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I TODAVSPRICES.
1 Pesos, 48'jc; Mexican JoH, $50; naasnales, $25 JO;
; bar silver, domestic 99c, foreiga 6454c; copper,
I 13 .-c; grain, higher; livestock, steady; stoeks,Jugher.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
FOUR BUSHELS
APPLES BUY
ONLY $1 MEAL
Farmer Pays More And
Gets Less Than During
War Period.
GIVES PRACTICAL
DEMONSTRATION
Costs Texan II Pounds
Of Cotton To Pay
For Luncheon.
Br DAVID LAWRENCE.
WASHINGTON.- D. C Jan. L Six
practical formers, members of
the legislative committee of the
national grange, sat down to lunch
eon here and figured oat the decline
m is e prices or xarm proaucis w
terms of a dollar meal.
s J. Lowell, president of the na
t.or.al grange, said it cost him four
fcudhels of apples to get the dollar
to pay for his luncheon. During the
wsr it would have cost him only a
peck of apples.
W H. Thompson of the Maine
grange, in erf est. had to pay a bushel
and & half of potatoes instead of a
pecK, -which was the equivalent ox a
dollar a year go.
Leslie R- Smith, of Massachusetts,
hid to offer two bushels of onions
as contrasted with the war equlva-
ln' of a peck of onions.
Chaxles W. Holxnac of Texas, could
3 au got his luncheon for two
jounds of cotton in war times, but
no v. he has to contribute 11 pounds
ot cotton ior tne dollar.
Prof. T. C Atkeson. of West Ylr
?.n a insisted that there had been
i.rtle chance on wheat, for while
ris meal cost him a half bushel of
Tt,.e2t, he would have paid slightly
ieas tn.n tnat a year ago.
A. Loo mis. secretary of the na
t cns.1 grange, had to pay four pounds
of cheese whereas, heretofore the
B&m- aoilar meal would have been
pur'.&seii for two and a half pounds
of cheese.
To See Hardies'.
T situation brought about by the
oe . - in the prices of farm products
J-.r;.' gi.'. the officers of the grange
to " ashmgton for a general talk on
. rural policies, particularly ai
t o". Several of the o fleers are go-
:rg to Marlon to discuss agriculture
with Mr. Hard me. They nave reaa
The reports that Henry C Wallace, of
J on a, -as oeen sejectea lor secre
tary of pgricTJiture, but would offer
ro ci.iMnt. It is said they have men
of their own to propose to Mr. Bard-
ir.g wno nave naa more experience
a actical farmers than Mr. Wal
let, but one of the group Indicated
ir.at while Mr. Wallace amr not
have been a farmer as long as they
troaer: n Pessary, cevertniess ne naa
h-' - on the farm, more years than
tne airoinees of the past. Here Is
the k:nd nf a secretary of agrlcultare
the national grange wants:
"A practical farmer wbo should be
r.ot oeIv in sympathy with farmers,
but so identified by Ideas, vocation
and effort that farmers will recognise
him as one of themselves. The head
of the department must be a man
around v'lom agricultural interests
and -workers will rally with confi
dence in his leadership."
There k another thing the grange
wants from Mr. Harding's secretary
of agriculture a cost accounting
system tnat will tell the people of
the city convincingly about the costs
or. tne i arm
Demand tmr Tariff.
Oth- things affecting agriculture
4-n i- 1 es.rtw4' Bt Varinn inptnA. a
normaTifi' tariff. Kamo of thii mem -
hers of the grange look askance at
the 'emergencv" character of present
tariff proposals. Some of the duties
ae reg-arded as too high and as
like'v t0 invite retaliatory tariff.
rh.l" other schedules are considered
far too low.
-Wr.at the farmers ought to have,"
sa.d J. Lowell, president of the
grange, ls a protective tariff that
w iV represent the difference In the
t of production here and abroad
and ntMng more. I believe the Job
sr re aoie equitably."
Mr Lowell said agricultural eon
li'ions throughout the country were
Iisco -raging, largely because the
ost of la t or had not come down.
He said he looked for a drop In labor
-C5 next spring. He declared that
-r!:e plenty of labor was in Idle
ness, the cost would not come down
until some of the savings of the
prosperous period through which the
nation has passed were exhausted,
but that the cost of labor on the
farm ouid come down he had no
doubt.
Labor Mast Drop.
