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[land Concert At
*
v a'rious
it
met
I
New York Cotton
Leases and Royalties
to Texas.
July Ift (United Pressi
is bis opinion
daj s
thousand
. than to make
trying
to
y. reported!
healthy condi-
man
March
< >
Legislature Of
Philippines Asks
hpot- quiet. 4
Early Freedom
July hi.— (Associated
I
were 2.600
it i
14.50;
to
Chicago Grain
THE WEATHER
direct ly
neat litre. May
Saturday
part ly
and
AGED MAN HANGED.
quarters that’
(Columbia. Mis«.. July
11.1
v iee.
i"
1178
Two)
tted on
a
fl
Photo Shows Terrific Force of Arsenal Blast
I. | ! ' | I ; j ’
KET
Watching the
Candidates
Dal *•
are tonight to ittdad
his return
be
roiripiimentary
remarks regarding the organization
R. B. ( reader
to introducing
tie- east
t«» a crowd
ion on !
the regson of withdrawing.
Columbia; Miss.. July )6 (Asaoci-
attjd Pressi-t-Jeff Wallace. HO-year-
Fiwher is reported ill
avenue.
Paul
United
> land i
t nr Jch a
I
lu-r*. riarcbes ami overtures,
h !'
com mon
to 814.50.
She.-p and Labile
yearlings
Itecau-je
Pera t ie.
isted 11
ly republican,
true if Texas
publican,
between two-
stre ngtb.
“Tbe prestige of Texas will l>e en-
hanced when ’he Is-comes a 'doubt-
ful' ftate politically.
the candidate,
attention and
frequently applaud
today,
has not
(baric*
unanl-
the
white man. was hanged here to-
day for the murder of his wife.
fori action that
tluj plaintiff
Hi
i ’•£
: few month*, wheat gained as much as
4 cents early, in the day. Corn did not
display the wheat, although! price
Oats had a
New Orl
Pt up. I
to her 17 IS; Decenalier 17.14;
17 14.
lute
MisS “Georgia
at her home on North Grand
■
Hi
pr res
an 1 tl|* tattle trading Imidepxl on tie
RM
he;id? n< hiding 400 calves.
k ■
U. S. Dry Czar
Dined and Wined
In Gay Paree
r j
?•' I
I I
12. Ml;
tw?6 86.50 to 7.50; goats 83.00-*5.00;
we ;h«s 87-50 to 8.25; atucUers 85.00
—t.Wl|; feeder lambs $8.75—‘J.5O. .
1.'!; jibs ember 17 05; January 17.03
bit Iding.
Middling 18.24.
up
Ft. Worth Livestock
■ —• ««•—u. July 16.—Livestock
Friday
ay Aside
/ote For
e Says.
■ans futures opened 7 t»>
March 17.35: July b.ih; Oc
January
were
the engine ami
f a Chicago. Fort Wayne <S
rk train on the Pennsylvania
overturned at Somerville, near here.
The cause of the derailment
been determined.
was
wa« charged..
Junior! Chamber
Officials to Dallas
\ Matty of nine membery <4
JlPimr (.hanil'cr Of (aimmerte
of <|ir r-« tom.
noon
Policeman Shot.
Texarkana. Ark.. July 18 (Asm**
<aated Pressi- H*nze Giles, polk* «t-
fi<Tr. was al»ot and instantly killei
this morning by an unidentified white
man. The officer w shot thrre
times when he attempted to stop Ins
allege'
Briand Plan To
Restore Finances
It’s Time to I
Prejudices,
Charged in The Bills °f
Returned.
Police Officer Shot by Traffic Law Violator;
Rum Runner Killed By Coast Guards;
Crazed Negro Shoots Three.
« best govern-
cal partie-. It •
B’ack Runs Amuck. .
