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Many Indicted
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Under Drv Law
Improvement in
Conditions Seen
Ganvood Funeral
Set for Saturday
231 Gold Star
Mothers Reach
France Friday
Hear Reports at
C. P. Assembly
NAW OFFICERS
OPPOSE PACT
Gives Permission
to Examine Records
of Cannon Dealings
Rain to Continue,
Then Long Drouth
Dr. Fritz Predicts
HONEY GROVE
MAN KILLED
BRADY TRIAL
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web and Clarksville JU Texarkana,
the atorm was accompanied by a
severe electrical atorm causing de-
lay in telephone and telegraph ser
rice
to
Be Left By Ship
WASHINGTON, May 16- Permis-
sion for the senate lobby committee
to examine all records concerning
transactions of Bishop James Can-
non Jr. with two New York stock
brokerage firms, was given today by
Charles W Tuttle, federal district
attorney for New York.
PAMPA, May 16 —Unseasonable
cold and misty weather prevailed
in thts sedtion today. Although very
disagreeable, It was expected to be
beneficial to the wheat crop.
LONDON—One lady who has
been presented at court ha* a
woman c ha iffrur and a woman
footman, both liveried. They at-
tracted about as much atten-
tion aa the debutantes on the
way to laat night’s function.
West Tssaa: Mostly cloudy, prob-
ably shower* tonight and Saturday,
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HOUSTON. May 16.—H. M Oar-
wood. 66. former legislator and Jur-
ist. died here yesterday after an
Illness of one week In failing health
for several years, he remained ac-
tive in Legal work as a member of
the firm of Baker. Potta. Parker and
Oarwood until a week ago [.
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NEW YORK—A lot of folks
are hurt slipping in the both
tub. Of 8.5X5 cases of non-fatal
accidental injuries treated by
22 visiting nurse aauociation*
last year 46 per cent occurred
at home.
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leged to have said to the defend-
ant during their acquaintanceship
Speaking for the proeecutton. the
attorney during a moment of tense
is located, today demanded an in- silence quoted the girl as saying:
vestigation at the military' academy
to determine If any officials knew
that Christian Cagle, star football
player, was married during the last
two years of his football competi-
tion
WASHINGTON, May 16 Repre-
sentative Fish, Republican, New
York, in whose district West Point
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MADRID Sydney Franklin, the
Brooklyn bullfighter, has a kind
face. It so Impressed John Hays
Hammonds that he doubted if
Franklin was a bullfighter. ’’You
just ought to see iny face when a
bull is trying to get me." explained
Franklin
Varied Comment
on Morrow Dry
Laic P o s i I i o n
SANDWICH, England—Here's a
tip to the golfer who would be well
dressed Watching Bobby Jones
play, the Prince of Wales wore plus
fours of chocolate red and beige
checks which a brown and white
checked cup. brown and beige socks
He carried an umbrella of red and
white checks.
DALLAS, May 16. Fifty-three per
cent of the credit executives expect
an Improvement In conditions dur-
ing the next three months. Dr
Frank A Fall, research director, told
the National Association of Credit
Men in convention ht«re today
The director said that of the re-
mainder 38 per cent expected no
substantial change, and the other 12
per cent looked for worse condi-
tions.
den.
Appearing successively before the
naval and foreign relations commit-
tee, Rear Admiral Hilary P Jones
said a "vital*' and ’’fundamental"
concession was made when the
American delegation took 18 eiglit-
inchers In place of the 21 "reluct-
antly" agreed to by the genereal
board last September in a memo-
randum to President Hoover.
Both Jones and Bristol, whose
opinions do not accord with those
of Admiral Pratt, commander of
the United States fleet, were ham-
mered mercilessly with cross exam-
ination by Senators friendly to the
treaty Repeatedly they questioned
the accuracy of the admirals’ testi-
mony
HOUSTON. May 16 Funeral
services for Judge H M Garwood.
66. widely known lawyer and mem-
ber of the firm of Baker. Potts,
Parker & Garwood, who died at his
home here Thursday, will be held
Saturday
Judge Garwood died after an Ill-
ness of more than a year For the
l>ast week he had been sinking and
no hope had been held for his re-
covery.
