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the state imnouneed it would ,
bln five days.
cause <rou-
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has pravent-
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of other cases set for the week,
Commissioner Appel
nounceg Governor in K.
K. K. Matter.
attack
fused
WORTH.
«*nii>s.
IRISH FREE STATE
BILL BECOMES LAW
NEW ROAD WORK TO
BE HELD UP UNTIL
CONTRACTS FINISHED
7*
41
ALABAMA TOWN IS
DEMOLISHED WHEN
’ STRUCK BY STORM
he 1
that
CHARGE SOADt DID NOT
PROMISKk
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Now York Cotton
. United Press Dispatch.
NEW YORK. Maw:h 31
13.59*51
13.18*17
1401
(arm.th are warned to watch the
flood waters.
JEFF K “SISSY”
SAYS DALLAS MAN
IN BITTER ATTACK
Ku
dia
the
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teal sailroads far paylmg sneed*
Poteet v«’>" W~en‘t S'
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State
Iv.id
Soo lit
Parentage of Siamese Twins’
Son Is Questioned; $100,000
Estate Depends Upon Mnswer
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demana
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MctoOte ...... 13.22
Dtpmlx-r ... *&>«
Hpiota steady unchanged, middling
Maximum yesterday ....
Minimum today
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the
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Four Rivers in South
Texas Threaten Floods
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16-Year-Old Girl’s Death
Jl.Her Own Hands Is First
Casualty In Miners'Strike
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Commissioners Decide to De*
lay Advertising for Bid*
for Krum Road
lifacusaiOi: of the progress of
the present ro<td wo.‘k In the coun-
ty and the condition of- tha .funds,
from whloh the worn is being fi-
nanced before the-County Commit-
sluners Court Thursday afternoon
resulted In an agreement not to |
Lv'
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- %^-tL^Mar-A-T— ' 1__
Portuguese Airmen Prepare
for Second 1,000-Mile Leg
of Transatlantic Journey
Texas
according
received hera today.
” th* time tO€ men*
hure wax went already hu<! run in-
tc th; nJllluiiM, It wav stated.
ROTARY MEETING
IS WELL ATTENDED
tures opened steady I lower to 2
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CARSON TRIAL ON
STATUTORY CHARGE
/
1 300
about
for a
point tills far away
was taken by officials here to In-
dicate that the shunt ton was grave.
attend the annual
locale
to
Q , -Futures
opened st.-ady 1*7 higher, closed
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Aesocfated 1‘rese Dispatch.
LONDON, March ZI-—The Irish
Free State bill became a law to-
day when Xing George gave his as-
sent to the measure ,
ami
he was because
vet Just what
♦ 31.—Irene Duller,
♦ committed suicide
Associated Press Dispatch.
MIAMI. Fla.. March 31.—A wire-
less tnemane irum Nut.suu. in the
Bahama islands, received here at
10:15. a. Hi., reported, that tlu> sa-
tire city of Nassau wac threatened
wltU dtstlu/ituw w» the. reuult of a
lire which started in the Colonial
Hotel. •
The.4^f!W«R_Ml .«>'’• time the
INItlANAPOUS. Mr t ch 31.—T1MI ■
last day of work under present
wage contracts was completed to- j
day by the country's holl IRP|Wr^.T~J
union coal miners.
Officially tboir snspenetpR . <4 i
work:was set to beg'r. at midnight, i
l-ut vlrtuai'y It was to start six i
-tlours ahead of sch'tdule. for moot 1
■hN^-ih ond tbslr shlftr at—"]
hourX.
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V'alted Press Dispatch.
TOK IO. March :il^-.\eg»tla>
tlaos betweea Japan and Ctolaa
for the retnran of the Shantung
railroad have been ouereasfuily
ooaelwded. according to reports
received iiere today from Pegia.
A’ ■ result II na< opr.-led
that withdrawal of all Jspnaese
troop>\/from the railroad and
the Shantung Pealnaala would
he completed by the last of
April.
Plane for the withdrawal uf
troops have been rendy for a
eeaalderable time.
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STATE RESTS IN
Vnlted Press Dispatch.
‘ HVNTRVH.I^H), Ala., March St —
Several houses were demolished by
a cyclone which swept Clouds Cove,
twenty-five mllen south of here, ac-
cording to meager reports received
here this afternoon. No casualties
were reported.
One man was Injured when the
Tennessye lUver teanfboat Uames
M. Clark was overturned by the
storm at Clarks Landing.
