The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 97, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 12, 1922 Page: 1 of 10
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STRIKE SETTLEMENT
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CONTINENTAL FLIGHT
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I The trial was postponed to Novemi
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HEAVY DEMOCRATIC
GAINS IN MAINE!
BUT G.O.P. WINS
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MINE RESCUE CREW
MAKING SLOW PROGRESS
the least these experts have suc-
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INCREASE LAST MONTH?
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morning.
DOGS LEAD SEARCHERS
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East Texas Tonight, generally fair;
w ar tn e r
for representative by
only sixteen votes.
Commerce Commission.
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POOR UNDERTAKER
CAN'T PAY ALIMONY
to meet opposition in the
His opponent is William H.
TWO SENATORS
FIGHTING TODAY
TO HOLD TOGAS
SCORES PERISH
WHEN CROWDED
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ITALIAN CONFESSES
TO HAVING MURDERED
TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS
this state
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Campaigns In Both Stales I lave
Been Marked By Extreme
Bitterness.
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New Rolls Will Show Increase
In Aggregate For City,
However.
lican plurality for governor was 65,346. 1
Latest returns on the rongressionali
vote show majorities for the four pres-
ent representatives, nil Re publicans,
ranging fr< m 4200 to 10,000. as com-
pared with Republican margins rang-
ing from 14,000 to 19.000 in 1920.
One woman. Mrs. Dora B. Pinkham,
was elected to the State house of Rep-
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THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT BY LEASED WIRE
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governor, and Peter F. Sullivan, mayor
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of the Senate in seating the junior i HITS TOURING CAR: SIX
from Michigan. ‘
Lansing, state senator Herbert p HURT AT FORT WORTH
Baker of Weadock and Major John ,
The president remained away from
his office throughout tn® day yester-
day but just before noon he stayed
out doors for nearly two hours.
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H. Wilkerson today deferred hearing .
on th., motion of attorneys for the
rail strike leaders for modification of j
the temporary restraining order pend- 1
ing completion of the government's
effort to show that the dominant pur- i
pose of the alleged conspiracy is the
destruction of Intercalate commerce.
Citing the supreme court decision
Tn the Coronado coal case, retail lum-
ber dealers’ case and the Pattun cor-
ner prosecution, Judge Wilkerson
said the question raised by the goV-
ernment’s dlcgaticn was a vital one
and should be settled before the re-
quest for modification of the present
order can be acted on.
ES PASSES; EARLY
VERY IS EXPECTED
I By Associate Press.
perts is the under standing at the sity
hal • - -t
uesd I mo sconferenct
city hall was quite lengthy and dealt
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In the equalization of value®
be approximated.
Captain Alfred Hoefer, commander
uf the Hammonia, asserts that only'
fifteen persons are missing out erf a
total of 557. The crew, he believes
numbered 192 and the passengers 365.
t to a nicety."
• We want above all things to be
Republican zoongressman from ;
' car. . . .
At the crash. both machines turned
lover several times, and were demol-
> ished. _ . .
Emergency Officer George Brisba¥
’received a serious scalp laceration and
c-oncusslon of the brain and is con-
I sidered by the attending physicians
By Associated Press. I to be the most dangerously hurt, while
PORTLAND, Maine. Sept. 12 Re- his companion, Tom Poe, also received
vised figures on the election in Maine slight scalp wounds, a sprained ankle
yesterday with forty-four small towns and slight concussions.
missing showed today Senator Freder- [ ■ • • • “
irk Hale. Republican, re-ohcted over gki w.eg,
his Democratic opponent. former Gov- DIT) VAIIQ I API I Al
ernor Oakley C. Curtis, by a majority DID IVUI vh- UAL
of 26.392 votes The sarne precincts
give Governor Percival 1’, Baxter, Re-
traveling at a high rate of speed,
when the accident occurred. The other
machine was driven by A; O. Graves,
। this city, accompanied by his wife.
I There were four officers in the police
STATE SCORES IN
OPEN PORT LAW CASES
COURT REFUSES TO
MODIFY INJUNCTION
By Assoc iated Press
• I I Y. Mo. Se I ' 1 )
confession that he had murdered his
missin g daughters and thrown
their bodies into the Missouri river,
was made at noon today by Tony
Dinello. an Italian of Kansas CIO'.
