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EL PASO HERALD
HOME EDITION
WEATHER FORECAST.
SI Paso fair; west Texas fair; Mew Mexico
tttle; Ariiona fair.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
BZ MAIL. II A MONTH IN TEX.. N. 1!
ARIZ AND MKX. : ELSBWHERE. JO.
EL PASO. TEXAS. SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 27. 1920.
CARRIER DEL1TIRT. II A MONTR.
36 PAGES. 4 SECTIONS. TODAY.
HINOLB COFT. ( CENTS.
ARRICADE LLOYD GEORGE RESIDENCE
TODAY'S PRICES.
Pesos 5SHc; Mexican gold ISO; ndonalev S25JO;
bar silver domestic 99' ic foreign 754c; copper 14J$e;
grain highfr; bvestoca lower; stocks lower.
FALL IN LIVING COST HERE:
CUT IN PRICES REACHES CITY
From 15 Percent to 45 Percent Reductions in the Stores . in the Past Two Months
While Lumber Drops 4U Percent Since tebruary and Sash and Doors For
Building are Cut 20 Percent in Two Months Dealers Ooer. the Country Sell
Below Cost From Slocks On Hand Because They Can Replace Them At
Lowest Prices Lowest Prices Since the United States Entered the War
THAT ymm have fceen ImUbc fer
II fetU CM
Pifejf ore 4mi in EI MM 1117
Fr sseatna ye have Thee MMbe
the sews llifitfkn aliewt to
it k fries le prices and Jfuiftpfy
vraesi vae exxeev ima seeresv. wr
Wlille the fall bu not yet 1 nsoHsd
nany things in the food .line aaV
the landlady la not going to reduce
the price of board right away and
the grocer U not going to sell yon
t-ree '-ana for a quarter tn place of
tw. o. tl.e prices have fallen all to ;
Dt-cs In the clothing and dry goods i
lines. ;
ThA r-iit fn the TtsxwT twit nAnths ill '
HI Paso has been as much as 50 per
cent in some cases.
This Is evident to any person who
has been watcnuii? nrioes.
Men's suits for instance priced two
months aro In 1 Paso at 6 ana 17.
lire today being sold at $- by the
name store.
Real Cat fa Price
People have said the parte were
roming doirn m the waoieastr mar-
Ket. but not here.
Psrrpeeety. I aave seest watefc-
iag for two ssevths. X priced
vooae two aamtan 'age ad I
priced taeta amlN lata vveefe. Tie
redaction are froi IS ta M per-
rrat dcpeadfaaT apa article
The merchant amy this is true and
I have checked them without their
knowledge and find it so.
In cotton piece goods for instance
outing flannel that was priced to
me two months ago at S9 cents is
now selling in the same store at 26
'ems; muslin that brought 15 cents
t-o months ago is now selling for
10 cents. Tea prices HAVE come
down. The consumers day is here.
Silks have been down for some time.
They were the first to take a drop.
The merchants say they are down
about 50 percent below the price of
A ear ago. This I could not check.
1 ul since their other claims have
thecked. it must be accepted as true. I
Soaie Examples fa Cat.
omen
two months airo
J.oue-ht todar for $85.56 in the
house. "Women's dresses that brought
S7S two months ago are now down to
?3.se and so it gos. ' A nte dress
an b bought today for W7.50. It is
-he Mnif sort of an article that was
lagged at $69 and $65 two months
-Is th- sudden fall due to Reaper
purchases by the merchant? I asked
:iaunce Sch v.'arta 4&eraJ manager of
i-ie Popular Pry Goods coinpany.
iow slljageaaPKaBra aaw-
Maay aicrcaaatg arc today seH-
lag goods aeavtr what H east
iheai hay bat -rlH the aer-
chant U aat loetag.
This may sound sneer but it Is
only merchandising. It is not what
j. T.errhant has to pay for
By a A. MARTIN.
How Prices Haoe
Been Slashed Here
L PASO'S retail trade (a getting
the benefit of the drop In
prices la Ufa wholesale market.
In men's clothing the drop Is
price In EH Paso In two months
has keen between II and 4S per-
cent. In women's clothing the price
cut has been around 3a percent.
In cotton goods the redaction
rone from M to 4t percent.
Lumber has dropped 40 to SO
percent.
Sash and doors have dropped 28
percent.
Furniture Is stable bat there
Bus been a slight drop In the cost
of upholstery which giTes a re-
d action in this Una.
DEMAND FOR
RICH STUFF
IS TO BLAME
Not High Cost of Articles But
Demand For High Grade
Articles Hurts.
"It was not so much the high cost
of merchandise as it was the demand
of the people for high class merchan-
dise that ' made the country think
prices were so'higb." said Jake. Mil-
ler manager of the 'White House.
