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Using Mails
to Del rand
Is Charged
Indictments Against 25 Guar
anty Securities Officials
Returned by Federal
Grand Jury.
M
Hearing to Be Monday
- ,
Federal grand jury yesterday re
turned an Indictment against 25 men.
t< rmerly associated in tho business
of the Guaranty Securities company
and other affiliated companies, charg
ing them witlf conspiracy to use the
mails to defraud and also charging
against them 10 separate acts, each
an alleged act of using the mails to
defraud.
The. 25 men were indicted l>y the ;
time jury several wScks ago on the j
< barge of conspiracy alone,
"They are al! at liberty under $5,000 j
bund and will not be required to give
new bends," said United States Alter- !
ney Klnsler. "They will be arraigned
► next Monday and their trial will start j
February 12. We are going to permit.,
no further delay.”
List of Indicted.
The 25 are Willard V. Mathews, j
Lueten U. Fuller, Alexander I. Math- J
cts, Charles H. Rogers, Harris L.
Fuller, Samuel O. Moore, LeRobert 1'. |
Eyjtelboom, Walter T. Stlckel, Ralph i
K. Sunderland. Harold R. Coaler. Wal
ter A. Georpe. James It. Ullison, George ,
L. Roach, Homer Molyneux. Thomas [
H. Matters. Vogel Gettier, Thomas M.
Finney, Ed G. Smith, James G. Cloud,
William H. Culver. Charles Rudolph, j
Alfred J... Steinert, H. W. Sewall, How- !
aid A. Sharrick and John F. Hecox. j
Each of the di finite counts of the i
indictment refers to a letter sent1
through tho malls. Most of tho. let
ters are to prospective stockholders, j
lauding (he value of tho stock of tho ,
Guaranty Securities company and of1
the Colonial Timber arid Coal com- j
pany.
One circular letter, dated February i
I, 1921. sent to Mrs. Sarah Connor,
Mt. Clare, Neb., is quoted. With it
was sent a letter written on letter
head of tho "Colonial Timber and Coal
corporation, owners and operators of
hardwood timber and coal lands," and
signed by W. L. Stlckel, president. It.
was directed to Willard Mathejrs, then
president of the Guaranty Securities
company, and congratulated him on
the splendid manner In which (he
company's affairs wore being handled.
Represented to Dr Trustee.
A letter sent lo Turner, Dennis &
Lowry Lumber Co., Kansas City,
stated that the Guaranty Securities
^ company was trustee for a bond is- I
sue of the Colonial corporation "hold J
ing fc. deed to US.bOO acres of land in |
West Virginia appraised at $100 an |
acre and upward. This letter was i
dated April 10, 1921.
Another letter written to Mrs. Mary
Corman. Bird City. Kan., refers to
the corporation as "a $10,000,000 com
pany."
The indictment recites various large
aunts received by various of the in
dicted men. A sum larger than $tl.
ooo was paid to Thomas H. Matters
"on a pretended contract by which
Matters pretended to sell to Willard
V. Mathews and W. L. Sticks) stocks
and bonds of the Colonial Timber &
Coal corporation.-’ Matters' son was
his agent in this deal, tile indictment
says.
Dope Indictments.
The federal grand jury, after a ses
sion lasting only Thursday afternoon,
returned indictments Friday morning
also against Frank Brown, Tee Bettis,
Joe Harden, Charles and Irene John
son, Mark Seals, Fred Stampher,
Georgia Thomas, Chaf-les Thlrcles.
George Volker and Arthur Williams,
Charging them with violation of the
narcotics act.
Volker and Williams were Sedan
Taxi company chauffeurs. They were
found guilty by a jury last Tuesday
on one case and are now Indicted
again on a charge on which they
were arrested while they were out on
bond on the first case.
Richard Schafer was indicted on
two counts for "short-changing” the
postmistress at Waterloo, N'eb.
“Hammer Murderess”
^ Reported in Juarez
El Paso. Tex., Feb. 2.—El Paso po
lice officials today said they had
searched Juarez for weeks for Clara
Phillips, who escaped from Eos An
geles county jail December 5. last,
without finding any trace of her in
Mexico.
The "tip" that she was in Juarez
originated in El Paso, they said.