OLNEY. May 1 6- Reports of the
church boards were heard at the
opening session of the hundredth
annual meeting of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church here today
The Rev. O. A. Barbee of Owens-
boro. Ky, newly -elected modera-
tor. was in charge aS the delegates
settled down o convention business
The Rev Elbridge Harris of Illi-
nois led the devotionals
Commissions, appointed to con-
sider the reports, were to turn ovar
recommendations to the c onven-
tlon this afternoon. The board of
missions and the board of tithing
and budget rranged a program for
tonight's session
"Our present wet weather will
continue until Aug. 17 and after
that we shall have no more tain
to run water in the branches for 21
months," said Dr. E W Fritz Fri-
day. "That w|ll be a year from next
May All creeks will be dry and wat-
er In Lake Dallas ’will be very low
This will be a good year for oats
and corn; next year will be a good
cotton year but no corn will
taiaed.’’
PARIS. May 16 Mrs Jim Ster-
ling. 44. was burned seriously today
when her clothes caught fire from
a blaze under a wash pot at her
home near Cunningham.
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MEXICO CITY—This country
desires to miss nobody in taking
the census. It so declared a holiday
for u day so everybody could stay
at home till counted
Ni
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Blame for ‘Don’t
Shoot’ Report
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DALLAS, May 16.—John W
Brady, on trial here for the stabbing
of Miss Lchlia Highsmith in Aus-
tin last November, wept openly, as
“Order" Group Named
Col Laurence McGee today ad-
vised a citizens committee that “it
would not be best to hold a mass
meeting at this time" to discuss
plans for protection bf lives and
property after martial law has been
lifted
Cal T. Freeman, chairman of the
committee to organize a group to
assist in jfreservation of order, said
the committee would go ahead with
its work without a mass meeting
He said details had been worked
out except for the aelecetion of a di-
rseter of the force Two hundred
picked citizens yesterday pledged
their aid to assist in the prevention
of violence after the troops have
left
DOES NOT
PARITY WITH BRITAIN |
OR FAIR JAP RATIO,
BRISTOL SAYS.
William Belcck. proprietor of Be-
leck's store for women which opened
Friday, 4 to 6 o’clock, when refresh-
ments were served satd "For some-
thing like three years I’ve been try-
ing to get to Denton, as alter care-
ful surveys and Investigations I de-
cided that thia was about the best
of the small cities in Texas I look-
ed over various sections of Texas
for a location. I decided on Denton
and so far I am convinced that
this is the town in which I want to
live I have been here several times,
as has my father, Sam Beleck. who
is with me, having moved here
frbm Hugo, Okla I came from
Mount Pleasant, where I sold out
my business to come here”
A total of almost 3300 is available
to defray the expenses of the Teach-
ers College band to Abilene to at-
tend the annual meeting of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
May 29-31, according to Clyde God-
win. president of the Booster Club
of the Chamber of Commerce. The
Booster Club has sponsored the
band trip to the West Texas meet-
ing for the past two years, and Is in
charge of the project again this
year
More than 3200 was realized from
a benefit show given at the Teach-
ers College Monday night, and the
College of Industrial Arts Thursday
afternoon donated 375 to the fund.
Thursday al noon the Denton Ro-
tary Club entertained for sons and
daughters of out of town Rotarians
Fur several years the local club has
once each year given a special pro-
gram at which Rotary Children' are
the honored guests, and various
dubs over the state have approved
the idea, and each year tire secre-
tary here receives many letters from
Rotary-dads thanking the club for
the courtesy to their children in
school here One of Denton' Ro-
tary members went to the meeting
Thursday, according to his state-
ment, feeling all 'down and out' with
a terrific headache, but It became
his pleasure to escort In one of the
beautiful school-girls He lost or ’for-
got’ the headache before the meet-
ing was over, and believes it would
be a fine idea to have such met-
ings more frequently
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ABILENE. May 16—Naming El
Paso as the next convention ^city
and hearing final committee re-
port*, the Texas Labor Federation
cloeed ite annual Session here to-
day. Bl Paso was awarded the meet-
.—---‘-nously after Waco had
from the run off.