"It is true he continued -that
prices have dronned lhlahr in HI Pun
in keeaOg with the drop In prices in
the wholesale marker T .IminI mm
V suItTtiat. were priced I tbe dro ha been from 15 to R
tb. "go at j7-' caf'be i f?lju1f " L 7:
the merchant can replace fats stock
at the reduced prices.-he is Erring the
advantage of K to hla customers and
cnttisg the price a what he has re-
gardless of what he paid for It. The
cot In prices eertaipJr HAS reached
El Paso.
-H Is effecting practically all
W of goods except those of
ieatfcer. -rAteh are centreled by
atet - '
Tbe ha bean -a-a drop le tsllat
arttrtas. either. R af-grtUng the'
whalesaat price masse is a Httte j
higher. aJthoajgsl fhe" Tsfl price has
not oeea uuivm.
I A BIG drop is -Ikeaabie in the cost
I" of lumber forelldlag operations
in SI Pass.
-.umber Is off todaj 49 percent
trom prices that preralled in Feb-
ruary on oak flooring It la off M
percent.
In sash and door-b tfa.r. K.
a S percent decceaap In the last two
-nonius tea persent-eaeti -month
lumber dealers do nnf iaaIt f.
further drop however aa they say
the price of lumber is now down-to as
ww it can poesroiy oe produced
and that the mills will close rather
than malre another cat-
There hah been no rMnMln f k.iu.
ers hardware or brick fent & rnfio-
off of about It percent in reinforcing
" iw coocrexe wonc. on tne other
hand metal lath and expanded metal
Products have advanced ahnnt -im-.
cant the last six weeks.
Cement has gone op from tt.M to
$2.10 a barrel in the laat f.w jM.th.
and lime has Increased in price from
19.50 to lt recently on September Is
to be exact.
Says Labor Holds Hp Prices.
Until labor comes down rhor .n
be but little decrease in the cost of
building ai-cea-dincr to Jack T jsm.-
han. of the firm of Sheenan A- Tfnrtl
"Eighty-two or 84 percent of the coat
in ereetintr a bafMltur 1. Ishnr mmta
Mr. Sbeehan. "so. no matter what the
reduction in the cost of materials the
general effect upon the price of bond-
ing will be very small as long as labor
Is highly pUd."
in is is an unrated territory eon-
tinned Mr. Sheehan. "and wa are net
affected here as many sections In the
north and east by any sort of a near
panic Then we hare high freight
rates sad they have recentlv been ia.
creased 2fi percent. All of this mili-
tates against a reduction to' pre-war
prices or anything like it-"
liumber .Below Cost.
Benjamin Sherrod. lumber dealer.
says many of the mills are today pro-
ducing and selling lam Be r below ti-a
cost of production rest to keep their i
-spc-s-ai ion-ewer us Keep opet-acXBg.
"Several' Me roncerns have formariv
-jw-pmit nstiiiau weir traveling men
that they Trill not cat again bat will
close down instead." aaM he. Tbe
prkse the mllla are sa-ptag at today Is
www uarares wr. mr tne sovera-
ment as the tost of arod-sctiea. They
opry to keep their
BesnlHni liresa For SSS.
'A woman can evt a heauattrnl dram
today for from in to S-' The same
dress a few weeks aa-o woold have
gar- - cost ner to ;7.
ent always that gives him his prof- "But right here let me say that
The merchant who stays in busl- i .yen a year ago a woman eeald have
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-A HAT'
American missing
In Germany With
1000000 Marks
B1
iUtI.ra. Germany. Nov. tl. An
American named Chaser who
was esnnil. n R.llm with hi.
family has disappeared Trora the
Dortmund railroad station the
newspapers report. Two Ameri-
can acquaintances also are mis-
sing. Chase is a goldsmith and
is. known to dtave bad a million
marks in his possession. Tbe
police are searching on tbe as-
sumption tba he was murdered.
CABINET MEN EIGHT FOOT WALL
are operating atmi
-i.. -' . Life work
last Febraarv- - T J- fc Root Pt ataasa.
boen steady aga jjgS? SSp.. TMcommlttee KUiM
must keen a Amalete stock.
Miid ke"p his stock moving. If be
pays $50 we will say for a dress
and the price drops and he sells it
-fi at HO. it looks as if he has lost
$1" but this is not true If he can
T-epiacf that drees in stock at Z or
; 'i'. He must keep his stock moving.
Where ea Are jkvmmt c.
"When the market starts breaking
f mchant has to cut hla prices wtth
Tne market. If he retired from tousi-
's5i of course he would leae but -t
)i remains in business he merely re-
places Ins stock at the lower price
and he hasn't lost. That Is what
The merchants are doing today all
oer the country and that is the only
v av a readjustment can come.
"Merchants realize that they win
better off to take a loss now and
kH "the market stabilised and keep
uEiness going. The quicker a mer-
n&nt takes a loss whan lie sees a
arrangement of prices the better
h is for him. because he can get his
money back into new stock and keep
if moving. He gets the people to
buying and their money gets to ctr-
filiating-. Clothtpg. cotton goods and J elements entering Into It.