Telephone, telegraph
tranajmlnelon lines
-out this section.
State’s Star Witness In
Hornsby Case Repudiates
Confession Given at Trial
t»4-s11 ...........
+ BLAME OX OPFHATRR1
.... going to Fort
Worth with the defendant and spend-
ing a night in a hotel there, and how
ths next day .they were arrested... .
Chicaffo Grain
United Press Dispatch.
CHICAGO. March 31.—Grain prices
declined todsy. Large offerings and
a limited demand caused the reac-
tion. Shipping demand was reported
light. Provisions were iowe{.
Wheat—May opened at 31.35. off
t*S, and was off 2 3-0 at the, close.
July opened at SLtt~3-4. off 3-4 and
declined 1 1-3 at the close.
- *■ Corn—May opened at 5». up t-3.
___Anti closed I p-3 lower. July opened
unchanged at 08 1-4 and closed off
Defeadunt Identided
DALLAS. March 31— Philip Rath-
blum positively Identified pollce-
mi-h J. J. Crawford as one of the
olgth HW-1T who took fart In flog-
ging him on the night of March 4.
He sa^d hlj blinders s’lpt down and
he saw Crawford not over three
feet away from him. Rothblum
said thv men took off his vest, took
his pants down and ’with a targe
whip tasht him about twenty-five
times.
al water wt
Weather in
April, i*rwAn
Texas will
thof the heavy spring rains' had
ceased -for a tlms and, that the flood
conditions of many lexaa rivers
Will not be aggravated hy addition-
as given today by ths
rvsu. For thany days H»
ver. the livers of Best
feci ths effects of Ute
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United Pres* Dispatch
DALLAS. March 31.—In a bitter
on public officials wt»o re-
to make known their posi-
tion on the Ku Klux Klan, City
Commissioner Fred Appel today
l-xandcd Governor Pat M. Neff as,
“Anyone who dialges the issue
and refuses to let ibe public know
where he stands on the question
is a sissy.'' Appel declared.
“Governor Neff is a sissy
1'vc always said
lieople do not’ know
his position on the Ku Klux Klan
la."
Governor Neff In i. statement
about a week ago declared tif was
not a member of the KIKh and did
tot Intend joining.
mat' T»xaa tontgkt
enlder la northeast »•>«•■»
Nuturdny partly eleedr. warm-
er la north portion.
West Texas tonight fair,
warmer tn nor th port teal Mat*
urtiay partly eloudy. « ’
AsosciHtrd Press Dispatch.
BELTON, March 31.—George
Hornsby, senfthced t-> hang April
14 for the murder of J. M Weather-
by. an ayto'nobild ‘iltalor at Brown-
wooel more then a v«ar ags>, was
removed from the Bed County jail
an unknown destination early
y foltowing reput’-atlon by the
r'.» star v iliirws >>f testimony
lie gaW at ll irnsl y's trial.
'Bls witness. Wllflj Carter, con-
fessed accomplice In the killing »f
Weatherby, In his reported repudi-
ation. exotisrated Hornsby and said
another man did the killing.
thole own. ----
The derision was a vtehoer
for the railroad labor nhfcah
wtaltW have bees chargtag tM«
eertein reads Mm heon etoaMgr
thole, owe shop, nidi gP*W
their repair wee* to other 1
Plants at isiroaesd eneto to
than break down the wntoRfc '..M
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la-;.L J4r'.-. - A •
county was the Elm Creek bridge
and the concrete slab through Elm
creek botton on the Denton*Sher-
man Highway, tha uuriaeing-of the
Dalian Highway and the shaping
up ot the gravel roads that have
been constructed ana have not yet
been accepted by county.
The Court decided to pcatpohe
advertisement for bide for the
roads in the Krum district until
at least tlm next rh’etlng of the
court and possibly longer, if blds
were advctlavd for at this time
they would have t» he beceoted
wtlhout the final locations having
been* Jeslgnated as nil of the right-
of-way has not been recured, and
consequently bids would have to
be on approximate quantities only.
The Court also hesitated, to adver-
tise .io receive blds before the at-
torneys for the purchasers of the
bond Issue have approved It.
AMOOIATBD rilMI •BRV1OB
UNITED FRRgg ■ERVICR
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knew Philip
Ilothhlum's
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
VOLUME XXII ♦gJUST ■ - DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 31, ^17
Mother powers notified Inassau threatened by fire hai^
tr ’ ir- ‘'J*
KII.I.FD IV MANNACHV.
