Show NEWS REVIEW OF OE CURRENT EVENTS Smith in Acceptance Speech Is It Outspoken for Change Chango in Prohibition Laws Law By Dy EDWARD W. W PICKARD the courage of his hll convictions lions Gov GOT Al AI Smith In to his hll speech of acceptance frankly declared his hla opposition op opo position to tho the Eighteenth amendment and the act as u they thel now exist ex ex- lit This was the dominant note of his bis address which was wu delivered In Inthe tho the assembly chamber at Albany because be- be cause canse of a persistent rain that prevented prevented pre pre- vented the tho outdoor exercises eartly Smith like Hoover declared that If Lj elected he would honestly and vigorously enforce the dry laws lie He also repeated his hll belief that the tho saloon saloon sa sa- loon would not and should not return lint hat the vital part of this section of the speech was waa a demand for tor tho the modification mod of the I Eighteenth amendment amend amend- moot ment to to permit the sate sale of alcoholic beverages by state agencies If a approved approved ap ap- p proved by popular referendum and for tor amendment of the act to allow each state to determine Its own standard d of alcoholic content tho the maximum not to exceed that pro pro- Tided sided by the amended Eighteenth h amendment Severely scoring the evil conditions which he said had resulted from the tho present dry laws and th the e failure to enforce them the candidate e declared I ralso what I profoundly believe to be a great moral Issue Involving In solving the righteousness of ot our national national na na- conduct and the protection o of f our childrens children's morals Concerning the farm relief problem Smith went little further than th the tho e Houston Doulton platform on which he tie stands lie Us promised to take up the tho matter matte r after election acting o othe on n the advice of experts expert He lie pledged pledge nd d himself to the restoration of honesty honest y tn to government and to scientific tart tariff ya a making and declared against sudden or drastic changes In the economic c system which might upset business s. s In tn other matters he followed the platform plat plat- form Conn quite closely Unbiased and nonpartisan opinion n Is that Smith In his address showed be he Is 18 making his hll chief play for th the e Eastern states that he be believes believe th the South Bouth will be bo solid for him and that t his hla hopes of winning states In th the e Middle West Wert are not excessive Ill hi Hit prohibition program Is II clear enough h a and nd Is to workable and probably satis- satis Gas all the wets except those who sti still lUll 1 Insist the Eighteenth amendment t should be utterly wiped out No one on e I supposes It will 1111 please the wet DemoI Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- I of the South But Dut It I Is likel likely y their attitude Is fairly expressed b by y the Arkansas Gazette of Little Hock 5 5 which says 1111 The Gazette b he for the present d dry ry laws fully and strictly enforced I It t cannot shift ground an Inch toward tower d compromise with Governor Smith Nevertheless this newspaper can an and d will continue to support Governor Governo r Smith for President The he changes change changes changes' s Governor Smith deems necessary an and d expedient would be defeated In to congress con con- grew gress b by dry legislative votes GOVERNOR S SMITH took time last t wet week k to reply to the attack o on a his record In th the tho New York legislature legisla ture made by William Wllliam Allen White e which already had been disowned b by y t the Republican publicity chief Th The f governor Justified his votes on liquor r and ind social vice matters by explaining g the circumstances and though White Whit e made answer from Paris It was generally gen orally admitted that Smith had much mud h the better of the argument HERBERT CRT HOOVER In his progress ss from California to Washington Washingto a topped stopped at West Branch Dranch Iowa th the e town of his birth where he was vas e accorded ac ae- corded a fine line reception by the vII vil lagers and took occasion to elaborate e Us MJ views lews on farm relief lt He lie madone made mad e one concrete proposal that proposal that of r h a an n adequate federal revolving fund to b be e placed at the disposal of ot the farm In In- and Intelligently used In financIng inan h ing whatever measure of ot crop control I to is found necessary to stabilize prices lie fie also said that If It elected he would woul d ask isk Governor ex-Governor Lowden to be amon among g 1 the counselors for a farm tarm solution n He administered a final blow to the e equalization plan with the the words word I It ItIs It Is la not Intended to put the government Into the