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EL PASO HERALD
TODAY'S PRICES.
HOME EDITION
WEATHER FORECAST.
El Paso fair colder; west Texas fair colder; Sew
Mexico fair colder; Arizona tair colder.
! Pesos. S01c; Mmcan gold $50; naaonales $25.50;
i bar silver domestic 99! jC foreign 6M4C; copper 13
I3;c; grain lower; livestock steady; stocks lower.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
LLOYD GEORGE
POWER HAS A SALE
READILY ON SALT
RIVER'S PROJECT
Engineers Say Any Concern Can Buy It and Save Money Over
Cost of Manufacture of Power by Steam Possibilities at El
Paso Discussed By Engineers While Figures Are Given on
Salt River Project Two More Undertakings Financed.
By a A. MARTIN.
pHOENDC Ariz. Jan. 7. 1 Paso should have no difficulty in disposing
of every unit of power it can generate from a plant at Elephant Butte
dam or as many plants as can he erected along any canal constructed to
take water from the project according to people here and in California.
Just whether a nrivate concernqV-
would be justified In constructing: I
tnese plants tor tiie power to do goa-
eratea is another auestlon.
While the Salt River Valley water
users sold $535000 worth of power
last year tne cost or operating ana
maintenance was $176000. Since the
power system cost the water users In
rouna xigures s4.90Q.ooo tne engi
r.eers assert that allowing for de
prestation and interest on the invest
ment they made no money trot in
asmuch as the Dower plant was con
structed as a part of the reclamation
system and was needed for this the
plant is a good investment.
Wit ere Conditions IHffer.
Conditions here are somewhat dif
ferent from the prevailing- conditions
in the El Paso and Mesilla valleys
under tne Jiepnant Butte project.
Here the water-logged land had not
become so impregnated with alkali
before they began draining It that
the water was not good for irriga-
tion. They drain the water-logged
land by pumping the water from the
drain i ditches and using it on high
land which could not be reached by
th" gravity canals.
in the Rio Grande valley this Is
lot now possible bnt will be in a
few years. It Is stated that the
water in the El Paso valley at pres-
ent running in the drainage canals
analyzes very much like the water In
The Pacific ocean. Here it Is very
much softer and is easily used for
irrigation purposes. As power was
necessary for this work the power
plant was a necessity. Then too.
the original power plant was used
at Roosevelt dam in the construction
of the dam so It was here when the
dam was completed. It has merely
been enlarged by new units since that
Lime
Can -Waste the Water.
There is another consideration here
that cannot be taken into account on
the Elephant Butte project. The
farmers of the Salt River valley have
no ouier water users above tnem to
contend with. When Elephant Bntte
cam was constructed. Colorado dis
puted with the New Mexico and
Texas lanJ owners the right to im
pound the waters. The rights of
ew Mexico J exas and Mexico land
owners to water for lands formerly
irrigated or as to which valid water
rlaims exist are not now questions
I'ui. wnen an ion jana nas oeen pro-
vided for if there should be a sur-
plus of water Colorado will claim It
and may get it and build- a storage
aam or its own to irrigate tne san
Luis valley.
For this reason wastage of water
n not permissible from Elephant
Butte dam. while on the Salt River
project. ir tney nave enough water to
"waste" in the winter on power they
may turn it out. rea-ardlea of
whether they use it for irrigation or
nou n water were wasted rrom
Elephant Butte lake for operating a
power plant at a time when water
was not needed for irrigation. It is
possible that Colorado would claim
the surplus waters as her prior right.
Operate Plant AH Tear.
It has been several years since the
Salt River valley water users were
not able to operate their power plants
sufficiently to suonly all the Dover
netrded. Today they are operating
ine jioo seven piant at nan its lull
capacity of power turning out S00
second feet of water a day now as
against 1000 second feet necessary to
operate the plant at full capacity.
However there are four other gener-
ating plants one at Granite Reef
one at Ttmpe one near Scottsdale
and one at Mesa all of which are
also operating at a reduced capacity
on the water released at the dam.
All of these plants are generating
sufficient power to take care of all
the contract needs of the association
including 8000 kilowatts contracted
to the Inspiration mine at
-nhich is contracted as "surplus pow-
er" and need only be delivered when
available
Hai Vint Call m Power.
First call on the power belongs to
the Pacific Gas and Electric com-
pany which furnishes light and pow-
er for the city of Phoenix and for
the towns of Tempe. Mesa. Scotts-
dale. Glendale and surrounding
places and for the farms in the val-
ley. This company pays an average
price of nine mills per kilowatt hour
the contract beginning at one and a
half cents and scaling down to eight
mills.
