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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Congress Fairly Liberal in Appropriations for the National Defense. By EDWARD W. PICKARD UNLESS congress changes Its mind, the army and navy, and especially especial-ly the air services, nre to be well pro-I pro-I vided for in the appropriation meas-' meas-' ures. Last week the senate passed the naval supply bill carrying in round figures $321,000,000, this total Including Includ-ing $26,000,000 for aircraft and naval aviation. The same day the War department de-partment appropriation bill went through the house. This measure carries car-ries $339,500,000, of which $15,2CG,000 Is to be expended for aviation. Incidentally, Inci-dentally, this house bill provides for a lump sum appropriation of $,".0,000,000 for rivers and harbors work. These two measures nre intended to carry the army and navy only through the next fiscal year which begins be-gins July 1, but the house committee on naval affairs recommended the adoption of a five-year naval aircraft building program which calls for the construction of 1,000 new planes at a cost of $S5,000,000. Administration leaders were confident this would be passed during 'ibis session. Rear Admiral Ad-miral Moffatt's plan called for the expenditure ex-penditure of $250,000,000 In five years, but the more conservative program pro-gram was all the committee cared to recommend in view of President Coolldge's position on economy. The committee proposes the construction con-struction of 235 airplanes at a cost of $12,2S5,000 in the fiscal year 1927 in addition to 78 planes at a cost of $3,-300,000 $3,-300,000 under other legislation. In addition the committee proposes the construction of two rigid airships costing $S,000,000 to be begun prior to July 1, 1927, and an experimental metal-clad airship costing $300,000. The pending naval appropriation bill contemplates the expenditure of not more than $9,000,000 on new aircraft air-craft in the fiscal year 1927. Under the program recommended the requirement re-quirement for 1927 would be between $13,000,000 and $20,000,000. Representative Repre-sentative French, In charge of naval appropriations, said that the additional addition-al amount of from $4,000,000 to $11,-000,000 $11,-000,000 would not be appropriated' for 1927 unless the budget bureau should recommend it. This puts Ihe realization realiza-tion of the naval aircraft construction program up to the Executive. JNSPEOTOR GENERAL HELM--L LICK'S investigation, ordered bv Secretary of War Davis, disclosed that two officers of the army air service serv-ice had been guilty of "objectionable I activities in alteiptlnK to Influence air service legislation." Mai Henry H. Arnold, information officer in the office of Major General Patrick, chief of the air service, was declared (he more culpable and in addition to bein-reprimanded bein-reprimanded he will he transferred by General Patrick to n slalioi, 4 pleasant than Washington. M iv,-bert iv,-bert A. Dargue. chief of the warph, s" division ot the service, escapes w , a reprmiand. The severer discipline Is imposed on Major Arnold becau e he has been long conspicuous 1 propaganda for a separate air servi e He is described by many officer ns having been "the eves of p i , Mitchell- , ,e DlrC5XS: the months which intervened i 8 Mitchell's removal trn J assistant chief of air servi, 1 , f dose of his court m!,r,,';:i:ke l" The intimations that tlm i, wonld involve Gene' . Hcl 1vo7 shown to be unfounded vi e , , permitted to assist n I , W"S "ounce Its findings. ' nn1 t0 ... round.!,,, 1 nzrzT of nounced thnt ll,PV are b 1 fom the army 0r,W " . fly over the No ,1, r 7 ? "t,P","t ' TbeyareL e,U Le tnt ,IS and second In comn, n , . he n,'st "U'n. respectl, P ;m"T; "f -oeiatea are alumni of several big universities, and will use five Douglas planes equipped with 220 horse-power motors. They plan to start from Seattle June S and to establish their main base at Point Barrow. Alan Cobham, British aviator, has Just accomplished the feat of flying from London to Cape Town, South Africa, being the first to do this in one plane. Starting November 10, he passed In bis route over the deserts of Egypt, the swamps and forests of central Africa and the great karoo of South Africa. Much of the way he had to fly at a very great elevation, and he had many narrow escapes, especially es-pecially over Victoria Falls, where his engine stopped. CONFEREES of the bouse and senate sen-ate devoted the week to the tax bill, but the results of their labors were uncertain. Messrs. Green and Garner of the house were firm In their determination to retain the estate es-tate tax knocked out by the senate. They said there was no chance for adoption of a conference report providing pro-viding for the complete repeal of this tax, and that the house would nol yield on this point. Federal Judge Hand in New York decided last week that the federal tax on gifts is unconstitutional when it is applied to donations not made in contemplation of death. The government govern-ment will appeal, and unless tiie Supreme Su-preme court reverses the decision ! Uncle Sam will have to return several j millions of dollars already paid into ' the treasury. U) OTII the bouse and senate took L steps toward amending the Con stitution so that the inauguration of the President and vice president would take place In January instead in-stead of on March 4 and so that a new congress would meet two months after its election Instead of thirteen months ns is the case now. The senate, by a