Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1922, Page 3

D ‘ I SGERMANPM}]’ Abi Martin Say VARIDUSLY VIEWED Agreement for Commission on American Claims Ap- proved by G. 0. P. Chiefs. PLAN DEEMED PRACTICAL Senator Underwood, Democrat, However, Will Press Bill for All- American Commission. Azreement between the United - States and Gennany to set up a bi- parte commission to pass upon \merican war claims against Ger- nany and German citizens appar- «¢ntly had the general support of re- #s a practical method of removing of the issues left between the countries as an aftermath of the world war. Announcement of the signing of an asreement was followed by a state- ment from Senator Underwood of Ala- democratic leader in the Senate, one two oday, however, that he intended nevertheless to press his bill for es- tablishment of an American instead mixed_commission. nator Underwood sald he had been advised of the administration plan, but, he said, it did not provide a legal metiod for determining or paying Americans who had suffered damages nd did not provide for disposition of rman property taken over by the 1 property custodian. Sayw Claimx Would Be Expedited. . Under his bill American claims would be expedited, Senator Underwood suid, adding that he would write a letter soon to Chairman Cummins of the Sen- ate judiciary subcommittee, considering his bill, giving his position in detail @nd reasons far pressing the bill, de- e the administration program. 'After all, this is a government by low and not by men.” said Senator Underwood. “The rights of Americans who suffered damages are prescribed under both the Versailles and Berlin treaties and they ot be changed any executive order. They must determined elther by a law passed s or by a treaty. A com- up by executive order can- f the enemy property ¢ alien property custo- end the matter must vd in th before Congress for its final ! by statute. It would save time to have the legal actlon now instead of the delay of consideration by a commission arranged by ex- ecative order. Not “Ordinary™ Obligations. re not ordinary claims such of one country have another, where there are pre- for settlement by executive They are claims prescribad by and’ the legal rights of the ants cannot be limited except by ireaty clai Senator Underwood said that pre- cedents cited by the administration in support of the plan for an executive agreement were not applicable to the Amer war claims. 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This agreement provides for a claims| icommission composed of two com-{ {missioners and an umpire. One com- | missioner is to be named by each government, and the two govern | ments are to agree upon an umpire The umpire Is to decide finally upon any questions as to which the com- i missioners may disagree. Simultaneously with the signing of the agreement the German govern- ment expressed its desire to have an American citizen appoitend as the um- | pir and requested the President of the United States to make the designation accordingly. Pursuant to this request. ithe President has named as umpire | William R. Day, associate justice of } j the United States Supreme Court. The | rame of the American commissioner will be announced later. Text of Agreement. The agreement is as follows: | The United States of America and | Germany, being desirous of deter- | mining the amount to be paid by Ger- | many in satisfaction of Germany's | inancial obligations under the treaty jconcluded by the two governments on August 25, 1921, which secures to the United States and its nationals rights specified under a resolution ! of the Congreks of the United States of July 2, 1921, including rights un- | der the treaty of Versailles, have re-| solved to submit the question for de- | |cision to a mixed commission and | | have appointed as their plenipoten- | tiaries for the purpose of concluding} the following agreement: “The Presldent of the United States of America. ¢ -and “The President of the em- pire .. “Who, having communicated their full powers, found to be in good and ! due form, have agreed as follows: | Article I “The commission shall | the following categories pass upon of claims ¢ which are more particularly defined | in the treaty of August 2. in the treaty of Versallles: { (1) Claims of American citizens. arising since July 31, 1914, in respect ; of damage to. or seizure of, tieir| jproperty, rights and interests, includ- 1921, and ing any company or associatlon in which they are interasted, within German_territory as it existed on [August 1, 1914. { “(2) Other claims for loss or dam- age to which the United States or its nationals have been subjected with respect to injurles to persons, or to property, rights and interests ,includ- ing any company or association in which American nationals are Inter- ested, since July 31, 1914, as a conse- quence of the war. *(3)_Debts owing to American citi- zens by the Cerman government or by German nationals. Artlele TL | “Tke government of the United {States and the government of Ger- many shall each appoint one commis- | da: ;been run into a turntable pit at San | ! to the roundhouse. );bntall\'es and ofiicials of the Santa i Fe i last night of trains being held up at| THE -EVENING 'S'i‘(AR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 11\ 992, - BUMPI-E'I'E '"E