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42 Seized
Ulster Men
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Kcliirn of Kidnaped Unionists
Siincttliut Kelieves Ten
sion, Hut Itotli Sides Re
main Kntrenclicd.
Situation Remains Grave
London, Feb. 17.-(By A. P
The bill establishing the Irikh free
tatet patted its second reading in
the houss of commons today after
rtte amendment offeted by Csptalrt
Charles Craig, leader of the UUter
unionists, for altering the boundary
commission provisions of the Anglo
Iriah treaty had been defeated by a
vote of 302 to 60.
Cotk. Feb. 17.-(By A. P.)-When
the mail train from Dublin arrived
here this morning a party of armed
men seized all the copies of the Irian
Independent and the Freemans Jour,
rial, both nationalist newspapers, and
drove off in automobiles. The cop.
ies of the unionist Irish Times and
the English newspapers were not
touched.
Kidnaped Unionists Released.
Belfast. Feb. 17.-(By.A. P.)-Forty-two
Ulster unionists, kidnaped
during the recent raids across the
Miss Chattie Coleman
Owner of Paper, Weds
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Mis Chattie Coleman, 50, owner
and publisher of the Stroineburg
HeadtiKht, Stronisbtirg, Nch., was
married in Omaha last niRht to J.
S. Westcniiis. 61. for some years
chief of the Headlight's mechanical
department, at the home of a mutual
friend. The ceremony was per.
formed by Rev. II. N. ronton, Wil
liamsburg, la., who made the tsip
to Omaha especially for the cere-mony.
Belfast, Fc. 17. (By A. 1'.)
The executiv. i.oard of the Sinn
Fein in Belfast after a meeting
last night sent a telegram to 1'rof.
John MacNiiU. speaker of the
Dail Eircann in Dublin as fol
lows: "On behalf of the religious aiid
political minority in - Belfast,
forming 100,000 citizens we pro
test against the misleading and
lying statements contained in the
telegram addressed by Craig (Sir
James Craig, Ulstc, premier) to
the premier of England in which
he states that the recent murder
ous atrocities U which our peo
ple have bee., subjected were the
outcome of raids in Tyrone and
Fermanagh and the affray at
Clones station.
'Ve assert that it can easily be
proven our people! wire being
murdered almost t'aily for a week
before cither of the oc urrences
mentioned. Furthermore, we are
convinced that Craig deliberately
made this misrepresentation for
the purpose of excusing or justi
fying the cruel and cold-blooded
murders being inflicted on the
minority in this city, on whose
behalf we speak."
Rawson to Take
Kenyon's Place
in U. S. Senate
Appointee to Resign After
June Primary High Man
in Vote tb Be Named
Wis Successor.
"border from the. south, have" been re
leased. Michael Collins, head of the;
provisional government, today tele
graphed Colonial Secretary Churchill
that he had succeeded in obtaining
the liberation of this number of
prisoners.
Return to their homes of kidnaped
unionists has had a stimulating effect
on public opinion in Ulster, but the
situation on the border continues to
be one of danger owing" to the prox
imity of rival forces at some points.
Prepare Defenses.
News of the arrangement for
liaison commissions on each side of
the frontier also was received with
satisfaction. . Apparently, however,
considerable preliminary, work is
accessary before the commission can
begin to function.
Ulster's army of special constables
on the border has elaborately equip
ped defenses, including strategically
placed positions protected by barbed
wire entanglements and sandbags,
much like the defenses used in the
yorld war. They are also supplied
with plenty of firearms. It is be
lieved that the Irish republican
army is equally, well armed and sta
tioned, and the readiness of both
sides is emphasized as a reason for
quick establishment of the liaison
commissions.
Quiet in Belfast
Last night was the quietest Eel
fast has experienced since the out
breaks Sunday night, of disorders
that have taken more than 30 lives.
The only incident reported early to
day was the firing of a shot at a
watchman in the Mills Falls dis
trict. He escaped injury.
The local president of the Trans
port and General Workers union, in
a letter to the Belfast Telegraph says:
'"If there is no change in the situa
tion on or before Saturday, we will
consider the withdrawal of all tram
way men, motor drivers and carters
from the streets for their protection.
