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THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
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COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT BY LEASED WIRE
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VOL. 50—NO. 355.
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TWADDELL MURDERED
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KEELING WILL GO TO
CITY OFFICERS
BONUS BILL BRANDED
WASHINGTON FOR
AS DISCRIMINATORY
TOLD IN NOTE
a few
BOUNDARY HEARING
BY SAN ANTONIO MAN
TO QUIT PLACES
GOVERNMENT FRAUDS
pay you ardent attention and how he
Fordney I ariff Measure in
GRAND JURY WILL BE
COMPLETED TOMORROW
By Associate Prese.
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is to be decided this term it will go
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Com-
dared.
Meanwhile, she said Soderman
was
Today’s Staff
WM. McADOO'S SON MARRIES.
Henry C.
May 23.--A book i
WEATRER FORECAST
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Jim Denson, Convicted of Statu-
tory Assault, Is Spirited Away
From Jail, No Trace Left.
Bill Is Passed to Cover Expense
of Prosecution of Persons
• Involved In Fraud.
Intend to Stamp Out All Sinn
Fein Organizations In Six
County Areas Involved.
MOB MEMBER IS
SHOT IN FIGHT
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ley who
SURGEON REMOVES
STRAW FROM BOY’S
LUNGS AT P. & S.
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School
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knives
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ATTEMPT BOND
ON NEW PLANS
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By Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES.
ire in-
profit-
room,
» con-
listrict
Every-
e New
uction,
repu-
at the
it was
run at
With
like a
IMPOSITION ON
THEATER PATRONS
missioners for all the approximately
four hundred midshipmen in this year’s
graduating class at the naval acad-
emy virtually were assured today when
the Senate naval committee voted un-
animously to recommend confirmation
of their nominations for ensigns, sent
to the Senate yesterday by President
Harding.
Was Convicted Two Years Ago
and Was to Be Sentenced to
Death In Irwinton.
BIGGEST RAID
ON REBELS IS
TO STOP RIOTS
and Soderman families in the hotel and
were friendly, according to the wit-
ness.
“Tell the jury if Powers began to
“Yes," was the reply.
“When was the first time?"
Fixing of Placer Mining Rights
Burden of Decree to Be
Formulated.
Denial That Ku Klux Klan Has
Anything to Do With Threat
Is Made By Local Georgia
Leader.
Aidermen Get In Game Giving
Salaries for Extra
Policemen.
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By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 23.
BODIES FROM FLOOD
AT MARLIN FOUND
TWO MEN BURNED IN
GAS WELL EXPLOSION
HOLLYWOOD SINS ARE
TOO BAD FOR PRINT
DOCTORS THINK HARD
TO GET WHISKEY NOW
If Police Refuse Bond They
Will Bring Secret Evidence to
Light, Is Project.
MIDSHIPMEN TO GET
COMMISSIONS SOON
Opposition is Also Voiced to , cueceu.
Thewitness mentioned dinners, part-
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tures it. Is not to be hoped that they
can be rehabilitated, F*
their debts
U. S. PROPERTY IS
TO BE RECOGNIZED
BY SOVIET SYSTEM
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! that he had practiced law in Califor-
nia. He was well educated and very
polished, she sniffled amid suppressed
tears. •
“Between November and December;
in 1920."
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Arrest.
inREEA2ESTas-s***5 AUSTIN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1922 (HOME EDITION) PRICE FIVE CENTS
300 SINN FEINERS ARRESTED IN ULSTER RAID
army men living in the Sinn Fein dis-
trict of Beltast, anticipating action
by the police as a result of the Twad-
dell assassination had gone on the
“run."
around the negro’s neck when they
last saw him.
Hast Texas: Tonight and Wedneg-
day partly cloudy.
West Texas: Tonight and Wednes-
day unsettled, probably local thunder-
showers in extreme west portieu.
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DALLAS, Texas, May 23.—Mra. D.
E. Soderman. wife of Dave E. Soder-
Keporter: A.
