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THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT BY LEAS
WIRE
AUSTIN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923
VOL. 52—NO. 102.
(HOME EDITION)
WALTON DEFIANT
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WATER IS SUBSTITUTED
MAY ARM SUPPDRTERS
ACCIDENT UNEXPLAINED SIGNING UP SIMPLIFIED
SPANISH LEADERS
Experiments Which Victim Had Some of the Red Tape of Other
TALK OF REPUBLIC;
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THRONE IS MENACED
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MRS. OLIVER H. P SALMON?
key Were stored at the warehouse and
gallons of gasoline a year.
In their study of evaporation bu-
"Too many
they become discontented," she said.
when
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LUKEWARM TOWARD
Three freshmen in the University to-
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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lose
consequently
amount of the tax.
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IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
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submitted to him.
M.-K.-’T.
Katy line this week.
branch of the
nation, is no longer a strong advocate
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To the senator, once an eloquent ad-
sity catalog is called, was prevailed
upon by the audience to make a cur-
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EXPLOSION COSTS EAGER THOUSANDS
LIVES OF THREE CLUTTER CAMPUS;
FEDERAL EXPERTS SWAMP OFFICES
THEFT AROUSES
U. S. OFFICIALS
nia.
Freshmen must not wear any
jured ill Bureau of Standards
Blast During Progress of Gaso-
line Tests.
Years Eliminated and Regis-
tration Will Be Completed in
Two Days.
DOWNPOUR HALTS TRAIN;
TRACK IS OBLITERATED
Men Thrown From Power by
Military Coup May Start
Counter Revolution.
so BSO
ng man
nfine-
tala of
nivals This Morning Indicate
Total Enrollment of Approx-
imately Five Thousand.
that has been ’spirited” away he would
turn the case over to the intelligence
unit of the internal revenue depart-
ment for investigation to discover who
President of National Woman’s Party
Wouldn’t Advise Any Girl to Marry
generally recognized that for the most
part the separatist campaign is con-
ducted for purely political purposes.
have been one-third water, one-third
grain alcohol and one-third whiskey.
Collector Hellmich announced that
With registration at the University
of Texas only a few hours old, indi-
a H. J,
owery.
J manufacturer, who lives at 208 West
Ninth Street, was badly injured in an
Hundreds of Barrels of High-
Grade Whiskey Disappears
From Bonded Warehouse at
St. Louis.
Ice he
ceeded
word remains to be spoken and the
tin eat has not yet been withdrawn.
bea u-
NOd.
BURFORD WELLER JR.,
PAINFULLY INJURED
but shall always be covered wl
outside.
Alabama Senator Is Said to Have
Had Complete Change
of Heart.
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Dallas;
flict with the constitution
Another consideration lies in the de-
List of Rules, ‘Do’s and Don’ts’
Laid Down for Freshmen
freshman caps.
For that number of the first-year
boys appeared in a "musical comedy"
last night at one of the leading the-
aters of the city and for five minutes
Husband, Silent
20 Years; Wife
Sues for Divorce
HAZING HUMILIATION
DRIVES BOY TO DEATH
STRIKE RIOTING ON
NEW ORLEANS DOCKS
FRESH FOREST FIRES
IN NORTH CALIFORNIA
bureau of standards experts who lost I
their lives in a laboratory explosion -
10-CENT GASOLINE
PREDICTED AT DALLAS
in2.8
kind
liquor was withdrawn and water sub-
stituted in the barrels, which were left
standing in an effort to cover up the
removal.
The warehouse today was under the
guard of internal revenue agents and
a squad of policemen following its
seizure last night by Collector Hell-
mich on orders from Washington.
Govermmental investigators claimed
that St. Louis was flooded with whis-
the bureau.
Secretary Hoover has ordered an in+
vestigation of the accident which of-
In the Meant me Members of the
Legislature Continues Prepara-
tions to Convene Special Ses-
sion Wednesday.
Texas Radio Corporetion and
Austin Statesman Broad-
casting Station.
Phono 8701.
termination of the military directorate
to suppress separatism in Catafonia ’
and other regions in Spain.
Dubs Marriage a ‘Sort of Slavery’;
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bfee
Stolen Liquor at Drugstore Prices
Is Estimated to Have Been
Worth Approximately Two
Million Dollars.
conceded to be likely to add to the! some time. The six injured men also
enemies of the present regime but it is had contributed Important services to
LULING, Texas, Sept 21— Tabor
No. 4, on the lease of the United
North & South OR Company, crime
. in late last night with a heavy flow
This is the well that came in last 1
as ar® used in transporting acids.