UP SECRETARY WEEKS HONORS 55-YEAR WAR DEPARTMENT : EMPLOY FAGES SANTA F Many Trains Abandoned in Desert as “Big Four” Quit, Protesting Guards. FRUIT GROWERS SUFFER San Joaquin Valley Hard Hit as Packers Close Down—Hundreds of Carloads Unpicked. Ry the Ascociated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., August11. | —Paralysis of the entire western ter- ritory of the Santa Fe system wasi the prospect facing officials of that| rallway today as a result of the sud- den walkout yesterday of members of the big four brotherhoods—the en- gineers. firemen. conductors and train- men—on several far western divi- sions. The union men explained that their action was taken as a protest against armed guards on railway property and against the alleged con- dition of certain equipment. Members of the brotherhoods said they would no longer move trains through points where armed guards were stationed. Their district officials went {nto conference with Santa F‘e‘ executives last night, but no basis of settloment had been reported early today. Trains Stranded In Desert. | Several passenger trains, including | the east-bound California Limited. | deserted by their crews, were stalled at points in Arizona or southeastern alfornia. Some were strandcd in | orchingly hot desert spots. H A wrecking crew was assigned to- | to remove a locomotive which had Bernardino. Calit,, blocking entrance | 1 At Los Angeles further it was said that; today ! conferences were possible between brotherhood repre- | After word reached Los Angeles Needles, Barstow and Bakersfield.! Calif.. I. L. Hibbard, general manager of the Santa Fe coast lines, met gen- | eral chairmen of the conductors, firc- men, enginecers, trainmen and the! joint association of engineers and| trainmen in conference, and at its! conclusion stated that unless condi-| tions were changed today Santa Fe officlals would advise passengers not to take trains likely to be held up. | Brotherhood representatives indicat- i ed there was little they could do until | they had communicated iwith their| executives in the east and had learn- ! ed the exact situation at western| railway points affected. Seeks Union Promise. Mr. Hibbard said he had told broth- | erhood officials that if they would! promise there would be no disorders such as had been reported from Necdles, the Santa Fe would remove its armed guards from company prop- erty. “The trouble is solely in sympathy with the strike of the shop crafts and not because of any other thing. asi the men have not been asked to take | out engines or cars not in good con- dition.” he declared. At Fresno. Calif.. Y. Foley, a tresh fruit shipper, announced that | s packing houses were closing to- ! day because of rail conditions and for the present no more fruit would be ordered from the growers. He ad- vised his clients among the growers to dry thelr fruit. Several fruit companies in the San Joaquin valley announced that they | were not accepting fruit. Cannerles ! tad limited their immediate pur- chases. Tt is estimated that several hun- dred cars of fruit remain unpicked in the San Joaquin district. LAKES SEAMEN STRIKE CALL TO BE DELAYED Union Official Notifies Labor De-! { partment of Postponement Until Monday. H 1 { | Alabama will be asKed to take steps | jgloner. The two govegpments shall ! by agreement select animpire to de- cide upon any cases concerning which the commissioners may disagree. or {upon any points of difference that may arise in the course of their pro- ceedings. Should the umpire or any | of the commissioners die or retire. or | be unable for any reason to discharge ! his_functions, the same procedure | shall be followed for filling the va- cancy as way followed in appointing him. i i i 1 Artlele IIL “The commissioners shall meet at| Washington within two months after | the coming into force of the present | agreement. They may fix the time | and the place of their subsequent, meetings according to convenience. | ! Article IV. | | “The commissioners shafl keep an! accurate record of the questions and | { cases submitted and correct minutes: of their proceedings. To this end} each of the governments may appoint | ia secretary and these secretaries shall act together as joint secre-, taries of the commission and shall be | { subject to its direction. { i~ “The commission may also appoint | !and employ any other necessary of- | { ficer or officers to assist in the per-| formance of its duties. The compen- | sation to be paid to any such officer or officers shall be subject to the ap- ' proval of the two governments. Article V. ; Each government shall pay its' | own expenses. including compensa- tion of its own commissioner, agent or counsel. All other expenses which : by their nature are a charge on both | | governments, including the honor-! arium of the umpire, shall be borne | by the two governments in equal: { moieties. i Article VI “The two governments may desig- nate agents and counsels who may present oral or written arguments to_the commission. 