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Show WITHIN a few days 222 miners perished in u series of disasters in the coal holds of the United States. The worst of these was at Mather, Pa., where nearly three hundred men were entombed by a gas explosion ; the dead there numbered IDS. At Yukon, W. Va., unolher explosion resulted in 17 deaths; und a dynamite blast at the Kenvir mine in Kentucky killed at least seven. Over in Hamburg. Germany, a tank of phosgene, one o: the most deadly of the war gases, leaked and the fuuies spread over a considerable part of the, city, killing 11 persons, injuring hundreds and creating general consternation. con-sternation. The fact that the Germans Ger-mans were still making this war gas caused rather excited comment, especially espe-cially in France, but it is explained that it is manufactured for export for the dye industry and that much of It is shipped to America. FOES of Fascism In Buenos Aires, Argentina, exploded a bomb In the Italian consulate there, killing six persons per-sons and injuring thirty-seven. All the victims were Ituhan Immigrants with the exception of four consulate employees. Another bomb was found In a store owned by a prominent Italian Fascist leader. The police made hundreds of arrests. NATIONALISTS were defeated In the German parliamentary elections, elec-tions, losing many seats. Forty per cent of the members of the new reich-stag reich-stag are Socialists or Communists. The Socialists were ready to join the middle parties in forming a cabinet, demanding concessions on labor problems. prob-lems. The Marx center party lost seven of its sixty-nine scats and therefore there-fore could not retain the post of chancellor. chan-cellor. Greece's cabinet, headed by Premier Zaimis, resigned ami the parliament after receiving the resignations was suspended by President Koundouriotls. Kletitherlos Venlzelos, former premier, agreed lo form a new government. METHODISTS In their general conference con-ference at Kansas City settled for the time being a long debated proposition by voting against the election elec-tion of bishops for a limited term in stead of for life us has been the rule since 1S0-S. They also adopted, almost al-most unanimously, a declaration stating stat-ing that "we ure opposed to all military mili-tary training in high schools and to compulsory training In colleges and universities." An expected clash ou doctrine was averted by the adoption of a report on doctrinal beliefs which, j while It reiterated all the usual doc- j trines of the Evangelical churches, spoke a good word for independence of thought and the accepted conclusions conclu-sions of science. Dr. Itayiuond J. Wade of Chicago und Dr. James C. Baiter ol Urbuuu, HI., were elected bishops. i SECRETARY KELLOGG'S peaci proposals have been accepted, with slight reservations, by the British gov ernment and Its readiness to co-op erate with the principal powers io a multi-lateral anti-war treaty on those lines is announced. Sir Austen Chamberlain Cham-berlain In his note explained that Great Britain must protect her special interests throughout the world and that her existing commitments under League of Nations und other international interna-tional agreements must Dot be affected by the proposed pact Statesmen In both countries believe these reservations reserva-tions will Dot b a bar to formulation of the treaty. REDUCTION of taxes, according to the bill passed by the senate last week, will amount to .fOo.STo.OOO. which is only a little mure than $3,-000,000 $3,-000,000 above the maximum reduction first set by President Coolidge and the treasury und therefore would be acceptable ac-ceptable to the Chief Executive. But It is nearly $85,000,000 below the total Id the bill us adopted by the house, lust before the hill Whs passed the senate unexpectedly defeated the amendment for a graduated lax on corporations with incomes' below $15,-000 $15,-000 which was approved In tue committee com-mittee of the whole. By this action the aggregate tax reduction was cut down by $24,000,000. The vole on this was a tie and Vice President Dawes voted In the negative. In conference, changes were agreed upon which brought the aggregate reduction re-duction up to about $223,000,000. The conferees consented to the elimination of the senate provision for full publicity public-ity of tax returns, which had been ob- jeeted to by the President. Thursday evening the house adopted a resolution fixing the adjournment hour of the session at 5 p. m., Tuesday, Tues-day, May 2. |