Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. Bureau Porecs tonight; tomorry in temper: tonight tures: Tigh est, 86, Full report on page 4. a.m. today. -ow rain; not wture; lowest Temiperi- today; low- Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 ch Futered post otlic PLOTS 0 FOMEN 20,862, ALLEGED IN TEXAS U. S. Agent in San Antonio Claims to Have Uncovered Evidence of Junta. Denies Charge That He Gave Pri- vate Documents to Calles Government. to over- in t 10 the 4 ¥ Cus Jones, in 1 Antonio office of rtment of Just nes lared his office had nd turned over to Federal At- John D. Hartman, evidence this junta was planning the dy- miting of a passenger train south- ind from the border for the purpose showing that a r against admini in Caile: us given Hartman, who w before i Federal grand jury when it con- enes here February Indictments « ng violatfon of the neutrality 1ws will be sought against the lead- s of the alleged revolutionary move- Statement in Reply. Mr. Jones issued the Assoclated Eiving tails in reply to charges sht by R. Esparz: Mart @ Mexican refuse 1 De La Huerta sympathiz t wepartment of Justice ageat had seized kis documents and privite corre- xnondence and allowed them to be ex- amined by an ngent of the Calles gov- ernment.” This charge wus declared by Mr. Jones to be “wholly unfounded nd scurrilou : Mr, Jones' stémber 10, beld in w statement to st u tement follows: “On , there was a meet- an Antonto, attended by revolutionists. They per- orgunizatfon calling itsel? olutionary Junta of n and appointed an executive of five with full authord to act for the junta, the pu i 1se evel verthre Re & We ob- | utive mmittes and members of the junta ronspiring to viglate the neutr: ¥ laws of the United nd th they went so S to plan the dy iting _of 2. senger truin s yund from the border for the purpose obtuining money to curry on further operations and wlso to nounce to the press of the world th; a revolutionary movement had started in Mex Obtained Search Warrant. ased on the information und evi- had, we obtxined u search «nd searched the prem Martinez and othe executiv committ for ords of the revolutionary ained these records of them have just 1d they corrobor ail our previous informn; " reh was States anfed by Justice All of the evidence, together with translations of the document, have been placed in the hands of the Tnited States attorney presenta- tion 1o the srand jury allegations « Mr. Martine us the evidence proper time.” whis Alfonso de la Hue Jlution Unite o, ol sided with Adol , told the Ass t the informa the {nspection of ‘hich Lated n glear ng in Me 1ud several of b yeur-old father friends. with whom o had been in communication during his stay here as The day his Afartinez ~w Jones, in chai of Justice office h questionad v ce of the Department , he said, and the llowing dzy in the same office he ¢ Fernando Gavzi, a sp of the Calles sdministra this correspondence. Letters Opened in Mails. rtinez’s mall, addressed to hi has been opened in the malls v some weeks, the refugee leader ald Producing the search warrant inder which Manuel Sorola, a special rtment of Justice agent, searched home on December 16, 1925, and lleged that he and other lead of the refugee group were en 1zed in 4 consp: nd a mil cxpedition to , Martin any revoluti r for himself de la Hu ny violation of neutrality laws fons. Party Without Funds. i{e admitted the refugee group was ttempting t Calles 57 alistic lean- i ki he also the United and treaty denied States He scoffed conspir: he de la Huerta s umbered only 35 persons, and that were without funds. For proof of {r poverty he cited the fact that ‘hey were unable to raise $500 for fond of Col. Demetrlo Torres when he held in the local county jail here few weeks ugo before he was de- worted and subsequently shot to death ¢ Torreon, State of Coahufla, last 3 7, decluring athizers here on’ the elder Martinez ajura. State of refugee exhibited a january 4 edition of a Mexico (1 rewspuper containing his own pi ure with a caption saying the phot craph was that of the revol <illed at Guadalaju Later Gabriel Oceampa coretary o the governor of Jalisco during the evolution, who had been named in e seized correspondence, was exe- sted. 8ix of the political refugees here (Cpntinued on Thze 2, Column ivnist a1 these | of | ta in the ubor- | included | ulted in the slay- | " | New York. - | within sight of those figures, ¢ Fuenino WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Ja@y/ WASHINGTON, 'TROOPS GUARD TOWN AND COURT AS MAN IS TRIED AND GIVEN DEATH Murders, Convicted and Sentenced in 16 Minutes. Armored Tank Used to Avert QOutbreak. E A LIXIN 1 Hurr | here todux t Clarenc two | mur sled P [ON, Ky negru, an ryant. whe had 0% confess snced to be tn the Fay- The triul lust- Lls the history county. Court