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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS World Awaiting Word From the Amundsen-Ellsworth North Pole Flight. By EDWARD W. PICKARD npHH success or failure of the -- Amundsen-Ellsworth attempt to fly to the North pole may be made known to the world at any moment. On the other hand, the fate of the daring explorers ex-plorers may remain shrouded in the mists and snowstorms of the Arctic regions for several weeks or even for months. At this writing, one week after the departure of the two planes from Spltzbergen, no sign has been received re-ceived from Captain Amundsen and his companions. This does not necessarily neces-sarily mean that they have met with disaster, for it is announced by Bernon S. Prentice of New York, brother-in-law of Lincoln Ellsworth, that Amund-Ben Amund-Ben planned to go on to Alaska if he was successful in locating the North pole, and If conditions were favorable. Though it may have been necessary to make landings and though this may have wrecked the planes, the party was fully equipped for the attempt to return to civilization on foot and had food supplies for one month. Polar experts said it was too soon to send out relief expeditions, but already movements are on foot to that end, both In America and In Norway. Amundsen and Ellsworth, before they started, appointed an advisory committee com-mittee on relief, of which Mr. Prentice, mentioned above, is the chairman. The Norwegian government says It is ready, at a moment's notfc'l, to sen3 out a relief expedition. President Coolldge and all other American government gov-ernment officials are intensely Interested Inter-ested and will see that this country gives whatever aid is necessary and practicable. Suggestions that either the Los Angeles or the Shenandoah, dirigibles, be sent to the Arctic, do not meet with official approval. Capt. Donald MacMillan, who Is himself him-self to lead an Arctic expedition soon, said to officers of the National Geographic Geo-graphic society: "If Amundsen Is to return to civilization in the flesh, he must make a quick get-away. The ice area is rapidly expanding in the Arctic circle and every day of delay adds to the hazards of the situation that confronts con-fronts him." ALBEET B. FALL, former secretary secre-tary of the interior, nnd Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny, oil magnates, have been Indicted again by a grand Jury in Washington In connection con-nection with the Teapot Dome affair. These Indictments are substitutes for those recently quashed on the ground that a government legal representative was illegally present in the Jury room when they were voted. In genera the former charges are repealed, but the Sinclair indictment charges new overt acts in addition to those set forth In the Indictment of last year. Chief among these la the alleged passage of ?230,500 In Liberty bonds from Sinclair Sin-clair to Fall through the Continental Trading company, Ltd., a Canadian corporation. Out In Los Angeles. Federal Judge P. J. McCormlck rendered a decision In the Doheny leas case, ordering the Doheny Interests to surrender for cancellation can-cellation their leases In the Elk Hills naval reserve No. 1 and their contracts for construction of oil-storage facilities at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The leases were declared void both because of "fraud upon the United States" ami because the transfer of leasing authority author-ity to tHe Interior df-partment w-as Irregular. Ir-regular. A financial settlemfnt for oil taken out and for mn-truction work done In Hawaii was ordered. A I.L this country, at least. Is he-coming he-coming rtwply Intereefd In the coming tri.nl of Jnhn T. Scopes, biology Instructor in a school of Dayton, T'-nri.. for violating the ?trie !:;u- which forbids for-bids the teaching of the il--ory of evolution in puMIc ccj-oo's. It ! n test rne, dclil-ernTelv nrrnrc-ori t,v Mr. Scopes ari'l his friends, : nd l.e is rsc-surei rsc-surei of the support of -;, r.' ;-;s and Others who welcome the !.-'1P hefwT, Hheralism and fun'lai,or,:a!'-'Ti. Ti.e fun'i.:n!e:,;:;:;s;s will he rointiiia !!, ' presumably, by the perennial William J. Bryan, though it is not certain the local prosecuting attorneys will be willing to surrender chief place to him. The Indictment of Mr. Scopes by the grand Jury at Dayton was a foregone conclusion, for there is no attempt to claim that he did not violate vio-late the statute. The fight, of course, centers on the constitutionality of the law. The little Tennessee town is preparing pre-paring for a great influx of visitors and it may be that a huge temporary arena will be constructed for the trial, which Is to open July 10. Clarence Darrow, noted Chicago lawyer, law-yer, and Dudley Field Malone, leading attorney for the American divorce colony col-ony in Paris, have been suggested as counsel to aid the defense of Scopes. But Mr. Darrow is known to be a skeptic and Mr. Malone has been sonfe-what sonfe-what tinged with political pink, and as the Tennesseeans who will make up the Jury ore certain to be both of a religious turn of mind and conservative, conserva-tive, It is unlikely those lawyers will be considered available. The American Ameri-can Civil Liberties union is really back of the case, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science is taking a deep interest in It, though so far not officially. VICE PRESIDENT DAWES HAS carried his fight for revision of senate rules into the Southland. Last week he addressed the Associated Industries In-dustries of Alabama in Birmingham, and told his hearers that "the South is too Intelligent to be deluded into the idea that to protect It against another an-other Force bill the right at times should be given to a minority, or even one senator, to throw a monkey wrench into the legislative machinery of the common government. Answering critics of the reform enm- poign, ne siuy uiac unlimited ueuaie ''had not checked muUlpllcIty of laws but had resulted In their passage without with-out proper consideration." He referred to the Force bill, beaten by a filibuster, filibus-ter, as "a wrong measure" which would have been repealed if passed. This Isolated argument of proponents of present rules, he declnred, was an effort intended "to affect the great