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Ration's Industry Hurt by
Car and Coal Shortage
sports From All Sections
B the Country Show in
Many Instances Cnt of 50
per Cent in Production
j^or Conditions Quiet
Hsnv Ohio and New England
plants Are Shut Down;
Pittsburgh Is Hard Hit
MJMI injury to the industry of the
' ,ly is being caused by a general
"f'?horttge and by the lack of
f*-ht car* in which to haul both raw
\_fiUh?d materials, according to re
.- rec?is by The Tribune yester
?f?rom important industrial centers.
faction in many instances has been
1 ?oVm 50 per cent because of these
!*S_M The unemployment prob
e Tribune'- survey shows, exiataj
'..??'. gs a result of the coal and car
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CMcstro reP?rts thst ,lts J__?u8tnes
Zvpinir run precariously, with only a ,
_S *5' n?ly o* co*1- Manufac- ,
!__nico?pl-i? ?*?? !pss tnan ha!f of
"'?4?.i? needed at the mines to haul ;
''? to th* P-?n:s Hrr available
'nriu^tries in Detroit, which have
roue'r. orders to keep them running at
hflapacity, are limited to ?:> per cent
iction because of shortages in coal
__ ?"reight cars. The coal supply in
- . ?s 5o per cent normal. The \
frtkbt ear shortage is partly overcome '
It the "drive-away" system instituted '?
jv some automobile manufacturers.
Pittsburgh reports that the car
thortage is "slowly paralyzing indus- !
ere. The continuation for an- '
c>her thirty days of the priority order j
Wiieb provides freight cars for the
killing of coal but which withdraws
them front tne transportation of mer
thandise ?ill resuit in a shut-down on
I !?rge scale in many Pittsburgh yi
distries, manufacturers declare.
The substance of The Tribune's re?
ports is that from San Francisco to
Boston the country, free from any seri?
os," labor disturbances, is in a condi?
tion to stimulate production if it can
r.!v get enough coal to keep its fac- j
?cries going and cnou,gh freight cars j
?drove its output.
Conditions in the chief industrial \
centers of the country are shown by j
Jtha following dispatches to The
1 Tribune:
Car Shortage Hits Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, July 18.?Car short
i;e is slowly paralyzing industry in
-,?? Pittsburgh district. Strikes are
{if and unimportant. Production per
nan is increasing. Labor is not an
ciment in the difficulty, manufactur
.-.- sty.
Coal, of which there was a shortage.
; more plentiful, due to the Interstate
n ?rce Commission's priority order
- favor of coal shipments. The con
;.B?ation of this priority order for an?
other thirty days is expected to add
o the car shortage. Open top cars,
::ven to coal mines by the priority
-der also, are the cars chiefly used
)j the steel men. and the more open
?ps that go to the mines the fewer
vie manufacturers get.
Storage capacities are reaching their
lait Shut-downs on a large scale
ire imminent unless railroads are
ipin able to furnish cars in quanti?
fia nu facture rs.
To date the shut-downs have been
? - and spasmodic. Plants of the
ted State-, Steel Corporation are
crating 60 per cent capacity, but
' I ' tter last week than the
? rk before. The mine priority order
hits them both ways, in ore shipments
r mills and in shipments of fin
: products at the mills, while coai
n sufficient quantities Is being obtained
': river shipment independently of
tie railroads.
At Farreil, Pa., due to the scarcity
: material, the plant of the American
Sheet and Tin Plate Company closed,
".rowing several hundred men out of
I -ork.
Movement of freight by the railroads
Kill is poor. This is shown by an
rtler just issued by the Baltimore &
bio Railroad cancelling all excursion
trains. The Pennsylvania Railroad last
?esday issued an embargo on out
: hat steel manufac
in the Sharon, Pa., district as
a hardship unless
promptly lifted.
Illinois Production Cut in Half
CHICAGO. July IS. ? Production
among Illinois industries has been re?
duced just 50 per cent because of the
to?l shortage, according to J?hn N.
wenn, secretary of the Illinois Manu?
facturers' Association. No factories
?n closed down entirely, but the
?ajority are running with only a few
'-:: coai ahead. None has laid in
e?l for the winter.
