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The Austin American
Number 82
Volume 10.
QUAKE CASUALTY LIST NEARS MILLION
ROLL OF DEATH
YOKOHAMA BEFORE IT WAS DESTROYED BY QUAKE
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CONQUERS AIR
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In Italian Difficulty
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Stricken Land Yet
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Weeks From
Recovery.
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U. S. RUSHES AID
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Movie row was known in
ture houses appeared a few i
mast-like poles.
The
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Saturday.
I
Instruct
BUSINESS HERE
RIP TIDES
Fa
BEST IN STATE
since Saturday noon.
tonight as far from being
I
Stable,
Given
Conditions
harbor are
-1
Estimates Vary.
in
Estmaes of the’
‘S'
minister to this country.
emerged
ended the physical isolation of the
victorioua in one phase
she will necent in any form wht-
UP
Ge
when Earl SImms, Austin roa
late dealer, was elected lieutenant
STARKEY TRIAL
South Texas district.
The first brief operat ions of the j
for
Destruction Everywhere.
.tive bureaus of onerationa naviga-
uny
Of Fate.
Christian
Lauds Work of
100
Local Unit.
DALLAS. Texas, Sept.
4 —Con-
that
there was no chance of reaching
Colo..
capital ships in the air.
)
any
and their
damaged
a gain of 70 per cent over last year.
th-.
an the
struck shortly before 6
m. and
was not put under control until 3 p.
each gave more than $50,000,
on the Greek proposals.
The tank is still burning but
flames
I
Japanese relief work , The dona-
HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS
klux
By J. P. ABay
klan.
(
were killed and
ang
The Weather for Today
Austin Man QuitsState Farm
P
Local Men Thought In
Hurriedly as Guard Fires
Thursday, partly cloudy.
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J
•\
<100,000
"g
If
still
S
•purling a flame for 250 feet into
lima, yesterday afternoon.
should begin producing oil.
Sauniers said that she received
no Bennie got a good star t before
e,"vA:4cM•
Ginei
594
&e
•In
crubhei.
1
she
iti-
as a missionary.
Pony Express Mail
Johnson Tells
C of C Heads.
SAX ANTONIO. Texas, Sept 4—
Following the finding ten days ago
of hand luggage belonging to Rev
J. T. Renfro, pastor of the Firgt ]
Marrs Discusses
Textbook Finances
Obregonita
Regime.
stances of the more stable status
of local conditions over conditions
which
with
GROWS AS NEW
ADVICES COME
of
in
Watery Messengers of Great
Japanese Disaster Wash
Shores of California.
spreading,
at $60,000.
No-
Mrs
Brief reports and messages from
various sections of Japan and the
Orient have made their way to the
l
%
-i
.as
the
Itai
at the district convention which
r lowed yesterday at Mineral Wells
the
The
view
Corsicana Called
On to Help Japan
CORSICANA. Texas. Sept. 4. —
Mayor J. S. Eubank of Corsicana
today issued a proclamation calling
upon the citizens of Corsicana to
church
South
ZR-l Makes Maiden
Flight Without
Mishap.
their organisation in the Kussabat
region of Tripoli were routed by a
light Italian column.
I
13.75
28.85
13.75
7.98
7.98
5.98 ,
5.95
5.95
5.95
5.00
3.35
69.75
69.75
18.85
17.50
18.85 ,
17.50 (
Powell. Navarro ecunty. The owner
carried $8000 insurance.
Di.
a ei
uples left last
r thefr honey -
es will return
National Lecturer Is
Missing at San
Antonio.
month.
His
during an attempt to win the prize
of ten thousand franca offered for
a flight of one kilometer in a circle.
Maruis Pescara whb was driving
the machine was not injured.
533.75
$31.75
149.75
100.00
18.00
135.00
175.00
185.00
198.00
•10.00
165.00
150.00
195.00
125.00
>25.00
>95.00
>25.00
East T
Thursday,
«howers.
