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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
Consolidation of The Evening News and
The Roseburg Review
DOUGLAS COUNTY
An Independent Newspaper, Published for
the Best Interests of the People.
roseburg, Oregon. .Tuesday, January i i, 1927.
VOL. XXVII NO. 237 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
V"';: vii
NO. 309 OF THE EVENING NEWS
EOOf PRESENTS
BILL TO CREATE
SCHOOL BOARD
Chief Purpose to Displace
Three Separate Bodies
Now in Existence.
FATE IS NOT CERTAIN
Investigation of Text Book
Situation Seems Sure;
1 Income Tax Bill
Is Coming.
(Associated Press Lensed Wire.)
STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore.,
Jan. 11. Senator Eddy yesterday
Introduced a bill made public some
time ago providing for the creat
ing of a state board of education.
The bill was agreed on by a spe
cial commlltee provided for by the
1925 session to Investigate the
courses of study in the public
schools. The new board would sup
plant the state board of higher cur
ricula, the stale text book commis
sion and the present state board of
education which is composed of the
governor, the secretary of state
and tho stale school superintend
ent, it would also make text book
selections for the schools. The
measure Is expected to take an im
portant place in the discussion on
the floors of both houses.
To Abolish Excess Fee
Introducing senate bill No: 1 yes
terday Senator E. W. Miller of
Grants Pass kept. a promise made
to .commercial travelers of the
state since the session of 1925.
The bill amends the so-called
peddlers' license law by exempting
commercial salesmen from tho act.
The law . requires, with certain
limitations, that owners of motor
vehicles arfected by the act must
pay license fees 50 per cent in ex
cess of the regular fee. According
to Miller It was never intended by
the roads and highways committee
of the senate two years ago that
commercial salesmen should be af
fected by it, but since then the at
torney general has ruled it does
apply to them. The attorney gen
eral s opinion created a furore
among tho commercial travelers
of tle state.
Text Book Probe Due
STATE HOUSE. SALEM, Ore.,
Jan 11 A legislative investigation
Browing out of a controversy over
adoption of school text books, is
oxnecled to he asked at the pre
sent session.
Interests seeking the Investiga
tion sought to precipitate it in the
senate, according to Informailon
today. The purposes are expected
to be:
First To probe the existing text
book controversy to the bottom.
Second To determine whether
any book company or combination
of book concerns now or in tiio
past havo had a monopoly on the
text books in the state.
Third To ascertain as to
whether (he price paid for text
hooks has been excessive and as to
whether the exchange value has
been reasonable.
Fourth To determine whether
any remedial legislation is needed.
Tin present text book coutro-
jeis has been raging since along ,pp t, Picr(.e administration to
.1 last November when a major-1 h,m Un( rec(M1Vi nt loast,
ily of the hoard of education re- p Culbertson and Bailey were
fused, lo sign a contract which had j cons j(lereu fl.,endlv to him. When
been drawn up for text books. the commjssion met today, how
Koeently a suit was instituted In (hfi vote ot Governor Patter-
tne circuit court In Multnomah
couniy io restrain ine i:oarti oi
Education from signing the col
tract.
To prevent a default several o
the so-called independent com
panies have Intervened.
Several of the independent com
panies also have appllied to the
supreme court for an original writ j0 remove him. Culbertson inter
of mandamus to compel the hoard, rupted by saying the vote of the
of education to sign the contracts ! governor was not necessary except
reconnnended by the text commis
sion.
To Revise Income Tax
Another effort to provide Oregon
with an income tax will be sponsor
ed by Kepreser.tative James H.
Hnzlett, of Hood River, he iudicat
ed today.
Senators Butler and Carsner
also were planning to father
similar hill. The bills would bp
similnr tn nne nronnsed nc. an in
itiative mcnuire hv the State
Grange and defeated at .the Novem-:?
her election.
