,' Ml: : .
WeafcRer ! Oregon
VtiOllJ. Generally fair with heavy
frosts continued cool; j moderate to-fresh north-west
winds. : Max. 56, kin40. River, 8.8, riiing,
IlalnfalJ, .08, AtnHspberei, part cloudy. Wind;
Northwest, , - . - kl-- ; . . i 'S "
STUA MORE EXPENSIVE
Direct mail advertising has always been expen
sive but with the virtually 50 per centiaore.
in the postal rates it is almost prohibitive. Nev si
paper advertising offers a more complete cover
age at a much less cost.
SEVENTY-FIFTtH 1YEAR
salem;. Oregon; Tuesday mobning ai?ril.21j925
PRICE FIVE CENTO
mm m
- - -. v w -w
LIB STOCKS
SALES PASSING
, HALFWAY Ml
1
Committee Reports! Enthu-
siam Last Night When Re
ports for First Day of
Drive Received
INVESTMENT SERVES
TO STIMULATE TRADE
Aid Not Only to Business But
to Flax Farmers De
clares Hawkins
Salem's quota towards securing
. - i
the second linen mill hece is about
half completed, according !to re
ports made last night al the com
mittee meetings folloSvinfe the
day's work. Exact figures are not
given, however, jbut unofficial fig
ures state the half-wa. mark Is
'about reached. " The goal is ($300,
.000, while the proposed m(ll will
cost more than $600,jo0.j The
- remainder is belngvraised. It other
valley cities. 5 '
iMiich enthusiasm is belngishpwn
.by the workers and it i exjpected
that saiem win be one qi the urst
cities to go over in thej quota al
lowance. ; -
Enthusiasm Shon
Committees are to nieetf every
noon in order to give a definite
check on the progress o th cam
paign. Monday following the reg
ular meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce volunteers crbwded In
to the office, while many were un
able to gain admittance. Much
enthusiasm is shown in the propo
sition and the worker plan on
putting the linen mill aci'oss with
a bang. ; ' j j
Each noon the workers are to
meet at the club rooms foij a re
port and to secure new hames for
their calls. The enthusiasm runs
Hgh and much greater progress is
xpected during the ensuing! week.
Better feeling Is manifested! daily,
and the committees ar?e iettlhg
back of the proposition kith their
shoulders. The people
must get
however.
back of the proposition,!
and give It their support
i
Harry W. Hawkins, n discus
ing the proposed linen njill.jstated
his views In emphatic tfernnjs.
Will Stimulate Business
"The establishment oi th linen
mill here should be an investment
which will stimulate business, in
addition to bringing mdre -people
to the city," he said, j'ltjis one.
of the best investments in tpe city
andjwili be an added stimulus to
business here. It is
bitted proposition and
double-
ivill! bring
prosperity to the business men and
prosperity to the many flaxi
farm-
(Continued on pc
2)
All OF LE
Salem Post Plans I
manent Home; Subscfip-
- tions Workea Out
Unanimous endorsement
to a
look-
voluntary subscription plan
Ing forward to a substantial start
of a permanent home was j given
last night at a big meetlijsg ojf Cap
ital Post No. 9, American legion,
at the armory. I J
The plan as outlined py "Er. W.
Carlton Smith, sponsor 'and past
commander of the post, 111 jbe for
voluntary subscription only and in
' amounts. ranging from 1 tp $25
over a period of five yearb. Ac
cording tn a scale worked out. 10
' men offering $25 each, 15 for $20
each, 20 for $10, 30 for $5, fO for
$2.50 and 85 for $1 eacb, a total
of 200 or one-third the enroll
ment of the post, would bring a
total of $5425 by July 1, il9S0 just
five years after me campaign is
launched. Interest would (bring
this amount to $6000, which la
held a splendid start for a jbuild
ing fund. I .
All funds will be placed In the
hands of a committee df five to
be named later and invested !in the
name of the American legion.