The Inspiration company pays only
three-fourths of a cent for its power
since it cannot depend upon it and
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The Herald Information bureau
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and serviceability.
Another inducement Is that this
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address with two cents in stamps
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BT MII II
ARIZ.. AND
Woman In Crusade
Against "Baby Talk"
Of Parent To Child
CHICAGO TIL Jan. 7. By cradle
side or by moonlight Mrs. Eve-
lyn P. Houghton is crusading
for the abolishment of "baby
talk."
Indulgence by fond parents In
the "language" she outlaws seri-
ously hinders development in their
children of good speech and simi-
larly she says it disfigures adult
speech. Mrs. Houghton is special
Instructor of children of defective
speech in the grammar schools of
Evanston. a suburb. She addressed
a meeting of the Mothers club in
one of the schools last night.
HARDING TAKES
UP PROBLEMS
OF MILITARY
Congressman KaJin Called Into
Conference On Army
Reorganization.
Marlon- Ohio. Jan. 7. Rnrim.
t&ttre Julius Kahn. of CaJIfnrnl.
chairman of the house military com-
mittee came to Marion today at the
lnritation of president-elect Harding
to discuss the question of army re-
organization and general prepared-
The conference Tsas one of a series
to be held by Mr. Hardin? with those
who are in charge of military and
naval matters with a view to reduc-
ing; appropriations for the two estab-
lishments developing a reserve per-
sonnel for both army and navy and
agreeing on a definite policy to be
pursued until a possible plan o dis-
armament Is worked out by an asso-
ciation f nations.
JAPS REMAIN
IN HARLINGEN
FOR PRESENT
HarUngen. Texas. Jan. 7. Pending
the arrival of a real estate dealer
from California who Is said to have
sold farms to Japanese in various
sections of the Rio Grande valley no
efforts win be made here by the citi-
zens' committee to compel two Jap-
ese families to leave HarUngen.
The party of eight Japanese Includ-
ing four children arrived here Wed
nesday from California and were met
at the train by a committee of citi-
zens and informed that their pres
ence in the valley was undesir-
able. They were allowed to remain.
however until the arrival of the
agent who will be asked to refund
the Japanese the amount paid for the
farms.
Brownsville Bars Japs.
Brownsville Texas. Jan. 7. B. R.
Kato. a Japanese colonist from Cali-
fornia arrived In Brownsville at noon
today. He was met at the train by a
committee of the American legion
chamber of commerce. Retail Mer-
chants' association and farmers or-
ganizations and told o leave within
48 hours. He promised to do so.
Kato was told that public senti-
ment made It impossible for the Jap-
anese to colonise here. Trouble was
probable if Japanese persisted in the
attempt ne was tola.
California Senate Acts.
Sacramento Calif. Jan. 7. The
California senate adopted today it
to 0. a resolution requesting the na-
tional government to agree to no
treaty with Japan that would nullify
the state's antlallen land law or that
would grant the right of citizenship
to Japanese.
San Benito Objects.
San Benito. Tex Jan. 7. American
Legion members are wiring absent
owners of land authority to
order off Japanese squatters who have
oeen arriving in small numbers.
CUBA'S COURTS CLOGGED BY
ELECTION APPEALS ISLAND
MAY BE WITHOUT PRESIDENT
HAVANA Cuba. Jan. 7. As a result
of an almost nation wide con
test over the presidential elec-
tion last November Cuba may be
-called upon to face an unusual and
emoarrassing problem Hay 20 when
the term of president Menocal ex-
pires. So voluminous bave been ap-
peals filed by the Liberal party and
so involved is the situation that the
Judicial machinery of the republic
virtually is clogged and no one can
forecast the outcome with any de-
gree of accuracy. -
In case the courts and election
boards are unable to dig themselves
out from beneath the mountain of
appeals now on file there are many
wno express tne rear mat tne re-
public may be without an elected
chief executive when p:fluident Meno-
cal quits office.
it is field the chief Justice of the
supreme court of Cuba might as-
sume the presidential office and con-
duct It until all appeals are carried
A MONTH IN TEX- X. It..
HEX.: ELSEWHERE J1-5C
HEARING OPENS
ON $11000000
FORESTRY BILL
Measure Calls For Expenditure-Of
$10000000
For New Forests.
$1 000000 FOR
FIRE PROTECTION
Representatives Of All
Wood-Using Industries
In Attendance.
WASHINGTON. D. C Jan. 7.
