1—Warren D. Robbins ot New fork, new American minister to Salvador. • 2—General view of the funeral pro
cession of General Obregon leaving the national palace In Mexico City. 3—John H. Mears and Capt. C. B. D. Collyer
landing at the Battery, New York, after record-breaking trip around the world.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
America Assists but Japan
Hampers the Nationalist
Government in China.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
JAPAN seems to be doing wlmt It
can to hamper the new Nationalist
government of China, while the United
States Is proceeding toward recogni
tion of that government and taking
the lead in negotiations to free China
from the unequal treaties that have
restricted the nation. Only a few days
ago the withdrawal was ordered of
1,350 American officers and marines
from the “danger zones” in China, so
there will be left in Shanghai and
Tientsin only about 2,600 of our troops.
Immediately following this. Secretary
of State Kellogg dispatched a note to
the Nationalist foreign minister offer
ing to begin at once negotiations for a
new-treaty that will permit China to
levy on imports such tarifT duties as
she sees fit Under the old treaties
with various powers China is not per
mitted to levy duties higher than 5
per cent ad valorem. Abolition of the
privilege of extraterritoriality and the
recognition of the Nationalist govern
ment will, it is believed, come along
soon in due course.
The negotiation of a new tarifT
treaty will not subject American goods
at once to higher duties. Under the
stipulations made by Secretary Kel
logg, Chinese tariff autonomy would
not become effective until the unequal
treaties with all other nations also are
abrogated. This precludes discrimina
tion against American exports should
other nations fail to scrap the old
treaties.
r Tile iNauonuiisiH nave nucauj
nounced their old treaty with Japan,
but the Japanese government refuses
to agree to this action, holding that,
as revision of the pact was not ac
complished within the stipulated perl
od, It was automatically renewed for
ten years. Premier Tanaka told the
foreign diplomats In Tokyo that Japan
was unable to accept the Nationalist
demand in view of the provisions of
the treaty Itself and would be unable
even to agree to a revision of the
treaty until the Chinese government
withdrew its notice of abrogation.
GOV. AL SMITH went , down to a
country club at Hampton Bay,
Long Island, for a few days of vnca
tion during which he expected to make
much progress in the writing of bis
speech of acceptance which will be
delivered on the evening of August 22
from the steps of the state capitol at
Albany. Herbert Hoover, who haB been
resting at bis - home at Palo Alto.
Calif., started on a fishing and auto
mobile trip of about a thousand miles
throogh northern California. His ac
ceptance address is practically com
pleted and it will be made in the great
stadium of Stanford university the
evening of August 11.
Probably 100,000 persons will be
present to hear Mr. Hoover, and as
many will gather In Albany to listen
to the words of Governor Smith. But
their real audiences will be perhaps a
third of the population of the United
States in each case, for arrangements
have been made for a hookup of nine
ty radio stations for the broadcasting
of the speeches. .
OU NE of'the hopes of the Democrats
—the winning of Wisconsin—was
the hot fight up there
' ,Bfpub!icar'i'““
the La Rpiiette group. The . .
radical senator Is up for renomlnatlon
and Is opposed bv G. W. Mead, mayor
of Wisconsin Rapids. The real battle
is over the governorship, for which
there are three candidates. Gov. Fred
Zimmerman, who Is a dry and has be
come rather a free lance, seeks re
election. Walter Kohler was nomi
nated by the regular Republicans on a
middle of the road program; and Jo
seph D. Beck is the I.a Follette candi
date and for Volstead act - revision.
Democrats believe their cause would
be aided by the nomination of Beck
and La Follette. The primaries are to"
be held on September 4. The wet sen
timent in Wisconsin Is notoriously
strong. On the other Hand the Repub
licans say that the Wisconsin swing
toward Smith will be stopped effec
tually by the prospects of a good har
vest and that they are confident of
carrying the Badger state in November.
John J. Raskob, Democratic national
chairman, lias resigned as chairman of
the finance committee of the General
Motors corporation, because, It was
said, some of the directors of the con
cern who are supporting Hoover
thought Mr. Raskob’s retention of the
position would make it appear that the
corporation was backing the Smith
candidacy. In his letter of resignation
Mr. Raskob recognised this possibility
and also said his duties as national
chairman would take all his time.
