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PREVENT ROBBERY
FIREMEN INJURED
SOLDIERS BEATEN
CHRISTMAS IN PARIS
CHRISTMAS BUFFALO
SNOW IN WEST TEXAS
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COLLISION FATAL
Mrs. Meharg Asks Civil Service Law
Henry Spikes 6-Cylinder Ford Rumor
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Murdering of Wife and Eight RELIEF RUSHED
Children Confessed by Man WHILE FLOOD
OVER - BRIDGE!
INJURING MANY'
Ad Taker will berve you.
The American
and Statesman
Gilded Movie
Lure Causes
His ‘Treason’
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Gene Tunney Narrowly
Escapes Icy Death as
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Santas Hunt
New Jobs as
Season Ends
But instead of bring-
to the allies, Rumania
children three weeks ago and buried
their bodies in an improvised grave
in the back yard, according to a re-
Langford, brakeman,
Scott, fireman, were
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Ernest
appeals
from
were sent to Manor Saturday night
where a Christmas tree will be pre-
pared for the poor of Manor, Sun-
day.
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48-foot
Domestic Troubles May
Brew Into Revolution.
, Thinks Writer.
American citizens with Interests in
the Puerto Cabezas area.
No details ot the landing opera-
recommended thia law be termed
"the state necurities law." with the
person Jn charge to be known as
the "state’s securities compmission-
er.” and having the rank bt an M-
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Icy Waters of Seine
Race Track for Swim;
. French Find It Droll
Physicians Hope For
Recovery of Man Hurt
In Automobile Crash
Open
Every Sunday
From
5 P. M. to 6 P. M.
For Your
Convenience
Bill Ruggles Loses
$9 To Auto Driver
Whose Car He Bumped
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Private Dispatch Charges
‘Liberals’ Ordered to
Evacuate.
Musical Program Precedes
Appearance of Good Old
Saint of Kids.
‘Common People’s’ Welfare
Menaced by Landing,
Is Charge.
Engineer, Brakeman and Fireman
Die in Train Derailment.
HATTIESBURG, Miss., Dec. 26.
Fort Worth Theater Man Diee From i
Aute Wreck Injuries.
FORT WORTH, Dec. 25.--(---
Lee Westerfleld, owner of the Fawn
theater, who moved to Fort Worth
two weeks ago from Brownwood,
Complex Political Problems
Presented by Rumanian
Tangle.
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ted.
pberland river stood at a
Scottish Rite Cathedral Au-
ditorium Packed for Serv-
ices Saturday.
If you want t place a Want
Ad for the Monday American
and Statesman, enter build-
ing and Seventh 8 treet
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TOYS FOR EVERY CHILD
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STAGE PLUNGES
port from the sherif’s office at
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‘I Did It, I Did It,’ Feebly
Admits Husband as He
Recovers From Self-In-
flicted Knife Wounds.
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WRECK KILLS THREE 1 „ . —
__ Belton C. of C. Presents Bouquet
MARIE DRAWS
GAZE TOWARD
HER COUNTRY
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif
Doe. 25.—()—Somewhere
the fastnesses of thia foot'
municipality, of which he
cently_was named mayor.
Rogers, rope and joke ji
was spending Christr
thoroughly secluded t
even wireless could re >
to tell him thst his O-
entrance and
he tightly clutched a baseball
th other hand.
All toys which were left <
Christmae Evo Argument.
DALLAS, Dec. 25.—Commo
Atkins, young farmer living near
Addison, was shot twice Christmas
Eve night following an argument
with a man whom police had not
arrested Saturday. Mrs. Edith
Atkins, wife of tho wounded man,
swore out a complaint alleging as-
sault to murder, but Saturday
night it had not been filed.
are Detec-
ty. So por-
ts used that
amounts to
COOLIDGE PRESENTS MANY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—()--
Christmas, judged by tho variety
and volume of remembrances re-
ceived, excelled all previous ele-
brations of the kind for the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge.
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Part of the crowd of 5,000 women who knelt in the dust before the imperial palace in Tokyo recently.