La rjor wil come down, he de
clared emphatically, "because It most
When In Doubt
Ask Hasten
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ARI2 AND
CNEM NEW MEXICO'S NEW GOVERNOR
John Barleycorn Has
Worst Year In Career;
Increase In Marriages
NEW YORK. Jan. 1. John Bar
leyeorn In 1920 had the worst
year of his career, sending
fewer New York folk to the work
house than ever before.
Only 17S persons, of whom 77
were women, were sent to the
workhouse for intoxication during
1(2)1, commissioner of correction
Hamilton announced.
Last year there were 42 such
cases. There were 664 in ISIS;
1S67 in 1S17; 23(1 In MM and 4S
in 1515.
Marriage licenses Increased
about five percent.
DEVALERA'S
HIDING PLACE
UNREVEALED
British Government Is Believed
Not To Have Opposed
Irish Chief s Movements.
London, Eng.. Jan. 1. Reports that
Bamonn de Valera, "president of the
Irish republic," had landed in Ire
land have greatly piqued public
curiosity and confirmation -of these,
rumors is eagerly awaited. News
papers feature the statement of
Harry Belaud, secretary to De Va
lera, te the effect that "the presi
dent has arrived safely In Ireland,
but none has succeeded in ascertain
ing de valera whereabouts.
In some Quarters there is much
skepticism regarding the whole story,
and Dublin castle's profession of
ignorance relative U de Valera's
landing encourages doubt In the ac
curacy of the report.
On the other hand there are many
who see no improbability in the ;
story, and who are inclined to be-'
lieve the government did not oppose !
his coming, holding that de Valefa, 1
as an elected member of parliament. I
was entitled to avail himself of theJ
lBviwuvn Atrv-juii' vxieuucu u una
members of parliament to confer
with the government as to means of
reaching an agreement on the Irish
problem.
Gen. Sir Edward Strickland's re
port relative to tfce destructive fires
at Cork, was received at the Ixtsft.
office here yesterday and presented
to the cabinet, says the Daily Mail,
which adds it will be made public
early next week. Well Informed peo
ple in Dublin are declared to assert
that the cabinet has known the tenor
of the report for some days.
come down, otherwise the farmer can
not afford to produce the bis craps
needed ts feed our immense mwMila
tfcm.-
Oolnion, Tary iilmii t
tte craan as ts ttslflB.i
ported necessary for a eosrplete eeon
oirrie readjustment, but there la a
feelinr of hope that the next admin
istration will be a Tital factor in
helpine the farmer who feels that he
ought to get more for his dollar,
sines he is beg-tuninc; to give the con
sumer much more foodstuffs for toe
dollar. Copyright. 121. by David
Lawrence.
PhiladdphiaM urnmers
Slage Big Celebration
Philadelphia, p. Jan. 1. The mum
mers Philadelnhia'a enrnbinmi Vw
ear associations took possession of
mo city toaay tot ineir annual parade,
in which 12.060 mummers, represent-
ina 20 clubs, eomneted for Drinn of
more than 212,000.
Comic displays, elaborate floats,
fancy costumes and R trine bands
sought in tbeir various divisions to
outdo each other, and thousands of
spectators, many of whom had stayed
up all night after the Ifew Tear's
celebration in order to witness the
esrly start of the procession, thronged
ine tine oi roarcn.
Harding Is Too Busy
To Observe Holiday
Marion. Ohio. Jan. 1. Preeident-
elect Hardmg took only a part holi
day in observance of the coming of
the new year, spending much of the
day at his desk at work on miscel
laneous business that has accumu
lated during his almost continuous
conferences on the policies of his ad
ministration. He arranged to have
his New Tears dinner at home with
Mrs. Harding and several personal
friends.
Arizona Postal Official
And Wife Found Dead
Kingman. Ariz, Jan. 1. When
Claude B. Head, assistant postmaster
at Oatman. and his wife failed to ap
pear at a New Tear's eve dance
friends went to their home and found
the couple lying on the floor dead.
Nearby was discovered two glasses
beta of which had contained poison.
A. package in which the poison had
been purchased also was found.
Fire Destroys $150,000
Worth Of Texas Cotton
Thornton, Tex.. .Jan. 1. Officers
today were investigating the origin
of a fire which destroyed the farm
ers" warehouse and 1700 bales of cot
ton here. The loss is estimated at
tISd.soa.
CHILE SOCIALISTS PLEDGE
rfcALIY TO MOSCOW "REDS"
wusgo, nne, jan. t- t ne socia
party of Chile, in session here to
day, adopted a resolution providing
for adhesion to the third, or Moscow
iuwii. it was aecaaea to re
organise the party, which at present
IS Wit' ranrauaias 4- k. l-.
congress.
