JSEMianns or<?sr«ov p.nmiOHT
(Jr TV ST5TIJ. fyrr ROVORA
CATHEDRALS OPEN
MEXTCO cm, March 5. (/Pi—
T})e fimt bloodshed jn the Mexican
revolution has been remrted in five
different States as the Government
and revolutionists settled down to
what nones red to be a life and
death strnvHe for surwemacv and
Centura of Monterev. the strategic
railrond center in the State.
Nuevo Leon was claimed bv the
revolutionary leaders after a battle
in which thre were heavy casual
ties. royal Federal troops clashed
with the rebels in the state of Vera
ruz an d claimed victory.
Coabui'a. Sonora and Sinaloa re
ported fivhtimr and the centra'
Government has made wide plan.*
for action on two fronts north an,:
south
Former President Calies, Com
marder-in-Chief of all the Govern
ment troons. will conduct the cam
paign in Sonora while General An
ti-ew Mmazan will concentrate or
I.jc south. Already there are 8.90,
of his troops on the march to Vert
Cruz.
Qnnwing those leaders will b.
Genera1 Gonzalo Escobar of th.‘
S ate of Cop.huila v/ho has beer
m’de Commander-in-Chief of th<
Insurgent forces.
For the first time the loner pend
ing rehftious question made its ap
pearance with promulgation of <
manifesto of Governor Topete o
Sonora proclaiming religious free
dom. This was followed by pre
paration to reopen the Catholi
cathedrals in Sonora, closed sinci
192G.
Topete’s manifest included a cai
to arms in defense of the revolu
denary movement. There ar
neavv troop movements out o
Mexico City.
Ambas ador Morrow said he wi!
continue to deal only with th
recognized government here. Co'
Lindbergh hoped to be able to lea\
for the United States soon.
LARGE PLANT DISCOVERED B1
POLICE EQUIPPED FOR
FORGING PAPERS
BERLIN, March 4, i(/P)—An at
tempt to sell an American news
paperman fraudulent document
alleged to have come 'from th(
Soviet government, led to the ar
rest of the forgers of the notorioui
documents purporting to shov
that United States Senators Bor
ah and Norris received bribe;
from the Soviet government.
The police said they had dis
covered a large plant equippec
for forging Russian papers anc
arrested Vladimir Orloff, formei
counselor of state under Czai
Nicholas, and Michael Semarokof
formerly attached to the Ukran
ian Soviet mission to Berlin.
Two others arrested at the samt
time were freed by the police.
1,500 CARS A DAY
I
PARIS, March 4, (A5)—Every 20th
person in France is an automobile
prospect, says Andre Citroen, wiw]
i nakes more than a third of the I
ears sold here. Those 2,000,000 peo
ple, he affirms, will buy cars in
the next seven or eight years.
PAUL FILES NOTICE OF APPEAL:
JJUDGE CENSURED HIM
FOR STATEMENTS
KETCHIKAN, March 5, (/P)—
Judge Justin Harding fined Wil
liam Paul, attorney, $175 on two
counts for contempt of court.
The lengthy decision found Paul
“Fraudulently violated his duty of
! being honest and behaved con
i temptuously and insolently in the
district court” in connection with
the Maxfield-Dalton case.
I The decision found the writ of
I prejudice, which Paul filed after
l the Judge had censured him for
1 statements in the petition for a
j writ of review “Excessive and un
necessary” and that Paul had filed
, the affidavit with “Contemptuous
!1 and an insolent intent purpose”
' discrediting and embarrasing the
court.
Paul filed notice of appeal.
SEVERAL IN HOSPITALS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO RECOV
ER FROM POISON
PEORIA, 111., March 5, (/P)—
Fourteen persons died of poison
ous bootleg liquor distributed over
Peoria over the weekend.
The Coroner's inquest has been
delayed awaiting the death or re
| covery of others who imbibed of
it. Ben Teel, 60, is the latest vic
tim and was one of the group of
stockmen who became ill after a
hotel party Thursday night.
Maurice Mansfield has been ar
rested as the local distributor and
is reported to have admitted that
he imported 50 gallons from a Chi
cago bootleg syndicate but refused
to name the source.
It is rumored the same liquor
was shipped to other Illinois towns.