1 i “The commission shall receive and! consider all written statements or ! documents which may be presented | ! { to it by or on behalf of the respective ! governments in support of or in an- wer to any claim. “The decisions of the commission and those of the umpire (in case there may be any) shall be accepted | as final and binding upon the two! governments. Article VIL “The present agreement shall come | into force on the date of its signa- | ture. Germany’s Request. The hote requesting the President jof the United States to designate the | umpire. which was addressed to Am- ibassador Houghfon, is as follows “Mr. Ambassador: 2 “The agreement concluded today for the settlement of the amount of American claims for damages pro- vided by article 2, that on the basis of an agreement between the two ernment is convinced of the intention of the American government to carry out in, an accommodating and just manner the settiement of the ques- tions still to be solved' between the two states concerned, the way to which is opened by the signature of the rgreement. . It is still farther strengthened in this belief by the as- surances_received from your excel- The German government be- that the distrust of nations to- one another brought about by the war and the severe economic damages which it caused to all coun- "J tries concerned can be most certainly done away with {f’these! ‘countries | with reprcsentatives of the vessel- Unlon officials empowered to call a general strike of vesselmen on the great lakes notified the Labor De- | partment today that no action con- cerning a strike would be taken| until Monday, when the executive committee of the Lake Carriers’ Ae- soclation will advise Secretary of| Labor Davis whether that organiza- | tion will meet in joint conterence; men in an effort differences. The decision of the union leaders resulted from the action of the Car- riers’ Assoclation, meeting yesterday In Cleveland. in passing a resolution | referring wage differences between | the men and owners of vessels operat- | ing in the lake regions, to its execu- | tive committee, with power to act. i The Cleveland meeting was held in response to an appeal from Sec-| retary Davis that the association ! meet In joint conference with union chiefs in an effort to avert a strike. —_— STATE TO DIG COAL. to adjust wage STAUNTON, Ind., August 11.—With the movement of coal which has been lying on top of the shafts taken over by the state, well under way. officials today were endeavoring to secure steam-shovel operators, ir order to begin the digging of coal at the strip mines. A small supply plled near the mines, part of whick was: moved yesterday, was dug by union workers before the strike and will soon be exhausted. Six cars were loaded yesterday and shipped to_state institutions. N The force of workmen at the mines still 18 insufficient to obtaln quantity production, and. with the failure of any large number of workmen to arrive, rumors that covict labor will be used are current. DIVES FOR RUM EVIDENCE. DETROIT, Mich., August 11.—Div- ing into fifteen feet of water, Harry Yost. a member of the state police, recovered a quart of whisky yester- day fo base a charge of rum-running against Fred Graham of River Rouge. Officers _were cruising in a seized launch on Detroit river and sighted Graham piloting a small launch that they charge was laden with liquor. He fled on being hailed. When over- taken there was no liquor in his launch, but bubbles were rising to the top of the water. Yost, after sev- eral plunges, brought up a bottle. ke dee et e declde to approach the solution of the questions which have arisen be- tween them as a consequence of the war in a generous manner and in the spirit of mutual accommodation. The German government welcomes the fact that the American government intends to take the initiative in this connection. In order to make this possible and in order to give the American gcgernment a proof of its confidence, the German government haa the honor to request the Presi- dent of the United States to cause an American person, seeming to him suited for this responsible office, to accept the position of umpire, such as is contemplated In the above men- tioned agreement. I should be grate- ful to your excellency if you would transmit this proposal of the German covernment to the President of the nited States. At the same time I take advantage of this occasion to renew to you, Mr. Aml or, the assuramce of my most distinguished considération. *(Signed) WIRTH." | nouncea, { other dlstricts are sk ! slipping from their i had Edward Dunn entere Stanton. He w he retired August him, yesterday, a purse. of War Weekn, d Dun FUEL PRE BOES WL B PERALTED a and "M Rail Cars to Be Denied to; Mines Violating Rates Fixed by Hoover. ANTHRACITE BOARD URGED Envoy of Operators, Calling at White House, Says End of Hard Coal Strike Soon Possible. The central coal committee is con- sidering the use of the emergenc: powers of the Interstate Commerce | Commission to bring into line coal operators who are failing to co- operate with the federal fuel organi- zation In price control, according to the Assoclated Press. Defense of the government agai price advances above the maximum charges agreed upon by the pro- ducing operators with Secretary Hoover was declared to lie in thej power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to allocate coal rs S0 that mines boosting prices would be | without transportation facilit Department of Justice officials con- nected with the federal fuel organi- zatlon were sald to have advised the | committee that the commission had ample authority under the law to so