Hearings on the national forest-
ry program bUl which calls for
the expenditure of $110(6.000 a year
for the protection and development
of forests were set for today before
the house subcommittee on appropria-
tions. Newspaper publisher paper manu-
facturers lumber men timber land
owners wood-using industries the
United States forest service and the
American Forestry association were
represented.
To Increase Forests.
One million dollars a year for co-
operating with the states In protect-
ing the forests from fire and 310.009.-
00 a year for securing additional for-
est land for the government. Is being
asked as a forward step In the en-
deavor to secure sufficient lumber
and paper pulp for futnre needs.
Importance of the proposed legisla-
tion to the Industries of the country
cannot be over estimated according
to R. & Kellogg chairman of the na-
tional forest program committee
made up of men representing many
Industries.
Newspaper Age.
"This is a paper age and in the
United States at least a newspaper
age" said chairman Kellogg who
also is secretary of the Newsprint
Service bureau. "From an annual
consumption of three pounds of news
print paper per capita in 18S0 we have
gone to 35 pounds in 1930. The news
print paper produced in the United
States and Canada this year if put
in the form of a standard roll 73
inches wide such as Is used by many
of the large newspapers would un-
wind li.0e0.0e miles.
"Unlike our other basic raw ma
terials such as coal oil. and metals
timber need not be mined and ex-
hausted but can and should be
harvested and reproduced like ether
products of the soil."
JAPAN HOLDS
TO HOPE OF
DISARMING
Tokio. Japan Jan. 7. Discussion of
disarmament continues to occupy the
Japanese press with favorable com
ment interspersed with expressions of
opposition and hesitation.
Jlji Shlmpo. for instance declares
that America's program Is the sole
cause of the naval race and it asks
what Japan's course should be If the
United States dosed down and Great
Britain followed salt. The Klchl Nlefal
takes the view that the enure project
depends upon tne attitude of Mr.
Harding when he assumes the presi-
dency and that nothing will happen
until his administration is installed.
Yorozu Choho views the prelect
with suspicion declaring it has ele-
ments of mystery and Is pregnant
with mischief while the Chugai
Sbogyo Shlmpo considers that Japan
cannot lightly agree to the Borah
plan. It says however that a plan
under which the United States would
cease construction after Its first pro-
gram had been completed and Japan
stopped building after the completion
of her eight battleship-eight cruiser
program would be open to considera
tion.
The Hocfai Shlmbnn declares that
permanent peace Is a dream. Senator
Koran s proposal it says is admirable
but impracticable.
Soviet Seeks Inventory Of
Armenian Relief Stores
Constantinople. Turkey. Jan. 7.
Near east roller representatives at
Kara Armenia have been called into
conference by the soviet representa-
tives there and asked to give an ac-
curate accounting of all property and
supplies owned by that organisation
In the region.
Relief workers were told they might
carry on their work In Armenia pro-
viding they avoided counter revolu-
tionary activities.
So far as known there are 30 re-
lief workers In Kara two in Alexan-
dropol one In Karakllss and one in
Krivan.
to a decision and new elections held.
On the face of unofficial returns
given out after the November elec-
tion the national league carried five
of the six provinces for Dr. Alfredo
Zayas for president losing only Ha-
vana province.
Decision on appeals have been
rendered in Plnar Del Rio and Santa
Clara provinces and have been fav-
orable to the league.
Sunday Dinner Question
Soloed For Housewives
GOOD Sunday dinners at moderate
cost will be easily arranged
by El Paso housewives who
take their Saturday marketing
hints from pages 8 and 9 of today's
Herald El Paso groceries and
meat markets are offering some
unusually tempting values in
quality table supplies.
Oil Well Famishes A Delightful Surprise At Just The Time
EL PASO. TEXAS FRIDAY
SEEKS PEACE WITH IRISH
WAR FINANCE ACT
IS DENOUNCED AS
POLITICAL TRICK
BY DAVID
TTrASHINGTON. D. - C Jan. 7.
yy Ten men may lead a horse to
water but many times ten men
cannot make him drink. That's an
old saying but applies exactly to the
situation that has arisen between
congress and the treasury department
in connection with the final passage
over president Wilson's veto of the
bill to revive the wsr finance corpo-
ration and extend financial aid to
agricultural and export enterprisea
Congress may direct the war finance
corporation to resume business bnt
the self same congress has left It to
the discretion of the corporation as to
how and when loans shall be made
and how the money shall be raised
and it is safe bet that It will be a
new war finance corporation fully
responsible to the Republican' ad-
ministration after March 4. which
shall carry the burden of v-hat lead-
ing Republicans like senator Pen-
rose former speaker Joe Cannon and
chairman Good of the house appro-
priation committee who voted to
sustain president Wilson believe to
be unwise fiscal policy.