TrflJT ifJlITv saVcr-Vthlllwr Ifl th rfVT- Tha Tsv-sa9 arawl jMtsrf rtf T
praciically everything in the dry
goods line is cheaper today than it
(Caatiaacd aa page 2 eatama 4.) .
got a good dress for z but she dfdnt
wane 10 wear it.
Tli0 droo in niicas has aeen larsrelv
due to the people aweiiing to tne )
tact tnat tney were eaostag prices to
rise or at least stay tip by dtpmandlng
the best that was to be had.
I can remember the time when a
man thought he was In ctoTer when
he had three slik shirts. Last spring.
I recall a friend bought six at one
time i apiece. Eery dy else
was doing the same. Naturally silk
shirts went up sad stayed there. Thea
we .discovered that we could wear
cotton shirts and we bought tbam.
The silk shirts began to drop and now
they can be had for S6 and 8 mostly
because the demand for them has
ceased.
Vnt the Very Best.
"Men and women are alike. LWe
all come to wanting the very best and
if we all want the very best natural
ly mere is a scarcity ana the price
rises. SuddIt and demand lamlv
regulate the price of cny commodity
although of course there are other
The increased cost of materials la
bor etc has not been over 4s 70 or
(Cb tinned on page Z eorama 4.1
taaWr taaa ia
Od ' akxaaiaai aai eair
re Sv pereamt -ecf. I dd BSt
nrny can n wwer.
-uaeaper tub Tear Am:
waiter Loar. nresldeat or kai
aasocaation of tausber aaa4sva.
dared Saturday ntornte? tftuu hMSa
was reatiy a taousaaC hMpfi
wr "mw f was uus uae in i.yis.
before the bigker prices evate "We
are now selUag Isaber at abovt the
price that prevailed ia lfT said
ne. -yet the tre4ght from Taxas and
Louisiana points is H a tltauaacd
higher. We now pay 49 cents a hun-
dred against 19 cents a year ago.
Tarre aa neen a drop oc Tram
32 to 4o percent on lumber la El
Paso slnee tbe first of J a nr. As
aa example two by fonra that
aid at 9SC a thousand In June
are aow Belling for ass.
There win be bo farther drop for
some time as away xailla are operat-
ing at a loss. wlJJe others are just
gettini: by.' I have advtees that fifty
mills have closed In Texas ia the
last two month's because of the drop
in pneee. Tney caaaot operate-at a
profit at present pneee of lumber.
Hill Work Is Down.
George Evahs. planing mill owner
said: "For the past two months there
has been a decline 'of lv percent a
month in our lines makinj: a total
of 20 percent redaction for October
and November. I do not look for a
further drop bat st 3 percent redac
tion ought to encourage the trnitaer."
Twenty Millions Needed
To Rescue Airoenja
Says Lord Cecil.
GENEVA. Switzerland. Nov. 27- fBy
the Associated Press. The first
American treaties to be filed with
the league of nations were put offi
cially on record today. The first of
these signed last October IS. Is in the
form -of a proclamation by presideat
Wilson extending the coarriarfat law
of 100 as applied between Sweden
and the United States.
The second treaty cancels articles
XI and XU of the oansular conven-
tion between Sweden aad tka United
States making ihsm terminate March
11. 12L The treat? was sined last
June 8.
Urges raited Mate Mandate.
Tbe United States would be the best j
nation to accept the mandate lor Ar-
menia is the opinion of lord Robert
Cecil who is acting as one of South
Africa's delegates to the league of
nations assembly as expressed to the
American newspaper correspondents j
rue uniiea niates ne auaeo. prooaoiy
would have more influence with Mus-
tapha Keznal Pasha Turkish nation-
alist leader who is conducting a cam-
paign against the Armenians than
any other nation. Lord Robert said
S20.0O0.u00 would supply the neces-
sary military assistance to put Ar-
menia on her feet.
T have been advised by good opin-
ion." he declared hat a good deal
could be done to save Armenia with
tbe expenditure of that amount. We
have appealed to many states and or-
ganisations but so far. we have had
"I think the United States would be aarta have been circulated by
the best country to solve the Arme- ' opponents or tne present Bavarian
nian question inasmuch as that coon- 1 ooanuon government wich is bour-
try wouid have the most inflnenca ' 8"s and violently opposed by cocn-
with Mutapha K etna I Pasha. t munists and Independent socialists in
Tne Armenian question resolves Germany.
DENY REPORT
AVARIAWOULD
RULE GERMANY
President von Kahr Says
Rumors of Organizations
Are' Misleading.
ORGESCH NUCLEUS
FOR MONARCHY
200000 Are Members Of
Tw Political Bodies
Formed For Emergency.
rjERIJN Germany. Nov. :i. B
JJ tne Associated Press.) Reports
wax organawtlona bare been
formed In Bavaria for the purpose of
restoring the monarchy and estab-
lishing Bavarian domination over Ger-
many were discredited by minister
president Von Kahr of Bavaria today.