distribute cars to the mines as to effectively controi their charges. The question to be determined, it was understood, was whether the commis- sion would exercise these emergenc powers to their full extent Violations In Alabama. Alabama operators. Mr. Hoover an- have broken away from the fair-price agreements made with him and. he added, Gov. Kilby of in that state Operators in owing signs of tand with the fair-price program, it was said at the committee. In some states, Mr. Hoover said. ganization against profiteering is going forward vigorously, but in other states it has not progressed as rapidly as desired. The New Eng- land states, New York and Massa- chusetts, he asserted, were taking care of the whole problem of emer- gency fuel distribution vigorousiy, Railroad service out of the produc- ing coal flelds, he asserted, was steadily improving, and car suppi improved steadily during past two weeks as a result of the priority system established by the federal organization. Anthracite Settlement Near. A plea for assistance in getting the anthracite coal producing regions back to production was made yester- day by S. D. Warriner and W. Richards, representing the general policy committee of all operators. They were presented President Harding by Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania. Secretary Hoover and Chairman Lasker of the Ship- ping Board were in the executive of- fices during presentation. The anthracite operators have ac- cepted the President’s proposal to ap- to protect consumers against rising prices. or | point a commission and arbitrate the differences which have led to a sus- pension of work by the miners. While they did not ask the Presi- dent, Senator Pepper said, to appoint the anthracite commission diately, the opinion of the anthracite representatives was said to be that its establishment at a very early mo- ment might help to bring about a conclusion of the work suspension. SEEK MINE _W_AR DATA. Conviction of Many in Illinois Killings Possible, Say Officials. MARION, 1ll, August 11.—State's Attorney Delos Duty, Sheriff Melvin Thaxton and other officials of Wil liamson county, working under or- ders of-W. J. Brundage. state attor- ney general, are gathering evidence against participants in the mine war at tie strip pit of the Southern Tili- nois Coal Company. at Herrin, near here, June 21 and 22, in which nineteen non-union workers and three union miners were killed. Tt was stated today by a county official that sufficient evidence has been collected to convict many par- ticipants in the disorders, but that complete evidence as to the mob leaders still is lacking. The underatanding county is that no arrests will be made in connection with the riots until the regular September term of the grand jury returns indictments. in Willlamson Plans are being made for trials for the accused persons, indicating that county authoritles expect the grand jury to return indictments. EXPLOSIONS AT MINE. County Officials Prevent Dynamit- ing of Indiana Property. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., August 11.— Attempts to dynamite the W. F. Wag- ner coal mine, near Toad Hop, several miles west of Terre Haute, early this morning were frustrated by arrival of county officials. Several sticks of dynamite had been exploded near/ the mouth of the mine. A large unexploded charge was found at the bottom of the shaft. The Wagner mine had been operat- ing with non-union employes, and of- ficials expressed the opinion that the dynamite was thrown into the min with the idea of intimidating worker: < In_the picture, left to right, are: John the | J.! anthracite | to] imme- | the government service in 1887 uw a mounted “20 of this year. Hin co-workers, iss Molly S. Nixon, chicf of the |ANDREWS TO VISIT COAL | MINES OF TWO STATES Special Fuel Committee’'s Head to Report Conditions After Sev- eral Days’ Probe. First-hand situation fn the mines in West Vir- | ginia and Maryland is to be gathered |by R.P. Andre chairman of the | special committee on fuel and trans- | portation of the Merchants and Manu- facturers' Association. He plans days in the sectlon ! meeting of the committee will be held fupon his return to the city. and by that time the results of the question- | {naire which was sent out will be known. After this information is studfed, in conjunction with the re- | vort of Mr. Andrews' investigation. a {conference will be held with local {coal dealers, with a view to taking | Steps to Insure a sufficient coal supply | here for the winter. |COMMISSION TO RULE ON COAL PRIORITIES | Dealers Must Obey Emergency Or- ders Issued During Fuel | i | Shortage Period. | i The Attorney General. the federal ifuel committee announced, has ruled that priority orders for coal under classification one of the Inter- state Commerce Commission have !preference over other orders which operators may have on their books. Classification No. 1 is the provision giving primary consideration to ship- ments especially designated by the | commission. “While it is desired to preserve the integrity of contracts as far as pos- sible,” the committee said. “the. feel- |ing is that general contracts must in a measure take sccondary position !to the meeting of particularly urgent icoal necessities created under an {exigency which has arisen since such icontracts were entered into. | “Present plans of the fuel distri- ibution committee are that orders for class No. 1 coal shall be so distribut- ed as not to disturb seriously prop- ler distribution of cars. All orders for icoal considered to be within that | classification will go to the district {committee, who will appertion the {orders among the mines in their dis- i tricts. In such apportioning orders it |is expected that contracts will be ob- {served as far as possible.” GOVERNORS PLAN RELIEF. { | Would Send Committee to D. C. From Northwestern States. | By the Ansociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn., August 11.