Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 179, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 10, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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Depositors Become Excited
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erate widows who have remarried
and whose later husbands do not
have support.
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oats reported comin* up; Red’P-14.
• r. small acreage planted; Tltua, M
per cent; Hopkins, acreage email:
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her as the alleged kidnaper. Wh<-n
the letter was signed and If so by
whom could lull.lui-lcarntd. At the
Minkin homo also infonmitlon was
reftised. ' ........... ’ I
Squads of policemen and plain--
clothes men are seaxchlng tire city
this afternoon following rec< Ipt of
the letter and post office oitlclals are
also at work.
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Maay Bills latredueed
AUSTIN. March 10.—4t the close
of the period of introducing new
bills Friday at noon, 1.128 bills had
been introduced tw Yhe Texas tnr-
tstature. bearing out the predic-
tion In the beginning of a cec
In this line during the session,
the House were introduced
bills, and In the Senate 435.
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Sleep /n Peace
Provisions were higher.
Wheat—May |1.1» 1-2, July
«•«, September pl.12 7-1.
T4 July 76 3'8p-
O«t*—May <4 7-«c, July 44 5-2c,
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TAXES
AUSTIN. March 10.—A check for
$889,000 from the tax collector of
Harris County for enforced taxes
was received Friday by State
Treasurer Terrill, who. says It Is
the largest amount ever received
from any collector. Pallas County's
check, received ,a few days ago was
for enforced payments, was $854.-
C00. The Treasurer predicts a .ye-
turn of the Treasury to a deflcFeh-
basls on July 1, despite heavy
tax collections.
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NEW YOTIK, JTarcTi UF "
Italians jmeumpajcied by
putted !U md 11'.’' 1ir.nl'ihn it
reported that
who conduct^ u bank
New Cases Docketed
The following new cases
Iu>uu added tu th* erlmlnkl—4
Tom Williamson, theft over the
value of $50. -
I.U'Iln Lewis, assault with intent
to murder.
Theo l.edel, swindling over VkHlW
of $50.
GOVERNOR SIGNS GASOLINE TAX
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—Receipts 1.400; market
bulk -M0I4.O6. Hearten
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♦ NEWARfc, O.. March 14.—.
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♦ trltr thteriirMh line
HANGED Ftllt AAFAll.T
ON, WOMAN
CQI.UMHUH, Texas, March 10.—
Ray Jones, negro, was hanged nt
the county farm near here yester-
day for criminal assault on u white
woman. ........■____
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III of Influenza in New York
Attoriatrd Prrn DUpateh
NEW YORK. March 10.—Samuel
flompem, president of the American
Federation of Labor, wa« seriously
III of influenza at a hospital here
today. He was suffering from bron-
chitis when taken to the hospital
several days ago and for a time was
threatened with pneumonia.
accounts that were filed In
time for the County auditor tn make
full Investigation of them and ap-
prove them before they are present-
'd to the Court. This Is exP*4't.«l to
resuft In several accounts on file
not bolng allowed until a later term
of the court.
The Injunction suit of J, ,g'"'
Johnson vs. E C. Barton has been
luaut front llua weak tm the fUUt------
day nf next week. ’ •“•ssa
ly registration and Inviting
per cent representation.
A meeting of the
committee wns held
pravleus to the Union meeting, at
which a plan of publicity was map-
the churches wilt
to aid financial-
t<x g<> wn»
mhe wnlkod
out there.
i innmto of the
H New Orleans Cotton.
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H * NEW UKLEAH1L March 10.— Fu-
' turaa opened steady. 1 to 5 higher
closed steady, March 15 lower, uth-
•e mantha 4 to s higher.
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July
October
December
. Spots quiet. 25 lower; middling
<•74.
New York Cotton.
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NEW YORK. March 10—Futures
I opened steady, unchanged 11 hlgh-
. ^,'er; doeed barely steady 2 higher to
JrWIgher to 13 lower. .
* January 2544
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Mag 30 74
Jwljr’.... 22 »rt
October 24 42
December 25.64
Spots quiet, unchanged, md.dling
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Liberty Bond Market.
NEW YORK. March 10.—Liberty
; bead closings:
Liberty 3 l-2s 3101.20; first’ 4
l-4s *84.12; second 1 l-4s *88 02;
Chicago Grain.
