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VOL. XXXII No. 148. ESTABLISHED 1892. * W EDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 19 1924. C> PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS A COPY
L A. AQUEDUCT
MAY BE SCENE
OF CIVIL WAR
Guns to Supply 175 Per-
sons Available Says
Sheriff Who Refuses
to Start Warfare
i By The Associated f’re-O
INDEPENDENCE. Inyo County. Cal.
N v. 19 Friction between two ttpes of
resistance today threatened according
to Inyo county nufhotities to snap th*'
tension of a situation created south of
Jieie last Sunday in the seizure of the
Los Angeles aqueduct by Owens Vaile.v
ranchers and to plunge this part ot
California into civil war.
Since approximately 1(M) rancher*
I* ok over the Alabama gates of the
aqu<duct and diverted Los Angele-
chief source of water supply into
Owen's luk*. they have teinained at
• he 6p'i)tway quietly unarmed and!
waiting for an armed force to be sen)
against them. But the city has re-1
fused lo attempt forcible ejection of
th* raiders and has contented itself
with peaceable court action to recovet
its property.
The governor M nday Cental the re-
quest M Sheriff tjolHns for state
troops and since th* n has not j-hanged
bis policy of non-intervention. Accord-
ingly the ranchets are faced with the
alternatives of cither abandoning their
attempt to force the city into a s* t-
t lenient of their long standing water
lights feud with it or else continuing
“on the job" at the spillway indefinite-
ly—for engine* rs estimate that Los
Angeles still has about three month*
water supply on tap in its re*erv ir*
In No Mood lo (|u't Fight
Now according to their spokesmen
the runrhers are n< t In any mood to
giw up their fight nor are they in
any mood to remain on the aqueduct
for three months.
They '^tmund immediate settlement
«.f their dispute with the c.ty and each
day that this settl* ment is delayed in- 1
• teases the tensity of the situation and
the likelihood of a more serious flare
up of the feud.
"I am thoroughly convince I.** said
Dl.-trict Attorney Hissia yesterday.!
• that unless troops intervene in the 1
controversy between Inyo county resi-(
dents and the city1* of Los Angeles
th* re w ill be loss of life and de-
struction of property.”
Sheriff Is “Powerless*
Sheriff Collins said:
**l am powerless. If I attempt to
• •ist the ranchers it will mean po ci-
lile loss of life and the dynamiting of
mil<s of the aqueduct. The ranlet.-
sire not ar.titd now. hut I know that |
enough arms are available in the vi* c"
to supply 175 men and women with
weapons inside of one hour. At least
a score of women ate holding term-
s'Ivts in readiness to bear amis and
ifcev are not novices. They can sh* ot
st r.-rght.”
T* cay S. B Robinson spe il coun- .
seS for Los Angeles is expec*-*i t*. ar
live here to seek warrants * »r .tli<-
it. r* st of those who Monday «:•■ i <•.I a
sups'ior court order command'i. tiie’r.
t> cease interfering with th. city s
water supply and leave the- aqueduct
Citizens predict that any attempt to
n uki arrests under such warrant? wil
• nly be the signal for “real trouble."
THOMAS H. INCE OF
MOVIE FAME IS DEAD
HOLLYWOOD. Calif. Xov. 1!*.—
Thomas H. Ince nationally known pic-
ture producer died today at hi* h<>nie
in the Hollywood Foothills of heart
trouble it was announced at hi* Culver
i ity studio.
NEW FRONT FOR HI II.DINti
SAN BENITO. Tex.. Nov. U» The
front has been torn out of the building
.occupied by Webber's cafe preparatory
to installing a new f out. The exten-
sion of the building has about been com- ;
pleted and when the front is finished
Mr. Webber says it is his intention to
put in new fixtures and make of hi*
place un up to date eating house.
THE WEATHER
Brownsville and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Thuisday; warmer
tonight. **
East Texas: Incteasing cloudiness and
warmer tonight; Thursday partly
cloudy to cloudy; sh wets in n rthwc-n'
fort ion; warmer in east and south)
portions. Mod rate l' fresh easterly
to southerly winds on the coast.
Weather Conditions
F.xeept for rain on the n >rth Pacific’
c ast and locally in New Mexico the
weather continued fair to clear tii•ou;.n-1
out the I’nited States during the la*t 24.
hours. It was much colder this morn-
ing over most of the cotton belt and
light to kilting it'osts were genera!
last night in the region named except
Florida and along the Culf coast.