Several reels showing the! work
of the -state game comniissjon in
; care and propagation of fish and
fowl were' shown. Evry avail-
yen. Following the pictures, the
post, headed by the - dram and
' bugle corps, marched In a body to
McCornack hall for refreshments.
N F W
01
is
Gil
or Per-
Champoeg Anniversary
i oi 82nd Fbunders5 Day
1 Will be Held on May 2
- Pounders' Day . at.. Champoeg
park i marking the 82nd. anniver
sary and 25th celebration and pic
nic will be observed under the aus
pices of the Oregon Pioneer asso
ciation and the Oregon Historical
society Saturday, May . 2. Judge
P. Hi D'Arcy, of Salem' a pioneer
of 1857 and past president of the
Oregon Pioneer association in
1910, will be the president of the
day.' ; ; ; I
The program includes a. basket
dinner and; exchange of greetings
from noon until 1:15 o'clock. The
callito order will be sounded at
1:30 o'clock and "America" sung.
Following the invocation, Charles
B. Moored, past president of the
association, will make a few re
marks upon thjl death of RevJ A.
J. Hunsaktr, 184 7, past president
of the association - in " 1919, who
died November C.-1924. Five-minute
experiences by persons called
from the audience will then be of
FDR LflRCEWY
Herbert Thorn is Also Want
ed in Santa Barbara As
Witness in Murder Case
Herbert Thom was arrested for
speeding Sunday evening and is
now held in. the city jail for Santa
Barbara authorities. He is also
wanted there ; in connection with
the embezzlement of an "automo
bile.; Thorn, in company with his
wife, Rosa Thom, were brought to
the police! station by Officer Ed
wards, rwho'had overtaken them as
they were speeding on South Com
mercial. Records there showed
that he was wanted on the em.
iezzlement charge. He later told
of the story of the murder charge,
but declared he was telling no
more than was published in the
California ! papers. ; ,
Thom belongs to a well known
Lebanon, j Ore., family and is
known as a globe trotter.
The story told by Thom Is a
strange one in that he was made
a witness in a murder committed
by two bootleggers who were
handling Canadian liquor. Thom
was acting as salesman for them.
One night early In February, ac
cording to Thom, his employers,
Buntin and Denton, went into the
(Continued as pm 8)
lDHf!G: SAYS
EUROPE MUST
Field Marshal Declares
Dawes Plan Depends on
Help of Foreign Powers
HANOVER, Germany, April 20.
i (By ..The Associated Press--Field
; Marshal Von Hindenburg,
who; lis seeking the votes, of ' the
German people in the election for
the presidency next Sunday, dis
cussed his candidacy in an exclusive-interview
with The Associat
ed Press correspondent today. He
(Continued on fag 8)
SPEEDER HELD
D
Flow of Flagon Is Interrupted by
) Officers; Alleged Tipplers Taken
Three Men Arrested When Tollc Happen on Cache in Pasture;
1 1 Flare of Match Illuminates Scene of Mirth and Festivity j
"Did you find 'er?" asked a
voice in the darkness of Bush's
pasture last night.
"Yeah!" was the reply.'
'Take a drink.", was the answer
and officers heard the snap of a
cork from a bottle, and somewhat
later they saw the faces of three
men outlined in the flare of a
match, touched to the tip of a
cigarette. '
At this juncture Officers Olson
and Thompson stepped close and
threw their flashlights upon the
grouped figures. Seeing their pre
dicament and to save the officers
the embarrassment of searching
them without a warrant, one of
the trio threw the offending; bot
tle on the grass at his feet:
At the station they gave their
names as John Painter, who was
charged with possession of liquor
and vagrancy; Monk Wagoner and
Cnet Ridgeway, both to face pos
session charges.
Wagoner possessed 21 cents,
and : is known to be a working
man; the others who are charac
fered, followed by a song. '-Oregon
My, Oregon."
