Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1927, Page 1

WEA' (U. S. Weather Fair and colder perature about 8 morrow fair, rising warmer Mon pm. veste today ; 1o Full report on page 7. THER. Bureau Forecast.) r, with lowest tem- degrees tonight: to- temperature. Much Highest, 45 3:30 west, 18, at 11 a.m, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 e e No. 30,209. Entered post office, Wa second class matter shington, D. C. b WASHINGTON, D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C ATURDAY, ANUARY 15, 1927—THIR ¢ Foening Star 'Y-FOUR PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ¥* (#) Means Associated Press.® Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,879 TWO CEN SHOWDOHN NEAR AS MEVICD DENIES NEW OIL PERMITS Officials Silent on Probable Course if Refusal Is Con- strued “Overt Act.” SETTLEMENT BY CLAIMS COMMISSION SUGGESTED Kellogg Willing to Have His Nica- raguan Statement Made Public. Mediation Is Favored. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ! New in the Mexican and| Nicaraguan situations tod include Reported refusal of the Mexican government to grant new permits to| @rill oil wells on properties of Ameri- | £an companies which have not filed in sccordance with the new land laws of Mexico, effective Janu 1y Announcement by Secretary Kel fogg of the State Department that he is ing to have the stenographic weport of his stitement to the Sen- mte foreign relatiins committee on the Nicaraguan situation made public provided the Senate committee is will- g to make it public. Reiteration by the State Depart- ment that it is agreeable to the pro- posal made by the government of Costa Rica that it mediate between the warring factions in Nicaragua. Suggestion that the claims commi slon of the United States and Mexico, Jocated in Washington, handle the controversies over the American- owned oil properties in Mexico. Gillett to Defend U. S. Policy, Senator Gillett of Massachusetts, member of the foreign relations com- mittee, was prepared to defend the ad- ministration’s policy in an address to the Senate today A petition was filed in the Senate by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts from citizens of that State urging that there be legal adjudication of the differences between the United States and Mexico and of the troubles in Nicaragua, and that as many of the United States marines ngw in Nicaragua be with- drawn as may be possible. | A showdown in the Mexican oil land tangle may grow out of the re- ported refusal of the Mexican govern- ment to grant new permits to drill wells on properties owned by Ameri- can companies which have not filed in accordance with the land laws Which became . effective January 1. The attention of the State Depart- ment has been called to-the refasul of such a permit to the Huasteca Co., at Tampico, reported to be the property of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. *No comment was forthcoming angles o from the department as to whether the refusal of the Mexican gov- ernment to grant permits to this or other American companies in Mex- fco to continue with the develop- ment of the oil properties may be considered an “overt act,” or what will be the situation if this policy 1s generally followed in connection with American companies which have mnot complied with the new Jand laws of that country. The department, it said, is awaiting _further information re- garding the refusal of the permit to. the Huasteca Co.. to learn the exact reasons why the permit was not granted. : Claims Action Not Discussed. The suggestion that the differer between the United States #&nd Mexico over the land laws of the latter be submitted to the Claims Commission of the United States and Mexico was not discussed by the department. Minister of Foreign A enz | of Mexico, in statement given outi week, suggests that an am- jcable way of disposing of the differ- ences hetwegn the two governments over the land laws would be to have | the cases of American companies | which did not comply with the laws, or whose title to the properties was chal- lenged, taken before the commission. | Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman | of the foreign relations committee, also has proposed that the differences | between the two nations be arbi- trated. No comment on the proposal arbitration by The Hague or for the settlement of of the American owners and the gov- ernment of Mexico before the Claims Commission, so far has been made by the administration. In quarters close to the administration, however, there | hias been a feeling that if the United States agreed to arbitrate a matter affecting the constitution of Mexico, it might some da be requested to arbitrate a matter which inv Constitution of the United Personnel The ¢ for ‘Tribunal, the claim: es. of Commission. aims Commission of Dr. C. van Vollenho commissioner; Fred K missioner appointed by the (nited States, and Senor Licenciado Genaro, appointed commisioner by Mexico, In making known his wilingn. 