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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Red Cross Rejects Proposed Federal Aid of $25,000,-000 $25,000,-000 for Drought Relief and Opposition Senators Threaten a Filibuster. By EDWARD W. PICKARD dent to Hie transaction," be con-tlnued. con-tlnued. "J fuel aure the const guard did not Are with Intention of Inking life, but to prevent the rum runner escaping. Apparently the Canadian was violating the lawt of the United States, which It Is the duty of the const guard to enforce under mandates from the congress of the United States." Lowman suld coast guard cutter cut-ter caught the rum runner transferring trans-ferring a cargo of liquor to a scow and a small motor boat well within the 12-mile limit and just outside New York harbor. He said the cut ter hoisted her pennant. whereuju the rum runner tried to escape. Several Sev-eral warning shots were fired before be-fore the shell struck the pilot house, killing the captain and bringing the Josephine K. to stop. FEDERAL aid is uot needed and not wanted by the American Red Cross, according to the statement made by John Barton Bar-ton Payne, chairman chair-man of that organization, or-ganization, to the house subcommittee subcommit-tee that wus considering con-sidering the Interior In-terior department ly lodged a protest at the Department Depart-ment of State. Secretary of the Navy Adams called on General Butler for an exptunntlon, and when this was received Secretary Stlmson made I formal apology to Italy for Butler's statement. At the same time Mr. Adams ordered that the oflleer be tried by court-martial. court-martial. SENATOR CAPPER'S Joint resolution reso-lution authorising the federal farm bourd to make 20.000,000 bushels of the wheat It owns available avail-able for emergency relief was passed by the senate. The board's revolving fund Is to be credited with the cost of the grain at prevailing prices. , BEFORE he committed com-mitted snlclde by shooting himself at his home In Jersey Jer-sey City, Edward I. Edwards, former governor of New Jersey and former United States senator, sen-ator, wrote a note to his daughter which gave no explanation ex-planation of his not. Howpvpr hla J. B. Payne appropriation urn. Mr. Payne snld the central committee of the Red Cross had adopted two resolution us follows: "Thut It Is the sense of the central cen-tral committee that the Ked Cross Is in a position adequately to complete com-plete the task It has undertaken In the drought-stricken iirens. and It hereby assumes the responsibility ot completing sulil tusk without public appropriations." i "Thut It Is the sense of the central cen-tral committee thut the Ked Cross cannot accept theadmlnlstrutlon of the funds for general, relief pur poses, as provided for under the terms of the hill which has passed the senute and is now pending in the house." Senators who upheld the senate's attempt to give the Ited Cross a E. I. Edwards family and busl-, busl-, n e s s associates knew he had been despondent, and that he was suffering from an Incurable In-curable disease, so they were less surprised tluin shocked. In the senate Mr. Edwurds was a pioneer ot the wets, though he never took a drink of liquor. In 11124 he was mentioned as a Democratic Presidential Presi-dential possibility on a wet platform. plat-form. in IICS. Mr. Edwards was called back from the convention in Houston, Hous-ton, Texas, by the fatal illness of his wife. Broken with sorrow, he entered his campulgn for re-election and wus defeated by Hamilton 'I HOLDING that as h t t o r-ney r-ney general of the United States he has the right to pass on the professional profes-sional and ethical fitness of candl dates for places on the federal bench, William D. Mitchell Mitch-ell has openly and vigorously attacked the qualification of Ernest Mich- nl n 111., ....,.,.. Attorney Gen. r. isenn. men came nnunemt misfortunes, mis-fortunes, a breuk with his lifelong friend. Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey Jer-sey City, and not long ago the death of his favorite brother, David Dav-id F. Edvv-Hrds. Evidently, life held nothing for him. WHEN the king and queen of Slam pay their official of-ficial visit to Washington Wash-ington In April they are to be provided pro-vided with a residence resi-dence that will have all the luxuries lux-uries of a royal palace. Our government gov-ernment has no official of-ficial home for dis- h -few v, I J2o.000.000 relief appropriation rallied ral-lied to the defense of thut plan and, led by Robinson of Arkansas, denounced the Ited Cross. Presl dent Hoover and the ndtninlstra tlon generally. They gave notice that they would filibuster agtilnst the general appropriation hills unless un-less what they consider to be adequate ade-quate relief for the drought areas , is granted. INCREASING pressure In behalf of the plan to make imitie-. imitie-. dlute cash payment of bonus cer- . ti tlon tea to World war veterans ' : was met by Secretary of the Treas ury Mellon with a statement to the senate finance committee that such payment was neither needed nor economically sound, Hnd he more than Intimated thai legislation to that effect would be vetoed by the President. Both he and Undersecretary Undersec-retary Mills told the committee that the proposed bond Issue of $.'