PF.T'I'P IIOTKI. FIHK
United Pre*r Dispatch.
NOHTH ADAMH. Mttss.. March 31.
—Two pertotn* were killed and
twenty Injured when fire pnrtlklly
destroyed the illchtnoml Hotel here
early today.
l aifwd IWHelen Upholds.
WAHMINUTON, March ale—
TW Interstate iommrree ( »■-
mlssloa |a a declslea today
pgbltely coademaed the Poas-
•ylvaala ««d tfsw V"’k Cow
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ra of
piker c_—
ILLION MINERS WI,
IEIR WORK TONIGHT
DF TREATY RATIFICATION MILLIONS OF DAMAGE ALREADY QUIT T.
talMWHTtfOHiiEDiW ......
Range A aa«
act lag aster bls direction
iavrotlRailag the reccat Dallas
floggings.
, since .
was said “ “
> WASHINGTON, Mt«qh
< Blame for the uutlolh
+ waukout of coal mlnera
♦ und^r way rests on the ____
♦ tors. Secretary, of Labor Davlfl^
♦ declared in a statement which
-♦-so- accepted here iw- th* '
♦ cial view of thfl governmny. |
♦ The' operators, Dnvte said. <
♦ “have, failed to (ulflll thetr-j
♦ tract mbllgallons" u> meet tha.<
+ miners in a national wage t
before xpril I ♦
i »>>♦♦> m Misiiiii
eeuMKfl X
......... < <>i nr ♦
+ .it,,: >'ri--s l-ispatcn. ♦ wMHMWMW
+ I '!•: ' - March 31.— ♦
I- I . - - t>.tvstrlal Court ♦
+ -id t . xtendltTK tne present ♦
b I ,;.:.- e te. -tient b. lwi-en tne ♦ 7;’
♦ operators ard mtnem lw
♦ sas fcr thirty days will not
♦ »top the suspension wf wnriL
♦ by union miners rt midnlgh^
♦ tonight, according to Preal*
♦ dent Lewis of the United Mino
♦ Wlo r kiers. '•i-'MM
!♦♦»♦♦♦♦»« M DI IJ
The extent of <h» suflpensUott,"
however, will not b<? an exact cer* I
talnty until torporrow, the first day I
■ut tht shutdown. |
Briefly, the minerT-demands artN 1
That the present basic wages bo I
retained in the soft c< ul fields and I
That the anthracite tonnsc* ]
workers receive a 2# per cent lie I
crease with 31 a dny advance . 1
anthracite day workers-~
Mass Meeting—at Straws '
Associated Press Dispatch. ’ •*“’ArS
FORT WORTH. March 31.—Un- 1
ion mlners^wlll hold a meetingf-wt I
Strawn Saturday which ifi to b* I
attended by several hundred mln- I
ets from Strawn. Mingus. Thsrber j
and Lyra. J
Gus SMrll’.g, local official of the ]
Twenty-Fimt District, is expected 1
from Muskigee to assist at tbo |
mass meeting and James Mooney ,!
of Kansas City, inter national or-
ganiser for the Unit’d Mine Work- |
era, will-be present Mooney spent
lath stght nnd Wffby iu Fort Wort*
following n tour of the'* Tense
camps. He reports h» found the .
men in good spirits and satisfied
with the situation. - —
NO. 197
Mt etc Rests
Mrs. McCrory, mother of the prose-
cuting witness, whs the second wit-
ness for the statr- She testified the
girl was born In April. 1903. At the
conclusion of Mrs- McCrory's tcfltD
rnony t.—-------------,—
reMrw, Budalcy of Dunton testified
sho was at the bdarding house of
Mrs. Cook the afternoon the young
people came.
Walter H. Stark ot fifteen miles
southeast of Decatur, uncle of the
defendant, testified the defendant
had been going with the prosecut-
ing witness for four or five months.
Mrs. Gurley of four miles west of
Drop .mother of tire defendant, tes-
tified he was ID years old on March
4, 1922. She said his father died when
he was eighteen months old. She
testified he was her only support
and a good and obedient child.
Odle Jones and Emmett Stark tes-
tified about the defendant working
John Wllws «f nwr-Drop testi-
fied that he came to Denton with
the defendant and Miss McCrory and
that he went to the rooming house
with them. The witness testified the
defendant told him before they left
the school house that he had the
marriage license. Later the deftnd-
ant told him he had either lost the
license or Margarite had It.
