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WEATHER:
Irraera'ly cloudy to
? laht a aal tomurrovt.
?.???I'-r toalgkt. I ' ni|?.?'
atare at 8 a. m 28 ai
gre?*?.
?
Che 1B? asKfttjftton f?mes
NUMBER 11,3612.
fuDllshed every evening (including Sunday)
antere?! as second class matter at tb?
Doatofsca at Washington. D. C _
WASHINGTON. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER L>7, 1919.
PRICE ???? CENTS
Miners Spurn Garfield's 14% Wage Raise; Operators May Accede
? + + + + + + + +
+ + +-** + + + +
? ? + ? + ?.???
CARRANZA'S ANSWER DEFIES U.S.
Today
Be Thankful.
No Harm in TNT.
No Fund for McAdoo.
3,000 Miles From Europe.
By ARTHl R BRISBANE.
(Copynrht. llll )
Be thankful that so far as
America is concerned the Peace
League is dead. It would have
kept this country at war and its
citizens under heavy taxation for
years. It would probably have
ended in a world war against
America.
Be thankful that your country
made its big experiment more
than a hundred years ago, went
th rough the fire successfully, and
is not burning up now, like Rus
sia.
Be thankful that you got into
the war late and got out of it
soon; you and your nation would
have been bankrupt had it been
oi"her*nse.
These small pieces of news il
lustrate on Thanksgiving morn
ing what a busy world it is. In
Paris they have found a substitute
for human biood, in cases of trans
fu_ou. It is made of sea salt and
gum arable. That means less ro
mance in the world, no more
heroes saying, "Take a quart of
my blood.'?
The Mexicans have shot one of
their ablest men. General Angeles,
for rebel lint*; against the Mexican
government. He deserved to be
pensioned, not shot Before he
died he told Mexicans they were
wrong in their idea that the
United States army .a small, con
temptible, not to be feared.
They wouid not believe Angeles
yeeterday. They may believe him
a little later.
They are looking for "Reds" in
whose Quarters were diMovered a
hundred bottles supposed to con
tain TNT, high explosire.
Many are uselessly alarmed for
their government when TNT is
mentioned.
No government was ever de
stroyed by explosives applied from
without. It is foolishness applied
from within that destroys govern
ments. Bear in mind the saying
of the w-.se Frenchman. "Mon
archi? are ?iestroyed by poverty,
Republics by wealth."" If thi?
Government s ever destroyed, ac
cumul?t e?: money, not TNT. will be
-re-rporisible.
? -~*i ~?- ?
W. G. McAdoo haa, broken the
first rule of "big ousir?ss." ??
has let the people know what profit
bi?? business makes.
If Mr McAdoo runs for Presi
den * in 19*20, along w?th the rest
of the crowd, and needs campai fr
eon tri butions, he will have to tret
them from those that burn coal,
not from miners that sell it.
As Secretary of the Treasury he
knew what coal gentlemen were
rr.akm? _ the way of profits, for
they had to telf in their income tax
reports. At least, they had to tell
part of it.
And McAdoo casually tells you
that some of those men who say
they cannot afford to increase the
wages of workmen turre makxng
a* high as two thousand per cent
, profit.
?
Everybody knows about the
gambler who said, when told that
he cheated. "I know it. but I don't
like to be told so."
Coal (rentlernen and other-? rob
bing the public know thev are rob
ben?, bat they don't like to be told
so They won't forgive McAdoo in
a hurry.
In the Pittjburgh district, aa
mentioned the other day steel
workmen lost more than twenty
six million dollars in wages in a
few weeks.
The Iren Age shows that the
steel companies have lost In re
duced production one hundred and
twrntv-alx million dollars in the
same time. Rather unpleasant
rea-ling at a time when the world
needs above all thing:; production,
snd production of iron especially.
