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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. The foreign minister also de-
clures that the inclusion of all powers
in the league is absolutely necessary
in the Interests of world peace,
PEACE negotiations between Poland
and Lithuania, held in Koenigsherg,
Germany. fell through mainly bacause
Premier Waldemaras would not yield
on the question of Vilna, He knew If
he did, hie government would be’ over
thrown, for the Liths insist the city
Poland grabbed must be restored to
them, The conference may be resumed
later, for three
security and nationalities,
..
But Very
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if applied sparingly,’ Wom
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editor, “Yes”
server, “tramps
ago.”
snve the
Companion
replied the
digcovered
caustic ob
this years
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dies so |] bought a
tottls of the ‘Favorite Prescription’
also one of the ‘Golden Medical Dis
covery’ and & box of Dr. Plerce’s
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tions. In less than a week I was
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Exploring Sait Mines
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Ralt mines that were operated on an
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bells, and at the hour, after siriking
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