The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-09-17

mediately taken up for study by the
senators and deputies, who are 'anx-
ious to get the religious question out
of the way. The bill was also sent to
all the state governors and legislatures
for consideration, since majority of
the states must assent to any changes
in the constitution. The petition car
rying the bill, after explaining that
the Catholic church has no desire to
mix in politics but will maintain itself
within its own proper sphere, de-
clares that while the government has
the right to dictate laws governing the
church in so far as it's civil state Is
concerned, 1t has no right to invade
the territory belonging peculiarly to
the church.
RISONERS captured by federal Off
i GERS near Raymondsville, Texas, for
gathering arms, presumably to be car
ried into Mexico, agreed to lead the
officers to the place where the
weapons were cached. The prisoners
were ordered to precede the officers
into the brush. They had gone about
100 yards in this manner when fire
was suddenly opened from ambush.
Two of the prisoners fell at the first
shots. The officers quickly took to
cover and returned the fire, and when
the fight ended there were four dead
Mexicans and one dead Austrian. None
of the officers was hit.
HARRY M. DAUGHERTY. former
L i attorney general of the United
States, and COL Thomas w. Miller,
former alien property custodian, went
on trial in New York on charges of
conspiracy to defraud the government.
The trial is based on what is known
as the American Metals case. The de-
PENDANTS are accused of having accept
ed bride of 1891, 900. In return for
this sum, in the language of the In
dictment returned by federal grand
jury in May, they are accused of APP
pIUFluS CldAIA VI &O,1cO,Oio, AiuoO
upon the alien property custodian by
the Societe Suisse pour Valeurs des
Metaux-wholly without reference to
the legality or merits of said claim"
THE British appear to be getting
l. seriously entangled in the fighting
that Is going on along the Yangste
river between the Chinese factions,
and they have been getting in bad
with both the bolshevik Cantonese
forces and the troops from the north.
The row with the latter started at
Wanhsien when General Yang-sen,
ally Of Marshal Wu-Pei-fu, tried to
seize two British ships. British gun
boats went to the rescue but were
repulsed by the land forts and suf-
fered several casualties. The English
guns, however, are said to have laid
the city Of Wanhsien practically in
ruins. At Hankow, center of the con-
flict between the northern and south
ern Chinese, the British and French
landed bluejackets and helped the To-
cal volunteers to construct barbados
along the bund. But a late report
to London says the British party from
the cruiser Carlisle was attacked by
the Cantonese and cut to pieces.
Meanwhile Wu's forces there col
lapsed when the Canton troops cap
tured the nearby city of Hanyang.
A 4+o~ tba Iottor ioonupiad HonIoxu oud
Wuchang, General WI fed to Honan.
At Shameen, the foreign residential
settlement of Canton, British naval
detachment was landed to protect
British-owned wharf and 1t arrested
some Chinese snipers. Now the Can
tonese government foreign minister
has written the British consul general
demanding the immediate withdrawal
of British marines from the jetties
near Shameen; the cessation of Brit
ish interference with river traffic, and
retirement Of British gunboats to
their usual anchorages.
n NE of the worst train wrecks of
" recent times occurred when
Denver & Rio Grande passenger train
struck a boulder in the mountainous
country near Leadville, Col. and dived
downward into the Arkansas river.
The engine, baggage cars, two coaches
and one sleeper piled up in eight feet
of water. The casualties were q
dead and scores of injured.
In Chicago a Northwestern train
telescoped the rear coaches of anoth-
er that was loaded with returning La
Dor day excursionists, and five persons
were killed and more than fifty were