Council Bluff*. Iowa. July IB (As-
sociated PressIt—One man Shot
to death and two others seriously
u&unded In a who iMWitfl •:
ra* .-—•*** Tragi’ on
t a-
Im.at I
left here Fridajy aft.
iimved within the next few
without damage.” lie said.
is ion la tie
caused District Attorney
to prolong the investiga-
Cisco Man Is
Badly Hurt When
Hit By An Auto
Pi—r
Ranger. Texas. July 16.—C. E-
! tiou.
Atwater Kent’s
Private Yacht
Been Fired On
a number
The small
a
-HH'k
feet i
Tlinn*ands r,,f
bring
( tne
1 rec.
__ . .auditions that
revailed in Texa* polities for Pre-s 1
paut. would have the I
a I
East Liverpool. July 10 (Associated
Press i ITwepty persons were iii-
jnred when the engine ami three'
conches L.f
New Yit
closed steady.
Is;’May 17.22 bidding; Jtly 17.IW
\ id*' of 25 cents was suffered on
thj'. hdg market with only 300 head
he e. including some direct to pack
en.
SheJp amounted to 4.200 I arrivals.
The market was steady and the qual-
wJs nothing extra.
< atile—-IWeves .*5 to 8.25; stockers
to |7.5O: cvw* »t to 5.25; heifers
Ives <5
JO.OO: vanners *2-75 to 3.25;-yeatI-
,s 41-*« to 9-00.
Medium 814.25
14.00: mixed $13.75 to
*10.50 lu 12.00: pig*
... l.i 8
\ *
» Nr
atteiMlame "a- du,, in part to the
brief time announeem *nt was made
prior to the doming of
but he was given close
his remaiks were
ed.
Postmaster J. I..'Hickson of Gaine*-
. ill<. preskied as chairman. He intro-
Iwed ( . C. Littleton <f Fort Worth,
w ho nutde some very
I.<l« Angeles! Jttly |C> I Associate.!
Ptessi-t- Aimee McPItersonfs reply to
aworn testimony of five witness",
before the grarid jury yesterday that
a .si j,.,||(>r tjale of ki<l,
naping from the santa Monica beach
1*. last. vya« the an-
iioiim ehieiit fr< m her religious head-
she ha<| b> ptixed 13**
<-«nvertjs at last night's revival aer-
Gov. Al Smith
Visits Coolidge
_ | Chicago Board of Trade.
Smith*. N. vL Julv 16 <bJ !’* ,,eav7r ,r"'lin- "f D" P«'»
Press*—t.oxernor Al Smith of
New \ <»rk arrived in gav spirits to-
day at Paul Smith's Hotel for hi*
luncheon vi«it with President Cool]
idge.
The goveiher‘of New York and
one of tile potsible 1028 presidential
candidates, stepped from bit auto*
mobile to b? received by campers,
. hotel guest* and newspaper men.
HEAD OF 49 BANKS
PAST WEEK COMMITS SUICIDE
—Paul
elected
stitute < f
for the i
ing M-ssioij of the 24th annual
vent ion
Bruce Uairjl of New Orleans.
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Tetriperance Union
' ynright
chidy.
Ast Texas—Tonight and Saturday
patty cloudy; local tbowers on 1
>••(. l:..pfibEctfn na-
«n. | th** candidate
*t>9»s of th'.’
(if :aboitt two
hiifidte.l |m i -o'i*. inclu ling
•t prominent Ix-mocrals.
cam
possible plane,
number of re-
legislature. do !
be |M*ssilde t*» I
bortioii like the I
iiic'tahsl
Aimee McPherson
Baptizes Over 100
Persons Thursday
; Railroads Doing
Best to Save T he
Wheat, Smith Says
Lambs;$11.50 to
810.00 to! If.00;
levels went up early,
quiet day.
Wheat—.Julv 1.45; September 1.45;
December 1.48 1-8;
Corn—July 7.3-8; September 83;
December 84 1-4.
i» reported to be drilling below
cember 44 1-8.
<P .....