Here is a text for clergymen:
Sergeant Nicholls of the Durham
Light Infantry, who is stone blind,
has lost both hands and two ribs
and has received ".-everal hundred
minute wounds." is a perfectly
cheerful Britisher and preaches
on "happiness." A fine example
for many chroni" "worriers," but
not surprising.
The only real happ ness is foun?!
In earnest thought, for onlv what
the bran does is worth while.
A man blind and without hands
is bound to do a great deal of
thinking
"Bread lines in Madrid. Italy's
coal ?uppiy practically exhausted,
Jugo-Slavs threatening war. Ger
mans In Baltic io desperate plight,
ie_'satini* befo??? Lettish troops
shootit--*: into trainioad?* of refu
gees '
Such are a few headlines The
world is far from the happ'ness
that pea?~e *???? <o 'ir.ng. an! 1" s
far from ???G? Be thankful you
live 3.00.' mi'es from Kurope ao?1
don't let anybody or any "League"
mal? you a part of Europe.
IN COAL ISSUE
Owners Meet Today to Prepare
Reply to Order Taking
Increase From Profits.
UNIONS READY FOR BATTLE
Kansas Men Will Go Home and
Fight Awhile, Says Head
of Delegation.
(By International News Service.)
The United Mine Workers of
Amerita today airain are pitted!
ag-ainst the United States.
Dr. Garfield has laid down the]
Government's answer to the demands ?
of the miners for wa~e increases.
It is a 14 per cent increase, which
falls way short of what the miners
demand. The miners have summar- ;
ily rejected the proposition, but the
neK'stiation3 are not closed.
The operators have been informed
that they must bear the entire bur
den of this 14 per cent increase.
I They are opposed to it. They want
*V> immZBSeea pnee-s and shift the bur
den to the public. They will meet
today to formulate their answer, and
there is reason to believe they will
accede to th** demands of Dr. Gar
field.
Miners Stand Pat.
There is every Indication, however,
that the miners will stand pat; will
refuse to accept the proposition, MM
will ?allow the fight to be waged be
tween the Individual miners and the
Government.
"We will go home and fight for a
while." said Alexander Howatt, presi
dent of the Kansas miners. His At
titude seemed to Indicate the postl
tion taken by the great number
of the representatives of the minar!.
John L. Lewis snd other leaders eft*,.?
acterlzed the proposition made by Or.
Garfleld a? an "insult."
The fight which promises will nut
be a struggle between the law and
the unions. It will be, rather, a test
of the Government's Influence witfi
the individual miners. Dr. GarfleM
has declared that the Government wul
(Continued on Page J. Column 1.)
EARTH QUIVERS AS SKY
PHENOMENON DESCENDS
Electric Plants Wrecked As Strange
Visitor Appears on Michigan
Indiana Line.
CHICAGO. Nov. 27 - Telegraph snd
telephone communication.*! and elec
tric lighting plant? in gsj*f?f-_| cities
In southern Michigan and northern
Indiana ere out of commission today
as s result of s remsrkable ph?-nom
enon. believed by several scientists
tu have keen a gigantic meteor which
rushing earthward from the East ap
peared to dissolve as it approached
the earth near Athen?, Mich., last
night.
The phenomenon is reported to
have assumed various form.?, in Its
race earthward, ranging from a bril
liant illumination to a heavy rain ac
companied by heavy thunder
The phenomenon was seen over
Chicago by severs! person.- It was
reported here shortly before ?> o'clock.
It appeared over the lake and re
sembled in appearance an extraordi
narily prolonged flash of heat light
ning
Athens. Battle Creek, ami Three
Oaks. Mich., report considerai*!?? dam
ages to property. At Athen.*?, it in
?aid, there was an earthquake, con
tinuing for fully three minut.-s. ac
companied by a heavy rain and wind
i-torm. a loud clap of thund? r. and a
flash of light in the sky of longer
duration than lightning.
At La Torte. South Bend Fort
Wayne. Wareaw, and other Indiana
points, windows were broken by the
concussion.