intelligent in-telligent South and to revive those unhappy un-happy Issues which have died alike In the North and South' He said he was asking only that the minority, "protected as It Is by the checks and balances of the Constitution, Constitu-tion, shall not exercise veto rights over the will of a majority when that majority desires only to exercise Us constitutional rights of legislation." Senator Underwood, who preceded General Dawes on the platform, praised his efforts to procure rules that would limit debate In the sennte. Opposition to the proposal, he said, comes from two sources: From some of the senators themselves, "because they enjoy debate and like unlimited discussion," and from "those persons outside the senate who are Interested In special legislation or, more particularly, particu-larly, in preventing legislation to which they are opposed." PUBLICATION by newspapers of Income tax lists Is declared lawful by the Supreme Court of the United States. The court affirmed decisions of lower courts in the cases brought Against the Kansas City Journal-Post and the Baltimore Post. The opinion, written by Justice Sutherland, held that the Information, as made available avail-able to public Inspection and the terms of the revenue act of li24 "cannot be regarded otherwise than as public property, to be passed on to others as freeiv as the nosse.ssor nf it rr,ni, choose." It was added that "the contrary tIpw requires o very dry nnd literal reading of the statute, quite inconsistent with Its legislative history and the known and declared objects of Its framers." p RESIDENT roni.TDGE did not approve of t!ie plans of the War department to have a second national defense test on Armistice day, and si-.t-cesied that July 4 would be a better date. Ills preference will be complied wi:h. a!tho-;L'h the time remaining to prepare for the demon-1 ra 1 ion is ex-cef-lir.-'y short. "V'TK'IAI. reports from Tokyo give the nun'.er of dead In the recent e.-:rtho':a',:e in Japan as L'Tt. Many :h"'i-':mls of others were rendered homclos and tie property damage w&s enormous. The district most af fected was that around Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, on the west coast. Several villages were destroyed, but there was little damoge in the larger cities. The most tragic scenes were at KlmosakL, a spa where hundreds of visitors were taking the hot baths. The pavilions all collapsed and many persons were scalded to death. TTOTWITHSTANDINa their report-ed report-ed victories over the Rlfflans, th French nre having a strenuous time in Morocco. Abd-el-Krim hangs on like a leach and is said to be preparing his forces for a great offensive, and meanwhile mean-while the French troops have been drawn back behind a defensive line and are constructing powerful fortifl-catlons. fortifl-catlons. There were stories, unconfirmed, uncon-firmed, that France and Spain were ready to negotiate a peace with the Riff chieftain. The truth, as it came out in a heated debate in the French parliament, seems to be that Abd-el-Krim sent an emissary to Marshal Lyautey to endeavor to reach an agreement agree-ment as to the frontier. The Rlfflans are short of food supplies because the French have established an effective blockade. But they are planning to raid the Ouergha region. It is said a large body of trained German officers offi-cers Is on Its way to serve under Krlm. The French Communists insist that peace must be made with the Riflians, and when the chamber of deputies was culled on to vote a credit of 30,000,000 francs for the campaign they made such a riotous demonstration that M. Hen-lot, president of the chamber, suspended sus-pended the session. There was, however, how-ever, no doubt thut the government would be sustained. ANOTHER deplorable coal mine disaster, this time In North Carolina. Caro-lina. Near Coal Glen at least sixty ... l .. , 1, ,v,rt., ploslons that wrecked the shaft, and at this writing there is little or no hope that any of them have survived. Sir bodies had been recovered, but the rescue crews bad penetrated to tbo 1,800-foot level without finding any more. ' j FUNDAMENTALISTS nnd moderates moder-ates In the Presbyterian church crosses! swords In the general ussem-bly ussem-bly In Columbus, Ohio, and such great differences of policy developed that there are predictions of a long-continued long-continued controversy In the church and of possible litigation. The New York presbytery, which Is liberal. Is fighting to stay In the church and to assure for all presbyteries the rights which It says are given by the constitution consti-tution of the denomination. If (he New Yorkers should be forced out, a legal battle might result to determine the ownership of church property. A conservative element, led by Moderator Modera-tor Charles R. Erdman, pins its hopes for church unity on a special commission commis-sion which was named to study ways of "assuring the peace, purity, unity and progress of the church" and lo report to the next nssembly. DR. ERNEST DE WITT BURTON, president of the University of Chicago, was one of the most nnlable of death's victims during the week, iln had been 111 for a long time nnd succumbed suc-cumbed nfter surgical opera I inns. Others who passed nwny were: Field Marshal French, earl of Ypres. who commanded the "Old Contemptible," England's first army In the World war, and who won fame In previous campaigns; cam-paigns; Col. C. A. Rcplngton, noted British war correspondent and writer on military topics, nnd Louis Kalk. long one of America's foremoHt onoin- lsi. FRANK M. SURFACE, an economist of the United States grain administration, admin-istration, has made a report, npproved by Secretary Hoover, designed to d's-prove d's-prove the theory of American farmcri that wheat would have t"ne to .'! or more In war time If the government bad not flved the price at 2.20 Th report declares that world conditions probably would have forced the pthe of i:i7 wheat down to Jl.Vi per bushel and that the action of the government gov-ernment In establishing a minimum of ?2.1'0 saved many million of do'lari for American farmers. Secretary of Agriculture Jnrdine vis-ited vis-ited f'hlcago last week to bold S-cret conferences !:), board of trade otli-i.-iis for the purpose of brint-lng a'.o'it 'he "liniae cleaning" whh), he I,,,.) , Jemandrd. |