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DENTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 1923
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Negotiations tor Paying
Remainder of Debt to U.S.
Deposed Kleagle Organizer
of First Fascist! in U. S.
Sabine County Grand Jury to
Investigate Hiram Knox Death
Theory That Win. Herndon
Wai Murdered Abandoned
LOSS
* IN KEY WEST
MOONSHINE CASE
TO TRIAL TUESDAY
TESTIMONY BEGUN
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lived
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MORE WAGONS TO
BE ADDED TO CITY
HAULING WEDNESDAY
1922 COTTON CROP
TOTALED 9,761,817
testimony offered by
pustalned by Judge
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LIVERPOOL. March ”?»7-Funjr««
25.55 bi t,
30.4O-4J
30.13-15
26.32-31
25 85 bid
middling
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30.85-87
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Kidnaping Charge Against
Newark Detective Dismissed
Myers Still Trying to End
Shopcraft Workers' Strike
FROM UNDER BIG SNOWDRIFTS AS
FIRST DAY OF SPRING ARRIVES
fatal
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inun. last -rhariksgivlhg
T.nilan Knox. widow of
ords for this
south as Texan
weather bureau
LAST I ^ORGANIZED COUNTY
TEXAS ORGANIZED
[upper
parts enjoying
GIVEN ANOTHER
DEATH PENALTY
LEN N'S HEALTH IS
CONTINUING BETTER
GOVERNOR NEFF
OKEHS GENERAL
DEFICIENCY BILL
two
The
have been
the case
Aeenciatrd Preee Diepatch
CHICAGO, March 20—-While
property damage from
weather, blizzard and
w a s
Chicago Grain.
Vnited Preee Diepatch
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varying
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ry, 8am McLeon Jo,
Marfin and G. E. I
DEAD
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Tewmbfr 26.15
[ bpotg quiet, 10 lower,
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i to rescue trapped victims. Above uro shown the ruins of tho women’s
i dormitory where six women perished.
for collection of
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' . . ' i slates in
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bales counted as half bales, 32.798
bales fit Amferlcan Egyptian, 5,-
Ill of Eea Island and 8.834 which
ginners estimated would be turned
out after tha March canvass.
The 1322 crop In Texas wM 8,-
125.752.
I
I ors as to '
I statements
confessions,
ami the objection
--Three other---rmTrffcT
against Mitchell have been set
next w eek.
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Aaseciatsd Prttf Tiitpatcn
KBT WEST. Fla.. March 20—Thir-
ty-five dwellings were destroyed by )
firs here, today. The fire was l
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W A»4H+NerTON. March 20.—Im- I
—I delinquent taxes : mediate inauguration of a study '
ordered by.the Commission and Ito determine economic uses for the >
City Attorney liooper was Instruct- Federal government's vast hospital 1
ed to take whatever steps axe ne- facilities is urged by the board oil
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t today to Secretary Mellon I
The work should be centralized In
some Federal government office
and the problem mane the subject
of close scrutiny In order that war
Cl.EAR WEATHER PREVAIL*
(By United Press)
Clear weather prevailed through-
out the Southwest today and the
cold wave that held It in Its grasp
yesterday seemed to be breaking up.
Roads generally were reported in
fair shape.
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Rt **IA *39KK« 33ARK < OA
VLADIVOSTOK—Ths Far I
ern Hrartch of ths All Russia
ologloal Survey Department has
elded to make a complete enrve
all the mineral bearing region
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NO. 167,
WACO NEGRO IS MIDDLE WEST DIGS ITSELF OUT
SEWAGE PLANT f^Aged Women Perish in
Charge Against K
Klan Kleagle
w >
Munror, l»rforc xbhom
HMM a«|lH*»Hl*sb«*<l
to keep order when
wom rorrlvrde The
ciowd <*|p*rrrd, however* l»rlnic->
Auk it Mtronac rebuke from l<on-
Krrat Mud peore ulltcrra.
The di'frnrtaiit showed-no rmo-
tl< n w-hatrter Mh«*n the wrrdtet
Mun rend.
New Orleans Cotton.
VnUrd Prru IXfpatrh
J.EW ORLEANS. March 20.—Fu-
tures opened steady. 6 to 18 lower)
closed steady 13 to 23 lower.
January . ..----—- mn *'---- • ■
May 30.45
July ....
(October
tecember .
— Hpoth quiet
30T8.
