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Show r - y . v -. - '..4 'V!i.- V-! tW-MgliWr -w--- , -fTTY III Ml it t I 'il iNHH t"'1 "iVllWi-rirhlH-inr"" JJ3iS!JM!3 y ,, i,. " 1 President and Mrs. Coolidge laying corner stone of Coolidge Sylvan theater at Brookings, S. D. 2 Devil dance of the Apaches at the unprecedentedly large inter-tribal assembly of Indians of the Southwest at Gallup, N. L 3 jxaj gen. F. Mclntyre, chief of bureau of insular affairs, who may be made governor ceneral of tb Philippines. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Round-the-World Aviators A-bandon Flight Over Pacific Ocean. By EDWARD W. PICKARD HAVING "bucked a monsoon over India and a typhoon over Japan." as Schlee and Brock, the Detroit world-circling world-circling aviators, said, they arrived at a flying field near Tokyo and then yielded to the appeals of relatives and friends and abandoned their projected flight across the Pacific via the Midway Mid-way Islands. They announced they would take an early boat for the United States and would have their monoplane shipped home. This decision de-cision was reached after a conference with aviation experts In Tokyo and was influenced by many cablegrams from America urging the flyers not to attempt the Pacific flight. Schlee's children sent a message begging their father to think of them before making the perilous attempt. Another factor was the lack of gasoline and oil on the Midway islands. The aviators had expected ex-pected supplies to be sent there by the American Navy department but Admiral Ad-miral Moffett in Washington denied he had promised this, saying he had no authority to use navy vessels In transporting trans-porting private supplies. Though they fail In establishing a new record for speed in circling the globe, Schlee and Brock made one of the most successful of long distance flights. Starting from Harbor Grace, N. F., on August 27, the Pride of Detroit De-troit had flown 12,275 miles when it landed near Tokyo on September 14. The aviators were delayed in Constantinople Constan-tinople by governmental red tape, but had no other serious trouble until they undertook the hop from Shanghai to Tokyo. They ran right into the typhoon ty-phoon that was sweeping over that region re-gion and were forced down near Omura, whence they made another hop to the naval flying field at Kasumi-gaura. Kasumi-gaura. The Japanese Intelligence police po-lice annoyed them exceedingly but everyone else there was helpful and considerate. Six hundred miles off the Newfoundland Newfound-land coast the steamer Kyle picked up part of the wreckage of the plane Old Glory in which Bertaud, Hill and Payne undertook to cross the Atlantic. The condition of the wreckage gave little hope that the crew was still sllve, but the search for the three men was continued. Parts of other planes were reported sighted off the Corwall coast and about 300 miles west of Halifax, N. S. It was thought these might be from the St. Raphael and Nungesser's plane. Miss Ruth Elder and George Halde-man, Halde-man, who planned to fly from New Tork to Paris, despite the recent disasters, dis-asters, arrived at Roosevelt field with their plane and said they would start as soon as the weather was propitious. pro-pitious. FIFTEEN balloons started from Detroit De-troit in the annual race for the Gordon Bennett trophy, and the Detroit, De-troit, polited by R. G. Hill, was declared de-clared the winner. It came down at Baxley, Ga., having traveled 723 miles. This was little more than half the distance dis-tance record for the event, set by Bienaime of France In 1020. W. T. Van Orman with the Goodyear VI took second place. All the balloons landed afely. SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, British foreign secretary, told the League of Nations assembly llatly that Great Britain would, si-n no more security guarantee protocols because England could no longer speak for the dominions except as they nuthori.e in specific cases. lie thus revealed the oxtent to which the component parts of til e British empire have assumed ;d(-p:-nilence. He admitted that the '.oir.iniiiii are -:;'!"',Y)'ivd if tin-y like to r.-.-'.he s'i. :,;a"f iv-r.-Tils in the in-'.euvt in-'.euvt :f .r-i.Tv;i.i iv..co with iii.t iv. -.-.:;.!-. n :.. ,- ;: : In- a rhi; ral inn f 'j'' i: !ii,-y r!nit. British empire and we can only speak through the voices of six or seven governments. gov-ernments. I occupy a league council seat as delegate of the British empire, but do you think as a representative of his majesty I can speak without consulting the members of the group forming the empire? I can only speak when I have their assent to speak for them. "We can separate the United Kingdom King-dom from the empire for negotiating a commercial treaty, but suppose we signed a compulsory arbitration treaty and the dominions did not where is the unity of the empire it does not exist." Dr. Eusebio Morales, Panama delegate dele-gate at Geneva, created a stir when he suggested that the dispute between his country and the United States over American sovereignty in the Canal zone might form a subject for arbitration arbitra-tion before an impartial court of justice. jus-tice. Secretary of State Kellogg promptly announced that there is no question about the Canal zone sovereignty sov-ereignty and that, anyway, the League of Nations has nothing to do with the matter. At the State department it was said that there are no serious disputes dis-putes between this government and Panama and that any differences of opinion will be easily adjusted. President Chiari of Panama then Issued Is-sued a statement in which he said : "Doctor Morales not only did not carry Instructions to take up the question in the league assembly, but my government gov-ernment absolutely disapproves of the reported procedure of the Panama delegate del-egate at Geneva regarding sovereignty over the Canal zone." Canada, Cuba and Finland were elected to nonpermaneut seats in the league council. FRANCE recently put into effect a new tariff that hit American exporters ex-porters hard, and the Washington government gov-ernment made representations to Paris. In reply the French foreign office set forth the French conception of reciprocity as the condition for entering en-tering upon fruitful negotiation