The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-04

Twelve scout planes from Selfridge
field, Michigan, flew up to Ottaws
and gave fine exhibition to admirine
thousands. Thence they went to Mon
treal, and from there down the st
Lawrence river and across Lake On
tario to Buffalo, and back to Michi
gan, passing north of Lake Erie. Ma.
jor Lanphier was in command of the
squadron.
president COOLIDGE'S nomina
L ton of Cyrus E. Woods of Penn
sylvania to be member of the inter
state commerce commission was re
jected by the senate by vote of 2s
to 40. Confirmation was opposed by
both Republicans and Democrats from
West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee
and Kentucky, which states are ar
rayed against Pennsylvania in a pend
ing coal cargo case. A petitioner In
that case is the Pittsburgh Coal com
pany with which Mr.. Woods formerly
was connected. He also admitted
that he holds more than 100000 iE'
securities of railroads and coal con
Germs. The insurgent Republicans
voted solidly against Mr.. Woods. II
was said at the White House that the
President would accept the se1ate's
action as final.
ID EN- B. LINDSEY, founder of the
- juvenile court of Denver and
national figure, was ordered ousteG
from the bench of that tribunal by the
Colorado Supreme court, which de
cided that he was defeated in the 1924
election by Royal r. Graham, who
died more than year ago. Judge
Lindsey declared he would continue
in Office until the next general cleo
ton produces a qualified successor
Other authorities thought the decision
left the position vacant until filled by
appointment by the county board.
OF THE several sensational court
~ cases current last week, one
came to a close when Rev. ]. Franz
Norris, militant pastor of Fort
Worth, Texas, was acquitted of the
charge of numbering D. e. Chips
friend of persons whom the minister
had been attacking in sermons. The
jury accepted the theory of the de
tense, that Norris shot Chips because
he thought the latter was about to
kill him. The verdict was expected.
Efforts to have the separation suit
of peaches" Browning against her
millionaire husband heard in private
were frustrated, so the newspaper
reading public is being RECALLED with
the unsavory details of the married
life of the New Yorker and his child
bride. These were bad enough in all
conscience last week, and worse was
predicted.
The Chaplin divorce case is for the
present a contest between the govern
ment and Mrs. Chaplin for possession
of the screen comedians discovered
funds, with Uncle Sam seemingly
holding the winning hand. Mrs. Chap
lin wants to collect the alimony al
lotted her, but the government tied
up the money by claims for income
taxes. Charlie was allowed to post .
bond and get the money he had in o
New York bank, but the funds ir
California remained under a lien.
N ATU TAHIL, Moro chief, anC
~ several hundred followers, have
been intrenched in fort on Sulu
island for some time, defying 20(
members of the Philippine constabu
larry. This is not an unusual occur
renee, but is made especially interest
ing by the fact that one of the Datu's
wives is Princess Tarhata Hiram
daughter of the sultan of Sulu an6
not long ago a coed in the University
| of Illinois. She sought to dissuade
her husband from revolving, and, fail
ing, cast in her lot with his. The
constabulary commander delayed his
attack on the rebels because he feared
she would be killed and that this
would cause general uprising. AT
| this writing the outcome of the affair
is not known.
r YMAN ]. GAGE, secretary of the
IL treasury under Presidents McKin
ley and Roosevelt and for many years
a leading banker in Chicago. is deao
at his home in Point Iona, Calf. at
the age of'ninety. One of his notable
achievements was the popularizing of
the American war loan during the
| Spanish-American war in $685. The
entire loan of $200,00OOOO was sub
scribed in amounts of less than S4,5OG
by more than $4,000 persons.