The Calumet Electric Light Com
pany, at Kalamaxoo. Mich., and sev
eral smaller plants throughout this
section of the country were tempor
arily disabled.
PICKS RASPBERRIES TODAY.
tiALEM. N. I.. Nov. ">7.-? Fresh rssp
berrles picked in hla garden on a table
decorated with rosea gathered In the
yard, helped Dr William H James, of
Pennsylvania, to enjoy his Thankagiv
i Ing dinner today.
Principals In Tragedy That Was
Caused By Dream
JAMES ?Ati?SZA.
"MYSTERY FLASK"
CL?E LEAOS ?? ?. Y.
"Brandy" Drunk By Stricken
Women Came From That
City, Says Keiley.
BALTIMORE. Nov 27 The trail of
the "mystery flask," after drinking
from which one woman died and an
other is blinded and critically 111. now
leads to New York. It wss sent to
Miss Lucille Sharp, the dead woman.
by a New York acquaintance, John
Keiley, a cereal manufacturer, ar
rested in the case, declare?.
Keiley he? identified one battle
found in the apartment in whi?h he
lived with Mies Sharp as the one
from which the Women and OUI?
Osman, a wealthy Turk, of New York
city, also held by the police, drank,
but Dr. John T. King, sr., who was
called whe nthc women b?'came Hi,
declares he saw another bottle, a
Minan? one. shaped like a flask, on a
dresser when he attended Miss Sharp.
The botti?? has n?jt been found by the
P?.lice and Keiley denies knowledge
of It.
tutopsj en ?/IIim- ?harp's Body.
Despite the protests of Miss Sharp's
mother, the authorities of Wlnston
Salem, N. C-. exhumed the girl's body
and will hold It for an autopsy by
Baltimore authorities.
Coroner F. Edward Smith and City
Thysiclan H?'nry ?, I'ranham left for
Winston-Balem to perform the au
topsy.
The city chemists are examining
the balance i>f the contents of the
bottle that was found on the prmn
(Contlnued on l'age ?, Column 4.;
LADY ASTOR WINS,
SAYS LONDON PAPER
I .ON DON. Nov. 27.?Lady Nancy
Astor has been elected to her hus
band's former seat In the House of
Commons by a majority of 4.000, ac
cording to a forecast by election ex
perts of the Dally Newa
The result of the balloting held No
vember 15, will be announced officially
tomorrow.
?
MRS. JAMES SAPIENZA
and Daughter Mary.
EM SLAYER TO
GO FREE, BELIEF
Police Believe Story of Manu
facturer Who Says He Killed
While He Was Aleep.
IRVINGTON, N. J.. Nov. ?>7.?The
more the ?tory o? James Sapienza,
who say? he ?hot and killed hi? w'fu
whilf? dreaming that HI ark Hand men
were about to kidnap hi? young; ion,
is conaldered by the authorities, the
more they are inclined to believe rt,
It la now expected that the well-to
do manufacturer of concrete block??,
who ia at liberty on -.10.000 ball, frill
be ?et free after a formal hearing.
Sapienza, apparently heartbroken.:*
almost In a statt- of collapse at hi?
horn??, where the shooting occurred
early Monday morning.
The Sapienza? were married toil
years ago and ha.l three childr-'.i.
According to relative? and neighbors,
they lived together happily and seein
ingly wlthoiil troubla or care until
the Black Hand extortion lettera ?'??
nan to arrive. Thinking of kidnaping
cues of the last few months, they
were alarmed. Because of thia, the
revolver with which Mr?. Sapienza
wa? killed wan plated under her h'ir.
banil's pillow.
Louis ?. Fast, attorney for Si
pienza In many S-aslS?M deal?, said
he had known the couple for years
and that they always wtre happy to
gether.
No formal charge ha been placid
against Sapienza.
