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4 * LIBERALS FORGED BACK IN NICARAGUA Diaz Threatened to Bombard Position—U. S. Policy Is | Backed in Britain. | By e MA for 1he AGUA, January & which occupied The liberal Nandaime on Pac vesterday, were forced 10 withd today by the conserva tive threats to b rd the villag About. 1,000 1ibe v ted to huve left Nandaime for Las Salinas, yenr 8an Juan del Sur, where Diaz yepresentatives declare thre soline hoats delivered arms for the liberals two days ago President D he willing participaie » to extent an ! SAN January ton, whi from o Pay, at Nicaragus, | munfeations with Tad been cut off ¢ dit a bave he sid W iy erated today that the liberals to have the was wernm " ather conces rem 1 amn ms gen S, Warekip Returns, JUAN DEL SUF ) o ¥ ! lost 1 proceeded to S ern extremity of the fte s of bat tivities n restored British View Backs U. S. LONDON, ) nenting on the Ohserver savs Com Sunday January Nicaragua Atlantic of worldwide ce of th position is s from the ' matter prodomin Tnitad States in that key as vital to the world's interest Biritish predominance in the Suez “It happens that the United States 4< more valuable to the world than NMexico as custodian f its communi- cations In Central America. The nited States will have a delicate but necessary duty to perform.” Sacasa’s Agent Resentful. 3X1CO CITY ey 8 0 Zepeda, ntative y of Dr s liber. raguan gove ®titement tod: “The Nica ©f being subdued by Ame: ers and men in their pa nd Chamorro. Nicarazuans will | yerish defending their sovereignty. the same as ths peopl the United States would do if thelr sovereignty re threatened as ours is. “The only way keep Diaz power is to have the Marines fight for him. The Liberals have not provoked the war which Kellogg has declared against the weak and defenseless pec ple of Nicaragua, but who are rendy to | @'ve up their lives in that war if nec- | Jan ) in Mex 1 Nica rother | | are tiv n bank- 1 'he Department of State, with the | itavian intention of niurdering | patrigts who do not accept as presi- | dent a despicable man, unfit to rule a free people, is sending Diaz arms and supporting him with United States | Marines. Sees F ng of Hate. “The world must know that the presence of foreign troops In Nica- Tagua only serves to fan great hate We place on Kellogg's ghoulders the historical responsibility for reprisals. 1 appeal to honest statesmen and the American people not to, haye upen their conscience the blood of Nica raguan patriots,. which would destroy the honor of the United States, ul though it would at the same time er: the hame of Nicaragua from the map as a free and independent country Senor Zepeda has patches from Costa Ric: that Nicaraguan Liberals have e feated Diaz forces at Las Griestas. canturing 300 rifles, 8 machine guns, 60.000 cartridges and 7 carioads of foodstuffs. 3 » took prisoner & number of prominent Conservative Senor Zepeda denied that any ad- ditional gun-running expeditions for the Liberals were under way, hecause the Liberals were capturing all the arms they need from the Diaz forces. | He declared that Diaz does not need | arms, but needs men. Message From Colombia. BOGOTA, Colombia, January 8 (). —The National Directory of the Liberal Unlon of Colombia has sent a nessage to Dr. Sacasa, at Puerta Cabezas, applauding his attitude and espressing cunfidence in the triumph of his cause Battalion of Marines Formed. 1 RAN DIEGA, Calif,, January § (). ers 1o organize o “stand by" bat- tallon to proceed anywhere at a mo- | ment's notice were received today by Lieut. Col. Willlam H. Pritche®, act- ing commander of the Marine base Jiere The ndey rdery (e | | received dis announcing battalion will consist of 288 men smmand of Maj. Alexander A ft. ity < for formation of the ! n came from Brig. | ¢ D Jatler, now in charge | of the ine Corps Western mail guard Marines Leave Mail Service. SEATTLE, January 8 (P).—Capt 11 Corbett, commanding the United | tes Marine Corps contingent guard 10 and trucks in the Seat district ht was instructed to « iwth of his men to San Iy, there to await fur go imr ven privates. two corporals nt here were tor San Diego DENIES $107,000 GAIN | FROM WRECKED BANK| Departure 11:45 iected Ovner of Chairi of Markets Near Memphis Blames Appatent Short- age cn Accused Bookkeeper. B Ao NEMPH Tenn. desse M. Foltz, owner of ealmrban markets here, pleaded not zuilty today when arraigned before a magistrate on a charge of grand lar- ceny 07.000 from the American Savi Bank and Company. He was released on $25,000 bond Almost simultancously, attorneys for Toltz filed in Chancery Court it appoint ofar suburban o prevent the State bank ex eminer—recelver for the wrecked hank from forcing the market company into bankruptey Foltz's bill denied the claim of the bank that he had obtained $107,000 of the bank's funds and declared that any apparent shortage was due to the fraudulent manipulations of Rush H. Parke, former hookkeeper of the bank, who i% now under charges of larceny. Tarke had been bookkeeper also for Foltz's stores 2 3P nuary 8 eral ¢ ment markets First Prune Drier Dies. ALO ALTO. Calif., January obn Quincy dams Ballou, 99, man to Ary prunes in the Santa Clara Valley, Calif.. and oldest Mason on the Pacific Coast, is dead. ile canye from Boston 78 years