—Prepa- rations for sending to Washington representatives from Iowa, Wisconsin, | Minnesota, North Dakota and South i Dakota, to be known as the north- ! western coal committee, to aid in | speeding up coal shipments to this section, were under way today fol- lowing the conference of governors of i these states here yesterday. | Close on the heels of the confer- ence came word from Washington {that an increase of 50,000 tons each week in the movement of bituminous coal to the northwest had been -al- lowed by the federal coal committee. This will make a total of 250,000 tons a week to comé via Lake Superior ports. E { " According to_figures given out by | Gov. Preus of Minnesota at the gov- ernors' conference, the bituminous lcoal delivered at the docks at Su- { perior and Duluth during April, May, June and July this year is more than 5,000,000 tons behind the figures for the same period last year. Declaring that the northwest draws largely for its fuel supply from the stocks available at ‘the head of the lakes, all the governors—Preus of | Minnesota, McMaster of South Da- | kota, Nestos of North Dakota, Blaine {of Wisconsin and Kendall of Iowa— urged drastic steps by the federal ’governmenl to insure this supply. i The governors adopted a resolution, | i which was forwarded to President Harding, stating that the executives and the people of the northwest would approve federal seizure of coal mines and coal carriers, if deemed necessary by the national administration to carry out the steps to obtain coal. REOPEN TWO MINES. Colorado Output Expected to Be Increased 1,000 Tons a Day. DENVER, Col, August 11.—Bitumi- nous coal production in Colorado will be increased by at least one thousand tons a day with the opening today of two mines in southern Colorado, idle for more than a yeAr owing to lack of orders, according to an announce- ment by J. F..Welborn, president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Alzgut 400 men will be employed, Re said. The mines are situated in a fleld not affected by the nation-wide 'coal | strike. Premlums varying from $2 to $3 per | ton' have been offered by eastern buy- ers who have been invading Colorado territory recently, it was stated, owing to the demand for coal in the east. KENTUCKY STRIKES END. More Than 100 Union and Non- Union Mines in Agreements. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., August 11.— Sporadic strikes in Kentucky coal fields, which followed the negotiation of wage agreements with more than 100 union and non-union mines, are at an end. it was announced today by the Kentucky- Tennessee Coal Operators’ Association. Miners in some . districts: demanded. that the wage increase, effective Augmst I, be retroactive to July 1. information as to the| to | leave Monday and to spend severa: Chairman Andrews said that a full | issued | mensenger, under Secretary of War through Secretary Weekn, presented TERRY 1S BOOMED TOHEAD LAWYERS New Yorker May Be Named . President of American Bar Association. OTHERS SEEKING HONOR | Various Committees Make Final Reports During Closing Hours | of Convention. Dy the Associated Press. . SAN FRANCISCO, August 11.—Dele- gates to the American Bar Assocla- tion convention were to elect officers today. Charles Thaddeus Terry of New York, was reported to be the choice of the general council of the organization. Ostensibly the choice of its chief executive is carried out by the asso- ciation each year, but within the gen- eral council, which meets executive- |1y, there generally wages a battle | This year, if credence is ta be placed {in the reports, is no exception. Other Candidates. 1t is stated that a faction of the association came to San Francisco with the intention of choosing. Sec- | retary of State Hughes to direct its! {affairs for the next twelve months. | But opposition developed—not to Mr. ! Hughes, the eminent jurist, but to him as president while Secretary of State. Reports say that the test of strength between the Hughes pro- ponents and the opposition came at the election of the general council when former Gov. Whitman of New York defeated Henry W. Taft, broth- er of the Chief Justice. ~ day seemed to center on Mr. Terry, | but he was not the only “candidate. There were many votes in the coun cil for John W. Davis, former am- | bassador to Great Britain: R. E. L. | Saner of Texas and Paul Holland of Ohio. In addition to the election of offi- cers, an_ address by Nicholas M ray Butler and consideration of a committee report were features of the final session of the association. Reports of committees occupied the afternoon session yesterday. One re- port recommended renewing American 1 ‘!erencee Plea for Law Enforcement. A note of warning