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GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923
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Secretaries And
155,000
BIG PROBLEMS ARE
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TO BE CONSIDERED
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Harrisburg, Pa.,
1.— (Asso-
Sept.
Waco Man Made
Prosecutor In
Probe by Jury
Laliors recently announced inten
Area of Martial
’y
Law is Extended
liegan
In Tulsa County
!
The station
Crude Oil Made
Osaiqi, Japan, Sept
National guard
Oil Fire Started
of the
I
county
Scouts Please
of
capital.
Stolen in Dallas
Car Crashes Into
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and Mrs. Travis Roussaue, died at
at
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ITALY’S ACTION CONSIDERED DECLARATION OF WAR
BRUISHGR
TREATY 1864
Rainfall Friday
And Saturday
Nearly an Inch
Readjustment of
Freight Rates in
Rio Grande Asked
By Lightning Is
Raging at Wichita
Negroes Arrested
Here With Auto
Osaka, Sept. l.— ( Associated Pre
reach -
. "The club I
farmer has
VISITORS PRESENT FROM
ERAL CITIES OF
THE STATE
band concert on the courthouse ?
and others attended the Jimmy
man who is i
his responsibilities to others,'
Woodbine Child
Died Thursday
be a
laboi
itudr
finan
A
h
Mrs. L. E. Brown
Will Lecture Again
At the Courthouse
VOLUME XXXIX
cated within
of the city.
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on the -t
' ’'ary.
NUMBER 223
■ Wians to Ho’d
Themselves Ready
London, Sept. 1.— (By Arseni ate?'
ss - - a'ian reservists residing ir
• don have been notifief to hold
mills
Hickson Enjoyed
Postmasters’
I Reduction of 10
Cents in Price
Grave Apprehension
Is Felt Over More
Moves by Italy.
i crisis to the League of Nations was
| not been finished. | received today at the League head-
While it is explained that it is I
breathing spelt
' Italian Submarine
Fires m Greek Boat
Athens, Sept. 1.— (By Associated
Press.)—An Italian submarine, sta-
tioned in the gulf of Coumenitxa has
aincstnllc Datltf
AND MESSENGER
Postmaster J. L. Hickson, who re-
cently returned from the state post-
masters’ convention held at Del Rio
1 Texas, is very lilieral in his praise of
e
’ 1-1
wer
on
l>ombardp<’
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has announced already’lo put tin
steel industry on an S-hou ■ lav basis
n accord
the heads
i he
told the Greek captain that the Hal-
--- doaimr
of Corfu channel to Greek vessels and
that i " _/ _________
lowed to proceed to Corfu. ” "
BY LABOR LEADERS
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one of the principa’
» con
Roosevelt By
Clean Living
morning Saturday,
of an inch. The temperature wa? I..
lower today, the maximum be I club boys
W a - i
an
un |
State Meeting
Of DeMolays And
Rainbows Success
I
SEV-
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National Council at its 13th Annua’ interests. They may be some discus-
f different presidentia
Steel and Coal Industry, Foreign Affairs.
Politics and Injunction as Strike
Weapon Will Call for Action.
Wichita Falls, Sept. 1.— (Associated
Press, i—An oil fire started by lightn
ing late yesterday afternoon at the |
tank farm of the Orient Petroleum
company, was still burning this morn
ing and the loss is estimated at $100,-
001.
a daily in that it did
not require fresh copy daily, yet /real)
news is always welcome, and he de-
clared that his paper would always
welcome any information of news
from the secretaries of North Texas
After some discussion of the date
and place of the next meeting of the
secretaries. Secretary Graham of the
Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce in"
vited the visitors to his eity for the
next meeting, and the secretaries
voted to accept bis invitation, No-
vember fl being set for the date of
the meeting. After the adjournment
of the meeting, a group photograph
of the crowd was taken by Mr. Mann
I quarters, thus automatically bring
ing the conflict before the Council of
the League which now Is in session
here. . '• ? ■
The council has been galled tft meet
at 4 p. in today to consider the
Greek communication and it is ex
ported that the' Greek and Italian
-epresentatives will be asked to ap
'>car and present their arguments.
has had a serious effect in Tok io and I
athat great damage has been done
there, in Yokohama and Yokusuka.