?,400,OOO.OO0 for the retirement of the 20-yenr bonus certificates would not only disturb government govern-ment finances, but would prolong the business depression. Next day they repeuted their arguments before be-fore the house ways and means committee. recommended for judicial apjMilntment. by Thomas Schall, blind senator from that state. Schall has retaliated by questioning the good taste of Mitchell's Mitch-ell's action and declaring that unless un-less Michel Is nominated the post will remain vacant. The attorney general , in this statement asserts thut Michel Is not (nullified for a Judgeship and Infers that Schall's recommendn tlon whs In payment of a pollltlcal debt. "President Hoover," he adds, "tins raised a standard of Judicial appointments In which political 'usefulness' does not enter. He has refused repeatedly to be bent by such motives. I am sure that the people of Minnesota approve of his attitude. When It comes to Judicial office they want men ahoiit whose qualifications there Is not room for difference of opinion, not men appointed ap-pointed to pay political debts." Senator Schall accepted the issue is-sue and replied: "I am forced to the conclusion that the attorney general displays less than good taste to say the least when he makes reference to the payment of political debts, it Is an Inferential Insult to the peo- tinguished visitors and so ulwoys bor- King of Slam rows one when the occasion arises. This time It has accepted the offer of Lurx Anderson, Ander-son, former ambassador to Japan, of his great castle-like home on Massachusetts avenue, and there -the royal couple from the Far East and their suite will be housed. f NVESTIGATION of the admlnls- HA R R Y E. Rowbottom, Republican c o n-gressman n-gressman from the First district of Indiana, was arrested ar-rested in Evans vllle and placed under $10,000 bonds by United S t a t e 8 Oomtnls soner C. E. Harmon. Har-mon. He Is charged pn..i.i)i.,.iiiiiimii.iiii) i pie of our state to even Intimate that they would consider political expediency rather than sound qualifications quali-fications and Integrity In their choice of a Judicial appointee." WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN, who used to be emperor of Germany, celebrated the seventy-second seventy-second nnnlversury of his birth on January 27 ut Ids home of exile in Doom, Holland. It wns not a gula event and there was little of the pomp that marked the day before the World war. William attended divine services In the morning, then received the congratulations of his Immediate relatives and presided at a family dinner. In the afternoon after-noon he received delegations of German monarchists, and In the evening there was a formal dinner at which the ex-knlser appeared wearing the uniform of a German field1 marshal and his decorations. - i nn ion or mw in tne reiierui courts throughout the country Is to he carried on under the supervision super-vision of a committee of which Dean Charles E. Clark of Ynle law school has been appointed chairman. chair-man. Plans for this study were approved by President Hoover's commission on law observance and enforcement. CARRYING out the policy and plans of the British government, govern-ment, Lord irwln, viceroy of India, decreed the unconditional release from prison of Muliutma Gandhi and his chief lieutenants, all members mem-bers of the working committee of the all-India national congress. The "holy man." desiring to avoid demonstrations, did not leave the Yeruvda Jail until eleven o'clock at night. Clad only In a loin cloth, he took a train for Bombay, where he was met by Immense crowds of ndoring and rejoicing natives. Tuken through the city's streets In nn automobile, he acknowledged the frenzied greetings of his followers fol-lowers by holding both arms aloft with hands clasped and his head bowed as if giving the masses his blessing Gundhl told interviewers that he emerged from Jail with an absolutely abso-lutely open mind unfettered by enmity en-mity and prepared to study the whole situation and the statement of Prime Minister MacDonuld. He still Insisted every political prisoner prison-er In India should be freed, but said he did not yet know what would be his course if the British government would not consent to this. PIERRE LAVAL, puly forty-seven forty-seven years old, became premier of France