control of the business of agrIculture ag agriculture ag ag- nor to subsidize prices of ot farm tarm products and pay the e. e losses thereon either etcher from the federal treasury treas trees Dr ury or by a tax or fee fre on the farmer After a conference with farm tarm leaders leaders lead lead- ers ere In fn Cedar Rapids Hoover went on onto onto onto to the national capital PRESIDENT COOLIDGE named as secretary of ot commerce to Hoover a personal friend F. F r Whiting of holyoke Mass Mus and the new newl cabinet member was sworn In I Immediately at Superior Wis Ii In fa Mr presence Mr Whiting who Is II sixty four years vears of age Is la head hend of the Whiting Paper laper company He Ida has never before held public office but has been keenly Interested In politics and was a delegate to the Republican national na na- nat Donal conventions of lU 1020 1920 O 1021 and nod 1023 ills His selection was a surprise In n Washington where It had been expected expected ex ex- petted that either Dr Julius Klein l or Walter F. F Brown both bold high In the tIle department do- do would get the appointment fi C RICHARD E E. E BIRDS BIRD'S antarctic expedition the most elaborate of Its kind ever er organized Is on Its Us way wal toward the South pole lole The bark City of New York sailed salted Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- from New York carryl carrying planes end and equipment to tho hopping otY place and also 31 of the 70 men who compost compose the expeditionary force torce Commander Com Com- wander mander Byrd and the rest of the men will sail lall In September on the whaler Larsen and the Chelsea taking more planes planel and equipment The City OHI of New York Is under the command of Capt Frederick C. C Melville Melville Mel Mel- ville vUle a cousin of the late Herman Melville author of sea stories and creator of Moby Dick the great white whale He Ue has been going to tosea sea lea since he was thirteen years o of f age are lIe He Is fa now slow forty The bark Dark Is equipped both with sally sails and auxiliary engines s but will use Ulle Its sails whenever possible to conserve th the e fuel supply BERT D HASSELL and Parker Cramer Cramer Cra Cnn mer who started to fly Oy from Rockford to Stockholm with stops 1 In a Ontario Greenland and Iceland I reached their first stopping place al all allright right but on their second hop the they y disappeared When hope for their that c safety was fading amateur radio operators op op- op- op In Chicago received messages message s from them saying laying they had been en forced to land on a small Island fifty miles oft off the Newfoundland coa that the they were safe cafe but their supply I was getting low A ART COI GOEBEL the famous winner winos of ot the Dole race from San FranCisco Fran Fran- FranCisco Cisco to Honolulu last year ear a new record last week A Accompanied Ac Ae- companied by Harry Tucker be he mada mad made madea e a stop non flight across the continent from Los Ios Angeles to New York In 1 18 IS 9 I hours hourI and 63 iS S minutes The distance distant e was wal 2710 miles mites and the average speed of their Vega Lockheed Vega plane was a e little o er miles an hour BUSINESS of running liquor across acres s the Detroit river from Canada a went w to pot last week when a court tour tn Ll Ottawa ordered the stocks tocks of th the e exporters seized within 20 days Fort Forty liquor dealers most of them In Windsor Wind sor were wre reported to be hastily clearIng clear clear- Ing their stocks for Vancouver fro from m which point they may If lucky be beable beable b e able to get them Into late the tile United d States The Windsor rum fleet a was n s dispersed and In Detroit and pearl nearby y places the prices of liquor ro rose e ra rap rap- P Idly The Detroit river trade was estimated sail esti mated by Ontario authorities to to have has e amounted to a million dollars a month First t efforts by Chicago and Toronto Toronto To To- Interests to merge all brea breweries erie s u In western Canada under one holding g company have been ben completed aft with h the merging of ot all breweries In n Sas an The scheme outlined 1 Isto Is Isto s to organize breweries s In la Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan and British h Columbia and then to consolidate tt the e organizations Into one huge holding company compan Coupled with the brewery brewer y mergers are aro plans plana for a gigantic export export ex ex- port business l I r. r persons person were killed and N NINE prop prop- erty arty damage amounting to hundreds hun tun of thousands of dollars was wa as s caused by a terrific wind storm that t swept wept through parts of Minnesota an and d Iowa Many buildings were wrecked and crops suffered seriously The Th t town own of Austin