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VOL. 51—NO. 240.
AUSTIN SHIVERS IN GRIP OF RLIZZARD
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BAY SUCKED DRY
COVER THE CITY
Soviet Believed To
SEVERAL PERSONS HURT
Resolutions Urging Recognition
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Introduced in Legislature.
SHIP LEFT STRANDED RESULT OF “JUNKET
CLEANED UP MILLIONS
normal Weather.
WASHINGTON FORECAST.
Not Believed to Have Been
FRENCH ADVANCE INTO I
Very Extensive.
MANY CATTLE PERISH -
FROM GOLD ON RANGES
of the city and bay of Hilo, Island
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
to Morcedes, Texas? in the t
German interference with international
and
train
moved
Hon.
seo hfs shadow
COLD KILLS MYRIADS
failed to make record for twenty min-
The house took up the Cowen bill
hidden by aleet-iuden clouds.
were
forts to induce the Turks
sign.
to
room at Ouchy, indicated
tossed
up and down, back and forth, ‘placed
first
; freeze in the valley, bureau officials
FLAMES TRAP SCORES;
.promising not to bring t-h, question
the military stuntion in the oil region.
wave, the largest of the series that
Kansas.
Taken Heavy Toll.
rising and a stage of 33-feet or more
WNAS
DUMB-BELLS
WONDER WHY
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DAMAGE SUIT ON TRIAL.
NEGRESS BURNED. TO DEATH.
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BADEN; SECTION OF
OCCUPATION EXTENDED
HALF HOLIDAY TODAY
DUE TO COLD WEATHER
BY TIDAL WAVE;
BOTTOM BARED
OBREGON MAKES
FRIENDS AMONG
TEX. LAWMAKERS
Be Backing Turkey
In Defiant Attitude
PROMOTER GOES
TO TRIAL; LAND
FRAUDS ALLEGED
W. Hoblhgon, impanelling a new grant)
jury this morning in criminal court,
SECOND OLDEST NEWSPAPER
IN TEXAS ESTABLISHED 1875
STORM SWEEPING
TOWARD ATLANTIC COAST
without admission of guilt, was twice
refused by Judge Arba Van Valken- .
that under the new restrictions clause and K A. Armand, and that, if neces-
the total of immigrants entering the sary. the investigation should continue
United States in any one year would until further action is barred by the
As a result several persons were at
local hospitals under medical care for
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The number
of immigrants liable to admission to
the United States under the existing,
were so badly burned that they were
unable to use arms or legs.
fused to install a new heating plant
in her home or t alter the house, in
the belief that her reincarnated hus-
band might not recognize the premises.
An overturned oil stove is believed to
have caused the fire.
NEW GRAND JURY TO
INVESTIGATE FLOGGINGS
would not accept the terms the Brit-
fnh foreign minister, M. Bompnrd and
Marquis Di Garron pleaded and argued
long and earnestly, but to no avail.
defense also has prepared to introduce
much evidence.
Stewart ran excursion trains from
Police and firemen patrolled the af-
fected area to keep order.
TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILE;
TWO DEAD, ONE DYING
had not been loosened, the ship would
have been on the wharf.
"It was one of the strangest sights
Stewart Said to Have Sold Semi-
Arid Lands in Rio Grande
Valley.
Case of W. E. Stewart, Kansas
City “Colonizer,” Arraigned
in Federal Court.
STATE ASKED TO PAY
FOR LAND CONDEMNED
FOR STATE CAPITOL
6 p. m.
Experiences aboard the inter-Island
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AGED WOMAN BURNED
TO DEATH AT CHICAGO
Streets and Hillsides Turned
Into Sledding and Toboggan-
ing Courses.
in the house there were many i
vacant seats. e
: weev! * To be' effective against the ,
, weevil, a temperature of six to eight
I degrees over a period of several days
is necessary
The Mississippi River is gradually
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93 crises,, led thn delegates of the powers' to wonder whether Ismet
Pasha, in refusing to sign the treaty was trusting in those “incal-
culable forces” whose presence the allied statesmen have felt.
Resolutions culling upon the national
government to take steps looking to- ;
ward the recognition of the Mexican
(ALVESTON, Texas, Feb. 6 — Fsti-
'mates of the loss re suiting to Gal-
veston County as a result of Monday
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down ropes to safety.
