The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-08-24

& their morning hymns. L-Au-
new German chancellor.
with the vigorous, way in which he Is
tackling his tasks. Politicians give
him first place in the list of aspirants
for the Republican presidential NOM
nation next year. Last week he held
conferences with number Of Repub-
lican leaders from Southern states,
and there were signs that the South
ern delegate support was drifting his
way. In line with this was Mr.. Cool
idge's appointment Of c. Bascom
Slemp as secretary to the President.
Mr.. Slemp was formerly congress-
man from Virginia and has long been
one of the most important Republic
ans of the South. The Democratic ma
tional committee promptly character
lied the appointment as "the first step
to round up Southern delegates" for
Coolidge, and then went on to, at
tack Slemp, asserting that he was
exposed on the floor of the house De
cember Is. 1922, in connection with
the alleged trafficking in offices by Re
publicans in Southern states"
EFFORTS of the administration to
IL prevent the suspension of anthra-
cite coal mining after September l
have not yet met with success. With
the approval of President Coolidge,
the federal coal commission head
ed by John Hays Hammond invited
the representatives Of the operators
and miners to meet it in con-
ference In New York city. Accord
ingly the sub-scale committee, four
men from each side. Joined the board
members in discussing the questions
at issue. The miners proposed to
abandon their demand for the
"check-off" of union dues If the OPP
orators would cease their practice of
collecting explosive and fuel accounts
by the same method. To this the OPP
orators agreed, but with conditions at
which the miners baked. Mr.. Ham,
mond said frankly, the outlook Is dis
couraging."
Meanwhile other government depart
ments are preparing for possible
strike.
TOHN BARTON PAYNE and Charles
y B. Warren. representatives of the
United States In the prerecognitiOn
conference in Mexico City, have con-
cluded their task satisfactorily and
by this time are back in Washington
with the signed records Of the ses-
sions. These comprise the two claims
conventions and the Mexican govern
ment's Interpretation of the bearing
Of the subsoil petroleum and agrarian
laws on American property in Mexico.
by Payne and Warren with the Next
can representatives will be acceptable
to the American administration and
that the resumption of diplomatic re-
lations will soon follow. An agree
ment was made to have the president
Of the permanent court Of interna-
tional justice at The Hague appoint
neutral umpires for the United States
and Mexican claims commissions,
which are to be created through the
revolutionary and mixed claims con-
ventions. if and after diplomatic rela-
tons are resumed.
THE gasoline price war which Gov
4 ernor McMaster started in South
Dakota where the state placed the
fuel on sale at Is cents began to
spread to other states in the Middle
West and resulted in the Standard
Oil company of Indiana meeting the
cut, though it protested that the
price was below the cost of produc-
ton. Other concerns followed suit
and the consumers were comparative
ly happy. In few days Governor
McMaster, after comforting with inde-
pendent oil jobbers, raised the price
in South Dakota to 20 cents, so the
prevailing price would have the same
relative reduction as in other states"
The war is still going on, and it may
be the federal government will take
a hand.
ONE hundred and thlrty-eight men
~ were entombed in coal mine at
Kemmerer, Wyo., by an explosion
about LOO feet below the surface,
and despite the frantic efforts OF res
cue workers 9S of them persisted.
DAMON DE VALERA, the Irish
IL Free States chief thorn-ln-the-
flesh, was becoming altogether too ac-
tive in the campaign for the election
soon to be held. so government troops
grabbed him while he was addressing
big meeting of republicans at Ennis.
County Clare. and locked him up. He
probably will be kept in jail in Dublin
until the country is more peaceful.