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1,233 L PERMITS Cause, as Total Acted Upon Reaches 5,079. By the Assoelated Press: Secretary . Wilbur, anmounced today that 1,233 permits to prospect for ol | and gas on the public domain had been | canceled during the past week. In ad- dition 1,250 holders of such permits | were called upon to show cause why their permits should not be canceled, Commissioner Spry of the Ge'ner’ll) Land Office reported to the Secretary | that during the week 3,463 permits had | been acted upon. During the first week of activity by the Interior Department committee appointed to carry out Presi- cent Hoover's oil conservation program 1.616 such cases were handled, making the total number of cases acted upon to date 5,079. Of the pending applications for per- mits to prospect which the depart. ment had on file, 2,606 have been final- ly rejected and the cases closed. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho spoke out yesterday in defense of the Hoover conservation policy as “nothing less than ordinary prudence.” Benefit as & Whole, Answering a protest from the Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce, Senator Borah declared in a letter to its presi- dent, Charles J. Carlson, that he did not want “fof any advantage which we might gain £t this particular time to discourage or to oppose & program which may result in great benefit to the pecple as a whole.” The Senator expressed fear of a world ofl trust, resulting from conces- slons gained in the Russian fields, and added that ‘it is not to be presumed that the ort to protect our ofl. re- serve and %o protect the people against monopoly in oil will stop with this first | step—it is not to be presumed that | these reserves are being preserved for | the future advantage of a world monopoly.” Referring to the concessions in the Russian oil fields, Senator Borah, an ad- vocate of Soviet recognition, stated that | Charles Evans Hughes as Secretary of State “warned all men to stay away from these people—so these companies have bravely gone in and taken the risk and secured such concessions as will en~ able them to lay a solid foundation for & world monopoly in oil.” 0il Conservation Step. “I am in sympathy with the Presi- | dent's effort to conserve our oil,” the | Senator wrote. “It seems to me the or- ' der which he has made is the first step in that direction. It is true that it will retard the development of our oil flelds in the West. But we can make no bet- * CANCELED IN WEEK, + 1,200 Called on to Show | {FEDERALS TRAPPED {and sent by telegram to Juarez. BY REBEL FORCES, TRAVELERS REPORT (Continued From First Page.) The passenger train which arrived here yesterday left Diaa Wednesday and its safe arrival was taken as an indica- tion that the rebels controlled the rail- road line at least that far south. Rebel headquarters here has received no advices of the overwhelming rebel defeat and slaughter reported by the federal army. 14,000 Rebels in Jimenez Area. ‘The official rebel dispatches say that there are about 14,000 revolutionist sol- diers in the Jimenez area, and that less than half of them have taken part in any battle. The messages were carried by airplane to Diaz and Santa Rosalia Until today no train had arrived for several deys from farther south than Santa Rosalia de Camargo, the fourth station, north of Jimenez. Train serv- ice into Jimenez will be resumed soon, railroad officials said. ALMAZAN FORCES RESTING. Grueling Desert Campaign and Two Battles Wear Out Federals. JIMENEZ, Chihuahua, Mexico, April 4 (#) (Delayed) —Federal forces under | Gen. Juan Andreu Almazan rested here | today after the overwhelming vietory yesterday at La Reforma in which 800 Tebels were killed in a few minutes of fighting. Then will come the effort to | clean up the remnants of the revolu- ter investment as a State than to keep these oil deposits for future develop- | ment. They will increase in value as | rapidly as anything the State could‘ | | Ppessess. “Some of our leading experts have de- clared that the oil supply. in this cow try, based on present information, will | not last beyond 8 or 10 years. A coun- try which should be dependent upon other countries for oil under present conditions would be at an almost incal- | culable disadvantage, not only in the industrial world but in the matter of | defense. I feel, therefore, that it is nothing: less than ordinary prudence to | take all reasonable steps to conserve our oil and to prevent the exploitation and | tion in Northern Mexico. Worn by the grueling. desert cam- paign, the Almazan army devoted most taken in battles