Afmriattd Prtu DUpateh
CHICAGO, Marsh 10.—Uraln
prices were lower at 'the close of
the Chicago Board of Trade today
aa a result of week-end realising
I late in the bus-
lloMe IM I La Paaaed >
AUSTIN. March 10.—Ampng
House biJis passed were: Senate
bill appropriating *400,000 to the
I enltentlary system. WSK1 Cable's
bill permttttng pensions tn COfifitl- Le< pold
- WA8IIINGTON. March IO—Four-
teen men, most of them soldiers,
were Injured when Dre late .Inst
night swept through the historic
Fort Myer. Va.^ Eight huMdlnga of
the fort whleh adjoins the Arllng-
U>n Natlonnl cemetery and stands
on. the Vlrluia hilltop., neeeae the
Potomac, weer burned. For a time
the post wan threatened. The lune
Is about glOO.OOO.
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WACO. March 10.—Mrs. M. E.
Stanfield, 90. born In Nacogdoches
but having lived here for 68 years,
died Thursday.
Local Produce.
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BEATS DRUM 5.000.000 TIMES
CHICAGO, March—Ensign Her.
bert Burtenshaw," of the Salvation
Army here, has figured out that he
baa hit his bass drum B.Opo.OOO
times. He states that he hitR the
drum approximately 240 times to
each march and thnt he beats tt
approximately half a million times
each year. He has been with the
army 21 years, but the first part
of his service time he put In on
various other mualeal instruments.
♦ world wnr-bi nbkndowd BerV
♦ tonight.
♦ Motor bus cnmpatitlnn
4 driven the CMlumbus, Nswark
♦ and Z-siresvllth, Traction Com-
♦ pahy to operate ha line M«
O tween Newark and GranvlRa
♦ at a load. So It has decided to
♦ quit.
4 The road, a Part of the
♦ Eleelrlu nvaiean, wwv btH
♦ 1*4*. '
nothing
+ skulls remain.
T bodies apparently luul
<® burled with the
4, nest. All were
and —ew> il y
Report On Oat Crop of Stat*
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HOPSTON, March 10—The oats J
■ rop, reported from various Texaji A3
'■ouiitles by correspondents of tha q
l iiileil States Division of Crop Es-
tiinates, Is- revealed in a digent of d
the reports, made public today, aa •
follows:
Upshur County, average
sowed; Jasper, only ‘Tetchy;**
Travis, fair condition; “—'—“
looking well at time of
Bandera, about 10 per
acreage given to oats; —
condition !»0 per cent, planted only
on Irrigated farms for dalrlMI 3
Wichita, acreage small, poor condl-
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S'-urry County, small acreage qt
spring oats planned; Coleman.' re-
ported sprouting; Denton, fall oats -■■■
good; Freestone, good condition:
TTUrrison. about an average acre-
age. looking good; McLennan, do-
ing well. Hatnlltun. doing well:
Hays, 50 per cent crop of oata, fair
condition; Hill, about same aa last
year, condition satisfactory; Bell,
"all right;" Bosque> -loCklnKr good.
Coleman County, good Condition:
■Stonewall, small acreage ) sowed:
Mills, good; McCulloch,
good, average acreage
Delta, normal acreage
Marlon, about 400 scree of
planted during winter; Tarrant,
condition Improved; Rockwall,
usual spring-crop; Austin, planted
for home usft only; Archer, spring
less. They have
went In the Ruhr' to
French Industries are
—. —...1 i,y i-nrtatlment
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ped out. tn which
probably lie asked
ly. It was the request of Mrs. Pur-
tudl, chairman of Jun I ore, that the
jnntwr section nt ttm —convention
held meetings In the Christian
Church, and that point was decided
upon Miha Skiles reported J that
twenty-sown junior registrations
have been received from Lew4sf711e,
the home of Mrs. P urn el E The fol-
lowing members of the committee
were present, Mias Tltta Relle
Blanks, Mrs. J, F. Johnson. Miss
ssy J5SB.lu.';;'t,*te. w
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BLACKSMITH FALL* IN FLHN Af'E
VXD BUBNg TO DRATH
PEARSALL Texas. March lU-Os-
• eaf_Mnh<dm. 44, a blacksmith, burn-
“"W to death at (loldflnk. He wan
working at a furnace and apparent-
ly loot bls balance.
