The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-02

| advocates of slower rates won. All
such considerations as transportation,
road capacity, ETC., were subordinated
to safety first" which won by the
votes Of three-fourths of the delegates.
Nathan w. MacChesney of Chicago
advocated lower speed limits and
pointed out that as speed is increased
over any given highway the number of
modate is automatically reduced. be-
cause the space intervals between cars
must be made greater.
at % miles an hour" Mr.. MacChes-
ney said, 1900 cars could pass a
given point on road; at 26 miles,
2.570 cars; at 81 miles, $500 cars; at
"a miles, s2,4O0 cars, and at 40 miles
only 2,080. But curiously enough when
you decrease speed to 20 miles, you
again moved 2,570 cars. as for 26
miles and at IA miles only 2.40O
cars, as at "a miles. Our studies show
that at % miles you got about the
maximum capacity of the road"
THE United States will be repre-
L sented at the preliminary confer
the auspices of the League of Nations
in Geneva. beginning May II, by Hugh
S. Gibson. minister to Switzerland,
now here on visit. At present it is
not thought likely, however, that this
country will be represented at the
meeting of league members to be held
in Geneva next September.
! CECRETARY OF NAVY WILBUR
~ has announced that Col. Alexander
S. Williams, commanding the Fourth
regiment of Marines at San Diego.
CAL. must face a court-martial on
charge of intoxication at party in
hotel In that city. Mr.. Wilbur de-
clined to make any comment on the
defense of Colonel Williams against
the charges filed by Brig. Gen. Smed-
| ley D. Butler, successor to Colonel
Williams as commandant of the Ma
rine base. on the ground that the ac-
cused officer has right to his own de-
tense and therefore did not feel war
ranted in making public the written
statement which the colonel sub
mitted.
a SUBCOMMITTEE report adverse
"A to the election claims of Senator
Brookhart (Rep.. Iowa. was approved
iby the full committee on privileges
and elections Of the senatesas The vote
was ten to one, with two members not
recorded. Under the subcommittee
report, as accepted by majority Of
the full committee, Daniel F. Steck,
the Democratic nominee in the 1924
election. is. held to have been elected
over Senator Brookhart by plurality
Of 1,420 votes. The report has been
| submitted to the house and it is ex-
pected, at this writing, that action on
the contest will be taken in the near
| future. Present indications are that
| Steck will be seated, which will prob
| ably mean that Senator Brookhart will
| file petition for the Republican sena-
| torial nomination against Senator
Cummins (Rep.. Iowa) in the Iowa pri-
maries in June.
lIT United STATES Ambassador My.
~ ron T. Herrick is en- route to
Morocco to take look at the French
war against Abd-el Krim. Prep
arations are being made to re-
ceive him at Rabat, then. to take him
to Fee, which is the base of the French
offensive operations for spring. The
high command expects to take
| the ambassador touring and possibly
give him peep at the battle against
the Riffs, with the French aviators
bombing the natives and the tanks,
armored cars, machine guns, field
artillery. and all modern implements
of warfare combining against the
Mauser rifles of the Moors.
DERU has accepted the tender of
the good offices of the United
States for nonplebiscitary settle
ment of the Tacna-Arlca question.
J Every effort has been put forth by
officials here and at Santiago and
Lima to bring about an agreement
for settlement of the question by
another method than the plebiscitary
one. Chile accepted an earlier tender
made through Ambassador Collier at
Santiago.
TT rs expected that the March re-
ceipts of income taxes will great
ly exceed Treasury department esti-
mates. II the estimate of $3.50, OOO.-
600 natures. receipts for the current
fiscal year certainly will go we'll above
81, 800. 100000 from this source