The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-02-05

rs marching through the streets OF Lon
alton.
November. He says he does not see
how we are going to remain outside OF
the league if we, stay in the court.
HAVING disposed of the world
- court matter, the senate on
Thursday began consideration of the
tax reduction bill, which was made
its unfinished business so that 1t could
be kept continuously before the cham
Der. Chairman Smoot Of the finance
committee hopes to have the measure
passed by February 10, but certain Of
the western senators have promised
long fight against the provisions for
repeal of the inheritance tax and Of
publicity for income tax payments.
Norris sof Nebraska has offered an
amendment providing that returns
'-shali be open to examination and In
spection as other public records under
the same rules and regulations as may
govern the examination Of public
documents generally" The effect of
this would be not only to permit pub
lie inspection of amounts paid by tax
payers, but also to throw the returns,
which at present are secret documents,
open to any one DESTROYS of perusing
them.
MYTH only three votes against It,
w the administration Haugen mea-
sure establishing a cooperative mar
keting division in the Department Of
Agriculture was passed by the house.
The big fight in congress is over the
Dickinson farm surplus bill. Experts
are far apart in their opinions of the
wisdom Of this measure. Such agri-
culturists as Frank o. Lowden are
warm in approval, while many trade
economists, notably John w. OLeary.
president of the Chamber of Com
merce Of the United States, feel that
it is in effect price-hxing measure
and would prove disastrous to those
whom it Is intended to benefit.
Representatives of the eleven states
that compose the corn belt met in
Des Moines Thursday to formulate a
relief plan designed to place agricul-
ture on money-making parity with
manufacturing and business enter
prises. This plan embraces three
main features: An export corpora
ton to dispose of surplus agricultural
products; provision by congress for a
federal. farm board to stabilize agri-
culture and put it on a parity with
other business; removal of the pure
food law determinations against corn
sugar. An executive committee Of two
from each of the eleven states was
named to draft; the plan into mea-
sure and to push Its passage in con-
gress.
TERRIFIC gales swept the north
l. Atlantic last week and all the
liners were delayed. The storm took
its toll of lives when the British
freighter Laristan foundered off Hall
fax, twenty-five members of her crew
being drowned. Another British
freighter, the Antinoe, was disabled by
the tremendous seas and the United
States liner President Roosevelt, COM
manded by Captain Fried, stood by for
four days, making repeated efforts to
save the crew of twenty-five. The
heroic work Of Fried and his men was
finally successful, though two of the
rescuers lost their lives. Capt. Her
bert Hartley of the Leviathan said the
gale was the worst he had seen in
thirty years.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE formally
approved the court-martial SEN
tence of Col. William Mitchell, but
changed 1t so the colonel should re-
ceive half pay and his allowances dur
ing the pleasure of the President"
Two days later Colonel Mitchell re-
signed from the army, and it was be-
lieved his resignation would be ac-
cepted. 1t is understood Mitchell will
go on the lecture platform to continue
CdLuRhA6A AOA QCNCAOphiCht VA dFAA~
ton. but many persons believe he will
find it difficult, as civilian, to hold
the public interest.
CHANCELLOR LUTHER presented
~ to the German reichstag the names
of his new cabinet members and an
outline of their policies but was met
with glum silence except for the howl
ing of Communist deputies. The Ma
tionalists objected to his omission of
the conditions they demand as the
price of Germany's entry into the
League of Nations. The Socialists
were disappointed by the vagueness of
his reference to German membership
in that body. They were also annoyed
still more by his rejection of popu-