Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 4

4 » WOODS SAYS POST HASNO STRNES Tells Senators He Would Not Participate in Lake Cargo Rate Case. Cyrus E. Woods, named by President ! Coolidge to the Interstate Commerce | Commission, told a Senate ur:mm“flv' today that it his nomination were con firmed, he would not participate in the commission’s decision in the pend: | ing lake cargo coal freight He explained that it would b sxtremely bad case” for to take | an hin | part in, because it involved rates from | his home district Pressed by Senator Necly, Demoeral. | West Virginia, the former Ambassador | 1o Spain and Japan said that if there [ were a continuation of the case after, the commission had rendered its de- | cision in the pending application, he | would feel that he would still be ineligible to participate. Would View Broadly. “If T go on the commission, I shall try to treat all questions from a; broad national viewpoint and not from a sectional viewpoint,” said M. Woods, whose nomination is being op- posed because of his participation in the recent Republican primary in Pennsylvania and his former service as general counsel for the Pittsburgh | Coal Co. H Mr. Woods said he did not seek ap- | pointment to the commission, but Sen mtor Reed, Republican, Pennsyivania, had asked him if he would permit the presentation of his name to the Presi @ent. “Did you case with Senator Virginia. “Most emphatically plied. | | ke cargo | inquired West discuss the enator Reed Goff, Republican, no,” Woods re No Strings Attached. “Isn't it a faet that Secretary Mellon was largely responsible fo your appointment?” “I don’t know. Senator Reed knows the details, T do not.” Woods told the committee that after Senator Reed had spoken to him he! saw Secretary Mellon and asked his opinion as to hik fitness for the office. | “DId you ask Secretary Mellon what You were to do after vou got on the commission?" asked Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana. “Absolutely not,” Woods returned with emphasis. “And [ want to say right here that no one has any strings on me and I don't think any one wants to have any.” Troned Out Differences. Questioned at length about his par- ticipation in the Pennsylvania prim-| ary last Summer, Woods dented testi- mony of Joseph E. Grundy before the Senate campaign funds committee that he had been the manager for the combined Pepper-Fisher-Smith-Wood- ward ticket on behalf of which nearly $2,000.000 was spent. The former Ambassador said there had been friction between the Pepper and Fisher headquarters and that about three weeks before the cam- paign ended he was called in as a sort of ambassador to iron out the differ- ences. He added that only controver- #lal matters were referred to him. ““There is not a line of testimony be fore the Reed committee to show that T collected any money or distributed uny money In that campaign,” Woods said. “T had no knowledge of it in any way whatsoever, “If there was anything wrong in what T did in that campalgn, then you have got to say that no citizen of any State can take any part in any polit- fcal campatgn. BANDIT WHO SHOT VICTIMIS HUNTED Posses Seeking Man Who Held Up Powder Plant Em- ploye Near Indian Head. Special Dispatch to The Star INDIAN HEAD, Md., January Posses under command of Sheriff Cooksey are scouring the country- side in this vicinity today for the bandit, or bandits, who early today shot and seriously wounded J. Ed- ward Carpenter, employe of the Go ernment powder plant here, and robbed him of his weekly pay en- velope. Carpenter, a son-in-law of the sheriff, was attacked shortly after midnight near the Government Bridge, just outside the military reservation, as he was on his way to his home at Rison, Md, several miles distant. Fellow emploves who were follow- ing a few hundred feet to the rear of Carpenter heard the shot, but arrived at the scene of the shooting tov late to see the assailant. Rushed to Hospital. The wounded man, unconscious from a bullet wound in the head, was carried to the naval dispensary and then rushed to Washington aboard a tug, in company with a naval sur- geon. The tug was met at the Washington Navy Yard by an ambulance, which carried him to Providence Hospital Surgeons there this afternoon were delaying an operation, in view of Car- yenter’s serjous condition. The bullet, it was sald, 18 in the brain. Carpenter is believed to have had gbout $35 when he was held up, He “as paid off Iast night and was walk. sng alone to his home because of an incapacitated automobile Find Traces of Struggle. Marines from the reservation who investigated found evidence of a strug- xle where Carpenter fell, and the emptied pay envelope was discovered on the ground nearby, its flap torn open. A flashlight, thought to have heen owned by the victim, also was found. Carpenter Is 35 years « married and has seven children girls. The oldest daughter is 12 (arpenter went to the Washington Jospital this morning in company with two of her husband’s brothers, ,J.awrence C._and Robert W. Carpen 1er, both of Washington. The broth ‘ers were summoned here early today from their home. SEEKS WIFE, GETS POLICE. age. He is 1 Mrs Man Asks Phone Operator Where | to Find a Spouse. NEW YORK. Jan TP —Tt is | anidom that the oracles cccupying | Telephone information desks here are cumped, but no ready answer was | fvailable when a calier asked to be | { operators {of ¢ {10 o'clc THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7. 1927 e NS THE ABSFNAL ave POYIORR N’lu - Gl China, where United States women ha ‘ ; WUCHANG V' : ve been warned to leave. LONDON PHONES TO NEW YORK (Continued from First Page.) tain that the inauguration of personal conversation between the two coun tries would strengthen the existing friendly tles. As the two officials said good-by the plugged in for the first call of the regular service at the rate 5 a minute. Prince Coming, A. P. Phones. The first news dispatch to be ived by the Assoclated Press over the radiophone came from its London bureau at 10202 o'clock today. The London bureau dictated the following news dispatch to New Yorl “LONDON, January 7 (®).—Official announcement that the Prince of Wales will visit Canada and the “nited States next Summer is expect ed to be made at Ottawa, Canada, soon. The Prince of Wales desires to accept the Canadian government's in The prince is expected York and the tion in July. to visit New West The connection with bureau was established shortly after k. when Carl S. Brandebury, an editor in the New York office, was advised that the land and air circuit had been established. Over the receiv- ing apparatus came first the roar and clicking of static and New York called: “‘Hello, London A. P."" the London “Hello, New York office. This Frank King talking. How are you? came the voice, which rose and then faded away to almost a whisper as the static storm off Houlten, Me., be- clouded the circuit. 2 Static Hinders Dictation. asked the is “What's your big news? New York editor. “Here it §s,” replied King. tate it to vou. “Go slow,” replied the oclate Press editor in New York, “and I'll take it on a noiseless typewriter.” Then King dictated his dispatch on the projected visit of the Prince of Wales. At times his voice faded so that it was quite impossible to under- stand his dictation. Then it came clear again as the roar of the static passed. Sometimes it was only a blur of jumbled words, and Brandebury had to call for several repetitions. Some words wholly unintelligible were interspersed between three or four words that sounded as clearly as if they might have been uttered from some nearby local station. S0 the news of the prince’s visit was carried while the static elements sputtered and cracked as if to fight man's commercial entrance into their aerial domain. $25 a Minute Amenities. The dispatch concluded, King asked to be remembered to every one in the New York office and Charles Stephen- son Smith, the chief of staff of the London office, came in on the wire. “Hello, Brandebury, this is Smith talking. How is everybody in the New York office?” . “Fine,” replied Brandebury, ‘“‘and everybody wants to be remembered to vou and the staff.” Then Brandebury. uding that these radiotelephonic amenities were running at the rate of $25 a minute, cheerily said, “Good-by.” and Smith replied, “Good-by,” old man,” and the first commercial call of the Assoclated Press to its London bureau was over. Officlals here, following their an- nounced intention, declined to make public_the name of the lucky person to make the first call. The official conversation lasted 5 minutes. Thirty prominent officials of the company and a battalion of news- paper reporters listened in on the first talk with head receivers. Chimes Are Silent. At 8:49 o'clock, when the formali- tles were over, the service to the other listeners-In was automatically discon- tinued. The