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VOL. XXV. NO. 205
FALL IS SUBPOENAED AGAIN
FOR FURTHER GRILLING ON
TEAPOT DOME OIL LEASE
SIU EMPLOYES
40 BE QUIZZED ON
'ROOSEVELT STORY
Son of Former President
Frankly Tells .Investigators
He Suspected Questionable
Deal in Great Lease
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Former j
Secretary Albert B. Fall has been |
eubpoenaed by the senate public j
lands committee investigating the ■
Teapot Dome oil leases to appear be- i
lore it for further examination.
It is the present plan of the com
mittee to hear Mr. ’rail on Friday.
The committee will •tsk him again
regarding the sources from which
he ootained SIOO,OOO in 1921 to en
large his ranch holdings in New Mex
ico. The formei»secretary of the in
terior is now on'record before the
committee as asserting that he ob
tained the money from Edward B.
McLean, the Washington newspaper
publisher, but the latter has testi
fied that the checks he gave Mr. Fall
were returned uncashed.
Grattan Stanford, counsel for
the Sinclair oil interests, who hold
the Teapot Dome Base, was sub
poenaed to appear at today’s hearing
for questioning about 'he alleged
payment of $68,000 which figured in
the sensational testimony given yes
terday.
Sensation by Roosevelt
Archie Roosevelt testified he had
been told by G. D. Wahlberg. secre
tary to Harrv F. Sinclair, that he
had seen cancelled checks for $68,000
made out to the foreman of the Fall
ranch, but Mr. Wahlberg later took
the stand and said he never made
such a statement.
From Mr. Stanford and other of
ficials of the Sinclair interests the
committee also sought evidence to
day regarding the check-books and
other records of the various Sinclair
companies.
Having summoned employes of
Harry F. Sinclair to procure records
and books which may shed light on
transactions mentioned yesterday in
the testimony of Archie Roosevelt,
son of the former president, and G. D.
Wahlberg. the oil man’s private sec
retary. the senate committee inves
tigating the lease of Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve put off’ today’s ses
sion of its hearing until afternoon.
Roosevelt told the committee he
had severed connection with the
Sinclair interests because of the
“amazing testimony” developed by
th© committee and certain observa
tions of his own. He also said that
in conversations with Wahlberg, ;
the latter had told him he was in
possession of cancelled checks for
$68,000 drawn by Sinclair to the or
der .of the foreman of The New Mex
ico ranch and Albert B. Fall was see- i
. rotary of the interior when the Tea
- npt Dome reserve was leased to the
Sinclair interests.
Wahlberg Differs
Wahlberg. who also appeared yes
terday/* insisted Roosevelt had mis
>od him with reference to the
'* chWlcwfor $68,000, but he corroborat
ed/ the remainder of the latter’s
testimony, and added that Sinclair
h.‘jd “loaned” Liberty bonds and
stocks in his corporations to his per
sonal counsel, ,1. W. Zevely. Th®
stock at least was sold later by order
of Zevely, he said, but he did not
know what use was made of the
proceeds. The committee imme
diately ordered the subpoenas issued
to clear up this point. Wahlberg
also stated he had submitted his res
ignation to Sinclair.
Roosevelt testified that, among the
reasons he had decided to quit the
Sinclair interests, was because “two
of the people most concerned with
the naval oil leases had left the coun
try in a great hurry.” He arranged
at Sinclair’s request, he said, for
his passage on the steamship Paris,
which sailed for Europe Wednesday
In such away that his name would
not appear on the passenger list,
and added-
“I understand that Mr. Doheny
has gone, and Mr. Zevely sailed Sat
urday. I am informed.”
E. L. Doheny and Zevely were
In New Orueans yesterday, however,
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Catarrh Sufferers
Found Treatment Which Heal
‘ ed His Own Catarrh and
Now Offers to Send It
Free to Sufferers
Anywhere
Davenport, lowa. Dr. W. O.
Coffee, Suite 7S-1, St. James Hotel
Zldg., this city, one of the most
widely known physicians and sur
geons in the central west, announces
1 that he found a treatment which
completely healed him of catarrh in
the head and nose, deafness and
head noises after many years of
suffering. He then gave the treat
ment to e. number of other sufferers
and they state that they also were
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proud of his achievement and so
confident that his treatment will
bring other sufferers the same free
dom it gave him. that he is offering
to send a 10 days’ supply absolutely
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writes him. Dr. Coffee has special
ized on eye, ear. nose and throat
diseases for mere than thirty-five
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MADE BY EW YORK
UNION CARBIDE CO.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—An offer
by the Union Carbide company of
New York to manufacture fertilizer
at the Muscle Shoals plant was trans
mitted to congress today by Secre
tary Weeks.
