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Fiftieth Year-No. 119. Price f.vo Cents OGDEN CITY, UTAH THURSDAY EVEN1NG7MAY 13, 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M,
1 CARRANZA FIGHTS TO 1RESIST CAPTURE
I FORGE CLOSING
I I INONTRESINT!
Final Stage Setting in Place
1 For Last Act of Mexican
IS Revolution
11 TREASURE TAKEN BY
II CARRANZA RECOVERED
IS Indications Point to Early Sur-
mr , , render of Matamoros to
Wg. Rebel Chiefs
I I I VERA CRUZ, May 13. (By the As
p soclatcd Press) Furious fighting be
tween rebel forces and forces com
manded by President Venustiano Car
ranza occurred yesterday at Hacienda
Tamarlz, on tho Mexican nationl rail
road north of San Marcos, state of
Puebla', according to dispatches re
ceived here. The area of the battlo-
field is reported to be approximately
five square mile. President Carranza
I is said in wireless messages from Mex-
I ico Qlty to have personally directed
R the operations of his troops for eight
S hours on Tuesday.
I -Tcrriric Storms
I Terrific storms have swept tho scone
I of tho struggle and telegraphic com-
I munlcation has been interrupted, It
is known, howavor, that heavy rebel
reinforcements havo boon sent to San
' Marcos by rcbl ohleftains. The latter
I are, making, oy cry effort to force the
S .. dutccsiiticBlof.Carranza's troops 'ln what
W ' is believed will bo tho final stand of
J the rebellion.
I ' ' Plcatls for Chance
Ll General Candldo Agullar, who is at
Jalpflla, near Orizaba, is beglng the ,
robel authorities for permission to
join tho president and share in his
fate. General Aguilar on Tuesday sent
word to the rebels that he desired to
pass through the lines to Saj Marconi
1 and permission was glvon on the con
dition he would lay beforo Carranza
tho true situation. "When this reply
was received by General Agullar he
broko down and pleaded that he be
permitted to go to President Carranza
and stand by his Bido to tho end.
(By the Associated Press.)
Mexican rebel forces seem to 'be
rapidly closing in on President Car
ranza and all that remains of his army
entrenched in tho hilly country be
, tween- San Marcos and Apizaco, 150
I miles northwest of Vera Cruz. The
stage for tho final act of the drama
of the revolution is apparently being
k-- ' set and rebel chieftains are evidently
determined to capture the president,
J who fled from his capital last Fri-
mjjg General Trevino, a revolutionist, has
JJHH gone to Apizaco, state of Tlaxcala, for
IfS 1 no nurnose oL protecting the life of
I Br 1 Carranza if he is captured.
I'ls'f Trains Are Stopped.
uW- Dispatches appear to clear up some
l,V ' obscure details of the flight of Car-
lj ! ranza and what threatens to he his
final stand. When he left Mexico City
fjljr j Carranza is alleged to have taken with
iliE. , him government funds amounting to
mr 27,000,000 pesos. His trains were
lW stopped between Apara, state of Hi-
! jf dalgo, and Apizaco, state of Tlaxcala,
tlmr-! out the president and the troops ac-
companying him in his flight made
their way down the railroad for a dls
t ance of approximately 35 miles be
wmi fore being halted by rebel forces com-
B?r ing northward through tho state of
mt- Puebla.
SiJ, Treasure is Captured.
ma. ' Dispatches declare the treasure re-
ET i ported to have been taken from Mexico
Sp ' City by Carranza has been captured
W. by'lhc rebels,
l- fjj&T'' Piedras Negras, a town near the
E: ' f, ' American border, has gone over to the
' rebels without a struggle, the Car-
ranza officials fleeing across the intor
K 1 national border and thus ccaping cap-
m ture.
'M Governor dc la Huerta, of Sonora,
m v.'ho has been named supremo leader
,,,, 'l of the revolution, is preparing to go
1 to Mexico City to take ovor control.