1o have his testimony before *he for: eign relations committee made ‘publi-, Secretary Keliogz called attention to the fact that in some newspapers it had been made to appear that his ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) WICE, BY THOUSANDS, OVERRUN OIL FIELDS T ek YOt M avte Ao as Ried Pipers—Field Rodents Slay and Devour Sheep. Is composed presiding eilsen, By the Associated Press BAKERSFIELD, 15 —The United Survey and the State Agriculture have bee play the part of tb Phousands of field and r we causing great ol fields near here : deral and 8tate authorities were appealed to to ald in controlling them The major oil companies are plow- Ing long furrows into which poisoned grain is put. Thousands are being Lilled in this manner From a nearby ranch it was ported that hundreds of field m had attacked u sheep i small pen und killed and caten the animal. Re- ent rains drove the mice from the rsh Jandse Calif. States Biologic Department of cailed upon 1o Pied Pip adow mic nce to the re ved the | com- | {American Invasion { Of Europe to Yield HotelsRich Season { By the Associated Press i LONDON, = January 30,000 Legiar 000 Rotarians, 1,000 Welsh-Amer- n singers and 500 Americans of Finnish extraction already booked passage to Europe this Sum- ! tish hotel keepers and ncies are planning to ommodate more American tour- sts than ever before in his The Cunard Line alone has al ready booked 14,000 Americans for urope next Sumn The mem. bers of the American Legion will disembark at Cherbourg for Paris, and the Rotarians at Havre on their way to Ostend, where their international convention is to be held. But England hopes to in- duce the majority of these visitors to cross the Channel before they return home. BAN ON EVOLUTION TEACHING UPHELD, BUT SCOPES WINS Tennessee Supreme Court Declares Law Is Con- stitutional. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Janua The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the State’s anti-evolution law today m | an opinion on the case of John T. Scopes. | The opinion, delivered by Chief Jus- tice Green, while aflirming the con- | stitutionality of the anti-evolution law, reversed the lower court’s verdict on the ground that a judge cannot assess | a fine of more than $50, that being the duty of the jury. The court'’s ruling suggested that the case against Scopes, who was con- victed in the District Court at Day- ton in July, 1925, be nolle prossed. Associate Justice McKinney, in a| dissenting opinion, declared his belief that the act is invalid. The whole court agreed that the ver- dict must be reversed becatise of the argount of the fine. Makes Preliminary Statement. Chief Justice Green, in a statement preliminary to ‘reading of the opinion, said: i #"The majority of the court holds the act’ to be constitutional, Judge Cook,’ Judge Chambliss and myself. Judge McKinney believes the act invalid and will state his reasons. | udge Cook and I think the act prohibits broadly the teaching in the schools of the State that man de- scended from a lower order of ani- mals. Judge ‘Chambliss thinks the act only prohibits the teaching of the materialistic theory of evolution, which denies the hand of God in the creation of man. He will state his reasons. Fine Held Excessive. “All of us agree that the judgment herein must be reversed on account of the error of the trial judge in at- tempting himself to fix a fine of §100 upon Scopes. Under the Constitution | of Tennessee, a fine in excess of $50 can only be assessed by a jury. The jury in this case returned a verdict of guilty, but did not assess the fine and the judge undertook to do this himself. ‘Since the minimum punish- | ment authorized by the statute is a fine of $100 and no tribunal except a jury can levy such a fine in this State, the error pointed out can only be cor- rected by awarding a new trial. “All of us agree that nothing is to | be gained by prolonging the life of | this bizarre case. On -the contrary,| we think that the peace and digni-| ture of the State, which all criminal | prosecutions are brought to redress, | will be subserved by the entry of a nolle prosequi herein. Such a course is suggested to the attorney general.” BELGIAN KING ENDS HS DCTATORSHP Currency Rehabilitated by! Economies—Some Taxes Are Removed. the Associs =4 ™ BRU the 1 bast's “dicaw’ 15.