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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Philip La FoIIette Defeats Governor Kohler in the Wisconsin Primaries. By EDWARD W. PICKARD WHAT'S In a name? A great deal, up In Wisconsin, If the name happens hap-pens to be La FoIIette. Philip F., second sec-ond son of the founder of the dynasty and brother of Robert who holds the senatorial seat the father held for years, decided he wanted to be governor gov-ernor of the Badger state, so the Republicans Re-publicans in their primary refused to renominate Walter J. Kohler and gave the nomination to young Philip by a majority of about 110,000. Mr. Kohler has been admittedly an excellent chief executive and as a large employer of labor he Is notably philanthropic; but he is a moderate conservative, is quite wealthy, and his name Is not La FoIIette. Politicians In Wisconsin held that, besides the great drawing power of the family name, a big factor in the ' 'a FoIIette landslide was the drive lade for the factory vote, for Philip 'd his campaigners laid particular stress on unemployment, bringing In the economic situation in the country generally. In his factories at the town that bears his name Mr. Kohler has kept his full forces at work on full time throughout the period of depression, de-pression, but Philip made capital out of the fact that Kohler in 192S campaigned cam-paigned on the Hoover and prosperity keynote. The young man seems to have inherited much of his father's ability as a political orator and the labor vote went to him in Imposing numbers. He carried G3 of the 71 counties, and the La FoIIette group nominated congressional candidates In nine of the eleven districts, gaining one seat. La FoIIette is opposed by Charles E. Hammersley,a Democratic nominee, but in Wisconsin Republican nomination nomina-tion is considered equivalent to election. elec-tion. I RESULTS of primaries and conventions conven-tions In other states were evidently evi-dently influenced by the unfavorable economic and employment conditions, the new tariff law and dissatisfaction of the farmers with the doings of the federal farm board. As for the prohibition pro-hibition question, the drys had some chances to cheer, though leaders of the wets thought Tuesday was "really a very damp day." In Massachusetts VlIliam M. Butler, dry, obtained the Republican senatorial nomination, defeating de-feating Eben S. Draper, a wet ; and the Democrats put up Marcus A. Cool-ldge, Cool-ldge, wet, for the senate. Delaware Democrats nominated Thomas F. Bayard, Bay-ard, wet, to oppose Senator Daniel O. Hastings, renominated by the Republicans. Repub-licans. The Republicans of Connecticut Connecti-cut chose Lieut. Gov. E. E. Rogers, a dry, as their candidate for governor and adopted a platform calling for restoration of liquor control to the states. In November Mr. Rogers will be opposed by Dr. Wilbur L. Cross, the wet Democratic nominee. Wets in the Republican party In JCew York didn't do so well as they had expected In the congressional primaries, pri-maries, but they did score some notable victories, and it was certain there would be a hot fight over the liquor question in the impending state convention. United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, leading possibility for the gubernatorial nomination, created cre-ated something of a sensation by resigning re-signing his ollice and declaring himself him-self in favor of repeal of the KigWeenth amendment. Prohibition leaders said If be wore nomioated the state Republican Repub-lican dry vote would "just stay at home" on election day. The liquor question did not enter into the Democratic Demo-cratic primary contests in the Empire state. SENATOR NYK's committee on campaign cam-paign expenditures wound up its hearings in Chicago with several hectic sessions in the course of which the chairaian denied tlatly that the committee com-mittee or its agents were in an.v way responsible for the tapping of Mrs. Ituth llanna McCorniick's telephone wires or for other' espionage which she charges to their account. He therefore there-fore refused to listen formally to her accusations. However, photographs showing the wire tapping were shown the committee by T. IS. Thompson, publisher of a Itockford newspaper which Mrs. McCormick controls, and he also managed 10 get into the record rec-ord the charge that this was the work of the committee or its investigators, coupled with the warning that the incident would be kept In the public mind. DRESIDENT HOOVER named three 1 more men to be members of the new tariff board. They are Prof. John Lee Coulter of North Dakota, at present pres-ent chief economist of the tariff commission, com-mission, and E. B. Brossard, chairman of the outgoing board, Republicans; and Alfred P. Dermis of Maryland, Democrat. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi Indicated that the Democrats would oppose confirmation of ail three, as well as of Henry P. Fletcher, previously pre-viously appointed chairman of the commission. He had nothing to say against Thomas Walker Page of Virginia, Vir-ginia, Democrat, also named some time ago. SECRETARY of the Interior Wilbur went out to Nevada and formally inaugurated work on the $165,000,000 Boulder dam by driving a silver spike into a tie of the railroad that will be used to haul material. As he wielded the sledge he said: "I have the honor to name this dam after a great engineer, engi-neer, who really started this greatest project of all time the Hoover dam." Officials from six Colorado river basin states Nevada, California, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming attended at-tended the ceremony. GERMANY, and with it all the world, was startled by the remarkable re-markable victory won in the parliamentary parlia-mentary elections by the so-called Fascists, the reactionaries led by Adolf Hitler who organized the Bavarian Ba-varian "putsch" In 1023. When the votes were counted It was found that In the new reiehstag of 576 deputies the Hitlerites had captured 107 seats, making them second only to the Socialists So-cialists with 143. The Fascists had announced they