In one way it was a Hoover week.
The Republican candidate and Senator
Hiram Johnson of California ended
their eight-year-old feud; Robert L.
Owen, former United States senator
from Oklahoma and a Democratic
power, announced that he would sup
port the Republican candidate, be
lieving him “the best qualified man
any party ever presented for Presi
dent”; Senator F. M. Simmons of
North Carolina, who opposed Smith’s
nomination, resigned as a member of
the Democratic national committee
without explaining his action; and of
ficers of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy in California declared most of
that state’s members of the order.
Democrats in the past, would vote for
Hoover. William H. Woodin, president
of the American Car and Foundry
company and for years a member of
the stanchly Republican Union League
club of New York, came out for Smith.
ROY O. WKST of Chicago, former
secretary of the Republican na
tional committee and a Deneen ad
herent in Illinois politics, was appoint
ed secretary of the interior to succeed
Or. Hubert Work, and assumed his
duties in Washington. He faced sev
eral big matters that will require his
otHcial action. These include the
Roulder dam Investigation, big rec
lamation and Irrigation projects, oil
leases on public lands, and the Alaskan
railroad. Doctor Work in introducing
Mr. West expressed the hope that the
latter might serve even longer than
his own five-year term. In view of
Doctor Work's close connection with
Herbert Hoover his remarks were In
terpreted as Implying that he expects
Mr. West to remain In the cabinet In
the event of the election of Mr.
Hoover.
' It was stated In Washington that
President Ooolidge bad offered the
vacant secretaryship of commerce to
William M. Butler of Massachusetts,
former Republican national, chairman
GENERAL NOBILE and the other
survivors of the Italia disaster
arrived at Oslo, Norway, on the
Cltta di Milano and were Immediately
put aboard a train for Italy. An armed
seaman guarded the vessel’s gang
plank and no one was permitted to
see or talk with the Italians. With
them were three Swedes who took
part In the sledge expedition to search
for captain Amundsen and hi* com--.
which rescued the Nobile party, had
another chance to save lives. It re
ceived wireless calls for help sent by
. the German motorship Monte Cervantes
whieh,- with 1,500 passengers aboard,
had struck a rock at Bell island, Spits
bergen. The Krassin hurried to the
rescue and sent divers down to ex
amine the damage to the German
boat’s hull.
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer
hopited off from Rockford, III., in the
plane Greater Rockford on their pro
jected flight to Stockholm, Sweden, by
way of Greenland and Iceland. But
the plane was too heavily loaded and
the aviators were forced to land on
rough ground. Neither man was in
jured, but the machine was so badly
smashed that the flight may be de
layed for several weeks.
JOSE TORAL. siayer of General
Ohregon, confessed that he was
persuaded to commit the crime by
Manuel Trejo; an employee of the
national arms factory in Mexico City,
who purchased and gave to him the
pistol he used. He said he thought he
was aiding the cause of the Catholic
church, but now realized he had been
the tool of labor leaders. A priest
induced him to make the confession
by telling him he was doing great
harm to the church by concealing the
truth. Luis Morpnes, bead of the
Mexican laborites, who resigned as
secretary of labor and went into bid
ing, and bis. associates are bitterly
scored by the agrarian groups which
were supporters of Obregon. The
agrarians are demanding that “all la
bor influences" be removed f vm the
national government, holding them
morally responsible for the assassina
tion. They do not even ask (he death
penalty for TornL During the week
the Obregonista leaders were trying
to determine who should become Pres
ident on December 1. It seemed prob-,
able that either President Calles would
be asked to succeed himself as pro
visional President under certain con
stitutional arrangements wliicb might
be made or that Aaron Saenz, gover
nor of Neuvo Leon, would he favored.
DAME ELLEN TERRY, Britain’s
best loved actress and almost as
well known and well loved in Amer
ica, died at her borne in Kent In her
eighty-first year. In deference to her
own request there was “no funeral
gloom" at the obsequies, held in the
village of Small Hythe and St. Paul’s
church, London, and her ashes were
deposited In the crypt of St'. Paul’s.