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Senate Delays
FORT WORTH. May 16-Voting
to continue its 35.000 "dead bank
bandit" reward, the annual conven-
tion of the Texas Bankers' Associa-
tion closed yesterday, after selecting
San Angelo as the 1931 convention
city and electing officers John G
McAdams, Winters, was chosen
president. Resolutions adopted de-
nounced chain banking and advo-
cated reformation of state and lo-
cal taxation systems
ROME. May )6—Maurice De
Beaumarchais, the French ambas-
sador. today called on foreign Minis-
ter Dino Grand! at the Chlgl palace
and protested unofficially against
the tenor of n speech delivered last
Sunday at Leghorn by Premier Mus-
solini
Falls To Revive
It is believed he had been un-
conreioui for at least five minutes
before dtoeovery of .the accident
Phys^ans were-summoned and a
rail to the Are department was
made. The pulmotor was used for
some time but attending physicians
raid,.further efforts to supply ar-
tificial respiration would prove
fraltlett.
He was the ton of Mr and Mrs
G. D. Sparkman, who survive him
He wm bom July 16. 1906, at Lake
Dallas and he was a graduate of
the Denton High School
Surviving, in addition to his par-
ents are his wife and a two-weeks-
old baby, two brothers, Leon and
Jerry Sparkman, and one
Miss Bernice Sparkman
Mineral arraagemrnts had not
been made Friday afternoon
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"We were most fayoraftb impress-
ed with Denton on our first visit
here, said D. L. Walker, who with
Mrs Walker and three children are
new cltixens of Denton, having mov-
ed here from Picayune, Miss., where
lie was fcktnerly engaged in the gro-
cery business Mr Walker has pur
chased the Turner*Bros, stock of
groceries. West Hickory Street, and
F M Furnish operates the meat
business with him "The Schools,
Churches and general business es-
tablishments here, also the streets
and the hospitality of the citizens |
gave me the belief that Denton is a
town that one should be proud to
call home." Two of ttw children will
attend Denton Public Schools
NEW ORLEANS. Muy 16—Cre-
ation of denominational schools for
Baptists along the lines of Cath-
olic parochial schools was adkuciitad
today before the Southern Baptist
convention by Dr John R Sam-
pey, president of Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville,
Ky.. in his plea for Christian edu-
cation
The Baptists should established
a more complete system of schools.
Dr Sampey said, "where children of
Baptist parents might obtain a re-
ligious as well as a scholastic educa-
tion.”
The rain Thursday night evident-
ly forgot the habit of coming only
on the even days For about 30 min-
utes it fell tn torrents, adding .37
of an Inch to the 5 94 inches al-
ready. making thiz^n*ount so far
this month 6JI Inches. Fast ap-
proaching that 8.15 inch mark of
last May Weather man Crain said
Here Is the scene as Secrets
five-power naval conference, g|
line the treaty which he and 1!
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son of Vlrg n.a, Robinson or , ANtausas, Reed of Penn ylvania, and George of Georgia Standing, left to right,
are Secretary of the Navy CMtlas Francis Adams ..Senator Harrison of MlHssissippl, Senator LaFollette of Wis-
consin. Senator Vandenburg of Michigan, Admiral William V Pratt, and Senator Pittman of Nevada
WASHINGTON. May 16 Com-
modity exports of the United States
for April amounted to 3334.000,000.
compared with imports of 33G3,-
000.000, leaving a favorablA balance
of trade for this country of 326,-
000.000 as compared with the fav-
orable balance of 31* 598.000 for the
same month last year
PAMPA. May 16. -Starting appar-
ently from faulty wiring, fire today
gutted the Crescent theater here
with an estimated loss of 350.000
Firemen, after four hours, were suc-
cessful In preventing the fire from
reaching other buildings In the
block, although they were threaten-
ed for a time.
NEW YORK. May 16-Be-
cause at an overwhelming de-
sire for a piece of candy, 10
year-old John Sherman of Chi-
cago was stranded in New York
today while his mother was en
route to France on the lie De
France.