ago. P 8 ) the fi like Dia | ! | takes the { general for Mexico, denied today that it a chain of | gen- | - THE_SUNDAY Will Head Marines in'Nicaragua Zone Trouble for Whole World Is Possible Outcome, Says Paris Observer. Now or Never Is Time for a Disarmament Move, He Concludes Summary. | BY GERVILLE REACHE. By Redio to The Star PARIS, January 2 k has one eye on China and the other on Central America, Newspapers of the Right and the Left have severely eoridemned “Dollar diple g No nation in the world strong enough to halt the movement toward | selt-determination wh ch characterizes the twentieth century If the United States continues its intervention poliey it i& certain that conflicts will arise in which her present splendid pr per ty will fall in ruins contrast between Ameri policies on opposite sides of the Pi most riking. LIEUT. (0L, JAMES of ol and s excep- Iy fitted by expe to deal it Latin American: peopleand af-| = {50 Sery moment when the p L ey I e uten TS aten e CALLES. FEARING REVOLT | Frited Ruths trveniunies tht iy IN U. S. BREAK. READY T0 TAKE ROW TO HAGUE ; toward Panama, Nicaragua and where town Law Sch; hington thinks it can situation by pulling the T s of its puppe iaz and De la uerta But 1t reflect on cat Britain's in China. the policy of play.ng hoth ends st the middle has failed y rably the _dlite 0 Question of Independence. e : The Rritish memorandum bring The the question of Chinese independ o further forward than ever bhe NOCes | yfore and more the Chinese ave imperil | jeping against foreign domination. biish R Canton government protests at 1 8nd{\aen ngton. Japan refuses {o indorse Al his [ s emorandutn. Disturbances break tonalf o at Hankow, apparently provoked Ly the Cheng cabinet ltself, to in- timidate Great Britain and compel it | to withdraw its troop And under | vious dan- fypq threat the British concession must be WG | bo"evacunted nd | T ne day northerners or southerners vill seize Shanghai, with its trade and | customs houses, and Buropean inter: vention in China will come to an in- orious end. Meanwhile, in Mexico, Panama and Nicaragua the United States plays with fire, which one section of the American press—once so antl-British “now eagerly fans with talk about an Anglo-Saxon league. Should the digging hmian canal neutralize ica by detaching it more and more from the northern continent, then farewell to the Monroe doctrine. Washington would stand alone face to Sonora Contract Canceled. |face ith o Pan-Asintic leaue. This Announcement ad at the | would have two capital effects: First, .\|4.\x||'-'fu:x vernment has ¢ m“i‘,u: the | Japan would back the Central Ameri concession granted in 1924 to .an republies against the United “Colorado Hiver Co.” an Amel Second, Americans, like the concern, for the coonization and irri- || , would be expelied from Chi gation of about 119,000 hectars markets. and (about 200000 acres) in the May Tutn Use of Arms. iate of Somor. The [JOVErMmSAt! he arms furnished fow to ephem ¢ _ | Americans, and from the Philippines and amprovements upon the |, Ty would be fomented autono !mist insurrections against American domination. 1 laws e e H Y e Mex sovereignty tory « we re The ws that all tribunais and will t of two Nicamena, Pres viewed the hi of revolutions to sus ¥ t the pretensions | &1 servative president, was of another | Latin Amer the one is to it the United f viole he said. is has ments iand o the construction of a | plant for the de- | The American State Department is ‘elopment of wi v State | tarrying a heavy responsibility, for the e e e M asad e | decisions. it must make In the near twesn the governnient and American ' future will have welghty consequenc and Mexiean capitaiists in June, 192 ‘{‘."'“"‘l” whole world as Well ‘as, the The pivject was expected to Involve nited States g the expenditure of several million | Now or never i the time to P dollars. disirmament_ from every practica viewpoint. War, that pligue of the CONFIRMATION ACT DENIED. | world, has transferred its breeding place to the Pacific. Watships plough those waters. Munitions stores and fleet bhases are being developed on every hand. Insurrections are insti- gated. ‘Threats of revolution sharpen greedy appetites. Position in Orient. Who supplied the arms to the combatants? What nation furnishes whips with which it may some day itself bhe scourged? Bngland s losing her privileged position in the Orient, hut the United tates does not seem likely to inherit it. Just as, after the Kuropean war, America, despite it& overwhelming financial sirength, cotild not supplant London as the world's banker because it lacked financiers with the necessary technical knowledge, so It cannot sup- plant Great Britain in China despite its unquestioned progress in the last few years, Japan ix too watchful of her in terests not to reap the hest froits o the Chinese war especially since the United States has its hands plentifully laden with its Central American troubles, Contract for great hydro-electric sul in Texas Explains Washington Message. ANTONIO, Tex., January . Carrillo, consul Con SAN (P).