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EL PASO
A MONTH IN TX N. 1C
HEX.. ELSEWHERE. I1.M.
IDLE HUNDREDS
SEIZE HISTORIC
N. Y. CHURCH
Unemployed Planned To
Break Into bdihce 1 o
Sleep In -Pews.
LONDONREVELS
DESPITE POVERTY
New Year Gayety Surpasses
All Other Like Events
Since 1914.
KVT YORK, Jan. i. Eight hundred
homeless and unemployed men
started the new vear by sleepfne
in the news of one of New York s
most historic char chef St. Mark's on
the Bowery early today.
The men. part or a crowa or more
than looo. met in a uowery nan on
New Year's eve and planned to break
into the church for the night's lodg
ing If admittance was refused them.
Wripn thpv ann roach ed the ancient
edifice on Second avenue they found
it brilliantly illuminated and the rec
tor. Dr. William Norman Guthrie,
waiting for them with an invitation
to come Inside.
"Mav the churches do their ntue
he said, to show themselves worthy
of the confidence of the friendless,
and surely the community will not
compel the churcnes jong to iena
themselves to such irregular use."
Dr. Guthrie then told the men he
had made arrangements to give them
a substantt DreaTtasf. There was
no disorder and the men listened
with respectful attention to the
clergyman's remarks.
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal
church was organised in 1711. In the
crvpt underneath the church is buried
the body of Gov. Petrus Stuyvesant.
one of the Dutch governors of New
Asasteraam. or old new sora.
Revelry 1st Iontton.
London, Eng, Jan. 1. London's
prosperous sectftva nailed the advent
of -tne new year fth noisy gaiety'
surpassing anything- seen since Janu
ary L 1914. The revelers turned their
sacks upon the grim bogey of hard,
times, but its shadow, nevertstelessv
crossed thefr paths in the farm of
collectors of funds for the smem
ployed. who shook money boxes on
street corners and in the parties of
hotels.
The large west end restaurants and
hotels vied with one another in stay
ing attract iasfS for their patrons.
Prom the caflfna of that ball room in
one targe noxai was saspenaaa a o:
atrsstfp w seet tm umam:- xsw
iesvBEXvusr CMuiBM ox wasfa yooss
women dressed as fairies descended
and distributed gifts among the
guests-
Another hotel featured a Japanese,
garden, where silver bogles an
nounced the birtlk of 151. Dancing
and merriment continued until day
break. Outside ofSt. Paul's church there
was the time honored gathering of
the poorer people of the city, which
though perhaps larger than usual,
was more decorous than it baa often
been.. There was evident, however,
a disposition to defy all "dry
thoughts, flasks and bottles being
produced from thousands of pockets
as the bells rang out heralding the
new year.
At the stroke of 13 the streets sur
rounding the ancient church were
filled with the din of pipe organs,
mouth organs, accord lans and hssaaa
voices playing or singing "Aula Lag
Syne."
Auto Death Toll Is
Heavy In New York;
New Health Record
New Tork, Jsn. 1. A record of
707 persons killed by automobiles
within New York city was estate
lished In 1920. according to statis
tics made public today. The pre
vious record was 702, established
in 1919
Total automobile casualties for
the state In 1920 were llGf-
Durmg 1920 there were 73.249
deaths In New York city, com
pared with 74.481 the preceding
year, health department records
show. There were 132.851 births
during 1920, an increase of 3479
over 1919.
Officials said the figures Indl
esttod the healthiest year since
Manhattan island was taken from
the Indians.
England Roused By United States Naval Menace
But Can't Decide If Big Ships Are Obsolete
LONDON. Enr, Jan. 1. John BoH.
after resting on his oars since
the surrender of the Qerman fleet
has suddenly discovered a new "naval
menace" in America and Japan- The
clubs are fnll of gossip and rumors,
and the papers fuJN.l letters from
admirals and other experts. Th sod
den agitation recalls . the stir hem
when Germany launched a hwudlns;
program In 1900 that was taken to
mean a challenge to British sea su
premacy. It would seem natural. If Britain
feels that America and Japan are
building so many great sHps that her
grasp on the trident is being loosened
that ships should be laid, down here
in answer to the assumed "threat.''
But two considerations prevent this
being done.
Money Is Lacking.
One is the serious financial position
which renders It doubtful whether
England can foot the . bill wat the
present price of warships, for a snper
dreadnaught race with the United
States. The other is the belief of a
large section of naval opinion that the
snper-dreadnanght is obsolete that
America and Japan are wasting their
money, and that England as so often
before must now show the way by
constructing new submersible or fly
ing endues of sea warfare that will
make the great battleship as helpless '
as a snip oi ine une or nelson's
time.