The court adjourned at 11:45 un-
til 1:30 Friday -afternoon. Several,
witnesses were expected'here from
Wise County during the afternoon.
Missing Rewnuu Cutter II
Safe; Lost Way In Heavy F«t
United Press Dispatch.
NBW YORK. March 31—Th* Rev- j
enue cutter Surveyor, which waa r*- '
ported missing In Long Island Sound
Is safe at North port, accordfat fl> j
a message received at1 the -IfafitjjT H
Office'Rare today. WIIHim &. JMFj
ders. deputy surveyor of the port,
iidvlse<| custom house authorftMQ 1
that the Surveyor missed its desti-
nation—Bay vine—in the fog aitf
ulaet last night and put Into Norlk-
port. fourteen mllea further egst oj»
(Long Island Sound. Ths cuttar gtou* J
<rt tn the fog att night: -
The Surveyor Is used to ran dovm J
Hmugglera and had aboard IMw J
men Including several ieadina ires- I
toms officials. ]
The 'laxfles' night" meeting of the
Rotary Club, held at the C. 1. A.
Cafeteria Thursday night, was well
attended sixty-odd members and
guests being present.
Features ot the evening were the
action of the oiub In voting against
dividing the Texas Rotslry district.
■ the singing, the orchestra music by
the Denton Orchestra and the talk
of Ollie D. Webb’, Dallas Rotarian,
of the Texas 4 Pacific Railroad, who
talked on “Texas Upstairs Wonder-
land." Reports of the Mineral Wells
conference were also given.
The motion to reject the proposal
to divide Texas Rotary Clubs Into
three districts waas carried unani-
mously and the result of the vote
will be telegraphed to Internation-
al headquarters. Favorable vote of
more than one-fourth of the Texas
clubs will b» necessary If the divi-
sion. ia made.
Dr. Jeremiah Rhoads, superinten-
dent of the Han Antonio Public
Schools, was introduced and made a
brief talk on the C. I. A., which he
came here to visit, and on the bene-
fits of Rotary to school men. He
Is a member of the 'San Antonlfi
Rotary Club. * *'
The meeting then was turned over
to Jack Crawford, program- chair-
man iff the evening He asked Bob
Wynne to Introduce his guest and
the invited speaker for the, evening.
Ollie B. Webb. Mr. Webb described
th» trl|> of the legislative cotumlt-
teo appointed last year fo look
over the Sites Of proposed state
parka thru the Davis Mountains and
said there Was nothing In the Unit-
ed Blates to surpass the beauty and
grandetir ot those Texas mountains
of which such a few Texans knew
Hri; related Interesting rtctiMts of
the committee’s trip, whlnli he ac-
companied. and created much Inter-
est among his hearers In this Iso-
lated part of the Mtate where condi-
tions still border on the primeval.
At the close of the talk Laurence
Schweer led the Style Song, apply-
ing It to Bob Wynne and Mr. Webb.
Gifford Gurdon of Melbourne. AW-
trallu, was Introduced by Ham Math-
leson and paid high tribute to rtie
United Htatea from the standpoint,
as ho said, of a Britisher. The ideals
of America arc wielding yi tre-
mendous Influence thriiout the world.
i„ shI.i, He told what th- American
flag had coma to tpean to him and
euloglxex! Ils stars and stripes. The
American flag onatad to the Club I
Jxy .J .Fred Rsyxor wax floating out
from tin- braese created by an elec-
tric fan and he wan Interrupted by
the sfrontaneous applaoae 4hat burst
out during his eulogy.
W r.'TJdWkFOT kTid'Whiter T. Bol-
ton g*v<- short reports on the Min-
eral Wells Rotary Conference and
Ira Odell announced that plans for
financing the B<>r Scout work on *
better scale than heretofore
been decided upon 11 th«i I
Council. ,
AD; CHARGE TOO
GlfcjE CLAIMS
Shipbuilder, Son*
Barsmeter Reedtsgs
7 n. nr.' today ...... 3H.97 >
If p. m. tqdxy ......^3413
HelaDve HsuiidUy
7 a. tn. today 31 per cent
(Obeervkttaes *» w. Cram,
voluteer weatker
United Press Dispatch.