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CLfirDY WE8THKR ♦
(United Press) ♦
Cloudy weathei; prcdomlnat- ♦
4 ed In th0 Southwest today with ♦
4 rain reported in Oklahoma. ♦
4 aKnsaa and Texas roads were ♦
♦ fairly good and in Oklahoma ♦
4 they are said to be muddy and ♦
+ slippery, +
♦d***t>»dl*>•••»♦♦•>•»••
East Texas lonl"ht and 8ss-
duy unseitleil »vllh scattered
showers, cooler In extreme north
portion.
West Texns tonl.'rbl and $■«•
ear unsettled a*d_ J>ro»hai» ,
showers.
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NEWS FLASHES
^CHICAGO. March 10.—The doors
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Savings Hank with de>i»l|n at »2e-
700.000 wore cluaed today following
the sullcdr of Fred W. 1‘opp, presi-
dent or the institution. luveMtlga-
»or« who examined I’opp’. body,
found In an automobile on a lonelv
rood, discovered *«ll.UOO In cnnwll-
ed checks. Tke checks were drawn
by Paul Popp, son of the president,
on n Mt. Louis haul, end were pny«
able to himself and were Indorsed
by him.
Tile Sena1" edj..»irnml before ac-
itioi. was taken on the Murphy mo-
tion.
" The Renato adjourned before ac-
tion wan taken on the Murphy m6-
ttwn —The '•mvcmrtr's
clnred that the sestilon had failed |o
wuul measures lo provide sufficient
Turuls for rhe support of the public
Bohi.oJs and also measures providing
rnetiiods of "punishing outlaws who
nperdly atul unfe'arlng manufacture
and sell whiskey In Texas."
The finvrrnor’t message created
considerably discusslort among the
AitorUttd Prru Dhpatrk
4 DALLLAS, March 10.—Hkelet ♦
4 tons of seven persons packed +
♦ < lorn-ly logeUier six feet nil- 4
<*• derground unearthed tatc yes- 4
® terday dry workmen tn n gravel +
4 pit here furnished a-mystery K
4 fyr officials here today. Waiter 4
4 Taylor and several other dep- 4
4 uty sheriffs Mho are conduct- 4
4 Ing an Investigation said that 4
4 practically nothing but the 4
skulls remain. Four of the 4
bodies apparently had been 4
heads to the 4
turned; face 4
4 downward nml eeemily had 4
4 been originally placed in tiers 4
4 of two. There was no trace of •>
4 clothing, i 4
♦^*^*M-****^*****M^* which Kemai. the leader of the"^k
1 nupposed to be influenced to great measure by the lady shown bare. She ;
Man Believed lo Have Burned • -------■
to Death hi Artesia Dll FireHe311 ot ll3lian B3ilk 13
Unttrd Prru Hirpotrk
CHICAGO. Marilh IQ,—Com-
bination of capital totaling
l.'.oii,oou,000 was affected t<slay
through the merger of the Mor-
ris and Armauz .packing com,
piCnios. Tlie final details of tke
merger agreement were set-
tled nt a conference In Jack-
sonville. Fin., last night
Formal announcement of the
details of the merger Is expect-
ed Tuesday.
The cost of the support of the ar-
mies of occupation on the Rhine
Mas to have been the first charge
against German reparations, but s>
far no agreement, has be*-n reached
for reimbursing. America for what
khe spent un the ' occupational
forces.
f Special Session March 15th
M^terious blast
Twenty Si lection of the county depository
for another year will he among the
rn.-iHcrs Hi he fllJifMised of by tho
moi.thly yesslon of the County Com-
missioners Court Monday Blds tdr "
th,, funds will be lojieni'd by the
Court. ' ,
All supplies for road overseers
have been retNdved here anil action
i.n appojptment of them Is exj>eqtod
to be ttfkOTr STimF Of the Cflrnhiis-
sloners want to make changes In
their precincts by, jiamlng the a«c-
tlii.s of r< ad that overseers will he
it s|H.n«ib!v for Instead pf giving
thi m a blanket assignment as has
Inin customary In the past. Sever-
al road matters are also pending set-
11 «l i n t
County Judge r.rent c. Jackson
iii iviuuced Snfiirltiiy Ihat xUa Court
pit thia session and future sessions
~ County Judge Bri nt iT TocEson ‘lpl’rov.‘ ."ri4,1 **f the Lugea Ngwre
is tjeekjng some one who wants ti ' e
..... bright 12-yenr-()trt girl for thc.lr I
J Mis. home. There Is one ,nt the County
whose bn it v soil, i Fn rm that Mould in;(K e any h oink
ist Thursday. happy.1 he declares, and he is anx-
FntDiTFms DfxwrtrW
A1.BVK5', yf.'T ,"March 10—"Your
child ts safe' ami will ba returned, ’
The ourse lij iQnocent."
