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Show NEWS REVIEW OF GURRENTJEVENTS Mexican Rebels Beaten and Slaughtered at Reforma; Wisconsin Votes Wet. By EDWARD W. PICKARD MEXICO'S revolution, or at least n great portion of It, was drowned In an ocean of blood last week, if federal fed-eral statements are reliable. The rebel reb-el army of General Escobar, commander comman-der In chief of the movement, having been driven for miles by the troops of Gen. Juan Alma.an, concentrated In the city of Jimlnez, Chihuahua, and for several days fought desperately to 1 hold the place. They were well entrenched en-trenched and Almazan gives them credit for extreme bravery. But the j assaults of the federal Infantry, nrtil-i nrtil-i Icry, cavalry and ulr forces were too much for them and they withdrew from the city to Reforma, 12 miles away. General Serrato's cavalry, meanwhile, was hurried to the north i of Reforma and there destroyed nil the bridges and culverts, and when Almazan's air scouts reported that the rebels could retreat no further, he or-l or-l dorcd an attack In full force. Ksco-! Ksco-! bar and other rebel generals saw they j were trapped and tied, leaving their Infantry to fight alone. These men took refuge behind their troop trains and the battle there was described by i Alniazan as the bioodiest In years of - Mexican history. Neither side asked or gave quarter anil the Slaughter was i "tremendous." The rebel dead cov-! cov-! ered the battlefield, and many hun-' hun-' ilreds of their wounded fell Into the hands of the federals. The entire action, which began nt Corralitos on March ol and ended In the smashing victory at Reforma, was declared by the federal commander to he decisive. In his report to General Gen-eral Calles he praised highly the work of nil branches of his army, and nlso paid r compliment to Escobar's military mili-tary ability. In Sonera mid other regions re-gions the rebels, at last nccounts, were still carrying on. The aviators In raids over the federal fortifications at Naco crented a lot of excitement hy dropping drop-ping two or three bombs on the American Amer-ican side of the international boundary, boun-dary, one of them Injuring an American Amer-ican motion picture man. This nnd the possibility of similar Incidents gave considerable concern to the Stato department In Washington. Mexican federal troops hold nt Fort Bliss. Texas, after their retreat across tho border when the rebels captured Juarej:, were ordered released b.v President Hoover nt the reiptest of the Mexican government IytOIIIRITION In Its many ramifications ramifica-tions Insists on holding a place on the front page every day. Tuesday Tues-day the voting population of Wisconsin Wiscon-sin went tn the polls anil hy n majority major-ity of nbout 2 to 1 directed the stale legislature to repeal the state dry enforcement en-forcement laws and to remove the penally on 2.7." per rent beer. The wets naturally were Jubilant hut the dry leaders were not dismayed and asserted that the referendum was "fullle." They held that (he (Ins carried n majority of the counties, nnd that the legislators were bound to follow the wishes of Ihclr constituents constit-uents rather than of the stale as n whole. Should both houses pass n repeal measure 11 would place Gov. Waller J. Kohler In n delicate position. posi-tion. He Indorsed President Hoover's prescription of "concurrent enforcement enforce-ment of prohibition by states." If lie should sign or veto t hi- bill he would nllenalu either wet or dry biKklnf CONGRESSMAN M. ALFRED MICH. MI-CH. Mil. SON of Chicago, n professed pro-fessed dry. who was Indicted at Jacksonville, Jack-sonville, Flit., last October on charges of bringing a Iriinkful of Ihpior Into the country from Cuba, surrendered to the federal a ill horll les In Chicago and gave bond for his appearance for trial In Key West In May. lie declined de-clined I" be Interviewed but denied the charges. In the case of Congro'o.umn William M. Morgan of Ohio, also n dry and ii luii Involved In Ibpior charges, n peculiar pe-culiar -Ituallnn has nrlsen. Bulled States Attorney Tuttle of New York, Investigating the story that Morgan brought four bottles of liquor from Panama, was told by the customs agents that the Ohioan admitted that the bottles were In his baggage but refused to open his trunks, demanding demand-ing the' right of free entry. This was granted him by Deputy Collector H. C Stuart, who was not told of the presence pres-ence of the booze. The agents said Morgan threatened to "raise h 1 In Washington" If his baggage was not passed without examination. Since the agents did not see the bottles and Mrs. Morgan, who was with her husband hus-band cannot testify against him, It may be the only persons to suffer. If any, will be certain custom officials. 