between Jimenez and La Reforma. The cavalty has pushed ahead to the vicinity of gsntn Rosali,” from which airplanes are makingobservation flights. Two new Corsair planes arrived to- day, 1 is due tomorrow and 3 Satur- day, which will give the loyal army 12, effective ships. The army of the north probably will temain here two days until the rafiroad from Torreon is.restored, after which it is planned to rush upon Chihuahua ‘waste of the same. “But in view of the policy which has | obtained, citizens who have gone for- | ward in good faith under the old policy | to discover and develop oil ought to; dealt with liberally and in good | d h. While it is within the pfovinee | of the Government to change its policy, that change ought not to.be put into effect under cireumstances and condi- tions as will cause those who had gone forward in good faith to lose their in- vestments. I shall be glad, therefore, to give such assistance as I can to pro- tect those who had made application for permits or who were holding permits in good faith and see that they are fully protected if practicable to do so.” Explaination by Wilbur. Secretary Wilbur in answering a com- mittee of attorneys representing a group | D | listed men of the 38th Mexican Federal | of oil companies said yesterday that the President’s oll conservation policy clear= ly contemplates the disallowance of un- approved permits for drilling on the | public domain. ‘The attorneys had placed before the Interior Department a request for' amplification on five points of the Secretary’s arders placing into effect President Hoover's oil conservation policy, in which they questioned the Jjustice of disallowing all pending ap- plications without first investigating the circumstances of each permit. ‘The Secretary on the second point raised ruled that “where production of natural gas is shown on lands in ex- isting permits in good standing, if there ; be an economic demand for such gas the particular circumstances in each case or locality should govern.” Dr. Wilbur said that because of public | fimn_&& involved an effort should lies should be conditioned upon meet- g present demand without waste.” Limited Extension Possibilities, In cases where there have been group or contributory development, Dr. Wilbur said that where the operator had shown faith limited extensions of permits may be made, but that it must be un- derstood that the department had never A rebel guns. Wilbur torily requires the lease of one-fourth City, where the rebels are supposed to be _concentrating. Jimenez was returning to normal to- day. Many shopkeepers who fled re- turned and unboarded doors and win- jows. No action has been taken in the case of Robert Rawlinson of Buffalo, N. Y., | captured when the federals occupied | Jimenez. FEDERALS ARRESTED AT NACO. Captain and 10 Men Found on Ameri- can Side of Boundary. By the Associated Press. Maj. Gen. Lassiter at San Antonio | informed the War Department today | of the arrest by civil authorities at| Naco, Ariz., of one captain and 10 en- | Infantry on the United States side of the internaticnal boundary. The civil authorities, Gen. Lassiter reported, have turned the Mexican sol- diers over to the military authorities at Naco, where they have been detained. All the men were armed. FEDERALS LOSE AIR DEFENSE. Government Plane Sent to Earth in Flames by Rebel Fire. NACO, Sonora, Mexico, April 5 (#).— A rebel monoplane appeared over Naco this morning, dropped four bombs &nd returned to its base at Del Rio. There were no troop movements by the rebels encamped before the Federal entrench- ments here. The loyal little garrison at Naco, Sonors today made ready for the major assault, which the revolu- tionary Gen, Fausto Topete has prom- ised to make against it “at the proper time.” ‘Naco was left without fighting planes as the result of the shooting down of a federal bomber by Gen. Topete's forces yesterday, and the departure of the only other loyal plane here to Mex- icali, Lower California, for another sup- ply of explosives. An “-aireraft gun is installed in the Naco \ “nches. Bullets Ilit Gasoline Tank. Capt. Juan Guiterrez, pilot, and Lieut. Jesus Gaona, observer, met death while bombing Topete’s forces south of here when they.swooped too low and were struck by tracer bullets from The tracer bullets evidently hit the plane’s gasoline tank. It burst into and plunged toward the earth. & split second there was a terrific upon discovery. Leasing of the mainder is discretionary and should not issue upon umless and ;‘r?st.'