Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1922, Page 4

¥ bourgeois their progress a rapprochemen ous. quieting down. 'NO GOLD AND NO GOODS ‘Declares Question of Europesn Pol- itics Has Arisen and Cannot Be Dodged. BY ANDRE TARDIEU, erica. By Ouble to The Star. PARIS, February 18—The great Aagio-French debate over the date of the Tenoa conference seems to be Undeserved promi- nence it got. Before taking & leap which would have placed us all face to face with Lenin, soviet dictator. it was quite excussble that we should look twilh The queson of Buropean relations ‘with the soviets has arisen, however, and cannot be dodged. Those French- men who sympathize with Moscow’s ideas—the communist party, which exists for nothing else. andlccn‘:: i emselves 'h‘l,vi:rrx:iall::‘e that such t would not be peril- They assert that the golden age Fermer French High Commisaioncr to will return to Europe when the Rus- sian market opened up. T ¥hai can Russia sell? She has no factories, no crops, no railroads. Where are Russia’s horses, cattle and tool astating famine, where is her labor, and in what condition? Tremendous reconstruc ed pay ev in Russia. Remains to Be Proved. This is all very @auring, but it Te- mains to le proved Economically the reep Russian market is not go simple. ‘What can Russia buy? After ening of the She has no and the dev- tion is need- Tt will cost billions. ‘Where are the billions? Germany alleges hel two billion mark reparation. Great Britain she will not remit @ penn: r inability %0 s a year In declares y to her European debtors unless the Unit= States first_remits Great debt. The United States ha: a law for the collection of eve! lar owed her. France has a deb tair® s voted ry dol- t of 3 billion francs, with a budget ;g‘bnllon francs. plus a dozen billion francs for reconstruction and pen- sio Therefore ns. ter. Money Hard to Find. I fear the money billions in Czarist Russia. The situation as to Russia is hardly reassuring when tom: be borrowers openly no promise made to a bo! ernment is binding. The are prodigal these days W paper interviews, but in th of for Russia will be hard to find. The old Dfosvse‘rb says a scalded cat fears hot French thrift dropped twenty orrow’s would- announce that urgecis gov- Muscovites ith news- e flood of cords one finds neither precise prom- ise nor positive engagements. Furthermore, we know tha they are coming to Genoa to our money, commissaries purpose Tast weel 1 ~vism's plan for acti ahd sea forces of Britain, in which no left undone in a -organization. the will Last year not grea Every _month ventions come from Moscow communist papers tries. so-called peo t while borrow ple’s renounce 2 to sow revolution among us. k we published here bolshe- on among the land France and Great thing was to be t work of dis- sub- to the of various coun- Krassin _solemnly romised Lloyd George that the so- Yicts would attempt no further propa- anda in British Asiatic poss Bat this propaganda has never ce for one moment. This explains wh ent! F the garded “rench 0] husiasm. soviets. “The soviets will ent refus The Americans are re- a commonsense people | Fears Their Propaganda. Make no mistake. take our money if we let them and then, with these new resources, they will scatter their seeds of revolution to the four corners of the earth. many 3 French- men watch Genoa's approach without essions. ased 1 to recognize whose attitude op this question worthy of consideration. % America shows an extreme distrust One of tak Russia. en. which we opinion confirms the othe! the great majority of Frenchmen be- |rights to e lieve . that nothing good from contact with future will say whether we are mis- (Copyright, 1922.) BORNE BY BRITISH SHIP. Explorer Shackleton’s Body Taken to South Georgia for Burial. - MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, February share. il the soviets. —The British steamer Wood sailed today for the Island of South the body rnest Shackleton, noted Brit plorer, who died at that antarctic out- Georgia, bearing post on January The Wood isg In ehort, come i ‘The of Sir h ex- lle was escorted to the three-mile limit a by the cruiser Uruguay. who fired farewell salute. Commandant Hussey and will the little sraveyard at Grytviken. Quest. HAVA sen of spe: A, tative Antonio Alentado, with Jose R. Cano, also a member of . vongress. is charged with the pre- meditated murder Representative Alonso, liberal candidate for mayor Havana, pleaded not guilty at a 