In silent petition that the life of their emperor, worsh ipped as "Son of the Sun,” be spared. Despite their
prayers, the ruler died early Friday morning. Insert shows the dead Mikado.
out incident" Thursday at Puerto
Cabezas, Nic., to protect American
and foreign lives and property. ’
A neutral zone, "comprising the
territory lying within rifle range
of the American and foreign prop-
erties" has been established. The
I landing was made, the announce-
"poration would be authorised to
transact business in Texas that its
charter he filed with the clerk of
the county in which it maintains
its principal place of business, or
where it maintains any branch of-
ce: that the statute governing the
admission of foreign corporations
be changed to make the law clear.
DALLAS, Dec. 25.—(*)—William
B. Ruggles, editorial writer for th*
Dallaa Morning News, was robbed
of $9, including a $5 gold piece given
him by his employers as a Christ-
mas present, when he hopped out
of his automobile Friday night to
apologize to the driver of another
automobile into which he had
bumped.
When Ruggles walked up to the
driver to tell him he was sorry, the
man whipped out a pistol, stuck it
in Ruggles’ ribs and relieved him
of his available cash.
Rugglea was on his way down
town to buy some Christmas tree
decorations.
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The driver of the California Transit
company stage which'last night
plunged from the Stanislaus river
____ eight feet above
foom stage"and highwaye wefe par-
tially blocked. Westher bureau re-
ports Indicated an additional rise.
tacked By Germans.
MAYENCE, Germany, Dec. 25.-
UP—Two French soldiers were at-
ta< ked and beaten by a group of
seven Germans as they left the gar-
rison chapel this morning after at-
m. —.gT---- . died Saturday from Injuries suf-
RADIO CHRISTMAS CARD fered Friday night in a head-on!
- collision between his automobile
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 25-- (?)
The/flood situation in the low-lying
parts of Nashville became menacing
today and relief work for marooned
families in North Nashville End
other sections was directed from
police headquarters. Half a dozen
families were removed from their
homes in boats. No loss of life
ligating arrangements were attrac-
tive and called many “Ohs" apd
"ahs" from the children, then they
burst into joyous applause. A. W.
Gi iff 1th made an excellent Santa
Claus and kept the children in
good humor while they passed row
by row into an adjoining rodm
where toys end fruit was piled in
huge stacks waiting for the chil-
dren to claim their gifts.
। Each child was presented with a
I stocking well filled with fruit,
I c ndy. nuts, the mate to the stock-
.. _ |. . ... in, and a carnival rooter. Each
He Falls nty Water , boy in addition received a target
■ . - gun and baseball while each girl
midnight mass, the
the engine of a Gulf and Ship Island
railroad train on the Columbia
branch plunged through a washed*
out trestle south of Silver Creek.
Miss., early today. The engineer
“Not only is there a large surplus
of grown and fabricated material
now on hand," Mr. Ford said. “But
there is aldo a large surplus of debt.
Undoubtedly the material surplus
will be absorbed in the natural
course of events and the year 1927
should be one of normalcy."
"You mean a year as prosperous
as 19267"*
San Saba Reports Two*Inch Fall
Saturday, Following Rains.
Special t Fundap American-Statesman
SAN SABA, Dec. 25—A two-
Inch snow early Saturday made
Christmas more enjoyable for San
Saba youngsters.
Many "snow men” Intended to
represent Santa, Claus made their
appearance.
The snow followed light rains of
Thursday and Friday.
Robert G. Bergen, 22-year-old
employe of the H. C. Burt Co., who
was critically injured in an auto
crash on the Fiskville road, still
was holding his own Saturday, ac-
cording to hospital attendants, in
what they said * was a miraculous
fight against death.
Bergen is at Seton Infirmary,
where he was taken apparently
dead from a basal fracture of the
skull.
A special nurse is constantly at
his bedside, as is also his sister
who hurried to him from Houston.
Physicians, who at first gave up
all hope for him. now accede him
a alight‘chance to live.
W. 8. Tomme, companion of Ber-
gen and who suffered from severe
shock in the accident, was recov-
ered sufficiently to leave the hos-
pital Christmas day, and is said to
have departed to Gonzales Yor the
holidays.
Hassell, near death in the hos-
pital hero, to which he was brought
from Clovis, N. M., last night from
self-inflicted knife wounds, would
make no statement to the officers
other than, "I did it; I did it," de-
claring he would give a detailed
account of how he murdered his
entire family, together with his mo-
tive, in a signed statement tomor-
row.