Cooper, Cart;
wncsmriu.d
to the distribution of
THOSE WERE THE HAPPY DAYS
LISTENING TO THE SONG OF THE RAILS AND WIRES
drinking to excess, was not with her j
much, and quarreled with her when he
was.
In July 1921 she accepted an InvIta- '
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ST. LOUIS, May 22.—The resolution
presented yesterday to the House of
Delegates of the American Medical
Association Appealing to Congress for
relief from the present unsatisfactory
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 23.—William G.
McAdoo Jr., son of the former secre-
tary of the treasury, was married at
the municipal building yesterday to
Mrs. Mollie Tackaberry Ferguson.
By Associated Press.
IRWINTON, Ga., May 23.—A mob
of. fifty or sixty persons stormed the
Wilkinson county jail early today and
after a fight in which one of the guards
and a member of the mob were slight-
ly wounded, seized Jim Denson, a
negro sentenced to hang June 16 for
attacking a white woman.
The mob placed a rope around the
negro's neck and took him away in
an automobile. No trace of him had
been found early tody by the sheriff
and his deputies.
Denson was convicted in the superior
court here more than two years ago
on a charge of attacking a 72-year- (
old white woman. His execution was
postponed several times and the United
States supreme court finally ruled on
the verdict of the lower courts, affirm-*
ing his conviction.
Denson was removed sometime ago
to Macon for safekeeping but yester-
day he was brought back to Irwinton
to be re-sentenced.
Members of the mob, according to
the guards, arrived at the jail at mid-
night in seven automobiles and de-
mended that Denson be surrendered.
Two guards. John B. Stanley and J. R.
Bell refused and fired a volley. Guards
said they thought one member of the
mob was wounded. The crowd dis-
persed. They returned at 1 o'clock and
stormed the jail. Stanley was slightly
wounded during the shooting and C.
H. Richards, a prisoner also was hit
by a bullet.
LONDON, Aay 23.—At today's meet-
mg of the parliament of northern Ire-
land, Sir James Craig, the premier an-
nouneed that the Irish republican army
had been proclaed an illegal assem-
_ - . a-.uluUa axu UVW 10 b¥. The parliament adjourned as a
did. it," W. W. Nelms, defense attor- of respect to Mr. Twaddell.
ney requested. ' ----—-
-------------------- LONDON, May 23—The situation
, Im. "leading up to little things and to 12 Ireland was discussed at a meeting
I his trying to make me love him." o , cabinet today with Lloyd George.
"Did Powers exer make a proposal 1 rime Minister, presiding.
that you transfer your love from your —----"W e
husband to him?" Ip--.
■— FINGERS SHOWING 49
RECORUS WITH POLICE
5th until the October term.
Judge Keeling hopes that the de-
cision in the main case will be handed
down before the adjournment of this
term, but he has no definite informa-
tion that would lead to the conclusion
that the case will be decided before
the summer vacntion of the court. He
will be in Washington until after the
court adjourns on June 5th, and will
be prepared to take necessary action
to protect the legal interests of the
state. •
In the opinion of May 1 the court
ruled specifically as to the claims of
Oklahoma but did not fix the bound-
ary line of Texas. This will probably
be determined in the decision in the
main case or provision made for creat-
ing a commission to be laid down by'
the court. The commission would as-
certain and mark the location of the
second bank for if it holds the second
bank is the boundary line.
on one of the two dates named. The
sponsible for the outrage, another
anonymous letter and a postcard, the
latter signed K. K. K., reiterating the
threats against the two officials were
Attorney General Walter A. Keeling
leaves for Washington, D. C., tomor-
row to take part in the formation of
the decree fixing the property rights
of Oklahoma placer mining claimants
in the Red River and also fixing the
fishing rights of land owners of Okla-
homa on the Red River. This phase
of the Red River boundary case has
to do with the decision rendered by
the United States Supreme Court on
May 1.