It will be letoactive
to January 1
proved.
of this eai if ap
The Longview bridge contro
versy cam before the 'legislature
In memorials to congress present
ed by Senator Hunter of Fnlon
eoimty and Ilepresentative LeOl
of Multnomah county. They nsk
that cor. gross aiopt amendment
pronosed by the port of Portland
to the bill which already has
ed the senate.
..The Marion rountv delegation of-
J (Continued on page six )
MothefTurns0
Down Minister
AnSt Keeps Son
O (Associated Press Leased Wlre.l
MUSKEGON, ' Mich., Jnn.ll
Mrs. Clara Kiesgen has decided
that her five-year-old boy means
more to her than' the friendship of
the Rev. George N. Harness, de
posed pastor of the Forest Avenue
church of Christ.
Circuit Judge John Vanderwerp
in hearing recently a petition by
Mrs. Kiesgen's divorced husband for
removal of tho boy from the moth
er's custody gave Mrs. Kiesgen un
til March 1 to decide between the
pastor's friendship and the child.
"I have thought it over," she
told friends. "I am fyiing to keep
my boy."
Mr. Harness was expelled from
the Muskegon pastor's conference
yesterday. He previously had been
deposed from his pulpit in the For
est Avenue church of Christ.' In
expelling him from the conference
the ministers in monthly meeting
adopted a resolution citing 'his con
duct as set forth in the court opin
ion" of Judge Vanderwerp which
scored him for his attentions to
Mrs. Kiesgen prior to her divorce.
Mr. Harness who came here two
veavs ago from Tillamook, Oregon,
has organized a new church to be
known as the Central C.iuvch of
Christ.
FIRST TO FEEL
PATTERSON AXE
Dismissed as Secretary of
Ex-Service MenJs Aid
, Commission
LONG FEUD IS ENDED
Frank M. Moore Appointed
Successor and Edward
Hamilton Receives
Reinstatement.
(Associated Press Leaped Wire.)
SALEM. Ore., Jan. 11. A rettd
that has existed for several years
between Major W. P. .Simpson,
executive secretary of tho ex-ser
vice men's slate aid commission,
anil Brigadier General George A.
White, adjutant general of Oregon,
resulted today In the ousting of
Simpson at a special meeting cal
led by Governor Patterson. Frank
M. Moore, of Portland, was elected
in Simpson's place.
Governor Patterson, Secretary of
State Kozor, Adjutant General
White and W. C. Culberlson all
voted for the removal of Simpson.
Edward F. Bailey, senator from
Linn county and a member of the
commission was not present.
Patterson Approves
A move toward the ejection" of
I Simpson has been long deferred by
White and Kozer because it was
not. considered there would be
:son was not necessary for the re-
i.nvnl
White moved that Simpson's
services be dispensed with. Kozer
seconded the motion.
Simpson later asked If the vote
had been unanimous, explaining
Hint he wanted to know for record
if Governor Patterson had voted
in case of a tie. Patterson an
swered he had voted for the ouster
nnd that tho vote was unnnlmons.
, . Simpson Is Peeved
"Governor." said Simpson, aris
ing to his feet, "I have been tn
public life In the federal service
with the war department and with
the state for nearlv 30 vears. 1 have
MAJOR SUPSOi
a t been an pmplove for 35 years. This
is the first time I hnv ben dis
charged. T think T should have been
'given the opportunity to present
resignation. I regret exceeding-
lv that von have seen fit to take
ithta action."
i Frank M. Moore, who succeeds
Simpson, has for sevenl yeirs
jbenn traffic manager for Old?.
j Wort man and Kfitr. a Portland do-
:rrtment store firm. During the
i World war he served overseas
iwith an 'Hneermer contingent.
Hamilton Reinstated
Thn onrnmicoinn (ir?n rnlncffit-
ae nn i-,.- fr h Hm.rf.
pasi-Jmf,nt Fdward B. Hamilton of Sa
lem, wno was removed pome time
t bemuse of objections to his
(Continued on page 6.)