"The situation is bad," said Mr.
Wenn. "We are all going to starve
?re this winter. Should something
Rippen which would cut off the coal
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supply we would start starving right
now, as no one is prepared."
The Public Utilities Commission is
interested in the coal situation here.
Speculation in coal at the expense of
Chicago citizens may be checked by an
order now being contemplated.
In its investigation the commission
has found that, although the Coal
shortage is serious.,no men are actual?
ly out of work here and factories are
limping along with reduced produc?
tion. F. H. Harwood, of the Illinois
Coal Traffic Bureau, presented to the
commission figures showing the loss of
time by mines due to the shortage of
cars at the mines. He said that during
the week ended July 3 17,829 cars
were ordered by the operators in
southern Illinois and only 7,016 were
furnished. Out of 3,2*66 potential
working hours 1.764 were lost through
car shortage and 163 due to other
causes.
Mr. Harwood said il was his opinion
that there were fewer strikes at pros?
ont than any time since the war.
Coal and Car Shortage at Detroit
DETROIT, July 18.?Detroit has for
many months faced a serious freight
problem and coal shortage. Early in
the year nearly every manufacturing
plant in Detroit was obliged to operate
on reduced hour schedules?on account
of a scarcity of coal. This condition,
however, has not been necessary for
several months, although the city has
only about 50 per cent of ?he normal
supply. Crippled freight conditions
have been chronic for years. Inability
to get the raw material into Michigan
or the finished article out has been a
large factor in the curtailment of pro?
duction to 75 per cent of normal. The
automobile indostries have been the
chief sufferers. Automobile builders
long ago ceasqd to look to the rail?
roads for relief and have resorted to
the drive-away methods. Three thou?
sand cars are driven from Michigan
plants daily.
There are but few idle men in De?
troit, these being from choice rather
than necessity. Building operations,
badly needed, took a decided slump
two months ago, caused by inability
to get building material and aggra?
vated by strikes of builder?, especially
union plumbers.
Cleveland Plants Cut Forces
CLEVELAND. July 18.?Many Cleve?
land factories have cut down their
working forces or reduced their hours
on account of inability to receive mate?
rials or deliver products. Coal short?
age has diminished production in steel
mills of Cleveland and the Mahoning
Valley on an average of 40 or 50 per
cent. No plants have closed.
Lack of power has not yet affected
operations except in the steel indas
tries, because virtually all use elec?
tricity from central stations. Brick
yards have been operating about 30 per
cent on account of the coal shortage.
All foundries are slack, and this has
affected automobile plants considerably.
Akron tire factories have not been
taking on any men for several weeks,
with the result that the forces have
been gradually diminishing. The
boarding house population ^has been
thinned out and the housing shortage
in Akron has almost disappeared.
Production per man in general in?
dustry is said to have increased slightly
this spring and summer. Production
per man has increased noticeably in
' the building trades, some contractors
' placing it as high as 25 per cent.
Many carpenters are out of work, j
Painters and electricians are complain- j
ing of non-employment. Architects I
! and contractors say few new jobs will !
be started on ' account of prices of j
materials and labor.
10.000 Idle in Youngstown District
YOUNGSTOWN, July 18. Fifteen
steel mills in the Mahoning Valley,
including Youngstown, East Youngs?
town, Girard, Niles, Warren. Struthers
and McDonald, are working about 60
? per cent normal, with approximately
' 10,000 men idle as a result of the coal
shortage and inability to market the
i finished product or receive raw mate
: rial due to the local switchmen's
strike.
The Republic Rubber Works is
closed, because it is impossible to get
shipments in or ont. Plumbers and
hoci carriers are on strike. Youngs?
town is still in the grip of a rail
strike.
Steel mill officers blame the rail
? strike for the fact that factories are
I not working at normal capacity. One
official asserted that if books were
closed to-day orders already booked
1 would keep the factory working full
? capacity for two years.