Glass DeneuBees Measure.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia.
former secretary of the treasury and
one of the authors of the federal re-
serve act. was at the treasury build-
ing following the passage of both
houses of the war finance bill and
meeting the writer he said:
"Did von notice the araln or cotton
markets go up as a consequence of
the nonsense In congress? Of course
not. Well you can quote me as say-
ing the whole thing is the most mis-
erable Imposture ever practiced on
the American public by politicians."
Mr. Glass seems to think that most
members of congress knew the pas-
sage of the bill would not aid the
farmers but voted for the measure
In order to civs the Impression to
their constituents that aid was really
being extended.
"Where Is the money coming
f omT" queried Mr. Glass.
Must Berreir Money.
"Well the war finance act passed
during the war authorized the ap-
propriation of $600000000 as capital
stock for the corporation." suggested
the writer.
"Yes." said Mr. Glass "but If you
will read the law you win see that It
says J500.000.000 'are hereby appro-
priated out of any money In the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.'
PLASTERER FALLS TO DEATH
ON BASEMENT OF NEW CHURCH
AS SCAFFOLDING GIVES WAY
COBN'ELIC BRA KM. 49 yesrs
IS. at 347 Lebanon street
died Thursday nlsrht from
fsjarie. receive a few hears be-
fore when a seaffeM upon which
he was werfaing as plasterer at
the new Manhattan Presbyterian .
eanrek. at Pledias ana Sent Jose
street gave way. He fell 28
feet le the concrete fleer of the
bases-eat of the haHdlsp.
He was plastering near the celling
of the main floor of the structure
when supports holding the scaffold-
ing broke his fellow workmen said.
In falling he struck an Incompleted
wooden stairway turning him so thst
he fell on his head. He was taken
to Hotel Dieu but did not regain
consciousness.
UNITED STATES
WILL NEVER BE
LITERALLY DRY
"Washington D. C Jan. 7. The
United States never will be literally
dry prohibition commissioner Kramer
declared today though be expressed
the opinion prohibition is here to stay.
Sentiment throughout the country he
said la continually growing stronger
for prohibition and practical prohibi-
tion will come after the present gen-
eration. The sons and daughters of
the men of today he declared will
grow up without a taste for liquor
New York and the east cannot be
considered as representing the conn-
try at large for generally west of
Pittsburg the nation is dry he said.
Most of the enforcement ajtents Mr.
Kramer described as men who could
"take a drink in order to carry out
their orders" but his best agent he
said was a Methodist minister.
LIQUOR WORTH $2750000
OBTAINED BY FORGERIES
New York Jan. 7. The value of
liquor covered by forged withdrawal
permits discovered in the office of
Charles R. O'Connor federal prohibi-
tion enforcement director has risen
to $2750000. he announced here. For-
geries found total IIS and the in
vestigaiton is being continued.
SWEDEN FIRST
IN ASSENT TO
WORLD COURT
Geneva. Switz.. Jan. 7. Sweden has
notified the secretaries of the league
of nations of the ratification of the
protocol establishing the court of In-
terna tioal justice. Sweden thus Is the
first of the signatory countries to
ratify.
Dr. Wellington Koo has been ap-
pointed by presidential decree China's
representative on the council of the
league.
Coal Withheld To Force
Disarming Of Bavarians
Paris. France. Jan. 1. Miners In
the Ruhr district of Germany have
decided to deorive Bavaria of coal as
a step toward forcing Bavaria to dis-
arm the civil guards the disbandment
of which has pfen oemanaea oy tne
allies says a Berlin dispatch to the
Matin quoting the Rhennlsh Journal
a Socialist organ.
48 MILLION GALLONS SPIRITS
HOUSED IN U. S. SEPT. 30
Washington D. C Jan. 7. Counted
in gallons this is how much spirits
there was in government warehouses
last September 30. according to the
record given congress:
Whisk v. 44.500.643; rum 405.55.;
gin 906.4C2; high wines 2395; al-
cohol. 876908; cologne spirits 559-
585 and brandy 739977.
EVENING. JANUARY 7. 1921.
LAWRENCE.
ThHr I. not a cent In the treasury.
A lot of fellows on the -niir seem to
think the original J50O.004.000 Is still
In the treasury. It was turned back
into the general fund long ago ana
the only way to get money now Is
for the treasury to go out In the open
market and borrow It."