Thirty-six apartments composed the
When Ismet, meeting the reprenenta-
tives of the powers in Lord Curzon’s
these conferences were fruitless. Lord
Curzon arrqnged an ngreemen: vhere-.
by Turkey mid Great Brifainwil en-
deavor to solve the Mosul controversy
try, estimates of the number killed
by the freeze ruhning up to 20 per
; cent
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beam-ends in Kahului Bay,
of Maui, by one tidal wave
the Turks should be allowed to give
further consideration to the problems
entailed in recognition of the obliga-
tions of the Ottoman Empire, but de-
clared that the concessions granted by
the former government had been dis-
‘ l ibut d o that t > res os se the m
would impose N’burden the new regime
could ndt agree to bear.
Turning to the canitulatinns ques-
after 3 a. m., and escape by stairway i
was Impossible Many of the occu-
pants of the burning building slid
j General Situation In Occupied
Districts Shows No Material
Change.
ty were bob-sledding with their Aus-
tin neighbors.
Many Minor Injuries.
With the white-covered ground in-
viting them to short, the people of
Austin played at bob-sledding through-
out Sunday ud Monday they were
still at it. Inexperience in the intrica-
cies of the winter sport, however, re-
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Baden, presumably as a penalty for
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"Snow falls soj which prevented her from going com-
we (houeh! Weipletety over thembut another- huge
Kansas City
Rio Grande'
Fish, Crabs, Lobsters and Squid
Left Floundering About On
Mud-Covered Coral.
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Prague.
In German qjuarters it is declared
that this latest move of the French has
as Its real goal the Kehl bridgehead,
opposite Strasseburg. This would give
I HAVE 0 Sfop
HERE? -
stock of the results of tidal waves the legislature. Lieutenant Governor
. which swept their district Saturday i Pavidson today on his return
i , ‘ .from the Rio Grande valley tour with i
afternoon with an estimated loss of the Texas legislators. Governor Da-
ten or twelve lives and property dam- ividson said it is probable he will draw!'
This station is owned and op-
©rated by the Texas Radio Cor-
poration, dealers in Radio Sup-
piles and sets. The piano used
at this station is furnished by
the J. R. Reed Music Company
of Austin, Texas
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। anil carol, covered with floundering
fish, crabs, lobsters and squid. The
ble crops. Budding peach, pear and
fig trees received a severe set-back
and the strawberry crop, which was
reported to be the largest in several
years, has been practically wied out.
' sects which do harm to crops Small
grain in paticular will be benefited.
wave caught the Kilauea and
BOMB HURLED AT
BULGARIAN PREMIER
EUROPEAN PRESS COMMENTB.
PARIN, Feb. 5 —The dallure of the
Near East conference dg «b ylered in
Paris, but rot taken as tee much
of n tragedy. - . - :
Quoting Tamol Pash'n remark that
Ridgetop, sustained a dislocation of
her right shotlder in a fall while
sledding with her children.
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to higher ground yesterday.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT BY LEASED WIRE
6:46 to 6 p. m.:
news.
Tonight WNAS
i on her
1 Island
TURCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE WORRIES ALLIES”'11^
station will
steamer Kileauea, which was
— — ---- ------ -- -----. ------- republic and the Obregon government
of Hawaii, continued today to take j will be introduced in both houses of
of Mexican Government to Be ■„
By Associated Press. , , ,,
LAUSANNE, Feb. 5.—The collapse of the Near East conference N c a j o ,
after weeks of deliberation that had been liberally interspersed with No Serious Accidents Reported,
However, As Result of Ab-
East Texas; Tonight, probably fair,
not so cold in north portion, below
freezing to coast; temperature 20 to
30 degrees in south portion and 24
to 30 in lower Rio Grande Valley.
Tuesday fair, rising temperature.
West Texas: Tonight fair, slightly'
warmer. Tuesday fair, warmer, ex-
cept in the Panhandle.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 5.—The
trial of W. K. Stewart on charges of
using the mails to defraud in sale of
Rio Grande valley Texas lands was on
the calendar in federal court here to-
day. Stewart is the former president
pf the Stewart Land Company, the
Stewart Farm Mortgage Company and
the Edinburgh Irrigation Company,
which are alleged to have defrauded
in vestors of millions of .dollars.
Sixty veniremen have been sub-
poenaed and the selection of a jury is
expected to take several hours. The
govemnment has subpoenaed sixty wit-
nesses and expects to require at least
twenty-four others were treated at a Mainland temperatures of 28 de-
nearby hotel Some of the Injured grees were reported at several points,
" *' * ...... with much damage to tender vegeta-
- 4 b" h/taxy « » y«■ r in g.
car t rarricwasairghe smpedca,thifl=“
for a writ of mandamus requiring -.
