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Show 1 Rebuilding the famous High bridge over the Harlem river in New York. 2 Design selected for the future home of the League of Nations, to stand on the shore of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. 3 William M. Butler, chairman of Republican national committee, and his aids meeting in Kansas City to arrange for the national convention. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS President Goes to Cuba and American Marines Bomb Nicaraguans. By EDWARD W. PICKARD DRESIDBNT COOLIDGE left Wash- ington Friday by train for Key West, Fla,, where he boarded the battleship bat-tleship Texas and steamed across to Havana, Cuba, thus leaving th United States for the first time in his incumbency incum-bency of the Presidential office. With him were Mrs. Coolidge and the distinguished dis-tinguished gentlemen comprising the American delegation to the Pan-American Pan-American congress. It was to participate partici-pate in the opening of that assemblage assem-blage that Mr. Coolidge made the journey, and his stay on the island was to be brief. There were unmistakable signs that the leadership of the United States in the affairs of the continent was to be contested by the delegations of some of the Latin American nations, .this being precipitated by resentment against American intervention in Nicaragua. Nic-aragua. In order that the President and his delegation might not be embarrassed em-barrassed by criticism at home, the senate committee on foreign relations decided to postpone its investigation of the Nicaraguan situation until after af-ter his return. Such an inquiry was called for by a resolution introduced by Senator Wheeler of Montana and a majority of the committee seemed to favor it but deferred action for the reason stated. Protests against our course in Nicaragua have been rather frequent, the latest being in the form of a cablegram to President Coolidge from the editors of papers In Bogota, Colombia. Meanwhile American marines numbering num-bering 1,000 were being hurried down to Nicaragua from both the Atlantic and the Pacific stations and General Lejeune, commander of the corps, also went down there to look over the situation. sit-uation. The announced intention to break up the rebel band led by General Gen-eral Sandino and give the country complete peace has not been altered. The bandits, who are said to be trained by a former German officer named Muller, are active and enterprising enter-prising and have made several attempts at-tempts to ambush detachments of marines. ma-rines. In one instance, at Somotillo, a number of native troops deserted their allies and helped the rebels in an attack on a patrol commanded by Capt. Paul W. Payne of the marines. Outnumbered, Payne retreated to Villa Nueva, obtained reinforcements and returned to Somotilla, but was again driven off. A larger body of troops was rushed there from Chinan-dega, Chinan-dega, hut the bandits and deserters had fled to the mountains. Lieut. F. C. Schilt, marine aviator, discovered about 200 bandits lying in ambush awaiting a column of marines which was marching from Quilali to Jicaro. With bombs and machine gun the lieutenant put the band to rout, killing fourteen and wounding others. Bombs dropped from another marine plane north of Quilali killed nine rebels, breaking up a concentration. SENATOR DAVID A. REED'S committee com-mittee that has been investigating the alleged Mexican documents that were published In the Hearst papers made a partial report in which were these findings : 1. There Is not a scintilla of evidence evi-dence that any United States senator has accepted, or was promised, or was offered, directly or Indirectly, any money or other valuable thing, by any officer or representative of the government gov-ernment of Mexico. 2. The pretended document showing show-ing that $1,215,000 was withdrawn from the Mexican treasury and sent to the Mexican consul general in New-York New-York to be paid to United States senators, sen-ators, is not genuine, but Is spurious and fraudulent, and. In so far as It nurports to be signed by the President Presi-dent of Mexico or the secretary of the reasury of Mexico. It is forged. The committee said It had not yet iieen able to determine the identity of the manufacturer of the spurious documents. doc-uments. Senator Reed told the sen ate he believed Miguel Avila, who obtained ob-tained the papers for Hearst, and John Page, who acted for the publisher, publish-er, had testified falsely, and he criticized criti-cized Hearst severely. OOLONEL LINDBERGH'S success-' success-' ful flights are becoming almost monotonous, and some one has said that if he did not land safely somewhere, some-where, that would be news. However, his tour still makes interesting reading read-ing and the Latin-Americans do not weary of receiving him tumultuously and heaping honors upou him. Monday of last week the lone eagle dropped down on the flying field at Panama that was built and named for him, after af-ter a four hours' fight from Costa Rica. The huge crowd almost mobbed him, and President Chiari received him warmly. For two days there were fetes, banquets, reviews and other functions, and Lindbergh took President Chiari and Vice President Duque up in an army observation plane. Then the flyer had several days, busy but more restful, in the Canal Zone. He announced that he would fly to Venezuela next, alighting alight-ing at the army air field near Mara-cay, Mara-cay, where President Gomez lives. Then he planned to proceed to St. Thomas, one of the Virgin islands, next to San Juan, Porto Rico, where there Is an excellent army field; thence to Santo Domingo, where there also is a good marine-constructed field; then to Port au Prince, Haiti, which has the best field in the Caribbean, Carib-bean, and then to Havana. O ROBABLY Pope Pius XI will be A known in history as the author of the encyclical rejecting movements favoring the unity of the Christian churches regardless of form or creed. It was declared in Rome to be the most important Vatican document issued is-sued since the World war, and there can be no doubt that its effect will be great and widespread. It was considered con-sidered specifically as a rejection of the efforts of the Anglo-Catholics of the Church of England to bring about an entente with the Catholic church, but its terms are general. The pope