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formed of parts of Liberty. Harris
and Montgomery Counties. A alml-
tar bttl wilt be Introduced tn the
Senate.
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Failure to Settle Shopmen's
Strike Cause ot Demoralized
Rail Conditions, Harding SajS
stock butt
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per doten H.O0Q8.00.
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BOWD ELECTION >
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lal order until disposed of.
The Senate c^uisidered
■ • license
propose, an
homicide and driving white intoxicated,
the victims.
HARDING AND HUGHES TO "STUMP” COUNTRY
IN INTEREST OF 0. S. COURT MEMBERSHIP
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"NEGRO TERROR” OF
WACO INDICTED IN
NINE FELONY BILLS
—Liverpool Cotton.
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murder, three criminal assault and
one assault to murder.
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RETIRES FROM CABINET
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Burglars Get Desperate hi MEDICAL BUI
WINS IN FIRST
VOTE IN HOUSE
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arrived here today-
had. no
W. Mi4xenzie
Higgs et al., the court grant-
defend -
In-
at-
membera of the committee said
day. The committee will
ommend the discharge of
flclal or employe of the
tlon, It wan atated.
4aaoeiaf^i Prrn IHrpnteh
WAgHIWOTON, March 8.—
Tuea on farm lands have more
than_4toubled in eight years—
1814 to 1131
14 10
18 05
18 05
15.85
14 59
14 22
demand
. American 2.-
000. Imports 14,000; American 50U.
Middling 18.88C
-— - New York Cotton.
NEW YORK. March 8,—Futures
For New County
A new county in Jkiutheast Texan
to be known n» Hightower Coun-
ty with Cleveland as the county
neat would bo organised under a
bill presented In the House today
, by Representative Morgan of Llb-
bef">rc' the *r4y- The new county would be
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FARM LAND TAXES
4 MORE THAN DOUBLE
fc IN 8-YEAR PERIOD
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Temperature
Maximum yesterday
Minimum today
Barometer Reodlugs
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Xew Nolts Filed
suits filed:
. .Jerome Futlcs vs. Anderson Full-
er. -rfi Torn-
Mason Shod MrliufaHuring Co.
vs G. W. Ballard, mitt on note.
DENTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6? 1923
{STATE LEADERS TO
DISCUSS INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
WIRKS AM> FOI.E8
TO HACK AVbKY*
t’nited Prttt Dispatch
TEMPLE. March *
by
ttlB
and effort has
been made to get , them passed as
emergency appropriations so the
money would be -available aooner.
although ofipoaRton—to passing any
emergency smeeopriatton WtHs ex-
cept In caae of the moet pressing
need has been manifested.
The House also passed an emer-
gency appropriation bill offered by
Representative Purl for 81110,009
for an extension department bujtd-
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The 'ftrand jury ir inveatigatldflp
two chi/iKcs of attempted crlminaJL.
nF^nult «n<i another charge of
Ftttih mHrd*h H wa« UamacL—^------—J
lodge Richard Munroe Mt
cases Involving the Hope and Mrs. J
penecamp murders for ThuradMj^tt ■
March 15. Mitchell Is to be arraign-
ed March 8 ’ ■
COCO TESTIFIES IN
MOB ATROCITIES N
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Henry O. Brock (right), wealthy Philadelphia society mon and banker,
is shown here In the custody of police after he had been charged w’th
luact, Mary Muiphy. Wte of
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Cowan gasoline tax bill which,
would reduce tlje tax to 1c a gut-
ion and asked that the Cowan bill
be placed un the table.
The mothers* pension blit by Mrs.
Wllmans was reported favorably to
the Senate.
The Pope textbook hill which
was passed by the Senate yester-
day will be presented to Gov. Neff
this afternoon for his signature or
veto, it was announced.
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HOUSE PASSES
,000 M.E. Church NORMAW. 1. A.
APPROPRIATION
ABBBRT B. FALX. -------
A IS Fall of New Mexico.
