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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVEMTS Dissensions in the Pan-American Pan-American Conference Political Gossip. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. INTERNATIONAL discord was rife In the Pan-American conference at Havana during the week, and It became be-came increasingly evident that plans for the adoption of a convention putting put-ting the Pan-American union on a reorganized re-organized permanent basis could not be put into effect yet. They were blocked mainly by the attitude of Honorlo Pueyrredon of Argentina, who still insisted that the convention mut contain a declaration against trade barriers In the form of high tariffs and who declared he would not ign a convention without that feature. fea-ture. His government, however, instructed in-structed him to sign the convention with reservations, whereupon he resigned re-signed both as head of the Argentine and as ambassador to the United States. The modus Vivendi then adopted adopt-ed by the conference for the government govern-ment of the Pan-American union until the governments shall ratify the new convention provides for continuance of the resolutions In effect with a few modifications. Then, in a plenary session of the conference, the matter of immigration regulation came up, and three resolutions, resolu-tions, all aimed at the policy of the United States, were adopted. To each proposition, as it was adopted, Ambas-ador Ambas-ador Fletcher, a member of the United Unit-ed States delegation, made the reservation reser-vation that the United States regards Immigration a purely domestic question ques-tion and legislation thereon exclusively exclusive-ly the function of the United States congress. One of the resolutions provided that ny American republic may restrict Immigration from a non-American continent. con-tinent. Immigration into the United States from the other American republics re-publics and from Canada and the West Indies is now unrestricted, but the Coolidge administration favors the extension of our restrictive policy to countries in the western hemisphere hemi-sphere and the question is to be considered con-sidered by congress at this session. The convention for regulation of commercial aviation among American countries, favored by the United States delegation, was adopted. But the Americans lost a point the day before be-fore when the committee on public international in-ternational law adopted a rule of war that would operate to prevent any American republic from arming merchant mer-chant ships against submarines. The fight for this resolution was led by Doctor Podesta of Argentina and the rote was 11 to 4. It is not likely that the United States will accept it The same committee, on motion of the Mexican delngate, asked that the Pan-American union convene a commission com-mission of experts to consider plant quarantines. Mexico especially ob jects to United States regulations that bar Importation of Mexican fruits and plants Infected with insect pests. Ambassador Am-bassador Fletcher gave notice that the United States would not consent to arbitration of plant disease quaran- ' tines. Fascist Italy contemplated with satisfaction sat-isfaction the dissensions in the Havana Ha-vana conference and looked on the meeting as a virtual failure. The opinion of the Roman press was that the major Lntln-American nations, In order to escape from the hegemony of the United States, should seek cooperation co-operation with Spain and Italy, "which represent I.a'tln civilization in the world." HERBERT HOOVER, secretary of commerce, is now formally In the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, for he has consented to the use of his name in the (ihio ori-maries ori-maries against Senator Willis. Under the Ohio law a candidate must give consent to the use of his name, and Mr. Hoover went that far. and then stopped for the present. lie decided not to take the stump anywhere during dur-ing the preronvention campaign and to remain In the cabinet: and he asked that expenditure of money In his behalf be "strictly limited and rigidly accounted for." Willis' supporters in Ohio at first affected to be unalarmed by the Hoover move, asserting that it was brought about by a "group of state politicians without prestige" and would be without avail. But their complacency was disturbed when Maurice Mau-rice Maschke, national committeeman from Ohio, deserted the favorite son and announced he would support the secretary of commerce, believing him the strongest man the Republicans could select. Senator Willis was astonished and accused Maschke of having repudiated promises of support sup-port The Hooverltes predicted that Hoover would win from 16 to 24 of the state's 51 delegates to the convention. conven-tion. In a letter o Maschke Senator Willis mora than intimated that the wets prefer the nomination of Hoover. "The chief newspaper supporters of Mr. Hoover openly state In their editorials edi-torials and news columns that they are supporting Mr. Hoover for the nomination on the Republican ticket and falling in that, they will give their support to Gov. Al Smith," the letter said. "This makes ' their purpose pur-pose and attitude in the matter very clear. I cannot believe that you and your organization sympathize with such a viewpoint." Managers of the Hoover boom plan to enter nine or ten of the seventeen primary states. Their estimates of the Initial Hoover strength in the convention run from 323 to 375, and they profess to be certain that he will be far ahead of Frank O. Lowden, whose vote on the first ballot has been predicted at 250 or more. The convention con-vention will have 1.0S9 delegates and 545 will be necessary for the nomination. nomina-tion. PROSPECTS for a long and bitter fight in the Democratic convention are increased by the news from Albany Al-bany that Gov. Al Smith will insist that the platform contain a plank calling for modification of the Volstead Vol-stead act. This Is his reply to the statement of McAdoo that no wet will or can be the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, and at least It shows he has the courage of his convictions. con-victions. Recent canvasses have shown, It is said, that at the start of the convention the South will be almost al-most solid against Smith, the exception excep-tion being