The Owosso times., 1922-09-08

CALIFORNIA; primary election at
~ tracted the interest Of the country
last week. On the face Of incomplete
returns, Senator Hiram Johnson won
his fight for denomination, defeating
@. @. Moore; all the incumbent con-
gressmen were renominated: State
Treasurer f. w. Richardson beat Gov.
w. ID. Stephens for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination; District At
torney L. L. Woolwine was nominated
for governor by the Democrats. Some
Of these results may be upset by later
returns
In Montana partial returns indicated
that w. ID. Rankin had been nominated
for senator by the Republicans and B.
X. Wheeler by the Democrats. In
South Carolina Cole L. Blease, former
governor, was leading Il. G. Mcleod
for the gubernatorial nomination, but
as he seemed not to have a majority
over the other five candidates 1t was
considered certain second primary
would have to be held.
A USTRIA, bankrupt and In every
4 Away distressed, has become a bone
Of serious contention between Italy
and the little entente. Plans for an
economic union between Italy and Aus
tria, which might result later In the
virtual absorption Of the latter, have
been put forward, and are said to
have the approval Of Great Britain
and France. The scheme would re-
lieve Austria's most pressing needs
and would satisfy the growing Italian
sentiment for expansion. But Jugo-
Slavia, Italy's rival for control of the
Adriatic, doesn't want Italy strength
ened, and furthermore she wants to
grab the Austrian district of Klagen-
furt. Rumors that Serbian irregulars
were about to invade that region
stirred up a lot Of excitement in Eu-
ropean capitals, and Jugo-Slavia was
constrained to deny any intention Of
invading the district and to promise
to restrain the irregulars. The
Czechoslovaks were credited with q
hankering to seize the northern prov
inces of Austria in case Of dismember-
ment of the succession republic. Buda-
pest heard that both these little en-
tente nations were planning to send
troops through Hungarian territory
into Austria, and Count Andrassy
chairman OF the Hungarian foreign af-
fairs committee, declared Hungary
would resist this. adding that Hun
gary, though weak, "may prove dam
gerous in case of such an insult"
DROBABLY before this reaches the
reader 1t will be known whether
the allied reparations committee has
come to decision on the question of
u moratorium for Germany, but dur
ing the latter days Of the week the
situation was decidedly confusing. Ber-
lin made one offer of guarantees which
France rejected. Then new plans
were suggested by Britain, by France
aud by Germany, all of which were
cast aside by the commission. It
seemed possible the scheme proposed
by Delacroix Of Belgium, though ad-
mittedly temporary compromise,
might be adopted This provided for:
L. Issue of short-time promissory
notes by the German government, coun-
tersigned by three big German banks
and payable to Belgium within six
months.
2. Transfer of 100000, 100000 gold
marks ($71, 400, O,OOO,OOO) from the
reichsbank to the Golfers Of some for
eign bank outside Of Germany, to be
held as security for the paper notes.
3. Guarantees to France for pay.
ment In kind.
A. Convocation of another premiers'
conference in November to take up
the whole problem Of reparations and
war debts of the allies.
@ EvERAL great disasters occurred
~ last week. An overloaded Chilean
vessel sank near Coquimbo and 316
persons were drowned, only six being
saved. The japanese cruiser Niltka
went down In a typhoon and 1t was
believed the loss Of life was heavy.
In gold mine at Jackson, Cal, At
miners were imprisoned In the lower |
levels by a fire in levels above them,
and at this writing 1t Is believed none |
of them will be rescued.
N ESPITE the assistance of Ameri- |
~ can reformers. the prohibitionists |
of Sweden were defeated when the
question Of whether the country
should be wet or dry was submitted to
n nopular vote The cifioa eunorSa1yv