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Evacuation to Continue.
Dublin, Feb. 17. (By A. P.) The
British military evacuation of Ireland
is expected to be resumed today or
tomorrow, it was declared by
Machacl Collins, head of the pro
visional Irish government, on his re-
turn from London where he inter
viewed Winston Spencer Churchill,
secretary for colonies. . ,
"Man With Alcove Wife"
Convicted of Grand Larceny
Xew York. Feb. IX Herbert T.
Andrews, broker, was convicted of
crand larcenv in the first degree in
the court of general ses:ions today,
for selling $20,000 in stocks deposit
ed with him as collateral by Horace
R. Van Vleck of Montclair. N. J.
He will be sentenced next Friday.
Andrews,' who formerly lived in
Jersey City, attained publicity a year
ago as "the man with the alcove
wife.'
His true wife, Maui Augusta An
drews, charged him with bigamy, al
leging that he married another wo
man and brought her home with
him. wife Xo. 1 being relegated to
an alcove during the impostor's stay.
Mrs. Andrews obtained a divorce
last April and the "other woman"
fled, leaving Andrews without any
wife at all.
Des Moines, Feb. 17. (Special
Telegram.) Governor Kendall to
day appointed Charlej A. Rawson of
Des Moines chairman of the repub
lican state central committee, United
States senator to fill the vacancy
created by Senator Kenyon's resigna
tion. The appointment is only for the
prekxl between now and the June
primary, immediately after which
Rawson will resign and Kendall will
appoint the high man in' the popular
vote to the place.
Mr. Rawson. in accepting the sena
torial chair, pledged his active sup
port to the farm bloc and the sol
diers' bonus and stated he was in
sympathy with the measures that
Kenyorf had been championing in the
senate .
Free Field for Candidates.
Mr. Rawson's selection leaves the
contesting candidates a free field in
the primary. -
Mr. Rawson has always lived in
Dcs Moines. He is head of -the
Iowa Pipe and Tile. company and a
large number of allied industries.
He has been republican state
chairman for several years and has
been regarded as a brilliant party or
ganizer. He is an alumnus and a
trustee of Grinnell college, where he
was a roommate of Senator Kenyon.
He served as Grinnell representative
on the games committee for many
years. Mr. Rawson is about 50 and
is married. He has no children. His
brother, H. A. Rawson. married the
daughter of Senator Cummins.
Approves Kenyon's Course.
' Mr. Rawson said in a statement':
"Senator Kenyon and I have been
intimate friends since boyhood and I
have watched with approval his
course in the senate. It will be my
ambition to carry on his work and
to justify the honor which Governor
Kendall has conferred upon me.
"Iowa is essentially an agricultural
state and there can be no real pros
perity until farm products can be
marketed at a profit. I intend to co
operate with the senatorial forces
which have for the past year been
active for agricultural relief.
''I want to do what I can to help
the farmer and wage earner of Iowa
and to see that the ex-service men
are compensated for their services
and sacrifices. I plecge myself to
remember that the citizenship of tire
whole state of Iowa is my constitu
ency. I will not be a candidate at the
June primary for the office to which
I have been appointed." .
Harding to Delay Data on.
Treaty Until Hughes Back
Washington, Feb. 17. Delay by
President Harding in responding to
the Hitchcock resolution adopted
yesterday by the senate until Secre
tary Hughes returns from Bermuda
about March 1, was indicated today
after Senator Lodge had conferred
with him.
The Hitchcock resolution calls for
complete information on the negotia
tions leading up to conclusion of the
four-power Pacific treaty..
Expulsion
of Howat
Approved
Delegate to Miners' (.'omen
tion Refuse to Reinstate
Kansas Leader, Ousted
by Lewi.
Margin Less Than 100
By ("a ,rlalr4 I'm. -
Indiauapoli, l ib. 17, By a iiur
gin of less than 100 of it J.WJ
votes, the delegates to the conven
tion tf the United Mine W'orl.nn
of AWrita here today, refuted u
consider the appr.it of Alexander
Howat for the union tciiMatcr.icnt
ol himself and other expelled Kan
a miners.