original plans called for cutting in the chimes of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, but on account of the static interference the first call came through at a time when the bells were silent. Telephone engineers said the static was due to th~ low barometrie pres- sure which yesterday. extended over Houlton, Me., a “leg’ of the incoming airline. This pressure.was extended further eastward today. In New York there was brilliant sunshine and clear alr at the start. TLondon also re- ported that the weather was “‘clear and beautiful.” When tests were made the reception was perfect. The static today, while annoying. did not greatly hinder the conversation. A swarm of photographers and movie operators was on hand to re- cord the historic event. Every effort of reporters and photographers to learn the identity of the young, bobbed-haired, short-skirted girl oper- ators met with polite but firm refusal. “The young ladles are doing their omdinary day’s work.” the officials ex- plained, “and they do not desire ex ploitation.” "Il dic- A Call Interrupts Shave. One prominent citizen of New York of regular habits, wh nawme has been withheld, was shaving when a radiotelephone call came. ® This citizen only one of many who desired to be the first to talk across the ether to British shores. The telephone company informed him that he would have to take his chance he might get in his call ock. that's the time shave!” came the protest. As it hap- pened, he had a razor in his hand when the telephone bell in his apart- inent tinkled. At the conclusion of the official con. versation Mr. Gifford explained that the 5,000-meter wave length and the 22.meter short wave was used simul- taneously today, as they would be in the course of the regular commercial serv The chances were that re ception was better at the London end of the line because of the fact that the short wave most effective when atmospheric conditfons and rtatic have their greatest effect upon was luck around 9 “But T always ised. where he might find a wife “lufermation” switched the inquiry 1o a police station and the Juiseless : gne was placed under observation. ! the long wave. a statement serabled listeners ju don call was put through, Mr. Gifford ‘4 the as *1 dedicated vitation to attend the jubilee celebra-; Middle | | yesterday with other applicants, but that if he | wre the Lon- ! weather, the audibility interest in the new covered the and the public | service. THAT WALES WILL VISIT U. §. “a new tyvpe of telephone | | trunk line, good over those wide spans {of water across which we have not as | vet learned to string wires.” |7 “We cannot as vet guarantee a good talking connection with London all of the time,” he said. “When at mospheric conditions are very bad it 1s utterly impossible to carry on a con- versation.” Text of Conversation. The full text of the conv between Mr. Gifford and Svelyn P. Murray follows | " Nr. Gifford picked up the receiver | when the bell at his elbow sounde {and the operator announced: “Sir | Evelyn Murray of London now on| the line.” The voice of ‘the B first drowned by s Beg pardon, sir, ou hear clear I hear you, across the sea | Mr. Gifford then delivered the fol- | lowing message to Sir Evelyn: “Today, as a result of ver: | ye of research and experimenta- tion, we open a telephonic channel of speech hetween New York and Lon- don. Thus the people of these two great cities will be brought within speaking distance. Across 3,000 miles of ocean, individuals fn the two cities may, by telephone, exchange views and transact business instantly as though they were face to face. 1 know that it 1s vour aim, as it is| ours, to extend this service so that in the near future any one in either of our countries may talk to any one in| the other. Will be Real Neighbors. | “No one can foresee the ultimate| signiticance of this latest achievement | o1 science antl organization. It will certainly facilitate business; it wjll be a soclal convenience and comfort, ! and, through the closer bond which | it establishes, it will promote better | undersianaing and screngthen the | ties of friendship. Through the spoken word, aided by the personality ol the voice, the people of New York and the people of London will be.ome neighbors in a real sense, although separated by thousands of mules. “\We are glad to have co-operated with you in this notable enterprise all actively continue to work with you in extending and improving the service. 