LISBON, Portugal. March 31.—
Word from I,as Palinas. In the <*a-
nary tstajpl, early today said the
Portuguese aviators who completed
their first thousand miles of a trans-
atlantic flight were preparing for
the keeond leg of thetr jouriiey.
They will fly to the ’*dpe Verde
Islands from the Canaries.
Captain Coutinho, who piloted the
hydro-airplane which slice east qlly
-reached I-as Palmas, has been quot-
ed as saying the • odds are long
against completing the trip. Captain
Soadauer, the other aviator, Is more
optimistic.
MM Mea Iu Tessa .«• Os Owt
Aseoeiated Press Dispatch.
FORT WORTH. Match 7.7'.,^,
P'ssibittty of a settlement In this
district, cemprlelng Texas, Arkan-
sas and Oklahoma, lx indicated by
either side of the coal controvsvsp, -
kceordlng to statement hers today.
Three hucdrtd men at ths worfi-
ini-s of th- Bridirepiit Coal O>.
win go out In Texas. Ail other ,
bltumlnnue miners In ths Stats
have been out since March ft. tttl. ,
No plan to continue ths opera-
tion of the Brldaep-q-* mines by |
non-union labor Is contempls -<-<1 by
officials of that company- accord-
ing to X -tatameat by tMosaaaSR*-]
Treasurer John of the organisation
In a lonk-dtvtsnce eonversatlon 1
with the Mtar-Telcgram FridayJ
nornlng.
married.
She testified that they had talked
of marriage before they started to
Denuton. She said the defendant had
been to Decatur to get a mairlage
license and that the clerk would not
Issue It. Hhc said that was about a
week before. Later she testified
that defendant told her he had got
a license at Decatur.
United Press Dispatch.
NEW YORK. March 31.—-Grand Ju-
ry indictments against the American
Cotton Exchange and seven of Ils
members were returned today.
The charge was violating Sec. *90
of the Penal Code, which forbids
"bucketing."
MORSE REFUSES TO
PLEAD; CHARGE TOO
W«altb; _______ .
and Associate* Arratgn-
•d-—Argument* April 7.
WAfiHINGTOfL Merch 31 —
Charles W. Morse, wealthy shV>-
bullder; his three sone and eight
_____assorts trit recstitte1' .Indicted
charges of Consplra-’y to defraud
tkw Shipping Board, ' refused to
*' pM*d either r'Ufay or not guilty
when arraigned In the Supreme
Court of the' Dtstrlct todat.
Their attorneys tbety filed demur-
refs and motions to 'quash the in-
dictmentg asserting that the char-
ges df alleged fraud were vague
and indefinite. Arguments on these
motions will be hoard April 7.
' Boesuse of alleged vagueness of
the charges defendants talJ
could make no pleadings.
Beaumunt 'Queries Employes
As to Membership in Klan
Associated'Pr< ms Dispatch.
BEAUMONT, March 31.—Work
of qu< stix>nl-ig the city employes as
to thetr -mf-tnbervhip In the
Klux K|an with a view to
charging all Klaname.n front
city employ had 'barely got4 under
way here this morning.
City Manager Geo>-KC. J. Roark
announced that til a proaeedingM
would be kept secret mid that no
announcement would he made until
the questioning has been complet-
ed
til answers tire to be hi the form
of affidavits.
United rreas Dispatch.
HOUSTON. March J1.—Hour Tex-
as rivers, swollen to serious
height* from recent rains, threat-
of Mouth Texas, the iocal Weather
Bureau announced In warnings
posted today. Other rivers are be-
ing watebsd far flood indications.
The peak in th* rise sof the Trln.
Hy, Braros. Neche* and Rabinc Riv-
er* la aspects* within C
Tit* Colorado itay ah. "
bls according to the Bureau.
-to tM- PWnMfa* DfiftWbnv
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Associated I’reas Dispatch.
: -a* MS‘•as ' iiSKShh'-'’ i '
leHn«—The KM>-ru<im Colonial
Hotel ot Kassa* In the Haha-
m«< was destroyed today la a
Are which for a time threaten-
ed Sestraction of most of the
•Ms, according to n rndlo mes-
saae received here.
The <-oniilsgratl«<n wan con-
trolled, heweetr, nfler It hnd
enused Jamage runnla* late
millions nf (inline*.-
I-: Ml* l.ll IF K >1,1. HD
PIM I LIAH. MTIUKKT
Associated Press Dhctmtc*.