—Alejandro a message which he r day from Mexican Ambassador Tellez i shinglon concerning manifests en-owned property in Mexico had anything to do with the confirma- tion of oil lands under the new con- stitution He was quoted in a dispatch on that Qite as saying that he had received s from Washington to re- ations for confirmation of from American oil companies | ugh Mexican consulates The messuge from Ambaseador Tel- lez instructed him to receive mani- | fests of foreign-owned property under clause 7 of the first section of article of the Mexican constitution, a copy | of the message exhibited hy Senor | Carrillo showed. This clause, Henor Carrillo said, refers only to real es tate holdings. The clause, as quoted from the Mex- ican constitution, follows “Aliens, who may have any right of those which are the subject matter Lof this law. acquired before the going into effect of the same, shall make a declaration before the department of | forcign relations within the year fol- lowing the date of the promulgation the present law (December 31, 1925) upon the understanding that if this is not done it will be considéred that the ition was made subsequent to the promulgation of this lay. ARBITRATION PLAN HITS RESPONSIVE CHORD IN CAPITAL | (Continued ceived Thur (Covyright. 1927 ) T0 GO TO CUBA FRIDAY Plane Sections of Scouting Fleet to Fly From Hampton Roads to Antilles. The aircraft squadrons of the scout- ing fleet, now mobilized at Hampton Roads, will leave there Friday to join the vessels of the fleet for mancuvers in Guantanamo Bay. They will fiy [to Quacanayabo Bay, Cuba, stopping the part of the Mexican | lent to |en route for refueling at Charleston, settle these differences fairly and | Fernandino, Miami, Kcy West and Jjustly and should be encournged by |(jenfueges, Cuba. ®They are due to our nment. The issues are of [ aprive January 29. property rights and are proper sub- | The planes will take off singly at Jects for arbitration Jjudicial [ ffampton Roads, because of the heavy settlement.” fuel load, but will unite before pass. If_any ruggestion for ing Cape Henry. The 25 planes com- of the differences with poxing the two squadrons will make The Hague tribunal is the flight in four divigions cruising { it should be handled by th at 70 knots. While en route the Department, was the comment of | planes will engage in maneuvers, } s Curtis, Republican leader. | practicing formatlon fiying, torpedo He suggested it was strange it had { and bombing apy aches, and ¢ reise not been to the Government rather |in visual communications, {than to American visitors to Mexico, | The aireraft tenders Wright, Sand- The suggestion of arbitration at |piper and Teal will trail the planes. | The Hague was new 10 official Wash- | They also will put into the ports | ington last night. belief was |where the planes are scheduled to expressed, however, that it indicated |top. Throughout the fight the a willingness on the part of the | planes will be in radio communication { Mexican President to come to some [ With the tenders. i settlement of the differences now | The ";N"drf“"""“""““"‘i"' _ - | existing between his gov ang |tanamo Bay for Hampton Roads on e United Statas ® KoOvernment and | Wo ™1 "and they will be overhauled d prepared for training midshipmen Annapolts, commencing June 6. The squadrons are i command of Capt. J. J. Raby. DANCES DISCOLOR KNEES. “Black Bottom' and ‘Charleston” Cause New Malady. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., January § (#).—A new malady, believed to be the result of excessive “‘Black Bot. tom” and “Charleston” dancing, placed Tlene Mariott, a Miami Beach night club entertainer, under the care of physiclans today. Miss Mariott was taken to a hot from First ge.) arbitration Mexico by to I { | TRAVEL ON THAW CHECK. | Girl-S8layer and Husband Leave New York Today. Spocial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 8.--Us check for $250 ment to her b, delivery today by Harry Thaw, 16-year-old Catherine de Xinno and her husband plannad to leave New York early tomor morning for their home in Ivanston, i Mrs. De Ninni received a suspended sentence after confessing the murder of Luigi Fino, her alleged betrayer. Mr. Thaw interested himself in the slaying when the motive was revealed, | pital and an X-ray of her knees, which and his $250 check was in addition | had become stiff and partially im- to the counsel fees he undertook to|mobile, revealed small discolorations. aid the voung girl in her fight for | Doctors attributed the marks tp the liberty. b constant hitting of the knee to L‘ NAVY AIR SQUADRONS | STAR, WASHINGTON, Pacifie, with opin ons widely diver; events are taking. Ger view of the situation. den, the noted a firm bellever in the xplain some of the questions cone ar the United States. the press of all countries to display of such incidents A. G, Gardiner dev Chinese “wituation, in which. Amerl the British viewpont. sharply eriticlzed for permitting British concession at Hankow, b attitude of the government was a campaign to put over sovetism in London Depressed at BY A. G. GARDINER. By Radio to The Star LONDON, January 8.