8.5) t|» !•: bulls *4 to 5.00;
to
hi;
I
lig it 314AU to
14. JO;
81; ..*o
Ma >ila. P. I.. July 16 (Aswa-iatrd
I At the opening session of
Philippine legislature < today,
unanimously adqptgd s'
minn frewt resolution in favor of
.absolute and complete
j ,vif'
I Coike county.
False Canvassing Is
Bennett Doty
Sentenced To 8
Years’Hard Work
Beirut. July 16 (Associated Press)
- Bennett Doty *f Memphis, Tenm
wax condemned by a court martial
■ t Damascus today to eight vear»
imprisonment at hard labor, for de*
setting the French Foreign Legioy.
in which be enhated under the naam
of Gilbert (.tore.
taimfd Liiwoln U. Aiidilcw
of the 1 nitej Matos pr-..-
enforceinenti __
elleotl. I he other membiTs of An
drewr.' delegation were among th«
guests
Tile
w nief.
■years en
Rejected 14 to 13
ijaris. July 16 (Associated Press' —
T1U finance committee of the cham-
berj of deputies today voted 14 to
to reject the request of the
■Brii. ind ministry for full powers to
le decrees for the financial restor- o!
atibn of France.
was sent
17
biildinjt; Julv 17.W biddingj iH-tolwi
4 17 13; ,18s ember IT O.1*: Januirv 17.03
that making furthc
con-
ith Danciiiger. “Ijas as-
made suine kind of coji
‘doubt-:
I can name a
dozei states that hav< more ptsrr in
Ihe national governim|nt than Texas,
Even the democrats hward doubtful
states more governmental patronage
that they do Texas. I>eeause they
feell tnat lev
their |>ocket.
t|lt. Jriynd' wi
a why ’!
0
feel/ that Texas already is safely in
. They ■ want to keep
ith states tlmt might swing
from them if [mistreated ph-
Washi-igton. July Di (By Unite!
pressij—A report was filed at Coast
Guard head(|ua iters, here todavi
charging that patrol boat, had fired
ii|H>n the private yak-lit of A. At-
water Kent, radio inlentor. while it
ua, enroute from Philadelphia to
Bar Harbot. Maine. Reports state!
that Kent, his wife ami son were on
boanl when the sliqt* were tired.
No <>nc was i'ljtired.
The boat was ae«re||ed by mast
guards, it
ii,oon in n>l|tomobile4
where thet
i meeting of Qu- Dalia- JiIiikh-
I hamper, and hear report* on th-
recent national convention it -lack
>"nv ille. 1 !a. Dalia* and < ..jim-sv ill-
ire tar ohly North Texas fitir*
»oa*tijig of Junior Chamber, *>f ( om
inerceJ
power- both houses
________?*’ < r-- -r____'
ilidates for of-; “inin|i-diate
vil- j indrja-mlence.'’
tin- ! j — ■■ | — ...
Charles Whitman
Heads Lawyers
Dmver. Colo., duly Iti' (Assoe'jted
j Pre* ii—Former Governor
•Whi [man of New York wa«
’mon Jy elected president of
Me
Uajifor- |
veral days aftyr the report <if I
ngelist', dr(»wniug at Venice, i
pccted iipil sensational e. i .
it the graijd jury
j yesterday.
well | A'a K'?e*
will
of
• . Courtkoase Tonight.
Thejsanjn Fe Band will give a con
' i-rt a| fho eo|irthou'c from the band
tiiU evctiing at 8 o’clovji. iJirec-
!.J -|. Liml,av annouii'es. The
ro'jram will consist of |H»pular mini-
It will
thvi fissi public appearamte of the
b«nd ill seycial wei-k*.
