Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1923, Page 1

WIATHER. Rain tonight and probably tomor- row; colder tomorrow: temperature for ‘twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 68, at yesterday; lowest, 54, at § Full report on page 7. 30 p.m. m, todayy Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 No. ~29,089. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D, C. 2000 BUYERS FACE! LIQUOR CHARGES AS POLICE SCAN LISTS OF HGH OFFICIALS State Department Prepares for Probe When Legations | Are Reported Involved in Big Ring Folind in Raids. OYSTER ORDERS PUSH “THROUGH TO THE END” District "Attorney’s Office Says| -Names Found in Seizures Will Be Given to Grand Jury—Anti- Saloon League Enters Case, ‘With Wheeler's Statement. Purchasers as well as dispensers ©f liquor in the conspiracy cases set on foot vesterday with nine arrests and three warrants will be prose- cuted, it was announced today by -Assistant District Attorney Pres. mont, who has been placed in charge of the preparation of the case. Police claim to have in their pos- ‘session a list of names of between 1.000 and 2,000 Washingtonians, some ©f them prominent in official and so- clal life here. who are suspected to have been purchasers of liquor from the alleged syndicate. Report to State Department. Possibility of foreign legation com- Plications in the case was sald by the Police to have been contained in re- ports forwarded by them to the State Department for investigation. At the State Department it was said that no formal report had as yet arrived, but that on receipt of detail- ed charges the department would take up the matter and consider the advisability of making an investiga- tion “Regardless of the social, political or official prominente of persons who are shown to be purchasers of liquor from the alleged syndicate” Mr. Presmont told The Star today, ““the names will be placed before the grand Jury “From statements of the police, it: looks as though a scandal in Wash- iggton may ba precipitated’ by such action, but when a conspiracy case| s made against sellers of liquor there is no feason why the buyers| should escape prosecution.” All Forees Unite, The United States Attorney's of- fice will have the backing of the District police, who worked up the o as well as the investigators of pecial Intelligence unit of the internal revenue bureau of the Treasury Department, it was said to- day, and a conference is soheduled next week to discuss procedure on the prosecution of purchasers of liguor from the alleged syndicate. Commissioner Oyster today indi- cated that there would be no doubt as to the full and complete co-opera- tion of the police department in Yandling the case to its extremities. “Right through to the end,” w: the answer of Commissioner Oyster :n_asked his opinion of pushing prosecution even of the purchas- )fficials of the speclalsintelligence of the internal revenue bureau so declared that every facllity to prosecute every one connected in any way with the alleged canapiracy | would be tendered to the office of the district attorney. ‘\\heelrr Makes Statement. Thus the two Investigating agencies and the prosecuting agency of the government have announced thetr linc-up in the case. The Anti-Saloon League also has come to the front in this case. General Counsel Wayne B. Wheeler today Issued the follow- ing statement: “Bvery one of the alleged 1,500 Jiquer purchasers disclosed by the bootleggers’ books should be prose- cuted for violating section € of the| national prohibition act. The pur-| er is a more cowardlw violator the law than the bootlegger. ery friend of law and order should insist on the prosecution of these | 1500 co-conspirator: “If public officlals will use all of | their power under the law they will prosecute them dlso for violating the conspiracy statute, which carries a penalty of two vears in*the penitenti- ery and a fine®f $5.000." The fact that police have obtained four confessions in the case and are in | possession of the 1ist of names in | code form is looked upon a8 a basis for the procedure about to be under- taken. i of Papers Betng Decoded. Police today were centering atten- tion on decoding the papers found in the case. Not only Lieut. Davis and Serst. McQuade of the vice squad, but also Commissioner Oyster late yesterday and this morning, they said, were recelving calls from persons known 16 them for some time to get a bit of information regarding the decod- ing of the names. It seems that quite a_number of purchasers are in- ferested in learning whether their rames are contained on the Ijat. More than a hint has been" given that this_oase is by no means com- pleted. Last night Loils Dulane, a representative of the American Ie- Kion, was arrested on a warrant Im- plicating him in the case already made against twelve others. This brought nine into_the jurisdic- tion ‘of United States Commissioner George H. Macdonald. All these nine have been released on bond. Promises MacMillan, Via Hino WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1923—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. 