He is in Berlin discussing Bavarian
affairs with the central government
and was requested by tbe Associated
Press to Issue a statement concerning
affairs In his section of the country.
Assertion haseen made that rumors
relative to separatist and revolu
tionary movements of various sorts
UNDERHUERTA
GIVE OP JOBS
Resignations Tendered So
New President May Be
Free to Name Successors.
NEW MEMBERS
HELD SECRET
Provisional President May
Resume Duties As Gov-
ernor Of Sonora.
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 17. All mem.
bers of the cabinet of provisional
president de- la Hnera today tend-
ered their resignations in order that
Gen. Alvaro Obregon tbe incoming
executive who will be' inaugurated on
December 1. may have a free choice
In naming department heads- it is
probable these resignations will be
accepted aa the last official act of
tne provisional president.
Gen. Obregon. who left for the
country yesterday for a rest of sev-
eral days has steadfastly refused to
give details relative to tne personnel
of his cabinet. He has asserted he
will make the announcement of hia
selections on the morning of Decem-
oer i.
Cabinet Jaba Pereensted.
Newspapers of this city which
have been speculating daily on the
make up of tbe new ministry. are
agreed that provisional preaident de
la Huerta. who has been elated for the
chief post in the cabinet secretary of
interior win not take tnat portfolio
but may become secretary of the
treasury. It is generally believed
however his persistent illness will
cause him first to take a course of
meaicai treatment arter which he
will resume his duties ss governor of
m ataie 01 sonora.
Gen. Plutareo Ellas Callea. at pres-
ent minister of war. is regarded as the
most probable choice for secretary of
interior and Gen. Benjamin Bill aow
serving as commander of military
farces in Mexico City probably will
be the new president's selection for
minister of war
Rafael Zubaran-Capmany. former
Mexican minister to Germany is most
frequently mentioned in connection
with the portfolio of foreign rela-
tions as is Alberto J. Pan! farmer
itself largely into wheiner there is -Much that is misleading has been Mexican minister to France as head
BUILT IN FEAR OF
SINN FEIN ATTACK
British Government Buildings in Loodop Closed to Public Fol-
lowing Arrest of Stranger in House of Commons Lobby;
House of Andrew Bonar Law as Well as Pre-
mier's Protected by High Stockade.
T ONDON. Eng. Nor. 27. After Ae erection of barriers eight feet high
to exdode tbe public from Downing street and the adjacent Charles
street tbe homes of parliament were doted io tbe public today and many
persons coraioe up from the country were rernsed admittance. Both streets
lead from Whitehall to a group of
government departmental offices and J f
aay government or people lu the
woria caring enougn aoou: Armenia
to furnish the necessary money for
over by
pourgeoia. which has beea co-nag
the international eoan of
qvesiioB. nan vtmaur own-
its work arrtvfne: at the darls-
that the plan prepased at The
o? Klinu Koot and other
anal! stand as amended by the
of nations council at Brussels.
IA' subcommittee of ten members was
aimuintoo to arait a report along
those lines.
It 'Will not be possible usder tbe
plan for a complaining natioa to cite
another nation before the court both
srdea 10 a controversy having to ac-
cept the Jurisdiction of the tribunal.
Otherwise a complainant can have re-
course only to the council of the
league. '
Elimination of obligatory Jurisdic-
tion in the plan adopted b the com
t Continued en page 2 eeiama S.)
said.'' said president von Kahr. -about
labor.
Gen. Antonio
snooeed himself while Gen.
the Blnwohnerwehr and the -oraesch'
In Bavaria. Tbeao rumors ham placed
l.Sjt bota in other part of Germany Sakesth?apar?:
and abroad. ment of communications and public
Xoclen of Restue. works and -Jooe Yascaatolos may be-
reporta bare" stated the j05 7 Instruction
which was ailesed to nave f .st-w 1 1I5?'!1 -Sv . .
been formed br herr Escherlch. dl- ; ...i:::T Vu.annlon ?x'
Recant
est department and which received
the nickname from hla surname and
the first syllable of the word or-
ganisatlon." was a nucleus abovt
Which centered a morement to re-
store fVfttelbacb reaime n Bavaria
and carry out a program of far reach -ias
significance in Germany. The
Einwohnerwehr is an organisation
cosra posed of citizens and sometimes
known as the "Bavarian citixen'Y
jjraard.
"In the first place let me say that
'orgeeca does not exist In Bavaria"
(Pontlnurd on par Z rtjlnmn 4.k
TOO LIME KILNS CLOSED DOWN
ONLY ONE OPERATES; PRICE UP
FROM $9.50 TO $1 6.00 FOR A TON
E
PASO has a "lime trust" someone
ill tell you.
"Nothing to it positively noth-
ing assert the men accused of form-
ivg It. '"We were not making any
money and had to do something to
keep from going broke.
The talk has come about over the
raising of the price of lime and tbe
-losing of the PudleyTk Orr kilns on
tne Caples & O'Connor property also
those of James Connors on Pledras
btrnet. near the Southwestern shops.
