The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-01-21


n STENSIBLY because of his con-
- nection with railway and coal
companies. the appointment Of Cyrus
&. Woods of Pennsylvania to the in
terstate commerce commission was
disapproved by the senate committee
on interstate commerce by vote of 8
to 6. The contest thus, was trims
ferred to the floor Of the. senate. where
1t was expected tire senators from
Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and
Kentucky would lead the opposition to
Woods and those from Pennsylvania
would support the nomination.
The committee held to be unfounded
the charge, made by Senator Steck Of
Iowa, that Senator-elect Brookhart Of
Iowa had been a paid lobbyist for
Woods. Mr.. Steck already had with
drawn the charge.
THOROUGH investigation Of report
L ed graft and scandal in the opera
ton Of the under cover" branch Of
the prohibition service will be made
by the senate, which adopted resolu-
ton to that effect introduced by Reed
Of Missouri. Mellon, Andrews and
Blair are instructed to furnish all the
correspondence in the department re-
lating to the special agents, their or
ders and their expenditures. This In
quiry is expected to bring out the
facts concerning the operation by A.
Bruce Bielaski Of speak-easy club in
New York to trap bootleggers and
patrons, and also concerning the re-
ported operation Of stills by dry
agents.
~ OvERNOR RITCHIE of Mary
" land, on his third Inauguration,
reaffirmed his stand for the rights of
states against 'encroachment of cen
tralized federal government" and de-
cried sumptuary laws regulating per-
sonal practices and relations. He
didn't mention next years Presiden-
tial campaign and its possibilities, but
all through the hall were gold banners
bearing the words: "Ritchie for Press
ident."
Governor Moore Of New Jersey in
his annual message advocated a state
prohibition referendum and repeal Of
the state enforcement act.
OVERNOR PINCHOT Of Pennsyl-
VI vania has, refused to certify, in
the usual form. the election of w. s.
Ware as senator, according to letter
from him read to the senate. Certi-
flying "that on the face Of the returns
Ware appears to have been chosen by
the qualified electorate" Governor
Pinchot expressed the opinion that his
nomination was partly bought and
partly stolen" and that the election,
as well as the primary. were tainted
with frauds
COUTHERN CALIFORNIA may be
y relied on to keep the country sup.
piled with scandals. Just as the
Aimee Semple Mcpherson sensation
died with the dismissal Of the charges
against her, Mrs. Charlie Chaplin be-
gan suit for divorce from the famous
screen star, whom she accused of all
sorts Of things, including cruelty and
infidelity. Charlie had left Los An
geles, whereupon court there APP
pointed receivers for all his property
and his palatial residence and movie
studio. Mrs. Chaplin in her bill esti-
mated her husbands wealth at $16,-
100000, of which she declared &c.
100000 is community property; from
which it is seen that she will demand
approximately 100000 if decree is
granted.
.nR. JULIUS CURTIUS, former
~ minister of economics and mem
Der Of the Peoples party, has been ap-
pointed chancellor of Germany by
President Won Hindenburg and is try
ing to form new cabinet based on a
coalition of the bourgeois parties. He
has the support of Foreign Minister
Stresemann. the chief figure today in
German politics, but Berlin is skepti-
cal about his prospects of forming a
government that will stand up.
TWENTY-FIVE children were
~ killed and many others injured as
the result of blaze in a moving pic
ture theater in Montreal. When the
flames broke out the children rushed
in panic for door leading from a bal
cony, and in less than ten minutes the
tragedy was over, most Of the deaths
being from smoke asphyxiation and
suffocation.