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DENTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 31, 1923
New Skipper
Is Prospect
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Oil Promoters to Be Asked
Three Known Dead in Blizzard
President Ends Vacation In
Official Probe of Fort Sam
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has
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Right On the Job, B’Gosh!
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Cold Easter Krupp Plant Workers Resist
French Occupation; Six Dead
5OMeThing Tells
me ThaT i Picked
The Wizong moment
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wax
a t
her n
Board.
agents
' Blue
and legislative
the i netting vat "
M..r< h
t he
.— Major
t it rough
1 a. m, today.......
urt
the
tch
,3! —Hro-
Ma j«>r
inspector
make
t he
Merritt >
cne man
head
w ho
grand
nor Neff
vitig
ma ti
It
a 7
born
w h« re
but
slice When
it Interview
n G. r-
I tpelps
Estjen tut tv
i workers
special
ADRIAN.
Adrian
Legion
Relative Hamldlty
per cent
— ■,
The
In
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In
offl -
tin re.
h.r<
ilT*n|i|i
dren.
train
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report
Houston Controversy Ordered-
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the FrltOn. end escape^,
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vote
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Vniferi Pref Piepnti-h
N ANTONIO.
A L.
20th
11 JO
Merritt
a ut o mo-
g=?~ -J
that
a former ti ial 1
w h»-n the rase waa
IT VC ISfd
Th-
•bout M
log \fter
car being
so there
said that the man
their Injuries not
serious an at first
Florida; Plans Io Start On
“Swing Around Circle" Soon
HE®!
was
bot loin
*"■ 1 posit I v«- about
he was r«d cased
1 H nton. but are
was in the northwestern
In tkr
Nit mln >
m<Hlerntf (<» fresh
Moutherl) wlndm on th»*
of jo* vi i a 1
r using
ti n<le f st
office
Jury
up
■ n ........4 th<*
! Grunde and carried thru sparsely
’ nettled Western counties thru pro- |
tection Riven rum runners by tjiw
enforcement officers in these coun- i
He declafftl he could prove j
his charges.
“Bootleggers and
A to It-pbt
place
h I tn
from
Harding
« w
plans. I
I) IM
will
y as
11 d i < I a t *> for I
to
Flna nee
11 li < hr I’rexidt nt
bridge
first
('annda
at** ond
it
nt i vex.
<f those with him Some
in the automobile were
relatives, it wax stated
first attempt
automobile
Niagara
wins rc-
i-scnped do-
w as
and
Ringling
It
.... . . j.it<I1 t. 4
cold throughout |
TfflXt
Houston—Clear;
Bnauoiont—(3|eaf1.
Port Arthur—Clear; good
San Antonio—Clearing, good.
Fort Worth—Clear; good.
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Chicago Grain.
United Preta Dispatch
CHICAGO, March 31.—Under
leadership of wheat grain
.soijndt d. and
thrir tbrtls
—«r
of I
in Jail here
rials. The
cording to
hr want rd
< 11Ixrn
twice I
biinfol led
rag of
made from
his mouth
a
A nan<'iated Preu* liitpotch
I BERLIN, March 31,—Six Ger.
I man workers at the Krupp plant in
I Essen have been killed and twenty |
..t Hi.-
Burra ti
le. the
t 1 The
Lccuuxe
lovalty, although h**
r. 117. • n
traitor in ’
« Lu i t hr rtnf
<ar gvioral
I ’< d- s.
of bring
ground in a ere- k
men whipping^ him I
w-hm hehrl with a man’s foot j
■4 neck, a#nd later of bring
I with an’operation if h *
pr«M»iit<d to thr grant’
a corps <-f
hrrr srV-
ago to probr t hr w idr
of allrgrdls worthless
dice.
Jury
•lock -J
■ j
The
tterlha ram,
butted a irofe tn the ttn roet
KartaiUi »nxi AIMIMuL j- J "■ •
-.....ato!
WORTH, Mart h
i frdrral
Fort
n g ’ 11
for
\ vl dit t WM.M
■ of
at tornr
as
fice in a i.
Association today.
The Governor charged that liquor
is being brought across the Rio
$500,000 to State Treasury
From Bill Approved By Nett
Th rents Made
'They threw r.ie down and oM
>nan held hl« too' on my neck and
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VOLUME XXII
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NO. 197. a
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— —
a
80c; turkeys 20c; eggs 166,17 l-2c,
I roosters Sc; table butter 20010c;
packing stock butter 10c. duoka per
i dosen |4.6a0».»»; geese per dnsen.
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Liberty Bond Market.
NEW YORK. March 31.—Liberty
bond closings
IJbcrty 3 l-2s 3100 30; first 4 1-4s
397.19; second 4 l-4s 897.13; third
4 l-4s 89690. fourth 4 l-4s 897.16
Victory 4 3-4s 8100.10.
