The Marshall Morning News (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 183, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 13, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Marshall, Texas, Tuesday, April 13,1920.
Volume 1.
Number 183
ALLEN BRAN
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ent on the railroads for supplies.
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Revolution in Guetamala.
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Lacking, the Report Is De-
clared True By Officials
Report Much Damage Done
To Various Structures.
WILLIAM HOWARD
TAFT VISITOR TO
CITY YESTERDAY
gradually to be waning in the middle ;
west and the far west, the situation in ’
the territory east of Cleveland took ,
Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, April
—General J. M. Pina, commanding
The center of development in the
walkout of insurgents had definitely!
shifted to the east, where additions to '
the ranks of the rebel railroad work- ,
ers had caused a serious stoppage of ,
freight and pnssenger traffic and the j
closing of several industries depend-1
toward the end of the strike Presi-
dent Grunau of the Yardmen’s As-
sociation, said contracts the railroads
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on
Senator Frelinghuysen, Republican,
New Jersey, and others charged that
the present walkout of railway ent-
and $10,000 fine for any person who
advises, solicits or persuades others
to join in strikes which interfer with
Alleged Blue Beard
With 17 Identified
Wives Run Down
The number of striking miners was the First Division Army of the "Re-
placed at 8,000 tonight by the coal public of Sonora, with headquarters
Issued
Is
Wide-Spread Movement Thru-
out the South For Every
Man To “Don the Demin”
tages as it swept through the
tie town.
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Mine Officials Restrained From
Collecting Fines For Tes-
tifying Before Court.
“SKUNK” BY KAN.
MINE PRESIDENT
Howat Addresses Mass Meeting
Of Miners From the Jail
Where He Is Confined.
“OVERALLS" ARE
RECRUITING BY
THE THOUSANDS
Ex-President Declares Capital-
ism Is The True Founda-
Washington. April 12 •—President
Wilson from the cast portico of the
White House today revied a long pa-
rade of the work horses and domestic
animals which were part demonstra-
tions of "Be Kind To Animals This
Week,” being observed through the
country under the auspices of humane
societies.
Authoritative Statement
Indicates Situation
More Favorable.
would not enter the controversy as a
supporter of either the strikers or the
railroad companies. ।
operators’ association.
TORNADOTAKES
MEMBER
OF THE
ASSOCIATED
PRESS
Branded As Bolshevism.
Washington April 12.—Legislation
to deal with railroad strikes was pro-
posed today by Senator Poindexter,
committee deferred action on propos-
als for a congressional inquiry.
Government Enters Strike.
Switchmen Are Reported To Be Returning To Work in Many
Places, While Other Cities Are Scenes Of Further
Walkouts—St. Louis Men Return.
Is Guest Of Rotary Club At A
Breakfast At The Hotel
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sive point of view should any attempt
be made by Carranza forces to regain
possession of the state records and
equipment. )
Senate Refused To
Strike Out Training
Some Sayins’
Of Si Bones
COURT ISSUES
INJUNCTION
MAKES ADDRESS
ON BOLSHEVISM
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might be reached tomorrow, adding 1
that the government would not "shirk
its responsiblity."
other cities today returned to duty or
decided to go back tomorrow.
Peace Resolution To
Be Taken Up Today
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situation, and officials said that it
was proposed to determine definitely
whether this or any other organiza-
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step by step through a
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board created by the transportation
act. The nominations had been delay-
ed, it was said, by time taken in select-
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tion regarding Germany and those
affecting other parts of the world.
food control act to meet the strike tions in Philadelphia were reported
crisis was said by Department of, worse and at Indianapolis the strik-
Justice officials to be due to a desire ers’ ranks were unbroken.
for fuller knowledge as to the agen- ------
North America did not apply to mem-
bership in his union. Grunau denied
that the switchmen’s strike was ille-
gal.
"The Brotherhood chiefs who accuse
us should come with clean hands, he
Taking for his subject the evils
of the Soviet government in Russia
and the extreme theories brought to
the surface by the war, William How-
ard Taft, Ex-President of the United
States, in an address before the Mar-
shall Rotary club at the Hotel Mar-
shall yesterday morning, condemned
p Bolshevism in all its various phases,
took a rap at "parlor radicals" and
severely criticized the actions and the
theories of “certain pseudo scientific
gentlemen.”
Wearing a characteristic smile of
good humor and chuckling contineous-
ly at the experience of having been
caught in a short but driving rain and
men took a strike vote in secret two
weeks ago. Ballots were cast at 140
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LPR INcE ALBERT. i
cording to reports received here to-
night. and in Macon the police and
fire department have asked the civil
service permission for permission to
“don the denim”.