This note bearing an Albany post-
mark was received today bv J
1 Minkin i
Leo. disappeared last Thursday. I .... , ..
.When the baby vanished be wus tM‘ "h* be placed In the right
in charge of his nurse. Mary Con- J,!* ’T * 'V “"I 'T7’
kiln, and police circulars have bf.cn 4he T™ hy ’"T7
. , .... . -i.i.t r Ed I. Key and was there for sev.
7?a Ja".e'77aL"Kv^.T..?^ months. At Christmas «ln>o
«he wan rrmetnbrrf<1 by a Dinnbvr
of perRon* who heard of lo r thru
pre**
KiHev* thra-.-trtre..am* fitter filtn a
good home where the inmates were I
nil elderly jjnrt had never had thil-
drrn of their <^vn. \\ hrn h misun-
drrntandhiK arose rteently the lit-
tle girl walked pevrral mile.** to a
nearby .town and from there Re-
cured a rld*> Into Denton. The only
place rIio knew to ko whr to the
Poor Farm and Rhe wnlkrd the
four or five miles <
While she war an
farm Mr. and Mrs. Kemp U»ok h**e
and her brother, who has Riner
been’ taken into a home and Is*
h tippy, fntn—the fnmtty the Ramr"
ns their own chiMren. T’lmy both
declare the little Kiri Im ar bright
I a'"chTId he nrey”cver knew and that
1 she never irnve them one bit of
trouble during the Mtiwrul month**
I she was with them. J
May Be Finished By Monday
Hearing of the suit for damage* S
of w n Ifnrcn vs Actng Brick J
1'ompnny. probably will tie eom- —«
pleted Monday. It was stated Sat- 4
urday Trial of the case has been J
under way since early In. the week. ..3
Testimony hail not been **—
pleted early Saturday afternoofc J <
nnd at that time several defen**
witnesses remained to be examined. |
Judge Pearman was hopeful at
noon Saturday that the testimony
would be completed during the af-
ternoon so that only the argument
Wheat opened strong but broke
. fractionally on report* <.f rain In
Metlons of the Southwest and in-
dications of more. Exports includ-
ed 200,000 bushels of Manitoba, ac-
cording to reports from the sea-
board. The declines were covered
*y good commission house buying
and prices rallied but broke again
aa pews continued bearish Milling
demand was moderate with millers
well sold ahead on flour.
Corn broke after a strong tone
at the opening In sympathy with
—wlioat and considerable profit tak-
Jng. Pressure by houses with Eas-
tern connections »a. largely re-
sponsible for the decline and .prices
broke more than 1c before the dip
was hatted. Receipts were general-
ly dropping off. Rales of 30.000 bu-
shels of corn for storage was re-
ported.
Oats and rye merely
i movement in other grs
r Prt«* were In sympathy.
L . ^pging prices:
- September 77 l-4c.
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Fort Worth Livestock.
FORT WORTH. March io—The
cattle market was steady Saturday.
Receipts were 100 head of cattle.
The hog market showed an ad-
vance of 6c. Pigs were steady with
1,000 head on offer. Sheep and lamb
—n*rtr*t -atRartv with —
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Cattle—Beeves *3.6009; stockers
*107; cows ,3»6; heifers $3 5042
7.60; bulls *3(24.76; calves *2.500
7.76; canners *1.6001.60; yearlings
>4&ft.25. i
Hoge—Heavy *7.50® 7.75; medium
L *7.2507.50; mixed »6.25®7.25; light
*7.86 0 * 05; common *6.2506 25;
nigs *506,50; rough heavy *5.25©
0.25; rough »4.25®>5.25.