DENISON. March 81.—“W you
want to get out of J*1*, you've g®8«
"r . 1 Iri" jatt>l,<Jy ----
UuiJu_th.a_-su<g«»tIon Hl —
using his head as a batt
I
l/i
Kitiaflhtt. the genial '--jJI
I'harlcs." acting head of
ST. JOHNS, N F March 31 —At
least three persons lost their livi-s
fe in a bllixard that has been sween-
L, Jng this Island for the laet three
SSK11-"'11' ani1 *t •" feared that the dea lt
hay1 tol1 may be increased when outly-
’ lrtf districtx are heard from ■
By JOHN ( IIAUI’ENZ
I’nit'-d I’rv-SM Staff <’<vrreMpond»-nt
MOSCOW. March 3 1 Thr IIum-
Ei<»n < J<»ver n m<n y turned a <b af tar
today to world-wide appeals f<-r
clemency for Vicar General Budke-
vltch, xentrriced die f»-r
and re.*dMancv t - tlo- Soviet
tern
The
with a
xome kin I
a rag was
H«* xaid lie
llttlp by putting his
the gag
work men,
poured from
pagged to xtand. Mont of those
present stood. Then hr asked those
who did not believe in such a law
to stand. Only one man stood —
Judge Barry Miller of Dallas.
I Involved
I tn 11 mad off tola Is have not deter-. “
mined whether the train bUehttVC^
after the sudden application Ot thw
airbrakes vr if «om» part of ths ds-
niolDhc.l automobile got under the ’ !
wheels of the locomotive, causing It
ahd six ..f the passenger cars to ’'j
leave th." rails |
Stone Walls Do Not a Prison
Make—If You Use Your Head
DENISON, March jt.—"If
disappeared. Is being held by the
Sheriff of that county, charged with
statutory offense against het.
a b<>u t
not
th lateness <'f the hour
and attorneys and court attache*
•mving g»»neJ home for the night*-----7
Argmnt ni wax concluded about
5 o'clock Fridoy afternoon and the
case was delivered to the jury at
on< •• A short deliberation was held ‘JJSB
by t’’*' jury before it werit to BUp-
and deliberations continued af-
supper until the verdict WM .
Pearman remained" R
courthouse until late Uftttt
ha<l gone home before •
Criminal Libel Charges Grow INVESTIGATION B Y
Out of Texas U. "Blunderbus" OFFICERS BRINGS NO
TANGIBLE RESULTS
CIONINGER FOUND 7^
Gold Marks From Germans GUILTY AND GIVEN
5-YEAR SENTENCE
xt ockH
Indict ni< nt
I promoters
the <l« f t a ml
Post
u i n g
gra nil
a
br< a k
stock
DALLAS, March 31— Severely
fi,. rebuking and criticising the Texas
‘. Senate for failure to pass the law
' enforcement bill for quo warranto
I proceedings to remove delinquent
local vfficers. Governor Pat M. Neff
| delivered a stinging indictment
tl.c Will-
Is hei •• v
Ing on thp problem of rural
••The
Thf*
to
the hfuHiil time but
on ai freight train
In Jail The boy risked his
,,Ter the girder route becaux<*
tnrkrrt thr rr«|otre«| tax, 1 he
(his tax if
Maximum yesterday
Minimum today .
name-
of those |
Merritt s I F
1 I i n <11 < ted
French Seize Ten Billion
!
! injured in a conflict with the French!
* military, says a CCnintJ'News dis-
The trouble occurredd when the
occupied certain of the j
____,,,.............-I,-, . _.wn thoj
workers stopt their machines amt j
offered opposition, the message!
states. The officer in charge of thu
French tried to persuade the men
to return to duty, but they refused]
and surrounded the troops, threat- |
ening them with attack unless they '
withdrew.
Four machine guns opened fire
adds the message, and six workers]
.fell dead while twenty were seri- j
1 I,, Yz.zl d'k<v • tvv u 1 mln'_ !
t h<-
T» »da y s
< rcr by
< ’< t nu* n
•.’on. .s mu^t
and K” work or I ••
Th*-re arc mon th.tn
workers In th. Ktlhr :
St r icl i r cur f,. \\ la u s
nost <1 dpi II
HhinrlMfwl.
war t
witnexs ir<
be a dea 1
then deliberating,
and tell them his testimony for :
defense had been a He.
■ I told them then, and I say
again now.” he said. "I told the
truth They wanted me to tell ’he
Jury that I Hed and that Cloninger j
had hired me to testify.1'
Merritt said he left Denton about |
'LIO o’clock in nn automobile with
two men and three women for Pilot |
point to spend the nlgbt with re1- j
He did not give the
those with him
the automobile
< Black-Masked Men Severely Whip
F Criminal Case Defense Witness
a
V , 1
4
be appealed,
on charge of
attainted Mise
student .rf the
August of
th"
'. >i -
driver of the automablle he was in
brushed the fender of the other ca-
ns he rushed the car onto the
bridge and drove by. Tlvy thought
it an attack of hijackers or rob-
I..TK then Shortly before thP Elm
Creek bridge was reached lie said
an automobile passed them and stop-
ped on Hie bridge, ti'*
’turned across the bridge
was no chance to pass It
3 lie driver of Merrit's
told not to go on tlie bridge and
st. pp.-d and began turning around,
according to Merrit's story. He had
partly turned the car when two m-n
the other automobile reach-
.<1 One came up on the left and the
ether opened the door of the car >f
the right and both men pushed pis-
tols Into the car and told the driver
tn stop, he declared All In the car
w< re made to get out on thp roa-1
ar<l were axked their r.amex. Iv
Raid. When Merritt gave hlx name
they xald he wax thr one they want
n<] The men tn»»k charge nf him
snd Merritt's hands were tied behin I
him with a grass rope, he said. Tin-
others were held beside the road by
a man until Merritt was placed In
the automobile.
