Show N news L lew s review of C current events the W world orld over cahors hors La liberty legion out for modification of dry law governor roosevelt dismisses charges n 1 against mayor walker by EDWARD W PICKARD L LABORS LIBERTY legion as ns it Is termed by matthew Matt liew wall vice president of tho the american federation of labor Is in action for the pur pose of brining bringing about modification of the Vo latend tead axt act and eventually the repeal of the eighteenth amendment it con matthew fists of a national committee of the organized trades tr rides end nd it held a two day convention in n philadelphia that tant was attended by bout 1 delegates from fill all parts of the country mr wall was in tile the chair and he did not mince words worda in tatang stating the alms of those workers who are opposed to prohibition and at t times his language was almost inflammatory flam matory he declared the groups which forced prohibition on the country were the industrialists who were prompted by the desire to in crease their profits through higher production by making machines of human labor and the church groups who have admitted their failure to rule man by moral suns suasion lono but seek seck to force their rulo rule by the use off of the tt le big stick of the law asserting that ho ha did not believe in milk and water methods mr well wall contin continued bed there to la too much law and order today I 1 want to see tho shackles of injunction broken it if not by lawful methods mc thoda then through physical resentment it to la only by aggressiveness gressi veness that states and communities ro muni ties will regain their privileges our nation came into being through r a violent disregard of law and order the negro was freed by bloody strife in complete disregard des deo regard of layl law and order labor unions caroo came into being and won for american labor its high standards atan darda of living through strikes lockouts and other violent methods A report to the committee written by bi wall an and 1 I 31 osborn president of the cigar makers international union held out the hope that tile tho legalization galiza tion of tight light wines and bc barr r might inight be enacted by the next congress 9 17 ess it stated that only 17 members of the senate and 45 representatives were prohibition die hards and that some of them were listed among the most valued customers of well known bootleggers OT worth further NOT consideration is in a nutshell the verdict of governor roosevelt of new york state in dismissing the charges against mayor jimmy walker of new york city and thus tammany hall wins a point in its struggle with the citizens of gov p F 0 the metropolis who roosevelt are warring on what they believe to be graft and corruption the charges it will be remembered were filed by dr john haynes holmes and rabbi stephen wise on behalf of the city affairs committee and alleged malfeasance and misfeasance on the part of the mayor whose removal was wag asked walkers reply was hot and vituperative branding his accusers as socialists though in later public statements he asserted the communists were to blame for the fight on him blin the governor in dismissing the charges said he did not find in the documents submitted sufficient justification fi 11 to remove the mayor or to proceed further in the matter there was no evidence he added that showed walker had foiled failed to act on information given to min him or that he had failed to keep himself hamsel t advised as to the activities of the subordinates beneath him the city affairs committee prompt ly announced that the fight on mayor walker and on ovic civic corruption would not be abandoned C ARTHUR WOODS of v 1 the presidents commission for un employment announced his retirement from active work with the organization because lie he Is is going to europe to tudy employment conditions there lie he also said bald that a perceptible improvement pro in general economic econ condl conditions his has been registered in recent weeks we elis IV TV PRESIDENT HOOVER wants to b and its Is gener ahyau opposed he does he will win by w kr acclamation on the first ballot in the 1032 republican convention granting that the test of party sentiment ronde made by the washington post la Is accurate by tile same tolien vice president curtis will be if he so desires tile the post polled the approximately 1000 delegates to the republican national convention of about one half of them answered they were asked to state who in their opinion would be ba tile the party nominees next year As A to the presidential nomination the responses were distributed as follows president hoover 87 senator dwight morrow of new jersey 13 calvin cooledge IZ 12 lowden dawes borah and sena tor watson of indiana received one vote each theodore roosevelt was second in the list of proba for second mccond place on the ticket ING KING pok of slain accompanied compa comp nied by queen barril and her pa parents repts made his A off official lelal visit to washington N during the week they arrived in the capital city from new york on tuesday being met at the station by vice president curtis and kino king yi of slam ei other y high officials were duly photo graphed ra phed and escorted in to the larz anderson mansion on massachusetts avenue next day the royal couple coupie made their heir formal call at the white house just within the front door president and mrs hoover met them thein and led them to the blue room where after brief conversation the king requested the honor of presenting his bis suite mr hoover giving consent the royal retinue entered and was introduced by the Sla siamese inese minister the king and queen soon after hustled back to their temporary home and the return call by mr and mrs hoover boover quickly followed queen barni has been having ik great time shopping in now new york purchasing quantities of feman feminine gear especially hosiery and footwear she has the reputation of being the prettiest woman of all the far royalty 0 OFFICIAL groups within the protestant episcopal church and tile presbyterian church in tho the united states have recommended