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GALVD FLAT SHEETS
CORRUGATED ROOFING
SKXD 1 \ YOVI: OKDKUH.
i mj oi'R pinqjss a u: uigiit.
Yf\ ^. A. Machine & Supply Co.
Builders' Hardware—Locks,
Butts, Hinges
WE HAVE A GOoI> STCK'K AND CAN SIKP
I'KOMITLX
F. W. HEITMAN CO.
UOISTON
VOLUMF LV-NO. 346.
SAN AN i UiniU, IhXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1920. -TWtNTY-EOUK HAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
BRITISHERS WIN
BLOODY BATTLE
IN IRISH WILDS
Sinn Feiners Put to Rout After
Ambuscade in Tipperary,
Leaving Fifteen Dead
McReady Opens
Campaign to
Clear South-
west.
SALES TAX IS BEST FEDERAL OFFICIALS GOT SHARE O8REGON CABINET
SUBSTITUTE FOBi OF EXORBITANT COAL PROFITS DECK NOT TO
TO BE PREMIER OF
KAHN SAYS
Eanker Before House Committee;
Also Recommends Higher Tariff
and Flat Levy on Corporations'
Net Profits.
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST
PROFITEERING NEEDED
Naval Ballooij jjf i Airmen Missing
Senator Knox, Unwilling to
Accept Because of Health,
Persuades Jurist to Change
Mind.
PENROSE OBJECTS TO
HAYS FOR POSTAL BERTH
Boss Will Be Back in Scat to Fight
Appointments Distasteful to
Him, Said—Opposition to Rich-
ard W. Child for Private Sec-
retary.
Uy Fill vernal Service.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21.--
Charles Evans Hughes has consented
to become Secretary of State in the
Cabinet of President-elect Harding.
This became known today following
r, coiitticiice which the former justice
of the Supreme Court held with Sen-
fiitor Knox of Pennsylvania, who was
said to be acting as an agent of the
President-elect.
The former Justice's consent to take the
stute portfolio \va« a complete reversal
of lils position taken when the matter
VH8 first suggested. Senator Knox, him-
self a former Secretary of State, convinced
Judge Hughes that the past views on the
League of Nation9 lusue constitute no
larrler in the way of accepting the Cabi-
net berth.
lirfUMi Public Statement.
Judge, Hughes arrived here yesterday,
secluding himself at the Shoreham Hotel,
ar.d declining to comment in any way
Continued on Pag* Two, Colnmn Two
POLICE BELIEVE MURDER V ICTIM
IS WIDOW OF PROMINENT
X-RAY SPECIALIST.
I'.y Fnlversal Service.
LON(; FKACll, L. I., Doc. £1.~ The deep,
est mystery tonight surrounded the man-
ner of deuth of the fashionably growned
woman whose body was found on a lonely
. part of the beach here last- night, lying
on Its back and resting in the water at*ebb
tide
Who is this woman? Partial identifica-
tion todav indicated she was .Mrs. John
A. Lee, widow of a prominent Brooklyn
physician, who died last Easter from the
< umulatlye effects of an X ray burn. Her
hat-, found near the body, along with her
purse, bore the number of a millinery
house and this number on the books in-
dicated that the dead woman was Mrs.
Leo.
Mrs. Lee, until recently, had resided in
one of the mosi. exclusive residential sec.
lions of Brooklyn. After her husband's
death she determined to sell the property
and remove to her girlhood home in
SpringlVId, III. She left the house three
weeks ago and registered at the Hotel
Mr A 1pm in New York, checking out yes-
terday. Why sho immediately journeyed
to Long Beach is not known her friends
say they know of no one with whom she
was acquainted there.
The big mystery Is how this woman
came to her end. A searching investiga-
tion was made throughout today, cul-
minating in the rutopsy late today. The
autopBy revealed nothing; it was held that
the woman had not come to her death be-
cause of a wound over her right eye which
streamed blood back of her ear; this
wound probably had been caused when
she fell upon some shelly upon the beach.
There was no evidence of revolver wounds
nor evidence of drowniug or poison.
