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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Pre-Convention Doings of Republicans "Lindy" Reaches Havana. By EDWARD W. PICKARD REPUBLICAN interest in the pre-convention pre-convention Presidential campaign centered on the question of what Herbert Hoover would do in the matter mat-ter of entering the Ohio preferential preferen-tial primaries. Formal steps to Induce In-duce him to contest with Senator Frank B. Willis for the state delegation delega-tion were taken by a committee of prominent politicians formed at Columbus Col-umbus and a petition to the secretary of commerce was circulated for signatures. sig-natures. Mr. Willis, being a "favorite son," has Indicated that he Is ready for the fight and It is admitted that If Mr. Hoover does enter the primaries, pri-maries, and loses, his cause will have received a serious blow. Some of the eastern party leaders who are opposed to the Hoover candidacy, candi-dacy, notably Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury Mellon and Charles Hilles, are reported to be alarmed by the growing grow-ing strength of Hoover in the eastern east-ern states and to be laying plans to bring about a deadlock In the convention con-vention in the hope that this would be broken by the "drafting" of Mr. Coolklge. The Pennsylvania delegation delega-tion will go to Kansas City solid for Mellon and ready to jump where he tells it to. Hilles and State Chairman Chair-man Morris of New York have arranged ar-ranged that the New York delegates shall not commit themselves until something more definite is known as to the chance of renominating Cool-ldge. Cool-ldge. Governor Fuller of Massachusetts Massachu-setts may be brought forward in order to check the Hoover campaign for delegates in the Bay state. It appears ap-pears that these anti-Hoover leaders, if they could not have Coolidge, might line up their delegates for Dawes. Mellon and probably others of them would prefer even Hoover to Lowden because of the latter's stand in favor of the MeNary-Haugen brand of farm relief legislation. In Ohio the Lowd-enltes Lowd-enltes are backing Willis and In Indiana Indi-ana they are supporting Senator Watson, Wat-son, believing Lowden will benefit by this when those gentlemen find their chances in the convention are nil. Developments of the week in Illinois Illi-nois politics were exciting locally and promised to have some effect on the Presidential campaign. Gov. Len Small, desiring a third term, was forced to surrender to Mayor Thompson Thomp-son of Chicago, agreeing to make Big Bill his patronage dispenser in the metropolis in return for the support of the Thompson organization. The mayor has been strongly opposed to sending any Lowden delegates to Kansas Kan-sas City from Cook county and also is the political foe of Senator Deneen. So It is not unlikely that the friends of Lowden and Deneen will make an alliance with the supporters of Secretary Sec-retary of State Emmerson, who Is out for the gubernatorial nomination. In this way they might elect a considerable consid-erable number of Lowden delegates throughout the state. The matter of Frank L. Smith, senator-elect, who was denied his seat, also enters Into In-to the Illinois situation. Mr. Smith resigned his credentials, was reappointed reappoint-ed by Small and announced his candidacy candi-dacy for re-election in November. Among the Democrats of the country coun-try the campaign of Al Smith goe.s along fairly smoothly but with somewhat some-what less impetus. Mc.Vdoo's Virginia Vir-ginia speech chirked up the dry Democrats Dem-ocrats a lot and in several states the opposition to the New York governor gover-nor was noticeably stronger. But It Isn't strong enough yet to lead to revision of the prediction that he will be the party's nominee at Houston. The suggestion that Jese Jones of Texas be named as Smith's running mite seems to meet with Increasing favor. CORRESPONDENCE made public by Senator Walsh, prosecutor for the senate's Teapot Dome Investigating Investigat-ing committee, reveals the fact that Tohn P. F.oekefeller, Jr., strongly urged Col. Robert -W. Stewart, chairman chair-man of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, to tell the committee who were the beneficiaries of the notorious $50,000,000 Continental Trading company, com-pany, Ltd., deal information which Stewart declined to give and in consequence con-sequence was cited for contempt. Senator Sen-ator Walsh wrote to Mr. Rockefeller asking his aid in unraveling the Continental Con-tinental mystery and the letter promised prom-ised to do all he could to clear It up. Later he wrote Stewart saying the chairman owed it to his associates and stockholders and to' the public to bring the questionable transactions transac-tions Into the fullest light. Mr. Rockefeller was summoned to appear before the committee Saturday. Satur-day. COLONEL LINDBERGH ended his Latin American air tour Wednesday Wednes-day when the Spirit of St. Louis gracefully swooped down on the flying fly-ing field at Havana after a 750 mile flight from Port au Prince, Haiti. Thousands of Cubans who had waited hours in the hot sun rushed forward with wild cheers and overwhelmed the soldiers and police. Not until calvalry men had cleared the field was the young aviator able to alight and receive re-ceive the greetings of Charles Evans Hughes, Ambassador Judah and the high Cuban officials gathered to meet him. At the Presidential palace President Presi-dent Machado told him what he and his fellow Cubans think of him, and thereafter he was the guest of honor at the usual receptions, luncheons, banquets and balls. He announced that he would make his homeward flight direct from Havana to St. Louis, starting February 13. The first air-mail service between the islands of the Antilles was Inaugurated In-augurated with Lindbergh's arrival Wednesday. Two sacks of mail from Santo Domingo and one from Port-au-Prince were delivered at Havana by the plane. Costes and Lebrlx, the Frenchmen who were the first to fly across the south Atlantic, made their way up from Mexico City and on Wednesday brought their big plane, the Nunges-ser-Coll, down on Boiling field, Washington. Wash-ington. They