Temperatures were moderating i vcr the
balance of the country.
The lowest temperature last night
at Texas stations ranged from 42 at
Amarillo to #5 at Broamtville.
WANTED—CANINE THAT
* * *
WILL DEVOUR RABBITS
I
* * *
AND WHITE ELEPHANTS
T _
•
A plainti.- cry for :i I u*l barking
hairy-coated dog of the four-footed
variety with just enough ambition to
make laid.its rats and fr< gs get < ut
of his way and not enough ferocity to
••ut a chicken alive comes from the
county si at of Willacy county from
Nat 'Vetrel poultry man ot Kay mono
ville.
Mr. Wetr.el pleads for a .tog that can
draw a fine distincti* n between a rab-
bit and a lettuc • plant • rrween a rat
and a turnip as ho wants the animal
t< act as a combination s-ntinel arid
scare-crow over a home garden. His
letter follows:
"We have grown to look upon the
Heraltl ns a daily necessity til ref re.
we are going to appeal to you in our
h. ur of reed.
* Wliat we want is a l»-0-(J. A dog
that will chase rabbits and make a lot
of noise while doing it.
"Of the many beautiful and rar-
plants in our gardens the rabbits
seem to take gienl delight in cutting
them down. n
"I will accept the dog under any con-
ditbns as a loan as a or I will
pay f<r it. Let my fri nds please
take notice.’"
CARDINAL LOGUE
OF IREAND DIES
•
News of His Demise
Causes Shock Through-
out Country
BKLFAST. N'i'V. 19. -.mCnal Logue.
primate of Ireland died at o'clock
this morning. There had been no
previrus intimation of his illness and
news his dtmise caused a great
shock throughout Ireland.
Cardinal Logue expressed satisfaction
up-n the comlusion of the Anglo-
l^j>h treaty 4fi 1921 declaring lie
thought the settlement terms just. He
said at that r in and repeated the
sentiment on other occasions.
“I should like to see unity and no
division of the country so that ail
could pull togther |ur } he 'good of
Ireland. I should lik to '*■<■ the peo-
ple > f Ireland living in peace and
chaiitx with each other.”
POWER LINE TO
H. MATAMOROS
Valley Ice & Electric
Co. to Build Soon From
San Benito
SAN BKNITO Te;.. Nov. 19.—Work
<>n the construction of :i high voltage
pow< r line from this place to Mata-
w tos Mexico will be start'd l»v the
Valley Blectric and Ice Company. Work
on a line to llaym mdville will begin at
the same time**. Surveys have been
completed almost all of the ri ht-of-
wji; has In en secured and material
has been ordered.
The line to Mntamnros will have a
capacity of HOOO horsepower and will
enable the Mntamnros Beetric Cbm
pany to supply its patrons with a 21
hour s tvice. Only pari time service
ha> h en maintained in the past Mr
N’eiswangi r said. Both lighting and
power rates will be offered.
The line from San Heninto to Mata-
moros will foil* w the highway most of
the way to Hr wnsville and will cross
the river at that place.
The fires- nt |»ow« r plant at Ray*
mondville has been purchased by the
Valley Klee trie amt !»•«• company and
will be opiated under t*.e new owner-
ship from Dec mber I until the line
is completed to that town.
BRITISH GENERAL
IS SHOT IN CAIRO
Bv The Associated Press.)
CAIRO. Nov. 19. Two bombs one of
which exploded wen* thrown at Major
General Sir Lee Stack siredar of the
Kgyptian army while driving from th
ministry of war today.
General Stack was also attacked with
revolver shots and badly w unded in
the stomach. He was removed to a
lx spital.
The three or four assailants involv-
ed in the gtffair ventunlU cscapeo
Thc>- first threw a bomb which failed
t explode. Afterwards thev fired sev-
e-al rounds with revolvers hitting Gen-
eral Stack his aide d- camp his
chauffeur and a policeman.
The Medical Bulletin states that Gen-
era! Stack's condition is serious. He is
suffering from shock and has three
bullet wounds—in the stomach hand
and foot respectively.
CENSURE FOR i
UNION-OWNED
MINE SOUGHT
%
Resolution Before A. F.