.|--1—*----I
nelt convention at the clos- j .
ion of the 24th annual con- *
Imre today*. He succeeds
Paris. July hi iliiited Pressi -|-
The prim-ip il niemtjersi of the
Briiisii gov vrnemnt imjay eiite1'-
vs. head
jkrtdiihitiofi
organizution. at lun
Atlanta. 17a., July 16 (Associated
Pressi4—J. R. Smitli. president of the
Atlanta Real Estate Board and ’
director of tie Bankers Trust Com-
pany, for which a receivership wat
designated itf. federal court yester-
day, shot hiumelf in his home at
Morningside, a suburb, early today.
Mr. Smith was dead when found.
Ths suicide <-ame as the climax to
the bankruptcy proceedings of the
Bankers Trust Co., and the closing of
69 banks, many of which were mem-
bers of a chain of 121) in Georgia and
Florida for which the Bankers Trust
Company served as financing agents.
Rum Runner Pays Penalty.
Oswego. N. Y.. July 16 (Associated
I’ressi — La-o Yptt of Syracuse. wa«
killed by machine gun firh from “a
coast guard boat today while at-
tempting to land 409 bags of lottled
beer on the whore of Lake Ontario.
alx>ut 13 miles from here. Two com-
panions were captured by the coast
guard crew, and the beer aeized.
Declares Parties More
Evenly Divided Will
Mean for Prosperity.
i*m a little inore brot’i-
I « IdtlJ le»* hate in
liarv» v Hajnc*. “reg
it* t* tlM- hoininati-m
>i lf>* llepuidieah pri-
• h J h lien-
work done in Texas by
• >f Brownsville, prior
Mr. Creager.
< oloruM Haine*. for ■
•jajfed in the grain bu*i ie*< in Gaines ;
ville. prior do his rem«i
tim soihe fifteen year' ago. wa-z in -
troduced by Mayor J.
« grain dealer. Mayor
while he is normally a
'-M-rat. the past ami
Minging tactics of file
--ulM-rnatofial candidat i ».
[the disgraceful cornluc
n office leads him
I 'best thing that cot Id happ<
'terilizel the politics
would be for Texas to
two or (hree times."
is much merit in the
[ is Republicans
kystem in Texas and
•nan should read and
dearly for himseli. in
lecorditAi to his la-st jmlglm-nt.
[ -r thaii soleiv on ; rcjiidi'-*-.
mayor siaid Mr. Haineo
•fie(| toi hold the offi ■*
iwitli b-qiot ami profi
For Two-Party System.
R B. ( ieager, a nat ive Texan, an I (ohimUa.
'uemla-r rof the republican national
•ommittrs'. declared i/
(hat "n«»;om- thing co lid be of more
astiug benefit to Texa
it a twoqmrty state ; olitieally. This
would brine alanit a healthy eundi-
[’ion when the two parties came face
I o f;<( <• at ejection time.
“Tlatt State is alwaj
-d that has two ,«olit
nialu-s each }mt forward their best
candidate)*. Should
administration default
it is inevitable, thwt
will l>e enough indepei!dent voters to I
(defeat that party's ..candidates at the •
next election.
“Do vjou suiqmse c
have pr#
eight or- ten years
prevailed, had there peen
ful party upjmsing thl* Democrats?
! ieager asked. “( an
fire in Texas have don * little but
lify each other, pitch ng their
paign- 'on the lowest
If thery were a large'
publicans in the state
you t
have
Terrell,election law *
“I d
I
f. " ;
• Jos A-igeles% Calif,.* July 16 (By
( nited I’ress)—Further evidence link
iuo Kenln-th G. Ormiston. former An-
. gelus I'einple rairffi operator, with
the disappearance and reappearance
.of Aimee Semple McPherson will be
i presented when- Xthe Los Angeles
jvoui ty grand jury reconvenes next
I Tuesday.
i Deputy District Attorney Rvan d*i-
'c|,,^.| he would produce witnesses
v bo saw tire rad ii man and
I ’herd'll together! in Salina.