Early In 1919 the admiralty decided
to stop all naval building. This was
done for two reasons, apart from the
compelling one of economy. It was
EL PASO. TEXAS. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY I. 1921.
SCORES BATTERED
IN RIOT OF SAILORS
AT LOS ANGELES
T OS ANGELES, cilif, Jan. 1.-
gered at a policeman and a news-nanex-
reporter because they had
participated earlier in the night in a
raid on a questionable cafe, several
sailors attaea4 the two.
The ensuing flrbt developed Into
a riot which precipitated three pitched
battles with the entire Los Angeles
police reserve and resulted in scores
Ox persons Demi? injureo. one oci iouB
ly. and considerable damage to prop
erty early today.
The two men were attacked by sev
eral sailors and were forced to fight
their way to a telephone. The re
serves responding to the call had dif
ficulty In dispersing the mob of sev
ers hundred sailors which had then
gathered. Although the mob was
scattered. It regathered twice, aug
mented in the latter stages by a num
ber of civilians.
Many plate glass windows near the
scene of the riot were smashed and
three automobiles were overturned
by the mob.
rear stae in nmmt
San Francisco. Calif- Jan. 1. Four
men, all suffering rrom prooaoiy
fata 1 k n 1 f e won nds. were taken to
the Mission emergency hospital early
RECEPTION AT
WHITE HOUSE
IS ELIMINATED
Washington. IX C, Jan. 1j The
government machinery In Washing
ton paused today to greet the incom
ing year. Despite domination of the
customary white house reception due
to president Wilson's illness, other
features promised to restore much of
the colorfulness of pre-war years.
Members of the diplomatic corps
were invited to a reception at the
home of acting secretary Davis of the
state department, wbo was delegated
by the prelsdent to act in hi? stead.
Besides informal receptions by oth
er cabinet officers, secretaries Baker
and Daniels arranged to hold "open
calls from the public at large as well 1
as officers of the army, navy and ma- I
-Tine corps and their families 1
The men or tne navy, wnetner
afloat or ashore, were extended New
Year's greetings by secretarv Daniels
in a message flashed from the frreat j
wireless station at Arl.ngton just as '
tne year 1331 arrived.
This messajre was read by men of
tne American navy around the world:
"Greetings to the men of the navy
whose service in 140 under trying
etresjmatsnces have yiosaled the
stS8y"'w5n' resources sit oucu es a.
May the New Tear bring to them the
recognition which patriotic service
rightly merits."
BOSTON BANKS
FURNISH JOBS
TO 1000 WOMEN
Boston, Mass.. Jan. 1. One thou
sand women are employed in the
banks of Boston. This would not be
surprising but for the fact that a
large proportion are employed as ex
pert clerks an elastic term in all
departments of the institutions.
The women were employed, in
many cases with reluctance, as a war
emergency when the boys went
marching away, but they are said to
nave shown adaptability to the bank
lng business.
3flss Caroline P. Stickl In charge
of the woman pereonnel in an in
stitution employing 318 women. Fays
that last year 200 women bank clerks
occupied much of their Fpare time
obtaining added knowledge of the
ties ana aetaiis or oanxing ar
tsy tne evening courses con
for the benefit of the Boston
of the American Institute
of Banking. Of women in the bank
ing world she says:
CTntil withfn a few years most
positions open to women within
banking institutions have been large
ly in the nature of stenographic
work. At present you will find wom
en in almost every department and
when the department head is con
sulted he will tell you that the wom
en clerk's work is very satisfactory
"Occasionally, we bear of some
woman who has attained an execu
tive position within the conservative
circles of backing although such at
tainments have not been at all gen
eral. This is not a bit discouraging,
however, when we realise that what
we have been given to do we have
prutcu
S3m
C&a&i
American and Japan Building Program Must Be Met, Britons
Agree. But Some Would Build Submarine and Air
Battleships and Scrap Dreadnaughts. Are
New Ships Already Obsolete?
B5 JOHN LLOYD BALDERSTON.
hoped that the United States and
Japan would also slacken their prep
arations at sea when tbey saw that
not building, rne ao-
miralry felt that time was needed to
assimilate tne lessons of Jutland and
the submarine war and decide what
form tne navy in tne future should
assume. The superbattlecrolsar
"Hood" completed after the war is
bolteved to be the most powerful
fighting maohine afloat, but her sister
snip was orntcn up on me iwks uu
tne anti-capital ship faction at the
admiralty denounced the "Hood" as
"obsolete before she' was put in
commission. If they are right and
the Hood is obsolete, so are all
the great ships the United States and
Japan are biulding and planning to
build.
