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DENTON.-TEXAS, FRIDAYAFTERNOON, FEBRUARY29JI924 7
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Minimum today
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AdministMitipn leaders who have
been trying to force Daugherty out
of the. Cabinet, also want his ■‘trial”
to occur quickly.
The resolution cites as necessity
for an investigation the charge that i {own. as chairman. Senator Lodge
the DVpnriment has lost the conti- j moved to aniehiT Try leaving appoint-
dence of the people. I
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Herxinger,
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Wilson’s Birthday to Be
Holiday in South Carolina
♦ COLUMBIA; S. C., Feb. 29 b
♦ —Woodrow Wilson'» birth- +
♦ day. Dee. 28, will be an annual +
♦ holiday in South Carolina un- +
resolution of the ♦
assethbly sent to Gov ♦
The +
♦ measure which originated in the +
♦ House was adopted last night ♦
♦ by the Senate, ♦
Tall and E. B-
of the Washington Post, who
Fall’s host at Palm Beach.
A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney gent
eral in the Wilson Cabihet, was
Robertson Opens
WACO--Judge Felix
son qf'Dallas opened his campaign
in the gubernatorial race here. He
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JO-Year Sentence for Murder
j LIBERTY, Feb. 29—W. H. Boyd
pas found guilty here late yester-
ay of murdering Mrs. Annie Mc-
Itean in June. 1922, and , aaatenc- 1
t*« *“ 30 yeara in Stdte peniten- 1
lary.
The woman waa slain on
hursday night and the body
ot found until Sunday W’hin .
tg over the body was the worn-• are
n’s two children, aged six tm6ntha
nd two years.
Boyd clnirhed he was at
* the night of -the killing,
life nnd son corroborated
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cover up
Mean-
committee
new batch
AU1-WE WAS ONLY
Playin’ VJflh Mllrt
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PHILADF.IPHIA, Pa .— Miss Alice
Palfrayman, 20, celebrated her fifth
birthday today, she and five guests
creating a sensation by appearing
in “b-year old" costumes.
with
an alleged
boy is
ClarkaviBe;
Clarksville;
wright; W.
M rr. V
Cochruiii,
Tout, Honey Grove;
Logan Tout, Honey
“ B Hill, Brownwood;
Burford. Cookville; 1
ry Barton, Marlin; Mrs
ton, Marlin; Mrs.
Marlin; Mrs. J. D.
Dealing; Mrs. C. , L.
Tyler;
Tyler;
M Montgomery, Corsicana;
Hutchinson, Howie; Mrs
Worley, Bowie; Mrs. W. T
Bowie;
Bo.wie;
,st. W
Keeling,
of At-
wgre 110 guests registered at the
registration bpoth In the admin-
istration building up to noun, and
registration was continuing stead-
ily all day, with the largest crowd
expected here Saturday
Nabours,
,-an, Ennis; J. G.
— MfsT"CaTvnr
Miss Hallye
Grove; Mrs.
; Mrs. Il-
Mrs. Hen-
Alice Bar-
Alice
J. D. Fenet,
Dorothy
By A- L. BRADFORD,
United Press Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 The Sen-
ate today dropped all other business
to concentrate on the Wheeler reso-
lution call for an investigation of
the Department of.Justice.
By terms of a compact between
Attorney brnernl l+npghrrtj--s rrrt
ica and defenders, the measure will
have the right of way until disposed
of
Because Daugherty has demanded
the inquiry, h.s friends will make
no effort to obstruct its passage
probably will come late to-
of
I in
the jury
MAN HELD IN DRV OFFICER'S
DEATH TO BE RELEASED
FORT WORTH. Feb. 29—Grandv
Moss, charged with murder in eon
nection with the killing of Dick
Watson, prohibition officer at Glen
Rose n week ago. will he released
from the Tarrant County jail where
he has been held for several days
on 95,000 bond. Application for a
w^it of habeas c'-rpus wa< filed in
criminal district court here Urday by
attorneys.
,1 Two Men Killed and Five
Hurt in Quincy Explosion
QUINCY, III., Feb. 29—Two per-
sons Icillad and five injured, two of
lhe latter perhaps fatally, together
with property damage estimated nt
1100,000, Mt the result of an Ox-
plotion of the North * Star Straw-
rd-mllU hara today'. Tfce dead
Leroy McLaughlin, SO, and Her-
bert Heisltr, ’20.
Tha explosion occurred in the dry-
ing room when one of the big cylin-
der* is sgid to have beMi overcharg-
ed with steam. The building ‘ Was
wrecked.
Senate
------------, that he
tried to Impede the oil
line of
the committee is to
i truth or falsity of
McLean statement that
to
them
■jaJI'Look both ways before starting
•cross a street’ would be a good slo-
gan for Denton citiens tn follow,” a
business man said Thursday. “It also
might be added that it would be well
to run efter looking both ways be-
dnise some of the people here drive
"• fest that a car a block away may
’h» on you’ before you walk 50 feet.”