O 0
o
OFFICIALS AN
CATHOLICS !
TTLE
21 Persons, Including the
Mayor, Are Killed at
Cocula, Mexico.
GENERAL DRIVE IS ON
Calles Determined to Grab
Every Rebel ; 30 Bishops
Seized and Some to
Be Deported.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 11. Special
dispatches from Guadalajara stale
that 21 persons have beou killed
and ten .wounded in a clash be
tween Catholics and the municipal
authorities in the town of Coculu
in the state of Jalisco.
The mayor of Cocula and the lo
cal, deputy Sostenes Castillo were
among those killed.
The dispatches, which wer.e lack
ing in details, reported that the
municipal authorities offered oppo
sition to- a religious demonstra
tion whereupon the Catholics at
tacked municipal ' officials, em
ployes nnd policemen, a battle en
suing. General Drive On Rebels
The Agrarians, it was announced
today, have decided to support
President Calles and Mexico City
headquarters has instructed all
Agrarian organizations - throughout
Mexico to cooperate with federal
troops in pursuit of rebels wher
ever found. 1
Clearing up reports that federal
forces under General Enrique Leon
was defeated last - Friday ., near
llurango City, ' Torreon specials
state that General Gonzalo Esco
bar, military commandant at Torreon,-
has reported that tho situa
tion is merely a revival of the
problem presented by the warlike
Mezquital Indians, who always re
volt when an opportunity presents
itself.
At present, tho commandant is
'quoted as saying, the Indians havo
taken up arms under tho religious
banner on orders from Dumazo
Uarraza, a "Knight of Columbus."
Commandant Escobar said that
within fifteen days he would re
store pence to the state ot Dur
ango. Catholic Clergy Active
Reports from Saitillo say that
the Catholic priests. Isaac Perea
land Roman Blanco, arrested at
Zaragoza and Monelova, respec
tively, have been lodged In tho
penitentiary.
The most sensational develop
ments affecting tho Mexican re
ligious situation within tho last. 21
hours were two in number. The
first was the proclamation by a
Junta at EI Paso of a "provisional
government" of Mexico, with Reno
Capistran Gnrza, prominent Catho
lic and vice president of the Mexi
can national league for tho defense
of religious liberty, as "provision
al president."
Tho second was tho nrrost and
ordered deportation t of Bishop
Pascual Diaz of Tabasco, secretary
! of the Catholic Episcopate in Mex
ico. Five other prelates were taken
jwitli him at the Episcopate build
ing. Journalists Held
j Clarence Dubosen, correspondent
for The Associated Press, who
i went to the Episcopate to get tho
prelates comment on the develoj)
ment at El Paso, was taken into
custody while William Folger. Unit-
led Press correspondent, who fol
lowed when he learned of Dubo
I sen's detention, also was held. The
j correspondents succeeded in get
jting word to the American embas
jsy but were held several hours de
j spite their protests that they were
American citizens.
I Bishop Diaz, who is a Mexican
citizen, was led from the Episco
I pate building soon after his arrest
and word was later received that
! he would be expelled from tho
I country. Government officials re-
fuse lo give any information as to
m w.-i-uuu..a, uul ii la mouKui
he is enroute to the port of Vera
Cr.l",,1.tIi'r m"taryRuanI. v
ii. in niiuwu iiiiiL inert; iiiivn ueun
FATAL B A
! throughout the renuhltr and mtnti'' to w0lk 011 Bl!ll'"na'' en-1
ty three bishops In the country are 1 ? I"!".1, I"1"'' ''""'""'I "" :
reported to bo in custody.
tan. tells of the arrest there ot
.four priests, charged with violat-;
ing the new relicious regulations
bv officiating at masses.) ""' stages that brought the pas-. for even-one who came to the
! "Dispatches from Torreon also seng-rs np from California. I yards.