West 7
Heralds New
In Dirigible
Building.
yyT INTATC ~rypTTT Jury in the L. J- Starkey trial was
LLLll\V1 • I It 1 Mu dismissed at 3 o’clock this after-
andi
nd
re-
EARL SIMMS
Although Austin lost tn Lawton
Oklahoma in the contest for the
18.85
13.95
8.75
7.95
5.98
$15,000 Gia Fire
CORSICANA. Texan. Sept 4. —
Loss of 315.0001 was reported today
as an estimate of damaze done inst
night by fire of unknown origin 1
" stu -
I
I
m.
the
I vicinity
mnained
protection not only of the rap
•hip* on the surface, but the | Sept
garded as fixed.
Trans-Ocean Cruise
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Come to Your Capitas
TEXAS STATE EXPOSITION
a Austin, October 1 to 6
eommunication between Toio and
the remainder of Japan is almost
Survivor of Quantrell’s
Band Claimed by Death
EL Pso. Texas, Sept. 4.—News
________ Beaumont Couple
make donations to be used in the . *
—........"........ T — Mysteriously Lost
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-Mxuel
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$100,000 Loss in
Orange Oil Field
ORANGE, Texas, Sept —Dam-
Cuba Puti Taboo on
' 6fe,
9
Hellenic Proposal Laid Before League of
- . Nations While Italy
Maintains Silence
companied the crime. . {here, a state-wide search, is being
Indemnity Commission {instituted for the minister uuder
’ Secondly, that the council should the belief that he has met with
FRANCE PICKS
MEXICAN ENVOY
He recommended that each dis-
trict purchase the needed books and
pay for them out of the funds pro-
M Politis then proposed the
new Greek suggestion, adding that
•his indemnity "was the amount
Italy originally demanded.
was one of Custer’s most trusted
soldiers, escaped from the Indian
| were nt first thought to have
I been in Tokio, Japan. at the time
of the great earthquake and fire
whih destroyed the city and sur-
rounding territory, were allayed
of three high judicial authorities..
Greek, lalian and neutral—for ex-
the remainder of! which destroyed the gin belongi
to E. U Holmes and located
wes) a ltmp. however, for one et the
• shots at i uck him in the eg.
many of his
’ and la.r with rigid airships like the,
ZR-l 1000 miles in advance of the
Mert, closely foHowed by n r •
carriers sending aloft fighting .
bombing and torpedo aircraft for
church * of Houston.
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 1.)
Will Be Resumed Today
PHILADELPHIA Sept 4 — The
miners and operators charged with
working cut a new wage contract
between the workers and mine own-
ers tonight were preparing to re-
sune their conference tomorrow at
Harrisburg, where they were tem-
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amnbassadorlal body’s views.
Italians did not disclose their
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North American continent.
out, Austin has not witnessed
A028
< &
rmany had been generally
capture of cach of the anlssiug :
woo9chcppers, 4
Mexican Citrus Fruit
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 4 Impor- j
noon after having reported
massacre, in which
are in no danger of
Damages are estimated
LAKEHURST, N. J. Sept.‘4 —
The rigid airship ZR-1 of the Unit-
ed States navy made its first trial
flight over the naval air station
here late today. The monster ship
4 - in the forensics of Demosthenes, - "
\iiseiiiblv1h“t Ket.down to bald without Rains Continue
- nttempting to argue the justice • 1.3
ef the Grecian cause. rgy * i . rI
l hroughout I exas
BIGGEST BLIMP Greece ’ Offers to Let FEAR OF FOUL
OF UNIVERSE Neutral Tribunal Act PLAY FELT FOR
KLAN SPEAKER
commission composed! foul play.
to the time of the
come more and more apparent
day's event can be eaid to
verdict. Starkey was on trial for tn after the election of the water
the killing of Either D. (Pet) Brown ’ bonds.
I ambassadors for investigating
I the air
Pritchard said
ollowing a reported
(Albania and Greece the circum-
nounced that Washington will de-
mand the extradition of several
Americans who escaped this coun-
try to avoid arrest.
home in londonderry, N. If, will i
and importance of aerial nav
tion in commerce and war has
ttonal committeeman from Texas,dnmage was feared unless the well
who died Monday At his summer ' should begin producing oil.
presidential decree announced to-
____Baptist church of Syhton, on the
and ac- banks of the San Antonio river
at Cisco last May. The jury had I
; stood at nine for conviction and ’
three for acquital since the first
T OS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. 4.—
L Severs rip tides at Las An-
geles within the last 24 hours
General business conditions
district i nessed
the city ; puts
lay to have
of the quake
stances which preceded
I proposed through the couneil
tions are to be made through a
lo al newspaper, according to the
mayor's pro lamation. Rev. C. C.
the Rio Bravo Oil
Great Aatisfaction was
with the flight
Marks New Era
Charles M. Levy, president of the
Western Pacific railroad, company:
’ E. W. Mason, vice president, and
i G. L. Phillips, assittant engineer,
were held up by two youthful
bandits who entered Mr. Levy’a
private car at Thornton. San Joa-
quin county, at 3:15 a. m.; today,
and robbed them of 3150.