—Deepest de- jon exists in London regarding the week's events in China. The practical evacuation of the British | concession at Hankow is recognized as n most serious blow at the prestige of at Britain in the Kast, he lack of =upport accorded by the other powers to the British proposals in regard to China has created de pointment. Aside from America, | the British memorandum has had no weking, and Frar are rankiy hostile, “The fact that | ? | pre is | the (antonese hos | tility has been directed almost ex clusively against {he .British conces | sion_is accepted here as conclusiv proof that Moscow directs the (an tonese strategy, for Foreign Minister Tohicherin has’ consistently regavded the overthrow of British economic power as the first essential for the | world triumph of Sovietism. herin's diplomacy always has slate England, and the ab common policy among the in reeard to China plays into his hands. The Cantohese National- juts are divided into moderates and xtremists, and Tohicherin's agent, Bordin, attacks the leaders of tho moderates as virulently as Moscow at tacked Ramsay MacDonald and the moderate labor leaders here during the coal strike. Some Criticls While the pacific attitude British government in the face of extréme provocation is generally ap- proved there has been much criticism, |especially In the conservative press. |at the humilating withdrawal at Han- kow from property rented by British |subjects and protected by treaty. It has beeh suggested that even with the most pacitic aims, the government should have been in a position to safe guard the property and interests of British subjects within its own legal on er news, however, indicates the Tohi | been t | sence of | potver Voiced. of the No one denies, however, that there is ground for concern at the turn ille Reache, writing from He volces the opinion of a large section of the French people that the United States, in its attitude toward Mexico and Nicaragua, s stirring up trouble for the entire world. America ousted from Chinese mar! world dis altruism of A serning asking, but he still adheres to his belief in the disinterestedness M. Harden advo es most of his London dispatch to the eritieal ‘The British government, he reports, has been its But Move May Have Foiled Soviet Plot . D. C, JANUARY 9, EUROPEAN JOURNALISTS SEE U. S. LAUNCHED IN PERILOUS ROLE IN ITS PRESENT MEXICAN, NICARAGUAN AND PANAMAN POLICIES The eyes of the ent're world are centered today on events in the gent as to their ultimate outcome. Paris, takes an extremely grave He plctures kets and brought to grips with & Now, or never, he says, is rmament. rman publiclst, who has always erica, finds it dificult to agua which his critie it ates an international law requi 3 prominently the officlal explanations en nlone has shown syinpathy for flag to be hauled down In the t he coneludes that the peaceful keen stroke against Soviet Russia's China. | | Yielding in China, sdom of the government's policy of | extreme caution as PBritish naval forces have resumed control of the concession hy agreement with the Cantonese authorities. This illustrates the delicate balance of the situation |between the moderates and the ex- tremists and the importance of avoid- |ing provocative action even at the risk of sacrificing some prestige. Borodin's aim has been to force collision, his ealeulation being thats) violente and bloadshed would ecanse the pendulum to swing finally to the | |dide of the extremists. The zovern. | {ment has realized this danger and studiously avoided falling into it, and there is still n feeling of confidence that, given time, the moderate coun- sels within the Natlonalist movement will prevail. Royalty Goes on Tour. A great gathering of rovalty and celebrities a#sembled at Victoria Sta- tion Thursday to give a send-off to the Duke and Duchess of York. on the occasion of thelr departure on a grand tour around the world on board the cruiser Renown. The tour will occupy six months, The outward journey will be made by way of the Canary Islands and the Panama Canal to New Zealand and | the homeward journey by way of the Indian Ocean, Suez Canal and the | Mediterranean. | Unusual interest attaches to this tour in view of the new spirit of re- lationship with the overseas domin- fons which wae established at the recent imperial conference, and in view of the proposal to employ sons of the King us gavernors general of the doihinions. ~ Much satisfaction prevails here at the remarkable re vival of imperial sentiment through out the dominlons as a result of the conference, especial importance at | taching to the marked change in the | attitude of Premier Herzog of South | Africa, whose utterances since his re- | turn home indicate complete and even | | enthusiastic acceptance of the im | perial relationship on the basis of the | new understanding. | (Covyright | 1027.) (Contihued from_First Page) the Uniteq States American countries, Critielsm of the United States’ policy in Nicaragua in France, Ger- Mmany and other European countries was held to be significant of a grow- ing feeling of antagonism to the United States, in evidence, it was aid, since the close of the World War. A pyschological situation arising, it was &aid, which threatened which assume large pro- In other Latin- | troubles, portions, Europe Cries “Imperialisn In the first place, nations of Europe uséd by Americans of imperi- sm and militarism, were seeking this opportunity to raise against the United States the cry of “imperi- alism,” and in the second place, the advocacy by American statesmen of the right of self-determination of the smaller countries, was receiving set bacl Secretary