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—A f
Mitchell Palmer, attorney general i
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I Bl E 0 TO IMPEDE qh Tax Measure ORDER PROBE OF
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OIL INVESTIGATI0 Ni »»«««<>«..
—— Republican insurgents have formal4
WASHINGTON. Feb. 29-A ! 'r «rreed to support the Republican
comprintise for the Democratic in*
com/'tax rates in the.,rt;ypnue, bill -
Representative M-lson, Wiscon-
sin, leader of the group, said that
practically ail of the 17 insurgents
who voted for the Garner plan
would support the auHstrtute to be
offered by Representative Long- [
worth of Ohio, Republican leader. :
of the bank. He
ed to two years.
Wednesday Davis was found guil-
■ on similar
charges and after his plea .yester- ; terest« in having the operation of
line resumed.
Want Income Tax Returns
WASHINGTON, Feb 29.—The
Senate today asked that income tax
returns of a number of individuals
and corporations prominently con-
nected with the dll Inquiry be thrown
open to inspection by the oil com-
mittee. Those named include Harry
Sinclair and oil companies with
which h? is connected, E L. Doheny
and E. L. Doheny Jr., and the Dohe-
ny Oil Corporation. The resolution
was offered by Senator McKellar,
(Deni.), Tennessee nnd adopted with
out debate-
+ inent paid off >1,000,000 in de- +
♦ ficiency warrants that had aC- ♦
♦ cumulated while the general +
+ revenue fund was "flat broke.” +
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To Consider Ford's Offer Tuesday
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2?.—The Me*
Kenzie bill which would authorize
acceptance of Henry Ford's offer for
^.Muscle Shoals will be taken up
| Tuesday by the House under an
agreement reached today- The rules
committee reported a resolution giv-
ing the measure priority over gen-
eral legislation after the disposition
of the tax biM Chairman Snell
said general debate which wauld be
limited to 10 hours would get under
way Tuesday afternoon.
WASHINGTON Attorney Gener-
al Daugherty- will be-retntnrd- on Bmwnfi-la:
the list of Coolidge delegates at
large from Ohio to the 4te|»ubllean
National Convention regardless, of
the fight upon him in the Senate
nnd' regardless of whether he re-
mains in the cabinet.
Bandits Lock Girl in Vault
SPRINGFIELD, Mo—Mrs Betty
Ellis, assistant cashier of the Far-
mers State Bank of Brunson, was
locked in the vault by three
bandits who escaped with $1,200
in money. Mrs. Ellis was alone in
the bank and was just preparing
to lock the doors when attacked-'
at—9 o'rtoek in
include a
o'clock; The program will
the following features:
meeting of Fathers and
Association, inspection of
ingsi and grounds, picture
at the auditorium Saturday
ing, and open house . to
All Denton father^ and
and other (: ’ *
are extended
by President F.
the' C. I
is u i ged
nt liberty
any time
DAIT.HFRTY TO FIGHT BACK
CHICAGO, Feb. 29.—Carrying out
his promise to fight, Attorney Gen-
eral Harry M. Daugherty has select-
ed two attorneys to defend him
ngain*t attack by Senators who seek
to oust him from office.
A, half hour after Daugherty left
on n train for Florida to join his
> the district attorney's oPlce
made public n telegram froiil
Daugheriy to Senator Willis, Ohio..
The telegram said rsi part:
“Hating attended to the Govern-
ment business which brought lie
I am leaving for Florida as
intended and required I have re-
tained Hon. George E Chnmbcrlain
jrnd Hon. Paul Howland, who repre-
sented me in a similar attack a gear
ago in the House, inspired by tne
same Influences who opposed nv
openly nnd secretly, and on practi-
cally the same charges, with »ub-
stantlally the same object in view,
to represent tne ”
Chamberlain was formerly United
I R. L. Marquis, president of the
reachers College, who has been nt-
lending meeting of the stlperintend-
Lnce division of the National Educa-
tion Association in Chicago, likely
rill return horns either Sunday or
daMay, it was stated at the college
♦ der M..joint
by Representative Long-J ♦ 55’lera! , . • .
Ohio Re-ub!;car. leader. * McLeod for his signatory
Reunion of the Republican Jprce*. |
leaders said, would force a rejection
of the Garner rates on u final vole
this afternoon.
•Some weeks ago some of those
do»e to the President predicted that
! ;■ might veto a cQmprotpisti ineu»-
which dejuirted materially from
the schedules of the M«U«n BlSfl.-
Reports of the latest compromise
negotiations were carried to the
White House yesterday but the rep
resentative who talked with the
President on the subject received
no definite assurance that the Long-
worth plan would be acceptable to
him.