\
lliiromefrr Hmdln<«
Ta m. today
2 p. m. today
P rmit the French to enter.
The troops then placed machine
guns in I'o.’ition. according to th
report, ami opened fire, killing x< v-
cn and wounding twenty.
MWEATHF.ll AND HOADS
roads bad.
rothdx |bcrtte^
F< >KT
port from
I 11 \ f XI i K H I I 11
motion max
\vr< k. uut hor> t i» m
ICv iden
jury wax worked up by
pOStoffirv lt!Mp< < tolM SV'llf
era! months
Ixpread Rale
kt t < > Z" L U
I patch.
T...
I French r
Krupp motor works, wbert'UP1
I , . . ..
made to j
the automobile at the Clear)
creek bridge on the. Sherman Hlgn-
way. lie said. An automobile had
the men Involved. If ’h.y can bo j t(l ,.n stopped partly blocking
located, will be charged wltn false approach to the bridge. He said
imprisonment and aggravated as-
sault.
A deputy sheriff was placed on
guard at the hotel during the night
and remained until hit- Saturday
morning Several friends were with
Merritt al that Unit and the sheriff
told them guard him if anything
haj>l»en.e<l until he could be notified
The entire sheriff's lorce ano
County Attorney Boyd are working
< n the case.
Ili.f Tesns tonlsht fair, warmer
In north portion; gonday fair, wnr-
ttier ln southeaat portion.
Wont Testimony Hetrnctd
“They agreed not to bother me If
T would ko before the Jury and teJ
Hie Jury that I had lied bn tlm
stand and Barney CtOhlhirrT hired
me to testify." he said.
One automobile came back In
about thirty minutes, he said, nn I
' they put tne Into It and took me
to another plade.’' He said they scetn
ed to drive quite » distance nnd
tlw-n ntoppod and took him down
off the road through some woods.
Merritt beH*>veB thgre were two cars
at that place but Is unable to esti-
mate the number of men. He sail
but there they offered to lit him
go if he would tell the Jury he had
lied. ‘Til die before my God In
Heaven before I will lie about it."
he said he told them.
biiftinexs
rommunitlem furnixh
with material from
itinerary that avoids
■h th.» circus might not
payinc crowds lx mapped
31 — I'llMf
gram! Jury
i Wt>i th oil pro-
h» re dri lared to-
fihtriH Swinney received word of
thp attack from pfrHnn” with u he”i
■ M< rritt uax going to Pilot Point to
| the night. A U h-pbon«* me*-
lb'tgi- from that place about
f/» !< < k inf< rmed him th it
,iad been tak«n from the
|l’ « at the Elm creek bridge
u«nl to <Uly Hotel and
t’i«re about the name time that
frlcndx of Merritt received word of
hi* abduction.
He had gone to- the or urt h<»u«e
u hen Merritt arrived at the hot« l j tkreatenec
;ni4 Qor-o Ibi ni • go before the Jury ill Lite
. . . ,, m .. . "i _i____tUzxn zIaIa hz.rn f I nir.
I*ur to tlir delav receiving th •
mexxage .Swinney said he had n>
< Phortiihlty to xtart a anarch on the
r< adx for th(. abductors before th*
man u ax r« h a«• <1
t ii(. Sou ’ i - j t
and North
th»*
wheat grain priccx
closed higher on the board of trade
today.
Confirmation wax received that
cold weather had done considerable
damage to thp winter wheat crop.
Profit-taking developed 1n corn.
Fvldence of increased export liiqttl-
wax on hand. Hhfpmentx to th*
xeaboard were Raid to be hampere 1
due to a lack of transportation fa-
x\aM
t< gcrhi r
Th. Ii«t- 1 re
cornmut -
V KonahnrckM, lidnnry +
"The whipping of Merritt 4»
♦ wax the work of rough-neckx.’ +
♦ Hold Sheriff W. M.
Saturday, "arid I am
< it wax done by men from out- +
of Denton County. ’* *
a disgrace to
w< 11 k m»wn
tlie ill,ills to
i<1 t<» In* bollpFlt.
Iiixi>< < t oth ar»* ’ on 11 n •
v i>i k . drspi t r t Im
b* ing in R»'Xhion. an<!
effort will be m>l«l<* tu
th<‘ al legvd blue xk y”
biixinexs In thv intirc South-
brfore the governnu nt
cal.il off, i( was s.iiil i.ai*. ■
Ixk.v" storks hnv<* cost investors of
I the United States humlreds of mil
Hons of flollarx in the last l* w
j years, authorities deciare.
With a foil statement from Paul
|M<riitt of the whipping he ix al-
leged to Lave received Friday night
in their possession, Sheriff Swinney
and Uourdy Attorney Boyd had be* u
unable up to noon Saturday to un-
i c.nvi r any clues that g ive hope of
| leading to thr Identity of the nma
Merritt made a compli-’e
btal< merit of the night’s happenings
and gave the officers all (hr assist-
an< c h« could.