Ministers announced today they
would appear in their pulpits Sunday
wearing overalls.
Paris, April 12.—Premier Millerand,
answering the sixth note of the Brit-
ish Government with regard to the
occupation by France of the Rhine-
land. assured the Earl of Derby. the
British Ambassador, the evacuation
of the cities recently occupied would
take place simultaneously, and that
the conditions existing when France
intervened would be restored.
Meanwhile, official announcement
was made tonight at the White House
that President Wilson would sent to
the Senate tomorrow the names of
nine members of the railway labor
tion Of Society.
By The Associated Press.
London, April 12—Both
have with the Brotherhood of Train-
men and the Switchmen’s Union of
any circumstances.
In requesting negotiationa looking
An ole culured man wuz a tel-
U’ me "bout the Sivil war en I
sed thet it give him hiz freedum
En he sed "yas, sah, but it did-
'nt last long. I went en married,
yas, rah, Ise gin a slave jist
’bout all my life.
I kno the smoothist man in
town. He alius remembers his
wife’s burthdays but her for-
got how old she iz. Et leest he
sez he hez.
A feller thet plays ez a acter
in local shows sends me these
vurses:
“Footlight and failin' Star
Een one fierce call fur me;
Oh. may there be no throwin’ of
eggs.
When I peep out to see!”
representatives of the public said.
i citiaens to arms against Che Catr-
1 ranza government. The proclamation
I is signed by the president of the
' municipality of this city and “issued
by order of General P. Elias Callas,"
commander-in-chief of all forces of
the Republie of Sonora.
cies who caused the unauthorized
walkouts. Many official reports from
strike centers have indicated activity
of the Industrial Workers of the
was taken the government
ago yards today than on any day
since the strike started, it was an-
nounced.
The General Managers Association
today denied that any negotiations
were being carried on with the out-
law yardmen’s association and stated
that no parley would be entered into in
government entered the strike situa-
tion directly today through orders
sent by the Posteffice Department to
its inspectors and railway mail offi-
cfats througheut- the euntry for
prompt reports on any obstruction or
delay of the mails.
Te Department of Justice would be
asked for immediate prosecutions un-
der statutes governing mail transpor-
tation, the telegram stated.
Delay in formulating a program for
government action under the Lever
Strike on Wane.
Chicago, April 2.—While the un-
authorized strike of railroad employes,
which started in Chicago two weeks
ago with the walkout of 700 switch-
men on the Chicago. Milwaukee &
St. Paul railroad, today appeared
tns"cues lives Sunday
By The Associated Press.
Washington, April 12.—The Senate
refused today to strike out of the
army reorganization bill the provision
for voluntary universal training re-
cently substituted for the military
committee's plan for obligatory train-
ing. The motion of Senator MrKeller
Democrat, Tennessee, to strike out
was defeated 38 to 9.
The action of the Senate was ex-
pected to result in carrying the volun-
tary training proposal into conference
for an adjustment by Senate and
House managers.
hail storm three miles out from
Shreveport late Sunday afternoon, the
distinguished visitor was ushered into
the lobby of the hotely by members of
the entertainment committee, where'
proposing ten year's imprisonment
right men for the place. The men
selected for the public group had not ■
signified tonight their willingness to
act. it was said.
Framers of the transportation act,
tonight indicates that the Franco-
British situation is more favorable.
The statement indicates that a
French note is expected accepting the
British view and agreeing to evacu-
ate the occupied towns rapidly on
withdrawal of the German troops
from the Rhur district, which already
has commenced.
Paris. April 12.—Complete calm
reigns throughout the Rhur basis, ac-
cording to a special correspondent of
the Havars Agency, who has just com-
pleted a trip throughout the district.
Guetamala, April 12.—Many non-
combatants have been killed in Gua-
temala City, which has been under
shell fire of the forces of President
Caherera since Thursday evening.
By The Ansociated Press.
Los Angeles, Cal.. April 12.—
Richard Huirt, alleged bigam-
ist, was guarded in a hospital
here today recovering from
wounds inflicted upon himself
Saturday and yesterday. Of-
ficers said they had identified
17 wives, of whom five were
said to be missing. The police
said they had learned one of the
wives lived in Ranger, Texas.
interstate commerce. Persons using
force, violence or threats against oth-
ers remaining at work in moving in-
terstate commerce would be punished
by fifteen years imprisonment and
$15,000 fine.
The measure wns referred to the In-
terstate Commerce Committee, and
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Prince pf Wales, who will represent
Great Britain at the Tercentenary
celebration of the landing of the Pil-
grim Fathers in the United States
next autumn He will probably
spend some time visiting cities in
Canada end America, and according
to present plans his visit will include
a call at the White House in Washing-
l ton.