ATLANTA.
Johnson this
morning for the trial of the
against Mrs- A. G. Candler, wife
of the millionaire capitalist,
W
men
kissed Margaret Pnrtt,’ ■ reillvr, 'W ' C
a dare. After the story of the kiss-
ing and resignation was made public
Damien withdrew his i>Mi«nstion.
Students circulated petitions de-
manding Damien’s reinstatettMt.
Prof. Rice was just preparing to
enter the high school grounds when
the barrage of eggs was laid down.
The professor retreated skilfully to
the shelter of the drug stere. Uhe
students crowded arqund the front
door armed with supplies cf “etemo-
Wire Vote Unanii
Reinstatinent of Pattwk
NEW YORK, Peb. 29/—Voice of
A A U. officisls taken by tele-
graph on the reinstatement of
Chai lea Paddock, world* spring
champion, who was snBpendsd.. for
violation of A. A. V. regulations,
unanimously in favor of Pad- .
dock and announcement of his
eligibility for triaU for tb» A««r-
ican Olympic team ">ey bo expect-
ed by March 9, the date the track '
and field committee is to make
its, next report te the American
Olympic committee.
Tho Finnnrn CnmmlttAA innnunc-
dal inquiry by any
means.
Palmer declared, the work he
for Edward B.
the
ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE
UNITED PRESS SERVICE _ i
SSySK I? Many Here for
CIA Parents Day
I Over a hundred Texas I
and mothers, from all sections of
the Lone Star State and from '
other States as wall, had gathered
f Industrial Arts
Friday to make the
to the trigger,, and shot
with a shotgun hie was
Accidents
DALI*AS—G. B- Bradshaw, 22,
was probably fatally injured in an
automobile crash in which he was
caught as he alighted from a Main
street car City Detective Salmon* .
was driving one auto and Frank •
M Smith the other. •- —-
FORT WORTH—Oliver Kroeker, £
9-year-old son of O. A. Kroeker.
sustained two fractures of the
skull When struck by an ante.—-—
mobile while alighting from a
street car. I
WASHINGTON. Feb. 29—Sen-
ator Heflin. Democrat, Alabama,
told the Senate today he coulti
submit a letter by Attorney Gen-
eral Daugherty Instructing a
district attorney in the Went not
tn pmsrestr a certain Repub-
lican National committeeman.
He said the letter contained the
sentence, “He is our man.”
1 .“Now la the time te start the
. war on flics." .A physician said
p'^ltersday. “It would be well to
fgclude this campaign with the
clean-wn week which is to start
here March 18. If one starts on
F-eWe work now It will do much
More good th^n a ‘swat the fly*
campaign late in the summer, be-
I-rcapse each fly k iHed now means
thousands fewer to kill then., ' It
I -would. also be wdtt to seek out
L the breeding places of these pests
I nd destroy their eggs and larvae ’’
“Senator A. B. Fall, who io con-
nected so prominently with the Teu-
I pet Dime affair, is a former Texas
I citizen.” said Dr. A C- Bftlrd of
Denton, who knew the family when
I they lived near Clarksville. “The
I old Pali homestead still stands
I about four miles east of Clarksville-
I Fall married a Clarksville girl.'*
~^Franklin DrOsbin of the Barton-
I Ville community said Thursday that
I* eats were looking fine in his com-
I aannity. He said that the grain was
I not at all injured by the severe cold
I nnd that it has been greatly benefit-
I ed by the snow.
I “We are looking for a large crowd I
I nt the Texas Exes banquet next
I Tuesday night," said Marion Bralley
I Thursday. “We have had 100 ticket*
I printed so tha*. a closer tally ean
I be kept on those who wish bi at'end.
These tickets may be procured from
I Homer Curtis, L. W. Newton, Miss
I Willie I- Birge or Fred H Minor
I A< there are only 100 tickets it
I would be well for those who wish I
I te attend to purchase their tickets
f tei enre. A special invitation is ex-
I tended to Texas Exes from other I
I parts of the county to be here and
I also to people in Dentoh who arc I
I Crienda of the University.”
retired • following
Berry in his
State Employes Happy; Get
Real Cash for Month's Work
41 Al STIN.-^ Feb- 29.—State ♦ i at the College of
♦ employes were happy today as ♦ before noon Frida
♦ stepped up to treasurer’s ♦ [
♦ window to receive real cash for ♦ |
♦ their month's work foV the first ♦
+ time in 11 monfhs. Starting to- +
+ day on a cash basis which it is ♦
♦ predicted will last for about +
+ three months, the Treasury De- +
sis iVi sirs 9 m. i.l • I AA/b ASIA I— -1 .