If the main Red River boundary case
The country as a whole, Morgan de-
clared, is in fair shape.
- ___________ .... ........ g. day morning following an anonymous
over until next fall or he announced demand for the resignation of the two
officials.
received by the mayor last night, re-
ferring to the bomb explosion as
“Merely a warning and showing what
we are going to do to you." The let-
ter advised the mayor to “act at once"
adding "it will be too late for you
when you find out who we are.” The
postcard was sent as a "last warning"
and said "you and Hinkle must go and
go at once.”
Denial that the Ku Klux Klan had
any knowledge or the postcard re-
ceived by the mayor was made in a
statement issued last night by Dr. W.
F. Whitehead, a reputed leader in the
local organization of the klan. who
said it was squarely behind the offi-
cials for the enforcement of law and
order..
By Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 23 —Residents
of this city will hold a mass meeting
tonight to formulate plans for appre-
hending the bomb-plotter who con-
tinues to threaten the lives of Mayor
J. Homer Dimon and City Manager
H. G. Gordon Hinkle, after bombing
in the front of the mayor’s home Sun-
Supreme Court will convene on May -------------— —
29 and will finally adjourn on June Wards totalling 310,000 by city and
........ - - county commissioners for evidence
leading to the persons or person re-
On the heels of authorization of re-
was claimed sufficient aldermanic
votes were assured to put through an
emergency measure this afternoon ap-
proaching sufficient funds to pay six
months salaries for these additional
policemen.
Little Thomas Guilett, 10-year
old son of Professor T. A. Gul-
lett, supervising principal of the
Fulmore, Baker and Wooldridge
schools, was the subject of a
remarkable operation Monday
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Washington Congress.
By Associated Press.
MOSCOW. May 22.—A fundamental
decree recognizing property rights
within certain limits and on which
Russia's future dealings with Ameri-
can and other foreign and local capital
depend, unanimously passed the ex-
ecutive committee today.
While wide latitude is given capi
talistic and industrial effort, the del
cree nevertheless provides that every-
thing must be limited. to the soviet
laws and gives the soviet the right to
veto any agreement which “obviously
is directed to harm the state.”
Editor-in-Chier: Wilam L.
MeGI.
Editorini Writers: Harry M
Roberts, Leslie M. Dun'an.
Coy H. Willams, Helena
Von Koenneritz.
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 23.—
Frauaptiediropposition" to both thei. •’Did" you ever have intimate rela-
compensationr’measurndwtsevoceastoy ) tions with Powers?
W. M. Morgan of San Antonio, presi-
dent of the Retail Merchants Asso-
ciation of Texas in addressing the an-
nual convention of that body here this
orninK..Sessions will continue dur- Mrs. Swierman detailed nstancesot
* —rsld-* , alleged close relations with Powers — » -
.he south.will be hurt by this high extending over a year’s period.
She told of the alleged transferring Harding Receives Renr. rd A,
of her affections from her husband $ B‘55m nePort or Act-
ing Postmaster Resulting From
Investigation.
The captures include Capal Healy,
member of the Fermanagh county
man on trial for the alleged murder couneilandptominent Sinn Fein lend-
er J. Clay Powers. April IS. took the er in that district: Thomas Corrigan
witness stand in her husband's defense accountant for the Fermanagh county
late this morning. Under direct exam- sounci: Sanuel Sheridan, chairman of
Ination she testified that Powers had the recently dissolved Newry board of
gained her affections and alleged the Euardians, and Eugene McCiigan,
friendship finally culminated in their county councillor who was the Sinn
being intimate Mrs. Soderman said , in candidate in North Derry at the
that a few days before Powers was last.clection. .
shot. her husband, the defendant. Eany estimates of the number of
I learned from her of the alleged rela- prisoners taken ran as high as 500 but
tionship between her and Powers. these proved to be greatly exaggerated
| The witness told of her marriage to and th eofficials expressed the belief
Soderman in Kansas City, January 20, ,ni1 -ne number would not exceed
1913, of living in Fort Worth, Texas,
i where Soderman and Powers engaged .
j in the hotel business. The Powers
By Associated Press.