The tax on the whisky at 12 20 a
gallon would amount to something day will have something to write home
more than $75,000, and federal oflicaltordad and mother about besides the
explained the government could collectperils of registration and buying of
this from the bonding company and
- ‘ ~ the
FORT WORTH, Texas, Rept. 21 —
Gasoline was selling at many local sta-
tions at 10 cents per gallon today.
The price was set by small stations
and was met by the Magnolia Petrol-
eum Company, which cut its price
from 11 to 10 centa.
RUSHVILLE, Ind., Sept. JI.—Coun-
ty authorities and school officials of
New Salem, near here, today were in-
vestigating the hazing of Vernon A.
Walke, 16-year-old high school stu-
dent of that place, who committed
suicide as the result, his parents as-
sert, of brooding over the treatment
he received.
Officials of the school say they were
unaware that hazing of a serious na-
ture had taken place and announced
they will assist the authorities in s
complete investigatln.
yesterday and the six others who were I
injured had just completed experiments
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To add to the fun. the movie oper-
| a tor stopped his machine and turned
Jon the house lights. When the per-
formers had finished'their act, the pic-
ture was resumed
riding
e Uni-
a good
one of
out' a
going
to the
he re-
! was
gained
peopie
ig and
e him
• cations early today were that the pre-
! diction of University authorities that
J
DUMBBELLS
BIG NEW PRODUCER
IN LULING FIELD
supported themselves before marriage, i g, agg
and when they marry they feel that
someone else is supporting them, and
FROSH BECOME ACTORS;
STAGE “MUSICAL FARCE”
IN DOWNTOWN THEATER
or the body
CHICAGO, Sept. 21--Senator Oscar
W. Underwood, Alabama's candidate
for the Democratic presidential nomi-
reau officials said tday the labora-
tory force had discovered methods for
preventing huge waste from this cause
and had prepared full charts of great
economic value.
The experiments had been proceed-
ing for several months, it was said,
and had just reached the stage of the
final report on the findings.
Another task recently undertaken by
At 1 o'clock today, 400 students
had paid their registration fees at
the University, according to a re-
port made by the auditor's office.
Thie is only a small percentage of
those actually registering. It is
estimated that 1600 students had
enrolled up to that hour.
drawn out to great lengths and scores
of students were taking their places
in the procession as the noon hour
drew nigh.
A casual glance at the registration
lines indicates that among the first
year studente the men will outnum-
ber the women by a decided majority.
The boys were seen in a line that
extended from W Hall on the east
What the effect will be throughout
the country cannot yet be seen but
undoubtedly dissatisfaction exists in
connection with the military rule, al-
though so far the. members of the
directorate are considered quite gen-
ficials believe was caused by an ac- ;
cumulation of gas set off in some man- .
ner by a spark. The exact cause was
expected to remain in doubt, however,
until the injured have recovered suf-
. ficiently to be questioned.
UNDERWOOD BECOMES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
train on the Austin-Waco
the following
tain speech. He did so right nobly.
WILL BE PRESSED
TO DECISIVE END
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Oklahoma Governor Hurls Chal-
lenge to His Foes. Proclaiming
“The Invisible Empire Shall
Not Pass in this State.’’
I By Associated Press.
; OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 21.—Leg-
, 1rlators seeking the official head of
Governor J. C. Walton marched on to-
day in their plans for impeachment,
while the executive gathered strength
for a final drive on the Ku Klux Klan,
j which he blames for the storm that
| has broken about him.
' "The invisible empire shall not pass
in this state," was the defiance hurled
i by the governor as he turned with his
। back to the wall.
' The lower house of the Oklahoma
| legislature will convene at noon Wed-
i nesday to consider charges that Wal-
ton has set at naught constitutional
j government and if the governor inter-
feres with the meeting he "acts at his
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 21.--
Flames springing up early today in the
forest and brush on the outskirts of
the town of Roen in «outhenstern
Marin county gave new worry to tired
fire fighters who have been bn tt ling
for three days against conflagrations
in that section.
Hurried calls for help were sent to
Ran Anselmo, Larkspur, Kentfield and
nearby towns and several hundred vol-
unteers responded
An unusual thing happened to an
----- -------, Iment that has succeeded without , which are expected to save 500,000,000
most of it has been stolen, according ( bloodshed in taking possession of the ' —»•---- - -----------
to federal investigators who said the . government of Spain. Foreign Min-
removed the whiskey. He added that
This station is owned and, op-
erated by the Texas Radio Cor-
poration, dealers in Radio Sup-
plies and sets. The piano used
at this station is furnished by
ths J. R. Reed Music Company
of Austin, Texas.
inter Grasset has clearly expressed a
determination to move in thia direc-
tion and it is forecast that after the
deliberations of his supporters former
Speaker Melquiades Alvarez will make
a move the same way.