It also was announced that they had
kept in touch with Chihuahua. City
on the case, but had nb authentic in
formation that the woman had ever
been there,
Police officials in Juarez said they
had no information indicating that
Clara Phillips had been there, but
they hnd assisted El Paso police who
hunted in vain for traces of her. #
Kail Shopmen W ho Refused
to Strike Will Get Bonus
- San Francisco, Feb. 2.—Four thou
sand employes who remained at work
in the Southern Pacific shops during
the strike of shopmen last summer
v 111 receive bonuses aggregating $500.
000 front the company, it was an
nounced today.
The list of employes slated for re
wards includes subordinate officials
in the terminals of the Pacific sys
tem of tlie linos and division olJcials
who rendered service "of distinction
but general officers of the company
will not participate. The smallest
payment will be $50.
Kentucky Revenue VS’'’*
Makes Washingto$"l)esert
Sixty Officers Under Direction of Southern Sleuth
Sweep Through Capital—Ninety Persons Ar
rested and 300 Gallons Rum Seized—Find
Many “Plants” in Queer Places.
Washington. Fob. 2.—J. L. Asher, a
revenue agent from the Kentucky
mountains, who came to Washington j
three weeks ago and has put in his*
time since in guises ranging from an
ash'cart driver to a Kentucky colonel
at a fashionable ball, today directed
more' than 60 revenue agents and ,
police in liquor raids on 60 'places,
netting the arrest of 00 persons, in-,
eluding 12 women, and the confisca
tion of more than4300 gallons of in
toxicants.
Evidence for the raids which were
begun in five polipe precincts at
II tills morning and were not com
pleted until late in the day. the most
inclusive campaign conducted in the
city since the advent of prohibition, [
was obtained almost entirely by Asher.
The five precinct stations preilented
their bus ott appearances in years as
bondsmen hastened to gain the re
lease of prisoners, practically all of
whom were held for $1,300 bail, and
police and revenue agents guarded
prisoners and directed tin* storage of
huge supplies of corn whisky, bonded
goods and wine carried in from the
raided homes in government trucks
ami automobiles. In only one in- j
stance were the raiders disappointed
by failure to find the goods described
by the Kentuckian.
From Iroman io Lawyer.
Asher first drove into the under- I
world in quest of the bootleggers'
rendezvous aboard an ice wagon as a
helper. He then switched to an asli
cart and quickly caught the trail of
victims as lie picked up the "empties'’
in nil corners of the city. Then as a
coal wagon driver, he got into the
homes again, assisting in storing away
the coal and modestly accepting pint
bottle rewards. lie later appeared as
a piano tuner and again as a lawyer.
Before long Asher had won the con
fidence of the principal bootleggers In
various sections and by aiding to store
awny the goods In his capacity as a
wagon driver and helper, gain*- »
knowledge of numerous and e'.ver
hiding places for the goods.
With this evidence in ' *fid. the
raiders went quickly to "the secret
cache, these including holes in the
wall, baby cribs, pianos, phonographs
and chicken chops. In one home more,
than 1ft gallons of liquor was found
tucked away behind the wall moldings
in \arlous rooms. '
l.iquor in Nursing Bottles.
One woman was reported by Asher
to he selling liquor in baby milk
nursing bottles and police confiscated
more than a dozen such receptacles,
well fllleil. from her home.
As a retired Kentucky colonel at a
recent ball. Asher was Introduced to
several alleged bootleggers, who were
arrested today, as an agent preparing
to ship considerable whisky here
from Kentucky.
So complete was the agent’s dis
guise that while returning to police
headquarters one day, dressed as a
tramp with several quart bottles
bulging from his pockets, ho was ar
rested by bis immediate superior be
fore the officer discovered his identity.
The raids were conducted under the
supervision of IAeutenant t'. O. l>avis
of tlie police force atul 11. CJ. Ruby,
Washington t hief of revenue agents.
In two instances the agents raided
four homes simultaneously within one
city block.
Man Drives Four
Days With Dead
Bodv of His Pal
j
Delivers Corpse at \outlie
Home in Oklahoma
City and Then
Vanishes.
Oklahoma City, Okl., Feb. j
Floyd Folis, said to have driven an
automobilo four days, with his only]
companion, the corpse of a pah who i
had been shot, was being sought to- j
day by authorities in their endeavor J
to solve the slaying of Riviere;
Horner, 2f, socially prominent here, j
but said by St. Joseph. Mo., authoil j
ties to have been a bootlegger, oper- j
ating between Mexico and tlio Mis
souri city.
