The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-01

corporation doesn't successfully APP
peal to the courts-will doubtless be
far-reaching. Estimates are made that
more than $25O,O00. 900 will soon be
expended on new iron and steel plants
in the Chicago district.
NOMINEE DAVIS, having picked
l y out Glenn Ia Shaver of West vir-
gfnia as the chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee and put him
on the job. it out for a rock-bound isle
off the coast of Maine where nobody
could get at him, to stay for ten days
or so. He will be Officially notified
August IL at Clarksburg. and will then
fire his first broadside OF the cam
paigp.
Shaver. like Davis, Is a native son"
Of West Virginia. He Is fifty-seyen.
He was admitted to the bar and prac-
ticed, but transferred his attention to
farming, stock raising, dealing in coal
and timber lands-and politics. He .is
a fox hunter, duck hunter, fisherman
and naturalist. He is SO far from be-
ing laxative that in his home town
they call him 1.-The Sphinx" He must
be even less taikative than Pat Harri-
sons "Siient Sphinx" Candidate
Davis says. "Clem gives up word just
about as readily as the average Amer
lean citizen parts with dollar bili.'
LALF past one Tuesday morning at
i -Mackinac Island! A white squall is
flashing the straits. Lightning flashes
and thunder crashes. Swooping in
through the dark over the finish line at
Round Island light came the tall-enders
Of the fleet Of 22 yachts that left Chi
cago Saturday afternoon-all with
double reefs that are not scudding I'm
der bare poles. The yawl Vanadis and
the sloop Seboomook are driven ashore.
The sloop Virginia Is run down by the
steamer Manitou. The schooner Natant
has sought shelter in the Beavers. All
Chicago boats these. Vandyke's big
sloop Dorello and Commodore Browns
big schooner Ranger, both flying the
flag Of the Milwaukee Yacht club. have
finished one-two Monday afternoon.
Last of all to finish is Ben Carpen.
ter's Chicago midget R class sloop
Sari, with its crew Of four-so small
she barely gets In the 5-ton limit and
the smallest craft ever entered In the
10 years of the race. SO small, in fact,
that when her elapsed time of 1854 80
is corrected to A :O5 :39 by her time
allowance Sari leads all the fleet. beat
ing Dorello by less than 40 minutes.
This Chicago Mackinac annual yacht
race over 331 miles of 1.-THE Stormy
Water" is second to none, fresh water
or salt.
CLARENCE BARROW sprang ire
~ mendous surprise in the Leopold
Loeb murder case Monday at Chicago
by withdrawing the plea of not guilty
and causing the defendants to plead
guilty both to the charge Of murder
and Of kidnapping for ransom. 1--WE
want to state frankly" said barrow.
'.that no one in this case believes that
these defendants should be released or
are competent to be. We believe they
should be permanently isolated from
society. and if we. as lawyers, thought
differently their families would not
permit US to do otherwise"
The case will therefore be heard by
Chief Justice John r. Caverly without
a jury. There are four punishments
the court can put upon the defendants:
Death, life term in penitentiary. term
Of IA years or term OF any number of
years between
Notwithstanding the plea of guilty
throws the defendants on the mercy Of
the court, States Attorney Grove went
on with the trial. stating that the boys
were sane and guilty and that the
state would send them to the gallows.
The case is far from being as simple as
1t looks. barrow, victorious leader. of
many a forlorn hope, is in 1t to save
the boys from the rope. The insanity
plea win doubtless. appear at the
strategic moment.
MAJ. ROBERT MBRIE. United
lV1 States vice consul. was beaten to
death in Teheran. Persia. by mob OF
anti-foreign fanatics. The city and
suburbs were put under martial law.
Washington is TO have a minister
representing the Irish Free. State In
matters falling within his sphere the
minister will not be subject to the
British ambassador and the ambassa'
dor will not be responsible for the
minister's actions