'state that an official report has "ever made the trip to California He Is" now retired upon pension,
been made by Colonel Salvador hV s!ag, and It was not until nf- with nn annual pass, so that ho
iValadez saying that his troops lor "'e railroad had been built may travel nv-r the S. P. linns as
invertook a group of rebels who be- over the mountains that I visited he desires, and he also Is provided
:ran hostilities at ,girrao de la the state. i wiJi the privilege of the eompany'F
Fuente In the' state of ?o.-ihuil!a, ' "Firing a locomotive In those mimical attention during the bal
illing two and capturing ten in a days was a whole lot different ance of his life.
Iclash at Palo Alto. (than It Is now. We fired with; Mr. Devaney Is no at his fine
I The reports state that nine ofvood and had smaller engines andihome on Mother slice!, where he
,tne ten i
ten Xtptured were summariumall trains, and it was sure hardisavs he will ho clad to('eeivo a
(Continued on page 6.)
arriage of Divorced Persons by
Presbyterian Clergymen Results
in Censure From High Authority
' J
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
.NEW YORK, Jan. 11 Censure
by the Presbytery of New York
threatens ministers of the Presby
terian church who in the future
perform marriage ceremonies for
divorced persons in violation of fhe
church's agreement with the Meth
odist. Episcopalian and other de
nominations. A restatement of the church's
stand on the matter in tho next is
sue of its handbook for ministers
was ordoved by tho Presbytery
yesterday after an address by the
Hev. Henry Sloaue Coffin, presi
dent of Union Theological semin
ary. Dr. Coffin, former pastor of
Madison avenue Presbyterian
ichurch, called attention of tho
Presbytery to the church's- pact
with its sister denominations and
POULTRY INDUSTRY
TO BE TOPIC ST
11 LICK.
Sidelights on Poultry Rais
ing in Douglas County
to Be Given by
Practical Men.
The program in connection with
the weekly forum luncheon ot the
Chamber ol Commerce tomorrow
will be devoted entirely to a dis
cussion df the poultry Industry.
The luncb.eovn are being held each
Wednesday, and are being well at
tended. Because of the Importance
of the potlltry industry in Douglas
county the topic will doubtless be
o treat interest to those present
at the luncheon tomorrow noon.
Practical poultry producers such
as Uooigo Burt, H. E. Gurney and
H.
jAiuiue, wnu jiuve maue sue
cesses in the poultry business In
the county, will give interesting
sidelights on tho business.
Last Wednesday the forum lunch
eon was attended by 125 persons
and practically all of those pledged
themselves to be at the lunchebu
tomnrrnw. n flint thn t f nnilo nn
w in k fii i 7. V " ,
ri,, ,,..,! . srinui.
The, tickets are now on sale
will end at 1 o'clock. The special
musical program is to bo arranged
by Sirs. Charles Heiullne.
PENDLETON SQUAW
PAROLED ON FIVE
YEARS' SENTENCE
fAnsriatcd Prcra Leased Wire.)
PENDLETON, Jan. 11. Stella
Williams, Indian woman, charg
ed with arson in connection wilh
her attempt to burn tho city jail,
changed her plea from not guilly
to guilly today while, a jury was
debuting her case after a (rial. She
was sentenced to five years in the
stato prison and then paroled pend
ing good behavior by Circuit
Judge Phelps. George Powers,
I -'"hi. ,,,, UI'Vl iiiiiik iv nun,
changed hi3 plea to guilty and
was sentenced to a year in the
slate prison.
thn iLi f '?1? '"YV," "i"" n;s I'of that ho would not engage
' -nm 'V. ii ,nhin,?1iT'!!!,a!'0 iln the li0'"r business. He Is now
Mike Devaney Pensioned by S. P.
After Thirty-Eight Years' Service
With the Railroad Company
Mike Devaney (his given name
Is really Micha, but old time res
idents of KosehnrR know no other
name for him than "Mike") has
boon pensioned by the Southern
Pacific after 3 years 6f faithful
and affieient service. DurhiK those
years Mr. Devaney has made his
home in Uooburir. practically all,
of the time and is one of the city's ;
beat known and highly respected .
citizens.