FORT WORTH. March
George D. CUlps. y’i Ixco Railw ay
employe, who was fatally Injured
in a per alia r accident nt tmbttH
Texas, w-is burled hrm today.
While carrying a *ool box lie
tript and tell his ch< at striking
cgahiat the heavy box anil inflict-
ting fatai Internal Injuries.
Special Agents In Dnlla*
AUMTIN. March .11.—It became
known here last nlj-rht that spec-
lal agents and Te-ns, Ranger*,
acting under directlqh ’o0 Gover-
nor Neff, are iiivexUgatlng the
Dallas (lodging - l.i>u ovlragett
there. It also became known that
s *p*c.ial legislative session if
pro ba ole soon t>- cu:l. Ku Klux
Klan or ,otner mob outrage* in
Texan. Indloatl'-n of th1* lx seen in
the fact that Governor Ncfl has
ordered s|>*qlal electlonn to fill
vacan<-J(-.-< tn ‘ .
which theFF~~wre **hrer.. Lor May
American Cotton Exchange
Under Federal Indictment
Liverpool Cotton
United Press Dlspat.-h.
e LIVERPOOL. Marc|i JL—Future*
Spe**4 qutet *dr+e *•-----
Steady 30t3 higher.
March r—- 10.6G
' May 10.2D
July 30 24
OcOobcr 9.S5
January ..— *.4i
-Bpote steady .11 higher,
fair, middling i*.f*d
Bale* *,0*o. American e,*«*.
Imports 5,***, American 2,50*.
. .
was
because you wanted to brnume mar*
rled to him?" defense counsel ask-
ed. „
“Yen *lr. because 1 loved him,
she answered.
Bhe teallfled she did not love hiin
any more because ot the way he had
treated hir.
She tsstlflcd to
On cross examination she said the
to|d Mrs. Cook In Denton that they
.were on the way to Fort Worth to
see her mother and that her mother
had ditd .She told Mrs. CooK sqe
lived In Decatur and that they had
been married for five year*.
"The rcation you left homo
steady 4®3 lower.
......-,,17.31 *
July |7,4t>
October ^ ... UM
December .... l*.34
Spot* quiet | lower,
■Tdit*. .
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M Ql Attorneys fur the.detense in the
“tHiy *“’• ot W' Can,on' charged With
a statutory offenae will seek to e«-
sxm* tabllah defense in a common law
, a marriage, tt was Indicated In the
I examination of witnesses and venlre-
| mM1 *n Lhe case. Already a motion
Ip^l for submission ^f the suspended
sentence law In the case has been
fHed by the defense.
The jury was completes] Thursday
. afternoon. The special venire of flf-
b »**» R»3>r vrvpjub iMiru *i.—rwiwivd , . _
onaawA —»-■ ***** nla-iirr Ay HMH» wt»a •ghattotwi and eight
DENIES
RT IN FLOGGING
_0FPHILIPROTHBLUM
conttact and not flnirshed iti W* Assocl ated' ’Weai" TH spa i ch. * O,r 1' 1,1 11,1 1 •- • ot'RT
- •>— *•'— —*- DALLAS. March 31—J. J Craw-
ford, (ormer patrolman, charfred
with taking part In the flogging
of Philip Rothblum. took the wit-
ress stand in hla own defense this
morning. H<- denied p.irliclpatlort tn
the (logging and told his where-
abjut* and actions that night.
The case is expected to go to the
Jury late tliTy afternoon. The court
instructed the jury before noon nnd
the opening arguments for the
Htate began.
Crawford said
Rothblum and
reputation was bad.
The witness teMliled he ipnd re-
mained In hl* own home from 1
p. m. to 9-31 p. m. on March 8, the
Ute Rothblum wax whlpt, when he
left home, went dlre.tly to work
and heard of the Rothblum whip-
ping about 11:45 p. *n In u Mexican
reaaurant.