Sheep and lambs—Lambs *850®
14.75; yearlings *7.50011; ewet
*3.6006.50; culls $1422; goats *20
«; wethers »7.60©«.50;
■heap *5.5006.50; feeder
*6,50011.
Ko***** City Livestock.
10.—Hogs
steady;
*7.50®»:
J *7.0*08.05;
,*0105; p|Kg *7 25 07.60
‘HO—Receipts 250; market
£-f-T'j"* /''I »t*«.r* 1* 50010.-
laln to fair dressed beef steers
.. - ,.G*0| Western steers ,709.50;
Southern steer. *5 2608.25; cows
*2.35O»25; heifers *4.7508.7*;
stockers and feeders *5.5008,50;
bull. *2.5005.25: calve. *5.500
9.50.
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~DENTON? TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 10, 1923
Both Sides Tiringi
of Ruhr Situation
Still Explodes; Mother and
Baby Are Burned to Death
4 CLEVELAND, Ohio, March
+ 10 -A mother and her 9- ♦ - ■ j
4 months-old tin Ivy died early + ■,*«
4 today from Injuries received 0 - 1
4 when a 50-gallon moonshine*.
4 "++H exrtodrd tn the nttie of ^r'~""*M
4 the home. Mrs. Josephine Bor- ♦ /■«
4 ihinaro, 32. was watching the * 'j
4 -till while she rocked her * -i
4 baby Her husband, Loyig. * 1
4 was downstairs. The explosion J*
4 wrecked the attic and set fire * .'-kJ
4 to th- clothing of Mrs. Bor-*
4 ilanuro and the baby, *
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AUSTIN, March 10.—Governor
Neff at 10 o'clock this morning
approved, signed and filed the
Cowen gasoline tax bill ami ' the
Sackett motor vehicle license bill,
the only revenue measures to reach
the executive's desk during the
present session of thb Legislature.
The Cowen bill levies a tax o't
lc a gallon on gasoline and goes
into effect Immediately.
The motor vehicle license be-
comes operative next January.
The subject of the lesson studied
by the Christian Endeavor Union
Friday evening at the First Chris-
tlon Church wns "Faith and
Works " Mrs. J. F. Johnson led the
duvulLuual, amj_ brouglit uut a laar
son on the inrbjUkt thnt aha apptted
to the entertainment of the Union
Converitlon. In thnt the Storiettes
should have faith In a successful
convention, and must show work
of individuals lit nrrtsY to make It
successful, itf atemenle from var-
ious members of the societies,
nbobt twenty-five of whom were
present, showed that much Inter-
esf Is being taken In the conven-
tion. MIhr Grace Skiles, registration
chairman, stated that about one
hundred registrations have already
been received, and reported having
sent out about 100 letters to tha
societlvH of the district urging ear-
100
WRECKS HOME AND
, KILLS TWO WOMEN
- - -
AupeUtrd Prru THrpatrh
FAIRFAX. Okla., March 10 —
Two women ware killed snd a
man seriously injured In a mys-
tertous explosion here today that
wrecked thte home of BIHHmith
r/ Smith was badly burned and his
' wife and Miss Nellie Brookshire
F Were k tiled
Residents wore aroused from
I (heir slumbers shortly after 3
o'clock thla morning by a ter-
I rifle blast and found the bodies
of (be two women Itj. all that
. remained of the debris. Smith was
L unconscious
Authorities said they were
srttemptlng fo connect with a
poasibie Incendiary motive the
k Rbfet that Rmlth's slater-fn-taw.
r - Anna Brown, was .lain here
, K. about a year ago.
1 RE Far tn •* the Holmm. warn blown
over an area of two blocks. Tlio
cause of the explosion Is unknown
A gLe^cf£
Strikers Win In Merger
AUSTIN, March 10—The Frlecn-
I. A G. N. merger bill was finally
passed In the House with one dis-
senting vote, that of Cable, after
an agreement there would be no
discrimination against striking
employes In filling vacancies In the
shops of the I. 45 G, N. By the
termB of the bfll the St. Louis A
San Francisco Railroad acquires
the 1. 4 G. N. Fort Worth & Riol
Grande, the Paris & Great North-
ern, the Brownwood, North A
South, and the Quanah. Acme A Pa-
clflc.