Kellogg {8 expected to go before the foreign relations committee Wednesday at the latest to lay the administration's cards on the table, It is the general opinion that the administration would not have taken the steps It has without the fullest | reasons and information to warrant such action. A frank discussion of | all phases of Nica | sltuations will do much to clear up | the situation that has arisen in this | country, with the chairman of the | foreign relations committee and other of Congress criticising the the Government toward ne | menibe of fua. 1 ing the Houge, declared that the coun- | try was drifting into war with Mexlico. | He suggested that if such a w came, President Coolidge, Secretary Kellogg and oll magnates be drafted for places In the front line of hattle. In the Senate, Senator Heflin of Alabama sald that the “same oil gang” which had been involved in the naval oil leasing cases wag responsi- ble for the present sftuatfon and was “tuning up” a war with Mexico. Heflin Advises Caution. “Let the President go slow,” Alabaman warned. I owe the American people than f do to the ofl operators.” Senator Heflin insisted that the oil interests were back of the sending of the American marines to Nicaragua and “this giving to the world the contemptible statement that Mexico 1 bolshevist government and that she was seeking to control Central America for bolshevist purpose Senator Shipstead. of Minnesota, armer-Labor, interrupted Senator Heflin to demand whether the United States was going to war with Mex He suggested that if American na the more to arms to the it would French ship carrying revolutionists in Nicaragua be considered an act of war. The in- ference was that if sim action were taken with regard to a Mexican gun-runner, the same situation would arise. It was at this point that Senator Curtis urged the Senators to withhold their comment until after Secretary Kellogg had appeared before he foreign gelations committee. If the policy of sending American marines into foreign countries to pro- tect American oil interests continues, Senator Wheeler insisted, the United States would need the largest navy in the world and that it would bring upon itself the hatred of the nations generally. Wheeler Sees Parting of Ways. The United States, he sald, was the parting of the ways & determine whether it s to continue the policy of sending its naval forces to protect ofl interests abrond or it must say to the oll interests that when they go into other counries and get concessions, they must take their chances on the kind of government In those countries, The resolution offered by Repr sentative Huddleston not only calle tor the withdrawal. ot the Americhn SPECTER OF WAR IS RAISED DURING CONGRESS DEBATE, aguan and Mexican | veswels captured a British ship or a | | marines and other navai forces, hut lemanded that the embargo on the shipment of arms from this country lifted in the interest of the Diaz gov ernment in Nicaragun, be restored. It |declared, too, that the Linited States |should accord to Mexico “the same free and uncontrolled decision of all questions relating to her internal af- falrs” as is claimed by the United | states. Sehator Wheeler announced that tomorrow he would further discuss in | the Senate the situation in Nicaragua and Mexico. rtment offieials were ac- | last night of having assured | Juan B. Sacasa, whose government in Nicaragua has heen recognized Iy Mexico in opposition to that headed by Adoelfo Diaz, which has been recog nizegd by the United States, that they "wolild soon secure his restoration to power." . Carazo Morales, former secre tary of the Nicaraguan legation lere and secrefary to Sacasa during his vigit here last year, made the ~harge | in a formal statement, which said |that each time Sacasa visited the itate Department “he was urged by officials of the Latin American divi- sion to remain in Washington.” “In particular.” the statement said, ‘on one occasion in February, 1926, after his receipt of cables from Nica- ragua urging his immediate return, he was urged by the officials to wait one more month. At the end of the month he was told to he patient and everything would be fixed | [up il right without bloodshe. FEDERATION TO WEIGH NEW GOVERNMENT PLAN Montgomery Body Meets Tomor- row Night at Silver Spring— Takoma High School. Recommendations on the proposal for a new form of govérnment for that section of Montgomery County, Md., immediately adjacent to the Dis- trict of Columbia to meet the needs of its suburban growth, are expected tomorrow night at the meeting of the Montgomery County Clvie Federation. which will meet in" the Silver Spring- Takoma Park High School. The committee on legisiation and legal action, headed by J. Bond Smith, ich has had the matter under con- sideration, I8 expected to have a par- tial veport ready at that time. The association held a speciul meeting two weeks ago for the express purpose of considering this proposition, but ad- Journed without a decision, leaving the matter in the hands of the com- mittee for further consideratio The association also will discuss and take action on a new constitution, which was presented and read at the last meeting and went over for one month under the rules. Since its presentation it has been printed and coples sent to all delegates, so that all organizations represented in the tederation will have had full notice by the time it comes up for adoption. | THREE CRUSHED TO DEATH | it Killed When Mine Cars Break Loose and Wreck Office. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., January 8 (). -—Three men were killed and a fourth injured today at the Ingleside mine of the Lorain Steel Co., near here, when a tipple incline cable broke, causing four cars to crash into the mine office. | The victims were office employes, as follows: ‘Thomas 8. Heflley, 86; David E. Wil liams, 20, and Danfel Wentz, 17, Heff- |ley, the only married man, leaves a | widow and small son. Arthur Frederick, 27, is in a hospl- tal. He will recover, doctors said. The office was badly wrecked by the impact of the.cars, whi¢h were loaded. The victims were c¢rushed in the wreckage. Lot jof the situation 1927—~PART 1. Many. Germans Are Asking If United States Is Really “Idealistic.” Harden Advises Blow Now at Mischief-Making Rumors. Defends America. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDE By Radio 4o The Star BERLIN, January 8 --The New Year has not started exactly auspi- elously for this writer. Almost every mail is bringing letters and postcards starting with the question, what do you say now about your be- loved Americans, about whose idealism and peaceful love for humanity you have so often told us?" All these lotters begin in about the | same manner. ~And then comes—Nic- aragua. The writers declare that Ametica’s protestations of neutrality are merely for show and that In real- ity Washington is carrying on a thinly velled imperialistic program. They say that just as, in 1903, the revolution in Colombia was manip- ulated by the United States under cover of “strict neutrality,” for the founding of the allegedly independent republic of Panama, which was ac- tually patronized by America, 8o politi- cal, ‘economic and financial Nicaragna now is as one step in domination 5 lished toward America, Seé United States Favoritism. t further that this is the the Nicaraguan conserva- tives, who granted the United States its canal privileges, are being favored and Juan B. Sacasa, the liberal leader, outlawed and why neutrality is vio- lated; why President Diaz receives weapons and a naval demonstration is made under pretext of protecting American citizens. They point out that simultaneously three new cruisers and new guns for others are demanded and Congres: man Butler declares the spirit of the Washington disarmament treaty is to be estab. the over dead and the United States must take | the lead in a new armament race. They say, “If all this doesn't smell like petroleum to you, you must have a mighty bad cold in the head. On the Monroe doctrine continent, Ameri- cans are c ng on wanton Cuba, Haiti, Porto Rico, Domingo, Panama—and now aragua, and still they preach us mons about the self-determination of every nation! What have you to say about it?” The writer replied, first, that Ni aragua is so far away from Berlin that we do not know the whole truth Second, that every suspicion of the motives of a great nation is too easily credited. Third (and the main point), that effective steps must he taken to prevent this new secd of mistrust from beginning an evil harvest Headlines Are Quoted. Millions still cherish the delusion that America entered the World War | only for egbtistical motiv President Wilson was a hypocrite when he talked about hu- manity and Christian justice. A drumfire of headlines has begun, of which the writer cites only four sam- ples: “Amerfca unmasks.” “Fourteen American _ warships hefore Nicara- “THey preach water afid drink and that “Disarmarment exposéd 4s a | Simultaneously: coming the wars—England sia and Italy against struggle between and Forelgn Minister Briand, éte. Such continual mischief-making eventually may create an atmosphere that will make a world war possible. Public opinion is a great power and must not be regarded as a negligible quantity. Why are not diplomatic representatives everywhere author- ized to deny false reports and give the real facts? Why does not an in- ternaglonal press law compel every newspaper {o publish such official statements in a prominent position? Countries refusing to submit to such a law would thereby brand themselves as intending to commit arson. Whoever takes no pleasure in_pil lorying, as a Shylock or a Tartuffe, great natioh from whose co-operation humanity expects so much, and in forcing it out of its important role of unpartisan judge must not wait until an artificially created storm atmos- phere again vents itself in_thunder and lightning. The case of Nicaragua is a warning signal. Copyright. ‘HEIRESS OF CHICAGO, INDIAN ROYALTY, DIES against Rus- France—of a 1927 Daughter of Great Chief Who Saved White Family at Massacre ‘Was Almost Centenarian. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, January §.