Fedal Judge Van Valkenburgh of restriction act would be reduced by
Kansas City to enter Judgment on the more than half under a section of a
no contest plea of W E Stewart, whojnew immigration bill approved today
wa charged with using the mails to by the house immigration committee,
defraud in sale of land in the Rio, Admissions unde the proposed act
Grande valley, in Texas It was said would be limited to 2 per cent of the
Judge Van Valkenburgh first accepted number of foreign born individuals of
the plea and then set it aside, order- any nationality resident of the United!
ine the trial to proceed. [States as determined by the census of ; 1 11riy-2x ujurtvis cupureu mu
-- ----------—- . . .— : 1890. The presht restriction is 3 per directed the investigators to continue uppet three stories of the building
cent as determmed by the census of the inquiry started by the last grand In these-apartments a majority of the
1910. I jury into the whipping January 5 at dwellers were reported to be aged,
Members of the committee estimate Goose (’reek of Mrs. Audrey Harrison I some of them feeble. Business firms
were on the main floor. No cause for.
scheme. _ . . _
Stewart was indicted in April, 1922. whose refusal to fulfill the French de-
on sixteen counts. Six associates were mands has led to the entire situation,
also indicted A. L. Parker, former shuld suffer confiscation of their
president; D. E. Kirgan, former vice property.
president; Charles F. C. Ladd and C. F. Phe French are opening free soup
Adams, former presidents of subsidiary kitehens in the Ruhr.
companies, and J. A. Kenagy and S. G..
SCHOOL CHILDREN GET
। H. E. MeComb, in charge of the Grande valley. lse sejate was 101 (
j-United States magnetic observatory at in session, due to absence of a quorum. |
th Ewa, Island of Oahu, reports that the and even in the house there were many ।
seismic needle left the -sheet and -—‘ ---t-
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valley. Music and other
' stores and warehouses, ruining a
large quantity of sugar awaiting ship-
ment. The bay was turbulent for some
time after the last of the, series of
waves.”
A bill was introduced in the
house Monday by Rep. Hull of San
Antonio, appropriating $45,000 to
payin full Mrs. Kate Chambers
Sturgis (nee Kate Chambers) and
Mrs. Stella J. McGregor (nee
Chambers), the only surviving heirs
of the late General T. J. Chambers
for 5004 acres of land owned by
General Chambers.
This land was condemned by the
Republic of Texas for the purpose
of establishing a seat of govern-
ment and upon which the city of
Austin now stands, and upon a part
of which the State Capitol is sit-
uated and also the other state
buildings. Mrs. Sturgis end Mrs.
McGregor formerly lived at Austin.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1923
burgh. Similar pleas of Kirgan. Ladd.
Adams and Kenagy were accepted and
sentence deferred. Davis has entered
Texas Radio Corporation and
Austin Statesman Broad*
casting Station.
Phone 8701.
et Sixth and Congress where the drift
banked high, men with shovels were
clearing thooway to allow the pas- , ,
sage of the curs.
Call Qn Charities.
From the United Charities office
Monday -ime an appeal for blankets
and heavy winter Moth Ing for Aus-
tin’s poor. Throughout the day Sun-
day Miss Nellle M. Hull, secretry,
supervised the delivery of v odd to
the homes of thn poor on the charity
organization's list.
“It had to be done/' she sald, an
added that more wood deliverls were
Ismet informed the correspondents
that until he received a torma} noti-
fication to the contrary he would con-
aider the negotiations as still in prog-
ress. In this connection It was pointed
out that the Mudania armistice was
to be effective until the completion
of the conference called to settle a
Turkish peace.
The. Turkish apokesman declared
that the nationnlist representatives did
not sign the treaty because it strangied
Turkey economically. Specifically the
Turks refuse to accept the capitulation
and economie rhinscu of the document
is presented by the allies, declaring
that they could not agree to be bound
by the contracts and concessions of
the former regime. The formal Turk-
ish reply suggested that inasmuch as
the two factions were in agreement on
80 per cent of the quest Ions, these
lauses be signed. It maintained that
WICIII TA. Kan, Feb. 5.—A t lea st
thirty-one persons were injured, some
of them so seriously (hat they are not
no pica. .
In the period coverelf'by the Indict- ; --
moats—August, 1919, to December.: .... , . . . .