The teeming activity began at *ct the school. E. E- Damian^ pfiM*
dl o'clock when the long-looked for ing instructor, resigned after he had
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began arriving
v-;.i..„ nlorn.
registered,
doors were
Instruction-
made
for
in
their
ne lumber dealer here said
irsday that business in bls line
.. b«cu exceptionally «oed due-
the past month, considering
I-February is eno of the “hard-
Gueets Registered
Guests registered
as follows:
Mrs. A. Krenek, Alief; F. W.
Hummer. Denison; Mrs. 1*. J. Fil-
iere, Denison; Mrs F. F. Marable,
Mrs. Paul Marable,
W J Bprbee, White-
v. ... R- Nabours, Denton;
Walter Sullkvi
2:.., Groesbeck;
Honey
Tout,
Hill,
Feb. 29—A
reduction in all personal income'
taxes payable this year was ap-
proved by the Uou*>e. A proposal
to eliminate the entire section
nf the revenue MH carrying this ~
provision waa defeated 181 to
J4i.
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WASHINGTON. Feb 29—A.
Mitchell Palmer, attorney gen-
eral in the Wilson Cabinet, de-
nied before the Senate oil
committee today that he had
-J scan-
unelhieal
Women’s Franchise Bill in
Commons lo Second Reading
LONDON, Feb. 29. -The Houm> of
(’ompions today pAHNod the neeond
reading of the hill extending the
fronehiNr to nil women at the age
of 21. The vote was 2H8 to 72.
WEATHER
East Texas teaight sensrwlly
fair. warme< In southwest
portion, somewhat colder in
■ north.
Want Texas teMpbt fair,
somewhat colder In Panhandle;
Saturday fair, colder in north
portion.
Ludendorf Testifies in
Trial Charging Treason
MUNK H, Feb. 29.—Appearnncc of
General Ludendorff himself upon
the stand to testify in his trial with
nine .others for treason in cohnnc-
tion with last November's ‘beer
putsch" failure, aroused tremendous
interest in the case today
At the same time it was rumored
that former Dictator von Kalin,
General Loiurrw and Colonel Sei"s-
ner, who were at the head of the
Bavarian Government arnjy and po-
lice a' the time of the putsch, will
shortly afternoon. Senator Wheeler
t.esses have implicated these three'
in the plot
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cat** months of the year. People
| in Danton not only an building
| Mw houses but many who own
[ homos are repairing them, ho Mid.
I “Women are net so much differ-
fjtel from men as patrons of the bar
MHrtiops," eaid a Denton barber
when questioned if the fetnlnine pa-
tronage was creating any new expo-
riances for the barbers. “Some of
them come in and take their place
in the chair and ufter they tell
you what they want they sit
quiet for you to do the work and
some men are that way. They don't
seem to want any conversation and
tbe barber of recent years has learn-
ed to talk when he is asked about
Ithings and he keeps hia mouth shut
if a customer wishes to say noth-
ling._Then some women come iq. qnd
[keep a straight line of talk going.
They are principally the ones who
have been coming to the shop for
In long time or who are personally
lacqusinted with the barber. Women
lar* different in one respect from
■men customers at prest nt but that
Imay disappear ns the patronizing cf
I*'barbershop becomes more of an
HtWryday affair with them A man is
uthvly to come in nnd if he find*
the chairs full he will insist he
does not have any time to wait, but '
II have seen them after waiting im-
patiently for their turn get out of
Ithe ehair, meet a friend and stop and
Italk for quite a while Ths women
get this habit later and hold
lr chats in the shops but now
BMgf get ‘ the work done und are
I “In n telephone conversation Inst
Litht i learned that our well' near
“* ‘tenridge which came in Wed-
ly flowed 1.000 barrels of oil
* Thursday,” said J. W. Pen-
friday morning. "We believe
if this well were sunk deeper
iWuuld produce as much ax the 5,-
■*>-barrel well we had near it sev-
jl months ago, but we will no*.
Ite H deeper, as salt water came in-
BkFrthe other well and we fear the
Mhm thing might happen to this
■^“1. We'd rather have n smaller flow
• long period " Pender said his
fipany is expecting two other
Jl» to eome in with small flows
Loon.
I ‘‘The oil business is looking up
In the Rockdale field,” said John E.
booke, editor of the Rockdale Re-
porter and former Denton cillxch,
(vho is visiting here “Since the
i>Hee of oil has been boosted activi-
ty in the field has increased, and
[while all the wells .now producing
lire shallow and the production is
Email we are very hopeful of bring-
ing in Rome deeper and better wells
Marlin; Mrs- Alice Barton,
Mrs. J. 1). Fenet, Plain
; Mrs. C. , L. Palmore.
Miss Dorothy Palmore,
Miss Billy Palmore. Tyler;
itgomcry, Corsicana; C
Bowie; Mrs Wnlt
Bowie; Mrs. W. T Small.