FUTURE USE FOR SPECIAL SESSION TO
FEDERAL HOSPITALS CONVENE APRIL 16
PRESENTS PROBLEM IS CAPITAL RUMOR
t brought under rontral when <n I lut-
ed men from the array and navy
1 »tstlona tame to the aid of the fire-
men.
' Origin of the blase which started
In a branch building of the Cqrtcz
Cigar Co wh#s pot been determined.
INgmage l« estimated at 3200,000
<7-^
ragv of Word Watkinn. another ne-
kio. <>n Hickory Cr*eh A ilmilir
charge Hgalnnt Perry Kinney, (rot.)
In connection with the wame *c<a<3
waa continued by tho ntate.
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Seven aged tfornen, inmates of the Allegany County Almshouse at
Angelica, N. Y., were burned to death when flames swept the structure
in a mysterious midnight lire. Two attendants lost their Ilves attempting
to rescue trapped victims.
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I’hUptl Prpta Diap'iff'h
Miirch -< npHol
eftrridor In thnt <•<>¥.
Arff Mill ronvrfjr thr l.rglmla-
lttrr in *rrnnrf rnlfett ttrwwion
»nrfy-nw Mondayi Ajh»H 44k Wh*
ifirt ihut Ihr Gowrrnor i« hnr-
r>h»g fhrotiKh fhr large hntch
«•!* hllln lrf( «»n IiIn drmk 'when
I hr rrguJMr »rk«liiB Mtijemmed
Iisim ”lwn color to thr rumor of
nit rarfy wprrinl »r«n«l<»n.
Jl'IM'E J. M. 3*RE*NLER DRMI
MEMPHIS. March 20—Judge H
M. Pressler, 87. former judge of the
Court of Civil Appeals at Atnarlllo,
filed here aj^er a' lung illness.
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Anoeiated Prrn lliipatch
AUSTIN. March 20—Qovernof
Neff today filed with tho Secretary •
Of State with his approval the Gen-
eral deficiency appropriation bill
appropriating 3430,000 to meet de-
ficiencies in State department funde
incurred during the past
years. The btii Is effeettve-
(Lately. ‘
The Governor also fttert the House- -
resolution urging him to dec!.ue ta
accept the rt-algnaUon of R. K,
Thomason of El Pa«o as commis-
sioner fiu*» Texa« to confer with
representatives bl New Mexico and
the Federal government relative to
the division of the waters of tho
I’ecos River.
Tho question
n.ury iwsuui the wilw*Unn ,.r | (pn^ultants (>n hosmtaliz.itlon_jjy
all funds owing the city. It Was es- I report today to Secretary Me"«
11 ma ted that the city is now carry , n'*'-
Ing about |32.OOo worth of paving j
c-rtificatea of which amount absnrt j
75 per cent la past due The delln- '
fluent taxes are estimated at be ■ j
tween 130.000 and >50,000. Hooper |
wws granted an Increase In salary'
from 3100 per month to 3150 dur-
ing the six months beginning April
1 In compensation for the extra
work and will also receive 10 per
tent of all delinquent taxes for the
collection of which milt has to bo
brought. He will probably close hl«
office up town and move to the city
ball where the records will he avail-
able for his reference. The Com-
mission's Instructions were that ro
exceptions be made In Collection nt
the funds n<Tw delinquent and where
rult Is brought for collection of
paving certlfliatee the city will ex-
ercise Its right to declare all other
certificates In the same case due.
Tha depokt ahoweft the unpaid
paving certificates as follows:
Nofth Locust Street, 315,788; Oak-
land and Hann Avenues, |8.25f;
Wert Hickory Street, 31.593; square
3«.G94.
City to Join In Gas Mnlt
Expenditure of not exceeding 34.'5
as Denton's part of the cost of liti-
gation to be instituted by nineteen
cities of North Texas using natur-
al gas was authorized. Hooper re-
ported that the cities wore expect-
ing to Join Denison in a contest
of the ready-tn-servp charae and
that the assessment against Dcnt< n
on a basis of 40c per meter base 1
on the litigation amounting to >10.-
NINR REVIVAL* at MeMINWK*
. March 20—Simul-
taneous revivals were started at
4
Putted Prrtt Ptepatek
WASHINGTON, March 20—New
negotiations for a settlement of the
remaining 38,400,000.000 that allied
nation, owe the United Slates will
soon b« undertaken.