These resolutions will add a con-
siderable body of politTcaT thinkers to
the already existing strong forces of
socialists and syndicalists who are the
declared enemies of the monarchy.
federal authorities
Find Human Body in River.
CAIRO, Ill., Sept. >1.—Coroner E. A.
Burke today was investigating the
finding of a human head in the Mis-
sissippi River, fourteen miles north of
here, I
DON’TS.
1. Freshmen must not display
any high school or prep school
A list of rules for first year men at the University has been given out
by the committee of upperclassmen in charge of freshmen activities. AU
efforts will be made tn see that freshmen adhere to these rules.
Frosh caps of a bright green hue are twine sold at the ent rance to the
I auditors office, and practically all "slime will be supplled with the regulation
---- - tk house, the boys were told to dance .. _________________...
week with a heavy flow of waler The . while the theater orchestra furnished of the League of Nations, he is credit-
the mustc. One of the boys who re- ed by the Chicago Tribune today as
{vealed the fact that he was a freshman saying in an interview
by carrying under his arm'a copy of — * - “
of headdress in buildi
water was cut off last night and the j
well is flowing oil in great volume j
No gauge has been put on and no '
estimate was given of the volume of
flow of the well.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.—The three
key during the past month and said j
they had received reports that the
stolen liquor had been diluted for re-
tail sale. The dilution was said to
known to the government.
A complete check-up today showed
894 barrels in the warehouse. One
barrel, the one nearest the door, con-
tained the full amount of whisky. The
others had been "milked" of their
whisky contents and refilled with
water
Investigators expressed the opinion
that the "miking" occurred since last
June, when the last legitimate with-
drawal was made. No barrel has been
removed from the premises
In the period the "milking" is be-
lieved to have occurred, a watchman,
day and night, has been on duty, and
a government gauger has been on duty
at day.
The opinion was expremsed that the
whisky may have been carried from
the warehouse in glass containers such
By Associated Press.
PORT VENDRES, Spanish Frontier.
Sept. 21.—The open declaration by
some of the Spanish liberal leaders of
their intention to revert to republican-
irm is one of the most important por-
tents arising from the military move-
towsandreikeptjtunnine."hie the m0 MOTORIST SPEEDS ON
I.. L. Lauer of New Salem, Ohio,
p lbs ion, together with Urban J. Cook j AFTER KNOCKING DOWN
of Cincinnati and Stephen M. Lee of
------ New London, Conn., who died later,
This is I had been in active research work for
The rules arc:
DOS.
Freshmen must learn all
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 21--
Because her hueband has been en
a "silence strike" for the last
twenty years, Mrs. Nettie F. Ham-
merly of this city asks a divorce
from Hammerly in an action filed
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammerly were
married at Luverne, Minn., in 1899
and have ten children. Mrs. Ham-
merly avers that her husband has
refused to talk te her for a fifth
ef a century except in cases of
absolute necessity and that they
have carried on their conversation
through their children.
East Texas: Tonight, fair, warmer
in extreme northwest portion; Satur-
day, partly cloudy, warmer except in
southeast portion.
West Texas. Tonight, fair, warmer
in north portion; Saturday. partly
cloudy.
Dr. L. W. Cock, patent medicine
NEW ORLEANS, La. Sept 21.—
Outbreaks of violence in connection
.with the strike of longshoremen and
screwmen along the river front have
resulted in several men being badly
beaten and the arrest of five alleged
j strikers, charged with assault and bat-
tery and disturbing the peace.
| Representatives of the steamship
association announced that fourteen
ships were being worked with non-
.union labor and that two steamers
sailed today.
। Officers of the New Orleans branch
would not
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 21.—Ten
cents or less per gallon for gasoline
was predicted by a number of1 retail
dealers here today when a majority
of the larger distributors posted a
f rate of 1J cents to the consumer.
I Rome smaller stations were said to
be selling under 13 cents. In the past
week, the price here has been gradually
reduced from 13 cents.
was attributed
Burford Weller Jr. suffered a broken
or badly fractured ankle bone in an
automobile accident at Sixth Street
and Congress Avenue this. morning.