Mr. Houston secretary of the treas-
ury has Insisted that government
bonds and other obligations would be
affected if the government continued
to borrow money from the general
public at hhjh Interest rates. And he
had taken the position which the
leading financiers of the world
unanimously adopted at the Brus-
sels international conference name-
ly that they had passed from gov-
ernment loans to private individuals.
Failure Probable.
However there's a more practical
reason for the probable failure of the
war finance corporation to function
at all under the present administra-
tion. The law says three members
constitute a quorum. Secretary Hous-
ton himself and his assistant. George
R. Cooksey and Angus McLean as-
sistant secretary of the treasury are
the three members of the war finance
corporation and the latter two are In
absolute accord with Mr. Houston.
The two vacancies need not be filled.
Messrs. Houston and McLean prob-
ably will resign on March 4 and It
will become necessary for the next
administration to create an entirely
new board. Then the responsibility
for farther borrowing and the actual
extensions of credit win have to be
borne by the Republican president
and his secretary of the treasury.
Until March 4th there will be a
natural delay la getting started any
way because It taxes eonsraeraDie
time to examine the applications for
loans and to determine whether the
security Is acceptable.
3io Help lor itto jtentua
T?ir.' mi chance of heln through
the war finance corporation for the
next two months at least and prob
ably for some time alter mat. as n
will take the new secretary of the
trttasnrv some time to sret his bear
ings. By the time spring comes the
entire agricultural situation Is ex-
pected to have changed and those
who have been holding products for
higher prices on the expectation of
immediate aid from the war finance
corporation to finance exports will
have had to dispose of their goods
Copyright. 1S21. by David Lawrence.
Surviving are his Daren ts. Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Braem. with whom he
made his home: a sister. Mrs. J. M.
Bradley and brother Herman Braem.
at 4 Lebanon street and two sis-
ters. Mrs. E. C Schaffer and Mrs. R-
J. Roper of Chicago.
HS was a mcisi of the El Paso
plasterers union No. 1(7.
Funeral arrangement win not be
arranged' until sisters from Chicago
arrive. The body Is at J. J. Ras-
ter's morgue.
The new church la which Braem
was working is a branch of the
Westminster Presbyterian clfurch.
and is being erected at a cost of
JS0.OO0. It is near completion and
plans call for It to be formally
opened about February L
SIX PERSONS
LOSE LIVES
IN HOTEL FIRE
England. Ark Jan. 7. Six per-
sons perished two others prcrbably
will die and three more were seri-
ously burned in a fire early today
which destroyed the Royal hotel here.
Those burned to death were Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Rawles Mrs. Jennie An-
derson and her 9 year old daugh-
ter and a man named Hooker all of
England and Mrs. A. Hullahan. ad-
dress unknown.
Those probably fatally burned are
Dan Campbell of England and Will
Heffner. of Tom oerl In Ark.
The RawleSes were employed at the
hotel while the other victims were
guests.
The origin of the fire had not been
determined today. The entire upper
floor of the hotel was ablase when
the flames were discovered.
The guests were trapped on the
second floor wbeu the two stairways
were cut off by the flames. Many
escaped by knotting bed clothing to-
gether and using them as ropes on
which to slide to the ground.
The partitions and the floor of the
building were of Pine and the small
fire department was unable to .make
any appreciable progress either In
extinguishing the flames or in rescu-
ing the guests. Four bodies have
been recovered.
DISSENSION IN
PAN-AMERICAN
LABOR DENIED
San Antonio Texas Jan. 7. De-
claring that he does not anticipate
any Bolshevist outbreak during the
convention of the Pan-American Fede-
ration of Labor of which he is the
president Samuel Gompers also presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor passing through San Antonio
enroute to the City of Mexico where
the meeting will open Sunday said
the reported split among the dele-
gates Is groundless. Mr. Gompers left
tonight at 11 odoek for Laredo. He
expects to arrive in the Mexican
canital Sunday morning.
Labor Will Fight For
Minimum Wage Law
Organised labor will fight to a
business men who were fighting the
minimum wsge law. according to
William J. Moran. editor of the Labor
Advocate published in 1 Paso.
Mr. Koran said that some of the
business men who weer fighting the
tit minimum wage had testified be-
fore the state labor commission when
11 met in El Pase that a woman had
to have at least $15 a week to live on.
"Ton can be sure that organized
labor will be represented at Austin
and I don't think the opponents of the
minimum wage law are going to have
much luck" said Mr. Moran.
Minister Left For
Dead Resuscitated
By Another Pastor
VALDOSTA. Ga Jan. 7. Strick-
en with acute indigestion the
Rev. R. P. Fain was given up
for dead while attending a minis-
ters' meeting at Hahlra Ga and
laid out In the church while his
son went to inform the family.
