Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1924, Page 2

FOURULS. OFFICIAL STUDY BANK CRIIS Named by President to Visit Middle West and Seek Financial Relief. The government took a further step yesterday toward alleviating the stringent credit situation among banks of the northwest, the President designating four officials to study the problem ut first hand. A statement from the office of Controller Dawes of the currency, announcing the step, sald: . “At the suggestion of the President, Mr. Dawes, controller of the currency; George R. James and J. H. Cunning- ham, members of the Federal Reserve Board and Eugene Meyer, jr., manag- ing director of the War Finance Gor- poration, are golng to Chicago with the view of studying the western banking situation more closely.” Will Leave Today. The officlals will leave today and their plans call for a serles of confer- ences in Chicago tomorow, after which means of dealing further with the situation will be worked out. It is possible some of them will visit other middle westérn citles for con- ferences with banks and bankers, in an effort to gather gufficlent funds to meet requirements of the small bunks throughout the Dakotas, Montana and Nebraska. Officlals here declared they could not yet say how much money would be required, but assurance wus given that ample funds would be made avaflable. It was suggested In some Quarters that the War Finance Cor- poration might underwrite much of the paper held by the smaller banks Wwhose rescrves have been strained recently and which, it Is belleved, need only the promise of new credit sources to tide them over, The whole problem was gone over by President Coolldge again yester- day. He conferred first with Secre- tary Mellon and later with members of the congressional delegations from North and South Dakota. Mr. Mel- lon was sald afterwurd fo feel that the condition could be met without further fallures among the banks in the section where credit condi- tions are most serious. Wil Ald If Necehsary. Banks In Chicago, Minneapolls, St. Paul, Kansas City and Omaha’ are expected to lend aid If necessary. Some of them already have taken steps to protect Interests they have in the area affected. It is believed the administration’s principal hope is for the metropolitan_banks to carry the larger burden in’the program of saving the small banks, hundreds of which are scattered throughout the northwest, - where credit conditions are a cause of concern, According to Information obtained by the reserve board, the war finance corporation and the controller’s of- fice, the banks fn most necd of as- sistance are of average small capital stock, & majority of them ranging around $25,000 to $50,000. Each may require only small additional credit, but in the aggregate, according to Controller Dawes, the amount probably will be lurge. Officlals generally belleve, however, that the addition “of several milllon dollars to avallable funds in the bad spots will serve to relieve banks in adjacent territories as well and to that extent will hold down th amount which will have to be sup- plied to the banks in the emergency. DEMOCRATS TO ACT TO CANCEL LEASES OF OIL RESERVES ntinued from First Page. adopted under which a measure re- celving the signaturgs of 160 mem- bers must be brought up for consid- eration. Under such a rule it is fig- ured that Mr. Garrett will have little diffculty in getting action on his resolution. The storm over the Teapot Dome ofl lease to the H. F. Sinclair In- terests and the lease of the naval oil reserve In California to the Doheny interests will break again in the Sen- ate tomorrow, it was sald last night. Bither Senator Walsh of Montana, | democrat, who has been vigorously | conducting the Teapot Dome tnvesti- | gation as a member of the public lands committee, or Senator Caraway will read to the Senate reports pub- lished in a New England newspaper asserting rumors are thick in Wash- {ington that other prominent persons lare Involved in the =o-called Teapot iDome scandal besides former Secre- ! Fall'and Edward B. McLean, and giforts are being .made to shleld ¥, Leaders Face Quiz, Blican ‘leadérs will be ques- n the flbor of the Senate con- thiese reports, it waj said. tor Caraway Dlans . also to the Senate -tomorrow in re- e statement published in the Pers as coming from Mr. Fall Orleans, in which Mr. Fall hat he was now: out’ of public “that he intends to- travel. Senate public. lands committee Bmect tomorrow afternoon at bk to recelve the report of Sen- ator Walsh of Montana on his recent |trip o Florida, where he interrogated Mr. McLean as to his alleged loan to Secsatary Fall in the sum of §100,000 abogt: the time the lease of Teapot Dole, was made, and where he sought to gnéstion Mr. Fall. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, chairman of the committee, who had been out of the eity for several day returned for a short time yesterday. He sald the committee would heur 1he report of Senator Walsh before it de- cided what further course would be pursued and whether Mr. all wus to be called again. It was rumored here last night that Senator Lenroot had met Mr. Fall during his absence from Washington, but this could not be confirmed. Alive to Situation. Tt s known that republican leaders here have been completely flabergast- ed by the conflicting testimony given by Mr. Fall regarding his_borrowing of $160,000 from Edward B. McLean. For weeks they have considered that the Teapot Dome investigation had! revealed little of more than passin interest. But they are alive now, it Lecame apparent yesterday, to the seriousness of the zituation, which in- volves republican administration of governmental affalrs. 1 'WILL SUE FOR PAY IN STILLMAN CASE Beauvais Demands Compensation for Time Lost Through Divorce Suit. AIDED WIFE IN FIGHT Claims He Helped Obtain Witnesses for Her Attorneys. By tho Assoclited Preas. MONTREAL, January 19.—Fred Beauvals, his attorney announced to- day, will file suit for $7.621 against Mrs. Anne Urquhart Stillman for com- |pensation for the time he alleges he [1ost in alding her and her attorneys in fighting the divorce sult brought by her husband, Jumes A. Stillman, former banker, in which Beauvais was named as-co-respondent The suit also Involved the paternity of “Baby Guy" Stillman, Mr. Stillman alleging that Beauvals, an Indian guide, was the father. Beauvals' attorneys said that in pre- paring Mrs. Stillman's defense she and her attorneys with Beauvals made a number of trips in the vicinity of Grand Anse, Quebec, the Stiilman home, to obtain witnesses. They added that it was for the time the gulde lost em- ployment that he desires compensation. The Stillman case first came to pub- lc notice in 1921, when it was learned that Referee Daniel Gleason was tak- ing testimony in an action brought by the banker against his wife, in which he_denied_the paternity of “Baby Guy John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was appointed guardian ad litem for the child, whose case was fought si- multaneously with that of his mother. Right to Fortune. Involved in the fight for “Baby Guy" was the question of his right to Inherit part of the Stillman_fortun On September 29, 1922, Referee Gleason compicted his report in which he found Guy Stillman w, legitimate son of the banker: the latter had failed to prove hix alle gation of inconstancy agalnst his wife, and that Stillman himself was the acknowledied father of two chil- dren born to Mrs. Florence Leeds. | Less than a month later Supreme | Court Justice Morchauser confirmed the referee’s report, allowing Mrs. Stillman the costs in the case. Three scparate court actions, however, still were pending. On October 26, 1922, Stillman began a new effort to re open the main case, and at intervals afterward met successive defeats in his attempt to have the issue retried. | Result in Doubt. | The result of his last effort still i in doubt. That was made last ) vember -7, when an unsigned docu- ment, purporting to be the so-called “confession letter,” which the banker | asserted his wife wrote.to him con fessing improper relations with Beau vals. was submitted to the appellate division of the supreme court. The letter had been ruled out of previous | testimony as & privileged communi- | cation between husband and wife ! without any ruling as to its authen ticity, and Stillman’s attorneys, char acterizing {t ag “the backbone o thelr case” argued for a reopening of the trial with its introduction ax evidence. The court reserved decision. | In May of last year Mrs. Stillman said she had been annoyed by Beau- who at that time had been 4 to bring the sult against her which his attorneys sald today soon would be filed. IGNORANT OF CLAIMS. | 1 | | = | Stillman's Lawyer, Knows| Nothing of Debt. NEW YORK, ~January 1 F. Hrennan, -attorney for Mrs. Anne Urquhart Stillman, said tonight he knew nothing of claims for money advanced in Montreal today by at- torneyn for Fred Beauvais, Indian uide named as corespondent by ames A. Stlllman, former banker, in | the divorce suit against his wife which he lost. Mr. Brennan sald if there were any payments due Beauvals, that C. Pesaulniers of Quebec, Mrs. Stiliman’s Canadian legal representative, would ; handle them. U. S. OIL FIRMS TO PAY TAX TO OBREGON MONDAY ‘Will Continue to Ignore Buertni Demand That Money Be Paid | His Forces. By the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, January 19.