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VOL. XLI—NO. 277.
HALF OF RAILMEN REFUSE TO WALKW
WIRTH CABINET
RESIGNS AFTER
SILESIA RULING
Division of Land and Fur*
ther Decline of German
Marks Responsible.
HAS BEEN TOTTERING
New Government to Be
Formed Is Expected to Be
More Conservative.
Berlin Oct. 22.—After tottering for
Week* the Wirth cabinet baa fallen.
The fall joining coincident with the
monarchist attempt headed by former
Emperor Charles in Hungary caused
government leaders to make more than
usual haste in getting together a new
government wbic^ will be a coalition
affair the same as that headed by Dr.
Karl Joseph Wirth.
The fall of the Wirth government
means that the Volkspartei which has
been attacking Wirth probably will
have a part in the new government-
which Is expected to be more conserva-
tive than the one just fallen. This ar-
rangement will place the radical inde-
pendent socialists in determined oppo-
sition to the new government even
though the majority socialists decide to
take part in it
Wirth himself voiced this belief pre
tious to reaching a decision to resign.
“My resignation would facilitate the
formation of a broader coalition gov-
ernment including the Voßtapartei
whose co-operation would bo valuable
regarding credit operations" the pre-
mier declared while riding to the Pal-
ace of President Ebert.
For some time Wirth’s cabinet was
th:'atoned b/ two things. One was the
falling value of the mark and the other
the le*agne of Nations; Silesian deci-
sion which gave to Poland some of the
rich industrial territory Germany bad
hojted tn gain.
A few days ago the resignation of
the Wirth cabinet was expected hour-
ly. Then it was reported that it might
be averted by the replacing of a few
members.
GERMAN KAISERISTS
SAY U. S. RESPONSIBLE
FOR PRESENT CHAOS
Newspaper However Says
Ludendorff First Sought
Armistice.
Uy GgORGE WITTE.
Speelsl Cable to Tim San Antonio Light
and the Chicago Ually Neu.
Copyright 1931. hr Chicago Dally ’ News
Foreign Service.
Berlin. Oct. 22.—German kaiseriats
In justifying the Kapp revolution the
murder of Erzberger and other deeds
of reaction have accused the United
States of being responsible for Ger-
many's accepting the conditions of the
armistice and getting into the diffi-
culties the country is now in President
Wilson's “fourteen points" being par-
ticularly blamed tor the trouble.
Now. however Vorwearta the semi-
official organ ot the Ebert government
has published an article showing that
the junkers accusations against the
fourteen points are merely camouflage
and that the man realiy ■ ;
for Germany's accepting the armistice
three years ago was Gene al Luden-
dorff who telephoned to the German
Foreign Office and suggested that
President Wilson be requested to act as
mediator and suggest an armistice a
full month before the armistice was act-
ually negotiated.
Ju support ot its statement Vor-
wearts publishes the official telephone
message fioiu General Ludendorff to
Councillor Jordan ot the Foreign Of-
fice as follows:
"General Hadquarters Oct. 2191 S
2:40 p. m.—The German governments
should request the president of tbe
United States to take charge of bringing
about an armistice and tor that pur-
pose be authorized to invite representa-
tives of all the belligerent countries.
“Germany agrees to accept tbe pro-
gram .aid down by tbe president of the
United States in congress on January
8 1018 and his later speeches as the
foundation for peace negotiations. In
addition the German government sug-
gests that a truce be signed in the air
on land and at sea and requests the
president of tbe United States to hasten
tbe signing of au armistice right now
to ptevent further bloodshed. General
headquarters makes it a condition that
the well-known fourteen points men-
tioned in Piesidcnt Wilson's program be
used as tbe basis."
Commenting hit this dispatch Vor-
wearta says:
"It was not the proverbially foolish
German Michael who believed in Presi-
dent Wilson's fourteen points but Gen-
eral Ludendorff who. Heaven knows
was never a picifiat. Just the same
Ludendorff claims and bis supporters
bat k the claim that the influence the
pacifists exerted on him was responsi-
ble for Germany's accepting the armis-
tice and later tbe Versailles treaty of
peace."
