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THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT BY LEASED WIRE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
(HOME EDITION)
AUSTIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1923
VOL. 52—NO. 149.
EMPEROR CRITICIZES WIZARD
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SIMMONS CALLS ON EVANS FOR SHOWDOWN IN FOX COBURN TRAGEDY
KLANS' FOUNDER
DECLARES PUBLIC
Up Moore's Status; Not
America for Help
0-
END NOT IN SIGHT
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM GROWN PRINCE BARRED
EVANS STILL MISSING
Supreme Council to Take Lead- Allied Council of Ambassadors
‘Masonry is today the most active ’
MOREHOUSE CYCLOPS
VICTIM UNCERTAIN;
ONLY FLIMSY CLEWS
tion of Puzzle.
BASTnOP, La., Nov. N —Judge Fred
today fined Captain .1. K. not be inhiding in" some other city
By Associated Press.
mann’s hastily proclaimed
measures.
intending to bring relief to the na-
the premises of another.
। arms on
suit case were left after the fire for
klansmen are unable to find any re-
Dr. Fred B. Johnston of San Antonio,
mons, who returned with the emperor
"Well. Judge," replied Captain Skip- Evans were unknown early today and
with, "if l‛d say anything it wouldn't at the klan imperial palace the last
(Continued on Tage Three.)
Court Clerk Calls
KLANSMEN PREPARING
FOR BIG CELEBRATION
AT YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
had
and certiorari.
the townsmen here at hay from 2 un-
the safe of the Ogden State Bank and
escaped* w h h an undetermined amount
blast aroused a number of residents.
down
and klan officials announcing that the
FROM CHINAMAN’S HEAD
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ed
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a
FOR MORE DELAY
IN IMPEACHMENT
Listed as Killed
In Action; Seeks
Prove He’s Alive
American College
Girl Taking On
Suspended Governor Determined
to Make Another Bid for Fed-
eral Interference, Even Going
to U. S. Supreme Court.
Requests Dutch Government
Not to Permit Frederick Wil-
liam to Leave Holland.
FINED $1 AND COSTS
IN MER ROUGE CASES
charged that the court was biased and
prejudiced.
More specific ally, the supreme coun-
cil favors a greater and more gen-
public that the paper mark is not al-
together worthless and that it will be
shortly traded in against the new coin-
say is the fact that only a skeleton, a
few trinkets and the steel frame of a
41 Me -
Marvin
TOWN TERRORIZED BY
KANSAS BANDITS; BANK
VAULT IS DYNAMITED
FORCE FOR GOOD; DECIDE TO MARCH
SEEKS TO UPLIFT AGAINST BERLIN
RIFLES AND MACHINE
GUNS SEIZED BY POLICE
the
shots
alties; Judge Odom Declines
to Disqualify Himself.
Birmingham has been missing but the
task of officials has been- to track her
movements after she was last seen. A
bar pin found after the firo ts said to
be a connecting link by which Bir-
MOTAER COME AN'
WATCH DADDY AKE
ALLTE SAINGLES
OFF THE FISH
Frank Smith; Three
Men Walk to Bar
me.”
"That goes for me, too," said Me-
Intosh.
After passing sentence Judge Odom
currencies.
In releasing 200000, tons of sugar
for export the government hopes to
coax 80,000,000 gold marks into its ex-
। TBERLIM.Nov.8Chansstlor.stres:: "55
were not able to give his address
He was said to be on a speaking
tour.
A continuation of the Investigation
Grand Inspector General for
Texas, Addresses Class Tak-
ing Scottish Rite Work.
............ -— ---- , among the
lish langnage, and compulsory attend- view the
adjourned court indefinitely so far as of the killing of Coburn was scheduled
the misdemeanor cases are concerned. ' for today by Solicitor General Boy-
revenue through the commandeering
of foreign currencies and the levying
of new taxes, the foreign monies to
be replaced with the new German gold
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
the J. R. Reed Music Company
of Austin, Texas.
ing Part In Movement for the
Better Education of the
Masses.
Officials at Ku Klux Kian Im-
perial Headquarters Profess
Ignorance as to Their Chief’*
Whereabouts.
SICoND OLDEST NEWSPAPER
IN rIXAS. ESTABLISHED 1871
West Virginia, will gather fere Satur- -
day to celebrate "the biggest victory ; to,an end."
J won by the klan north of the Mason,
i
DUMBBELLS
Statesman’Football Party
Kirk Jury Excused to Nov. 19.