Prince Albert will be 25 years of
age in December, ami is an all round
athelete. Ke is anxious to visit the
United States.
Lackawanna A Western railroads de-
cided to return tomorrow.
At Saginaw, Mich., 190 railroad
workers were back on duty today, and
S0empioges of the Grand Trunk re-
Euvdt Battle Creek**- "
The striking ranks were agumented
by walkouts at Bay City, Mich,
Cheyenne, Wyo., and several places in
the east.
One thousand railroad employes at
Pittsburg today joined the 4,000
strikers already out, and 500 shopmen
struck at Newcastle. Strike condi-
By The Assoclated Press.
Washington, April 12.—Determina-
tion of the government’s course in the
railroad strike crisis tonight awaited
further information from field agents
of the department of justice.
’ Attorney General Palmer, after
numerous conferences with govern-
ment officials, said that a decision
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Houston. Texas, April 12.—Advices
just received here tell of the deaths
of three persons as the result of1 It is reported at military head- action
high winds Sunday night at Melrose quaters, here that General Calles had
and Jacksonville. At Melrose Miss i proposed to remove the headquatters
Clifford Muckelroy was killed when of the Sonora government from Her-
the Christian church was demolished, mosillo to Cananea. it being said the
and at Jacksonville R. A. Admunston . latter place is bettev from a defen-
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The situation in the Chicago yards
showed a marked improvement, and :
reports from other large railroad cen-
ters in the middel west indicated that
the crisis of the strike was passed
and that strikers were returning to
work in considerable numbers. Of- j
ficers of the railroad brotherhoods,
who have been fighting the strike
since its inception, were confident
that the breaking up of the walkout
in the Chicago territory would be fol-
lowed by a general resumption of
work in other areas.
More Freight in Chicaro.
More freight moved into the Chie-1
incident provoked a considerable
amount of amusement. Mr. Taft
charging conspiracy on the part of the
Marshallites in trying to induce him
to continue the journey by painting
the downpour of rain as “merely a
gentle zephyr."
Following the breakfast in the hote
dining room, Ike Hochwald, president
of the Rotary club, called the Rotar-
ians to order. In a brief but appro-
printe address Mr. Hochwald refer-
red to the guest of honor as “one of
the most distinguished citizens in the
country,” and expressed thanks for
the honor conferred upon the club
through Mr. Taft’s visit, the visitor
himself being a Rotarian. Then Mr.
Hochwald called on Judge P. O.
Beard to act as toastmaster.
During the course of his remarks
Judge Beard referred to the “gentle
zejhyr" incident, which provoked
chuckles of amusement from the ex-
president. The speaker then touched
upon the life and official duties of Mt.
Taft, declaring that he had guided the
country through peace and prosperity
president of the Kansas miners, and
three other union officials to jail for
contempt of court.
At three bi-annual convention in j
Kansas City recently the Kansas min-!
(DDA‛ DQIAIN jers voted to assess fines against any
ulAI Dill 1 A111 members or officials who appeared I And Details Are
A ar nn A ArAn A nm before the court. A number of union
A NT I FRA N4 R A Rm i members already have testified in the
HlU r IUMVUC MIUE court’s investigation of the coal in-
In his acknowledgement of the in-
troduction the speaker declared his
pleasure “at being with you this
morning—especially safe and sound.”
after the experiences of the night be-
fore. He thanked Judge Beard for
his remarks, and particularly for
those relating to his rise to each suc-
cessive office, saying “that shows my
plate was always up.”
Concerning the plight of the recep-
tion committee, who was forced to
hire a “guide” Sunday night to test
the bridges on a certain portion of
the road between Marshall and
Shreveport, Mr. Taft said:
"I shall long remember the experi-
ence, but I venture to say you gentle-
men will remember it even longer
than I.”
Then Mr. Taft took up the main
threads of his remarks, saying he
thought this a time when conditions
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, , , ..... At Dayton, Ohio, 300 switchmen
Independent of either the investiga- voted to end the strike tomorrow,
tion by the Department of Justice or j while at Syracuse switchmen on the
the erecting of the labor board, the New York Central and the Deleware,
during his term as chief executive of Andrew Bonnar Law, the government
the nation. having attained this office I leader, told the House of Com-
against profiteering in clothes." said
Mr. Lamar.