The bid provides for fertilizer pro
duction and for its sale at cost plus
five per cent, the latter not to ex
ceed in any event $2 a ton on the
basis of 20 per cent nitrogen content.
The New York company seeks to
lease for a fifty-year period proper
ties included in nitrate plant No. 2
and the Waco quarry with the pro
viso that the qompany be furnished
at least. 50,000 electric horsepower
for fertilizer manufacture.
The company also offers to install
machinery, at a cost not to exceed
$1,250,000, with the understanding
that it would be reimbursed to-such
extent by the government.
The offer contains a provision that
the leasing company would be re
quired to keen Nitrate plant No. 2 in
a condition of readiness for immedi
ate operation by the government for
the mahuwacture of matreials needed
in the production of explosives, the
war department, to have the right to
take over the plant on five days’ no
tice in case of emergency.
Rental is fixed at $150,000 a year,
to begin when the hydro-electric pow
er generating equipment at Dam No.
2 is put into commercial operation.
The leasing company would pay for
power furnished ’t sls per horsepow
er a year.
The company said that if the
lease were negotiated it would be
able to manufacture annua’W up
wards of 100,000 tons of fertilizing
material, having a nitrogen con
tent of 20 per cent. It also offered
to conduct extensive resarch in an
effort to cheapen production and
improve processes.
Provision was made in the offer
for a royalty of 5 cents a ton on all
stone removed from Waco quarry.
The military committee held a.
session this afternoon to consider
the new bid which is separate and
distinct from another offer which
will be made within a day or so for
fertilizer production bv « group
working in conjunction with the
southern power companies
POWER COMPANIES EXPLAIN
SOUTHERN BID ADVANTAGE
WASHINGTON. ..Tan. 23—Repre
sentatives of southern power compa
' nies, explaining before the house
military committee today their of
fer for control of Muscle Shoals, em
‘ phasized they would be under regu
lation by state public utilities com-
- missions and the Federal Power
commission as to rates, while Henry
I Ford, if his bid were accepted,
, would not. As a. result, they con
tended. consumers would be assured
■ power at low cost, which would not
. be certain if Ford takes over the
project.
> Thomas AV. Martin, president, an 1
, E. A. Yates, -vice president and gen
eral manager of the Alabama Power
company, were the representatives
who appeared before the committee
j this morning.
' Dry League Made U. S.
‘Safe for Hypocrisy,’
s Says Senator Bayard
"WASHINGTON. .Tan.' 22.—The
• “Face the Facts” conference of the
Association Against the Prohibition
1 Amendment having been unable to
I act on resolutions yesterday, con
tinued its deliberations today, while
Representative Hill, Republican,
I Maryland, who acted as toastmaster
at last night’s banquet, prepared a
j letter to Governor Pinchot, of Penn
. ; svlvania, asking him to join in
i pressing for an immediate congres
’ ' sional investigation of dry' enforce
' ment.
’ ' “The diplomatic liquor” scandal
I which recently stirred Washington,
- I found its way into last night’s pro-
i ceedings. Senator Bayard. Demo
, ■ crat, Delaware, declared he would
; get redress, if possible, fo~ what
’ he termed ‘‘the ruthlessness of
( search and seizure, under the guise
I of law,” in connection with the raid
.! on the premises occupied by a mein
„ i bcr of the Polish legation. He also
expressed his opinion of the “Anti
j ; Saloon League, declaring it has
. made America “safe for hypocrisy.”
t Samuel Gompers, president of the
P American Federation of Labor, as-
I serted that “the eighteenth amend
ment and the Volstead act have ar
. rested the normal department of
1 total abstinence among the labor
num of America.” and pledged his
i aid in fighting for modification,
BALDWIN RESIGNS;
LABORCHIEFTAINTO
FORM NEW CABINET
New British Premier
Announces Personnel
Os Labor Ministry
LONDON, Jan. 22.—Premier
Ramsay MacDonald’s labor cabi
net was officially announced this
evening, the principal offices be
ing' filled as follows:
Ramsay MacDonald, first lord
Os the treasury and foreign sec
retary.
J. R. Clynes, lord of the privy
seal and deputy leader of the
commons.