33 Degreea at laM-khnrt
Anni-iated Prtn PUpatrh
LOCKHART, Texas, March
ThF mercury stood at 23 degrees
(|bt(V» zero here this morning. Far-
mers say Ibss to fruit and tru-k
gardens pn>ba,bly would be heavy,
but that corn was not damaged.
There was no loss among livestock,
U W»! said.
Afarlaled Prtn Dltpuch
WASHINGTON, Mat\h 30—Tha •
American cotton crop of 1922 ‘ waa
placed at 9.781.817 equivalent 500 ,
pound bales by the cenaug bureau
today In the final" gtnnlng \rgport
of the season The Department of
Agriculture eellmated, ths ersp at —
9.964.000 bales. /
The number of running bale* re-
ported by the census bureau waa —
*PE*T 73 YEAR* DIGGING f'OAI.
LUQUO1N, 111—Patrick Hann of
this city Is believed to be one of
the rstdetrf rr>»t miners tn the tmit-
ed Slstos In point of active ser-
vice. He ts 80 years of nc, and
began work as a mThcr In England
When only seven years old. making
73 years of active service In the
mines He. has been a resident of
Duquoln for half a century, and Is
active in unljOn affairs.
Trial of Horace Odom on a charge
of unlawfully manufacturing Intox-
icating liquor was begun in the Six-
teenth District Court Tuesday morn-
ing and selection of the jury was
completed at the time of the noon
rrcess. The testimony «a» being
heard Tuesday afternoon Odom was
arrested <JY| the charge In Septem-
ber, 1321. lie Was convicted about
a year ago on a charge of poaaesslng
liquor and given one year. He gava
tiAtlCF of anpeal and In the "mean-
time the higher courts made a rul-
ing on the question and the case
was dismissed. Odom has filed ap-
| ullcation for suspension of his —w—
tencse If convicted.
'"•<e Jury In the case Is composed
of H. A Kirby, R. U Cote, J. D.
[Druce, J. T M. Jones. 8. D. Foust,
I’. Gober. I* Bailey. B. A. Cur-
"oe c. Cobb, L. .1.
Richards
*KW HOAD FROM FOH.T
VVOHTII TO PLAIN*
FORT WORTH. March 20.—> 4
+ Final plans for a new rallrnad +
TWELVE PAGES'*
j
guilty Tuesday
liquor and the Jury
punishment
penltentiaryr.
tenco would
TIm 4ury In
D Milliken. R
Bruce, E D. Massey, J
Two Years For Selling
M Ytalnwatl-r entered a plea, of
— ‘ morning to selling
assessed his
years In the
minimum sen •
one year,
was H. A.
Kirby, W D Milliken, R. L. Col-.
J. D. Bruce, E D. Massey. J T. M.
Jones. 8. D. Foust Ft. W Bass. H
P Gober, L, Heiley, H A. t'urry and
Roy King.
New York Cotton.
VnUrd Prtn Pirpatrh
NSW YORK. March 20 —Futures
opened 11 to 18 lower; closed steady
• to 23 lower.
Jaauary
March .
May ---
■.27.35 and guarantee to finish the
work In 120 days and Christy A
Dolph Conatruction C<1 was the
fourth with 342,169.19 and guaran-
tee to complete the work In 150
Uaya,--
c<3 In s(r«ng sacks and well secur-
ed In practically all cases. Th's
'niukes it much easier for the men
to l.a.nrllr the I rash and larger loads
can also be hauled ns the cans and
trash do not fall sff the wagons
and trucks when the loads are piled
high.
Pniltd Prtn Pitpaleb
NEWARK, N J.. March 19.—The
cherge of kidnaping against John
F. Elite, private detective, was die-
missed in the court of common
pleas today. Ellis was charged with
kidnaping Alexander A. Robertson,
former British soldier The alleged
kidnaping was said to be a part
Of the effort to stop Robertson's
courtship of Miss Mary Cui
daughter of former Unltx-d
Senator Culberson of Texas
Robertson, a nephew of
Mary E. Andrews of Bloomfield, N.
J., claimed lie was kidnaped April
27 and forced to go to Boston
where an attempt was made to put
him on a ship going to South
America. He said the attempt was
frustrated by( action of tho British
embassy.