THE SAN ANTONIO ITW
PEACE CONFERENCE
MAY COME TO END
WITHOUT DECISION
Resumption of Hostilities by
British and Irish a
Possibility.
London Oet. 22.—A break un of the
Irish peace conference with resumption
of hostilities between the crown force*
and the Irish Republican army was
feared here tonight.
Michael Collins commander of the
Irish Republican army and one of tbe
peace negotiators who have been con-
ferring with a committee of the British
cabinet today suddenly left for Dub-
lin to consult President De Valera.
The danger points with which Mon-
day’s meeting must deal include charges
that the trace beween the crown forces
and the Irish Republican army has
been broken. The British declare they
captured a gun runner with guns im-
ported from America for tbe Irish
forces.
Besides this there is the De Valera
letter to Pope Bcnedicr X in which he
reasserts claims for Irish sovereignty
and the problem of Ulster where vol-
unteers are drilling.
When the conference adjourned yes-
terday discussion on these points was
postponed.
KLANISM MAY WRECK
HOUSTON CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN LEGION
Trouble Arises When Ku
Klux Donation Is
Accepted.
Houston Tex. Oct. 22.—The local
post of the American Legion was torn
asunder tonight by the question of Ku
Klux Klanism. according to reports
from a meeting of executives ot that
organisation bold late today.
A special meeting of the Thomas Dis-
muke Post No. 52 ot the legion here
ws- called tonight to be held Monday
night. At the special meeting twelve
members of the local executive commit-
tee will formally resign and a great
number nt members of tbe legion will
hand in their resignations at that time
it was indicated tonight. The execu-
tives announced today that they would
resign but formal action by them will
be withheld until Monday's meeting it
was said.
The trouble arose Friday night when
despite protests of R. R. liMris com-
mender of the local post and Past Na-
tional Commander Henry D. Lindsey
New York formerly of Dallas the
Thomas Di*muke Post accepted a gift of
*54 from the Ku Klux Klan to purchase
eight .bugles.
"Acceptance of a gift carries with it
indorsement of the giver" was tbe basis
of action of executives in resigning ac-
cording to a statement given out by R.
R. Lewis who resigns a* local comman-
der Monday.
START COUNTER REVOLT
General Ruvim !h Reported Marthlnj;
on Lisbon With Troops.
laondon Oct. 22.—A counter re vol a-
tionary movement started in Lisbon to
day.
Garbled and delayed cable messages
from the Portuguese capital left tbe
issue in doubt. General Roxas who
wta at Oporto when the revolution
overthrew the Gran jo government Wed-
nesday. was reported to be marching on
Lisbon with loyal troops.
Violent street fighting was reported
in dispatrhea from Vign which said
an attempt hed been made at the capi-
tal to defeat Coelho.
Censorship and false reports spread
by the Inrargeota combine I to keep the
rest of Eiirojie in douht as to exactly
what was going on at Lisbon.
THE WEATHER
TKMPKRATVRKS.
(XT St.
2 P m St 5 a. m 14
3 P. m 80 • a. S 3
< P- m Bl 7 a. nu SS
* P- m- 78 t a. m So
• is m 77 > a. m 01
7 r. 75 lo a. tn OS
* p. m 71 II a. m 71
> V m •• 12 m 74
1® P- m St 1 p. 7*
H P- m 2 p. ni 70
13 mhlnlffht.... 02 3. p. Ml
tMT. 11. 4 p. S 3
1 a. m so t p. m
2 a. tn. ...... SB 0 p. in. ...... 7V
3 *• m SI 7 p. ni
4 a. m IS
FORSCABT
East Texas; Sunday and Monday gener-
ally fair.
Writ Texas; Sunday fair and warmer In
north portion. Monday fair.
HOME WEATUER FOK TOC RISTS.
Chics go: Temperature <0; dear; leas
than 10-milo wind from tbe northwest;
lowest temperature In last 14 hours S 3;
hlghcet CO.