0 ick int rm'.
Situation Critical
London, Sept. 1.— (By Associated
Press.)—A Central News dispatch
from Rome, dated Friday, says that
according to advices from Athens the
Greek internabysituation is very crit-
eal and that the position of the g«
•rnm nt is un*-fnable. Exchange ha?
aP n and the^e vat a’panic at th.
banks.
Washington, Sept. 1.— (Associated
Press.)—A request of commercial in-
ti rest for readjustment of freight
rates in the Rio Grande valley in
Texas was granted in part by the In-
terstate Commerce Commission.
Revisions were ordered in the rates
of fruits, broom corn, fire brick, lime
cement and certain other commodi-
ties but 1
the present differentials in cotton and longer, if all business on hand has
vegetables are reasonable.
Claude Germany. IR year oW gon
of Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Germany
residing on South Morris street, wi,
slightly bruised about the body Fri-
day morning about 11 o’clock,* when
he was thrown from a meat cart he
was driving, when the cart was
struck by the Packard touring car of
J. B. Burch, driven by his son, Lacv
Burch.
The accident occurred on South
Lindsay street in front of the home
of H. E .Lindell. The meat cart wai
almost completely demolished, aqd th,
car suffered a smashed fender 'The
injured boy was taken to his hony
and was able to again be at work
Saturday morning.
— given the Greek authorities tia» is
I T ti.o f ii t a. which to effect evacuation of refu-
> i Mr. Trsx iL “'J *** **** *•
—i.i Mrs. 1 rax is Koussaue, died at -• • — - -- -
the family home, one mile southwest
of Woodbine, Thursday morning
after an illness of typhoid fever and
bronchial pneumonia. Funeral eerv-
ices were held at 3 o’clock Thursday
afternoon at the Callisburg cemetery
where interment was made.
kio live in the section reported af-1
felted by the fire. More than half
of the Americans in that part of.
Japan are &aid to have chosen Yoko-
hama as their place of residence. It
,-cai th i
in the I
Mount Fuji |
■ Mount Fuji I
southwest <>f
Oklahoma City, Sept. 1.—(United
Press.i—Extension of the martial law i
area to include all of Tulsa county I
with the military in complete con-
ts over the civil
effective in Tulsa j
■ounty at noon today, according to a ■
i proclamation issued by Governor Wai j
Many l>oy? i ton here late last night.
jwait for the chance for someone to ”
’help them, and there is where th. National guard companies from |
Chamber of Commerce and the county j various sections of the state were en I
agent should turn their attention. I.„„, ‘
"Tiie secretary who is wanting • and county officers
[Something for himself should r~‘1 1 ‘
'turn to the farmer. I get along with'edict of the
After receiving numerous requests
Mrs. Lydia Ellis Brown, evangelist
ami teacher of prophecy, will give an-
other lecture in the county courtro^n
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, using
as her subject ’^Problems in Business
Life From a Christian Standpoint.”
Mrs. Brown spoke to a large and
appreciative audience last Sunday
afternoon and has received many
compliments on her singing as well
as the intrres|iag lecture she de-
livered.
, London. Sept. 1.— (By Associated
b Press. >—Italy’s action of bombard-
At that time, howe.er, this prom-
: -L^l corporat’on was de
uel Gom-
be Amer-
is filled with the shrieks of mine
calling the men to work.
“Company men"—monthly enr
<—and mintenanee men, allow-
ed by the union to remain on the job
at work putting thd finishing!
on 1’
Fi uee and Great Brita n
[continued competition in armaments t
iia lielieved almost certain to lie stated «
In unctions and Strikes
The question of the permanent in-
junction against strikes, the ’’thorn
in labors side,” will have a prom
inent part in the discussions of the
Washington, Sept. 1.— (By United
Press.)—American Labor’s voice on
great domestic and world problem?
will l>e spoken at the next annual
convention of the American Federa-
tion of Labor, meeting at Portland
Oregon, starting October-.1. j
I The only set order of business al - - . .»
the convention—as is always the ease ition r’* League of Nations and in-
I • • ■ • • * . - I • I rK • Art • » « I •» 4 ♦ 4 X-V •• 4 ZA 4 O 1 1 » A J AA.* ■
with trie annual conventions of the I
Federation—will be the report of th. t
executive council of the labor body.