—Ameri- can ofl companfes that operate in Mexico will pay the second January inatallment of production taxes, due Monday, to the Obregon government, according to information in ofl cir-! cles. The payment will amount to $600,- 000, somewhat less than the first pay- ment this month, owing, to the fact that several oil operations have been stopped by revolutionary forces under | Adolfo de la Huerta. | The third and final tax payment | for January will be due next Friday. Unless- there ‘I8 & radical* change In the Mexican situation it is understood the American companies will con- tinue to ignore the demand of de la Huerta that the taxes be paid to his forces. e — Mrs. ~—John | now given two different versions to the committee In regard to his bor- rowing of $100,000 about the time he made the Teapot Dome lease, said Senator Caraway, “Of what possible value would a third story from him be, if he gave one.” Senator Caraway Is confident that Congress could cancel the leases of the naval oil reserves and that such action would be sustained by the courts. i Doubts Legal Authority. “I don't belleve that the Attorney General would ever go into court to seek to overthrow the ‘action of Con- gress in canceling these leases” he sald, “and while the Sinclair and Dohoney interests might do so, I do not think they would have a leg to stand on. In the first place, I think it has been shown that there was no authority of law to transter the con- trol of these oll reserves to the De- partment of the Interfor; in the sec- ond place, I think it has been demon- strated that there was corruption in the transaction, and in the third place, the lease was really a sale of the government oll, and not a lease.” Senator Caraway sald _that - it seemed strange to him that Secretary Denby of the Navy had been called upon to sign the lease turning over Teapot Dome to ti Mammoth Oil Company, headed by H. F. Sinclalr, after administration of the navai es had been turned over to ecretary of the Interior by or- der of the late President Harding. Democrats are keenly alive to the situation and are planning to pre: to the limit the probe into the.leas of the naval oll reserves, They fe that in view of the testimony that has been given and the development of public sentiment since the investiga- tlon of Teapot Dome was begun, former Secretary Fall would feel th he must appear before the committ and testify further. They are co: sidering now whether they should in- sist upon Mr. Fall's appearing. agath. Further, they are considering whether ould be taken which would pre t Mr. Fall's leaving the coun- try as it has been reported he /s plan- ning to do, “It {s doubtful whether it would be of any particular value to have M Fall appear again before the commit- tee, in view of the fact that hq has - “I think that some time in the fu- ture Mr. Denby will find that it is necessary to make so0: further statement in regard to these leases,” sald Bénator Caraway. Another feature of the case involv- ing the Navy, which, it is sald, will be gone Ihto, is the program for the construction of oil tankage and other improvements on the coast to cost about $102,000,000. This tankage is to be paid for in crude oil taken from the naval oil reserves. The conten- tion of senators who ecriticise the lease is that such action is entirely witheut authority of law: that it amounts to the appropriation of a l“f sum of the government's money without authority of Congress. Al- ready much of this tankage has been constructed under the terms of the leases, T TE———— N laged {that he nearly always emerged the | you look at it when the fires of preju- lers of the world. 12 " _THE SUNDAY STAR, WA S The photograrh xhows tho crt E. Lee. Senator Park Tramm RANKS LEE FIRST AS MILITARY CHIEF i Senator McKellar Speaks at Confederate Reunion on General’s Birthday. Belief that Gen. should be ranked by historians as the Sreatest military chieftain . of all time was expressed by Senator Ken- eth McKellar of Tennessee, at the nnual reunion of Camp 171, United ‘onfederate Veterans of the District of Columbia, and the celebration of Lee's birthday, last night, at the nfederate Memorial -Home, 1322 Vermont avenue northwest. Capt Frcd Beall, commander 6f the camp, presided “All history resolves itself around and about great military-characters,” Senator McKellar stated. “Of all th military geniuses, there are but six that stand out predominantly. These are Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, lb:relll:ruk the Great, Napoleon and ee. “In view of the fact that Lee man- his army against such tre- Robe Lee mendous odds, in spite of the fact victor, I believe, from whatever angle dice finally die out. it will be gen- erally agreed that the name of Robert E. Lee shall be given first place among the greatest six military lead- Besides the mill- tary powers of these great lcaders, the gentle, Christian and lovable aharacter of Lee stands forever the foremost.” Compared With Washington. The senator from Tennessee, who introduced himself as the son of a Confederate soldler #nd the nephew of two uncles who