-—Mrs. Mary Robinson Rager, Indian princess, and known as “the heiress of Chicago,” died today at her home on the bank of the Des Plaines River, aged some- where between %0 and 100 vears. She was the daughter of the Indian chief Alexander Robinson of Chee- Chu-Pin-Quay, who was chief of three tribes,” Pottowatamies, Chippewas and Ottawas, and who saved Chicag®'s ploneer 'white family, that of John Kinzie, after the Fort Dearborn mas- sacre. The chief died at the age of 110. In a little home on the edge of the county forest preserve, given her for her lifetime by the county board, Mrs. Rager died. She also still retained 10 acres of land remaining to_her under the {reaty of Prairie Du Chien of 1829, Alongside her home vard where her father his wife are buricd. will rest VERDICT AGAINST CITY UPHELD BY HIGH COURT Decision Holds Municipality Re- sponsible for Injuries Sustained Through Mob Acts. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kan., January 8—Play- ful pranks by men or boys may re- #ult in damage suits against a city under the Kansas mob law. The State Supreme Court so ruled toda; The court held that a city may be liable for damages under the mob law should a person become injured by a gathering of men or boys, even though the gathering should be merely a play- ful prank. The decislon was handed down in a case from Arkansas City, where Sam 0. Hendren sued because he was in- jured in & playful search started for fanciful Kidnapers. The lower court awarded $1,000 damages against the city and ghe high court confirmed the Judgmentg when the city appealed. mnun last yenr: is the grave- the chief, and ‘There she, too, One n Mion people the port of Pover, BN well, | control | progress | Middle | impe- | deliberate | press talks of | | four bandits or MEXICAN TROOPS SLAY 84 REBELS Government Orders Death to Any One Who Offers Armed Resistance. By the Associated Pross MEXICO CITY, January 8 —Eighty- revolutionaries have hegn Killed by the federal troops In the past few days in combats in vari- ous parts of the country wding to newspaper and war department re ports. The war department has orders to milftary commanders execute summarily all persons ca ing arms against the government. The federals killed 15 rebels in a fight near Cuernavaca, others were killed in smaller groups in half a dozen states. Bandite derafled the Mexico City- Cuerna in near the p whera | enthal of New Y was killed last September, and where recently hoth automobile and train holdups took place, but a military escort aboard the train drove the bandits off. Other bandits attacked and looted Acapulco, state of Mexico, but fed- erals from nearby points were sum- moned and now are in pursuit of the marauders, to Y- rk, issued | COUZENS TAX SUIT ONTRIAL TUESDAY Action Against Senator Is Seen as Outcome of Mellon Attack. Special Dispatel DETROIT, Ja est tax sult in hi trial here Tuesday, room hired for the cccasion | . The Government wapts a check for | $9.455,303.10 from United States Sena {tor James Couzena part of $30 $21,650.52 from nine former minority stockholders in the Ford Motor Co. | But it is really a case of Couzens vs | Melton | It all atarted when A ! n hosing Into Bureau of Internal venue, Then Mr. Mellon delved into archives. He emerged In March, 18 with the announcoment th: My Couzens himself owed Uncle Sam ten | millions on his income taxes for 1919, | He contended that the profits from le of the minority ord_Motor Co. to Edsel Ford in 1913, tor nearly $100 000,000, had been underestimated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the Wilson administration Mr. Couzens and his associates ap aled to the Board of Tax Appeals 9. —The great tory will come with a hotel bal Cougens hie ry Mellon's the Thirty-five revolutionists ‘were killed in a fight near San Francisco | | | | firr |attended by | tucky, Del Rincon, state of Guanajuato, Special dispatches report that two Catholic priests were among the dead. This is without official con ation. JUDGE RAPS BILL TODIVIDE DISTRI Kentuckian Says He Can Handle Eastern Half of State Readily. By the Associated Preea. Judge A. N. G. Cochran of Coving. ton, Ky., distinguished jurist from the eastern Federal district of State, opposed before the Senate judi- ciary subcommittee vesterday what he deemed an attempt to demote him “without cause,” by creating a third judicial district in the State. The elderly judge. standing alone as the opposition to Senate and House bllls which would authorize the néw division, pleaded that the ‘‘personal” reason was strongest among his objec- tions to the legislation. "I contend that I have been able to take care of all the business as fast as it has come up,” the judge said, “and consider it a personal reflection upon my ability that any one should want to separate the bluegrass and moun- ain regions, which have been included in the district under my charge."” The judge told the committee he saw no need for an extra district. There was a large volume of business, he admitted, but he insisted that the court's calendars were not in a “con- Eested” state, making it. as the advo- cates of the measure told the commit- tee, impossible to mete out justice in keeping with the spirit of the law. United States Attorney Smith of Judge Cochran's district was the leader of the Kentucky delegation Premier Poincare | Urging the additional judgeship. He sald the pressurc of the court's business was so great that he was obliged wherever possible to effect agreements with defense attorneys whereby their clients pleaded gullty. They then received lenient penalties in order that the court’s time would not be consumed by jutv trials. The mining developments in the eastern counties, Smith said, had been a population increase, which enlarged the schedules of the court. Prohibition had imposed an additional burden, ne said, and in 192§ his district had obtained the largest number of criminal convictlons of any district in the United States. Senator Ernst, Republican, Ken- who favors the bill, sald he would try to have it reported favor- ably this week. CANNOT FIND MOUNTAIN TO NAME FOR PRESIDENT Vermont Finds All Worthy Peaks in State Bear Other Desig- nations Already. By the Associated Press. RUTHLAND, Vt., January 8.