Lord Parmoor, lord president
of the council; Viscount Hallane,
lord chancellor; Phillip Snowden,
chancellor of the exchequer; Ar
thur Henderson, home secretary;
J. H. Thomas, colonial secretary;
Stephens Walsh, war; Sir Sidney
Oliver, India; Brigadier General
Thompson, air; Viscount Chelm- .
ford, first lord of the admiralty.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —Prime Minister Bald
win just before noon today tendered
the resignation of his ministers to
King George and advised the sov
ereign to send for James Ramsay
MacDonald. The king accepted Mr.
Baldwin’s advice and summoned Mr.
MacDonald, the labor leader, for an
audience at noon.
Mr. MacDonald’s attitude toward
his new duties, as he expressed him
self to the newspaper men after last
night’s crucial division, was:
‘‘This is not a moment for elation.
It is a terrible responsibility. We
shall have to do our best to face it,
but fail or succeed I can say that
no government will no more honestly
try to serve.
“I am very proud of the labor
party and it will be a great aspira
tion to every worker of the country
to sacrifice in order to do honor to
their party and enable it to suc
ceed-”
- Today’s meeting of the house of
commqns was to be brief, the main
business being the formal announce
ment of the government’s resigna
tion, after which the house planned
to adjourn for three weeks.
Mr. MacDonald’s audience with
the king lasted an hour. The king
invited him to form a government
and Mr. MacDonald accepted.
Mr. MacDonald, it was stated
this afternoon, will combine the for
eign office’ with the premiership.
Mr. Baldwin, on the reassembling
of the house of commons, announced
the government’s resignation and the
king’s acceptance. There were no
labor cheers as the retiring premier
made his statement. He moved the
adjournment of parliament until Feb
ruary 12, which date he said had
been chosen to meet Mr. MacDon
ald’s convenience.
Mr. Baldwin said the members of
his cabinet would retain their seats
until the new cabinet members were
appointed.
The new minister has not an
nounced when he will name his cab
inet, but unofficially it is stated it
will be Thursday.
According to press reports, Mr.
MacDonald stated his intention of
combining the foreign secretaryship
and the premiership to the labor
members of parliament at a meet
ing this afternoon, adding that one
of his first steps would be to bring
the League of Nations within the
purview of the foreign secretaryship.
The house agreed to adjournment
for three weeks proposed by Mr.
Baldwin.
Ramsay MacDonald is selected by
King George to form a cabinet by
virtue of his position as head of the
parliamentary labor party, though
his strength in the house of com
mons has been his majesty’s official
opposition. The premier-designate is
fifty-seven years old and self educat
ed. Although the leader of the la
, borites he has never been a manual
worker, having achieved his position
by virtue of his academic knowledge
of industrial affairs, gained through
close study. As the son of a Scotch
. peasant, however, he early in life
learned the privations of the aver
age laborer’s lot.
MacDonald seldom laughs, and the
set of his jaw bears out his charac
terization as “the grav-headed
tighter.”
He had an active part in the or
ganization of the independent labor
party in 1893 when but twenty-seven
years of age. and since has devoted
himself to the labor party's interests.
From the beginning he championed
the capital levy as the best means
, of solving England's industrial prob
lems.
He has also been stanchly in fa
vor of international peace and pub
licly opposed England’s entry into
the World war. When the nation
was once in the fight, however, he
i made the best of the situation and
■ served as an ambulance driver in
■ France. He also supported the gov
ernment as a member of parliament
1 in all the big questions.
- many other public men in
E .’.and, one of his principal recrea-
’ tions is golf.
: Woman in U. S.
Dies at Age of 135
> SEGUNDO, Col., Jan. 22. —Mrs.
- Robettq. Marez, recognized as the
s oldest woman in the United States,
’ is dead at her home here at the
> age of 135.
Mrs. Marez was born in Mexico
. in 1789. according to family records.
- Three grandchildren, over 40 years
f of age. and a number of great
:• grandchildren survive her.
s Mrs. Marez was blind and helpless
Several years before her death.
orld News
Told In
, Brief
Q PLYMOUTH, Eng. Lady Asto-I
• I gave 10,000 pounds to alleviate I’lym-
1 outh's housing problem.
ALBION, Mich.—Dr. J. W, Laird
resigns as president of Albion col
lege.
LONDON. —Baldwin government is
defeated in house of commons on
vote of confidence, Lhus opening way
, for labor administration.
BOSTON.—Rear Admiral Sims
(retired) ns operated on at the Mas- I
sachusetts General hospital, Boston,
for the removal of gall stones.