Witnesses in the case of Henry Kirk,
charged with perjury in connection
with alleged false statements made
before the grand juryrin Its investi-
gation of reported operation of a
gaming house in Austin, were excused
today to appear on Monday morning.
Nov. 19, on which date the case was
reset Wednesday.
The case was originally set for hear-
ing today and a number of witneeses
were on hand to testify.
That Hostile Movement by
Nationalist Irregulars Is
Timed to Begin Friday.
WALTON PLAYING Nameless Woman MASONRY POTENT BAVARIAN TROOPS Gen. Barton Clears
Of Japan Thanks
Jorge Priest o Laurens, former mayor
of the city and now leader of the co-
operatista party who is supporting the
presidential candidacy of Adolfo De
La Huerta, demanded the return of
a nee on the public schools up to a
certain grade or age, that the coming’
generation may be instructed and pre- •
pared to understand our form of gov- •
of cash, Liberty bonds and other
pounced upon by speculators, although valuables. Th* bandit gang was
the orrielaf communique hopefully as. ' composed ot from eight to ten men.
serts that with the appearance of the Before the robbery all telephone and
new currency "inflation will have come, telegraph wires leading into the town
to .n and” were cut.
"My attention has been called to
several newspaper articles concerning
Morris A. Moore and his connection
Morris Moore, mentioned in press
dispatches from Atlanta, Ga., as being
in Atlanta at the time of the killing
of W. S, Coburn, attorney for certain
klan factions, was not in the state
ranger service at the time of the trag-
edy, nor was he on the state's pay roll,
gegi - + ’ raid in the course of which the offense __________—________ „
minsham orticlals hope to establish I occurred was with the permission of Texas, chief of statt to Emperor Sim-
supreme court for writs of prohibition . defense plans.
- * * " Further examination of
{ TUSCALOOSA. Ala.. Nov. 8.—Offi-
«rials investigating the finding of the x 0.
WhEh°srnwamanre"uaatnegwonkhoureisuaipworh exaited, yclopw
i puzzled as to what step to take next. Morsh, Banmn Pratt end
In the Ranger Service SHOULD BE GIVEN
THE FULL STORY
it the palace head-
to meet those entitled
The .defense
possible identification. A girl from I
kin. According to information from
Austin football fans are invited to participate in the big football
party, which will start Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Play by
play reports will be recelved over The Statesman radio set. WNAS, and
announced from The ^talesman office. Seventh and Brazos. This radio
service wi be the fastest anA most acurate that may be obtained, and
•very Austin football enthusiast will be able to follow every move of the
two trama.
The Longhorn-Bear struggle promises to be the gridiron clasic of
the year, not even excepting the longhorn-Texas Aggie clash. Don't
miss it, Bring present at The Statesman party will be almost as much
fun as sitting in the Cotton Palace Stadium.
Remember the big game starts at 2:30 o’clock, sharp.
It is then proposed to arrive at an I The bandits posted guards at the
estimate of the total volume of paperprincipalcorners of the town and
1 several of them entered the bank and
do any good, you wouldn’t
of the I
believe | information was that officials there
away from headquarters • • • where
I could not see representatives of the
press and klansmen of the nation who
are justly entitled to nny information
available on the subject.
"I am astonished that Dr. Evans re- .
mains in hiding at.a critical time like
this and that newspaper men and
London. Nov. 8.—The Rerlin cor-
Pickett, $10 and costs. They were
convicted Monday of carrying fire-
primarily possessing psychological im-
portance. in that they assured the
the term in jail would be five days. ___________ —
The court said the only reason it did sponsible head i
•not send them to work on the roads < quarters willing
was because it had been shown the to information "
Both sides in a controversy over I '
the proposed klan parade Saturdayl_____
doctors chisel spike
' Sheriff Carpenter. --------- -----___.....--— —.-----
! Judge Odom asked the defendants if; early today from Birmingham, also
' they had anything to say before he issued a signed statement.
— — The whereabouts of Imperial Wizard
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 8.—A motor
chequers, although the treaty of Ver-
■ ■ ' sallies imposes an export embargo on
c . - •A . ~q, ' saccharine products.
Spokesman for Order Declares. The government hopes to have its
- . - r .. issues of "rentenmarks,"" as its new
intention of carading, E.ven currency is christened, ready for cir- i •. ,.4 ..
Though Permit I. Refused. I susatsonn Sxa teeafatnerndzrcimpent !
- (the issue or what precautions will be
provided to protect it from being j
Observers Believe Impeachment
Trial Will Be Long Drawn
Out, Probably Lasting a
Month or More.
and Dixon line," Colonel E. A. Wot----------------
kina. spokesman of the klan. an- marks in ctrculation throughout the _____
pounced today He denled reporis that world in order to fix a rule at which -bexan work on the vault. _ The rirat
“ion sssr.-ss on the «
circles here. notes of varying denominations.