Members of the dead man's fani
tly, just before dawn yesterday, were |
awakened and summoned to the door ]
by a man who dragged from an auto
mobile, Horner's blood-soaked body
wrapped in automobile robes and
placed it with a suitcase on the law a
a few paces from the veranda.
“He s Read.”
The elder Horner Identified Felts as
the bearer of the body. Horner said
he acknowledged the' man's knock at
the front door from an upper window
and was told that "Kevlere is here.”
Upon being asked to send him in
the house, the man replied. ”he can't
come. He's dead. He was killed in
a battle with hijackers and I've had
| him since Sunday.” Whereupon, the
mysterious caller slipped his machine
into gear and sped away.
Police, and deputy sheriffs investi
gating the case are proceeding on the
I theory that Horner was slain when
he and Felts were attacked by agents
searching for rum runners near the
Missouri state line. Belief was ex
pressed that the gun tight occurred
either last Friday or Saturday and
that Horner lived several hours pfter
being wounded.
Anonymous Phone » all.
omcials are also attempting to
trace an anonymous telephone cajl
which Horner's brother In Okmulgee,
Okl., received Wednesday night, dur
ing which he was informed that
Horner’s body w ould be In Oklahoma
City, ”by midnight.’’
Horner was last seen In St. Joseph
about three weeks ago. according to
advices from authorities there. At
that time, lie was said to have left in
an automobile for Mexico with belts.
His family here expresr belief that
Horner was robbed, pointing to the
fact that a diamond ring which he
wore was missing.
Authorities said they discounted the
robbery theory.
A coroner's inquest will not be held
because of the desire of the family
to avoid further publicity, County
Attorney J. K. Wright said. Horner s
body will be Buried today.
Officers Accused of Aiding
Rum Runners Suspended
San Francisco, Feb. 2.—Lieut. D. H..
Brasfield and Patrolmen Mark Will
ever and William Barion of the San
Francisco police department were sus
pended front duty by the chief of po
lice as a result of their arrest Thurs
day night for alleged participation in
an attempt to smuggle ashore the
cargo of a "rum runner.” The liquor
ship anchored off Point San Bruno.
12 miles south of here.
The accused men said they had
trapped the smugglers and were about
to place them under arrest when pro
hibition agents appeared on the scene
and arrested everybody in sight.
According to the prohibition office
a case of whisky was found in an
automobile used by the policemen, and
the three accused men were outside
of their proper jurisdiction when ar
1 rested.
“Silent Boss" of
Chicago Politics
Released on Bond
Fred Lundin, Charged ^ ith
$1,000,000 School Board
Frauds, Placed Uuder
$10,000 Bail.
Chicago. Feb. 2.—Fred Lundin. one
of the most spectacular figures in the
history of Illinois politics, who was
indicted recently in connection with
alleged school board frauds totalling
more than $1,000,000, appeared in
criminal court today and was released
on $10,000 .bond.
Known for years as the silent power
behind the political organization of
Mayor William Hale Thompson,
Lundin hurried directly to the court
from the train on which he arrived
from Indianapolis where ho had
■topped over, en route from Miami,
Fla., for a conference with his at
torneys.
Lundin refused to comment on his
indictment, meeting all queries with a
single word: "Nothing!”
In all the years of his political
power, Lundin has refused to be in
terviewed.
“I’m just a poor Swede,” and “I'm
out of politics,” he lias told all seek
ing information on political issues.
In his early career the vender of a
concoction known as ‘'Juniper Juice''
and declared to be good “for what ails
your system,” Lundin later entered
politics and was elected to the na
tional congress and then became the
backer of Mayor Thompson and Gov
ernor Len Small.
Although ho was seldom seen in
public, he was reputed to have wield
ed an almost autocratic power in
both city and state politics.
Lundin's indictment resulted from
a grand jury investigation of the af
fairs of the school hoard under the
Thompson administration. With 23
others he was accused of conspiracy
involving more than $1,000,000 in pub
lic funds.
Minority Populations
Considered by League
Pai'is, Feb. 2.—(By A. P.l — The.
troubles of the minority populations
in Europe, pnrtieulary the German
minorities in the territory attached to
Poland by the trealy of Versailles, oc
cupied the attention of the council
of the league of nations at today's
‘ session.
The Polish representative. Prof.
I Simon Askenfizy, appeared at the
council's private morning meeting. Tie
took the position that the relations
! of the Polish government w ith the
I people residing in its territory con
stituted an internal question over
I which the league had no jurisdic
tion.