1 congratulate you upon your successful solution of your prob- iems and wish to extend to you and to your associates the greetings and 800d wishes or the officers and staff of the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co., and of their assoclates in the Bell Telephone System.” Sir Evelyn's answer followed im- medlately and was clearly audible. The static had died to a faint mur- mer which did not interfere with re ception. He said: “The opening of the telephone serv- ice across the Atlantic between Lon- don and New York is a conspicuous milestone in the road of telephone progress and marks the beginning of a new epoch in the development of communication between our two countries. Conversation Now Reality. “Personal conversation between Great Britain and the United States has emerged from the stage of ex- periment into a practical reality, and we are confident that the service which we are maugurating today will be a boon to hoth nations, whether as an ald to commerce or as a me. dlum of social and domestic inter- course, and it will tend to strengthen the bonds which unite the two com munities. “I am charged by the Postmaster General to take this occasion to ac- knowledge the notable contributions ‘“'hk‘h your company has been able 4 to make through its engineering and research organization toward the solution of many baffling problems which have been encountered. We recognize, as we believe you recog- nize, that there are “difficulties still to be overcome before the transat- lantic service can attain the stand- 'd of regularity and rellability at which we aim, but we are convinced that there is mno better means of solving these difficulties than by put- ting the service to the crucial test of daily use, and we hope that before long transatlantic conversation will be available not only to the citizens of London and New York, but to every telephone subscriber in both countries. “We of the British post office look back with pleasure upon the cordial co-operation of the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company which has led to the success so far achleved, and on behalf of the Post- master General and the officers of the general post office I warmly reciprocate your greeting and good wishes. I now declare the service opened to the public.” Line Likely to Stay Open. ause of the large number of nts who desired to use the new | service the firgt dav, it was the hope l'of the company to extend the time | beyond the four and one-half hours | previously announced. Instead of closing the circuit at 1:30 o'clock New York time, which is 1 6:30 p.m. in London, it was expected | the line would be open until 6 p.m. New York, or 11 pm. London time. At present only metropolitan Lon- |don and New York are connected, al- though engineers said today it was possible to ring in points San Francisco. It of the company for some time, ation Sir G tish official was came from | Beca appl! | physically |as far West as | will not be the policy | to do this, however, | it was added. Persons, accordingly, living in Phil- adelphia or Chicago will have to travel to New York to talk to London, for | at least some weeks. Newspapers Hook Up. At 103; minutes after 9 o'clock to- {day the New York Evening World and | the London Express were in communi- | cation ‘alking were Ralph Pulitzer, in_his New York office, and Ralph D. Blu- | menfeld, owner of the London Ex- pres: wo oditors, conv conversational. tone, consumed 7 min- utes and 2 seconds, with a charge of $175 to the London Iixpress, the paper putting in the call. The conversation 5 = rsing in a low also call each paper line before the A reporter from talked over the was concluded One of the first persens business conversation W president of the Corporation. fifty-fourth birthday. $5,000,000 “Good Morning.” More than $5,000,000 worth of equip- | ment was in use for the opening of the service, The voice on its journey from New York traveled by land wire to the | Rocky Point radio transmitting sta- ition on Long Island, where it was thrust across the 3,550 air miles to | Wroughton. England, where it again {went by land wire to London. The | westward route carried the voice from London to the Rugby transmitting station. then over 2,29 air miles to " | | Houghton, Me. PRINCE'S COMING ALMOST SURE. Only Urgent Demands Will Prevent Visit to America. LONDON, January 7 (#).