The examiners seemed Inclined to be-
lieve, however, that the woman had been
poisoned and her stomach was sent to a
laboratory in New York for analysis.
Footprints In the sand some yards from
the body indicated the woman had been
running Just before her death, according
to the Long Beach police. The steps were
close together and the shoe heels had made
deep impressions in the sand The foot-
prints extended to where the tide had
washed the sand.
The woman appeared to be about HO
years old and was el.id entirely in black.
The first examination of the body iiidi-
Continued on Page Three, Cdlumn One.
By ROBERT J. PREW
(fniversal Service staff Correspondent.)
LONDON, Dec. 21—The biggest and
most desperate battle of all the rccent
struggles between the Irish republican
army and the forces of the crown oc-
curred last evening in Tipperary. Fif-
teen republicans are already reported
billed, but the crown losses are un-
announced. It is known, however, that
Sergt. Walsh of the Royal Irish Con
stabulary, while rushing reinforcements
to the scene of the battle, was shot
dead.
It is believed that this action marks
the opening of Gen. Sir Neville Mac-
keadv's campaign to clear th; hills of
> /utnwest Ireland, where the republi-
cans have been the most strongly en-
trenched.
Communication with tins remote and
sparsely settled district is difficult, but
It is known that the conflict, occurred in
a wild stretch of country between Mul-
linahons and Nine-mile House, where pre-
sumably troops were sent to capture Sinn
Feiners, who were known to have gathered
at the mountain retreat.
The Uepubiicans, who were informed as
the official plans, stretched their forces
out to cover the entire roadway over an
eighty-mile front, which, however, they
thinly held.
The troops preceding along the road In
lorries, fell into tlie ambush, but quickly
broke up their forces ami extended them-
selves in order to give battle to the hidden
enemy.
Heavy firing continued for hours, while
messengers sped for reinforcements,
which were rushed in trucks the 80 miles
from Kilkenny.
Reinforcing Party Ambushed.
When Just outside of Cullan, the re-
inforcing party was also ambushed and
it was here that Sergt. Walsh fell dead.
Sergt. Shannon was also wounded.
It is stated that the fighting resulted
In a victory for the (Town forces, who
routed the Uepubiicans. taking prisoners,
including a number of wounded, who were
placed in ambulances and rushed over the
rocky, broken roads to neighboring towns.
A smaller ambush occurred at ltoss-
carberry. in County Cork, where patrol
of three "Black and Tans'' were attacked
near their barracks. Two of them were
wounded. The umbusbers fled after 10
minutes of fighting.
Three Actions Fought.
Additional details of the battle between
members of the Jrish Republican army
and the British trope, which occurred yes-
terday at Mullinahone, show that three
actions were fought. The first occurred
at "Nine-mile House," when civllans at-
tacked the military lorriese. After a
short, sharp fight,, one of the lorries es-
caped and went to Callan from where re-
inforcements entered the affair. \\ hue
the fighf was progressing. County In-
spector Whyte, of Kilkenny, with 12 mem-
bers of the ltoy a I Irish Constabulary
dashed up in a lorry and ran into the
thick of the fighting. Sergt. Shannon
received the bullet wounds in the head
and arm. , .... .....
The lurry dasbeil nn through the lmttle
and continued to fitfht from cover.
Tlie third and biggest battle occurred
when a second batch of reinforcements iir-
rived from I lien bower. At this scrimmage
it is stated that between 10 and IS civil-
ianss were killed and 3U wounded or cap-
tured It is presumed here that this third
battle' is the one which figured in the
lirsl dispatches of yesterday regarding
the fighting at Mullinahone.
By Associated Press.
BOSTON' I'ec. -!•- Tt"* telegram sent
Testerday by Oaniel Moran. president of
the Massachusetts council. Friends ot Ir-
Continued or I'uEe Three. Column l our.
Business Cannot Experience Healthy
Growth While Government Contin-
ues to Absorb Life Blood Through
Excessive Taxation, He Asserts—As-
sailj Tax on Deposits as "Return to
Barter."
SEVENTY FILIPINOS
ily Associated Pres.'