35 MILLION RUSSIANS
DIE ON ALTAR OF MARS
OMSK. Nov. J7.?The Pollah pro
fessor, A. A. OssentlofT.iky. chief of the
Intelligence department of the All
Russian government, eatimates that
the world war. Bolshevism, civil war,
? starvation and disease has cost itussla
a total of 215,000.000 lives. He place?
the coat of Bolshevism at 12.21*0,000
lives.
Prof. Ossendoffsky say? that for
merly the Russian population In
creased at the rate of four persons a
nvnute. Today it is decreasing at the
rate of twelve to thirteen a minute
???? B_?-??? BEFOBE ????? anti
mee hew Sa? -rood dlg?tloa make? vou feel.
? Adt/t.
.c.
Festive Board for Soldiers and
Civilians Groans Under Turkey
and Pumpkin Pie.
SPECIAL S?RVICES HELD
Athletic Contests, Dances, and
Amusements on Program As
City Makes Merry.
Gray and leaden skies, with a
touch of dour Puritan mist, were
routed by sunshine as Washinirton's
citizens stoppet? forth on this morn
1 of Thanksgiving, 1919, to lift their
I voice in gratitude for blessings.
i Blanketed in clouds at first, the
? sun shot through as the heart of the
I city became radiant in the spirit of
I the day -for the boards are groan
? ing under turkey, the churches are
! pealing forth their harvest anthems,
j and plenty is still with us.
, Turkey and Pumpkin Pie.
Turkey und pufripkin pie. W'nst
other nation has flt?m in abundance
In thl? year, when the world still
reels from the shock of war? What
other world capital can look upward
with a smile just now?
Out at Walter Heed Hospital, where
the war has set Its ugly mark on.
hundreds of strong young bodies,
there Is the lustiest kind of Thanks
giving?men who were "gassed" In
the Argonne, or lost sn icrn or leg
(or both) st St. Mthiel. maimed men
who, without courage, would be mere
hulks of men, made the hospital
rafters roar with their laughter, and
the cooks and waiters work like
beavers, as a magnificent menu un
rolled itself in successiive courses of
good things. It was the kind of a
"feed" which would have broken up
the battle of the Argonne If the Ger
mans had pictured that kind of a
meal within the American lines. I'ncle
Sam is making tip for his hardtack
and his other war grub with a ven
geance today.
Ser-Ice "?le- tome First.
The servi??.* men come first today?
snd will for many a Thanksgiving
hereafter, although Pisto or some
wise Greek says that republics are
ungrateful.
All of the city Is feasting, and the
children of the slums have not been
overlooked, nor the derelicts who find
a haven in the various missions of
mercy, nor the thousands of the poor
(Continued on Page 23, Column 7.)
THRONE GOES BEGGING
IN HUNGARY SINCE WAR
None Anxious for I neasy Crown
These Days. Says Prince
Ludwig.
BKKL1N, Nov. _7 ?Prince Dudw.rf
\\ indisch tJraetz, former Austrian
minister without portfolio, and an In
t?mate frisad of former IOmperor
Charles, said to a repr?'sentativ?' ol
the Lokal Anzeiger today that he *?m]
not believe anyone could be found ui
Hungary to accept the throne In the
present state of th?? country, but that
if the entente should reeogniz? i.
king, it w?)iild b?? ?.'liarles.
Prince Windi-i?h-<;raetz Ms*s>Tt***J
that if the national assembly call' d
for a king, Charlen would accept -hi
election.
"King Chart?? never abdicated and
regards himself as the l<-gitlm;ile
crowned king af the lands of Saint
?Stephen's crown.' he dec?an d.
WOULD HAVE QUAKERS
AID GERMAN CHILDREN
Society Is Beyond Suspicion, Hoover
Tells Americans Who Wish
to Send Help.
MOW YORK. Nov. 27.?Americans
wishing to aid in relief work among
the children of Cermany should do so
through the tviciety of Priende, ac
cording to Herbert Hoover.