Mrs. C. C. Hutchinson,
Edrye Raines. Bowie; Mrs.
jfi. Berry, Dawson; Mrs. L. W Ed-
wards,fi Dawson; Miss Dess
Mordie, Calvert;
('enter; Mrs. .1
sales; Mr. and
ertson, Marlow, Ole;
ing, Pittsburg;
< tty, Houston;
Lexington;
Denison;
Denison; !
Mrs.
States Senator form Oregon
Howland is a Cleveland attorney- I al halls
Daugherty uakad W illis to advise | ®hiningly
the Senate that he had not opposed ■ t-heir ins
the resolution for an investigation
of hia office The attorney general
'aid he would return to Washing- i
ton as soon as possible
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Fight Over ReveHnToiT Form
WASHINGTON, Feb 29.—The
Senate today plunged into a fight
over the form of the Wheeler reso-
lution for an investigation of At-
torney General Daugherty's adminis-
tration of the (feparltnent of jus
tire.
W hen the resolution came up
shortly afternoon .Senator Wheeler
modified it to provide that the Sen-
ate could direct the investigation
committee. It originally named the
committee with Senator Brookhart,
Senator Lodge
ment .of the committee to the chair
IV uvciaivs voe oepai -.iiviiv, u.iviv. i uiiu uvuavuS On this point Started.
Dqugiwi-lj’* dirwAvon, i.a- favluvl ivii
prosecute antitrust suits, cases;
[turned over to it !>y the Federal j
| Trade Commission, cauvs (growing i
Bureau invest:- '
did for Edward B. McLean,
publisher of the Washington
Post, was entirely ,in
with legal ethics.
Palmer, waa culled because
his name 'appeared frequently
in telegram* between McLean
and hi* employe* here, in
connection with efforts to pre-
vent the committee calling Mc-
Lean as a witness.
Senator DH1,
examined Palmer
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The Finance Committee announc-
ed it expected te have the first
340,000 installment of_lhe >169,000
for chartering the Iflp'. for the
American Team ready when It is
due tomorrow. Th* committee r*»
cently appealed to tha nation for
funds to meet thj» temltteOt*
Book (ompanies File Argument*
AUSTIN—Counsel for the Ameri-
can Book Company and the Charles
Scribners' Sons filed . the supple-
mental brief and argument as in-
vited by the Supreme Court in the
textbook contract litigation and
contend that the State textbook
Commission waa legally vmpowered .
to make contract* for mere than
Ltwo year*. ______; J
Shop Removal Case under Advise-
ment
TEXARKANA—Arguments in the |
injunction suit of th* city of ...J
Palestine v*. City of Houston and
the I. 4 G. N- Railroad have been
completed and the Sixth Court of
Civil Appeal* ha* taken the jtase I
under advisement. Palestine la' at- I
tempting to prevent removal of 1
the offices and shops of the In-
ternational Great Northern Rail-
road to Houston.
Davidson Named Chairman
T777*—X. L. David-
of 'Tulsa was elected ehair- I
of the Democratic State Con- I
Committee after a het con- 1
The campaign has been on .
four weeks. |
DAN DOBB
* SAYS
HOUSTON -Morris Nodler, ar-
rested here on charges of having
robbed Jules Joergen, Los Angelas
jeweler of jewel* valued at >875,
declared his arrest was a “frame
up,” and that he would fight ex-
tradition. Authorities arc
extradition proceedings.
Reed Challenges McAdoo to
Meet Him in Joint Debate tion
I the meeting
KANSAS errr. Mo„ Ftb 29—Sen--T" ■-----—-
ator James A. Recd, addressing a
crowd of 10,000 in his home ci
here last night, declared if Presi-
dent Co’jlidge doesn’t show a dispo-
up the corrupt condi-
tion* in our national politics, he Witt
rhriyel up until nobody will support
him for President
I “Mr Coolidge has not shown him-
iself courageous, pretty soon it will
Testifying that he had never ’ lo<lk a" th,,u‘-’h ^e is playing cheap
represented E. L. Doheny. Palmer ( Po1r",hrr ,ha" «howing a <B*
said smilingly: position to restore this Nation to
”1 rather regret that, consider- | v * *' *U”
ing the size of the fees he paid "
Delves Into Max* of Telegr*™* '
sustained internal injuriM whan
knocked from his bicycle by an
automobile at Akard and Jackson
Streets. ■ ■ i' ,T
antitrust
uvtr to
< or.imission,
I nut «if the Veterans
I Ration an<i al.-o failed te act in the
I oil srnnjriaf
A fijrht on the commi‘tee named
by Wheeler in his rvsolut »»n to con-
duct the inquiry whh probable. Re-
publican leaders In the Senate op-
posed the naming of the committee
a violation of all Senate procedure
which usually leaves the naming of
committees, to* the President of the
Senate Wheeler named a committee
headed by Senator Broukhart, Iowa.