From hijt statements officers l»e-
|h'L«*. Merritt wax taken to Clear
.creek buHoin^^jJirre he was laxhc*1.
•They are nr»t positive about thr
pin e xx Im re hr wmm released in
inclined to b. hrvr
part of
Grade Crossing Accident at
Dallas Fatally Injures Ti—.
Aaaoelated Prtaa DUpafrA
DALLAS. .March 31.—Leroy Da-M
vis. HL |»nd Tom Davis, 10, faWB*
rrx. \xrr» probably fatally InJureT
today when a passenger train here I
st i in k their wagon The wagon
was dragged hfty feet and the two
mulea killed. |
IzAter It wax
would recover,
having hern an
belle veil.
Roy Mitchell. Under Five
Ueath Sentences, to Appeal
Ant'ii-latrd Prtf Ditnateh
WACO. Marell 31.—Rojl Mitchell.
rwKr'i, convicted and condemned to
die In five separate murder cases,
remains In .hla ' til awaiting sen-
tenee to be ppsaed. Witl^ the death
verdict bv the jury late yesterday
In the Harrell Bolton case. Mjt’-h<ll
showed bls first Interest In the sen-
tences when he called Judge Mun-
ros Xroni the bench .immedlalclj al-
ter court had adjourned and told
hirti he wanted to appeal his cases
Sentence probably will be passed
<lurln* tha comln* week. If »M
cataa, are appealed Counjy AUur- .
ney Farmer announced he would <o
to Auatln to have them advanced
on the dockets o^theyilgher court.
. » - I; ’’
Fort Worth Livestock.
United Preaa Tfiapatrh
FOBT WORTH, March 3L—Noth-
ing of Importance wax available in
the rattle and calf division Satur-
day. only 250 head being received.
The market was quotable unchang-
ed. Hogx steady, the best going at
24L25. Pigg also held to a steady
basin Saturday. Hog house receipts
were 300 head. N*othlng was here
for inspection qX buyers 'in thr
sheep and l«^rnb division.
Kansas City Livestock.
United Preaa I) it pat ch
KANSAS CITY, March 31.—Ilogs
••-Receipts 3.500; market 5c higher,
bulk lg.15Cr2.30. Heavies |8@8.30;
jacketji and butchers DL20ff8.25;
light* IS 10IF8 30. pigs |7®7 65.
Cattle*—Receipts 2,000; market
V atrady. Prime fed xtrrrx $9 50(T19;
plain to fair dressed beef steers
27.25(7 9 50; Western steers $7.25frt>
2.40; Southern
atcckers and
tvtlllR 22.75 77 5.50;
29.50.
United Preu* PiJipatrh
WASHINGTON. March 31
Easter cold u.A\e sw.pl a<r<
the
United Preet DUpalch
March 31 - -S«*v
ktllad and
u hen Frrni’h
woi'ka lirar 1
gunN on
< .Haling to a i
Lok al A nz* ige
Firm h weir (
autoTtfiobih^H^ :
according to
\ • r.ii- f <*f- guilty of statutory 43g
rincn'1 p.vM.in’t was returned ear-
.t urdav rnvrn ng by th(^ jury
nf Barney Clnntn’gfiF,"
tri.’d Imre this week for
1 .1 turn-, ami his punixhmaii(l4\J|
\\iis axx.'.NHeil at confinement In tha
, P'nit• nt iary for five years, the
, r mm sentence that was returned
• nt a fur in er ti iul two year*
tlu case waa appealed and
and remanded for new \
Jury brought in it^ ver-
o'clock SatuHMF.^r
the announcement
I of ti .- vcrdi. t defense counsel ask-
■ «d t.»r a |*<»H of the jury and at
| ilo- list wax called by Dittrltd'
| Cl. rk B L West. Judge C. R. PckT-
askrd each <^x to hig verdict*
is uml.-rxtood that the j —
1 r. a. li.-d its decision about 9 O* cl OCR
Fridas 11 g’it after having dellber-
ated for about three hour*. V—
returned then bt-
off Iria 1 attitude t <»wa rd
case of th’* I’oman I'atholb pnlatc
lx that his crime wax al»solut.-ly
I unpardonable. bcc*iuht be
1 Poland of his
I wan n Russian
j tut ex him .1 ...
lernnmnCs <*y<s Furthermore, it ix .
stated, the vhar gfimral was in ]
corn mu n h a t io n with I’oL'-s. .'.rrang- •
ing plans for a counter-rrv«dut ion 1
her. ami was telling mH oiialiZ'd 1
church property to Poland.
Vicar General BudRevitch
found guilt v of 11 e.’ison
with Archbishop Zepliak.
death sentepee wax
to ten >earK I m pr: son m« 111
fficials show a dis-
.d discussion of thr
admitting numerous
Bud k ev it ch's life be
bei ng
A»»nri4ted Preet Diepai
WASHINGTON, March
retar y Weeks has ordered
General 1-21 i Helmick,
general of the army, to rnnkr an
official Investigation Into thr con-
troversy between Colom 1 Arthur L.