< Ts Bwspiy Utiilttes Csai <;-j
Aasoclated Prssa DUnaloh. -.,,','3
MUSKOOEE. Ok . March 3t.—
Coal -nine* supplylnt pubtfa RttK‘
.ties, schools and bospitais and
’other public Inatitqtlona wit) h*
pcrmlited tn operate during tbs
► trike of union coal miners sche-
dul'd to begin at m.dnighL It was
announced today by John WllRfa. .
son, prslldent of District 31. com-
prising Oklahoma, T.-^is and Ark-
ansas. J
Press Dispatch. ♦
MURPHYSBORO, III., March ♦
16, today ♦
hy shoot- ♦
♦ Ing. The girl hud been acting ♦
♦ as mother for her three ♦
♦ younger jtsterx stircs the ♦
A .....‘''■'.‘.7___ii—
'♦ years ago’ and was said to ♦
♦ have beipm-i despondent be- ♦
i ♦ cause her father, Sam Buller, ♦
♦ ii coal muier, would be out of ♦
In an agreement not to1 work beginning tomorrow be* ♦
►tart tmr nrw worK Until the pres- * cauSe ,he gIr|k„. +
ent work under contract lx c.om- j|
pteted. NO 670679 "entered on |
the mlnulei, of the court concern-!
ins the matter but the generic*-
agreement was reported to have '-
been to carry out this policy. Af- :
ter the present work con tract edfvttf
is completed the CotnmissIffffBftr ‘
will consider the irwrpoecs lor
which the tomaloacr of the funds
will W vxpendrd.
County Engineer T. E. Hoffman
reported that the. ppjy work under
Mrs.
that
night and she teatifled that they
“,h" “
M*y ---------J«ws* 13.31 WfJ title said the defendant told her
while *t the hsMdiU* house that he
had lost the- license. She told of him
coming to town that afternoon to
get some clothes. After he got back
to Ul* house he told her. she testi-
fied. that he had )vst the lieenae
and said he was afraid to get an-
other one In Denton. He gave the
.reason that he was afrakTher father
Would find them.
The prosecuting witness told of
how she left home on Tuesday morn-
ing and went to the school house,
where she met the defendant and
ihey started to Denton. Biie said
ld It** told ' YSerHipy were going to
-•+wpreRcheril Wilson's to be married.
She said they did not conie by
"Preacher" Wilson's house, but that
they stopt at hl* motlier's house. She
testified that she told hia inbther
sjie w*s thirteen years old and that
other* ware summoned before the
Jury was completed. The state began
presentation of Its evidence Friday
morning and rested before noon.
Margarite McCrory of near Jus-
tin, prosecuting witness, vt-ax the
first called by the state and she
was on the stand for some tithe.
She testified she would be fourteen
on April 23. 1922. She told a story
of how ah* and Ake defendant came
to Denton to be married, she sttld,
and later went to Carrollton and Ft.1
Worth.
“He told pic Monday night that
he Ijad t^e license," she said and
then In answer»to question said she
did not see the license.
Her story fa that they came to
Denton in a bugs') John Wilson <>f
near Drop came with them on liorst-
baok. They atopt at a boarding
bouse near the depot and the name
of the owner w^s given ai
remained there
AUBTIN, Marek file—Gover-
nor NeR this anornlag kud
nalklag <o say reaarflias a
special session of the Lefllsla-
tore (• tmax ss-Msrn dealing
with Sogsinga that have ,i<r*r-
ed recently over the State asd
the operatlj»n of. at-eret organ-
laat^saa pnrportln* |o enforce
Ibe laws.
Keltaer who Id he answer the
dtrect janestte* 'MN&F'
special agent*
Key West Asked for Aid
Associated Press Dispatch.
KEL WEST, Fla., March 31.—The
' Naval Station hJre received a wire-
less <-«U for belt) from. Nassau,
ft -was reported a fire
great propol tionx wax raging.
Preparation* wi re made to start
two naval vessels <a-r.u dlately.
Nassau is b« tween 250 and
miles from Key We»i and i
20C mile* tioni Miami. Call 1
kelp from a
Jnrors Selected
Following arc the jurors in the
* *H C. Chapman. W. F. Cahnon, C.
R, Crockett. H. A. Bailey. E. P- Ad-
kijix. E. F- Warren. W. E. Blmmons.
Joe B Burk*. I'- C. Dnyla. G. B.
Harnett. C*C McNeil and N»t Wilk*.
After .trial of the case was begun
W. C. Boyd of Denton, brother of
County Attorney Boyd, waa employ-
ed by the defense and I* asalsting
(J. II. IJpscomb of Fort Worth Robt.
H. Hopkina la conducting examina-
tion of •wltnossoa far
The trial x»f this ease t
cd calling of afiy ot tne
ber u. —— — -
which includea a, number of dry law
charge*.
The case of Ira Leg*, chsrgfd
with statutory offense, ha* been con-
tinued because of lack of time at
tnis term.