declares the sole religion was revealed to the Catholic church, which lias maintained itself one and identical throughout the centuries. Of religious conferences and congresses con-gresses for unity to which all are invited in-vited the encyclical says: "Such attempts at-tempts cannot obtain the approval of Catholics. These movements are founded on the .false theory presupposing presup-posing that all religions are good and meritorious ; therefore all, although in a different way, manifest and signify sig-nify equally that sentiment, inborn In us, to he carried to God for reverent recognition of His dominion. "FolLowers of such a theory not alone deceive and err, but repudiate true religion, distorting concepts, tending little by little to naturalism and atheism, whence clearly those adhering ad-hering to such theories detach themselves them-selves from the religion revealed by God. Under the appearance of good they more easily hide deception when they try to promote the unity of all Christians." SECRETARY OF TIIE NAVY WILBUR WIL-BUR and Admiral Hughes, chief of nnva operations, appearing before the house naval affairs comndttee in behalf of the new $725,000,000 construction con-struction program, told the congressmen congress-men flatly that the American fleet is now inadequate to the defense of the country. They asserted that the building of 72 vessels, Including cruisers, cruis-ers, submarines, destroyer leaders and aircraft carriers, would fulfill the sea defense needs of the United States. While denying that the program can be considered as placing the United States in compefition with other oth-er nations, Secretary Wilbur admitted that In working out American needs the size of other navies was taken Into consideration. lie said the program pro-gram would put Hie United States well within the 5-5-3 ratio as far as Britain is concerned and slightly above the ratio with Japan. Admiral Hughes said the completion comple-tion of the program would give the country "reasonable security," but would not give the United States command com-mand of the sea. SURPRISINGLY, the Democratic national committee In session in Washington selected Houston, Texas, for the national convention and set the opening date for June 26. Tha contest was between Houston and San Francisco and the fifth and deciding de-ciding ballot was 54 to 48 in favor of the Texas city. Houston offered $200.-000 $200.-000 for the convention and promised to build a new hnll if the city auditorium, audi-torium, which seats 5,000, were considered con-sidered too small. The place haa hotel accommodations for 10.000 to 12,000 persons. The Jackson day banquet was attended at-tended by most of the party leaders and harmeny prevailed, at least on the surface. Gov. Al Smith of Nevr York was not present, but a letter from him was read and evoked long and loud applause. To observers in Washington it begins to look as If Smith might get the Democratic nomination nom-ination almost without a contest. On the Republican side it was announced an-nounced that Frank O. Lowden would enter the North Dakota Presidential primaries to be held March 20,. tha first to he held in the Middle West. In the East the Hoover boom waa growing steadily and his cause wai helped by the fact that Thomas A-Edison A-Edison and Henry Ford both declared for him. Senator Jim Watson of Indiana In-diana said he had not yet decided whether to be a contender, but that if he entered the race it would be In earnest and not as a stalking horse. O EORCAXIZATION of the Chicago, 1- Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad having been approved by the interstate inter-state commeri-e commission, Federal Judge Wilkerson in Chicago issued orders for the receiver to transfer the company to the new organization, and at midnight Sunday the old company com-pany passed out of existence, its place being taken by the Chicago, Milwaukee, Milwau-kee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad. Henry A. Scandrett of Omaha is president pres-ident and II. E. Byram, former president, presi-dent, becomes chairman of the board of directors. The reorganization waa carried through by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. During the receivership nearly near-ly three years the property has steadily stead-ily improved, according to Mr. Byrnra. T ETLYING to Secretary Kellogg's suggestion of a multilateral treaty renouncing war, the French government proposes thnt the ban shall be restricted to "aggressive war." This Is not agreeable to our government and in a second note Mr. Kellogg shows it clings to its original stand that the treaty's declaration be against war without any qualifying or modifying definition attnehed, and also that other world powers be asked to unite In signing it. The new turn in the discussion is not considered by the Slate department to bar the way to ultimate negotiation of a treaty between France nnd America, and ultimately ul-timately with ail powers, declaring against war as a weapon In International Interna-tional relations. ""pIIOMAS HARDY, dean of English -1 literature and the Inst of tha great Victorian writers, died Wednesday Wednes-day at his home near Dorchester at the age of eighty-seven, after a month's illness. Of late years the famous fa-mous novelist of Wessex had devoted himself to writing poetry, hut whether wheth-er any of these poems will he put Into print Is doubtful. Among other deaths of the week were those of Louis F. Post of Washington, Wash-ington, author, editor and adherent of George's single fax theories; Marvin Mar-vin Ilughitt of Chicago, pioneer railroad rail-road builder and executive; Sara A. Conboy of New York, labor leader, and Dr. Julius Grlnker of Chicago, eminent neurologist. A I.P.ERT D. LASKER. former chairman of the United S'atea shipping board, nnd Mrs. I.asker have given $1,000,000 to the University of Chicago for medical research directed direct-ed toward establishing the nature, causes, prevention and cure of degenerative degen-erative diseases. In other words, file aim Is to Increase the life expectancy of men and women wrho have renched middle age. DEATH In the electric chair la Sing Sing brought to a close the tragedy of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, murderers of the wo;r:an' husband. Resourceful lawyers tried up to the last minute to prevent or delay the execution, hut all their efforts ef-forts were futile. |