The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-06-18

man William J. Sears had been re-
nominated, but Mrs. Owens managers
charged Irregularities in several coun-
ties and said a contest would be made
if the returns did not show her the
winner.
CENATOR REEDS campaign in
~ vestigating committee is now at
work and already has found that the
Pennsylvania Republican primary ex-
penditures were far up in six figures
perhaps as much as million. Rep
resentative Ware and Governor Pin
chot both were on hand for the open
ing of the hearing, and expenditures
made on behalf Of the latter'S candi-
dacy, listed at more than 100000,
were the first to get into the record,
but toward the end of the session
100000 was mentioned in connection
with the Pepper campaign Pinchot's
campaign treasurer, P. S. Stahlnecker,
said he had been told by Representa-
tive Norm, western Pennsylvania
manager for Representative Ware, that
an "under-cover man. the Ware forces
had in the Pepper headquarters at
Pittsburgh had Informed him that the
budget fixed by the senator's organi-
zation amounted to 100000.
THROUGH the senate judiciary COM
i mittee reported that the recent
Presidential order authorizing the use
of state and city peace officers as
federal prohibition officers is valid and
legal, Treasury department officials
announced that there was no inten-
ton of invoking the power at this
time. Indeed, they admitted that the
plan had been practically abandoned.
The majority report of the committee
in effect held the order was valid but
meaningless. Senators King and
Caraway denied it's legality.
The Republican steering committee
refused to place. on the senate pro-
gram the Golf bill designed to
strengthen the Volstead act, and so
practically shelved it for this session.
Senator Wadsworth Of New York,
chairman Of the committee, announc-
ing this action, issued statement de-
handing repeal of the Eighteenth
amendment. He defied the drys who
are planning to defeat him next No
vember, with F. W, Cristman, and de-
clared he was wet to the core.
"While I advocate modification" he
said, Il do not believe modification
of the Volstead act within constitu-
tional limits will solve the problem
permanently. think we must go
back to the Eighteenth amendment
itself and substitute for it simple
grant of power to congress. That
done, l should hope that some system,
such as the one now prevailing in
Quebec, could be set up in this coun-
try
Illinois drys, who are fighting Bren-
mans modification referendum plan,
were decidedly pleased with Wads-
worth's admission that modification
would not solve the question.
TEMBERS of the League Of Ma
1V1 tons committee on the opium
traffic were reused to anger in their
meeting in Geneva by Arthur Woods,
former police commissioner of New
York, when he strongly denounced
the committee for not recommending
any action to curb the drug traffic.
The committee, he declared, had
ignored the only solution offered,
which is government ownership or
control of all factories handling de-
rivatives Of opium and coca leaves
and the strictest control on the des-
tination of all drugs shipped out with
records kept of the names and ad-
dresses of the consignees.
Holland is the chief manufacturer
of morphine, cocaine and heroin, so it
was Herr Van Betton of that country
who arose to say: ut is unjustifiable
that Mr.. Woods comes here for the
first time and tries to force all his
ideas into the report. protest en-
ergeticaily against attaching Sucn I'M
portance to his statements"
Chairman Bourgeois said he would
try to get Mr.. Woods to tone down his
statement, but the New Yorker de-
clared afterward he would not alter
his report and the committee could
take 1t or leave it.
xx7HEN the League of Nations
Wv council opened its sessions in
Geneva it appeared that the quarrel
over permanent seats was to be con-
tinued. The Brazilian member was
absent, nominally i'll, and Spain was
represented only by an Enderling.
Next day Senior Franco, the Brazilian,