—King Al- mstituted six | ago to & .. franc and re ¢ e the treasuiy, ended toda $he government is well satisfied with | the results and will not ask Parli i meent for renewal of the dictatorial | powers ! | The King yesterday removing seviral spec | ¢ ed last Summer, when the franc W sinking. Among the taxes re ved was one of 10 per cent levied on foreigners for meals, apartments !and hotel ro¢ {use of coal a were lifted The chief measures credited with improving the governmen "gluhllnn were the stabilization of the | tPanc and the return of the country's { curreney to a gold standard with the gned a decree electric lighting also 5 In'vu\tun last October of the “belga,” | iment’s dictatorial power financial matters, the first the new money uppeared today. The only denomination issued so is in 100 belgas, which equal 500 francs, but bills of smaller denomination will [ be printed shortly. One fly in the ointment { faction over the improv | finuncial situation was the announce- in note of govel of sat | asked, | too ']:H'Ifi | the emergenc il taxes fm-} Restrictions on the | financlal | gy etore officials of tl.e Bank of En 1.5, SEEKS SQUARE IN TRIANGLE AREA BY GONDEMNATION Owners’ Prices Too High, or Not Stated, Says Petition Filed in Court. COMMISSION OF THREE SOUGHT TO FIX VALUES Site of Internal Revenue Bureau Building, Between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, Involved. The United States today, through ates Attorney Gordon and United States Attorneys and Burkinshaw, began con demnation proceedings to acquire title to the entire square lying between Tenth and Eleventh, B and C stree as a site for a new building for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Suit was filed in the District Supreme erty in the square. According to the. Government coun sel the effort of the Government to purchase the land at private sale from the owners has been fruitless and the condemnation proceedings were made necessary. The prices they said, by the owners ex ng a willingness to sell were high in_the opinion of the ex for the Government. Other owners made no offer to sell, it was stated. press Authority for Course. The condemnation is brought under an act of Congress of last July au- thorizing the expenditure of $1,700,000 for the site and $7,950,000 for the erec. tion of new Government buildings. The purchase forms part of the scheme of buying the Pennsylvania avenue triangle between the Capitol l and Fifteenth street and the Mall for the site of new Government buildings, | at a cost of $25,000,000. An ‘order of publication will be is- sued to all persons interested in the square of ground sought to he con- demned, naming a date when a commission of three persons will be selected by the court to hear the tes- timony and reach a decision as to the value of the land and the improve- ments to be condemned. Treasury Also to Act. The Treasury Department has de- cided to acquire by condemnation pro- ceedings the new site for the Archives Buiding bounded by Pennsylvania C streets. The Department of Justice was asked by the Treasury to institute proceedings to acquire this property, known as squares 292 and 293. Two lots are already owned by the Gov- ernment in this site on one of which, lot No. 820, is located the first pre- cinct police station. On another, lot 815, is located a Federal garage. 23 KILLED IN BLAST.” Toll of M_e;;can Longshoremen Caught in Gasoline Explosion. TAMPICO, Mexico, January 15 (®). —The toll of death among the Mex- jcan longshoremen caught in the gas- oline explosion aboard the British | steamer Essex Isles while they were loading her here Thursday stood to- day at 23. More than a score of additional fa- talities are expected, as of the 29 in pital of the Mex- ican Eagle Oil Co. only two are thought to have a chance of recovery. R Convicts Fight Fire. JOLIET, M., January 15 (P).