The outlook is optimistic, because the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
modified its ruling permitting the use
of open top cars for steel shipments.
Labor Scarce in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, July 18.?A slight
: decrease in the demand for labor has
been noted within the last three months
. by the employment bureau of the State
Department of Labor and Industry.
Kenneth M. Coolbaugh, head of the
; bureau, said to-day the demand still ex
I ceeds the supply and workmen have no
difficulty in finding jobs.
While the car shortage, which has af?
fected all local industries, is in a large
part responsible for a slightly de?
creased demand for labor, Mr. Cool
? baugh believes other conditions are
contributing factors. The recent slump
in wool prices has caused 50 per cent
of the Philadelphia textile mills to re?
t? uce operations to a part time basis.
Some mills are reported to be closed
. temporarily.
On the whole, however, industrial
conditions are said to be good here,
with every indication o-f a speeding up
of production when the car shortage is
relieved.
Baltimore Production Suffers
BALTIMORE, July 18.?Production in
j most of the manufacturing industries
j in Baltimore is far below normal. Sev.
: eral clothing factories are running on
[ short time to avoid over-production.
The cotton goods factories are con?
stantly advertising for more woman
workers.
In the building trades production is
not more than 50 to 60 per cent of
normal. There is a great scarcity of
mechanics and negro labor was never
so scarce in Baltimore.
The city is short three to four thou?
sand family houses, though thousands
are under construction. There has been
no great scarcity of coal because of
Baltimore's proximity to the Cumber?
land and Pocahontas bituminous re?
gions.
Labor Plentiful in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore., July 18.?There !
has been little if any decrease in pro?
duction by factories in Portland and
throughout Oregon. In some lines the
output has been increasing recently,
with no prospect of a let-up. The one
marked exception Is the shipyards,
most of which closed down, as their j
war contracts were completed or can- I
celled.
Lumber mills throughout the state
which depend on rail transportation j
have cut down their output, or closed 1
entirely because of their failure to
obtain cars. Mills on tin* Willamette I
and Columbia rivers, where water j
transportation is available, are still
running at capacity.
Skilled labor is plentiful in most
Oregon industries, but there is little
surplus. Production per man in Ore?
gon is far below pre-war times.
California Conditions Normal
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18. -Indus- |
trial conditions in San Francisco, Oak- I
land. Alameda, Berkeley and Richmond j
are practically normal. No factories
of importance are closed. The coal
shortage of the East and the Middle
West is having no effect on the manu?
facturing activities in central Cali?
fornia.
The long period of labor unrest,
which reached its climax in the big i
shipyard strike of last October, has |
ended with the adoption by most of the I
big plants of the open shop.
Factories, instead of curtailing pro- ;
duction, are in many cases extending i
their plants.
No Idle Factory Labor in Boston
BOSTON, July 18.?Reports on the !
factory situation in this city, New j
Bedford and Fall River show a far j
more satisfactory condition than many
dared hope for following the shut?
down of the big plants of the American ?
Woolen Company at Lawrence and i
elsewhere.
There virtually is no' idle factory '
help in this city, no shutting down to !
speak of and apparently none sched- ;
uled for the immediate future. Even
the big Plant shoe factory in the '
Jamaica Plain district, which many :
thought would be obliged to close on j
account of the general depression in |
the shoe business, is running regular?
ly. Wool men arc hopeful rather than ;
optimistic. Cotton men are confident.
Even the shoe and leather people are
inclined to believe the worst of their
troubles are behind them.
Fall River admits conditions could ',
be better, but sec nothing in the mill j
industry calling for alarm.
Newark Suffers Prom Coal Shortage !
Newark's industries were never
busier than at present, arid if it were
not for the coal situation the manu- :
facturers in New Jersey's largest city :
would have no complaint. A slight im- '
provement in the fuel situation has
been noted in the last two weeks,
though conditions are far from normal.
' Figures of the Newark Board of?
Trade show that on July 2 nineteen
manufacturing establishments were
seriously affected by the coal shortage. ;
Most of these were closed. Seven re- !
ceived enough coal within a few days ;
to resume operations. The remaining
twelve arc running full time, though :
all are in need of coal.