Conger, commanding the Twentietl.
infantry in Trxa«. and Captain Ed-
win Randle of the same organiza-
tion. Randle has filed suit for
1100.000 damages against Colonel
Conger alleging defamation of his
wife's character.
The army Investigation will be-
gin i in, med lately under an official
on duty at headquarterH at San An-
tonio Secretary Weeks decided the
investigation should be made after
reading a letter from Mrs. Randle
who lx understood to have alleged
that she ax the wife of an officer
had suffered as a result of remarks
concerning her which are reported
to have been made by Colonel Con-
ger.
Union Ball Players Demand
Commission Representative
Vnitrd Preu //iepntrh
CHICAGO. March 31 ”
leaKue baaeball plajers.
their "union" today demanded rep- I
reaentatlon on tfle National Com- |
•jnloaJon. ike chief rulin*. boiji of
the Kame. The commission is now
•composed of K M Ijuidls. nat-
ional commissioner. Ban Johnson,
president of the American League
and John Heydier. president of the
National League
- "The format demand Hr represen-
tation of players on the commla-
Blon, comma Just before the open-
InK of the 1923 season, was In the
form of a 'resolution,'' adopted by
the National Baseball Flayers' As
I sociatlnn. ,lt was forwarded to the
I TWatYonal CorrimTsalon today T»y
JJaytnond J Cannon. Milwaukee at-
| Xtorney and organizer of the unlos.
SA NANTONIO. March .31 —Col-
onel A. L. Conger, commander of
the 20th Infantry, being sued by
Mrs. Agnes Karns Handle and her
busband. Captain Edwin H. Handle,
as co-complalnnnt for $100,000,
I'hargtnp rtrfarnntinn of Mrs. Han-
dle's character, will probably flic
his reply to the Handles' petition
in district court curly next month,
according to his attorneys today.
Attorneys for the Colonel late
Friday filed an ex-parte deposi-
tion in district court, which was a
sweeping denial of the charger
made agi’inst Colonel Conger in the
Randle petition. The deposition de-
clared that he had never in any
way imputed a lack of chastity to
Mrs Randle and that he had never
read publicly any document repri-
manding Captain Randle, as was
charged by the Handles.
win again
was tried
nally
a
Gollvge, in August of 1920.
who'believe<i such a" law ahould be The first tri; 1 was In 1931 and h.
j a ihn*i* wax given five ytarx. The Court of
passed to stand. Most of th«i.e (.Hn)lnu| A,)peal, rcverMd that . j
t-axv for x new tral. 1
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U. S. Prosperous Everywhere
Circus Advance Agents Find
United Prrte lhapatek
NEW *YORK, March 21^-_ J
’ Huxinexx condition* are bo
g<*n<,raHv good through-out the
lnit.il Siat«*x today that we
<ould Irt Zip, the ’U hat-la-lt?0.^j£
h ad < ur xhow acroxa the voAti-
* 1.4 nt t<» I h»* coaxt and
rtrik. a bail xpot.”
Clunks
• ,M r i ’baric*," act ing
i combined Ringling and Bag-
num A Bailey circuxea and Inct-
d ntalJ\ < nc of the beat author-
ities <»n prosperity, made thia
r i) q ua 11 f i • <1 xtatemvnt t<x1ay*
Since the war the xhow has
Iren trekking <>n a ’prosper-
• ty trail-' acroxg the continent.
\dvnncr agents with authentic
i < ports on buxineas condition*
in various
Ringling
v hi eh nn
fit jex u her
lira w
ent,-
The Ringling Information ta
dt tailed It gavex data on un-
< inploynivnt, xpendmg habits of
the jM'ople, report* of tradca
people and big buxlnexa men.
No n<‘< ti to pick and chooaa our
Finite thix year, "Mr, Charlaa**
said "We won't be able to play
a'l plat t h Wv would like to.**
Infant Born to 10-Year-0ld
, Girt; Hidalgo Co. Man Held
Vniled Preu
RA NANTONIO. March 31—A 10-
•year old Kiri. Is lying on
the Ran Antoniu mission horn,
mother of a 7 1-2-pound boy.1 The
child was born March 10 and
-weighed 4 1-2 puun,n.
member of a family In
fc* Hidalgo County who took the girl
f into their home when her mother
I died three year, ago and the father
—U»9j* *... 4
J ,i ' " j ously wounded. The i
Unusual low temperature for this scattered and the French occupied
season of th,, y. ar. wre report -d ! the works,
frem many cili'x ”t the <<inntrvj
And the weather ex'jw ri^ pr* <11 !• !’
it w "Uhl <"iit inuc (v-------------
Easter Snnil.iV
Sn<»w ujh reported tn xt-rnc Inca.
‘ t > » with In a v \ ! i <»sl m in
• in States "f Virginia
ai:<; South Carolina.
L.i'tt i Sundas In the I’l'ttm p.nt '
(the Country will be Hill <<-l 1> i* i
ithan today
55 Gary Citizens Convicted
ot Violating Volstead Law
\l((.l MI'ATM l\ FOxTEIt THI4L
TO START TI EM>AY
United Prett Diepatch
ST JOSEPH. Mich March 31 —
Argunientx to the juiy in the Wil-
liam Z Foster trial will be xtfirted
Tuex<ia\ morning. Court r» t-cxxi <1
over the Eaxtrr holiday Friday
night upon completion of the croxx
examination of the defendant.