Kanna* City; Temperature. Tt; clear; 10-
milo wind from the northwest; lowest
temperature in last 14 hours S 4; high-
est. 70.
New York: Temperature H; clear; SO-
mile wind from the south west; lowest
temperature In last 24 hours 40; high-
est 11.
St. bawls: Temperature. 70; clear; 11-
mile wind from the aoulh; lowest tem-
perature In last 21 hours SO; highest 70
Wnaliinglow: Temperature 74; dear; lees
than 10-mIU wind from the southeast;
lawrest temperature In Ust 24 hours IS;
highest. 7t
STRIKE MENKE
FAILS TO HALT
TRADE GROWTH
Southwestern States Con-
tinue to Show Business
Improvement.
FARMERS ARE AIDED
Freight Rate Reduction on
Grain Saves Growers
$6000000.
Kanus City Mo. Oct. 22.— Menace
of a general railway strike failed bo
far to halt general busineaa and indus-
trial stabilization in the Southwest this
week the aeven-day period being fea-
tured by a recovery of the financial sit-
uation to the extent of money and cred-
its being available for all legitimate
purposes according to an exclusive re-
view i^Mued by the tenth district Fed-
eral Kr-erv* Bunk tonight.
“The financial situation has eased to
the extent that ther? is now plenty of
money and credit available for all legiti-
mate purpose* in bringing about a sta-
bilization of industry and commerce in
the southwestern territory” the bank's
review said.
Farmers Saved Much Money.
While the bank declared that this
condition is lending a more cheerfnl
aspect to the livestock industry Gov.
Henry J. Allen of Kansas at Topeka
issued a statement declaring $9009-
090 will be saved fanners and shippers
of Kansas by tbe grain reduction
on western railroads ordered today by
th* Interstate Commerce Commission.
The saving acting as a stimulus to
growers’ profits will hold good in Okla-
homa Texas ana Missouri correspond-
ing to the amount ot grain Mill held in
bins it was derlrrM. Allen estimated
aau mMo about 20 per cent
of the 1921 grain crop.
-There is now indicated better prog-
rows than has been observed for some
time” the Federal Reserve Bank de-
clared in regaid to rate redutcions de-
claring it would materially narrow the
“spread” of pricea between farm and
market.
Grain Exports Slow Down.
“While there is a slowing down in
the exportation of grain and flour it
is noted that the domestic trade is un-
usually heavy al
better prices than has prevailed for
some months” the reserve review con-
tinued. •
“Buying for the holiday trade is evi-
denced by wholesalers and jobbers’re-
ports and in a general way. trade is
better than at any other period of the
year particularly in dry goods furni-
ture hardware and building material
prices having reached a point to induce
heavy buying.*
While the Kansas cnal strike is in-
fluencing production in that state in-
creased activity in mining is reported
from other states of the Honthwcst al-
though the largely increasing consump-
tion of fuel oil is depressing to coal
mining in some sections it was de-
clared.
Building Boom Evident.
A survey shows s building boom Is
on in the .entire territory building per-
mits for October promising to exceed
all other months of the year as to num-
ber and value. This is doing as mneb
to remedy the unemployment situation
as the rivival of the oil industry it bos
indicated.
TEXAS TO BENEFIT.
Texas Railroad Commission Advised of
Kate action Order.
Austin Tei. Oct. 22.—The Texas
railroad commi>mn today was advised
by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion that it had venderrd a doclaioa Con-
cerning the interstate rate on grain and
hay in the western territory one-half
ot the increase of 35 per cent made by
what is known as the “increased rates
case of 1920" and rates on coarse
grains 10 per cent less than those pre-
scribed for wheat also reducing tbe
rates on grain products.
Tbe effect of tail decision if applied
to Texas business would redact the
maximum rates in Texas on wheat from
• per 100 pounds to 28 %c on
coarse grains from 32%c to 25’^0. on
hay from 82 %c to «nd ou flour
from .37c to 32M|C. These rates be-
come effective on five days' notice and
not later than November 20. The copy
ft the official order has not been rr-
ceivcd as yet but it is not likely that
it will affect intrastate rates in Texas.
