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THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
Is
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
AUSTIN, TEXAS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1923
(HOME EDITION)
VOL 52—NO. 179.
FAKED MAPS USED HUERTISTAS DEFEATED
IN OPENING BATTLE OF
Road Bonds Mass Meeting
NEW FIGHT BREWS
REBELS NUMBER 170.
Might Work Here
GUSHERS DRAWN IN
G. 0. P. PRESIDENTIAL
ALLOTMENTS CHANGED
)
CONVENTION WILL BE
HELD AT CLEVELAND
FOOTBAL BET SUIT
been
tion
be, paid
EAST SIXTH STREET
people protection as to the use of the
lined repeatedly during the past year
Francisce
(Continued on Page Ten.),
SNEAK THIEVES ROB
AUSTIN MAN AMONG
SIXTEEN EXAMINED FOR
Thomas, Pete Thomas, Mike's
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
NO CLEW TO SLAYERS
meetine
(Continued on Page Eleven )
DALLAS POPULATION
ESTIMATED AT 232,156 SLAYER OF CORSICANA
appli-
near
President Frank Aydelotte of Swarts-
A
stitutional
ue, National Asaocia-
THE WEATHER
WNAS
University of the South; W. E. Matth,
Colder in east and south por-
versity of Missouri; B. F. Wright Jr.,
Austin, University of Texas and Har- outlook for the week beginning Mon-
Upper Mississippi and lower
Mis-
-
Urf
SHOE STORE AT WACO;
TAKE $250 FROM SAFE
Police Called Upon to Quell
Miniature Riot Between Rival
Merchants and Their Friends.
OFFERRISWATCHMAN;
OFFICERS ARE BAFFLED
Selections Made By Committee
Meeting at A. & M. But Name
of Winners Not Announced.
VOTE FRIDAY ON
VARIOUS BONDS
BY OIL COMPANY
AS ‘BOOB' BAIT
GREGG HILL FIRES
VERBAL VOLLEYS
AT COUNTY JUDGE
MAN, WIFE AND SON
INJURED IN FRACAS ON
MAN PLEADS OWN CASE;
GETS 22-YEAR SENTENCE
BELTON JURY AWARDS
WIDOW $34,000 DAMAGES
FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND
DALI.AS, Texas, Dec. 8.—The tem-
porary restraining order obtained by
HEARD AT DALLAS;
WRIT IS CONTINUED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8--Upwarda
of a score of organizations probably
Improvement Program Totaling
$2,300,000 Will Be Started in
Austin and Travis County.
speaking in favor of the road
He declared that a rumor had
during most of the meeting, and the
question was fought out on the floor
with nearly all present taking part.
had not been shown as producers were
changed to show “gusher” production.
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 8.—The popu-
lation of Dallas when the latest issue
Indications Are That Congress
Will Not Be Able To Begin
Work of the Session Monday
As Planned.
Michigan, Cornell, University of Chi- census" eetlmetee of population,
cago; W. L Ayres, Gatesville, South-
elded that their differences could best
be settled by the physical method.
They were arrested, taken to police
tematic educational campaign during
the past several weeks. Professor Me-
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dee S.
The Rhodes Scholarship committee of
Party Leaders Eliminate Chi-
cago, Leaving Clear Field
For the Ohio City. -
with the commissioners' court on this
matter, at the request of the court.
“This committee should insure the
Two Suspects Captured An Hour
Or Two Later While Ap-
proaching Temple.
Winner of Wager Seeks Dissolu-
tion of Injunction Secured
By the Loser.
80-YEAR-OLD MAN
FINDS WIFE OF 14 IS
ANNOYING; DIVORCES HER
W.rt Texas: Sunday probably fair:
colder; Monday fair.
East Texas: Sunday rain, colder in
north and west portions.