Because, however, of the great
number of important issues in the
United States affecting labor and
the world crisis in Europe, the com-
ing convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor is expected to be
one of the most important ever held
The convention is scheduled to last
ican Federation of labor.
Europe
principal problem ).<■•<. .■
conxent on. ; hi- Fed. ruii
on the world crisis abroad, th
cial and economic debacle in Ger
many, the strained relations between • sg r 1 ...
u~iA ss a an re*erv,*f‘‘ residing ir
a.ia tne . don bave be(?n to hou1
themselves in readiness for-a call tr
•he colors in event the \»ecesalty
arises.
Iment and occupying Corfu is contra
' vention of the neutrality of the
I island guaranteed in perpetuity by
jthe treaty of 1H64 in which Great
l Britain ceded Corfu to Greece, is con
-idered in military and diplomati<
arters in London as tantamount tc
.1 declaration of war upon Greece and
s constituting a flagrant violation
>> the international law.
The gravest apprehension is felt
,o.er possible further moves by Italy
1 f Italy should ignore the ir^tervent
'dependent efforts of the allied coun-
cil <>f ambassadors for an amicable
[solution of the crisis, the military ex
I , erts here see the danger of war
spreading throughout southeastern
• Europe.
A negro man and woman were ar
g - • «-•». >■ «■ a ■■ v» \ e I w ■ • assvidii tsgrn a nx* i v® c v a I lit* 1JJ
items. Keep your name out of ] Gainesville Thursday, hav • tjle Scout Movement to the United
States.”
Washington. Sept. 1.—.Associated j
Press»)L-Reporta of a severe earth- ,
quake' and fire in Yokohama. Japan,
caused unusual anxiety here t.xlav i ,
because of the }arge numls r of, ■
Ametwans who make their home in i
that (Hty.
It is estimated that mere than!,
1,000 citizens of the United States
who have business connections in To- | ‘ *,V dri'w\,,ts inking
kin Kv* in th,. .- Ifr°m one of these r-----
in speaking of
Greek Italian Crisis
Riches the League
Geneva, Sept. 1.—(By Associated
...... vaz ‘>re99 >—A communication fron
the commission held that i about two weeks, but mav continue 1'ree< e submitting the Greek-Italian
These st’ ps were taken
ance with the proinis o
of the steel indust y to she late
President Harding to put the steel
.a on an 8-hour-day liasis as soon
possible and practicable.
Dallas, Sept.; 1.—(By Associated jge of stee]
Press, i—A reduction of 10
cents a barrel in the price of Kansas
j route to Tulsa today to relieve police ’ °klaho,na “n i T<>,(a‘‘ crude oil wa‘
..land counts- officers* of the 'county I a,11n'H,n<-ed ,lere toda-v b-v the Ma"
isonieunng lor nimseir siiouiu not [who wert? virtually disarmed by th’i i "" la 1>etroleum company.
J turn to the farmer. I get along with . edict of the ptvcrr.tr.cr.t tl,nv ------------------
I the farmers in Denton county lie 'arms and ammunitions mint be
j cause 1 am working for them, but if , rendered and permits to carry weap !
ons obtained from Adjutant'General
Markham, commanding the restricted
area. 1 he rights of halieas corpus
was also suspended by the governor
in his latest edict.
1 he action of the governor in plac-
ing greater restriction upon the city
of Tulsa and extension of the state
control over the whole countv was
not unexpected. Aroused by the al-
leged attempts of a mob to* whip W.
J. Matthews Thursday night within
the restricted area and reported re-
fusal of witnesses to testify in the
military investigation, sterner meas
tires were foreseen at the capital yes
terday.