Hassell was barely able to speak
above a whisper, though physicians
say his condition is improving and
that he will recover.
Nine Buried Side by Side.
His admission of the murders
came this afternoon during the
hour hie 'wife and her eight chil-
dren, ranging from two to 21 years,
were being buried side by side in
the little cemetery in Farwell, 90
miles southwest of Amaril}o, with
the entire citizenship of the com-
munity attending the rites.
Every able-bodied man of Far-
well and the imhmediate vicinity
volunteered in the labors of digging
the nine graves, in which the bodies
were placed after being removed
from a ehallow dugout on the Has-
sell farm, where they were uncov-
ered by officers Friday, who were
investigating the mysterious cir-
cumstances under which the family
had disappeared.
French military authorities report-
ed today. The authorities stated
that the Germans were intoxicated
and attacked the French soldier*
without provocation, slightly in-
' juring both of them.
bridge to tho river bed, 35 foot bo- l__
tow. injuring 15 persons, Wfab- Earwell
PARIS, Dec. 25.—(P)—In the bit-
ter cold of the Christmas twilight,
thousands of Parisians shivered and
smiled this evening at the spectacle
of a swimming race in the almost
icy waters of the Seine.
It was the coldest Christmas the
French capital has experienced in
more than 20 years, but this did
not deter a score of swimmers from
plunging into the river, whose tem-
perature was barely one degree
above the freezing point, and a
sharp stinging wind made it feel
even colder.
For this reason, the annual
Christmas race, instituted long be-
fore the war, seemed more droll
than ever before, and since there
is nothing a Frenchman relishes
more than something droll, the
crowd of spectators was the largest
ever assembled for the mid-winter
swim.
The race began at Pont Concorde,
in front of the chamber of deputies,
and ended 500 yards down the river
at Pont Alexandrea. It was won
by the Frenchman Zwahlen from a
field that included several nationali-
ties, among them an American.
Kunding, who finished sixth.
AMARILLO, Dec. 25. — (P) —
George J. Hassell, farmer of tho
Farwell community, today admitted
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POLITE BANDIT
Bowa to Woman When He Run,
Into Her After Robbery.
Dallas Police Search for Hold Up
Man Who Fled at Shot.
DALLAS, Dec. 25.—()— Police
Saturday night were searching for
the bandit who Friday* night at-
tempted to rob a Piggly-Wiggly
store here.
The robbery was prevented, how-
ever, when the man became fright-
ented at the accidental discharge
of his gun and fled to a waiting
automobile. .
DETROIT, Mich , Dec. 25.—
Any attempt to forecast business
prospects for 1927 must be tem-
pered with the fact that the year
opens with a great surplus of ev-
erything on hand. Henry Ford told
the Associated Press today*. Mr
Ford took occasion to spike a few
rumors, among them one to the ef-
fect he plans production of a low-
priced six-cylinder car, discussed
the difference between credit and
debt and reiterated his belief in
the economic value of the five-day
ROCKWOOD, Maine, Dec. 25.—
UP—Plunging into Moosehead Lake,
where the water is at least 100 feet
deep, when he lost his footing in
an attempt to leap a treacherous ice
wrinkle, this morning, Gene Tun-
ney, world's heavyweight boxing
champion, was pescued by a human
chain consisting of three com-
panions accompanying him on a
hike to this village to attend mass.
Rushing to the spot where Tun-
ney went in, one of the trio seized
him as he was struggling in the
water, then others joined, and they
soon had the champion back on the
ice.
town, Claremore, Okla-, - as
considering trying him for
treason.
Self-sacrificing newspaper*
men turned their backs on
drumsticks and stuffing to
hunt down Rogers and inferm
him that Claremor had ah-
nounced it would net submit
tamely to his desertion ot
Oklahoma for this gilded gav-
el of the movie center.
American Sende Christmas Card
By Radio.
LONDON, Dec. 26.—(— The first
Christmas card ever sent by radio
reached London this morning. •
The card takes the form of a
photorad logram and is that of an
American prominently associated
in American activities in Europe.
The name of the American has not
b»*n announced.