Seattle Is Prosperous
SEATTT.E, July 18.- Every one of
Seattle's factories is running full time.
/There is no shortage of fuel or labor.
There are no strikes in this district of
any consequence. Manufacturers com?
plain that the pre-war average of pro?
duction has net yet been attained, but
they are hopeful it will be reached
soon. Fishing companies report scar?
city of gasoline and fuel oil.
Labor Regaining
Efficiency Here
Improvement in Produc?
tion Per Man Per Hour
Noted by 49 Employers
?
A survey of labor conditions in in
? dustry made by the Merchants' Asso
i ciation of New York shows that "labor
! is gradually regaining its efficiency."
Replies of manufacturers to questions
put by the industrial bureau of the as
? sociation are printed in the current.
! issue of "Greater New York," official
organ of the Merchants' Association.
"Although production per man per
hour has not yet reached normal, it. has
been gradually improving since last
September," says the industrial bureau.
; This improvement has been most no?
ticeable in the last four or five months,
j it continues, "and a spirit of optimism
regarding the productivity of labor is
now prevalent among manufacturers."
Forty-nine manufacturers in as many
, fields of industry reported to the
1 bureau. The report continues:
"Twenty-three say that the efficiency
of their employees has increased no?
ticeably since last September; five say
that although they have seen no meas?
urable increase, they sense a better
spirit among their employees; seven
]
teen say that they have observed no !
change; and three say that they have
noted a decrease. One manufacturer
reports that it is his observation that
labor efficiency is increasing in many
lines of industry, although he has avail?
able no specific data for his own plant.
"The reasons given for the present
tendency toward increased productivity,
per man are varied, but those most
frequently cited are the increase in
the number of applicants for positions
and the change from time work to
piece work."
Investigation of Port
Charges Is Demanded
Publisher Wants Board of
Estimate to Reply to the
Head of Shipping Board
Demands that Mayor Hylan imme?
diately institute an investigation of
charges that the Port' of New York has
been mismanaged bv the city and that
shipping conditions are "unspeakable"
are contained in a letter addressed to
the Mayor by A. R. Smith, president of
Smith's Port Publishing Company, pub?
lishers of "The Port, of New York An?
nual." Mr. Smith made his letter pub?
lic yesterday.
Mr. Smith referred to a statement
recently made bv Admiral W. S. Ben?
son, chairman of the United States
Shipping Board, that the bo*?rd intends
to use its influence to scatter among
other ports the shipping business done
here because, he asserted, the citv has
failed to maintain the port's efficiency.
Mr. Smith in his letter to the Mayoi
says: "To have the highest official o1
the United States government, that
handles 11,000,000 to 12,000,000 tons of
its merchant shipping, publicly declare
that port conditions at N?w York 'are
unspeakable,' and" to *<Td that 'the fa
cilities are, bad almost beyond belie)
and have been for long,' whether true
or untrue, exaggerated or understated
calls for a response from those con
trolling the affairs of the Port of New
York--particularly the Board of Esti
mate?that should officially and au
thoritatively shed needed light 01
actual Port of New York conditions
especially those complained of. Per
haps the distinguished admiral couh
be persuaded to present a bill of par
ticulars. so to speak, that would les
generally and more definitely spec
the character of the evils he complain
of, in full detail, in order that the bet
ter and quicker remedy may be adopte*
rird applied."
"Having sown the wind," Mr.. Smitl
concludes, "New York may be about t
reap the whirlwind in the scattering o
snipping from instead of attracting i
to this port."
Ruhr Invasion Blocked,
German Official Boasts
BERLIN, July 18.?"We saved the
Ruhr from invasion, but we paid a big
price for it," is the way that Dr. Walter ;
Simons, Minister of Foreign Affairs, j
epitomized the result of the meeting at, ;
Spa last week between the Germans and
the Allies, according to a news agency
report.