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21.—
j Establishment of a sales tax, repeal of
the tax on excess profits, reduction of
the higher rates on income surtaxes,
upward revision of the tariff and levy-
ing of a flat tax on net profits of cor-
porations, were advocated before the
House Ways and Means Committee to
day by Otto H. Kahn, New York banker,
in a discussion of tax revision legis-
lation.
Mr. Kahn dwelt at length on the
question of a sales tax, partly in re-
sponse to indications in the.committee
that that sort of tax in gaining favor.
Chairman Fordney, before Mr. Kahn
was called, said he and several other
members believed a sales tax would
eventuate, hut were seeking methods
bv which the tax would not be multi-
plied and the consumer unjustly taxed
As it v:»huI( nt' I he • liulrmHii'fi statement,
Mr. Kahn discus'.-d that phase of the
problem, advocating legislative provisions
which would require the tax to lie mad"
known in each sale ami added lo the sell
ifg price separately.
Such an arrangement, he said In hi-
opinion, would check "the profiteering
which has resulted" from the excess prof-
its tax. In his discussion of the need for
a revised taxation program, Mr. Kahn de-
clcred American business could not experi-
ence a healthy growth if the Government
continued "on a road of excessive taxa-
tion and continued to absorb the life blood
of business through concentration of taxes
on incomes and capital." He added that
"the tax burden" had already actually
stabbed commercial development.
Kahn Urges Tax Revision
Hj Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Doc. 21.—Business
of the country is demanding and must
have revision of the tax laws if it is to
continue as a healthy growth. Otto II.
Kahn, New York banker, told the House
Ways and Means Committee today lu a
statement in which he denounced aspects
of the Treaty of Versailles find declared
for a continuation of income surtaxes.
The excess profit tax "must go," Mr.
Kahn said, adding, that while It was the-
oretically sound its disadvantages outbal-
anced its advantages.
Continuation of the income surtaxes, Mr.
Kahn charged, was a social4 and economic
necessity, but he warned against exces-
sive levies on the higher incomes on the
ground that they did not produce the
maximum of revenue for which they were
designed. He said also that he opposed
any exemption under income tax provi-
sions.
"Your problem," Mr. Kahn continued,
"is to fiyd out how to make the sur-
taxes economically sound. Ii is a ques-
tion of finding how and what, rates cap
be made to produce the maximum But
1 think there is danger in excessive levies
in surtaxes and this should be gtlarded
against.
Before Mr. Kahn was (jailed, Chairman
Fordney stated that he and other mem-
bers of the committee were in favor <<t
"some kind" of a sales tax as one of the
means of raising the $1 000,000,000 of reve-
nue needed annually by the Government.
Opposes "Pyramided Jturden."
■ "It. seems a sensible tax." said the chair
man. "but w< ilo not want ;i -ales tax that
j Will be multiplied ai;' pyi^ .ided into a
I burden on ti e consumer. \V,. want t<>
j avoid a law which will cause to be passed
on to the consumer a levy which nets
Continued on Page T\yn, Column Two
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Gushing Tells How
Dcllar-a-Year Men
Made $675,000
Public. Stampeded
by False Talk
of Shortage
Bv ARTHUR SEARS HENMNG
'I nivertal Service staff ' orrespondent.)
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 21.—A
sensational scandal, involving a ring
of Government officials in a rake-off of
j millions of dollars in coal transactions
during the recent fuel shortage, was
unexpectedly uncovered today by the
| Senate Coal Investigating Committee.
George H. Cushing, general manager
' of the American Wholesale Coal Deal-
ers' Association, inadvertently disclosed
in his sworn testimony before the com-
mittee that Government officials, tak-
ng advantage of advance information
on the fuel stringencies, obtained in
tlieir confidential positions
Sentiment Is Unanimous No Change
Shall Be Made in Article 27,
Zubatan Informs State Depart-
ment.
DOOR NOT CLOSED TO
COLBY'S SUGGESTION
i.
S. Holds Conferences With Euro-
pean Powers on Issue—Will Insist
Only on Protection of Propertj
Titles—Mexico Ma> Wait for Hard-
ing Administration.