NEW ORLEANS. —Fortjier Secre- ,
tary of Interior Albert B. Fall de
clares that Harry F. Sinclair “has
never loaned or given rie a penny
in any way.”
LOS ANGELES. Courtland S.
Dines testifies that he cannot say
from “his knowledge” if Horace A.
Greer. Mabel Normand's chauffeur,
shot him.
MOBILE. After battling with I
I heavy sea and high winds for a j
j week, British three-masted schooner •
i arrived from Cuba badly damaged.
NEW YORK—Henry L. Stimson,
secretary of war under President;
Taft, is injured when thrown from
his horse.
C. Liquor
laden British schooner Kwasind, held
in custody while repairs are made,
sailed for Halifax', N. S„ under es- |
cort of coast guard cutter Modoc.
LOUISVILLE—Increase of 2 cents
a gallon in retail gasoli' e in Ken
tucky, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
and Florida is announced by Stand
, ard Oil Company of Kentucky.
HONGKONG —Pirates hold up and
loot river steamer Tailee Sunday
after killing Chinese and English of
ficer, it is learned when vessel ar
rived.
NEW YORK. —New York Central
railroad announces increase m
wages of about five per cent affect
ing 15,000 engineers, firemen, hos
i tiers and helpers.
WASHINGTON.—C h a i rnt a n
Moses, of senate committee, crith j
cizes Edward W. Bok for his failure ■
to answer certain questions relating
to Mr. Bok’s peace prize award.
NEW YORK. —William Jennings
1 Bryan, at dinner given by James W.
Gerard, asserts that Democratic
party will have platform calling' for
taxation and tariff reduction, sol- |
■ diets’ bonus and legislation to aid 1
‘ farmers and labor.
CHICAGO. —Consumption of tobac
co in United States increased to 10.3
pounds per capita, last year as coin-
I pared with less than four pounds be
j fore Civil war, Sears-Roebuck agri
. I cultural foundation announces.
| WASHINGTON. —Attorney Gencr
r al Daugherty declares that the de
i partment of justice welcomes the of
? sering of evidence showing violation
> of law in th e Teapot Dome situa-
r tion.
! WASHINGTON. Senator* King.
' Utah, urges resumption of trade re-
1 lations with Russia as a probable
' help to the Russian people in their
efforts to unseat the Bolshevik re
f gime.
’ WASHINGTON. Captain H>-r-
2 bert G. Sparrow and two radio op
erators of wrecked cruiser Tacoma
were killed in storm off Vera Cruz, '
- advices to state department from
t consul at Vei-a Curz say.
LONDON .—Harry F. Sinclair, on
• arrival at Plymouth, England, r -
F pudiate<? any st; -cnients or sugges
’ tions that he gave money to Albert
r B. Fall, for oil lease; says he did
■ not leave the United States to avoid
“ giving testimony before senate com-
• mittee.
! WASHINGTON. Archie Roose
velt, son of late Theodore Roosevelt,
tells senate committee that he has
resigned as vice president of Union
Petroleum company and severed his
f connection with Harry F. Sinclair
■’ because of revelations involving leas
? ing of naval oil reserve to Sinclair
t interests.
; Retiring Mississippi
Governor’s Last Act
Forces Court Fight
i JACKSON, Miss.. Jan., 22, —Gover-
1 ; nor Lee M. Russell, before retiring
2 I from office today, appointed Steward
. I C. Broome, former assistant attor
ney general, as state insurance com
> ; missioner, to succeed T. M. Henry,
• recently re-elected, whose commis
i sion he returned to the secretary of
state, together with the official bond
- refusing to sign both documents.
r In accordance with Governor Rus .
i sell’s instructions, a commission was
I issued to S. C. Browne, official bond
- made and the Russell appointee took
1 oath of office before the clerk of the
? i supreme court.
■ I The constitutional right of the re
: tiring governor to make the appoint-
- ! ment will be fought out, both in the
- courts and the legislature.
_■> Commissioner Henry took the oath
i ; of office six days ago before W. J.
p I Buck, clerk of the supreme court.
i j
L The Weather
1 ' Virginia: Thursday fair and colder.
North Carolina, South Caroli:: ~
Georgia - Thvrsdav fair.
Florida: Thursday cloud'.'.
Extreme Northwest Florida. A’a
. 1 bama, Mississippi: Thursday cloud
\ Tennessee, Kentucky: rhursd.'.
• fair and colder.
