The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-09-19

action and asked: "What is Senator
Nye going to do about it?"
In his reply Mr.. Nye called the
method and practice of Ruth's agents
"shoddy, scabby, unprincipled, uncon-
scionable and contemplate" and he
called special session of his commit
tee in Chicago for the purpose of
questioning those same agents. The
information they gave only served to
make the situation more confused,
with charges and countercharges of
shadowing, proposed treachery and
threats. Nye then announced an ad-
journment to September Is, declaring
that the committee would not be ''di-
verted from its clearly defined duty
by any smoke screen laid down
through will to threaten, intimidate
and influence"
DROBABLY ]. Reuben Clark Of
Utah, now counsellor Of the Amer
lean embassy in Mexico City, will
be selected to succeed Ambassador
Dwight w. Morrow. He is said to be
the only man at the embassy besides
Mr.. Morrow who is thoroughly con-
versant with conditions in Mexico, and
is in position to continue the good
relations between the two govern
ments. It is believed that his APP
pointment would meet the warm ap-
prevail of President Ortiz Rubio.
CHAIRMAN LEGGE of the federal
~ farm board made speech before
the New York state grange at SYRIA
cuse that aroused the protests Of or
ganized labor. He said the farmers
increased tax rates are due largely
to the advance in labor rates." and
added that ION many manufactured
articles so per cent of the wholesale
price can be directly traced to some
body's pay envelope"
President William Green Of the
American Federation of Labor imme-
diately telegraphed Mr.. Legge asking
him to correct the statement because
it was neither justifiable nor cor
rect" Mr.. Green said:
"Since 1914 the cost Of wages to
employers has changed five-tenths Of
per cent only. In 1913 employers
in the United States paid 1853 per
cent Of the wholesale price of their
products to workers in wages. In
1927 they paid 17.3 per cent.
WIZARD T. VAN ORMAN, Ameri-
w cas- leading balloonist, won the
international balloon race for the
Gordon Bennett trophy with the
Goodyear VIII. The contest started
near Cleveland, Ohio, and Van Or
man landed his bag near Canton,
Mass, having Travelled approximately
$50 miles. Capt. Ernest Demuyter. pi-
lot Of the Belgian entry, the Belgica,
was second with 435 miles, but 1t was
said he might be disqualified because
an assistant left the balloon via the
drag rope to give it a longer flight.
G ECRETARY of Agriculture Arthur
~ NJ. Hyde fears the drought in the
Middle West is to continue and to
spread northward. He called a meet
ing of the state chairmen of relief for
September 10 In Washington.
"The drought is not over yet" said
Mr.. Hyde. ut seems that new
drought may be starting in the area
north of the belt so hard hit in July
and the first part of August. Fortu-
nately, large part Of the production
of wheat and small grains is har-
vested"
The rising prices Of corn, live
stock, and other commodities due to
the drought partly has compensated
farmers in the central states for their
losses, Mr.. Hyde said.
MAJ. GEN. HENRY T. ALLEN, re-
1N1 tired, who commanded the Amer
lean army of occupation in Germany
after the armistice, died suddenly of
heart disease at Buena Vista Springs,
Pa. The general was born at Sharps-
burg, KY, in 1859 and graduated from
the military academy at West Point
in 1882. Soon after this he made an
excursion into Alaska as an explorer,
and then, in rapid succession, his
army assignments carried him to Rus
STA, Germany, Cuba and the Philip
pines, and into Mexico with Perish
ing's punitive expedition. He went to
France as division commander. and
later was corps chieftain in the A.
E. r. Distinguished service won foi
him the coveted honor Of heading the
American forces on the Rhine.
90. 1880. Western Newspaper Unlon.D