. | nia. 'j*ev
' the eva
llt*X|
' 'dem e a
at Lake Deifmark, several miles sjway. The naval
sIk* Hi, 0vei many niiles of territory, causing SlUU.OOO.IMJB
- Acreage a ml
Well hale la*en
ly rate; Leas
well lu/ve been bringing *'25
()ne rqyalty Ileal was
morninb at St. Jo which atnounted to
025.9001
The Butler and Pace well is located
some 0iri*e miles
the No. 2 well
, , . ■ farm at Bulchvr.
orie tunith interest; ami thgt Dan-I
iigi*r and Stotiymari have entered iii- ;
to n conspiracy to defraud the plain-
tit’/ out of his interest."
The plai'itiff prais that defendants
la* Icit-eki in terms of law to. appear
an<| answer the petition and on final
heajring that he have judgment for hi.
inti*rest •
The plaintiff dijes.not claim anv
daiiage from the land owners but
frujm Danciger and Stoneman.
Tl»e petition wa* filed by J. L.
Lai*keyp attoreny for Hall, and the
cake probably w ilj be set for trial
at the next term of court here.
New York futures opened Heady. 5
tr 13 up. March 17.59; May* 17.76;
Oi tolyr 17.31); Decetnla-r 17.43; Jan
u; r y 17.41.
Future- b lostsl easy. Maijrh 17.46
tridiiar; May 17.54; October 117.25-26;
Jsnuary 17.26.
* Middling lk..’»5. Spots stfady.
^New Orleans Cotton
iHlth a (id west of
on the August Hyman
. r. / I ■«. ! ;■ .. i. . |
Exposure Avenged-
j * anton, Ohio. July 16 (Aasociatnd
, Press)—Threats on the life of Don
I Mcllett. pubiisljer of the Uantou
j Daily News, beqause of his activities
I against the alleged gamblers, weie
| carried out here early today.
Mellett was pitting his automoMh*
- in the garage in the rear of hia Iioim*
. .. I . i , ... when ghot five times.
Austin. Texas. July lb (Associated ,
Press)—Activities of the railroads in [
providing cars to move the immense !
crop in wheap in West Texas was 1
praised here today by Railroad Com
missioner Smith.
“The railroads have been intense-
Iv active in ’ providing cars ami it
appears now that the grain will I,. j," -T ""
..hi,;.. f..... a... * a,lM'” f,,r a traff,c lt,w Motetlofl.
Liverpool futures opcnei^ -teady.
I to .) nP- March 9.13; May 9.15;
lily !i.4*: fX-tober 9.14; December
9.1)9; January p.l»7.
I iltliie* clo'Ctl sicady. 12 Io 16 up.
NarclJ 9.2:5; May 9.26; Julv 9.69; be
ti her r9.25; ’December 9.1*: jJanuary
9.1'*. I
S|M,t* steady, 3 up.
Salm—lijW'. American 4.9WK
1 inijort,—5.1)90 Anicriian I.too.
Midiliing 9.92.
Deiirii-i. a’so in the Henderson
vc.j- L
tliq vicinity of the
in .‘the nurth'west part of tlie
The petition further
Stijneiiiau through [fraud and
spiiacy with Danciiiger. "Ija-
sigjied or
tract with Daiicigbr [and his company.
" hereby Stoneman assigned -aid
laikt and lease-hold estate to Danci-
gerj for a money consideration a’nd I
intj-re»t in lease-hold estate, and Thai
saijl contracts are nbw in escrow, and
tliaft ung-fourth of) interest in the
lease-hold estate ha* become very
valuable and is vvjorth .<50.(100 and
thrtt said plaintiff i, entitled to -ail
ope fourth intere't; ami that Dan
BJBfs Pirns ass
FOR LESS HATE icaies TRACKS)
.-< ■ I -------------
Scores- Miraculously Es-
caped Death Near Sum-
mitville, Ohio.
