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Show ') , I New portrait of Jesse H. Jones, whom Texas may support for the Democratic ('residential nomination. 2 Slxteen-inch howitzer which, In coast defense maneuvers at Fort Storey, Va., hurled 2,100-pound projectiles tea miles out over the Atlantic. 3 Gen. Umberto Nobile, commander of dirigible Italia, with his mascot "Titania." NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENUVENTS Congress Adjourns, Leaving Boulder Dam Unsettled Notes of Politics. By EDWARD W. PICKARD WITH a row In the senate that almost al-most amounted to a riot, the first session of the Seventieth congress came to an end. The quarrel was an incident of the Insistent efforts of Senator Johnson of California and others to get action on the Boulder dam bill. Senators Ashurst and Hay-den, Hay-den, with the help of Senator Blease, bad conducted a successful filibuster for many hours and when the senate by a vote. of 46 to 35 adopted a resolution res-olution for adjournment Johnson admitted ad-mitted defeat. "I have made the best fight of which I have been capable," he said. "1 have been whipped ; but, by Heaven, gentlemen, there Is another an-other day, and somebody else may be whipped on that day." As a matter of fact, Johnson won to a certain extent, for the Boulder dam measure remained before the senate sen-ate as unfinished business and as such will have the right of way when congress meets in December. One most Important bill failed of passage because of the filibuster. This Was the administration naval construction con-struction measure authorizing the building of fifteen 10,000 ton cruisers and one aircraft carrier. The army bill empowering the secretary of war to place educational munition orders with arms manufacturers also went by . the board. So both the navy and the army authorities are feeling rather sad. Two other big bills that were left stranded were the railroad consolidation bill, which was on the house calendar, and the Shipstead anti-Injunction bill. Among the thousand bills passed by congress In this session were the tax reduction bill, the flood control measure, meas-ure, the bill settling the alien property prop-erty problem, that for development of the merchant marine, and the bill for utilization of the plants at Muscle 1 Shoals, which last named was expected ex-pected to meet a "pocket veto" by the President. Other measures enacted provide for the extension of the Mississippi Mis-sissippi barge line to Its tributaries, reduce postal rates, renew federal aid road appropriations for two additional ad-ditional years, and authorize a comprehensive com-prehensive forestry research program. President Coolidge vetoed thirteen bills, chief of them being the McNary-Haugen McNary-Haugen farm relief measure. Three bills were passed over the President's veto. One of these provided for the retirement of disabled emergency army officers, another Increased pay of postal employees assigned to night work and the third Increased allowances allow-ances for fourth-class postmasters. I fir TIIE leaders of' the Middle West farmers can bring It about, there will be a great demonstration by agri-! agri-! culturists of that region at the republican repub-lican convention In Kansas City, for the purpose of forcing the party to recognize the claims of the farmers In its platform. A committee of representatives rep-resentatives from fourteen states has been named to go there and impress on the convention that the "corn belt uprising" is more than talk and represents rep-resents a serious peril to the Republican Repub-lican prospects in November. The promoters of this movement are nearly near-ly all supportors of Lowden, Watson or Curtis, and they are headed by M. J. Tobin of Vinton, Iowa. - Talk continued con-tinued of having thousands of farmers march on the convention, but the fact that real agriculturists are migliiy busy with their harvesting at this time led to the belief that there would be more farm politicians than farmers In the proposed demonstration. Naturally the Democrats were taking tak-ing advantage of the situation, and Jesse Jones issued an Invitation .,) the farmers to bring their troubles co t lie Houston convention. "Wo invit" them lo Houston to help write that platform (farm relief) ami we will Invite them lo 'asidi:g:on to help pass Hie legislation lid al'lcils thorn" he t-aiil. "l'oriiina!i.v there b a bet ter remedy llian na-re revolt- namely: name-ly: a fresh tilh gia; ee to the Demo cratic party, which is the party of the people, not of the privileged class. Marching on the Republican convention conven-tion at Kansas City will be of no avail." Democratic platform builders realize that the party declaration on farm relief re-lief now overshadows In Importance that on prohibition, and the party leaders are also considering the advisability ad-visability of selecting a middle westerner west-erner to be running mute with Al Smith. Among the men talked of for this honor are Gilbert Hitchcock of Nebraska,' Governor Bulow of South Dakota, Senator Hawes of Missouri and Senator Kendrick of Wyoming. JUST before It adjourned the house of representatives decided that It should Investigate Presidential and congressional campaign expenditures and a committee of five was appointed appoint-ed and given $20,000 to conduct the inquiry. The probers named are Leil-bach Leil-bach of New Jersey, Newton of Minnesota Min-nesota and Nelson of Maine, Republicans; Repub-licans; and Ragon of Arkansas and Black of New York, Democrats. The three Republicans are credited with being pro-Hoover and some senators thought the appointment of the committee com-mittee was a move to help the secretary secre-tary of commerce In his campaign. This was indignantly denied by Chairman Chair-man Leilbach, who said he would not tolerate any favoritism in the Inquiry. THROUGHOUT the week earnest efforts were made to find General Gen-eral Nobile and his crew and the Italia which disappeared in the Arctic wastes on the way back to Spitz-bergen, Spitz-bergen, after sending out an SOS call by radio. The base ship CItta di Milano made short searching trips from King's Bay, and landed two parties of Italian Alpine chasseurs along the north coast of Spitzbergen. The weather was extremely unfavorable unfavor-able for the search. Meanwhile Lieut. Luetzow Holm, Norwegian flyer, was on his way to Spitzbergen with a naval hydroplane for the purpose of making an aerial hunt for the missing explorers ; and other relief expeditions expedi-tions were in