"It was 38 years ago," Mr. Do-!
vaney Raid, recounting his years i
I of employment with the Southern
pacific company, "that I
worfclni? on the section nt.
9. I didn't work on the
started ;
Tunnel :
section i
Inner until T K.,.-, n rt...,,n..., .,,,.1
i' j-"' '"
L niHim. i Miti wiiH rh i.:r ; onen nring alio operating mo stn
south as we went then because ( tlonarv engines at the Itoseburg
.b as wpn'
;the line had not been built over
',e Siskiyous and wo had to meftja
work And long hours. .
asserted he has grieved ami distur
bed by tho manner in which it has
been violated.
"We are not a laundry for the
soiled linen of some other church,"
he said.-"I do not think it la digni
fied for Presbyterians to do this.
Are wo going to lower tho stand
ard of the-Christian family? We
have a solemn duty to maintain the
sanctity of the Christian home."
''Twice within Hie last week I
have been called up and asked to
marry couples where one was di
vorced. I replied each ttmo, 'no, I
do not marry divorced persous,"
and each time the reply has been,
'why, the other Presbyterian min
isters do.'
i "I am weary of couples who can
not remarry in their own f tilth go
ing around the corner and getting
a Presbyterian minister to marry
them.''
PLY ELECTED
PEACE JUSTICE AT
W. B. Barnes One of Four
Held to Federal Grand
Jury on Charge of
Liquor Selling.
(Afioclrjld ProM Leaned Wire.)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan.
Barnes, A. D. Lambert, owner oft marriage vows, boasting ot Bis
The Smoke, L. D. Rico nnd J. R. associations with other women
Evanson were bound over to the land accusing his wife of being a
federal grand jury following theiri"gold digger" and "blncltmniler.".
lieailnir hefni-o U. S. Commissioner 111 hei- suit, filed yesterday, Mrs.
Bert Thomas this morning. The!
quartet was bound over on the
charge of sale and possession of
intoxicating liquor and conspiracy
to violate the federal prohihition
la,v. . They wore arrested New
Year's day.
Fireworks of the hearing this
morning centered on Barnes, who
declared that ho was in charge of
The Smoko tho night of the arrest
merely as an accommodation,
He declared ho knew nothing ot
' ' . 1 V . iiii- i.oi.iu
nahment and pointed to his un-
j blemished record In the community
as proof that ho would not engage
peace.
Barnes and Evanson were nlleged i marriage on November 25, 1021,
to be employes of The Smoke. UP to their separation Inst Novem
Barnes was elected justice of thu.bor when Mrs. Chaplin nnd her
peace at the last election over It.
A. Emmltl.
UMATILLA WOMAN
DEMANDS DAMAGES
FROM 3 OFFICERS
PENDLKTON, Ore., Jan. 11.
Myrtle Burke has filed a damage
suit for $10,000 against. Sheriff li.
T. CookiuKhuin of Umatilla county,
Ti. M. Klotzillg, Federnl Agent.
Rogers and Deputy Sheriff C. lies
kins. The charge allegos that, tho
plaintiff was assaulted and beaten
on the night of I''ebruary 28 of last
year and tiiat her doctor bill for
the Injuries was $115 and that the
defendants look $20 and a $150
diamond ring nnd thnt she was
lielrl in jail two days and forced
to pay $100 attorney fees to he
released. .
"Twenty-seven years ago on the
last d;iy of February my work as
an active cmdncman came to an
end. I had been promoted to an
engineer only a fdiort time before,
but work had fallen off and I had
pone back to firing. We were
running through Cow Creek
yon and in round inif a turn
can-be-
t.ween Table Creek and Union
Creek ran into a washout. The
engine turned over on me and for
six hours I was pinned underneath
tho locomotive wilh my left leg
against the fire box. That, leg was
burned off and my right ankle was
broken, I was sick for over five
years.
