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r. R.. Officials Support
Plea For High Rates

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warrant the statement that the plan
was impracticable, that the courts
had sustained such procedure IN
principle and that it would be quite
easy" for managers and other rail-,
road experts to get together on II
workable plan of this nature,
Authority for such plan, Hughes
said, was found in section five or the
transportation act authorizing the
commission to approve such an ar
rangement when the carriers con-
sent. Asked by Chairman Eastman
if it would be improper for the COM
mission to recommend such a pro-
posal to the carriers, the witness
said he thought it was the commits
sion's duty, under section 15A, to
raise the rate level in order to bring
a fair return, and declared the roads
were right in seeking the raise they
asked and more
If differences arose, he added, it
woul dbe up to the commission to
devise some other form of relief even
if it required the assent of the roads
themselves
Burgess argued that the agricul-
tural depression had passed since the
passage of the Hoch- Smith resolu-
tion directing the commission to es-
tablish the lowest possible lawful
rates on farm products and live
stock and cited figures to prove this
point.
He said that while cattle prices
have been low, they showed a mark .
ed revival in the last two years. He
cited the annual report. of the COM
merce department for 1925, saying it
had declared the farmers got more
money from their dairy products.
While there was an abnormal cotton
crop with Tow prices last year, he
said, the price continued so to 70
per cent above the pre-war price
He SAID wheat last year brought $1.54
a bushel as against SO cents before
the war; that fruits and nuts in Cali
fornia returned $215, 100000 last year
as against $174,O0O,0O0 the year be-
fore; and that potatoes brought $1.98
a bushel last year against SIS cents in
1913
Despite a large corn crop last year
with price recession, the witness
declared that 85 per cent of Iowa
corn was not sold except through
the medium of livestock and that
with the advance in hog prices the
farmers who fed corn to hogs got a
very substantial price for it.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20
INvEsTIGATIoN STARTS.


LOS ANGELES, May 19-The ap-
parent tragedy that overlook Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, internationally
known evangelist, while she was surf
bathing at Ocean Park late yesterday,
has become the subject of an inves-
tigation by the William j. Burns In
ternational Detective agency, it was
disclosed here tonight.
J. w. Buchanan, manager of the
Los Angeles office of the agency,
though admitting the investigation
had been started, declined to describe
it's nature or scope.
Meanwhile, search for Mrs. Nc
Pherson's body continued in the vi
cinity of where she was last seen by
her secretary, Miss Emma Schaffer.
A crowd milled the beach throughout
the day. A mob of several hundred
persons engaged in heated dispute
that was fast approaching the point
of physical violence, was dispersed by
police The argument started when a
number of Mrs. McPherson's follow
ers overheard another group express
doubt that she had been drowned.
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listing in the state of Arizona and Illi-
nois is based upon a misconceptions OF
those laws. Both the Illinois law Of
1897 and the provisions of the Ari-
IONA civil code of 1918, relating to
alien ownership of real estate, are
expressly made to apply to future ac-
quisitions of real property and do not
apply to property already acqulred.
This government does not understand
and would like to be further ADVISED
as to the meaning of your obserVa-
ton in the same memorandum that
1.-The limitation imposed by the law
upon companies possessing rural pro-
perty for agricultural purposes tends
to preclude possible conflicts in the
application of the agrarian leGisla-
tion since it is considered advisable TO
reserve ownership and cultivation of
the majority of the land to MeSi-
cans"
Even if a foreigner should be a
minority stockholder in company
owning agricultural lands, this SOW
ernment does not understand how the
agrarian low could be applied to the
interest of the Mexican citizen there
in and not be applied to the interest
of an American citizen who might be
the owner of less than SO per cent OF
the interest therein. The stockhold-
ers of a corporation own propor-
tional interest in it's assets and any
taking of agricultural property un-
der the agrarian laws of Mexico, so
proportionately owned by Mexican
and American citizens, would never
theless deprive the American citizen
of some portion of his interest III the
property.
This government heretofore In the
considered the statement in your note
of January 20, 1926, that in accord
ance with Article IA of the law re-
lating to the subsoil rights acquired
before the going into effect of the
constitution will be confirmed.
This government herpetofore in the
discussion of this matter has taken
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20
TARIFF INQUIRY
DEVELOPS ROW
ON WEDNESDAY,
AN Disnntch A. p. Wlrel