?nd the operation only of the kilns of
A. Courchesne. north of tbe South-
western Portland cement plant.
On Sept. 16. builders and dealers in
hire were notified that the price bad
advanced from $9.56 to 1. a ton.
At the same time the Connors
Kilns were closed out Mr. Connors
continued to supply hia customers
with lime.
Later it became known that Mr.
Connors although closing down hia
own kilns had leased the Dudley ft
Orr kilns and closed them.
Today James Lhidley confirmed the
lease. "Tea we leased our kilns for
mx months to James Connors" he
taid. when asked "with a privilege of
renewing the lease for six months
more. No the kilns are not now be-
i is operated."
No Partersklp-M Tel.
Mr. Connors was asked if he and
Mr. Courchesne had formed a partner-
ship for the manufacture of lime. "No
not yet" said he. Asked if he was
maLkintr anv lime himself he said he
was not. "Where do you get the lime Southern Pacific - and Southwestern
to supply your customers?' he wsa tracks on Dallas street. They are
asked. Oh I buy from Mr. Courches- spending between if 00 and $10900
ne" he replied I on the plant and expect to offer their
Asked as to the reason of raising product at $18 a tan to the public as
the price and closing his kilns be ' well as using it themselves in the
vaid "The pries had to be raised. In- ! manufacture of their brick. They
tressed cost of fuel and freight was i will be operating In a short time.
ove reason. Nobody Is the lima manu
facturing business bad been making
any money xnere was not enougb
demand for it here with building
operations slack for several years
and it did not pay to operate a plant
on aart time. No business could be
madji to pay on that basis. Until
there is demand enough to keep as
going steadily. I have closed my kilns
and am buying from Mr. Courchesne
to supply my customers."
FuntUs.es Connors Lime.
"Mr. Courchesne it has been re-
ported that you and Mr. Connors have
formed a partnership for the manu-
facture of lime that yon are to have
a big company here" A. Courchesne
was told.
"That's Just another big report
without a foundation." said he. "I
am not associated with Mr. Connors."
"Ton are supplying him lime aren't
yon?" he was asked.
"I am selling1 him some lime when
he wants it."
"What was the reason for advanc-
ing the price of lime? he was asked.
"Increased cost of fuel and labor
decreased efficiency of tabor higher
freight everything that goes into the
manufacture of an article Is higher
these days. Increase in tbe price of
lime was pecessary if we were to
make any money."
Say f 12 Is Enough.
Meantime Sheehan ft North say
they believe $12 a ton is a good price
for lime and they are erecting a
plant on some property tney have
leased adjoining their Atlas sand-
lime brick making plant between the
Undertaker Is Convicted
Of Stealing Alcohol
New York. Nov. ST. John Roma-
nelli. Brooklyn undertaker who was
convicted of larceny of 1004 gallons of
wood alcohol alleged to have caused
the deaths of 100 persons In Con-
necticut and Massachusetts last
CXirntmaa has been sentenced to
serve from three aad a hah! to seven
years la state's prison.
WOMAN AND BABY AMONG
1 6 PERSONS ON BKTBARGE
MISSING IN PACIFIC STORM
O BATTLE Wash. Nov. 21. No traoe
J of the lumbar barge W. J. Plrrio.
reported ashore near Jamas Is-
land off the Washington coast nasi
been found early today according to
a wireless message from' the coast
guard cutter Snohomish which wenul
to tne aid ot tbe stricken vessel.
Sixteen persona. Including the wife
of Capt- A. B. Jensen and their baby
were reported on the Plrrie. which
was cut loose from the steamer Santa
Rita In a heavy gale sooth of Cape
Flattery late yesterday.
Shipping men held out little hope
for saving any of those aboard the
Phrrle If the craft actually waa on
tbe roc ks.al though the weather was
reported moderating early today. The
steamer Atlas wirelessed early hut
;nt that it waa proceeding to the
tune.
lunicaiion routes 10
were blocked or
FRANCE
BY BUY
at 01 ana
WatfTT- 1
m
broken some roads were under water
others were blocked by fallen trees
which ia saae cases carried down
ttlsahono aad telegraph lines and
ranflttiaua of Testerdava extraordin
ary higa tides were expected at some
points. Tfcveee tides flooded the busi-
ness softinis of Marahfield. Ore. and
Aberdeen Wash aad caused some
1 amber mills there to close down.
Two men lost their Ilres by ejec-
trocutlosi aa a result of the storm.
They were Joseph Velosky and Victor
A. Xarlew linemen who received
shocks while endeavoring to nntagle
wires torn down by the wind and
falllaa trees.
At Grays Harbor. Wash. the wind
pressure was so great several large
plate glass windows were crashed in.
Rivers in that section are ranning
baakfall becense of recent rains and
this coupled with the ejctraordinary
high tide experienced today .cov-
ered law lyinfr roads with wafer.