For a year and a half the admiralty
has stood oat and done nothing. Re
cently spurred on by the advocates of
Dattiesnips, wno see wiin norror mat
the American fleet after two years as
thinsrs are (tome now. will be more
ally decided on a new naval program J
of big ships. Details of this pro
HERALD
today, according to the police, after
being attacked at a New Year's joust
by five other men. The names of the
men were not given.
Woman Kills Brother.
Chicago, HI- Jan. 1. Squads of pro
hibition agents descended upon two
cafes here during the New Year's eve
celebration, but only small quantities
of intoxicants were discovered, either
in the possession of the guests or pro
prietors. M
Two men were wounded by stray
revolver bullets fired by unknown
New Year revelers, and Dennis Cobb,
18. wss shot and killed by his sister.
Mrs. Lee Jordan, when she was
barred from a New Years party at
Cobb's home.
No raids for hlp liquor" were re
ported in downtown restaurants and
hotels, which were as crowded as in
New York. Jan. 1. The New Year
was only a few minutes old when
another murder was reported to the
police. Henry Sehnepp, a butcher
who waa walking past a social club
In First avenue, was shot three times
by an unidentified man who eseaped
The police believe the murder was the
result of a feud in the social club.
GREEK REVOLT
PLOT IS LAID
TO VENIZELOS
Athens. Greece, Jan. L Former
premier Venizelos planned to form a
new Greek state In the event of his
defeat In the elections of November,
according to X. Viae hps. editor of the
Kathimerinl, who gives the late king
Alexander as his authority.
He claims the king told him during
a secret night meeting May 4 In the
Stadium m the presence of several
officers that Venlselos declared to
him he would do so. Alexander at
the time. M. Ylachos states, declared
he merely was acting as the agent of
Con stan tine.
The Kathimerinl appears to be de
cidedly unfriendly to Venlselos. whose
return to power is predicted in vari
ous quarters, where It is assorted
Venizelos never confided his plans
to sny one.
Nicholas Stratos. former minister of
marine, in a statement tending to
confirm M. Vlachos's assertions, states
that two days after the elections an
attempt was made by Venlzelists to
get the Greek fleet to secede.
King Constantino has made a re
quest for an impartial investigation
of Greek events by an allied com
mission, asserting thls would be
preferable to the present piece mea!
method. Objection to this plsn :s
made however, as both the followers
of Coast snti an and. termer press tar
Veniselos an asserted to have de
stroyed too many documents to give
any investigating body a clear view
of matters in this country.
MESSAGE SENT
TO WORKERS
BYGOMPERS
Washfngtpn. D. C Jan. Samuel
Gompers in a New Year's message to
the workers of America, published In
the Issue today of The Federation 1st,
declares labor laces a year of "sol
emn portenC and warns that ths
widespread movement for "the open
shop" has for Its aim "the destruc
tion of labor's voice."
Xeclaring that "never in the his
tory of the American labor movement
has plutocratic greed presented such
an organized menace to democratic
progress." Mr. Gompers said labor
finds at this moment "not one danger
but several "
Besides the movements for the
"open shop" these are described by
the veteran labor leader as an effort
tc "make real collective bargaining
Impossible" the through establish
ment of various kinds of govern
mental boards and tribunals, and the
"heartless determination of many
powerful employing Interests to re
dece wages snd to stop the wheels of
pi eduction entirely in many cases, re
suiting in great unemployment."
done satisfactorily. We need to re
alize that the future may bring
greater knowledge relating to the
principles and details of banking."
CARCSO 131 PRO YIN G.
New York, Jan. 1. The condition
of Enrico Caruso, Opera singer ill
at his hotel here with pleurisy and
empyema, today was reported com
fortable. gram, of course are secret. But the
fact that the program had been
adopted leaked oat and caused the
present storm.
Big. Fast ships.
I understand that In its essentials
the plan provided for tne building of
great and superlatively fast ships to
cost something Hke-$4fi.000.0e apiece.
The opposition from the submarine
and air enthusiasts has proved too
strong, and the government has de
cided that the new program is not for
the present to be carried out. Th
committee of imperial defence has
been ordered by the cabinet to "insti
tute at once exhaustive la ties ligation
Into the whole question of naval
strength as affected by the latest de
valonmants ef nasal warfare" and
until the government Is satltflad with
the report of this committee It is of
ficially stated that ne program of
new construction will be sanctioned.