Senat*>r Willis, Ohio, Daugherty s
spokesman in the Senate will move
to eliminate this provision. Dautrh
erty's friend* don't want Brookhart
on the committee.
OSWEGO, Ka»-Judg«
Carlton, who offered to gfr** a free
license, free wedding und handsome
certificate of marriage to every
Woman who npplied today, Feb. 20,
admitting she hud dona the pro-
posing, waa without > Anker dur-
ing the morning.
__
----
I the custody of the people.”
I Reed, who is fighting aguinxt Wil-
liam* G. McAdoo for the Missouri
Delves Into Moms of Telegram* [ delegation in the national Deinocru-
WASHINGTON, Feb 29t-r-Piecing tic convention, challenged IXc/.Jc;
together, patch on (patch; a dis-!*- —-1 :1
jointed story of intrigue, the ob-
ject of which was . to cover up I -j win mre ine nun,
the trith about the naval oil scan- I band, give him half the
dal, the Senate oil committee to- I „e will talk about oil,”
day delved into a new batch of ■) Beed.
telegram*. j -----------------
These messages sent by various , In Diunn Civ Vft*»rc> 1 e<^ ^or h*’ Run> Berfy said he beat
persons, some previously not nam- BanKCf IS blVBll bl* 18315 *~ **- ----- * — L
ed in the inquiry and from many
different places, went to Albert B ALVIN, Feb 29 -- W. P Davis,
? -3 -..s. 3. 3- McLean, publisher I former president of the defunct .
was ' Farmers’ State Bank here, will Seeks Op< ration of M.
State | AUSTIN—Dr. W. M-
. member of the Railroad
1 sion, has left here in the interest
Rail-
to
seek ,„rll. .,
*nZ i here. I
RALEIGH. N/ C., Feb. 29—A
movement which supporters of Jo-
sephus Daniels for President
pect to b’e nation-wide,
launched here today to fouter
candidacy of the
uf ^he najy.
R. N. Simms, an attorney of Ra-
leigh, headed the movement. He
wax chosen president, nt a rally of
Danielk* supporters here last night
In an, address to “the people of
North ffarolina,” Simms said Dan-
iels could be nominated and elect-
ed
Resolutions were adopted en-
dorsing a plan to obtain support I
and approval of the Daniels can-
djzlacy from every -one of the 1800
precincts In the State-
Governor Cameron Morrison nnd
other party leaders who have sup-
ported William G. McAdoo’s ean-
l didacy for the democratic noniina-
' tion for President, did not attend
[<o:G. 8. Berry Case Goes to Jury
BENJAMIN, Feb. 29— The case
of C. B. Berry, accused of as-
saulting John Beal Sneed in a
shooting affray, went to
today .
The jury
testimony of
behalf-
“Yes, I shot John Sneed,” Berry
declared dramatically on the wit-
i nesx stand.
"He shot me in the back a year
ago. I knew he killed the two
Boyces and the methods he used
He shot the old man in a hotel
in Fort Worth without giving him
a chance and wore a disguise
week and stayed In a house
* Amarillo to kill Al Boyce, Jr ”
Berry said he had tried to avoid
Sneed since the latter shot him
| at Paducah a year ago But when
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—The
resolution for investigation of
the administration of Harry M.
Daugherty ax Attorney General
wax taken up today by the Sen-
ate Its adoption is expected be-
fore tonight and the inquiry
will begin next week
Boys Held tor Stoning Negro
HOUSTON, Feb. 29—Leo Day,
19, was nt liberty on >500 bond
today following his surrender late
yesterday on .charges of stoning
to death Druthella Robinson, 14-
year old negro girl.
Bub Crisp, arrested several days
ag i as Ont; -Of jibe three youths
who pelted the girl with rocks,
implicated Day in an alleged con-
fession. The third boy is being
sought.
The boys are said to havi; be-
come angered when the negro girl
and her mother alighted from a
car before them nnd pelted them
with stones The girl’s skull was
fractured and she died without re-
gaining consciousness.
Angelton yesterday
called io the wilnexx stand to Idietment grwwing c" “‘
plain mentiqn of his name in the ) mg
telegrams already discovered.
Palmer worked as McLean's
torney—fie says he did so i'
as a favor to an . old friend—in
negotiations with Senators and ( day,
others, with the object of keeping I him
McLean off the witness stand- * w
It was during these negotiations
that McLean, through Palmer, gave
the committee a statement that
he loaned Fall >100,000 This state-
ment McLean later repudiated when
Senator Walsh, Montana, *--*-*-•
on questioning him in Tai
in January.
