The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-06-10

soviet Russia for it's attempts to I'M
| dermine other governments.
| EIFTEEN balloons started from Ak
ron, Ohio, in the annual elimina-
| ton race, and the three winners all
| landed in Maine. w. I. Van Orman
with the Goodyear entry won first
place with 727 miles; e. ]. Hill with
the Detroit Flying clubs balloon was
second with 665 miles, and Capt. w.
w. Kepner, pilot of the U. S. Army
No. 3, took third place with 602 miles
to his credit. Not an accident of any
sort married the event.
d IOTOUS mobs in Tampa, Fla,
IN made three determined attacks
on the Jail with the intention Of
lynching a prisoner who had confessed
to numbering five members of fam
| lily. The crowds were repulSed first
by the police and then by members of
the National Guard; the soldiers were
forced to fire on the attackers and
killed four persons.
| GOVERNOR FULLER of Massa-
~ chuSetts, who is studying the
Sacco-Vanzetti case, has appointed an
advisory committee to aid him in de-
termining his course in that puZzling
matter. It's members are President
Abbott Lawrence Lowell of Harvard,
President Samuel w. Stratton of Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
and Judge Robert Grant.
| CHARLES P. TAFT, publisher of
~ the Cincinnati Times-Star and
Mrs. Taft have given their valuable
art collection, their. residence and ST.
100000 to the people of Cincinnati.
Announcement of the gift, made at a
meeting of the Cincinnati Institute of
| Fine Arts, said it was given for the
advancement of "the artistic and mu-
Steal education and enjoyment of the
| people of Cincinnati"
| EGYPT is in danger of losing her
| ~ independence again. The govern
| ment, under the influence of the Wafd
nationalists. wealthy Moslem organi-
'zation, announced plans to reorganize
| the army without consulting the Brit
| ish and to refuse credits for the Brit
| ish sirdar. The British government
sent prompt warning against such
action, accompanied by threats and re-
| inforced the latter by dispatching three
| battleships to Alexandria and Port
Said. Sir Austen Chamberlain, Brit
ish foreign secretary, explained to the
house of commons that if the Wafd
politicians got control of the army it
| would become a potential hostile force
and would complicate Great Britain's
task of defending the Suez canal.
BELGIUM and Italy are on the
- verge of quarrel, the trouble
! starting with the attitude of the Bel
gian foreign minister, Vandervelde,
| who is Socialist, toward Fascism
His attacks were brought on by Italy's
| demand that Belgium expel Italian po-
| litical refugees Mussolini recalled
the Italian ambassador, Marquis Cam
biaso, leaving the embassy to charge
d'affaires indefinitely Vandervelde re-
fused to modify his attitude and was
supported by the Socialist deputies.
| n PENING of the sale of liquor in
~ Ontario province under govern
ment control attracted crowds of
| thirsty Americans to Windsor and To-
| IN
thirsty Canadians, almost mobbed the
| liquor stores. The demand for bottled
booze and for the permits without
which it could not be purchased was
| so great that some places had to close
until more supplies could be obtained.
pRIMO DE RIVERA, premier-dicta-
tor of Spain, has called national
assembly to meet September 13 for the
purpose of drafting new constitution
and new electoral law giving univer-
sal suffrage and absolute freedom of
the ballot
| FORGE SOUDERS of Lafayette
" won the 500-mile automobile race
at Indianapolis on Memorial day, driv-
ing his little Duesenburg car at an av-
erage speed of 1854 miles an hour and
going the whole route without relief.
| D1ESIDENT COOLIDGE'S selection
Of the Black hills as his vacation
place gave great joy to South Dakota.
He will occupy the state game lodge
near Rapid City, and the executive of.
fees will be established in the new
| engineering building of the State