I Dispatches from Vera Cruz state that
rebel leaders hope to hold the presi
dential election late in July. For this
purpose, they desire tho appointment
mmm f a provisional president who will
j give assurance the election will be con-
ducted fairly.
H Matemoros May Surrender.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., May 13
There are further Indications today
that General Rafael Colunga, Carrau
za commanuer at Matamoras, the
Moxican town across from Brownslvlle,
j would surrender that city to revolu-
1 tlonisls showing the proper strength
to assure that city against looting and
plundering, according to reports from
j sources considered reliable.
, General Colunga declares he will
- " turn the city over to responsible rev
olutlonary forces but sayte that ho
1 would defend the town against small
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i'BIG CONVENTION
OF CHRISTIANS IS
URGED BY WILSON-
WASHING-TON, May 13.
President Wilson, in a letter to
the Southern Baptist conven
tion here, said it was of "spe
cial significance and timeliness
that a great Christian conven
tion should be held in Washing
ton, because the nation now
faces nothing less than the
question whether it is to help
the Christian people in other
parts of the world to release
their ideals of justice and or
derly peace."
"I am sure," Mr. Wilson
wrote, "that the nation will lis
ten with the gTeatest deference
to the utterances of the conven
i Or J UOolU
Government Agencies All at
Work Striving to Better
Prevailing Situation
i WASHINGTON, May 13. Impera
tive necessity for concerted action to
relieve the freight congestion on
American railroads in order to pre
vent serious curtailment of production
engaged tho attention today of aft
government agencies which deal vsi-i
the national arteries of transportation.
Reports from important terminals
agreed that the situation still threat
ened a slowing down of Industry.
Shortage of Cars.
Shortage of cars was given by most
authorities as the principal cause of
the congestion, with lack of adequate
personnel and motive power as impor
tant contributory causes. The. fact
that the strike of railroad employes
still was in progress in some districts
had depleted train and yard crews at
important gateway connections'.
The committee on car service of
tho Americnn Railroad association
estimated 235,000 cars tied up or de
layed in transit at this time.
Fruit Trade Hit.
LOS ANGELES, May U. directors
of the, California Fruit Growers Ex
change initiated today a movement in
tho fruit trade to expedite tho unload
ing, and hasten the return when emp
ty, of refrigerator cars.
They said a shortage of refrigerator
cars was threatening to seriously iru
pedo the marketing of tho California
citrus fruit crop.
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BILL TO AID MOTHERS
BEFORE THE SENATE
WASHINGTON. May lS.-'Senator
Sheppard's bill proposing an annual
appropriation of ?4,000,000 to bo spent
through the states Jn the care, nursing
and education of expectant mothers,
was supported before the senate pub
lic health, committee by Mr3 Josephus
Daniels, wife of the secretary of the
navy, and other witnesses.
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mi.-), ivtiiutris iuiu uiu uuunuiiiee mail
lack of care and lack of education were '
causing tho unnecessary death of hun-
dreds of mothers and Infants. !
Miss Anne Martin, candidate for
the Senate from Nevada, said 250,000
babies and 23,000 mothers died last!
year "and our government spent to)
prevent it about one-fourth of ?1,000,
000." !
"This Jb undoubtedly the most ur-
gont conservation and reconstruction
measure before tho American people
today' she declared.
BREAK IN STRIKE OF
R, R. WORKERS REPORTED
PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 13. Six
hundred shopmen, yardmen and train
men of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
railroad who have been on strike at
the important terminal at Dlckerson
Run, 'Pa., returned to work today, it
wns announced at the general offices
of the company. It is the most im
portant break in tho strikers'-' ranks
since tho strike was called a month
ago.
LEADERS SEEK
FOREIGN TRADE
Delegates to San Francisco
Meet Want Aid of Govern
ment Agencies Abroad ,
TRADE WITH ORIENT AND
RUSSIA IS CONSIDERED
Merchants on American Is
lands in Pacific Clamor
For American Ships
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. For
eign trade policies of the United States
and tho assistance available to im
porters and exporters through federal
government agencies and American
trade and commercial organizations
abroad wore under consideration to
day by delegates 4to the seventh an
nual convention of the national for
eign trado council, which opened Its
four days' sessions here yesterday.