John was already aboard the
liner when be decided lie had to
have another piece of American
candy Leaving his mother in
their stateroom, he made his
way down the gangplank to a
ndy stand on the pier He
alned his candy, but In the
of visitors from the ship
md himself unable to
’fe his way aboard again De-
yite his cries, the srtp pulled
out without him
Several hours later a patrolman
found him weeping at a street
crossing a mile from the pier
SAN ANTONIO. May 16. -Nine-
teen arrests had been made by Unit-
ed States Deputy Marshals up to
noon today on the blanket indict-
ment alleging conspiracy to violate
the National prohibition laws.
The blanket Federal Indictment,
said to ckrry 76 names was return-
ed Thursday and Deputy Marshals
Immediately began serving the ca-
pias warrants on those named.
srawfesdFSF
Schenck, named, on the indictment
Those who were arrested today in-
cluded John Long, bond set at 310.-
000, Newt I Casbeer, bond ret at
310,000. W H Persons bond set at
$1,000 Joe O Anderlltch, George S.
Frazer, bond set at 35.000, Robert
Cooper and Robert L. Pringle
WASHINGTON May 16 The
senate today adopted the Bratton
resolution to request the secretary
of commerce few information qn the
cause of airplane accidents since
May 20. 1926
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Storm Here
A vivid electrical display' ac<"om-
panled a hard rain in Denton ear-
ly Thursday night Although only
.37 of an inch of rain was recorded,
lowering clouds, constant flashes
of lightning and oppressiveness
caused fear of a severe storm to
prevail for a time
This rain brought the precipita-
tion for the month here to 6.31
Inches. Rain has fallen on nine of
tre 16 da/s of May
SHERMAN, May 16—Col Louts
S Davidson, presiding officer of the
military court of inquiry, today said
the court had become convinced
that 'some of the members" of last
Friday’s mob originated the erron-
eous report that Ranger Captain
Frank Hamer had received orders
from Gov. Dan Moody not to shoot
the rioters
Col. Davidson absolved the Asso-
ciated Press of blame in the circu-
lation of the report. However, he
criticised the newspaperman who
had telephoned the report to his
paper “without making any effort to
learn the Identity of the woman
from whom he received it." The news
gathering agency received its report
from that patter
The court continued to investi-
gate the origin of the report and
hoped to have a complete statement
later.
WASHINGTON. May 1«.-The
showdown on the debenture and
legislative flexible tariff provisions
promised in the senate late today
was postponed probably until next
week when the tariff bill conferees
reached an impasse on how to get
the bill bock to the senate.
—The cruiser provisions of
the London naval treaty
were bombarded with ob-j
jections tod.tv by two higli
officers of t..j navy, who dis-
closed that the American ne-
gotiators accepted three less
fr of state Henry L. Stimson, chief American representative at the recent
peared before the sen it Foreign Relations committee in Washington to out-
B fellow delegates signed in London Seated, left to right, are Secretary Stim-
•sachusetts, Johnson oS California. Borah of Idaho, Walsh of Montana Swan-
the Methodist Episcopal Chu
j South, here today The new law
not become effective until 1834
Bishop James Cannon Jt.
Washington. D C , today’s pmk
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Proceeding without thanks for
the unprecedented demonstration.
Cannon told the conference that he
had had 10,000 copies of the address
of James E. Hughson, fraternal del-
egate from Canada, printed for dis-
tribution
Another wave of applause fol-
lowed. and immediately Bishop H.
M Dubose of Nashville
the floor.
A copy of the morning paper, the
Dallas News, in his hand. Bishop
Dubose said that he wished to pub-
licly express his resentment of the
article appearing In the paper.
This article said in effect that
those bishops whose political activ-
ity had been attacked "compromise
ed" with members of the Episcopacy
committee whereby they were to be
free of accusations in regard to pol-
itics in return for which they com-
bined with the "antl-Cannon”
forces
Bishop Dubose declared there was
no truth in the statement.
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Trinidad faced the crest of the
Trinity in two more days The wat
er stood at 31 feet Thursday night.