5. headed bv ffru-i of
ana kjtwwk railway.
from
the Mi
Newapaseas have snecnlated wheth
er senator Albert Pal! of New
Mexico woold come to Mexico City
following orders b Roberto Pes-
quiera. confidential agent of the
Mexican government In Washington
to border consuls to vise the sena-
tor's passport. Editorial opinion re-
flects the belief that Peaquiera at
least has committed a diplomatic
blunder w li.cn ia most unfortunate at
this moment. He is eiMetMl tn r-
rve here this week oatansibly for the
Inauguration ceremonies but several
journals assert he is on hia wn t.
Mexico City becaus hia confidential
miHion jooKing cowara recognition of
Mexico at Washington has ended. It I
l Intitnatart K wit W. a
tuiiauci m simitar mm mi rnr th
Obregon government. Setae reports
state senator Pall will arrive here
Sunday.
also to the official residences of ore-
mier Lloyd George aad Andrew Bonar
Law government leader la the honse
of common.
This action followed the detention
of a strange man la the outer lobby
ox tne nouse or commons yesxeroay.
Although no official statement has
been Issued the Evening Standard
says it has reason to believe the de-
cision to close the houses to the pub-
lic has an important beariag on sin-
ister Sinn Fein activities in this
country.
Cork Stores B orated.
Cork. Ireland. Nov. 27. The dra-
peries stores on St. Patricks street
were completely destroyed by fire to-
day following a number of bomb ex-
plosions. The damage fs estimated at
U0.000. I
Reoorts from some Quarters aJlatsre
that members of the "black and tans"
at the point of revolvers prevented
the fire fighters operations and later
ordered all the volunteer helpers
away from the scene.
fn Tipperary this forenoon the Sinn
Fein club rooms wese burned.
Aeyr Arrests Expeeted.
London. Ensr- Nov. 37. Arthnr
Griffith's arrest ia Dublin it Is aaM.
came as a sunrise to nremier Llovd
George and the Irish office. It is
even declared that it brought forth
some adverse criticisms from the
premier and from those la the laser
circles of No. 10 Downing street the
premier's official residence.
No orders for the arrest of Griffith
had been issued here it la said.
Higher officials have considered him
one of the strongest moderating In-
fluences ia the Sinn Fein organization
and no evidence to the contrary the
report says has been forwarded to
them from Dublin.
Dublin. Ireland. Nov. IT. (Br the
Associated Press). Authoritative in-
American Agitators
Lead Mexico Strikes
r RREON. Coahuila. Max. Nov.
11 American agitators and
professional strike leaders are
being blamed for the numerous
labor troubles and strikes preva-
lent throughout Mexico. The gov-
ernment Is said to be preparing to
take drastic measures to expell
these agents from the republic and
refuse others from crossing the
border.
The striking coal miners are ln-
terf erring with railroad traffic be-
tween SaltiIo and Pledras Negras.
It is said that they recently cap-
tured and retained possession of
two engines and a number of box
formation has been given the Associ-
ated Press that the arrests today of
Arthnr Griffith founder of the Sinn
Fein and John MacNem aad K. J.
Doggaa Sinn Fein members of the
parliament and others waa the pre-
lude to a contemplated roundup of a
number "tf well known men either
actually or believed to be eonnected
with the Irish Republican movement.
Soaie form of internment is
planned and it Is Intended to bold
them indefinitely" the correspondent
was told.
TraiBtnea Reswme Work.
Belfast Ireland. Nov. 27. The Lon-
donderry employes of the Lough
SwiUy railway at Donegal have de-
cided to seek reinstatement. This will
be the first breaking astray from the
Irish railway men. who decided some
time ago not to carry armed forces of
the crown or munitions. The more
(Centlnaed m page X eVtstasa A.)
VILLISTA RAIDERS PROMISED
AMERICAN WOMEN AS PRIZES
WHEN THEY RAIDEDCOLUMBUS
By etTHRlat
xov. sr. a
Walks Three Miles
With Bullet In Heart
Man Is Still Alive
OMAHA. Neb Nov. 27 James
Freeman of this city has a
bullet m his heart and is still
alive. Police say he was shot by
his wife from whom he had sepa-
rated when he returned home
after he is said to have threatened
her.
He walked to the police station
nearly three miles away -where
medical attention was given aim.
He was removed to a hospital and
an x-ray taken which showed the
bullet In his heart.
OA NT A FE. N. M.
J Pe ts pretty much exeresed y$ef
the pardon of the 1C Y1Ulata1ry
Gov. O- A- Larraxolo and there ia
much' interest in tbe coming hearlag
on December 4 when wasdea Fidel
Otitx must show cause to judge
Holloman why he should obey the
pardon of Gov. Larraxolo and release !
the men
Gov. Larraxolo s theory that these
arisoners were Dart of a mllitarr
comraand and knew nothing of their
objectives when their officers began
the move to raid Columbus and are
therefore wholly without blame or
responsibility. Is not borne out by
evidence that has just come to light.