WACO, Texas, May 23—The body
of Dr. W. H. Allen, drowned in the
Brazos River when the Marlin bridge
collapsed a week ago, was recovered
last night near Calvert in the river.
The body had floated more than fifty
miles down stream. The body of
Mayor Stallworth was recovered yes-
terday, eight miles below the bridge.
The body of Mrs. Carrie B. Mose-
ley of Beaumont was recovered the
day of the disaster making three vic-
tims recovered. Three others are
missing but their names are not yet
known. —-
Morgan based his opposition to the
bonus, In part to what he called its
••discriminatory" phrase. It is not
“adjusted compensation" because it is
not adjusted as to the earning power ’
of the man in uniform. A bonus would1
have a bad effect on business md i
would inflate the value of the sol-
diers bonus dollar after he got it, he
declared.
called “The Sins of Hollywood” sup-
posied to be an expose of the lives of
certain motion picture actors and ac-
tresses is "too seurrilous" to be ad-
mitted to the malls, according to a rul-
ing by Mark Herron, Deputy United
States district attorney here. Clarke
Webster. postotfice inspector, has
started an investigation ti learn the
author and publisher.
The book of 225 pages has upon
the front cover a picture of Mephisto-
cles, a beautiful girl and a motion pic-
ture camera
whiskey was adopted by an over-
wheiming vote today. The resolution
asksasks governmental distribution of
whiskey, for medical purposes only In
sealed packages of eight, sixteen and
thirty-two ounces.
By Statesman's Regular Critic
Evidently the charge of $1.00
per seat plus war tax was too
great a jolt for the Austin movie
fans as only a smai! crowd wit-
nessed D. W. Griffith’s "Orphans
of the Storm.” which opened st
the Hancock last night and those
who were in attendance were
kept busy during the entire per-
forms nee trying to keep cool, as
the house was like an oven.
Which kept the minds of the
spectators from the picture.
The production is of ths reg-
ular Griffith type and is fairly
entertaining with mob scenes
and blood and thunder thruout.
However, it is not the kind of a
picture that one would desire to
see the second time as there are
entirely too many gruesome
scenes and too much suffering to
make it a play that one would
want to see again.
Sports Editor: A. L. Hums
Society Editor: Seiwyn p.
Sage.
Cops Readera: Eima Gunn and
Sarah Shannon.
E. White.
Franeis G.
standing, Mra. Soderman said he said wasurOTON Nr. ,, n.
ou me European nations i he was a playwright but she had through Miner prav2, .Discovery
are allowed to market their manufac- "never heard o fany plays of his being nine 7 460 employes ft that forty-
------ ----- . hoped produced except the ones Mrs. Pow- alvikion of the o the resistry
. let alone paying ers put on at her Little Theater." nad“crnminathh.Naw ork postotrice
to this country, he de-i She said she heard he did some President A.rasnrds.was reported to
| work on adam at San Antonio and Postmaster cenen Bodezt.bn Actne
turn from an investigation of the New
York office. All of the forty-nine have
been dropped from the service, Mr
I Bartlett said. "
By Associated Press
BELF AST. May 23.— Carrying out
। the greatest raid in the history of Ire-
land. swarms of police swept through
Ulster and rounded up 300 Sinn Fein-
era, the majority of whom were Irish
1 republican army officers, it was otfi-
; clally stated at 4 o’clock this after-
. noon.
j The northern goverrment’s action
Guards Overcome; Negro Is Hanged
"BIG THREE" TO
-
tarr. bill, Morgan declared, because
it, while torcing the price of manu- — ...■ -m-u u mes nusoana
irtured goods bought by the southern j to Powers and said that the meantime ,
man to an unnatural level, will not I Mr, Soderman had "grown cold" to-
be of appreclable value in raising theI wards her and that they had had many
market price of his own products. The' quarrels.
effect on Europe, in relation to Amer- Asked what she knew of Powers'*
lean trade, also will be bad, he as- - — - -
serted. Unless the European nations
By Associated Prean
ELDORADO. Ark, Mey M—Two
men were seriously burned when the
giant Murphy gas well, eight miles
north of here, caught fire again yes-
terday afternoon. Flames are shoot-
ing 300 tset in the air and the biaxe
is visible for several miles.