1 Louiciana: Thursdc-v parti • cloud
e to tloudy, colder in northwest por
j tion.
e ; Arkansas: Co’der Thursday.
j Oklahoma: Thursday probably
o snow, colder.
i. East Texas: Thursday clou ly,
s I probably local rains, colder in north
. west portion.
I We-t Texas: Th; rsday partly
c cloudy, snow in the Hand/'.
t polder,
LENINE, LEADER OF SOVIET,
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS AT
COUNTRY HOME IN RUSSIA
BOK'S GILEK
LIKELY TO BECOME
CWM ISSUE
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1924.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Edward ■
Bok has started something which
may ultimately become an issue in
the presidential campaign. He has
challenged the opponents of the
League of Nations plan to"make an
alternate proposal that will “achieve
and preserve” world peace, and he
promises to finance a, nation-wide
referendum to determine tfhich pro
gram the American people approve
or disapprove.
Mr. Bok, in his parting shot 1o
the senate committee appointed to
investigate his first peace award,
has placed the responsibility for the
next move on the so-called “irrecon
cilable” group. For several years
they have been attacking the cove
nant of the League of Nations, but
without giving any constructive sug
gestion as to a substitute. In the
1920 campaign, the Republicans de
clared for “an association of na
tions,” but no plan for such an in
ternational organization has come
from the administration. William
Gibbs McAdoo, aspirant for the
Democratic presidential nomination,
has indorse! Mr. Bok’s first award,
and no doubt will endeavor to rally
to his side the people who by their
ballots are today indorsing the plan’ i
for the League of Nations with suit- i
able reservations safeguarding the <
sovereignty and independence of the |
United States.
Issue Clouded in 1920
Will the Republican party follow 1
the “irreconciliables” who want no i
world organization or will it. follow ;
men like Elihu 'Root, who have de- !
dared for a league or association i
of nations? The tangle of issue, j
and in the 1920 campaign prevented
a clear-cut mandate especially since
Republicans like Herbert Hoover,
Evans Hughes. ■ William
Howard Taft and Elihu Root insist
ed that a vote for Harding was a
vote for the League of Nations with
suitable reservations?
President Coolidge in his last J
speech to congress spoke of the
league question as “a closed inci- '
dent,” but while he may have been ,
referring to recommendations ema
nating from him as chief executive
or from the secretary of state, he,
of course, had no wish'to estop the
American public from discussing any
practicable plan that might lead to
world peace. Indeed, it is said that
Mr. Bok, at a conference with Presi
dent Coolidge last summer, acquaint
ed the latter with the plans tor the
referendum, and that Mr. Coolidge
was deeply interested in learning the
outcome of the balloting.
Approximately ninety organiza
tions, civic and fraternal, religious
and non-sectarian, business, commer
cial and social have taken ballots
for distribution among their mem
bers. So alarmed did the “irrecon
cilable” group become at the agita
tion in favor of the League of Na
tions plan that they pushed through
the senate a resolution of inquiry
as to who was financing the referen
dum. Mr. Bok has told the senate i
committee ot his part, insisting that >
he was spending his own money,
and that it was his personal affair.
To divulge the expenditures he :
makes in this case if sus
tained, as a matter of right give '
the senate the privilege of inquir- :
ing into any personal affair, and by i
giving publicity thereto, acquaint the |
whole world with things that are ;
essentially private.
Senate’s Right Doubted
Lawyers in the senate have doubt
ed the senate’s right to force Mr.
Bok to reveal what he spends in a
philanthropic enterprise. it’. of
course, there were any proof of the
improper or corrupt use of money,
the senate committee might be able
to compel answers to its questions,
but nothing has been adduced of
that kind.
Mr. Bok’s readiness to finance a
second award if the senate commit
tee will act as jury and go through
the 22.000 peace plans and select
a better one is an indication of his
impartiality—he will spend his
money to finance a referendum on.
any plan offered as an alternative.
Is the senate committee against all
peace plans or will it pick one that
it thinks *s practicable and secure
the approval of the United Stages
senate. Mr. Bok stands ready to
give $50,000 to the author of the
plan selected by the senate commit
tee either as members of a congres
sional commitlee or as individuals
and $50,000 when the plan is ap
proved by the senate, for he insists
it- should be a “practicable” plan.
The senate committee wasn’t look
ing for a bombardment from Mr.
Bok. He would be on the defen
sive, its menjbers thought, and prob
ably would reveal that others had
financed the scheme, but he not only
has shown that he alone has fi
nanced the peace award, but that
he stands ready to finance another
award if the senate committee will
act as jury.