The incident in point occurred in 1910.
during the administration o fthe late
William C. McDonald as governor of
new jsexxeq.
MeDeaald Probed Vase.
Tbe seven Villista raiders of the
original group were convicted of
murder in the first degree and sen
tenced to be hanged. When they were
awaiting tne execution or tne oeatn
sentence they were hid tn th peni-
tentiary here for safe keeping. Strong
representations were made to Gov.
McDonald that th men were Innocent
of knowledge of the mission and that
they had no intention at all of harm-
ing any Americans.
The nlea made on behalf of these
seven condemned men was just about
the same that Gov. Larraxolo has
made to the public in extenuation of
bis act in pardoning the 16 remain-
ing. Gov. Larraxolo asserts in the
pardon that he has examined every
one of the prisoners that they as-
sured him that "they were forced
Into service acainst
jewrwfoV aad by force."
' SnslyrT Larraxolo had no su-
picipo jtahai; the prisoners would te!)
bba in smsssst confidence of cour"
that they stsrted oat with the in-
tention oC raiding an American tow n.
looting. a-aing. killing!
Gov. McDonald also secured e i -dence
aaov sffrnteroenis from the con-
demned prisoners bet he did not pro
ceed oy eairmg them into ais on we
and plying tbem with questions. In-
stead he used the only plan that
was possible to bring out the exact
and uncolorffd truth. Not only dm
Gov. McDonald desire to secure fur-
ther light on the guilt or Innocence
of the prisoners but also at the
argent ' request of Washlngtor. he
sought to learn whether any of the
prisoners knew anything of the Santa
Tsabei massacre where It American
mining men were znardered anO
butchered.
Cre4s a Detective
After a conference with a prom'-
nent southwestern detective a Mexi-
can detective from the republic of
Mexico wa employed for the trying
aad dangerous work. This Mexican
detective was brought to the peni-
tentiary here at night aa a pris-
oner. Given a number and a con -vtefs
salt he was put Into the cell-
hosse. The office force handling the
record or convicts -had bo knowledge
that this saaa was a "plant." Gov.
McDonald the superintendent and as-
sistant super impendent and the chief
clerk at the penitentiary and the
American detective wore the only
persons wfco had the slightest ink-
ling of the plan.
Those who have any knowledge ot
(Continued on page 34. coram 3.)
TgLY PAY BRITISH DEBT
COAL AT HUGE PRICES
ENGLISH AND CITIZENSHIP
TAUGHT TO ILLITERATES IN
CAMP DIX ARMY INSTITUTION
T ONDON. Bag.. Nor. J7. The great
la coal strike that has paralyzed
business for three weeks has been
"settled." though the men tn Wales
appear so far out of haas that ft is
doubtful whether they aaa. ho got
back Into the mines and
duction be resumed for re vera! -veeki
more. mis story I prop JK-
sent the issue aatf the vlena s Coth
sides ooncernl
brought Engla:
man sue has e'
tne height or
France and
suffer terribly
tne quarrel in
francs and Ufa.
Iff
to tka abrsa
excepting en
larina i isali
ire Italy must
Ler oeoause Of
ever haw the
cocna. to this
island as tribute teem Britain's for
mer allies shall be divided. The coal
strike waa in fssenee a aaarrel about
who shall have the ierefcrner'a roonev:
it had nothing; to do with the price of
coal or the profits of the owners
from the sale of coal in England.
In their original demands the min-
ers' federation insisted that tbe price
of coal be reduced to the home con-
sumer by about tl a ton. This de
mand was later withdrawn. The
country rose against it because it was
regarded as a political weapon in-
tended to force the mine owners into
bankruptcy by compelling tbem to
sell coal below cost and so lead to
tbe "mines for the miners." Accord-
ngly the miners receded bn this is-
Homc Consumer Gets Fuel at Cost $10.50 a Ton But Unfor-
tunate Continent Must Pay Many Times as Much
and Treasury Takes Profits to Pay
For the War.
fls JOHN LLOYD BALDERSTON.
ue and the price of domestic coal
has not figured In the strike. At
fteaent coal coats the consumer here
sixty shillings ton. or about flt.M
i tn present rasa or exenange wnicb
is the government's fixed price.
Afreet. Kreure And Italy.
The extraordinary coal situs tlon in
Europe cannot be understood unless
a fact is emphasised which the Eng-
lish are not nappy to discuss but
which tn Franco and Italy ia in every
mouth. While th English consumer
gets coal at tM a ton. which is the
cost price bf BTOajsCtlon a figure that
the miners wanted to reduce to below
cost. Frenchmen and Italians and
other Europeans who can pay tbe
ruinous exchsnge rates are charged
from three to five times as much for
tbe same coal as the Englishman
pays. This ia no longer due to high
shipping freights. There has been a
great slump in these and there is
more shipping now avsllable than
needed.
