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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Results of Maine Election and the Primaries in Other States. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ONE state election and a bunch of primaries served to keep up the Interest in politics. From tlie varied results the advocates of repeal or modification mod-ification of prohibition derived considerable consid-erable comfort, believing that the big dry majority in congress will be somewhat some-what reduced by November elections. In tlie Maine election tlie Itepub-licans Itepub-licans were victorious, putting their candidates in every major oflice. Gov. William Tudor Gardiner was re-elected, defeating Edward C. Moran, Jr. Congressman Wallace H. White, Jr., of Lewiston was chosen to succeed Senator Arthur P. Gould by a large majority, and all four seats In the lower house were won by Republicans. The Hoover administration was the main issue, and though the Republicans Repub-licans won, their majorities were much cut down as compared with those of two years ago. Of the primaries, those of the Republicans Re-publicans in Michigan were the most interesting. Senator James Couzens, who is a moderate wet, won renomina-tion renomina-tion over Chase S. Osborn, dry. Representative Rep-resentative Louis C. Crampton, a dry leader in the house and recognized as the spokesman of the Anti-Saloon league, was defeated by Jesse P. Wol-cott, Wol-cott, an avowed wet, and three other wet candidates for the house won nominations, at least one of them beating a dry. Wilbur M. Brucker, attorney general, defeated former Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck for the gubernatorial guberna-torial nomination. In Detroit on the same day Frank Murphy was elected mayor to succeed Charles Bowles who was recalled in July. Briefly, here are results in other primaries: South Carolina Democrats nominated nom-inated James Byrnes, a dry, for the senate, defeating Senator Cole Blease. Colorado Republicans chose George H. Shaw, opposed by the Anti-Saloon league, for the Phipps seat in the senate, sen-ate, turning down W. V. Hodges, indorsed in-dorsed by tlie dry organization. Edward Ed-ward P. Costigan was nominated by the Democrats. Louisiana Gov. Huey Long defeated Senator Ransdell for the Democratic senatorial nomination after a sensational sensa-tional campaign. New Hampshire Republicans nominated nom-inated John G. Winant for governor. Democrats named Albert W. Noone, eighty-four years old nnd a wet, for both governor and senator. Delaware Republicans renominated Senator Hastings and Congressman R. G. Houston, both dry ; Irenee DuPont, Republican leader, announced he would support former Senator Thomas F. Bayard, wet, whom the Democrats nominated for the senate. Washington John F. Miller, veteran vet-eran dry congressman from Seattle, defeated for renoniination by Republicans Repub-licans by Ralph A. Horr, an active wet. Georgia Democrats renominated Senator W. J. Harris and chose G. H. Carswell for governor. Arizona George W. P. Hunt "won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination nomina-tion for the eighth time. ENTRY of another woman candidate has made the senatorial campaign In Illinois a three-cornered affair, with small projections in the shape of several sev-eral minor aspirants who have no chance of election. James Hamilton Lewis, tlie Democratic nominee, continues con-tinues his serene way as a wringing wet. Representative Ruth Hanna Mc-Cormick, Mc-Cormick, regular Republican nominee, found it necessary or advisable to modify her dry stand to the extent of promising to abide by the result of the referendum on prohibition. Thereupon There-upon Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neill entered en-tered the race by petition as an unqualified un-qualified dry. She received the indorsement in-dorsement of the state Anti-Saloon league, but the W. C. T. L". declined to pledge her its support, concentrating concentrat-ing instead on the referendum. Colonel Col-onel Lewis said he feared the battle between the two women would work to his disadvantage, hut his apprehension appre-hension if any was not shared -by his supporters. The activities of Sen-utor Sen-utor Nye's campaign fund probing committee. It was thought by many, would help rather than harm Mrs. McCormick's chances. CHJIlTHEIt support for the antl-pro-hibitionisls was provided by Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who after a silence of two years came out with a statement that he favored repeal of the Eighteenth amendment, which, he says, has fostered excessive drinking, led to corruption and hypocrisy, hypoc-risy, brought about disregard for law and Hooded the country with untaxed and illicit liquor. Tlie governor strongly strong-ly declared his opposition to tlie return re-turn of the saloon, but urged a new constitutional provision that would return re-turn to the states exclusive control over the sale of intoxicants. SOUTH AMERICA revolutions sometimes some-times are swift In action. The one in Argentina Is a case In point. Within With-in a few days the military junta headed by Gen. Jose Uriburu gained complete control of the country and President Yrigoyen, sick and abandoned aban-doned by his cabinet, was forced to resign. Later he was placed aboard tlie cruiser Belgrano and permitted to leave the country, presumably for Montevideo, Uruguay. Provisional President Uriburu and his government took steps to restore normal conditions and sternly suppressed sup-pressed all disorders, establishing martial law throughout the country. The populace was ordered to turn in all arms on pain of severe punishment. punish-ment. Uriburu showed himself especially espe-cially anxious to obtain the recognition recogni-tion of the United States, declaring he would do all In his power to co-operate fully with this country and planning to send a good man to fill tlie ambassadorship am-bassadorship in Washington which has long been vacant. It was understood that Dr. Manuel F. Malbran, former ambassador to both the United States and Chile, probably would be appointed. ap-pointed. AMERICANS held for trial in Peru by the Cerro government have been released from