of a tariff treaty. Nothing less than the present high rates in force are offered until the American reply to this note shall be received. When the United States replies re-plies that the American government Is ready to begin such discussions, then the French government will substitute for the present scale a modified schedule, giving American goods considerably con-siderably lower rates, but not up to the limit of those granted to countries with which France has commercial treaties, notably Germany. WHETHER or not to call special congressional sessionswas a problem prob-lem on which President Coolidge spent considerable time Immediately after his return to Washington. Some persons per-sons have been urging that the senate be called together to deal with the Vare and Smith cases, and the Democrats Demo-crats want a special session of both houses to take up general legislation. Senator Curtis and Representative Tilson, Republican leaders of the respective re-spective houses, were consulted by Mr. Coolidge and both advised him that nothing would be accomplished by calling the senators and representatives repre-sentatives back to Washington In advance ad-vance of the regular session in December. Decem-ber. It was believed the President would accept this advice. WL. MELLON, chairman of the Republican state committee of Pennsylvania, Is said to have carried to party leaders In Pittsburgh the word that his uncle, the secretary of the treasury, hud selected Charles E. Hughes as bis favorite candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination. nomina-tion. It was at once whispered about that the Pennsylvania delegation of 79 would be instructed for Hughes and that Secretary Mellon would be able to dictate the nomination by the convention. conven-tion. It was assumed that New York's 01 votes would be for Hughes, and Mellon was said to count on New England Eng-land ns a certainty for his candidate. That, with what he might garner from other states, would give Hughes a run-nit.g run-nit.g start in the balloting. Washington Washing-ton was immensely Interested in the ritt-lniri.ii slory. Secretary Mellon, however, seemed rather fli-pleased by it a:,d loh interviewers that it was t"0 e::r'y to make a decision on the mat- I ter of candidates. Mr. Hughes hs refrained re-frained from comment on his possible candidacy. Al Smith In his campaign for tho Democratic nomination is about to invade in-vade the West, or at least his supporters sup-porters are. With the knowledge and consent of the Eastern Smith men, a conference of leading Democrats from 12 Western states was called for September Sep-tember 23 and 24 in Ogden, Utah, and it was understood the availability of Smith as a Presidential nominee would be discussed. The letter of invitation said the subjects to be considered would be: 1 The present two-thirds rule prevailing in the Democratic national na-tional committee. 2 Who is the most available Presidential candidate? 3 The need of a united intermountain Democracy. 4 More recognition of Western industries in our tariff legislation. leg-islation. JAPAN and Mexico were visited by cataclysms, the former last week aud the latter on September 7. The Japanese Island of Kiushiu was swept by a typhoon, flood and tidal wave that killed and injured many hundreds and caused property losses of perhaps $10,000,000. The tail of the storm hit Tokyo, and thousands of homes were flooded. Delayed and still meager mea-ger reports from Mexico said the west coast of that country for some 2.400 miles was devastated by terrific tidal waves following a hurricane. Walls of water rolled into seaport towns and laid them waste, and all along the coast the people who survived were driven far inland. The number of those drowned, it was feared, would be very large. Guaymas, Manzanillo and especially Saiina Cruz suffered great property losses. ISADORA DUNCAN'S bizarre life came to a bizarre end last week In Nice. The famous American dancer was being given a demonstration ride in a car she Intended to buy and a long red scarf, which she had worn since she became a communist, became be-came entangled in the wheel. Her neck was broken, death being Instantaneous. Instan-taneous. WITH Governor Jackson Indicted and Mayor Duvall of Indianapolis Indian-apolis on trial for political corruption, Indiana Is getting the long expected expose which may result In a great house cleaning and may not The Indianapolis In-dianapolis Times recently expressed editorially the opinion that Senators Watson and Robinson should resign because of their alleged relations with politicians whose honesty Is attached. Senator Robinson demanded a retraction retrac-tion and Editor Gurley retorted with new and more specific charges. These the senator denied, and threatened a libel suit ON THE fourth anniversary of the lteption of the military directorate director-ate of Spain under Gen. Prlmo de Rivera, a new development In that country's government began. The directory di-rectory was modified Into a seml-mill-tary ministry, but operated without a parliament. The place of parliament now is to be filled by the long-promised national assembly, convocation of which was decreed by King Alfonso nt the request of Prlmo de Rivera. The assembly Is expected to meet on October 14 for the primary purpose of advising the government on the draft of a new constitution and other matters of state, Including the budget. The people will have no direct voice In the selection of the assembly members, mem-bers, all of whom are to be appointed by the government. I'rimo do Kl-vera Kl-vera has promised, however, to give all shades of public opinion a consulting con-sulting voice, excluding only politicians of the old school, whom he oasted from their posts. AMERICAN LEGION mcml.crs hv the thousands were on the Atlantic At-lantic last week on their way to Pari for the annual meeting v, iiich opem d September 10. And the Paris authorities authori-ties spent the week "cleaning ujt" tl" naughty resorts so the Yanks should come to no harm. The landing' 'if the Legionnaires at Cherhoui was marked by elaborate ceremonies, and oans: were made for a magnificent para le in Paris on the opening day. de-piio tin; fact that one or two radical organisations organisa-tions of French service men rcii.'.-ed o participate. |