Meantime Rev. John Standford
arrived and pressing on the
"body" with his knees resuscitated
the minister.
SPANISH CREW
IN PANIC 200
DIE INWRECK
Officers Rusfi Into First Life
Boat Leaving Passengers
to Fate.
Corunna. Spain. Jan. 7. The first
comprehensive narrative of the wreck
of the Spanish steamer Santa Isabel
in which more than 200 bersons
perished was given to the Associated
Press by Pedro Fat who was a pas-
senger with his wife and the lat tar's
brother. They were returning to
Buenos Aires.
"We were asleep" he said. The
shock awoke the passengers who
rushed to the decks. We found peo-
ple dashing hither and thither and
the waves sweeping on board.
"Boats were torn from their davits
and soon the electric lights failed ow-
ing to the flooding of the engine
room. The obscurity and fog in-
creased the panic
The captain ordered the launching
of boats. The island of Salvors was
only 300 yards away. Then the main-
mast broke killing many and others
threw themselves into the sea.
fleers In First Boat.
On the first attempt to launch the
boats the crew made a rash and got
one away in which only the first of-
ficer the doctor the chaplain the
supercargo and one of the crew em-
barked. When it touched the water
it was smashed on the rocks and ail
In it were drowned.
The passengers then launched two
boats members of the crew having
scattered and giving no heed to the
captain's orders. These boats were
overturned. Then the remaining boat
got away after a terrible struggle for
a place In It. It carried 40 pas-
sengers but soon capsixed. Some oc-
cupants however reached Satvora.
Waahed Overheard.
"I. with my wife and Malde. re-
mained with the captain and SO others
on the forward deck. The cold was
intense and the cries of the drowning
were heard. We remained until 0 a.
m. when we saw the steamer Cabo
Triana passing. We made signals by
burning paper with gasoline lighters
but apparently we were not seen.
"Later a wave washed everybody
ovcrxaard. separating me from my
wife whom X found in the water. I
am a powerful swimmer and secured
a floating plank which I freed trader
my wife's arms. We remained In the
water several hours when a fish tug
boat picked us up. Later boats be-
gan arriving from Ribelra and we
were taken abdSra. '
'The captain took every precau-
tion when the fog started and
steamed slow. .It was the seas that
drove the vessel towards the cliffs.''
Among the rescued was a Chilean
priest. Antonio Garcia de Es. The
captain of the Cabo Triana has been
arrested for not going to the assist-
ance of the Santa Isabel. He admits
he saw the signals but instead of
reporting this upon his arrival in
port he went to bed.
7 MILLION LIRE
IS LOOT FROM
D'ANNUNZIO
Rome. Italy. Jan. 7. The Tribuna
today declares that the amount of
money stolen from the treasury of the
regency ot Quamero in Flume recent-
ly was 7.000000 lire. This sum repre-
sented more than hSyf of the money
handed over to the Flume authorities
by the commander of the steamer
Cogne for the release of that vessel
which was seised by Flume officers
last fall according to the neawapepr.
.The thief the Tribuna asserts was
an officer who after forcing the reg-
ency's strong box. decamped by air-
plane with the money and certain
documents bearing npon the relations
alleged to have existed between
Gabriele d'Annunxio. priemier Lentne
of Russia and Karl Radek one of the
chief Bolshevik diplomatic emissaries.
Reparations Conference
Postponed To January 25
Paris. France. Jan. 7. The German
government today informed the al-
lied governments that the German
experts would be ready to resume the
reparations conference at Brussels
with the allies January 25. The date
for the resumption of this confer-
ence originally was set for January
10. but Germany gave notice early
this week that her representatives
would not be able to be in Brussels
on that date.
MONTES DE OCA
LABORERS IN UNITED STATES
ROBBED BEATEN SUB-RENTED
MEXICAN laborers in the United
States particularly in Texas have
been rented and sub-rented like
livestock robbed beaten and sent
back to their native country almost
penniless over a long period of time
according to a report which Lois
Montes de Oca. consul general in 1
Paso has made to his government.
in connection wttn the announce
ment which he has just made that
the Mexican congress may pass a law
prohibiting the migration of Mexican
laborers from that country to the
United States. Mr. Montes de Oca told
Friday of some of the instances of
mistreatment which he avers his
countryman bave been receiving at
the hands of American employers.
especially at the hands of Texas ranch
owners.
"Mexican laborers.' the eon-
sal general saftd. have been
herded into barns and shed a
given them as quarters. Benlte
Rodriguez rrhera I recently sent
to Fluvanna Texas found as
CARRIER DEI.rvERT. $1 A MONTH.