"There is a proper d?'8lr<* on th?.
part of thousands of loyal Anictican?
to do something for undernourished
1,'crman children this winter,'' siiij
Hoover.
The Quakers, he ?aid. are beyond
? uspicion of "slipping over the line
from pure charity to propaganda." I
U. S. Troops. Massed On
Mexican Border. Ready
For Immediate Action
Army concentration has centered along the Mexican
border. The threatened break with the Carrnnza govern
ment finds the United States with a force of considerable
strength ready for immediate action.
Apparently preparing for *_cb. an emergency as may
face the United States on the Rio Grande, the army has been
conserving its man power for several months pa?t. Rec_
lations hav?? prevented regulars whose term?" of service have
expired from leaving the army.
Ready to Grose Border.
Whan itererai Pershing vialla ihi
campa of th? aouthern department
.next week he will find a forca r*a?lv
to enter the Mexican territory if
need-be The army will be phyalra?
ly able to withstand the hardsfc ? ?
the geography and climate of 'he
country make inevitable
The available force stationed along
the border includes Both wings of
the aviation service, Including fifteen
aero squadrons: ten ballo? ? compun
gi, five regiment? of field art 11 jet y,
ten of the thirteen regiment? of eav
airy remaining in the array organiza
tion, three regiments of engineers,
one brigade of infantry, with four
within calling diatance in the centra?
department; nineteen motor trar.sp ??
j companies, one field battalion in G
imp telegraph battalions of the signa',
?"orapa, twenty-three or more pa?'.
| trains, and: all the additional fore??
?of supply te car* ter an army of tbe ?
I SI TO. f .
'. In ad litis? to fnti ?ere la co?_: 1
I ?rable force which can be moved iti'o
the Texas-New Mexico-Arlzona-Ca)?
fornia territory on a sho-t notice.
t-uring the last ten days tnrr?? mav
have been additional troop? rushed to
the border.
Helal la Servi??.
Regulations msde by the War De
partment for more than two month?
point to the possible preparation for
trouble with Mexico. One of the mo?,
striking feature? wa? the rule ?li.in
prevented regular?, whoa? term <f
enli?tment had expired, from being
reiea*ed. Severa! thouaand young mer,
have been unable to leave the sera
le- *-?eir- **>?""? t-j the active reserve
For soms time paat th? alarlne
Corps and the navy have b'en active
in making preparations. The posi
tion of the naval for?-?? of the United
States, with s Pacific fleet as well a?
an Atlantic Fleet, gives an advantage
If tb? United States should he force?
?-+?. ? here o_
tbe Western "asjs-t. a ferae couM he
t Continued on Page 3, Col ureo a )
Pretty D.C. War Worker,
Alleged Victim of Mock
Wedding, Held As Forger
A triangle love affair which had Its
culmination In an alleged mock mar
tiage was uncovered today by Detec
tive Sergts. Thomas Sweeney snd
Frank Burr, following the arrest in
New York of George Csmpbell Chat
terton, twenty-seven years old. gradu
ate of a medical echool and eratwhile
interne at Garfleld Hospital, who gave
his address as 4T.I! Massachusetts ave
nue northwest, on a statutory charge
and one of forgery.
Jointly charged with forgery with
Chatterton la Miss Adolphla Sharp,
pretty war worker from Chattanooga.
Tenn.. whom he is alleged to have
married several months ago In Phila
delphia, but who later discovered ?he
had undergone a mock marriage in
the Quaker City, according to what
?he told detective?, the police say
Miss Sharp ts now out on bonds on the
forgery charge.
Chstterton. who admits being s
married man, declaring that his wife
lives at Galveston. Tex. was arrested
in Norfolk by Detective Sweeney
on Tuesday and brought to Washing
ton for trial this morning. He ad
mitted, the detectives say. that he
wrote forged checks which he gave
to Miss Sharp to have cashed. Miss
Sharp alsi. admits, the police ?ay. that
she cashed checks amounting to
nearly ?200 which had been giver her
by ?"hatterton.