L. Attacks Labgr Pol-
icy of Mine Owned by
Locomotive Engineers
i By The Associated Press 1
EL PASO Texas. Nov. III. A tcso-
iution censuring the labor policy of a
mining company owner* * union labor
was before the conventi* n of the
Am ricnn Federaln n of Labor today.
William Turnbluzer representing the
Kentuek' Federation *• f..ib«r and
George L. Berry (»re*i*!ent of the In-
ternational Printing Pre*sm n’s I’nion
intinduced last night r outi n ask
ing the convention to “c< ndemn the ae
tion" *i f the Coal River Collieries
i otnpanv. wiled by mcmhel - of tho
Brothel hood ot I.oci.nint ive Engineers.'
in a dCagre* ment W.ti* t*ic Cnitcd
Mine Workers of America.
Warren S St tie. *r.-» man of the
board of the Co:*! Liver and presi-
dent of the Piothirho d of Loci mo-j
tive Engineers is charged in the r so
lotion with having “arbitrarily refused
to meet representatives of the mine1
workers union !<>r the purpose of r -
newing their contract.”
“Officers of the C..i| R ve* ! i.l!cries
have discharged a numl er of the mem- j
hers of th** mine workers organisation
fot ex rcisiivr th* r c n>tituti**>i:iI
rights of affiliating with the union
*r their pr f.tV" the lesolution assert-
ed.
“The same company is operating a
mine in i ortheastern Kentucky which'
is • uniundwii by armed gn.itds.C it
said.
Sharp division over th** r solution
appeared within a few hours * f an-
nouncement that it was in the hopper j
The convention fa.eii a sho't busin.s*
s* ssic n today with adjournment for th*
afternoon f r a visit t** the army post
at Fort Bliss where an entertainment'
for the delegates had been arranged
by Major General Roa*;* ilowz
divisi* n c* mmandtr.
Addresses by fraternal delegates from
Gr*at Britain. <** rma..;- Mexico and |
Canada were on the morn.rig (ft-ogram. 1
Three resedutions of | litical policies
were submitted to convention commit- j
tees yesterday. Two de..maned form-
ats n cf an indrp ndent labor party
and the third expressed upprotal of the
federation's nctivitx in the presidential !
iatn pa ten. but suggested •*..!. t H** last
interests of labor demand adh renre t*> •
non ((artisan ( liticul party policy..
CHURCH BURNS I
AT SAN BENITO
Frame Structure De-
stroyed Wednesday;
Loss Is $8000
SAN BENITO. Texas N v. H* Fire
*f unkni wn origin compi***! *\ ilr -? ro\ i'<]
the Catholic church hi:*-*nj» of San
H«niti this morning the blaze being
iliscod red in the r nr • art t .f th** 1
'luihjing at 10:40.
A stiff breeze swept t no names from
ho tear patt of the church into *he
forepart of the building vc7if.ii. I»« *ng I
"f wood was - on .temou'shid. The
[tarlingen fire truck was called an.
started for 'San llenito i.u: • —■• i\e..
ate on account of enp»te trouble in!
b*. trip between the two cities and I
could not aid in *aving th building.
i he athnlic church built?ng of San
llenito was one of the oldest structure
in th** city having been built soon after
the townaite was laid out. j'nerc
has been considerabl* -• js-t* n of a
priipcsed new building in th# city and
one /will b - constructed now in all
| robaldlity. it was said. Th»* damage
was i st mated at tHMI with $2into
nf it covered by insurance.
Howard Payne Defeats
San Marcos Teachers
flu The A ssi»<• j d**i| 1 *res«. 1
SAN MARf’OS. Texas. Nov. 1*». Led
in a scintillating attack by. the brii-
liant Joe Chtsney tin* Howard I’avn
Yellow Jackets overwhelmed the San
Mare < Teachers here yesterday .'12 to
fi. Chtsney scored four of the five I
touchdown* for Roarar* i yaa.
The Yellow Jackets flashed a run-
ning and passing offens.ve and were
equally brilliant in each. Chesney
broke away fer 57 an.- n.* yards on
two different occasions to scor. and
the Bl.vr.n to Chesney combination gave
two oiher touchdowns. The Bob Cats
scort*d in th* second period on a 00-
ynrd tirive down the field.
MBS. HARDING SINKING
MARION Ohio. Nov. IS.-Mm.
