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1920
of Galveston
Corner 22nd and Strand.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1920. — TWELVE PAGES.
VOL. 40
NO. 84.
GARRISON OIL REGION,
ANARCHISTS INTERFERE.
number of
and
claimed a soviet, but were
prevailed for
Almost ideal weather
Madrid
Hears Uncon-
CRIMINAL APPEALS.
the
firmed Report.
STEAMER SINKS AT PIER.
WACO ELECTION RESULT.
GASOLINE PRICE RAISED.
to
GIVEN LONG TERMS.
MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
GASOLINE GOES UP.
TROOPS TO CONSTANTINOPLE.
BENSON IS NOMINATED.
MARY PICKFORD DIVORCED.
COURT ENJOINS STRIKE.
COST OF FLYING HIGHER.
REPLIES TO RADICALS.
SHANTUNG RESERVATION.
GASOLINE ADVANCES.
BURGLARS ROB POSTOFFICE.
THE WEATHER
Lone
was
UNION CANDIDATE
BEATEN AT SEATTLE
1865
Southeast
not exceed, the resources of all
rest of the world.
Wilson, Ok.; Hester Bridges of
Grove.
Lake Cameron, 22, of Wilson,
(THIS 5 Goop
BRIDGE WEATHE
Radicals seized a
Milan establishments
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 3.—Admiral Wm.
S. Benson, retired, was today nominated
by President Wilson to be a member of
the shipping board.
pro-
ex-
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 3.—President Wil-
son went for a motor ride today, leav-
ing the White House grounds for the
first time since he was ordered to bed
STORM OF PROTEST
CAUSED BY CHARGES
WEALTH SWELLS
TEXAS TREASURY
Obregon Revolt Developing
in Sonora.
FEDERAL STATUTE
COUNT DISMISSED
CAR KEPT CLOSED
THROUGHOUT TRIP
BRITISH ENVOY
VERSED IN TRADE
PORTUGUESE LABOR
PROCLAIMS SOVIET
MEXICAN FORCES
GATHER ON BORDER
SENATOR HARDING
SETS A PRECEDENT
MEXICO PREPARING
TO MAKE DEMAND
RAPIDLY REDUCING
FEVER TICK AREA
16 MILLIONS CASH;
25 MILLIONS BONDS
The Republican Candidate
Campaigns in Texas'
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO;
FIVE PERSONS DEAD
Museums Get
Tiny Furniture
PRESIDENT OUT
FOR AUTO RIDE
ROW OCCURS AT
RELIEF HEARING
By Associated Press.
New York, March 3.—The former Ger-
man passenger steamship Moccasin,
which recently completed a round trip to
South America, sank yesterday at her
pier in Brooklyn. Officers of the Mun-
son line, operators of the vessel, said
that they had not learned what caused
her to go down. Wreckers have started
to raise her.
85 DEFENDANTS
LEFT IN FIELD
End of Long Campaign Is in
Sight.
Fifteen More Discharged
at Grand Rapids.
Sir Auckland Geddes Com-
ing to U. S.
Taxes Reach Constitution-
al Limit.
Hale Criticises American
Legion.
The Disaster Occurs Near
Ardmore, Ok.
Would Tax All Incomes
Above $50,000.
Wishes to Import Arms
and Munitions.
Judge Session Takes Ac-
tion on Own Motion.
Police Prohibit Taking of
Photographs.
First Time Since Last Oc-
tober.
Largest Credit Balance in
History.
“We Have for Sale
Food Drafts on Europe
Issued Under Direction of
THE AMERICAN RELIEF
ADMINISTRATION
Denominations of $10.00 and $50.00.
HUTCHINGS, SEALY & co.
BANKERS
(Unincorporated)
24th Strand
NEUTRAL NATIONS
ADHERE TO LEAGUE
A BANK BOOK
The possession of a bank book gives
the feeling of security, which is the
envy of the person who has none.
We invite you to open an account.