"Well, 1928, was abnormal," he
replied.
The ‘query apperently suggested
a second thought.
“What is prosperity, anyway?’
Mr. Ford asked meditatively. "A
real prosperity is that in which all
participate and In which all are
consumers. When man consumes,
he must produce, and when there
is the proper balance between pro-
duction and consumption prosper-
ity is bound to follow."
The rumored six-cylinder car was
dismissed with the remark. “Noth-
ing to it.”
“You know." Mr, Ford went on,
“we did build a six 20 years ago.
We made 1,000 of them. Two of
them now are in our museum."
Mr. Ford also denied that he was
at present financially Interested In
rubber growing. He added, how-
ever.' that some developments In
the future might attract him to
that field. "I do believe,” he said,
“that rubber should be grown cn
this coninent."
Commo Atkine Shot Twice
definite and specific.
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MASONS PLAY Marines and Sailors
SANTA TO 1000 Landed by America
AUSTIN KIDDIES A t Nicaraguan Port
KAISER MAKES MERRY
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German Emperor Surrounded By
Friends on Christmae.
DOORN, Holland, Dec. 25 —(—
Surrounded by friends and relatives,
former Emperor William of Ger-
many spent one of the merriest
Christmases since his exile in his
barbed wire retreat in this little
Dutch village.
Doorn House saw a eal old-fash-
ioned Christmas with William and
his wife. Princess Hermine, hosts
to a number of German aristocracy
and Dutch noblemen wii. whom
William keeps up a desultory ac-
quaintance. None of the former
AUSTIN STOPS —
Austin, officially and unofficially
slowed down a day Saturday—it
was Christmas.
Business generally came to a dead
stop for the holiday.
Public buildings all shut up shop,
the city hall closed Friday at noon,
while the state capitol released its
workers Wednesday and Thursday.
City streets looked deserted by
pedastrians and auto traffic alike,
per pie preferring to spend the day
quietly at home amid Christmas
trees, turkey dinners and presents.
Nswsboys went to "Skinny* Pry-
or'a "Tree how" at the Grand Cen-
tral. where he entertained them at
all hours of the day.
The observance began Friday
night—Christmas eve with a pag-
eant and cardie at Wooldridge park
and mass at St. Mary’s and eucha-
riat at St. David’s at midnight.
There were Christmas day serv-
ices at the Lutheran churches in
the morning and programs in the
evening, as well as the University
Presbyterian, and the Salvation
Army had a Christmas tree.
Tho Shriners, too, celebrated the
season by services.
General delivery and parcel poet
windows at the postoftice opened
from 10 o'clock until noon Christ-
mas day, and first-class mail only
was delivered once.
_ i . — appeared on the program and read
and brakeman lived in Hattiesburg, the poem at the state UDC meet-
wh l. Scott’s home was in Menden- ing recently held in Dallas
hall. ___
DALLAS, Dec. 25.-(-A bandit
who could delay a hurried depar-
ture from a store following a rob-
bery long enough to bow to a
Woman with Whom he had collided
Friday night, robbed Fred Postosf
end J. L. Newson, Piggly Wiggly
-• store employee here, of $285 in
currency. .%
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object, she told us at the
end, was to put Rumania on the
map.
Rumania ia one of the most fas-
cinating and at the same time com-
plex problems of all modern Eu-
rope south of Vienna.
Before the war Rumania was a
small country, about the size of
New York state and with a popu-
lation of seven millions, wholly
southeast of the convex side of the
Carpathian curve and between
those mountains and the Danube
and the Pruth. It was the single
surviving remnant of the Roman
colonisation which hud once pene-
trated deeply into what is now
Slavic and Teuton Europe.
In their own proud national leg-
ends, the Rumanians have clung to
the tradition as well as the name
of Romana. But seated at one of
the cross roads of Europe, they
have been in the pathway of many
invasions and they have in the end
succumbed to all, Napyar, Slavic
and Turkish alike. Yet to an amaz-
ing degree they have preserved the
imprint of Rome, beyond all else
in the language, which ia as Latin
as French or Sparish.
Unlucky in War.
The Rumanian people in recent
times have no such tradition of re-
sistance to the Turks as the Serbs.
