde assert the soviet government is
preparing for drive through the Bal.
kRns and then westward through Aus.
tFia.
A UGUSTUS THOMAS Inns been ap.
"A pointed executive chairman of
the Producing Managers association
for three years NJ n Inrge snlnry. with
pOwerx In the world of the spoken
drama comparable to those Of win
Hays in the motion picture industry
and Judge i.andIs In bnscbnii. The
association includes practically all the
important thsstsical producers.