Airplane Propeller Kills
Cadet at San Antonio Field
Attorinled Prrtt Ditfxilrk
SAN ANTONIO, -March 20.—Dick
Chamlee, a cadet of Brooks Field,
was killed here this morning when
l(P was struck by the propeller of
an airplane. He did not hear tho
plane come tip behind him. His
skull waa fractured. He lived at
Gatesville.
Additional wagons will have to b-
■ulded to the number hauling trash
nnd cans Tuesday In order for tho
1 clean-up of the city to too completed
in threp days. Mayor Hennen said
■ Tuesday noon after the truck and
1 two wftgons had been on th# work
for half a day. The response from
! tho honsohrrldcrs to tha appeals for
I the clean-UP seems to have been
I excellent, Hennen said, and he ex ■
pe-ts more trash and ehns to ho
f hanled than tn Tiny other ean hate'- 3-7^9.1118 JnchiflLng_112^14.-_
r Ing in tho city.
Thb householders seem to have
given particular attention *n Pre-
paring their cans and trash for
hauling and very favorable reports
| have been received from the drlv-
^jers of the yvagona and truck. They
J haVp found the trash and cans plac-
East Te«a« tonight fsir and
wsnatri Wr-dnewday partly
cloudy to cloudy, warmer in
southeast portion and colder In
northwest portion.
Went Texan tonight fair nnd
wnrmeri Wedneaday Increasing ,
cloudiness, colder except In
aowthenst portion.
♦ gar I. Fuller, deposed kleagle 4
+ of the Sacramento realm of the •>
e .->«■« icauroan v <.m- ♦ K" Klux Klan. 4
right tit setting the
tho towns. Statistics I*'
showed that Denton pays z:
34.X33 a year to the Municipal Gas
Company through tho ready-to-
servp charge and this was declared
to be equivalent to a 10 per cent
return nn ilia investment hero, in
the eighteen towns and cities in
which the charge is collected tha
revenue to the company. a« shown
by the'*T.gurea. amounts to >77.LL)
per year, ft was stated
Hennen and Hooper and possibly
Commissioner Minor Will attend a
meeting of representatives of the
cities concerned to be hold In Dal-
las next Thursday when the plans
will be thoroughly gdnt Into.
COw Ordinance Ordered
Hooper was Instructed fo prepare
a cow ordinance for consideration
for an early meeting of the Com-
mission. The Livestock Sanitary
Commission of Fort Worth has of-
fered tn send a specialist here to
assist In the work and Mayor Hen-
nen will write the commission at
once to send him here with drafts
of ordinances that have been suc-
cessful. The ordinance is expected
to provide regulations for keeping
cows and other animals in the city
and also to carry provision for the
tuberculin, test.
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.Xft^ m i* i p iHR and
Valley, atrrlcul-
tural authoritieH intimated that the
crop damage extended into the mil-
liens of doll am.
GA.C •*11’1’1.V OFP
(’OltSK’AN A. .March 20—Much
RufTerinK resulted from the ntop-
pajre nf the local gan supply, from
some unknown cause, while the
mercury was rcglNterlng around IS
degrees.
tho
damage from the cold
blUiurd and snowstorm
being checked off today, spring
announced its nearness by the gen-
ial sun which tempered the cold
Hnxts of the fright wave,'
The storm which swept into the
Mississippi Valley Sunday and yes-
terday, shattering all weather rec-
time of year as far
and Florida, the
said, moved Info
Canada with increased intensify.
Winter’s last day saw the entire
MisslssIpTM Valley, in aonu
J fair weather, dig-
ging out of snowdrifts and restor-
ing transportation. Railroads were
wnrktngr to clear their snowbound
tracks anti cities were clearing their
struts.
Ttiy storm's death toll was nlns.
Two deaths were reported at Rock-
ford, III. three near Baxter, Col.,
< no at Chicago, one nt Waukesha,
M is., one near Kutch Col. and one
at Whiting Ind.
In the central
I >wer Mississippi
hlrh amount abwn
- — - •• oi close scrurmy in oroer mar war
| arid post war expennxureii may not
I be a waste, the report suggested.
| Recommendation also is made
I that some plan of closer ro-oper-
latlor) between the Federal govern-
}merit and the states be evolved for
the purpose of making hospital
practices uniform throughout
country.