They escaped from Turkish rule
rather by tho will of others and
the accidents of national progres-
sion about them, than by any racial
revolt. They owe to Napoleon III
as much as to any one else the na-
tional unity which came with the
joining of Wallachia and Moldavia,
but by an odd turn of fate a state
which had a French blessing re-
ceived a Hohenzollern dynasty.
When the world war came, de-
spite the efforts of the king. Ru-
manian statesmen refused to fulfill
th j conditt s of lliance and Ru-
manie remained neutral. Disap-
pointment and humiliation over
this course killed King Carol.
Subsequently, when Russian ad-
vance see. aed irresistible, Rumania,
like Italy, cast her lo in with the
allies and received in reward the
promise of possession after victory
of all the Austro-Hungarian lands
undaumeriran-Stalesman
AUSTIN, TEXAS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1926.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS
specva to sundau American Statesman
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.
The visit of Queen Marie of
Rumania has now been com-
pleted for some time. Its
Truck Hita Street Car in Early
Morning Alarm.
DALLAS, Dec. 25.—WB—On their
way to a fire here Saturday morn-
ing, several firemen were severely
bruised and shaken up when the
truck skidded on the slippery pave-
ment and collided with a street car.
Agquick maneuver by the driver of
the truck prevent^ a head-on col-
lision.
for protection received
iser’s own children attened the . _______________.
itivities. • ' / , sistant sycyetary of state.
Numerous amendments in the
statutes applying to her office are
recommended in the biennial report
of Mrs. Emma Grigsby Meharg, sec-
retary of state, to Governor Miriam
A. Ferguson, released here Satur-
day.
Mrs. Meharg of Plain view is the
first woman to serve as secretary
of state of Texas.
She urged that the office be made
elective, rather than appointive;
that the secretary of state's salary
be increased, and that officer be
given legislative authority to ap-
point two assistant secretaries, with
power to act in his absence; that a
civil service system be adopted for
state employes.
Mrs. Meharg detailed the need of
making more definite certain stat-
utes applying to her office. Among
these was the "blue sky law." She
CANTON. Ohio, Dec. 25.—()—
Indictments of additional persons in
connection with the shooting Isst
July of Don R. Mellett, Canton
publisher, was viewed as a possi-
bility today.
Conviction yesterday of Patrick
E. McDermott on a charge of first
degree murder wks regarded as
having increased the possibility of
the involvement of others in the
crime.
Indictments against Ben Rudner
of Massillon and Louis Mazer of
Canton, alleged co-conspirators in
Melletts murder, wll stand follow-
ing the conviction.
One of the two, probably Rudner.
will be tried early in February
The prosecution has charged from
the first* that a number of leaders
of an alleged bootlegging and vice
ring had direct knowledge of a plot
against Mellett.
Evidence against at least one and
possibly two other persons already
has been laid before the grand jury
and additional indictments may be
returned.
McDermott escaped the death
penalty through the recommenda-
tion for mercy made by the jury
in finding him guilty. His attor-
neys. claiming that he had been
proved guilty of neither conspiracy
nor murder, plan to appeal the case
on error.
Other recommendations: That
the law prescribing the purposes of
corporations be changed to provide
a corporation may be created for
any purpose not In violation of ex-
isting laws, and that the nearly
100 statutory purposes-be elimi-
nated: that the powers of a cor-
poration be increased so that it may
have all the power necessary, “to
carry out the object of its crea-
tion”; that the law prescribing all
the capital stock of a corporation
must be subscribed and 50 per cent
paid in at the time the charter is
filed be amended to require only
10 per cent be subscribed and paid
in: that before any foreign cor-
—enrud
To Mrs. W. K. Sanders.
Speciat to Sundav American-Statesman
BARTLETT, Dec. 25.—Mrs. V.
K. Sanders, winner of the UDC
medal for being the author of the
best patriotic poem of the year, was
presented with a bouquet of red and
white carnations by the Belton
chamber of commerce when she
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. ()
Today was Christmas but the
many “Santa Claus” men on
the busy street corners, it
wss only Saturday, with Sun-
day next, then Monday, the
day for hunting another job.
For the last 10 days they've
been earning 33.25 a day.