Mrs. Carrie B. Adams, assisted
by AHyn, G. Adams, Mrs. Wilbur
Cook, organist, will sing "Nearer
My God to Thee,' with the audi
ence joining in the singing. After
brief remarks r by t the past presi
dents and other. Mrs. Adams and
her assistants will lead in popular
old time songs, a reception of
descendants of pioneers who took
part in the historical meeting of
May 2, 1843. will close the day.
All pioneers, sons and daughters
of pioneers, and others interested
are invited to attend. j
r The Oregon Electric will leave
Salem at 9:48 o'clock in the morn
ing with a special stop at Willson
ville. .Returning from the park,
the train will leave at 5:43
o'clock. A special river vessel has
been chartered to make, the trip
from Portland, while train service
is also provided. ! ' i
Itt'D ITER
GOiJflED
Council May Allow I Dock
Facilities to bea Improved;
Session is Very Short
With the passage of the ordi
nance to the: ways and means com
mittee last night by the city coun
cil, definite support; has been .
given the Inland Waters Transpor
tation company here. The ordi
nance, if approved, will allow im
provements to be made at the
Court street dock and warehouses.
It will enable the dock to be put
in service so any other transpor
tation company can use the. dock
facilities. ?
Besides improving the dockland
warehouse, the company will be
enabled to put in a; hoist,1. which
will facilitate the loading and un
loading of boats when they docki
at this portj-:;r't''t:n'"i'i.' -'i
The ordinance which was car
ried last night has many, rulings
which places the property within
the jurisdiction of the City coun
cil. However, the property is to
be under the control of the trans
portation company for 10 years.
During the first five year ; period
the company will not be charged
for the use : of the property, but
the last five years will be charge
able. ' r - i 1 - . '
The transportation company; is
being fostered here in j order to
give) the paper milt an opportunity
to secure lower transportation
rates between' here and San Fran
cisco.' .; j : ; . f -
A total of 21 ordinances weru
introduced to the council for the
first and, second, readings last
night, calling for the construction
of cement sidewalks in the Broad
way and Burlington addition i of
the city. - jj . ; , i . ji....,;
Rules were suspended and a
vote taken to allow, a, portion of
Lincoln street to be vacted. Prop
erty owners In that section want
to improve H and make it: into
pleasant drive. T. A, Livtsley an4
Walter Keyes were . granted .. the
courtesy of the floor and explain
ed the matter to the city cbuncil.
i During the meeting confusion
resulting from the use of the third
floor of tha city, hall was called to
(Continued a pal
ters about town, had over $200
"between them. Their ; occupation
is unknown, but officers have
been watching them, it is alleged.
It is said one of .the trio went
fishing Monday afternoon and hid
thejiquor In the brush and .later
brought his companions there.
25 Cases of Beer Seized '
. By Prohibition Officials
' iM.ii.imi I'm" ' :; j:
SPOKANE, April 20Two au
tomobiles and 25 cases of Cana
dian beer were seized by prohibi
tion officials here today and & E.
Sweeney, Ernestine Williams and
L. J. Brush, who said they were
from Llbby, MOnt., were arrested.
The liquor was in a car driven by
Sweeney, who was accompanied by
the Williams woman, the offlcera
said, and in Brush's car were the
cushions of the other machine.
Brush denied he was a member of
the party.
GE OF OIL
SGfflST
SENATOR IS O!
Government Rests in Prose
cution; of Burton Wheeler,
Charged With Splitting
Retainer Fee , h
MYSTERY WITNESS IS
PROBED BY ATTORNEYS
Former Independent Candi
date for Vice President
Remains Calm
GREAT j FALLS, Mont.i) April
20 (By The Associated Press .
After introducing its myster ,
with a New York lawyer, the go' -ernment
abruptly rested its case I i
the prosecution of Senator Borto i
Wheeler in federal court her latf
The Montana senator is charged
in a federal indictment with ap
pearing illegally before a( govern
ment department after his elec
tion to the senate. !
