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BRECKENRIDGE. STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RANGERS CAPTURE SEVEN WHISKEY SMUGGLERS
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IRISH CABINET SOMMONED !
TO CONSIDER CRISIS THAT i
FOLLOWS PREMIER'S NOTE1
(irilirnl SiLusil ion Hmu
KcsulL of ctioii
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DUBLIN September 1(5. Kuinonn De Valera todav sum-
ninned Hie Sinn Fein cabinet to consider the situation "arising
fiom Lloyd (Jeorge's action in cancelling the proposed peace con-
ference a' Inverness vhieli was to have been held on Sept. 20.
I'lte action or the lliitish premier came like a bombshell to
the Irish people. It shattered the optimistic outlook which was
steadilx maintained in the country.
It is believed t'at the cabinet might recommend a plebiscite.
I his would mean a long debn and would give Irish leaders a re-'
spite from the predicament which they are now facing bv with-
diauing f i om their position or bringing on war.
SYLE NAMED
FOR BIG JOB:
OFF S ATI HI) AY
Former Mayor Did Not Seek
Seek Office That Covernor
Neff (iave Him
rirni- i
HIIUTJI i
.ill'- yi
riistrlrt (
Mi
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Hi.
!l.l
lilt t
" H. W. Soylp is to.
-int.- Prison Commla-
nxiii! or an order
m i In- Twenty-Sixth
r Ti. Is County. By
'liro'tinn !
in hum- Pat Neff. sult.T.
i
r.iiui- W. i; Pyror ns'ol
v.ih r 1 1 i
i nt.ni ciiiiin.iHHMiner. Immediately
nfter I he suit wus filed Mr Pryor
Saylo iiAiiifd to fill tho position iTiir-
wat suspended from Office and JIk
lug Hip Mispenslun of offlco of Mr.
Pror.
t'omiiiiioiii r II. W. Sai- will
have tomorrow night for ustin for
a eonfei. tuc with Coventor Neff and
for an m-pirtioii of tin state prison
f.ir'iis hi unnotiiired tlui afternoon
this in. i niiiici meiii rattti after he
ii.:d in-ii cailiil b Hi. Governor
it r tin t u phone ennci n mg the ro-
r. nt ;t . i tin. nt
Mi --a ! miiI that Iip probably
v.iilil i '' m.iM tin l.unilv from
Hr. eke- r .1 . inr t-omc tlmp.
Mi -.il. . who has been mayor
i.r lire i in uli t fur about three
.ir. -t-iLn.il In poult Ion last
Mouda H " .ii'd ut that time that
! bail ti.ul for som time under
considt r uti.m a tentative offer from
tht Go Hi"! .i pluee on the prison
ri'iitiilhi.Mi
Mr. san was railed to Austin
about tui months uko by Governor
Neff Ht.'i i'i. off'f was made at thnti
tun. 't vv.i- n case where the of-J
fici- sou. 1 1 the man. fu. ho was un-j
nu.ne i.i.tii he reached Austin Just
What I1 ' i-uriKis.- of it. invitation
i
w.ih u out nut acecpr or reject me
nHfr it il.it time. Iiu took the
mater umh i consideration '
It w.i-. i. t.t until ypHt- ulay that he
difinli.u a. .' inftl the position foi j
low M it. let of a lugram ask-'
ii i 1 a dual aimwei He then
wireu i- aroeiance.
Mr -im- has resided In Stephens
Count :..uh nil Ins life. He was
sheriff 'r i he count) for a number
of tern (i. fine his election a
m.i)or
His .' I'i'.i' .-s riinunlBaloner will
put hip. hi (I teit management of the
State i un f.irms. a position held
In Mr. I'ryor for n number of years.
GRAPE SALES
RE ASSISTED
BY DROUGHT
Prohibition and Possible Home-
Brewing Has Roosted
Grape Industry
Ilr lli AnrUt1 rrfi.
SAN FRANCISCO Sopt. 16. The
grapo growing industry of California
Is prosperous largely because of pro
hibition Edward Sherhan president
of tho California Grape Orowors' Ex-
change declared hero today in an
address before the California Devel
opment Association.
- rhi About in Ireland as
of Lloyd Gcorire:
('ailed
SHORT TALKS
TO STUDENTS
ON MONDAYS
Monday Chapel Will He Featur-
ed By Short Addresses
By Local Men
Each Mftmlav morning during the
remainder of the school term sonic
minister 01 me eii) or somo or the
other professional anil business man
'will be invited by Superintendent L.
Cook to make nn address at chan-
.
pxpicIsph for Hip hlKh school stu
dents. Upv. L. M. Anderson pastor
of the First Christian church- de
Hvorcd an address) to tho students at
chapol exercises this morning.