C. R Warrick, who lives at <13 Patter- .
son Avenue, was turning out of Sixth
Street into Congress Avenue when i
young Weller stepped from the curb ’
and started to cross the avenue. War- j
rick had been waiting fog the traffic •
officer's signal. When he turned south
into the avenue, young Weller, not j
seeing the approaching automobile,
stepped from the curb.
Mr. Warrick stopped his car as soon '
as possible, but not in time to avert *
the accident. Burford Weller is the ’
son of Dr. Burford Weller of 2607
Nueces Street. Young Weller was
Uken to his father's office in the Scar- '
trough building.
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gave the audience a "splendid" per-
formance. The fnture picture had
just ended and the movie operator was
projecting advertising slides on the
screen. Suddenly there marched across
the stage the three "Actors" with their
coats wrong side out, sox rolled down
and hair disheveled.
Directed by a sophomore who viewed
the performance from the rear of the
schoo) yells and songs and have
a copy of them in their room, and
must be able to repeat them at
any time.
2. Freshmen must march last in
all school parades and functions.
3. Freshmen must attend all
rallies, convocations, team sends-
off, and other school demonstra-
tions.
4. Every freshman must own
and wear a freshman cap. /
5. Freshmen must carry matches
for all upperclassmen.
6. Freshmen mult sit on the
floor at all rallies.
7. Freshmen must be on hand
at every athletic contest at least
half an hour before the game
starts.
automobile accident at Eighth and
Colorado Springs last night. Dr Cock
received bad bruises on the right hip.
and his right leg, right shoulder and
head were badly skinned. He was
treated at the City Hospital.
Officer Bratton reported to police
headquarters that the person driving
the car made no attempt to stop, but
continued to drive on. leaving the
scene of the accident at a high rate
of speed. Dr. Cock was dragged
forty-five feet by the moving car.
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Ar., n... T . _ • • This was the pronouncement of leg-
MrImoont.xaid. ."Intellisent men talators who wi the executivs
are with us. Among the men our oniy impane hment
opponents are the 'small town man’. W-A, i,,, ..
and the church organizations," Bhe de-’hoseltmnssinawatttxpectoard dhe
<hM herenco prebide, uvo,
the.Won XV ™ ts confrreneesorthe not carry ot Nis ihrat “
National W oman • Party. Snturday: i ihe house membetn it they attemptea
Modern seconomis, conartiona Mre Bel ! to assembie. Since voicing hl threat
mont anserted. have much to do with some of the governor’" legal dvier,
the fatlure K marlohaa. days have have urged him to permit the mnlon
Eiis. , 090.’da"..nay‛jas they declare it would be illegal and
selves before marriage. .... - However, the final
Six Other Men Seriously In- Esitmates Based on Early Ar-
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when the train crew was forced to stop
the train on account of the terrific
downpour of rain. The engineer stated
that the rain came in such volume that
he could not see twenty feet ahead
from his cab window. .
Although the tracks were covered
with flood waters, no damage was
done The crew simply waited until
the cioudburst had passed over and
proceeded to bring ther train in. The
incident happened near Pflugerville.
of the Industrial Workers of the World
te "freshman. B1bte. as.the.Urtven: vocateotzthelecuewha warm chi-' intermntonusbgyut £
anSaaevaauon >v^
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Th.
death to day of James A. Kendig
of Salunga, Pa., one of the bureau
of standards exerts injured in the
laboratory explosion, brought the
number killed to four. Five others
who were injured in the accident
remained in the hospital today in
more or less critical condition.
abroad I mw the league at work.
Developments then and subsequently
have changed my attitude. The failure
of the league to function in the dispute
between Italy and Greece had much to
do with the change^______
the victims of the explosion, which . row of the campus shacks to the
was, the most serious in the historypower house or more than 300 yards
of the bureau, was the testing of the in length The girls were beginning
engines of the navy airship ZR-1. In ( ther registration journey at the
a specially constructed chamber the woman's gymnasium and their line
motors of the draft were put through , extended from that building only to
- - a series of experiments from which • the street curb on Guadalupe Street
•rally to have acted in a moat liberal : data was developed for naval engi-at 10 o'clock.