Seven group meetings to be con
ducted along the same lines as those
which hold attention during the main
sessions today were announced for to
nJgh L Capias f 6ith pircfsessionls iverpi:
"Direct Selling Abroad," "Banking
Service to Foreign Trade," ."Trade
With tho Orient," "Foreign Trade and
the PreSd," "Foreign Credits and
Credit Information," "American Trade
With Russia" and "Foreign Trade In
formation." Today's Speakers.
Speakers and their topics at today's
general session included Dr. Henry
of Washington, 'American Organiza
tion for Foreign Trade;" C. W. Whit
tcmoro of the American chamber of
commerce at Buenos Aires, "The
j Work and Service of American Cham
bers of Commcrco Abroad;" A. R.
! Hagor of Shanghai, "Federal Incor
poration for Foreign Trade;" Robert
II. Patchin of W. R. Grace & Co.. New
York, "The Need of a Bargaining Tar
iff," and W. W. Nichols of tho Allis
Chalmers company, "Reorganization
of the Government Service of Trade
Promotion and Information."
R. M. Calkins, vico president of tho
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-
j way of Chicago, chairman of the group
session on transportation and com
munication, spoke on tho "Develop
ment of Export and Import Transport
ation." He declared that tho government
cither should continue the operation
of tho merchant marine built up dur
ing the war under the United States
shipping board, or sell tho fleet to
Americans at prices they could afford
to 'pay. At no time should the govern
ment permit the ships to pass beyond
the control of tho government, he
said.
Hell remarked that 93 per cent of
the commerce to the far east was car
ried in ships flying, foreign flags, and
that practically the only service re
ceived by the Philippine islands was
furnished by government transports,
"while business men of the territory
were clamoring for increased ship
ping facilities with the mainland."
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LONDON ALARMED BY
MANY RAIDS IN IRELAND
I LONDON. May 13. Reports of an
unusual number of activities by armed
I and masked men in various sections of
'Ireland were received in' London to
day. The reports began trickling in
early ill the morning and by noon had
reached the proportions of an aval
anche. At one place the police bar
j racks were attacked,
j Most of the barracks were not occu
pied by the regular police forces which
had been sent to the larger police
I centers.
J Income tax officers were also also
again re-attacked.
i Meantime Viscount French, the- vlc
eroy, was in London for a conference
with Andrew Bonar Law, the govern
ment leader in the house of commons
regarding tho policy to be pursued to
restore order in Ireland.
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BUTTE I. W. W. RETURN,
TO 'STRIKE ON THE JOB7 j
BUTTE. Mont.r May 13. Tho strike
called by Metal Mine Workers' Union,
No. 800. I. W. W., April 18, was called
off at a meeting of members of the
union last night by adoption of a reso
lution to roturn to work and "strike
on tho job." During the day notices
that "no 1. W. W. will be employed on
this property," were posted at the vari
ous mines in the district.
PADEEEWSKI OFFERED '
j MILLION FOR CONCERT !
j TOIJR OVER AMERICA!
Poland's Great Man Wants to
Be Certain He Has
Retained Skill
By JAM.rpS.TLI2Nljl3,
N. E. A. Staf Correspondent.
NEW YORK. 'May 3. Ignacc J.
PadcrewskI has an offer of $1,000,000
from an American T manager for a
piano-playing tour '-' t,Q include the
United States, Canada anil South
America But ho will'-not accept this
unless ho can persuade' himself that
'he has retained all Ills, former skill.
This will be more difficult for him
than for some artist,' He Is not
extraordinary gifted b-. nature.. Ho
has .attained Iscusnce' by unfiag
&ihir'AniYUcatpnn for nearly th'rdo .years, he hardly
touched a piano.