The members of the council were of
the opinion that all such minorities
were under the juridletlon of the
league hy virtue of the treaty of
i Versailles.
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Jury in Oklahoma Murder
Trial Still Deadlocked
Ardmore, Okl., Feb. 2.—(By A. P.)
—Te jury deliberating the fate of
Jeff Smith of Healdton, one of the 11
prominent Carter county men.
charged with murder ns the result of
the slaying of Joe Carroll, an alleged
bootlegger, by a party of masked men
who made a night raid on Carroll's
home at Wilson more than a year
ago, still remained deadlocked tonight.
Indications were that a verdMt
| woyld not be reached. Tho jurors
! have been out sitipe Thursday mom
i lug. It was rumored that a majority
| stand for acquittal.
Four Men
Executed in
Arkansas
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Body of One Shows Sipns of
Life in Casket and Is
Placed Second Time in
Electric Chair.
All Meet Death Calmly
Little Rock. Ark., Fob. 2.—Four
men convicted of murder were elec
trocuted at the Arkansas penitentiary
early today. All faced death calmly.
The men went to the electric chair
in the following order: Duncan Rich
ardson. Ben Richardson, F. G. Bill
ion, all convicted of the murder of
Ira Culp, farmer near AVilmot, Ark.,
and AA ill Debord, convicted of tha
murder of Mr. and Mrs. AA". M. Sils
by. in Stone county, Arkargs.
Duncan Richardson steppe* into
the chair at 7 o'clock. Debord was
executed at S:02. Duncan Richardson,
2fi. was taken into the death cham
ber several minutes before the ap
paratus was ready.
"Good morning gentlemen,” he
smiled tq the witnesses and attend
ants.
No Nervousness.
He displayed no nervousness. He
walked about the chair looking at it
and started toward the switch board
where the executioner was .at work.
The executioner moved quickly away.
"Don’t he afraid of me." Richard
son. who was not handcuffed, said.
“I would as soon have you do it as
anyone.”
AA heti the apparatus was ready, lie
entered the .chair voluntarily, lie
was pronounid dead in three min
Ren RicliaMMjn. 1^, was pale but
calm. Ho saijjfrhothing.
The bo<^ ■fef Bullcn after being in
the chaif ftve minutes was removed
l*ind pkrtwd in a casket. The under
take* noticed lie appeared to be
breifhlng slightly and refused to take
the body. The body was removed,
replaced in the chair and the current
reapplied.
Walk to Chair.
As Debord was being strapped in the j
chair he shouted to an attendant:
"Look out there, fellow, you’re
mashing my hand.”
None of the men showed much emo- ]
tion and all were able to walk unas
sisted to the chair.
The execution of the four marked
the largest toll exacted by justice on
a single day in Arkansas' history.
Executed at Columbia.
Columbia. S. ('., Feb. 2.—Thomas
Johnson, who last month was .taken
from the Olar jail by r crowd of men
and later was turned over to the
sheriff and brought fcere for safe keep
ing, waa electrocuted at the state
penitentiary today for the murder of
a woman near Gfivan, Baniburg
county.
Bank of Gilead
Robbed of Bonds
. — V
Loss Is Estimated at $10,0G0,
Fully Covered by Insurance
—Men Seen Leaving.
Fairbury, Nob., Feb. 2.—(Special.)—
The Sta(e bank of Gilead, 13 mtlea
west of here, was rohbed Friday of
$100 in cash and about $10,000 in Lib
erty bonds. The loss is fully covered
by insurance. /
Two men were seen leaving soon
after the robbery in an auto, which
had been parked in the east edge of
i the town. Entrance was gained by
| forcing the hack cl no a and the combi
| nation of the outside vault door was
' manipulated. The Inside doors were
caved in by force.
The safety boxes were titled of
! everything of value, hut the inner de
| pository was not molested. The cash
i taken was some small change not put
1 in the inner depository. After the
robbery the big safe door was swung
I shut and the combination turned on.
California Volcano
Shows More Activity
_
Redding. Cal.. Feb. 2.—Pronounced
activity at the summit of Lassen
■peak, the only live volcano in rontl
! nental United States, was seen from
1 here early this morning. While not
; nearly so heavy as in past years, an
S outburst of steam larger than for
j many months, could ho seen rising
j from the mountain.