' the truck, asserting that the arms
The fine was the limit and the
court said that in default of payment
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 8.— In-
formation which may be used in Im-
peachment proceedings against J. C.
Walton, suspended governor of Okla-
homa, was sought here today among
former associates of Walton in Kansas
City by R. A. Singletary, a member of
the investigating committee of the
lower house of the Oklahoma le8181a-
t"Mr. Singletary questioned fourteen
witnesses yesterday. He expected to
conclude today an investigation which
he indicated was directed chiefly at
Walton's collection of funds for a
campaign against the Ku Kux Klan.
Among the persons subpoeaned Ye87
terday was Mike Pendergast, president
of the Tenth Ward Democratic Club,
Inc., of which Walton was a member
when the suspended governor was a
salesman of electrical fixture* in
Kansas City, and which contributed ।
$260 to the governor • anti-klan cam-
paign. after Walton had spread mar-
tial law over Oklahoma.
Pendergast refused to testify, de-
claring that the subpoena was issued
in Oklahoma and that he was not
legally bound to do so.
It is found where modern civilization Munich which says that the Bavarian
financial critics. They
government's decrees as
2
Fox for
tion’s financial and food situation,
met with varying degrees of approval
TemIDENTITY OF MURDER
and the most potent organization respondent of the
among men on the face of the earth. graph forwards a
' truck loaded with a machine gun, two
score rifles and two bags of ammu-
nition was discovered by the police
in a. suburb yesterday.
Frank Smith No. 1.—fined $5 for
improper parking.
Frank Smith No. 2—assessed >10
for indiscreet operation of his
automobile in a public street.
Frank Smith No. 3—held in de-
fault of $500 bail on a charge of
vagrancy.
"All other Frank Smiths dis-
missed,” said the judge.
THE WEATHER
i m n ■ — ■ i i _ _ ” riii
Judge Joseph Hefferman, who is not
eligible to membership in the klan,
and whose opponent had been en-
dorsed publicly by the klan. polled
more than 22,000 votes, as against
Scheible’s 20,544 votes in the mayor-
alty race. ___________
with my department an a ranger. At
the time these artie les appeared I never
paid any attention to them. Since
there seems to be considerable interest
aroused over his being in Atlanta the.
other day when W. S. Coburn, attorney
for certain Ku Klux Klan factions, was
killed, I deem it necessary to make
a statement regarding his connection
with the ranger forte. At one time
Moore was connected with the special
investigatlon department of the ranger
force. but he. is not now. nor was he
at the time of the Atlanta tragedy,
connected in any way with my depart-
merit. Since leaving the investigating
bureau of the ranger force, his where-
abouts have not been known to me,
nor have I or my department inquired
into, them.”
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A poss o Otricers from Junction that he had ben recogntzed a, Eover-
City. augmented by a detachment ot,nor of. *h*. "Al . . t .
tM 00sam "in? by";in" -
aits left I deputies in which they charged that a
Ray Nechesney, cashier ot the bank, plot was under, way. for."heir anasa
esuimated bln 106 at 32000 in eash and , sination., offered them full Kuaranten:
an undetermined amount in Liberty land advined them to bring th. con-
Bond. and necurities. ’.piracy charges before th. court.
half inches, has recovered. Dr. J. II.
Baldwin, in charge of Methodist mis-
•ton hospital at Changli, has reported
to the North China mission conference
at Shanghai.
Lao Da, th* prisoner, dr ova the
spike into his head and fell uncon-
eciou .He in AV nine dayabe-
fore belng taken to the mission hos-
pital. There the doctors chiseled
around tM spike and withdrew it with
pliers. ,
After another month Iao Da was
taken back to prison but in the hos-
pital he had become Christian and the
missionaries succeeded in obtaining
his release and restoration, his mind
unaffected, to his family.
mental disorders was probable today,
according to announcement by his
family physician, Dr. Linton Smith,
who following an examination yester-
day said he might call in an alienist
for consultation should further exami-
nation warrant such procedure.
Texas Radio Corporation and
Austin Statesman Broad-
casting Station.
Rhone 8701.
Fox, according to information at the
jail where he is confined has intimated
OF MEXICAN CAPITAL
— he has engaged counsel.
ral support of the public schools, the
education of all children in the Eng-
announced Adjutant General Thomnas
D. Barton Thursday- General Barton
added that Moore had been an investi-
gator for his department and was
listed as. a member of Captain B C.
