: 1—Arthur II, Ferris. Vandenberg 2—Cairo ain. 3—Airship in which General Spitzbergen. police Nobile Stn mrt ur RAI Sar ——— NEWS REVIEW OF Rawr ‘ CURRENT EVENTS Senate May Keep Tax Cut Down to 200 Millions— Week in Politics. By EDWARD W, PICKARD G FCRETARY OF THE TREASURY MELLON presented to the senate finance committee his new program of tax reduction. and the Republican members of the committee, together with Senator King of Utah, Democrat, gave the plan their tentative approval in Its general features. The result will be that the bill presented to the senate will provide for a tax cut amounting to SON. 000 000, In stead of called for in Mr. Mellon pective S252 000) (XX) fiscal year 1929 shaved to $212.000.000 an gress appropriates S30 (00.000 fi protection during that year the surplus will be further reduced to $I82.000 000 On the basis of these figures he scaled down the administration tax cut maxi mum, which he placed at SZ25,000.000 last fall, to $200,000.000 without ance for food control and to less than $182.000,000 if the expected appropria tion for this purpose is made, By a vote of 13 to 6 formally approved a reduction in the tax on corporation earnings from 134% to 12 per cent, meaning a reduction in revenue ‘of S120.000 06K; and it also approved the repeal of the estate tax, which will cut the revenne $7.000.000 wore. In 70.000.000 it cide whether to down of intermedia posed by Secretary loss in revenue whether to use this duction or repeal of the and other Secretary Mellon bel retained. It was expe tee would approve an exemption for small in the house bill \ ahaout the S2000000 reduction the asserted house measure, that the pros the heen surplus for already hae « that if con ir flood allow the committee apportioning the remaing i WS Necessars fo LER pro involving a SHINN) (HN) Tr intomohile which should be ted the inoerease in Miscellaneous nxes eyes commit the corporations as CI HARLES E. HUGH 4 elined the job, the tional Simeon 1. Fess chairman and “ke sas City convention Th opposition to this Fess is able and all times been a loyal supporter of the policies of President Coolidge and of the Republican party. His name re mained on the Ohio hallot as the Willis candidates for delegate at large, but he announced that if he were elected he would have no de elared first choice for President. His second indies under the requirements of the Ohio Inw, is Sen ator Curtis of Kansas, at it is known that he really favors if the drafting of Coolidge eannot be put through. The other Willis candi dates for delegate also decided that they would go to the convention with. out first choice. Their second choice pledges, which are to stand, are 34 for Lowden, 8 for Curtis and 9 for Col Charles Fisher of Wilmington, Ohio. If the name of Charles (0. Dawes js placed before the convention he will have the support of those All of which is contingent on election in the primaries, New York Republicans elected 5 uninstructed delegates, of whom the Hooverites claim at least 47. Among those chosen was Dr, Nicholas Murray Butier, wet leader, who defeated an svowed dry. In the Wisconsin Repub lican primary the La Follotte forces received the first serious sethack they hve hind In years, According to in- complete returns the total delegation at Kansas City will be made up of 15 La Follette men, pledged to Senator Norris, and 11 anti La Follette men. of whom are uninsiructed we. wag the only announced candi date ine Michigan primary and will have that state's 39 votes, After winning 30 Michigan delegntes without contest, Al Smith next day eaptured 124 more votes in three states. These included 86 from New York, 12 from Maine and 20 from Wis IES having d¢ Republican na Nendtor committee selected of Ohio as temporary of the Kan was no snoter” ore Senator } aq choice as and has at dewitiont eloquent one of choice, as tend Hoover delegates, their gonsin, In the Badger state the Walsh 3 2 ose trmimon nh SE _ appointed senator from Egyptian of Italy candidates were snowed under by the glate of deleg sponsored by Na- tional Committeeman J. M, Callahan and pledged to Sith The however, their Presidential preference Senator of Missouri a majority over the New Smith's name written in the ballot, Reverting to tion, a@ention should be action of the belt Des Moines. Claiming to more than a million ers, the commitiee adopted a tion opposing the elpction of should he be nominated by the Repub lean convention. In that event the committee plans to throw [is voting strength to the Democratic (3 OVERNOR J appointed to fill out the late United Si ris. The until next Decer berg anno rates vOlers in mark hiallote ing Fave teed three-loone governor of had to be the Republican situa called to the committee in represent farm resolu- corn organized Hoover nominee, GREEN of Arthur Hl, Vanderberg unexpired term of the ates Senator W. N, Fer appointment is geod only but Mr. Vander iced that he will be a can in the Michigan he iher didate for election to the senate fall The new senator Grand Rapids Herald and is a student and writer on American history and the Constitution. He is only forty-four years old Cyrus Locher, a named to fill out the nator Willis of Ohio by Donahey. Mr. Locher is the state di rector of commerce and resides in ig editor of the Ie mocrat, term of the late was (Governor Cleveland. LEERT B. FALL tunken at El trial of Harry publican member in his testimony use in the ganid three Re former avo for Sinclair, leaders-—a cabinet now in Europe, a senator and 1 former senator—advised bim to vrite the famous Mclean letter