"Germany's Calvary" is the caption
! in to-day's issue of the "Zeitung am
Mittag," which says: "From Versailles
i to Spa, then Geneva and then Brussels.
Where will it end?"
The Dortmund "General Anzeiger"
comments on the surprise that it must
have been to the conference when ,Otto
Hue, president of the German Miners'
National Association, told the con?
ferees that a half million German min
| ers were ready to lay down their tools
; unless they were adequately fed.
"A new force," says the newspaper,
?"manifested itself when he put it plain
? ly, no food, no coal."
! Five Taken as Gamblers
In Raid on Long Island
Four troopers of the State Constab?
ulary and Neil H. Van de Water, coun?
sel for the Nassau County Association,
yesterday raided an alleged gambling
house on Broadway, Hewlett, L. I., con?
fiscated gambling paraphernalia and
I arrested five men. Gambling devices
| were found in a secret wall compart?
ment.
The raid was made on a search war?
rant issued by Supreme Court Justice
: Scudder.
The five men arrested gave the
n;.mes: John Warren, 105 West Nine?
tieth Street, Manhattan, caretaker:
| Charles Lomax, of Hewlett, negro jan
i itor; Thomas Fowler, Hewlett, stew?
ard; Robert U. Wilson, 70 West Forty
fifth Street, Manhattan, and Abram
Vorzanger, of Hewlett. They were ar?
raigned before Justice Raisig charged
! with being gamblers and held in $2,500
bail for examination Thursday, except?
ing Lomax, whose bail was fixed at
S1.000.
More Troops at Memphis
MEMPHIS, T.enn., July 18.?Two ad?
ditional companies of the Tennessee
National Guard arrived in Memphis
to-day to augment the state troops
held here since the resignation last
week of the members of the Fire
Fighters' Union, comprising the en?
tire city fire department with the ex?
ception of the chief and his assistant
chiefs. State Adjutant General
^.Sweeney is in charge of the troops.
Surgeon Plans
To Transplant
Human Glands
Dr. Voronoff Seeks Organ
of Accident or Electric
Chair Victim to Use
ya? Restorer of Youth
Would Discard Monkeys
Several -Young Men Agree
to Undergo Operation
If Money Is Offered
Dr. Serges Voronoff, who arrived in
Now York Saturday from Paris, where
he met amazing success in rejuvenating
men by grafting upon them the inter?
stitial .gland of a monkey, announced
yesterday that his purpose in visiting
America was to carry the operation a
step farther by using the human inter?
stitial gland instead of that of an ape
or other animal.
He was confident, he said, that he
could graft the interstitial gland of a
man to whom death had come while he
was in perfect health to the body of a
living man with most beneficial results
to the latter, providing he was in a
position to obtain the gland immediate?
ly after death. The victim of an acci?
dent or of the electric chair at Sing
Sing would yield a suitable gland, he
said. ,
Many Would Sell Organs
French laws prevented the surgeon
from carrying out this project on the
other side of the Atlantic. Whether
he will be permitted to do so here he
does not know yet. Several healthy
youths have offered to Bell him their
interstitial glands, but he regards the
prices placed on them as unreason?
able. If he can obtain a gland from a
living being ho will be glad to use it.
It is his hope that representatives
of medical organizations in this coun?
try will be able to watch such an op?
eration. If he finds it impossible to
obtain a human gland for the opera?
tion before he leaves the country
August 14 he will demonstrate the
value of a monkey gland to a man
whose interstitial gland'has ceased to
function.
Seeks Others' Ideas
He expects to get the advice of
leading surgeons ?ere as to where
suitable subjects for the operation.?
he contemplates may be obtained. H?
hopes at least to be able to demon?
strate before representatives of ths
Academy of Medicine the success whicr
attends his operation when he install!
a monkey gland in a man.
Dr. Voronoff began his gland trans
planting experiments in 1916, usinj
goats and rams. He was still mor?
successful when he made use of thi
higher types of monkeys, and las
fall he decided that, a man to mai
exchange of glands offered still greate
possibilities. He is director of th
laboratory of experimental surgery a
the College of France.