Sacramento, Feb. 2.—The latest
heavy outburst of steam from Lassen
peak was still continuing at noon,
according to word received from
points near the volcano. The difficul
ty in distinguishing the steam from
the puffs of snow which continually
are tossed around the peak of the
mountains by heavy winds caused dis
crepancies in earlier reports. Ad
vices from points nearer the moun
tain, how'ever, indicated a minor erup
tion actually was In progress.
Estate of Wallace Reid
Estimated About $50,000
Los Angeles, Feb. 2.— Letters of
administration in the estate of "Wal
lace Reid, motion picture actor, who
died here January IS, were asked of
the superior court by Mrs. Dorothy
Davenport Reid, the widow. Property
listed with the application was es
timated to be worth approximately
$50,000. the principal item being the
Reid home in Hollywood, valued at
■40.000.
Some People Have the Odd Notion That—
LEAGUE OF NATIONS I
To PROMOTE j
- Peace i
The hatreds, rivalries, suspicions^distrusts, and greeds of Europe would at once—
LEAGUE OF NATION^
■ TO Pl?OMOTC
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Tffitf T,V-i MIT ■ ■ I ■■ ■ « ■ ■ » ■■— ■ ■■ —
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Disappear if the United States joined the league of nations.
Farm Credit Bill
Passes Senate bv
•/
Unanimous Vote
Nurbeck Withdraws Lone Neg
ative Ballot to “"Be Good
Fellow'’—Measure Now
Goes to the House.
_
Washington, lreb. 2.—Consideration
of farm credits legislation was con
cluded by the senate tonight when it
passed the Den root-Anderson bill.
The measure now goes to the house
where the Capper co-operative credits
bill is under study.
The vote on passage was unanimous,
the measure going through without
material amendment. The vote, how
ever, was not made unanimous until
Senator Norbeck, republican, South
Dakota, had withdraw n a lone nega
tive vote, explaining that he would be
"a good fellow.”
The Den root-Anderson bill provides
for a maximum credit of $1,320,000,
000 for agricultural loans through the
existing farm loan system by estab
lishment of 12 agricultural credit de
partments in the 12 land hank dis
tricts. Each would have $5,000,0(U)
capital from the government, with au
thority to double tlio entire capital]
of $60,000,000. Authority to issue
$1,200,000,000 in tax free debentures to
provide additional loaning capacity
would be given, subject to approval
of the farm loan board.
The new credit departments would
make loans from six months to three
years on agricultural paper to co-op
erative agricultural associations on
staple products or livestock. Interest
rates chargeable would not be in ex
cess of 11-2 per cent above the land
banks’ rediscount taxes. The deben
tures authorized would not bear over
6 per cent interest, under an amend
ment by Senator Fletcher, democrat,
Florida, adopted today hy the senate
after acceptance by Senator Henroot,
republican, Wisconsin, co-author of
the bill.
An amendment by Senator Harri
son. democrat. Mississippi, to have
direct loans made to individual farm
ers was defeated.
Posse of Federal
Raiders Fired Upon
Five shots from a .45 caliber pistol
were fired at a posse of federal raid
ing officers during a raid at 1008
South Seventh street yesterday after:
noon. None of the officers was hit.
The posse had seized half a dozen
stills, (13 bari^ls of mash and 50 gal
lons of whisky, when the fusillade
began.
The shots, according to the officers,
were fired from outside the building,
and apparently from up an alley. One
of the bullets lodged in tile frame of
a iloor, and was dug out.
Tlie officers were unable to find
who fired the shots.
Two Moil Instantly Killed
When Plane Falls 300 Feet
Americus% (In.. l->b. —Carroll J.
Clark, jr., an Amerleus business man,
and J. W. Morris of Pittsburgh, were
instantly killed in an airplane wreck
at the Souther field yesterday.
The accident 01 eurred within a few
minutes after Clark and Morris ha 1
taken off in the latter's airplane. The1
machine fell approximately 500 feet
3nd was on fire when It struck the
ground.
Poor Farm Inmate
Killed by Bull
✓ j
Geneva Man, TO, Gored and
Trampled to Death in Pen
—Inquest Ordered.
Geneva, Neb., Feb. 2.—(Special.)—
Kace Walker, 70, an Inmate of the
Fillmore county poor farm, was gored
and trampled ftf> death by a bull.
There were no witnesses to the trag
edy. An fhquest will be held Satur
day.
According to officials, Walker had
been warned to stay away from the
pen where the animal was confined
anil no motive for his violating the
order is known. He had been absent
from the house several hours before
a eearch was made for him. The
body was terribly mutilated.