Sunday from I’resldeht llardlng**
raTiTrn't ns secrrtHTj*' OT thS RltW*1'1
lor Ho was succeeded by Poetmat-
ter General Work, wh» wan ad- —
'vanced to that plafe and Senator
Now uf Indians was named to sufla... -uS
ceed Work as postmaster general. J
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Liberty 8 1-8 >101.82; first 298 10;
•88.487 fourth" 41-4s ssi’i’i? victory
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Garza Test Well In Hard
Slone Again at 1,100 Feet
The hit has hit another hard
stcTle formatl<m In The flarr.a test
well nt abbot T.HMl fe*t. It was Stat-
ed Tuesday Work was stopt the
latter part of last Week for reset-
ting the engine which th* hart
drilling had loosened from the
base and tools had to be brought to
a machine shop In Denton' Tuea-
Jluv for repairs aS a result ..f the | t.HT.-.t bv a vote or 12 -W rt. The
drilling In the stone formation,
Baptist County Board
Holds Session Here
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About fifteen mimbtra pf th*
Tli'pHst County Board met Monday
morning In monthly session tn the
pastor’s study of the church. Mod-
erator .1. N> Rayior presiding. Rou-
tine business wa8.djap.QBtd of. Tpe,
next meeting will bn held the first
Monday In April. - -
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East Terns tonight fnlr, colder,
frost, except In soiithents ptirtloni
Wcdnesdny. fnlr nnd wnrmer in the
northwest portion.
Went Texas tonight fnlr, eoliU-r
except In extreme went portion t
fr, er.lng In north nnd frost In south
poittoB) Wednesday fair attd war-
mer,
are being removed from the streets
Into the back alleys to comply with
ordinance adopted to thia ef-
by the City Commlaaloners- re-
cently.
The costs of removal of the wires
and poles are being assessed
against the 'tenants and properly
owners, under the clause ot the or-
dinance.
doauary
March
May
Julv
Plans have been accepted for the
new First Methodist Church build-
ing which Ig to cost, furnished com-
plete, about >175.009, according to
I announccmcut by the building
■ committee. As soon as the detaJlsid
I specifications are made up. which
wurk baa been started since the
plan was accepted, ar>4 the con-
tract can be let, actual construc-
tion work is to begin, ponaibly
within the next few weeks, it was
stated.
A drawing ot the new building
as provided by the architect was
exhibited in the tabernacle Sunday
And-.!* how on display down town.
The. drawing shows It (o be one
Of the most beautiful and commo-
dious church edifices in this sec-
tion of the copntry with the excep-
tion of 4 few bf the finest churches
In the large cities. The building,
which is In reality two buildings—
Sunday School section and church
auditorium—Is esl(juated by the
architect to cost approximately
3168.000 without the furnishings.
The plans follow the lines that
were suggested tn the preliminary
meeting held.with, the architect a
few weeks ago. It will be to sum*
extent modeled after the Centen-
ary Methodist Church in Chatta-
nooga. Tenn , which was visited by
Rev ,L Ram Fltircus and A- G. Koe-
-'-ntg on their Inspection tour in Jan-
Vnifrd Vrrw Ditpnlch
BERLIN. March «—Germany can
not consider Intervention at the
present time Chancellor Cuno de-
clareiL.lrt a speech to the Reichstag
today dealing with the situation in
th^, Ruhr,
Later oh. Cuno said, the German
government might listen to ' a
third party's effort to intervene
provided Germany entered into I
any agreement reached on an equal
footing ,
Cuno frequently alluded to alleg-
ed French atrocities in the occu-
pied area.
"It is strange that the world Is
witnessing what is gpIbK on In the
Ruhr without making any effort to
Intervene," he said.
+ this morning.-
4> H. F. Bates reported
+ highwaymen "beat him .
4> the head and took all the <8-
+ money on his jifiraan, amount- <v
Ing- to 30c. ------------—-'■----»'
bill by Murptiy to create a more
efficient prison aysteni yi-gg giXIB.
favorable Renato commlttece re-
port-
TO BE- CONSIDERED
BY GERMANY NOW INSURANCE SUIT ON
IN DISTRICT COURT
Psiird Prru Dltpati-k ■
AUSTIN. March 8—An attempt ■
to strike out the Injunction clause ■
of the Senate medical practice act I
failed In the House today. an ■
amendment offered by Representa-
tive Davenport being defeated 43
to 69 This Is regarded as ths
Btrongewr p-mvtstnn +rt the -trHt, tt“ -
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being The enforcement clause.