However should the railroads fail to
take atepe at rtbet to redact the intra-
state rates proportinnate to the inter-
state decreases the railroad comm^ion
of Texas will have jurisdiction to do so.
C< inmissioner Clarence E. Gilmore said.
CHAUFFEUR IS KILLED
Negro Is Accused of Shooting Sweet-
water Notariat.
Sweetwater Tex. Oct. 22—G. E.
Morse service car driver and member
of a prominent family here was shot
and killed by a negro at 1 o'clock tbis
morning near a farm house a mile from
the city according to tbe inquest held
over the body this morning.
Morse it developed at the inquest
had taken some parties tej he farm
house and when he got „ " lo bis ear
was shot front a wim / ie honse..
A negress living in tliL al „u claimed
a negro now miaainflr the ahoot-
*“4. _ < . u^a.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 1921.—FIFTY-TWO PAGES.
Leaders of Threatened Rail Strike
Here are three of the heads of the
four main labor organixations which
threaten a general railway strike
throughout the country: the first walk-
out being ordered for October 30. Lett
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
TO BE BUGABOO IN
ELECTIONS IN 1924
Wilson Believes This Will
Be One Big Issue of
Campaign.
Washington D. Oct. The
bugaboo about the langue of Nation*
will stalk the candidates for Pred-
dent in 1924 former President Wilson
believes it was learned tonight.
The league will be one of the big
issues in the campaign ho holds.
Thi* view was obtained by a promi-
nent Democrat who talked with Wil-
son within the laxt few days.
He *ai<l Wilson viewed the ratifica-
tion of the Koparato treaty with Ger-
many ax a disgraceful*ad.
Wilson believes that the league is-
sue is still alive and experts that pub-
lic sentiment will begin to swing more
markedly toward it fn>m now* on. He
holds that the league is a going con-
cern and that ultimately the Cnited
States must become a member of it.
Plans for the congressional campaign
next fall were discussed with Wilson
briefly. He was advised that the “full
dinner pail" is liki^y to be the chief
Thousands of men will still
be out of work then and business will
not have recovered fn»m the present
«icge of depression. Democratic party
leaders believe.
TWENTY ARRESTS AND
SEIZURE OF STILLS
PLANNED NEXT WEEK
“Bootleg Ring” Gets $3O-
- Worth of
Liquor by Fraud.
Washington. D. C.. Ort. 22.—Twen-
ty arrests and seizure of nine distil-
leries in four states are tn be made next
week by prohibition enforcement offi-
cials who thus hope to break up a
wealthy “bootleg ring" it was an-
nounced at prohibition enforcement
headquarters tonight.
More than $.39090000 worth of
liquor has “leaked’’ out of bonded ware-
houses on bogus permits within the
past few months in connection with
operations of the ring officials hero
said.
NOT TO PROBE KLAN
House Rules r>mmittee Decides to
Drop Investigation.
Wiwlilngton. D. C„ Ort. 22.—Tlirrc
will be p<> f»»ll congressional investign-
tion of the Ku Klux Klan it was
learned definitely tonight. .
Member* of the house rule* commit-
tee. whirh hear ! trstimony of Imperial
Wizard Simmons and others relating to
the klan's affairs admitted tonight
they had agreed to "let tbe affair
drop.**
The committee will not even meet to
I'eetde officially against the probe thry
said.
Chairman Campbell of Kansas of tbe
committee said that h- "did not know
when he would call the members to-
gether for a dr-iaion."
Supporters of the movement for a
Congressional investigation of the klan
were exported to continue their ef-
forts for a probe by tLe Department of
Justice and the postal authorities.
Find l.lonor In Fruit Jars.