1921— the tana company is alleged to All cfty schools were cosed today
have sold approximately 20,000 acres at 1 o'clock to.permit the children to j
of semi-arid land in Hidalgo county, have a good time playing in theiznow.'
Texas, at prices ranging from 8300 to w . . hool rooms tola morning (raiseq her above the level of the
isoo,anpacre. The terms of sale were hha Fcw pupils prinent and some wer wharf, the purser said, and it the lines
ance hanroomoreinheshtindthacbaoriigcine in sufficient heat to keep the
rrusts32o0ncrdathndahecapurchasedimsomany.rquestscme, in from ie^witn^sed^sitidAmMon.-^
In the four venrs Stewart dealt in ratrons o! the schools. tha1 the chi there was virtually no indication of
+rMenaa*emnmeoHiet™ (sti ren.be siennhair-holidayuthat.Dr.Li...... .....
mate he sold a total -of more than leoFHM.PrmhedareseenrneME --—..... ......., ------.
0 board, ordorca all schools to be closed Thl, KITaea went down until she
The Stewart companies are in the, 9t 1 6 clock for the afternoon^ settled on the bottom of the ocean
hands of Conrad 11 Mann of , "This is e sport of a life.Ime forland heeled against a, hummock ang
City, receiver U|vH suits nvoiyinx,the. kiddies? said one member.of .the' grounded
Targe-arounts.havebeen-hrmighEbyiphblicFoo) staff .
purchasers of land who seek to recovertgY seleom here that we thought We
The receiver has also brought numer-MgwFvethe children the opportunity
ous suits reeking to realize on vendor’s of having a good timewhile it Was
notes. ■ here for them.”
■ lashed the island shores, lifted the
I ship and put her back on even keel.
entertainment was furnished in abun-
dune© to prospective purchasers, who,
it is alleged, were shown especially
prepared farms and introduced only to
"friendly land owners.”
Semi-arid lands in the valley would -0- -- -r—------ g--
bo made fruitful y operation of a the French control of.th5 s
proposed irrigation system, agents of alons the right bank of the Rhine,
the company are alleged to have' There was little change over
claimed. Both the prosecution and the week end in the general industrial
defense have prepared to present con- situation. The railway workers are
siderable expert testimony
the practicability of. the
the fire has been discovered.
Four persons believed missing were
seen to appear at windows, it is re-
ported, and then disappeared. Eight
persons were taken. to hospitals and
he considered the conferenice still on,
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service ' between Paris
HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 5.—-Judge C.
By Tssociated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 5.—A bomb
was thrown,in the direction of Premier
stamboulisky while he was seated in
a box nt the National Theater last
night with three of his ministers. No
one was injured by the explosion. The
bomb thrower, whose Identity is said
to be known to the authorities, escaped.
, . . . A {7 , . they said According to (. W. Wat-
Early Morning Hire At Wichita, son of the farm department bureau,
, i i . । . a temperature of 16 degrees which
benleved to klave i prevailed in Memphis Sunday, is not .
— - ’ sufficiently cold to freeze out the boll [
broken wrist in a fall from a fast-
moving sleigh. Martin Weiland, 603
West Thirty-Second Street, is at a
local hospital suffering from a hip
frac tore sustained in the slipping of
another sleigh Mrs. R. DePew, 103
West Thirteenth Street, susttined a .
broken ankle In an accident white c .
sledding and Mrs. Annie Spreckls, of--
themselves, Grcnr Britain
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 — The weather
bureau today’ issued the following
storm warning:
Advisory, 10 a m. Northeast storm
warnings displayed on the Atlantic
coast from Atlantic City to Cape Hat-
teras; disturbance over eastern Gulf
of Mexico will move northeastward,
attended by strong northeast winds
reaching gale force this Afternoon or
tonight.
th t hr
expected to live, and four others are is expected,
believed dead in an curly morning. .........
blaze today -which wiped out the
Getto building, one of Wichita’s land- UP AVV ( (KK6 IN
marks, leaving only a four-story brlek 11 Lt nr l MV3~H2 11
wall covered with icicles find a anassi, ,„d,.2
of burned wreckage and broken wires GA"VSN COUNTY
Flames were first discovered shortly ~-MVHM- VVUlH 1
R. R. Brewster of Kansas City. Re- }
publican senatorial nominee is Mis- „„eg.. «««
hrin-a.rnLa t-tNe FURTHER REDUCTION IN
States district attorney. IMMIGRATION PROPOSED
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 5. — The United
States circuit court of appeals today?
granted to W. B. Bostian. a lawyer of
Kansas City, leave to file application
---*— j • *- Rumors of a military alliance between Turkey and Russia, em-
Losses in Hawaiian Upheaval Lt. Gov. Davidson Takes Lead phatically denied when ‘hey came to the attention of conference
... n . .. circles a short timeago, have revived and there are admittedly other
in Movement to Bring Change disturbing elements in the situation.