"The place and usefulness of the
capital ship In future naval opera
tions" is to be the subject of the com-
mittee's deliberations. The commit-'
tee will consist of several heads of!
government departments, the first
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RETRENCHMENT
IS WATCHWORD
OFGOYJECHEM
New Governor Pleads For
Economy In Inaugural
Address.
URGE SLI MIT
ON TAXATION
Calls On Legislature To
Aid In Keeping Party
Platform Pledges.
By G. A. MARTIX
OANTA FE, X. 1L. Jan. 1. Re-
,j trenchment and economy are te
be watchwords of Gov. Merritt C.
Mechem, the new governor of New
Mexico, according to his declaration
today In his inaugural address at the
state capitoL
Ha also urges tte sYMSttfi te
help him keep sll party platform
Wedges made to th people and urges
limitation of taxation.
He also hopes to make the people
of New Mexico see that they are get
ting fall benefits, under his admin
istration, of "the present high cost
of government." The governor said:
"Conditions in New Mexico, which
affect all her leading industries, im
pose upon this administration, not
only that wise economy which should
always be observed in the conduct
of business, but far-reaching and
thorowh-coing retrenchment in tax
levies and expenditure of public;
money m every department or state,
county and city government.
8erlea Sltuatlea.
"There csn be no mistaking the
seriousness of the present situation,
nor can there be any doubt but that
the people expect, and have a right
to expect, us first of all to do every
thing in our power to lighten the
heavy burden of taxation.
"When the state legislature met in
its 1917 and 1919 sessions, we were en
joying great prosperity in nearly
every line of business, and it is not
surprising that during that period
of prosperity, and Inspired by it, the
expenditures of public money should
have been greatly increased. But
now the exact reverse is true and we
will wholly fall in our duty if we do
not see to it that the increases so
made during prosperous years are
completely -bated, if it can be done
without Impairing a service which is
indispensable.
Lee 7Sm Ground.
"It will be a false economy to
lose ground gained after years of
effort, as for example. In the matter
of education; but even in such an im
portant phase of governmental ac
tivity we cannot at this time afford
any extensions, and where economies
can be inaugurated they should be.
"Our attitude In an matters which
call for the appropriation of the peo
ple's money should be controled by
(Coatlaaed ew pege 4. cetamn X
lord of the admiralty and the first
sea lord, the chief of the general staff
and the directors of naval and mili
tary intelligence, and it is already
being attacked as in the main made
up of men not qualified to pronounce
on navai sunjeets.
Tells riMrlfah Views.
I am able to give some extremely
Important details concerning the
views held here regarding the "Ameri
can menace."
The primary consideration in all
Krltlsh naval calculations now Is the
fact that there is no possible future
sea enemy in Europe. The German
fleet does not exists and in British
opinion the French and Italian usees
proved themselves contesantSbw and
woruiiess ounng tne sweat war. Ac
cordingly, when the sine snd strength
ef the British navy new are con
sidered, it is clear that any naval
program now adopted can have in
view the only two "serious" fleets
in being, ours and the Japanese,
Sir Percy Scott, torpedo and gun
nery expert, who vainly warned Eng
land before the war of what the sub
marine could do, is the public spokes-!
man of the anticapital ship school of
thought. Hts view about tne pos
sible naval conflict with America can
be summed np authoritatively as fol
lows What Expert Thinks.
"Thero are two reasons why,- in
considering America, the building of
more great battleships is wrong.
One factor is purely naval and the:
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28
1P0MP, CEREMONY
'MARK CELEBRATION
IN OLD SANTA FE
Larrazolo. Though Cordial to New Governor. Fought His Elec
tionStale Democratic Chairman Says New Governor
Is to Be Governor of All the State Legislature
May Change Meeting Tine to March.
By G. A. MARTIN.
CANTA FE. N. M.. Jan. I. Memtt C Medusa, former rfislrkt Mge.
with his hand upon a Bihle, swore today to administer iswrtiaUy as
governor all the laws of New Mexico and uphold the eonsJatatiaa of the
state and of the nation. Elected by a big majority of votes over iris Demo
cratie opponent, judre Harry Hanna.s
at the election last November, he to- , the social side of the teansnratio.
day relieved Oetavlano A. Larrazolo haj OMn n progress for som t:m
of the reins ot authority and became
the chief executive of New Mexico
for two years.