'When I was able io go back to
work the eompany gave me a job
h',c Tnr "Tro "vor 8 nce-,
" j ivi n,.",. j..woi,..n
: roundhouse, where he always had
cheery word and a kind smile
j visit from his friends at any time.
inwinnnr pint
uiuuNbt aim
Ct
II BID LIGHT
Comedian Alleged Wedding
Forced and "Better Than
Prison," Wife Says.
BOASTED OF AMOURS
Complaint Recites Neglect
and Threats to Kill ;
Actor's Fortune
16 Million..
(Awtoclittccl Press Lcnscil Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11. Lloyd
Wright, attorney for Charles Spen
cer Chaplin, said here today the
comedian would fight every charge
contained tn the divorce suit filed
by Llta Grey Chaplin yesterday
which bristled throughout its 42
pages with charges of cruelty and
infidelity.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11. Char
lie Chaplin, screen comedian, Is
painted as a cruel nnd faithless
husbnnd in a divorce suit' filed
here by his estranged wife, Litn
Grey Chnplln.
Mrs. Chaplin's complaint de
scribes the comedian-as scoffing
Chaplin Boe,ts 1,10 custody ot her
two sons, unaries spencer, jr.,
and Sidney Earlo, 1, alimony, at
torney's foes and a division of the
community property. The actor's
fortune lu estimated nt $1G,P00,000,
of which amount $10,000,000 is said
to be community properly. His
salary Is said to be $250,000 an
nually and his lncomo .from other
sources iH estimated nt an addi
tional $300,000.
Mrs. Chaplin chnrges in her suit
that tho actor twice threatened
her life with a loaded revolver
'.and on another occasion suggested
I that she end her owi
The complaint del,
that she end her own life.
tails tho marl-
comedian and his
girl wife from the date of. their
two children left the actor's Bev
erly Hills mansion for the modest
cottage of her grandparents, a
short dtstanco away.
Chaplin Badly Pictured.
An alleged conversation between
Chaplin and some of his friends
aboard the-train which was hear
ing the bridal party back to Cal
ifornia from Mexico, where they
were married, forms tho first
specific chargo In the complaint.
"Well, hoys, this is belter than
the penitentiary, but it won't last
long," the comedian is quoted as
saying within the earshot of his
bride.
Upon their return to Los Ange
les, Chaplin Is alleged to have
frankly informed his wife that the
marriage would not "Inst long."
"I will make you so sick of me
that you won't want to live with
me." he told her.
Mrs. Chaplin charges that the
actor frequently accused her of
being a "gold digger" nnd "black
mailer" who had "ruined" his
career and "disgraced" him by
forcing him inlo the marriage for
tho purpose of "holding him up."
The comedian upbraided hor.
Mis. Chaplin says, when she com
plained of his neglect.
"Well, what kind of treatment
can you expect? I didn't marry
you because I wanted to, but be
cause you made me." he answered.
Neglect Is Alleged.
Mrs. Chaplin declares that for
the first two months of their mar
ried life her husband took her out
In public on only three, or four oc
oaHlons, and then with the explan
ation that he was dnfng so for tho
fake of nppoa ranees. She avers
she spent Christmas day of 1025
alone. Chnplln coming homo, intox
icated (he next morning. He did
not see his children for two weeks
during last October and since the
separation has failed to contribute
anything to their support aside
from the payment of a $27 milk
bill. As a result. Mrs. Chaplin
says, she has boon forced to the
neoeBsity of borrowing money
from friends nnd to rely upon tho
charity of her family
Mrs. Clinpllti rhnrceB that on
SHOWS
I UN
frennent necnulonB her husband cret session.
tohl her he dfil not 'believe in the j The senate today called on the
ci-.'fcotn of marrlaKe or In the mar- 'treasury for a full report 'of a he ac
rlauc relation." nnd that he "pub. itlvitles and expenditures of "under
llely and privately associated with rover" iiKents of tho prohibition
other women.