The First National Bank
Fight to Deprive Kaiser
Of Property in Progress
Protest Against Division
of Armenian Territory
United States Receives
Formal Notification. /
last October by Rear Admiral Grayson,
his physician, as “a very sick man.”
The president was accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson,' Dr. Grayson and secret
service men and took a spin around the
“speedway” along the Potomac. A
closed car was used and the party left
through the southwest gates. Photog-
raphers who had waited several weeks
for the president’s reappearance in pub-
lic were prohibited by the police from
taking photographs.
Former Army Officer Is
Elected Mayor.
FORECAST. (
For Galveston
and Vicinity:’
Cloudy tonight’
and Thursday,’
probably with'
rain; colder on'
Thursday.
For East Tex-'
as: Cloudy, prob-
ably with rain
tonight and on
Thursday; colder,
tonight in north,
portion; colder,
Thursday, freez-,
ing in northwest.
By Associated Press.
Plymouth, Mass., Feb. 3.—The home
furnishings of Mrs. Levina W. Magri
(Mrs. Tom Thumb), who died recently,
will be placed in museums by the terms
of her will which has been filed here.
Her collection is said to include the
smallest practical furniture in use. Two
miniature sewing machines and a piano
are among the pieces mentioned by the
will. Several of the articles were gifts
from European royalty before whom
she performed. The remainder of her
property is to be divided among her
husband, Count Magri, also a midget,
and two nephews.
By Associated Press.
Tulsa, Ok., March 3.—Announcement
was made here this morning that the
Standard Oil company of Indiana has
advanced the price of gasoline and
kerosene 1 cent in Oklahoma, bringing
the quotation up to 24 cents a gallon
for gasoline and 17% cents for kero-
sene.
portion. ,
2 For West Texas: Cloudy tonight,
2 and Thursday; probably with rain,
? in north portion; colder, freezing ini
/north portion with temperature 16
( to 22 degrees in Panhandle.
( For Oklahoma: Cloudy, probably
(with rain tonight and Thursday;!
colder, freezing, cold wave except!
( in the extreme west portion. Tem- <
/ perature will be 22 to 28 degrees. (
( Winds on Texas Coast: Moderate,
to fresh southerly winds, becoming’,
i northerly late Thursday. 6
I TEMPERATIRES (
$ Minimum temperatures recorded’)
§ in Texas during the 24 hours ending')
§ at 7 a. m. today, include: Galveston,')
62; Houston 61: Amarillo, 42; Dallas, $
§56; San Antonio, 56 S
By Associated Press.
Tampico, Feb. 24.—Garrisons of
50 to 100 soldiers are to be es-
tablished in all of the oil camps
in this region, according to or-
ders received here by General
Nemesio Lopez. Hitherto the ac-
tivity of federal soldiers has been
limited to mere pursuit of rebel
bands who have committed dep-
redations.
Under the present plan ample
guards will be provided for work-
men in the petroleum fields at all
times.
New Orleans Delivers Ultimatum
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 3.—Mexico is said
to be preparing to demand permission
to import arms and munitions of war
from the United States. Hilar Medina,
subsecretary of foreign affairs, in a
statement which has been reported to
the state department has announced
that as a result of the retirement of
Robert Lansing as secretary of state it
is probable that the demand will be
met.
pelled by military forces. An at-
tack on the labor exchange by
anarchists were repulsed by the
troops.
Retail Prices Go Up at Various Texas
Points.
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Tex., March 3.—Recent ad-
vances in crude oil have brought about
an increase in the price of gasoline in
Texas. In Dallas today’s quotation was
28 cents a gallon and the same price
was reported at Galveston, Houston,
San Antonio and Austin. Waco and
Wichita Falls were among the cities
reporting 27 cent gasoline.
Leaders Predict Prompt Vote on Meas-
ure in Senate.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 3.—The Shantung
reservation to the peace treaty was be-
fore the senate today, with the leaders
predicting a prompt vote.
Advocates of ratification without
reservation were said to feel that adop-
tion of the reservations as proposed by
the majority was only a matter of so
many roll calls and that a final ratifi-
cation vote would not long be delayed.