IIy Associated Press.
WASHING!ON. D. C., Dec. 21.—In-
formation regarded here as unofficial
evidence that Mexico is in no hurry
declared ro bargain for recognition by the United
themselves in on the coal price boost- i Ma,es> was'suommed to the state De-
ing and "cleaned up" millions. The , rartment toai.y by the American em
New York Stute forest raiiRers are «e*rchlng the snow-covered Adirondack* in the
vicinity of Wells, X. Y., for signs of the mUsing naval free balloon which left the
Kocknwa.v Point (L. I.) Naval Air Station Monday and ban not been reported wine©
shortly after its departure. The balloon carried three passengers, Lieut. Walter C.
IIintoil, pilot of the trans-Atlantic NC-4 plane; Lieut. Louis A. Kloor ami Lieut.
Stephen A. Farrell. Though warmly clad, the balloonlsts earrled little food and alarm
is felt for tlieir safety. The balloon wus last seen passing over W.ells. The photo shows
the missing baloon and, below, Lieut, llinton.
committee immediately determined to
go io the bottgm of the charges.
Mr. Cushing told the committee of
one instance in which Government of-
ficials cleared a profit of $675,(100 on
the sale of 450,000 tons of coal. He
stated that he was offered a share
amounting to over $100,000 to par-
ticipate in the deal, but declined. There
j were many other such instances, he
i told the committee.
I Much of Mr. Olsliirrlr's tcHtlmOny wiim
i fc'lveii lieliinil dosed doors and was not i
made public. JI.. luniisiid the committee I
with th,. name of the rlntriender, mid to l,o
a doll,ir-a year man. mmlttee ex
pects ti. issue Hiiljpopfjije for tills man.
•Mr. limhtiiK will return t.> the witness
stand probably toin<irr<tw, armed with p:i
pet's that will enable liltn to furnish the
committee with the names of other tint
eminent officials wl,,, drew down htiffi-
profits in coal. 'J'he committee plans t<i
make a thorough imesliKHtlon and reveal
lo tlie countrv tlie names of all official*
ungated In the coal deals.
skirts Ma.v He I lcu.it I^sall).
Members of the emmittee, after hearlns
Mr. I'UBhitig's testimony, in secret, session,
explained that the con! handled by the rim;
was not Bold to the American Government
and they doubted therefore whether any
Kraft prosecutions could be Instituted. Th,
t coal was sold, It was stated, sometimes
bassy at the Gity of Mexico. The em-
bassy reported Rafael Gapmanv Zu-
baran, Minister of Commerce and
Labor, had ..eclared in an interview
that the Cabinet of President Qbregon
was unanimous in its opinion that
Article 27 of the Constitution should
not be changed. This is the article re-
lating to property rights in Mexico
wfiicn has been protested by the United
States and the other governments as
confiscatory.
State Department Officials were not in
. clineti, however, to reuar.i the attitude of
j resident nhreuuii m t abiitei as <ier[nitc|\
blocking eiinrts at an agreement hetwer
the two countries. Mr. /ul.aran w;i>
ed In City of Jdexl
to American consumers In
plot
newspapers ves
lay, in-cording to tne .State iVparfuMMt H
Inionuutio)!. Having mar the Mexican
eminent would continue to maintain i .
principle ot natioiiHii/.ation of tnc pcti..
le'ii" industry i wap explained Uer<*
that neither tlie American lioveritinent nor
representatives of American Interests
.Mexico bad ever denied the right of Mo*
ico to maintain such principles and had
been coneorued ouly in safeguarding 11 r 1. *
t«> property obtuiued prior to adoption of
the Constitution in 1017.
l»oe« Not Mean Rejection.
Mr. Zubaran's comment was not con
ft rued as indicative of a determination of
his government to reject definitely the sui;
AIRMAN 10 SEEK
LOSTBALLOONi:
NAVAL CAKKIKR PIGEON MAY
FURNISH CLUE TO FATE
OF AERONAUTS.