Others who died during the week
included Dr. George Colvin, president
of the University: of I.ouisville, Ken
lucky, and Rear Admiral W. *M. Pol
ger, retired.
CIRCLING the world In 23. days and
15 hours. <’apL U B. D. Coliyer
and John Henry Hears established a
new record when they stepped from a
boat at the Battery. New York city.
The Journey was made by steamships
und airplanes and they traveled in all
19,725 miles at an average speed of
840 miles a day.
F'11-TEEN, nations, are invited by
E-ranee to send representatives to
Paris for the signing, on Augusf 27.
of tiie Kellogg antiwar treaty* The
ceremony will be held in the famous
Halle d’Horioge of the ministry of for
eign affairs and will be most elaborate
GENE TUNNEY Is to retire as the
unbeaten heavyweight champion.
In bis last Oght, with Tom Heeney of
New Zealand; be scored, a technical
knockout in the. eleventh round. The
referee ■ stopped the battle, Heeney
having been knocked unconscious In
the tenth and being at .Gene’s
ft "
Happenings of the Week
Over Georgia, the Caro*
" Unas and Florida.
GEORGIA-TENN
PAVING TO BEGIN
TWO KILLED BY UGHTNING
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Canning Finn for Florida; Huree
Still* Destroyed; Woman Court
Clerk Named; Other Item*.
VrARIETTA, GA.—“Work Is ready to
III commence on the paving of the
Dixie highway from Marietta to Ten-i,
nessee line as soon as right-of-way
tangles have been smoothed out,” said
John N. Holder, chairman of the state
highway department in a letter to of
ficials here.
Advice from the commissioner’s of
fice here was that all difficulties rel
ative to obtaining clear right-of-ways
will be removed in a short while, when,
itNis stated, arbitration measures will
he effected with contending parties.
- Replying to the rumor that the state
highway department is out of funds
and, therefore, holding up work on the
project,. Chairman Holder stated that
sufficient funds would be available.
Lightning KOI* Two
Florence, 8. C.—Two negroes were
killed and three others were Injured
by lightning which struck the Flor
ence East Side Grammar School
grounds where-the uniform military
division of the South Carolina negro
grand lodge of Knights of Pythias
was encamped.
Canning Firm for Florida
Melbourne, Fla.—Incorporation pam
pers have been drawn up here for the
Melbourne canning factory, the first
to be located here. The organizers and
officers of the company are O. L. Ben
nett, Flank C. Powell and H. R. No
bles as well as manufacture citrus and
bles as well as manufacture vltrus and
guava marmalades, pickles and cat
sup. It would be operated on a co
operative basis. ,
Three Stills Destroyed
Fort Valley, Ga.—Peach County
Sheriff Briggs Fagan and Officers
Douglass Williams and-Edgar Murray
raided three big stills on what Is
known as the FHilton farm, east' 6f
Fort Valley, and found five or six hun
dred gallons, of beer, which was'^de
stroyed, together with the stills. No
arrests have been made, as the outfit
seemed to have been temporarily aban
doned.
Woman Court Clerk Named
Nashville, Ga.—Mrs. Lilia Gaskins
Whiddon, niece of Mr. Jim Gaskins,
clerk of the superior conrt for twenty
years, who died suddenly, has been
appointed for the unexpired term by
Ordinary J. I. Norwood. She has
worked for several years In the office
of her uncle. It is believed here that
she Is the first woman to serve as
clerk of court In Georgia.
Bridge b Completed
Waycross, Ga.—Another step tow
ards the paving of the Oglethorpe
highway from Savannah to Bainbrldge
has been taken. This la the comple
tion of the 186,000 bridge across the
Ocklocknee river five miles west of
Thomasville. The bridge Is construct
ed of steel and concrete and is 1,216
feet In length. Another bridge Is now
under construction across the Alapaha
river between Lowndes and Lanier
counties.
Tax Digest Shows an Increase
Richland, Ga.—Tax Receiver P. C.
Brown has consolidated his returns
and his digest shows an Increase of
thirty thousand dollars over last year.