By Associated Press.
Fort Worth, Tex., March 3.—United
States Senator Harding of Ohio, candi-
date for the republican presidential
nomination set a precedent in Southern
politics today by campaigning in Texas.
He is the first republican candidate
ever to campaign in person in this
state. He spoke at noon at the Cham-
ber of Commerce. He was welcomed to
the city by a committee composed of
both democrats and republicans. He
will leave this afternoon for Dallas.
Staten Island Cemetery Is Uncovered by
’ High Tides.
By Associated Press.
New York, Match 3.—The mystery
surrounding the discovery of seven
human skeletons on a beach at Staten
Island was cleared up today when it
was found that they were bones of
persons buried forty years ago when
the spot was a cemetery. Recent high
tides washed away part of an 8-foot
embankment and left the bones pro-
truding from the sand.
By Associated Press.
Marseilles, March 2.— (French Wire-
less Service.)—The steamer Austgia.
will sail from this port tonight for the
Near East with 1,500 French troops,
who will disembark at Constantinople.
By Associated Press.
Madrid, March 3.—-Reports from the
Portuguese frontier today declare that
the workmen in Portugal have pro-
claimed a soviet republic. The postal,
the telegraphic and other workers are
said to have joined the railroad men in
the move. The news, which reached
here from the border by telephone, has
not been confirmed.
Case of Boy Charged With Killing
Teacher Is Reversed.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Tex., March 3.—The Court of
Criminal Appeals today reversed and
remanded the judgment against Ray
Dill of Parker county, who was sen-
tenced to two years in the penitentiary
' r the killing of George Cooper, a
school teacher.
According to the statement of facts
Dill, a 14%-year-old boy, was escort-
ed from the school grounds by the
teacher for punishment, and Dill stabbed
the teacher with a knife, which later
caused his death. The court held that
the teacher had authority to inflict pun-
ishment upon a pupil while both were
off the school ground. The case was
reversed upon errors in the judge’s
charge, which presented the question
of whether the teacher was seeking
to administer punishment for revenge
or for violation of school regulations,
from the standpoint of the jury and not
that of the defendant. The court also
held that the judge erred in charging
manslaughter upon the basis that a
pocket knife is a deadly weapon per se.
As the defendant was a juvenile, the
court held that he could not be legally
sentenced to the penitentiary for a
term of less than five years, as the law
requires that juveniles with shorter
sentences be sent to the reformatory.
The judgment against J. B. Steel of
Cass county, who received a four year
sentence for poisoning drinking water,
was affirmed.
the president’s ride, the day being as
balmy as one in late spring, with only
a gentle wind stirring. , The car was
kept closed throughout the trip, how-
ever. The president sat in the rear
seat with Mrs. Wilson and kept his cap
in his hand most of the time.
From the “speedway,” the president
drove back into the city and down
Pennsylvania avenue around the cap-
Itol and thence to the White House. He
was out a little more than an hour and
appeared to have enjoyed his outing.
In the capitol grounds the president
passed Senator Borah, Idaho, and recog-
nition was simultaneous, both waving
their hands and smiling. Throughout
the trip, Dr. Grayson said, the presi-
dent was delighted and remarked that
he felt like he had been away from
Washington for a long time.
By Associated Press.
Council, Ark., March 3.—Burglars
gained entrance to the postoffice here
early today, robbed the safe of more
than $2,000 in cash, liberty bonds and
stamps, and escaped after spreading a
quantity of snuff in their wake, pre-
sumedly to prevent blood hounds tak-
ing up their trail.
injured internally and is not expected
to survive his injuries.
The automobile was dragged forty
feet by the freight train which was
switching between Ringling road and
the Santa Fe railroad.
The killed were mangled and crushed
almost beyond recognition and were
identified principally by means of jew-
elry found on the bodies.
By Associated Press.