M The mystery witness, George B.
Hayes, testified that Senator
Wheeler approached him in March,
1923, shortly j before sailing for
Europe; and asked hinj to appear
in his place before the interior de
partment' in- prosecuting " the oil
prospecting1 permits being sought
by Gordon Campbell, Montana oil
operator. - -.f: ' ."J. ' I :.; : ? If 1;..! -f;
fferj to Split CharRixl I
' Hayes asserted Wheeler offered
to split the retainer fee with him
and created the impression that it
was a fat one. ' ! l-
Hayes had barely begun to tell
his story through, answers to. the
questions of -"District ( Attorney
John L. Slattery, when Senator
Thomas J. Walsh, chief of defense
counsel, entered an ! objection.
Senator Walsh .contended that the
nature of jthe w testimony showed
thai the government was attempt
ing 16 prov existence of an agree
ment not mentioned in'the indicts
ment ahd that such testimony was
not ,, admissible. Federal ! Judge
Frank S. , Dietrich overruled the
objection and Hayes was allowed
to proceed.) l i,i ,,
Meietings Detailed 1
Hayes declared he J was ap
proached earjy in March, 1923, by
Edwin S. Booth, then solicitor for
the department of the interior, and
was asked jto! meet with' Wheeler.
A conference j was arranged and a
few days liter, he testified, he met
the Montana senator in the lobby
(Contained on pige 4)
T
DI IN ADDRESS
Placing of Ideal Before Civi
lization Commended by
Coplidge in Talk "
k: WASHINGTON, April 20.
President Coolidge. in an address
of welcome here tonight before
the annual Convention of the
Daughters jof jthe American Revo
lution, expressed the view that the
only way to avoid the "constant
interposition i of the government
into practically all the affairs of
the people')' is for them "to adopt
a correct course of action, to pro
vide the proper standards of con
duct by their own motion."
Commending members of the
organization for their efforts "to
raise the civic ideal, to make bet-
i
(Continued on pas 4)
GRAFT!
PRES
III
LAUDS
A LINEN MILL
i (Portland
Eighty business men from
valley including 30 bankers, say the right way to finance the
linen, miU at Salem is. to issue pref erred and common stock.
Neither in Ireland nor in Belgium, where the worlds fitt
est flax is grown and retted, are soil and climate more favor
able than! in the Willamette valley. -
The conditions of linen manufacture are similarly favor
able. ; ; I r,y j ::; -y :: ; . ..; ':' . 1 !l":-4'v'V'r:'
It is specialized products of constant demand, like flax,
from which linen is made, that the Willamette valley will find
its Intensive development and its people their greatest pros
perity, j ;-. : . ' .- ; I : .
The Willamette valley can be made the flax capitol of the
Americaii continent. ; ' i . I :V
Why not do it? . V:.:-f . :
The above leading editorial from the Portland Journal of
last night is brief and to the point
AndLSalem and her neighbors? including Portland, are
going "to do it. '
mm hoi
FROM GflPiTflL
t for 7 ioras
Congressman and Wife Must
Return to Work in Wash
ington, D. Ci, by First of
November i
OREGON MAN HOLDS
' IMPORTANT PLACES
All Parts of District Will Be
j Visited Before Activities
! Are Resumed
; Congressman and Mrs. W. C.
Hawley arrived from Washington
late Saturday, and! will remain to
Oregon until the first of Novem
ber,' at which time they will return
to .Washington. The committee
on ways and mean$. on which Mr.
Hawley is rankrog member, meets
on the 19th of that month for the
purpose! of? considering a reduc
tion in the, income taxes and ex
cise taxes and probably the return
of part of i the income taxes paid
during this year, j ;
' U n d e r the present estimates
there will be a surplus of revenue
in the treasury for' the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1926, of about
$375,000,000. This will enable
the committee on ways and means
to report to congress material re
ductions in the income taxes and
in the; excise taxes Including; the
reductions on automobiles, jewelry
and various other taxes.
t Needed Amendments
At the request of Speaker Long
worth, Majority Leader Tilson,
Chairman Green of the ways and
means commHtee, and others, Mr.