Padorewski's hands arc small nearly
of an artists; at tho height of his ca
reer ho could never span more than an
octave.
It is probable that; Padercwski
will come to this country soon and
spend the summer In California. Jf
he feels that he cannot givo concerts
he will probably devote himself to
composition.
On his estate, RIond Bosson, at
Morges, SwtlzeVland, Radercwskl 1ST
living In retirement.
He has given up his private for
tune of $2,000,000 merely for an idea.
For six years he has contributed every
dollar he has made above his bare
living expenses to this same idea.
Ho has roceipod nothing tangible in
return.
But Ignacc J. Padercwski has had
ULU uLUSiIlO
Last Year's Straw Lid and
Shiny Trousers Right
In Style
NEW ORLEANS. La., May 13.
Threadbare coats, shiny trousers, last
year's straws and half-soled shoes
were the order ofhe day here, signal
izing the opening of tho city's second
organized drive on the high cost of
living: Proclaimed "old clothes day,"
by Acting Mayor Hicks, tho celebra
tion was to arouse interest in tho
"wear 'em and patch 'em clubs," de
signed to forco down clothing costs.
Originators of the plan predicted a
far more beneficial effect than result
from the overall movement.
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AIR MAIL INSPECTOR
BLOWN INTO TREE
OSKALOOSv, Iowa, May 13. Will
iam J. McClendllss, superintendent
Chicago-Omaha aerial mail division,
vras killed yesterday, afternoon when
an airplane in which ho was riding
vas blown into a tree four miles south
of here. IT. W. Johnston, Fremont,
O., pilot, was Injured.
Tho airplane loft Omaha at 11:30
o'clock this morning to go to Iowa
City. It was on an Inspection trip
over tho proposed air mall route be
tween Chicago and Omaha. When the
wind blew tho machine into tho troo,
Superintendent McClendliss was
caught beneath tho gas tank and his
skull fractured. His body was brought
here.
Pilot Johnson said heavy head
winds had Jnterferrod all tho way and
blown them off the, course. He was
attempting to land in a field when
blown Into the tree
W" Wv " m IIS
as large part in creating a nation.
The great pianist, once the darling '
of society, the favorite of London, of ;
Paris, of New Yoi-k, of Chicago, of j
Vienna, of Madrid, is now living only
upon the royalties from phonograph 1
records and piano player rolls.
Ho may never be able to play as
he once played. But Poland lives, j
and when her history is written .Pad-!
erewski's name will be written in j
luigh lettors. !
Minnesota Senator Declares
Something Must Be Done
.tp Settle Matters
WASHINGTON, May 13. "A sta
tus of peace must bo obtained in some
other way" if It cannot be secured
, by ratification of tho treaty and the
I league of nations. Senator Kellogg
jof Minnosota, ono of tho original
"mild reservation" Republicans in tho,
treaty fight, declared today in tho
senate, supporting the Republican
peace resolution.
"The time has como when some
thing must be done," he said. "Tho
nation as soon as possible must be
returned to normal conditions. I shall
I therefore vote for the resolution de
I claring tho war, at an end because
It seems to mo the only posiblc way
of accomplishing this object.
"i voted for tho treaty en dthe lea
gue of nations," he continued, "and
I would do so again, but never If
American sons and American re
sources must be called at the behest
of any foreign country to sustain tho
tottering and turbulent nations of Eu
rope; nover if wo are to sacriflco the
eootury-old Monroe doctrine; never If
I foreign countries can intcrfero In do
j mestic policies or bring Amorlean la
.bor to tho level of European or Asi
atics; never if this country is to be de
nied an' equal voice in tho couueils of
tho league of nations,"
Mr Kellogg oxpressod confidence
In tho effectiveness of tho resolution
to accomplish Its ends.
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FLOODS HAMPER RAIL "
TRAFFIC IN NEBRASKA,
LINCOLN, Neb., May 13. Railroad
traffic In Nebraska and South Dakota,
hampered yesterday by flood condi-
'tions due to heavy rains, was still crip-
lplcd today.