Fo-t Worth. Tex.. Oct. 22.—The
sheriff's department arrested two men
■niursdav on the Stamford and Hsm
'in road with 54 hslf gallon fruit jars
filled with corn whiskey. They were
nlacod under bond and the alleged whis-
ker n’nred in the vault in tbe "herlfr-
office. The bonds were set at *IOOC
and *5OO respectively.
to right they arc W. G. Lee president
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train-
men : William S. Carter Prerident of
the Railway Firemen aud Enginerarn
and Warren S. Stone President of the
i Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
MAYOR IS ASSURED
Inkn Roil Leaden* TtM Office No
Viok*M*e Will Be I'ermitted.
No violence of any character is ex-
pected in San Antonio a* a remit of
ibe calling of the railroad strike Mayor
Black stated Saturday morning. Rep-
resentatives of the rsilroad labor unions
in this city the mayor said have call*
cd upon him and assured him that the
strike will be conducted in an orderly
manner and without violence on tbeir
part cf any kind. The same aMur
anres have been made to Sheriff John
W. Tubin of Bexar county and to I'bil
Wright commishioner of fire and police
the major bohL
“1 do not anticipate any trouble
whatsoever in San Antonio” Mayur
Black added. “Tbe union men have
given lae their promise that there will
ue none sod 1 beliese tbeir promise
will be kept.”
No appreciable shortage of foodstuffs
and in fact no serious effects of any
kind are expected here Mayor Black
declared as a lemlt of the strike. While
he did not go into detail as to his rea-
sons for this statement he expressed
the opinion that B~n Antonio has little
to fear from the strike.
COTTON FIGURES GIVEN
Growers of Texas Have Not Profited
Greatly Frau Crop.
Dallas Tex. Oct. 22.—The Texas
Industrie! Congress has analyzed the
census figures pertaining to cotton in
Te^as in 1919 and expresses the opin-
ion that cotton growing in most of the
counties ^hi<h show a large per cent-
age of tbe land cultivated in cotton
and with small or deceased acre yields
has been conducted for years without
profit to the grower.
Thirty-four hundredths of a hale of
cotton per acre was the average yield
for the United States iu 1919. while
the RUMBOS jMI per am in Texas
was only twenty-six hundredths of a
bale.
SKULL IS FRACTURED
Three Per»<> Ar- Injured When Aufo-
mobiles Co'lidc.
Amarillo Tex. Oct. 22.—P. Dockery
is in a hobpital with his skull fractur-
ed and not expected to live and Steve
Cornelison and Hulet Coax are Buffer-
ing serious injuries as the result of an
automobile collision on a downtown
street tonight.
The three men were occupants of the
him car while none of the occupants
of the other vehicle which included
several women was injured.
MEXIA HOTEL BURNS
Three Other Builders Destroyed With
Loss of $20000.
Mexia Tex.. Oct. 22.—The city of
Mexia suffered a heavy fire loss this
morning when the Clopton hotel and
three adjoining buildings were de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at about
$20000. The (Tonton hotel is a frame
‘•tructurc two blocks outside of the re-
stricted fire limits. The hotel with
adjoining houses afforded a tome for
hnndreda of persons.
TRAINS WILL BE RUN
Railroad Head* Dlm-lom* Plans in Case
of Walkout.
Kansas City Mo„ Oct. 22.—Trains
will be run it tbe threatened raiknay
strike goes into effect mail food anj
petisbable freight being given prefer-
ence according to statements from offi-
cials ot the Santa Fe. Frisco. Missouri
Pacific and Kansas City Southern rail-
waya which disclosed tlieir strike plans
declared tonight.
"We'll run or bust." was the state-
ment tri m local Frisco otliccrs.
LABORBOARD
ORDERS MEN
CALLED BACK
Chairman Frame Replies
That Request Comes
Eight Hours Late.
REFERRED TO LEE
National Brotherhood Chair-
man Asked to Advise
Future Course.
TRAINS ARE OPERATED
Roads Maintain Passenger
Schedule and •Ivtrtise
For Workii jn.
The COO striking trainmen of the In-
ternational A Great Northern railway
who walked out at noon Saturday vir-
tually were ordered back to work in a
telegraphic communication received in
San Antonio Saturday night by R. D.