.'dbn is required in public in- The fifth point raised was whether tru tion explosion. “The one bomb remaining 3 i The ams 15 the two-masted auxiliary schooner Nomad, which has been towed to safety in Philadelphia Harbor after an 11-day battle with high seas, in which its captain was swept overboard, to perish. Leland H. Ross, her millionaire owner, and two members of the erew were aboard the drifting vessel when it was sighted by a Coast Guard aviator. It has been that Federal officers will make a thoreugh investigation of the Nomad’s voyage from Charleston, but officials declined te comment on the state- ment that 40 bottles of liquor were found in the ship’s eabin, Rebels Make Two Raids. Rebel planes made two raids on Naco yesterday, —Associated Press Photo, U. S. MAY INVESTIGATE SCHOONER MYSTERY i IN WHICH ONE DIED (Continued From First Page.) Nomad’s voyage singe leaving Charles- ton and the manner in which Capt. Schofield lost his life. WASHINGTON SENT REPORT. Phillips- Opposes Permitt IAsks Destroyer Bz Sent to, i Mexican War Zone to Pro- tect Americans. State to Naco. .. \ By thie Assoclated Press. L PHOENIX, Ariz, April 5—The' Gay- ernor of Arizona last night wired & pio-/ test to Secretary of State Henryj L. | ¥ Stimson against a proposed plan Department to send a' destroyer to the low Mexican federal troops to crossithis of Topolobampo. State from New Mexico t0 reinforcel the || The Seerstary of State asked Secre- Mexican rals at Naco, Somora. gy Gov, Philips stated that such an se- || o7 Adsms to b R v o tlon would violate the Arizona constitu- [[10 Protect Americans o Rt Mot xha ctuiger, Ve Thres o SIons Sue et by the retreat of Mex- - p was sent after Adjt. Gen. rebel forces in Sinaloa. The Joseph F. Pomeroy had advised the, Naco Attackers Warned, governor that he was informed such alf As another measure of protection for plan was being considered. Americcns in Naco, Ariz, Mr. Stimson Pomeroy, who has been in Naco, Ariz.,, telephoned the governor from there. vey to rebel leaders in Sonora an addi- Mexican federal troops which weredltional warning that their airplane pilots interned at El Paso, Tex., after their{lmust refrain from dmpulng‘ bombs into defeat at Juarez, Chihunhua, Pomeroy|ithe American eity when they raid the said he was informed, were to be mov-|ifederal forces in the Mexican town of ed scross the American territory they might re-enter Mexico at Naco. ‘The protest ‘o the State Department. mander at Naco to see that the warning am informed that you contemplate §is effective. permitting the Mexican federal troops| The rebel forces in Sipaloa who at- recently released at El Paso to return|tacked Mazatlan d were defeated, to Mexico through Naco, Ariz. I re-{/have been retreating northward since spectfully call your attention to the{ithat time. Secretary Stimson said to- fact that this would violate both the [(day that as they retreated north they constitution - and the military code of ||in¢reased the danger to foreigners and the State of Arizona, and would’ greatly | the American authorities considered endanger the lives and property' of its|that the presence of the destroyer Smith eltizens. at Mazatlan was not sufficient to protect “Already three serlal bombs have) Anyerican interests. been dropped in Arizona territory, do-| ‘Therefore, he requested the second ing some damage and injuring one| desjtroyer for Topolobampo, which is on American resident; therefore, in view Gulf of California about 200 miles of the above facts, I respectfully pro-{ner of Mazatlan. The rebels there test the movement of any Mexican }are| reported to have seizea property of troops through Arizona territory.” Americans. By the Associated Press. | Becretary Stimson took energetic ac- tion today to protect Americans in the state of Sinaloa by requesting the Navy NEW YORK, April 5 (A).—Capt. A. J. Henderson, commander of the New York | division of the Coast Guard, has for- warded to Washington a report on the | seizure of the disabled boat Nomad off Cape May yesterday. The contents of the report was not disclosed although it was understood that the general facts were similar to press reports. City. Nearby were comparatively small detachments of yebel cavalry. Federal cavalry was immediately hr?lught up from La Reforma for pur- suit, Gen. Calles in & mesage to President | Portes Gil forwarded estimates of the carnage at La Reforma. Rebel dead, he said, exceeded 1,000; wounded numbered 500, There were 2,000 prisoners. The dead lay in great stacks at La Reforma while arrange- ments for disposal of the bodies were made. Gen. Calles said. he had not had time to check up on federal cas- ualties. Other accounts of the La Reforma action described it as a “virtual mas- sacre.” So