fell in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. compared Lee's life with that of George Washington. “I believe,” he said, “that Lee pat- terned his life after that of Washing- ton. He was truly the same as th Father of His Country, ‘first in war, first in peace and first In the hearts of nis countrymen.' " The celebration . was commenced with the singing of “Dixie,” led by the Children of the Confederacy, while the entire assemblage, thal packed the home to its capacity, joined in. The invocation followed, being sald by Rev, Dr. Parke P. Flournoy. The next number, a_violln solo, Medley of Southern Airs.” by Lee Crandail, jr. accompanied on the plano by Mrs. Crandall, brought tears to the eves of all the old followers of “the lost cause.” Last Order of Ge Lee. t on the program was the read- ing ot order No. B, the last order of Gen. Lee, just prior to his surrender. Tt was read by Col. J. M. Follin, ad- jutant of the camp. Two baritone solos, “Friend of Mine” and “Swing Tow, Sweet Chariot,” were then given by Dr. Clifton P. Clark, accompanied by Mrs. Clark. The address of Sen- ator McKellar, followed by the sing- | ing of "America” by the audlence i and benediction by Rev. Dr. J. W.! Duffey, chaplain of the camp, ended the entertainment. ‘Announcements were made by, Capt. Beall of the unvelling of Lee's en- graving on Stane mountain, Atlanta, Ga., and of the Confederate ball on February 4. Col. Lee Crandall was chairman of the executive committee. SENATOR EXTOLS LEE. Children of Confederacy Meet in Capitol Hall. Robert E. Lee was extolled as a great sbutherner and as a great American, whose fidelity to duty was the greatest virtue of his life at the birthday anniversary celebration by the children of the Confederacy yes- terday afternoon in the statuary hall of the Capitol. Senator Park Tram- mell of Florida was the principal speaker. There in the hall of fame, where each state is allowed two statugs of its most distingulshed native sons, surrounding_Viginia's mighty repre- sentatives—Washington and ' Lee— gathered together some three score children of the Confederacy, under the directioh of Mrs. Maude Howell Smith, director of the children's or- ganization. Flanking _their sides stood members of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and the soldier fol- lowers of Lee. On either side of the bronze life-size figure of the southern leader, 'the only public reproduction of the Con- federate chieftain.in the National Capital, were furled aloft by proud bearers, the “Stars and Stripes” and the “stars and bars. The 'audience, alded .by w#ix girl students, from the, King-Smith stu- dio, all dressed in old southern cos- tumes, filled the . hall the ptraina of i E T4 Bt ipated In the exercixes at the HINGTON, D. C, JANUARY: 1 of Florida made the principal addrexx. | Heads Board l H. L. SWEINHART, |Elected yenterday chairman of board of governors, National Press Club. PRESS CLUB NAMES HENRY SWEINHART Havas News Agency Man Chosen Chairman of the Board of Gover.nors. Henry L. Swelnhart of the Havas News Agency was elected chalrman of the board of governors of the Natlonal Press Club at the first meet- ing ‘of that body following the in- stallation of the new officers. Lewls Wood of the New York Times was re-elected vice chairman of the board. Committees ‘are announced as fol- 10 Houses—John H. Craige, chairman; Kirke L. Simpson, Theodore A. Hunt- ey and Edward W. Coffin. Membership — Frederic J. Haskin, chairman; Carl D. Ruth, vice chair- man; Leo R. Sack, James D. Preston, Francis M. Stephenson, J. Bart Camp- bell, Henry Suydam, Nixon S. Plum- mer, W. H. Atkins, C. S. Hayden, W. J. Donaldson, Carl H. Butman and Clarence L. Linz. y Eligibility—John P. Coakley, chair- man; Mark Foote, L. M. Lamm. Entertainment—Frank L. Fisher, chairman; Avery C. Marks, vice chairman; Walker 8. Buel, R. V. Cula. han, Hal H. Smith, Charles Michelson, Edgar Markham, Carter Field, Mark Thistlewalte, Roy A. Roberts, Jay G. Hayden, Arthur W. Hacten, Oraham B. Nichol, Harry Gusack, J. Fred Es- sary, Arihur J. Sinnott, Ralph A. Graves, Paul J. MbGahan, Jayce O'Hara. . Games Committee, « Games—Danlel E. O'Connell, man; Theodore Tiller. Library—John ' Lorance, 'chafrman B. H. Hulen, J. R. Hildebrand, Willlam Rufus Scott. Publicity—Lorensc Martin, “cHair- man; Aubrey E. Taylor, vice chair- man; Frederic E. Shapiro, N. O. Mes- senger; Daniel E. O'Connell, Francis M. Stephenson, Kemper F. Cowing, Marvin Murphy. * Fellowship—Mark L. Goodwin, chairman; James P. Hornaday, Wil- liam E. Brigham. Glad hand, H. O. Bishop, chairman; Graham B. Nichol, Ashmun N. Brown, Emmet G. Dougherty. Elective officers of the National Press Club are George F. Authler of the. New York World, president; Henry L. Sweinhart of the Havas News Agency, vice president; John P. Coakiey of the Newark Star-Eagle, secretary; A. J. Montgomery