By Associated Pref-s. »
ItOCIv A WAV, N. Y, J>e.\ L'l. - Lieut. Al-
bert' W. 11 vans, naval avbitor. balloonist
and dirigible pilot, was ordered to leave
tonight for Ottawa to direct the search
there for the balloon missing from the
Uockaway naval air station for more than
a week.
By AsfoeUited 7*reus. »
ROCKAWAY, N V„ D« r, 21. Offit ers at
the naval station here said today that
the naval carrier pinion found dead today
in Rochester was :i"i one of those carried
on the missing naval balloon A -
which has bcu i«.^t siuci* Monday of.last
week.
Four carrier pigeons only were carried.
One was released a few hours after the
Continued on I'age Two, Column Four
the shortage was acute, and sometimes to
foreign governments who were badly in
need of fuel for their shipping and Indus-
tries. The practice of the ring was to get
secret order from persons and concerns
badly in need of coal, enter Into negofla
regions where ; gestion of Secretary Colby that 'an agre?
nient be entered into by the United Stau»
and Mexico that, would form the basis for
recognition. That suggestion was made
to ltoherto Pesqueiru, who was sent to th*
I nited .States as a confidential agent of
President De Ji» llm-rta and it, in t,tiil \u
tiou>> wlih coal dealers with whom they f Ileved President <»bregon, Oe la~ Huerra's
upualh offered to share the proflrH and | successor, will accept tne suggestion.
then deliver the coal nt a price about Sl.ftti | l.'iiofflclal information has indicated tha
a ton In excess of the purchase cpst. The President Obregon may wait until nft»:
officials were In position where they were March I to enter into'any further lie
able to obtain Information ns to coal needs tiations looking to recognition, preferrln"
and give assurances to their consumers of j to deal with tUe new admlui^ration.
I , I . H. < onfers W itli F.urirpe.
NEW LOW RECORDS SET I OK
M A N Y ISS r ES—MIIXIO N AIKES
OF WAR AT EM) OF ROW.
By Associated Press.
MOW Vulllv, I»ec. t!J. Oil transa-tlons
approximating 1,700,U00 shares, the larges*
turnover «»f the year, the stock market
today experienced another drastic read-
justment of quoted values, which forced
many issues down from to 1'- poluts
aud * established numerous low records
from one t<» tour years. The collapse,
which exceeded in violence any movement
of the prolonged reaction, encompassed
every branch of the 'ist. but was most
extensive in the so-called independent
steels, cuppers, motors and related shares.
Waiving admitted adverse conditions in
trade and industry, traders declared there
were no specific developments to explain
the slump other than growing conviction
Continued on Page Two, Column One.
their ability to get the coal by reason
their position, it was stated.
Mr. Cushing's revelations slipped out ac-
cidentally. lie was asked to give a list,
of those who took profits in the handling
of the coal from the mine to the consumer.
He stated tl t profits were taken by the
miners, the operators, the railroads, whole-
sale dealers, retail dealers, etc., and then
to the surprise of the committee, added:
"And officials of the I nited States Gov-
ernment, who got into the coal business."
Instantly the committee was on the alert.
He was pressed by Senator Kenyon of
Iowa to furnish more light on this charge.
He steadily declined to do so.
"You know that Government officials se-
cured a profit in the handling of coalV'
asked Senator Kenyon.
Milk Already Split,
o." replied Mr. Cushlns
"Yes, 1 do," replied Mr. Cushing. "Hut
there Is no good digging in the graveyard.
My muckraking days yre over."
I When the coinmitt.ee insisted on further
! Information, Mr, CushlnM finally agreed t"
msuer questions behind (dosed doors. Th
J Informal eoutrretices are known to have
occurred between officials of tho State 1».