Louis, Kept. 1.— (United Press. '
*ununong charging Bishop W. F
T Methodist Episcopal
church 8outhj with diftturbing thi
t?*ued herp
**'* Ch*r^» McGhee, on<
11 12“ « P**tors. Rev. McGhee
uh tb/ b“hoP •’truck him in the
him from th.
t*au,M of McGhee’s ac-
ttviuea boosting the Ku Klux Klan
P'ttman, who has beer
government that all fin I
. . . ------------A stir-'
p ause I am working for them, but if , rendered and permits
; I should go out and ask them to vote <-
i for me for some office, I would b<
lost. You've got to lay aside your
personal ambitions,” the speaker as-
serted in conclusion.
Hubert Harrison, general manager
of the Wichita Falls Chamber of
Commerce was the next speaker, hav-
ing as his subject, “How the Cham
ber of Commerce Should Use Pub-
licity." Mr. Harrison stated that pi’
which has made bis city what it is
today is a wonderful thing, but that
it does not last always, and therefor.
jthe Chamber of Commerce must re-
I main active. One of the latest pro-
i jects of the city of Wichita Falls ;
I is the bonding of the city for $5,- I
| Of'J.OOO for a water system to irri [
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Leading into his subject, Mr. Har
ison said fhat in small towns, news-
papers appreciate Chamber of Com-
merce publicity written by the secre-
tary, but that in towns of ]0,i)00 or
more, the average newspaper had
rather have this news written by
their own reporters. "Make the news
paper man your friend and do not
make yourself prominent in your
| news i*----- k
j the paper when possible, for a secre-
tary gets his name in the paper oftei
enough without encouraging it.
"Spiretaries are employes, and the
directors who get no pay for theii
work want their accomplishments!
! known, and it is right for them to las, spoke in liehalf of the editor?
i desire to l>e favorably known. There- saying tliat all papers need copy, and
fore make it a policy to put forward although his paper lieing a weekly
the chairman at the head of a move- was unlike * •- i. j-S
me nt.
"The liest newspapers realize that
the assistance they give the Chatnbei
of C ommerce in boosting some projec
brings growth to the city, and event
ually makes the paper grow. Thus
the editor of a newspaper should b<
the partner of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Following Mr. Harrison’s address
the secretaries conducted a round
table discussion of publicity, many
offering ideas and suggestions re
garding this important pliase of thr
secretary's work. Tom Mann, ft’tf
editor of Farm and Ranch, of Dal
Rain which liegan falling i. j..
r-ainesville about 1.30 o’clock Friday partment.
j afternoon, and continued intermit
Rome. Sept. 1.—(Associated Press)
—lhe Greek authorities at Corfu
were blamed today by the lUllaa
governmeat ia a semi-official state
ment for the necessity of ftriar at
Corfu yesterday.
- Th« statemeat said that the It&l-
Of Pneumonia
- whk* to effect am—atim of ref a-
mewl xwdVmm
old fortress. The statameat* eatl>
mated the number of womaded
tea. ' .
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THE WEATHER
Toaight and Sunday partly cloudy;
colder tonight. « ,
A banquet was the final event of
the day, more than 250 being present
at jhe Mecca Cafe. George Atkin-
was chairman, and talks were made
by Sterling Germany of liallas, J. A
Atchison of Gainesville, AV. M. Shaw
of Sherman and Morton Smith of
Gainesville. Music was furnished bv
the Chamber of Commerce orchestri
under the direction of Carey C. Shell
Three delightful vocal solos were
given by Miss Monette Duncan of
Sherman, who made a great hit with
the assemblage.
After the banquet many heard the I
band concert on the courthouse squar, j
and others attended the Jimmy Allen
hoisted out
last cars of coal in
I were being loaded.
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San Francisco, Sept. i.— (United!