of the New York Herald, i R financial scoretary; and the following members of the board of governors: Robert B, Armstrong of the Los An- geles Times, Stephen T. Early of the Associated Press, Gus J. Karger of the Cincinnatl °Times-Star, Lewis ‘Wood of the New York ¢Times, Ulric Bell of the Loulsville Courfer-Journal, Frank L. Fisher of the National Geo- graphic Soclety and Dan E. 0O'Con. nell of the Washington Times. chair- their volces .were again he in the song, “My Country 'Tis of Thee." rs, Cornelia Stome of Texas, the firs t&relldent of the Daughters of th nfederacy, and known as “the mother_ of the Confederacy,” and Capt. Fred 1, commandant of Camp 1‘7!1. mited Confedereate Vet- erani : 3530 5 - this, city, wi IMUNICH ROYALISTS | AGTIVE WITH LOTS Factions Scheme Against Berlin, But Seek to Double- Cross Each Other. i By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1024, BERLIN, January 19.—More trouble | is threatened in Bavarfa. Both the| Hitler-Ludendorft and von Kahr- | Lossow camps apparently are prepar- | Ing for a resumption of the offensive | lagainst the republican Reich. The| Hitler-Ludendorff party, consisting largely of Prussiun emigrees who | have found a refuge in Bavaria and| are using Munich as a springboard, ! are determined to force their pan- | Germanist dictatorship upon Berlin, while von Kahr and the purely Ba- | varian elements behind him, includ-| Ing the 12,000 federal troops under von Lossow stationed in the former Wittelsbach kingdom, are expected to strike definitely for the separation of Bavaria from the Reich and the res- toration of a Bavarian monarchy. Ludendorft Still Plota. Ludendorff, who e his word of honor to abandon ail political activity, is plotting another drive upon the re- public he hates (although he continues to recelye his pension from it). Von Kahr, however, keeps him a virtual priconer at the Ludendorft villa near Munich, surrounded by an army of spies and gunmen. Von Kahr, too, cannot boast of being a free mian, for he works and lives in an office surrounded by barbed wire and constantly guarded by heavy detachments of Von Lossow troops. Hitler, who Is still in jail and is to appear for trlal in January, will, it is now belleved, in all probability recelvel amnesty should he be convicted. , It is even doubted Wwhether the Hitler and Ludendorff trials ever will come off, for both of them know too much about { Von Kahr, and he is not anxious to have his dirty linen washed in public. After the famous wild west scene | in the Buergerbraeukeller in Munich | on the evening of November 8, when Hitler shot up the ceiling in celebra- tion of the proclamation of his dic- tatorship, Lossow was iInclined to distribute arms to the Hitler troops. The distribution was set for 3 o'clock in the morning of November 9. But an hour later Von Kahr appeared at |the residence of Cardinal Faulhaber, Archbishop of Munich, and after a two hours conference with his emi- nence at 5 o'clock in the morning, the order went forth to crush thd Hitler movement, It s difficult to determine what Instructions, if any, the cardinal re- celves from the Vatican, but it Is vertain that the Vatican looks favor- ably upon the plan for the creation of & Catholic monarchy in Bavaria. e e HEINEN TO PILOT AIRSHIP ON FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE Capt. McCrary of Lakehurst Sta- tion Forecasts Selection for Trip of Shenandoah. By the Associated Press, LAKEHURST, N. J., January 19.— Capt. Anton Heinen, who commanded the Navy airship Shenandoah on her mad, storm-driven flight over New Jersey Wednesday night, undoubt- edly will pllot her on the fiight to the north pole next summer, d dlared Capt. F. R. MoCrary of the naval air station today. He added that it looked as if every man at the station wanted to make. the polar trip, as nearly all had post- ed their names on the etation bul- letin board for a chance, Expressing his personal opinion of Capt. Heinen, Copt. MoCrary sail: “He is a wonderful man and no doubt one of the foremost authorities on lighter-than-alr He will undoubtedly pilot the sirship on the north pole flight, and if I am in command, I shall have the test confidence in Capt. Helnen's ability :. 00 20, 1924 PART 1 pitol yenterday, when & memorial wreath was placed before the statue of Gen. HUGHES GRANTS PERMIT TO MEXICAN FEDERALS (Continued_from First Page.)_ tion from the gbvernment before be- ginning the transportation of troops from the Arizona city. The troops are now camped across the border from Naco. 1,750 REACH BORDER. 600 to 1,000 Cavalrymen Expected to Arrive at Naco, Ariz. By the Amsociated Press, NACO, Ariz., January 19.