1 partaieiit and representatives of European
powers regarding Mexico as reported in *
Paris dispatch today, and the policy
adopted several years ago* by Great Hrlt-
ain, Prancf» and the other Kuropean na
i tions, in leaving the lead to the United
States in dealing with Mexico is expected
i to continued. This policy has also been
; adopted largely by the bankers of the dif-
ferent European countries and has been
made the basis for the agreement which i*
known to exist among them that no money
| will he loaned t«» Mexico without consent
of the entire group and that no financial
negotiations will take place until interna-
tional political relations of Mexico ur©
more firmly established
•Representatives ..f France and Great
Britain have, from time to time, made sug-
gestions to the I'nlted States regarding
the course that should be taken, but in lie-
main they have conceded that the inter
sts of their nationals are so nearly like
I those of Americans that the course tak«
i 1,vn rr.r,b;i
i arffi KHSrS H v SS
labor leaders, who h
handling id' coal, al
"rake-off" frequently
• xplalued, helped I
d to d(* with tli
managed to get a
All these levies, he
se the price of coal
SEVEN OTHERS PLEAD NOT
GUILTY WHEN ARRAIGNED
ON SEDITION CHARGE.
By Associated Tress. '
MANILA, P. i., Dec. 21—Seventy mem-
bers of tlie Philippine Island ConsL.ib-
uary pleaded guilty here today to
charges of sedition, in connection with
the riots with Manila military police last
Thursday night, which resulted in sev-
en deaths. ^
Seven other constabulary men arrested
in connection with the riot, pleaded not
guilty when arraigned today.
Hearing of the cases of the seven plead-
ing not guilty was set for January 3.
Sentence upon the seventy pleading guilty
will not be pronounced until the trial of
the other seven is completed. The max-
imum penalty for sedition is 10 years*
imprisonment.
The riot gfew out pf the killing last
Tuesday night of a constabulary private
bv a M'nnila policeman, when the (•onstab-
uiary man attacked the policeman with
a knife The attack was provoked by ill
fee I i u% on the part of the constabulary,
resulting front alleged mistreatment and
abuse of the wife of a constabulary
man. arrested by the police the preceding
Sunday.
Legion Protests Japs in Valley
MASSMEETING VOICES IRE AT COLONIZATION
RAP IRISH POLICY
OF LLOYD GEORGE
SAY DOWNING STREET'S LACK OF
SINCERITY IS NOT APPROVED
, BY NATION.
Bledsoe Exclusion
Liil Commended
in Resolution
Prophecy of Daniel Webster at
Plymouth Century Ago Realized
By Asaodnted Press, ... . ^
PLYMOUTH, Mass., Dec. 21.—A prophecy made by Daniel Webster 100
/lars ago was fulfilled today when Governor Coolidge, sitting in the ancicnt
rush-bottomed chair of the Pilgrim Governor Carver, talked by telephone
across the continent with a representative of Governor Stephens, of Cali-
fornia. The incident was a feature of the Pilgrim tercentenary celebration.
In the speech of Webster, December 22, 1820, at the observance of
the 200th anniversary of the forefathers' landing, he pictured the assemblage
that 100 years later again would honor the memory of the Pilgrims.
"We would anticipate and partake of the pleasure with which they will
then recount the steps of New England's advancement," he said.
"On the morning of that day although it will not disturb us in our
repose, the voice of acclamation and gratitude commencing on the Rock of
Plymouth shall be transmitted through millions of the sons of the Pilgrims
until it loses itself in the murmurs of the Pacific seas."
The quotation from Webster was embodied in the address of Senator
Lodge, the orator at today's exercises, and the telephone call from Governor
Coolidge to Governor Stephens' office in Sacramento was timed to coincide
with the delivery of that portion of the Senator's speech.
Rv Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., T^e. lit An ar-
raignment of the coalition Government
for what was described as "Its lack of
sincerity in its policy toward Ireland
was presented today by two Kugllsh wom-
en to the Commission of the Committee
of 100 investigating the Irish question.
Miss Ellen c. W ilkinson of Maucbestet,
one of ten women who investigated con-
ditions In Ireland for the Women's In-
ternational League, declared if a refer-
endum were taken it would be found that
the "mass of British opinion was not be-
hind the Government in its policy toward
Ireland."
Mrs. Annote K. flobluson, also of Man-
chester, joined her in the declaration that
while the I'trltinh public hardly was ready
to accept the Sinn Fein plan of an Irish
Republic, "Ireland can be won yet," if
the Government, adopts a sincere policy.