Anfuites Take
Rail Center
Near Peking
-
Victors Later Retreat When|
They Are Attacked on !
Three Sides; Martial Lawj
Is Proclaimed in Capital
Communication Cut Off ;
U. S. Consul Joins in Ap?
peal to Limit Fighting
Areas in Major Battle
SHANGHAI, July 18 (By The Asso?
ciated Press). -The first major battle
between the Anfu forces of General
Tuan Chi-jui and Chihli troops under
General Wu Pei-Fu occurred Thursday
north of Tientsin and ended in vic?
tory for the Anfuites, who, led per?
sonally by General Hsu Shu-cheng,
captured Yangtsun, the largest center
on the Peking-Tientsin Railway line.
This has cut off communication, with
Peking.
A consular mission, consisting of
British, French, Japanese and Amer?
icans, has gone to Yangtsun to invoke
the treaty protocol limiting the fight?
ing areas.
Fighting also is reported in the Lofa
district, where Chihli troops are said
to be fleeing southward in disorder.
It is understood the diplomatic corps
is taking measure to protect them.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
Peking.
Division Commander Killed
TIENTSIN, July 17.?A wireless dis?
patch from Peking this evening says
that following an initial success in
which General Wu Pei-fu was driven
back at Kao-pei-tien (about fifty miles
southwest of Peking!, a brigade of Wu
Pei-fu's troops outflanked the attacking
forces in the direction of Men-tou-kou
nnd hit the Anfuites on three sides, re?
pulsing them toward Liu-li-ho. It is
reported that the commander of the
1st Frontier Division was killed
Out of the mass of conflicting re?
ports it appears evident that Wu Pei
fu is maintaining his advantage south
I of the capital and that his troops have
j advanced slightly north of Liu-li-ho,
! which is about twenty-five miles south?
west of Peking.
PEKING. July 16, (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?A brigade of frontier!
troops has been surrounded and cap-i
tured by the forces of General Wu
: Pei-fu, according to a report from ;
j Paotingfu. The report adds that two
i regiments have deserted to the colors
j of Wu Pei-fu.
Frontier defense troops of the 15th
! Division under*General Tuan Chi-jui j
; attacked near Chocnow, thirty miles !
| south of Peking, early this morning,
| and drove back the Wu Pei-fu forces
by superior artillery tire. Late yester?
day evening these troops were report?
ed to have advanced close to Kaopeitien,
! the headquarters of General Wu
Pei-fu.
Twenty-one wounded men of the
I frontier troops arrived in Peking this
I afternoon.
The frontier forces are using old
; French airplanes with Chinese pilots
for scout work.
The latest reports indicate that the
forces q? General Tuan Chi-jui met
with a serious reverse to the south
and that approximately 5,000 of his
i troops retired toward the capital and
! camped Saturday night outside the
west wall, refusing to continue thejr
| operations. It is said the men for
! three days had been without food. The
gates of the city were closed early
i Saturday and heavy guards prevented
the entry of the troops while plans
! were being made to feed them.
Nationals Vote
For Contest
With Obregon
Mexican Catholic Party's
Speakers Bitterly Ar?
raign Past and Pr?s- !
ent Liberal Governments!
Demand New Basic Law
Article Offensive to Foreign
Interests Conies in for
Special Denunciation
_
By George E. Hyde
Upecial Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1520. New Tork Tribune Inc.
MKXICO CITY, July 18.?The Na?
tional Republican party, a conserva?
tive organization, voted almost unani?
mously to-day to put a candidate for
the Presidency in the field against Gen
: eral Alvaro Obregon, despite a gen?
eral feeling that the action will be
j futile, since it may be considered that
they will be counted out at the polls
! under the present constitution and
| electoral laws.
Speakers at the convention, held here
i to-day, bitterly arraigned the present
: and past liberal governments, accus
: ing them of endangering Mexican na?
tionality by internal dissension and for?
eign antagonizations. The party fre
; quently was referred to during the dis
: eussions as the Catholic party, al?
though Dr. Jose Maria Mora y del Rio,
Archbishop of Mexico, announced this
: morning that the Church was not inter?
ested, and would not participate in poli
; tics and the Knights of Columbus
; issued a statement that they were for?
bidden by the rules of the organization
I to participate in politics.