Their poverty and their
scanty clothing have been
hidden beneath gray, red and
white suits. Their eyes hive
somehow lost ths grim look
of men in want as they peered
over the bushy white beards
of the patron saint of the gay
Christmas season.
But the gsy season is over
now and today is Saturday.
The Santa Claus suits hava
been turned in. The $3.25
a day job is ended. On Mon-
day they’ll hunt another job.
solved of blame today by A. A.
Morrison, captain of Stanislaus
county traffic officers.
Harry Cooper of Sacramento,
driver, and Carl Mossgrove of
Stockton are in a serious condition.
Morrison said the accident was
caused by a parked Cat* on the
bridge without lights. The driver
of the stage suddenly came upon
the car, and to avoid hitting it,
swung out around it, hitting an-
other car. The stage catapulted off
the bridge.
tion which was composed of
forces from the cruisers Denver
and Cleveland were contained in
the naval radio message received
today from Rear Admiral JuHan
Latimer, commanding the special
service squadron and in personal
command of the situation in Nira-
raguan waters.
Movement Attacked
Word that the Sacasa liberals
had been given until late today to
evacuate Puerto Cabezas, which is
their headquarters, reached last
night in a telegram to Dr. T. B.
Vaca, representative of the Sacasa
faction here.
In a statement Issued today.
Vaca charged that the movement
Was armed intervention by the
Washington government in the
Nicaraguan political struggle, up.
drrtaken during the holiday re.
cesa of congress to avoid congres-
sional investigation,
J "There are no American lives or
property endangered at the zone of
landing in Puerto Cabezas. The
mere presence of warships along
the shore would be enough. The
orders to the constitutional au-
thorities to withdraw and the dec-
laration of a neutral zone have
only one object—to discourage the
constitutional forces snd accom-
Pish the downfall of the constitu-
tional government..
Dona to Avoid Probe
“This is done during the recess
of congress in the hope that things
will be so far embroiled when this
body reconvenes that it will not ap-
pear patriotic to investigate the
affair thoroughly and freely.
"There has been a studied pur-
pose from the beginning of the
present trouble to keep the liberal
party of Nicaragua from reaching
power by hook or crook—and that
is why Diaz is being helped by all
sorts of camouflage to retain his
ill-gotten presidency—even at the
cost of human lives, the over-rid-
ing of the constitution and inter-
national pacts.
“The last vestige of justifica-
tion in pretending that the Wash-
ington treaties are not affected by
the recognition of Diaz was blown
to pieces yesterday when dis-
patches from Costa . Rica trans-
mitted a statement by General
Chamokro, now on his way to Eu-
rope as a diplomat of the Diaz
government, in which he publicly
confesses that Adolfo Diaz was his
accomplice in the coup that over-
threw the Nicaraguan constituted
authorities. / 1
Charges Blockade Planned
"The next etep contemplated ap-
pears to be a blockade of‘Nicer«.
Eua by United States warshps,
which, according to news- dis-
patches. Dr. Cesar Chamorro, the
coming minister to Washington, is
already prepared to ask. They hgid
it as a crime for the liberals to
obtain arms to fight, but they want
all eyes closed when the embargo
on arms here is lifted once in a
while in favor of Diaz—as it wss
overlooked once on Sept. 19 in fa-
vor of Chamorro. The national
railway of Nicaragua must be sold
in New York, the national bank
must not fall within the scrutiniz-
tog gaze of the liberals. The gaze
la cruel: the prize must be tempt-
ing."
In another statement issued here
today, 8. de la Selva, secretary of
the Nicaraguan Federation of La-
bor. said his organization protests
“against the unwarranted acts of
the United States government in
interfering in the people’s justifled
revolt in Nicaragua."
Bolshevik Charges Denied
"Charges that we are Bolshevik
have no ground." he continued. “We
have organised and grown, spon-
sored by the American Federation
of Labor, and only if thia great
bulwark of democracy is Bolshevik
can we be Bolshevik also. The Nic-
arsguan Federation of Laabor ex-
pects the labor movement of the
United States o exercise its In-
fluence—as against the landing of
American armed forces in Nicara-
gua and the employment of Ameri-
can taxpayers’ money and the
waste of American lives to aid re-
actionary rulers In Nicaragua.
