The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-20

ing a list of Fl eminent men and in
fuential groups that are opposed to
the views Of Mitchell. This list com
prised Gen. John j. Pershing, Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood. Maj. Gen. Charles
T. Menoher, former chief of army air
service; the general staff, United
States army, Rear Admirals William
S. Sims, Bradley A. Fiske. W. F. Full
lam, Charles e. Badger, Henry T.
Mayo; Admiral Robert e. Coontz,
commander in chief United States
fleet; Rear Admiral H. S. Knapp, Vice
Admiral Joseph Strauss, Capt. I. T..
Craven, formerly director Of naval
aviation; Capt. Noble e. Irwin, for
merly director Of naval aviation;
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
present chief of the bureau of aero
nautics; the general board of the
navy, the national advisory committee
for aeronautics, Marshal Foch, Mar
shall Haig, Admiral Jellicoe, Admiral
Beatty.
The house aircraft committee heard
more testimony from Mitchell, gave
out denial that any witnesses were
muzzled by their superiors, and asked
permission to defer making report
until the next congress because the
| time before March is too short for
the reaching Of comprehensive concur
sions.
CONGRESS learned officially last
~ week that Coolidge and Dawes
| won the Presidential election. The
| houses met in joint session and re-
ceived the tidings in the form Of two
mahogany boxes containing the certifi-
Gates of the electors. The ballots were
examined and pronounced regular in
form and properly authenticated" and
Senator CumminS, the presiding Off
Ger, solemnly announced that Coolidge
and Dawes had received 1872 votes,
Davis and Bryan 1876 votes, and La
| Toilette and Wheeler ID votes. This,
he declared, was under the Constitu-
ton a sufficient decision Of the per-
sons elected, so the joint session came
to an end. The mahogany boxes are
made new each four years and are
presented one to the outgoing vice
| president-or in this instance to Sen
ator Cummins-and the other to the
incoming vice president.
| A RRANGEMENTS for the inaugur-
| "A alton of Coolidge and Dawes on
March are nearing completion, but
they have been tremendously curtailed
by the Presidents determination that
economy shall rule. AS now planned,
the affair will consist of the swearing
in ceremony at the Capitol and q
brief parade down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to the White House. The gov
errors may join in the procession,
with their staffs, if they wish to, and
army and navy detachments around
Washington will be included. The
| projected fireworks display in the eve
ming has been abandoned, and in place
of the inaugural ball there will be a
charity ball.
/ GO SERIOUS is the opposition to
~ Charles B. Warren as attorney
general that his appointment may fail
of confirmation by the senate at this
session of congress. 1t is due to his
connection with the sugar trust and
is voiced especially by Basil Manly,
director of the Peoples Legislative
service. In the first place Mr.. War
rem was at one time representative
of the American Sugar Refining COM
pany In the maintenance of holdings
in beet sugar companies. Until few
days ago he was president Of the
Michigan Beet Sugar company which,
together with other beet sugar con-
Germs, has just been accused by the
federal trade commission of conspir-
acy to suppress competition. Warren
is named as one of the defendants.
Mr.. Warren's friends retort with the
assertion that the trade commission
is continually instigating charges that
turn out to be unfounded. They point
to the fact that the commission in the
course of its career has been upheld
by the federal courts in IA cases and
has been overthrown in ,S5 cases.
CENATOR NORRIS is to have the
-, investigation of the so-called pow
er trust for which he has been clamor-
ing. The senate has called on the
federal trade commission to make
such an inquiry, naming specifically
the General Electric company and
seeking to know the extent to which
that company or its stockholders or
security holders monopollze or control
production. generation or transmission
of power or electric energy. An