New York, March 3.—Declaring
that the allied premiers had tenta-
itvely planned partition of Ar-
menia, the American committee
for the independence of Armenia
today issued an appeal asking
Americans to protest such action
and also demand the end of Turkish
rule there. The committee, headed
by James W. Gerard, former am-
bassador to Germany, urged that
churches, civic, commercial and
other bodies communicate with the
president and congress “to the end
that this ancient martyr nation
may be liberated and preserved.”
By Associated Press.
Austin, Tex., March 3.—The state
treasury now has the greatest credit
balance in the history of Texas, accord-
ing to the monthly balance sheet, which
was made public today. On March 1
the balance was $16,661,738 cash and
$25,032,736 in bonds. Of the cash,
$8,491,734 was credited to the general
revenue fund. This is approximately
half of the amount appropriated to be
paid out of this fund during the fiscal
year
Funds with state depositories which
were drawing an average interest of
4.51 per cent on March 1 toaled $14.-
739,553. Interest received from state
depositories during February has not
been totaled.
"Total receipts during February were
$15,292,111. Disbursements totaled $8.-
518,051. Disbursements from the gen-
eral revenue fund were $5,053,258, while
receipts for this fund were $9,345,900.
The greatest balance in history is the
result of the largest tax levy in his-
tory, which is expected to produce more
than $23,000,000, according to Treasure?
J. W. Baker. The constitutional limit
has been reached in levying principal
revenue producing taxes.
Those Held at Youngstown Are to Be
Deported Soon.
By Associated Press.
Youngstown, O., March 3.—Replying
to the “manifesto” issued by forty odd
radicals held here demanding action
on their cases, J. A. Fluckey, federal
officer at Cleveland, today advised
them they would be deported soon.
Each of the prisoners received a
form letter stating the government’s
position.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Tuesday, March 2.—The
fight to deprive the former em-
peror of his properties and fortune
began in earnest today when the
motion of the Majority Socialists
of the diet to refer the issue to the
national assembly precipitated an
acrimonious debate. The Majority
Socialists view with the Indepen-
dents in denunciation of the former
ruler in an effort to defeat the
proposed settlement by accomplish-
ing the confiscation of the Ho-
henzollern possessions. This would
be done through constitutional
amendment, voting the former em-
peror a fixed sum for his mainte-
nance.
Deputy Graef, a Majority Social-
Minden, Nevada, Judge Grants Her Di-
vorce From Owen Moore.
By Associated Press.
Reno, Nev., March 3.—Mary Pickford,
motion picture star, was granted a di-
vorce from Owen Moore on Monday
evening at Minden, a small town near
Carson City, on grounds of desertion.
She has been at the Campbell ranch at
Genoa, near by, since Feb. 15. She was
accompanied to the court room by her
mother, Mrs. Smith, and she wept freely
while testifying. Owen Moore was not
in court, though he was at Minden at
lunch on Monday. He was represented
by an attorney in the proceedings.. Miss
Pickford was dressed in very old,
clothes. She is still at Genoa.
By Associated Press.
Seattle, Wash., March 3.—Hugh M.
Caldwell, a former army major, was
elected mayor of Seattle yesterday by
a majority of 16,781 votes over James
Duncan, secretary of the Seattle central
labor council, his opponent, according
to completed unofficial returns. The
majority was the largest ever given a
candidate for mayor here.
The campaign was a bitter one, in-
volving frequent charges of radicalism
against Duncan, who was a leader in tne
general strike here a year ago. The
principal issue was "Americanism.”
Caldwell’s vote was 50,840, according
to the unofficial returns, and Duncan’s
34,054.
By Associated Press.
Ardmore, Ok., March 3.—Five young
people of Wilson and Lone Grove, Ok.,
twenty-two miles west of here, were
killed and one fatally injured Tues-
day night when the automobile in
which they were returning from an
American Legion dance here was struck
by a freight train at a crossing in the
western part of the city.
The dead are: Bailey Morris, 18;
Issaac Kimbrell, 23; Lucille Kimbrell,
16; Iva Beall, age unknown, all of
Dock Workers.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, La., March 3.—Whether
or not there will be a call for another
strike of dock workers will be decided
at a meeting of union leaders tomor-
row night, it was decided today follow-
ing the receipt of a virtual ultimatum
from the business interests of New Or-
leans.
