The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-02-12
cord with Its new policy concerning
prohibition.

cord with its new policy concerning
prohibition.
U ENTUCKY authorities gave an ex-
N hibition of efficiency last week in
protecting a prisoner from would-be
lynchers and this was followed by the
swift melting out of justice to the Of
fender. Edward Harris. Il negro, was
accused of murder and an attack on
woman, and when mob gathered at
Frankfort, where he was confined, a
thousand National Guardsmen with
all equipment, including tanks, were
called out, the threatening crowds
were dispersed by tear gas and Har-
ris was safely transported to Licking
ton. There he pleaded guilty to the
criminal attack and was sentenced to
death on the gallows on March 5.
VXTILLIAM NJ. WOOD, millionaire
wv resident of Andover, Mass, and
former president of the American
Wooden company, committed suicide
near Daytona. Fla. He had been in
been respondent since his son was
killed in an automobile accident in
1922. He also had grieved over the
partial abandonment of his plans to
build model village for the thou
sands of employees of the wooden COM
pany. His associates did not approve
of the expenditure of millions for this
philanthropic purpose. He retired
from the presidency of the company in
March. 1925.
MIILLIAM A. CLARK, former sem
Wv ator from Montana, who died
last March, left fortune of some
$50,O00.000. The other day three wom-
en- appeared in Butte, Mont, as claim
ants to share to this estate, assert
ing that they were Clark's daughters
by his alleged marriage to a woman
in Missouri in 1859. Attorneys for
the Clark estate say they know moth
ing of these women or of the alleged
marriage.
n RADUALIY some of the truth
" concerning the remuneration Of
Crown Prince Carol of Rumania is
leaking out. The stories coming from
Bucharest reveal palace scandal that
reflects seriously on Queen Marie and
Prince Babu Stirbey, her favorite,
whose power in the government the
opposition party has been trying to de-
strOy. Gregoire Philipescu, deputy,
has been issuing a series of posters
lampooning the prince and the latest
report is that Babu has fled from the
capital and that the queen has, fol-
lowed him. .Philipescu's paper accuses
Prince Babu of robbing the Rumanian
deputies and of falsifying the parlia-
mentary reports to deceive the people.
A MOTHER gallant rescue of sailors
\ on the storm-swept Atlantic
marked the week. The crew of the
sinking Dutch steamer Alkaid was
taken off by the men Of the Hamburg
American liner, Westphslia In mid
ocean, the rescuers displaying great
bravery. Captain Fried and his men
of the President Roosevelt, who saved
rs men from the British freighter
Antinoe. have been awarded gold, sill
yer and bronze medals by the British
government. the British board of trade
and Lloyds.
portugal had another of its In
cipient revolutions the other day
under the leadership of Col. Justiniano
Esteves. But the government put it
down with neatness and dispatch and
the leader and his lieutenants were
arrested while they were attempting
to capture the barracks at Campolini
The day before two batteries of artii.
submission by the fortress of San
George.
In Greece communist plot to as.
sassinate Premier Pangalos and other
government leaders was uncovered by
a raid on a Communist center.
FINANCE MINISTER DOUMER OF
France announced that the govern.
ment was ready to receive offers from
any American syndicates for the pur.
chase or lease of the operation of the
telegraph and telephone system and
the monopolies in tobacco and matches.
An American group, reported to be
backed by the American Tobacco com.
pany, recently offered approximately
81 ,000O00,0OO for a 99-year monopoly
on the sale of matches and tobacco.
A syndicate has been dickering for
long time to take over the operation
of telephones and telegraphs.
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