The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08

utiful building of the British embassy 4
0 steel express high way which Is being
again the faith of the world in the
moral forces of good will and patient
negotiation as against the blind forces
of suspicion and competitive arma-
ment. 1t will secure the full defense
Of the United States. 1t will mark a
further long step toward lifting the
burdens of militarism from the backs
forward of world peace. 1t will lay
the foundations upon which further
constructive reduction in world arms
may be accomplished in the future.
We should by this act of willingness
to join with others in limiting arma-
ment have dismissed from the mind of
the world any notion that the United
States entertains ideas of aggression,
imperial power, or exploitation of for
eign nations"
Immediately after the ratification
by the senate, the President asked for
the names of those who voted in op-
position. These were Bingham Of
Connecticut. Hale of Maine. Johnson
Of California. Moses Of New Hamp-
shire, eddie of Nevada, Pine Of
Oklahoma and Robinson Of Indiana.
all Republicans; and Mcclellan of
Tennessee and Walsh of Massachu-
sets, Democrats.
1--WE senators from wheat states
L Capper, Allen. McMaster, Howell
and Pine-called on Chairman Legge
of the federal farm board in Washing
ton and again urged that the board
adopt Capper's plan and buy lot
more wheat in the effort to boost the
price. Once more Mr.. Legge refused,
declaring the scheme would be at best
only a temporary expedient and in
the long run would make the wheat
problem worse. He declared the
board. which has 100000 bushels
on its hands, would not purchase any
more at this time and would sell none
until the price advanced.
"What we want" said Mr.. Legge,
sis something permanent. Stabiliza-
ton will work admirably on sea-
sonal surpluses, but it cannot be used
on an accumulative surplus. We have
had an accumulative surplus in wheat
for four years. Sterilization will not
cure it. don't say sterilization is
failure, but it won't work at the
present time. To follow Senator Cap
per's plan would only encourage the
farmers in Kansas to raise more
wheat and make a bad situation
worse"
In Kansas the wheat problem is
having powerful effect in the guberna.
torial primary campaign. Governor
Reed, who attacks the farm board
plan for reduction of wheat acreage.
is up for denomination by the Repub-
licans and Is opposed by Frank
Haucke of Council Grove, a farmer,
who upholds Legge's plan.
N ETROIT, which has won an I'M
- enviable reputation as a vice
center In recent years. has begun to
clean house. Charles Bowles, who
was serving his second term as mayor,
was ousted from Office last week in
special recall election. the majority
against him being 30,956. When
Bowles took office last year he ap-
pointed as public works commissioner
one Joseph Gillespie who had been
forced out as police commissioner in
1916. when vice conditions in Detroit
were especially bad. Under Bowles,
the newspapers declared, gambling
houses and speakeasies began running
wide open and Police Commissioner
Harold Emmons was said to be afraid
to close them. Finally, while Mayor
Bowles was attending the Kentucky
derby, 'Emmons did raid some places,
and the mayor thereupon ousted him.
y Under the law new election to fill
the mayors place must be held within
30 days of the filing of the certified
returns of the recall election. Under
the law Bowles is automatically a
LOA iC-CICCliOIi anu duY
other candidates may go on the ballot
by presenting nominating petitions
signed by $4,000 voters.
Only few hours after the Detroit
voters had put Bowles out of office,
Gerald Buckley, radio announcer
who had been delivering addresses
describing vice conditions in Detroit
and criticizing the mayors admins
tration, was shot to death in the lob
by of hotel by three men who es.
capped. This was the eleventh gang
murder in the city in nineteen days.
Governor Green ordered the state DO
lice to investigate the crime indie.
pendently and said he would call out
state troops. If necessary. to stop the
assassinations. There were points of
similarity between the murder of
Buckley and that of Jake Lingle, the