Crowded roiiilitlnn aim lack of
teachers during the first week of
school liavc made It necessary to
have a number of children attend
school only half a day. according to
Superintendent Cook. However the
board haB nuthorfzed tho employ-
j inent of five more teachers and a
J now ward school building Is being
I constructed on the Peek's addition
In the southwest part of the city an t
It Is hoped that there will soon be
enough loom and a sufficient num-
ber of teachers to accommodate all
of the scholastics In Hreckenridge.
TWO KILLED
WHEN TRAIN
JUMPS TRACK
California Limited Goes
Ditch; Engineer and
Fireman Killed
Into
Ily I'nlml I'n-.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. Sept. lfi.
Two aro known dead and several
are reported Injured when the Chi-
cago & North western's California
special went Into a ditch two miles
west of Helleplaln Iowa early to-
day.
Thoenglnoer and fireman are re-
ported killed.
i WATCH WALL
STREET FOR
EXCITEMENT
Fear Some Sort of Commemora-
tion of Wall Street's
Rig Explosion
Ily thf AmoolatMl I'rcx.
NEW YORK Sept. 16. Extraord-
inary vigilance Is boing maintained
by the police today In tho financial
district as It Is the first anniversary
of tho big Wall Street explosion of
last year.
Mrs. F. S. Eborhardt and daughter
Lllah Maude of Mineral Wells arc
visiting in tho home of Mr. and Mrs.
It. C. Camp S03 West Walker Street
this week. i
The first bicycle drlvon by pedals
was made in Paris la 1866.
Like Father
iHv i v--
Btotw " Mil JaB?
Ju-oilor. Itoosewlt. assistant secretary of the navy drives home a
point in hLs siwch at the fair at KhlncclHT. N Y.. in a manner rendu-
liCint of his r.unoos father
ARBUCKLE TO
CO ON TRIAL
IN 3 WEEKS
Comedian Will Be Tried Soon
According to Frisco Dis-
trict Attorney
Iljr III.- A.lnlc.l I'm.
SAN KKANCISCO. Sept. If..
Uoscoe "Katty" Arbuckle will go on
trial for manslaughter for the death
of Miss Virginia Kappe movie
actress within three weeks District
Attorney ttrady announced last
night.
500 KLANSMEN
AT FT. WORTH
HOLDPICNIClTHREEDIEIN
White Robed Mystics Engage In
Watermelon Feast Near
Fort Worth
FORT WORTH. Teas. Sept. IT..
Fle hundred white robed klansmen
gathered In the woods outside of the
city last night and initiated 100 can-
didates and had a watermelon feast.
THINKS TRADE
HERE IS MUCH
TO TALK ABOUT
Traveling Man Says Community
Is Not Known to the
Outside World
"I was told in Cisco that Rreck-
enridge was dead and that there
was no use for me to mako this
town" said a traveling salesman
yesterday. "Hut I was surprised at
the fine condition of things In gen-
eral when I got hero. Talk about be-
ing dead why I have dono rnoie
business here than I did in all three
towns of Clhco Hanger' and Eastland.
And furthei I havo seen more peo
ple and tho town generally looks
better." said the man who declared
this to be his first visit here.
Tho traveling man stated that tho
statement about things being dead
here almost caused him 'to pass up
the town since tho party at Cisco
telling him tho story seemed iuear-
nest. "It this is a dead town" said
tho salesman "then lead me to a lot
more of them. I came here thinking
I could wind up all the business hero
in tho one day that I assigned hero
But I found I could not begin to cov
er thfl territory and in the one day
I put in outsold any single day's re-
cord In this part ot the state. I shall
I have to come back here to wind tip
! tho business that I find is here."
Like Son
BODY FOUND
IN OLD WELL;
. . ARREST TWO
Two Are Taken Into Custody
Following Discovery of Bodv
In Old Well
It- I'nltril I'n .
DALLAS Texas. Sept. lfi. Elsey
Stepp and his nephew Arley Stepp.
are held in the county jail here fol-
lowing the finding of the hadlj de-
composed body of Harry Mills In an
abandoned well near McKinney yes-
terday. Mills disappeared Septem-
ber 2. His hod was discovered in
the well by Hill llater yesterday
(Shortly afterwards the two Stepp.-
I were arrested.
PLANE CRASH
NEAR DALLAS
Fort Sill Men Killed When
Ilaviland Falls At Love
Field Todav
De
Ily thi. lw.iiteit rriMn.
DALLAS Toas Sept. lfi. Lieu-
tenant James F. Armstrong and Snr-
geants Gibson and White from Post
Field at Fort Sill Okla. were in-
stantly killed this afternoon when
the arm De Ilaviland plane in which
they wero flying crashed at Love
Field.'