preparation. Disaster overtook the national elimination elim-ination balloon race which started from Pittsburgh, Pa. Soon after the fourteen big bags took the air a terrific ter-rific storm arose which beat down all but three of the entries. Paul Evert was killed when lightning struck the army balloon No. 3, and Walter Morton, Mor-ton, aid on the Goodyear V. Jumped to his death when a bolt hit that bag. W. T. Van Orman, pilot of the Goodyear Good-year V, made a parachute leap and suffered a broken leg. CHINESE Nationalists captured the important city of Paotlngfu In their progress toward Peking, and on Thursday Marshal Chang Tso-lln ordered or-dered his troops on the Peking-Hankow railroad to fall track to Liuliho, only twenty miles southwest of the capital. At Chang's headquarters It was asserted that the Northerners had not been defeated and that the retirement retire-ment was due to the defection of the Eighth corps. Information reaching Tokyo was that Chang had decided to withdraw from Peking and that part of his troops already were moving to Mukden, Manchuria. The Japanese believed the Southerners would occupy Peking very soon and that peace would then be restored because, they thought, the Nationalists would not go north beyond the Great Wall. Earlier In the week the Japanese Admiral Mudalda Issued an order to both sides forbidding any naval engagement within twenty miles of specified northern north-ern China ports. That the Nationalist government Intends In-tends to retain Nanking as the capital capi-tal even after Peking Is taken was Indicated In-dicated when Its political council voted to create a branch of the council coun-cil at Peking. This Is In accord with the known wishes of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, but does not please the northern elements of the Nationalist parly. SERIOUS anti Italian outbreaks occurred oc-curred In Yugo-Slavia because the government was Insisting on ratification ratifica-tion of lite Nettune treaty givins Italians Ital-ians the rilit to own land In Dal-nialia Dal-nialia within thirty miles of Ihe Adriatic Adri-atic This pact. In the opinion of its opponents, means dial Italy would eventually control the entire Dalmn-lion Dalmn-lion coast. Tiie Serb police did llieir besl to suppress the rioters, but much blood was shed and Mussolini and th Italian flag were grossly Insulted. The Italians In Italian Dalmatia were not backward in retaliation, especially in Zaro where the Serb consul was beaten beat-en severely. The Italian minister at Belgrade was Instructed to present a note to the Yugo-Slav government "requesting "re-questing urgent satisfaction" for the , attacks on Italians. BY ORDER of Smetona and Walde-maras, Walde-maras, dictators of Lithuania, that country has been glveu a new constitution, the French parliamentary parliamen-tary system being radically changed. The President Is to be elected for seven years instead of three, and parliament par-liament and the President are empowered em-powered to edit laws, confirm the budget and make International treaties. trea-ties. The cabinet Is responsible to parliament but is obliged to resign only after a three-fifths negative vote, which also is necessary to amend the constitution. Until now, a majority vote was sufficient to oust the cabinet. cabi-net. The constitution also declare that Vilna is the capital of Lithuania. Vilna Is now held by Poland. MUSSOLINI Is going steadily forward for-ward with his establishing ot Italy's claims as the chief Mediterranean Mediter-ranean power. Last week lie and Fuad Bey signed the treaty of conciliation, arbitration and neutrality between Italy and Turkey, and just before that a conference of the powers In Paris conceded Italy's claims to participation on an equal basis In the government of Tangier The treaty with Turkey, which was strongly opposed by Moscow, Mos-cow, Is -expected to give Italy important impor-tant commercial advantages In the Near East ; ami Turkey Is freed from fears of Italian aggression on the coast of Anatolia. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE, following custom, delivered the Memorial day address on the Gettysburg battlefield bat-tlefield before 25,000 persons gathered In the national cemetery there. Standing Stand-ing near the spot where President Lincoln made the Immortal addres 65 years ago, Mr. Coolidge uttered an earnest plea for the outlawing of war, warmly Indorsing the proposals on that line made by Secretary of State Kellogg to the great powers. Though not decrying measures for national protection, and upholding what has been done and Is being done by our armed forces in Haiti, Nicaragua and China, the President developed at considerable con-siderable length his theory that Ills economic policies are more productive produc-tive of preparedness for war than Is the provision of large armaments. He expressed satisfaction In the fact that the United States always has been preparing, not for war, but for peace. In discussing government he took a slap at congress and Its passage of the McNary-Huugen furm bill. "The chief temptations to go beyond be-yond the bounds which the people have set arise In legislatures," the President said. "In their desire to take some action which they conceive to be In the public Interest, they oftentimes often-times manifest a disposition to exceed their constitutional authority. Such action Is a larceny of power. Responsibility Re-sponsibility for It cannot be evaded by the weak plea to lei the law be passed and the courts can decide Its constitutionality." Returning to Washington, Mr. Coolidge Cool-idge as president of the American Red Cross, laid the corner stone of that organization's new building dedicated dedi-cated to the sacrifices and services of American women In the World war. Chief Justice Tafl presided at the ceremony and Secretary of War Davis Da-vis accepted the memorial on behalf of the nation. MERGER last week of the Dodge Brothers, Inc., and the Chrysler corporation created anolher huge corporation cor-poration In the automobile Held The new combination has a present market mar-ket valuation of about $ ir.n.niKi.niKl. and this Is said to be but one slep In the expansion program of Waller I'. Chrysler. CEDAR ISLAND lodge, on (he I'.rule river .".fl miles from Superior, Wis., has been selected by President Coolidge as the summer White Ions,.. The eslate was olTered iiim by liie heirs of the bile Henry Clay Pierce, It comprises several thousand acres, but the lodge Is on a very small Island close to the mainland. |