The telegrams which have been
read by the committee tell of
Prflmer* activities only sketchily
and he was called to appear
day to ^xplaln details of the i
he did -in McLean's behalf
A dozen or more agents and
ployes of McLenn are to be sub-
poenaed next The telegrams were
either sent by them or involved
their names. They will be requir-
ed to tell exactly what was done
to keep McLean from the witness
stand.
The motive behind this
inquiry by the committee
ascertain the truth or
the second
he gave cheeks for $100,000
Fall, but that Fall returned
and they were destroyed.
Testimony of bankers is
McLenn did not have $100,000
the bank at the time he i
these checks were written
The committee is convinced that
McLean knows more thnn he han
yet told about the entire affair
McLean himself is to take the
stand Saturday.
day dawned in a xdear and
ising sky- Parents
at the college early Friday
ing, wdiere they were
und where the. college
thrown open to them,
al halls and classrooms were
r clean and radiant
, ..... ..ispectiun. The college
i the working win open for
scrutiny. ,
The program which has been ar-
ranged for the first day of the two
days given over to the annual
eelebrat len will begin---nt——7 : 80 [
o'clock Friday evening in the col-
lege auditorium. The board of re-
gents of the college will be spec-
ial guests on this occasion, In-
cluding J. H. Lowry, of Honey
Grove, H. N Fitzgerald of Austin,
Mrs. E. P- Turner of Dallas, Mrs.
Sallie B Capps, of Fort Worth,
and Mrs- Lee Joseph *of San An-
tonio. Lowiy, the president of the
bourd. will make an address on
the evening program
Judge J. R. Blades, president of
the Fathers and Mothers Associa-
tion, will make the 'principal ad-
dress of the evening Miss Ruth
Knox, president of the Students’
Association, will greet the par-
ents who have gathered at the
college on the annual occasion.
Saturday's program, which opens
■2-a hj the morning, wttt
special assembly at 11
program will inelude
business
Mothers
build-
show
u van-
guests,
mot hers
friends of the college
a , cordial invitation
M. Bralley to visit
on this occasion, it
that townspeople feel
to, visit the campus at
during the two days
which have been set aside for the nre
entertainment of guests.
All building and rlatsromns will
open for inspection from
i ..i.
Kissing EpM Rt$ulhin
Egging ot K. C. Professor
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 29.—A lB«b of
150 student* attacked CtersMs T.
Rice, principal q/ the Kansas City J
High School, as he was walking dawn .“-3
the Main Streeet. Tha studant* sb*w-—ul«
ITi” rr""’7 r‘° .k’” ln<; cred Rice with aged egg*, vecetoblea '
•&TTTR-/2£fJh#' ’**’«• wfr
l-FJOiFr. and NEother* Day. There prof„MOI. sougkt „heIl,r Jn , dniK
store and escaped from the crowd
of boys and girl* by a rear ttt». ; j*^|
trance
The rioting resulted from •
“kissing scandal'* which recently up-
set the school. E. E- Damien, print'
; Mis.
Mrs.
Mrs
vert; Mrs. <>.
Miss Dorothy
P W Southerland,
La; Mrs. J. W. Ripple, Sealy; Mr.
und Mrs. W. W. Porter, Denton;
Mrs. G. E. Miles, Denton; Mrs. L
A Ochsenreiter, Denton; Mrs- J.
II, Morngne, Cross Plains; Mrs.
J. K. Stover, Truscott; llr- J.- E.
Stover, Truscott; W. B. (launch,
Hamilton; A L Raven, Victor;
Mrs. J. M Rayzxir, Demon; Miss
[ Rita Swnffield, Colfax, Wash ; U.
S. Davis, Vernon; Mrs. U. S. Davis,
) Vernon; Mrs W. H. Paco, Alvin;
and Mrs. C ^ C. Yancey, Den-
S. R. Booker, Grandview;
Mr- and Mrs.
Houston; J. J Klein,
, .... *. A C. Bookout, Dal;
las; Miss Lee Williams, Denloiil
Mrs Sam Madelcy, Navasota; Mrs.
W. W. McGinnis, Barlett; Mrs J.
E- Tipton, Barlett; Mrs. Will
Burch, Marietta, Ok ; Mrs. J. M
uvi<; Mrs J. G. Haines,
Miss Harry Guile, New
Mrs John Hanska,
West; Mix* Paul Skrabanek, West;
- A.- Hr Earle, W»<■<>; Mrs. R-
Lowc, Sterling; Mrs, D. H
Adair, Brenham; F. F AschbaCher,
Houston: Mrs J M Day, Madison-
ville; Miss Melba Dean, Sberman:
Mrs. J. A. Middleton, Stamford;
Miss.. Mattie Myrle Middleton;
Stamford; Mrs E E. Wood, Chil-
dress: Mrs. Boh Smith, Fate; Mr*
L. C. Callawny, Itasca; Mrs T T
Tanner. Terrell; Mrs. M E.