were elaborately entertained enter-tained in the national capital, and on Saturday flew to New York. C ANDINO, Nicaraguan rebel leader, was reported to have gathered about 500 calvarymen near Jinotega and detachments of this force were engaged en-gaged in looting coffee estates in the vicinity. Several appeals from planters plant-ers for protection were received by the British charge d'affaires at Managua Man-agua and he informed American Minister Min-ister Patterson that his government expected full protection for British lives and property In the affected area. There already were companies of American marines in Jinotega, San Rafael del Norte . and Matagnlpa and steps were taken to strengthen the garrison at the last named city, whose citizens were becoming decidedly nervous. Sandino left a note at one coffee farm saying: "The marines are very cowardly. They did not care to fight me in the Segovias. When they come here I will meet them and blood will flow In these hills near Mntagalpa." In view of the congressional attacks at-tacks on our policy In Nicaragua, It Is Interesting to read that an investigator inves-tigator for the New York Times has found that Wall street's direct financial finan-cial Interest in that country Is only $lSo,000, which is scheduled to be paid off In three months.- The total American Investment in Nicaragua Is estimated at $12,000,000. "TRANSATLANTIC television be-- came a demonstrated reality last week when a group of persons In a darkened cellar at Ilyrtsdale, N. Y., gathered about rte televisor Invented by John L. Baird and saw the moving figures of a man and woman who were seated before Tin electric eye in a London laboratory. The transformed trans-formed vision came through the ether In the form of a bumblebee's hum, a musical bu7.z of Irregular cadence ca-dence representing In sound the lights and shadows of their faces all that was transmitted in the test. When the televisor, a black box compact enough to be carried around In a taxi, had done Its work with this rhythmic rumble from across the sea the visions gradually built themselves up of tiny oblongs of light suspended In a whirling rectagle of brilliance In tha machine's gaping mouth. GOV. ED JACKSON of Iudiuna went to trial last week on a charge of conspiracy to conceal an alleged offer of a bribe of $10,000 t his predecessor, Warren T. McCrny. who was sent to the penitentiary. Jackson and his two codefendants, 3eorge V. Coffin and Robert I. Marsh, waived arraignment and were granted separate' trials, whereupon the governor gov-ernor pleaded not guilty and the examination ex-amination of Jurors was begun. Jackson Jack-son is alleged to have conspired with Marsh and Coffin to bribe McCray to appoint the man they designated as county prosecutor at Indianapolis. McCray refused the alleged bribe offer of-fer of $10,000 and "protection from prosecution in any county Criminal court." Then he appointed W. BL Remy, as prosecutor. i FLOOD control legislation maklne the government responsible for the entire cost Is favored by a majority of the house flood control committee and the senate commerce committee; but President Coolidge made it known last week that he still believes the states should share the burden of expense. ex-pense. Frear of Wisconsin, a member mem-ber of the house committee, stands with the President in this. He declares de-clares that if congress approves a program by which the federal gor-ernment gor-ernment hears the entire expense of flood control work on the lower Mississippi Mis-sissippi the action will serve as precedent which will mean future "pork barrel" projects. It will be difficult, dif-ficult, he says, to resist legislation dealing similarly with other rivers. ' ! IN A report submitted to the houM with the 1929 treasury appropriation appropria-tion bill it was admitted by the appropriations ap-propriations committee that the failure fail-ure of more than two-thirds of tho agents in the prohibition service In the recent merit system tests has demoralized de-moralized prohibition enforcement throughout the country. The report says that "without any eligible register regis-ter from which to select the successors succes-sors to these men, the service Is In the predicament of having many Individuals Indi-viduals regarded as their best enforcement en-forcement officers under sentence of rejection, but permitted to stay In the service with dismissal Impending." Impend-ing." Sebastian S. Kresge of Detroit waa found guilty of adultery In his wife'a suit for divorce in New York ; thereupon there-upon there arose a cry that the $500,- 000 he had given the Anti-Saloon league recently should he returned, But It will not be, for Bishop Nicholson, Nichol-son, president of the league, .says tha donation was not a philanthropy but a purely business proposition ; that Kresge "saw that prohibition increased in-creased his own Income, that It brought more nickels and dimes into his stores, and so he devoted $500,000 to aid this cause which dircctely affected af-fected him." In New York It wa taken for granted that the league would use the Kresge money for tha education of voters In Its campaign against the nomination of Al Smith for President. DOWERS of the radio commission 1 were extended for another year by the senate and it was believed this action would be followed by confirmation confirma-tion of the three members whoso appointments ap-pointments have been held up. Tho extension bill provides that terms of present members of the commission shall expire at the end of the year's period and that new appointments of members of the appellate body tn exist ex-ist thereafter shall then be made by the Iresident. Another provision of the bill limits llcense of broadcasting broadcast-ing stations to six mo.iths and other classes of radio licenses to one year. HiINESK Nationalists expect the early recognition of their government, govern-ment, for the French and Norwegian ministers to Peking arrived in Shanghai Shang-hai last week to confer Willi officials there, and the P.ritish minister was expected this week. The French minister min-ister told the welcoming Nationalists that he expected their revolution would be successful and thnt ther soon would control Peking. |