Kans. to Henry T Zimmer, chief of
police of Kansas City. Kans, and Se%
That at least 8,000 property owners
are affected bp. the change in property
1 valuations for taxation purposes com-
piled at the city hall by J. Frank Gal-
laghe r and his staff of unit tax ex-
' perts, and that in over 50 per cent of
bureau of mnfety of the interstate was defeated
CRISIS OF MRS. HARDING‘S""wEeKEMEAYs
thor; John Jackson Walsh,
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—Ev-
erybody’s cash on hand increased
by 46 cents during August, accord-
ing to a circulation statement is-
sued by the treasury.
On September 1 the per capita
circulation of money throughout
the country was $39.93 as compared
with $39.47 on August 1 and with
$42-99 on Septsmbsr 1 a year ago.
The total amount of money in
circulation on September 1 was
$4,393,506,927, while the population
of the country was estimated at
110,017,000 persons. _____
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1?.—Derail-
ment of An express train on the Mich-
igan Central Railroad near Gary, Ind .
about 20, which resulted in the death
of two railroad employs and injury of
two passengers was causid by mali-
cious tampering with the track," ac-
cording to a report issued today by the
come "largely on improve-
Exact Loss of Life Aboard Ger-
man Liner Hammonia May
Never Be Known
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orded as one of the hardest fought po- Temperature 98.8; pulse 94; respira-
litical battles in the state's history. . tion 32. Early part of night restless.
With Senator Townsend opposed by jitter part comfortable General ap-
three Republicans who cenleied their pearance improved. Enlargement due
. amp aign fire 9n his support of Sen- (------------- ------ - - -
POLICE PATROL
whie last year s figures we oF com:
piled on a two-thirds basis That kee
council plan's for taxation purposes to
NINTH LOVE VENTURE .'
with previous
was the infor-
Sea Dotted With Men. Women
and Children As Big Steamer
Went Down.
ization board when called upon to
speak, is that the city never spent
18000 more judicially than on the In-
stallation of this unit tax system. To
By Associated Press
JACKSON, Cnl, Kept 12-Ten feet
were gained in the 3600 foot drift in
the Kennedy mine last night by res-
cuers who are digging through from
that mine to the Argonaut mine where
47 men are entombed. The men on
the 3600 foot level had 89 feet to go
before they reached the rock which
forms the last barrier between diggers
and victims.
Five additional feet were gained in
the rock on the 3900 foot level, leaving
a balance of 132 fcet to go before tho
workers on this level reach the Argo-
naut.
It was announced there was no pos-
sible chance of reaching the men before
Friday on either level.
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LOS ANGELES, Kept. 12—Kid Me- chefly with the question of transmit-
to nephrosis de (reusing. Iaboratory Coy's ninth romance is wrecked and ting notice tothe taxpayers of changes
Crisis seemstohave I , w ho cam i their ssessments Under the
been A d surgical procedure deem- . "" -aeuenne mco","n. an city charter it is requfredt
ed unhecessary for the present. J here. from Baltimore with the an- vidual notices be seni out blit to row
Dr George T. llarding Jr of Colum- noun, ed . urpose t becoming hts pari- pl, with this it will take the .major
bus, Ohio, a brother of the president, ner for lfe, has eturned to her home portion of the boqrd’s sixty-day work-
told newspaper men yesterday that Mr ....... Th , . the statement of Ing period Homo means ot simplity-
llarding had borne up under Hu strain ' ( the procedure and at the Kime
or Mrs Hardings ......es as well as Kid Me Coy himuei, oho., nal name tme , om • with the .baiter pro-
could be . xpecte 1 and that physically : js written Norman Selby on the now visions is to be worked out.
his condition was excellent. . S useless marriage license which he and An effort was made Tuesday to barn
in north portion; Wednesday fair,
• warmer, exception in southwest por-
\ tion.
Wednesday generally fair, warmer.
West Texas: Tonight lair, warmer
state senator, and Sherman
gines and a specially constructed
basket for the long (rip, hopped off to-
day for a test flight which marked two
her first time in the air since she was’ .. ...
overhauled.
Weather conditions held tip the de-
parture whim was to have been at
midnight last night.