Samuel Gompers is Seriously senate Committee Approves
' $110,000 Hem for G. I. A.
A report from Austin states that
The Senate finance committee ap-
proved the *110,000 emergency
Item for a heating plant at C. I.
A., which press reports failed to K
carry In the report of the Normal £
! emergency Item. It was given fav- ;
orable report «t the same time with
the $300,000 Item for an adminis-
tration for the Normal. carrying
the same proviMon that the funds '
are not to be Available till Septem-
ber 1.
Man Found Dying Soon After
Making Escape from Hospital i,
Auoetat^ Prut TMnateh
SAN ANTONIO. March 10—Tyess
Than an hour sifter he had made n
spectcular escape from a prison
ward of the Robert B. Green Mem-
’ orlal Hospital here, Clayton G. C.
McDaniel, 20, who recently figur-
ed prominently In the "scissors mur-
der trial.” was picked up by police
In n dying condition Friday night 1
and rushed hack to institution for il
emergency treatment.
> McDaniel, according
surgeons, drank a quantity of pol- I
' son. His condition wag pronouhedd
' serious but physicians said that he ' -
' has n chance to recover.
McDaniel who had bden a prison-
er in the elty jail since his con-
N’lctlon on a charge of drunkenness
Feb 26 was taken to a hospital.
March 7 after he hnd complained
to police officials of being 111. Fri-
day night he was to be discharged
from the hospital and returned to.
th, jail finish serving his 25-
day sentence. i
While hospital Internet were go-
ing over hla medical record prior
to hla transfer he suddenly made a
"UaaK for liberty and made bls •Es-
cape.
KLrffcFING HU KNEka RAGING IN
NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Mareh 10.—-Sleeping
tslckngss. scientifically known as
encepffnlitls. la raging In New
York, there having been 268 eases
since the first of the year, with
Ill deaths reported. <
Unit rd Prru Pupateh _____
HEHLI.N, Mwrek IO— Two
Germans were shot to denih by
French troops nt l.oetlrlnahnu-
•en nnd Essen today, nccordlng
to reports from those two
towns. The Loettrlngbniiiwii
advices said thnt n rnllrond
wonmdtteeninn (hail liern Shot
there. A companion was arrest-
ed. Olijf of them was said to
have had the victim's watch In
hln possession.
Auocialrd Prru Dupatrk
AUSTIN, March 10—Gov. Nett is-
sued n proclamation this morning
I calling the Legislature into spscldl
I session Thursday, March 15.
Both Houses had set March
j adjournment day for the
session. I
A motion to expunge from the
Governor’s message reference to the
act'Oh of the Senate yesterday on
the quo warranto bill and return the
message to the chief executive whs
made by Henator Murphy of Harris
County immediately following the
TetwiitiK of the message. The Gov-
ernor stated that the Senate had
umothered to death a bill providing
thnl courts of the country be vested
With authority to remove offieers
against whom it had been proved In
opyn court and before a grand Jury
that they bad wilfully ami corruptly
failed and refused to enforce the
lawn of the country.
The PaJterson quo warranto bill
was labeled aa the most vicious bill
oyer Introduced in the Legislature
by Senator Darwin of Lamar Coun-
ty. when the unsuccessful measure
wa- Introduced in the Senate.
Senator Fairchild declared that
this Is not the first time when a
minority In the Texas Senate has
ruled and said he believed that the
citizens of Texas would vote down
tile bill If It were submitted to a
duocialrd Prru Dirpatch
IA1NDON, Mart’ll 10.——Rome of the
RrLtlah curreauumhmt* lu in- Knar
assert thnt there Is a tmdenci’ to-
ward peace and that both sides
Would welcome a settlement.
Both Workers and ' [ndustrlalists
on the German aide are tired of (|)B
struggle, „ the correspondents said,
the former seeing no hope of win-
ning. while nt the same time their
suffering Is augmented daily: The
Industrialists with the except!' m of
one or two of the most influenttnt
are feeling increasingly the pinch
of lost trade and are fearing for
Hie future.
The French on
represented by suffering
m' ‘ not Kot what they
obtain and
, ----- --- being eer-
lotisly acre, led |,y curtailment of
the coal Industry. The suggestion
in these dispatches is thnt It will
be Impossible for present conditions
to eont Inue.
•County Depository to Be —■...