Monday generally fair in north and
west, probably rain in southeast por-
Holdings of Blue Bird Corpora-
tion Pictured As Hemmed in
By Scores Of Flowing Oil
Wells.
waa
train
So Far As Known Nobody Saw
Bandits Enter the Ellis
County Town.
quirt ng extra equipment are now nee-
essary to dispose of the garbage and
at best the system is not efficient for _ _ - .. ,__„______„____ — _
a city the size of Austin, according to Porary restraining order obtained by money, for it would be difficult for
Commissionr Haynes, who sees la the Lester B. Logan seeking to prevent any commissioners’ court to
incinerator plant the best solution of recording of deeds to Hunt and Collin propriate money, even if
the question. . e 4 < 1 .......
Needs of the schools have been out-
Texas Radio Corporation and
Austin Statesman Broad-
casting Station.
Phone 8701.
ception of a short period when C. N.
Avery made a talk.
Special to The Austin Statesman.
HILLSBORO, Texas, Dec. 8. — Dan
Roberts, charged with murder in con-
nection with the killing of L. N. Ivy,
flta
Draughtsman Testifies He Was
Instructed to Increase the Num-
ber of Producers Shown On
Maps He was Drawing.
plant bonds since these can
for our of the earnings of
“Sentinels of the Republic”
Rallying Forces To Combat
All Dangerous Legislation
George Matthews Grilled Re-
garding Transactions of County
Commissioners, Appropriations,
Overdrafts and Expenditures.
GATHERING IN UPROAR
mouri calleys: Much cloudinesr, prob-
able occamiohal rain* over south and
www or rain over north portion; cola-
sr at beginning and again latter hall
MEXICAN INSURRECTON;
Doty also testified that while he was
rat trials for one of the most sen-
sational killings ever held in thia
county. Roberts pleaded bis own case
when the district judge refused to ap-
wlth operations of the Blue Bird Com-
pany.
H. A. Doty. Denver, Colo., and Rich-
ard A. Dunn, Houston, map makers,
each testified he had made a numbr
of maps of the oil fields of the Blue
Bird company.
Doty stated that he made a map
showing the Blue Bird tracts in the
Eldorado, Ark., field. He said that
Train and Auto Crash3 3 Dead, 1 Dying
STODDARD, Mo., Dec. 8—Mrs O.
W. Trammell, 35 years old, her daugh-
ter Velma, 5, and Geraldine Garner,
16 years old, were killed instantly and
O W. Trammel, husband of Mrs.
Trammel, was perhaps fatally Injured
when their machine was struck by a
Missouri Pacific train near here to-
Bight.
General Debate Precipitated By
Mr. Hill’s Questions; Number
of Speakers Stress Imperative
Necessity Highway Improv’mt.
T A X PAYERS WILL chinesfnMhetodsds
property owners to retire the
Construction Funds on Various
Roads Changed from Estimates
Of Commissioners Court For
October Bond Election.
EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 8.—Federal forces yesterday routed in-
surrectionists in the first battle of the Vera Crux revolution at Mal
trata, a station on the Mexican Railway, half way between Mexico City
and Vera Cruz, according to unofficial information received in Juarez
tonight. The revolutionists were reported in retreat.
Maltrata is a smal mountain village near Orizaba. Travelers
recall the place through the fact that the highest steel bridge in Mexico
is there.
Houston, J. F. Longley or Westover,
H. A. Murphy of Mexia, R, A. Raw-
lina of Lancaster an4 H, M. Tatum of
Dallas,
mayor’s oftice, two doors from the
bank, said that about 4 o'clock he saw
what looked like a new automobile
standing in the road about two miles
south of town. It is believed that this
was the car the robber used in mak-
ing their escape.
Ellis county ofticers have been busy
on the esse, but late this afternoon
admitted they had ntue on which to
work.
The body of Horne was found prop-
ped agairist a desk in the mayor's
oftice about dayiight. He had been
shot once, th. bullet entering the law
and passing through the head. kn-
trance to the bank wes made by fore-
ine a rear door. An attempt was made
by the robbers to knock the knob from
the vault door with a heavy hammer.