Proponents of the measure are
claiming a victory In the defeat of—
the Davenport amendment.
The bill provides that . actual
practice of medicine In violation of
the law shajl be ,cnjoiped.
dpts In the hog division were
l,»0n head The market showed a
| decline of 10 to 15c. Pigs remained
unchanged Sheep and iamb market
| waB steady with 250 head on offer.
Qattl*i>—Beeves >2.5008; Stockers
I >407; cows 83@8; heifers 33 500
7.50; bulls >3©4.75; calves 12 500
7.85; winners >1.5003.60; yearlings
>508 21-
L j Hoge—Heavy >8 ©8.15;
K >7.750*; mixed >8 5007.50;
■ >815O<-35; common >5 500 6 50;
F pigs >6.5006 50, rough heavy 25 50
p 06.80; rough >4.8008 fln
Sheep and Iambs—Iambi >8.500
I 14.71; jfeaHIngs 38ffH; ewes 35,60
07.50; culls 81G2; goats >20;
wethers >7.6008.50; Stocker sheep
e >6 5004.50; feeder lambs >6.50011.
' Chicago Grain.
Chicago.*4 March 8.—Continued
rains benefiting the winter wheat
; - crop, favorable ernp r$j^ort s from
the Argentine and slackening of
buying for export caused grain
prices to slump on the hoard of
trade today. European buyers con-
tinued to obtain wheat Irom Can-
ada and South America at prices
------iww than offered tn the t’niton
States. Reduced demand at seaboard
was reported. The market was ner-
vous throughout the day with the
Southwest rklna and other news
^nigSt mostly bearish and
ng was o?f fractionally.
. Ctrn was weak due to selling by
commleaoln houses. Receipts were
of good volume and shipping d< -
----wifftd wu dlsappomtlnS. Some ex-
port business was reported.
. Oats’ displayed a tone of uneasl-
IH*. buying was Hcattefed and s 11
ig by Mmmission houses and pro-
isslon leaders was general.
Lard Showed a fairly strong tone
>4L iin spits of the decline ln trains.
’ Closing prices:
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Kimaas City Livestock.
United Press Dinatch
KANSAS CITY. March 6—Hogs—
ReosIPts 18,000; market 10.15 low-
er; bulk >1.15. Heavies >7.35© 8.05;
packers and butchers >8.8803 25;
lights >808.80; pigs >7.25’07.65 ,
Cattle—Receipts 0,800; market
.steady. Prime fed steers >9(150
10.85. plain to fair dressed beef
steers >708.85; Western steers >70
! ~ 0.78; Southern steer, |5.8508.25;
cows 12360876; heifers >4.75©»-
Stockers end feeders 35.50C58AO:
bulla >2.5008.35; calves >5.50010.50.
Local Produce.
Quotations: Hens 15c; fryers 25
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cord with the resolution^ adopiadi 3
yesterday making all ta%J>IUs spec* , 4
Senate <^ui»idered first the J
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approximately 100 per cent in' mo-
tor vehicle license fees with a new 1
male of fees for various vehicles.
Other revenue measures are the
Cowan bill providing for a tax Of — —
le a Kstitni on gnSo line, the PutmaWl > -
uuteuglUte assela bill and the Met* —
: soil grdS8 re«1Dt3 tAX URL________ 'flfl
_Jk.cinraM ky the Dcpar uneul
®t Agriculture shows that the
average amount of state, coun-
ty and local taxes paid by far-
merg In 1832 was 70.8c per acre
compared with 31.4 In 1914
Thus the increase was 126 per
cent In eight years. The can-
vass disclosed that roads and
public schools Wife the prlncl-
pal causes of the tncreoMd
1 ^^fl A taxes.
--X • in Texas, th-
W . A products atate In th- unioi. th-
~ average was 35c per acre com-
pared with 17c In 181*. ,
i was
and some members of tlje I
expressed the opinion that
members of the commission
not bo confirmed
I’atmnn Hill Killed
The Fatman Intangible tax House
bill was probably disposed of fin-
ally tn the Senate with the adop-
tion of a l—2_11_ .
port that the bill be not passed.