—One hundred and fifty s successfully battled a fire which for a time threat- ened the entire rattan shop at the new penitentiary in Statesville yesterday. No attempt at escape was made. The loss was estimated at $4,000, although $25,000 worth of furniture was stored in the buflding. Court against all the owners of prop-{ avenue, Twelfth and Thirteenth and| SENATE WILL SUE FOR VARE BALLOTS Court Order Believed Needed to Get Pennsylvania Votes for Hearing. By the Associated Press. A court order directing the transfer to the Senate of the ballots cast in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvahia senatorial election November will be sought by the Senate campalgn funds committee, which is considering the election contest brought by Wil liam B, Wilson, the Democratic nom iness, against Senator-elect William 8. Vare This course was decided upon today by the committee after Mayor Ken- drick and John M. Scott, chief clerk of the Philadelphia courts, had" in- formed the committee that under the State law they regard®d such an order as necessary. Lists Technically Delivered. It developed that the registration lists of the city and county of Phila- delphia had been technically delivered to the Senate sergeant-at-arms at Philadelphia yesterday, although the sergeant-at-arms himself seemed un- aware of that fac He sealed the metal cases in which the books are kept. The mayor and Mr. Scott agreed to co-operate in securing a court order for removal of the election parapher- lia to Washington. Replying to Chalrman Reed, Mayor Kendrick said there was a State law against turning over the boxes, which would act as a barrier in the absence of any other from the courts. Counsel for the Philadelphia officials and the committee then went into session to discuss the form of appli- cation for the order. Owen J. Roberts, of special Gov. ernment counsel in the naval oil re- serve cases, appeared as counsel for Mr. Scott. COMMUN—IEI'S IN PLOTS. LONDON, January 15 OP.—A Reuter dispatch from Warsaw says that a number of Communists have been arrested in various districts of Poland as a result-of a recent dis covery of plots against the govern- ment. Three members of the Diet were among those arrested. Mitchell-Hedges Des Suffers By the Associated Prese. LONDON, Januar: of ryystery today pervaded report! an attack yesterday near Ripley, Sur- rey, by six men on Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges, noted explorer and author. The famous explorer this morning declined to discuss the versiv: of the ttack as printed by the Dail ofher than to declare that it w prank played upon him and to say cnyptically: omething very serious took place %1 What happened wgs so serious that every motor car was stopped througheut the whole of southern Eng- land.” Hedges, who walked with difficult. and seemed to be suffering this morn. ing, made an address last night at Lon- 15.—A deep tinge of land in which he told them that th old ¢ dying in the youth of England. ““There is too much of what one might call safety first,” he said. Denies Prank Theory. This morning the explorer, who has led a life of adventure which ca ed him through several Central Americ revolutions, emphatically rejected a suggestion that the attack was a stunt arranged by a group of young men who wanted to show him that the it of adventure was not vet dead. “It was not prank,” he said, “and ment in the | T tell you honestly that 1 would give £5,000 to undo what was done last ment that railroad rates throughout Belgium will be raised 10 per cent dating from fodays PO night.” Meanwhile search was belng made for the six men, pirit of adventure seemed to be MYSTERY FORCE STOPS AUTOS FOR MILES AS SIX ROB EXPLORER cribes Strange Attack in Southern England—Victim Injury. The Daily Mail's account of the in- cident says Mr. Mitchell-Hedges and a man friend were motoring from Bournemouth to London at an ear hour when they were stopped by a man who asked them to aid a riously injured person in an adjacent lane. 3 Left in Mud. The explorer and his companion ac- companied the man to the lane, whercupon they were set upon, bound and left lying in the mud. The rob- bers then returned to the car, bound the chauffeur, looted a suitcase of several documents and fled. Mitchell-Hedges and his companion released themselves with difficulty nd_reported the affair to the police at Guilford. Fought Escaped Serpent. ederick Mitchall-Hedges has dis- ished himself by exploration upd deep research work, chiefly in the Central American Republic: the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. On