Frame general chai;man of tbe train-
“The order eomea eight hours too
late" Mr. Frame declared. He added:
“I have wired W. G. Lee. national
president of the Brvtherhond of Rail-
way Trainmen asking wLat course to
pursue but 1 ba idly expert aa answer
before Spnday. Until 1 hear (rum Mr.
Lee wv will remain out ou strike.”
The first 1. A G. N. traia to arrive
in San Antonio after the strike begau
was the St. Lauis Limited which left
si u.'l nchedafo tusa. It wm
due in San Antonio at 6 o'clock but ar-
lived 30 minutes .late. At 7 o'clock it
left for the north—with a full train
crew it was ku id at tbe station.
The 11 o'clock train for Laredo left
on time.
Where men tn replace tbe striking
brake men and switchmen had been ob-
tained. officials of the road declined to
say. Conductors and Engineers are not
yet affected by t lie st like.
Armed guards have been placed on all
propertiea of tbe road and each train
curies two guards. The hiring of the
1 alimd by J. D. King
at here as a precaution
against lawlessnesM among the rougher
element of unemployed taat might at*
tempt to rob traiaa or other row prop-
erties and lay the blame at the door
of the strikers.
No Chance in Schedule.
Schedules of passenger trains have
not bem changed it was announced
from division headquarters here Satur-
day night. Freight service which was
temporarily abandoned when the stiiko
became effective was expected to be re-
sumed Sunday. Whether or not such
service will be resumed Sunday could
not bl foretold hero Saturday night.
The order to Mr. Frame was em-
bodied in the resolution adopted by the
labor b*>ard Friday in which it called
national heads of the “big four” rail
unions and railway executives to Chi-
cago for a conference next Wednes-
day and inly warned the unions
not tu strike until tbe conference had
been held and a derision rendered on
the questions in dispute.
The resolution was copied In the tele-
gram received by Mr. Frame and di-
:ectcd to him at his residence nt 180 G
A Houston street. It was delivered
at 8 o'clock just eight boyrs after
the strike ot the trainmen became ef-
fective.
“We are already out on strike" Mr.
Frame said “and I can't see how I can
call the mrn back. It simply can't be
done. I shall await orders from Mr.
Lee whom 1 wited at his Cleveland
addrese and what he Keys do I shall
comply with. If he ordrj me to report
to Cbicag° I "ball leave immediately.”
Order Was Afterthought?
Mr. Frame said it is probable that
Mr. Lee has already left Cleveland fur
Chicago where be in company with
chiefs of t
tiled to strike October 30 are to go
into conference with tbe Labor Boaid
'. The telegram
to Mr Ix»c» asking what course to pur-
sue was diverted to the nation*) head-
quarters at Cleveland however Mr.
Frame ^an; from where it undoubt-
edly will be forwarded immediately to
Mr. Lee at his Chicago address in or-
der that quick action may be taken.
Wbat view of his failure to “main-
tain a status quo on tbe properties of
the mad" as tbe order is worded in tbe
resolution will be taken by the labor
board and whether it will be regarded
as defiance of authority vested in the
board I Mr. Frame
did not know bo said Saturday night.
Tbe resolution adopted by the board is
supjwsed by a'.l tbe authority placed in
.he board by tbe Mtxal government and
by virtue of such authority all de-
cisions rendered in the past by the
board have been respected by both rail-
ways and unions.
The resolution however contains a
clause directing the secretary of tbe
board to send a copy of tbe resolution
both by mail and by wile to each of
the “big four" rail organizations and
was not generally considered to apply
to the strike of the I. A G. N. train-
(Continued on Next t’agej
How Rail Unions Stand
The action taken by the sixteen
unions rvpresrnte<| ou tbe railroads
of the country regarding tbe threat-
ened strike is as follows:
To Strike.
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineera.
Order of Railway Conductors.
Brotherhood of Railway Train
men.
Brotherhood of Txxomotive Fire-
men and Engincincn.
Switchmen's Union of North
America.
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Not to Strike.