Hawley is giTing special attention
to amendments to the administra
tive provisions of the tariff act of
1922, and he recently spent sev
eral days at the appraiser's, stores
in New York City, i It is estimated
that the proposed amendments toJ
the administrative: law will save
some fifty million: dollars to the
United States treasury, and if this
proves correct will afford an op
portunity for further reduction In
income and excise! taxes.
. - i . .
. Following his usual custom, Mr.
Hawley will visit ill parts of the
district, and especially those plac
es where some matter of interest
to persons or to localities requires
his attention. j
A Notable Celebration
i During the session of congress
just closed, Mr. rfawley was ap
pointed by Speaker iGillett as mem
ber of the joint commission on the
celebration of the i 300th anniver
sary of the birth of George Wash
ington, of i which commission
President : Coolidge is chairman.
Thia will-be an international cele
bration, and probably the greatest
affair ever held injhonor of a sin
gle individual, and the opportun-
: i- i . '
(Continued oa pc ,7)
Elliott Is Re-Elected
By State forestry Board
1 F. A. Elliott, stite forester! for
the past 14 years,! was re-elected
at a meeting of this state forestry
board Monday. j
' The hoard took j definite action
on wages to be paid fire fighters
in the forests this) year, setting; a
minimum wage of 35 cents an
hour and a maximum wage of SO
cents an hour. -
; This is the first : meeting of the
new board and the greater portion
of the sessi6n was devoted to or
ganization, j
Journal) i
Portland and the Willamette
Shipping Board Deal
Is Upheld
CaseJjlay be
WASHINGTON', April 20.-UThe
shipping board was upheld in the
District of Columbia supreme
court today in the sale to the
Dollar interests of the five vessels
in the California-Orient service at
present operated out of San Fjran
clsco by the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company. j
After a day of arguments! de
voted to legal aspects of the jsale
as authorized hy majority vote of
the board. Justice Hitz announced
that ; he would dissolve the tem
porary injunction obtained by the
Pacific Mail staying the transac
tion.! He did hot announce the
reasons for the decision but t aese
are expected to be made public
when he signs the order Wednes
day terminating the injunction.
The Pacific Mail at once pre
pared to appeal the case to the
court of appeals, and indicated
that i papers in this proceeding
would be filed Wednesday. jThe
effect will be to. continue in force
the restraint against completing
the transaction. If the court of
appeals sustains the. decision of
E. T. Busselle in Serious
Condition Following Ac
cident at Home Sunday
E. I T. Busselle prominent busi
ness man, lies at the point of
death with a broken neck. Chances
for recovery are slight and his life
is held in the balance.
Mr. Busselle fell down the base
ment stairs at hie home on 1184
Court street Sunday night, when
he opened the door leading down,
instead of upward, as he expected.
He received serious spinal injuries,
which were later determined - as
fractured ' vertebrae between his
shoulder blade and cranium, j
"""Every possible aid ba3 been giv
en him, but from reports last night
It was doubtful if he would re
cover: j
Mr. Busselle is prominent engi
neer, and considered an authority
on . the telephone situation, j He
maintains an office at San Fran
cisco. He was formerly connected
with the public service commission
of Oregon and handled many
im-
portant telephone decisions. ,
COUNCIL PASSES
Mayor is Over-Ridden and
H) O'clock is Hour Sit
; For Entire Year
Overriding the veto or. Mayor
J. B. Glesy, the council passed the
new curfew law last night, Which
allows children below the ages: of
18 years to be on the streets until
10 o'clock during the whole irear.