Affinity Admitted.
Purine the flrnl. month of Ibelr
marrlaKe. Mrs. Chaplin declares,
her husband was "spending a
creat portion nf his time in the
company of a certain motion pin -
(Continued on pago 3.)
0 .lS
luauiru Into
rare Election
(Associated Pren Leased We.)
WASHINGTON, i Jan. 11 I n-
vestigation of the senatorial elec
tion in Pennsylvania last Novem
ber, In which Representative- Wil
iam S. Varo, Republican, was cred
ited with a majority over William
B. Wilson, Democrat, was order
ed by the senate.
The inquiry will be conducted by
the specinl campaign funds com
mittee which uncovered the expen
diture of $800,000 In behalf of Vare
in Pennsylvania's three million dol
lar primary last spring. Senator
Reed of Missouri, Democrat, is
chairman ot the committee.
Chairman Reed, Republican.
Pennsylvania, while expressing re
grot thnt the senate was departing
from Its usual rule of having the
Inquiry made by the election, with
drew his objection to the Investi
gation, i ' '
The resolution was adpoted with
out a dissenting voice. It author
ized the commlltee to spend $15,
000 in addition to the $50,000 rund
appropriated for tho campaign in
vestigations. Charcen that Senator-Elect
Smith W. Broolthart of Iowa, was
a "paid lobbyist" for Cyrus E.
Woods, nominated to tho Inter
state Commerce Commission, were
withdrawn today by Senator Stock,
Democrat, Iowa.
SPLIT IN VIEWS
E
Both Wets and Drys Assert
Candidate Must Favor
Their Demands. " "
PARTY BOLT LOOMS
Convention Already Asked
by Seven Cities Gist
of Days Business
in Congress.
.cuied Wire.) ,
WASHINGTON, Jun. 11. Demo
crats in the senate yesterday en
gaged in u discussion of the paiv
prohibition will play in tho 1328
presidential campaign and whether
a "wet" or "dry" will be -their can
didate. Senator- Brvtce of Maryland serv-i
ed notica on democratic "drys" j
that, if u dry presidential candl-l
date was nominated, tho wets
would hold another convention to
select a nominee of their own con-:
victioiiH. Ho declared -the "Ala" j
Governor" Smith of Now York or
ltltchlo of Maryland were the out
standing possibilities.
The pollcital prognostication was
injected following an attack by
Senator iteed, .democrat, Missouri,
on the prohihition unit for using
"under cover" agents. Ho condemn
ed tho practlco as a "spy system"
and introduced a resolution call
ing upon Internal Revenue Com
missioner lllalr and Assistant Sec
retary Andrews of tiio treasury to
account for the expenditures of
these agents. Tho .resolution went
over until tomorrow.
Senator Heflin of Alabama took
exception to the prophecy of Sena
tor Bruce that prohibition would
cause the selection of a wet pres
idential nominee by the democrats,
contending that the 35 dry western
and southern states would desig
nate the candidate.
Seven Cities Ask Meet
Members of tho democratic na
tional committee were advised to
day by Chairman Shaver that
eleven cities havo been "suggested
or mentioned" for tho next demo
cratic national convention. They
are Ich Moines, Denver, Kansas
City, St, Louis, Chicago, Cleveland,
Detroit, Louisville, Atlanta, Los
Angeles nnd San Francisco.
"At least two or throe of those
arc now preparing to extend an In
vitation in the proper form," said
tho chairman's letter. Ho made no
further comment.
The Day's Grind
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Tho
house agricultural commllteo to
day voted to consider tho new Mc-
Nury-Hnuenn farm rellel bill In se-
unit.