—The ar- rival of 450 volunteers from southern Sonora today. swelled the force of Mexican federal troops awaiting per- mission to cross to the American side to 1750, and a troop train bear- ing 600 to 1,000 cavalrymen was ex- pected tonight. No orders had been received tonight by United States immigration of- clals here to permit passage of the Mexican troops through Arizona to El Paso, Tex. Walter Miller, United States im- migration inspector, said 150 horses were, transported to the American side of the line today under inspection of a federal veterinarian. The horses were sald to belong to the cavalry unit, Hold Obregon Father-in-law. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., January 19— Passengers arriving here today from Moriterrey, atated that Gen. Tapia, fath- Monterey, stated that Gen. Tapia, fath- er-in-law of President Alvaro Obregon, has been grrested at Monterey by fed- eral officials charged with being a rebel sympathizer, PLANES TO BOMB REBELS. By the Associated Press, MEXICO CITY, January 19.—Gov- ernment airplanes will bomp the rebels at La Piedad de Cabadas tomorrow, ac- cording to orders given by President Obregon, after an fnspection of the machines at Irapuato. It is belleved the order means the initiation of the mili- tary operations against Gen. Estrada’s iasurgents, delayed by President Obre- gon until the arrival of the war ma- terial purchased from the United States. The rebels are concentrated again at La Pledad. extending. their iines to Laguna Larga, thirty-five kilometers from Penjamo, the advanced position of the federals. ' President Obregon con- ferred for more than two hours yes- terday with Gen. Ellas P. Calles and Gen. Joaquin Amaro, after which Calies returned to the north. WRECK MUNITOINS TRAIN. By the Associated Press, SAN ANTONIO, Tex., January 19.— A Mexican government ammunition train was wrecked and all the muni- tions captured by rebels thirty miles north of the city of Mexico, accord- ing to a telephone message to San Antonfo Expregs from Laredo to- night. The ammunition {rain was preceded by & passenger traln, which was flagged by the rebels, the report said. The crew and passengers were removed and the train used to block the track. The munition train, composed of two baggage cars and an engine, crashed into the passenger train, telestoping it, wreoking the ammuni- tion train and killing the engineer and fireman. The entire consignment of mun tions, said to have consisted of sev eral hundred rifies and 50.000 rounds of rifie ammunition, was captured by the rebels. 1,200 DUE IN EL PASO. Associated Press. B ARO, Tex., January 19.—Approxi- mately 1300 Mexican federal troope, en route to the interior, are due in El Paso tomorrow morning from Naco, Sonora, and will be transferred to Juares im- mediately, according to advices received here today. Mexican consular and military offi- clals at the border today were jubilant over the announcement that federal troops would be rmitted to_ pass through El Paso and detrain at Juares for service agal rebels in the In: o itie AiMculty 1§ expected in trans- porting the troops, as trains carrying them can be routed directly to Juares without the soldiers leaving the cars. It is expected that the troop move- ment will be as secret as possible in order to prevent attempts at violence on the part of the rebel sympahizers along the border and lower El Paso. ® TROOPS MOVE AT 6 A.M. NACO, Ariz., January 19.—Approxi- mately. 2,000 Mexican federal troops will begin crossing the international boundary here at 6 a.m. tomorrow, actording to Walter Miller, Unites States immigration inspector sta- tioned here. Miller received orders late today to_ permit the troops to oroes the bordss, e e PANIC AMID WRECKAGE BY QUAKE IN SPAIN Cardoba Visited and Villages Near ° - Malaga Suffer’' Only Damage. By the Associated Press, MADRID, January 19.—8trong earth shocks threw the inhabitants of the villages of Algaldas and Villa Nueva, near Malaga, into: panic .yesterday, according to dispatches just reaching here. Some houses were destroyed, but there was no loss of life. A dispatch from Cordoba says that a strong earthquake was felt yester- day at Rute without causing any casualties. Cordoba and Malaga are about eighty miles apart in southern Spain. H o OBREGON OPPOSES TAMPICO BLOCKADE Embassy Here Says Enough Troops Sent to Check Ban on Traffic. The rebel movement to blockade Tampico will be strongly opposed by | the Mexican government, which “al- ready has sent sufficient military ele- ments to prevent interruption of in- ternational traffic;’ the Mexican em- bassy said in a statement yvesterday | summarizing officlal Mexico City dis- patches. - Regurding military and | other developments Iin gonnection with the revolt, the statement said: “An attempted surprise attack by rebel forces in the viclnity of Te- huacan, which had for its purpose the i{solation of troops under Gen. Martinez, completely falled, and the Tebels were driven back in disorder. Gen. Martinez, whose headquarters are