System Experts Nearly
were passengers.
One hundred and eight passensers
and a enpacity carEo were taken on
here. The Hammonia If reporte 1 J°
have grazed a rock while leaving the
harbor.
some survivors who have reached
here say 63 lives were lost, while ot h -
era believe that all the crew and ras
sengers were saved.
Svecial to The Austin Statesman.
OEORGETOWN, Texas, Sept. 12—
The Williamson county grand jury
empanneled on Monday, September 1.
has made a partial report to Judge
Jas II Hamilton returning ight true
bills of indictment., three for murder,
. one for criminal assault and four for
TIIMR R F I I S i thert. The body reported they had
• • IVA D"DMHH• many other bills under consideration
-________ but as yet were not ready to report.
" The grand jury reconvened this
Lodge of Massachusetts and
Townsend of Michigan Have
Strong Opposition.
I Monday afternoon. one seriously, when
' a police energency automobile crashed
Into a five passenger touring car at
Seventh and Summit Streets.
I The officers were responding to a
I call on the White settlement road and
the rescue.” _ ,
Captain Hooter. who formerly com- 1
mambd the liner Imperator. sai ne
had been going to sea for sixteen years
in which time he has never suttere
an accident. Then with lips quHcr-
ing ■ I lost my ship and cannot even
say why. It will remain one of the
mysteries of the sea.”
• When we left Vigo," he continued,
"strong < row winds began to blow and
we slowed down. Then I founa the
. Ship leaking and put her head to the
storm but the water kept creeping up-
""I did not dream that such a stout
ship could be in danger but the water
kept climbing and when the ship was
listing I sent the $ OS Then hop
ing against hope I refused nid uni 1
the very last. When a numb. r .of
Spaniards became unruly I permuI
them to put off in two boats which
2: — tads.
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eral detectives
The confession followed
hour S.n -------
to shake Dinello’s story about
missing daughters had failed.
quit kly ovurturned. . I
■It was then that the rest of the
bonts began putting off
"They were met by those nom " e
Kinfauns Castle and picks 1 up.
“I refused to leave th? ship and
nineteen of my engineers and offi-
cer. declared they would remnin. Evcn Bv Associated Prens
Fritz, the ships cook.and.Johanw,a1215si2E50MAN, Texas, Sept. IS. - The
year old cadet, stay ed. when decks edefense lost the first contested point
ers were sweeping the n he first open port law violation
We finally shoyed off bt I the y ivv» , "huen to le prosecuted in Texas when
were so vowersn.thaticwithotwommoen District Judge F E Wilcox late yes- Senator I Idle Re-Elected By Ma-
oneachoaritwasdillieBost tercay overruled a motion to quash
than a few yards and we were m0st indictments against six men charged
caught by the sinking esre1. As “ with kidnapping rail worker® at Den-
went down by the sternitbere Na " .
big explosion, shooting the, green fa Fhe prosecution rested in the trial
a hundred feet into the air. today pending arrival of Assistant At-
torney General Clifford Stone from
By Associated 1’res®. Austin.
CORUNNA, Spain, Sept 12.— When
the ill-fated steamship Hammonia lelt
here for Vigo on Friday, there were
on board 554 persons, uf whom 303
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 12 — The ad-
vent of a new style of men's
trousers that is coming out of the
west is revealed at the male style
show conducted at Madiscn Square
Garden in connection with the an-
nual convention of the National
Retail Clothiers Association.
The new trousers are called
"toreador” and have all kinds of
fancy fixings They are belled at
the bottom, with slit® laced to-
gether and may be decorated with
bells, little buttons and fancy
braids.
The fad is said to have started
among high school and college
boys near the motion picture col-
ony in Los Anaeles.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12—"They
are not dying fast enough in
Westfield and in Rahway,” said
John Raymond Lambert, an un-
dertaker yesterday, to Vice-
Chancellor Vivien M. Lewis in
Jersey City, in his plea that the
’alimony he is paying his divorc-
ed wife be decreased.
“There are only two deaths a
month here,” he said, “and my
two establishments, one in each
town, cannot earn enough to
provide that $18 a week which
the law compels me to pay my
wife."