While the defeat m thouu o ily
h'.' unofficial tabulation of the vote
Mr Howat tonight conceded he had
bten beaten also did his prini.ip.tl
supKrtcr, Frank 1 arringion, liie
leader of the Illinois miner.
The official vote will not be com
pleted until tomorrow when the roll
of absentee delegates will be callcJ,
but Mr. Howat said that he doubtvd
that any material change would re
sult from the additional balloting.
In effect, the vote approved the
expulsion of Howat and his follow
crs by President John L. Lewis, wiio
said he acted because of refusal of
the deposed Kansas leader to direct
strikers to return to work, as was
ordered by the miners' convention
last fall.
Shows Surprising Strength.
Surprising strength was shown by
Howat during the day's roll call and
the result was not determined un
officially until 150 of the last 200
votes were cast against him. The
final vote was 1,959 to 1,866, and
efforts were being made tonight by
his supporters to muster a strength
to overcome this despite their lead
er's concession of defeat.
'We gave them a good fight,"
said Howat, and then added: "I sup
pose now I will have to get out of
the United States and go to Russia."
Howat's unexpected strength dis
couraged the administrative forces
early in the day, a lead of only 500
being piled up before the Illinois
delegation, having almost one-fourth
of the votes in the convention, be
gan casting almost a solid vote for
Hcwat.
Carries Several States.
' -Besides 'Illinois, Howat carried
Washington, Wyoming, Michigan,
Montana, the central Pennsylvania
bituminous field .know As Dis. No. 2
and the southwestern fiesd. known as
District 21, comprising Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Texas. All other dis
tricts of the union voted for the
administration, but several gave a
surprisingly large vote for Howat.
President Farrington of the Illi
nois miners and the anti-administra
tion leader, predicted tonight that
the wage policy would be settled be
fore adjournment tomorrow by a
practically unanimous vote for wage
scale committee's report favoring a
policy of accepting no wage reduc
tions for soft coal miners and in
creases for the anthracite workers,
backed up with a threat of a nation
wide strike on April 1.
Farmer, Called Liar,
Shoots Man to Death
Somerset, Key., Feb. 17. John F.
Todd, a farmer, who yesterday shot
and killed A. H. Wilson, wealthy
land owner, in an attorney's office
here after Wilson had denounced as
a "black lie" Todd's charges that he
had been intimate with Mrs. Todd,
today remained silent concerning the
case.
The shooting occurred during the
taking of depositions in divorce pro
ceedings. Wilson had beeTi named
co-respondent in a counter claim for
divorce. ;
"Were you ever intimate with Mrs.
Todd?" Judge William Catron, at
torney for Mrs. Todd, asked Wil
son. "Absolutely no, It's a lie as black
a one as ever was told."
Todd whipped a pistol from his
pocket and fired four shots at Wil
son, seated oniy a few feet away.
Three shots took effect. Todd sur
rendered. Mrs. Sarah Bond, Sister of
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Dies
Ord, Neb., Feb. 17. (Special.)
Mrs. Sarah A Bond, 80, sister of
Ella Wheeler- Wilcox, died at her
home here from injuries received
when she fell on an ice-coated side
walk a week ago. Her hip was broken'
in the fall.
Mrs. Bond lived in this citv for
over 30 years. She is survived ' by
one daughter, Ella Wheeler Bond,
who lived at home, and one son, Rol
lin W. Bond of Washington, D. C
Questionnaire Wi n n e r s
To Be Announced Sunday
You have been wondering how you ranked
in your answers to The Bee Intelligence Ques
tionnaire. Names of the winners will be an
nounced in The Sunday Bee tomorrow.
So many answers were submitted that the
judges had an extremely hard time in making .
their decisions. . . . ,.
. . .
Answers to the questions in the contest
also will be published.
Britton and Shade
! Battle to Fast Draw
I Nw York, IVb, 1. Jack lintton.
! Mfltrrweitiht champion, and Dvt
Shade. San Francisco, Lattlrd 15
fat round to a' draw here tonight.