There was a lengthy debate before
the vote, which was .18 to 8.
The Batman bill sought to extend
provisions of the present Intangi-
ble tax law to approximately a
--doxm nther co; porattonx tffrludteg
, refineries. ptpeHuv-ewmpsHUea, l«U-
*.»r.
com-
growth for
the seating
auditorium,
known that both courses i
Impossible, and submitted
plans as they stand to the congre-
gation Following are .members of
- -the—i ommittee •—d:—4F Farris.'R. .1.
Turrentlne, A. G. Koenig, R. E.
Harris, Dr. M L. Martin, and J. W.
Smith.
iMocUisd Prrit DUpatrh
D ALLAB, March Invita-
tion to many of the Industrial
leaders of-the state have been
lashed by the Texas Chamber
of Commerce to meet In Dallas
March 10 and discuss a general
statewide program of ludqw-
tria) development. It was an-
nounced today.
IWirole 14'lwmgew Hecom m.nd.tl
Legislation designed to rectify
alleged abuses in thy system ot
paroling at the Girls' Training
School nt Gainesville wll be rec-
nmnAended to the legislature by ... -------- . . j
th* House Investlgntlng cnmmtttee. — ‘th,, mrrrdrr tnrfli-tments wOre
e rpring;
Get in ipg
and owy r
United r-
Wk’n
4un,'i»<«d Put liupatch
♦ DA1.LAB. March 6.—Burg- 0-
0 4w»e last night entered the'0
0 home of H I*. Siegel and stole 0
0 Siegel's artificial leg, his 0
0 tfouavra and >8 In money. The 0
0 trousers and leg were found ♦
0 near the geene of the robbery +
0
that 0
over 0
MANY HOI ME FIXTI HEX STOLEN
IN Kf. PANO
tfnltsd Prm ntpatch
EL PASO. Mafch 6—Building
thieves working hire are stripping
so many unoccupied houses of their
fixtures nnd transporting the fix-
tures 4o .tuares. a resolution was
passed recently at * meeting of the.
El Paso Real Estate Board, asking
that special policemen be appoint-
ed to guard vacant houses.
"There, is much building
reg nt t'he present time.”
C Crowell on* of the members of
the board speaking for the resolu-
tion." nnd electric light and plumb-
ing fixtures, mantle pigccs. Window
glass and othey things are being
taken to that side.*’
Mm. Detiraff Affirmed
Appointment of Mrs. Charles De-
Hcnerttl fern appeared before J Groff of El Paso as a regent af
the Texas technological College
was confirmed by the Senate. Ac-
tion on si xmenibers of the text-
book commission was postponed.
-■i ---<---- » .t., Senate
the
will
the Governor will veto it.
Vniltd Prftn Ditpaleh
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 6
— Premier Point are has made a
new pence offer to the Turk*,
presumably similar to the re-
cent note to Mustapha Keihal,
Constantinople newspapers stifd
today.
’ Serious desertions from the
Turklsh atrny are said tolhgve
taXen place.
• Ori April 7 an election will be
"called In eebool district 78, Jlawk-
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Hop.
Meimte Might Nr*»l8>n
AUSTIN. Mnreh 6—Last night's
session of the Senate disposed fin-
ally of nine local bills’’and passed
to-iengroasment twenty-four others,
most of them local The Stunrt bill
relating to scholastic age limit was
taken up, pending business from
the afternoon session. and was
Tevtb<M>li AiVsrds Investigation
AUSTIN. MarVh 6—A reSblutlon
has bceft prepared to be Introduco-I
asking Hint the committee to’lnvee-
tlgat,, textbooks awards bw nt tow-
ed to conduct their work between
serslons and that th* regular pay of
45 per day be allowed, there not
being tlmo to do the .work before
adfr.urnmant, It Is polnted^put.
Senate adopts Textbonk Report
AUSTIN. March 8 -Tin Senate
adopted the repert of the fma con-
ference committee nullifying th* re-
eent textbook changes. providing^.
for the present books to remain in
use till Aug. >1, i>25. and then till
changed by the , textbobk commls-
Mpn. Th* bill now goes to th* Cjov-
Attocinlrd Prrii Difvnteh
WASHINGTON, March 8-The In-
terstate Commerce Commission will
begin a scries of hearings tn th*
West on March 19 to give Western
communities and state authorities
opportunity to present their views
on railroad consolidations. It was
announced today. A hearing will
be held In Fort Worth on April 23.