Warren G. Ifan/ine who has been
intimity ill fer two weeks has be-
rnmr worse and is showing signs of
sinking into a nima according to a
hullttin issued by her physicians at j
2:3* p. m. today. j
Drouth Hurting
Southern Truck
(Bv The Associated I’res* )
WASHINGTON. Nov. !<J. The wee
ending yesterday -avs the summary of
crop and weather conditions by the de-
partment oi agriculture was rather
warm and there was again practically
no i.tin fall in the cotton g owing states
• ' i'i extreme tort hem a <1 nett I
••Stern poi? on- :»«• belt. The k
ing of cotton iha: rent lined in the field-
made good progress iuite generally ex
‘■'■pi delay .n southern Illinois an I
Arkansas by tain fall und the work
made only faitly good progress in Ok la
home where then- was al o some inter
ru»* ion by w et weather.
I he weather favored ifriguted truck!
crops in the western gulf area. (Jar-1
dens and late truck else*hr r in th-
*"Uth are being ser ous’y affected by
continued lack of moisture. Sugar cam-
in Louisiana continues poor and the]
sho t cron will result in nine idle lac
lei «•- I hi- year.
Winter wheat showed improvement In
l Oklahoma.
+
Local Shippers
Hear of Damage
* "Id weather in :he I uolinns eounled
with droutfht in most of the -outhern
tru.-k grow.rig states will make th»-
TEST CASES IN
TAX PUBLICITY
_ {
Government to Ask In-
dictments Against Pa-
pers Printing List
1 Bv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 The right
of news|Kipers to publish income tax
returns made public under the revenue
act of 1924 i- to tic determined through 1
ction in a number "yo* cn- <-s covering
various aspects of the que-ti' n.
Alth ugh the names of n- wspapers
involved an I other specific informa-
tion has been withheld at the- depart-
t c-nt of justice indira**— arc that in
at luist one of flies cases an indict-1
ntent is expected this or early next
week.
I nited State attorneys have been
instructed by Attorney ri neral Stone
to in-titule grand jn»— -meeci>ngs in
six <r seven case’s ie-.ted from evi-
dence submitted to him at his request
from all parts of the country. The1
d part im nt will exercise- supervisory^
iliiecti n cA-er the casts and Mr. J
Stone* boj-c-- to have tlic— expedited so j
the conflicting provisions of the law
may be clarified as quickly as pc >si-
ftle.
Although if has h-en suggested that
p ngress max h.iv<- t'me to make its
iui|d'i- dear before or the cases
ran he brought before the supreme
f'urt aft ntion wa> directed today to
mother proceeding. already before the
mi11s which might liax-e* considerable
dealing on the validity <f statutes per-
mitting publication or inspection of in
cm tax returns in tne -after action
William J. Juneau of Milwaukee court-(
tv. Wis. yesterday ask ci for a review
• f a deci-inn bv the* .ej-eme court of
that state dismissing an injunction ho
lad obtained restraining tax officials
tie.ni making public under the act of
tb legislature in 1923. He seeks t*
rhaUenge the state law in the federal
i-ot-it o-i th» Vr und that it deptives
hm of rights under the constitution.
Oil Suit Verdict j
Before Feb. 1 Next
f Bv The Associated Press.)
I.»*S ANGF l.MS Nov. 19. A decision
in ihe i-ovi rnn’c-uf’s suit to cance l Klk
Mill's naval c il leas * and contracts)
held bv K. L. Doheny's Pan-American
Petroleum and Transportation company
may be ex| *cted before February lj
1925. according t< an announce ment by
Judge Paul J McCormick when trial
of th case was concluded in federal
district court here yesterday.
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345 CHILDREN MARCH
FROM SCHOOL AFIRE
(fly The Associated Press. |
MI.FPOKT. Miss.. Nov. I».—The
Ceelml Ward S -. hnnl was destroy-
ed liv fire today causing a loss e**-
imated at $7.1.010. Three hun-
dred and forty five cltildren at-
tend »s «lasses were marched out
of he burning structure to saiet)
although many leaned out of win-
:|iws to prevent suflocation prior
•ti being led oi:t.
marke for Yulley truck much better
as this area hemp impaled has not
suffered from the I irk of moisture.
IV. K. Mcllnvitt. lo •al shipper said thi-
itfierm on.