AUSTIN CHURCH
ships ability or in the region of .
Smb‘ cseam: WINS MENTION
noon but no further
Wednesday andi
Mexico and the United
suffered in the Orange oil fiel
Tuesday morning when a gasser
was ignited. setting fire to three
drilling rigs, which were entirely
am2e-
age that they may have the coming
session
tinued rains varying from light
ample the president of the Swiss
4 federal tribunal, or the president
of the permanent court a of inter-
national justice—to meet as soon
as possible at Geneva to settle the
wEN I got a POcKET
Full 0‘ MONEY j AIN*
got no appetite, but
EF Use broke I NEAH
Bout starves V DEATH!
street, with waving silk- by earthquake and fre last
painted signs hung from I Saturday.
were declared todi
been a direct result
in Japan.
Rip tides at the
Vincent, pastor of the Church of
Christ, also announced that a spe-
cial collection for Japanese suffer-
ers would be taken at the regular
Surlay morning service. The Rev.
Vikent spent five years in Japan
rose rapidly to a height of 1000’
feet and beaded east for the At - ,
lantic ocean. As she afose two air- i
planes. one representing the army
and the other the navy, left the
ground to accompany the balloon
oh her maiden voyage.
Sails Smoothly
The big ship sailed 5 ninthly for
nearly an hour, then began cir-
cng the field at a speed of about
30 miles an hour preparatory to
landing. After being in the air 55 .
minutes the dirigible was brought,
to the landing field with a mishap J
at Wednesday and
unsettled, .
recognized Mexico yesterday when
Blondel asked the foreign
Jean Porter, the
in
as
Lee O. Mueller, 502 East Six* yesterday when word was re-
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Mh. Theder • **-*** 39319 having left -ON0 euriY n-Augusi I Tokio. [voted to philanthropic wrk. (cru
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ported in many parts of north, j
east, west and central Texas today.
Many Enemies
Dr. Renfro, who was a national
lecturer for the ku klux klan, and in
that capacity is belleved to have!
company's plant here today as a
result of lightning. The tank was
VERNAL, Utah. Sept 4. — The
pony express was due to resume its
westward curse here at midnight.
Ralph Sallsburg having arrived at
this morning, interrupting street
car service for a short period.
Houston Dispatch
Prints First Issue
HOUSTON, Sept 4—The Hous-
ton Dispatch, a morning publica-
tion. ar pea red on the streets of
Houston today. The officers ere
j given as Dr. E. Marvin Bailey
president; George E Kepple, vice
president; John T Scott, Jr., sec.
retary and J. Virgil Scott, treas-
urer.
The introductory editorial states
that "the Dispatch will not be the
organ of any clique. fraternal or-
and 34 minutes The total mileage
now covered, starting at St. Jo-
seph. Mo.. 1060 miles and the rid-
ing time 84 hours.
tion and dnnstruction and repnir,
the trial flights of the ZR-1 pre-
sags a realignment of naval forcen
i future eon flirts for the defense
of the republie a realignment
three planes: suh-surfnee, murface
... Pern" •& oe.
n4te a > eward of $25 tor ine
The proposed expansion of Cam
Mabry to accomodate the annual
encampment of the entire Thirty-
sixth division of the Texas National
mining the negotiations may last
longer than generally was expected
MacGregor Funeral Will
Be at Houston Saturday
HOtSroN. Texas. H-pt 4- The
funeral of Henry Frederick Mac-
Gregor. three times republican na-
Death Claims Last
Of Custer’s Scouts’ was mecurvoa ner. yesteraay oe -
NOWATM, Okla. Sept. 4 — John the death near Puerto Del Sura , 4
Stout. 96, an Indian scout forSonora, of Benjamin C. Moore. 80,
General Custer at the tune of the.a mining man widely known in “
latter s famous last stand. diedTexas. New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho 1
lated last night at his home in and Montana.