Press.)—The Japanese city of Yoko-I ciated Press, i—The conference of an
hama is on fire following a
earthquake, according to a
convention
, .• a
restricted immigration, to protect the
' present wage and living standards of
I American labor.
| 1 he fate of the railroads and the
i situation in the coal industry are al
most certain to lie questions on which \ ' ” >-w —
; lalior will express Its opinion. 7*A" /ubmarine,
In the discussion of world affairs. ~ --------—--
. lalmr probably will repeat its con ,r7 !’n 'he Gr«*k »t«‘*mer Georgios
I demnation of the tectics of Soviet ’‘Sji1 y dlin,a<«ng the latter.
■ Russia. . 11,e '•otnmander of the submarine
Although Gompers has been the toW GrJ*k th* <U1-
[ preaident of the American Federation “A «Hered the closing
J of Labor for many years, this po°t
>s open for election at each annual J?.** / ( k *Ul be rf-
convention. According to Federation
officials, however, there seems to la-
no contest with Gompers for the
presidency this year.
The entire back of the gasoline
tank on the Dodge touring car of \V
K. King was torn from the machine
Saturday afternoon about 1.30
o’clock, when struck by the Hudson
touring car of \V. O. Davis, driyen by
R. E. Thomason of El Paso. Mr
King’s car was parked tn front of the
post of fii-e. and as he started to bail
Kkput, ths Hudson car going west on
■^California street collieded with the
■nrst Dsmed machine. The Davis car
jj^rss only silghtly damaged, the right
‘‘fender being maahed. Eight or ten
T gallons of gasoline in King’s car wen
| thrown into the street by the impact
2 jind <11 automobiles parked in the
■^■einity were moved as a precaution
H^K^init fire, under the direction .
^Ks Marshal McCarty.
ing in their possession a Forel cai
stolen from a garage in Dallas this
week. The negroes were placed in
the county jail, and charges of thefi
placed against them in district court
who recently spent
N .* 4 • I . . -. t 1 — a
Meetin, inspecting Boy Scout Campe sion also of
in Palisade Interstate Park, traveling 1 candidates,
from Washington solely for this pur-! Immigration is a vital question to
pose. Mr. Roosevelt is a member of labor, and the Portland i
the National Executive Board of the [is expected to voice its position for
Boy Scouts of America. In the course ’ ’
of his speech he made the statement
quoted above, adding: "The typical
Boy Scout won’t grumble and com-
plain of conditions and let it go at
that. He will ‘sit in the game’ and
do his level lies! to make things bet
ter. Therein lies the great value of
very difficult to forecast the ques- 1
I tions to be taken up at an annua)
j convention of the Federation of La
bor, because, in view of the fact tha' i
l labor’s interests are so widespread
’ these meetings have the whole work’
las a field of discussion, the follow
ing forecast has been obtained iron-
Federation officials as a fair fore
icast of the problems to bo dealt with
------ ' at Portland.
Waeo, Sept. 1.— (By Associated 1 The Steel Industry
Press.) — Frank Tirey, former county . Lalior's recently announced inten
attorney of McLennan couwtv onTkfe t*on to nsaLe a new and more vigor
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ppointed °f steel workers in the United State
■ ' « • . one ,
be made at s ib cets to be discussed at the
■■ ent ion.
lhe lalior cliiefs then undoubtedly
will evpr ss th American Federation
of J-abor - a think on th? -tops whie!
Julgo Elb—t H. '-ary. chai man of
the Un.ted ’Aates Steel Corporation t
has announced alnady’to put
Osaiqi, Japan, Sept. 1—(United
Press.)—Practically all of Japan
a shaken violently for more than
hour by an earthquake of almost
prcce<|entcd power
Severe damage was suffered in T<
t kio.
Railroad and teiegraph
tions were disrupted.
terrifii I thrai ite operators and miners repre
wireless sentatives which met here today tc
4 dispatch received here today by the' resume consideration of Governor
Radio Corporation of America from Pine.lot’s peace settlement plan, ad-
the Japanese Naval Radio station atljouu.ed until 2 p. in. next Wedneg-
Ilawaii. • liy.
