The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-04-10

passed to group of interests including
the Standard Oil Company of In
diana, Blair & Co., Inc, and the Chase
Securities corporation. Edward l.. Do
heny, chairman of the board of the
Pan-American and a pioneer of the
Mexican oil interests, signed the con-
tract in New York for the sale OF 501.-
600 shares of the voting stock of his
company. The consideration was not
stated but the present market value
Of the stock transferred is about $685.
100000. The shares are held by the
newly organized Pan-American East
ern Petroleum corporation. This deal
Is the largest consolidation in the his
tory of the oil industry. 1t gives the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana an
important rank not only in the oil in
dustry in this country, but also in for
eign markets. 1t acquired control not
only of the Mexican properties Of the
Pan. American Petroleum and Trans
port company, its pipe lines and re
fineries. but also of its tanker fleet,
consisting of 81 vessels with an aggre-
gate lightweight of 272,500 tons and
capable Of transporting 100000 bar
rels of crude oil. This tanker fleet Is
second in size to that of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey.
MORE systematic and effective eff
4V1 forts to enforce national prohi-
bition are expected to follow the APP
pointment Of Assistant Secretary Lin
prohibition activities of the Treasury
department. He was given this post
by Secretary Mellon after Assistant
Secretary Moss and Prohibition Com
missioner Haynes had INDUCED in a
long controversy over the holding of
the balance of power. The prohibition
unit of the department and the ''dry"
work of the coast guard and customs
divisions will be managed by Andrews.
He was in the regular army 80 years.
rising to brigadier general. and gained
note as the reorganizer of the military
after the armiStice.
WHETHER Federal Judge George
w w. English Of the Eastern dis
trict of Illinois shall be impeached will
not be known until December when
the congressional subcommittee that
has been investigating his acts reports
to the full committee. After a lot of
testimony had been heard Judge Eng
lish took the stand in his own behalf.
Some Of the accusations OF official mis-
conduct he denied, others he sought to
explain and to justify, and in excuse
Of others he pleaded ignorance of the
law. The subcommittee adjourned
but may hear some further evidence,
later.
THE sixth international neo-malthu-
i sian and birth control conference
came to an end in New York last week
after adopting resolution providing
for encouragement of large families
among persons of superior stock.
1.-THE conference believes" said the
resolution. 'that persons whose prog
eny give promise of being of decided
value to the community should be en-
couraged to bear as large families,
properly spaced, as they feel they feas-
IDLY can"
An international birth-control COM
mlttee was appointed, with England,
Scandinavia, Austria, Hungary, Hol-
land, Germany, Japan, China. Mexico,
Switzerland and America represented.
The conference voted to raise fund
to pay the fine Of $1,000 francs to save
Eugene Humbert and his wife from
further Imprisonment In France for
distributing birth-control pamphlets.
The next international conference will
be held in Geneva next August.
DRESIDENT COOLIDGE, 1t is an
nounced, has selected White court.
at Swampscott. Mass, for lis summer
vacation and he and his family will go
there on June Is. The residence was
leased recently by Frank w. Stearns,
the Presidents close friend.
CECRETARY WEEKS has invited
~ bids for the purchase of power de-
veloped by the Wilson dam at Muscle
Shoals This is In accordance with the
plan of the army engineers to develop
and sell the power pending final dispo-
sition of the project by congress
About July the Wilson dam will he
gin the development of 100000 horse
power daily. II is not expected that
high rates of pay will be obtained
since the contracts must he revocable
by the government on 30 days notlcs
and will be of short duration