Minn sustained the tM worst of ot the blow In northern Iowa hall hail tollow followed d the wind and destroyed the corn crop In a Urge large district American naval forces force are rend rendIng rendering renderIng render render- Ing aid to Inhabitants inhabitant of Haiti who were made homeless by the recent recent re re- cent tropical storm orm The crops especially espe cape dally coffee were badly hadly damaged and the people In the stricken area were without food and medical supplies un until Un- Un til Ul the arrival of the United States nav naval tug Woodstock CHINA has a new trouble but It V Isn't likely to arouse great In Interest In- In terest at this distance Western Manchuria Man Man- churia huria c has baa been Invaded by a n large force torce of Mongolian ca cavalry that Is fa Isled led Ild according to report by Hessians The Manchurians were defeated In t two wo bloody battles and sections section of the railway ay were destroyed Japan was waa worried by the prospect of the weakening weakening weakening weak weak- ening of her ber Influence In Manchuria O ON N TIlE THE eve of the signing of the Kellogg war anti treaty France has hns aroused the animosity of ot Italy again by holding extensive attack and defense maneuvers In the department of Haute Savoie near the Italian bor bor- der Many of the crack French regiments regiments regi regi- ments were engaged In the practice and artillery and all the elements element In warfare In a mountainous country were used Italy gave gaTe Its reorganized army a successful test In maneuvers maneuver along the tile River To rOo Because of the extensive arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments for his hla visits In Parts Paris and Du Dublin Dublin Dub Dub- a lin Secretary Secretory of State Kellogg abandoned abandoned abandoned aban aban- his plan to stop In London after the war anti pact Is 13 signed PRE PREMIER VIm ZELOS won an extraordinary vi victory victory vic vic- o- o tory In the Greek parliamentary el elec I elec-I eti bons The party secured seats leata out of The Ro Royalists I elected 20 members the darista four tour and the the only two now has hili a free tree hand to put t In operation his program which Includes In In- eludes financial reform and better relations relations re re- lations with Yugo Yugo-Sla via WALDE L premier of Lithuania n ania anla having refused to n negotiate nep ego In Geneva his country's dispute to with Poland the government at Warsaw War Wan saw v has yielded a and d agreed to the Lithuanian suggestion for tor a conference conference confer confer- ence at Koenigsberg before the Geneva meeting In order to bring to an end endie be ile ie unofficial state of war between the t vo countries The Polish note was notably friendly I O ONE I of ot Americas America's spectacular figures fig tug tugO ores ures In politics diplomacy and Journalism disappears with the death of ot Col CoI George B B. B Harvey at hI his summer sum mac mer home bome In New Hampshire NomInally Nominally Nom Nom- a Republican be he was the first I to boom Woodrow Wilson for the Presidency but later they became political enemies to say the least llast and andIn In n 1920 1020 Harvey llan-ey had a good deal to do I with the Ule nomination of Harding by the Republicans Ills reward was the ambassadorship to the court of St St. I James During most of his life lite he be was actively connected with newspapers newspapers newspapers pers or magazines and for a time be he was was president and managing director of Harper 4 Bros Dros Another notable who died last week was Viscount of ot Clean who I as secretary s of state for tor war created Great Grent Britain's territorial army and thus contributed largely to the success of the allies In the World war lIe He was driven En from office by popular outcry outcry out oat cry because he reiterated his love lore for tor German scholarship thou though h there was no question of his tits loyalty IF THE TILE Interstate Commerce commission com corn mission approves the consolidation of the Great G Northern and the Northera North North- I ern era railways there thele Is s likely to tobe be a new V railroad grouping which would bring Into operation co-operation those lines the Southern Pacific and the Burlington system This prediction prediction I followed the announcement announcement of ot Im Important I chan changes es In the tier personnel I of some of the tho companies HaIe I pre president of ot the Burlington Is to l GP bp e I chairman of the board of the Southern Pacific of which Paul Shoup willbe will willbe 11 be made president pres and other changes were In prospect The new nev grouping with Its rate agreements with Eastern astern lines would offer a service ser spanning the Wo continent by three routes |