However, the effort wan fruatiera, and
except a badly damaged vault door,
the bank loot nothing.
Callum has submitted rigures on
various improvements contemplated
by the school board amounting to half
a million dollars.
Special to The Austin Statesman.
WACO, Texas, Dec. 8.—With the evi-
dent desire of getting some Christmas mot. A ana M co,
money easy, two young men, both i Texan, meeting at the A, and M. Col
about 21 years of ag, entered the’ leg today examined sixteen
HUI, if the county were to build
Mr. Hill asked if there would be any
competitive bidding on the • nds,
and was assured by Mr. Keen that
; headquarters and released on bond.
Returning to their respective places of
designing another map, Hoffman held
bonds a consultation with other officers of |
::! the company and upon deciding they
did not show enough gushers, or-
derod more drawn in.
the meeting,
there would be. Mr. Hill then raised
the question of maintenance, asking if
it were not a fact that the state high-
way department would take over all
I state designated highways on Jan. 1,
I 1924. and would then be responsible
Special to The Austin Statesman.
FERRIS, Texas, Dec. Late Satur-
day ho due had been found that wou:d
throw any light on the identity of the
bank robbers who tried to force their
way into the Farmer, ana Merchants
Bank here, after they had slain the
night watchman, W. M. Horne, early
today.
L 8. Flippen. dairyman, who dis-
covered the body of Horne in the
business the quarrel broke out again
and became so bitter that the family
and friends of both men were drawn
Into the fray.
A hurry up call was sent to police
headquarters and a squad of police
and detectives raced to the scene and
found what appeared to be an entire
neighborhood engaged in a free for
all fight. Fists and clubs were used
freely and for a few minutes the of-
fleers were exceedingly busy quelling
a miniature riot
"In Tamaulipas there
11,900 more supporters -
Huerta.
"In Michoacan. General
phone is located. All the clerks being
busy waiting on ths trade. one of the
young men acted as though he was
using the phone while the other opened
the safe and pocketed approximately
$250 in each and some checks.
The young men, with their "tele-
phoning" completed, left the store
after thanking the management for
the use of the phone. A few minutes
later the robbery was dacovered when
one pt the proprietors bad occasion
to go to the safe for change. The
police were notified and a general
alarm was sent out. At 2 o'clock a
telephone call from Temple stated that
the men had been captured by City
Marshal Wiley Fisher of Temple just
before they reached Ura, city. They
had hired a service car for the trip
from Waco
Fifty dollar in cash was found on
the men and officers stat, they ad-
mitted having been in the Waco shoe
story tonight. One said he lived at
Wichita Falls and the other said he
was from Dallas.
father in a railway accident
Somerville several months ago.
Moser, a Santa Fe brakeman,
killed when he fell under his
John Keen opened
spread that the people of the county
would be taxed to support Austin
schools in case the four bond issues
I were passed. Mr. Keen stated that this
rumor was absurd, and that the dir-
rear Somerville, plaintiff, alleging that
the accident was due to the faulty
condition of one of the car*. Suit for
>80,000 was entered. Of the >14,000
awarded by the Jury'* verdict, >18.000
is for the widow dud >18.090 for the
child.
pont counsel for him because he had
money with which to pay a lawyer's
fee. Mating that his family needed the
money and that he was going to prison
anyway.
Ivy was killed at the Roberts home
following a game of poker and the
body hid in a culvert on Oct 1. The
body was discovered Oct. 23 by a negro
working near by. It was "so badly
decomposed it could hardly be iden-
tified. but Ivy'S sons, coming here from
Corsicana. identified articles found on
the body.