"Walker had been an inmate of the
farm for several years.
Day s Activities
in Washington
In the best of health, Senator Kel
son. republican, Minnesota, cele
brated his 80th birthday.
The Lenroot-Anderson credits bill
was passed by the senate, which here
by disposed of the last of such meas
ures before it.
The Southern Pacific railroad was
authorized by the Interstate , Com
merce commission to expand its
steamship service between Kcw Eng
land and Gulf ports.
Instructions to Major General Allen,
who commanded American troops In
Germany, to withdraw from the
Rhineland high commission as Ameri
can observer, were made public by
the State department.
Reporting that customs receipts for
January totalled $46,354,991, an in
crease of $7,000,090 over December
collections, treasury officials predicted
revenues for the cjirrent fiscal year
would amount to $480,000,000.
At one of the stormiest sessions in
recent years, Senator Heflin, demo
crat, Alabama, was twice rebuked by
the senate, which expunged from the
record certain remarks made by him
concerning Senators Wadsworth, Kew
York, and Couzens. Michigan, repub
licans. as well us a statement by Sen
ator Couzens regarding tlie Alabama
senator.
An agreement was reached on de
tails of the British debt funding pro
gram by the American funding com'
mission, in conference w'ith Sir Auck
land Geddes, British ambassador. The
commission's recommendations will be
forwarded to the White House and
President Harding, who has expressed
approval of them, is expected to
transmit the report to congress next
week.
!V. Y. Labor Urges U. S.
to Act on Ruhr Invasion
New Tork, Feb. 2.—The Central
Trades ami Labor council, claiming
500,000 members, last night voted to
urge the government "to use its good
offices to secure the immediate with
drawal of all allied troops from the
Rhineland." Settlement of the repa
rations question on a "more equitable
basis in order that harmonious inter
national relations may be estab
lished," also was advocated.
10 Sailors Lose
Lives W hen Oil
Tanker Burns
Vessel Bursts Into Caldron of
Flames in View of
Thousands on
Shore.
New Orleans, La., Feb. 2.—A tale
of horror, recounting how 10 sailors
of the Aguila Petroleum company's
tank .San Leonardo, plying between
gulf ports, were cremated on the deck
of the vessel in view of thousands of
persons on the shore or leaped to
their death in a river of flames, is
contained in the detailed report re
ceived by Arthuro M. Klias, consul
general for Mexico, of the $ 1,000.000
011 Are in Tampico harbor on Jan
uary 25.
Thirty-five of the crew escaped by
diving into the Panueo river, which
forms the harbor, and swimming be
neath the blazing surface oil to the
shore, hut all were severely burned.
Fire Break* Out.
The San Leonardo, carrying 30,000
barrels of mineral oil had just ar
rived at a receiving station at the
free port section of the harbor and
was discharging her cargo when fire
broke ouf midships. Within a few
(minutes tho vessel was an immense
caldron with oil flames mounting 400
feet high. Explosion of the vessel's
boilers followed quickly and great
quantities of burning oil were thrown
into the river, already covered with
a thick coating of waste oil that in
stantly ignited. The Panuco became
a great field of flame for half a mile
up and down stream.
Sweeping over the wharf the fire
attacked the walls of the free port
zone and destroyed a large section.
The San Leonardo is a total loss,
say tho dispatches. She was recently
changed from British to Mexican reg
istry. Captain Jose Medina, com
mander of the tanker, was among
those who reached shore in safety.
One of the victims who perished was
Manuel Azueta, wireless operator, a
son of Commodore Manuel Azueta.
The conflagration was the most dis
astrous that has ever visited a Mexi
can port, it was said.
New Packer Workers’ Union.
Chicago. Feb. 2.—Organization <*f
packing house employes here into a
new union known as the United Stock
Yards Packing House Workers, was
reported in progress here today. Phil
ip Denman, vice president of the
union, said a demand w-ould he made
on tlie packers for higher wages and
better working conditions. *
Elks Ask Anti-Drug Meet.
Washington, Feb. 2.— Resolutions
passed by several hundred Elk lodges
asking President Harding to call a
conference of nations to limit pro
duction of habit forming drugs, were
presented to the president today by a
delegation of Chicago Elks.
The Weather
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Hourly Temperatures.
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RuhrValley
Situation
Improving
Calling Off ol Railway Strike
Considered as Victory for
French t tccupational
Forces.