In Federal Policy.
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Selection of a jury in the case or
Mrs. Mary E. Anderson, widow of
former City Electrician Alex Anderson,
against the Austin Gas Light Company
for $5000 damages for the death of her
husband hy asphyxiation a year ago,
was completed Monday morning in the
Fifty-thrd district court. Taking ot
testimony was to begin during the
afternoon seselon of the court.
Austin’s first snow in six years be-
gan falling at 8 o’clock Monday morn-
ing after thirty-six hours of inter-
mittent elect big had covered the
frozen ground with an icy coating
from two .to three inches thick, Thu
lowest temperature of the cold spell
which gripped Austin on the wings
of Saturday’s norther was reached
between 7 and s o’cipck Bunday morn-
ing, when the temperature Blood at
24 degrees, eight degrees below freez-
ing. The maximum temperuture re-
। corded Sunday was 26 degrees at 5
p. m. while during the night and early -
Kunday morning the thermometer reg-
istered 25 degrees. At 10 a. m Mon-
day with a light snow falling the
temperature had risen to 27 degrees
and the weather bureau forecast was
remain silent to permit radio
fans in Central Texas to hear
musical programs broadcasted
by distant stations. The next
WNAS program will be given
Tuesday night at 7 o’clock.
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being made today. The wood for tho
poor is being furnished by the city.
Clothing and bedding needed in the.
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• - , - heating plants, chiefly, an ft result of
morning's freeze ranged upward Of j zero and near zero temperatures.
$1,000,000, according to reports from i Mrs. Wilson was said to have re-
various parts of the county received
by telephone in the office of tho Gal-
veson Tribune.
The heaviest loss appears to have
been sustained by the cattle indus-
DALLAS, Texas, Feb 5. — Gladys
Hurdle, 32, negro school teacher, was
burned to death in a fire of undeter-
mined origin which Wrecked a board-
ing house here early this morning.
age undetermined, but placed at 100,- the resolutions. — ------—-------- —I. ,,
, 000 in the city alone, wiThbreaokuonphishuhslesialature Losses In Jefferson County Es-
The known dead today included a ! presslonor friendship tOthe solthern j timated At Not Less Than 25
child and three Japanese fishermen, republic from the state fur (he estab- 1 g y
It was believed, however, that others ilishment of a stable government. Da- i I er Cent 01 Flerds.
By Associatea Press. I perished. Several days probably will [' "Deoclsvondo introduce such resotu. . ----•---- '
DVESSELDORF, Feb. 5—The French be required to ascertain the total dim- : t fons is understood to have resulted' BEAUMONT, Texas, Feb. 6.—Forty-
occupation has been extended to Offen- age. lfrom.the h'Blslatlyo . trip Lieutenant. five , attic out of a herd of 150 belong-
.___ . . _ , n . The tidal wave followed u seve:aGoverno Davidsor - made ahis first ing to Joe Broussard, local cattlemen,
burg and Appenweier, two towns ,in earthquake which the observatory nt - statement in this direction during th© died of exposure during Sunday and
Kileauea reported to have occurred tour. Although both Davidson and Sunday night, according to a report
from 2000 to 3000 miles away in an Governor Neff crossed the Rio Grande made just before noon'by Mr. Brous-
unknown direction. at Renoysa, it was stated that they sard when he returned from the range.
Persons living in lower Hilo, fear- idid not'onfer with the Mexican consul near China, Other cattlemen had not
Ing a recurrence of the tidal waves, there. - made reports at nooh.
The liouse returned to work today Mr. Broussard said that he estimates
after aour-day bncation spent in 25 per cent of the rattle in the open
touring South Texas and the lower Rio ranges of Jefferson county will be lost.
Grand© valley. The senate was not The county hasabout 26,000 rattle.
FORT WORTH. Texas, Feb. 5.+- J.
C. Cockrell was killed, his son Alfred
injured and W. H. Goodwin probably
mortally hurt when their automobile
wan struck hv a "Katy" passenger
train in south, Fort Worth early today.