When arrested, Roberts made a con-
fession. In hl* statement to the jury,
he admitted throwing a hammer at
Ivy, which struck him and knocked
him down, then choking him, but
denied he tied a string around Ivy'a
neck He threw himself on the mercy
of the jury and asked the lightest sen-
tnon pomsubie
will be represented at
misap-
--v.ug, • -xeus • um auu -u popr.. -.uy. .1 It desired,
I county lands transferring the farms to with such a committee holding power
H W. i.asater was continued today in o' publicity over it. As to the main.
by superintendent A N. McCallum therecountytointrgetgcourahesnped ^Me7/the“ stomcahesroren. '
tint of ugbe partcularty,totheateon- I®1 A wouer between L^gan and Laster | Mr Koen spent some time speaking
tion of the voters. In a rather sys- ‘on the outcome of the Baylor-Southern on the condition of the roads, re-i
Methodist University football game citing one incident where a man was j
Thanksgiving Day. The property in- forced to ship his ear to Austin by
volved is valued at about >6000. ran, and then went all the way to
iasater akeu the court to dissolve California and back without trouble.
munon aoznr 'the temporary restrasning order. al-I At the conclusion of Mr. Keen s talk,
- civenlleging ihat Because the contrac In-'A Gregg Hill took the floor for the
on the need for Yhasdl "°beenEven volved a vager, Logan had no standing purpose of asking some questions, and
Travis ountortnarron com 600 ? in court Logan's fawyers asked and held the floor during most of the re-
900 according to estimates at the were given rermission to amend he mainder of the meeting with the ex-
countyCSocommitlonersmacourto fhe rigini peurion fei ihe injunction, and--------------when C N
the temporary order was continued
pending that action.
FORT WORTH. Texas, Dec. 8- B.
R. Sprayberry. 80 years old, divorced
his 14-year-old wife Susie, in dis-
trict court here today. Sprayberry
testified that his wife abused him and
was annoying.
Ill feeling, which police officers
state, has been smoldering for the
beaten but refused to go to the hos-
pital. Officers identified the active
belligerents and notified them to ap-
pear in police court^ Monday.
X Gregg Hill started a heated dis-
cussion at the mass meeting of Travis
, county residents held in the district
• court room Saturday afternoon to con-
sider good road bonds, when he
started questioning County Judge
George Matthews on county appro-
the water and light "department.
The need for the incinerator plant
which is proposed to be erecte at a .
cost of 860,000 has been repeatedly
pointed out by Finance Commissioner
Harry I.. Haynes, head of ths city
sanitary departnrent. Long hauls re-
» past two years flared into active hos-
. tilities Saturday night when Mike
Thomas and Sheehan Joseph, rival
merchants of East Sixth Street de-
FACTIONALISM FLARES-C_ te —
priations, overdrafts and general ex- after H. H. Hoffman, president of the
penditures. The discussion became i company at that time, made a trip to
general and threatened to break up Eldorado, the map was altered at his
the meeting. Mr. Hill held the floor request and a line of derricks which
• SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec 8—
General Estrada has revolted aglnst
the Obregon government with two of
the four regiments at Guadalajara
City, according to a telegram received
by Consul General Alejandro Lbbert
of this city from the acting secretary
of foreign relations at Mexico City
The other two regiments remained
loyal, according to the telegram.
, The telegram stated that Generai
Figueroa has surrendered in the state
of Guerrero. He had been in revolt.
When the fracas wwas over Mike
ferent bond issues had no connection.
} "I have not met a man," Mr. Keen
, continued, “who is not in favor of
I good roads The only question which
; arises in connection with the bonds
is. will all of the money be put on the
roads? and will the roads stand after
they sre built. A citizens’ committee
of fifteen representative residents of
the county has been appointed to sit
srcoND DIDESr NEWSPAPER
IN TEXAS. ESTABLISHED 187.