- gent Only ur- demands for the presence { official duties, it is understood, prevent an American visit this news of which was sent by phone from London to New today. After the prince attends the jubilee celebration at Ottawa in July, he plans to spend a vacation on his ranch in Alberta, then to revisit Mid- western United States and later to &0 to New York for the Anglo-Amer- ican polo matches before returning home. will vear, radio- York AMERICAN WONEN _ LEAVE HANKOW ON ADVICE OF CONSUL _First_P: (Continued injurie “hen's proclamatlon declared the Nationalist government “establishes a commission of provisional admintstra- tion in the British concesslon to a sume control of public safety and municipal affairs, undertaking full responsibility for the safety of forelgn lives and property. The proclamation s equivalent in effect to retrocession of the British concession with the Chinese remain- ing In full control of all bureaus in the district. Because of a steady rain few people were on the streets. EXODUS DESPITE PLEDGE. hurt, ht. and their were Americans Continue torln\'e Han. kow, San Francisco Hears. FRANCISCO, January 7 (8).— patch received here today direct from Hankow, filed at 8:45 o'clock last night, indicated the exodus of Ameri- cans from the riot-ridden Chinese city was continuing in spite of Invitation of Tugene ('h?n}(h‘:n\:g::: minister of foreign affairs, for them to remain. The message makes no direct - tion of the situation in the British concession, but indicates the Chinese still were in control of that section of the forelgn colon The dispatch said it was felt in some quarters by l{w Chinese that cans were leaving in sym; with the British evacuation :ywveu::i the Cantonese government felt the re- action among the natives might be in- jurious to the Americans. Conditions were reported quieter, ;.l&;:ug:d a bz:lmcky ’l;anlmx prevails, al ness firms remai closed.” i Telegraphic facilities out of Hankow are reported to be swamped. Mes- sages reaching here show delays of as much as 18 hours. CONCESSION STILL HELD. London's Latest Advice Is That Chinese Are in Control, dispatch from Shanghal says that, according to the latest naval wireless from Hankow, dispatched last night, the Writish concession there Is still in the hands of the Chinese military. The American women and children are now belng evacuated from the city. Previous dispatches reported that the British naval forces had resumed control of the British concession in g’a‘r:l;’uw by arrangement ywith the Southern, “or Cantonese, tary authorities, AR British sailors and marines were withdrawn to their ships and the women and children removed when the rioting was at its helght, with mobs roming the streets, shouting against “British imperialism,” ston- ing bulldipgs and tearing down Brit- ish flags. Reasons for Withdrawal. Disaffection among the British- controlled Chinese police in the Brit- ish concession at Hankow was one of the chief causes for the transference by British officlals of military control to the Cantonese on Tuesday, say au- thoritative advices from Hankow. It was discovered that many Brit. Ish-employed police wWere wearing na. tionalist badges under the lapels of their tunics. In view of this situa- tion and the fact that only 24 British marines and 100 bluejackets were available to control the Chinese mobs, the British accepted the guarantee of Forelgn Minister Eugene Chen to nmh‘nain order, After withdrawal of the mnaval forces Tuesday night all the volun- teer foreign police forces were dis- armed, leaving the Chinese free to roam the British quarter, with the British relying on the word of Eu- gene Chen, the Cantonese forelgn min- ister, that he assumed full responsi- bility for law and order and the pro- tection of forelgners. Chen Tenders Apologies. Chen, according to official advices, tendered apologies to the British con- sul for the desecration by a mob of | the British war memorial in Hankow, and announced that he would under’ take to repair the damage to its stone facing. No word has yet heen recelved of the arrival of the American and ncident- : of | the Prince of Wales ,in England on - |23, with the approval of President LONDON, January 7 (#).