Union leaders were told last night
by Arthur D. Parker, president of the
association of commerce, that commer-
cial New Or ns was “sick and tired”
of periodic river front strikes and that
should the men decide to strike again
“every legal effort would be made to
push on the work of the port without
them.”
The new complication arose when
union men objected to the Illinois'Cen-
tral railroad company retaining in their
employ non-union men hired during the
period when the union men were on
strike.
ist, declared that the ex-ruler had
failed to live up to the historic
precedents of his race. He had not
died at the head of his troops. He
chose instead, the deputy contin-
ued, a midnight flight to Holland,
where "he now is promenading
and sawing wood.”
He expressed doubt as to whether ,
the former emperor had subscribed
to war loans, as had been claimed,
while his claim that he had been
the guardian of peace had been dis-
proved by his contiuous rattling of
the sword and proclamations of the
mailed .fist.
The Democrats and the Cleri-
cals joined in voting for the gov-
ernment's measure providing that
the settlement be referred to the
committee of judiciary.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 3.—Another rqw
occurred today at hearings before the
house ways and means committee on
soldier relief measures. It came when
Edward H. Hale, representing veterans
of foreign wars, told the committee
that statements made yesterday by
Franklin D’Olier, commander of the
American Legion, were erroneous and
should be contradicted.”
A storm of protest resulted but
Chairman Fordney restored quiet by
warning that unless order could be
maintained "we will quit these hear-
ings.” .
Representative Treadway, republican,
Massachusetts, said the committee
should not permit criticism of the
American Legion, adding that "evi-
dently rivalry’ exists between various
associations.”
“Criticisms must be permitted if we
get anywhere,” interjected Representa-
tive Gardner, democrat, Texas.
After five minutes of wrangling
among members, during which several
started to leave, Chairman Fordney
ruled that witnesses should not criti-
cise other organizations.
Hale urged passage of a bill author-
izing relief to discharged service men
at the rate of $30 a month instead of
$50 with an additional grant of $100 to
those who served overseas and favored ,
passage of the Morgan bill, to givei
service men the opinion of selecting
homesteads.
"How could the money be raised by 1
this bonus?” asked Representative Klt- 1
chin, democrat, North Carolina. “There |
is a public debt of twenty-six billion I
dollars now.”
“Our plan,” said Hale, “would be ta i
tax all incomes above $50,000 at the I
rate of 2 per cent, graduating that until
seven per cent would be charged on
incomes about $1,000,000. This would
provide $200,000,000, according to the
internal revenue bureau.”
"Some of the alleged economies prac-s
ticed by this congress are a crime,” the
witness said, whereupon Mr. Kitchin
remarked that "the economies of this
republican congress surely are a crime."
Hale said "lip appreciation and noth-
ing more” had been • extended to dis-
charged soldiers.
"These men,” he declared, “have been
turned back to civilian life with sixty
pieces of silver and they have been
brought face to face with the ingrati-
tude of the republic. The only wonder
is that they have stood so long the
apathetic attitude of congress.”
Members of congress received back
pay when they were discharged from
the army and returned to the house,
he said, adding that others were equal-
ly as deserving as exsoldier congress-
men.
City Manager Plan Platform Advocates
Are Beaten.
By Associated Press.
Waco, Tex., March 3.—Three candi-
dates for city commissioners running
on a city manager plan platform were
defeated here in the second city pri-
mary by an average majority of 347
votes. .
More than 5,100 votes were cast, the
campaign being the warmest ever seen
here. The defeated citizens charge the
result to the 700 negro votes, which
went solidly against them.
The winning candidates are W. H.
Cockroft, W. I. Coffman and J. A.
Lemke. The defeated candidates are
Dr. K. H. Aynesworth, J. M. Pittillo and
T. P. Duncan.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 3.—Only thirty
per cent of the total area general quar-
antined for cattle fever tick remain
under tick domination and it should be
materially reduced this year, the de-
partment of agriculture announced to-
day. The end of the long campaign
which began actively in 1906 is well in
sight, it was said, with continued co-
operation from the state and county
governments, the bureau of animal in-
dustry hopes that in not more than
three years the South will be tick free.