1 hearing last night. C not vet been detained. The house of representatives has February last Rafael 18. Tuesday of Martinez | | would represent all | geographical position its church The com- mandant later expects fo rejoin the antarctic expedition on the steamship TWO PLEAD NOT GUILTY. Havana Representatives Held on Murder Charge. Repre- Wwho, no has Wins Post in London With Shipping Board MISS MAY WATERBURY to the offices of the hoard in L Engiand, following a competitive ex- ‘amination to secure the most eflicient | under close pursuit by federal troops, have been driven from Chihuahua workers for fereign service. ‘Waterbury is from Stamford, Comn. INMONTREAL CLUE “Bluebeard” to Die This Week Unless Report Victim Lived in Canada Is True. By the Associated Press. Justice Barthou has requested the|osity concerning detalls of what LANDRU'S ONE HOPE 30 IVALE NEXED ACROSSLS BORDER Federal Troops In Pursuit. Hernandez, Closely Followed, ‘ Flees to Hills. U. S. ATTITUDE PUZZLING Press Comments on White House Stand Against Recognition. Hopes Disappointed. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, February 18— Thirty men this afternoon crossed the American border into Mexico at Columbus, New Mexico, according office. The advices sal@ the men Of the United States Shipping Board, | were being pursued by Mexican fed- ene of the young women transferred |era) troops, to advices sent by Gov. Enriques of the state of Chihushua to the war Rebel forces of Rosalio Hernandes, across the boundary line into the hills of the state of Coahuila, says & | pass, message recelved by the department of the Interfor this afternoon from Gov. Enriquez. The mesage added GERMANY IS THREATENED BY OPPRESSED WORKMEN GeneralStrike Declared Impendingas Officials BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany’s Foremest Publicist. By Cable to The Star. 7 BERLIN, February 18.—The Wirth government this week weathered the storm of & vote in the reichstag, but there is trouble in the state. Germany's industrious people are threatened with dark days. Not until the ocunning art of lying, and vanity rocks of naked truth will the menace disappear. Germany’s high officlals, placed in office by the workingman, have turned against him and are reveling by night, while a misery-bred strike is stopped by threats of wholesale arrests and dire punishment. More repressive measures are threatened than ever an imperial gov- ernment would have dared to utter. Seek Millionaire Ambassador. Meantime this same government of the people is seeking an industrial milllonaire to become German am- ador at Washington. They want #ome one “with lots of money to spend”—as if America would not have @reater respect for a more simple Who Rose to Power on Backs of Common People Now Turn Against Them. in high places are wrecked on the balls and official waste. Neither Poincare nor Foch can take from us, or wish to take away, what we do not possess or can't produce by our labor. Official and semi-official untruths, which 80 harmed Germany before, during and after the war, have thrust the German rallway and municipal strike into the background. But the strike spirit will not down. For _centuries social democrats have upheld the wacred right of the raflway or municipal oficial to strike. The Weimar constitution granted it to all citizens. In March, 1930, Pres- ident Ebert and six of his co-parti- sans, now in high office, called upon all federal and municipal officials to join them in a general strike to | paralyze the nation’s ecomomio. life and thus enable Ebert & Co., who had fled from the capital, to return to thelr comfortable offices. Compelled to Resume Work. Now the same officials declare that such strikes are punishable offenses, and as strikers were not strons enough, not clever enough to per- suade the public that the transpor- tation, electric, water and gas stop- page was the sole fault of the presi- dent and his cabinet. who arrogantly refused direct negofiations, the poor men have been compelled with polson bombs to resume work. Hold on Power in Ireland Growing More Precarious COUPBY DE VALE FEARED N IRELAND Collins and Colleagues Unable to.Impose Their Will on Unruly Forces. SEES RECOGNITION - ININVITING SOVIET Berlin Representative Says - It Indicates Refraining From Intervention. BITTER STRIFE BREWING CREDITS FIRST QUESTION E 4 News of Past Week Profound Dis- Declares It Would Be Impracti- appointment to Britain—Public cable to Acknowledge Huge Opinion Incensed. Debt to Allies. BY GEORGE N. BARNES, By the Associated Press. British Parliament Leader. BERLIN, February 18.