I _ . - Vnitrd Prru Diapatch
PARIS. March 10.—The allFes
Rented lodnv that
BPfIII by America <
occuMtion might
wl ep Germany resumes r< partitions
payments. This hint was to be
trai-sferr—d to Wnshtntrton by El-
liott Wadsworth who Is represent-
. I*1" United States In peuoii.t-
' ’K-na over the payment of ariny ci?
Penees. The French^ Jtritlsh ami
Ttullan delegations Joined In mak-
ing the suggestion, It was official-
ly stated.
HIGH St.ThXH. Il tSKICTRA L I.
CHAMPION* To COMPETE
___CH1CAQU. Marvh___Hl Sohouibay
stars from every corner of the coun-
try winners of the championship of
thrdr section, wtlt enmpcto for the
national high aejiool title in the
eighth annual national lntarnc.h.»l-
astlc basketball tournament to be
held under the auspices of the Un1-
vcisity of Chicago next month,
April 4 to 7. The tournament, ac-
cording to the plans anncunced to-
day will bring together the larg-
est field of schoolboy sectjonaT'
Champions ever aasembledl SonA. -rf
the teams "’HI travel morc than 1,-
OOo miles tu compete. >
VMMtrahvg
Maximum yesterdiy 71
Minimum today I . 61
Rammeter Headings
m. today •n tease 28 93
Severn! NahJeets Ssmed
VnUrd Peru ftupotek
i AUSTIN, March 10.—Gov. Neff Is-
sued a proclamation this morning
i calling the lA-gislature to meet in
special session Thursday morning.
March 15. at 1" o'clock.
------ bubjeets hnmed in the proclama-
tion to be submitted to the extra
sesrlon are:
Adequate legislation against boot-
legging; the quo warraaito ouster
bill; revenue measure*, and general
appropriations.
The Governor called the special
session within’less tnan an hour nf- a
tef the Rcnnt. nan reftiayff-rd ftrr^’ °
♦her etmstdt-s tho.cjuo warAnto ouz-
; ter bill*’
—Th* gra**ni SMalon win close al
noon next Wednesday. A move has
been started In the House to rescin 1
Its action for sine die adjournment
Ct the regular .session for next
"Wednesday and adjourn finally to-
ffiglrt "to give memebers an oppor-
tunity to go home before the start
of the extra session.
Melsen Bill Passes
AuocuUrd Prru Dirpatch
AUSTIN, March 18—Th, Mouse
by a vote of 102 to 1 adopted .the
free conference committee report’ on
the Melson sulphur tax bill fixing
the Lax at A par cant.
I he Senate sent the Melson bill
to the Governor t“*— " ‘ ‘
the conference committee report on
the measure soon after the House
had acted favorably.
The House reconsidered the vote
by which tt refused to pass finally
the constitutional amendment pro-
posal to permit the legislature to
grant pensions to flramun and po-
licemen and passed the resolution
by a vote pf 102 to 19 without de-
bate .
The^FFsolutlon providing for a sci-
entific survey of the state prison
system without cost to th, state
was passed finally without a record
vote.
(’(All ILK**!
| t! t ] t: ; i r 1’• f •» rtit^T
Vinc»n»<> Tixbom
un M«»tt
Street having depoRitw of $2,000,000
had diRtippeared Thursday night.
The delegation whr referred to the
district attorney’ll <»ff»^
A telephone call to the InRtitu-
tion w«R nnRWpred by a pnbreman
who Rgid Tai bo whr "among the
’miRRlng" and that an excited
crowd had gatherrd around the
bank which waft patronixed chiefly
| by Italian*.
I Home tor 12-Year-0ld Girl
Arrnrtalrd Prtu Itirpatch
WACO. March 10 —Governor JS’eff
w ill be Asked to send rangers to
rend rangers to Waco during -the
trial of Roy Mitchell, negro. In-
dicted on qinc counts, five for mur-
der, three for Criminal assault and
one for assault to murder.
This decision was reached
morning after a conference
tween Mayor Richards. Judge Mon-
roe, County Attorney Farmer and
Sheriff Stegall. All four of the of-
ficials will join In the request for
rangers. The request to the gov-
ernor will state that while they
believe ^McLennan County officers
can habtllo th" situation rangers
are asked for as a matter of pre-
caution.