(Hi th( verdict hi this carc hinges
the fate of thirty-two others, ac-
cused with b’fixter of violating
Mi< lugan xyndicalixt law All ’
aeciix’d of fomenting armed and
violent revolt through attending
(invention of comniunndx
Bridgem.m last xu miner.
Argurncntx are expected to
completed an<i tlie caxe given
the jury W t-dnesday afternoon.
Rtrerx >7.50471.50,
feed er x 15.5047850,
calves |5 50»{f
'x Southern trip
i ng through th •
OOinx lilFA’C
follo\vt rj« h* re.
n»;<kc t h lx 11 ! p
I’rt'xiih nt and
a election." ar-
I’red Starek, dir* « tor of
(•orpora I ion. who
•onft i f*
< rctllt,4
I’roxhlent intends to explain
people the Rlgnl fitnnte ’f
hij< own performance^ :xn«l ««f thv»
l,g!-lati< n ( t ngrcxx hax paxx« d dur-
I Ing his in< iiinbencj'." St »rek xnl«l
"Furthermore h<- nroptixex to take
the public into hlx confident! ax t-»
hlx admlnixt rat I vr
p• a nx ft
duties, "n*.'..
Romo buying developed In oats an
the strength of report* of *om«
.damage done to early aeeded areas.
-Reeding has proKressed slowly due
tn cold weather nnd in many sec-
(lor.'k oat planting has been aban-
doned duo to the latenesa of the
eeaaon.
Proi’lsons declined under llquldn-
tkns and closed lower
— Closing prices;
>■!* Wheat—May 81 20 5-8. July 81.17
C-8c. September 81.15 7-8.
Com—May 74 6-«c, July 76 7-8c.
Rept-ember 77 5-Rc. .
e —Oats—May to l-la» July 45 j-ic,
September 43 5-8c.
i Local Produce.
---Quotations: Hens 18018c; fryers
Aeaacitited Preet Diapatch
AUSTIN. Maith 31.—Thr* third
ami final revenue measure paxxed by
the regular xexxion pf the Legixla-
ture wax approved today by Govrr
It |x the Mclxon bill pla-
2 per tent occupation tax on
sulphur produced in Texas. The '
meaxuro, which ix in effect ninety
days after adjournment, will bring
approximately |5(m,000 tp thr State
annually. It ix ext 1 mated.
The (lovernor xlxo approved the
bill providing for codification of
the general laws of thp State and
treating a coinmJxHlon for that
pmp"se. An appropriation of
000 is provided for for codifying
the lawn. .
The meaxure piohibilmg the
further organization of xo-callcd 3
per ct nt loan companlex in Texan
alx<» uas approved. The meaxure
nivt'M ten yearn in uhit h xuch ronr=““
panics now operating may liqui-
date.
Hy LAWRENCE MARTIN
Culled Press Stuff Correspond, at
ST Al GUSTINE, F!:>.. Mnreh '• I
President liar.Ilig tonight bids
farewell '.o Florula after a vaeatim
ot more than three weeks spent
lore. The President will leave hero
at 7:3D tonight f> r Augusta. G i
where he will spend a week or t.'U
davs, He may also spend ti day .t
<•< lumbia, S. C Barring tain. .Io
i resident will play a final round of
golf lieCc
With Mr
near an < nd. th •
Went " h ich lie
the rem "I
I ’ r v x i < 1 e n t
"h I x
x CM
A nearfaifed Preet nttpatrh
< lilt %<.<>, Mimh 3L—4 xiiil-
IIiik nuii <«» temper wlwlvr n
chilly wrnther threatening Io
mukr llanter n <in> of mixer, t«»
innumernltle %*onen ronre-
, drd li» weather ftirecu*tern lit
Iht Uid«ilc U ext todnj.
hile n void mmxp ix»
xprend aeroxx thr country
of ihr M IxnInnI ppi. iii«- xrrllon
*xrxt of thnl dividing linv» mu*
not to be faxored. Tvmprm-
furem there Mill rrglxlrr for be-
Inn norintil nnd decidedly «*ool
for the dlxpln* of Erixtcr hoii-
nrt*.
On the whole weather report*
Indicate that Enxtcr would be
glxen a irri <-oo| reception
I hr noil I the I tilled Stale*.
E - ----
Afociated Pre*! Dlepntch
AUSTIN, Marcli 31.—Complaints
El Charging criminal libel were lied
' late last night In the Travis County
L-—-iwatrlct Court by County Attorney
John W. Hornsby against Jacob
and David Lutser, former students -
® of the University of Texas
Kfl*.a - The charges were filed in connec-
tion with the publication of the
|r “Btunderbus," an unofficial publi-
cation in connection with Unlversl-
f - ty actlifltlos and appearing annual-
ly on April 1. ,
Allegations that tlie defendants |
Jitbeled several members 4>f Qiu .
I .University faculty are contained in j
the complaint The paper has not '
t foaan circulated generally. It. is r> - j
sported, and an agreement may be '
I reached by which th« cliarKe* "il1!