Kcady in JU Ik n ,
Fordney Declares
Chairman $)t KqniMicani
Not Seeking Athico From
Factions Unalterably
0iM)ietl to Measure.
llj- Ik Arllra 1'r.
Washington, Feb. 17. The out
standing development today in the
bonus legislation situation was the un
expected announcement in the houe
by Chairman Fordney of the ')'
and means committee that the bo
nus bill would be ready for presen
tation to a caucus of lioue repub
licans within the next 10 days.
A moment after this statement
was made there was a shout from
the republican side of the chamber
when the chairman, lifting his voice
to its highest pitch, declared the sol
dier measure would be passed by a
republican house.
Breaking into the tluck of a row-
over charges by Representative uar
ner of Texas, ranking democrat on
the committee, that the bill was be'
iusr framed sccrctlv with the aid ot
representatives of the American I.e
gion, Mr. t ordney snouted to tne
democratic side that the republicans
did not deem it proper to seek ad'
vice on the bonus from those una!
terably opposed it.
Budget Bills Forgotten.
While there was no other refer
ence to the bonus on the floor, bo
nus talk swirled through the cor
ridors and for the time being dis
cussions of plans for cutting the
army and navy appropriation bills
was forgotten. Republican members
of the ways and means committee,
meeting morning and afternoon,
went over details of the proposed
bill, without giving any intima
tion as to the exact form of the
measure to be reported.
The calling of John H. Taylor,
vice chairman of the legion's legis
lative committee, and Richard Jones,
representing the Veterans of For
eign Wars, provoked the protest
of Mr. Garnerand his appeal that
the house step in and prevent re
publicans meeting in secret with wit
nesses favoring the measure, with
out admitting democratic members
to listen, at least, to the delibera
tions, j. - .. ;
HohT' far sentiment was' swinging
to the sales tax as a means of rais
ing revenue for the bonus as advo
cated by President Harding, was the
subject of unending discussion
among members. It was evident on
all sides, however, that the republi
cans were determined to put the bill
through the house, regardless of wha
might happen to it in the senate. In
the event the bill is in shape for con
sideration by a republican caucus
within the time set by Mr. Fordney,
leaders said it would be passed prior
to March 4.
Favors Production Tax.
Democrats opposing the measure
insisted, on the other hand, that ob
jection to the sales tax was so
strong in some quarters that if that
plan of meeting soldier payments
was presented squarely it might be
defeated.
But if the sales tax method is re
sorted to it was said President Har
ding would view with favor a tax
on production rather than on general
retail sales. The executive was said
to favor this form, it was said at
the White House, for it "was, he be
lieved, the simplest form of lax ind
would avoid problems of exemptions
which probably would arise in case
a general retail sales tax was de
cided on.
. Opposition to the sales tax pro
posal, however, was expressed in sev
eral quarters today. T. C. Atkeson,
Washington representative of the
National Grange, characterized it as
"designed to shift the burden of tax
ation from those most able to pay it,
to those least able to pay," and
Saniue! Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, de
clared it would work "an injustice
"upon the whole pepo'e."
Iowa Woman Bequeaths
. 30' Columbia Fellowships
Xew York, . Feb. 17. Thirty
graduate and traveling fellowshipsMn
Columbia university will be open io
residents of Iowa through the be
'duest of $500,000 by the late Mrs.
C. Chamberlain of Des Moines, la.,
made public today by President
Butler. The fellowships will becorr.e
effective next year.
The annual stipend of each, gradu
ate fellowship is $750.60 plus the cost
of transportation. Roth men and
women are eligible They are not to
study medicine, law, dentistry, veter
inary medicine or theology, the will
says.
"He Loves Me He Loves Me Not"
Convict Serving
Life Is Freed
Church Will Retain
Members of Flock
Recently Arrested
Lincoln, Feb. 17. (Special.)
"Let him who is without sin cast
the first stone," is a part of a reso
lution passed by the congregation of
the Morning Star Baptist church in
which they pledge themselves to re
tain their pastor, Rev. James P.