SINGLE COPIES S CENTS.
DE VALERA INVITED
TO CONFERENCE BY
F.NrJ.TSH PREMIER
Father O'Flanagan "Vice President of Irish Republic." Also
Said to Be on Way- to London For Discussion Looking to
End of Strife in Emerald Isle; Mayor of Cork
Cause of Row Among U. S. Officials.
T ONDON. Eng Jan. 7. Eamona De Valera "president of the Irish n
pabiic k reported to hare been united to come to London to confer
with the prime minister. David Lloyd George says the Westminster Gazette
today. Father Michael O'Flanagan. "vice president of the Irish republic"
i ols expected to arrive here today and
Pearl Gray and Gold
Boudoir Being Fitted
Up For Policewomen
BOSTON. Mass.. Jan. 7. Con-
struction of a boudoir at police
headquarters a suite of rooms
furnished In pearl grar and gold
with expenatTe mirrors. soft
lounges and easy chairs was be-
gun today.
This restful spot In the grim
block of buildings Is the depart-
ment's preparation for the advent
of women to Its ranks.
Policewomen were authorised re-
cently and examinations were held
and It was decided to have the
boudoir ready when they begin
their duties.
TURKS BITTER
IN REPRISALS
UPONJALLIES
French in Anotolia Driven Out
and Property Seized
.Anierican Reports.
Constantinople. Turkey. Jan. $
fBv the Associated Press.) Melville
Chater of New York who Is attached
to the staff or the near east renei.
has arrived after three months trip
in Anatolia daring which he wit-
nessed repressive measures nsed bv
the Turkish nationalists to restore
order.
Not a day passed hesaid. wltnont
bodies ofthe brigands being seen
dangling in the public squares. The
bitterest ot ieei.ng prevails again a i
the allies in nationalist territory.
The Angora government ordered the
French population oC Anatolia to
evacuate immediately and their be-
longings were confiscated.
The. HHWlllSli Be .BBS. B9.V UUB
most of It into orplii iiSMg. being ran
largely by Americans. Trench pris-
oners of war numbering 75 are at
Cesarea. Many are wearing their
summer underwear. The men nave
no trousers and are sleeping on tne
ground. Their food consists of stale
black bread and sour milk.
The near east relief has sent sup-
plies to the prisoners blankets as well
ss a Christmas dinner.
OFHCKR GETS 30 DATS ABSESCB.
CoL George P. Wade educational
and recreational officer at Fort
Bliss has been given a 30 day leave
of absence.
CHART SHOWS
COURSE TAKEN
BY AERONAUTS
Toronto. Ont Jan. 7 The flight of
the American naval balloon from
Rockaway N". T.. to James Bay il-
lustrates the remarkable accuracy
with which meterologists can follow
the course of air currents said Sir
Frederick Stupart. director of the
government observatory here today-
He called attention to the fact that
on December 33 he forwarded a chart
to Ottawa which showed that if the
then missing balloon was traveling
at a height of 1500 feet its line of
flight would cross James bay slight-
ly east of Moose Factory at 8 a. m.
on December 24. This forecast of
date and direction proved accurate
to within a few hours and miles.
Germany Promises Payment
On Reparation January 15
Paris France. Jan. 7. Members of
the allied reparations committee met
to consider the question of German
payments several of which are over
doe. They received a dispatch from
uie reparation onicers in ernn ae-
c taring Germany would make pay
ment oexore January ib.
BRAZIL PRESIDENT PUTS
EMBARGO ON METAL EXPORTS
Rio Janeiro. BraxIL Jan. s. Presi
dent Pessoa has sirred a decree pro-
hibiting exportation for an indefinite
period of gold sflver copper and
other metals.
SAYS MEXICAN
many as 1C Mexican huddled la
ene roeen. The living eondltfoas
are terrible. The moral co&di-
tiena are pesalMy even wane.
The American employers sign a
contract to take care of Mexican lab-
orers when they are sick but this
they do not do.
SlextcaBe Are al-LeaseV
"We found sick Mexicans who were
being neglected and treated as though
they were even worse than negroes.
In one Instance an employer em-
ployed Mexicans at 33 a day and
then subrented them for 32.25 a day
to a farmer who had no Mexican
labor.
In oae las tan re tre feond that
an employer had tampered vtttfc
als scale so that Mexteana M
for s4kiag eotten by quantity
were aaoerpaM grossly beeaaee
the seales shortwelghted the cot-
ton. We have found hundreds of in-
stances of where Mexicans were
(Cob tin oed en page 5 column 3.)