Wheeler, Dallas; F. G Blumberg,
New Braunfels; Mrs F. G. Blum-
berg, New Braunfels; Mrs. C. H-
Heald, Anson; Miss Seba Slaugh-
ter, Bowie; Ernest ' Brown. Bowie:
Ernest Brown, Bowie: Mrs. G. O.
Slaughter, Bowie; , IJenry Brad
ley, Bowie; Mrs. fi. M. Alford, Cen-
ter; Marjorie Helen Alford, Cen-
ter; J.' E. Cooke, Rockdale; Mr*
F. D Green. Fort Worth; Mrs H
ft-Stony, Ardmore," Ok ; Mr amt
Mrs. J. M Dennis, Ardmndr, Ok-
■ —■■■■IHSI —
a’x toms un Kecord-Chroidd* li.
worth the pries of subscription
alone for tne jwlitical news it
gaTrioa," said J. D Bruce Friday
“It Is, I think- on* of ths b*»t
ipsrs ip tht Steie for giving in*
irmstion on politics; the news
condensed and to ths point. I
iad all of the paper; however,
—id I think the local nsw*
Kindled admirably."
One lumber dealer her*
in the Wilson administration, tes-
tified before the oil committee to-
day of the circumstance* of his
retention as attorney for Edward
McLean, publisher, of the Wash-
ington Poet, tn the oil inquiry.
He denied that J. W. Zevely,
counsel for Harry Sinclair, is his
law partner as suggested in the
McLean telegrams.
He added, however, that Zevely !
“is an old friend ’ of mine” and
had outlined to him a couple of
months ago the salient facta in
the oil enquiry.
Zevely asked his opinion, he said,
II TO whetiser Sinclair and Fall
could be compelled
questions before
Palmer gave it
that they could.
He also denied that he had dis-
cussed the matter with any Sense
tor except Walsh of Montana and
Chairman Lenroot when questioned I
about another telegram to Mel-ean
Testifying that he had
•Lie Kopskv hns become a favor-
itc six day bicycle rac*r. Hi* nam*
is almost iHipersonating an officer. H
McAdoo's friends have found that
McAdoo’H do
Vunderlip, it would seem, ha*
too much lip- - *« .
The Doctors of Law in
ton are doing a bit of probing
The political platform is still slips
pery with oil.
Two Los Angeles men ask divorce
bwwii: they do the washing. Thia '..^2
came nut in the wash.
Wooster College student h lotting
his whiskers grow until th* team
xvins. This ia *1*o * fine leap y*ar
precaution.
There il l groat deal of talk on
the political party linos. ..iiS
The third party J* said to be hope-
ful this time, while the other *wo
parties think three Is a crowd. ( --j
Flans for establishing an annuat
national deficit are under way. |
Duncan Major has been made a
colonel in the regular army, proving
there is nothing in a ttama.
Women are entering al) branch** 4
«.f business. In . New York, one waa
■irrested fur crooked flealln^ in Wall
Ftreet
Three men claim lhay ar* presi-
dent of Honduras, but we nave
many more elaimiftg they wiH b*
uresidenl ,i
A Boatoh man of U aanauace* hia
---*. thi* being tha flrat
sign af spring in Boston
... ______________ _____________ Grcuut lndabte<fnes* is oftefi <iua
wna .born and reared near here to grot* »*E»ect. s
. ” - - ■ - -
- k- ■■', 4 > ■Miss Dess Mc-
Miss Jessie King,
C Newberry, Gon-
Mrs . A A. Rob-
ik; W
M rs
Mrs
Frank
A.
I McAdoo
to meet in debate in either Kansas,
City or St Louis.
“J will hire the hall, par for the j
....... '' time, an 1
shouted
! a nu u - <■ ■■ .» y — «■« —I1' — uv w <■ v li
| they met in July and Sneed rea<;h-
I him 1
j twice
ALVIN, Feb 29 W. P Davis, l rying
president of the defunct
| Farmers’ State Bank here, will I Seek* Ope ration of M. 4 N. W*
serve the next six years in State I AUSTIN--Dr. W. M- W. Splawn, «>
prison following his plea of guilty 'member of the Railroad Commis- wife
at Angelton yesterday on an in- lint in iln- lute
-vui of Uie elos- Inf having operations^resumed
was »entenc- ( t'he Midland A Northwestern
i road extending from Midland
Seminole, 66 mile*. He will
I to interest the Texas A Pacific
simply ty and given two years
_ > I — k. *■*« nrxrl >>/**• f* lx I I
day, fourteen other counts ngninst the
ui~r were dropped
With a sentence of two years
assessed him in n Harris County
court, Davis will go to prison for
the next six years for hi* crimes.
Twenty-six other counts against
Davis in connection with the clos-
ing of the Hitchcock State Bank
of Hitchcock may be tried in Gal-
veston next month.
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