WASHINGTON, May 19.-While de-
Tending President Coolidge before the
special senate tariff investigating
committee, william S. Culbertson.
minister to 'Rumania and former tar
iff commissioner, today was taken by
surprise by the production of letter
he had written Commissioner Costi-
gan last July, assaillng the presi-
dents policies.
The letter, written on legation sta
tionery at Bucharest and dealing with
the appointment of Edgar b. Bros
sard to the tariff commission, said
Culbertson would feel fully justified
in leaving the commission If this
appointment is to be regarded as a
revelation of the presidents policy.
"Evidently our suspicious were cor
rect and Brossard has been playing
with the sugar lobby and now he has
his reward. 1 can imagine the effect
on the staff They must feel that
honesty is not the best policy"
The letter concluded with more
power to your arm in the fight you
are in. Affectionately yours"
Culbertson plainly was 'vexed over
the introduction Of the letter by Sem
ator LaFollette, republican, Wiscon-
sin, a member of the committee He
declared it was a personal and pri-
vate communication to an intimate
friend and was never intended to be
used as a public document.
Explaining that he had forgotten
the letter, Culbertson charged Com
missioner Costigan had made improp-
er use of his private papers without
his consent, and added that his docu-
ments were used by Senator Norris,
republican, Nebraska, in speeches
without his knowledge or consent
and wrong constructions were placed
on them.
During the testimony Commissioners
bCostigan several times held whispered
democrat, Arkansas, chairman of the
committee, and spent most of the
time pacing back and forth in the
rear of the room.
my point is that Commissioner
Costigan should have given his own
testimony and allowed me to make
mine,' Culbertson continued "All
this has gone on without any com
munication with me. l am willing to
help clear UP the situation on the
commission but l don't see why it
cannot be done without developing it
into political fight"
The witness denied point blank
Senator Norris charges that the pres
ident had attempted to influence him
in the sugar case and had appointed
him minister to Ruprania to get him
out of the way.
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canyon, might ultimately become a
barren, treeless waste.
Damage to the forage on the win-
ter range of the deer is also appar-
ent.
The whole situation is extremely
serious, both as regards sufficient
forage for the deer in winter and the
existence of the forest itself. AS all
know, the unusual number of deer
on the Kaibab is the result of pro-
lection for many years by the fed
eral Grand canyon game preserve
and, in addition the decrease Of the
mountain lions and other predatory
animals by concerted campaigns.
1.-The Status of the Kaibab deer,
sa to whether or not they come UNI
der the jurisdiction of government
or state is now in the federal court.
Until this case is decided, there will
be much uncertainty as to just what
can be done for the proper manage
ment of the deer. 1t was the opinion
of the secretary of agriculture's spe-
cial committee that the deer herd
should be reduced by 5000 animals.
That this recommendation was ex-
tremely conservation is plain after
studying the situation as it actually
exists on the ground.
Recovery of the winter forage from
damage already done will require
many years, perhaps even genera
tions. Destruction of yellow pine
seedlings is irreparable. There is no
hope on this score until another good
seed year occurs. The last one was
in 1919. The same damage will be
done all over again unless something
is done for the proper management
of the deer in the meantime"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20
QUESTION OF N. G. OFFICER
PAY BEFORE SUPREME COUR'

PHOENIX. May 19.-The question
as to what pay and allowances a ma
tional guard officer of Arizona is
entitled to during his stay in a train
ing camp and on a rifle range, was
presented to the supreme court today.
Major Jerry H. B. Croaff of the 15Stn
infantry, first battalion, brought suit
in superior court to compel Charles
w. Harris, state adjutant, to approve
his claims for pay and allowances at
a training camp and a rifle meet.
Harris refused to approve the
claims on the ground tha they aX-
ceeded the rate of pay and allow
ance fixed by the national defense
act.
The lower court denied a writ of
mandamus and Croaff appealed the
case.
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IContinued Erom Rage OneI
The deer apparently like to eat the
needles of these sedlings. often taxi
ing the leader and causing the mall
formation of the tree. Even if the
Seeding recoverss it never makes as
good tree as it should.
eff the normal number of deer
say 1900 or 4,OO0-were present porb-
ably little damage would be done, but
With the excessive numbers m the
forest at present, variously estimated
at 10000 to 10000, the yellow pine
forest Of the future is seriously en- /.
dangered.
"The seedlings of Douglas fir, white
fir, juniper and other trees are also
being affected 1t is entirely possi-
BILE, with a continuation of present
conditions, that the Kaibab plateau,
now a splendidly forested area In
the north-rim country of the Grand
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN u. S.
AND MEXICO AS TO LAND LAWS