0 TUT VESA NT FISH and some of his friends are exercised over the fact that his cruiser yacht was held up In New York harbor by enforcement enforce-ment agents and searched for contraband contra-band Ihpior. Mr. Fish said the boat was fired upon. No liquor was found on the vessel. Federal officials in New York after Investigation declared the action of the enforcement men was entirely proper since the boat did not stop at their signals nnd the shots were Bred high In the air. TVRON T. DERRICK, American ambassador to Paris, died suddenly sud-denly from heart failure, and all of France was thrown Into deep mourning mourn-ing for he was beloved by the entire nation and was considered the best friend of Fratlce ever sent there by the Ftdted States. Ofiicials of highest high-est rank, and representatives of all countries hastened to the embassy with their condolences, the press was tilled with nrticles lauding the dead American, nnd the government nt once arranged to give him nn elaborate national na-tional funeral with full military honors hon-ors nn unprecedented honor. After simple ceremonies In the American end-assy, during which orations were delivered by Premier Poincare, General Gen-eral Pershing nnd Quinones do Leon, Spanish nmbassader to Paris, the cortege set out for the American pro-cathedral. pro-cathedral. The pallbearers were; M. Poincare, Foreign Minister Rrland, Senor de Leon, General Pershing. J. Pierpont Morgan nnd Owen D. Young. The casket was accompanied by two squadrons of republican guards, four platoons of Infantry nnd representatives representa-tives of nil the otliclal circles nnd American organisations In Paris, and the line of march was lined with Infantry In-fantry under the command of the mllltnry governor of Paris. After brief church services the body was taken ! to Brest by the embassy staff nnd there turned over to the French gov-ernicnt gov-ernicnt which transferred It to tho light cruiser Tourvllle ns n salvo of 111 guns was fired. The cruiser was to bring Mr. Derrick's remains to the Fulled States, being due In New York on April 12. Following n parallel course with It was the Aqultanln, bearing Mrs. Parmely Derrick, the late nmhassador's daughter-ln law. OENATE nnd house committees were exceedingly busy formulating farm relief legislation for tho extraordinary session of congress. Among these heard, the most Important was Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture Hyde, who said he was giving his personal views but who. It was taken for granted, was expressing tho Ideas of President Hoover. He placed emphasis upon his belief that legislation should confer broad powers upon the farm board without attempting to define Its exact ex-act procedure. Tho board, ho Indicated, Indi-cated, must be depended on to pro-vide pro-vide the real solution of the agricultural agricul-tural problem. In response to questions ques-tions Mr. Hyde expressed the opinion that a board of seven would be less unwieldy Mian one of twelve, that bipartisan bi-partisan representation on the board was acceptable, but that he objected to geographical representation. lie said the board should be within the Department of Agriculture Instead of an entirely Independent agency. Some members of the committee ex- 1 Hilled an unfriendly spirit toward tho administration's proposals. Put Represenlal 1 e Aswell (if Louisiana, Democrat, declared that the Hoover program would have his complete sup-I sup-I ort. VICE PRESIDENT CFKTIS put ,, to Secretary of Stale Stlmson n rather eniharrasslne problem. It Is likely to be especially embarrassing o Mr. Curtis. As every imp knows, be Is a widower, and he took to Washing ton his half-sister, Mrs. Edward E. Gann, to be the