Mitchell Is to be tried next
Thursday on charges of murdering
W. E, Holt and Mrs^, Ethel Dene-
camp last January.
.AUSTIN, March 10.—By a vote of
80 to 32 the House today passed the
Burkett Senate bill making perma-
nent the Ninety-Grat Judicial courT
of Eastland County over the Gov-
ernor's veto. The measure previous-
ly had been passed over the chief
executive's veto In the Senate 15
to 3 end now becomes a law.
The Rogers House bill amending
the workmen's corpenaatjon act ao
as to make the maximum weekly
benefit under the act 220 and the
minimum *7 was passed finally by
the Senate today without a record
tKUU. ..Ax paaaed' lbs measure was
»!.•>■ J‘CaBJi a aubatituta bill 4—rH»e
/■nir submitted by Senator Davis of
Dallas. •'
I
Jurnr> fnr nest week ’ ’ ~
The following jurors have been »-eM
summoned for service during tljk
fiftti week which opens ths laat
half of the court for which tlma
ta » u till lliM 1!1 lllllliul rt/wkffit '
are set for trial: -« /pH
11. A. Urumlay, Lewlsvlllai Ji Sg —
Mercer. Denton ;'W. D. ‘Moatellsr, TD
lot Point; O. C. Knight. Denton:
N. C. Null. Krum; E. L Heatlk. ,35
Ri'.anoke; r> J. Camp, Denton; RoBet/
ert Caldwell. Denton; D. J. Newt- '
ton, Pilot Point; B. J. Cunningham.
Lewisville; R. B. Knox. Sanger; M.
J. Sims. Denton; James Millar, Car- -/l
rollton; Jno. O. CoWan. L«wl*villa;
H. F. Browder, Denton; M. I* Barr.
Danton; D. M. Lowery, Pilot Point; "
W, H. Lynn, Denton; W. B. Nall.
Lewisville; N. E. Gury. Ptlot Pplnt;
I W. Burk. Justin; Ja*. S. Daria.
Celina, Grover Johnson. Aubrey; K.
(I I .a ng by, Ponder; F S. Blair, Jus-
Im E H M i.'io v. Lewisville; JnO.
W Crs.ln Drnt« n; J. O. Fanning,
Justin. S. R. Lattner. Denton; R. P.
Knox. Justin; Isaac Bellor, Ptiot ;
Point; J. H. Nlmmo, Argyls* O. Y.
‘ Hardie. Qenton; A. B. MlnnsHy,
’ Justin; H. B. Key, DentsBr Wv’Ar ~
; Mathews, Denton.
The vases on the criminal docks*
set for trial during the week are "
ns follows: ~ ----
First Day—Clarence Painter, -
I: wfully aelllng Intoxicating -li-
quor, (3 cases); J. L Hawk, unlaw-
fully aelllng Intoxicating liquor. (9
.■hw-; treorge chandler. burglgg* ' '' '
(2. eases); DaVe Adams, unlawfully
selling Intoxicating liquor; GarlaM
Wilson, unlawfully selling intagtj-
. eating liquor.
Second Day—George Dugan,
burglary w - ---W
. Third Day—Roy Wright, assault
with Intent tu rape; Claud AttOWkX-.
assault with intent to rape; Deo
Grissom, unlawfully possessing in-
toxicating liquor; Dave Weaver,
unlawfully posaesaing. intoxicating • ./
liquor, Dutch Weaver, unlawfully ■¥
posscsHing intoxicating liquor. •
' Arurtafrd Prru Dtrpatch
LOS ANGELES. March 10—An
unidentified man believed to have
tA'en burned to death is misring
and a number of houses and a dairy
were destroyed by fire which swept
a nureai of more than u quarter of
milta in lauall' and usaaiv luu >, hi.Ih
wide following a break In an oil
Wlum It aduptud p|pr «h-ng the highway near Ar-
tesia. 18 miles southwest of here,
according to telephone reports re-
ceived here this morning.
Residents of the district left their
homes soon after the blaze Started
and none was thought to be Injur-
ed The flre was'brought under con-
trol soon after-srh-ntting-off the’oil
supply.
The recent speeches advocating greater liberty for Moslem women
supposed to be influenced to great measure by the lady shown hare,
rarcmtlv hrMa _?
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