—The in- g vitation to soviet Russia to send representatives to the Genoa confer- ence Is equivalent to recognition of Russia and an indication that the entente will refrain from intervening in bolshevik internal affairs, i the opinion of Karl Raaek, soviet repre- sentative in Berlin, as expressed in an article published by the Rote Fahne (Red Flag) today. addition to the troubles withi M. Radek says the entente no e in exposed to comstant at- | IONEEr speaks of stipulations hither tacks by the followers of Eamonn De | !0 Proposed and he interprets this succeeded as .“..:s D:&'wm{lg "x'“ the exlllenlfilgo\;‘-)‘ru » re ng to recognize ti 50, e eSOy L 000,000 Russiuns. ~are not . Kongs Degroes or unprotected Chinese. By Radlo to The Btar. LONDON, February 18.—The pariia- mentary sesslons have begun, and the Lloyd George government 8o far has well maintained its position. But there aro troubles in the offing. A commission 'has just reported gross extravagance in public expendi- tures. Difficulties have arisen about the Genoa conference. But, worst of all, Ireland has again become a cause of possible disintegration of the coalition which so long has kept Lloyd George in power. The Irish news of ths past week has proved a profound disappoint- ment to those of us who have been most optomistia - Public opinion in England {s incensed over the out- that last night three federal forces left Ciudad Guerrero In search of small bands led by Pablo Amayo, Joe Moguiel and Manuel Gutlerrez. The statement made at the White House in Washington yesterday that while the American government was desirous of a happy restoration of relationship with Mexico there was no change in the situation prevailing for the past eleven months was fea- tured by El Universal and E1 Dem- ocrata news of the day. Curious Over Details. today as the most important The Excelsior and El Heraldo, on the other hand, tru:e‘dl&ne s;ueumgnz servativel ough al PARIS, February 18.—Minister of |Moxtco Gity journals expressed curi- ministry of forelgn affairs to cable | claimed led the United States authori- the Montreal police asking for all information possible concerning Mme. Heon, who is alleged to have been living in Montreal a year after ‘was supposed to have been murdered by Henri Landru. received she | charge d'affaires, Reports have been | recogn in Paris that she died a|cause ties four weeks a to believe recognition of Mexico might be ex- tended immediately. George T. Summerlin, American today Dro!essid orance of any developments in e ition negotiations which might belief that the United States natural death in the Canadian city | was prepared to extend recognition and was buried there. it is known, however, that several Development of this clue is the last [ Mexicans within the past few months hope Landru has of escaping the|have gone to Washington and have guillotine, to which he was sentenced | allowed the impression to prevail that some time.ago, following conviction | they spoke in President Obregon's by the assizes court of Versailles. M. Moro-Giafferi, who defended | when It is believed, therefore, that name. the State Department ascer- Landru in his trial, will be reccived |tained the true status of these in- in audience by President Millerand | dividuals, Landru's execution | more than the Mexican president pre- next Monday. who may have promised will probably take place early next|viously stated it was possible to do, week, it was said today, unless the|the negotiations were clue should develop new |broken off and the status of relation- Montreal evidence. immediately ship between the two countries re- MONTREAL. Quebec. February 18.— | erted to that of a year ago. Montreal police officials said today It is not believed here that the re- they know nothing of Mme. Heon, one | porteq rebel activities during the past of Henri Landru’s supposed victims, | fow “days have had anything to do who was reported to have been seen | it V3% American government's de- alive here after the date on which cision to stand pat. Reports today the French “Bluebeard” was alleged | g9 0" 49 1V 00 tered regions did not to_have slain her. They declared they believed the message concerning her, which was sent to & French newspaper, was a hoax. TURK PEACE HOPE LIES IN G0OD WILL Nationalist Foreign Minister Asks Change of Attitude by Allies. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 18.— The restoration of peace in this dis- | turbed part of the worla depends pinion has been greatly! impressed by the American govern- ment’s pers solely on allied good will, declared Yussuf Kemal Bey, the nationalist foreign minister, to the correspondent of the Associated Press today. “Turkey accepted the war imposed on her and fought unsuccessfully, the minister added, “vet her demands are so modest that denial of her tence will stiffen the determination of the entire nation.” Commenting on the present status of the straits, he said: “The presence of allied troops takes away the nominal independence enjoyed by the sultan’s government. Why should the straits be under allied occupation, instead of under a commission which the countries bordering on the Blac vitally _interested Kemal Bey stated purpose of making clear that Turkey desired peace along the lines 'of national aspirations, failing of which she will continue the struggle. —_— RUSSIAN RELIEF VOTED. accompanied [Jugoslavs to Give About $1,170,- | perintend nglish 000 to Famine Fund. | By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, _February - 16. — The Jugoslavian cabinet has decided to ask parliament to vote 6,000,000 dinars (normally about $1,170,000) for Rus. sian famine relief. The appropriation would be conditioned upon the dis- tribution being made by Jugoslavian; delegates and upon the release by soviet Russia of some 10,000 Jugo- slavians still in that country. HALT NAVAL STATION SHIFT. MANILA, P. I, February 17.— Transfer of the naval station at Olon- £apo to Cavite has been temporarily suspended under orders from Wash- ington, Admiral Strauss stated toda. he was unable to explain the ne order nor did he know how long the work of removing the station would voted to deprive both members of : immunity, imprisonment without bail has been par liamentary and their be suspended. He said more than a thousand men had been discharged at Olongapo since removal of this sta- ordered by the court of instruction. tion was begun. of Friday night. BERLIN'S “NIGHT OWLS” HAIL TAX AS PERMIT TO REVEL NIGHT AWAY BY GEORGE WITTE. News. BERLIN, Berlin's “night By Wireleas to The Star and Cl Copyrighr, February “night owl” tax became effective Instead of squawk- ing over the new hole in their re- sources, blinked happily and drowsily, for though the tax collector collects, he at the same time opens the doors of the cafes and cabarets long after 1 o'clock, the official closing hour. 192 ‘fl:‘lln Daily 15.— The owls"™ In order to raise money to meet reveling after 1 must _pay the city ' budget the municipal council hit upon the happy idea of taxing those who love the bright lights of gay life and never go home until morning. So now 'the “night . owl” the city o'clock marks per hour for every hour in mission is 6 or Berlin authorities stockholders 1n the capital's night life and it will be to their ;nte; est to encourage “bummecling, rather than discourage it by hav- ing the police raid the night places keeping open after the closing time. The Restaurant Keepers' Jour- nal joyously predicts that “Berlin will_soon be the gayest city in the world, with Paris among the also rans.” ‘The communist Rothe Fahne comments bitterly in these words: “It is no wonder that the only two industries that have gained since the war are the au- tomobile and champagne indus- tries, The number of privately owned cars has trebled and 16,- 000,000 bottles of champagne are being consumed annually, as com- pared with 13,000,000 bottles be- fore.” ndicate that disburbed conditions had laprud to any section beyond those previously reported. The war office asserted that its several campaigns against small rebel bands were pro- gressing satisfactorily. FILTER ACROSS BORDER. Men Going Into Mexico Give No Signs of Organized Force. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, N. M, February 18.