Food lrams Iaken Over
Berlin. Feb. 2.—illy \. 1*1— It is
reported from a German source at
Essen that two IteldUiu soldiers, pas.
senders on a tram ear from Oberhau
eu to Essen, after Ituv hid refused tr
pay their fairs, taking tlvi ground
that they were entitled to travel on
vouchers, drew their . revolvers ant
fired, Uilliitd a passenger, and severe ,
,|y wounding the motonnsn. The re
port adds that Germans arrested boll,
soldiers.
nusst'UlotT. Felt. 2.-—t By A. P.V
Tlie CHllirvsr off of the railroad strike
by the German uulhorities and obedi
ence by the railway men to a request
of the authorities that they resume
work bn all lines where they would
not come in contact with armed
French soldiers were the outstanding
developments today in the events of a
day that was regarded by observers as
having brought forth a great Improve y
ment hi the French position in the
Ruhr aiid the Rhineland. A majority
of the railroad workers In both re
cions adopted the suggestion of the
authorities that they resume their
Joy
Complete stoppage of all exports
of coal and coke into the interior
of Germany during the last 4S hours,
together with the extension of similar
restrictions on shipments of benzol
tar and all other mine byproducts,
were other developments considered ot
advantage to tho French.
Take Over Food Trains.
In addition, the French have taken
over the handling of food trains con«
signed to the regions traversed by th«
railroads where strikes still are in
effect and also directed the trans*
p illation by barges on tho canals and
the Rhine of sufficient coal for th*
needs of local populations and Indus
tries. The complete cessation of con!
production at the mines, and the in
ability of the French to send by rail
into France, any coal for the repara
thins account, were the developments
in tho situation favoring Germany in
its policy of resistance.
In assuming charge of the feeding
of the civil population in the Ruhr
where the railroad strike persists, the
French moved three trains into the
region today, manned by French
crews, consigned to Essen, Dortmund
and Gelsoklichen. French tugs began
the hauling of coal through Ruhrort
and down the Rhine to Dusseldorf to
; supply the needs of civilians and In
! dustrles.
Strike on at Mayenee.
The resumption of work on the rail*
! roads is complete at Cologne. Coblenz,
! Treves and Ludwigshafen and par
I tially complete on the Ruhr lines, ex
! i epting those encircling the Industrial
j basin. These lines the French are
| operating.
At Mayenee the strike is In full
! swing, owing to the French refusal to
I obey an ultimatum of the railway
| men that they release strikers under
arrest for sabotage.
I The mining operations today
reached the lowest level. In an en
] deavor to solve the situation created
! by a shortage in empty cars, instruc
I tions have been issued not to send
I out from the Ruhr more loaded cars
! daily than empties are returned.
It developed today that orders from
Berlin for the strike of railway men
were delivered by special agents per
sonally to every station master in the
Ruhr and the Rhineland. The order
was accompanied by one month's pay
In advance.
Coal Kmbargo Complete.
The French announced today that
their embargo on coni and coke, in
augurated at midnight of Wednesday,
had been a complete success. Th»
French brand as false a story circU
luted from Germany that one trair.
since the embargo ran the blockade.
They declare that no attempt at such
La maneuver was made. It was added
that the French were permitting coat
I ears consigned to Switzerland, Hol
i land. Sweden, Norway and other neu
i tral countries to* cross Germany on
(he way to their destination if their
way bills were correct. Many of the
French officials opposed this method
of shipment to neutrals, declaring
that in the next few months there is
! likely to be a largo in«-easc In car*
1 goes, ostensibly for heutrals which
I will he diverted In unoccupied Ger*
| many.
I General Payot told the Asscciater
Press that his services were now suf
I fieirr.tir organized to insure the feed
I ing of the civil population and that
within a few days lie would lie able
i t<r* undertake tlio transportation of
1 reparations coni to France. He added
\ that the lines he was operating were
j now 60 per cent normal.
Customs Collections
for January Increase
Washington. Feb. 2.—Predictions
1 by customs officials that tariff dutie
1 collected in January would exceed
140,000,000 have been borne out by
final computation of collections for
the month, made public at the trea
eury.
Collections for the month totaled
$46,345,994, an. increase over Decem
ber of about $7,000,000.
The continued increase since the
new tariff net went into operation last
September, has been the basis for es
timates by customs authorities and
treasury officials that customs re
ceipts during the fiscal year would
! amount to $4X0.000.000.
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