—A Reuter | are 18 other Amd¢ DIXIE RAIL STRIKE ;T.ainn‘.en’s President Says Walkout Vote May Not Even Mean Tie-Up. 1 ssibility of a strike on 22 South stern railroads, several of which en- ter Washington, is as vet remote, even though conductors, trainmen and yard men are votlng on whether they will back up the efforts of their executive comnfittee to secure a wage increase of §1 & day to the extent of walking out if their demands are not granted W. N. Doak, president of the Broth- >rhood of Railroad Trainmen. said here today that the vete is returnable in “this cify on January 20 and that even if the vote of the brotherhood mem-| bership is in favor of the walkout, it does not necessarlly mean a strike. | In the meantime, the United States Board of Medlation, set up last May roads and their employes, has the matter still in negotiation and is working to bring about a settlement Conferences have not been held in | the past few days by representatives | of the brotherhoods with railroad ex- | ecutives and a committee represent- ing the brotherhoods to negotiate with the rallroads has not been named. Not Alarming, Says Doak. “There is nothing alarming about it,” Mr. Doak declared todav on hi return to Washington from New York Edwin P, Morrow, the only mem- {ber of the Mediation Board in Wash- ington, said: “The matter has been a subject of conferences between representatives | of the Southeastern railroads, the | board and representatives of the con- | ductors and trainmen. It is still in negotiation.” Pressed for to | statement | a as sottiement of the wage difficulty be- | fore a strike became effective, Mr { Morrow referred questioners to fe jmer Representative Samuel E. Wins- | low, chatrman of the board, who 1s in | Worcester, Mass. Mr. Morrow said he | did not care to discuss the possible strike while the matter is still tn ne- | gotiation. Mr. Doak explained that a vote of the membership of the railroad | jorotherhoods on the railroads affected was taken before the proposal for a railroads. This was not decisive and it has been resubmitted. Tt will be | taken by secret ballot and is returna- ble in Washington January 20. at which time Mr. Doak and L. E. Shep- pard, president of the Order of Rail- way Conductors, will meet in Wash- .ngton to consider further actlon. Vote Information Lacking. Although the vote 1s now in prog- d officlals generally were | i | ress, railroa R. Albright, general manager of the | Atlantic Coast Line an the general committee of southeastern rallreads, sald the wage negotiations are still under way as far as the car- | Fers are concerned, and are In the | | rallroad officials for settlement. | The order for the strike ballot was 1ssued in Washington on December | Lee of the trainmen and Presidenty Sheppard of the conductors. [t had previously been brought to the atten- tion of the mediation hoard. + Statements attributed today to rai- road brotherhood ofllcials declaring that the mediation board had been unable to accomplish anything to bring about a satisfactory settlement were met by the statement today by Mr. Morrow that the matter is still in otiation. ke strike vote was ordered, broth- erhood officers said, after their ef- forts at compromise had been rejected by the railroads. e BORAH, IN DEFINITE SPLIT, AGAIN HITS NICARAGUAN POLICY (Continued from First Pen ime when the situation in {caragua :vas satisfactory, generally speaking. They forced Solozarno to retire as President. Thereupon, of course, Sacasa, as Vice President, would be come President. But they drove him ‘out of the country under a threat of death, and then Chamorro h‘ad himself elected President by the Congress. “But our Government refused to recognize Chamorro. Chamorro then stepped aside, and under pressure compelled the Congress to elect Diaz. In the meantime Sacasa had returned s reported to be rac- gtse from Hongkong. hes say there are British warship: ing up the "3"‘1.». ‘Washington cl :ix‘.:};n::ltm naval vessels at Han- kow. They are the converted yacht Tsabel, gunboat Palos, mine sweeper Pigeon, xunbm.n\gll;lobo: “9]'11"{.:3 ruxtun. The e erican naval units in Chinese watars, most of them at Shanghai.) The‘ Dally Telegraph sald: 4 swift and decisive change in the is demanded by the British policy rr,I:!htnx proof, turnished at Hankow, of the unwisdom of relying upon con- t all costs.” c“‘;'al-::onn:fly News, however, advo- cated British recognition of the Can- tonese government. 258 Sall for Shanghai. SHANGHAI, January 7 @).—A dispatch from Hankow says 258 British women and _children and a few men sailed for Shanghal yester- orning. dn{\'t’)‘l"d tro‘m Kiukiang says there was a riot there yesterday afternoon, directed against the forelgn conces- sion, but that Chinese military police arrived in time to prevent invasion of the foreign colony. 