Federated Shop Crafts (six
unions 509000 men).
Maintenance of Way and Railway
Shop Laborers (400000 men).
Stationary En<inrers Firemen
and oilers (40.0U9 men).
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
(300000 men).
No action has been taken by tbe
remainder of the sixteen unions
.vrs sre meeting
in Chicago.
Appru^^ately one-half of the
railroad ^Vorkers have voted to
strike uVniuing at G a. m. October
30.
BAZAN IS ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE
IN DISTRICT COURT
Jury Is Out Only Forty-five
Minutes Before Reach-
ing Verdict.
Within less than one hour after be-
ing given die case the jury in the case
of Raymundo Bazan charged with mur-
der ia connection with the fatal shoot-
ing of Fidel Gutierrez returned a ver-
dict of “not guilty “ at 12 :06 o’clock this
morning. There was no demonst .at ion
on the pait of the large crowd that
packed the court room when the verdict
was brought in. the judge having cau-
tioned the atectatuFM that no demon-
stration of any kind would be permit-
ted.
Arguments in the Bazan murder ttial
wore not completed until 11:20 o’clock
Saturday night when the case went to
the jury after a week of spectacular
legal fighting.
W. S. Anthony and Edward Dwyer
ajuistant district attorneys; Judge W.
W. Walling special prosecutor and
District Attorney McAskill spoke for
the state. Carl Wright Johnson C. M.
Qmuibti Duvu Wutmi nd J. K
Woods spoke for the defense.
Bazan was charged with the fatal
aborting »»f Fidel Gutierrex a former
city fireman and the defendant's broth-
er-in-law.
Interest in the case early shifted
fiom the defendant to his sister 19-
year-old Mrs. Eva Bazan-Gutierrez who
had married four days before the short-
ing. She testified that she never loved
her husbaml and that he forced her to
marry her. thieatcning to kill h<*r if she
did not. Tbe state introduced love let-
ters purporting t 5 have been written by
the girl and a signed statement in au
attempt to impeach her testimony.
Bazan testified thtt be shot Gut-
ierrez in self-defense.
CHANGES ARE PLANNED
Weeks Will Abrogate 1 nicu ContrarU
in Canal Zone.
Washington. I). C.. Oct. 22.—Abroga-
tion of all agreements with labor unions
in the ranania eaaal me. rrmljust-
ment of wages of the canal zone em-
ployes and other sweeping changes in
the administration of the canal zone
have been directed by Secretary of
War Weeks.
Weeks’ orders for < hanges in the ad-
ministration wore made public tonight
by the war department in the form of
a letter fr-im the secretarv to CM. Jag
J. Morrow governor of the canal zone
directing the carrying out of these
changes.
These orders are the result of an in-
vestigation which Weeks sometime ago
directed with a view of establishing a
more economical administration. It
was tbe view of Weeks that the sratem
bv which the zone has been heretofore
edm«ni*tered was wasteful and bor-
dered nn state sr^’alGm.
SURTAX RATE FIXED
Senate Fixes 50 Per Cent Ai Max-
imum On Incomes.
Washington. Oct 22.—One nf the
crucial points nf difference in the pend-
ing tax bill was settled tndav when the
senate by a vote of 54 to 1-3 adopted
the compromise amendment of the agri-
cultural “bloc.” fixing 50 per cent a*
the maximum surtax rates oa incomes
An “old guard’’ effort to nubstltu’c
the 32 per cent maximum provided in
th- Imae bill was vrted down 52 to
15. and a Democratic attempt to re-
tain the present maximum rate of 65
‘ per cent was defeated. 43 to 23.
When the senate adjourned an
amendment offered by Gerry. Rhode
Island to cut the rate from 4 to 2 per
rent on incomes below $5OOO was pend-
ing.
DISMISS SANITY JURY
Members Fall to Asrrr on Mentality of
Alleged Slayer.
Chlea<o Ort. 22.—The jury chosen
tn tert the sanity of Frank Legregni.
allexftl wife murderer waa ilin’barycd
tonight by Judge Sulliran after it re-
ported no agreement was reached.
