The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

available means for prohibition en-.
forcement, that statements to the con'
trary by Pinchot were "gratuitous and
not founded on fact" and that 1t would
be better for the governor to expend
his energy in ascertaining facts and
actually enforcing the law rather than
in the promotion Of 'unjustified crit
icism." Pinchot retorted that Mellon
was merely defending things as they
are" All of this discussion means, to
the average citizen. merely that Gov
ernor Pinchot is becoming an active
rival Of President Coolidge for the
presidential nomination next year. and
that Secretary Mellon is enlisted In
support of Mr.. Coolidge.
Drank B. KELLOGG, former United
4 States senator from Minnesota, has
been selected by President Coolidge to
succeed George Harvey as American
ambassador to Great Britain. and the
British government has announced that
his appointment will be highly salts
factory. Over here the Presidents
choice was generally commended ex-
cept by certain of the old ''irrecon-
cilables' who remember MI. Kellogg
was a mild re~servationist when the
question of the League of Nations was
before the senate However, there Is
little doubt that the senate will con-
firm his appointment, and no doubt at
all that Mr.. kellogg has sufficient
ability and diplomatic skill to fill the
post with credit.
GOVERNOR WALTON of Oklahoma
" was arraigned before the state
senate court of impeachment Thurs
day on twenty-five charges of cOrrup
ton in office, wilful neglect of duty.
moral tu%rpitude and general incom-
potency. The actual trial was delayed
by a lot of legal skirmishing. The
governor seemingly bases his defense
on the khan issue.
A Muskogee newspaper printed a
story that two members of the senate
had been offered brides of $4,000 to
vote a certain way on the verdict, and
the editor and his Oklahoma City cor
respondent were called before the SEN
ate court to explain the article and
tell where the information was OBJ
tanned.
D LAME for the accident of Septem-
- Der 8 off the California coast, in
which seven d~estroyers and % lives
were lost, is laid ON three officers by
the board of inquiry which has re-
ported to Secretary Of the Navy Den
by. On the recommendations of the
board, Capt. Edward Ii. Watson. the
squadron commander, Lieut.. Com
mander Donald L. Hunter, command
ing the Delphi, flagship and leader of
the nine destroyers which grounded,
and Lieut.. Lawrence f. Blodgett, nav
igator of the Delphi, will be charged
before a general court-martial with
"culpable inefficiency in the perform
ance Of duty and negligence. Eight
other officers will be tried for negli-
gence.
a NDREW BONAR LAW. former
"a prime minister of Great Britain
and chancellor of the exchequer under
Lloyd George, died in England after
a lingering illness. He was considered
one Of England's best informed and
solidest statesmen, though lacking
1,oN- ~ fha nta1itinC fhaf Vnntn pOr
popularity. A greater loss to the
world came in the death Of DR.. Charles
?. Steinmetz at Schenectady, N. Y. His
achievements and discoveries in cleo
trical engineering had made him world
famous and his devotion to science
was utterly unselfsh.
IN THE presence of President Cool
L idge, a host of officials and repre-
sentatives of all Masonic organiza-
tions, the corner stone of the great
Masonic memorial to George Washing
ton. was laid at Alexandria, Va, Thurs
day. The temple, which will be Of
Greek architecture, will cost $4,000
600 and will be a shrine for American
~Freemasonry in which will be pre-
served many relics OF the Father Of
His Country.
A S AN expression Of its gratitude
"A for Americas help at the time of
the recent earthquake, Japan has of
fered to the United States a perpetual
lease on a two-acre estate adjoining
the site of our embassy in Tokyo
which was destroyed. Ambassador
Woods is on his way home with the
offer and plans for a fine new building.