At the last meeting of the council,
the bill was passed,; despite! the
fact that the mayor had threaten
ed to veto it. He carried out his
threat, but : last - night's action
(Coatlanad pao 2
IG!( BROKEN
FR01 TUMBLE
: . v
VETOED
Questions Flood Statesman Office ;.
.. Miirdock Fathoms Minds of Hundreds
Baskets of Letters Received;! ITalt is Galled on Farther Conunanica
. tions; First Installment of Answers is Given Today
Murdock, "the Eminent white
Mahatma," . who last night began
an engagement of four days at
the Bligh theater,, with a special
souvenir matinee for ladies only
scheduled for .Thursday afternoon,
starting promptly at 2 o'clock,
proved conclusively his ability to
fathom the minds of his audi
tors, Hundred of questions were
propounded to the mystic author
ity for advice and solution j and
they ran. the gamut from trivial
love: affairs .to matters of great
financial importance. Those jof a
domestic nature revealed the lit
tle comedies and tragedies inl the
lives of citizens of Salem and! en
virons. . j '
The seer's response's were given
with gittling-gun rapidity, land
while he announced that he dis
claimed any power not resident in
the least occult of his auditors,
his manner of denial And frank
ness left many to believe that he
really possesses a knowledge far
greater than-he cares to confess.
Naturaljjr, it will be a physi
by Court;
Appealed
Justice Hitz.: a further! appeal by
the Pacific Mail to the United
States supreme court Is possible,
but such a step was regarded to
night as somewhat improbable.
In considering the case the
court of appeals will go only into
legal phases surrounding the sale
and not into the merits.
The Jailer course was urged on
Justice Hitz today by counsel for
the Pacific Mail who asked that
the government's motion to dis
miss the suit be combined with
the rule of the court asking why
the injunction should not be made
permanent, i The court decided,
however, ; to r consider first only
the motion to dismiss.
i This motion, as filed by Chaun
cey O. Parker and O. P. M. Brown,
government counsel, contended
that the court was without juris
diction to review acts within the
discretionary- authority of the
shipping board, that the Pacific
Mail was not an interested party
to the proceedings and that the
suit was in reality directed against
the United States.
SEVERE GALE
STRIKES EAST
Over Million Dollar Damage
. is Reported; Some Crops
Are Ruined
NEW YORK, April 20. The
violent rain and snow storm yes
terday was n estimated to have
caused property 'damage of f 1,
500,000. Midwinter, conditions
prevailed in parts of upper New
York state and New England
states. Along the Canadian bor
der from 2 to 16 Inches of anow
fell and, Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont were partially snow
bound with communication. cut oft
in many places by gales that ac
companied the storm.-
The New 1 York and Boston
scheduled t baseball games were
called off today because of the
COld... ! ' !
. The western part of Pennsylr
vania. was hard hit, the damage
in Pittsburgh being estimated at
$800,000.: Crops were reported
damaged in : parts of the . state.
Today clearing weather - was re
ported in the storm area, although
low temperatures more appropri
ate to February" than April con
tinued. The highest temperature
here today was 44" degrees at
noon.
More Tax Returns Are
Announced by Sheriff
Tax returns are coming into the
county office as indicated by sev
eral announcements lately. The
latest one to be made is for the
Pacific Telephone 4t Telegraph
company, who have paid into the
coffers of Marion county $ 2 6,
146.93 as taxes for the yearl924.
-This gives' the telephone com
pany the credit of paying approxi
mately $2000 per month into the
county funds. Credit must also
be given, for $6 () 00 which is paid
intot the funds of the city of Salem
for taxes, according to the an
nouncement made by; the manage
ment here yesterday.
cal impossibility for Murdock to
respond to all the anxious ones
who will visit the theater so he
has consented to respond to ' a
limited number . through the col
umns of. The Statesman, as has al
ready been announced. However,
the influx of letters In care of this
paper has been so heavy that he
will have ample enhand to keep
him busy during his engagement,
so please do not send any. more.