____Tharp, axe .Lhrua t.f__dia- .
position which suggest themselves
when the use of thr facllitlea for
the hospitalization of war veteran*
Is no longer necessary, tho report
said. They are: The transfer t” the I
nxlionxl Iwm- frrr rttjnrhtrrt 'yrrtun-
trer soldier, the transfer to the.
public health service for
basis, or the sale or transfer t
which they are located
as a part of the state’s health and
welfare equipment.
Annciatrd Pritt Ditpatch
ATLANTA. Ga . March 20 —Ed-
ward Young ClArke, former acting
imperial wizard' o fthe Kn Klux
Linn, failed to appear for trial in
ihe United Utates* Court lirrb to-
day on a charge of using tho mails
"Ine^t., defrnitol. Ills bond of 3500 was
,h* ordered forfeited by Judge Hlblev
amt It was stated that warrant for
his arres would be issued later In
th,, day.
When Clarke’s case wak called hla
counsel requested a continuance on
the ground that Clarke’s loading
counsel was engaged In another
(curt lie said he did not know
Clarke’s whereabouts but stated that
he thought he could be produced
it the case was continued until next
week.
On request of the district attor-
ney Clarke’s bond was forfeited.
Charges against Clark ■ of using
thp mails to defraud grew out of al-
leged ttcltlvlties in connection with
tho nropaganda department of the
Ku Klux Klan In which Clarke is |
alleged to have sent letters t<> offl-
... r emls of nf the Klan advising them
,♦ was formed here today by Ed 4. | that If would he necessary for them
to make bond and calling for a pre-
mium of 3" each to bo sent to him
Several premiums wore sent In. tho
government charges, but no bonds
werc Issued for them, It Is alleged.
GF.IIRGE E. KE9HI.EH
INDIANAPOLIS. March
George E. Kessler. 61. noted
scape architect, died
night.
A itoriated Prat Ditpalch
AUiiXLN. March 20.—state Labor
Commissioner Myers returned to
Austin today from conferences In
various parts of the state wllb J.
H. Connell, United Rtal»s commis-
sioner of conciliation, and railroad
officials relative to settlement of the
shotcraft strike whljch has been In
progress finco last July. Myers stat-
ed hat negotiations sre continuing.
Wnnts Brakes Inspected
■ Commissioner Gray called atten-
tion of the Commission to the
need for Inspection of brakes on all
automobiles in the city. He said
that In sonM^pla<?s It Is required
that InspactioK be made at regular
Intervals 1»n4'the owner’must car-
ry a receipt (showing the Inspection
has been made. Gray said the fen-
der of his automobile was torn off
a few days ago by a young' man
whose automokMv brakes were out
of commission and that he was un-
able to pay for the damage. Ho
said that statistics showed 75 per
cent Of the accidents in the United
States the past year were caused
from defective brakes. The matter
was passed without netlor^,
Request w*« received from Wil!
Cartwright (or an Increase in his
salary from >150 to_ 3175 per tponth
aa chief engineer at the city power
plant. It waa stated he had been
offered the larger amount by >
plant at another place. No action
was taken on the matter.
Pntttd Prtn Pitpatrh
MOSCOW, March !0—After two
ilajs without news from the bed:
• We of Premier Lentne and with re-
4, forts current from not entirely
new sources such as Riga nnd Hel-
singfors thnt his condition was
worse, Moscow was relieved today
to read In the official bulletin’that
further Improvement Is noticeable.
Lomug Is able to move his puralyx*
cd hand and foot with great free-
dom. His afflicted speeche lH un-
changed Absence of tho bulletin on
Sunday was du» to the fact that
Russians papers do not publish on
Mondays
HnrometeT Readings
fanenn. envlvsl
Relative RamMtty 1-----
7 a. m. today -------- 68 per eent, Ttflue
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Pnitrd Prrtt Pitpatch
WILKESBARRE. Pu . M ‘ "~
Three men were killed and several
Injured today when the packing
hr.use mill of the Dupont Powder
I Company In the woods near Mosaic,
I Pa., blew up. completely destroy-
TTng fh,, mFIT.--
An investlgntlon was started nt
I osice to determine th« cause of tho
explosion. Relief wtfs rushed from
Scranton and Pittston.
Tpc exact number of Injured wilt
not be known until nil doctors
>nakp their reports as every avail-
aide house was turned Into a tem-
porary hospital.
Considerable damage to other
buildings att the plggit resulted.