Hoth indicated their belief that dominion
home rule would prove the final solution.
"Little scraps of Nations are opposed
by the English as inviting struggles be-
tween masters " * Miss Wilkinson said,
adding "that the fear of other Powers us-
ing Ireland for military bases, probably
would prevent the English from willingly
accepting complete severance of Ireland
from the Fnlted Kingdom."
Hoth women told of the burning of
homes aud the destruction of property lu
Irelaud. . t. , .
Miss Wilkinson described reprisals by
the military in Cork, which, she said, she
witnessed in October.
"At 10 o'clock at flight," she said, "the
Continued tl Pa*e Two, Coiuma Two,
Special Telegram to The Kxpress. \
lUtOWNSVlLLIO, Tex., Dec. 21.—A war-
ranty deed placed on record in the coilnty
clerk's office here, conveying about 1,'Sd
lu res of valley land to Japanese interests;
caused a revival of interest throughout the
lower Klo Grande Valley Jn the movement
to exclude Japanese colonizers.
II. L. Oler. former commander of the
American Legion Post at Harllrtgen, hear
where this land is located, tonight told
a mass meeting of 200 llrownsville people,
mostly farmers and members of the Amer-
ican Legion, that he understood that a
party of 30 Japanese arc en route to oc-
cupy the land. "They are going back,"
he said.
Oler told the meeting that before the
deal was dosed the Harllngen Legion had
warned both sellers and purchasers in the
Harllngen deal that sentiment was op-
posed to Japanese colonization in this sec-
tion.
"Wo have been open and above board
in our activities In this connection," lie
said, "therefore, they themselves are re-
sponsible for whatever may happen now."
The agitation against this class of col-
onization, started some weeks ago with the
Harllngen Post, at which time Oler was
commander. Speaking in serious tone, Oler
declared that more than 1»S per cent of
Harllngen people stand back of the liar
llngen Post i'j its stand against Japanese
colonization in the valley, and lie said
that other organisations havo also en-
dorsed lt»i action, lie said the post would
call on other posts for moral support to
keep the .lupjitiefte out, and physical sup
port If it became necessary. The Browns-
ville Post of the American Legion called
tonight's meeting to sound out local sen-
timent' on the Japanese colonization ques-
tion.
Motions aud resolutions opposing It were
carried unanimously; about 20 Legion men
were present, the remainder being prin-
cipally farmers A motion to support the
proposed Uledsoe bill in the coming ses-
sion of the Legislature in connection with
the problem was passed. One local real
estate firm was commended by standing
vote for its refusal to sell to Japanese
1.000 acres of land near llrownsville which
Involved commissions amounting to £38,-
000,
up to the unprecedented height* which ha\e
j prevailed during the past year.
Allothef- sensational feature of the inves
ligation was the production of evidence.
I showing how the American Wholesale Con I
Dealers' Association succeeded in thwart
Jug the campaign instituted last summer by
the Department of Juatlc? against profit-
eering operators
Senator t "aider of N. w York, chairman
of t ho Investigation committee, brought
forth a telegram sent by Mr. (.utifafna to
members of his organization, advising them
not to answer the questionnaire sent out
i by the Department of Justice for the pur-
pose of obtaining information about opera
tors' price. The department wanted the
wholesale coal dealers to giv.e the names
of the operators from whom they bought
their coal and how much they paid.
Mr. Cushing admitted sending the tele-
gram. '
"I didn't want menfT»ers of our associa-
tion to beconu infor.ic i s on operators who
supplied them with the coal that kept them
In the business." lie explained.
Mr. Cushing blamed the high coal prices
on "a runaway market, created by a panic
of the buyers, canned by alarmist state
Continued on Page Two, Column One.
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many
four months,# but he has uot presented In
let tern of « redit.
Whether President Obregon will ayreo
finally to uj,i agreement which will be re-
garded as satisfactory by this Government
and Incidentally by those of Europe, is
said to be not definitely known.