Vote Constitutional Assembly
The convention voted by a two- ?
thirds majority to bind its candidate
t'i take steps to convoke a constitu- !
ticnal assembly to draft a new funda- \
mental law as a substitute for the
Carranza constitution and to have such
an assembly elected soon. Among the
'.rticles in the present constitution
which were specifically mentioned in
the discussions is Aritcle 27, which is
offensive to foreign interests. The
convention did not arouse much en?
thusiasm, and only a small number of
delegates were present.
The party is composed of civil and
non-military elements. Four aspirants
are prominently mentioned as possible
nominees to oppose Obregon.
Candidates for Congress and the vari?
ous governorships also are to be
chosen. There is a general feeling
that this is likely to complicate the po?
litical situation, possibly resulting in
further disorders. The present gov?
ernment, however, has expressed its in?
tention to allow fair elections and give
all candidates an equal chance at the
polls.
Zetina a Candidate
One of the candidates prominently
mentioned for the Republican nomina?
tion for President is Carlos Zetina, a
prominent business man, who was
leader of the Senate opposition during
the Carranza r?gime. The others are
Manuel Pelaez, who is considered in?
eligible, because he holds military
rank; Emilio Pimentel, who was Gov?
ernor of the State of Oaxaca during th?
Diaz regime, and Alfredo Robles Do
minguez, a leader of the civilian re
? actionaries during the later days o?
Carranza.
AU these candidates are consid?r?e
reactionary and opposed to the present
constitution, particularly as it affects
the rights of foreigners and labor and
agrarian reforms. Among the planks
of this party are religious liberty an'?
general education without religious re?
strictions, and labor legislation calcu?
lated to protect both Jabor and capital.
General Guajardo
Executed by Huerta
Court Martial Convicts
Follower of Gonzalez :
Chief Awaits Tria!
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1920. New Tork Tribune inc.
MEXICO CITY, July 18.?General
Jesus H. Guajardo was executed at 7
o'clock this morning at Monterey by
government officials. Details of the
execution are unavailable, but it fol?
lowed the verdict of a summary court
martial held at Monterey last night.
It is reported that Guajardo bead'-d
a plot to effect the release of General
Pablo Gonzalez. The execution is ex?
pected to have a salutary effect amone:
former followers of General Emilia:.o
Zapata. The latter, -a bandit chief in
the State of Morelos, was killed mor
than a year ago by Guajardo, and fol?
lowers of Zapata had been growing un
| friendly to th? new government be
| cause it had failed to capture him un
tc yesterday.
Guajardo recently rebelled against the
new government, and it was on this
charge that he was sentenced to death.
He was in command of 1,300 men, but it
is said that few of these joined him in
the revolt. The general was captured
yesterday near Monterey, after having
been pursued by government forcer.
Gonzalez had been arrested shortly b"
fore, and is awaiting trial. Government
officials say Gonzalez and Guajardo had
plotted for a new revolt in Nuevo Leon.
General Calles, Secretary of War.
refused to-day to furnish troops to en?
able the Mexican National Railway to
operate, trains to Vera Cruz, where the
strikers are not permitting train- I
leave. Calles said the situation wa?
one that ?ust be settled between the
railway and the employees and tha*
the army could not be authorized to
interfere unless public order was dis?
turbed during the strike. Calles, how?
ever, ordered the strikers to provide
crews necessary to operate trains car- >
rying fuel oil for Mexico City.
A SUMMER DELICACY
Shakespeare makes Falstaff
exultingly remark, in a fit of
pleasant excitement, that "it
rains potatoes ! "
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potato salad ! "
For he would see veritable
snow banks of this savory
summer delicacy, each flake
! so delicious that it fairly
I melts in the mouth.
Cold rout beef, ham,
or corned boar, with
rieb, ere ?my potato
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