vital niter after actions in the church codes that will surely cause long and loud discussion after six years of study an eals co commission advocates a r re e cannon creating ecclesiastical courts to pass on problems of war mar arlage it would permit ministers to remarry communicants and divorced divorce d persons whose fitness had been approved eliminate nil all mention of ground for or divorce and remarriage and defining nine causes for annulment ment A commission of the presbyterian church deploring the increasing divorce rate given its approval to birth control practiced only in fidelity to the highest spiritual ideals of the christian home and suggests the establishment of courses of instruction in marriage the presbyterian report will be submitted to tile the general assembly of the church in pittsburgh may 28 the episcopalian revision will be presented to the general convention in denver september 16 ebors EMINENT aduca g N M tors from all K parts parta of the country guth gathered eted in urbana 1 ill friday to take part in the formal in j ln augu ration of dr j 41 3 1 11 harry a r r y woodburn U chase as aa president of if the university of 1111 A state stata and students k went to make up a 0 r H u W w great throng and the program lasted a all I 1 I 1 chase abc atc through the he day and evening in the ho morning the groces procession don formed at vie the library and marcher to 0 the mews mens gymnasium escorted uy tho anavi baity raity famous ralli military tary hand band president geurge barr of the board boar arf t trust trustees pes presided over the tha inaugural ceremonies governor Em emmerson Emmers merwin jn extended greetings on of the ante sam fiaro uel wesley stratton Strat tun chairman of j the he corporation of Massu enuse tata institute of technology scolie for far the he university world anu ant president ram iniel kamp of illinois college for the th schools lu ili the stute of Blin there were further festivities in th the e afternoon and in the evening pre preal a 1 dent and al airs rs i hase held a matl 0 n doctor chase who was formerly preal dent of the university of north carolina has been acting president preside ut sinev sine last july when alien he succeed eil dr david kinley there was waft a note of borrow to in fridays celebration for dr R H A alderman president of the varsity of virginia who woo was to have taken part in jhc thc th program passed away on the file train on his way to ur anna and only a few doys days before word had come of tile the death of mrs kinley in Shar shanghai china tT etoy Oy RAT B it I 1 tte sia G VJ alna landed entry guitry never did like ilka 1 IV i phillp snowden much a n d their feeling against him was in I 1 tied lust lost week I 1 when he delivered his budget speech in par li diament ament the chancel tor for of the exchequer weak from illness and ft a severe bevere opera philip wp ilon stood bravely snowden before the y british lawn lawmakers inkers and announced that he I 1 intended n to put through a plan for the taxation of land values tile the pre present sent land system lie he said Is unjust and n burden to trade and industry and direct taxation of land values would prove a remedy lie ile proposed to set bet up machinery for national valuation which probably would take two years when the valuation la Is completed the tax would be one penny per pound on the capital value As for the presena present budget mr snowden announced ed only two changes both temporary devices the tax on gasoline Is raised four cents a gallon galion to twel twelve ve cents and there are certain alterations in the payments of income taxes mr snowden will get by withdrawal from the exchange stabilization fund that has been on deposit in new york fork OVIET hussla scored twice fj during S SOVIET the week by order of under secretary of state mills a cargo of russian lumber brought to providence R I 1 was admitted to the united states over the protests of domestic producers mr mills stating stil ting that there was no evidence that it had been produced by convict labor of greater importance was the signing of a new credit agreement between russia and italy which assures large purchases by the soviets from italians and the extension of credits by the latter aartis worst railway disaster occurred E when the calro cairo alexandria express caught fire while runal running ng at high speed at least 41 persons lost their lives an earthquake in Trans cau casla killed n nearly of thi the e inhabitants ten men perished when an oil well near gladewater Gla dewater texas exploded and became ignited ILVER hns has sunk so S low in price the ratio in relation to gold being now about CO 00 tl ti 1 that many dersons ler sons think something thin should be done N about it four senators are out to discover what this something may bo they the of are me ts of the senate foreign re DI sen lations subcommittee att on c commercial relations with china the chairman key pittman of nev uila uda hits his just started for china and will be joined there by arthur of michigan who Is on a trip to the philippines claude swanson of virginia and henrik of minnesota will soon sail all for fok europa pittman and will investigate vesti gate the possibility of a loan of some of the treas trea jurys surplus silver bullion to the nationalist government of china for coin coinage col nige swanson and will consult with political and economic leaders of europe concerning a poss possible po sahle ble international coh conference on a plan tv to suspend the practice of de silver coins and aad disposing of them as bullion doth both these ideas were presented to the president la in two resolutions by the senate but mr hoover made no re soonee emay extradition extradition of ex ring king alfonso may be asked by the spanish republic when la settles atles down somewhere he to Is accused ot of gen damaso berenguer Bere oguer dictator of spain until two w eks ao ago to Is la in prison awaiting trial for the part he played in toe the morocco military disaster of 1911 1921 and for the execution of two ollI cers after the revolt nt jaca last decew decero ber a 35 1121 union |