Mr. MeDnvitt- r* c« ved a wire today
from Philadelphia tatr g that cold
weather has probably destroyed the
be.in crop it the « arolinu.* whiih us-
u illv const lutes a large part of the*
I.eM! rop from the u-uth. I * r y weather
hi - tvanijieicd the tied crops in Louisi- ‘
ana Xluhama ai d il.ti southern states
at.il has also ‘verged t<. harm the truck
uioun-l Corpus < ii.ti and directly
south if lit -i to t
Means are heirijp shipped out from
Mrownsv.lle and ether Valley points in
iarge quantities than ever before at
this time of the lyear Mr. Mcltavitt
said. He shipped five full car- of beans
last week to iiKn-as i'itv Boston Phila-
delphia and other large markets and
tins already sh.pped three cars this
week. Hthcr shippers in the city in-
cluding the Brownsville Fruit t'o. and
Alexander Marketing t'o. are sending
out beans and some peppers.
CHINA SITUA1 IN
FURTHER 1 NGLED
(llv The A"ni iiit«(| Press.)
TIENTSIN Nov. 11* The tangled gov-
ernmental situation in war-torn China
became more complicated today. Word
was received hete from Wu < tang capi-
tal of Hupeh Province reporting the is-
suance of a pr< . lamnt .on there on Mon
•lav telling of the establishment of a
military government independent of
Peking. The proclamation assigned by
till the Yantr.e river military authorities
caused considerable astonishment here.
Adherents of Tuan < hi Jui former
ptemier who has been groomed ns the
nest president of china today claimed
that with the exception of two signers
till parties of the establishmert of the
military government were pledged al-
ready to support him.
WIFE OF SINN FEIN
DEPUTY IS KILLED
fI»y The Assoeiat*d Pres*.)
HKLFAST. N’ov. It*. Mrs. Harrell
Piggis wife of Deputy Figgis member
>f the Hail Kireann. was fatally shot
it Rathfarnham outside Dublin this
morning.
Freighter Which Sent I
Out ‘SOS' Now Safe
tRv The A.-soe ated Press)
POSTON Mass.. Nov. It* The Navy
Yaid received a message today that the
-hipping board freighter West Inskip.
Antwerp for Boston was proceeding to- !
wards Boston. The Vessel!’* S. O. S.
all at ^mid night was explained as due
•ngine trouble which had been repaired
Mrs. Harding ‘Quite
Weak and Exhausted’
(Hy The A-s<>cinled I •ress.)
MARION Ohio. Nov. 11C—Mr*. War-j
r<n Cl. Hardi-.g. cirtically ill at the
White Oaks Farm home of Dr. Cary W. j
sawyer was -quite weak and exhaust- |
•d this morning a bulletin issued by j
[>r. Sawyer said. She is suffering front
i kidney ailment.
Methuselah’s Age Bone ]
Of Pastor's Contentioni
(Re The Associated Pro®*) I
WASHINGTON Nov. It*.—The then ;
hat the ancients made their years fa
■ hort nf the regulation .‘ifi days and tha
herefore Methuselah was not itfit* year:
>ld when he died was attacked here to
i.iy by Prof. ('. S. I.ongncre of thi
hurch of the Seventh Day Adventists
i teacher of biblical exegis.
Kefering especially to an analysis by
l*rof. itu>sell T. Crawford University of
alifornia astronomer who he said hail
recently placed Methuselah's age at 80
years. Professor Lungarre said if it
'ere true that the aneients reckoned
heir_years hy monthly cycles Adam
.vas ii years old when hi- died and was
nly nine when Cain was horn.
If Prof t tawford has trouble believ-
ing that Methuselah was yfil* years old
^ hen ho died" said Prof. Longacre
what is he going to <^o with Enoch >
te’.huselah's father by making him
>nly five years oli! when his son was
•o-n. according to Pr* f t'ruwford’s own
monthly cycle computation? How can
he reconcile the record in Genesis the
seventh chapter where it said the flood
came ‘in the six hundredth year of
Noah’s life in the second month on the
seventeenth day of the month’ and fur- j
ther states that "The waters prevailed 1
upon the ea-th a hundred and fifty
days?” In the eighth chapter of Genesis
it says the flood prevailed five months
proving that the ancients reckoned
thirtv days to each month.
"All this shows that the ancients
knew all about days months and years
and that the same number of days were
in a month us are in our month now.”
