| Show INJUSTICE IS TOLD A AT I u. u s. s PR f Secrecy Adopted as Guard I. I For Mexican Witnesses Jack Johnson Popular ji in l I Capital American Asserts Assert By y A Ja t d Pr Press ss S LX Al ANTONIO Tex Jan 17 L Mexico's exico's objections to Mexicans testifying before the thc Senate subcommittee investigating affairs in that thai country wi will l result in an increased L number of its executive sessions The improbability that an any effort will bo be made mado by the thc committee to compel Mexicans to testify was made clear by the be committee to today ay b but t Mexicans Mex Mci- jeans eans will be asked askea t to testify and in cities s. s where the tho witnesses fear th the results such protection as ns a a ase se secret ret hearing bearing can afford them will be of of- At least one witness today was a Mexican Mexican secret service Ice agents have appeared here In greater numbers since tho the hearings began and there has not been one session at a which the Mexican government was Most rost of the testimony taken In a 0 closed session related to robberies outrages outrages outrages out out- I rages and oppressions inflicted u upon I m J Americans in especially in III the ino southern and eastern part of ot the coun coun- try Those testifying asked tho the cloak of ot a a. secret hearing In order that they might return to their holdings in Mexico Americans Bounced d dIn In the opening opening- hearings C C. 1 L. L Gardener Gardener Gar Gar- dener of ot Hot Springs Ark gave the details of ot the working of ot the gran Uc-a. Uc a radical railway labor organization organization organ organ- that was organized during the latter part of ot Diaz's rule and which attained greater strength under that of ot Carranza It was largely due to influence of or that organization that he ascribed tho the substitution of or Mexican railroad men for tor- Americans Gardener was one ono of the few tew Americans AmerIcans Amer Amer- leans who continued to work on tho the thor Mexican r lines He was a conductor and for tor a time his run was In the country south of ot Mexico City where he witnessed atrocities b by the followers I of or Zapata lie ne related t to the committee commit commit- tee instances of ot mounted overtaking young women throwing them upon their horses and riding away with them Into the hills He lIe also told tho the committee of or th the I Continued on page 3 MEXICAN OPPRESSION IS TOLD AT INQUIRY Continued from Page 1 1 popularity of Jack Johnson heavy cx weight champion of tho the United States In Mexico City Article Part of at the tho committees committee's time WM was taken today In examining examining- witnesses re regarding arding tho sources sour of ot on nn International International News Service article that originated orIginated originated hc here but but e was killed l med before publication The Tho ho writer cited Guillemo Hall as the one responsible for tor the tho statements made Hall Is the tho director of oC the tho Mexican trade trado bureau of tho local chamber of or commerce The article article article ar ar- questioned was that secret service ervice n agents of or Mexico were Investigating the tho record of Senator Fall with the ob object object object ob- ob of ot ascertaining what business In Interests interests interests in- in h he has in Mexico and the statement statement statement state state- ment that ho he was said to bo be Interested in the affairs of tho the family Hall denied responsibility for tor the tho statements althou although h a woman appeared as a e witness saying saYing- he had so In Informed Informed In- In informed formed her The Tho incident of ot the recent receipt by Mexico of ot arms anns and ammunition also received some gomo attention by the com com- There was placed before it In Information Information information In- In formation contained in a Mexican newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper of ot January Januar 1 IS 13 that eighteen carloads carloads carloads car car- loads of arms and ammunition had reached Mexico from Pacific ports where It was disembarked The shipment shipment shipment ship ship- ment came from Japan and the tho paper added another that had been contracted contract contract- ed for tor by Candido Aguilar was coming from Spain The up make of or the ship ship- I ment was given gl as aa machine guns I Mauser causer rifles and cart cart- cartridges j ridges cs Munitions 91 tin It Ion x Case Cae Up I The Monitor quoted anonymously ly a 1 cabinet member a as saying Now Indeed I believe lie o that serious complications between our countr country and tho the United States are aro coming not so o much because of the tho Jenkins case a aa as tho the closing of ot the oil wells but because there now are on the tho wa way two ships loaded with cartridges es one from Japan and tho the other from Spain The Tho credit statement was made mad the paper said prior to tho arrival of ot the Japanese warships and the munitions loaded at Manzanillo on December 24 24 Senator Fall himself testified under oath regarding his interests In Mexico He did it to refute an editorial refer reter- ence enco In a Texas newspaper to his hla holdings holdIngs hold hold- Ings there Senator I Fall all said his bis sole property interest now note In Mexico was worth of or mining stock ho he badas had bad hadas hadas as his share In settling the estate of ot a n former partner many years year ago Ho He denied he ever eyer had been tho attorney for Luis Terrazas or au any member of r his family except on one ono occasion as aa a a. friendly act lie he had assisted in securing the release from Jail of ot General Terrazas' Terrazas Terrazas' Terrazas Ter- Ter son The son had been held b by rebels at Chihuahua In making his statement tho the chairman chairman chair chair- man of or the committee said ho was breaking a silence of r eight years on that subject subject- He explained that ho be went to Mexico first in 1883 locating In Ho IIo left the country In 1906 At that time ho gave ao up all his interests in that country returning only to exercise the tho power of or attorney for his bit partner who died In financial straits |