vote of 73 to 2. adopted Norris' resolution proposing that congress shall meet on the first Monday in January and that inauguration inaug-uration day shall he the third Mondu"v in January. Please of South Carolina Caro-lina and King of Utah voted in the negative. The house committee on election of President and congress favorably reported a resolution ' pro-posin? pro-posin? that congress meet on January 4 and that the Executive be Innug-urated Innug-urated on January 2-1. Both resolutions resolu-tions provide means to insure the choice of an Executive In case no candidate can-didate receives a majority of the electoral elec-toral votes. OATIIER unusual In (he United States was the disaster that befell be-fell the little Highland Bov minin-camp minin-camp near Bingham, Utah, last Wednesday. The settlement, nt Ihe "0t of SP -ns overwhelmed levelJIv '"e "f Sm,W mHl nh'"" S'nonty persons perished. Fires start- '! n the crushed frame buildings 1 f tl.e victims were Wr h liu rued The silde began two i r."m,a ,m,ro ,h ; of Labor nav,s,oref, n.tuT" "etion. Fnriho,.,, , Z "" "ls- fr .he sn e ro s ,' -n " T llfl"l Woman's llr , Ni'-of Ni'-of women IZ ? "wr Protest K .,,' 0 "ml Udy Calheart m ' , , "'''"" f w.hv f , ;vo" K '".-i. ,( , ' I M ,,v , f1(,( i., iiuvv"II;,:rr",1-v ""(I they Insist SI'iles pnr,,,,,n-Sit:;;;:1"1 - fie fivo-ve ar "", """"' ' "'"WJ. mining ,'""ln"'t l'.-li.K Thousands of workers went back Into the pits, and the 125 producing companies com-panies planned to spread their product prod-uct so that a little would go to everybody every-body rather than all to a few. The maximum output will be reached about the end of the month. After the contract between the United Unit-ed Mine Workers and the operators had been signed John L. Lewis, president presi-dent of the union, said it was the greatest contract ever drawn up in the history of organized labor, Involv---ing wages aggregating a billion and a half dollars In five years. ti'TpO ALLAY popular anxiety" and 1 ns a "precautionary measure," Premier Pangalos of Greece ordered the arrest and deportation of former Premier Papanastaslon, former Minister Minis-ter of the Interior Kondilis and ten other officers. The dictator said he Imped the investigation would not reveal re-veal anything serious, but, if It did, exemplary punishment would be meted out. All firearms, except those used for sport, have been ordered delivered to the police authorities before March 30. Though the country seems calm, Pangalos evidently fears a counterrevolution. counter-revolution. DALLES' government In Mexico has just ordered the closing of ail colleges, schools and asylums in the country that are conducted by the Roman Ro-man Catholics. Some foreign nations nre rather peeved by this measure, but probably can do nothing about it. At present the most distressing result of the order is the throwing out on the streets of thousands of little children chil-dren who had no other home tlnn those now closed. Also flip srl.,1 facilities of the republic are greatly diminished, at least temporarily. Presumably Pre-sumably the government will take steps lo meet both these conditions. pRAXCE'S demand that roland, Spain and P.razil be given permanent perma-nent seats in the league of Nations council when Germany is admitted Is still worrying the other league members, mem-bers, for there Is fear that Germany will withdraw her application for membership if Poland Is admitted on ' ' equal terms. France asserts she wants Poland admitted to the Cornell so she (Franco) will be freed from the duty of supporting Poland and (bus will be able to cultivate better relations with Germany. pAPT. G 10O KG K FRIED and his brave men of the liner President Roosevelt, rather embarrassed by the Inss that has beo:i made over their rescue of the crew of the Antinoe, were given a royal reception in New York. The big guns of Fort Jay fired a salute, the air was full of planes and tho si reels were crowded with shouting people as the city officials greeted the heroes. Next day congress voted them Ihe thanks of the nation. Modest Captain Fried says: "I'm awfully aw-fully grateful, but it was' Just part of our Jobs. And, anyway, you can't s:iy too much ror the men who actually manned the boats. They did It not I. Put th,.y, too. feel (hey only did what was expected of thom." Q XK of the attacks on Secretary W of the Treasury Mellon by his political po-litical enemies, which also was ml attack at-tack on tho lVpartmoiit of Justh'O. lias fallen through. .Mr. Sargent's department de-partment report.; that after full Investigation Inves-tigation It has reached the conclusion tb.'it contempt proceedings against tlis Aluminum Company of America'" which Mr. Mellon Is' heavily IntorosteJ - caiiuol by auy possibility be successfully success-fully iiiul'iininod. JUSTICE STAFFORD of the District of Columbia Supremo court has sustained sus-tained tho validity of the cousplnn'T Indlelmouis ni:ali)st Albert IV "n.v F. Sinclair and Edward U D'v ''ony In tho oil lea-o scandals. Till action of the court, unless a special liearlng s rr.viilod, means that I lie defendants de-fendants will bve to stand trial ""' "or Ihe n-lniinal Indictments will'- elinrtc them with 1-,viplracy to o fraud the r.ov.-i inn, nt of tho l'""0'' Stales by Irlekcry, deceit and hrlbory. NT TA HI E deaths of tho week I"-1 I"-1 ' chide (hose of Henry Holt. N,,r York publisher, mitl Archbishop ... f-Ceplak f-Ceplak or Poland, who was once sen-.encod sen-.encod lo dentil bv u Russian li'l1'""31 .'lit was released and onmo to A'm'r 'ea Inst November. I |