Flood stage is 28 feet
Parts. Texarkana, Wichita Falls.
Olney, Pittsburgh, Dundee, Man-
kins, Holliday. Clarksville arid Bag-
well reported heavy rains
Mexicans Injured
The five Mexicans injured in the
tornado were laborers in Ure Wich-
ita irrigated valley, east of .diver
rton dam. A number of farm homes
were wrecked end power lines dam
aged in the district Communities
touched by the this storm included
Holliday. Dundee and Mankins
The wind at Pittsburg was re-
ported to have been one of the most
destructive in the history of the
city. Eight houses were blown
down, barns were unroofed, and
many shec> and small outbuildings
destroyed No one was reported in-
jure*. The rainfall was reported
unofficially. to have been 6 1-2
inches
Covers Wide Area
Paris reported the heaviest rain
of the season with damage to crops
through washing The storm ex-
tended fsoiD Paris to Taurtnaa«
and many automobiles wan report-
HONEY GROVE. Muy 16—E F
Fortenberry, 50, land owner, was
_ shot aiid killed on his farm near
by the "quadrennial conferemreUf I hprt* »rt«rnoun tty a negro who
a 1 J---*—** -4 a ** $»•»•*«-» ZVAAM
CHERBOURG. France. May 16 —
This former war time port of Am-
erican debarkation today greeted 231
gold star mothers of the United
States who arrived on the steam-
ship America at 2:45 p. m. The Ilnar
came into port escorted by two
French military planes. An enthus-
iastic reception was given the party.
Officials representing the govern-
ment and the port administration
met the mothers as they came
ashore and gathered on the railway
station platform adjoining the
dock Four short addresses were de-
livered after which the visitors
boarded the train for Paris.
Many of the gold star mothers
wept Their trip on the steamship
had been full of interest and reas-
onably quiet. On the second day out
the group had thrown a wreath into
the sea in memory of the war dead
who lie beneath the waves There
had been the usual Sunday services
at sea for all creeds and as much
entertainment as the mothers wish-
ed.
It was when they finally reached
the shores of France where their
sons had died that they felt most
acutely the emotions of grief and
tenderness ttiat had sent them up-
on their long pilgrimage Many were
in tears as they walked down the
gang plank, and few eyes were dry
in all the crowd when Madame De
Roiance of the Society of French
Women. Genera! Vertllon, of the
French combattants. and other offi-
cials had finished speaking for the
government and the city of Cher-
bourg
gotiaiors accepted mree ie»a,
eight-inch gun ships than the i
navy general bourd had set j
as the national defense min-
imum.
Rear Admire! Mark L Bristol,
chairman of the board, told the
Senate Eoreeign Relations commit-
tee that the treaty did not represent
parity frith Great Britain nor a
proper cruiser retto with Japan, and
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Publisher Travels Light
- NEW YORK- With his entire
baggage carried in a brief case. Ru-
fus Woods, publisher of the Wen-
atchee (Wash.) World, left for Eu-
rope with plans td visit Russ.s and
other countries for his paper.
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Cannon Refuses Comment
DALLAS. May 16. Although
leading with interest Associated
Press dispatches from. New York.
Bishop James Cannon pf Washing-
ton today declined to comment up-
on the action of Senator Caraway,
lobby sub-committee chairman, in
requesting the U S. Dist rict At tor*
ney at New York for all records
concerning Cannons' stock market
transactions.
DALLAS, May 16 RetireiW
REPRESENT bishops st the age of 72 was
apply
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dered his presidency to Bishop W had fa^n '<> Kround. the ne-
J Beauchamp of Atlanta. Osu. Ito- took his gun and threatened
cause of certain matters before Rm Tom Hannard, who had accompan-
conference” '*'* ”""**'’*" ‘
He asked Bisitop Beauchamp to
take the chair after making t8K>
< statements concerned with th* work
of the board of temperance and *»-
rial welfare, one of which be said
was unusually pertinent ”because Of
the statement of Dwight Morrow
that he was not in favor at • re-
turn of the saloon, but waa in fawr
of repeal of the 18th amendmetR”
When Bishop Cannon took the
chair he was greeted by applauae
that shook the church building, and
which was not ended until more
then half the delegates in the
church had risen to their feet In
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By ASSOCIATED PRE.
