The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-14

troops had a prominent part In the
| battle of Cordoba. Admiral Magruder
with the United States cruiser Rich
mond is at Vera Cruz cooperating In
efforts to restore normal conditions
there.
IvYENIZELOS has resigned as pre-
mier Of Greece, turning that post
over to Kafandaris, who formed
new ministry, but the venerable pa
triot is still dominating the policies
of the government. In order that
Queen Marie of Rumania may not
stir up trouble on the ground that her
son-in-law, King George, has not been
given a square deal, Kafandaris has
rejected the suggestion of Henry der
genthau that the status of the Glucks-
burg dynasty be settled before the
plebiscite is held to determine the
form of government
DRIME MINISTER MACDONALD
of Great Britain says the British
recognition OF the Russian soviet gov
eminent is absolute and without quib-
bles He also says both Russia and
Germany must be admitted to men,
bership in the League of Nations and
that he believes France will consent
to this. Concerning British relations
with France, he says the "hesitating
and negative attitude" of the British
government has been abandoned. Al
ready, at his suggestion, the French gov
eminent has agreed to quit it's sup
port, of the separatists in the Palat-
mate and the Rhineland This auto
matically answers a strong protest
sent last week by Berlin to Paris COM
planning of the French aid to the
separatists and demanding that con- =
ditions ia the Palatinate be re-estab-
lished in accordance with the treaty.
Germany also asks the withdrawal of
the customs measures in the occupied
territory.
Italy and Russia signed a CONNER
cial treaty on Thursday and Mussolini
thus recognized the Soviet govern ],
ment. He will soon appoint an ambas-
sador TO Moscow.
a LEXIS l. RYKOV was elected head
"A Of the Russian council of COM
missars to succeed the late Lenin. The
rumors of split IN the soviet gov
eminent have crystallized into reports
that a considerable part of the army,
controlled by Trotzky, is In revolt and
that it is planning to march on Mos
cow when the spring thaw sets in
early in April. The rebellious garri-
sons are said to be cooperating with !.
Ukrainian troops that are preparing
for reign of terror and q slaughter
IF Jews in southwest Russia
GO FAR as the house ways and
. means committee is concerned,
The new tax bill is completed and
ready for reporting to the house this
week. The Republican members of
he committee agreed to stand togeth-
sr for the Mellon surtax and normal
ak rates, and approved definitely the
sections embodying a reduction of ,25
Ter cent in. individual income taxes
payable in 1924 ON 1923 incomes. The
present jewelry tax rate Of per cent
$ unchanged, but will not apply on
lrticles valued at $40 or less or on
watches valued at $50 or less.
THE conference on measures to aid
4 the wheat farmers and banks of
he wheat region, under direction of
PRESIDENT Coolidge, drew up a program
# which these are the salient fea-
ures:
l. Creation of a 100000 corpora
ion to furnish financial aid to bank.
ng and agricultural interests, an I'M
Endorsed by the conference
f financiers and business men from
he Northwest invited by the Presi-
ent
2. Passage of the Norbeck- Burtness
i'll providing for an appropriation of
100000 for loan fund to be adj
by the secretary of agri-
ulture and two commissioners for the
nancing of crop diversiicationx BY
yheat farmers
3. Extension to the end of this cal
ndar year the period in which the
Var Finance Corporation may make
dvances for agricultural purposes
E. w. Decker, Minneapolis banker.
nd G. G. Jaffray, president of the 500
ne, were suggested as managers of
ne $10000,000 corporation, and it was
animated that President Coolidge
,ould increase the tariff duty on
heat from 40 cents to As cents a
ushe it, as he hoped, the tariff COM
lission should approve such increase.
h
II OWARD CARTER and his broth.
er psychologists last week raised
he lid of Tut-Ankh-Amens huge pink
arcophagus at Luxor and revealed
he most magnificent mummy case
yer found in Egypt. The effigy of the
haroah, more than twice life size,
as covered with thick sheets of solid
DID; the curled beard was ofsbgold,
nd the sacred uraeus on the head