Got. Larrasole will leave the
capital In a few days fer El Fame,
where, he says, he i to quit Pon
tics and practice law, devoting
his pmeitce largely to Mexican
legal matter.
acnranWcm the ban
state and not for any party or set
Democrats Believe In Him.
1 believe he will do it," said Ar- i
tbur Seligman. state Democratic chair
man, tne man wno aia me jcwi uwl t
to defeat the new governor in the
campaign last fall. Peculiarly enough, '
Mr. Seligman. the Democratic state
chairman, was chairman of the ar-
rangements for the inauguration of i
the Republican governor-elect. I
took the appointment with pride."
14 r. cAi.a-rs "inn iit all Rania
Fe and all -ew Mexico warns w snow
the new governor that we are willing
and ready to help him in his admtnis-
tration. I believe he is going to be
governor for all the people. Anyhow,
we are honoring the office and not
iha ,fi et m rt v Vn will CO me
and go as governor, but the office of
governor goes on and on, and it is the
duty of all good citizens to give that
office their support "
So. the ceremony was not a partisan
ceremonv. The west side of the capl
tol grounds was filled with people
representing every poltical faith
men and women and the most prom
inent people of the state were present.
Surrounded by a military staff in as
gorgeous uniforms as a state militia
staff can command, and escorted by
a number of uniformed cadets from
the "New Mexico Military Institute at
Boswell snd a number of ex-service
men in the uniforms they wore "over
there," the governor rode to the capi
tol building from the Je Yargaa
hotel, with raUring avermar Larra
zolo. Adit. den. James Baca, and chief
Justice C J. Roberts, of the supreme
court.
The overcoated and fur clad spec
tators in the capitol grounds, who bad
gathered long before the announced
time for the inauguration applauded
aa the governor and party arrived by
automobile and walked up the front
steps of the capiiol to seats at the
top. Crowds aong the streets also
applauded the party as they drove
from the hotel to the capitol through
the slush of melting snow.
As several ess ef nanmaato
had in ta past been traced set tB
ness eeatraeted la tire severe
weather la the taaagural parade
fn .honor ef prevta governors,
tire nanal parade at errfe societies
was dispensed with (Ma year.
Balldings aleag the line of march
from the DeYarga to the capi
tal were deearated la American
aad holiday eelars.
Prior to the arrival at the capitol,
LARRAZOLO ENDS TERM BY
WHOLESALE PARDONS AND
BITTER ATTACK ON COURT
By G. A.
QANTA FE. N. M- Jan. 1. Octaviano
- Larrazolo put in bis last aay as
governor of New Mexico getting
exen with his enemies, and making
good with his friends. He signed
pardons with his fountain pen and
dictated a scathing arraignment of
the supreme court at the same time,
Th e resu Us of th e day' s work w as
the unprecedented sctlon of a chief
executive attacking the highest court
of his state and a list of pardons that
has not been totaled. Some say he
Issued 17, some say less.
Anvhow. it is known thst he par
doned four men convicted for taking'
me aae one tor committing a statu
tory offence against a girl, commuted
the sentences of four men convicted
of taking life and took a hard swipe
at tne supreme court wnicn saia it
was legal for the officers to re
arrest the 16 Villista bandits be par
doned a month ago prior to making
his jaunt to Mexico to attend the
O Oregon Inauguration.
Among the men who received com
mutation of sentence from death to
life imprisonment was Jesse O. Starr,
one of the men who led the Deming
Jail delivery a couple of years ago
aad was arrested by a posse near Las
Crucea after killing sheriff Dwight
Stephens, of Luna county, who led
the man hunt.
Augustus VTest. sentenced from
Grant county, was another prisoner
who got commutation of sentence
from death.
Marcellno Carbajala, sentenced to
hang at Alamogordo for murder, wss
another beneficiary. Ha was par
doned. Herculano Martinis, sent up for
burglary from Lincoln county, was
pardoned.
Two boys pardoned from the re
formatorv were NfDorouceno Valen-
nttela and Luis Baldenado, of Socorro i
All the other beneficiaries of ex
ecutive clemency were from northern
New Mexico.
Jim Ferguson, pardoned for mur
der, is from Guadalupe county, and
Walter A. Gray, also pardoned for
murder, is from Torrance county. Of
Gray, the governor says he is con
vinced that the man thought his life
in danger when he shot, but adds
that he is convinced, also, that the
killing was an accident. The man
killed his own niece. December 15.