Itestorntlon or the 1920 rates on
second c:if mail matter was ap-
proved today by the senate post
office committee,
With 12 of the 17 members
1 Present, thoote was 10 to 2 for
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DEMOCRATS
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VIEWS DIFFER
ON ATTITUDE OF
THE PRESIDENT
Republican Senators Voice
Approval of Message on
South America,
BORAH IS EXCEPTION
Representative Huddlestoi?
Declares Document an
Insult to Mexico;
Sees War Bogy. :
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(Amwclnted Press Leased .Wlro.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Presi
dent Goolldgo's special messago to '
congress In which he laid bare.' In''
unmistakable language evidence of. ,
Mexican "Interference" In Nicara
gua, and reaffirmed the adminis
tration's policy as one designated
to protect all Interest o( the Unit
ed States hi Central V America,
canio with such an unexpected, sud
denness that many membera were :
still perusing the document today
before making known their views.
It was being given particular at- "
tcntion by members of the senate
who contemplated taking part In
the examination tomorrow ot Sec- '
retary Kellogg by the foreign rela
tions committee on tno JNtcumguan
situation. v.. ! . ; .
Chairman Borah of tno senate
foreign relations committee, who
holds that Sacasa Is the rightful
head In Nicaragua, had no com
ment to make on the message, but
Biitd ho would discusB the situation
inter. 'A' few did comment, how-
over, and among these were found, r
both endorsers and critics., , . ... y
Senatorial Comment
Senator Bingham, republican,
Connecticut, said the message
would clarify the situation In the
public mind. Senator Moses, repub
lican, New Hampshire, said It was
an admirable statement, while '
Senator Smoot, republican, Utah,
declared It "ought to allay all ap
prehension of the American - peo
ple." Among the critics were Repre
sentative Garrett, democratic lead
er In the house, who said the mes
sage was unsatisfactory In that it '
did not make clear "Just what IB
the dunger to American life exist
ing hi Nicaragua now." Senator
King, democrat, Utah, said bis in
formation as to Nicaraguan - condl- '
lions was "not . in harmony with
stulemciits of the president." ' ,
Senator Willis, republican, Ohio,
while not commenting on the mes
sage, declared In a speech in Phila
delphia that England, France and
Italy had appealed to the United
States to protect their nationals in
Nicaragua and If the latter did
not ugreo to do this, "thoy will do
It themselves, especially England,
for that country will see English
men protected wherever thoy go."
War Bogey Alarms '1
Tho statement that Prosldent
Coolldge's Nicaraguan - Mexican
message to congress was a deliber
ate tiff runt to Mexico was made in
the house today by Representative
liiiddleston, democrat, Alabama.
Ho reiterated bis charge that
America deliberately aud con
uelously Is drifting Into war with .
Mexico and declared tho president
had brought Mexico into his mes
sage yesterday for the deliberate
purpose ot putting her In a bad
light.
Mr. Coolldgo sent the message
lo congress, the Alubaman said, to
back up the charge that Mexico
is a Holshevist government."
Iluddleston added thnt as he list
ened to the reading of the messago
he felt sorry for Mr. Coolldge. Ho
believed a Hughes, "a Root or
someone else," could' have sent a
communication to congress that
would have displayed more tact.'
Tho prcsidoiit had had poor ad
vice, he said, and "Is Indeed an
unfoi'tiinnto man."
Tho houso foreign affairs coni
inittee voted today to take up con
sideration ot the president's mes
sago tomorrow.
U. S. Forces Active
MANAGUA, Jan. 11. United
States naval forces havo ascended
tho Kscondldo river sixty miles to
establish n neutral zone In tho in
terior today. Another neutral zone
has been declared at tho mouth of
tho Wawa river.
According lo reports here, tho
liberals were prepared to attack
Rama, which is about 40 miie3 up
the Kscondldo river, but will now.
hold otf their attack. The Ameri
can naval forces had been awaiting
;for some time for the 131 Muff bar,
I at the mouth of the Kscondido in
order that they might cross it with
out danger.
Wawa, the second place neutral
ized. Is the headquarters of many
American mahogany companies.
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