PRISONER GETS
SUPPORT FROM
ALL SOCIALISTS
This Is Fifth Time Debs Has
Been His Party's Stand
ard Bearer
HE LANGUISHES IN
FEDERAL PENITENTIARY
Fight Now On To Obtain Can
1 clidate's Release From
Atlanta Jail
NEW YORK, May 13. Eugene V.
Deb's, federal convict number 2253,
was nominated by acclamation for the
I presidency of the United States at the
Socialist party's national convention
i here today.
Cheer upon Cheer greeted the nam
ing of the Socialist leader, now serv
ing a ten years' sentence in the federal
pententiary at Atlanta,. Ga., for' viola
tion of the espolnage act. Tho din was
continuous as' all those who had been!
ventTon "hill strained forward, eye?
bent on the plalfdrm where was sot a
life-sized portrait of Debs, framed in
black.
Eugene V. Debs, nominated today
for president on the Socialist ticket,
, now Is convict number 2253 in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
I Ho began serving a teu years' sen
tence for violation of the wartime
.espionage act April 13 1019. Debs.
I ,..V.rt Sr. fr -.r. vl.t ,o r- Knoll irlvnn I
the presidential nomination by his
party four times previously. He was
a Democrat before he became a Social
ist, In the late seventies he served
two terms in the Indiana legislature
from Terre Haute, his home town. He
' was onco a Candida i for congress
jfrom the fifth Indiana district.
Jn 1891, from May to November,
he served a sentence in jail for con-
! tempt of court in an Illinois' conspir-
jacy case
i Speech Causes Arrest.
I His present imprisonment resulted
from inve stigation of a speech in Can
ton, O., on June lfi, 'IS, which led to his
j arrest two weeks later for opposing
I the war and urging labor to cease all
j activities which in any way tended to
prolong it.
Every atom of influence and energy
in the" Socialist party went into the
fight to keep Debs out of jail, but each
appeal was turned down. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor convention in
June, 1919, voted down a resolution fa
voring clemency for him.
Name Round World.
, The name of Dobs as "head of the
! Socialist party in America," has gone
round the world. Soviet Russia sought
i his release in appeals through diplo-
malic channels.
I
j Seeks His Release.
WASHINGTON. May 13. Attorney
General Palmer. Secretary Tumulty
and Secretary Baker will receive the
committee of the Socialist national
committee which is to come here from
Now York lato this week to ask for
j the release of Eugene V. Debs, who is
I serving a sentence in the federal pen
litentlary at Atlanta, Ga., for violation
of tho espionage act.
Doth Mr. Palmer and Mr. Tumulty
will receive the committee Saturday.
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CANCEL 'GOLD DINNER'
AT SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 8- A
"gold dinner" planned for May 25 a
local hotel as a feature of a gold pro
duction campaign in the west has been
postponed indefinitely "because pend
ign gold legislation makes it imprac
ticable at this time," according to an
announcement here by Fletcher M. N.
Hamilton, state mineralologist.
Governor Emmett Boyle of Nevada,
and other notables had been invited to
address the dinner.
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RETALIATORY MEASURE
ON CANADA PLANNED
.SHARON, Pa., May 13. As a rctal
dian embargo upon pulp wood and
latory measure for the present Cana
pulp wood paper, United States Repre
sentative Willis J. Hulings announced
here today that he would Introduce a
bllL in congress shortly for placing
an embargo upon coal to Canada. Ho
Is gathering data now with that end
in view, he said.
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HEAD 1 1AVY I
SAYS SOMEBODY I
ckdiie I
Secretary Tells Senate Com-
..mittee His Signature Was
Forged to Dispatch
SAYS. SIMS SHOULD H
NAME GUILTY PERSON
Declares Admiral Should Apol-
ogize to Him and to
the Country
WASHINGTON, May 13. Charges
that a cablegram produced beforo the
senate naval investigating . committee
during the testimony of Rear Admiral IH
Sims boro a forged signature wero
made today by Secretary Daniels. Ho
referred to the cablegram Admiral
Sims had presented as part of his M
criticism of the navy department and
which (Purported to havo been signed
1) the secretary.