Wfl?ln TlTn hTTrrtnrs have been
completed th*,,commission will take
up In Washington MaY 16 It, con-
sideration of consolidation plan*
insofar as It affects Eastern cur-
riers which have nor been given
opportunity tP present their views.
Adldurnment Marvil 14
AUWOtrlt Prtu t>apntrH
AUSTIN. March. 6—The House
today concurred In the Senate Fes-
clution for adjournment at the sea-
Trirm on March IT
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""SiPresident and Party Arrive
at Ormond On Vacation Trip
VnUtS Prtu DUjMtch
ORMOND. Fte„ March 6-^.Presl-
dent and Mrs." Harding and guests
who will accompany them on a va
cation cruise
Mr. Harding had. no sooner got,
ala ard the housebqat Pioneer than
he turned around and came back
a«hot;e f.or a game of golf. -
Ttlrth ReslsiralloH Favored I
ZZXUfflEDt March 8. The SenSH *
Indorsed the plan tik.muk£_Milt£h_JJ_
tw *4 a tlmo for stroaxlng th*> ne-
cessity of adequate birth registra-
tion provlsonA which lia* been In-
align ated by [the women's legisla-
tive council assisted by the state
health <lct>ar,tnlent .the extension bu-
reau of'the University, and th« ex-
jcnsloh department of A A M. Col-,
lego. The House also adopted simi-
lar action.
Session To ICnd March 14
AUSTIN. March 6.-r-Both Hou*»g ]
of the legislature adopted resolu- I
Hots yesterday naming Maroh 14 'a
as the datceof adjournment, th* Sen- ..._J
ate havlnff amended th* House re»-----
..lullon to adjourn Maroh 10 to that. —"?jg
eff- ct. The time of th* si *<Ja). sett- J
tdon Is still a matter of conjecture. 10
the Governor having given out no
Information on that matter and ail ' .94
reports or dates are mere gu*ss*v. *«fl
Adjournment March 14 will make jj
f<.t:t days at the 32 a day rate for -A
member, an<l some seem to think : ,M
the Governor will call the SRMion
v. Ithln three days to save mileage,.' .
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had prepared a substitute for the .5er|d„d to hold three sessions daily MB
till the aetpournment. and that rev*- ’a
nue matters only be considered
th* day. sessions and that only bills ]
cd a general character be COM®!*'’ .
ertd nt ntght •♦Helens, which reao- ’’.'■.jS
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r PJmrrgeaey ■*H**oprlatien bills of
for th* Norte Traas Nor-
mal t ollrge and 3I1U,<HM» for the
4'oHrgr of Industrial Arte wrrr
painted by the Honae Monday after-
noon and sent to thr Nennte, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Austin.
Representative Edwards offered
the bills for the C. 1 A. and Nor-
mal College, which provide for
3300,000 for a new administration
building at the latter and 3110,000
for a central heating plariT arid all-
ministration building repairs at the
former Institution.
if the Senate should act. favor-
ably on the bills as passed by the
House and the Governor approve,
the fund, would be available for
the construetlOH of the two- new
buildings next September 1.
These items were approved
th* board of control before
Legislature met, and effort
Liberty Bond Market.
Liberty bond, market f
NEW YORK, March 8— Liberty
bond closings:
3LM.
New Orleans Cotton.
CtaMd P»«e mspelr*
NEW ORLEANS. March 6.—Fu-
tures opened steady 4 higher to 8
lower; closed barely steady 3 to
r MMcMa.
Jaauary ------ ---
-- . March |o.59
May^7_.±T. 20 34
July 29.80
1 October ------ 26 40
December .... 38.00
4JL Spot, steady, unchanged middling
■ M.75.
Assoeialtd Prrn PUpatch
ST AUGUSTINE. Fla.. Mure© * -
The presidential special carrying
President and Mrs. Harding anu
party to Ormond stopped here this
mprnirfg to leave Secretary ane
Mrs. Weeks in th* city and to al-
low Charles Dawes to hoard the
train. Mrs Harding appeared on the
rear platform for the first time
during th* trip and was greeted
by genuine Florida sunshine ano
Hie humor of ex-S«nator Chauncey
Depew.