Staves, and certain other members
of the flock, male and female, ar
rested by the Lincoln police recent
ly and subjected to fines for disor
derly conduct by the police magis
trate. "Let it be understood that we are
not trying to cover up for anybody,"
the resolution reads, "but we must
understand that the church is not a
crushing machine, but a 'Inter and
builder of men."
Pardoned After 10 Years and
6 Months by Governor
Who Doubts Quilt.
' Madison, Wis., Feb. 17. John A.
Johnson was released from the
states prison today after serving 10
years and 6 months of a life sentence
for the murder here in 1911 of 7-year-old
Annie Lcmbergcr, a crime
which Gov. J. J. Blaine is convinced
Johnson did not commit. ' '
Six months investigation into the
probable circumstances surtounding
the crime to which Johnson pleaded
guilty and for which Martin Lem
berger, father of the girl, was form
ally charged with manslaughter on
January S, 1922. brought Governor
"Blaine to conclude that "there is only
one fact that stands out clearly, and
that is that Johnson did not murder
Annie Lcmberger."
Drunken Party. -1
Who did .kill the young girl and
later attempt to hide her body in
Lake Monona will probably never be
definitely established, it is said.
The father availed himsel-f of the
statute of limitations, causing the
case to be nolle pressed. ' He had
been accused of killing his laughter
with a beer bottle during a drunken
party at his home when she failed
to obey him as promptly as he
wished.
Y Asks Pardon,
It was after 10 years spent in the
state's prison that Johnson protested
his innocence and applied to Gov
ernor Blaine for a pardon. He then
claimed that his confession had been
made because of fear that he would
be mobbed. -w
This contradictory attitude of
Johnson in first admitting his guilt
and later maintaining innocence
caused Governor Blaine to say that
"a man of ordinary strength of char
acter and prudence does not accuse
himself of crime, but Johnson's type
might accuse himself falsely of crime
through fear, hallucination, guilty
knowledge of a crime, either as an
accessory or as one who stood by,
innocent of the commission of crime,
though mentally too weak and too
depraved to follow any course ex
cept the course pursued ' by Johfi
son." Harding Decides on
Successor to Hays
Washington, Feb. 17. President
Harding has decided whom he will
name as successor to Postmaster
General Hays it was said today at the
White House, but is not ready to
make the selection public.
The official resignation of Will H.
Hays as postmaster general, it was
explained, has not yet reached the
president, and it was intimated that
no announcement of his successor
would be made until it is received.
Mr. Hays will resign March 4, it
was. previously announced, and the
one most prominently mentioned as
his successor is Dr. Hulbert Work,
first assistant postmaster general.
Missing Chicago Promoter
Located at Palm Beach, Fla.
Chicago, Feb. 17. Leslie Har
rington, missing speculator who is
said to have defrauded thousands of
persons in this section out of several
millions of dollars, has been found
near Palm Beach, Fla., according to
a telegram received today by local
police front the sheriff of Palm
Beach county. He will be arrested
as soon as the necessary papers are
forwarded, the telegram said.
Norman H.Davis
Attacks Work of
Arms Conference
Former Under Secretary of
State Centers Criticism Upon
Four-Power Treaty, in
Speech in New York.
'Xew York, Feb. 17. Criticism of
the Washington conference on arma
ment and far eastern questions was
voiced in an address tonight by Nor
man H. Davis, former under secretary
of, state, who said it has been 'any
thing but an American diplomatic
victory."
Mr. Davis, speaking before the
council on foreign relations, centered
his attack upon the four-power treaty
which, he declared, left the British
and Japanese fleets in control of the
far east. It also would seem, he
argued, that instead of getting rid of
the Anglo-Janauese alliance, the
United States "had entered it, enlarg
ed it and changed the territory
covered by it"
Through the treaty, he said, Japan
obtained from the United States a
pledge of good behavior in the Pacific
without giving a reciprocal assurance.
America's entry into the pact, ha
added, might lead this country into
the European system of alliances,
such as have made wars general in
stead of, localized, rather than to
ward the league ot nations or "any
other genuine association of nations."
Made No Concessions.
