Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-26

alumni OF several big univefslnes,
and will use FIVE Douglas planes
equipped with 220 horsepower motors.
They plan to start from Seattle June
s and to establish their main base at
Point Barrow.
Alan Gotham, British aviator, has
Just accomplished the feat Of flying
from London to Cape Town, South
Africa, being the first to do this In
one plane. Starting November 16. he
passed in his route over the deserts
of Egypt, the swamps and forests Of
central Africa and the great karoo of
South Africa. Much Of the way he
had to fly at very great elevation,
and he had many narrow escapes, es-
peeially over Victoria Falls where
his engine stopped
HONFEREES Of the house and sem
~ ate devoted the week to the tax
bill, but the results Of their labors
were uncertain. Messrs. Green and
Garner Of the house were firm in
their determination to retain the es-
tate tax knocked out by the senate.
They said there was no chance for
adoption of conference report pro
viding for the complete repeal of this
tax, and that the house would not
yield on this point.
Federal Judge Hand in New York
decided last week that the federal tax
on gifts is unconstitutional when IT
is applied to donations not made in
contemplation of death. The govern
ment will appeal, and unless the SUI
preme court reverses the decision
Uncle Sam will have to return several
millions Of dollars already paid lAte
the treasury.
DOTH the house and senate took
- steps toward amending the Con-
stitution so that the Inauguration of
the President and vice president
would take place In January in
stead Of on March and so that a
new congress would meet two months
after its election instead of thirteen
months as Is the case now.
The senate. by a vote Of 70 to 2,
adopted Norris resolution proposing
that congress shall meet on the first
Monday in January and that inaug-
uration day shall be the third Monday
In January. Blease OF South Caro-
lima and King of Utah voted In the
negative. The house committee on
election Of President and congress
favorably reported a resolution pro-
posing that congress meet on January
and that the Executive be lnaug
urated on January "a. Both resolu-
tons provide means to insure the
choice Of an Executive in case no can
didate receives majority Of the elec-
toral votes.
D ATHER unusual In the United
IN States was the disaster that be-
fell the little Highland Boy mining
camp near Bingham, Utah, last
Wednesday. The settlement. at the
foot of Sap Gulch, was overwhelmed
by an avalanche Of snow and about
seventy persons perished. Fires start
ed In the crushed frame buildings and
many Of the victims were horribly
burned. The slide began two miles
from the camp and more than a mile
above sea level.
A LII the row about the countess Of
n Cathcart resolves itself into this !:
The titled English woman when ex-
amined at Ellis island admitted that
she eloped- several years ago with the
earl Of Craven. leaving her husband in
England. and thus admitted moral
turpitude" as 1t is considered in the
American immigration law. Secretary
Of Labor Davis therefore finds 1t nee
essary to order her exclusion from
this country, sustaining the ruling Of
the Ellis island immigration officials.
He says this course Is mandatory un-
der the law and that he has no dis
cretion. Furthermore, he asserts the
cOuutteS 10 hut luc HiSt pciSOh "a
cluded for the same reason. The Ma
tional Woman's party, and other
groups OF women who have been and
are protesting against the barring Of
Lady Cathcart, are moved not so much
by sympathy for her as by the fact
that the earl Of Craven already had
been admitted to the United States
and they insist on equality Of the
sexes. The earl. to avoid possible de
portation. has fed to Canada.
G ETTLEMENT of the coal strike
y having been ratified by the miners
and the fiye-year contract being
signed, mining was resumed Thursday
throughout the anthracite region