-- 1 Go.t mor Pinchot at the close of
Washington, Sept 1.— (Associated ! today’s session expressed himself a>
Press.)—An earthquake described a- I nitic.i encouraged. The suspension
extremely severe and. continuing however, will continue, he said, dur-
nearly five hours last night and earlv ' ing Hu recess which was agreed to
today was recorded on the George- I the governor explained, at the sug
town university seismograph. Begin 1 gestn.n of both sides,
ning at >0 12 p. m.. the disturbancr '
reached a maximum intensity be-
tween HL40-and II o’clock and la-te;l
xuntiF 3 a m.'' ■ •<
San Franeism, Sept. ).—(A
"The typical Boy Scout, when Ik lalior chiefs at Portland.
grows up, will not lie the kind of National politics also are expected rreKt‘- Italian naval units which
always trying to shift .to have a ranking place on the cal ’ v V* b*en 8tat*oned at Spezia and
, J.itiee tc others,” is thejendar of of the convention. Thereeniee now are steaming for aouth-
opinion of the Hou. Theodore Roose- probably will lie a survey of the na- ern Adriatic waters in full war
velt. Assistant Secretary of the Navy i tional and state congressional aitua- ?tatuB and eight transports are held
dav with the tions from the standpoint of labor’s read*n*S8 in case there are further
• - . • . . — r eventualities.
The Italian government has offi-
cially announced the occupation of
< orfu probably will be the limit of
Italian advances for enforcement
the sanctions and that there coMe-
quently pribably will be a short
Wractically Entire City of Yokahoma is Burning VIOLATION OF
WSZhX coal *•
Jtffitt tAKIn AMHKAlllt COAL Interesting Meet
SHOCK TODAY MINERS HAS BEGUN!"""S"”““
11 -N. --- ——————
Practically the Entire Peace Parley Between Operators And Union
% City Burning; Representatives Had Adjourned Until iiea
Casualties. | Next Meeting at Harrisburg. ip:iltv:
A ----------------- ' 1 * ’
San Francisco, Sept. I.—(A.-s.niat x
red Press.)—Practically the entire < ity |
of Yokoiioma is afire and i
OUS casuHies have occurred as a resul* j dte - n u>dav
,of a fire which broke out after a J |.r;u.ti( allv ev;.rVone of the 155,00C
severe earthquake shix-k. aeix rdmg tc hanJ (.oal worker; <(be lhe gtrike
1 a message from the Japanese kadx (>nler wl|i( |1 went into effect at mid
i night and an unusual silence pre-
j vailed this morning where usually the
lair
Osaka, Japan, .Sept. 1.—(Associated : les
Prftgs.)—An earthquake shock lasting f
over six minutes was felt here al | p|„ve<_i
noon today. It was accompanied by i '
an “up and down movement!” I were
» Telephonic and telegraphic com- j touches
munication with Tokio has l.ce i in- j t|le collieries.
Geaava, Rapt. 1.—(to
Press)—Ths council of the
Ktothe n oa six)
Italian Ships Leave
For Southera Waters
Rome, Sept. 1— (By Associated
are expected naval uaits
nking place on th? cal b*en »tationed at Spez)
There ' „ lce. are "teaming for
Harrisburg. Pa., Sept. 1.— (United
.Press.i—With therstrike of 155,000 in
■ tiie jieace parley between the opera !
j the anthracite mines in full force |
iat tors and union representatives ad-I
ed Press.) — ( able communication be-j journed here today until Wednesday j
^tween San Franeisco and Japan ovei The action was .taken at the re-
the normal routes is interrupted and quest of both sides.
traffic is being diverted by wav of'
Shanghai-and Manila. The interrup t
tinn oecarred about 11 o'clock last
night.
Reports indicate that the^
shocks have been most jritfTeiit
districts surrounding/ ’
whith itself i» a volcano,
is clout sixty miles >
Tol- io/
President And Wife
Take Cruise on the w wf
Yacht 1Mayflower’|:;','~l-,-
Washington, Sept. l.— (Associated
Press.)—President and Mr£. Coolidge
accom[*anied by several friends,' left
Washington shortly after 1 o’clock
today for an afternoon and evenin'
cruhe on the Mayflower down tin
Potomac, the first they, have madt
aboard the presidential yacht.