Sturms and high v
continue to take thoir tol.
Texas Five Mexicans we.
injured in a twister Thurs
day near Wichita Falls and
a negro was reported drown-
ed attempting to save a mule
in higlj water near Long-
view. Eight houses were
blown down at Pittsburg.
A wide sheet of muddy water of
the Trinity continued to cover many
acres of lowland near Dalia*, where
the crest of the high water had
passed
Trinidad faced the crest of the
high water had passed
that more rain would likely fall here
(his afternoon and tonight, and flhat
the thunder storms would be| of
more than average intensity. The
kTififfT thunder aterm* means
W 81 mile velocity The average’ shoul<
AUSTIN, May 16 —Lynn Hunter.
Austin postmaster for four years
and recently appointed for his sec-
ond term, today refused to discuss
the complain of employes of the of-
fice filed with the post office de-
partment, alleging a "state vi de-
moralization" existed.
ba plenty.
G. T. SPARKMAN KILLED
HOLDING EXTENSION
CORD AT BOTTLING
‘ PLANT HERE.
FIVE MEXICANS INJUR-
ED, NEGRO REPCL*/
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RANGOON, Btgma. May 16.- MIm
Amy Johnson, British girl aviator,
started from here at 10 30 a. m . in
continuation of her flight from
Croydon, England, to Australia
’’ ’Daddy, I want you to meet a
friend of mine a man who is go-
ing to help me.’ That was when she
Introduced her father to her sup-
posed benefactor five years ago-
and then, on the night of Nov 9.
Please don’t kill me—please have
mercy ’ "
The attorney pictured the slain
girl as a country maid who had
been sWept off her feet by a man
who eventually rewarded her
sinking a knife in her bosom.
After his argument Judge Charles
Pippen recessed court for lunch.
Barred Further Testimony
The case reached the argument
stage after Judge Charles A. Pip-
pen read his charge to the jury to-
day.
The Judge charged the jury af-
ter upholding a defense objection
to the introduction of further state
testimony The prosecution sought
to place on the stand Lamar Seel-
igson, Bexar County district attor-
ney, who arrived here thts morn-
ing.
Maury Hughes, defense attorney,
objected to this move, claiming a
solemn agreement had been enter-
ed Into that no more testimony
would be Introduced.
Httte rhanga in temperature.
Eaai I Timm: Cloudy, with local
thundershowers tonight and *»tar
day; coater tn north portion to-
night Moderate to fr*ah rest to
sooth winds on the coast.
Arkansas and Oklahoma^ Meetly
"toady, probaMy showers tonight end
Raterdsy; little change in tempera-
ture.
Loaisiana: Ctoady, th—dmhmr-
•re in north, eoater te northwest
portton tonight; tnthrdny, dbndy
with loeal th—dersl
■nodorate —itheriy
—,J ■■
thweH
t were
l-India
uid to
I ths
re re-
r and
"The unsettled weather conditions
have delayed work on the Clint Ja-
cobs well, northwest of our city”
said H. A. Hale, of Pilot Point, who
was in Denton Thursday afternoon.
"The weather has stopped most all
work, and I am informed that it has
not been decided just when- the new
location will be made, so the rig
has not been skidded. The well has
not been placed on the pump and
probably will not until the rig has
been moved to the location for fur-
ther drilling. From reports I get
the well should make around 25
barrels. The oil has been rising
steadily In the hole, and It is esti-
mated that the rise each day shows
between 75 and 80 feet Other loca-
tion* are being made, both around
the Jacobs well community and East
of Pilot Point, where I hear sever-
al wells will be started soon ”
BODY OF WM. LOCKE, NOVEL-
IST. TO BE CREMATED
PARIS. May 16.—The body of
William J. Locke, British novelist
who died at his flat here last night,
will be cremated tomorrow at Per-
elachaiae -centetpry In conformity
with hl* last wish The ashes will
be taken to England where funeral
services will be held Tuesday al St
Martin's In the Field church. Lon-
don.