Secretary and Mrs. Weeks
remain in this city until the return
of the presidential party to St. Au-
gustine March 18 or 20.
l*ORTV«t'ENE .MONEY GnEATLJ
DEPRECIATED »
Pnilfd Prrtt Difpalch
PORT ARTHUR. March 6—Un-
less h* recovers hla wallet con-
taining 380. which was gently ex-
tracted from his pocket by persona
unknown. Joseph DeSllvla stand, tn
lose 31,000 when he gets back to
Portugal.
DeSllvla. a sailor from a boat In
port here notified the police he
had been "picked" of hl* waltet
containing 380. Nothing strange
about thia to th* officers, a bit un-
fortunate for hipn they said, when
they told him they would Try tb
apprehend the pickpocket.
"But If I don't get that 380 back
before I sail for Portugal. I wilt
be out 31.000." tbe sailor told them.
The sleuths couldn't understand
■ 4hte until the man told tharn the
31.000 he would Ipse Would be in
Portuguese currency.
UmOul PrtM Dupalck
WASHINGTON, March 6
dent Harding and Secretary
State Hughes during the long
cess of UongreaH will "stump" the
country in the Interest of Ameri-
can j>artlcipatlon In the permanent
court «jf internal teoal Justice at
The Hague, according to clume
friends of the executive
In much the same fashion as
President Wilson four years ago
mad* an extended speaking tour in
th* country west of the Mississippi
tn a futile hope of obtaining Amer-
ican approval of the League of Na-
tions, President Harding this sum-
mer will go over a similar rout*
and appeal to the people o^, th*
country to ratify the proposal ot
American parHcrrnrHnn tn the tn*'
ternational court.
Uongress bra provided for addi-
tional funds for traveling expenses
of the President. Last year the
President spent less than halt 1h*
annual appropriation of 825,000 for-
fraxiriing expanses. In the daftrdency
bill passed in the closing hours, ot
Congress it wa, provided that thia
Unexpended balance might be.add-
ed to this
siftnnl Raders
the President
connection with th* killing of Wv
Driskell, prominent cotton man.
Harrell Dolton, killed
a woman companion on,
idTl near here last sprlnM I
skipworth, who was slalflL* J
’nis body thrown over lx»v*r'»^ -
» near her* last November: Mrtk*;-.!
g+t .1 Jacob, Denecamp and W. E- ’
whose bodies were found In a.-
““mt ly clump of bushes Just of^ th* t
■^tpringfield road on a Sunday morn«*
tn January.----------;
► The aasault charge, arc baaed »n
allt gt <1 attacks on Mrs. Deiiecam^, J
and women companions of Bolton—
ami Sklpworrth.
The ninth true bill Against hlia, -*Sfl
. barges him with attempt to mUlS*’
der Pony Altesnndro Jan. 16.
The -frriinrt Jury is investigatl.HT
30.65
.. 30.62
----30.03
27.00
L*«niMr'._ 28.W xi
apex* atMdy. It hT/hcr.
The Jury WTUr'bctng selected Tues-
day afternoon for trial of.the suit
oil insurance 'policy of D. T. Thot-
f(*r<! vs. .M.glern Woodmen of Am-
erl<a. Announcement of ready for
trial wa* made In the case Tuesday
tnornlng'and the morning waB apept
in arguing of motions I—
court and presentation of special ex-
(■-ptlons off|Cry<l l»y._ths_ plaint iff
the pleadings of the defendant. The
suit Is for a policy of >3,00Q Issued
on the life of James R. Thetford, son
if the plaintiff. The son disappear-
ed from horn* cast of Lewisville
in September of 1913 and the plain-
pleading the seven year statute as
pr< of of Ida death. D. T. Thetford
ttmr ttves nt Grapevine
Judgment was entered Monday af-
ternoon in the suit on note and forc-
eh*i>re of B. W. Mi4<»nzie vs. H.
T.
Ing Judgment against all
ants for amount due on note,
chiding principal, Interest and
torney', fees.