returning to England from Central America with Lady Rich- mond Brown last October, he brought what was characterized as the only collection extant of relics of the Chibohas Indian: ancient inhabi- tants of Colombia ¥ Included in their collection of wild life was an 18-foot hoa constrictor, which broke loose from its cage at the Paddington Station, London. The two explorers battled 'with the ser- pent and forced it back into the cage averting a panic in the terrified crowd of passengers, - l INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN EUROPE IS AT PEAK Disease Prevalent in 12 Countries. ¢ Egypt Has Highest Death Proportion. By the Associated Press GENEVA, Switzerland, January 15. —Health experts on the staff of the League of Nations believe Kurope's influenza epidemic has reached its peak. Reports to the League show that the di se is prevalent in the 12 countries of France, Spain, Scotland, Poland, Rumania, Jugosla- 4 Bulgaria, Egypt, the Netherlands and Switzerland. pt had the high proportion of 38 deaths in 171 cases during Decem- ber; 52 deaths are reported for that month in Scotland, and there were 13 fatalities in Amsterdam, Holland, for the week ending January 1. The rate of mortality was low in Spain and Poland. King Christian of Denmark is said to be Improving from his mild attack, although still confined to his bed. Quéen Alexandria is among the new cases there. LIGENSES URGED FOR NEWS DEALERS Dougherty Believes Meth(;d Would Be Best Aid to Ban on Obscenity. Aware that many obscene publica- tions are being sold here “under cov- er,” despite police vigilance, District authorities took under advisement to- day two measures regarded as effec- tive weapons in officials’ hands if the traffic in this form of filth is to be broken up. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty was studying the situation with a view to recommending to Congress the en- actment of legislation, if necessary, re- quiring the licensing of all news deal- ers in the District. Officials believe that a law, glving the Commissioners authority to revoke licenses as in the case of violators of automobile regu- lations, would serve as an effective threat against news dealers. From Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- intendent ot police, came the warning today that unless the news distribut- ing agencies of the city get together of their own accord, as in New York recently, and agreed to ban certain publications, the responsibility of such sales would be put upon them. Maj. Hesse declared he was ‘“heartily in sympathy with any movement to clean up the newsstands” and believed that the licensing of news dealers would be of great assistance to the police and District attorney’s office. License Law Favored. Commissioner Dougherty is taking the license question up with the cor- poration counsel's staff to see what legislation, if any, is needed to put this power in the Commissioners’ (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) ORPHANAGE IS RAIDED. Chinese Stu;xts Drive Out Nuns and Abduct Girls. FOOCHOW, January 15 (®).—A mob of students representing Fukien Students’ Union last night attacked the Spanish Dominican orphanage, vicarage and church near here and drove out the sisters, abducted the Chinese orphan girls and wrecked the property. : The nuns are safe in the foreign quarter at Nantai. The Spanish sis- ters and priests, with the exception of the bishop, prepared to leave today. Although 40,000 Nationalist troops occupy Foochow, they did nothing to prevent the attack. U. S. HAS MUCH WINE Owns Several Millions of Gallons, But Cannot Use. SAN FRANCISCO, January 15 (#). —The United States has several mil- | lions of gallons of wine in wineries in Sonoma,” Napa, Mendocino and other counties that it must get rid of but cannot. The wine, through long exposure in vats and lack of fortification, is slow- ly turning to vinegar. The wineries have been closed through the revoca tion of licenses. Although Federal officials have held | zens’ joint committee on Disf DISTRICT SUFFRAGE MOVE SHOWS GAINS Citizens” Committee Maps| 1927 Campaign—Board of Trade Rally Aids Cause. | Progress made in arousing Nation to the demand of ‘“vote:| less Washington” for a voice in Con- gress and the Blectoral College was t forth last night at a-meeting of the executive committee of the citi- t n; the tional representation. The meeting was held at the home | of the chairman of the committee. Theodore