surprising was the federal atack that the rebels, caught on a dry barren plain without any other pro- tection than their own arms, in some attention to caring for the wounded |cases lay down .on the ground where and handling more than 1,000 prisoners | machine gun fire killed hundreds. Air- planes 75-pound demolition bombs, i P Success is attending the West Coast campaign also. Gen. Lazaro Cardenas, in command there, reported the rebels of Gen. Roberto Cruz and Ramon Iturbe were retreating from Culiacan, capital of the state of Sinaloa, and that he expected to oceupy it within two days, using it as a.base for operations in: B‘u&tm Sonora. g e In revealing his plans for operations against the so-caled religious insurs gents of Jalisco and Guanajuato, Gen. Calles said the 5,000 men he is send- ing south under Gen Saturnino Ce- dillo, would be joined by forces from Vera Cruz and Michoacan and by 1,000 volunteers gathered in Zacatecas, les has ordered repairs on the ral lines between Jimenez and Reforma. COUNTER-ATTACK RUMORED. droped El Paso Hears Federal Sympathizers Along Border Are Organizing. EL PASO, Tex., April 5 (#).—It was rumored here and in Juarez today that 800 Mexican federal sympathizers were organizing at Guadalype, 28 miles east of Juarez, to attack the rebel garrison at Juarez and take the city for the federal government. The rebels in Juarez were busy dig- ging trenches on the southeast of the city, apparently preparing for the attack. About 40 wounded soldiers, both fed- eral and rebel, from the Jiminez battle- front arrived in Juarez yesterday for hospitalization, Additional = wounded were expected today. REBELS DENY REPORTS. “Large Force” of Federals Only a Scout- ing Party, Claim. NOGALES, Sonora, April 5 (#).— Rebel headquarters here yesterday de- nied published t a large army of Federals was north of Mazat- Jan and identified the force as merely scouting parties sent out by Gen. Jaime E-rrulo. Federal commander at Mazat- n. The rebels claim that Gen. Francisco Manzo is in Culiaban, Sinaloa, with a large force of men and that La Cruz Wwas evacuated only after the intense Federal bombing raids, which exposed non-combatants. ‘The rebels also maintain that Gen. Arnaiz, who captured Tepic recently, is hot in pursuit of Pederal Gen. Perez w:th of lth-t city. rebel victory was reported at Ate. quiza, Jalisco, after two days of fight- ing between rebels under Gen. Pedroza and a Federal army. The presence of Gen. Cardenas with a force of Pederals in the state of Sinaloa or Navarit was denied by rebels, 'hom.ny Gen. Cardenas is far to the soul GLENNA CAPTURES NORTH-SOUTH TITLE Defeats Virginia Van Wie, 4and 3, ;s "in Nip-and-Tuek By the Associated Press. .~ PINEHURST, N. C, April 5.—Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, R. I, Coast Guard officials said | m‘;{‘ regarded the boat as being under | = order providing for the release of Gov.. Phillips is framing & formal protest based' on evidence troops al- Mining Engineers Freed. ready have been moved through Ari- Vice Consul John E. Jones, at Agua Priega, Teported to the State Depart- zona. He indicated this protest would s i Plarses had conthued to bombard Naco, aiges continue 3 Hoover Ordered Release, gon::;.‘l lr":ld thnl the rebel;ewm dn;; Gov. Phillips’ telegram indicated he'|ing their lines closer to the town, had information that the State Depart- | reported that more bombs had fallen ment was contemplating giving its per- ilu:: within American territory, but they mission for such a move. A e no SEME. Omen Syee. ecen of rel orees, again President Hoover recently lsued an lpologized 10 the American authorities, | Thiz release of Henry Hanson, the \Amfllun resident manager of the San Nichils Mining & Milling Co., and J. W. Reid, a British subject, employed by e company, was reported to the State Department today by Vice Consul Ellist A. Bonnet at Durango. ‘The two men were ecaptured by bandits on March 1 and were released ‘unharmed after the payment of 9,000 | pesos, ransom. They returned to the lmnl’ of Vacas Wednesday. Arhbassador Morrow _at Mexico City internes to the Mexican government. The adjutant general of Arizona re- ported to the governor he had evidence that Mexican soldiers had appeared on Arizona soil. Whether this referred to reports on March 25 that federals had passed through Yuma and Douglas, Ariz., was not learned. At that time it was reported that the loyal troops had appeared at Yuma and Douglas and had moved to Naco and Agua Prieta, Sonora, NO REQUEST FOR MOVEMENT. the {Mexican government believes that _ |,the irevolutionists put into the battles State Depariment Says