I ouried Her Walle Patleat.
Although Chatterton has a wife in
Galveston, to whom he regularly has
written, he is alleged to have courted
Miss Sharp while she was a patient at
the Cartleld Hospital. It is sllcged he
posed as unmarried, ani the couple
are said to have gone to Philadelphia,
wheie the bogus marriage is said to
have taken place.
"I believed him my husband, and I
believed the cheeks he gave me were
good. Mis? Sharp told the detectives
She first confided to her sister that
she had undergone a mock marriage
If. Philadelphia, not making the dis
covery until several weeks ago. after
Chatterton had disappeared when de
tectives sougat him on charges of ne
gotiating forged checks
Chatterton refuses today to tell of
the alleged bogus marriage, deaplte
th?? admissions made by Miss Sharp.
The young woman is said to be pros
trated over the deception, and the
fact that she was made the scaregoat
for the output of alleged forged
checks. In cashing the checks on
Washington mei chants. Miss Sharp
explained she made purchases and
presented the forged checks, receiv
ing a balance in cash.
<.a*e Motsry T? ? h*1teri*_.
"The money I always gave to Chat
terton," Miss Sharp told the del. -
Ives.
It was after Miss Sharp had been
arrested on charges of passing bogus
checks that she told of receiving
them from Chatterton. Warranta
\
were ?worn out for Chatterton? ar
rest and he fled tb New Tork. He re
cently ?rote her that "the Washing
ton police ar? u? slow to trap me"
A few daya later he was taken int?
custody.
Chatterton when arret?ted waa ar
ranging to get passports for France.
He told Detective Sweeney that he
realized he would get * "jugful" of
sentence? for forging checka here,
and thought it beat to leave the coun
try. He ia held at No. 1 precinct.
"NO BLUFF," SAYS MAN
OFFERING HIS GLANDS
Slayer. Seeing Doom A heed. Would
Aid Widow of His
Victim.
SAN JOSE. Cal.. Nov. 27.?Floyd
Lee McClure. who killed detective
Schoemb?. left no doubt today that
he is "game" In hla offer to sell his
interstitial glands to the highest biA
der
"I will do anything to help that
woman." said McClure. He had aeen
the statement of the director of San
yuentm prison that his proponed
operation would have to be perform
ed before McClure went to prlaen.
"If I can legalize the selling of my
glands before I go across then I'ra
read)." he aald.
"This la no bluff with me. I'm
ready. I'm ?orry for what I've done,
but It ia finished now and can't be
undone.
"The operation would be nothing
Of course, I would want to know that
I was to hang 1 gueas it's prett>
aure I'll die."
McClure'a spirit of gamer.???? ha*
won the half reluctant admiration of
the officer?. This Is the flrat time
youth renewing interstitial gland?
have ever been offered for sale. An
offer of ?10,000 was made for auch
glands in a letter to surgeon? at San
Quentin, but glands there are used
within the prison walla and are not
for sale.
BILL LETS FREIGHTERS
CARRY FEW PASSENGERS
Permission for freight ?team.?r-? to
carry a limited number of paaaengers
without llcenae will be given un?l??r
the terms of a bill to b?* intr?**iii.?ed
In the Senate next M. nda> by Sen?-'
tor Jones of Washington.
The bill will be introduced at the
renueet of the. Department of Com
merce. It la to -.-are for the amali
number ?f passengers and Govern
ment? ?.gents traveling from or u> re
mote ports.
Answer, Refusing Demand. Says
America Has No Right
to Interfere.
CASE CALLED PURELY LOCAL
Declares Protests In Order Only
After Consul Has Been
Sentenced.
MEXICO (?G? Not. 27.?Muko
is now awaiting the next step o? the
United States m the dipipmatk- ?
changef over th* releas* of Willi???*
O. Jenkins. United States consuls*
agent at Puebla, whc is in pnaon at
Puebla.