1|Will Place T-2, Radio, Lauds Navy Plan for Air Polar Dash Explorer, in Message to Admiral Moffett, | Says One Flight Will Accomplish More Than Last Ten Years Have Done. By one flight of alrcraft into the Arctic regions more can be accom- plished than other expeditions have achieved in the last ten years, Capt. Donald B. MacMillan yesterday told Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the bureau of aeronautics in a radiogram relayed to the admiral here from the Bowdoin, now frozen in for the win- ter several hundred miles from the north’ pole. The message also gave the admiral data on conditions up north which can be furnished in detafl in the VENIZELOSINVITED | TORENEW CONTROL Greek Ministers Offer Free Hand, But Ex-Premier May Not Return. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, December 22.—The coun- il of ministers has decfded to in- struct Col. Plastiras ‘of the revolu- tionary committee to ask former Premier Venizelos, without any con- ditions and with complete liberty of initlative, to return to Greece and take the political situation in hand. MAY NOT ACCEPT. Venizelos, However, News From Greece. By the Associated Pres PARIS, Docember 22.—Former Pre- mier Venizelos of Greege informed through news sources tdday that a delegation bearing a letter from Col. Plastiras, head of the Greek revolu- tionary committee, Inviting the ex- premier to return to Greece had left | Athens for Paris yesterday on the| steamer Andros, replted through his secretary that he would be glad to recelve the delegation He expressed doubt, however, whether the explanation accompany- ing the invitation would cause him to alter his decision not to return to Greece for the present Nevertheless, close friends of the former premier say he is greatly im- pressed by the receipt of a telegram from the military group, representing 1500 army and navy officers, aiso re- questing his immedlate departure for Greece. Although he replied in the negative, his friends say he will he 8lad to meet his compatriots in Paris, discuss the situation with ¥hem and give them the benefit of his advice and long experlence in Greek affairs UNION TICKET OFFICE WILL BE ABANDONED Pennsylvania .nnd Baltimore and Ohio to Go in Own Quarters, ‘Welcomes The consolidated ticket office at 13th and F streets, in which all rail- roads entering Washington were rep- resented during the war, will cease o exist after March 15, when the Baltimore and Ohio and the Penn- sylvania systems, the only com- panies now occupying the office, move into thelr own homeg. The Pennsylvania Rallroad will op- erate its: own ticket office at 613 14th street northwest, and the Bal- timore and Ohfo has acquired quar- ters in the Woodward bullding at 15th and H streets northwest, rail- road officials announced today. Thomas L. Lipsett, district passen- ger agent for the Pennsylvania sys- tem_ explained . that discontinuance of the consolidated office by his road and the Baltimore and ORY is merely | another move to put the lines on | their pre-war basis. He pointed out that the Seaboard Alr Line, the Chesapeake and Ohfo and the Atlan- tic Coast Line had abandoned Interest in the office. ZONING ORDINANCE HELD VOID IN LOS ANGELES ) st Court Says City Can Exercise Arbitrary Powers Only for Safety Purposes. By the Associated Press. - LOS ANGELES, Calif,, December 22, —The Los Angeles zoning ordinances, which sought to prohibit erection of certaln types of structures in specific| parts of the city, were declared un- constitutional in a decision handed down yesterday by the second district court of appeals Only in cases where the public health, safety or welfare is concerned can the city exercise arbitrary police powers, the decision stated. Wherg) these are not conecrned the fndivid- ual should be given the “unrestricted right to use and enjoy” his property, the court held, adding that inasmuch as zoning ordinances are intended primarily to further the esthetic ap- pearance of the city they cannot be regarded as necessary to publio health, safety or welfare. for the surrender of two others have been made by Attorney James F. O'Shea, while two warrants are out Tor an additional two. Out on Bond. Those out on bond_on_conspirac: charges. thus far are H. Curtls Lawm. son of Mount lda, Va.: H. R. Bates, Jiss” Pearl 'Brvant, Joseph = Marke iss Naomi Middleton, Allen Clyde itherite, Marian Adams, John Cas- per Mack and Louis Dulane. O'Shea promised Commissioner Mac- donald that Milton Scarborough and Ben Morris would be brought before ifm voluntarily as soon as possible Mr. O'Shea pointed out to TUnit States Commissioner Macdonald yes- Yerday that as soon as hls clisat were aware that there wis a breath of suspicion against them, they .im- mediately asked to be brought be- fore the proper authorities. Prosesution of purchasers was saia oday by officials of the Department X spring when the contemplated