at Tchuacan, has sent a detalled report to the war office of engage- ments that have taken place since Tuesday. His reports state that the rebels have been consistently repulsed with considerable losses. The army | under Gen, Urbalejo 1s continuing its advance toward Tehuacan, and a part of his command 18 already co-operat- ing with troops of Gen. Martines in re-establishing railway communica- tions damaged by the rebels. Trains Running Again. “Rallway communication with the north, which had been interrupted at Aragon station by rebel bands, was re-established yeSterday and trains are running again as usual “As & safeguard against further interruption of transportation lines the Mexican government is extablish- ing a patrol of the principal systems by military traips. In this way it is expected that traffic will be made secure against possible attacks by | small roving bands of rebels ort others who make the revolt an ex-| cuse for plundering. “Federal troops in the front are continuing their the rebels still retreating fusing a definite encounter. portant clash has yet taken place. Check Rebelw Advance. “In the petroleum fields the govern- ment troops continue checking the rebel advance. Notwjthstanding dis- turbances reported in the ofl region the Eagle Company has announced that its activities are proceeding un- interruptedly and that ten new wells have just been opened on its proper- ties in the Panuco sone. “The government continues to rte- celve numerous demonstrations of the loyalty and patriotism of the bet- ter elements of the country. One of the most striking of these is a volun- tary movement among federal em- ployes, headed by a large number of senators, to assist the government by personal contributions in defraying the_expenses of military operations. “The ministry of finance has an- nounced that the budget of expend- itures for the present fiscal year has been reduced by 68,000,000 pesos over that of the previous year." VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. Pavilof, Jalasco advance, and re- No im- | | on Alaskan Peninsula, Spouting Flame. moclated Press. ORAGE, ‘Alaska, January 19, —Pavilof voleano, ten miles from Belkofsky, on the Alaskan peninsula, 650 miles southwest of this city, still was In eruption last night. The flames hurled from the crater were visible for miles aw (Continued from First Page.) their legitimate enterprises in that country. So far as known no authentic re- port of actual interference with Amerlcan ships bound in_or out of Tamplco has reached the Washington government. Disclosure of today orders to the Omaha and the de- stroyers, however, may mean that the State Department has recelved advices not regarded as reassuring in connection with the reception by de la Huerta of the warning handed him by Consul Wood. Explains Purpose Here. Upon arrival here today del Castillo, la tormer ministar of Germany and speaker of the Mexican house of Geputies, sald he had come to ac- quaint “this government with the true aspects of the situation” in Mexico. “In a formal statement he declars In a formal statement he declared: interfere in any way with the measures of the United States, but to lay before this government and the American people as best I may, the true situagion in Mexico and nothing more. Castillo said he would demonstrate, i permitted, “why- the better cl of Mexicans, led by de la Huerta an sustained by the mors virile part of the Mexicen army and , have T volted against the sinister purpose of Gen. Obregon to maké a farce of the constitution and the election iaws and to impose Gen. Calies as pres- ident without any regard whatsoever for the full will of the Mexican peo- le. Pl%e take the position, tinued, “that if we are to possess a constifutional form of goverament, aws enacted by its sanction must rather than the caprices of men. Castillo emphasized the determina- tion of de la Huerta to give every tee and protection to foreign- rs and their interests within those parts of Mexico controlled by t revolutionists, and declared thé rev- olutionary leaders would be swift to edy any complaint of undue mo- lestation. | tion {mittee to hear him vesterday . BOK HERE 10 FACE INQUIRY TOMORROW May Be on Stand Two Days in Explaining $100,000 Peace Prize Award. Edward W. Bok of Philadelphia, donor of the $100,000 prize for the best world peace plan, advised the Senate propaganda committee 1 terday through Senator Pepper, re- publican, Pennsylvania, that he will be here tomorrow to take the stand as the first witness in the investiga- tion to determine sources of propa- ganda intended to influence the ac- tion of Congress gnd the govern ment's foreign policy. Miss Esther Everett Lape, head of the policy committee of the Bok award, the only other witness thus far invited to testify, was advised vesterday by Chatrman Moses that she