The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-11-02

and will return to Waukesha at some
later time"
CONVERSATIONS preliminary to
- the 1885 naval conference opened
in London, and the Japanese did what
was expected Of them. Ambassador
Matsudaira and Admiral Yamamoto
told the British and the Americans in
turn that Japan was not satisfied with
the existing treaties-everyone knew
that-and set forth these main points:
l. The powers should agree that
Japan may have equality, 'in princi-
ple," in defensive ornaments.
2. The ratio system should be abol-
ished, and defensive" ships limited on
a total tonnage basis, instead of by
categories
3. Each nation would drastically re-
duce offensive" ornaments, thus cut
ting down the chances of any war Of
aggression, while building whatever
defensive ships within the tonnage
limit agreed it feels it needs for Sc
curity.
r IEUT. FRANCISCO AGELLO of
~ Italy. known as Crazy Boy" be-
cause of his daring aerial perform
ances, set a new record for speed in
flight when he drove his seaplane over
course at Desenzano, four times at
an average of 440.29 miles an hour.
1t was his own record that he broke
by about 16 miles an hour. He used
his old plane but it had new Fiat
AS CIV type motor developing $500
horse power.
MAHATMA GANDHI has quit as
AVA leader of the All-India National
list congress. He insisted on the Inn
portance of the spinning wheel in the
home of every congress voter and on
the wearing of homespun, and asked
various changes in the constitution of
the congress. Other leaders did not
agree with him, so he refused to act
longer as their chief
THREE American physicians have
i been awarded the Nobel prize in
medicine for 1884 They are DR.. George
Minot and DIR. William P. Murphy of
the Harvard medical school and DIR.
George II. Whipple of the University
of Rochester. The prize of $41,000 Is
divided among them for their develop
ment Of liver therapy in anemia.
n w. A. SCOTT and Campbell Black
VI of England, flying their Red Comet
plane, won the great London to Mel
bourne air derby, reducing the record
by many hours The second plane to
arrive in Melbourne was that of X. D.
Parmentier and ]. ]. Mol of Holland.
They gave the winners a close race
though flying longer route. Col. Ros-
coe Turner and Clyde Pangborn, Amer
leans, lost time when they wandered
from the course near Allahabad, India,
but came in third. James and Amy
Mollison, the famous flying couple from
England. led at the start, but were
forced to quit in India by damaged
motors.
Tragedy marked the race when Har-
old Gilman and James Baines of Eng
land crashed in flames in Italy and
were burned to death.
nRUNO HAUPTMANN'S effort to
ID avoid extradition from New York
failed, so he was taken to Jail at
Flemington. N. j.. to await trial for
the murder of Colonel Lindbergh's
baby boy. Attorney General Wilentz
and his staff of assistants were COM
plotting their arrangements for pre-
senting the case against the carpenter.
Hauptmann was arraigned before
Justice Thomas E. Trenchard and
pleaded not guilty. The trial was set
for January 2 at the request of Mr..
Wilentz. who said: II don't think this
trial should go through the holidays
| think 1t would be distasteful to the
people. Then. too. this is capital
case and the defense should have am
pie time to prepare its case"