flight of the Navy takes place. In reply Admiral Moffett stated he valued “highly your indorsement of plan to explore Arctie by air” The text of the message from Capt. MacMillan, which wgs received by radlo from E. F. Mcxonald of Chi- cago, who has been‘in constant com- munication with the explorer, fol- lows: “Have just received from Capt. D. B. MacMillan, now frozen in on his ship Bowdoin at 78 north latitude, " (Contlnued on Page 2, Column 2) NEW STEP IS MADE TOLIQUOR TREATY Latest Redraft of Hughes’ Proposal Is Transmitted to London Government. Negotiations with Great Britain for a special liquor treaty have prog- ressed another stage with the trans- mission to London of American sug- gestions In connection with the Brit- counter draft of the original American - proposal. The London government now is considering the American suggestions and an agreement is expected in the near future. Negotlations of similar treatles with other maritime countries are expected to follow completion of the British-American pact. Discussions with the Netherlands already have begun and intimations have reached Washington that various other gov- ernments look favorably upon the American proposals. In effect the British-American treaty will be a model for those with othur countries, aithough in each case the particular interests of the country involved will have to be con- sidered in drawing specific romises. INSISTS CHINA PAY FOR RADIO TRADE Japan Says Peking Must Compensate Her Company for U. S. Contracts. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, December 22.—If the powerful Mitsui Company of Japan is forced to surrender its “‘exclusivi radio con- tract in China, owing to the agreement made last summer between the Chinese government and the Federal Telegraph Company, in conjunction with the Radio Corporation of America, China must pay compensation to the Japaness concern, K. Yoshizawa, Japanese minister to Peking, has informed the Peking gov- ernment, according to unofficial advices recefved here. The agreement with the American firms, signed by R. P. Schwering, pres- ident of the Federal Telegraph Com- pany, provides for the construction of five powerful wireless stations in China, establishing for the first time direct communication Dbetween the United States and China. Work has begun un- der the’nll're‘emenll. The total cost of © project s estimated at more tha s1_l’,ooo.om » apan twice has protested to the United States against the contract, claiming that a previous agreement with the Mitsul Company gave that concern exclusive wireless rights in China. The Japanese minister's statement was em- bodled In the latest demand for recog- nitfon of the Mitdui's monopolistic rights to radlo facilities in China. The controversy over the Schwering contract resulted in a mnote from the { American government to China on the subject of the “open door” policy, the last summer. HOME DYNAMITED; 8 ESCAPE UNHURT Mill Worker Unable to Explain Blast—Scores of Windows Shattered. By the Associated Press. MINGO JUNCTION, Ohio, December 22—The home of Tom Sabatina was wrecked by a dynamite explosion early today. Elght people in the house escaped uninjured. Windows in a score of homes id the neighborhood of the Sabatina home were broken by the blast. Police found the fuso which had been used %o met off sev- eral sticks of dynamite, but no rea- son could be given by Sabatina, who is a mill worker, for the dynamiting, This is the fourth home dynamited in Jefterson county in. the last five monthi 25 Convicts Paroled to Enjoy Christmas on Honor to Return By the Associated Press. LANSING, Kan., December 22.— Twenty-five convicts serving terms at the Kansas penitentiary here are at liberty today on fifteen-day “Christmas parole granted by Gov. Jonathan M. Davis. They are ‘on honor to return at the expiration of that period. ‘Willlam La -Trasse, train rob- ber, whose escapades have Kkept him confined in penitentiaries of = | -the.middle - estnatept Khartima - o~ since 1911, is one of those releases lm;".ha holidays e ’ “No one will ever find me against the law again,” La Trasse fl-cll:-lod ‘when h ped through the pris- on gate last night. “J'm done with e:cryl?ln: that leads toward the La Trasse, whose record includes an escape from the Kansas peni- tentlary and sensational breaks for freedom from several jails, sald the worst experience of a criminal was to be hunted. “I would rather be in the peni- tentiary. than a hunted man oute sldes” be-amarted, SEE SOVIET TRYIG TOMISINFOR .. Officials Emphasize Position Following Statement by Tchitcherin. The State Department’s position that communist propaganda in the United States must cease and that good faith | in the discharge of Russia's interna- tional obligations must be demonstrat- ed Nefore the American government will enter into any negotiations with the soviet government is emphasized in connection with Forelgn Minister Tchitcherin's suggestion that authen- ticity of revolutionary “instructions™ recently made public here be submitted to arbitration. Statement “Propaganda.” 