Doeket Orders
The following orders have been
entered on the dockets:
Ada M. Barpett vs. C. F. Barnett,
divorce; dlvorde granted and plain-
tiff's maiden name restored to her.
Judgement for plaintiff for 3406 and
340 attorney's fees and for costs of
suit, judgment for defendant for his
property.
BRICKI.4VMR** CHIEF COMING
TO TKXAS MEETING
" FORT WORTH. March 31.—Wil-
liam Bowen of IndUnupolls. Inter-
nattonal president of the Bricklay-
ers and Ma»<H»*' Un.'H', will r®“7
here Sunday to u-‘
conference of the
startlua Munday.
tj rd i „ ~. v.»w — . - — - -
United Press Dlspateh.
CHICAJKA March 31.—Doctors'here
today clasht over this question:
•Is Frantzs Blazek, the son nf
Rom Hlnzrk nr nf both th* Siamese
twins, who arc dead liere?”„
On the question, which will Jw
thraahed out in the Cook County
Probate Court will, depend <Jii<p<>al-
tfon of the estate of 3)00,000 estate
left by tlio *tnqHB pair, who died
yesterday. ,
United Preax Dispatch
FORT WORTH. March 31—Buy-
ers were not in need of many cat-
tie Friday ond orly u few arrived.
Receipt* amounted to 750 cattle and
250 calves. Most of the supply con-
stated of mixed shipments and the
quality wui common. The run sold
at prices whl.-h wsro wel lin llpe
with the »eek‘* advance.
Hogs sold at prices that
steady to 10c lower. Receipts reach-
ed 2.900 head. The quality made a
fair tverai^) with nothing really
"loppy" on offer. One car Sold al
39.50. Pigs sold on a steady basts.
Good feed*is brought >S and fat
pigs went at 33.33.
Nothing fresh was on offer In the
sheep house pad the market
mained unchanged.
Catlie—Beeves 33.60 to *7.50:
Stocker* 31.25 to *3 50; cows *3.00
to *5.75; heifers *3.25 ip 30.50; can-
vers 31.75 to *2.50: tuila *2.25 to
-..MaHi-jfiftlW! H.M...te-tatt; xeaxl-
ings *I*C to *7.59.
Hoge—Heavy *9.00 to *9.25; me-
dium *3.25 to *3.10; nyxed *5.25 to
39.25; light *9 40 to *.X50; common
*7.90 to *6.00; rough $5.00 *7.50;
pigs 15.00 to (3.35
fiheup and Lamba—Lambs 3950
to 315.00; yeaiUnKa *3.09 to *13.59<
ewes *0.00 to *3.50; culls *1.00 to
*3.00; wethers *3.50 It* *9.25; Stock-
er sheep *4.60 te* *9.50: feeder Iambs
*7.50 to *1* 50. G
Local Produce
Quotation* are: Hsna 10c. fryer*
25c to 33c. laggs 15c fa 1* 2-3c. tur-
keys 25c. table butter 20c to 30c.
packing stock butter ioe.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 31.—The
readmes* ot the United State* to
. W10 MIMMWJMNtSMEXI HUH332K
-------J---------- ------- ' th? Senate, is expressed In a note
going forward todav from the
Htate Deuarlmtnt to the eight na-
t<«nx which participated in the
Washington) conference.
Last Treaties HatiOed
Associated Press Dlsnatch.
WAHHINGTON. Mnrch 11—The
vMne-power Far Eastern treaty
drafted by the arms conference to
carry forward the .open door pol-
icy in China was rati fled late yes-
terday by the ttanate.
No reservations or amendments
were proposed to the pact and on
the final vote all Senate elements
joined in approving it. The vote
was unanirami*, H to 9,__________
" As soon as 'tne roll cal! was con-
cl ufled the admioisti atlon leaders
brought before the Senate the dii-
. nets tariff treaty, the last pact of
the oon fere ice series. It was rati-
fied. the vote being 5* to 1, Sen-
ator King fDem ) of Utah, cast-
ing the on>y negative vote.
Of the fifty-eight, affirmative
votee, qlgh'een were esat by Dem-
ocrats.
7-t.
CHICAGO, Mardh 31 —RfilYH4*
aru chased with falllag to rsdt
th«ir rates uflder tire lowsr wa
scale fixed bv ths Railroad LAl
Soard In a statement from Free
J. Warne, xtatistlclah, appeart
for tbe shopmen. Railroad repl
Mmtatlves denied that aay atti
•irnmtre had beaa made. . J
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