The upshot of the Bok episode will I
he more discussion of the League of
Nations or association of nations.
What alternative proposal will be
offered? Mr. Bok has challenged
the “irreconcilables” to put up their
plan to the American people. Thus
does a private citizen, with a for
tune which he says he obtained from
the American people, presumably as
the editor of a successful periodical
and wants to give back to them in
the form of service, turn things up
side down here and force to the front
an issue that so many professional
politicians have declared dead. It
is a striking illustration of what a
private citizen w.th a disnterested
motive, can d<y in Lpblic affairs.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, January 24,1924
M»IB,
EDITOR JAILED IN
GEORGIA SRODI ING
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WAYCROSS, Ga., Jan. 23.—Dr.
Henry Corbett, a physician, is' in a
critical condition at a local hospital,
j and Walter Hay, editor of the Wil
lacoochee Times, is in jail at Willa
coochee, following a shooting affair’
which occurred in Willacoochee Sat
urday.
The shooting followed the printiu ;■
of what is termed a. “scathing edi
torial” in the Willachoochee Tinies,
condemning the practice of poison
ing dogs.
During the Christmas holidays.
Hay was away from his home, and
his dog was left to roam about, it is*
said. The animal bit Dr. Corbetts
child. Upon Hay’s return, Dr. Cor
bett is said to have demanded that
the dog be killed. Hay, it is under-:
stood, refused.
Some time later, the dog was
found dead, evidently having been
poisoned. It was then that Ha/
wrote the editorial in his paper, and
in no uncertain terms condemned
the poisoner of his dog.
Saturday afternoon, Dr. Corbett,
It is rci- .’ted, ’met Hay on the street
and asked if the remarks in the edi
torial were directed at him. Hay is
said to have responded with an an
swer that grew into a fisticuff. Dur
ing the exchange of blows, Hay, ac
cording to witnesses, fired three
times into Dr. Corbett’s body. >
The editor gave himself up to of--
fleers who arrived on the scene,'
and Dr. Corbett was taken to the
Waycross hospital, where, it is re
ported. his condition is serious.
Dominions Approve
; Rum Treaty Between
America and Britain
LONDON, Jan. 22.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —The British dominions
; have unanimously approved the
i draft of the Anglo-American liquor
. treaty submitted to them by the
i British government. The draft thus
i approved has been agreed upon by
j the London and ’Washington govern
i ments.
' The document now only awaits
! signature and ratification by the
-' new parliament. It is not expected
. it will meet with any serious oppo
' sition.
I The treaty is a brief, business-like
document, confined to a half dozen
terse clauses. The area within which
the American authorities are to have
the right to search British ships for
contraband spirits is limited to one
hour's steaming distance from shore.
: British passenger vessels are to have
the reciprocal right to /ring to Amer
ican ports legitimate alcoholic stores
under seal when intended for east
bound consumption.
One Killed, Two Shot
As Four Georgians
Surround Fugitive
CORDELE, Ga., Jan. 23.-*One
man was shot and instantly killed,
another was seriously wounded, a.
third was slightly wounded, while a
fourth man escaped with his cloth-
I ing perforated with bullets early to-
when a negro, for whom four
men were searching, opened fire as
the quartot surrounded him at a
sawmill on Flint river, near Hugue
nin ferry.
The white men had gone to arrest
: the negro who, it is alleged, had
■ made threats against the life of a
i white man who is said to have
i whirped the negro’s son yesterday.
I Ed Barber, farmer, was the first
victim of the negro’s fire, dying in
stantly. Carl Williams, local den
tist, received a 1 ullet in his right
lung and is said to be in a serious
i condition, while James Russell was
slightly wounded. Paul Wood had
■ 1 ullet holes through parts of his
i c'othing. The negro escaped.
16-Year-Old British
Girl Writes Novel
That Wins Critics
LONDON, Jan. 23.—Mollie Pan
; ter-Downes, a sixteen-year-old school
girl, has published her first novel,
•‘The Shoreless Seas.”
This quiet little provincial girl
I who wears her hair down her back,
! is still attending school and still I
thinks hockey is about the greatest
j game ever. Che told reporters she
i had no opinions on sex triangles and
hadn’t an idea of her own on matri
monial problems, but her book, crit
, ics say, displays much knowledge;
of life. It deals with modern domes- i
I tic problems.
Mollie now is at work on her sec- ,
i ond novel.