3 Tchitcherin's statement yesterday | denying that the Russian soviet gov- | ernment had ever sent any documents | to the workers' party of America and | his assertion that if such papers ex-| isted they were forgeries, is regarded as being, in itself, a form of propa ganda in that it is an attempt to mis- lead the American public into believing there is a real difference between the | soviet government and the communist | international. The soviet gofernment, | the State Department holds, is an “or- gan of the communist party,” and the nternationale i{s the party's organ for international communist propaganda. U. S. TO MAKE OVER EXISTING TREATIES! Pacts on Amity and Commerce With Other Nations Due to Be Modernized. The Washington government will begin the new year with the prospect of making over during the year prac- tically all of its treaties of amity and commerce with other nations. In addition to the actual treaty negotiations now in progress with Spain and various Latin-American countries, all American ambassadors and ministers have instructions to in- dicate to the governments to which they are accredited that the Uglted States is desirous &t an opportune time of revising its trade treaties with all nations. The German- American treaty, signed a short time ago, was the first of these pacts to bo completed. The war produced many new con- ditions In international affairs that officials here feel must be dealt with by a general modernization of com- mercial conventions. WILL PUT STATE TROOP: ON DRY ENFORCEMENT Delaware Governor Says He Will Act Any Time United States Calls for His Aid. WILMINGTON, Del., December 22.— Gov. William D. Denny is willing to call out the National Guard to ald federal prohibition agents if neces- sary. Gov. Denny in telephone con- versation with Fedéral Prohibition Director Robert B. Ellfott said vester- day: it at any time you feel the need of such aid In the enforcement of the prohibition laws do' not hesitate to call on me. I will immediately detail a detachment of the guard to your service.” Federal agents appear to be deter- mined to make this a dry Christmas. During the last, twenty days th have seized caravans carrying liquor valued at almost $30,000 and have raided numerous speak-easies.. LANDSLIDE HITS TRAIN. New York Central Passengers Escape Uninjured. FALLSTON, Pa, December 22— Pittsburgh and Lake Erle passenger train No. 38, Boston ‘to Pittsburgh, was caught in a landslide here todhy. ‘There were no casualties, but sub- urban service as well as- through trains to Detroit and Buffalo over the New York Central railroad were de- - Saveralheursy ! ) Residents, Roses, Radishes Deny | it, But Winter Began Today The first day of winter Washington eating radishes late in the fall and Toses from bushes that thought spring had come. Reports from the weather bureau at the same time, falled to hold out any hope for a '“white Christmas,” the prediction being that Tuesday of next week might turn out to be one of the warmest Christmases on record While this December has falled t smash any records—the warmest De cember on record being that in 1889 —there are possibliities that before the month s over, a new record will have been set. An optimistic reporter with a hope- ful voice failed to coax any enthus- fasm or comment out of the weather bureau in his search for a freak weather story today Nor could the weather bureau be persuaded to go into ecstacles over the warm weather. It was warm, 'twas admitted, but found planted BRYAN SAYS FORD HURT PRESDENT Asserts Auto King’s Folfow- ers, Masses, Resent Jump to “Candidate of Rich.” By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla., December 22—William Jnnings Bryan, candidate for delegate to the national democratic convention from this state, issued a statement to- day in regard to Henry Ford's indorse- ment of President Coolidge, in which he states that the reaction will hurt Cool- idge Anstead of helpiug him The statement follows: “The first im- pression made by Mr. Ford's state- ment will probably be favorable to President Coolidge's candidacy, but the reaction is likely to prove a damaging blow to the President. Ir. Ford has been talked of as the candidate of the masses, his support coming from both democrats and re- publicans, who interpreted his candi- dacy as a protest against the reac- tionary policies of most of the repub- lican leaders and Some of the demo- cratic leaders. Mr. Ford as the mil- lionaire champion of the poor people of the country would make an inspiring spectacie, but Mr. Ford loses his promi- nence when he joins with the rest of the big business men in support of a reactionary candidate. Will Not Carry Support. “He will not carry with him any of the plutocrats, because they are already supporting Mr. Coolldge; the President's opposition to the excess profits tax made sure of thelr sup- port; but Mr. Ford's desertion of the masses will create an irritation:that Will