Investigation revealed that
Lambert's earnings ranged from
$200 a month up. The case was
continued to Sept. 27.
ination conteted, the former basing
five opponenks
in nea, ... ( way vipv,co u-1...... Governor Channing H.Cox, Republi-
tvMrh he has saved four ships and lean Federation of labor, announcedcan, seeking nomination for a second
their crews. Captain pay told the As-at the. conclusion of the morning ses-, term is opposed by Attorney General
K<>ciatr<l Press be had never witnessed 1 sion. . J. Watson Allen.
of horror «ual to those -r Sat-j Mr. Jewell’s brief statement was the The Democrats had fourcornered,
i when lie received the S. O. S. [first public acknowledgement that a contests for the nomination for gov-
u " ... ........i.- 1. enid • we fetrike settlement basis had been pro- ernor and senator. The candidates are I
By Associated Pre 1M
FORT WORTH, Texas. Kept. 12.
• Six persons were Injured here late
By Associated Press.
ROMM, Sept 12 The population
of Saloniki, fearing disorders on ac-
count of the tension between the an-
tagonistic elerhents caused by the
Turkish victories is declared by the
Tribunn to have asked that their city
be occupied by Serbian troops.
Felker, former mayor of Northhamp-
ton. Representatives Peter F. Tague
in the tenth district (Buston) and
James A. Gallivan in the twelfth (Bos-
ton both Democrats, had their renom-
geeemmcm-By Associated Press.
I m mnrABAT I WICHITA, Kansas, Sept. 12. Two
a WFA1 2 rUKkLASI dogs led searchers to the body of Her-
I *Vb" "-""“5 v bert Oldfield two and a half years
old. who had drowned in Chisholm
river, north of the city yesterday. The
child had been missing since noon and
a search of several hours failed to find
him.
The two dogs led the searchers to
the creek where the small boy had
wAndered and to the spot where the
body had lodged under the bank.
Parkhurst, Republican, 133,313; Me-
TRAIN DERAILMENT
Charming portralt of Mra. Warren G. Harding and an interesting glimpse ot the President and Mrs. Harding.
conclusion in the stae primary today.
। Of widest general interest was the
I contest between Senator Lodge. seek-
| ing denomination by the Republicans
and Joseph Walker, formgi speaker
! of the state house of representatives. 1
R M Uwell Declines to Ryeal Mr Walker formerly was aligned with
5, JeWel —eclnes to l\tv a the progressive party and has criti- ;
cited Mr. Lodge's record in the Senate. .
Speaker Frederick H. Gillett was the |
publican, a margin of 28.6 71 over Wil-
liam R. Pattangal democrat former at-
torney general. The vote f t 591 pre-
oincts out of 685 in the State repre-.
renting 476 out of 520 cities and towns
I for senator was:
Hale, Republican, 99,183; Curtis,*
Democrat, 72,791.
For governor: Baxter, Republican.
02.094; Pattangal, Democrat, 13.42V
The same precncts in 1920 when the
vote was the heaviest on record be-’
cause of the Interest in the presidential
election and the fact that women were
voting for the first time, gave for
governor:
56
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mation given the city council Tuesday
morning at a special meeting with the
board of tax equalizatiorr which began
its official labors Monday. w In the
remaining cases, with the exception of
those where no < hanges -have been
made, the new values are increased
in northwest portion;
Mrs McDowell obtained here several from city officials the amount of the
I ‘ increase that it is indicated will be
days ago. shown when the unit tax experts an-
A telegram from a feminine admirer nounce the new valuations totals for
who signed herself "Rodhead' acci- the entire city. It was agreed that
dentally discovered in the prospective there would be an ine rease but (he of-
bridegroom's pocket by his prospective ficials were chary about venturing a
ninth bride I® said to have delivered guess
the knockout to the ex-pugilists wed- In opening the special meeting Ma-
yor W. I). Yett made a short address
tin which he expt eased the hop that
’ there would be no recurrence of the
’volume of protests rceived last fall
। from the taxpayers concerning valua-
tions made by the board of equaliza-
tion. It was to avoid this and to ob-
tain a set of uniform figures that the
unit tax experts were employed, ne
tl ' fron pre nt Indi -
cations harmony would prevail as a
। result.