Meat Cart; Claude Bishop Charged
Germany Is Hurt With Disturbance
Of Peace Today
1 | lhe splendid entertainment features
) provi led during the meeting, and
communion• I stated that he was amazed at the
wonderful water supply at that eity
J "I went to the meeting under pro-
. ■- • . . .... ''test," Mr. Hickson stated. "Being a
?*1 i member c.f the executive committee, I
lines enterino T i ; was one of the men who selected the
• - " " 'have l»eon <L'lo- meeting p|a(.e an(j £ j^-
a radius of 10o miles Rio was loo far Jrom thc „,nter of
the state and too small to take care
' of the convention properly. But I am
now thoroughly convinced that the
choice was wise, as the entertainment
was the best I have ever seen at a
post masters’ convention, and I havr
j lieen to many since joining the asso-
ciation alxuit 12 or 13 years ago.
"There are five streams flowing
through the Del Rio golf course, and
. / water
from one of these streams,’’ Mr.
Hickson said, in speaking of the
large amount of water at that city
"Then there is Devils’ River, a stream
...... ........ o. res.oence. u V’ 1O"£' T,ld- ? tO l*
is only a half hour's ride from tbej lammed w,th a l-> 'foot dam, and
capital. I the water power used for woolen mills
' __I which are to lie built there. I was
. ' j really amazed at the wonderful water
Cars Damaged In •'-
Smashup On East
California Street
Italian Flett to
Leave Corfu
T— (Aamiated Pr«M>
h Greek government has been iq-
’ta’y that the Italian
a- GOrfu as soon a?
•o-Tv’ie- w th the Italian de
ands.
The ]>olice station anil school
; h • island of Corfu were
■ v •!> Italian f’ert yesterday and s
)" * roqps wer
was destroyed
v d rect dispatch from
’ , " -« d that 15 civi
and many wounded
’nr’1 nt
Two Shot During
Riot Following
Ku Klux Meeting
Gainesville was host to members of
jthe Order of DeMolay and the Ordei
of Rainbow of a number of Texas
cities Friday, and the program pre
| pared for the occasion proved very
m, .... ... ------- enjoyable to the large number of vis
the consensus of opinion |itor» present. The meeting opened
with a parade at 1.30 o'clock le<l by
the Gainesville Boys’ Band of 147
pieces. All local and visiting De-
j Molays and Rainbows tock ]>art in
I the procession.
! The parade was followed by a Get
Together meeting at the Opera
i House where addresses were made by
Judge Hiram Lively of Dallas and
W. M. Shaw of Sherman. Degrc<
work was conferred on five candi-
man wishes to go into the cattle | dates for membership in the Order
business, renting on the one year ' <>f Rainbow at the Masonic Hall, the
-ystetn now in vogue," Mr. Lewis work being conferred by the local As
seriously wounded and fiftv were j said’ "he, ni‘g,!t .to leave I ^“bly. Six candidates for memlier
more or less injured when a mol | .v'ar’ ‘u,d ,f ‘I"'" t get a good, ship in the DeMolay Chapter wen
broke up a meeting of the Ku Klux I ,"r„ hl' ‘'"ttle would lose prae- initiated at the Opera House, the De
[Klan who were initiating a class of ,,illl-v al1 "s efforts. Long timelcatur ( hapter conferring the first
----- burning I "ou'd do away with this and [degree, and the Dallas Chapter, the
of the mines and the j cross was torn down, robes stripper’
from klansmen and they were driver |e
from a field under a barage of shots I *’P' ,
andstones. proving a I
The rout liegan when the kla ismen 1 M*1 ,ar,ln
lighted their cross. With shouts of |1 ” s l‘l"
“Down with the klan!” and "Hurrah I!>ta.' 0,1 -. . ,
for the Irish!” a mob of l.ObO, mostly , >•<•“» the visitors enjoyed the
young men aeeompanietl bv about 10< I" an'S < I” ’
negroes, charged the klan'. W,HC111 1 "f «f •’•’noou sessmn was held
The first shot is thought to have |at < liani,‘‘'r ’’ t ommeree. F rank
l^en fired bv the mob when thevl rowder °f the Dento’. Chamber o
heard a klansmen fire blank shot'? ,'n‘niPr'VaS ' SP-!‘ '
wla-n the cross burst into, flames. 1,e ,h° 1nPceS‘i'ty ot C0 01K‘rrt,
|tion between the county agent and
jthe Chamber of Commerce secretary
i "If the C hamber of Commerce is
to do anything, it must get the
county agent to help,” Mr. Browdei fiance at the Elks’ Half,
declared. “The county agent works
for tiie farmer, and the starytary for
the business num. aial ,tlip combina- .