become more pronounced as the campalgn approaches. The men who have difficuity In keeping thelr house- hold expenditures within their in- comes—the men wha, as a rule, buy Ford cars—will resent the abandon- ment of their cause by one of the richest men in the country, whom they regarded—mistakenly, it now seems—as thelr friend. . | “His use of the word -‘safe’ in de- scribing President Coolidge will sug- gest a companion word, 'sane,’ which usually accompanies ‘the word ‘safe’ when used to describe public men and political policles. Those who talk of a ‘safe and sane’ candidate reflect upon the intelligence, as well as upon the good purposes of the masses. Presi- dent Coolidge will find Mr. Ford the most expensive booster who has yet climbed into the -band wagon;. his action emphasizes the deepgning di- vision between those with™ big in- comes and those with small incomes.” —_— WORLD EDITOR DIES. P Frank I Cobb Had Been IJl.for NEW YORK, December 22~Frank 1. Cobb, editor .of the New . York World for the last twelve years, died yesterday at his home afier a long iliness. He had been unable to carry on " his editorial dutles ‘since last spring. Call New York press since Horace Greeley. Mr. Cobb plucking pretty | not so warm as it was in the year of 1889, when December set a record for warmth that hasn’t been beaten yet. It will not continue to be so warm tomorrow, the reporter was informed, nor wil] it be so cold. Here and there, however. reports sifted into The Star office of freaks caused by the warm weather, One man s=aid he had radishes for din- | ner last night that had been planted n the fall. Archie Bates, a policeman on duty |at the District building, said he picked six red radiant roses from a bush in his_yard yesterday, and Sergt. Owen R. Moxley of the Fire Department, volunteered that he | picked two beauties of the same kind. Hyacinths and other bulbs are sprouting all over town, reports stated, although they are due to stay buried until spring. The fly population was Increased the last few days by several billion, the eensus bureau did not report. CATHEORAL APPEAL 5 MADE GENERAL All Capital Residents Invited to Contribute to Build- ing Fund. Every one in Washington today was | invited to contribute toward the | building of the natlonal cathedral, so that on Christmas morning he may have the glad consclousness of feel- ing that he has played his part in a great work to the glory of God. Members “of the campaign teams who have been raising the District's share of the $10,000,000 needed to complete the cathedral today were seeking out such persons, feeling that there must be 10,000 Washing- tonians who can spare $2 a vear for five vears. Newbold %, local campaign manager, today issued the following statement, calling upon the civic pride and spirit of the National Cap- ital at large to heip build the na- tional cathedral. “We dare today appealing,” said Mr. Noyes, “in the only way we know how to appeal, to that great proportion of the Washington public upon whom We of the ‘campaign machine' have been unable to call in person. For seven days the 200.men and women who make up our twenty-eight teams have sacrificed business and recreation to the task of trying personally to see as many of that public as was humanly possible, know, as the close of the campaign draws near, that we have been unable effectively to cover the city. Many Want to Contribute. “We believe, we must believe, that there "are in Washington tens of thousands of individual citizens who, utterly {rrespective of creed, would wish to play a part, large or small, i this project, if only we could tell them how much it means to our city, our nation and to a faith, which is something bigger than either city or nation. We honestly helieve that if we could talk man to man with each of those tens of thousands we could more than double the splendid sum which already has been subscribed. ‘We would do' 8o if there were any way in which it could be done. But there {s not—and so we are taking the only way left to reach those we cannot talk with—the printed word. ““We want every man and woman and child in Washington to feel that we have come to them with our appeal earnestly made; that we have told them that while there are a score of out- standing_monuments in Washington to (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) The committee in charge: of “the "Washington " campaign for building the National Cathedral today ppeals to the Washington public for the support - of ten thousand Washingtonians. That appeal is . made, in part, through the news and advertising col- umns of The Star.' The Star earnestly recommends to its readers that careful consideration and whole-, hearted response be accorded thereto. Star. We | Farrell Yesterday’s “From FPress to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Wigshington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Net Circulation, 94,553 Record Airplane, In Museum Here The glant Fokker monoplane T-2, which last summer