Alfred Cor-ell, who was driving the
car, died Ml a hospital. Goodwin Is
in a critical condition.
By Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Feb. inhabitants
pot exceed 168,837. Admissions, under statute of limitations.
the existing law total 358,023 yearly. |
“fair and warmer by Monday night." ,
The old wenther man wiln thls
wintry manifstationpussed the "Uu
direct” to Are lOrgtndhog. who ap
peared from winter, hiber nation on
■ Candlemnax: Day, February 2, and
the Turks agreed to permit the ■ promised spring to be here when in
appointment of foreign legal advisors; failed to see his shidow. The oniy
who would revise Turkish laws, but reason he did not see hs shadow
insisted that neutrals in the World war, proved to be because the sun’s beams
rathet than Th - Hnfte ptmanent ..... . .
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 5. — l-
; though, the snow and sleet which' via- Lgtu,0
I lied Memphis- and adjacent territory.
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n -ipniv ANiF IKI ppnig wil be enericiai to ghe farmers *!**^rtJ*r'
d.j ! HIHIY •‘iiNr N illnrll many ways, arcording to-agriculturai
IY I I lltl l I UliLa ImJUIIImU experts, and' will exterminate some in-
to schools and the remaining three- Citrus fruit and truck in tho lower A few minutes later, the British,
fourths to highways. It would also Rio GrandeValley where grave fears J French and Italian statesmen, reln-
exempt from tie tax all gasoline sold were felt, escaped virtually . unhurt, ; forced by Ambassador Child, Rear Ad-
for uso^Jn tractors, stationary engines. It was announced by the Houston miral Bristol and Joseph C Grow, the
motorboats and other engines not used, weather bureau. Thermometers in American observer, set out for the
to-dye highway vehicle^ Consider- the valley went brely below freez- i headquarters of the Turks. Marquis
tkroh of the amendment was postponed ing point, Brownsvillegresistering 30 , Di Garroni made n hurried trp to
until tomorrow. j degrees. Growerse took precautions the avartment of M. rehitcherin, the
The Smith inheritapce tax bill was . by lighting smudge, and.. other ; Russian foreign minister in the hope
under discussion whel the house ad- ! fires. - | that he might be induced to sign the
joorned until 3 o’clock. Only the most tender ycg^atlon straltg convention and therebi bring
I could have been damaged by the a reconsideration from the Turks. But
suited in the injury of a number of
those who ventured ut in the cold
broken bones Monday. M. P John-
son, university student, sustained a
broken collar bone when he slipped
and fell in running to catch a street
car. Miss Ilizabeth Thompson, also
a university student, susthined a .
CHICAGO, Bl. Feb. 5.--Tho theory
of reincarnation is believed to have
been indirectly' a contributory cause
of the death of Mrs Elizabeth E.
Jordan, 84 years old, in a fire in her
home early today. Firemen responded
to 146 other fire alarms in the last
24 hours as a result ■ of over-heated
and righted by the next, were-related
by Matt Amston, purser of the vessel.
| Before the first wave. Amston sii
। the sea sucked away the water from
i the harbor, revealing a bottom of mu
one week to present testimony. The
"The water rushed by us over the
• wharf, over the beach and then into
; the streets, sweeping on towards the
iizgviigmrsmramnsgrmzthsnsnsn-tettininrseasnemn,hr"Eais.gt OF TEXAS CROP
a. m., and then left the sheet entirely, available school fund. The committee " • laws covering the arrest of foreigners,
until-5:30 a. m, after which minor on revenue and taxation amended the DALLAS, Texas, Feb. Ti.—Freezing' The final collapse of the conference
disturbances were recorded for sev- bill reducing the tax to 1 cent and weather accompanied by rain, sleet - was hot without almost desperate ef-
eral hours. making the highway and school funds; or snow, swept Texas Sunday- killed ’ fnrtu in induon ‛h- ‛T--k- i- et--
Mr. McComb said the seismograph equal beneficiaries, i millions of crop pests in the north-
reported two heavy shocks arud one । Representative Henderson of Marlon ’ ern section where the mercury regis-
light one on Thursday, February L al offered, on the floor a substitute; tered around the 20 above zero mark,
amendment raising the tax to 2 cents/was of immense value to winter wheat
and assessing it against the wholesaler { and put the soil in fine condition for
instead of retailer. Under the amend- spring plowing, according to Dr. J.
mentone-fourth of the tax would go L. (‘line of the Dallas weather bureau.
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