— While apparently no organized force has crossed from the United States into Mexico in this vicinity recently, patrol guards have reported to com- manding officers at Camp Furlong Ihere that dozens of Mexicans, stran- gers in Columbus, have flltered across the border in this district. An influx of strangers into Columbus has been reported for several days. Unofficial reports to Col. Schoeffel are that at least 100 strange Mexicans have come into Columbus this week and these men have disappeared, pre- sumably across the border into Mex- ico. they ambassador, who would refrain from all state dinners and ccremonies, openly showing himself the repre: sentative of a conquered and & poor ' pation, suiting his expenses to his country’s debts and abligations. But ‘that is in keeping_with the times in Berlin. Chancellor Wirth and Forelgn Minister Rathenau were at- tending a_ fancy dress ball at the British embassy the very evening the recent industrial strike began. Ger- man ministers have no right to attend balls and festlvities given by foreign diplomats while their government is whining about Germany’s poverty, its | approaching bankruptcy and its in- ility to pay the reparations claims. Foreigners will not respect these ministers nor belleve Germany's tragic situations until they adopt a standard of life befitting a. people with such a heavy debt hanging over them. Rathenau Starts Trouble. The Wirth cabinet. although un- productive and potentially poor and weak, was nevertheless bearable be- use of the leader’s apparent good faith, until Walter Rathenau joined it. This talented business man and dialectician, who organized his own renown with incomparable _skill, managed in the years agone to get the kaiser's high favor despite his Jewish origin. He worshiped Luden- dorff as “Germany’s only genius” and called the armistice a crime. This Mlnister Rathenau, who called upon the Germans to rise en masse to war. who prophesied sure victory for German arms in 1918 and then helped the Munich soviets, now calls himself a republican democrat and the confidential friend of Lloyd George. The Wirth rovernment defeated a resolution of {1~k of confidence ema. nating from four widely differen parties only because it succeeded in spreading the report that its mem- bers alone possess the confidence of the western powers and alone can obtain an alleviation of the peace terms.. Semi-Oficial Untruths. Alleviation! Every one knows we must pay what we can by honest labor and by public and private econ- omy, without a superfluity of official FORMER PARLEY C3.ERK IN JAIL FOR BEGGING Stephen P. Murphy Awaits $10 From Parents in D. C. to Pay Fine Imposed in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 18.—Stephen P. Murphy, a former clerk at the arms conference, is In city jail, await- ing $10 from his parents, reputed to be wealthy and prominent resi- dents of Washington, C., with Dire misery and the government's unscrupulous _decision’ to increa: bread and coal prices from 50 to per cent and cause all prices to rise through added business taxes, which ‘were promptly passed on to the cus- tomers, thus creating the illusion of an attempt to ralse money for the reparations, were what droye these ri | The symptoms now are temporarily suppressed, but the disease lurks in the blood. The bitternesa of the workingmen is terrible, and it is impossible to argue with men In actual misery. They see a little ex-innkeeper now president of the state, living in a great pal: drawing a big salary. entertaining money magnates and cinema kings, giving dinners and parading in a grand automobile. They see him sending his daughter, formerly a distillery employe, to col- lege. But they never see 2 man Who { himself organized many strikes, but who now confiscates union funds, ar- rests union leaders and threatens strike incitement with dire punish- ment. { Danger of Strike. | They see former workmen. union ! secretaries, schoolmasters and coun- l'try editors in the ministry, with | 230,000 marks salary, living in | gorgeous official residences, riding in rich motors, indulging in festivities, balls and gluttony, and hear these very men, who promised them an earthly paradise, publicly condemn jmisery-bread strikes as a crime against the German people. | Is it not comprehensible that the working classes curse those who have climbed to the helghts on their shoulders, and who, now sitting at their full mangers, don't care a straw for the misery of the people? If government vengefulness con- tinues, if old government servants |are dismissed merely for picketing | and distributing circulars, then a new | general strike is unavoidable. If this trike comes, many of those who are now in the uniform upon which the government depends. will be found in the ranks of the strikers—in the poor people’s army. (Copyright, 1822) BIG LOAN TO MONTEVIDEO. $2,300,000 for One Year Secured in Boston. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, February 17. —The ministry of finance announced to- day that it had just closed negotiations for a one-year 6 per cent loan of $2,300,- 000 with the First National Bank of Boston, with Supervielle & Co.. the Montevideo bankers, acting as in- termediaries. The loan originally was for $3,000000, but was acaled down at the last moment. ‘The ministry’s statement was issued in connection with its denial of a report from New York that the government was negotiating a loan of $6,000,000 with New York bankers. The munici- P area. withdrawal began that it involved (in_the south. some risk, but it appeared the cor- rect thing to do. ernment had embarked upon a policy the majority and minority would of protecting life and liberty during | pathy with Irishmen in their troubles, the transitory period from British |and at the same ti rule to Irish self-expression. 4ges, due apparently to mere sec- tional animosities. The conservatives in the British authority to the Irish provisional government in the hope that that government would be able to func- Rovernment have agreed to the Irish|tion efficiently. These hopes have not treaty only reluctantly, and more,yet been realized. from™ a feeling of loyalty to their| There is not the slightest reason to leaders than from any high regand|doubt the willingness of Michael Col- for Irish self-government. ling and his colleagues, but events servatives, after all, it must be re-so far have but exhibited their in- membered, are numerically dominant !ability to impose their will upon the in the government, and, in the ab- |unruly forces nominally under their sence of southern Irish representa-|control. Mr. Collins evidently is un tives, they are indeed in a clear|der daily fear of a coup d'etat on the majority over all other parties in the |part of Eamonn De Valera’s ad house of commons. herents and has appealed to Ameri The significance of this is the fact |can Irish sentiment to enable him that the bill to give effect to the|to carry on until the voice of the ll"-hl treaty has still to be passed | people can be heard at an election. ntoflaw: Relations Are Embittered. One would have thought that| wro.nqunile the relations between southern Irishmen would have noted these facts and so gulded themselves |the north and the south have become | so embittered that Sir James Craig, as to help their friends here. Instead of which they have been torn by |Ulster premier, has declined Dublin's overtures for a meeting. The only factionalism and overrideden by irre- | sponsible wreckers ocolorable pretexts arising out of thei Raided on Paltry Plea. treaty for friction between the north | 3 and south are in regard to the border Ulster has been railed on some {00 *O 0l 0o ana Craix had appeared | paltry plea of grievances and many|to have reached an agreement on it prominent Ulstermen carried south.|but a secomi meeting revealed unex- Ulster special constables dlso have | pected divergence of views, and if been attacked and killed near the | Sir James adheres to his refusal of border line, and there has been |further parley then the matter falls Renerul 1083 of life both in the north | to be decided by a commission pro. and the south. vided for in the treaty. This com Some trouble was to have been ex- | mission is to be guided by economic following the evacuation of |and geographical considerations as tish troops from the southern | well as by the wishes of “pockets” of 1 pointed out at the time the | Catholics in the north and Protestants Question of Credits. He also argues that the question of recognition of the old Russiun imperial debts is_more legal than material, since Russia, like the other war-worn powers, resources for some years to con The question is what credits powers are ready to grant to Russiu to assist in reconstruction, he says “Nobody in the worl Radek, “knows how much Russia owes the entente, and it would be quite impracticable for Russia even to acknowledge such a huge debt.” Cites United States Silemce. The writer emphasizes the fact that neither France nmor America ob- jected to the decision of the supreme council at Cannes to invite Russian delegates to Genoa. and he cites this as proof that the powers have aban- doned the idea of starving Russia or overthrowing the soviet regime. The reported Franco - Russian agreement is denied by the French !ambassador here, but M. Radek seems confident an agreement will Le reached “as soon as Russla is able 10 guarantee profit. Economic Pact Reached. Berlin newspapers take the French denial as a matter