Ae|t Texas—Tonight and Satur-
’go Republican’
Xeel said their
ap|>eal of Tex- I
for Ihe |two-party [
declared every |
learn to think*
order to vote
rat t-
Tue
is fully qua!- I
of governor I
a result of being hit by an automu
bile on the highway) between Cisco
am) Dothan. Emsley had a broke”
arm. body bruise* and i« probably
internally injured.
Whiddon. who under-
went 8n operation in St. Louis re-
cently/ 1* /epurted doing nicely an 1
will Ih> able to re’uin holm- in alamt
two wbek*. Dr. ’Whiddmi *aid Friday
.morning umm hi* return from *i
Ijoiiis.l whqre lie '■cvuuipank-d h'*[
wife. 1
either party's
while in office, ■
there always ,
Philadelphia Fete.
Philadelphia. July 16.— ( A—oeiated !
Prc,*)-j-The National Women’s Chri,- |
3....... PT* *“■ Wichita (ountv - aga
withdraw n its exhibit from the >
,**,(|ui-eenfenirial exposition and will
‘ * “ * ’ ’j was |
, U. S. Production
I Prunes Larger
M ashington. July 15.—Production !
| nf dried prunes in 1925 totaled 172.-4 rj ■.
900 tons against 17129m) ton* in 1924,
the agriculture department announced
Thursday.
Of the 1925 total. California pro-
duced 145.000 ton*; Idaho 15.000 tons;
Oregon. 19.000 tons, and Washington
2.500 tons.
Alliami*. Ohio. July 16 (Unit?-!
Press) iTvvehtv • seven passengets
were injured^ two seriously, am!
scores iiiiraculouslV escaped death,
when Pennsylvania train No. 10t>.
Ltuiml irom Uhicago to Pittsburgh,
was derailed near Summitville, Ohio,
today. I
First reposts received here and al
Fast Liverp/*ol. indicated that . the '
wreck via* of disastrous proportions
ami a ■ pecial relief train
from he*e tol the scene.
A fa^ Ity rail apparently caused
the crash.
administration on
I cani-
— -------- ... ,....... unition stoh-lioifses qt me army arsenal. Piecatinny. N.
la-en IhuiiLarded by shells froip the mival arsenal • . — * . . .1 — • L
• b<dt of lightning, s ho weird huge U ''
Suit for SrfP.OOO damages vvjis filed
in Itlie Sixteenth i{j'£rici eualrt‘fici’*
Friday inOrning by J. H. “Hall of
i in,t T. S. St one j
man. Joe Da.niger and the Danciger i
OiL it Refining toni|>aiiy. all of
Keeping open ’ Wij-hita county, and IL P. Mitchell.
Sunday i* given ! M.i L Miteheil. J. B. Ivins. J. L.
R. M. O’Neal. S. E. O'Neal. W.
S. -Hut-on and T. 1). Rur^i. all of
, ,rregi|laritie$ In April
Pnmariai Alleged
'By Grahd Jury.
| nedy
. r .'ci)i(iigo; * i *h^y 16^-*- lAssot-iated
I PressQ—hurtv'-foiir (Section judged
jaiid ch*rk> who served in. Cook eoun-
’ A. _ » a _ . I • I • . .. -- J
| women, vvert* i
__u —- imeiit-i riMurimd by a s|wial grand 1 paign.
IS REPORTED.................. .....1
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I I ~ -T— j
Test On Conyer Farm
Is On Sand at Depth
Of 1,227 Feet Said.
Philadelphia Man
Heads American
Banking Institute
Dalia,. Jily 16.-—(A*-ociated Press)
Dettwiler of Philadelphia was J
■resident of the American In- 1
Banking and Detroit eho*en i‘Wichita Falls Oper-
i ator Charges Con-
spircy to Get Money.
Partner Failed To __________________
Philudnlnbi-i Fotj OIL SHOW
INPACEWELL
leave the iui’-
us have arisen 1
e Texa* i* overwlielmingly dem-
Similar comjition* have ex- , « . ,, , . .