Twelve ballots were taken. The last
rtdod eight that Legregni waa not and
four be was insane.
MILLION MEN
DECLINE TO
QUIT WORK
Federated Shop Crafts and
Two Other Unions to
Hold Jobs. ?
WILL AWAIT DECISION
Refusal of Brotherhoods t<(
Co-operate Given j.
as Cause. 4
LABOR BOARD MEETS
To Ask Rail Rate Reduction
Without New Wage
Slashes.
______ J
Chicago. Oet. 22.—Break in the ranks
of railroad employe came tonight when
nearly a million workers refu»ed to join
the big brotherhoods in the October 30
railroad strike.
Bert M. Jewell president of the rail-
road department of the American Fed-
eration of Labor said the federated
shop crafts composed of a membership
of more than 500.(MX) bad decided not
to walk out after tbe brotherhoods re-
fused to remain ou strike in support of
the shopmen it the transportation
group received a settlement acceptable
to them.
More Unions to Hold Jobs.
Or the heo>. o£ Jewells announce I
ment E. F. Grable bead ot the main- I
tenance of way and railway shop labor* I
crs. stated his organization ot nearly I
4*s Illm men had rescinded the strike |
order issued ye^erday. I
Tbe stationary engineers firemen and I
oilers fell right in Tine and announced I
their strike orders had been deferred.
The union ba* 40.000 members. Tim- I
othy Healy president was instructed ’ I
by the executive committee to follow I
the course mapped out by Jewell. I
Tbe unions that refused to join the I
strike comprise half ot the two million I
rail workers in the country and are at-
fihated with the American FederatiM
of Labor. I
The three organizations gave tbe re-
fusal of complete co-operation by tbe
brotherhoods as tbe reason for the' ae- x . ;
tion. in *pitb of the fart that tbeir
members had voted overwhelmingly in
favor of a walkout.
“It mu-t be clearly evident that tbe
membership of the brotherhoods tannog
and will not co operate with any other
class of employes." said Jewell.
Six Inions Affiliated.
The federated shop crafts which led
the secessionist movement is comprised
of thirteen crafts grouped in six uniona
affiliated with tbe railway d-partmeat
of the American Federation of Labor
and was the first organization to rote
to strike.
Chairman of the dissenting unions
will meet sgain after the United States
Kadwny Labor Board announces its de-
cision on working rules snd agreements
and final action will be taken at that
time.
A statement signed by Jewell and of-
ficials of the shop crafts aud coucurred
in by the heads of the maintenance ot
way workers aud stationary engineers^
follows:
Sought Concerted Actions.
"There have been many reasons why
concerted actions on matters common
to all could be hoped for. The feder-
ated shop crafts have and do maud for
concerted a lion with any or all stand-
ard railroad labor organizations. We
were definitely advised October 14 by
the officer* of the four transportation
asmeiatious that they would not. uu-
uer any crrcumstanccs co-operata with
ti e federated shop crafts in the threat-
ened strike beginning October 30.
"It further developed that it any
other class of employes decided to strike
with them the four transportation
unions would not be bound to remain
••a strike after they l.ad received a set-
tlement acceptab'e to them even though
those who bad assisted them in mak-
ing their strike successful had received
no statement and were still on strike.
"The membership of tbe federated
shop crafts is entitled to know these J
facts.
“For the reasons stated the federated
shop crafts will roatiuue to await tbq*-
issuance by tbe United States Kailwp*
Labor Board ot the decision on tbe
maining rules and upon receipt t J
decision this body will be reeowß
and final and definite action
taken having for its purpose ' S 3
tectlon ot the be*t interests of 3M
erated shop crafts."
Many Inions Ins
The unions that enmr =3
crafts are the latcrnatii ;
of Machinists; Inter- =4
hood of Blacksmiths.
Helpers; Internal!' Sa KX
Boilermaksrs Iro
Helpers of Ai* I
Sheet Metal W
liance; later R
Electrical '* =
bond of It zm
Ilift in
came
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