Davis-Smith Bootery here tonight and cants for the scholarship. Their se-
a8ked permission to use the telephone, lection was made tonight and wired to
the request being granted. The safe
containing the day’s recepts was un-
locked in the office where the tele- more College, American sacretary of
aged Corsicana man, was found guilty
by the jury and given twenty-two
years in the penitentiary here this
afternoon, following one of the short-
are about
of. De a
By Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 8—Mapa
showing the Blue Bird Corporation's
holdings hemmed in by flowing oil
wells formed the feature of the gov-
ernment's exhibits introduced today
in the trial in federal district court
here of four men charged with using
the United States moils in connection
the Rhode. Trustees, who wlU an-1 of the city directory was completed,
nounce the succesatul candidates of s“uraaylby'john'»“wwle<yUand Com-
all states the first of next week. . pany, directory publishera. The fig-
The name of the Toxa, cholce was ure. Include “Greater Dalia." which i
not divulged by the committee. , takes in Highland Park.
(, . . . _ „ . The figures reached are on the usual
The men examined are: A. 8. Hada- basis 0 airectory compuatiox, and
way. Fort Worth, University of are used in all cities in “between
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Announce-
ment* that the invitation from Chicago
lor the Republican national convention
of 1984 to be held in that city would
be withdrawn was made here tonight
by Fred W. Upham, treasurer, of tbe
Republican national committee.
The responsible administration lead-
ers desired the convention to be held
in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Upham added.
The announcement by Mr. Upham,
who came here today with a delegation
of Chicago business men to urge Chi-
cago’s claims for the convention, was
said by Republican leaders virtually
to assure the selection of Cleveland
as the convention city.
The break from Chicago will mark
the first time that the Republicans
have not met in the lake city for
twenty years. The 1924 convention
city is to be definitetly selected here
at a meeting of the national com-
mittee next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Chicago and Cleveland were the lead-
ing contenders, with other invitations
from Des Moines, San Francisco and
Los Angeles, Many Repuhlican com-
mittee members, however, had favored
either Chicago or Cleveland and the
feeling was said to be general that
with Chicago out of the race, Cleve-
land would be an almost certain win-
ner.
Mr. Upham conferred with President
Coolidge today and said, upon leaving
the White House, that the president
was maintaining an impartial mind
with reference to the selection of the
convention city.
Chinese are hard to move. Their
customs and habits of 6000 years'
duration are “born in the grain.*
Below is an example of how more
modern and civilized methods are
brought about in China: Follows
a copy of part of a letter of Rev.
John W. Vinson, Haichove, China
(brother of Dr. Robert E. Vinson),
to his brother-in-law, E. D. Jun-
kin of this city, dated Nov. 4, 1923,
and received Friday:
Ml went to the-seaside the other
day in a ‘ginrickshaw/ with one
man pulling and one pushing.
General Boi is just completing a
fine automobile road to Hsu Go.
Ho has a Ford sedan and several
trucks, so is building reads all over
this section. It is a fine idea and
the general is putting it over in
great shape. The land owners have
a tax damped on them, in pro-
portion to the land owned, and
must furnish men likewise for the
road building. Some take the po-
sition that they have never had
good roads, so why start anything
now? Yet, when any are stubborn,
the general sends his soldiers to
herd up the men for the work, and
the building is going on faster
than I ever imagined it could be
done in China. When I reached
Sinpu returning, I passed the gen-
eral, who called to me to stop.
Come hero. I have my motor car.
Get in; I shall send you homo/
This he did in spite of my pro-
tests, as he was not ready to go
himself. I just wonder how many
Americans would have done so to
a Chinese.*
vard; Roy T. Wilamson, Fort day: West gulf states: Much cloudi-
BraHb. Ark, Bayior Univeralty. tura"bovenorionricginanntomvraar
Th. followine ar* th. Texan A. and Tueeday and again latter part.