24 U. S.'SHIPS AT HAND. Largest Number of Naval Vessels Is at Shanghai. wenty-fur American men-of-war are o e hinese waters, six of them at Hankow, where recent disturbances have caused requests for protection, according to an official Navy an- nouncement. _Two destroyers, the Truxtun and Pope, are at” Hankow, with the Isabella, a converted yacht; the Palos and the Villalobos, river gunboats, and the minesweeper Pigeon. e greatest force is at Shanghai, where seven destroyers, two gungoats and two destroyer mine layers are centered. The destroyers are the Par- rott, Edsall, McLeish, Stmpson, Bul-| mer, McCormick and Peary. The gunboats Asheville and Sacramento and the mine layers Rizal and Hart complete this detail. Other destroyers are the Ford, at Wuhu, and the Pillsbury, at Nanking. River gunboats are at Ichang, where the Elcano is stationed; at Chunking, where the Monocacy is, and at Can- ton, where the Pampanga is lying to. The gunboat Helena is at Bras Bay and the minesweeper Penguin at Kiukiang. 'Six destroyers have left Manila dur- ing the last few days, ‘for sea,” but no information was obtainable at the Navy Department as to whether they T o S ind had been dec K to assume power result of it -~ PERIL MINIMIZED | tlon in Nicaragi without information regarding it. P. | d chairman of | § hands of a conference committee of | § red the ognized those n against the itutionally elected ¢ president. Diaz h; right under the president than any o agua who mig] chosen. “Diaz is president avery provision of ti and in violation of treaty in Central Ame the Vi M 1C0 DERIDE Officials See Sacasa constitution re by sheer force of foreign urms President and | | is that we Accuses Sox who started the legally and con president an asn't any more | to bet on- in been | ther ht pes have in violation of he constitution, the five-power | rica and is held 1 ACTION. Vietory Before | Diaz Gets Help. to The Star a News. Cop MEXICO CITY, Ja patches announcing t Rear Admiral guan waters to ven destroyers and ¢ are looked upon loca stration against the re backing of the Saca in the troublesome ¢ republic. The report that th squadron is now 3,20( marines available for By Cable | President Diaz will soon receive ican arms and ammunition quantities, while Saca lowed to receive an “authorized sources of is as best evidenc of neutrality and derision. The crux of the Am an of the statement that has been taken American interests lished by disclosing which have been da are being jeop clals claim. Unless is made. they say, the wor {vept Sacasa’s official declaration that | no such interests are slightest danger. Unless American tion reach Diaz in the view here is that be over. In the oil controvers: whether or not there was hope for o |co and the United States both sides |eontinue to mark time. and the sit | tion probably will continue as at pres |ent until Mexico takes some positive ction. Comstock Divorce Fo;:ght. MIAMI, Fla., Januar el for Mrs. Evelyn ( yesterday reflled a bil Circuit Court of the ranted her former h 3. Comstock, wealth wage Increase was submitted to the | \iami Beach sportsman flance of Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Latimer's squadron to handle all disputes betieen rail. | Authoiized sources,” and that | suing a poliey of neutr | the rival factlons, is conside solely rdized, the Saca {have won out and the revolution will nd 1 Anuar he inc seven crulsers, mine sweep ally as a demon- ported Mexican | A Liberal party entral Amerjcan the 500 | t An in la 1 will not be : ¥ except e force of ), including - landing: “CHICK” GANDIL. GANDIL SUPPORTS STORY TIGERS SOLD WHITE SOX 4 GAMES! (Continued from First bet ed here | lity Ame! accepte erican interven- | d the sincerit Amerfcan action to protect be estab. interests naged or which the local offi such disclosure 1 can ac {couldn't tell all the story, because he didn't know it. I can teil it, and no man can scare me.” Whereas Risberg's story was gen- 1. Gandil's charges are definite. He s several plavers and tells the part which he said they played in games he alleges were “thrown.” Pertinent paragraphs in his fidavit a I know that the four games Sep tember 2 and 3, 1917, were thrown by Detroit to Chicago. and that subse- quently a fund of money was raised to which all save one or two of the | White team contributed $45 aplece. subsequently the money s delivered by me to lil“‘ | James, @ pitcher for Detroit “At the time the series began Chi- cago was two games in the lead, with Boston pressing them. The winning of four games would make Chicago's | pennant” chances almost sure; whereas the loss of even half those games would cut the margin of the “ady of Chicago | Sox over Boston to almost nothing. | for review in| “Our club left Chicago after thoss divorce decree | four games. It was upon our return sband, Stanley | that [ first heard mention of what Detroit and [ we ought to do for the Detroit play- and one-time | er; g ould the er af. placed in the s and ammun near future. may well ¥ hetween Mexi w 7 ().