Delaware, near here. Stout, who His friends say he was a mem 4
* - her of Quantrell’s famous band,
after serving with the Confederates
in the war between the states. I
EASTLAND, Texas. Sept. 4.—The
business failure in three or four
years.
ages estimated
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat, Sept. 4.
—Latest unofficial reports place
the dead in Tokio and Yokohama at’
240,000 and 450,000 persons injured!
as the result of the earthquake and;
fire, according to a wireless mes-
sage picked up here tonight to A-
miral Edward W. Eberle, comman-
der of th • Pacific battle fleet tromi
Admiral Edwin A. Anderson. com-
mander of the United States
Asiatic fleet.
The havoc wrought by earthe
his point tn insisting The charges are based on the same
{that in presenting his new pro- evidence as that in the case of
posals M Politis should not indulge Yarbrough and Patrick.
Y “ d^L- ana JC- A &ed rlsiommoennoncounseior
ill. n... w. ratrick, a court offcial, were ar-lot the United State, embassy.
! M PoiBitt"wh Wardorn " connue presented nis credentiais as charge
reared in Coru, speaking in. Greek i tion with recent flogging activcities ! d'affairs to Foreign Minister Pani.
with a ronount ed Corfu accentin Macon. Dr. Yarbrough, the po- Great Britain. Belgium and Swit-
played his secone stroke today hoe said, is a ranking official in the i yemana . .t +.en n. et,n.
with a fine Grecian touch- but; local ku klux klan. zerand have as yet taken no steps!
Kignor Salandra, always jolly and' W. F Delamar, a salesman, was|towards recognition.
smiling in keeping with the league arrested tonight on warrants chag- | The commercial customs agd ex-j
atmosphere of copeiliation and goodine riot and assault and battery, tradition treaties between the
; humor, won his point in insisting I The charges are based on the same United States and this republic
have been resumed. It is an-
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y1 h* Hfuck his.cral .h;un more alng
HUNG JURY IN
I
j been in progress, following acts of
violence by strikers and sympa-
thizers during the day.
Os ar Walke, an employee of the I
smelter, was attacked and ser- '
iously injured by a group of men. I
said to be strikers, while on his way
home from work. Baxter Tinnel,
constable of Taylor Springs, was
•nested on a charge of disorderly
conduct by deputy' sheriffs. Guard -
ing the plant, who said he was
threatening employes.
"PTei
Bandits Raid Railroad
Chief's Private Car
RAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4—
accurately estimated as at any
previous time, due to the isolation
of the locality, to the excited eon-'
dition and the sad plights of most
of the survivors and to the diffi-
culty with which such an estimate'
can be mads. From Osaka domes a
dispatch that so past an area or
Japan has been devastated that if
will be long beforeithe actual loss
of life is known.
Wreck Costs Prize -----
rAlS.SeL 4 —The nejeopter Coal Strike Arbitrations
k _____ _ V
Kustin are by far more promising
. than in any city the size of Austin
, in the state of Texas. Adam R. Asoslated Press. s—-----z
. . ... . ,.0, casualties during the day rangedl
Johnson told members of the board frpm 100,000 to 500.000. The former*
. of directors of the Austin chamber figure was reported from Moscow!
i of commerce last night at the reg- where it was said higher estimates
ular mecting of that body held atThreukelirvrgarbamxaesearione-
I ehamnber headquarters, in a report sociata Press from Pekin where
. on mercantile conditions in Austin. ; was received by wireless from the
, The report on business conditions Mitzue wireless agency of Japan,
rollowed a close study made by
! Johnson, am! many specific in- said the Eastern News agency es-
timated the dead in the entire
stricken region at 320,000 of which
150,000 was the estimate for Tokio,,
100,000 for Yokohama, 60,000 for
Yokosuka and 10,000 for Atamh. »
I governor of Kiwanis for
Mrs. Harold Saunders, of
Estimates indicate that most of.
the territory within a radius of!