against defiance of the law was sounded by George W. Wickersham, former United States at- torney general, luncheon attended by Chief Justice Taft. Vice President Coolidge and other nota- bles here for the bar convention. “No government resting on universal suffrage can long endure,” he sald, re- ferring to the mine strike outrage at Herrin, Ill, “without respect for the constitution and laws of the land nor it the selfish interests of particular classes are permitted to ‘contest the laws and facts of government. “When any body of men, be they em- i ployers or employed, becomeé sc infat- uated with their own special interests that they defy the laws of the land with impunity and are ready to assault or murder any who differ from them, they become a menace to the existence of a democracy or any other form of free government. HONOR EUGENE MASON. Patent Section of Bar Elects D. G. Man at San Francisco. ‘Word has been received here that Eugene Mason of this city was elect- ed secretary of the patent section of the American Bar Association at the convention being held at San Fran- cisco. Charles E Brock, a patent attorney, who practiced here for many years, but is now located at Cleveland, was elected chairman of the section. Anold desk, notmuch money, an uncertain job—why does news- paper work attract young men? For the finest picturization of theromance of report- orial work see “Old | Ben Alibi,” by Irvin I'S. Cobb in September nopolitan “fo | Choice of the general council to-| participation In the Hague peace con-! at newsstands * MEXIGAN OIL LAND RULINGS HELD VAIN State Department Says De- cisions Fail to Protect Americans. That the recent oil land decisions of the Mexican supreme court do not entirely meet the demands of the ‘Washington government for the com- plete protection of the property |rights of Americans in Mexico is clearly indicated in the following statement issucd by the State De- partment: “The dcpartment has received the text of four decisions of the Mexican supreme court rendered in May last in amparo proceedings instituted by petroleum companies. These four de- cislons seem to be identical in all es- sential particulars, and together with ithe similar decision of that court rendered August 30, 1921, in the am- paro case, brought by the Texas Company, appear to constilute wnac Is called 'a precedent in Mexican ju- risprudence. “These opinions sct forth that ar- ticle 14 of the Mexican constitution. nrov!dln‘g that ‘no law shall be given retroactive effect to the prejudice ot any pergon whatsoever, does not re- late to the provisions of the consti- | tution jtself, and that when the constitution embodies retroactive pro- 1 actively. Acquired Rights Issue. ‘It is further set forth that the jsidered to be retroactive. ‘as it does not injure previous and legiti- mately acquired rights.” but it is ap- jparent that the application of the principle thus declared must depena Upon what is considered to be an ‘acquired right” The five decisions creating the precedent in question relate exclu- sively to cases of leases or contracts which were made by owners of land for prospectin troleum. and it said that thereby the privileges of the owners of the lands were translated Into positive acts. { | l ilessees or holders of these contracts 1 had acquired rights to the injury of | fhich the provision of the constitu- tion of 1917 for the nationalization of petrolcum could not be applied. The petroleum properties in process of de- ivelopment before May 1, 1917, when {the present constitution took effect. are protected from a retroactive ap- plication_of the fourth paragraph of article 27. “These decisions do not, however, cf- fectively deal with the rights of where the lands were owned prior to but had not been devei- ed or as to which leases or contract ghts to prospect for and work pe- ;lhat date. | {of the land in such a case have ap- { propriate protection is yet to be de- |termined by the Mexican supreme jcourt. It is understood that there are ja large number of amparo proceed- ings before that court which involve ! " The department has been advised {also by the Mexican zuthorities that i the Mexivan congress has sole author- |1ty to regulate by an appropriate or- | ganic law the Interpretation of the | precepts of the constitution and that ino organic law purpose has {yet been enacted.” i Finished and under construc Four and six bedrooms. Th garages. \Vide lots. oF ‘Cathedral. Finished and un lot 24x120. Large porches. MIDDAUGH & i i | { in an address at a| Number 1 visions these must be applied retro- fourth paragraph of article 27 of the Mexican constitution of 1917, ! referring to petrolcum and other {subsoil “substances, cannot be con- ! g for and working pe- | {and accordingly the claimants, as the | inference from these decisions is that | jAmerican citizens in lands containing | { petroleum or other subsoil substances troleum had not been granted before “The question whether the owners | that question and are still undecided. | 7Difi'erently Desigied Brick and Tile Homes in MASSACHUSETTS PARK *Exhibit” 32d and Cathedral ave. WOODLEY PARK 0 hibit” 2822 Connecticut avenuc, between Garfield and rooms, attic, chauffeur’s room, three baths, brick garages; 10th Floor, Woodward Building, 15th and H Sts. 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