carried Lieuts. Oakley G. Kelly and John A. Mac- ready from New York to San Diego without a landing, and which ranks among the world’s famous air- planes, will be preserved in the National Museum here for pos- terity, The T-2 was flown into Bolling Fleld from McCook Field, Dayton, @hio, its base, a short time ago, and soon will be dismantled, trans- ported to the museum and set up as, next to the first planes that left the . ground, the most remarkable plece of aircraft in the institution. SAYS BAR BANNED U.S.LINES FOR TRIP Ship Board Says Permission Was Asked to Attend Law- yers’ Meeting and Denied. The decision of the American Bar Association ‘to use a British ship for transporting Its members to London for a meeting next summer was the subject of a statement from the Shipping Board today detailing the efforts made to induce association officers to employ a liner under the American flag. The board, the statement said, was willing to “meet any terms or condi- tions” offered by any foreign com- petitor, and several conferences were held with committees of the associa- tion in order to promote the inter- ests of the passenger fleet operated by the board. An attack on the decision of the bar association to send its delega- tion on the Cunarder Berengarla was { made in the Senate just before the (Christmas. recess, and a resolution of inquiry is pending there. The board’s statement in full fol- lows: “Officials of the United States lines first heard of the proposed trip of the American Bar Association in October, 1922, and the assistant traf- fic manager at once took personal charge and got in touch with Fred- erick E. Wadhams, treasurer of the association, and arranged numerous meetings, not only with him, but with the committee then considering the matter, one of which meetings was held in the office of John W. Davis (chairman of thie London meet- ing committee), at which rates, ships nd technical features were discussed. ‘Both the steamship Leviathan and the steamship George Washington were offered to the committee. “The United States lines were asked whether they were willing to meet any offer made by an English line and were-informed that they were, which was confirmed by a letter stat- ing ‘we ‘are prepared to make the eame terms and conditions as has been or will be advanced by any of our competitors.” “Mr. Kemper, secretary: Mr. Wad- hams, treasurer and Mr. Davis, pres- ident,- were Invited on the trial trip of the Leviathan and Messrs. Kem- per and Wadhams attended, at which time every phrase of the trip was discussed. “Later meetings were held and the steamship George Washington was offered, with the agreement to turn all of 'its accommodations, amount ing to 948 persons, into first ci for the purposes of the trip, the soctation to sell and allot the accom- modations as it desired. “A new committes of the Bar As- gociation was appointed suddenly, which held & meeting on October 31, which the United States Lines quested permission to attend. w permission was _denied. thereafter the information was re- coived that the British ship Beren- garia had been picked. BACKS BRITISH VESSEL. Parker Says U. S. Shipping Board Not Interested in Trip. Py the Associaied Press. NEW YORK, December 22—The Cunard liner Berengarla was selected for the American Bar Association's voyage to England next summer be- cause Cunard officials changed a sail- ing date to oblige the association atter the United States Shipping Board officials had “offered mno en- couragement nor suggested that they were interested” in an effort to ar- range passage on the Leviathan, ac- cording to Alton B. Parker, chairman of the committee arranging the trip. Mr. Parker, in a statement made public today, replied to attacks made in Washingfon Thursday on the se- lection of the Berengaria and a state- ment made by Chairman James A. of the United States Steel Corporation criticizing the lack of support of the American merchant marine by the American people. The Bar Association delegation, Mr. Parker sald, wanted to be in England on a certain date, In order to take ad- Vantage of a special program de- veloped by their English hosts, and H. B. Beltler of Philadelphla and Fred- erick E. Wadham, treasurer of the association, were delegated to con- sult officials of steamship companies, including the operators of the Leviathan. The Cunard line, these committee- men reported to Mr. Parker, “was the only one that came anywhere near paying attention to the wishes of the Bar Assoclation 16 DROWNED OFF SPAIN. Storm on Mediterranean Sinks Two Fishing Craft. MADRID, December 22.—Sixteen per- sons were drowned yesterday, when two fishing boats sank in the Mediter- raneal off Denia, during a violent storm. Several other craft are re- ported missing. Shortly | TWO CENTS. PUEBLA EVACUATED BY MEXIGAN REBELS AS MILITARY MOVE Obregon Relinquishes Per- sonal Command, Returns to Capital, Sees Victory. 