Aetnriatfd Prrtt Ditpatrh
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 3>— ----
Motion made by the defense, to tlia-
miss tho defendant. return ' the 4
property seized and throw out an -J
evidence of testimony offered by
the state was pustained by Juftge
Davis In police court thin morning
In the case of W. M. Cortnar, Ku
Klux Klxn kleagle and organlagff
charged with riotous conspirae^"
In sustaining the motion Jtlidge
Davts said the prosecution might
desire to take the ease to the grand
Juiy on Its own initiative.
Cortner was arrested by a pglloa
raid on lylan headquarters on the
nlgtit ,.f Fob. 14. Hooka papers,
■ghHa and other grttciew belonging
to the Klan were seised. v aS*
———;JjjfH Kinney Vef Guilty
A verdict of not guilty was re-
tuined lalo Monday by the Jury In
tho case of Jack Kinney. negro
- trlid on a chhrge of burglary. He
Liberty Bond Market. -charged with entering the ga-
b ba surveynd will iha coal JI
b the upper Suehan'imtnet, T
b fields qf upper add lower I
b and thr Iron deposits of tl
+4 glsvo district.
Liverpool Cotton.
_____PitPOtch
I • mibi vii 4U —— r u t i| fs*f
o^e‘n<d quiet. » to 10 lower. Futures
closed firm 7 to 11 lower
Jsnuary .... 14 22
Dz ftlareh_________,_^_1«.14
HUi'.WJ - 14.33
k galy .. :----------J6.83
ftp October .. 14. W
K Npotg easier, 16 lower, demand
! J limited. Kales 6.900 American 2.sou.
Kt Imports 12,000. American 1 1,900.
WMiddling l«.50d.
State Depository Board Gets
Bids On State Fund Deposits
Ateocvitrd Preet Piepatch
AUSTIN, March 20.—Conelderc-
tlon of approximately 200 blds for
elate drposltles wa, begun by the
state depository board In session
lu re today The blds are for con-
tracts to keep approximately 3*.-
000.000 of the statr’a funds und'r
the new depository law. Contracts
to bp let by the board today orb
for keeping thr state funds to Jan.
1. 1924.
I
s
; .. je-
preee Diepateh
HEMPHILL, March 19.—The fta-
blne County grand Jury wag con-
vened here this m-rnlng and It Is
expected that one of Its first gets
will be to Investigate the
shooting of Hiram Knox, wei
lumber man, last
Day. Mrs
the duud rmin. la at liberty IML ft
charge of murder In connCMtHl '
■lurch 20 — «with the case. No specific InattNe* .
tions relative to the Knox case ,
were given the grand jury by
Judge Stark.
I ' September 78c.
Oats—May 45 l-4c, July 44 7-’8c,
1’7 September 43 3-8c.
Fort Worth Livestock.
[ flatted Preee Diepatch
I FORT WORTH, March 20.— Cat-
I -tie prices were 10 to 15c higher
k Tuesday Calves were steady nnd
g elow. Recolnla were 1,200 cattle
I and 200 calVcs. F The hog market
I ’ was active an<1 steady to 5c higher.
I Jhp Lop being 38 45. The pig mar-
[ ket waa steady. Receipts were 2,- I
I 500 head. Sheep and lamb market
-Was steady with 300 on offer.
[ Cattle—Beeves 33 60«85p; stock-
F era 3407.15; cows 33@6: heifers 33
I .08.73; bulls 38f>5; calves 32.5069
cannera 31.50@2.50; yearlings
| Mogs—Heavy 38O8.25; medium
37.7508; mixed 36.75®7.75; light
38.3008.45; common 35.750’6.75;
pigs 35 08.25; rough heavy fu.75O
[ 6.75; rough 34 5O®5.75.
Sheep and lambs— Ijimbs 3« 50fi>
!’ 14.60; yearlings 37.60©1l; ewes fl, -
6607.60;! culls 3U»2, goats 32©3;
wethers 3«.60©8..p0; stocker sheep
' 35.5606.50; feeder lambs 37.50© 11.
Ksuisas City Livestock.
L„.. ffatt«it prtft Diepaiah
I KANSAS CITY. March 20.—Hogs
I —Receipts 16,000; market steady,
H. bulk 38.1608.60, Heavies 3808 40;
packers and butchers 38.8508.65,
i lights 81.4t><8.55. p|ga 87.3507.50. '
f Cattle—Receipts 8,000; market
steady. Prime ttft steers 33.75©
'* 10 28; plain to. fair dressed beef
6 50; cows 82.50417, heifers 85©»; ■ > * <0«4y
L . Stockers snd fpders 86.76 0 8.50; hulls
hft 82.75 05.86) calves |6.50®».50.