ARDMORE SHERIFF AND WOMAN'S
ATTORNEY EN ROUTE TO
POINT NEAR BORDER.
By Assno.'ated Prc«s.
AHPMOHE, Okla., Dec. 21.-At a point
along the i: ternati* mil boundary between
the I nited Stales and Mexico, not. far
from LI Paso. Clara Parton Smith, sought
in connection with tin fatal shooting of
Jake L. Ilamon, Republican National
Continued on Page Two. Column Two.
E
DR. FRANCISCO V. COME/ AND
LEON J. TAl'REL INDICTED
BY FEDERAL Jl'RY.
COMMANDER GATEWOOD SAYS
EXCESSIVE CHARGES OF UP-
KEEP CRIPPLE U. S. MARINE.
Only 3 More
Shopping Days
Until Christmas
Sometimes last selections
of gilts are the happiest.
If you let the advertising
columns of The San An-
tonio Express and San An-
tonio Evening News help
you, they also will be.satis-
factory ones. , .
ity Associated Press.
MIW YOUK, Dec. 21.- Charges <>f ex-
cessive and exorbitant costs, made by
American shipyards for repairs vessels
owned by the I'nited Shales Shipping Hoard
and private firms, were made today by
Commander lt.4 D. Gatewood, head "f the
board's repair and construction depart-
ment.
Lxcess cost of repairs, ranging as high
as "$250 per cent above the list price,"
Commander Gatewood said, were workiftg
a Merlons handicap to the successful compe-
tition of an American merchant marine
with foreign flag vessels. He appealed for
co-opcrutIon of the shipowners in efforts
of his department to bring these prices
down to "reasonable" figures.
Commander Gatewood spoke at a lunch
eon of American shipowner> at which F.
A. Thompson, recently appointed vice
chairman ot the Shipping llourd. was a
guest. Thompson spoke in support of
CominaniM Gatewood'# plan.
Detailing sonic of the alleged excessive
costs, which be had investigated. Com-
mander Gatewood said that the present
monthly bill of repairs on American ship-
amounted to about frt,MK>,000. This amount
he said, was $2,000,000 In excess of what it
should be.
Charged with having conspired to evade
the neutrality laws of the Putted State,^s.
Dr. Fnjneisco Yasqiiez Gomez and I^eon
J. Taurel were arrested by I'nited States
I n-puty Marshal Johii L. Dibrell late ye§-
terdny afternoon following the return if
an indictment by the Federal grand jury
which named the two Mexicans as having
"conspired with other persons to set on
foot a movement for a military expedition
Into Mexico and furnishing means and
money to the same." When brought before
Culled States t'omuiissioiier U. L. Kdwardt
to make bond. Gomez was released under a
bond of $1,000 and the other defeudaut re-
manded to the county jail In default of a
bond of like amount.
Other arrests are expected this morning
as the result of the indictment returned
lute yesterday afternoon by the Federal
grand Jury, now in session here, as it H
understood that, a number of other local
Mexl/ans are wanted The action of the
grant! Jury In returning indictments
igniiiM Gomez and Taurel follows recent
wholesale raids made by Department of
Justice officials upon the so-called "Re
formlsia" junta* here and at various points
along the Mexican border which netted,
according to the department officers, a
mass of documentary evidence, including
revolutionary plans and manifestos seized
from the alleged leaders of the new move-
ment.
(iomez Kan for Vice Presidency.
Gomez began his political career in Mex-
ico in 1010 when he became the running
mate of Francisco Madero. who was the
candidate for the Mexican presidency
ugalntM Porflrlo Diaz, Gomez being the
opponent of Itamon Corral, choice of the
l»laz faction for the vice presidency oi
Mexico. He figured piominently in th-
Madero revolution, and is credited with
having effected the Treaty of Juarez wblcu
I rnugbt I hat revolution to an end In 1011.
lie wa* nonointed minister of gobernaclon
in the "Hldnet provisional President
Francisco Leon de la Barra. Gomez broka
v ith Madero, however, who favored Pino
Snare* for the vice presidency in Ihe ele»
tioua which followed. From that Ufl* oa
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