~ Coun- v | given | ton. the pitcher I said, “Let's m finally decided d wa would about nt that every 4500 K it before give t 0 apiece. That 1d kick it money was collected Sept ber 2§ I suggested time to take the money who were playving in Philadelphia Rowland (Clarence Rowland, ther manag; Gio ahead and get the money.’ Not all the money 1l suld, was in caxh “I remem would be, o good to the Tigers, collacted, made pro; he Some getting h, Wil Collins % Kk son, Joe Benz die” Murphy, Reb Russell and a few others whose pames I do not remember. T did not get anv from Rowland ¢ ason." Describing the handing over of the pool to Bill James, Gandil deposed “We (Risberg andil went the Hotel, Philadel re found RBill James, nd Ct aled Jar words to thing T Chat's for his A money T promfse that effect. A remember Bili sa good. Howard's beer dough'.” Contradicts Eddie Coli affid by Eddie missioner Landis Collins produced a check stub o shi he had not paid Gandil $45 until € ber 16, 1917 —long after the date € ail fixes as “pay-off day “I read in the papers,” Gandil said, “that Eddie Collins showed a check book and said he didr ¢ me his $45 until October 16. 1 can’t explain this, because my recollection is that T and Swede Risberg approached Collins on the same day I approached all the other players. He put me off for about an hour and then | saw him go to the hotel desk. where he got $45. He paid me in cash. 1 have no reccllection of getting any money from him October 16 Collins said, when I got the money from him. ‘I hate to do this—I will never do it again.’ “What BIll James did with the money I don’t know. I have read in the papers that he now says it was a. present for the pitchers beating Bos- I can't figure out why anyhody would think that the Chicage club would be sucker enough to give the Detroit pitchers a bonus for beating Boston when at the time that Detroit and Boston played our club had a lead of elght games and practically had tha pennant cinched. “J came to Chicago because Judge Landis wired me to come. I did not come to squawk on any ball players or to make money for telling this story. I think Swede Risberg showed a lot of nerve in telling it to their T am going to do the same if Judge Landis wants to hear " > only The vit contradicts testimony Collins befors Com Wednesday, when an Some one suggested giving them— Boys’ $5 ADMIRAL COATS $2.98 Heav; ton, blue Mel- ‘mblem ~ on siceve. cnevron on arm, * re annel lined. Sizes 2 to 8 years. g Boys’ and with strong leather soles and Sizes 84 to 2. In brown and black high shoes and JANUARY THRIFT SALES! [ HARRY KAUFMA 1316-1326 Seventh St. ust in Time for the Sale! Hundreds of Fine OVERCOATS Comfortable 2 Big, burly, snappy models—the kind men like to Every coat hand tailored, with Skinner’s silk lining. Blues, Gray: Scotch mixtures. Finest wi wear! super values at these low p Ulsters, Tube Models, Box Styles, -Belted Models In fact every new cluding the popular Chesterfields. Smart London Tube Coats, Classy Raglans, Velvet Collar Coats for Dress Wear. Styles for every taste. $25 Coats.........$12.50 | $40 Coats.........$20.00 $30 Coats.........515.00 | $45 Coats.........$22.50 $35 Coats.........$17.50| 850 Coats.........$25.00 NS % Misses’ and Women’s 4-Buckle $ Girls’ $3 DRESS SHOES | GALOSHES |Novelty Footwear alinde, of very rong Jerse: Sin® ‘rolled " edee soles and heels. A e 1 Men’s, Women’s, Boys’ Storm Rubbers sturdy all all perfect. with rubber heels durable rubber soles and heels. Broken N. most wanted styles in low or Cuban heels. All sizes in the lot. J $1 to $1.98 Boys’ WASH SUITS 79 W. Price s, Tans, Browns and oolens make these coats rices. style effect, in- g 7 b g Z Z g : : é 7 : ’ % 13 g b 7 Women’s $3.50 32.39 In patent and satin in the Genuine first quality: 69c. OB R