The Winslow mail., 1923-12-07

the tax burden, the President holds,
and he is confident that the radicals
will 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.
T G. WALTON, suspended governor
y. of Oklahoma, was found guilty of
eleven of the sixteen charges pre-
sented to the senate court of impeach-
ment and for corruption in office,
moral turpitude, neglect of duty and
general incompetence was removed
from his Office. The vote was Al to 0,
Walton'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withdrawn his counsel after announc-
ing that he could not stand the "hu-
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 OklamOha City considered the evil
dence on which the deposed governor
was convicted and indicted him for
criminal offenseS.
DR. FREDERICK A. COOK, the
~ Arctic explorer who gained mo-
toriety by his bogus discovery of the
North Pole years ago, and who of late
has been a spectacular dealer in oil
stocks, has come to the end of his
rope. Tried before Federal Judge Kill
Its in Forth Worth, Tex, for misuse
of the mails in connection with the
operations of the Petroleum Produc-
ers' association, of which he 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 Killits in passing
sentence denounced Cook scathingly
for robbing widows and orphans, con-
Guiding: "You ought to be paraded as
practical warning in every state
where you have sold stock"
G ECRETARY OF COMMERCE
- HOOVER says the government is
not considering any plan for the relief
of 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 unempIoy-
ment, has caused suffering in the poor
districts. Uncertainty Of business life
has multiplied many times, but Ger
many as a whole is still a powerful
country in business, agriculture, and
| trade. Purchases by Germany from
the United States in the first six
months Of 1923 aggregated more than
$143, 100000, or about 57O.OOO,OOO gold
marks. The industrial plan of Ger
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 it's campaign for the col
lection of funds from American citi-
zens and it is announced that at least
| $40, O,OOOO 900 will be needed The Amer
lean Friends service committee will ad-
minister the fund and the German gov
ernment will kindly attend to the in.
surance, warehouse and other over
head charges.
ERLENDS of Corea III America, who
i are organized, have filed with Sec
retary of State Hughes formal protest
against the alleged murder of about
500 Coreans during the great earth
| quake and fire in Tokyo and Yoko-
hama. Dr. Floyd w. Thompkins, presi-
dent of the society, who signed the pro-
test, declared an eyewitness saw 25O
Coreans bound hand ard foot, placed
on an old junk, covered with oil and
burned alive" What Secretary Hughes
can do about it is not indicated.
TING ALFONSO, Queen Victoria
N and Dictator Primo Rivera of
Spain all went to italy last. week and
were received by King Victor EN-
manuel and Premier Mussolini with
impressive ceremony. ir was said a
military alliance between the two
countries would be signed to balance
the alliance between France and Jugo-
Slavia.