In answering those received, only
the initials will he used for pub
lication purposes.
The first : questions , and Mur
dock's answers follow:
H. J, L. -Is my husband faith
ful v I , 1
Ans.--He. is. It is yon who are
untrue, and If you do not change
your manner of living I ee blood
shed .. .., ; . '. .
A. D. Will I receive the re
mittance from Chicago? '
Ans. -No; as - the party there
does not know your present ad-
: mi .:
ai JContianei oa p t). - n :
BROS
BE PROTEGTEI
RY U.S. TROOPS
Navy Lands Detachment of
165 Men to Safeguard
Lives During Revolution in
South America
U. S. CONSUL REQUESTS
AID; FIGHTING SEVERE
Insurrection of Defeated Can
didate for President
Causes Strife
WASHINGTON. April 20. A
detachment ' of 165 officers and
men from the United States cruN
er Denver was landed today at
Ceiba, Honduras, to 'protect for
eign lives and property.
The landing wag made by order
of Capt. W. Nr Jeffers, command
ing the Denver, at the request of
George P. Waller, American con
sul at Ceiba, and local authorities
of the port wjtu joined with the
consul in asking protection of the
navy forces.
. Fighting Is Severe
: The revolutionary bovement in
Honduras, reported to be headed
again by Gen. Gregorio Ferrera,
defeated candidate for the presi
dency of that country and leader
of. several revolutionary juntas in
the past, already has been marked
by fighting In the vicinity of Cie
ba and Jsorders along the Salva
dorean border. j .
Local disorders in -Ceiba also
have been reported but advices bo
far received from American agents
in Honduras have failed to men
tion the capture of Ocotepec end
the advance of rebels toward Co
mayagua, near Tegucigalpa, capi
tal of Honduras, as reported today
by Nicaraguan sources, i
Coup to be Attempted
Intelligence reports received by
the Washington government with
in the last 24 hours, however, add
that-General Ferrert wan believed
to be in Guatemala. In event
these reports prove correct, of
ficials here who are familiar with
General Ferrera'a tactics, said
they believe he was in Guatemala
waiting only until he was assured
that the revolution had been suc
cessfully started and expanded to
proportions .-here his ; personal
command was required. When
that moment arrives, if it does,
officials said the 'general unques
tionably would re-enter Honduras
and move energetically to over
throw the Tegucigalpa govern
ment. Loyalists to Mobilize
Meanwhile, however, the forces
of the government presumably
will be mobilized in an attempt
to crush the revolutionists, before
their movement has had time to
spread throughout the country.
The situation in which the Te-
pgnelgalpa authortles find them
selves at present is said to verge
on the critical. They rave been
in office, less than thrc 3 Jnonths
and ..despite progress .; raade in
stabilizing government and restor
ing peace broken for the past sev
eral years by domestic violence
and civil war,: it is felt here that
the new government still la un
prepared for another armed strug
gle with revolutionists. I
FUXGI CAUSE ILJAESS
TACOMA, Wash., AprU 20
Eight Taeomans narrowly escaped
death early this morning from tta
effects of mushroom poisoning a3
the result of eating the (anga
Sunday evening, it was revealed
today. ! :
MONDAY
IN WASHINGTON
Two more arrests were made in
the Maryland Drug and Cherni.il
company case. . ' ,
,
The cruiser Denver landed, a
force at Ceiba, II6ndars.s, to pro
tect American lives and property,
--.
.The proposed New England ttip
of the Tos "Angeles was ordered
postponed because of inclement
weather..
Secretary Mellon announced ne
gotiations had been opened with
another country, regarding its war
debts.
"
President. Coolidge headed th
list of speakers before the Sit',
annual convention of the Daugh
ters of the American llavclutka.
The. district supreme court
missed the Injunction suit of th i
Pacific Mail company to block s I s
of five shipping board vcK2t!3.