at 4 Maury Ke the defen 3 owing out of his Mrs Bryant here, Janunry | viction in this rried th falty of hanging. Charles a egro for the murder of ren were not o L tomobile, 1ot until ufter one suve u few Natlonal Guurdsmen and not uny 1.000 o that un otlicer e cro was in the tank. courtroot s crowded, bul was b emonstration what- cer when the jury returned its ver- Cireuit Judge Richard C. Stoll presiding. kept the crowd within the room hile the negro was frisked and no | ¥ 1 inu [ vened e stood by the pucked court “T brou o . Judge i it mbled varly this t Heformatory. std~ were State whippet tanks commanded intersections; machine guns trou er, and & troop di t attention marketing place O other duy ithin M the thouse doniie. viendless und wlone, 1 appointed for him by i on Page 4, Column 2.) in suve | HUGHES DEFINITELY - QUITS PUBLI LIFE [Senate and Presidential i Races Do Not Interest ! Him Now. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Charies Evans Hughes has definite- Iy, formally and irrevocably retired from public 1 The luw, and noth {ing but the law, will henceforward claim his time and { This writer is permitted to u | announcement authort iliu:h'-s has 1 t res as a cundidate for the Republic nomination 3 The former | also taken him {race for the Republican pre nomination in 19 His name b { been quletly but insiste mention led in that connectio Gossip now jand then narrates that, in the event fof Calvin Coolidge himself not bel lan aspirant for another term, Mr ¢ possible " | Hughes would be one of the Republi- cans whose nomination wotld be high Iy agreeable to the President. {7 Mr. und Mrs. Hughes were recently E at the White House for several riends Boosting Him. Octaber Tt many ¢ Hughes cun United State o1 Jay him 1 @ great in New York on the dinner, which oecusl Clthu referred, amid (‘hili 1ds Delleved ti either for th bis { testimonial _dinner { November 10. At a triumphant ho presided, to the fact that Hughes had | in 1918 through Hughes, end frienda for the past twu ths have been flooding the coun- - vith reprints of this correspond- The reprint gi the. agency or some me © ent's article indication of source ® | from which ft is being put into the Leading Republ ing members of Cong ceived it. It bore all of a systematic campaign to generat |interest in Hughes' political future The distinguished lawyer, who was premier in the Harding and Coolidge cabinets, s anxious to have all con- cerned thoroughly understand that he is no longer in politics, that he has no desire to reenter politics, and that he would not permit his name {to be used in connection with any | candidacy. He is, in short, through public office. Will Help Wadsworth { mails ght enter s against ion that he i k primary 1 Wadsworth bas not the foundation. On the con- trary, Mr. Hughes intends to do all that he can to help reelcct Wads- worth thiy year. Hughes' friends poi | behalf, that it is difficult for those who are constantly thinking in terms of Politics to understand why he should . to consider a candidacy for any But if any one had lived with the last 20 twoscore f devotion to public affairs at ivast personal sucrifice—Hughes' ad- herents are certain his feelings on the d be fully appreciated. “Public office,” which he renounc probably doesn't mean that Hughe: would decline a presidential call to serve on a great American mission abroad—such as a delegation to an in- ternational armament conference or {4 conference to codify international law. Indeed, most Americans, irre- spective of politics —wlith the exception of Senator Borah, who burns no in cense at the Hughes shrine—would consider such an American mission in- complete without the man who piloted <hington conference to success four vears ago. Piling Up New Fortune. Meantime Charles Evans Hughes | provably is piling up quickly a new fortune at the bar. He heads the firm of Hughes, Rounds, Schurman |& Dwight, In New York. Charle E. Hughes, jr., is one of his partners. George W. Schurman, a kinsman of | the American Ambassador to Ger- many, is onother partmer. Mr. Hughes was a professor of law at Cornell in the early nineties, when Dr. Schurman was president of the university, and had expected to make the teaching of law his life profes- ston. Recently Hughes became counsel for the American Petroleum Insti- tute. He is also active in the com- mission for reorganizing the govern- mental machinery of the State of Probably his annual in- { come at the bar, if it is not already will {one day approximate $250,000 a year. He bLas neglected the opportunity to amass a personal fortune during the {long perfod he carved out of middle life for public service. Now Hughes | has decided to dedicate himself to that task. He will be 64 years old in April. . 