W. Noyes, 1730 New Hamp- shire avenue. Its purpose was to review the work undertaken in 1926 and to pave the way for continuing an intensive campaign in 1927. *‘Americanization of the District of | Columbia” is not yet in sight. But as disclosed at the meeting, the move- | ment in that direction is steadily and substantially advancing. consensus that education of the peo- ple of the country—for the most part in ignorance of Washington's po-| litical disabilities—is mainly all that is necessary to bring about consti- tutional relief. Along that line the Citizens’ Joint Comniittee hencefor- | ward will concentrate its efforts. | Board of Trade Rally. National representation will be the special order of business at a big rally of the Washington Board of Trade at its monthly meeting in the New Willard Hotel on Thursday eve- ning, January 20. Discussing the meeting, E. C. Graham, president of the Board of Trade, said: “Our organ- ization has long had a committee of its_ own on national representation, | and it has decided that the hour is ripe for devoting one of our general meetings to that paramount subject.” | The speaker of the evening will be Representative Leonidas C. Dyer, Re- publican, of Missouri, ranking mem- ber of the House judiciary committee. Not only is Mr. Dyer a fervent and effective advocate of national repre- | sentation for Washingtom, but the committee of which he is second-in- command is the one which last Spring gave extended consideration to the ! District's demands. By the time of the Board of Trade meeting the atti- tude of the House judiciary commit- | tee may be known, which, through | its chalrman, Representative George S. Graham, Republican, of Pennsyl- vania, enabled the full presentation of | the ndtional representation cause. 1. C. Brandenburg. chairman of the citizens’ subcommittee on congres- sional hearings, reported to last | night's meeting the hope and pros- pect of a favorable report by the House judiciary committee based on the 1926 hearings before the present short _session of Congress adjourns. Mr. Brandenburg paidtribute to the patience and inter®&t displayed by the House judiciary commit- v disfranchised Washing- It was the | RECOMMENDS EXTENSION OF TIME FOR 1926 TAGS Traffic Director FEldridge Makes Suggestion to Com- { missioners. | Extension of the time limit for the use of the District's 1926 automobile identification tags until February 15,{ due to the delay in the distribution of | the 1927 tags, was recommended to | the Commisisoners today by Traffic | Director M. O. Eldridge. The 1926 tags, under a recent order of the Commisisoners, may be used until February 1. ‘Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses, has made plans to start the issuance of the new tags Monday, January 24, when a sufficient supply is expected. Distribution cannot be completed in- a week, however, and an extenston beyond February 1 for the use of the 1926 tags will be nec- essary. The Commisisoners are expected to approve the recommendation at their semi-weekly board meeting Tuesday. King of Denmark Better. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Janu- ary 15 (®).—King Christian of Den- mark, who was stricken early this week with a mild attack of influenza, was said to be improving last night, but still is confined to his bed. Queen Alexandra now has a ligh attack of fhe disease. £ Page 3¢} | this morning over Illinois and Mis | midnight stood at 31 {dropped to 20 at 10 a.m. dicted that the mercury would touch | ! belt States, Counterfeits $15 | Bill Instead of $25, i Error Ends in Juil‘ CHICAGO, January 15.—Alfred Jones, who told authoritie erved his apprenticeship printer, was graduated as a boc legger and became a counte feiter of late, last night attributed | his downfall to a “typographical | error.” | Federal agents | sample of Jones' They had never seen anything | like it before, the dmitted Neither had any one else. It was a counterfeit $15 bill. A suspicious landlady to whom Jones tendered it tipped off the mistake “It was just typosraphical error s told the sleuths who arrested him v “I in- tended to make 5 bill.” MERCURY T0 DROP T08 ABOVE ZER0 | By the Associated Press i he | sled at a handiwork. mary New Low Record for Season| Is Expected Late Tonight. ‘ Monday to Be “Warm.” A minimum temperature of about § degrees is forecast for the District of Columbia late tonight or tomorrow | morning before sunrise, the Weather Bureau announced