USED CAR HITS GREASED
^ * * ♦
SKIDS AT POLICE SALE;
* * *
PRICES 10 CENTS TO $375
•
I l!t The As-iM-iiiteil I'ress.l
NFW YORK N v. 19.—The us d car
hit grea-ed ski !s yester*.i;. at the po-
lice department's auctlo- .»• confiscated
automobiles “a^ *i '* l*ri« < • ranged
fr m 10 cents to $.175 and bidding wak
fast and furious amon; .{5 optimists
who coveted th Pi vt hide offered.
The heavy money piece was a rac-
ing cat which alone of the lot \^as
able to limp away unde*- its <wn pow-
er. One flivver brougbL 50 cents.
That was fiv tini s a? much its t!.*
d mtcer’a hammei brought tor •*.*
speedster of U ble lineage that ha«l
seen b Me- days -far better.
Spirited bidding boosted the price of
this latter v-iiiclA from I cents to 10
ci" at wh.rh figute ?' wait knock
u ot wn to the imaginative mechanic
v ho had <1 dined t give his name paid
cash for h*s purchase hitched it be-
hind a horse un I drove away.
With i«im went a t* g::c on-.i-
ering. All the es-sp'edsier lacked of$
being in complete t pair wa u -et • f
tire: that would he o' air; a set of
woikable bea/ings. an ignition ->-t«m
thai was not woin oat; a transmission
system that was not torn out; and a
few mud guards.
HOLDS ALFONSO
IS RESPONSIBLE
Ibanez Declares Spanish
King Caused Disaster
to Moroccan Army
•
(Bv The Associated Press
PARIS Nov. 19.— Vicente Rlasco
Ibanez's manifesto against King Alfon-
so of Spain a pamphlet of 100 pages
published in France. Eng'nnd and the
United States today charges th* king
with being directly and p* rsonally re
sponsible for th Spanish military dis-
aster in Annual in Morocco in 1921.
in which General Silvesire and several
thousand Spanish soldiers- were kil:ed
and thousands < f other* e:.i:e prison
era. -
The noted Span;sh author also charg-
es King A .on-o -with beti ying the
French by going secret information to
the Germans during the war.
Ibanez accused Alton - of having wtit-
t« n General Siltrestr a -eUer com-
manding the Moroccan army to “do as .
I say” and adding:
“Don't bother about the instructions
of the minister of war -»<> s an im- ;
becile.” i
General Silvestre advanced against
the adviiv of Madrid says Ibanez and
was surrounded and his army anni-:
hil.itjpl. *
ODD FELLOWS WILL
MEET HERE DEC. 2
Five hundnu. mer.ihe-s of Odd Fel- I
low's lodges in the Valley are expected
here December 2. at ‘01* regular semi-
annoai meeting of th«- Valley Associa-
tion of Odd Fellows lodges said \V. A.
Pa: ling noble g and of the I< <-n 1 lodg .
An open meeting will be held during!
the day at the Methodist church in
Brownsville the Odd Fellows' hall being
too small to accommodate all persons ev
peoted here and the night ptogrSm in-
cudes cnmpet.tive w *rk between the
various Urges of whieh there are 12
in the Valley.
(J. W. Hawkins of Houston grand |
master of the suite will be in Browns-1
ville and Mrs. Bertie Itavis of San An-
tonio. president of the Kebekah assem-
bly in the state will also be present at
the meeting.
Produce Shipping at
San Benito Is Active
SAX BENITO. Tex.. Nov. 11*. A round
of the produce hi uses here yesterday
reveals co-siderable activity .n the ship-
nient of Valley grown vegetables. New *
potatoes of good size and quality are
being sen! to northern markets alor g
with beans of two kinds wax and green
some pepers and squash and a great
ileal of citrus. At the Brown White
place it was sa d that from the four
shipping stations maintained by this
company in the Valley something like
15 full car loads of citrus fruit have
been shipped with the peak of the
movement yet to he reached. The
Alexander Marketing company the I. G
Adamson company and the W.ale-New-
ton oC.. ate all preparing for a very '
iictive fall and winter wht-n the move-
ment really get under way.