Birmingham newspaper publishers
have flatly denied the request of a
committee of retail clothiers that
news of the "Overalls” movement
throughout the South be supressed on
the ground that it was damaging the
retail clothing business. The pub-
lishers informed the clothiers' com-
mittee that their papers would con-
tinue to report the “Overalls” move-
ment which they considered legitimate
news.
memwevem
&
I in this city, stated today that he had
1 received semi-official advices from
j Hermosillo, the state capital, that
I thirteen states of the Mexican union
' had followed the state of Sonora in
breaking relations with the Carranza
government. While the report is
lacking in detail as to the names of
I the seceding states. General Pina de-
j clared he vouched for its authority.
A proclamation has made its ap-
Advices Received At Houston pearance on the streets calling the
he was introduced to the Rotarians. t . Anri 12 Th. “Over.
"The yain yesterdaythwartea
wPMrpterteinmerntromnmsnrtvepote fapidly through central Georgia, “■
by automobile, the party being forc-
ed to return to the city, where the
guest took to his private car This
MORE AGREEABLE । "ustr’action whshtuken’tnduyPonthe
application of Howat and the three
— miner officials for a new trial.
Will Visit America
THE WEATHER
East Texas: Tuesday partly
cloudy, warmer Wednesday,
warmer in northwest portion.
and his wife were killed in their j
home, which was leveled by the
storm. At Melrose, which* is eight
miles from Nacogdoches, twenty-five
persons were injured and thirty homes
demolished by the tornado.
The storm which traveled in a
southern direction uprooted trees,
tore down barns and demolished cot-
legal profes ' mons today.
An authoritative statement issued
By Ths Asnociated Press.
Girard, Kans., April 12.—Alexan-
der Howat, president of the Kansas
mine workers, addressing a crowd of
miners today from the balcony of the
county jail at Girard where he is
confined for contempt of court for
refusing to testify before the Kansas
Industrial Relations Court, attacked
Governor Allen and the Industrial
Court Law.
Howat, who was permitted by the
sheriff to address the crowd which
had gathered before the jail as a pro-
test against the incarceration of the
mine president and three other dis-,
trict officials, referred to Governor
Allen as “that skunk, that tyrant,
that would-be destroyer of organized
labor, that oppressor of human
rights.”
Officials Enjoined.
Pittsburg, Kan., An injunction re-
straining officials of Kansas Mine
Union from fining members or offi-
cials who appear as witnesses before
the new Kansas Industrial Relations
Court, was issued here today by Dis- ANIIND AKMIVIN A AT
trict Judge A. J. Curran, who last Fri- UI HEK MEXIAN.
day sentenced Alexander M. Howat.!
STATES SAID TO
HAVE MADE BOLT
Prinee Albert, a brother of the
By The Amsoelated Preea.
Birmingham, April 12.—The Brim-
ingham "Overalls Club" with a mem-
bership of 3,099 was formally organi-
zed at a unass meeing tonight.
Alvin Douglas, well-known attor-
ney, was elected chairman, and Theo-
dore Lamar, business man and attor-
ney. was made secretary.
Friday was set as the day on which
every member is to appear on the
streets clad in overalls. A pledge was
taken that they will be worn until the
price of clothing “hits the toboggan.”
Bitter attacks upon the cost of
clothing marked the meeting, which
was attended by men in every walk of
life.
“The people have gone on strike
plows wos nothing short of Bolshev-
tion was carrying out a program that , ism
would bring it within reach of Fed- Sepator Poinelexter'introduced a bill
eral statutes. In discussing the at-
titude of the government in the crisis.
Mr. Palmer declared that if federal
points and authorized brotherhood of-
ficials to call a strike if their de-
mands for increased pay and better
working conditions were not granted.
including Chairman Cummins of the I astrike is cleanly called they have
Senate Interstate Commerce Commit-1
tee, were firm in the opinion that the ) ' ore ‘ en Go Out.
labor board would prove effective to. Following the first big break in
deal with the present railway crisis.!^ strike at Columbus, Ohio, where
For that reason Senator Cummins' i 600 switchmen on Sunday voted to re,
’ turn to work, strikers in a number of
By The Associated Prem.
Washington, April 12.—The Repub-
lican joint peace resolution adopted
last week by the House is to be taken
up tomorrow by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. CQairman
Lodge issued a call today, but be-
cause of the absence from the city
of Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
the Democratic leader, final action
may be postponed until next week.
Jonesville, Texas.
April 10, 1920.
Editor News: »
Enclosed find money order for
which continue to send me your
paper and when I am due again
I will send more. I must have the
Morning News, so let it keep com-
ing. Almost as soon do without
my breakfast as the News, the
best paper published in this great
State of ours, called Texas.
Yours truly,
RALPH CARTER.
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