today. The thermometer is on the decline and will reach its new low level for the Winter season while the sleeps, and then probably will slowly retrace its route, halting occasionally at uncomfortable figures until Mon- day, when the mercury will reach the varm’’ zone, The biting wind may die down be- fore midnight, Forecaster Mitchell | said, leaving the atmosphere clear and cold. The disturbance, which has been | felt in virtually every section east of the Rocky Mountains, was centered | souri, but by the time it reaches this area those States will be feeling warm- er weather. The entire Atlantic sea- board is affected by the cold wave. ‘While there were snow flurries here | morning and in some of the States, no general precipita- tion is in sight for several days, it | was predicted. COLD WAVE ARRIVES. Mercury Plunges in New York and Upstate Particularly Chilly. NEW YORK, January 15 (#).—A cold wave stole over New York today, true to prediction. The mercury dropped steadily during the morning hours, accompanied by flurries of fine snow. The thermometer here, which degrees, It was at had pre- 10 before night. Upstate temperatures were consid- erably lower; at Rochester it was 6 degrees above zero, with a biting wind increasing the discomfort. MID-WEST IS HARD HIT. Heaviest Snows of Winter and Frigid Winds in Wide Area. | CHICAGO, January 15 (#).—Zero weather laid seige today to a Middle West digging out of the Winter's heaviest snows, and frigid winds gov- erned thermometers from coast to coast. The crest of the cold wave ranged over the eastern end of the corn belt, but it was moving toward the Atlantic in the wake of the snow and a wintry week end was fors for as | far South as central Florida. | To the West, howaver, the mercury | was creeping upward and the Weather | Bureau predicted that the force of the | cold would be spent by Monday. Skies were overcast in some States, but gen- | erally the weather fair. | Chicago, employing thousands of men to keep traffic moving through nine inches of snow, saw relief in a promise of “considerably higher tem- perature” tomorrow, after having | watched the mercury scuttle to unoffi- cial levels as low as 12 below. Almost | a dozen deaths were charged to the storm. 40 Below in Canada. Sub-zero temperatures were report- ed generally in Illinois and other corn- | but none of them ap. ! proached the 40 degrees below record. | ed late yesterday at White River, | Canada. At Medicine Hat in Manitoba, | traditionally cold, the mercury rocket. | ed with the passing of the cold wave's center and went to 34 gbove. The bitter weather in' the wake of the snowstorms did not aid Midwest and Southwestern I ities struggling | with their biggest fall of the season in some places as high as 20 inches. but armies of workers had transporta tion lines open again and trains were running on schedule A general moderation by tomorrow was forecast by the Weather Bureau, and it appeared that another storm | in the North Pacific had decided to remain there. Paste Tubes to Aid Hospital. LONDON, Janua 15 (#).—By the sale of empty tooth paste tubes a Lon- | don_hospital hopes to raise from $150 to $300 a year, the former amount being sufficient to maintain a cot and the latter a bed. The commercial| value of the lead and tin contained in these tubes is considerable. The same hospital maintains sev- eral beds by the sale of tin foil con- tributed by clgarette smokers. Radio Broadeast Directory Revised A complete, up-to-date list of all radio_ broadcasting stations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, with call let- ters, power and wave lengths, in addition to the airline dis- tance from Washington, will be published in The Sunday Star tomorrow. The list has been compiled from official Government rec- ords, as revised this week. Every radio fan will want this complete record of the broad- casters. Changes in power, wave bands and ownership, which have been | Am | araguan legation here | chiefly students g | drayw: | threat that unles | would I Rodolfo SACASA TO BATILE 10 LAST EXTREME MESSAGE ASSERTS Diaz Will Issue More Detailed Statement of Program Here Tomorrow. }CUBA AND SAN SALVADOR WITNESS ANTI-U. S. BIAS Private Advices Tell of Insurrec- tion in Leon, Nicaragua's Second Largest City. the Associated Press s ess continues to debate Coolidge administration’s dealing with the Nicarag situation, cable advices pi Kaleidoscopic picture of r this country’s attitude