19! slightest out, on his virile energles. tdential | behind | RLES E. HUGHES, KING GEORGE URGES FURTHER ARNS CUT Declares Locarno Has Paved Way for Next Step in Open- ing Parliament. LONDON, Feb 2 . —Upen! Parliament with th. - e speech from the that the Locarno security agree- had paved tha way n the direction announced that the British gov nent was attempting to arriv 2 settlement with Turkey on the ve: ing Mosul question, and rejoiced his government had been able to rive ut a debt funding agreement with Touching on domestic affairs, he ap- pealed for co-operaution from all par- ties to reduce the widespread unem- ployment and bring about a return of good trade and prosperity Turkish Treaty Signed. My lords and members of House of Commons,” he began: relations with the foreign continue to be friendly. Since Parlinment rose, my Ambassador at Constantinople has proceeded to An- goru (the Turkish capital) with a view to srriving at a detinite settlement of questions in connection with the Turko-Irak frontier. My government cordially reciprocates the desire of the Turkish government for promo tion of the iriendliest relations be tween Turkey und Great Britain, “A treaty between myself and his majesty, the King <, carrying decision of the council of the League of Nations, has been signed by our respective ~representatives und has been approved by the Parltament of Irak. It will he submitted to you without delay my ministers will proceed to Geneva as British representative on the preparatory commission on disar- mament, which is to work out the basis of a general conference on reduction of armaments. In the opinion of my government n substantial step for- ward in that direction should now be possible ws « result of the system of security created by the treaty of Lo- carno and substdfary zgreements. Ttalian Settlement. “My government recently received in London the finance minister of Italy, accompanied by a distinguished delegation, and concluded an_agre ment which provides for the funding of the Itallan war debt to this country on fair und honorable conditions. I rejoice that a friendly settlement has been reached n this difficult question. “Invitations are being issued to the governmients of Belglum, France, Ger- many and Italy to attend a conference (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) after court was con- | toll in | miorning | throne today, King George expressed | the | out the stipulations laid down in the | N s MERGERPROSPECT BRIGHT, TRAGTION OFFICIAL TESTIFIES Hamilton Tells House Sub- committee Negotiations | Now Are Going On. BASIS OF AGREEMENT IS NOT YET REACHED D. €, TUESDAY, | Is Most Hopeful of Action, Witness | Says—Disputes Testimony of Col. Bell. it o pantes Hamilton corge 1 Capitad L subcomm tee tee of the Hou ided over b n Zih is cor v tr These | providing for the Hammer bi lie Utilities Comn, e reet « 1bolish the Pub {on, and the thir \ er pro S-cent to s | tion Co. 1 been holdir {of the Nort holder in loc reiach ger. be other, Mr 1t 4 upon it will then be @ busis ' for a mer; hut he “that ve been miade” tul” that the nego cessful. This is @ sun to_question= asked t subcomniittes spoken forcetu statements ma Lieut. Col. J. F ‘onunissioner, Covell, ¢ from the stre ed that the Hamilton h in resenting to the committee by wklin Bell, Engineer | and Maj. | Ensin rallway companies ir were not tuk Liman cvived the same <pondenes litles Com sening of svell was que ntutive Ham pointed nut one of the 1 the Public Utilities be heiped is to give accountants to witch n put ment regarding which the subcom Comn hem th There was rapid increase ar fares from 1917 to 19 and an increase, hut {one, from that year to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. HOUSE APPROVES - AGRICULTURE BLL Overrides Committee Giving $200,000 for Pamphlets. | | Total Is $126,500.000. B the Asscoiated Press. ‘or the first time in the present Con- | gress the House today overrode its ap- propriations committee in passing the annual Agricnltural Department ap-| propriation bili “vhich now goes to the Senate. By a vote of 188 to 147 an amend- ment opposed by the committee was {adopted to provide $200,000 for the distribution of pamphlets and other information on the diseases of horses and cattle. The proposal for was sponsored by Representative Jones, Democrat, Texas, and was sup- ported by practically the entire Dem- ocratic membership and a number of Republicans, As_upproved the o5 $126,500,000 for the various activities of the Agriculture Department during the next fiscal year. Of thls amount §81,000,000 1s for Federal ald to the States in road construction. the pamphlets measure Disputed Morality By Radio to The Star aud Chicago Daily News. SOFIA, February 2—All Sofia has been stirred by a bitter, far-reach- ing dispute which has arisen regard- ing dancing. Many prominent members of sSo- clety recently