of course. The Poersen Zeitung s it is only a question whether France considers the negotiations official or unofficial There is no doubt, it says, that son agreement has been reached, | though it may not be ratified by the Russian government “because it acknowledges French debts.” The Russian soviet delegates who have been in Berlin for the past few days are =aid to have succeeded in negotiating an economic agreement with the German government. The delegation. composed of Leonid Kras- sin, Karl Radek and M. Stomanikov left for Moscow vesterday evening to report to the soviet authorities. ecte; the Bri The disagreements and eruptions in {Ireland are a sad augury for that unity upon which such high hopes had been raised. But the abiding feeling here is that southern Ireland must “dree its own. There is patience and sym- The British go of trust in the people and this envi: aged a condition of things in which work together in the elementary task | weir. e an ardent wish that they may speedily rise above futile factional and lawless violence. The imperial government was still sponsible, but it delegate: its, sea that are | ville, today. ew of theirino time in recent months has e that he was|semb going to the allfed capitals for the |low: | from official sources. 3,000 TROOPS ON BORDER. Mexican Federal Forces Prepare for Eventualities. By the Associated Press. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., February 18. —Three thousand Mexican federal troops have been distributed along the lower Texas-Mexico border in the last forty-eight hours, it was an- nounced this_afternoon by Mexican Consul Y. M. Vasquez, “While the sit- uation along the border remains quiet, we want to be prepared for all event- ualities,” the consul said. No unusual conditions were ob- erved in Matamoros, opposite Brown: The garrison there at ceeded one hundred men. The a: 1y of troops in this district fol- closely reports of the visit here a few days ago of Lucio Blanco, formerly a general in the Carranza rmy, who captured Matamoros for arranza in 1913. RODRIGUEZ IN' MOUNTAINS. Rebel Chief Reported Recruiting Followers South of Juarez. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., February 18— Nicolas Rodriguez, whose band credited with burning two railroad bridges between Juarez and Chihua- hua City last week before being rout- ed by federal troops, is in the moun- taing 100 miles southeast of Juarez with 175 followers, according to in- formation received in El Paso today Since his defeat Rodriguez has been rallying his_forces quietly and re- cruiting _followers. He and Gen. ! Rosalio Hernandez -are endeavoring to unite their forces, the advices said Hernandez has 275 men. Rodriguez’s band_includes Manuel Guiterrez, who heads sixty men who revolted at Casas Grandes last week, it "was said. GOLD-LETTERED FUR COA CHILD’S IDEA OF PRESENT FOR PRINCESS’ WEDDING By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 18.—“What wedding present would you like to give to Princess Mary?” was the question given to a class of ten- year-old girls in a London school. + One child replied: “A fur coat—I would let my mother choose it, for she knows a good thing when she sees it. It would be lined with red satin and have her name in letters across the center of it." Another thought a white teapot cover would be most appropriate— “with the princess’ phootgraph' and that of her husband on one side of it and the flags of the United Kingdom on the other side.” Some of the other essays con- tained these ideas: “A very nice umbrelli—to use when it is rain- ing.” “A bookcase with books like ‘From Log Cabin to White House' and Fox's ‘Book of Martyrs.’ " One child said she would simply wish the princess “Health, wealth and happiness.” which to pay fine and escape two days’ imprisonment. The young man, who is twenty-six years old, was ar- rested when he asked alms of Detec- tive Edward Lorch. A letter in his pocket, signed by Secretary Hughes, told of his ap- pointment to a position at the con- ference. A second missive was from another State Department official terminating the employment at the end of the conference. Mr. Murphy is a college graduate and a_linguist and served in the Navy during the war. According to the police, he received a suspended sentence October 21 for the same of- fense. BROKER IS CONVICTED. Andrews, ‘Man With Alcove Wife,’ Guilty of Larceny. NEW YORK, February 18.