need not come to Washington until Wednesday. She had been asked to appear tomorrow, but requested that her appearance be deferred until the later date. May Be on Stand Two Days. Expectations are that the examina- of Mr. Bok will consume the first two days of this week. It will be conducted by Senator Reed, demo- crat. Missour!, author of the inquiry resolution and one of the Senate irraconcilables” on the league of nations. Mr. Bok had asked the com had arranged to leave tomorrow for Florida, but after conference with other ‘members Chairman Moses de- clined to alter the schedule agreed upon by the committes at fts or ganization meeting lagt Thursday While the committee has not map- ped out {ts program beyond the ine vestigation of the Bok award, mem- bers Indicated vesterday that it ‘s the intention to inquire into the ac- tivities of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, of which former Justice Clarke of the United States Supreme Court is_president, and other organizations having fo their purpose American adherenze to the league. Propaganda in favor of the Mellon tax plan, against the soldlers' bosius and concerning other major subjects before Congress will be taken up later. ALLEGED SLAYER HELD AFTER MONTH’S SEARCH Man Wanted in Denver in Killing of Two Women Jailed in Detroit. By ‘the Associated Press. DEN January 18.—Joe Brin- disi, sought since August 27, 1923, as the slayer of Mrs. Lilllan McGlone and Miss Emma Vascovie in the apartment of Mrs. McGlone, is under arrest in Detrbit, according to word recetved here today from police in that city. Officers left Denver to- night for Detroit to return him here for trial. Brindisi is said to have been fatuated with Mrs. McGlone and had forced his attentions on her. When she spurned him, it s the police theory that he shot and killed her and Miss Vascovie, who was visiting Mrs. McGlone. { PRESIDENT ON RIVER TRIP Yacht Mayflower Steams to Quan- tico and Return. President Coolldge, after & week filled with developments in the Mexi- can, tax and general legislative situ- ation, had a few hours' rest and recreation yesterday through a trip with Mrs. Coolidge and a party of friends on the Mayflower. Leaving Washington about 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, the presi- dential yacht steamed down the Po- tomac as fas as Quantico, Va. a returned to her dock at the Navy Yard at 9 o'clock. The cruise was {favored by almost springlika weather. GUILTY OF MANSL;UGHTEB. CHICAGO, January 19.—Guilty of manslaughter was the verdict of a jury here today in the trial of Ed- ward Allen, a taxicab driver, whose car struck and killed a twelve-year- ©1d girl here December 31 Eight U. S. Warships Speed To Warn Rebels at Vera Cruz agents yesterday of the Gen. Candi- dao Aguilar, son-in-law of the late Venustiano Caranza, there had been nipped a plot to launch & revolution with the revolutionary ranks Adolfo de la Huerta at Vera Cruz. Gen. Aguilar, who was being held here pending his return to San An- tonio, Tex., for trial on charges al- leging conspiracy to violate the neu- trality law, would not discuss the re- ports. “I was going home to see my mother, and then to fight him." he said, referring to President Obregon. “This criminal, this traitor! He killed my father-in-law. He killed Luis Blanco. He killed Murgia. It was he that ordered thier deaths. I w ing to fight to rid Mexico of him. Teodoro Frezieres, de la Huerta agent in New Orleans, has been re- leved from duty at the Huerta “con- sulate” and his former assistants, Antosio Manero and Adolfo Hege- wisch, placed in charge. Frezieres to- night said the change was made at his own request. HUERTA IS ASTOUNDED. Says U. 8. Refuses to Aid Him in Stamping Out Mexican Bolshevism. By the Associated Press. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, January 18.’ —Can it be possible that the United States “will refuse to sell us the armg with which to suppress the bolshev- ism of Plutacaro Elias Calles and Carrillo Puerto?’ was the ejaculation’ of Adolfo de la Huerta. leader of the revolutionary movement in Mexico, when he received the dispatch an- nouncing that the United States had placed an embargo upon arms and ammunition consigned to the rebél forces, according to & statement made today by Pedro Chapa, former mem- ber of the Mexican congress, who wi with de la Huerta at the time. REOPENS VERA CRUZ CABLE. REBEL REVOLT NIPPED. Aguilar Believed Plotting to Over- throw de la Huerta. By the Associsted Press, NEW: ORLBANS, January 19.—Ru- mors persisted that in the by ‘firn-nn" Mr.‘,n! Justice All-America Company Makes An- nouncement in New York. NEW YORK, Janugry 19.—Cable communication with Vera Cruz, Mex- ico, which was ordered closed by the rebel forces of that country some weeks ago, was resumed tonight, it was announced by the All-America Cable Company.