Pr.ni Diipatck
W ASHINGTON. Mai'h 6 — Falter*
of the railroads and ehopcrafly. pjte
Ion to complete settlement of tMW ±
lallroad strike of last-summer l» r*- .»
si>4>nalble for the present demur*
a'lratlon of railroad conditibtUl'
mar.y parts of the country, Br*gl*S^g
debt Harding declared in a_l*ttet |
mud, public today.
Nearly 180,000 or <<!• P-r Sent of
all the men who walked out ar*'
Still-on strike, it was stated kt tha
Whit* Honda.
Mr. Harding's letter was In reply
to a eoinin u miallon from Stephell
fc. Connor, secretary of th* F*4*r-L
at. u Shopcraftw of th* Central Hall- -.
way of New Jersey, who asked th* '
;-resident for an, aiily>l^t,*ph*d phu- -------4
t. graph. The photograph was to b* J
us.d for » relief fund being gate- ' -M
cred by rhopcrMt workers of teat ,a
r, ad "ho are sHlLon strtk*-.
graph, telephone, ga*. *4»uet
packing house and electric
panics.
Consideration of the Burkett mo-
tor vehicle bill *»" postponed
when the point of order was raised
that revenue measures must orig-
inate in the House.
.’4'Ue Stuart bill fur the couaolida-
tlon .of the Frisco Jrallruad with
other lines was recommltteed to the
Senate committee on state affairs.
Kexenue Measurea Up
AUSTIN. March 8—The 8enaUF
had before it today a, special or*
der of business four rev*0yj(jj£S
6—All electric
light wires, power wires and poles
Fort Worth Livestock.
Vniitd Prtu DinatcK
FORT WORTH. March 8.—Tho
aatel* U**rk*l was *4<uulv Tuvsdav.
Calv** w»r* a shade higher,
cetpts w*Ta >00 cattl* and
TH KIJ.I.EO'
^8^4CBM*
sounds aus-
_iunUnff. HI* „
aectitentslty -ir
both harrc'3
stomach,
NEGIKI VOI TIIM CHARGED WITH
THEFT FLOGGED IN IfH RT
PARIF March 6.—Three negro
Juveniles arrested on charges
pilfering wer*. given floggings by
their parents In the presence of
County Judge Lawrence In lieu of
being sent to the reformatory.
Prut Dinat^K
BASTJIOP, La.. March 6—-Attor-
ney c____7____ ____Z Z.Z —
the Morehouse Parish grand Jury
today to submit evidence into hood-
ed mob atrocities. His testimony
was said to have includad.---------addi-
tional evidence- obtained since the
hearings elofted. Most of the evi-
dence related to the kidnaping of
five M*r Rouge citizen, and the
TtltlfHef on
RI ch .irrls w Tin sc T>nrtt ew were f nun ri
In a lake. Other testimony related
I to a dozen ' qt more Hoggings, de-
;_lJ?arU*tJvl«.*hd notfs of -warning.
~|all <»f wlfteh site charged to th« Ku
- Klux Klan-
“ ■ T,he attorney general was ex-
pected to elucidate orally on soma
—----- ---------------- the evidence submitted and wilt
lie followed by a number of wlt-
1-- 1 1 neases.
PREMIER MAKES NEW I. C. C. io Hold Hearings On
OFFER OF PEACE. TO Rail Consolidations in West
TURKISH LEADERS FL Worth Hearing March 19
|r".’ riTTfcS
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0 WEATHER CLEARING; ROADS 0
0 IMPROVING 0
0 (By United Ptesa) 0
0 Weather conditions In Tex- 0
0 as, Oklahoma and Kansas 0
0 gava promise of clearing to- 0
0 day and Triads were reported 0
0 improving in reports from 0
0 eighteen cities received by the 0
_0JUnlte«r Pfelit .. ♦
0 Showers occurred In several 0
0 Texas sections but most of 0
0 th* state will be fair tomor- 0
0’ rowj according to today's pre- 0
0 diction. Oklahoma and Kan- 0
0 sas reported clearing wrath- 0
0 er. A light snow fell a; Wlch- 0
0 Ita, Kan. 0
______88.78 _
,.'..<.....29.95'
nrlstlve Hamtelly
m. today ...88 per cent t’
' < •.
fund. Congres-
Informed that
.would go to th* Pa-
cific coast and probably to Alaska
Alpn’g the route he |x certain to
rrake epeevhe* with the prospect
that du'rfng the tour he will de-
liver fifteen to twenty-five impor-
tant messages.