- I
Tho question of Increasing the 77M
Confederate pension tax from 6c to •
7c i.n the 3100 property valuation
will bo submitted to vote of the . .j
people under terms of the Senato ‘ S
Joint resolution which waH approv-
ed by Neff and filed w ith the. Sec- ’ . 'A
retary of Staje. The increased t*« 1
would permit an increase In Cott- _’7m
federate pensions. I
The State Land Commissioner Is ' -j
authorized to lease three Islands
In tho Big Hay in Cameion County _» __
t., thp Audubon Society, a national - -••1
ns.-oyiatlim for the preservation of
bird life, for propagating birds In
Texas under the Parr bill, also an-
proved today 1>y the Governor. 1
^NEW YORK. March 20.—Liberty
Jwnd closings:
Uberty 3 I-2s 8100.92. first 4 l-4s
837.80. second 4 ]-4s 837 66; third
4 l-4« 398.82; fourth 4 l-4s 397.78.
Victory 4 3 4s 3100 08.
Roy Mitchell, Under Sentence
of Death, Faces Trial Again
■ ■ ■■
Aeeoctated Prtn Diepatch
WACO. March 20.--- Roy Mitch-
ell, convicted and given the death
penalty -Saturday on a charge of
murdering W. E. Holt, went to trial
today on a charge of killing Mrs.
Ethel Denccamp who waH Holt's
comitanlon on the night of the
murder.
Rapid progress was made In the
selection of a jury, eight jurors
having been qualified when court
recessed at noon. Testimony and
witnesses in tho case are expected
to be much the same as In the
Holt case.
CHICAGO, March 20.—Grain
SftLrprlces under varying influences
closed Irregular on the board or
I trade today. Some export buying
appeared, about 700,ooo bushels of
wheat, 300,000 bushels of corn and
350,006 bushels of.rye being taken
for shipment abroad
h- j Com was dull. Trading was
friargety by locals Light receipts
’•rented a bullish feeling, but tl(js>
waa offset by profit-taking sales.
fc"-- Borne selling pressure was evi-
dent In oats after tho initial ad-
vance.
Provisions were lower.
----Closing prices
Wheat—May 3121 1-2, July 81.-
16 5-8, September 81.14 3-4.
Corn—May 74 3-4c. July 76 7-8c,
+ connecting Fort Worth with ♦
+ the Plains have b^en made. ©
© to be liullt from -Seymour, *
4 Baylor County. Texas, to Tuc- 4
4 umcart. n M. a dtatanoe or 4
4 80S miles and having trackage 4
4 airi.ngeme.nts with the tfulf, 4
4 Texas & Western, the We8th- 4
4 erfordf Mineral Wells ft
4 Northwestern ami the Texas ft
4 Ua< ifie fbr entry into ForU
4 Worth or over thq Rock I*v
4 land from Jacksboro via
4 Bridgeport .
Vnitrd Preee Diepatch
WACO. March 20.—Roy Mitchell,
negro, alleged murder fiend, was
today found guilty and auutuucud
to death for the second time wltb/1
a few days.
It took the jury Just three min-
utes to tiring In a guilty verdict
on the charge of slaying Mrs. Ethel
Jacobs Denccamp, 21, whoso body
With that of W. E. Holt. 45, was
found on a lonely road five tniles
from here on the afternoon of Jan.
21
Mitchell was found guilty of the
Holt murder and given the death
penalty In that case Saturday night.
The black Is alleged to have con-
fessed to these and three other
murders although he pleaded not
■ guilty to the first two cgses.
L__itrs_- Dcnaoaiap and Holl ware
I killed on the night of Jan. 19.
Mitchell did nqt take the stand In
his own behalf In fhe casu wlricli
terminated today. His attorneys
asked him to take the stand bu«
he refused. Buying "It would do no
good.'1
leeefnse attorneys made an effort
-4——HH-euduye -tn- evirtrmee the eon-
fession of Mitchell to having com-
mitted the murder of tho Barker
family at Concord and for which
two other negroes have confessed
and were convicted und their cases
affirmed Attorneys for Mitchell
con tended the fiqtt that he had
confessed to lite Barker murders
I was a circumstance tending to cre-
|ate doubt In the minds of the jqr-
as to the truthfulness of his
In the other alleged
.State counsel objected
was sustained.
margO
for
Aeeocluted Preee Diepatch
n A< <». March 2U—Hox Mlteh-
< II. nrrrro. was given <*e death
penalty here today for the klll-
Ing of Mrs. Ethel Deueramp.