started an active cam- paign against foxtrots, onesteps and the Charleston and tango, alleging that these dances are “immoral and ungodly.” The controversy came to a head Monday night when Princess 33 doxia, sister of King Borls, gave & large charity ball. The master of cergponies ordered the orchestra to Has Bulgarian Capital in Uproar of Jazz Dances play only old waltzes and Bulgarian | national dances, with the result that nearly the whole assembly boycotted the dance floor. Seeing that charity would bs the loser, the princess obtained another orchestra and jazz reigned merrily all night. Now the church has taken a hand. Mgr. Stephan, Archibishop of Sofia, has delivered a vigorous sermon against the modern dances. while a regular war of propaganda by house- to-house visits, pamphlets and speeches, i8 being conducted for and against the modern steps. (Coprright. 1926! by Chicage Daily Nows Co.) F | Shelton EBRUARY 9 <l i Y 19:6—FORTY Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 104,444. PAGES. Means Associatsd Press. TWO CENTS. \' JING SHADOW SEASO. THREE, ALLEGED DAUGHTERS ASK FOR SHARE IN CLARK MILLION ! Claim Late Montana Senator and Mother Were Regu- | 5 larly Married—~Court I« Asked to Set Aside Probate of Document. b petition, Shel Detail e not which w ton Ty slaim estute in the juhn ned epared b denlared This inforn varfance with marital relatic aried K Pa., in | e—he married | 4 Chappelle of Butt font WA "' Senate Probers Say $100.-| 000.000 Not Based on Law Was Allowed. ated than § anort on o 1 th sitor's rulings’’ ha 1 allowed Internal Re Bureau, the » was informed today in the ma- report of the special Senate mittee {nvestigating the <t such deduction report wi Unfted State: ed included Bethlel Rolling Ohio, $1,470,2 Mining Co., of America, ali Co., Pitts- burgh, $1. Akron, Ohlo, $1.464.9 trie C 9 ughlin Steel C he Koppers Co., Labelle Iron Work: . $1.010,144; Luken ville, Pa., $2,418,14 Steel Co., Cleveland, Pierce Ol Corporation, £1,348,014. mble, Cincinnati, $3,330,- 935; Republic Iron and_Steel Co. Youngstown, Ohlo, $3,167,080; Skin- ner & Bddy §hipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, $1,415,952: Sperry Flour Co. San Franéisco. $1,027,023; Westin house Air Brake, Pittsburgh, $1.387,- 799, and the Texas Co., New York, £2,300,1: Wheeling, W. Steel Co., McKinney $1,171.43 New York Procter & BANDIT CAPTURE RUMOR. Leader of Train Robbers Reported TUnder Arrest. MEXICO CITY, February 2 (#).— Special dispatches from Patzcuaro, Michoacan, contain rumors that fed- | eral troops have captured in a nearby Village former Col. Manual Nunez, leader of the recent bandit outrage on a train near Guadalajara. There is mno confirmation of the | rumors, either at the scene of the reported capture or in official quar- ters in Mexico City. Cats His Own Salary. AWWARREN, Pa., February 2 (#).— The Warren Borough Council next week will be called upon to act on a recommendation of the hurgess, Dr. Leroy E. Chapman, that his salary be reduced from $300 a year, as proposed by council, to $150. Dr. Chapman, elected as the “‘poor man’s candidate, last night vetoed an ordinance carr ing the higher figure on unds of | only 2,300 are Europeans. nE G ie suggested the salary of | Of the rubber is produced on small es- economy. i 1 | also th Replies to Criticism Relating to Big Mergers and Alumi- num Company. Y . RUSSER ident Cool took a rap at was termed propaganda to show that the Army and Lleq nd that the Federal Government is not properly foreing the laws of the land. The President, these matters wit White House tod been the custom of officials of the Army and Navy for mauy years circulate reports about the depletion | of the arms of the national defense Just about t 1 the question of up- ropriations comes up. He pointed out | t it b S in oppe art propaganda in advance | :uign to show that the ad tion of the party in control of is not properly functioning for the interests of the YOUNG. te stated the cal part power to of any cam ministrs people. Regrets the Polley. - President Cool dge, while discussing the Army and propaganda, was represented regretting very much this policy on the part of thosa in the service of the national defense of the country to_circ stories with the intention of making the pubiic and the country believe t the national de- fense of the country has completely broken down with the purpose, accord- ing to his opinfon. of securing in- creased appropriations. The President hopes the country will | understand the motive behind the propaganda, and will not become un- necessarily disturbed. Personally, President Coolidge con- siders the natjonal defense of the United States at this time as being fairly adequate. Naturally enough, he does 1ot conslder it perfect, but, in his opinion, done much toward increasing efl- clency