States Must Ap- 1, 454 around Jiminez all of their avail- prove Any Action. ‘able regular and irregular. No permission for movement of Mexi- ‘The Ambassador’ said a full, detailed can federal troops over American soil |repom of the killed, wounded and pris- fias been issued by the State Depart- ||oners in the fighting in Chihuahua had ment, nor will any be given unless per- ‘not reached Mexico City yet. The first mission of the States through which f}n‘;‘ of 100 ':e:e.l prisoners arrived in { . enez yesterday. jons, ment has been received. but there has been no decided change in The State Department made this the situation. The rebels were reported | clear today when it announced ' that [ % SREECR, e TERCR vete reported | it had recelved the protest from Gov. | feaP iR AF At O an_ soldiers BANDITS GET $15,000 IN MARYLAND HOLD-UP of Mexican soldiers through that State. Secretary Stimson has taken no action. Bank Employes Are Herded Into Vault—Robbers Escape ‘Thus far the State Department has| received no request from the Mexiean in Automobile. By the Associated Press. | government for permission to move the, | 300 soldiers detained at Port Bliss after BALTIMORE, Md., April 5—Employes of the Mechanics’ National Bank at | the battle of Juarez, but such a request } Is expected here. ‘Westminster, Md., near here, were herd- can consul there on the details of the o transfer, Just what disposition will be ed in the vault while three robbers made being held by the American Govern- |14 the rest in notes. | ment, it is believed probable the im- i I ST it is thought this might obviate the necessity of obtaining permission from ! soldiers, Washington officials are unable to make a decision. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz, April 5—Harry | Brig. Gen. George V. H. Moseley,| = | | commander of Fort Bliss, has been or- dered by the Secretary of War to turn these Juarez soldiers over to the United: States immigration authorities at EI Paso and also to confer with the Mexi- made of these soldiers is not known in.{*"ay With about $15,000 today. Washington and depends upon the in- u;hw"fzu;mmflmfi '&%I Soructions of the Mexican government llup, automobile with New York license Inasmuch as these Mexican soldiers have been disarmed and their arms are |5 Soi, ¢0il. about $150 In silver coin migration authorities will consider them M‘E illegal entry into the United States and deport them. Their transportation over American’ soil as ants thus would remove their military status and Meadows, ol - the various governors through whose " Sie k. B 2 ait States they must pass going back to| who surprised him at his mining camp, Mexico. located 43 miles from Magdalena, Until information is received here as| Sonora, Tuesday night. He made his to what disposition the Mexican govern- [ way here yesterday. ment intends to make of these disarmed| The bandits left him for dead after shooting him through the shoulder and h leg, Meadows One-Legged American, Flying Rebel Plane, iBlamed for Bombs That Hit in Naco, Ariz. Rebel officials and flyers at the Cananea base were greatly perturbed over the in- cident and declared there would be no ‘The t reported that the rebel fiyers were experienced American alrmen equipped with five planes and hu::reds of bombs. i mbing operations against the fed- eral entrenchments at Naco will be in- e pil creased, it was said, until Gen. Fausto { explained that it was an accident and | Topete finds the time ripe to make an | expressed deep sorrow over the affair.!assault to earry the town. 2 BT T, By the Associated Press. BISBEE, Ariz, April 5—The Bisbee Ore, in & copyrighted dispatch from a staft correspondent at Cananea, Sonora, says that a one-legged American avia- tor, fighting with the Mexican rebels, dropped the bombs that exploded sev- eral days ago on the American side of Fthe international line at Naco and |selightly injured one man. i ‘The pilot, whose name was not given, A Sunday Magazine Planned to Interest All Readers With Next Sunday’s Star Among the timely, interesting, illustrated features of this section are: s g : “Results ‘of Inventors’ Dreams”—A remarkable on the Patent Office, by Don Glassman. ks “Prisons as Schools of Crime”—By Mabel Walker Wille- brandt. | '\ “Abingdon House, Birthplace of Nellie Custis”—By ./ “The New Congrefsman Comes to Washington”—A full- page humorous article written and illustrated by Thorn- ton Fisher. - 2 “He Shared Booth’s Last Meal,” in which a Civil War veteran tells, exclusively, of his meal with Lincoln’s slayer. “Brightwood and Crystal Spring Track”—A story of old Wi , by John Clagett Proctor. - “Abraham