The Mexican rapi??? to the United
State? note, refuaing Waahingtoa't
request that Mr. Ja&kuus be r-elees-ed,
was handed t? George I? Su-uner
lin, acting chnrfe d'affainaVaU t
o'?2ioel^ Wednea-jay It u lewisiti
titfknt^rill be ia the haa?a at th?
8t*t* Di-34?rtinent at Waahiagten
soma tune today.
Basis ef Refaaal
The Mexican government bases Its
?-??.fusai or the fround that M? Jenk
ins is now ib the Y._nat of the io<-a.
Mexican author* tie? at Puebla, and
contend? that the Units?*] States has
no right to Interfere with court action
in Mexico. The reply potata out.
bowfier that th? United State?
'would have the right to make rep
resenta: ion? MMen. ? ? paese?!
upon Mr Jenkin?, snd the Unites]
States Government thinks It ?? un
just_"
The Mexican government contends
that the United States It asking for
more rights in behalf of Mr Jenkins
than the Mexican constitution accord?
to ih? mi onala of Mexico
The r>r'> ustea that the Mnteaa
go>ern-*?r? seek? only an Impartial
investigation and adjudication of the
Jenkins rase, eaying that this "can
not affect the friendly relations r?w
existing between Mexico snd tt*?
United State?
Arresi ? all?-* Jest
It Is contended lha; the arrest snd
imprisunmer,?. ol M- Jenkins wa? not
unjust, nor ?a? Mexico seeking ta
persecute th? America? consular
agent
But the United States ?Government
seem? to have taken it for granted
that M- Jenkin? Is inno???-*; despite
tbe fact that the Mtiw er suthoritiea*
have not concluded their Investiga
lion, which ?? beinr conducted with
impartiality." aavs th? Mexican not?.
It Is claimed that th? United
States' demand for Mr Jenkin? re
>eaj>e was evidently based upon an
?mperfert knowledge of the Mexican
penal code. After reciting that the
judge at Puehla had secured enough
evidence to ?arrant the charge (per
jury) against Mr Jenkins, the Mexi
can government then went inte a
lengthy explanation of the Mexican
law governing penal ?-ases.
The note ssks the United Sut?-?
Government to suspend any further
luds-ment until the invest igst ion of
the Jenkins case at Pueblo is con
cluded.
Mr. Jenkins cannot ? lai an himself a
vlttnlm of circumstance? the Mexican
government claims Furthermore. It
contend? that the consular a??ent la
not being d'il r??1. In jail again?! hi?
will, as the opportunity wa? given
him to give ball.
Cant laalraet Jadge
observations ere then mad? upen
the right? of the Mexican governm?rt
in dealing ? uh suspecte?! persona It
Is srgued that the national ?x*cut:\?
has no: th? power to order the judge
In such proceedings to take any
cours?* ether than a hat the Judg? may
adhere to under the law.
In this same connection it ?? p? nt?d
out that "the President of the United
Siati? could do no more towards re
leasing a m?stese on trial than the
President of Mexico."
The note Indicates thst the Carransa
government .? det?rmir.?d to gtxe Mr
Jenkins the ?am? trt-atmeri rt would
receive wer?? h? a national '. Mxlco
The note Is signed by Hilario M?
dina act.eg forrign minister Foreign
Mir..?te* Agu lar .? t. Europe.
Jenkins will b?? rel?a??*<! a? ??on as
he gives bfc ?. which ha? been fixed at
1,000 (*>eoa ?about f.VM> ?.?.? not? ?aid.
Th? demanda of th? United ?State*
have no basis in international law.
tt was contended it a a? pointed oet
that an American ?bouid ?xp**rt ne
more rlgrhta in Mexico than a Mexican
enjoys ia th? United States. Amari?
(Continuad oa Pa**? 3, Column 1 >

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