Baldwin’s company at San Antonio in
October, but "he was dropped from the
ranger service on Oct. 31 at San An-
tonio."
"Moore than went to Houston," con-
tinued General Barton, "and that -is all
1 know about it. I did not know that
he had gone to Atlanta.”
Genera l Barton gave out the follow-
ing statement:
Height and Weight SSSSKTJ*:
* ' to the conclusion that the outcome was
a question of personalities rather than
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. 8.—
Klansmen numbering "more than
100.000" from Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Expresses Deep Astonishment
That Dr. Evans Should "Re-
main In Hiding at a Critical
Time Like This."
OGDEN, Kansas, Nov. Holding
a measurement of the klan’s streneth; hunter, who, while serving a life sen-
They pointed out that Municipal ' .. . , .. .
- - • ---------- - — - tence for the accidental shooting of
his brother, drove an iron spike into
his skull to a depth of four and one
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 8—'
"John Dos” was outdone in San
Diogo police court yesterday. ’’The -
people versus Frank Smith” -an-
nounced the bailiff.
Three men arose .and came to
his desk.
Which of you is Frank Smith,”
the bailiff asked.
"I am,” chorused the three men.
They were sorted according to
weight, age, etc. and identified
ernment and the duties of citizens shortly traded in against the new coin- the identity of the woman. A mer
thereof. i age in an equitable proportion. chant in nueted an gnvin0 he s0ja Li.
"It is the wish of the supreme coun- The government’s failure to fix fh“ . uotenm SAX believed to
ell that the children of foreign birth definitely the value of the paper mark have been the companion of a man i
mnyube.quanried, tobecomg,.kood i; relation to the present limited isaue Wh 1ef Birminenam for Puscaioosn ! pashed I.sentence.
Americans. It also favors the es- of gold loan notes is the chief source esan, i
tabtishmentaof a nationanuuntorsitx of popular disappointment, as the offi- Ai Winchester, held In the county I
AWashiinston who deli^ to oc clai commulques the past three day. jai| here xinte Sunday, will attempt to
Amerfa‘ (-olU« e*t hudns The Plan were consider ed to taw toreshadowed establish an alibi at his preliminary
quire a college edueauon- The plan definite action at once in this direc- trial, it is said.
' tion. । Jack Johnston, arrested Tuesday
The government now makes its final night in Birmingham is still held in
appraisal of the paper mark contingent the city jail
upon its ability to halt the money ----- —
presses and obtain sufficient new’
East Texas: Tonight and Friday
partly clduy to cloudy, warmer to-
night in northwest portion.
West Texas: Tonight and Friday
partly cloudy to cloudy, warmer to-
night.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—A
nameless woman of Japan has 1
thanked "my dear the people of
America” in a letter received to-
day by Secretary Hughes for the
relief work administered by Ameri-
cans in Japan during the period
of suffering and hunger which fol-
lowed the recent fire and earth-
nuake disaster in Tokio and Yoko-
hama.
“How we all Japanese thank
you for your great kindness in
this time,” the letter said. “You
gave us all. You sent us much
necessary things and you all are
very kind to us. Our thanks are
beyond measure. We all will
never forget them hereafter. I
am only a nameless woman but I
must write you this, even with
such a broken word as I could
not keep secret my thanks. Please
excuse my impolite.
"Hoping you are happy and
peaceful foroever and thanking
you for your great kindness--."
None of the letters of gratitude,
including those received from the ..
empror of Japan, the prime min-
ister and the Japanese ambassa-
dor here has been more appre-
ciated by state department offi-
cials than that received today
from the "nameless.”
.By Associated Preas.
OKLAHOMA UITY, Okla , Nov. 8-
Denied federal intervention by which
he attempted to halt the impeachment
proceedings against him, Gov. J. C.
Walton will go to trial today before
the senate court of impeachment on
twe nty-two chargee of official miscon-
duct. The executive is determined to
make another bid for government me-
diation on the grounds that he will
not .be given a fair trial because the
state legislature conspired before hand
with the Ku Klux Klan to remove,
him from office, but his opponents in
the action considered it unlikely that
it will meet with any more success
than the first attempt.
On this assumption it was pre-
dicted that the impeachment hearing
will be long drawn out, possibly last-
ing a month or more, since the gover-
nor’s counsel say they will insist that
the court hear evidence on all of the
charges before voting upon a verdict.