L, be dropt If the sheet Is not ctreui-
lated further, officers stated
Appointment of Captain Herbert
I Hartley as master of tlie Leviathan,
| largest American ship, has
| announced . by the Shipping
SOVIETS TURN
DEAF EAR TO
WORLD APPEAL
nt Uirney
( n her prominent <1* femlantx hel<*
guilty gre Dwight Kinder, proxet ti-
ling attorney of Lake
| L» win Barnex. former sheriff, t’lith
i Hunter, former prosecutor John
. Bennett, treaxurt r of the Republi-
can <’ity t’onimlttee of Gary, anti
treason f(’harles ('h niens, a Juxtlie of the
: pea.e
Seventy-live jiersonx who \\ei»*
by a Federal grand jury
k st in t imber on a ( harge of < »in-
, spiring to violate thr Volstead Aet.
asxure l j (this number five pleaded guilty
before trial, the Indictment of one
This conbtl- | wax n<»l proxxed; and seven other
* (h fendaiitM have not been urrextecL
Indictments of Prominent
I
. . I
pt r
t er
rvrehed. Judg<*
late but
n't lock
Th*- Jury In the caxe was com- I
ppacd ut.- GttOLKa Coppa-Mfi.
— t Point. M I. SImx7 Den ton; FrapV‘"~“3
viewed from the Governor s of- McDonald. Pilot Point; R L. CUrjc,
speech to the Dallas Bar j Lewisville: 3,1 L Barr. Denton; J. ..I
>n today. A Look. Deuton; Will Hampton* |
---------- ,.kn...r,vr4 11*»t thiiior 1 1 n»ler, T Florence, Juxtin; W»
II Diin. Sxiiger; G M Hennon. t
I Garza. <» W. Smith. Denton, and , , rJ
J. A. T’ainter. Denton.
Sheriff Swinney took charge of -?
| Cloning’ r ax soon ao 'the verflteL
I was returned Clonlnger wax taken
the xhcrlfT’a office, on hlx re- 1
quest, ami from there telephoned
hlx wife Of thr verdict. He WW"^
t hr n 1.' k« n to Jail
Defense counsel Is preparing mo-
te.a I which Is ex-
be filed and ruled upon
thought of doing > urdny afternoon. It lx Under-
- ; Rtood that if the new trial is dented
the caxe
i < ’Ion i ng er
— ----, having crim in
cloxr of hix talk th^ Gov. khilita t’roft,
the lawyers present »>«**
Eighth nestk In Columbus Wreck.
Ajrenriated Preet Piepatch
COLt’MHUR. Ohio. March 31.—Th«
death of VV L. Sibert of Cincinnati,
a student locomotive fireman, in-
creased the death toll from th® .4
wrecking of the Big Four trhl0...^^H
here yesterday to eight. %Jpffi
Three men eboard the train and
a woman and her two small
In the automobile which tho
struck at a grade croaaiM*.
..... killed Instantly. Eleven in-
jured nt hospitals were reported re-
covering today. ’ J
Itltlll.IN.
ni.'iis were
wounded when French tfoops at ) —----*---- ----
NEFF SCORES SENATE
.lay, avoiding to a special «‘P'” » , 111’ ? . Y Z. . , ' „
The French wore attempt ng—COMPLAINS OF LACK
< Il f i •'< ate au t <»m<»bi|(^4^ at ’l|,‘ I ma^aaM
Krupp plant, according (<» the re-
port, an<l the workers resisted. The
i Hoops opened fire, raking t'h<>
i ranks of the workers with machine
gun bullets.
French troops approached., the *
n’riipp works this morning under t..
this to st ize uut<'inobihs store I
MAY ENGL,
]■ i < nch todav seiz’d ten biili *n
marks and 4U0juu» |’i ■ n< h francs
which w ere ht ing t ransft i
! i urn t lie Fra r k for» l>r:i n< h
tin Reichbunk to tsha.tlen
'i'ht’i ix thr ?f*-r*r»nd Hrgrrt -rt»-
uif of German funds rimr <r
c ap.i t n>n of the Ruhr L< u i n.
The confix- at ion is belies - <1
I y Germans Hl the < >ccu | > 1 c<! .»I « a
ti- 4'<.nNtituG IniUi'Uli <«t lor, of
further repressive measures 1»y
in\ .-idt-rs
xcizui,. follows a <!«*-
< leiica al I u goutt e t I i i
x\ ■ »rkcr x i n t <»‘ ‘'u !»'• <1
Fr< iti h ord< i x
deported
50 0,0011 ,
al. - tie
i Wert HH -
\ oral towns in 1 he
Eeirt Teves tonight lair, colUer
In south portion, frost nearly to «he
coast except In ike l.ower Rio
t.iande V alley I NuikIbj partly
cloudy, wurmrr,
rnxtrrly to
conxt.
4 think thr Ku Klux
•fr anything to do with it
+ w hippi-rx " ore
4* and union-alls,
♦ those who were
1 Ictlm Blindfolded
Mrrritt wax
handkerchief or
nnd a gag
I laced in
could talk
tongue ovi . ----- .
He said lha automobile was head-
ed Bt'ard Penton when he got into
it and he did not tlilnk it was turn-
ed around. He said It seemed tlioy
drove for about 10 miles but that it
might have been half that dis-
tance .