Six others died yesterday, seven on
Saturday and on Sunday several
were receiving hospital attention.
Two of these are not expected to
! live.
Walter Neibert, bartender at the
| Stockyard’s Hotel and soft drink
; parlor, one of the supposed dis
tributing centers, has been
j arrested. Two of the victims in
i elude women.
SEES BETTER OUTLOOK
NEW YORK, March 4. (ff>) — A
promising outlook for improvement
in the oil industry this year was
seen by Kenneth R. Kingsbury,
president of the Standard Oil Com
panyy of California, on his return
from a business trip to Europe. Re
newed over-production in some
fields, he said, can be corrected
within the industry.
»NCE HAD RICKARD AND PAN
TAGES ON KIS PAYROLL IN
NOME RESORT
CORDOVA, March 5, (/P)—“Sena
tor" Charles H. Hill, 69, resident of
Alaska for 30 years, died after a
stroke. The Senator made and lost
fortunes in Dawson • and Nome
where he formerly . m
“Tex” Rickard and Alex Pantages
in his amusement resorts. Hill
crashed from affluence when he
endorsed a stranger’s note for
$50,000 and made good while the
, stranger made a getaway.
In recent years Hill had been
connected with the G-am.fi Commis
sion and the Bureau of Fisheries
He would rather work than live
with friends who invited him to do
: so.
TAKES OVER REINS OF GOVERNMENT
swnwrwct*
CHARLES CURTIS
*■*51 HERBERT HOOVER W
, ,'VNTT- AO'rP vtstt;.aT!OV FORCES
CONTROLLING: MURRAY,
SPEAKER TN HOUSE
_
.
JUNEAU, March 5. (fP)—The
Ninth Legislature opened for a GO
rtav session Monday with anti-ad
ministration forces controlling. The
Senate is in organisation while the
House merely r • 'ected a tempor
ary organization and adjoined un
, til Tuesday afternoon.
Will A. Steel of Seattle and Jun
eau and senior member in the First
Division, was elected president oi
the Senate defeating John W. Dunn
five to three; and Cash Cole of Jun
eau was elected secretary; Mrs.
Agnes Adsit, assistant secretary;
M. J. Sullivan, sergeant-at-arms.
Joseph H. Murray, Dean of the
Legislature, was elected speaker
protein, and Harold Stabler, chief
clerk protem, of the House which
was in session but a few minutes.
The session was called to order at
noon with Secretary Karl Theile
presiding, and oaths were admin
istered by Judge Frank A. Boyle.
The Senate elected Luther C.
Hess, president protem. and Cole,
secretary protem. Committee as
signments are as follows:
Finance and corporations; Suud
riuist, Hess, Frame and Steel.
Judicial®—Frame, Dirnond, An
derson Dunn, and Sundquist.
Education and public heatlh—
Anderson, Hess and Frame.
Taxation and transportation -
Dunn, Andei on, Dirnond and Her
jam in.
Rules on election and election
laws- -Dirnond, Hess and Steel.
| Engrossment and enrollment—
Sundquist, Dunn and Benjamin.
! Fisheries, game and agriculture—
Benjamin, Frame and Anderson.
Mining, manufacture and labor—
Hess, Ande' son and Dunn.
CABINET CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON March 5, (AN—
The Senate confirmed President
Hoover’s Cabinet selections.
IWFSTTrt/VT'ON COMMITTEE
j PRAISES TWO MEMBERS OF
EXPEDITION
! -
ROME. March A, (/P>—-The report
jet the Commis'-ior. on Inquiry, ap
I pointed by Premier Mussolini,
Jplaces responsibility for the loss of
j+he dirigible Italit in the Arctic, on
General Umberto Nobile.
The loss is blamed on a maneu
'er, presumably the. long flight
from *he Pole, and the condition
and the use of equipment, the re
sponsibility of which was the Com
manders.
"he Commission praised the con
nect of Pilot Alberto Mariano and
Navigator Filipo Zappi. considering
;'he re-cue of Nobile was a stated
'act whhoul acceptable justif.ca
| don. The only justification was
I he strain of the situation whicn
d'd net, permit Nobile to gauge the
| oundne s of the act even tho it
i‘''as done at 1 invitation of fcht
j wedish aviator, Lundberg, who
■escued him.