Two Men Are Killed
In Automobile Crash
DELAND. Fla., Jan. 22.—J. C j
! Cox, fifty-five, of Barberville. Fla.. |
and Frank Hark, sixty-four of |
Hume, N. Y.. died last night as the :
result of injuries received when the I
automobile in which they were rid- '
ing was struck by an Atlantic Coast '
Line train at Barbersville. Mrs. 1
Hark and another woman in the
Hark party sustained severe inju
lies, but doctors believe they will
recover.
The New York party, in a large
touring car. was en route to Deland,
when the accident accurred.
Memory Lost Two Weeks
Chicago—Suddenly losing his mem
ory. Frederick M. Johnston wander
, ed about Chicago for two weeks be
fore he could recall either his name
or the location o£ his home.
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OBREGON GARRISON
REVOLT ED HUERTA;
TO MISE BLOCKADE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.3—The de
la Huerta revolutionists in Mexico
are preparing to abandon plans for
the technical blockade of Tampico
and to substitute a policy under
which foreign commercial craft will
be warned that if they enter the
zone of possible bombardment there
j they will do so at their own risk.
It was learned through private ad
rices that American protests against
the blockade would be observed but
that a zone of naval warfare would
be declared in effect off Tampico,
and ships would be notified that if
they traversed the line of fire they
would take their own chances. Rebel
warships .will remain at Tampico,
and commerce will be warned that
they may at any moment open fire
on the batteries set up by the Obre
gon forces at the mouth of the Pan
uco river and along its banks.
GARRISON AT MONTEREY
JOINS FORCES OF REBELS
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 23.
The garrison at Monterrey, capital
of the Mexican state of Neuevo
Leon, revolted and went over to the
rebels at 5 o’clock yesterday, ac
cording to unofficial reports reach
ing here early today. Federal mil
itary authorities at Matamora, op
posite Brownsville, have ordered
I trains for Monterrey held up.
SECOND SALE OF ARMS
MADE BY WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Jan 23.—Further
aid has been extended by the United
States to tha Obregon administra
tion through a second sale of sur
plus war materials for use in its ef
fort to maintain a stable government
in Mexico.
The new deal in arms, negotiated
by thq Mexican embassy, calls for
delivery at El Paso to Obregon rep
resentatives of 5,000 Enfield rifles,
2,500 army colt .45 caliber automatic
pistols and ammunition for the
latter, bringing the number of rifles
thus far sold to the total originally
requested. The American govern
ment is to receive altogether nearly
$700,000 for the 10,000 rifles, 5,000,-
4)00 rounds of rifle ammunition, eight
airships and other items involved
in the two transactions, and it is
intimated that additional purchases
of rifle ammunition from private
sources in this country have been
made by the Mexican authorities.
As another step in its efforts to aid
the Obergon government, the United
States has ordered discontinued the
sending of mail by steamer to the
Mexican states of Vera Cruz, Cam-
Ipeche and Yucatan. Hereafter the
mail will be turned over to the Mex
ican federal postoffice authorities at
I Laredo for disposition or delivery.
The action will further isolate the
I revolutionary area.
Advices to representatives of the
I Mexican revolutionary party here to
i day announced the capture of Celayo
! by revolutionary cavalry, cutting off
: the Obregon army in the Guadala
jara section from Mexico City.
REBEL SYMPATHIZERS ARE
ORDERED FROM MEXICO CITY
TAMPICO, Jan. 23. —(By the As
sociated Press.) —Additional units of
the American naval squadron which
has been ordered to Mexican waters
are expected here today to join the
• cruiser Richmond. The Richmond
j herself has been lying outside the har
bor, but enters the port today to
; take on fuel oil.
The chief of the federal garrison
' here has issued a public proclama-
I tion giving rebel sympathizers sev
i enty-two hours in which to leave the
i city. The commander even offers
■ them facilities for joining the insur-
■ gent forces. The departure of this I
1 element, it is believed, will put a stop
I to the many alarmist reports.
Military activities in the oil region
; resulted yesterday in the capture by
> federal forces of Zacamixtla and pe
i troleum camps nearby. In their
I flight from Zacamixtla the rebels de
stroyed a small camp and looted its
stores.
Revolutionists, who had gained
control of Ciudad Victoria, the capi
tal of Tamaulipas, evacuated the
town upon the approach of a federal ;
contingent.
Tragedy of Beauty
Duluth, Minn.—Feted twenty years
I ago as the most beautiful girl in
Duluth, Claire Ingalls died in pov
erty, having supported herself for
several years by scrubbing.