16 PAGES TODAY.
his coming; Is said to be In connection
with the new peace discussion?
U. S. Row Over 0Callaghan.
Washington. D. C. Jan. 7 Conflict
between the state and labor depart-
ments over jurisdiction in the case of
lord mayor CCallaghsn. of Cork seek-
ing admission to the country without
passports reached the open today.
Labor department officials denied
an earlier statement by assistant sec-
retary Merle Smith of the state de-
partment that the case had been re-
ferred by secretary Wilson to the
state department.
Secretary Davis indicated thst the
policy of the department probabiv
would be against waiving passport
restrictions in CCallaghan's favor.
He said the lord mayor coald scarcely
be considered a political refugee
when a fellow official of the so-
called Irish government. Eamonn de
Valera was reported to have re-
turned to Ireland and he stated
farther that to waive passport re-
strictions would serve only to nullify
the passport law.
Mrfaih Envoy" Pretests.
New Tork. Jan. 7. Protest against
certain alleged cnlawful acts of the
British military in Ireland was made
in a letter addressed to all foreign
representatives in the United States
by Patrick McCartan "Irish envoy
to the United States."
The letter was made public by Mr.
McCartan through Harry Bo land
secretary to Eamonn de Valera.
In the protest McCartan calls at-
tention to a statement said to have
been Issued by British military au-
thorities in Ireland "ordering destruc-
tion of certain residences in the
neighborhood of an ambush oa
police."
"'The order explained." he said "that
occupants of the houses were bound
to have known of the ambush and
had neglected to notify the authorities.-
Scripps Publisher Of
Newspapers Is Dead
San Pi"go Cal!f Jan. James G.
Scripps. a newspaper publisher died
early today at his home in Mlramar
near here. Mr. Scripps had been ill
for two months but it was not until
a few days ago that his conditfos
took a turn for the worse. He was
3 years old and is survived by h:s
Tjaow and four children.
Scripps first was taken 111 with ln-
ftnensa and a few days ago pneu-
monia developed this being assigned
as the cause of death. He was the
eldest son of E. "W Scripps founder
:f the Scripps chain of nwwspa?er.
and was horn in W-st Ches :er O.
When five years old he was bnushr
to San Diego by his parents and was
reared and educated here.
His first newspaper work was at
Sacramento Calif- where he estab-
lished the Sacramento Star In t30.
Upon the death of his brother. John
P. Scripps in 1914 James Scriips he-
came chairman of the board of direc-
tors the Scripps newspapers whic
position he held up to the time o' Ms
death.
In addition to his widow two son
and two daughters he Is survived bv
his parents and one brother. Robert
P. Scripps of Cincinnati. O.
Conference To Increase
Meat Consumption Called
Chicago. TIL Jan. 7 A conference
to act on the proposed plan to create
a national livestock and meat coun-
cil for promoting consumption of
meat will be held here February 11 at
the call of the "Eat More Meat 1 com-
mittee organized here last month.
Officials of livestock organisations
packing industries and representa-
tives of state and federal agricultural
departments have been invited.
Italy Bars Russ Leaders
As Internationale Delegates
London. Eng.. Jan. 7 Italv has re-
fused to permit G. S. Zinovieff. former
Bolshevik governor of Petrosrrad.
Madame Angelica Balabacuif and M.
Bukarine and other Russian soviet
leaders to come to Italy as deiecats
to the Third Internationale and attend
the Italian Socialist conferenc at
Leghorn. January 15 says a dis. patch
to the Times from Milan.
Naval Officers. Who
Quit Want Old Positions
Washington. D. Jan. 7. Many
former naval officers who resigned to
obtain higher salaries in civil life are
seeking reinstatement secretary Dan-
iels said yesterday before the house
naval committee. He advocated legis-
lation to make such reinstatement
difficult for the protection of "loyal
oincers.
FORD GAINS IN COUNT.
Washington. D. C. Jan. 7 The
senate committee recount of votes in
the Michigan senatorial contest be-
tween senator Newberry and Henry
Ford showed a net gain of 272 votes
for Mr. Ford over senator Newberry.
Headliners In
Today's Theaters
BUOl
The Girl of My Heart." Shtrley
Mason.
EILWAT
"The Song of the SonL" Vivian
Martin.
GRECIAN
"Honor Bound" Frank Majo.
PALACE
"Big Happiness.' Duetin Parnum.
RIALTO
"The Devil to Pay.
GMCE
"Skyfire." Neal Hart.
WIG W A M
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