The government here has said In
effect to owners and miners. "You
must sen coal at cost In this coun-
try but you can charge what you can
get to the Frog and the Wop. aad
we'll take most of the profit to pay
war aeoia.- now ternnie tnis is ror
the unfortunate coatinentals cannot
be understood without taking into
account the exchange. When the
Italian Is asked four times as much
in shillings far coal as the English-
man nays he finds that his lira wblcb
used te bo worst about one shilling
is now worth leas than a quarter
what It waa before the war. So that
the Italians are caWng heaven and
earth to witness that they have to
pay If times as mucb for English
coal not including freight in their
own currency as the Englishman
pays in bis.
Beth Sides Get Raise.
The bearing of all this on the des-
struggM
owners are each to get mora money
ana tne toreigner wiu pay..
The strike waa fought n the de
mand of the men for an immediate
Increase In wagea of two shillings
or about 25 cents a day. The 'presi-
dent of the board of trade remarked
to me yesterdsy that this quarrel over
33 cents hsd already coat tbe coun-
try directly and indirectly at least
loo pounds. The government has
conceded the two shillings to tbe
men. but under an arrangement by
which increased output to sell to the
foreigner at high prices Is demanded!
of men and owners if the higher!
wages are to continue. The owners
are to be allowed higher profits to
compensate for the men's two shilling
rise.
The settlement terms provide that
219.090.00 tons of coal are to be re
garded aa mined for domestic use.
All coal brought up tn excess of that
figure will be exoort coal to be sold
at the uncontroled prices. What la
in store for the Frenchman and Ital-
ian may be Inferred from this point
in the settlement:
"Every increase in the nraeeede of
export coal by itt 000 pounds a week
over the weekly average of the Sep-
tember quarter after deducting 11
shillings per ton as the cost of extra
output will entitle the workers to
an additional sixpence threepence or
twopence farthing a shift-" A sliding
Derate struggle here which
greatly set back the commercial re- scale follows whereby wagea win eu-
ro very of Great Britain ia that by tomatically rise as the price of ex-
ine terms ot settlement miners and (Continued on nan S. relnmn x.
CAMP DEC N. J. Nov. 17. Thirty
teachers are in charge of the
Camp Dix school where the i -literate
and aliens are getting the fund
amentals of citlaenahip as soldiers. '
"Tall. Short. See. this man la tall;
this man is abort. I write the words
on the blackboard. Tall that is for
this man. 8hort that la for this one."
Suiting tbe action to the word the
teacher points first to s stx footer
standing beside bins tben writes the
word "tall:" then points to a chunky
youth measuring four feet six. and
writes the word "abort."
The clsss shuffles its feet squirms
in its chstrs and laboriously peacila
tia queer looking words in notebooks.
And when this class snuffles Its feet
it mesns more than tbe shuffling tn
the ordinary school room for this Is
one of the rooms of the recruit edu-
cational center and the students
range from the sturdy lads of Europe
to the rswboned huskloaubf the west
ern part of tbe United Sutes. In age
tney run rrom is to 4s years and In
education from lero tohe heights.
But those 'with sood education ac
quired that education In another lan-
guage and have no English at their
command and those who know Eng-
lish have no education.
Uncle Sam. in the person of the war
department has undertaken to equal-
ise their education as it were. Tbe
draft disclosed that 24.9 percent of
the men called to the-colors could not
read a newspaper or write a latter.
Most of thtm were well equipped
wtth natural intelligence but lacking
in education This figure applied to
both native and foreign born. Efforts
were made then in a rather groping
way. to rectify this That modest
start has developed into the school
now at Camp Dlx. which was recent-
ly moved from Camp Upton. N. T . and
five others at Camn Lewla Washing
ton. Camp Travis. Texas. Camp Pike.
Arkansas; camp Jackson. South Caro-
line and Camp Grant lUIinels; all
modeled oa the one at Camp ix
which waa the original.
The Camp Dix school is under the
direction of Prescott Lecky. of Rich-
mond Va. Ma. F H. Barr la military
eosnmandaat of the school which oc-
cupies . If buildings and houses 1800
students. Capt. Louis T. Brrst is the
executive officer. The students are
aU regularly enlisted ia the army
bat curing their -stay in the school
are known as "recruits." not privates.
They have military drill three hours
a day and study classes three hours
s day for five days a week Read-
ing writing and public speaking are
taught daily. Twice a week there ts
group singing m the Liberty theater
The words of (Be song are thrown
upon a screen aad read aloud by in
instructor who points to each word
aa he pronounces It. after which the
recruits sing the song
Headlmers In .
Today's Theater.
Mary Ann" Shirley
Kvary-
BUOE
"Merely
Mason.
KI.UA . A Y
The Man Who Had
thing." Jack Pick fori
GRECIAN
"So Long Letty." '
niL.trg
"Lady Rose's Daughter" Elsie
Ferguson.
RIALTO
'"The Last of the Mahieua
CMaiE 1
"Madame Peacock." Nazi mora f
WIGWAM !
"Varied program." I
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and 31.)
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