40 or 50 miles of Tokio virtually!
was destroyed. In this vicinity,
torrential rains have fallen sinew
_ the earthquake and this has added’
Guard to insure Austin’s securing { tothe.misery those left home-!
the permanent encampment of the-e88 by the successive disasters,
guard was discussed by directors nhe rains also have made the roads.
The director, allo considered a 0 nearly impassable that overlaps
tattoo :Yoi M1exi0 •i ciicus fruit ’ AIW3. PvHi. *-rno neicopter
has been ordered stoppa in a In vent ed My Marquis Raoul Pescara
of Argentine, was wrecked today
Fears for the safety of Wallace
Davis, student in he university
x Med by the Meal mnaintenanre tax ----
that the original invoices rendered Cnnt enrollment in the colleges is
for these purchases be mniled to* of which P28 are preparing for
him He promised that he would I ‘ hristian ministry, the report said.
la turn submit them at the next ses- | . . J""’ A
•Ion of the legislature and recomn A orA (‛ning ‛ ill
mend that appropriations be made --ot —Ieti—? I Ol I 111
out of the state textbook fund tol nee c -- 4
Efforl for Youth
ballot, it was reported.
Lightning Fash
Brings Big Loss
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 4.—
One 55.000 barrel tank containing
about 35,000 barrels of crude oil was
totally destroyed and another tank
Bank Bandits Get $4000 ,
GREENVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 4-
Two bandits late this afternoon
held up President JosepH Menke
of the Farmers Nationalibank and
the two ashlers, Jacob Boyer and
Verne Townsend and escaped with
$4,000 to 35,000.
20,000 Attend Big
Klan Celebration
COLLINSVILLE, IU . Sept. 4—
Twenty thousand persons, It was
estimated today attended the larg-
est klan gathering in southern II-
lInois held here yesterday under the
auspices of the St. Louis ku klux
klan. The affair was an all day
pienic, barbecue and initiation
Five hundred men were initiated
into the klan and 500 women took
the oath of the Kamella at the ini-
tiation ceremonies last night. Im-
perial Wizard Evans addressed the
gathering late in the evening.
it road bond issue for the improve-
a lament of Travis county roads, but
deferred action in this matter un-
The launching of the great rigid
airship ZR-l today marked the
opening of s new phnse of world
rommunica tion it marks the coni-
pletion nt five years nt patient et.
forts by the United States navy—j
an effort whch has been watched
by other worid powers with inereas-
Ing interent as the potential value
amount of indemnities which is been spirited away- here or foully!
ust what we should pay the dealt with. 1 ——
I familes of the victims. General Alarm ’ . .
Greece Offers Guaranty j The first eeneral alarm was Recognition
Thirdly, that the councit should spread when Sheriff Hunt nt Ran •
j aeree that the Greek government ■ Patricio county, who aived in
I L>DON, Sept 4—Arthur Eva-
. lyn llardet, former actor-manarer,
weil known in New York, is dead.
I He was taken seriously ill last
made many enemies is thought by
hil relatives and friends to have
Tripoli Rebels Slain
ROME, Sept. 4—An official re-
por says that one hundred rebels
for Honolulu where he Ie to take
chaise of, an American newspn -
per, but until yesterday afternoon
fears were felt for Davis’ safety
Howard Martin, university stu-
dent and friend of young Davis,
learned of word having been re-
ceived from Davis in a telephone
conversntion with Davis’ sister.
National Postal Clerks
Conventien at El Paso
EL FASO, Texaa, Sept. Kan-
•as City is the strongest contender
for the fourteenth convention of
the antfonal federation of post -
office clerks in session here yester-
day. today and tomorrow The
eension tomorrow will adjourn at
3 30 p. m. and the delegates will
AUSTIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1923.
j existing in other cities of Texas
Pet Brown’s Slayer:
Still Uncertain
press. Hi skull
ganzatlon or Mitical party."
The Houston Dispatch publishing
company was chartered last spring Afi T> 1 m*
following a nto ck-kelling campaign Makes Kecord lune
among members of the 4u ' •
COIRADO SPRINGS.
watershed where two-inch rain re- department of journalism, and
ported flood waters due here to- w D Hornaday, director or pub
day according to river men. | licity for the nniversity, who
RIVER GAUGE.
Congess avenue bridge up 1.50
foot, (stationary,)
Lake Austin dam up 1.00 feet,
(stationary.)