Conviction on one of the impeachment
articles automatically would remove
him from office. j
United States District Judge John
JI. Cotteral, in federal court at Law-
ton late yesterday rerused to grant
the governor’s application for an in-
junction to restrain the legislature-
from proceeding with the trial, hold-
ing that ’the court had no jurisdic-
tion in the case. Governor Walton,
through his counsel, contended that
his rights under the federal constitu-
tion had been abridged because he
was not accorded equal protection of
the law in the impeachment action.
The court, however, left the way
open for another ruling on the peti-
tion when it granted the governor a
new hearing at a date yet to be set.
An appeal to the United .States su-
preme court wifi be taken if the action
finally is denied, the executive’s coun-
sel indicated.
While the proceedings were being
held at Law ton. Governor Walton ap-
peared before the senate court here
through his counsel and entered a plea
of not guilty, at the same time mak-
ing a sweeping denial of all of the im-
peachment allegations.
Reading of his lengthy answer to the
charges, which the court dispensed
•with late yesterday, will be resumed
this morning and the actual trial is to
open this afternoon with the introduc-
tion of evidence.
6:45 to 6 p m.: ‘ Local and
general news. ’
9 to 10 p. m.: Regular pro-
gram consisting of phonograph
2 selections on Brunswick fur-
nished by J. R. Reed Music Com- "
pany of A stin.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 8.—William
Joseph Simmons, emperor of tho
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, today
I issued a signed statement, in. which
। he hurled a challenge to Dr. IL W.
, Evans, imperial wizard of the organi-
zation "to come out into the open ..nd
give the public the facts" in connec-
tion with the shooting to death of
Captain William S. Coburn by Philip
1. Fox. publicity agent of the Klan,
here Monday afternoon.
"If I had been imperial wizard of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Kln and
my publicity director had committed
such a flagrant and outrageous mur-
der.” Colonel Simmons stated, “you
can bet your last dollar that I would
CHICAGO. Nov. 8—The college
girl is growing. Since 1884 she
has sprouted an average of one
and three-tenths inches. She also
is putting on weight, her waist
ie larger and even her lung capa-
city has improved.
These advancements are based
on statistics compiled at Vassar
Collage by Miss Mabel Newcomer,
economics department, from mea-
rements taken by the depart
ment of physical education. The
figures show that from 1884 to
1920 the average weight of college
girls increased from 123.8 to 125 8.
The wist measurements dropped
from 25 to 22 from 1884 to 1806,
stood etill for ten years, than
gradually inoreased until it reach-
ed 25 once more.
Improvements in physical con-
dition was attributed to the in-
creased interest in athletics.
FRESNO. Cal., Nov, 8— Frank
Pira, "killed in action” in Franco
five years ago and for whom tape
has been sounded at four memorial
day exercises at Madera, near here,
appealed to S. B Hern, command-
der of the Madera Poet of the
American Legion, in recovring his
citizenship and establishing him-
self on army records as a living
man.
Pira declared that he had been
denied the privilege of rejoining
his company ih France because he
was reported dead and. that he
refuted his own >10,000 life insur-
ance while visiting his parents in
Italy. He later returned to the
United States as an immigrant
after being refused entry at a
citizen becaute he was officially
dead.
The Madera Post hat taken the
ease up with Washington authori-
BASTROP La., Nov. s.— Judge the solicitor’s office an attempt will
Odom overruled the motion of the be made to tiepin the Fox trial early
defense that he recuse or disqualify I next week. Mrs. Fox consulted with
’ himself. The defense gave notice i several attorneys yesterday but had
that it would immediately apply to the | given no indication early today of any
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-—A Chinese
and the Christian religion are not irregulars have decided to march on
found. It is the world's one exempli- A.,
Hicaton Or niversal brotherhood. ' -Berlin tomorrow._____
This was the gist of an address As--t,g
by. Hon. Bam P. Cochran of Dallas. Associated 1 res
sovereign grand inspector general in PARIS, Nov. 8.—The allied council
Texas, to the class taking the Scot- of ambassadors decided today to re-
dsh nite nerk.this.yan “ustheecarhea quest the Dutch government not 10
nom Washineton, i> c, where he had allow tormer crown Prince Frederick Bar Pin May Enable Birming- Three Others Draw Similar Pen-
been in attendance at the Supreme William to leave Dutch territory wheri Are ' n i c i
Council meeting of the thirty-third he has been in exlle since the war, ham Officers to Reach Solu-
iszhacedasyerpzstrasmoormaucauonu: prkazgstas"wesiuzncsrama
continued Mr. Cochran, “to assist in sought by the allied 8°vern
the general movement for the better -entm
education of the masses of the people
Sam P. Cochran, Sovereign Reports From Munich Indicate
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