custody. Lieut. Com. Harold B. Grow, who Is accused of planning to bomb the city of Are-quipa, Are-quipa, denies this flatly but says he prefers to have Peru decide his fate without any foreign pressure. Bolivia is in something of a ferment, fer-ment, martial law having been declared de-clared in La Paz, the capital. In Panama President Arosemena appointed appoint-ed an entire new cabinet, which is considered a big victory for Rodolfo Chiari, leader of the National Liberal party. Chiari now is the virtual dictator, dic-tator, controlling the president, legislature legis-lature and cabinet. BRIAND'S plan for a federation of European states was presented to tlie eleventh annual session of the League of Nations assembly at Geneva by its proponent, the French foreign minister. He had previously set It .before the League's council, which contented itself with patting him on the back and passing tlie scheme along. M. Briand's speech was much the same as he delivered a year ago when first proposing the federation and he did not attempt to offer details. He j said the replies to his memorandum showed tlie response of Europe was "firm in adherence to the principles of European collaboration," and declared de-clared tlie proposed union must necessarily neces-sarily work in close co-operation with the League of Nations. He denied again that the union would run counter coun-ter to or be in any way inimical to the United States. Statesmen had told him, on tlie other hand, he declared, that relations between Europe nnd America could more easily be strengthened strength-ened by existence of a European organization. or-ganization. "Twenty-seven nations have studied this question," he concluded. "Twenty-seven nations have said 'yes it can be done.' There it is before you. Go. March on. Accomplish peace!" Arthur Henderson, replying for Great Britain, -caustically demanded that the continental nations disarm or quit talking peace. Though the assembly had on Its agenda such subjects as removal of tariff barriers, the world econouiic crisis and the opium question, Its chief concern was with war and peace. It had been hoped that the disputes dis-putes between France and Italy could he settled In conferences between Itriand and Dlnu Grandl, the Italian foreign minister, but the latter de- 1 parted hurriedly for Rome without ex-planation. ex-planation. Conversations on the naval question, however, were held by experts ex-perts of the two countries. Nicholas Titulesco, former Rumanian minister to Great Britain, was elected president presi-dent of tlie assembly. Vt.UtSIlAL PII.SUDSKI, now pre-1 pre-1 mier, war minister and general boss of Poland, opened Ills light with the chamber of deputies In characteristic character-istic fashion. He caused the lncar- ceratlon of former Premier Witos and seventeen former members of parliament parlia-ment who are opposing him, thus greatly cramping tlie campaign of bis foes in tlie campaign for tlie elections on November 16. The opposition appealed ap-pealed In vain to tlie minister of justice jus-tice and then started riots In the streets of Warsaw, which resulted only in more arrests. MAHATMA GANDHI will not attend at-tend the round table conference on India to be held In London, having been omitted from tlie list of those Invited. However, tlie delegates nt the big meeting will Include a large number of the most brilliant men of India, and enough of them nre ardent nationalists to make It certain that their country's desire for at least Independence In-dependence will be ably presented. More than half of the delegates listed have publicly advocated dominion status for India. PHYSICIANS, nurses, relief workers and vast qualities of food, clothing cloth-ing and medicines, from the United States, Cuba, Haiti and Porto Rico, reached Santo Domingo, and an army of men was put to work cleaning up the storm-stricken capital of the Dominican republic. Tlie danger of pestilence was lessened when a supply of water was obtained and the streets . were cleared of bodies and debris. RELIEF for the unemployment situation situ-ation through restriction of Immigration Im-migration has been undertaken by President Hoover. He announced that the State department, through its consular con-sular agents abroad, would refuse visas to alien laborers seeking work In this country. The action Is taken under un-der the authority of a section of the law which permits exclusion of Immigrants Im-migrants who are liable to become a public charge. . FLYING back from Texas, Coste and Bellonte, the French transatlantic aviators, reached Washington and there received the official tribute of the nation for their great feat. President Presi-dent Hoover received them In the rose garden of the White House, told them their flight had brought new glory to the whole human race, and entertained them at luncheon. Then at a big civic banquet Vice President Curtis and other prominent men praised them as "daring ambassadors of tlie air" whose achievement rivaled that of Charles A. Lindbergh. There was also a reception re-ception at the French embassy and a trip to Arlington National cemetery where the aviators laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. John O. Donaldson, one of America's best known pilots, was killed when his plane crashed nt tlie Philadelphia municipal nlrport. Donaldson served with the United States air forces in tlie World war. He attained the rank of captain and officially was credited with eight victories over German planes. He received the Distinguished Service cross and the prince of Wales personally decorated him with the British Distinguished Flying cross. Four other decorations for valor attested at-tested his bravery. F EATII came last week to Simon '-' W. Straus of New York and Chicago, Chi-cago, an outstanding American financier finan-cier who, through real estate bond issues, financed the construction of many of the most famous buildings in the country. Others who passed were Leonard Busby, head of the Chicago surface lines; Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, daughter-in-law of President Grant; Rear Admiral Simpson. U. S. A. retired, and Arthur T. Vance, veteran vet-eran editor of tlie Pictorial Review. ((c). 1930. Weaturn Newspaper Unluo. |