ceived from many points. Foremost in importance perhaps is a cablegram sent to the ociated Press at New York by Jus Liberal, engaged in civil Adolfo Diaz, Conservative of Ni 1, denying r contem ated givi leaving the countr would rer extreme. A message indi ting tion of my government rican supervision of 1928 also was sent the Press by President Diz that a more detailed s program would be iss the policy in an-Mexican ting a actions being r S President ports that he up fight and and declaring he ain at his post “to the last to pt elections in Associated He added it of his 1 by the N Sunday. To Keep Post. the effective blockade which is being made more and more ch day against my govern army by the Americ thr zhout the neutral zones,” Sacasa said, tain my determination to remain at my post to the last extreme.” No information has been received as to what progress is being made ir the attempted mediation of the dis pute by Costa Rica. Meanwhile, San alvador dispatches that more than 4,000 persons, nd laborers, marched reets of that city in the pqlicy of th United States and listened to the ad dresses indorsing the attitude of Pr ident Calles ¢ and denouncin “American imperfalism.” There w no disorder. Cubans Attack United States. report the arrest , a_student, and | Manuel printer of Mexican na tionality, on’charges of distribut pamphliet, signed by 32 students, tacking the American stand in Nic ragua. The pamphlet. suppressed by Cuban authorities, declared “once more the !)UO!S of the capita s of Wall Street in connivance with the White Hous have violated the integrity of a | nation,” and added: | “This new attempt against | liberty of Latin America makes D the politicai perfidy of the House and constitutes a dark pr for the future of the continent. Sacasa Issues Threat. Sacasa, who has been recognized | President of Nicaragua by Mexico, reported in Guatamala City dispatch to Mexico City a ng sent a no to Se Kellogg protestir against “North American intervention in Nicaragua,” and demanding wit 1 of Americ rines, with was ‘done 1 h-Ame: aid in com through the protest again: g ask all countries to give ar batting the “Yankee invasion.” Another protest against American action is contained in a letter dated December 24 last, a copy of which w ssocia addressed to the Sta Espinosa, of foreign a . The letter mak strong protest “in the name of the people and the government Nicaragua,” and asks United States of Americ that small ions independent life in concert?” the international Churches Oppose Force. While the United States’ was being attacked and defe the Senate and House ye es Cadman, eral Council of Churche in a statement that the church the country were opposed to resort to force to settle the difficulti in Nicaragua. and Mexico. From _extensive contacts representative church leaders position with in all convinced that the churches of this country insistently urge that the nt difficulties between the United and Mexico shall be settled by some form of arbitration. Loose talk of military intervention, either in ua ‘or Mexico, finds no support among any of the church groups with which T am familiar.” Differ on Conference. Different _opinions as to President Coolidge’s statement in his message to Congress touching on the part played by the Sacasa delegates to the Corinto peace conference have been expressed here. Referring to the President’s re marks that the Liberal representa- tives had said that to accept any other government than the one pre sided over by Sacasa “would be a breach of faith with their allies,” the Nicaraguan Minister declared last night that this statement by the Sacasa followers could be fousZ in the conference minutes- On tuo hand, Benjamin Abunza, who signed himself one of the three members of the supreme committee of the Liberal party and delegate to the Corinto conference, said in a statement that “such an imputation is absolutely false.” “Fighting for Justice.” “On the contrary,” he added, “we were willing to eliminate Vice Pres- ident Sacasa and to submit the con- flict to the judgment of an impartial tribunal composed of the Washing- ton government, associated with the four other governments of Central America. Finally, we proposed- as compromise candidate either Don Salvador Calderon Ramirez or Don numerous in recent months, Iu\?&!ude former station ‘direc- tories obsolete. Manuel Antonio Carazo, citizens who do not belong to the Liberal party. (Continued on Page 3, Column