The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29

to the jury was considered favorable
to the defendant and Davis was ac-
Quilted on the fourth ballot. Another
criminal action against Davis and his
son, Russell, is still pending. The
charge against Carl J. Peterson, bank
examiner under Davis and named
jointly with him in the case just
ended, will be dismissed.
EOR some time senatorial commit
l. lee with Couzens Of Michigan as
chairman has been investigating con-
ditions in the internal revenue bureau
with especial reference to enforce
ment Of the prohibition laws. and 1t
appears that several members of the
committee are not at all pleased with
the way this work has been carried
on Some Of them went so far as to
declare that prohibition enforcement
was a farce and that when 1t was
made comparatively effective in one
region the conditions grew correspond
ingly worse In other regions.
Senator Watson of Indiana told the
committee that the administration.
from President Coolidge down, was
determined to enforce prohibition to
the limit. He continued: "For the
first time since the dry law was en-.
acted the people are going to find out
what it means to have the law en-
forced to the limit and the country
actually dry. Then, if they are not
satisfied it will be up to them to have
the law modified.
Tremendous efforts are going to be
made to make the law effective The
drive against rum runners along the
Atlantic seaboard is just the begin
ming and before the administration is
through every agency at the command
of the government will be enlisted in
the drive"
Administration leaders say that
though the President wishes the dry
law enforced to the limit, he insists
all the bureaus concerned must keep
within the appropriations voted by
congress. Secretary Mellon says no
huge expenditure Of money will be
needed to enable the coast guard to
put the Atlantic coast rum-running
ring out of business. Many Of the
vessels from rum row" there have
taken their liquor cargoes to Halifax.
There were two wet developments
last week Ontario province, dry for
nine years, returned to the restricted
sale of ale, beer and porter limited to
A per cent of alcoholic content, and
the city of Windsor just across from
Detroit, accommodated hordes of
thirsty visitors from the United
States. The Wisconsin assembly ap-
proved a statewide referendum in
1926 on the Issue Of asking congress
to modify the Volstead act to permit
2.75 per cent beer, with the old-time
saloon barred. The same assembly
adopted a resolution calling upon con-
gress to convene constitutional con-
vention to rescind the prohibition
amendment.
n OvERNORS. ex-governors con-
NJ gressmen and other notables rep
resenting 10 states and Ontario, Can
ada, gathered in Michigan City for
the meeting of the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Tidewater association and
discussed plans for furthering the
project of deepening and canalizing
the st. Lawrence river for ocean-going
traffic An interesting coincidence
was the arrival, the same day, at the
Michigan City docks of a steamer
from Cornwall, England, with cargo
of clay for Kalamazoo, this vessel be-
ing the first of a fleet of three ships
chartered by the Michigan City and
Michigan state chambers of commerce.
DRESIDENT Won HINDENBURG'S
government is standing up well
against the attacks OF the Socialists.
In the first round vote of no conf
dence in the Luther cabinet was de-
feated, 125 to PA. Now the labor
unions have Joined the Socialists In
fighting the new tariff policy which
proposes to tax grains and meats, In
creasing the cost of living. The new
tariff schedules provide also for large
Increases all through the import list.
Higher duties on automobiles and ar
tificial silk are frankly attributed to
American competition. The German
monarchists are growing bold with
success. and Herr Schiele. who repre-
sents them on the cabinet, already has
announced two proposals for chang
ing the Weimar constitution. One
would substitute the old flag for the
republican emblem. and the other
would define and extend paragraph 4S
of the constitution, giving the president
lictatorial powers in certain emergen-