"In signing the treaty, England,
France and Japan agreed to nothing
whatever except that foi; which they
were already bound as members of
the league of nations," Mr. Davis as
serted, "uules it be that it is an al
liance meaning more than its advo
cates contend, And that article 2 of
the four-power treaty is more bind
ing upon them than article 10 of the
covenant of the league of nations."
It was difficult to see any objec
tion to inviting all of the nations,
instead of only four 'of them, to join
the pact, Mr. Davis said. The an
swer, he assumed, might be that
through the league of nations they
already had agreed to confer, not
only on Pacific questions, but on
those in any other portion of the
world. .''
; The representative ratio of -naval
' (Turn to r-ae Two, Column One.)'
6,000,000-Acre Estate in
Mexico Sold to American
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 17. Virtual
completion of one of the largest pri
vate land deals in the history of
Mexico was announced here today
when A. J. Mc0uattcrs, president of
the Alvarado Mining company, an
nounced the purchase of the 6,000,-000-acreesta4e
in Chihuahua of Gen.
Luis Terrazas. former governor of
Chihuahua. '
The land, which is in two pieces,
consists of more than 9,000 square
miles. The northern boundary is ap
proxiriiately 50, miles south of 'he
American border and the southern
boundary is about 100 miles south of
Chihuahua City, inuring the revolu
tions the property was confiscated,
but recently was restore'' to the
owner by "Presiden Obregon.
Frozen Body of Girl, Marks
on Throat, Found in N. J.
Camden. N. J., Feb. 17. The
frozen body of a young woman bear
ing the imprint of fingers on the
throat was found today 20 feet from
the driveway that leads from the
Kaighn avenue ' bridge over the
Copper creek to Forest Hill ptrk.
Tracks of an automobile and the
footprints of two men were found in
.the crusted snow around the body.
Cold Blamed for
Deaths in East
New York aud Vicinity in
Grip of . Lowest Temper
ature of Year.
Xew York, Feb. 17. The coldest
day of the winter in this section to
night was held responsible for sev
eral deaths aud an explosion, be
sides a number of minor mishaps.
Two of the deaths occurred in
Landing, N. J., when the dynamite
packing house of the Atlas Powder
Works blew up. Plant officials ex
pressed belief that the extreme cold
should be held accountable.
Another death was that of Charles
Reed, 70, of West Wood, N. J., who
collapsed, while buffeting the wind
on a street in lower Manhattan. His
head struck the pavement and he
died before an ambulance could be
summoned. '
With the temperature two degrees
below zero in this city it was poor
consolation to -know it was as much
as 50 below in the Adirondacks. All
throught the night and until noon
the city shivered aud suffered. A
byproduct of the cold was the pil
grimage to charitable organizations
of homeless women and .children
from other parts of the country,
some of whom hatl come to New
York in search of missing husbands
or fathers and vho found themselves
without shelter from the icy blasts.
One young woman from Spokane,
who had come ' here in October to
look for the husband who had de
serted her, was sent back west; a
mother and her two 'children were
sent back to Washington, and two
women were sent overseas, one to
Italy and . one to Turkey.
Meanwhile shipping circles had
their worries and coast guard cut
ters dashed from port to seek ves
sels which might have met mishaps
in the fierce wind that swept the
coast last night.
George B. Darr Dies
After Short Illness
' - George B. Darr, Nebraska capital
ist, died at his home, 632 South
Thirty-eighth street, yesterday after
a short illness. , Mr, Darr had been
prominently' . identified with many
Nebraska enterprises and was con
sidered one of the wealthy men of
the state.
Brokerage Firm Defendant
in Bankruptcy Petition
Chicago. Feb. 17. The broker
firm of R, H. MacMasters & Co.
was made defendant in an involun
tary bankruptcy petition filed today
in United States district court The
petition alleges that the firm has
been insolvent, during the greater
part of the past six months. Prin
cipal offices of the firm are in
New York and Chicago.
The Weather
Forecast
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Texas City
Army O final Preparing to
Take Hand If I I I'a.o I
l.'ndaiijjered liy Mexican
Krliek
Situation Is Menacing
By GRAFTON WILCOX.