"It is natural for a man to protest
'when his property is assessed on a
different seale from that of his next
dour neighbor, said the mayor. "For
that reason we have made every ef-
fort to obtain a uniform system of val-
uation. The unit system is operated on
I Till 11 1
now that with its Instituuon (here can
be no further complaint about dis-
‘crimination. If there are differences
। of opinion in individual instances the
। board of equalization can make ad-
justments."
“The first thing I want to say," ob-
served J. W. Graham of the tax equal-
e- Y ~8
SHOP GRAFTS CHIEFS
By Associated Press.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept. 128
—The loss of life in the foundecug
of the German steamship Himnonin |
off Vigo, Spain, last Saturday will,
probably never* be known «iefinitely;
The passenger list was not saved if nd
the total of those on board can only
Captain Day, commanding the steain:
ship Kinfauns Castle, which broughi
385 survvors here, says he saw pos-
sibly eighty drowning, while otners
place the death list as high as 150-
One reason the number lost will proD- ...
ably never be known, It is thought tlementof the strike of railwal. ,
most of the passengers were spanish men was considered today by the Een;
or Cuban workmen whom it will be (eral poll, y committee of the .5ho
Inosmi io trace craft.. H. M. Jewell, head of the rau-
During his fifty years at • i. In! way employes department of theAmera
on Saturday morning, he said. we
hurried to the scene and stood by for
several hours until told we wer" not
needed rhen, after resetting our
course late in the afternoon we got u
second call and hurried back in a
heavy sea We saw the Hammonia on , tion . -
her, wihutheaocmtsno , anscussione. "Fherewere indications,
which drowning men, women and chil- union officials said, that anagreemen
hihwere"ainging. We got out eight probably would be reached late today.
boats and there was a Ereat. rush i
among the sa Hors to be the first BODY OF VICTIM OF
ALLEGED INSURANCE
PLOT TO BE EXHUMED
By Asscclated Press I
DENVER. Sept 12.- Attorneys de-
fending Bert J. Lowe, charged with
slaying his sister-in-law, Miss Edna
skinner, yesterday obtained a delay
In the trial date of the case so as to
give them an oppourtunity to exhume member
the body for an examination, accord-) Congressman
Ing to a dispatch to the News here
resentntives. She l« n Republican.
Miss Nettle C. Burleigh. Republican,
NEWPORT. News, Va. Sept 12.-
The army airship C-2 will begin her I
trans-continental flight to California
tonight at midnight if weather condi-
lions are good. Iangley field officers
i clared today The bl* dirigible
which has been fitted with new en-
' ments and on land which has in the
past been assessed on the acreaxe
basis in sections where adjacent « r
surrounding property has been assess-
led on the lot basis. Asa consequene ».
It was stated, the total of valuations
under the ne w system wil be larger
than last year’ total. Most of this
inerease hoyvcKer will Vv diue, it ?s
explained, to the fact that this years
total is reached on a 100 per cen, basis 4
DETROIT, Mich., 'Kept. 12.--Thejletin issued by attending physicians
fortunes of United States Senator at 9:35 a. m. today said.
Charles E. Townsend held chief inter- , The text of the bulletin, signed by
rat in Michigan's political arena to- Brigadier General C. E Sawyer, White
day. The senator was seeking renom- ( House physician, follows;
ination in a primary that will be rec- Mrs. Harding’s condition 8 a. m.
strike settlement basis had been pre- __________________
snted to the poliy committee, not for governor; _____
withstanding many rumor* and re- oseph B Ely of WfStheIdt,GONN
ports concerning settlement plans. H’’. F. Fitzgerald, former mayor of Bos-
however, would give no indication what t “-----'• * ' ” ’ " '
I (he plan was and asked that specula- governor, and
I tion concerning it be dropped, in on.tr , of Worcester. For senator, by im.nu
interfere with the committee’s , A. Gaston, Boston banker; Dallas Lo- •
- -------- ree Sharp, college professor and au- By Associated Press
formri WASHINGTON. Sept 18— The crisis
j in Mrs, Harding’s condition "seems to
; have been passed.'- an official bul-
By Associated Pres®.
BOSTON, Sept. 12—A campaign
which has been marked by much bit-
terness iif both parties reached its
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