WASHINGTON, May 16 The
announcement of Dwight W Morrow
that he was seeking the Republican
senatorial nomination in New Jersey
as an advocate of the repeal ol the
J8th amendment was followed by
the expression of variety of opin-
ions in Washington.
F Scott McBride, general super-
intendent of the Antl-Baloon league,
denounced Morrow's stand aa an
“out and out wet platform" and said
the question of presenting a dry
candidate would be left to the de-
cision of the state organization of
the league
Representative Bachrach, Repub-
lican, dean of the New Jersey dele-
gation in congress, said he approved
Morrow's position but that he could
not comment on any substitute plan
for prohibition without giving the
project thorough study.
Tire opinion that the country
would not agree with Morrow was
rxpresaed by Senator Jones. Repub-
lican. Washington^ the author of the
Jones law providing heavy maximum
penalties for offenders against the
dry laws.
Morrow's stand was termed “good
judgment" by Representative Gra-
ham, Pennsylvania, an avowed wet
I * *4,
G. Thurman Sparkman,
21, was electrocuted shortly
before noon Friday at the
Coca Cola Bottling plant
here; He died holding the
end of a “shorted” extension
cord from a light socket:
Either 110 or 220 volts of
electricity passed through
his body aa he worked on a
wet concrete floor.
Efforts of the Denton Fire De-
partment to restore Life with a pul-
motor were in vain.
Sparkman was discovered lying
on the wet floor, apparently lifeless,
bolding the end of the extension
cord in his hand, by Mrs C E
Hasting*, wife of the nianagei of
the plant She jerked the cord from
his hand and notified persona in a
aiorr next door
- ’ "W
Otis Fowler, manager of the Den-
ton Otamber of Commerce, does
not know when the Denton census
will be completed, but that the work
of securing new citizens will contin-
ue until J w BUtt, Port Worth.
Mjpervisor of thia district, calls a
halt. He continued "We’re getting
new names daily, adding twelve
Thursday, so It seems to me that tt
is the best plan for Denton that the
enumeration has been held open as
long as II haa. We’ve added prob-
ably in the neighborhood of two
hundred names since the first of
the books were turned tn to the Fort
Worth office Tliere are yet some
here who have not been counted;
help up out by phoning if you can
find a single person uncounted We
want Denton to have as near a true
report aa possible Students earning
their living in Denton are subject
to enumeration here, school teach-
ers, too who teach in any of the
Dento* Colle***, or Schools should
be counted aa Denton ritlaena and I
urgently request any of them who
have not been listed to phone my
—. off——No. 3."
T rvr-—t—— --------
^nr. i ^Riarxa^y. m
Denton Friday ‘checking up' a* the
weather with'Denton’s w—tb*r-man.
Doc Crain Durden la known in hi*
community ** the 'terracln-fooi,' as
he was one of the first in that com-
munity to become fully sold on the
Idea He said “I have 60 acres now
under partial terrace, as I have only
five terrace lines made They are
doing mighty well In protecting the
farn;. but I need two more lines of
_ terraoe and expect to have them
made before long His daughter.
Mlsa Alice Durden, former student
of Teachers College, was here with
him
j ! later was rejjorted to ha'T been
111 surrounded by a sheriff's posse in
| a house near tire scene of the kill-
< j in*
It | Fortenbery was sliot three times
f-jwith a pistol. After the land owner
• ha/4 follow tzv th* crmtinH tHs*
Beauchamp”of' Attanta.-a^>l*- «n> took his gun and threatened
_____1 'T'rwn U’annaarvi who hu/1 utTOHinHIl-
ted Fortenberry to see the negro
about a debt.
Reported H»rri<iulrd
The negro had been employed on
the Fortenberry farm Fortenberry
held a deputy sheriff's commission
After Sheriff Hughes and Depu-
ty Tom Moore had arrived here from
Bonham and headed a posse that
went in ae^ch of the negro, run-
ners came back to town for more
arm* and ammunition.
The negro was said to have bari-
caded hiuuelf in the house
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