After the run he described by th,’
nutomobll,. over fairly smooth road
they Stopped and he was taken ont
of the car. Ho said he thought
ditch beside tlie road. Til ‘
automobile left nnd he gathered
they were going to get a vote of tile
others. While tho automobile was
gone, lie estimated about thirty
minutes, tlie men remaining wi.n
iim questioned him about perjpr-
,i,g himself In the Clon'incM" tthal
and said he lied on the stand Wlien
denied the ehnrge he said
hit on the left side of the
and knocked him against the
bank of tlie ditch. As he raised up a
man on tho other hit him with his
fist and one man said "You are a
(1—(| liar."A man, who seemed to
Merritt to be standing on the bank
of the ditch said, "Turn him loose. I
want to shoot him right there where
that rag Is." "Don't kill him now,"
lie said another answered,
him again If he Is ever a
the c.ase again he will
man."
tod to ten j<
Govern nun t
position to a
t axe, u h i h1
x ppen Ix that
spared are being received
Kr\lenko. the public prosi t utof.
who conduett d the trial of the Ro-
man (’athnlh pr« latex, w. x rushing
through a long corridor in the De-
partment of Justice Whvn 1 way-
laid him for an ....
subj( < ’
"I lia\4' no time,”
( u rt ly a nd p.tsst «l • -n
The all Russian • )
mittcc remains firm in its conten-
tion that tin prelate must tlie.
The t < nt i x e ( uininitt. c
pMHxid a th crec t reating
"xpe< ial concession t'l.Hiiiiillo'"
Lopth»t), < 111powa red to i
qUes 1 lonx <»f copeesMlon
Englaml ami France.
>*r<»l»Rhtv Hr <>fxh4 Jnry
Judge <’. R I'aarman of the Six-
teenth District r’ourt said at noon
Saturday Ch^t hv ha<l.Jj.id no oppor-
tunity to t.Tlk with County Att>:-
n< V lioyd about calling a xpecial
xcxxfnn of the grand jury to conduct
Hn investigation. He said unlexx
x HL,* evidence can be found by the
of fleers to indicate a chance t>
it'.-ntlfv Merrlt|’x assailants he did
not think there was use to t-umnmn
the grand jury m xj»« < ial x**xxion.
G(unty Attorney Bovd said that
men involved, if *h.y can
Swinney ♦
confident ’t 1
From out- * ' I
d' side of Denton County. D ♦ |
♦ wax a dixgraee to Denton + t
<■ County, however, for it to uc +
•f cur inside Itx territory. 1 don’t 4
the Ku Klux Klan hau
I th it The 4 \ t
black masks «<• |
Merritt and +
with him in ♦
+ the car from which he wax tak, ♦
«( <ri said H<. wax blindfolded +
•f bound and gagged after he wax +
+ captured and wax n*-t able +
+ see how many were in the par- ♦
4- tv. but from the noise he be- +
♦ lieved there_.werft.st Jeaxt thjrec + ,
4* automobiles full." *
Ill<*<!«*♦♦♦♦*
Paul Merritt of Eldorado, Ark , 22
yeaix old ami married, the victim of
the brutal attack and revere whip-
p ng administered by the ba.nd of
men drexxed in dark unionallx **nd
wearing black hoods, made a full
of tho attack while in
the City Hotel. East Hick-
Street. Saturday morning <L-
of being_xtruck by fistH and
a roadside waiting
to he taken,
■ wn on thp
lx ttom nnd four
while he t*-
er< -M.s hl®
Legion Appeals to Hughes
to Let Wait From Canada In
Mich . M .r< h 3‘L- Tht
Post of the American
.. hax asked jG erf tiiry ot
Klat* Hughex to obtain th.- release
Caxtle, IM. who Is being held
< for immigration “
lad's onlv ofTenxr.
the Legion Post, lx that
to become an American
1 I’astle i*ixk< d hlx life
Ineroxslng the girth ix of the
International bridge at '
Falls. rrhl* first time h
turned to Canada He
tection the set ond time
caught on it freight
plhced in Jail The
life
he
post has offered to pay
the lad is rrleaxed.
Attocwfed Prrtt Pit patch
INDIAN A P<4JS. Mait h 3 1
five of sixty-two result nts <>
and Lake Counts, Ind. tiled on a
oKa r go ~7eT «<mxp7rarv TrTvToTafFTTiP
Volxtvad Ai t. were found guilty by
a jury in the United States District,
Court here today.
Among the most prominent <le-
I fondants found guilts were Ros*
| well Johnson, mayor of Gary, Wil-
| h'nm Old*, sheriff of Dak** Cttuniy:
' William Dunn, judge <»f the Garv
City Court, ami B Lucas, a Gary
law -breakers
have created the erroneous imprea- |
gion that I am seekinif power to | tion for «
remove local officers," the Governor , p>•< toil to
said. "1 never tl—„’..l ”
such a thing. I merely wanted of.
ficerg who protect lawbreakers to
be tried in their home counties."
At
etnor ^aaked
s,aliment
b*-d at
•»y
told of I>eing st ruck
kicked while °n
for .a
th
7
p.....'.^7
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