-~The plan to give the name of President Coolidge, native son of Vermont, to some lofty peak in the Green Moun- tain State has failed for lack of a mountain. J. L. Griswold. chairman of the nomeneclature committee of the Green Mountain Club, reported at the annual meeting of that body here to- day that there w: no unnamed mountain in the State worthy of the President’s name. Several months ago the proposal was made that some large and hith- erto nameless peak be dedicated as a fitting and permanent memorial to Mr. Coolidge, . | Following a fight over possession of | a bird cage in Arboth, Scotland Robert Stewart is in a jail for having fought Robert McGregor so flercel that he broke McGregor's wooden leg and sent the disabled ex-soldier crashing to the floor. Loans are s and fair—it have hadan to borrow. you afm to de- posit $1 per week ii'l' an A:cgumi the, grme s o, which may be used to cancel the note when Loan $100 $200 $300 400 500 $1,000 $5,000 Under Supervisios that | te against the supplementary assessment levied against them by Mr. Mellon It is this board which will hear the | Sold Out to Ford. Ford offered 1 minority stockholders they the Government before agreeing, because their profits since March. 1913, would be taxed as income | for that year. Daniel (' When out the consulted to 1 Roper, commissioner of internal revenue under Secretary Carter Glass, approved a 1913 valua tion of $20,686,761.20, or $9,439.34 a share, on Couzens' 2,130 shares. Cou zens sold them for $29,308,857.40, or $13.444.43 a _share. paying taxes on a profit of $8,622,006.70, The other stockholdera did accordingly. Couzens' total taxes for that year 1919, were $7,28],807.50. When the alleged undervaluation was discovered the Government claim- | ed additional taxes of $10,909,588.0% Since then the Bureau of Internal Revenue incrensed its new estimate of the 1913 valuation from $2.634 to | $3.547.84 a share and reduced its addi pnal claim_against Couzens to $9, 303.10. His normal tax and sur tax amounted to 73 per cent on part f his income. There were 7,625 shares sold. All the stock except that of Senator Cou- zens and his sister, Mrs. Rosetta Hauss, brought $12,500 a share. He received $13,444.43 a share and she $13,000. Former Stockholders. The former stockholders Involved, the number of their shares and the additional asséssments the Gover: ment Aow claims are noted as follow! James Couzens, 2,180, $9 03.10; Horace H. Rackham, 1,000, $4,337 2 estate of John F. Dodge, 1,000, §4.33 5 te of H. E. Dodge, 1,000, $4,337,295.20; John W. Anderso; 325, $1,438,826.35; Mrs. Rosetta Hauss, 20, $84,404.83; David Gray, $2,277,079.88; Paul R. Gray 277,079.88; estate of P. W. Gra. $2,277,099.88. Senator Couzens originally invested $1,500. Of this amount he put up a $1,000 note, which was retired with dividends during the first few months of the company’s operation. Latér he bought for $25,000 50 shares held by Albert Strelow. A few months after- ward he saw Strelow waiting in line for a job as laborer at the Ford works, 5,000 lost on a mining etock. The story of this industrial snovw- ball which™ was rolled up to a capi- talization of $100,000,000 and aetual assets, including those of asseclated Ford enterprises, of-approximately one billion, is scheduled to be told in detail beginning next week in the baliroom of the Hotel Statler. James Cousens’ intimate knowledge of the Ford Motor Co. will be put before the board through his attorneys, Arthur J. La- cey and Clarence 13. Wilcox. The dis- tinguished counsel gathered for the hearings also will _include John W. Davis and Charles Evans Hughes, The attorneys will argue that the case is a question of whether the Government shall ieep its word, The estimate placed on the profite, as ap- proved by Commissioner Roper, was an important factor in making the sale of the stock, sinoe the taxes would make a great difference in the amount to be realized from the deal. The lawyers argue that Commissioner Roper acted in a_judicial capacity in appraising the 1913 value of the Ford stocks and that the present Treasury administration has no power to ove ride his decision. — iy HONOR BOB EVANS’ SON. Naval Officials Award Spanish Cross for Santiago Service. Capt. TFrank Tayvlor Evans, command of the New York Navy Yard, has been awarded the Spanish cross of naval merit, third class. e is a son of the late “Fighting Bob" Evans, and was a junlor officer aboard his father's ship at the battle of Santlago, Evans recently returned from com- mand of the cruiser Pittsburgh, which wn: flagship of the European squad- ron. PORCH BLDG. CO. 1s _nmnp n " L your ooeh: soveh ALY cory roome. “PORCH "BLDG.CO:! 4024 13th St. N.w. 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