national law and equity be afforded
by the Mexican government for the
protection of such rights.
Article IL of the recent land law
provides that any alien who may have
acquired or may acquire ownership of
agricultural lands, waters, and their
accessories or concessions for MIN
ing or for the use of waters or for
taking combustible minerals from the
subsoil in the territory of the Mexi-
can republic shall agree before the
department of foreign relations to
consider himself a national of Mexi-
CO in respec of his part of the pro-
perty and shall agree not to invoke
in respect thereof the protection OF
his government with reference there
to under penalty, in case of failing
| in the agreement, of defaultlng ms
property to the nation.
This conception of the rights OF
nation under the rules of interna-
| tional law has never been accepted
by this government and in the past
| this government has frequently notl-
fled the Mexican government that it
does not admit that one of it's cltl-
! zens can contract by declaration or
otherwise to bind his own govern
ment not to invoke it's rights under
| the rules of international law Under
the rules applicable to intercourse be-
tween states, an injury done by one
state to a citizen of another State
through a denial of justice is an IN
j Jury done to the state whose national
is injured. The right of his state 70
! extend what is known as diplomatic
protection canhot be waived by the
individual. If states by their unllat-
! eral acts or citizens by their lndl-
yidual acts were permitted to modify
or withhold the application OF the
! principles of international law, the
body of rules established by the Gus
! tom of nations as legally binding up
on states would manifestly be grad
ualy broken down.
The right of diplomatic protection
is not a personal right but exists IN
favor of one state against another,
1t is privilege which one state un-
der the rules of international law can
extend or withhold in behalf of cne
/ of it's nationals. Whether or not one
of it's citizens has agreed no-' to
ment nevertheless his government
has, because the injury has been IN
flicted by one state against the other
the right to extend what is termeC
diplomatic protection.
Under Article " of the recent land
law, any foreigner who may own
prior to the enactment of the law
SO per cent or more of the total stock
interest in any company or corpora
ton owning agricultural property IN
Mexico is prohibited from retaining
such interest in excess of so per cent
for more than ten years. Thereafter
such alien must sell such portion OF
his holdings as to divest him or the
majority interest in such property
This provision of the law is mani
festly retroactive. 1t deprives the
alien owner of many rural properties
legally acquired under the laws OF
Mexico and requires him to dlVest
himself of the ownership, control and
management of his property. your
reference in the memorandum dated
December 5, 1925, to the statutes eN-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20