15 MEXICANS FACE U. S. CHARGE IN NEW ORLEANS Tabasco Revolt Leader Flees Be- fore Federal Force—Train | . Attacked. By the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ, December “Th rebels have evacuated the city Pubela *for reasons of military ex Dpediency,” it Is announced by their headquarters here. They had held the city for several days. The results of Gen. Guadalupe Sar chez's conterence with the other rebel generals at Espernza are being kept secret, but Gen, Villareal, one of the participants in the conference, quoted as saying that they were sat isfactory in every respect, havi served to demonstrate that perfect accord exists among the insurgent leaders. The discussions, he added showed that the generals were ir agreement both on political and mili tary aims. After the conference the rebel ge erals communicated by telegram wit Gen. Enrique Estrada, who com- mands the western forces of the surrectionists. Gen. Villareal rep: sented Gen. Fortunato Maycotte, Ge Caesar - Castro and Manuel Garx Vigil, rebel governor of Oaxaca the meeting in Esperanza, which wax also attended by Gen. Pedro Gonzalez. Joins Rebel Ranks. A correspondent with Gen. Villanueva's column reports that Cavazos, commander of the gover:- ment vanguard, near San Marcos, has announced his conversion to the rebel cause. Several 3 hundred revolutionar) soldlers, both of the infantry and cavalry, have placed themselves under his orders, it is added. Fighting is reported to_have been in progress since Thursday at Sant Lucrecia, an important railway sta- tion in southern Vera Cruz. Insurgent troops attacked the Obregon garrison which is commanded by Gens. Bravc Izquierdo and Jose Dominguez OBREGON QUITS COMMAND. Says Presence at Front No Longer Needed. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December —President Obregon, who has been in personal command of federal troops for the past week, and Minister of War Serrano, who also has been at the front, have returned to Mexico City, according to a telegram from the foreign relations department at Mexico City received here by Mexicar Consular Gen. Alejandro Lubbert. | ,Ihe telegram stated that President Obregon considered his presence at |the front was no longer necessary The state of Tamaulipas rema in control of the government, acco; ing to the message. Gen. enzo Munoz, commander of the Garrison at | Tampico denied that Tuxpam has - | been captured by rebels. The labor party of the port sup | plied a contingent of 1,000 men we. armed and equipped, to defend the government authorities. Gen. Ignacio Enriquez, governor of | Chihuahua, has informed the foreigr | relations department that his state |is qulet and willing to co-operate | with the governmen adding that the same attitude is observed in the | states of Sonora, Durango, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, the message sald SMUGGLING SUSPECTED. | Fifteen Mexicans Face Arrest on U. S. Charge in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, December | Two hundred Mexican rebel parti- sang in New Orleans are under sur- veillance and the arrest of fifteen for plotting to ship arms and am- munition to the revolutionists is t, United States District At- Louis Burns has announced. district attorney also warned dealers in arms and ammunition to be careful and to in igate before making sales to Mexicans, and then to notify the & ment of any cales. Transportation companies e cautioned to examine all ship- ments to Mexico for possible contra- band. Nowspaper men’are investigating the reported sale of arms to an agent of Adolfo de la Huerta for shipment to a revolutionary base and the sub- requent efforts of Obregonlistas 1ic find a shipping company that would divert thg shipment fo a federal port, So'far the only information obtained i¢ that the de la Huerta agent sailed the day after the deal was closed. , REBEL ROUT REPORTED. }Gen. Greene, in Tabasco, Flees Be- fore Federal Force. By the Associated Pres: EL_PASO, Tex., December Gen. Carlos Greene, rebel commander in the state of Tabasco, has been routed from his position in front of Villa Hermosa, capital of the state, and federal troops are in_pursult, Consul_General Enrique D. Ruiz was advised today by Mexico City. Gen. Gonzales, commanding federal troops in the ofl fields, reported to President Obregon that all was quiet and that he had sufficient forces to cope with any uprising. President Obregon also recelved a wire of con- gratulation from Gen. Angel Flore: commanding the federal troops Sinaloa in regard to the steps taken to_put down the revolt. The town of Lagos, Jalisco, has been taken by federal troops advanc- ing from Irapuato, the advices stated. Mananziales, Vera Cruz, also has been taken by the federals. |y Rallway communications in central Mexico again are normal, Mexico City informed Consul General Ruiz. REBELS ATTACK TRAIN. Chao Pursued by Federal Force Near Juarez. By the Associated Press. JUAREZ, Mexico, December Defensas sociales and federal troops are pursuing Gen. Manuel Chao and his _twenty-four revolutionists, who (Continued on Page 2, Column L) Gen.