Former Congressman j i
Stephens Passes Away i
_ j
AMARILLO Texas. Nov. 19.— For-
mer Congressman John H. Stephens
»f the eighteenth Texas district is f
lead at Monrovia Calif. relatives here j
»ere irf rni-d yesterday. His home t
*as at Vernon Texas where he will t
t»e buried. a
RAPS PASTORS
FOR NOT GOING
INTO POLITICS
Baptist Lay Conference
Hears Talks Justify-
ing Entry of Minister
Into Political Game
DALLAS T< «»« N v. 19. Baptist
ministers ;tr*- justified in taking part
in politics especially shm a moral is
involved speakers at the pastors and
layrner's conference whi h precede* the
Texas Baptist general convention de-
clared today. The Rev. Joltn ( arney an
ivangelisi *f Fort Worth in an ex-
temporan* *»■»- nddre * arraigned min-
ister* for fai.cn to sp#f. their con-
viction :»r. ! f< r what he -aid w.is fail-
ure to "line up" on t'.ie right side in
the recent gubernatorial race in Texa*
ou men - .tting out 'ltrt are re-
sponsible in a arge r.-.en- ire for the
ivsult in the Texas governor’s race."
he -aid. “You who wen n the righ'
side didn't fight hard enough and
I th* re were a lot of you who were on
the wrong side.”
Rex. K. T. Hanks of Hewitt asserted
that ini-1* r« have the right anrt duty
of using “their own judgment in such
matters and to take the stump if nec-
essary. ”
H ligious liberty in America t <ia\
is the direct fruit of Baptist preach-
er* in politics” he said. “A preach-
er ha- all th*- right* of a citizen. The
part he max take in j» litic* Is oniy n
accord with Li- duties as a citizen and
his u- fuini-s in the community."
CREMATION OF
WOMAN PROBED
Officials Still Unwilling
to Accept Coroner’s
Suicide Verdict
< 15' Tli** Associated press.)
< OU MBt S. Ohio Ncv. ;y. — R v.
V. Sheatsley pa tor of Christ Luth-
eran church of Bexley a *u*urb who •
* cremated body taken fr m
a heating furnace in the family home
late Monday t* day changed his t**ti-
moiiy ot yesterday and told prosecut* r
hmir that he believed his wife had
t .k. n her own life. Y st* rda.v he had
lefu.-e.i t< accept a suicide verdict.
lie minister's statement was made
V"Iunta11 y. He ' ailed Prosecutor
King m thi t lephnne just a few hour.-*
before thi funeral was to he held and
'•!:d he desired a "personal conference.
The prosecutor with a stenograph r
w»nt t* the minister's study where he
art-»l he wished to change testimony
given yesterday:
col.l MBI S Ohio Nov. 19.—Without
an.' tangible evidence of murder yet un-
willing to accept coroner Murphy's \>r-
d ct of suicide authorities today were
'till investigating the mysterious cre-
mation of M's. Addle Sheatsley 50 wif.*
of the Re\\ C. V. Sheatsley Pastor of
< hrst Lutheran Church of Bexley.
Mr-. Cheatsleys' charred ho«ly was
found in tiie furnace of the Sheatsley
home late Monday. The minister a id
t i' four children two sons and twit
dr.ughte* s . esterday W ere ' quest lolled
hut could throw no light on the tragedy.
Sheatsley could offer no motive for a
murder theory. Neighbors testified yes-
teiday that the relat.ons of the family
had always been amicable. County
prosecutor King was emphatic in the be-
lief that the woman was the victim of
foul play. Coroner Murphy rontende I
she took her life in a fit of nervousn*
He pointed to a ni.ssing bottle of poison
as lending credence to his verdict. All
members of the family have accounted
for their movements the afternoon of
the tragedy. Officials announced that
none was held in suspicion.
POWELL VERDICT IS
UPHELD BY COURT
Al ST IN. lex. Nov. ly.—The ambition
■f Arnold Powell of Montague county
«n<i R. A Jackson a traveling showman
o bring life's tragedy and comedy to the
far I'larr* of West Texas has ended in
ieath fo Jackson and life in prison for
Powell.
I he court of criminal appeals today
tffirmed the life sentence against
Powell returned by a Comanche courty
ury.
Jackson was the owner of a moving
licture show that was moving in more
ense than one. He traveled from town
o town in West Texas showing his
days. At Relcherville. Montague coun-
y. he met Powell. The young man
ranted to enter the show business with
ackson. They formed n partnership.
A few months later Jackson’s bdov
ras four d near a creek in Pearl. Coryell
ounty. His money was gone. His auto-
iobile was tiared to Waco. Powell en-
isled in the army in Oklahoma was
ransforred to San Antonio and nrrestei
wo months after the d.scovery of Jack*
on’s body.
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