,, . . i i ; . Atmriean Bar Association. *ucceed-
n Penii-v Ivania. overwhelming- ;,. -- - ..
ublican/ The Lame might 1st ,n» ‘ he’tfr Lo’.g of H rnlnta. Kan-
Texa- were ovc whelminglv re- ***' H‘ ‘
*n. Safety bl in a balance ‘»rgHr.'zation s convention here to-
partie* j>f nearly equal j’a.'j
' T __L .
link it would
>Ut over an a
Dallas. July 16.—(By United press)
—The major Democratic candidates
moved in west and.^ujith Texas to-
day.'
Former governor James E. Fergu-
son carried the banner of his wife in
to the sheep cot Witry with a sched-
uled sja-ech at Sam Angelo.
Ferguson spoke at Ballinger Thurs-
day. predicting a majority of more
than 150.900 for the woman governor
in the primary a week hence. Fer-
guson will close this week's tour with
MW < wvawav 8,1 “^dress at Stephenville Saturday.
11 1 I ■■■I' ' Dan Moody skirted along (he gulf
lllll ■llUm'Mfr'll II t'*(l;).v w ith scheduled -peedie*
y B 11 ITJ ■ Rjkf ' l><“*' i'1*’ Art|iur. He will
i lieat'lMick into Southeast Texas for
j appearances at Lufkin and Nacog-
' doches Saturday. '
, Moody’s predictions on the outcome
i tin- first primary vote give him
H slight majority over his tjvo lead-
ing opponents.
Leaving (he Alamo City, where he
«|x>ke before the shrine of Texas - - x ~ —■—v ;
de|M*ndence Thursday night. Lynch'^Wdeji'y crate^L ,|jje Y>;
Davidson went into the hinterlaitd ;'*hivh he wd- M jHiawngve.' H
Friday to .speak at Floresville, Ken- bc(e U*dwv.* The negro, belie/ajl to *
and Yoakum. Saturday’s be W. .M. Johnson of Oklahoma Citv,
speeches carry huu into extreme then turned his[pistol on hiiuself, in-
South lexajs. ' I flicthig a probably fatal w,ound.
Davidson's San Antonio speech was .1. F. Anderson, toii'ieil Bluffs, a "
. . .... | largely taken up with the discussion itchnian, djed iuMsntlv.
jt.vs April pnmanes, including five of the business
named today m indict- I which he has predicated his
-IbV u wLlsaxa*iaI rrran/I ' __
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They arc charged vvjith - conspiracy ! — — - —
ami with making a false canvass.]
New Evidence in
McPherson Case
Fer Grand Jurv
$50,000 SUIT
FILED AGAINST
OIL HEN HERE
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tin* picture show.* what reimiin, ot one <>t the janini
J.i after it had I
aiSenal. fired by a I
dqmage and taking many lives.
furinished expenses to go but ami
setjire leases, royalties and drilling
contracts, the plaintiff to get 1-4
inti-rest ’in such contracts. * While
su(!h an agreement was still in force.
Hall allege* that Stoneman secure F
a /trilling contract from the ( uok-.*',
vQijtity deft ndants. ' I died
'/he contract covered 200 «mres be- 1
louiging to -I. B. Roarii :u tin- David
I'aker survey. (20 acres from -I. IS. f-
same ■mirvcy. 160 acres ,
Mit(belli in the Hugh the ■
survey, ill acre* from P. The sand ha-llteeii pepetiated thre(- I
I to a sta(j*ment th'* ■
But tier. I'm- of tho
being hauled lo the
today |fit>m V.'ichita Fall' and
be run) and cepiented for purpose
tests of the sand. Mr.