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
TO SHOW PICTURES
Tho pictures committee of the
First Christian church is busy today
getting things ready for the free pic-
tures for the hoys and girls of
Hreckenrldge. The first of tho series
of pictures will be shown tonight at
S o'clock. The films anived Thurs-
day and are of tho very host produc
tion. The first of tho pictures to
night will be a double-header and
will embrace a gripping fairy story
"Seven Swans" and will bo followed
by a splendid comedy "Rollly's Wash
Day." The entire evening program
will requite seven sovon reels.
Tho pictures will continue with
change each weok for n porlod of a
few wcoks It Is announced. There
will be no chargo of admission.
COLLECTIONS ARE LESS.
DALLAS Texas Sept 16. The
collector of internal revenue has es-
timated that tho collection of the
third installment of income tax due
last night would fall at least one-
third below tho collections for the
same period last year.
American Want Ads Bring Results
BABE RUTH GOES
TWO BETTER THAN
RECORD LAST YEAR
NEW VOIIK. Sept. IB. JJab
; Kutli got bis uOth home run in the
1 fourth Inning of the game with St.
Lotus today with no one on base.
I Shocker was pitching.
SERIES WILL
DECIDE WHO'S
TO WIN RACE
Pittsburg and New York Meet-
ing Today at Forbes
Field Pittsburg
(tv tho Ax.K'Intnl TVeii.
IMTTSHl'HO Sept. 10. Tlo first
of a three-game series between the
New York and Pittsburgh National
League Clubs opens at Forbes field
today.
The series will be the dectding
factor as to which team will repre-
resent the league In the world series.
New York leads Pittsburgh by
two and one-half games.
CliEVKI.AXI) TAKKS LKAI1.
Special to Tho American.
WASHINGTON. Sept. lb. Ily
defeating Washington here today
while St. Louis was lacing New
York at the Polo giounds. Cleve-
land took first place In the Ameri-
can "League race.
The score of the game was Cleve-
land 2 Washington 0. The New
York Yankees lost to St. Louis by a
score ot 10 to 3 .
Other American League games
were: Detroit 7 Philadelphia 3
and Boston 10 Chicago 4.
NEGROES ASK
HARDING FOR
K. K. K. LAWS
National Equal Rights League
Pleads For Harding to
Step On Klan
PROBLEM OF WEALTH
IS STILL UNCHANGED
Ily I lie l.' luted rri'KM.
CHICAGO. 111. Sept. 16. Presi-
dent Harding was asked to send a
special message to Congress re-
commending a law to prohibit any
secret organization "whoso prin-
ciples are contrary in principle to
tho spirit ot the law and constitu-
tion" in a telegram from tho Nation
al Equal Right's League a negro
organization today.. The league
concluded a week's session heVo by
condemning the Ku Klux Klan.
It was announced that tho league
would call upon the Department of
Justice to Investigate the klan.
BACK TILLEY
IN SQUABBLE
AT "YllLli11' Vjwere llCflded t0Wlrii Dallas in nn
'stamps valued at $1500. Two men
Commis -
State Fire Insurance
sion Upholds Tilley
Against Scott
Ily rnltnl I'ri-m.
AUSTIN Texas Sept. 16. Fric-
tion that has existed In the State
FIro Insurance Commission between
T. M. Scott and Oeorgo W. Tilley
has culminated In favor of Tilley.
The majority of tho commission Is
In favor of Tilley's position In his
eforts to have some new employes
brought into the department.
STRIKE OF MINERS
STARTS IN KANSAS
LONDON Sept. 16. The prob-
lem of just distribution of wealth
remained unchanged declared Ar-
thur Henderson labor membsfi
the House of Commons before tho
world's Methodist cooferenco here
today.
Woddlng presents in Hungary are-
given only to poor couples to help
them to got tholr home together.
ONE KILLED IN
RUNNING FIGHT;
LIQUOR SEIZED
One Killed When Smugglers Try
To Get Across Border
With Liquor
Dy t'nlliMl froM.
AISTIN. Texas Sept. 1C Olio
Mwlcun was killed and seven cap-
tured and 575 (limits of liquor wete
seized in a raid last night by Han-
ger Company D forty miles south
i of Cotulla according to a loport to
the adjutant general by Captain W.
W. Wright commander of the com-
pany. The rangers also seized eleven
horses believed to have been stolen.
The rangers suffered no casuallties.
KEEP THREE
AT DALLAS
FEARING MOB
1! I'lllln' Prriu.
DALLAS. Teas. Sept ill
I'm-
rest Dawson Cecil It Jensen and
Wayne Todd charged with the mur-
der of Jimmie McNeal Fort Worth
rent car driver are In the Dallas
county jail for safe keeping.
Officers who brought Dawson the
last of the three to be secretly
brought here declared that feeling
was running high In Weatkerford
an 1 Fort Worth.