“The present situation is a chal-
lenge to American sincerity and
American principles. The qucetion
is whether the unparalleled
strength of this country is to be *
used by American bankers and
their Laatin-American minions
against the welfare of the common
people.”
were d-fcated in the Carpathians
and the attack of Bulgaria in the
rear led to the loss of the capital
and most of the country. The col-
lapse of Russia following the revo-
lution forced her to make the treaty
at Bucharest by which she aban-
doned her claims Hapsburg land,
surrendered strategic territories in
the Carpathians, and turned over
the Dobrudja to Bulgari: .
Regains Lands.
Her conquerors did, however, per-
mit her to occupy not only the , or-
tion of Bessarab' which had been
hers before the Russo-Turkish war
of the preceding gperation, but the
whole Russian province to the
Dniester. Thus, If her war had cost
her dear, she did regain one of the
lands inhabited by Rumanians
which was an essential circum-
stance In the greater Rumania.
When the central powers crum-
bled and surrendered, she seized her-
opportunity, and the peace settle-
ment gave her vast areas beyond
the Carpathians, Including all of
T. .nsyl vania and most of the Ba-
n.t, together with the Bukovina.
She obtained her racial frontiers,
but in doing this, e Included
within her frontiers very consid-
erable minorities of Mgyars a id
Slavs, together with a Saxon ele-
ment which predominated in a
number of Transylvanian cities. In
addition, she recovered the Do-
brudja from Bulgaria.
The new Rumanian kingdom has
a greater area than Italy or the old
United Kingdom. It has a popula-
tion in round numbers of 18.000.000.
It is essentially an agricultural
state, although it has great oil de-
posits and some iron. It is com-
pact, with natural frontiers toward
Russia and Bulgaria and Serbia,
from which .t is divided except in
tho Dobrudja by the Danube, but on
the north and west its annexations
have carried It beyond all natural
frontiers into the Hungarian plain.
Soviet Ruse's Bothers.
Ths difficulties of the Rumanian
atate, politically, grow gut of the
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.
(P)—The State department
announced tonight that
American marines and sail-
or* had been landed “with-
Twelve Beeves Shipped to Large
Cities for Holiday Treat.
GOODNIGHT, Dec. 25.—(- A
Christmas delicacy, which the fore-
fathers considered too cheap to be
desired, went forth from Goodnight
this week to- grace many American
tables.
Twelve buffalo beeves were dress-
ed at the famous Goodnight ranch
for markets in Atlanta, Ga.. Okla*
homa City and many cities in Tex*
as. Every pound left Goodnight In
answer to previous orders.
hemisti \ ,
clever de-
Ji lee at po.
as great a
<1 espet la ,
es as any
8leuths on
was given a mamma doll and a
tea set. •
Aid at Manor.
One little boy turned with dis-
dain from the gun and was given
a doll which he carried close to his
heart as he left the building, while
Absent This Year.
PARIS, Dec. 25.—/— Christmas
in Paris was unusually quiet this
year. Revell ion celebrations, in
the process of which the populace
cats, drinks and makes merry from
dinner time to dawn, had little of
the expensive brilliance they have
known on other Christmas morn-
ings since the war.
Almost 1000 of Austin’s
poor children were made
happy Saturday afternoon
at the Scottish Bite ca-
thedral when Masons of the
city played Santa Claus for them.
The auditorium was packed with
children, big. little and medium
s'zed. A number of fathers and
mothers were with their children.
Babies cried and others shuffled
their feet.
Old women wearing sun bonnets,
barefooted children, dirty children,
tathes carrying their small sons,
women with littl. babies, all list-
ened attentively to a program Kl ren
under the auspices of th. lodge.
The musical' program opening
with the Christmas story of Mary,
Jcseph. ths wise men and angels,
was beautifully stageu. Singing
and other music teatured the re-
malnder of the well balanced pro-
gram. Miss Dorothy Sandlin was
the oustanding feature, playing th.
part of an angel, she sang "Away
in a Manger." Late, she sang
a medley of favorite old songs.
Dolls and Guns.
But the children were interested
In Santa Claus and as th. curtain
was lifted on the last scene, Santa
sac by a magniticient Christmas
tree set in a wooded grove. Th.
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