hostess of his establishment. estab-lishment. Before Mr. Stimson assumed as-sumed office his predecessor, Mr. Kel-log?, Kel-log?, after study of precedents, ruled that while Mrs. Gann might sit where she pleased at dinners given In the Vice President's home, she must be f f seated below the wives of ambnssa-dors ambnssa-dors and ministers at official dinners where she and Mr. Curtis were guests. The Vice President Informed the press last week that be had asked Secretary Stimson to overrule Mr. Kellogg's decision. de-cision. If this request Is refused, it Is possible Mr. Curtis will decline to attend official dinners or other functions func-tions where Mrs. Gann. Is not accorded accord-ed the rank he believes she should have. Of course social circles In the national capital are tremendously Interested In-terested In the controversy. FINANCIAL operations during I March, according to a treasury j statement, resulted In a reduction of "' the gross public debt by S105.0S0.3o2 ; and the net balance of the general fund on March 31 was more than $X0,C).000 greater than a month before, funds thus being available for further retirement re-tirement of government securities during April. The reduction of the public debt during the fiscal year end- I Irg June SO next Is expected to ei- j ceed S7i'0,X'0.0'0. Treasury officials I nnd congressional leaders are agreed ! that It Is too early to consider tax I reductions, preferring to wait until It j becomes certain that income tax rev- j enues will maintain the present high j level. i pMPI.OYEFS of the Loray cotton ! mill at Gastonia, N. C. are on j strike and last week they became so demonstrative that the police became 1 - alarmed and called on the governor 1 for help. Several ur.its of the state i National Guard were ordered to the town and the disorders were quelled. ; A committee of strikers called on J. ; A. Baugh, general manager of the i mill, nnd presented a series of de- i mands. including a forty-hour, five-day working week, a minimum wage of '. $20 weekly, and changes In working i conditions. Mr. Baugh rejected the I demands. Half a doren textile mills ; In South Carolina are closed as a re- : suit of strikes. y . The Brotherhood of Railway Train- ; men and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Loco-motive Firemen nnd Enginemen have ' started a nation-wide campaign for a ! six-hour day to combat unemploy- : ment. Their opening meetings were ; held In Faneull hall, Boston. Time- : thy Shea, assistant president of the ; engineers, told them that they must i go to congress for a bill of rights to j "protect men who nre being cast Into ! the Junk heap." Contemplated rail- j way consolidation plans, he said, meant that their union nlone would have nt least 20 AW more men out of ! Jobs. A series of regional meetings ; throughout the country was planned. A MANFLLAH KHAN, former king of Afghanistan, began last week ' the drive by which ho hopes to regain the throne he relinquished. With S0.-M S0.-M soldiers ho marched on Kabul mid there were vague reports of heavy fighting with the troops of l'-achs ' Saehao, the self-made king. Amanul-lah's Amanul-lah's forces wore said to be armed with Russian rltles and nnununltlon, which w as taken to mean that . tho 1 Soviet government had interested Itself It-self In his behalf. Prince Omar Khan, member of the Afghan royal family, 1 who recently escaped confinement in Allahabad. Is reported ns likely to take the field ngalnst Amanullah, supporting sup-porting Ids own claim to the throne. rll ANCl'I.I.OR SEIPF.L, who for six years has managed the affairs of tho Austrian republic, has rosignoiL, together with his cabinet which was j mad.- up of men from tho Christian ' Socialist party. Opposition to Doctor Selpel had been Increasing slmv the great riots of July, 1'.''7. He said h could have continued to resist crltl- 1 clsni as n government oillclal. but that he could not hold bis office In the face of oppo-di I. ui to him personalty ns n , priest. The church, he said, was bis chief concern. Poland also had n cabinet crisis for the government of Premier Karliuier J llartel resigned because (he government govern-ment nnd parliament failed to coop- , rtale. Marshal lilsmKkl Appeared 1 to dominate! (bp alluntloti. |