M. men examined.' P. D. Duckett, of -- ........
MATAMOROS, Mexico, Dec. 8.—
Colonel Guillermo F. Rosas, military
commander in the Matamoros district
who placed this city under martial law
last night and assumed control of the
local government, issued an order at
noon today closing all saloons indefi-
nitely. No reason was given for the
order.
tfor maintenance, Mr.Ken.pointea Thomas. Pete Thoma*. Mike’s .on
outthat.sthen hizhwaz. aepartmentjana Nri Sfike Thoma, were Uken to
wouid mantain therroadswnetheucnea ’ the ety hospital and tirst aid given
ovrnohh hKr department, which | fornumerpusrcunsapruiznz anagwons
wouta meanthatTraviseountysrroads EPSturedsndpseeveral’ugly bVu^Wo“
meotaing to a verba? opin- i herorehcadw ron tpetedem gver
ionrrom thoat tornezcenerarao "Mr Mbrusna "Sbut ie "heac’cna
At this point Mr. Keen asked, Mr. shoulders. Members of the Joseph
a faction were severely bruised and
HOUSE RADICALS Heated Discussion Enlivens
TALK OF REVOLT; ’ s
Cardenas has 10,000 men favorable to
the De La Huerta cause.
"In the same state General Ren-
toria Lavlano has 7000 men.
“In Zacatecas, General Marcel Ca-
revo has 3000 men.
"In Sonora, all the Yaqui Indians
are favorable to De La Huerta and in
rebellion against Obregon and Calles.
They number about 5000.
“In Sinaloa. General Angel Flores,
working for himself but friendly to
De La Huerta, has 36,000 men.
called to convene here Monday to map
out a campaign against "dangerous
legislation" by congress.
Headquarters for the Sentinel at
the Republic," which issued the call
made public today a list of some of
the organizations which were said to
have promised to send delegates. They
Included the American Legion, Na-
tional Association for Constitutlonal
Government, National Security League,
Constitutional Liberty League, Order
and Liberty Alliance, American .Con-
This station is owned and op-
erated by the Texas Radio Cor-
poration. dealers in Radio Sup-
plies and sets. The piano used
at this station is furnished by
the J. R. Rood Music Company
of Austin, Texas.
8 p.m. Regular Sunday radio
sermon. Name of minister to bo
announced during broadcast.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8— An open
threat of a fight on the floor of the
house against what was characterised I
as the “stacking" of house committees
by the Republican committee on com-
mittees was made today by Represen-
tative Nelson, Wisconsin, leader of
the Republican insurgents, who for
two days blocked the re-election of
speaker Gillett.
Failure of the insurgents to obtain
more places on the important com-
mittees led to a forecast of another
revolt against majority organisation
leaders. Mr. Nelson expressed sur-
prise and indignation over the treat-
ment which he said had been accorded
his group in the make up of the Re-
publican committee slates and said
the fight would be taken to the house
when the selections made by the Re-
publicans were presented for ratili.
cation, perhaps late next week.
Republican insurgents in the senate
reiterated today that the extent to
which they would press a reorganisa-
tion row in the senate would be de-
termined largely by how they fared
in committee assignments. Their
course of action still is undecided
pending announcement of the results
of the work of the majority com-
mittee on committees.
Efforts to compose differences with
respect to assignments to the three
vacancies on the foreign relations
committee were unavailing again to-
day and the committee turned again
to assignments for other committees
with tentmiive agreements reached in
several cases. 1
While there was no formal an-
nouncement. some committeemen said
Senator Gooding of Idaho; Cousins of
Michigan; Howell of Nebraska and
Fess of Ohio had been selected ten-
tatively to fill the vacancies on the
interstate commerce committee which
deals with roalroad legislation. The
insurgents are interested particularly
in tbe make up of this committee and
some of today’s selections were re-
garded by some Republican leaders as
in the nature of concessions to them
For the four vacancies on the fi-
nance committee these tentative se-
lections were reported to have been
made: Elkins, West Virginia; McCor-
mick. Illinois; Sunfield, Oregon, and
Ernst, Kentucky.
There were reports, which were un-
confirmed, that the Democrats had
decided to place Senators Robinson,
Arkansas; Walsh of Montana and Un-
derwood of Alabama in three of the
four Democratic vacancies on the for-,
eign relations committee.