Rill Changing Name, of
AUSTIN, March 8—The
passed finally Monday
changing the name, of the Nor
crrilegcs by omitting the
"Normal.” and designating
teachers' colleges, and,
each with a "the,” niak
ties for Instance, “The Nortli Te
State Teachers' College."
A l>ill was finally passed.
Murphy, Increasing the pay
County Auditors 369 n month up to
13,600. A blit by Davis, requiring
railroad* to give passes to
sheriffs If given to one.
United Prtt DUpaich
WACO. March 6—-Roy Mitchell,
altered ' black Lar car." was indicU
ed on nine counts by a grand juty • -|^|
here today as the result of alleged , 1
cunfeaaluu to th*. murder ..Of tout ___^|
men and one wpman end th* as-
sault of ueveYal women,
Five of the Indictments charge
’ J
8— Futures
opened quiet, unchanged to 3 low-
er; closed quiet, barely steady. 3
teJ tow*r. _______
JJBRMOry 14.12
>£reb .........18.20
MKF';.................. 16 10
' July — 15 87
October M.8J
December ........ / ----
-f'Bpot, steady, 1 higher,
limited sales 5.oot»;
Appolnl>nrn< Tuesdny
The Senate voted to go
executive session next Tuesday toi
consider appointment of notaries
and any remaining appoititmehts
be made by Gov. Neff.
Senator Davis announced that he
> completed
the enttr* north, side
side of th* church property;
, >*»♦> ,vnn. maren *,—-ruiure, leaving «n open court of about
Opened steady 7 higher la 5 lower, <150x100 tn th* ooUthwrst corner of
- - - the property. This will be develop.
ed Into an attractive park with
a walk through the center leading
to the Sunday School room. The
architect's eetlmala ot ths cost at
th* entire strueiur* exclusive of
the furnishings Is about 3150,000.
The plan Is to use the tabernacle
for preaching services while th*
main church I, being bunt on th*
alt* of the old church and'
worship In the new church
the Sunday School building is be-
ing erected on th* ,ite where th*
tabernacle now stands
Tile building committo* state*
that they would have preferred to
have confined the cost °f the build-
ing more nearly to the amount of
the subscription mad*. which
amount Is only one half of the re-
quired >175,000 for the finished
building; they also would have
preferred to allow for all possible
a number of years tn
capacity of the, main
Lift thoy have f made
seemed
I the
Clarke No Longer Connected
With K. K. K., Evans Asserts
Aaaosintfd Preat Diapatch
ATLANTA* <U.. March 6.—H. W
EvanR. imperial wlxard of the Ku
Khix Klan, JfMtued a Riicned state-
ment t<>dny de< jarijiK that “Edward
Y<»uriR Clarke no longer hart any
offiiial connartion with tho Ku
Kltix Klan. H*» ocaM^d t«» function
n« head of the former propaga-
tion department when I under the
authority vested in me an imperial
wiaard cancelled the contract iin*
der Which Mr. Clarke waa work-
ing.”
the committer, It will be sn
provement over that building.
I There will be seating provided
I In the audltorlurq for 1.675 pc*—
Sons, which can be Increaaed by
crowding end putting In chairs to
about 2.500. A banquet and social
room fnpujrtuXo afciyn tno -+
" ■ 5 500 persons will be provided. I
and the kitchen and toilet rooms
will b* modern In every reap*, t
Provision will be made to care
comfortably for a Sunday School of
1,825. Each department is to have a
separate assembly room and each
etas, above the primary a separate
room. In addition to office* for
the *4Mir«taries, superintendents,
supply rooms, pastor's study, choir
room, stair halls, etc., there will be
more than fifty class rooms Th*
main church building will have di-
mensions of 75x110 and will have
In addition to the main auditorium .
floor a ground floor and a balcony.
The Sunday School building will be '
a four-story structure with a roof
garden and will be 50x125.
Th* completed structure
cover
east
leaving an open court of
t
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