to the Dome nmittee in 1923 loan of $100, ard Doheny, oil mag od the men Hays, and ex-Sena Both Smoot Feapot in an effort to cot (0) from Falw in Was} named by Fall nate, ston it was st were Will tor Reed Smoot of Utah Wisconsin wanded | Lenroot said Fall from Mclean reason to be Senn tor Lenront ind Lenroc niterly false him he and he all's story as told money then ha every all was fieve F » truth, G ENTIAL, optimistle, picturesque old F hs wey |] Depew has passed of ninety senator way at he age The former and chairman of the of the New York Central ral cumbed to pneumonia at his residence only a few days after hig return from a trip to Florida. orn in Peekskill in 1834, Mr. Depew educated at Yale and then admitted to the bar. He was active in hig life from his twenty first and attended every Repub lican national convention as a te since 1888 with the exception of that of 1924, At the 1888 convention he received 90 votes for the Presiden tial nomination. He served two terms as United States senator, from 1880 to 1911. In 1886 he entered the serv ice of the Vanderbilt railroad system and remained with it until his death For 13 years he was president of the New York Central. He was especially well known for "his public addresses and his after-dinner speeches, He at- tributed his longevity to his “refusal to worry.” four years New York board of directors road sue from in the metropolis Wns was politics all Year dele REAT BRITAIN'S plan to keep up the price of rubber by restricting the exports, known ag the Stevenson scheme, has failed. Prime Minister Baldwin announced to the Louse of commons that the govesnment had de- cided that all restrictions on the ox port of rubber from Malaya and Cey. lon weuld be removed beginning No vember 1, 1928. According to the Stevenson plan the exportable per contage of production was determined at the beginning of each quarter hy the average price during the preced- ing quarter. It was attacked especial ly by Amderigan users as an attempt by Great Britain to monopolize rab. ber, and was successful for a time. But Duteh competition In Sumatra, American conservation, German syn thetic rubber and new planting proj ects doomed the scheme to failure, During recent months the price of rub. ber has stecdily declined, and experts predict that It will stay low, despite the abandonment of the British plan, A Ji, 2S Jaf a i ’ fF: a ——— term of mL out fale Senator sn AP TRE 3 apn the &n out until driv inefficient producers are on flood con bill on until HE house committee trol accepted the senate’s that “matter and all looked Tuesday, when President Coolidge ad- the house leaders that he was not satisfied with the compromise ef fected and feared the pending meas. ure wonld involve huge expenditures in excess of the $325.000000 author- ized. He still wished the appointment of an economic commission to study the question of local contributions, and favored a number of other amend ments, The Republican house leaders therefore decided the bill should not led up before the latter part of The house committee fears an adequate flood protection pro gram will cost more than is provided for in the bill In its report the committee that the of flood and rights of way $241 rosy vised he eal this week. also senate vontends cost rol under the JNKL (EK), which Is excel £111.000.000 for The Mississippi plan, which Jones bi works Jadwin cont plan would be sive of improving navigation river COMMmMIRKIon # under the adopts where it conflicts win plan, figod control works and rig! ts of wa) Both of these apply only te the Mississippl river hY INISTER MACMURRAY went 4 from Peking? down to Shanghal to settle with the Ch Nat goverfiment the row over the Nanking outrages of March, 1907, and settle It he did to the tion of Washing ton, without yielding to the arrogance of the Chinese or sacrificing the pres tige of the United States » British press in Hongkong was astonished by Mr. MaeMurr where the British minister had failed, and jeered one of expediency elections ip terms of the } if desired in with the Jad O00 000 for Il may be CHSeS would cost 86 lower inese fonalist untisfac ny's success r gettlement ns due to the America approach ing IREMIER MUSSOLINT a to be determined nd the pope seem both pot to ' over (oe Italy. contr education of the The Yatiean organ in f con cillatory editorial declared the Holy intention of project. the affairs of the Hal ate, and the duce sternly noti- Italian press that this must be considered as absolutely closing the incident. It is understood that though there is to be no rescinding of the de cree against Catholic boy ganizations, a flexible formula for pro- cedure will be found whereby the de. cree disbanding them In most places will be avoided. continue the Overy youth of See had no ing itself into an = fled the scout or SMYRNA, unfortunate Asia 7 Minor seaport, was shattered by a series of earthquake shocks extending through several days and affecting also a number of near-by villages, The fatalities were numerous and a great many buildings were destroyed, among them being some of the fine struc tures erected since the great conflagra- tion of 1022, 'Bhe first temblors were preceded by a terrifying display of celestial Slecteichy. the RANCE'S latest note to America ervations, and leads Secretary of State Kellogg conflict. It is understood tions to Include England, Germany, italy and Japan. Briand has aban. doned his contention that “aggressive war” “all war” clear that the French government can- fengue. 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