and got together to-gether a cabinet to succeed that of M. Tardieu. It Is a ministry of the right whose political politi-cal complexion does not differ greatly from that of Its j with having taken $750 from Walter Harry E. G. and Aaron Ayer Rowbottom in return for the promise of appointment of GresUnm Ayer as a rural mull currier at Rockport, Ind. Rowbottom's term in congress expires on March 4 next. He was an outstanding member of the 1920 Indiana house . of representatives when the Ku Klux klon began to show Its great political Influence. The Post Office department In Washington announced on January 6 the dismissal of four postmasters and the suspension of a rurul mail carrier, nil in Rowbottom's district. The official statement of the department de-partment at that time said that reports prevalent In Indiana that "certain postmasters and others who were applicants for positions In the Post Office department hnd been paying and causing to be paid various sums of money to a' congressman con-gressman to obtain the appointments appoint-ments desired" were brought to Its attention by Senators Jumes E. Watson and Arthur Robinson. THE Democrat-radical Republican Repub-lican coullticn In the senate Is still after those three members of the federal power commission. Smith, Garsaud and Draper, and It appeared certain that Walsh's motion mo-tion to take quo warranto action to oust them would be carried. The matter came up In the lower house on a motion to cut out the appro prlntion for their salaries, but the representatives decided the quarrel was none of their business nnd de- I predecessor. The radical Socialists Pierre Laval refused to participate, partici-pate, but politicians In Paris believed be-lieved the new government would survive. Tardieu accepted the ministry min-istry of iiKriculture, and Brlnnd the foreign affairs portfolio. Laval him self took the portfolio of the Interior. In-terior. The one-legged general Maglnot was made minister of war Dumont of the navy and Dumesnli of the air, while Flnndln became minister of finance and Landry of labor. For the first time a negro Is In the cabinet. He Is Blaise Dlagne of Senegal and Is undersecretary undersec-retary of state for the colonies. ASSUMING that the MacDon-ald MacDon-ald government remains re-mains In power, Great Britain Is likely soon to Imitate Imi-tate Italy In one resiect. Philip Snowden, chancellor chancel-lor of the exchequer, excheq-uer, nnd his associates asso-ciates nre planning .. .1-1 . i .. TPHtcl the motion by a vote of 37 to 102. MAJ. GEN. SMEDI.EY D. BUT ler, commandant of the ma tine base at Qunntlco, Va., whose propensity for speaking his mind freely has made trouble in the past, has been talking again. This time, before the Contemporary Contempo-rary club in Philadelphia. General Butler, according to press reports, made a speech In which be severely severe-ly criticized Premier Mussolini of . Italy, calling him "one of those fel . lows who nre waiting to start an other war," and declaring: "He Is '..-'polishing np all the brass hats in ;taly. He Is getting very Roman." le also said Mussolini run over h ' 'did with his automobile. Mussolini cabled a flat dental of "'?. automobile story to Italian Am-tassador Am-tassador de Martlno, who prompt- POSSIBILITY of another controversy con-troversy with Canada loomed when It was announced that the two-masted auxiliary schooner Josephine Jo-sephine K., of Nova Scotian registry, regis-try, hnd been captured by a coasi guard cutter after n five mile chase In lower New York hay and her skipper. "ntt. William P. nuett of Lumenberg, Nova Scotia, killed bj a shot from a one pounder. , On tin schooner and on a garbage scow which was In tow of a tug and also wns captured the official" found a large quantity of liquor. After a conference at the Whlt House, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury lawman gave out the statement that the coast guard was performing Its statutory duty In preventing smuggling. "It Is regrettable the captain lost bis life, but it was simply an Incl- mhmwwmmi it iirive iu rt-uui e costs nnd help the Philip British mnnufuc- Snowden turer to recover his supremacy in the world's export markets. The scheme proposed Includes a 10 per cent cut In wages and a similar reduction re-duction In the prices of nil goods and commodities. The British working man. according to officials, would be as well off as ever though receiving less for his work. Mr. Snowden hns been sounding out the large employers on the plan, .ind In a letter to prominent manufacturers manu-facturers has intimated that the government In Its next budget would set the example by making a cut of 10 per cent In the salaries of all government employees. The trade unions have been consulted and have given the scheme their approval. Itil.Wwtara Newspaper Unlom ) |