1910. and has served 19 years. While
the supreme court decision which the
governor assailed in hts farewell con
firmed his unquestioned right to par
don all the prisoners be pleased, the;
governor took exception to the court's
calling the VWIstas he has pardoned
"bandits' and saying that Pancho
Villa is a bandit. The governor says!
there was no evidence regarding ban
ditry in the trials of the men, as all I
PAGES. 4 SECTIONS. TODAY.
Pay Respects te Gevereer.
At lo oclock. the executive co
mities in charge oi .irraagempn '
the inaugural, headed by CoL Ra'r
K. Twitchell, paid its respects to t
governor elect in his suite at the t a
tel and informed him of the arra-.-,
merts. .
At 10:30, adjutant general t:aca
otgJ&
of j to rr.et thetw0f1 u.
eosatog and retixtog sro-ror
was appareatty earaw. ajtaoaga
Larnuolo had. sarins; the -am-palaw,
sraae amt lato several rran
tlea of tste state astd made
speeehea agaftaat the election of
jadge MeeteM. sterwttaatandiBK;
tbat iadce Xechesa was the
nee of the party wale had aoail
msted and eleeted Larrazafo two
year as sud had refused aim
1 1 at sMsahsatton this year.
Parenthetically, it may here h
i ir.at me pruii-.faia vjv.
i zolo did not get a second-term ror.
nation was the practical certiintv t .
senator A. B. Fall will be te r-
' secretary of interior in the Har-J";
'ffihinet and this would have left j".
hands of Larrazoio, naa ne oeen ro
nated and elected, tne appo.r.- - -power
of a successor.
Want Banan far Senator.
The leaders felt certain he woe 1
appoint Frank Hubbell. of AlbnT.v
que, and they want Holm O. Bur-"
national eommitteeman from N
Mexico, to succeed senator FalL
Shortly after Gov. Larrazolo a
Justice Roberts arrived at the Mec--
suite at the De Vargas, Just-ce a 1
Mrs. F. W. Parker, arrived with V r-
Larrazolo to call on Mrs. MeC-e-Justice
Parker Is a member cZ -supreme
court of the state. Tk
party followed the gubernatL.r i
party up the steps of the capito: . -the
ceremony of inauguration.
Mayor and Mrs. T. Z. Winters '
Santa Fe, aad called at the De Va
gas for Lieut. Gov.-EIect W. E. Dai
worth and wife of Clovtn. at th I
Vargas at 11:50 and aa the gorr -and
party left for th capito'..
mayor and wife escorted Sir. and M
Duck worth to the capitol for t..c .
auguraL
Ail arrived about the same tine ar '
took seats, each party recei rs lu
usual applause.
Xaarraaole Out; Meekest la.
CoL Jose D. Sena, clerk of i. - ?
prerae court. In charge of ushers
arrangements at the capitol t
called the assembly to order ard -11
:4a. Gov. Larrazolo was introj-:r'
for his fareweU He said he had tn -to
give the state a good admin Is -a
tlon. as" good as he had In him. a
that he waa retiring .happy in th
thought that he had done his duty as
he saw it. He predicted a great f jur
for New Mexico, expressed prid-
being a citizen and asked the 'u
(Ces Clawed en page 5, cehsasn 4.
MARTI.
were tried and convl'-fed on -ja-r -of
murder, and he contends tnat
court established "a -precedent .n
history of jurisprudence which a
call the attention of the eiviUzf J
world.
By styling the men bandits, he
the court condemns them in ad.a"--of
a new trial, which they are r--to
have at Doming aa a result
their rearrest. He says the our' -declaration
"practically dooms n- 1
sentences these men before they hj. -been
heard in self defence."
"The punishment of these men f -the
unjust conduct and action o
Francisco Villa," he adds, "will b
rank injustice and a blot on civi:
tion."
The governor uses bo several rac -of
good paper to show the suDrtr-r-
"fcourt that it erred in calling vr
a bandit. He traces Mexican h:stor
from the time of the Aguascahenies
convention, when Villa was name'!
commanderlnchief by the leader -there
gathered, and says thH t t
was never taken from him. up to
time he surrendered, and that there
fore his acts were the acts of a ilex -can
general, as much entitled to t
right as sny other Mexican lea-ic
since the United States had recog
nised no government in Mexico ar
therefore one military leader had v
same standing as another in Amer
can eyes. Therefore he argL
V ilia's raid on Colurrbue was "nr. -tary
expedition" and his men we-,
subject to military orders and ro:'
have been shot if they had refusf
to obey their enters orders to attack
He says the nations of the wor-.C
demanded the kaiser for trial for v
conduct of the war. but. failing to
get htm. did not arrest and try fc
murder "the common soldiers of the
kaiser."
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