Following is the fourth of series
of the published correspondence be-
tween United States and Mexican Of
ficials with regard to the two laws
regulating section one of article ~ OF
the Mexican constitutions:
Note of the secretary of state to
the Mexican minister of foreign rela-
tions delivered through the American
ambassador and dated January zS,
1926.
Exce1lency:
This government, in response to the
note delivered by your excellency to
the American ambassador on January
30, 1926, notes with satisfaction that
his excellency the president of the
Mexican republic proposes to frame
the executive regulations covering the
application and enforcement of the
recent alien land law and the law re-
lating to certain deposits of the sub
soil in such manner that tie appli-
cation thereof will not be retroactive
in respect of rights legally acquired
under laws existing at the time the
property or property right was &C
quired.
SDN'SO 49,
cere hope that such regulations may
so regulate and restrict the applica-
tion of these laws as to bring them
into accord with the decisions of the
supreme court of Mexico, later herein
referred to, with the agreements of
1928 and within the principles of the
law of nations thus preventing, their
retroactive effect as to rights already
legally acquired by American citi-
zens.
The discussion of these matters be-
tween the two governments is not
of recent origin but goes back to the
time following the adoption of the
constitution of 1917. The entire field
was thoroughly covered in the dis
cussion during the negotiations be-
tween the American and Mexican
commissioners in 1928 as shown by
the signed record of their proceed
ings. FROM the beginning this gov
ernment in presenting it's views has
endeavored to call attention to the
vital distinction between future aqul-
Hsitions of property and the status OF
property rights legally acquired un-
der laws existing at the time of the
acquisition of the property or flght.
Every sovereign state has the abso-
lutte right within its own jurisdiction
to make laws governing the acduisi-
tion of property acquired in the fu-
ture. This right cannot be question
ed by any other state. II Mexico
desires to prevent the future acqui
sition by aliens of property rights OF
any nature within it's jurisdiction,
this government has no suggestion
whatever to make. When however
any foreign government seeks to di-
vest aliens of property rights which
! have already been legally acquired
/ this government, so far as it's citizens
may be concerned rests under POSI-
tive duty to make representations and
! efforts to avoid such action. This
! government has been and is now con
cerned only with property rights in
Mexico duly and legally acquired by
! American citizens under laws exist
| ing at the time of the acquisition ana
| has asked in the past and now asks
! that the guarantees afforded by the
generally accepted principles of inter
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20
FREEMAN STATEMENT

CHICAGO, May 19.-George E. Bren-
nan, democratic nominee for United
States senator from Illinois i'm a
statement tonight said that Repre-
sentative Ware of Pennsylvania had
won the republican senatorial nomi-
nation in that state yesterday on
the same issue Brennan had used.
1--WE are fighting in Illinois this
same battle that Ware fought in
Pennsylvania" he said. 1T is a
fight, not so much against prohibit
tion-for events have proved that
prohibition does not and cannot
exist"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20

the position that lands acquired by
American citizens in Mexico under
the laws OF 1854, 1892 and 1865 en-
title the owners or lessees Of the sur
face to the mineral fuels and oils
contained in the subsoil and during
the negotiations of 1923 the Ameri-
can commissioners reserved in behalf
of this government all the rights Of
its citizens in respect of all lands
in Mexico acquired by them before
May ], 1917. Nevertheless this gov
ernment now expresses the hope that
the regulations to be issued by his
excellency the president will confirm
the rights of the owners of the sub
soil who had, prior to the going into
effect Of the Constitution of 1917,
acquired rights in accordance with
the decisions of the supreme ourt of
Mexico and who had performed posi-
tive acts as defined in the declara-
tions and agreements made by the
Mexican government, under date of
August 2, 1929 during the negotia-
tions of that year, and in accordance
with the repeated assurances of the
Mexican government many times
since 1920 and more particularly dur
ing the negotiations with the Ameri-
can commissioners in 1928.
What has disturbed this govern
ment and prompted it's recent in
quiries as to the construction and in
depreciation to be placed on article
IA of the recent law relating to GER
tain deposits of the subsoil is the
wording of the article itself This.
government has from time to time
recently 'called the attention of your
government to the threatened con-
flict between the decisions of the
supreme court of Mexico, the agree
ments of 1928 and the terms of the
law.
Continued in Our Next Series)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20
APPLAUD WARE

WASHINGTON, May 19.-Represen-
tative Ware, of Pennsylvania, leading
candidate for the republican sena-
torial nomination in that state, re-
ceived warm applause from his col
leagues when he appeared today on
the house floor. Members on both
side sof the aisle joined in the
sides of the aisle Joined in the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20
High School Graduates
46 Here Tonight
Continued IRON Page one)

Wesley Lawrence Morrisey.
George Griffith Dave.
Alfred Matthew Nelson.
Levin S. n. Osell.
Euth Eleanor Foreman.
Hector j. Padres.
+. ogden Hammil.
Jessie May Reed.
Marion Josephine Hammil.
Albert David Runkle.
Katie Haymore.
Leo Edmund Schwamm.
iKumen Herbert.
Esther Claire Scott.
Flora Sewell.
Ruby Inez Hilburn.
James Williams Sexton.
Corinne Emma Jones.
Margaret Mary Sweeney.
Lynetta Emma Jones.
FLORENCE Irene Taylor.
John Joseph Joyce,
Eugene Charles Verdugo.
Isadore Kline.
Cleo Jeannette Wiemers.
Howard Emil Wittig.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-20

atoraI seat now held by Senator
Pepper" the message said, proved
also that "the old taunt that the vets
talk a lot, but do not vote, is false"
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Premonition of Death
Had Been Expressed
Continued from Page one)

only evangelist that could have been
as tired as she.
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gram to headquarters here. THE
nomination of Representatives Will
liam S. Ware for the republican sem
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Ware Success Due To
Stand Against Drys