Lincoln’s Religion”—An article which will in- terest all Americans, and Washingtonians especially. ' “Our ‘World Series With England”—By Will Rogers. article PO I I I I PP LI LI PP I PP PP 221792 AU R T o e 7777 repotted to the State Department that | Capper, who will bia. Broadeasting Systes. chain. NATIONAL AUDIENCE Left to right: Attorney General Willlam D. Mitchell and Semator Arthur speak +4 19 o'clock tomorrew night over WMAL and the Colum- . W, ROARK DIES WILL HEAR MITCHELL AND SENATOR CAPPER (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) laws, and he is a strong believer in the eighteenth amendment and the dry| laws. He comes from a State which was “dry” for many years before national prohibition was put into egfect. and he beljeves that the he West generally are strongly in favor of the Pprohibitory laws, Studies Farm Relief. Senator Capper, leader loc in Cony has BTess, thought to the problem of can farmer, and is taking drafting a farm bill which will be #aroduced when the special He has done a great meets. of the farm given much f the Ameri- his part in in- Congress deal for the improvement of farming in his own State, especially through his publications, which include daily news- papers, weekly and monthly magazin Through these instrumentalities he has established many boys and girls’ “corn clubs” and clubs which encourage the raising of other farm products. Senator Capper for several years has been chairman of the Senate commit- tee on the District of Columbia, and is familiar with affairs of the Capital. He also is a member of the foreign rela- tions committee, and in the last session of Congress introduced a resolution to put teeth into the Kellogg multilateral | treaty renouncing war, which was wide- | ly commented upon. G. 0. P. PATRONAGE CHARGES PUT INTO PROBERS’ RECORDS (Continiied From First Page) company, in June, 1921. This company, he said, was “seeking to sell stock to every postmaster in Mississippl.” It was explained to him, he added, that “as the officers were men of strong Republican influence in the State, it would be a mighty good thing to take “The inference was,” he said, “that unless one was a subscriber to this stock, he could not look for support of officers of the company.” Indianola Postmaster Testifies. ‘W. T. He at Indianola, postmaster Miss,, who said he gave $425, declared he was shown a letter written by Perry W. Howard, colored, former n | national committeeman for that State who is now under indictment, in which Howard “stated there would be . sev- eral post office vacancies in Mississippi and named Indianola as one of them.” His informer, E. P. Booze, Heslep said, told him his share of campaign penses would be $500, but he finally agreed to pay $200. ex- C. V. Taylor, postmaster at Clarks- dale, Miss, said that he “paid $555 during 1923 to Charles Bank, colored Republican politician,” after Banks ap- proached him “with a letter purporting to have been signed by Perry W. How- plates. Of the money taken, $250 was | ard wherein Howard stated that Banks, a resident of Mount Bayou, wanted $500 and that if he gave it to Banks everything would be all right.” ‘The letter, Taylor added, conveyed the “impression that if he paid the sum | he would receive the appointment, but U. S. MINING ENGINEER | if he did not pay he would not be the successful applicant.” Gold Smuggling Charged. Among the Texas letters was one from J. G. Sullivan, president of the Winter mining Sineer, was shot by Mexican bandits | Garden Chamber of Commerce, in which he sdid that Roy Campbell of Laredo, collector of customs, who wrote one of the laudatory letters, probably would be reappointed, and listed a number of charges, declaring that he was “thor- oughly convinced in my own mind that they are correct.” Pebruary 28. The charges included smuggling gold and profiting thereby, smuggling intox- icating liquor fc man tion of prior’ to The letter was dated for personal use, protec- named Allen Walker ind after his indictment in Federal and State courts at Laredo and committing a felony by aiding and ad- vising Walker to flee the jurisdiction of the United States courts and officials, importing of alien labor to work on his onion farm, and illegal transportation of intoxicating liquors. The charges. Sullivan said, were made after an investigation by Col. Peter J. Hennessy, co-ordinator of the 8th Army Corps Area, San Antonio; William B. Creighton, chief of the customs office, New Orleans, and Grover Cleveland Wilmeth, direetor of immigration, El Paso. They were filed, he added, by Robert P. Coon of San Antonio six or eight months ago with Secretary Mellon, but “no investigation has been made 50 far as I have been able to learn.” G. 0. P. War in Texas Bared. In another letter from Texas Mrs. W. C. Gardner of San Antonio said that in a conversation with Mrs. Campbell, the collector's wife, “she informed me her home was a meeting place for the the tool, John attorney wrote that Creager “controls 1 office holders, including the D. H for artman, Pederal district -district of | By the Associated Press. |third Kentucky congressional district, OF NERVE DISORDER Republican 'Representative- Elect of Third Kentucky District Was 53. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 5—C. W. Roark, Representative-elect from the died at a hospital here today of a ner- vous disorder that followed his cam- paign last November. His condition had been made worse by an attack of influenza. The fact that Mr. Roark was seriously ill and might not reeover became pub- liely known yesterday afternoon end doubt was then expressed by his physi- clan, Dr. Sam P. Myer, that he would live to be sworn in at the special ses- sion of Congress starting April 15. | FOREOURT FAT Action by Senate at Spegial Session-on Root Fmfi“@ . Held Unlikely. By the Assoclated Press. H The raising of the World, Court issue at the approaching special session of through submission of the new formula_of Efihu Root for American adherence is now regarded as estremely unlikely. = . _ap sy Senate approval of the formula, work- ed out by Mr. Root and the interna- tional jurists at Genevd, modifying the Senate’s reservation on advisory opin- ions which proved unacceptable to the world powers, will be necessary before the United States goes into the court. Fight Brewing in Senate. ‘The work of Mr, Root, who went to Ceneva during the closing days of Cal- vin Coolidge’s administration, dropped the World Court issue on Mr. Hoover's dootstep before he had time to become comfortably seftled in the White House. ‘There is no indication that Mr. Hoover was consulted about the proposed Root visit and there has been no indication of his attitude toward its results. Byt there are definite indications that the President does not propose to inject the World Court issue into the extra session he has called for the con- Lfldflt&hn of ‘farm reliet And limited revision. Priends of Mr. Hoover realize he is a firm. advocate of the court and believe, therefore, he will be inclined to faver steps looking toward American adher- ence. But a stiff fight is brewing in the Senate on the Root formula, and it is brewing in the Republican ranks. Senator Johnson, Republican; of Call- fornia, already has unloosed an atta on the proposed modification’ of the Senate reservation. ' which . stipulated that - the court should not render an advisory opinion in any case in which this Nation has, or claims to have, an interest, without its consent. Borah Asks Action. Chairman Borah of the Senate for- eign relations committee aléo has taken the position that before the Senate acts on the Rpot. proposition the Coun- cil of the League of Nations should act. Mr. Roark, a Republican, was elected last Ncvember over John W. .Moore, Democratic incumbent, ‘in the Repub- lican wave that gave Hoover an over- whelming victory and resuited in nine out of eleven eongressional distriets, most of them normally Democratic, electing Republicans for Congress, Mr. Roark was a native of Greenville Milling Co. and past president of thy ')l;rl-?uu_ l;ymber Dealers’ Assnchtkme, e formerly was mayor of Gi He was 53 years old. " i MOORE TO RUN AGAIN, BOWLING GREEN, Ky., (). —John W. Moore, Democrat, former Representative from the third con- gressional district; today authorized an announcement that he will seek return to Congress in the special election to Republican, who _de- feated Mr. Moore in this normally Democratic district last Fall. Mr. Maore went to Congress first after a special election which followed the death of Representative R. Y. ) re-elected once. OFFICERS REASSIGNED. Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Castner of the Presidio at San Pl:uciuu has been - pines to the United States to await re- tirement; Lieut. Col. Consuelo A. Seoane, Signal Corps, from Governors Island, N. Y. to Baitimore; Lieut. Col. Everett N. Bowman, Infantry, from Jefferson City. Mo, to Port Thomas, Ky.; Capt. Walter S. Kraus, -Air Corps, from the War Department to+Crissy Field, Calif.; Capt. John A. Rodgers, Infantry, from Fort Benning, Ga., to the Drexel Insti- tute, Philadelphia; Capt. Joseph S. Dougherty, 18th Infantry, from Fort Schuyler, N. Y., and Pirst Lieut. Thomas V. Webb, Infantry, from Fort Benning, Ga., to Rutgers University, at New Brunswick, N. J.; Maj. Edward G. Me- Cormick, Infantry, at Fort Hamilton, N. Y.; Capt. Harry N. Stinson and Capt. Thomas L. Lamoreux, Infantry, at Fort Benning, , to the National Guard of Pennsy! —_— L. Rutt told “friends of mine he prom- ised Creager $2,000 and paid him tpl‘floo. claiming $400 credit for expenses as del- egate to the national convention,” in re- turn for appointment as postmaster at Beaumont. Brookhart read a telegram he said he had received from Creager in which the Texas commjitteeman said: “You are quoted in press reports as stating that I in advance of the event testified before your committee that Congressman Wurgbach would be in- dicted for receiving political contribu- tions from Federal office holders in vi- olation of the law, and further that I caused the indictment to be brought in ::lz‘eflrn to xs‘ufle your a.:mm:::ee'x investi- you made such statements yngr ‘d)eolklz::tely falsifled.” then read testimony from the record of the previous hearings in which Orville Bullington of Texas and Creager were quoted as relating evi- d'n? "31 mrlb‘;l’:hnl ‘Wurzbach had received which, said, we vio- lation of the law. . e “If T were dealing with an ordinary man.” Brookhart said, “I would not hold him strietly to the accuracy of his statements, but Creager sets himself insolent witness who ever appeared be- fore a congressional committee, and I have listened to Robert W. Stewart. “Creager l‘:l k':‘t:ulnrrl'uy' dishonest. He never woul ve cha: ‘Wurzbach with, these violations 1f ne had been intellectually honest, because the evi- dence shows that Wurzbach made a fair and honest return of the item on which Creager bases his charge. Wurz- in fact, guilty of any of these charges. An intellectually hon- est man would have said the moral turpitude. charge in an untruthf style, 1< indicied. Alhough, St the Hie e was ict al time he testified the indictmen ted hmu% & district -tmem:l‘ he pointed .and controls, doing exactly Attorney General Daugh- %mwr Wheeler. and was president of the Grmlvll!elcmemmm on the controverted Senate up as a Mussolini. He was the most | Pea He also would have the other powers b?dk:lu their position on the proposi- tion. Mr. Root, as a member of the Com- jon. on International Jurists,: re- cenlly called fo Geneva ‘to revise the World -Court rules, undertook unoffi- cially to bring about an understanding between the world powers and this reservation, which. was adopted three years ago when adlierence to the court came to a vote. I LEAN'S DRY GRL WINS 13T IN SLOP Washington-Owned Filfy Pays | $42.30—ltso Is Second; . Catados Third. However, track conditions apparently were not suitable and he withdrew both. Although the weather was good for racing today, the track conditions were miserable. Rain last night and <his morning made the going deep in siop. The program, featuring the Aibassa- dor race of a mile and a sixteenth for 4-year-olds and upward, was the poor- est’ offered during the meeting. - The flelds were well filled, however, Dry Girl, carrying the colars of E. B. McLean, won the first race, a dash of a half mile for two-year-old fiilies, win- ning in a drive from Itso. Both were first starters and the winner was over- looked by the bettors, paying $42.30. Catados was third. ‘When the field was released Itso took the lead and held command ‘all the way into the stretch. As they turned for home, however, Dry Girl had moved in second position and wore down Itso in the final sixteenth. Catados out- lasted Meridianese for third money. BOWIE RESULTS First race—2-year-olds; 4 furlongs: Dry Girl, $42.30, $18.20, $13.10, won. Itso, $8.60, $6.50, second. Catados, $6.40, third. Also ran—Meridianese, Sun Bonita, ;igren;e Ml}{ Oa]r’npflrr aid, Lightfoot n, Branch, Jolly Pal, Pa; e it ly y Well and Second race—5!z furlongs; 3-year- old fillies: 2 e o First—Elfrieda G. Second—Sweet Genevieve. Third—Fancy Star. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. PIRST RACE—Purse, $1.200; -year- olds: ‘the Cadet; 4 furiongs " o7 2TeAr Princess Ma SECOND RACE-—Purse. $1.200; claiming: 3-year-olds and up: 7 furlongs. . Crow's Nest 20 *Cateh Him ... Chairman Also_eligible— Sun Altes *Blue Metecr . Sambo G. Milison ... *Superseds *Corral Bor: The Diver *Send: *Hilary 5 Pondy. *Lucky Burnt Senna’ Bans Terre... THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.200; cl ;3. vear-olds uad Gp: 8 Tiriongs: Cmine: 3 Revel . 5 Author *Manzana FOU! Houssain T Fauation . 1 Letalone 1" Matin's Minisier. 107 $1.200; claiming; 4- miles. e 7 *WaiTles Also_eligibie— Branman .. 116 RACE—Purse, $1.200; claiming ae' and o 1ha maiie i 20 100 fi‘ 4 it Ca