tion gets the best results. Even in;
tire large cities such as Dallas and
Fort Wurth, vyl^ere agriculture is not
s?> greatly dependjPft upon as ip tins \ ,
I section of the country, particular at
in tention is paid to the agricultural de-
There is no excuse for a
jafternoon, and continued intermit c hamber of Commerce unless it co
tently until about 10 o’clock Saturday ojarate- with the farmers.
I morning, amounted to .00 of an inch , "[f any of you secretaries are try
I according to the government rain ing to get by without particular at
I guage. The precipitation Friday was tention to the farmer, you are mak-
I 36, and the continuous slow rain ing q mistake," Mr. Browder warn-
| which fell most of the night and ed. "The club boy who grows into trol taking precedent
ww . . p. | • morning Saturday, amounted to ,4('[a farmer has a different viewpoint courts, became
yippf Ijpl Iflfl fd an incl'- temjMTature wa: i from his father, and I find that the
1’lVvl' Uli Izvl H1U some lower today, the maximum be I club boys of Denton county havr
ing 87 degrees, while the minimum j made the best farmers. P
during the night was 68 degrees.
Next Meeting at Harrisburg.
------ g.
Wilkesbarre, Pit., Sept. 1.— (United
Press, —Not a wheel turned in the
'"'D'1'1 ‘ I mines and collieries of the anthra
v fire which broke out after
severe earthquake shock, acocrding
a message from the Japanese Radi< |
. station at Iwaki to the Radio Cor
A poration of America's local station.
Tins ffort’ tn organize the great army
nt urn from Austin Fast night,
nouneed that he had been apr
as special prosecutor in the graifd *' ‘‘xpected to b?
jury investigations to 1-
Glenrose. Mr. Tirey said that the
grand jury probe would start Mon
day.
the preparations to close |
Mules which have not j
terrupted. It is feared that the shock j seen daylight for a year, were being ' 350 here late last, night,
ha a h azt a sori, >ns o£fr*i*t in Tnlia and 1..: * i. _ ' —: — . ---1 z t. . , .1.......
the breakers
The land owner and the tenant
rmer must get together and devise
I some system w hereby long time
I leases can be arranged, before gen-
i eral prosperit y can come to eithei ;
, was 1'
| at the meeting of Chamber of Com-
| merce secretaries and county agent?
i he 1<1 in Gainesville Thursday.
i W. T. Lewis, prominent livestock
I man of this city, delivered a compre- j
i hensivv a.lress upon the subject of
long time farm leases. Mr. Lewi?
said that the renting system as at
i present, does not offer any encourage-
| nieit to the stock raiser and fanner'
I who wishes to make a success. “If '
i man wishes to
Newcastle, Delaware, Sept. 1.— (By ,,u--irenting
United Press.)—-Two were shot and 1 ,,ou
1 and fifty
less injured when a
wo
class'of j fi;all-v a" I'^/ffnrt
j would i icourage the improvement of second degree.
? land and a pride next to tliat of j 1 *-------* ■
No man feels like im
farm, farm buildings and
i prqverty if the tenant
an idea he will get tc
the place for several years."
to 2( gcribed as “bluff” bv va
’ p<-rs, vete'an png Yen <■'
undoubt* div
I announced here today by the Mag
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Leonard, J. T. & Leonard, Joe M. Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 223, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 1, 1923, newspaper, September 1, 1923; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1311686/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.