BRAZOS FALLS
AS FLOODTIDE
SWEEPS SOUTH
Surplus Water Draining
Rivers Keeps Hight
Water Mark Up
Into
llj- t'nllpil Prcsn.
HOUSTON Sept. 10. The Hrazos
is the last of the unruly Texas rivers!
at flood stage to recede. It is re-
ported falling today.
The flood crest passed down the
river two days ago but as the flod-
od lands drained enough water to
keep the flood stage in the lower
reaches for a longer time.
Much daniago is repotted to crops
and furm property.
ROB OFFICE
AT RUSK; GET
OVER $4000
Two
Men Seen To Leave Post-
Office At 2 a. m. Are
Reing Sought.
Iljr tlir nelut(il Pron.
TMTS1C. Terns. Sent. 1(1. The nost-
oftlce here was looted last night of
! about $2500 in cash and postage
) automobile.
! notified
The Dallas police were
CALL KING'S
PHYSICIAN TO
SEE PREMIER
Lloyd George Is III; His Face!
Pained By Severe Attack '
of Neuralgia I
Br Unltfit rrem.
GAIRLOCH Scotland Sept. 16.
Lloyd George English Premier has
suffered a further chill and a sovero
attack of facial neoralgla.
Lord Dawson tho king's personal
physician has bron summoned to
Galrloch.
The tUflkB of the African elephant
sometimes weigli as much as a hun-
dred pounds each and reach a length
of eight or nlno feet.
American Want Ada Bring Results.
mi room
CROWDED FOR
MURDER TRIAL
irst Witness Called This After
noon In Case Against
Skinner
The firt witness in the trial of
Fred Skinner charued with the min-
der oT E H HullorK went on Uio
stand in (lie Nlmtleil' District Court
this afternoon in.m than 24 hours
after the cast wi list called for
trial. Law.vei- fm tin State and de-
fense spent est(i-di afternoon and
this morninu In H' lining oi a jurj
and fifty-two nn n wi n asked if they
believed in death as a punishment
for crime liefoi the twelio men
were chosen to decide on the guilt
or Innocence of the defendant
The court room was packed to Its
capacity bv crowds who came to hear
the story of the murder which is
alleged to have occurred in a llttlo
shack of tioldle Davis just east ot
the Hamon tracks on tho morning o
September I and the corrktor of the
third floor of the building was also
Jammed by pi i. sons eager to get a.
glimpse oi thi piisoner or hear an
iukllui; ol the it stlinony.
Dr. Do.ler ho rendered first aid
to the injured man was the first
witness. He told ol first seeing the
bod of Ilullock 'jinu on a bed in
thv shack and of its removal to the
hospital and later of the death ol!
Ilullock. Ho described tho wound
but could not osactly describe tho
weapon used.
More than forty witnesses havo
been summoned h;- the State which
will attempt to prove robbery was
a part motive foi the murder. Tho
death penalty will be asked. Skin-
ner has pleaded self defense.
GET READY TO
OPEN MEETING
HERE SUNDAY
Preparatory
Work for Taylor
Revival Meeting Is Pro
gressing Nicely
How to overcome the ecuspR peo-
ple make for not becoming C hris-
tians was the subject at the train-
ing class conducted by Charles L.
Evarts at the bit. Taj lor Tabernnclo
last night.
Mr. Evarts is proving himself an
expert in this pruparatory work for
the groat revival which will begin
next Sunday when Chailes Forbes
Taylor and his party will take chargo
of tho woik. .Mr. Evarts will take
for his subject tonight "The Deluded
I Class"
The grading at tho Tabernacle has
boon finished and today the carpen-
ters are placinu- the seats Everj-
thlng will be ready for the opening
service on Sund.i) morning
The partv will hi entertained at
tho Colonial Hoti I F P. Shaw Jr
tho 11il"a''r E fl' hoM ls doflnS
ov"yumK i'""1"11' 'ul "' ""
of the part). Tim is ill occup two
suites of rooms on the south side oC
tho building
The music committee is singing
up all tho singers of Hreckonndgo
land there i-. promise of tho largest
i chorus choir eiei hcird here
! The special sinmn books to bo
I used during tin campaign have ar-
rived from Chicago ami will bo list tl
in the Sundav services
JAPS MAY NOT
DISCUSS FATE
OF SHANTUNG
Washington Conference May Re
Disturbed By Japan-
ese Attitude
Ily the Amioolatcil Prem.
TOKIO Sept. 16. It is Intimated
in responsible circles hero that 1'
China declines tho recent proposal
Japan In regard to turning Shan'
over to China Japan may ref
discuss tho Shantung questlo
forthcoming Washington C
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The Breckenridge Daily American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 2, No. 68, Ed. 1, Friday, September 16, 1921, newspaper, September 16, 1921; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth122314/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.