The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

visit to Australia next summer.
alleged fact that various congressman
are among the frequent offenders. Mr..
Upshaw Of Georgia intimates that an
effort may be made to expel from the
house those members who drink intoxi-
eating liquors.
CENATOR LADD Of North Dakota,
~ one Of the four LaFollette sup
porters who were read out Of the Re
publican party by the senate caucus
found opportunity last week to de-
nounce that action and to declare he
would not submit to 1t. He said the
same method would have meant the
death Of the Republican party in 1912
Thereupon Senator Edge said the Re
publicans would welcome Senator
tI.add back into the party If the section
Of his address relative to the return
of Roosevelt to the party was an indi-
cation of "your plans to march In line
| In the future"
On the Democratic side, Senator
Dial recently made an address blam-
ing Democratic members Of congress
for the party's defeat last November.
For this he was holly assailed by other
Democratic senators, and he asked
leave to withdraw his remarks, say
Ing he had not intended to be offensive.
seeking only way to re-unify his
party.
THICAGO, the upper Mississippi val
~ ley and all cities on the Great
Lakes are vitality interested In the de-
cision of the United States Supreme
court forbidding, after 60. days, the
withdrawal of more than 4.167 cubic
feet Of water per second from Lake
Michigan for the Chicago drainage
canal. AS at present constructed and
operated, the Chicago drainage system
requires two or three times this
amount of water, and If the courts
order stands a new program of sewage
| disposal will have to be undertaken at
great expense. The suit was brought.
by the government years ago. The
| real complainants are the lake cities,
which claim the lake level is being
| dangerously lowered, and the people
| Of the Illinois and Mississippi river val
| leys, who say the water was contami-
mated. The Chicago congressman are
seeking temporary relief from the sec
rotary of war and permanent relief
! from congress-
EARLY and amicable settlement of
~ Americas claim for payment OF
its occupational army costs and war
| damages from the Dawes plan pro-
ceeds was forecast by the talk in the
allied financial conference which met
| in Paris. Col. James A. Logan, Amer
| lean unofficial observer, and Chancel-
| lor Winston Churchill had several
| friendly conversations, and Ambassa-
| doris Kellogg and Herrick took part in
| the negotiations. The British seemed
| ready to drop their objections to pay
ment of America from the reparations
receipts and Colonel Logan made con-
cessions as to the amounts of the an
nual payments asked. The matter of
the interallied war debts also was
taken up, unofficially, and it was re-
ported that, while there would be no
international debt conference, France
would proceed at once to negotiate
settlements with America and Great
Britain through diplomatic channels.
IDY MUZZLING the press and raid
- ing the organizations Of the oppo-
/ sition, Premier Mussolini succeeded In
clearing the situation" in Italy and
the Fascist are on top, safely for the
present What amounts to military
Flaw has been established, the projects
being given permission to take what
ever steps they deem necessary for the
safety and internal peace of the land.
Parliament is In session again, but will
consider only Mussolini's new electoral
law and then disband, and thereafter,
parliamentary immunity from arrest
will not operate. The opposition has
not given up yet, but on all sides as
surance is given that there will be no
public disorders during the holy year.
when many thousands of pilgrims are
expected to visit Rome.
EOR the first time an American
4 state has woman governor, for
Mrs. Nellie T. Ross has been inaugu-
rated as chief executive of Wyoming,
The ceremonies were severely simple,
and Governor Ross announces that
economy will be one of her guiding
principles. On January 20 Mrs. Miri-
am Ferguson becomes governor Of
Texas. Already she has selected WON.
en- for secretary of state and for
seat on the state Supreme court
bench.