The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-11-30

| the tax burden. the President holds,
and he is confident that the radicals
VIII be unable to put any extreme
measure through congress. His atti.
| tude toward soldier bonus legislation
has not been disclosed, but he probably
will follow the example, of President
Harding and insist that if bonus bill
be passed, means for financing it be
provided by congress.
&c. WALTON. suspended governor
-. OF Oklahoma. was found guilty of
| eleven of the sixteen charges pre-
| senteG to the senate court of impeacn-
ment and for corruption in office
| moral turpitude. neglect of duty and
general incompetence was removed
| from his office. The vote was Il to O.
l5Waltou's one consistent supporter be-
| ing absent. Six of the original charges
were dismissed. No evidence for the
defense was presented. for Walton had
| withdrawn his counsel after annonne-
| ing that he could not stand the Thu
initiation of an unfair trial" His at
| torneys, however. intend to- try to
carry the case to the Supreme court
of the United States. A /, grand jury
in Oklamaha City considered the evil
dence on which the deposed governor
was convicted and indicted him for
criminal offenses.
DR. FRE1ERICK A.. COOK. the
~ Arctic explorer who gained no
toriety by his bogus discovery" Of the
North Pole yeats ago. and who Of late
has been spectacular dealer in oil
stocks. has come to tile end of his
rope. Tried before Fedora. Judge XII
Its in Forth Worth, Tex. for misuse
of the mails in connection with the
operations of the, Petroleum Produc-
ers' association, OF which her was the
sole trustee, he was found guilty and
Sentenced to fourteen years and nine
months in prison and fined $4,000.
| Nineteen co-defendants were also
found guilty. Judge KiIlits in passing
| sentence denounced Cook scathingly
for robbing widows and orphans, con-,
cluding: lyon, ought 10 be paraded as
practical warning In every state
where you have sold stock"
| @ ECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
y HOOVER says. the government is
not considering any plan for the relief
sof the hungry people in Germany.
| though several persons have talked of
the matter with the President. AS to
whether relief is needed, Mr.. Hoover
says the breakdown In distribution.
coupled with considerable unemploy-
ment, has caused suffering In the poor
districts. Uncertainty Of business life
has multiplied many times, but Ger
| many as whole is still powerful
| country in business, agriculture, and
trade. Purchases by Germany from
| the United States in the first six
months of 1928 aggregated more than
1 $143.OO0OO0. or about 570.O0OOOO gold
marks. The Industrial plan of Ger
1 many is better than it was before the
war; and there is even danger that it
is overdeveloped. Crops throughout
Germany are reported generally good.
in some instances being the best for
| fifteen years or more.
Major General Aliens committee for
relief of hungry German children is all
| ready to open its campaign for the col
lection of funds from American citi-
zens and it is announced that at least
| $1O,OO0O00 will be needed The Amer
lean Friends service committee will ad-
minister the fund and the German gov
eminent will kindly attend, to the in
surance. warehouse and other over
head charges.
FRIENDS of Corea i'll America. who
i are organized, have filed with Sec
rotary of State Hughes formal protest
against the alleged murder Of about
500 Coreans during the great earth
quake and fire in Tokyo and Yollo-
hama. DIR. Floyd w. Thompkins, presi-
dent of the society, who signed the pro-
test, declared an eyewitness saw $50
Coreans bound hand aEI foot, placel
on an old junk. covered with oil and
burned alive" What Secretary Hughes
can do about 1t is not indicated.
LING ALFONSO, Qdeen Victoria
y and Dictator Primo Rivera of
Spain all went to italy last weeH and
we're received by King Victor En-
manuel and Premier Mussolini $wi:h
Impressive ceremony. = was safk a
military alliance between the iue
countries would he signed 10 halanrel
Rthe alliance between France aca Jugo
slavia.