favored a stern dictatorship, dicta-torship, and many of them are really monarchists. For this reason it was suggested they might merge with Dr. Alfred Hugenberg's Nationalist party. Such a coalition would have 14S seats and could claim the task of forming a new ministry. The present cabinet unanimously decided de-cided that Chancellor Bruenlng should keep office and present his program to the new reiehstag which convenes on October 13. Bruening's Centrist party has only 68 seats and must rely on help from the Socialists and some of the many minor parties. President Von Hindenburg doesn't wish to let the Socialists form a cabinet. . The Fascists announced they would adopt only legal means of obtaining places in the government. There is no expectation of a revolutionary revolu-tionary change in German foreign policies, pol-icies, but France was disturbed by the Fascist victory and Italy was somewhat some-what elated. The French nationalists national-ists foresaw the end of the Locarno pact and of Briand's policy of conciliation con-ciliation with Germany. The Italians felt strengthened In their military and other disputes with France, and it was admitted generally that the result of the German elections might retard the disarmament parleys and prolong the unsettled condition in Europe. GREAT BRITAIN has announced that on October 1 she will return the city and port of Weihaiwei to Chinese jurisdiction. Weihaiwei is in northeastern Shantung. It consists of Liukung island, a few uninhabited islets, and extensive mainland territory, terri-tory, the whole area being 2S5 square miles. Before the China-Japan war of 1S04-1S03 1S04-1S03 Weihaiwei was a fortified naval port. The Japanese captured Weihaiwei Wei-haiwei and held the district until peace terms were arranged. In 1SHS, after Russia had seized Port Arthur, Great Britain obtained a lease of Weihaiwei Wei-haiwei and adjacent territory "for so long a period as Port Arthur shall remain re-main In the occupation of Russia." The Chinese and British governments govern-ments have reached an agreement whereby $12,500,000 from the British share of the Boxer Indemnity fund will be expended In completing the construction of the Canton and Hankow Han-kow railway, a distance of about 300 miles. GETTING down to business, the assembly as-sembly of the. League of Nations in plenary session adopted a resolution resolu-tion that -a special committee should, be named to study Briand's scheme for a federation of European states, and that non-rnemhers of the League be asked to assist in the parleys. The plan was thus removed from the agenda of the assembly for one year. Guatemala, Norway and the Irish Free State were given seats In the council, but the request of Cliina for a re-election to that body was turned down. Frank B. Kellogg, former American secretary of state, was elected to the World court to fill out the unexpired term of Charles Evans Hughes. Mr. Kellogg received 30 votes of the 47 east. It Is believed he will be chosen for the full term when the full bench is elected. FFICIAL announcements have been made that the United States, Great Britain and France would recognize recog-nize the de facto government of Argentina. Ar-gentina. And the United States also has accorded recognition to the new regimes in Peru and Bolivia. Secretary Secre-tary of State Stimson said: "In reaching reach-ing the conclusion to accord recognition recogni-tion to these three governments, the evidence has satisfied me that these provisional governments are de facto in control of their respective countries and that there is no active resistance to their rule. Each of the present governments has also made it clear that it is its intention to fulfill its respective International obligations and to hold in due course elections to regularize its status." Yrigoyen, deposed president of Argentina, Ar-gentina, still held prisoner on a battleship, battle-ship, urged his followers to accept the situation peacefully, and the leaders of his party signed an agreement to co-operate with the provisional government gov-ernment in keeping peace and order. Uruguay has severed diplomatic relations re-lations with Peru, charging the military mili-tary junta in control at Lima with treaty violations and other offenses. CANADA'S new government, seek-ing seek-ing relief for unemployment and business depression, has put into effect ef-fect high tariff protection against the whole world and the United States in particular. The new schedules went into effect immediately, but must be formally acted on by parliament. The major tariff increases in the bill are ained against farm machinery, automobile parts', fresh meats, butter, gasoline, boots and shoes, iron and steel, cotton and woolen textiles, machinery ma-chinery and paper. The jettisoning of the late Liberal government's countervailing coun-tervailing duties against America In favor of rigid duties of about the same proportions is but a forerunner, Premier Bennett said, to complete upward up-ward tariff revision next session. LIEUT. HAROLD L. BROMLEY and Harold Ga'tty made their fourth attempt at a nonstop flight across the Pacific, starting in their big monoplane, City of Tacoma, from Japan. But they ran into dense fogs and high winds and had to turn back when an exhaust pipe broke. They landed safely at a village on the northeast point of the mainland of Japan, and have abandoned the project proj-ect for this year. Coste and Bellonte, the French transatlantic fivers, started out on a good-will tour that was to take them to dozens of important cities in the United States. Everywhere they were being received with great honors. MILTON SILLS, one of the best of our screen actors and also a veteran of the legitimate stage, was stricken witli heart disease while playing play-ing tennis and died in his home at Santa Monica. Capt. Karl Boy-Ed, who will ne remembered re-membered as the naval attache of the German embassy in Washington during the first years of the World war, was killed in Germany by a fall from his horse. lie was expelled by the American government for hi propaganda activities. j (Jc), 1330. Western .Newspaper L'a.op.) |