6 CENTS A COPY,
$1 A YEAR.
RULE OF LIBERALS
PASSES INTO HANDS
OF MOSCOW ■REDS’
Trotzky Not to Assume
Mantle of Dead Chief.
Washington Sees No Rad-*
ical Change in Prospect
MOSCOW. Jan. 22.—Nikolai Len
ine is deaS.
The man who led the Russian
revolution and overthrew the long
established order of the czarn,
passed away at a moment when his
party is beginning to reap the
fruits of Ids labors.
11l for many montlis, the bolshev
ik leader died while others carried
on the soviet government he
founded.
Lenine bad 1)6001110 an enigma to
his countrymen, living in seclusion,
his condition carefully concealed
from the world.
It was known that he had suffer
ed a form of paralysis, and that
famous specialists had come from
far lands to treat him.
Only a fortnight ago it was re
ported to Russia at large that
' Lenine was getting well. He had
been out hunting rabbits on Christ
mas day, and again on New YearAfl
day.
His early return to participation
in Russian affairs even was ru
mored
Kept Closely Guarded
Nr. one from the outside world
was permitted to see Lenine. He
was kept closely guarded, while oth
ers carried on the affairs of the gov
ernment, and the country that had
followed his lead awaited his re
turn.
The SSO a week premier, who
ushered in the dictatorship of the
proletariat nearly six years ago,
has been in failing health for many
months.
Today came word of his death— ■
many times rumored and as often
denied. _k_
Tlie ‘ll uleader, hailed os one
of the greatest men of modern
times, died at ten minutes to seven
Monday night.
His death occurred at a, little
town called Gorky, not far from
Moscow.
The funeral will be held on Sat*
urday.
On that day the body of Lenine
will be interred in the Kremlin hall,
beside that of Svertloff, on© of hie
fellow leaders in the great upheaval
of Russia.
Blow to Followers
The death of Lenine came as •<
blow to his millions of followers.
Despite his two years' absence
from th© Kremlin, ho was first in
the hearts of the Russians who rose
behind him and overthrew the
Romanoff dynasty.
They had always looked forward
to his return, and, though some few,
who knew the worst, may mfve giv
en up hope, the great majority of
Russia had not.
As the country’s commercial rela
tions with other nations improved,
the talk was always of ‘‘when
Lenine gets back to work.”
Now Lenine is dead, of an iflness
the exact nature of which was not
at first disclosed.
He lived, however, to see the state
he dreamed of and fought for, take
its place among the nations of the
world; a state not yet recognized by
many governments, but standing on
its own feet.
Simultaneously with Lenlne’n
death comes the passing from su
preme power in Russia of the man
who led with him —Leon Trotzky.
The latter, Soviet war minister,
has been relegated to seventh place
among the leaders of the less radical
order of things in Russia.
What effect the death of Lenine
will have upon Trotzky’s future it
is too early to predict. Many be
lieve he never will return to the
place he enjoyed when he and the
late loader stood side by side at the
head of Bolshevik affairs.
Physicians Describe Death
This afternoon the physicians who
had attended Lenine in his last ill
ness issued a bulletin describing the
soviet chieftain’s death.
His condition had greatly im
proved, they said, when suddenly,
on Monday, it took a turn for tho
worse.
Lenine died within a few hours.
Paralysis of the respiratory organ*
apparently was the cause.
The body will be brought to Mos
cow Wednesday and will lie in stat*
until the funeral is held.
In death, Lenine is to be mad* ac
cessible to all those who followed,
him and who could not be with him
in his illness.
An official statement issued by
the Russian government said that
the soviet government will continue
to carry out the will of the workers
and peasants, in accordance with
Lenine’s last wishes.
For the past year or so Lenine ha*
been reported in iH health, suffer
■ ing from violent headaches and his
death has been rumored many times.
Professor Foerster, German spe
cialist, was summoned to Moscow
early last spring to consult the chief
of the soviet government. At that
time the specialist said Lenine’s
trouble was caused by a wound, ex
the right side of the neck, which
the soviet leader had received four
years ago. A small artery was cut,
Foerster said, lessening the flow of
blood to the right side of the brain.
WASHINGTON EXPECTS NO
RMHCAL CHANGE IN SOVIET
WAbHINGTON. Jan. 22.—(8y the
i Associated Press.) —Whatever its ulti
mate effect on the tangle of Russian
politics, close students of Russian af
fairs here do pot expect the death
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