The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-27

for the national convention and set
the opening date for June 26. The
contest was between Houston and
San Francisco and the fifth and de-
Gliding ballot was 81 to As in favor Of
the Texas city. Houston offered $780,.
600 for the convention and promised
to build a new hall if the city audi.
forum, which seats 5000. were con.
sidered too small. The place has
hotel accommodations for 10000 to
1900 persons.
The Jackson day banquet was at.
tended by most of the party leaders
and harmony prevailed, at least on
the surface. Gov. AL Smith Of New
York was not present. but letter
from him was read and evoked long
and loud applause. To observers In
Washington 1t begins to look as II
Smith might get the Democratic NOM
ination almost without a contest.
On the Republican side 1t was an
nounced that Frank o. Lowden would
enter the North Dakota Presidential
primaries, to be held March 20, the
first to be held in the Middle West.
In the East the Hoover boom was
growing steadily and his cause was
helped by the fact that Thomas A.
Edison and Henry Ford both declared
for him. Senator Jim Watson of In.
diana said he had not yet decided
whether to be contender. but that
If he entered the race it would be In
earnest and not as stalking horse.
y ORGANIZATION of the Chicago,
~ Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad
having been approved by the inter-
state commerce commission, Federal
Judge Wilkerson in Chicago issued
orders for the receiver to. transfer
the company to the new organization,
and at midnight Sunday the old COM
pany passed out of existence, its place
being taken by the Chicago, MiIwau-
kee, st. Paul & Pacific railroad.
Henry A. Scandrett of Omaha is pres
ident and FL. e. Byram, former presi-
dent, becomes chairman of the board
of directors. The reorganization was
carried through by Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. During the receivership of near
ly three years the property has stead
lily improved according to Mr.. Byram
D EPLYING to Secretary Kellogg's
N suggestion Of a multilateral
treaty renouncing war, the French
government proposes that the han
shall be restricted ito aggressive
war;" This is not agreeable to our
government and in second note Mr..
Kellogg shows it clings to its original
stand that the treaty's declaration be
against war without any qualifying
or modifying definition attached, and
also that other world powers be asked
to unite in signing it. The new turn
in the discussion is not considered by
the State department to bar the way
to ultimate negotiation of treaty
between France and America, and ul-
tinately with all powers, declaring
against war as weapon in interna-
tional relations.
THOMAS HARDY, dean of English
4 literature and the last of the
great Victorian writer's, died Wednes-
day at his home near Dorchester at
the age Of eighty-seven, after a
months illness. Of late years the ia
nous novelist of Wessex had devoted
himself to writing poetry, but wheth-
er any of these poems will be put into
print is doubtful.
Among other deaths of the week
were those of Louis f. Post of Wash
ington, author, editor and adherent
of Georges single tax theories; Mar
vim Hughitt of Chicago, pioneer rail-
road builder and executive; Sara A.
COnboy of New York, labor leader,
and DIR. julius Grinker of Chicago,
eminent neurologist.
a LBERT d. LASKER, former
chairman of the United States
shipping board, and Mrs. Lasker have
given $1.000,000 to the University of
Chicago for medical research direct
ed toward establishing the nature,
causes, prevention and cure of degen-
erative diseases. In other words, the
aim is to increase the life expectancy
of men and women who have reached
middle age.
MEATH in the electric chair in
- Sing Sing brought to close the
tragedy of Ruth Snyder and Henry
Judd Gray, murderers of the woman's
husband. Resourceful lawyers tried
up to the last minute to prevent OF
.delay the execution, but all their ef.
forts were futile.