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The International Club, Quality and
Service, in Aqua Prieta,-Advt.
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Kaibab Deer A Threat
To The Entire Forest

tcontinued prom rage One,
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For Want Add Results, Phone 81 or 81.
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Continued from rage one)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-08-19

been a Is days inspection trip tx
his various branches scattered
throughout northern and eastern
Montana. The trip was taken in
10 hours and SIS minutes actua.
flying time.
The towns where Mr.. Coughlir
and his pilot, Earl Vance, have
stopped are Opheim, Malta, Shell
by, Sunburst, Great Falls, Saco,
Nashua, Frazer and Wolf Point,
making a total of 800 miles. They
left Scobey Wednesday afternoon
and returned there Saturday at
ternoon.
The plane they were travelling
in was a "New Waco" Dura oil
advertising is painted on the un-
derneath part of the plane and
is plainly visible from the ground
Mr.. Coughlin is enthusiastic
about travelling by air and believes
that it is a time saver and vii
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-08-19
"Whai is that for?''

lips and puffed gently.
Waste of wind" exclaimed, Billy
triumphantly.
mot at all. 1t was necessary for
me't9 expel my breath. l merely took
advantage of an inevitable by-pro-
duct"
The Hedge person was thus far i'm
pervious. He had an annoying faculty
of turning a thrust to his own ad-
vantage.
There was an awful silence, during
which Constance and Billy eyed
their substitute father furtivcly.
we will rise, if you please" he
said.
The Brookes rose mechanically, as
though it We're quite useless to offer
resistance. Besides, dinner was over.
Il should like to examine the other
apartments on this floor" announced
Hedge.
Constance, naturally assuming the
lead, headed the procession out of
the dining room. She touched a but
ton at the entrance to an apartment
across the hall from the library and
flooded it with light. The efficiency
man examined its rich furniture
critically. TnE
From a pocket hc had produced a
small notebook and pencil in which
he proceeded to make a few brief
entries.
What do you call this room?" he
asked. @
Nothing particular" answered
Constance: lit Is used to receiv,
guests. occasionally for dances OF
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-08-19

shelf of the bluffs and one tee
that offers a beautiful drive to-
ward a green some so feet lower.
Big Sunday Dinner
In the evening the visiting
players We're entertained at a de-
licious Sunday dinner. The party
drove home in the evening. There
was unanimous sentiment that the
Williston boys are hard to beat
as either golfers or hosts. The
interesting inside facts of the bat
tie waged with clubs may be
gathered from the figures given
below.
George Flint turned in the best
score among the Wolf Point play
ers, an SO. J. R. Burgess made
the best 9-hole score, a AZ. Cook
and Brakeman were the only
Pointers who held their oppon-
ents to as good as a tie.
Like Tournament Idea
For Williston H. v. Dougherty
made the best score for 1S holes,
40 and Al, said to have been the
best he has ever made. Williston
played about half a dozen more
players than Wolf Point.
Lively interest was shown in
the Montana4D akota regional golf
tournament that the Wolf Point
club has announced to put on
during the fall, probably in Sep
TENDER.
Below are the scores of the
foursomes and the best ten of each
club.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-08-19

ed consisting Of fried chicken, es-
calloped potatoes, combination
salad, rolls and coffee, ice cream
and waters.
After the conclusion of the BAN
quet dancing wa the order of the
entertainment. Music was fur
nished by two talented musicians
from Plentywood, Miss Verna
Crawford on the ukelale and Miss
Juliette Garneay the piano.
Preceding the banquet the reg
ular business meeting was held.
Mrs. Greer installed the recently
elected officers and gave a talk on
the state convention which will be
held in Great Falls in October.
A special Pullman for the Degree