"Somewhero somebody was' guilty of '
signing my1 name to an official dis
patch which the original, he pro
duced, shows 1 never signed," Mr.
Daniels told' the committee. I'Or ol
alterating a dispatch by erasing the
real signature and substituting
'Daniel.' M
The cablegram read:
"In regard to convoy I consider that
American, vessels having armed guards
are safe- wh'ftn sailing independently'
.Denies Signature.
Mr. Daniels testified that Immedl
ately reading1 tho admiral's testimony
lie knew tfe'rtneyer sent such a cable- vW
gram and. iiestarted an investigation. IH
The secretary said! he finally found. IH
'tho - orjginSdispaicli-4iuvi.UidBritlali . IH
embassy? through which it had been jH
sent and thai the name Signed to-it jH
was "A. F. Carter, by directions of
the chief of naval operations." fmM
"The statement that it was signed mM
'Daniels' is untrue," said the secretary. jH
"No such telegram signed 'Daniels' 'H
was ever sent to Admiral Sims. In his mW
testimony he reiterated that this dis- !
patch made him 'about ready to jump il
overboard,' and that it was signed with ll
'that tho civilian secretary of the navy
had personally passed upon the ques- 1 vmM
tion of a particular method to protect j
shipping and was resisting the adop
tion of the convoy system. I knew 1 '
nevor entertained the opinion stated JM
in the dispatch he displayed." VW
Produce Guilty Person..
Admiral Sims should produce the
person who changed the signature,
Mr. Daniels declared, adding the ad
miral owed "an apology to me and to
the country for the impression under
taken to be made by his testimony
based upon a false signature."
Much of the secretary's testimony
today was devoted to the controversy
over convoying troop ships. He in
sistcd that the admiral's course regard
ing the protection of troops ships
caused the department "much anxiety" M
and finally he "bluntly" told Sims that
everything was secondary to the safe
guarding of vessels carrying American
soldiers. M
Mr. Daniels charged that Admiral jfl
Sims withdrew the destroyer escort
from the first convoy as soon as it ar
rived abroad, leaving the transports
without protection for the return voy
age. Admiral Sims, he said, finally
was instructed to protect the ships
when they left France.
Story of Attacks.
Referring to pirns' testimony that
the first troop convoy, sent over in
June, 1917, was not attacked by sub
marines and thatt here was no s.ub
marine within 300 miies oi! the place .
where the attacks were said to have
occurred, the naval secretary present
cd messages from Admiral Sims giving mM
accounts of such attacks. ..The first Of IH
these messages was dated June 30, IH
1917, and saiu:
"First group attacked by submar
ines, longitude 25 degrees, 30, before
arriving at first rendezvous. Second
group attacked longitude S. Strongly
believe that enemy obtained informa-
Hull U lilltri UCjJLi.u& cluu uowiiiimue H
dispatches sent mo in naval attache's jH
code."
"On tho next day, July 1, 1917," Mr. IH
Daniels said, "Admiral Sims sent this IH
cablegram:
Enemy Gains Information. jl
" 'It is practically certain that tho
enemy knew position of the first ren
dezvous and accordingly sent a sub
marine to intercept before juncture
with destroyers.'
"Wo had no reason then and have
no reason now to doubt Admiral Sims'
own positive statements, made at the iH
time, that the convoy was attacked;
the reports of Admiral .Gleaves and JM
the official report of the French gen- IH
eral staff to the same effect." IH
Mr. Daniels also testified that Ad-
miral Sims had objected to the usa jH
of the former German liner Leviathan , 1
as a troop ship on tho ground that IH
her great length mado her a hotter tar- IH
get for torpedoes than smaller vessels.
He also said the admiral had con-
tended that the ship should bo oper- IH
ated to Liverpool rather than to Brest jH
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