The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-14

that eight relatives of Duval hold po-
| sitiOns in the city government. Ar
thur Gilli0m, attorney general of In
diana, addressing a gathering Of Re-
| publican workers, warned them that
unless they killed the khan in the state
they would kill the party. He declared
the Democrats were partly responsible
for the super-government rule there,
but this was warmly denied by Il.
Earl Peters, Democratic state chair
man.
COMPLETE anarchy seems about to
" prevail in all China south of the
Yangtse river. The Hankow Nation
alist government virtually collapsed
when the Central Bank Of Canton, the
Bank of China and the Bank of Cum
munications declared two months
moratorium. They have a total of
$64,000,000 in paper currency issued
in Hupeh province alone. Tang Shen-
shi, military head of the government.
fled aboard a warship. The Marking
government of the moderate National
lists, also seemed about to fall, and
the Communists are forming councils
Of the workers and peasants and call
ing on all of those classes to take
arms.
An official Russian dispatchs says
Eugene Chen, former Chinese Nation
alist foreign minister, and Nine. Sun
Yat-sen, widow of the founder of the
Chinese republic. were married re-
Gently In Moscow.
r ICHTENSTEIN, the little Euro
- pean principally which lies be-
tween Switzerland and Austria, suf-
fered severely from floods that fol-
lowed three days of torrential rains.
Its villages were almost wiped out
and many lives were lost. Bavarian,
Austrian and Swiss troops all crossed
the borders to help rescue the people.
The floods also caused great damage
in neighboring regions and railway
service was interrupted. sass. q
- .ps7sl ni ~ 'r"-r \
- REECE is having strenuous time
~ trying to prevent coup BY
agents of Pangalos, the former dicta-
tor who is in a fortress awaiting trial
on a charge of treason. Many arrests
have been made and all the police
have been armed with guns. Enemies
OF Mussolini assert that the trouble In
Greece Is fomented by the Italian
premier, who gets blamed for almost
everything in that part of the world.
DARON AGO Won NATHAN, Ger
~ man ambassador to the United
States, was killed in Germany when
an airplane in which he was travelling
to rejoin his wife, crashed. He had
made himself very popular in Wash
ington and was considered one Of his
country's best diplomats.
Lew Shank, auctioneer and former
mayor of Indianapolis, one of the most
picturesque figures in Indiana public
life, died suddenly. Another notable
American who passed away was Ed
ward T. Jeffrey, former president of
the Illinois Central and widely known
for his achievements in the railroad
world. T.
ID ERNARD ]. DOTY of Memphis,
- Tenn, has been pardoned by the
President Of France after serving part
of an eight-year prison term for deser-
ton from the French foreign legion
while on active duty in Syria. He was
ordered to rejoin his regiment in Al
geria. Doty had served in the Amer
lean army during the World war and
his case attracted much attention both
in the United States and in France.
His desertion in Syria was brief and
was caused merely by inconsistencies.
MEXICAN troops fought two en-
Iva gagements in the state Of JaliscO
with rebels described as Catholic
fanatics" and killed "a of them. In
one of the combats Father Sedano, a
Catholic priest. was captured, court
martialed as the leader and promptly
executed.
The long-distance telephone line be-
tween Washington and Mexico City
was formally opened last week by a
personal conversation between Presi-
dent Coolidge and President Gales.
AS neither understands the others
language the talk was interpreted at
both terminals. Other distinguished
persons were at each end of the line.
and the United States army band and
the Mexican national band played the