He had previously been co 11 diet-
ed and sentenced to drnth for
the slaying of W. E. Holt, Mrs,
llcnrcnmp'o <'uni|>nnton. the
night they were killed.
The Jury san out leas
four minutes. Aecordlug
those who tinted their delllb-
rratlous. It .was .'I minutes, 40
aecondSr'
J udge
the ease
spectators
the verdict
Aeeociated Preu Diepatch
DALLAS. March 20—Officer* In-
vestigating the deann of Wllltam
Hcrndonv blacksmith of Rhinehart
who was found fatally Injursd In
a rnvlffa near his home south of f-Sr-9
Buckner Orphans' Home last Fri-
day, have abandoned the
that he whs murdered,
llartson announced today th»t
qulry Indicated that Herndon
from a bridge Into the ravine.
Against Ku Klux
! DismiMftd
Unit'd Prraii hinpntch
OMAHA. Neb.. March 20. +
+ Whftt in belii-\t(l t«» |»e tht- firs!
0t>0 would"b0 3805 but the motion j ♦ American fascist! organlzaton +
only provided for a half of thnt 1
amount. It was ntated that,the cities |
also contemplated testing the Cox '
bill giving the State Railroad Com- !
missoin the 1
gas rates In
quoted
But direct negotiations between
J rance and Germany for the evge-
Iy*0lpn of the Ruhr aud resumption
of roparatlons paym< nts may hate
I been started secretly In Swltzer-
f land. —
I *'r- Carl Hergman, Germany envoy
*0 the allied premier’s conference. ‘
-returned to Berlin today .from
Bcrng, At the Swiss city he Is re-
| ported to have had a private con-
ference with Senator Dubois, for-
I liter chairman of the reparations
commission, who is believed to have
| acted as unofficial representative of
.the French government.
VOLUME XXII
MOVE TO GET!FRENCH OUTOF .vn.,. .
’ RUHR AND GERMANS TO RESUME CpNTRACTGlVEN t
REPARATIONS PAYMENT STARTS *•M-JAt0E co-
Contract for the new acwtsgo dis-
posuY plant for the city to be erect-
ed on the recently acquired tract of
bind east of the city wan award-l
to W. M. Jagoe A Co. Monday af-
ternoon on their bld of 329,AS**,
wbigh was almost 810.0000 under
lh0 next lowest out of the foul
bids on file with the city. The con-
tract also carries guarantee to com
plete the plant within eighty work-
ing days, a provision that appealed
In the City Commission In that the
city has only about 100 days
which to complete the work in
curdance with the agreement made
w :tt. A. L. Mlles at the time his dam-
age suit against th« dig—waa 44*-
inissed Recently. The bidding forms
were drawn In the form of a con-
tract anil W. M. Jagoe and Mayor
Hennen fir the ctly signed it Mon-
day afternoon before the meeting
had adjourned. Work is to be start
ed as soon as Jagoe can <et the_mu-
txrtals on the ground.
Mayor H»*u*u—rapurted -»r> »4»..
Commission that there is now about
130 000 In the water and light fund
and that It would care for the cre.--
tlon of the new plant “nd provide
for construction of the sewer main
extension to the new site by the
time the work can be done and
aM the estimates are due
The next lowest bidder was tho
Denton Construction Co. with 33S,
592.86 and their offer was to com-
plete the work In ninety working |
days. James Construction Cr>. rtf
Dallas was third with a bid of 841, •
4 LUBBOCK. I* . L 2^ C.
+ gunizatlon of Cochran County-
+ by election Saturday 1
+ ed the last unorganized
+ tv in Texas. Morton
+ ed county seat over
•h Vvtil by h vote of 4 7
+ Corhruii County h«d n povula- •>
Temperature
Maximum, yesterday ..a..... 44
Minimum today — *8
a of W.
>*B
Dellagacata Mqst Pay
Correction oV all past Uu« paAdng
certificates and
was <-------* ‘‘
Hooper was Instruct -
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