and working toward perfection. ‘The President reminded his callers that the Nation has within the past x years appropriated more than $4,000,000,000 for the Army and Navy of this country. This gigantic sum, his administration has| GOVERNMENT ENDS CASE AGAINST WAN Figures and “Wong™ Signa- unexpectedly g picture hotel regi nd add % belonging ehl studied ken from o ¥ the n to stub No. 24. whether or not, 1 ) who wrote the wrote check stub No. 24, replied then the defense for and Wilton J. Lambert, this question ehil, Your opinfon was made from an examin of the wri ince you have be ont not?" 4 amined on Stand “Yes, sir,” Mr. Las no furth At th: ready replied the witness ert then announced b ross-examination point the Government to rest ite case bhut for one o le, which bobbed up in the form of a missing paper bearing the name and address of Wan and which Capt. Guy B. Burlingame testified yes terday gave him defiuite information on the location of Wan in New York. A thorough search was made among the mass of papers before the prose cution, and finally a hurried call was sent out for Capt. Burlingame. He was located in Police Court, returned fmmediately and wus placed on th stand. He testified he recelved the paper at the Unlon Station on the early morning of February 1, 1919, and that the handwriting was that of the now Inspector Evans. Fr. he said, he was able to verify the New York address of Wan. Al of this trouble was the outgrowth of statement made on the stand several s ago by Capt. Burlingame that Wan's New York address was fur- nished by Kang LI The latter (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 4. Rubber Bootlegging on Big Scale Flourishes in Malay Peninsula By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 2.—Telegraph: ing from Penang, Stralts Settlement, the correspondent of the Daily Mail describes the enormous presperity the boom {n rubber has brought to the Malay Peninsula. The people of the region, he savs, made 25,000,000 (about $125,000,000) more in 1925 than in 1924 out of rubber. Of the 92,000 planters in Malaya The bulk the solicitor be reduced from $2,000 |tates owned by Malays or Chinese. Radio Programs—Page 24. The fact that these estates have been elding much more rubber than is al- wed export has led to an immense lmu‘Eiin]’ business,” in which the 7 L3 i Aslatics constantly outwit the Buro- Pean agents and overseers. Rubber “bootlegging” is carrifed on to a vast extent by a rubber fleet, @ counterpart of the rum-running fleet off the coast of the United States. “Rubber running,” says the corre- spondent, is financed by wealthy per- sons of high standing, but it is actu- ally done by coolies, who land their cargoes in the Dutch East Indies, from where they are sent to Singa- pore. If the coolies are caught their families are provided for during their term of imprisonment and they them- selves are handsomely compensated by the rubber-running financiers when they are released. | cought to was m that paper, | COAL BOOKS AUDIT BY MTARL AIDES SOUGHT BY CAPPER Invoices and Records of Deal- ers and Operators Would Be Scrutinized. DEALERS DEMAND PROBE BY CAPITAL MERCHANTS Declare M. & M. Can Name Im partial Body to Conduct Price Survey. terest line ¢ Calls Proposal of | we futes thes sed that th uthorize the Waunt Impartial Study ang Li. | us spect- | any of recog BOARD 0 rict of Colun v Capper d be conv v was that a fair inve Id not be had by the Se t committee, Denies Dealers’ Point. 1Te denied this emphatically pointed out that the committee ha been most fair in its conduct of the onducting an “in He suid that the committee has full authority quire into any matters de: sarding the District of Col “1 hope that we will {obtain anditors from | Controller | the books be the side ace What we want n investigation covering all of ! ar and January of this year. Resolution is Offered. ) A blanket resolution giving the D.. | trict committee authority to summ | witnesses, call for papers and to o | tain testtmony under oath, which introduced Ly Senator Capper veste | day, has been referred to the commi tee on audit and control, of whi { S8enator Keyves of New Hampshire i | chairman. Except for one feature, this resol: tion is the regular routine resolutio: {adopted by the Senate for each o its standing committee: T fon. The resolution lnt{odv rpflr (Continued on Page 2, Column 8 ‘FAVOR BATTLEFIELD BILL. | House Committee Approves Meas- ure to Inspect Civil War Scenes. A Senate bill to authorize inspectior of the Civil War battlefields around Appomattox Court House, Va., with a view of preserving them as his toric monuments, was approved to day by the House military committee The inspection would be caried ou by a commission consisting of ar Army engineer officer and one vetera: each of the Federal and Confederate forces. s