* Buthq ■ a-'t imatje., the well [will make
* forty baric lb per'day
from tla* present shovvlingl
royaltie* around this
selling tioday at a live-
*s within a inile of the
’> |a*r acre,
closed this
R. L. Kendall Is
Seriously 111
R. 1L. Kendall, well known,
ville AitizeB, is seriously ill at his
Immc Ion 5'rttth Morris street, fol*
lowing a fall at his home Thursday
rveniiik. He had la-en indisposed for
some time, and fell suddenly ill
Thursday evening in such a manner!
as to |' nt a deep gash aefo-s th *
head. Hi* condition was reporte 1
crith ill at Imon Friday.
Mrs. WhiJdon Is
Doing Nicely
Mr* R ( .
'orti Wurth.
e- Ii ontimicd downward
tnr
ralikation. • Receipt*
Io' not mean to
pression these comlith
Similar conditions have ex-
The petition of Hall cites cause
on ur about May L
and the defendant
Stdiienian were partners in securing
leases and royalties, Stoneman being
In Vicinity Are Sell-
v al tot Jftlves-
■ F|
Z. Keel, also
Keel said that
staunch Dem-'
present mud-
DmmM'ratie j
as well a*
of some men
i la-lievc the
a*n to
ot this **'•’■■-4, M|!>|H*rt the celebration, it
made I now n today,
of the exposition on
as .
One Man Killed
In Forest Fires In
British Columbia
■ <
Winnipeg.
•—Fore 4 fires in Allierta and British
were flawing today with
renewed vigor despite a heavy rain
fall. Ia,t night. The fire jumped •
; and spread jiiaiiy
ii| i Mo«rit Wardic.
men are . , .
the flames under control.
was killed by-wa falling
ti its exhibit
»' much a
ing at Good Prices.
. -T- . ; I:—“i .
Gaini-sv ille <)itizcn, who visited the
Butlw ami l/ace .well being (hilled
on the ( otvyei farm, somi- six him-
;—.1 ti-et vie-] of the Cooke count v
i line, iti Mont|aj.*m> count '
an oil)-anil hiid been found in this
well Jthiirsday at a deuth of 1227
feet. I'"p cote* liavcj Ix-en taken of
....* ,aii(l ami Jlo.th -Imw e<| .-omv oil.
I v ip, in t he
frojm )R. p.
Hipdiisoii survey. 70 acre* I .... .........
R. |Mi|chell and 50 /teres from A. B-I l/t-et. ajce<(rdinJ
i sur afteimiou by'M
All of this land is located hi I owner*; of tlielwell.
cinity of the Butcher bil fjeld i Casing .i, being h
cuun-
Hunt Slayer. , ;
t Texarkana.* Ark , July 16 (Fnrtid
ple»si —Arkansas and Texa* o/fic«ra
jjoined today in the aearch for th-
unknown slayer >4 Patrohnan H. B
’Giles, shot to (jeatb here eafly tn-
i Giles was wlaiij when lie attempted
to halt an fi*utpmobile driver who
wks v iulatiiig traffic regulatuMi*.
Enisley. 64. is in the Graham Ho< slayer headed east out of the titv
pital-at Cisco, seriotislv injured, as *>• 1 had not Imeg captured at (Joon.
Cleveland. Jfily 16.—(Associated
Press)—A federal investigation into
the slaying of Don Mellitt. puiiliwhrr
of the ( anton News and a leader ‘ia
th- crusade |o ri<| Canton of drug
and liquor violators, appeared possi-
ble today when United States A|-
torney Bernsteen Summoned n^rrojic
and prohibition agents into a eoafel<
ence on the case, i \ .«.•••*
’ I gL
Falls 19 Stories.
July 16.— (Associated
Press)—Julius Fisher, a salesman
I from New York, was killed today
, w lien he either fell or jumped from
| a 19th fluor window of a Chicago
j hotel. The body was found beneath
an elevated railroad structure back of
the hotel, its condition indicating
that it pvultably had been run over
and swept lo the ground after the
<5iicago. July 16.—Wheat price*
again climbed sharply higher today
after their recent setback on the
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