The well blew in a week ago. caught
fire and the blase was extinguished
last Wednesday. The well has started
spraying a small quantity of oil.
was taken, it was stated, in an effort
to suppress not only the Irish repub-
lican army and the Irish republican
brotherhood but all other Sinn Fein
organisations in the six county areas.
The government’s move follows
A * I I ■ A ABAC I swiruly upon Irish republican army
II U I I AK I’NKL I raids and burnings of buildings in the
UrtLLnO UHL counties of Down and Antrim. The
| intensified hostilities in Belfast cul-
CALLED TODAY
Nearly every town and village in
--------- I Uster was visited but the bulk of the
| Prisoners were taken in the country
D. EL Soderman of Fort Worth Is distr lets from farm houses. Compara-
N-, . . . ■ tively few captures were made in Bel-
On l rial for Murar of fast asmot. of the Irish republican
Prominnt Actor.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 23 — Selection
of the special grand jury to consider
alleged frauds in connection with gov-
ernment war contracts, provisions for
which were made in the bill recently
passed by Congress appropriating
3500.000 to cover costs of prosecuting
persons alleged to have been involved
in the frauds was begun today with
the prospect that the jury would be
completed by tomorrow night. In that
case district Attorney Gordan an-
nounced that he hoped to have the
jury ready to consider evidence which
already has been placed in his hands
by the last of this week.
The jury will devote Itself entirely
to consideration of war fraud cases,
and every means have been taken, the
district attorney said, to expedite its
action, with trial speedily to follow
any indictment brought.
more witnesses before the grand jury
and claimed evidence was given to
“connect the big three" with the ter-
rorism, sluggings, bombings and mur-
The guards added that a rope was ; force gained force with statements
from civic leaders and early today it
Focring their way into the jail,
HANDLE N. Y. LETTERS
when a head of grass an inch
and a half long was removed
from one of his lungs The lad
had been chewing grass after
the manner of children Sunday
afternoon and accidentally suck-
ed the head down into his throat.
He was taken to the hospital
and an X-ray picture was made.
Monday night the operation
was performed by an Austin
surgeon by inserting a tube and
electric light into the boy's lung,
and removing the head of grass
with forceps. It was lodged
point downward so that the
bristles caught when l ulled up-
ward and it was necessary to
go back six times before the en-
tire head could be secured. The
operation required 30 minutes.
It is said that there are only
two other doctors in the United
States who are able to perform
such an operation, one of them
residing in New Orleans and the
other in Philadelphia.
Young Gullett was resting well
this morning and it is expected
that he will recover fully.
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By Associated Press.
। CHICAGO, May 23.—Chicago labor’s
■ “big three" today planned a renewed
( erfort to obtain their release from jail
on bonds or. failing that at least to
force the city and state authorities to
reveal some of the evidence that con-
nects them with two police murders,
j bomb plots, beatings and property
damage to the extent of approximately
31.000.000.
Attorneys for "Big Tim" Murphy,
street sweeper and gas worker union
head; Fred Mader, president of the
Chicago Building Trades Council, and
"Con" Shea of the theater janitors'
union announced intention last night
to demand a writ which would re-
quire John Miller, alleged confessed
driver of the automobile from which
the two policemen were shot to death,
to give what information he had to
the police. They declared attorneys
were aware of the text of Miller’s
statement. They said Miller and his
companions planned on a robbery for
a year and that the resulting murders
could not be linked up with Mader,
Shea or Murphy.
To combat this step, the state's at-
torney yesterday rushed a dozen or
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