Despite bad weather dipping was not
discontinued during the winter in lo-
calities where the operation would not
harm the cattle. There were more than
300,000 dippings in January and prob-
ably a greater number in February.
According to the latest report 32,756
dipping vats are ready for use this
spring. They are divided among the
states as follows:
Alabama, 8,008; Arkansas, 2,628;
Florida, 1,516; Georgia, 2,984; Louisiana,
4,632; Mississippi, 4,294; North Carolina,
480; Oklahoma, 1,150; South Carolina,
844; Texas (north), 4,785; Texas
(south), 1,445,
The proposed plan of the
premiers, dividing Armenia into
four unequal parts, according to
the committee, follows:
“Its Mediterranean littoral, which
is also its richest portion, has been
assigned to France. Its central
provinces have been annexed to a
proposed Kurdish state under Brit-
ish protection. Its northwestern
portions have been left under
Turkish sovereignty, and what re-
mains of it is made into an Ar-
menian republic,- which comprises
about one-tenth of Turkish Armenia
and parts of Russian Armenia.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March .3.—-Attention of
officials of both the state and war de-
partments was attracted to the Mex-
ican political situation by the reported
arrival at Agua Prieta on the northern
frontier of the state of Sonora of a
“large force” of Mexcan troops under
General Manuel Dieguez. The report
of the movement received here ascrbes
as the probable motive the determi-
nation of the central government to
place itself in position to meet any
movement that might be made by the
forces in Sonora which are reported to be
ready to support General Alvaro Obre-
gon, candidate for the presidency in
opposition to General Pablo Gonzales,
popularly regarded as the administra-
tion’s choice.
The army commanded by Dieguez was
marched from Casas Grandes n the
state of Chihuahua. The troops in So-
nora are directly accountable to Gov-
ernor Adolfo de la Huerta, a partisan
of Obregon, who it was recently re-
ported had refused to obey an order
from Mexco City to demobilize his little
army recruited in greater part from
Yuaqui Indians. Obregon has shown no
clear indication of intention to resort
to arms prior to the election, but the
knowledge of his popularity with the
natives of Sonora and other states of
the west coast and the active opposi-
tion to his candidacy by the federal
officials has caused those here observ-
ing the Mexican situation to regard
with peculiar interest any move by
the federal army that might be con-
strued as a corecive measure.
- *
“TIRED OF STRIKES.”
Judge Says He Wishes He Could Im-
pose Death Penalty.
By Associated Press.
New York, March 3.—Ramon Rodri-
guez and Adriano Alvarez Herra, who
beat and robbed Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Broderick of Dallas, Tex., at the
Knickerbocker last December, were
sentenced today to serve 52 years and 6
months each at hard labor in state
prison. They pleaded guilty. Judge
McIntyre said he wished he could im-
pose the death penalty.
Mr. Broderick was struck on the head
with a hammer and Mrs. Broderick was
bound and gagged in their suite. Then
the burglars stole $30,000 in jewelry
and cash and were captured after try-
ing to escape by climbing down the
front of the hotel. .
By Associated Press.
Grand Rapids, Mich., March 3.—Fif-
teen more defendants were discharged
by Judge Sessions in the Newberry
elections conspiracy trial today. This
left the field at 85 defendants. The
fifth count of the indictment was also
dismissed. This was the only one
founded on the federal statute of Oct.
16, 1918.
Judge Sessions took both actions on
his own motion. He said that a “very
close attention to the prosecution’s evi-
dence and a careful study of the evi-
dence” had convinced him that he
would be unwarranted in holding the
men named for a jury verdict. He di-
rected the clerk to enter a formal ver-
dict of “not guilty” in the fifteen cases.
Mr. Littleton started to present the
motion outlined yesterday and directed
against three of the six counts in the
indictment. Judge Sessions told him
unless the government objected he
would rule out the fifth count at once.