—Herbert T. Andrews, broker. was convicted of grand larceny in the first degree in the court of general sessions for sell- ing $20,000 in stocks deposited with him as collateral by Horace R. Van- vleck of Montclair, N. 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, Maud Augusta An- drews, charged him with bigamy, al- leging that he married another wom- an and brought her home with him, wife No. 1 being relegated to an al- cove during the imposter” Mrs. Andrews obtained a divore last April, and the “other woman' ded, leaving Andrews without any wife at all. FAIR MAIDEN WINS OUT. Elopes With Avowed Enemy of Bobbed Hair and Short Skfrts. PINE BLUFF, Ark., February 18. The Boys’ Progressive Club, organized to discourage vouths from having deal- ings with hob-haired, short-skirted girls, disbanded yesterday when - Lilburn Reading, its vice president, eloped with Beseie McLellan, aged eighteen. TWO0 BURNED FROM GRATE. AUGUSTA, Ga., February 18.—Eman- uel Poliakoff, aged elght, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Poliakoff, thew, aged three, painfully burned when their clothing caught fire from a grate at their home here this morning. FUNDS OBTAINED FAIL TO OVERCOME RUN ON BANK By the Associated Press. ELDORADO, Ark., February 18. —A sensational airplane trip to Shreveport to obtain funds for the Guaranty Bank and Trust Com- pany of Eldorado failed to stop a run on that institution and today the bank did not open its doors for business. The run was precipitated by an unwarranted rumor, officials de- clared, as the bank is solvent. The bank was organized in 1921, and recently increased its capital to pality of Montevideo, however, it is stated, is considering an offer from a New York firm of a thirty-year five- million-dollar loan. —_— BERLIN ASKS FLOUR. American Product Is Offered Cheap- er Than German. BERLIN, February 18.—The Berlin Bakers' Association today petitioned the ministry of food for temporary admise {Bion_into Germany of forelgn flour in 0 reduce the = order to r igh prices of Ger merican _flour Al is being offe Berlin at 1,250 to 1,300 mi‘rks pecr:dbfi:": rel, while German flour of similar qual- ity is selling at 1,400 marks per barrel. DODGES FLOES WITH RUM. Runner From Canada Takes Cargo Across Detroit River. DETROIT. February day spent in dodgin, Detroit river and in evade customs officers 18—After a ice floes in the attempting to on both sides. of the stream, a rum ri | Sanada Thursday night with a motor n:’;dlen:d soat(‘e e]ear vas reported to have "}r"h"""d"- nding on this side of The man left Canada Thi night with a permit to take hxa“ifigfi out of that country. Daybreak found him in midstream tryipg to coax a balky motor into action. United States prohibition agents' discovered | him ‘at about the same time. He could not land on this side and avoid arrest. nor could he return to Canada for his permit was for export only, The day, therefore, was spent in ufi- successful tinkering with the motor, in paddling about among the ice cakes, and in awaiting nightfall, which offered a ‘way out of the un- :[sex::r:wrsclraumsduncel Two ferry offered hij e e im aid, but this the Under cover of darkness that ham- pered the vigil of prohibition agents, the man was said to have landed his cargo of beer south of Wyandotte, a suburb. The liquor agents admit they have not captured the rum run- | ner, but couldn’t confirm his landing.- } LUMBER PLANT BURNS. PARKIN, Ark., February 18.—Fire of undetermined origin today destroyed | f the hardwood lumber plant here of the Grismore-Hyman ' Company of Memphis. The loss wae estimated at between $75,000 and $100,000. BY AIRPLANE unner who left z]:g:‘,goo‘ Deposits at the time of g were esti 1;34?0.000. stimated by officials ssistant Cashier Redfern stated the bank had an alternative of at- tempting to weather the run or to take advantage of the five days of Auspension permitted by the state, and the latter course was adopted. He added that the assistant state bank commissio F. Lee Majors, was !%Lsfiec} K{I h.fl Kk was solvent, ¢ airplane flight was made by Mr. Redfern and Jimmie Cox, an oil ‘man and stockholder of the bank, and upon their return ji was believed the funds secured would prevent the suspe: N THE MUSIC OF THE MASTERS Pre-eminent in the < TN Established 18230 AMPICO L] Music rendered by the Chickering Ampico is not weird. nor is it uncanny—it is almost human, as it does all that the world's greatest pianists can do. o, b N Ask for Demonstrat;on Artir JORDAN PIANO Compeny "G Street at 13t NW. :