Bt addition to this there has been
a considerable development in public
- utlllity properties which does not 'ap
pear on the tax digest The total tax
Increase will reach at least a hundred
thousand dollars. a
Curb Market Planned V„ .
LaGrenge, Ga.—At an enthusiastic
meeting at the courthouse here re
cently, plans were made and discuss
ed for establishing a curb market In
LaGrange, at which farm products win
be sold direct to the i
discussed
Atlanta, Ga.—An - appeal tram the
ruling In Fulton superior court by
Judge Virlyn B. MflMBgnihat Fulton
county should notl£:Bjdtji5t to pay
'line,
used
to the
it
ftR
Troutman, of the law firm :ef? Trout
man and Troutman, who wftii -T. R.
Ores8, assistant attorney general, rep
resented the state In the matter.
Judge Moore made permanent a
temporary Injunction previously grant
ed on petition of the county restrain
ing collection of the tax.
iught outside 1
by the county, will be
supreme' court for final {
was stated recently by
Pennington Elected Mayor
Eatonton, Ga.—L. M. Pennington,
tanner mayor and prominent business
man and churchman, of Eatonton, waa
elected without opposition as mayor of
Eatonton in the municipal election
here.
Mayor-elect Pennington came to
Eatonton from . Green county more
than forty years ago and during that
time he has established himself as
-one of Eatonton and Putnam’s best
citizens. He is at present toe head of
toe Pennington Hardware 'company.
Mr. Pennington Is a Mason of high
rank and .prominence In Masonic cir
cles in Georgia.
Tobacco Being Cured
Wrlghtsvllle, Ga.—The fanners of
Johnson county are now busy with the
curing of their tobacco. The tobacco^
In this section Is not as good as it*
should be on account of too much rain,
but the crop as a whole Is satisfactory,
and Is expected to produce a nice prof
it to the growers. The growers are
well pleased with the outlook, and it
Is very likely that a number of them
who did not plant this year will do so
next season.
-Other crops 'have suffered badly
from- cold, and too much rain, and
the crops In Johnson county are at
least a month behind, and' the small
est In the recollection of the oldest
citizens for this season of the year.
Court Fight I»- Won
Irwlnton, Ga.—News has been re
ceived at Irwlnton that the case of
Wilkinson county vs. Mayor and Coun
cil of Danville, which has been for
some time pending in the supreme
court, and which Involved the chang-.
Ing of the line separating the counties
of Wilkinson and Twiggs, has been
decided by the supreme court in favor
of Wilkinson bounty.
The effect of' this-ruling is to hold
: unconstitutional an act of the general
assembly of 1927 authorizing towns of
certain populations located on county
lines, to hold an election and deter
mine which county the town should
be located entirely within.
Counties Get Share of Gas Taxet
Atlanta, Ga.—Distribution of $603,
828.69 to the various counties of the
state as their share of the gasoline,
tax for the second quarter of 1928 has
just been completed by W. J. Speer,
state treasurer.
The proceeds from one-fourth of
the 4-cent per gallon tax on gasoline
is allotted to the several counties in
proportion to the state highway mile
age in each county. Half the tax goes
to the state highway department tor.
construction purposes and one-fourth
to the general treasury for the com
mon school equalisation fund. The
sums paid to the counties is allocated
by law for road purposes.
Thus far in 1928, the counties have
received approximately $1,000,000 as
their share of . the gasoline tax rev
enue.
Whitfield Tax Values
Dalton, Qa.—Consolidated estimates
of Whitfield county tax values for this
year, completed by John .3. Hill, re
ceiver of taxes, show an increase of
171,632 oves the values of last year.
The showing reflects a steady, sub
stantial growth in Dalton and a num
ber ot the rural districts of the
county.
$180,000 for Study of Forestry .
Atlanta, Ga—A fund of <160,000 has
bean completed J»y the. American For
estry association for the promotion ot
forestry education in Georgia, Florida
and Mississippi, according to announce
ment recently, by representatives of
the association in Atlanta. It will be.
used under the direction of the stafe,
forestry department* of those states
cooperating With, the forestry associa
tion '<sEBsm