perhaps Louisiana. But it has been supposed that a lot of southern south-ern delegates would shift to the governor gov-ernor If there were to be no wet plank in the platform. The dry Democrats at present are apparently concentrating their efforts on an attempt to bring about the nomination nom-ination of Edwin T. Meredith of Iowa. He is a dry and favors rather radical legislation for farm relief. Though the survey of the South, before alluded to, revealed no especial sentiment here for Senator Reed of Missouri, his managers assert they have received re-ceived many assurances of support for him in those states as well as in the West Mr. Reed began his active campaign cam-paign Saturday when he started for Dallas, Texas., on a speaking tour that will take him to the Pacific coast. XTAN'Y members of congress, both weis auu uim, nuve ioojl; nuugoi to avoid going on record on the prohibition pro-hibition question In any form, but the other day they were all forced out into the open. Representative Lln-thicum Lln-thicum of Maryland, leader of the wets in the house, moved to recommit the treosury and post office appropriation appropri-ation bill and add the following section: sec-tion: "That no money herein appropriated appropri-ated for the enforcement of the national na-tional prohibition act shall be used In the preparation or issue of any permit per-mit for the removal or use of any Industrial alcohol known to be denatured dena-tured by any deadly, poisonous drug." The motion was rejected by a vote of 281 to 01. Though outnumbered by more than four to one, the wets seemed pleased as various members representing wet districts were forced to make good on their Anti-Saloon league pledges. prill.IC utilities of the 1'nlled 'Stales ore to be investigated, hut not by a seriate committee as Senator Sena-tor Walsh of Montana desired. Senator Sena-tor George of Georgia and many others oth-ers opposed the Walsh plan and radicals radi-cals of both parties supported It. Finally the Montana senator's resolution resolu-tion was amended to provide that ths federal trade commission should be directed to make the investigation and in this form it was adopted. The inquiry is to apply to utility corporations doing an interstate business, busi-ness, and also will affect corporations corpora-tions holding the stocks of two or more public utilities operating in different dif-ferent states. The resolution directo the commission to go into the pertinent perti-nent facts in connection with the securities se-curities of utility corporations, th extent to widen Holding companies or their stockholders figure in the situation, situa-tion, and . whether any legislation should be enacted by congress to correct cor-rect abuses. The resolution also authorizes au-thorizes the commission to lnquir into the extent tcf which utility corporations cor-porations or their officers seek by the expenditure of money to control elections elec-tions of President, vice president, or United States senators, or to influence public opinion. FARM relief legislation is again before be-fore the senate, for Its agricultural committee has reported favorably on the revised McNary-Haugen bill. As altered, the measure meets many of the objections of President Coolidge to the original bill, but It still carries the equalization fee provision. An almost al-most identical bill, Introduced by Representative Haugen, was still being be-ing discussed by the house agricultural agricul-tural committee; but it was hoped by the senate leaders that it would be reported and acted on by the house before it became necessary for the senate to take a vote. The house committee heard last week the new proposition of B. t Yoakum that the marketing problem be turned over to farm commodity organizations working work-ing under federal charters. INDIANA'S great political scandal of 1 1024 became virtually a closed incident in-cident when Gov. Ed Jackson was acquitted ac-quitted on the charge of having conspired con-spired to bribe former Gov. Warren T. McCray. This verdict was directed by Judge C. M. McCabe on motion of the defense because the state had failed to prove that the bribery conspiracy con-spiracy had been concealed, and there-j fore the statute of limitations ran against the charge. The prosecution had produced a lot of evidence sustaining sus-taining the bribery charge, but the defendant de-fendant was saved by the technicality. pOLONEL LINDBERGH wound up ' his Latin American good-will tour by flying from Havana to St. Louis without stop. From the time he lert Washington on December 13 he had flown 9,390 miles in 119.31 flying hours and without mishap. Secretary of War Davis has expressed the hope that the colonel will now give up all stunt and dangerous flying, but the young man Indicated that after a rest he would resume his work In fliat line. Capt. Joseph P. Donneilan, who started from Chicago to fly to Chile, abandoned his trip at Havana because the fogs made it too perilous for a single-motored plane. TLTERBERT HENRY ASQUITH, 1 earl of Oxford and Asqulth, greatest leader of the Liberal party since Gladstone, died at his country home on the Thames nenr Oxford arter an Illness of two years. He was prime minister during the stormy years from 190S to 1910, directing the course of the empire in the first two years of (he war, after which he resigned re-signed to let Lloyd George, a more vigorous rnnn, take the helm. In recent re-cent years lie and Lloyd George had disagreed seriously and this almost split the Liberal party, but In October, Oc-tober, 1920, Asqullh retired from the party leadership. Prominent men of all parties paid tribute to the earl's great qualities when his death was announced, and parliament ndjourned for a day. Bjrlal was offered in Westminster Abbey but was declined by the family because of the known wishes of Earl Asqulth. Lee O'Nell Browne, a veteran member mem-ber of the Illinois legislature and widely known lawyer, met tragic death nt his home In Ottawa when he fell from an embankment Into the Vox river and was drowned. Kddle Foy, old-time comedian who was known throughout the country, died suddenly in Kansas City during what he had snid was his farewell tour of stages on which lie had appeared ap-peared during more than half a century. cen-tury. He was seventy-three years old and bis real name was Edwin Fitzgerald, Fitz-gerald, i |