The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-06

of Italy has had a severe attack of in
fuenza but is reported to be on the
way to recovery.
DISsENSION threatens to wreck
- the plans for the Confederate
memorial on Stone mountain near At
lanta, Ga, already partly carried out.
Gutzon Borglum, sculptor Of the me-
mortal, heads one faction and Hollins
Randolph, an Atlanta lawyer, the
other Last week Borglum was dis
charged by the memorial association.
and he retaliated by destroying the
models and working plans. The asso
citation claims these were its property
and says the sculptor and j. G. Tucker,
superintendent of operations at the
mountain, will be prosecuted for de-
stroying them and also sued for $5O.-
600 damages. Borglum says he was
dismissed because he is Northern
man.
E>NGLAND'S foreign Office is said to
IL have proposed to Premier Herriot
the formation of a quadruple entente
consisting of Great Britain, France.
Belgium and Germany. This, it is in
| tended, shall make France secure along
the Rhine and also keep Germany from
alliance with Japan and Russia; but it
would mean. too, the virtual abandon
ment of Poland by France, and it Is
not likely the French will consent TO
this.
D EBELLION in Kurdistan appears
~ to have been successful for the,
!, time being, and dispatches from Con-
stantlnople say the Kurds have Prince
Selim as their king. He Is son Of
former Sultan Abdul Hamid and cousin
of former Sultan Mohammed v. and
was considered as the latter's sue
cessor when he abdicated in 1922.
Another revolt, nearer home and of
more Importance to America, took
place in Panama, where a lot. of San
Bins Indians, armed with rifles and
Shotguns rose against the government
authorities, killed a number of Pan
amans and burned the government
quarters in the territorial capital at
Porvenir It was said at Colon
| that r. o. Marsh, the American ex-
plorer who claims to have discovered
white Indians" is in the country
again and is urging the Indians to re-
sist the government
KANSAS CITY has Joined the long
~ list of cities that have adopted the
manager plan, and Is the third largest
American municipality with this form
Of government. The plan. as adopted
in Kansas City. has several improve
ments over the system in other cities.
The mayor is to be elected by the peo-
pie rather than chosen by the council
from its membership. Further, coun-
cilmen are to be chosen, four from as
many districts and four by the city at
large. rather than by districts alone,
| as in Cleveland and other cities. The
Kansas City plan permits the mayor
to demand reconsideration Of ordi-
nances, to appoint the heads of one
city department. parks, and to exercise
other appointive powers. /.
MANUEL G. TELLER, the new am
AVA bassador from Mexico, was re-
ceived last week by President Cool
idge. and Ambassador Sheffield is back
from Mexico City, and now negotia-
fions are in progress In Washington
on several proposed agreements with
Mexico. The first of these Is a new
treaty of amity and commerce, which
will include many of the features of
the trade treaty with Germany, recent
ly approved by the senate. Other con-
templated pacts are treaties for the
suppression of Illicit drug traffic and
other smuggling and for the protection
Of migratory birds; and a convention
to replace the temporary postal agree
ment reached at San Antonio last De-
cember to devise ways and means to
prevent wholesale swindling opera.
tons which are reported to have been
| going on by mail.
CIAiON GUGGENHEIM, mining mag.
~ nate and one-time senator from
Colorado, announces preliminary
gift of $3,000,000 to endow the John
Simon Guggenheim foundation fellow
ships for study abroad, as memorial
to his son who died in>1922. The schol
arships are open TO men and women
married and single, of any race, cree
or color, and there are no rest. lotions
on the subjects to be studied. Tue tirs
ones will be awarded for the academl
year 1926-27. A board of trustees an
an advisory committee have beei
named.