Judge Sessions denied the defense
motion for dismissal of counts three
and six of the indictments. He then
notified James O. Murfin that it would
be useless to argue a motion for a di-
rected verdict as to all the defendants,
as he would deny it.
By Associated Press.
London, March 3.—Sir Auckland Ged-
des will be the first British ambassa-
dor to go to the United States with
a' considerable knowledge of trade af-
fairs and a strong conviction of their
underlying importance to the two
countries in the post-war era. Lord
Reading as ambassador had business
experience, but his mission was con-
cerned largely with war finance, while
ordinary commerce was sidetracked by
the necessities of war.
Sir Auckland as president of the
Board of Trade had partial supervision
of the consular service while dealing
also with the most important business
questions of the kingdom. He brings
to his new office none of the prejudices
of the old school European diplomats,
now passing from the stage who con-
sidered high politics their sphere and
trade almost beneath their dignity.
While the ambassador declines to
give interviews, he speaks freely of
his impression that the chief possibility
of friction or ill-feeling between the
people of the two countries in the near
futuer lies in the inevitable business
rivalry, between the two because of
their paramount position at the pres-
ent time as the two great commercial
powers of the world, whose present re-
sources for trading equal, if they do
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 3.—Texts of the
formal notifications of accession by
five neutral nations, including three
Latin-American states, to the league of
nations, have been received in Washing-
ton. First among them is that of the
Argentine republic, which through M.
T. D’Alvear, its minister resident in
Paris, wrote to Sir Eric Drummond,
the secretary general of the league of
nations, that he had received instruc-
tions from his government “to adhere
unreservedly to the league of nations.”
The Paraguyian minister in London,
Cecilio Baez, wrote that his govern-
ment “unreservedly accepts the cove-
nant of the league of nations” and that
"it binds itself to send its delegates to
the first assembly which will be sum-
moned by the government named in the
covenant.”
In signifying the adhesion of Chile
the minister of that country in London
declared the republic of Chile makes
no other reservation than that of pro-
nouncing in due course upon such
amendments or modifications of the
covenant as may be made by the states
which have not ratified it up to the |
present. It is understood that the pur-
pose of this was to develop the position
of the United States before finally com-
mitting the Chilean government.
"Persia adheres unreservedly” in a
note signed by Firouse, the Persian
minister of foreign affairs. Also Per-
sia bound itself to “fulfill the duties
and obligations imposed on the states
belonging to the league and to send
delegates to the first general assembly
of the league.”
The Spanish ambassador in London
recorded the accession of his govern-
ment in a note in which, after reciting
the unanimous vote of the Cortes giving
the necessary authority he said that
Spain joined the league “without re-
serve.”’
Aviation Companies Raise the Price For
Rides.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Cal., March 3.—The
high cost of flying went up a notch
here today. Companies engaged in
commercial aviation published a tariff
increasing the price of ten-minute
“sight seeing” flights 25 per cent to
$12.50 and fixing the price of the same
period of “stunt” flying at $20. In-
creased cost of airplane parts, opera-
tion and upkeep was given as the rea-
son.
By Associated Press.
Dallas, March 3.—Waco and Fort
Worth at noon reported that gasoline
had gone to 28 cents a gallon in those
cities today.
S By Associated Press.
$ Milan, March 3.—In compliance
% with orders from socialist leaders,
€ workers who have been on strike
S attempted to resume work yes-
$ terday, but anarchist groups at-
2 tacked factories, the tramway and
I* stores and compelled a continua-
( tion of the strike.
Temporary Restraining Order Issued at
St. Louis.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, March 3.—A temporary re-
straining order for bidding the calling
or fostering of strikes was issued here
today by United States District Judge
Faris against O. J. McSpadden, chair-
man of the conference board of the In -
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, and local officials of the or-
ganization. The order was issued on
application of the Kinloch Telephone
company, which asserted thirty-one
striking wiremen were ‘interfering with
its interstate business. A hearing on
the order will be held March 12.
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