It was doubtful tonight whether
either the Republicans or Democrats
would be ready when the house re-
convenes Monday to present their i
committee slates for approval. Re-
publican leaders, in view of this situa-
tion. plan to suggest another three-
day recess.
Less than one week remains in
which voters of Austin and Travis
County can make up their minds as
to how they will vote on the four
bond issues which together will
amount to 82,350,000 for the purpose
of building better roads in the county
and expansion of the schools, improve-
ment of sanitary conditions and con.
struction of a modern filtration plant
in the city.
Voters in the city next Friday will
be called upon to vote whether or
not they desire the building of a
modern rapid sand filtration plant
which will take care of the city’s wa-
ter supply for years, to come. This
project will cost approximately $300,-
000 according to engineering surveys
made at the instance of the city coun-
cil. City Commissioner C. N. Avery,
head of the water and light depart-
ment, has issued a statement that no
additional tax will be levied against
western University, University of ,
Texas; Cecil N. Cook, Lufkin, Uni-
versity of Texas; J. Lee Dittert,Ben-
Ville, University of Texas; O. 8. Gates,
Hatfield, Ark,, Southern Methodist r
University and Hendricks College,
Arkansas; Buford Lee Guthrie, Waco,
Baylor University, Brown University
and Princeton; Jacques P. Adoue,
Houston, University of Texas and
EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 8.— Thousands
of troops are at the disposal of the
De la Huerta cause in Mexico and 95
per cent of the people of Mexico are
for his election, according to a joint
statement given to the El Paso Herald .
Saturday morning by Carlos M. Diaz
and P. M. Vela.
Diax, a friend of long standing of
Adolfo de la Huerta, until recenty in
charge of the general offices of the
Mexico Navigation Company in Mertro
City, will open an officein El Paso
in a few days as representative of the
De la Huerta revolution, he said, and
Vela will be his assistant in charge
when he is. called out of the city.
Relative to the strength of the De
La Huerta military movement in
Mexico, Carlos Dias and P. M. Veto
gave the following figures:
"General Guadalupe Sanches at Vera
Crus has 36,000 men. It is false that
he lost 22,000 under hia command.
"In Tiaxacala, General Espinosa Lon
Montoros has 7000 men.
"In Guerrero, General Figueroa has
an additional 7000 men.
"General Estrada has 15,000 men in
Jalisco and Michoacan.
"In Chihuahua, the Villista party
and the Maderistas favor Do La
Huerta and have more- than 11,000
men.
“Surrounding Mexico City are three
regiments of artillery, numbering a
total of 3090 all in favor of De La
Huerta.
U S. AND GERMANY SIGN
NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY
-—
WASHINGTON, Dr. S.— announee-
ment waa mad* at the atate depart-
- ment today that a .commercial treaty
had been signed with Germany to re-
place the similar convention abrogated
at the time at the war and that in-
structions had been . cent to the
minister at The Hague, Richard M.
Tobin, to begin negotiation of a simi-
lar treaty with the Dutch govern-
ment.
The action marks a forward step
in ths purpose of the Washington
government to make over all of its
commercial treaties, on account of the
changed conditions. Stmilar changes
have been in progress at Madrid for
several months and are now being
conducted with the Turkish govern-
ment and with Latin-American coun-
tries.
BELTON, Texas, Dec. I.—A jury in
district court here late tonight
awarded damages of $a4,000 against
the Santa Fe Railway to Mrs. Olena
Moser and her young daughter as the
result of the death of the husband and
Progressives Allege That Regu-
lars Have "Double-Crossed"
Them’in the Matter of Com-
mittee Assignments.
I, tion.
Plainvtew, Baylor University and Uni- j uona.
tion of Manuacturers and United
Dauchters of the Confederacy.
The delegatee will hold a con-
ference tomorrow at the home of •
Senator Wadsworth of New York, who -
baa a constitutional amendment pend-
ing for eubmission of future amhend-
mente to the direct vote of the people
WASHINGTON, Dec. >.-Weather
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