—j- . complete spirit and have been able to introduce | neers showing the amount and grade! Whether the boys have forgotten
their .check upon the amount of liquor measures of economy which have been ; of fuel needed at every foot of alti- their gallantry or have a better idea
demanded for a long time. I tude up to six miles, with required . of convenience than the women stu-
The great bulk of liberal opinion is , carburetor adjustments at the varying dents was one observation made by
held by observers certainly to favor a i heights. The air within the labors- I
constitutional monarchy but many in tory during the experiments was con-1 (Continued on JTagt Three)
-----------— - , this group are experiencing a sense of --11..• «- --h • wov ne te etimulate l •
ownership of the warehouse had . insecurity after the recent events
changed hands recently and that the which witnessed the monarch accept-
identity of the present owners is un- ing a state of affairs in direct con-
By Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21—The exact
amount of whiskey "spirited” away
from the local bonded warehouse of
the Jack Daniel distillery was 893 bar-
rels. federal officials announced today.
It was said to be one of the biggest
whiskey robberies since the enactment
of the prohibition law.
Each barrel contained forty-two
gallons and it was estimated that at
the drug store price of <6 a pint the
stolen whiskey had a retail value of
$7,800,288.
The theft was reported to Arnold J.
Hellmich, collector of internal revenue,
late yesterday by federal prohibition
agents who had been secretly investi-
gating rumors that there were irreg-
ularities at the warehouse.
Approximately 900 barrels of whis-
3. No freshman shall wear,
raise, or attempt to raise a
moustache.
4. No froshman should over be
disrespectful to an upperclassman.
5. Freshmen must not take
short cuts on the campus, but
must use the walks st all time.
6. Freshmen must not wear
loud colored suits, sox, ties or
fsney vests.
7. Freshmen must not create
any unnecessary noise; musical
intruments played or attempted
to be played by freshmen will be
considered unnecessary noise.
8. Freshmen must never leave
any athlotic game before it is
GIGANTIC UWWHOSTOFSTUDENTSINANNUALREGISTRATIONRUSHmims FIGHT
statement: I
"I am no longer a strong advocate J
of the League of Nations My original
views are well known. On my trip
the enrollment will reach 5000 this
sessions bids fair to become a reality.
As early as 6 o'clock the students
were beginning to Une up to get
through with the process as early as
possible. By 10 o'clock the lines had
just Completed Expected to
Save 500,000,000 Gallons of
Gasoline a Year.
. \ / /,
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By Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Sept.
121. — Chiefly because "marriage is a
sort of slavery,” Mrs. Oliver H. P.
Belmont of New York City, president
of the National Woman's Party, de-
clared that she would not recommend
marriage for any girl.
"I would not say, in so many words,
that marriage is a failure," she said,
"but it seems to me that statistics
speak for themselves.”
Most of the opposition to the equal
rights movement comes from the
women "of the. Hinging vine type.”
5:46 to 6 p. m.: Local and
general news.
9 to 1< p. m.; Regular sum-
mer program consisting of pho-
nograph selections on Bruns-
wick furnished by 3, R. Reed
Music Company of Austin.
According to the record of the mili-
tary court, Judge Clark testified that
although he had been initiated in ths
kian a year and a. half ago, he had
(Continued on Tage Three.)
। Admitting the fight was weighing
' heavily upon him, the governor sent
cut an appeal for funds, asking those
"who believe in a representative form
of government" to send contributions
to Mrs. Aldrich Blake, Oklahoma City,
wife of the executive counsellor. Biake
now is absent from the state on a mis-
sion for the governor.
I But Governor Walton was defiant.
"I have crossed the rubicon. It is a
1 fight to the finish.' he declared.
May Arm All Non-Klansmen.
‛ He said that if it proved necessary
1 he would arm every man in the state
who is opposed to the "invisible em-
pire.”
N. C. Jewett, grand dragon of the
Oklahoma realm of the klan, and his
associates "have turned the fight over
to the Oklahoma newspapers and ths
klan members of the legislature,” Wal-
ton asserted.
A broadside was turned on the klar
by the governor last night When US
released a portion of the testimony
taken before a military court hers
i showing that County. Attorney J. K.
Wright. Sheriff Tom Cavnar and Dis-
trict Judge G. W. Clark had been ob-
ligated in the klan; and detailing
charges made by Dr. A. A. Maupin, a
dentist and former member of the or-
ganization, as । to the connection of
the "invisible empire” with mob vlo-
ence.
It was Judge Clark who issued the
call fr a special grand jury to in-
vestigate charges that Governor Wal-
ton illegally had used state employes
to check names on an initiative peti-
tion to which he was opposed.
The grand jury was dismissed when
the military authorities trained ma-
chine guns on the court room at the
orders of the governor Walton charges
that a klan judge" and a "klan jury"
; were attempting to interfere with his
war on the "invisible empire.”
Judge Clark summoned the grand
j jury when a petition for the convening
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