Omaha tr I r W lr.
WaxhiuKton. Feb. 17. With rebel
outbreaks at Juarez imminent, Amer
ican army otiicials are preparing to
interfere if hi 1im should be en
dangered. I'reilcut Harding let it
be known today that there is no
iiiiiuediate piospect of resumption of
official nlaiions with Mexico.
There is lens ground fur optituUm
relating to the Mexican situation tiov?
than there was a few months ago,
it is declared in official quarters.
Disclosures have been made of in'
terferrticc by persons intcrettrd in
both government, but authorised to
speak tor neither one.
Persons who have been assum
ing to i-peak for the American gov
ernment in Mexico without author
ity, it was revealed, are regarded
by the president as "the greatest
fakirs and cheaters in the world."
Some weeks ago the president be
lieved a way had been found to
bring about a restoration of normal
official relations between the two
countries. -Authority
Lacking.
But when the "proposals" which
had come to the American adminis
tration, presumably from the Mex
ican government in an informal
manner, were examined, it was found
that there was no official authority
lor statements w hich had been made
and assurances which had been
given.
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes have never had a personal
representative in Mexico and the
only authorized agents have been
those in the regular diplomatic es
tablishment, all of whom have been
known.
War department officials are ad
mittedly apprehensive of the menac
ing situation at Juarez, and keenly
interested in the following letter
dated February 13, received from air
American "official in close touch
with the border situation:"
Believe Break Serious.
"Just a line to keep you informed.
The mass of Mexicans believe that
the break here against Obregon is
to be real in a very few days and are
very much worked tip. as is our De
partment of Justice, Mendez, the lo
cal general, is scared almost sick. He
is in no way a brave man. In fact,
he is showing himself quite a cow
ard, it is believed. He has sent his
family away and it seems that he has
not slept in Jaurez for the last two,
weeks and never at night over there.
He does his sleeping on this side. '
"It is accepted in civil circles on
both sides that in case there is any
kind of a fight in Jaurez there would
be deliberate firing into EI Paso it
has always been so."
War department officers confi
dently expect that,,the American mil
itary forces will be compelled to in
tervene in the event of fighting be
tween soldiers of the Mexican gov
ernment and rebels in Jaurez.
Brother of Charles
Schwab Dies in East
New York, Feb. 17. Joseph E.
Schwab, brother of Charles M,
Schwab and one of the original
Carnegie partners, died here today at
the age of 57 years. ' '
Mr. Schwab joined the Caraegi
ronipany two years after his broth
er Chtrles M., became identified with
it When the United States Steel
corporutron was' formed and Charles
became its president, Joseph left tha
Carnegie company to become his
brother's assistant, ,.
Two years later he became presi
dent of the American Steel Found
ries company. After a few years h
retired from active participation in
inlu.nral properties. -
He leaves a widow and two chil
dren.
Make Allies Pay War Debts,
Demand of Senator Reed
Kansas v City, Mo:, . Feb. V. To
"make the allies pay their debts cf.
throw them irrto the bankruptcy
court of the world," was urged by;
United States Senator James Aj
Reed of Missouri, in a speech hera
today before the Missouri and Kan
sas Wholesale Grocers' association,
"When did we get the idea that tha
United States is a wet nurse to tha
world," he asked. "Did Europe ever"
do anything for us? The way tj
help foreign countries is to irada
with them. Take European goods
and trade them wheat and corn.".
Woman Awarded $40,000 :
for Breach of Promise
Columibia, S. C, Feb. 17. A ver
diet for $40,000 was awarded to Mrs
Lydia McDonald in her suit against
Richard S. Desportes, prominent
lumbia financier, for alleged breach
of promise. Mrs. McDonald sued for
$150,000, alleging that she and De
sportes had lived together as mart
and wife for 20 years. Mr. Desport
es is a bank director and owner of
large properties. ' '
Three North Carolina
Students Killed by Train.
Durham, N. C Feb. 17. Three
students oi the University of North
Carolina were killed and three others
injured when the automobile in
which they were riding was struck
by a Southern railway passenger
train at a crossing on the outskirts
of Durham today.
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