The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-05-09

the medal of the Legion OF
in prosecuting lumber manufacturers
and the International Harvester COM
pany under the antitrust statutes.
Senator Walsh and his Teapot Dome
committee didn't seem to be doing
much, but the special grand jury be-.
gan its work Of investigating criminal
charges growing out of the Oil inquiry.
Former Secretary of the Navy Daniels
was the first witness.
THE senate made considerable head
i way with the tax bill, and at this
writing the principal parts of it to be
decided on are the normal and surtax
rates, over which the biggest fight is
being waged. Senator Simmons Of
North Carolina proposed. as substi-
tute for the Mellon plan, schedule
calling for reduction of the maximum
surtax rate to 40 per cent and for
80 per cent cut in the normal taxes on
incomes below $1,000. The Democratic
senators in conference formally ap-
proved Of this schedule.
T Asst winters maneuvers of the
IL American feet demonstrated seem
ingly that 1t Is far below the ratio
provided by the Washington confer
ence treaties, according to the report
made by Admiral Coontz, its COM
mander. The two main lessons learned
were that the fleet is unable to
maneuver as unit at speed Of even
ten knots, because Of the slowness Of
the auxiliary vessels, and that the SUBJ
marines completely failed to function
for fleet work. The admiral makes
| many recommendations designed to
remedy conditions, these including con-
struction of airplane carriers, subma-
rine and destroyer tenders. new cruis-
ers, modern submarines, destroyer
squadron leaders and airplanes for use
with the feet The report also ad-
vises that eight Of the older battleships
be modernized, including an increase
in the elevation Of the turret guns on
these and several other ships, to re-
duce the disparity in range that now
| exists between our feet and those of
Japan and Great Britain.
XXTARREN T. MORAY last week
wv lost his position as governor of
F.! Indiana and his liberty for a decade.
! Convicted of using the mails in a
scheme to defraud he was sentenced
by Federal Judge Anderson to ten
| years in the penitentiary at Atlanta
and to pay fine of $4,000. The
| Judge in pronouncing sentence ar
raigned the culprit scathingly, declar-
ing that if McCray "lived to be as old
as Methuselah, could not mete out
enough punishment" McCray within
a few hours was on his way to his
cell.
| TERRIFIC storms that reached the
l. proportions of tornadoes swept
| across the Southern states last
Wednesday, killing 113 persons. injur-
| ing thousand others and doing vast
| property damage. In South Carolina
the dead numbered 66, in Georgia 10
and in Alabama II. The American Red
Cross instantly went to the relief of
the sufferers and was aided by many
| other organizations.
a FTER being delayed for days at
| IA Chignik, Alaska, by storms, Major
Martin, commander of the world-cir
cling squadron, left Wednesday to re-
join his comrades at Dutch Harbor,
but up to the time of writing this he
had not been heard from, and it was
| feared he had come to grief in a new
storm. Fishing boats were searching
along the route for his plane.
EFFORTS of the United States to
IL bring peace to Honduras are bear
ing fruit. The Central American gov
ernments united in a conference which
has agreed that Gen. Vicente Tosta
shall be provisional president of Hon.
duras pending the holding of new cleo
lions. Meanwhile one faction of Hon
durans has captured Tegucigalpa, the
capital, after twelve hours of bloody
fighting.
| ~ REAT BRITAIN, Belgium, Italy.
" Japan and Yugosiavia have ac-
cepted the Dawes report on Germany,
but France still is jockeying for alter
atoms. However. the prospects are
bright if Germany makes prompt
start to carry out its provisions. Pre-
mier Theunis and Foreign Minister
Hymans Of Belgium are in England
discussing the matter with Prime Min
lister Macdonald. American bankers
stand ready to furnish half of the
$20o,0O0,000 loan to Germany.