Rise coming from Pedernales
showers to three inches were re-
have : Kiwanis conventien.
| quakes, fire. tidal waves
| storms in Tokio, Yokohama
gland operntion. attrncted wide at-
tettion in medical circles He wan
76 years of nre and has « ircuny-
navigated the rlobe four times dur-
. Ing his career as actor and im-
St rsario.
comrades were slain, by hiding in
the carcass of . a dead buffalo
He also was a veteran of th*
Civil War.
Yokohama as Isosakicho days ago in the Yokohama tire section was devastated
don. Here is how the end- " • —*
less ,row of motion pic-
said to be common, but those of
late yesterday and early today
are declared to have been the
worst in some time. Experi-
enced seamen declared the tides
were the worst tbey had ever
seen at this port.
During the earthquakes in
South America last year the
currents here were affected.
BUILDING PERMITS
Welter Grimmer, 302 West
Thirty • seventh street, wood add
stucco dwelling, $2,500.
day because of the reported pres-
ence in Mexico of "mosca morelos"*
or oianga peel maggots, which it
is feared may be introduced into
this countr¥
Tragedy in Air
There was tmgedy in the air but
4 A total nt .33,680.02 wan Eora.Tren.pavb.the.nituationltollowing downpours in those part:
added last year to the permanent I, that the Greek • Su-idav nieht "na .na,, L0,, .
funas of 24 colleges ana schoois co- leader put his plan in writing im.;. urday.night pnd M nday. Scat-
operating under the directomor the mediately M. Politis and his col- f .S wers t In. ario P rts
eEra
CoLLEGF STATION, Tex. Sept fhe intrrnatinnal convention of ths t but through the medium of the -l, . ces —entre exas re-
- netnnv.mntonpiaipmhennenvommansarrneinesFedhatWnesbhoF"nintemm
ifnedtoshe"tenchersnttenaingieTtutiat, Cuiver-Stockton Daireka, provided in the covenant, but ir ,5 Austin nection vesterday and
Central Texas teacher- inetitute at Iiram, Transyivanta an,I th. Teana ’ accepted by naty would probably I to „ ana. streams were reported
AAM colege today a plan for pur - 1 hristian »> yeraity satisfy the league leaders Who- "wAen and rlatnc. Georsetown.
rhaalnit textbok. to fill any -hort- ne -'I*'" this year from churches I anal is n peaceful seulemene An wiamson county, received 2.78
were 1261,408,/the proposiuon involves the c„u„?| inchen .last nisht. tha heaviest in
.cil nt ambasaadors, its next' was more than a year. Rain was re-
The t ontral telegraph Cl to FaFtn to yet 1h5/ported at varipus points of north
A four-inch rain fell in Galveston
HISTORIC EVENT GENEVA, Sept. 4—A high political drama was played LUGGAGE FOUND
‘ at Geneva today when Greece appeared before a hurriedly --
Er, convoked public session of the council of the league of n R „rC,». RaC
Era , nations and announced new term for a settlement with Dr. Kenrros Da
[Italy. The Greek proposals were as follows: i .n RanL
“The Greek government suggests: . Firstly, that the —eI! on Dank
council should appoint one or more neutral representatives Of River.
(a) to superintend in Greece the judicial inquiry which the •
Greek authorities have already begun an also the trial t
BEAUMONT, Texas, Sept. 4 —
Police here are seeking 1*. O. Rial.
22. employe of Wilson and com-
pany, and Bessie Carl. 16. Houston,
who disappeared Saturdy nght
after attending a motion picture
show. The car in which the couple
were driving, with their hat? in
the rear seats, were found aban-
doned in a pine thicket about four
miles from the city Monday aft-
ernoon. •
destroyed. The well
Sf those responsible for the Janina
’ " M " ■■ • • ’murders; (b) assist in the work
Austin Man Honored of the commission which Greek has
reimburse the district funds He
left for Fort Worth tonight
FEELING TENSE
HILLSBORO, III. Sent. 4— A
tense situation prevailed Tonight at
Taylor Springs, a suburb, where a
union recognition strike at the
American Zinc company’s plant has
1924 Okla home-Texas
the Utah-Colorado Une at 3:22
] o’clock this afternoon, far ahead of
schedule.
The 104-4lile trip between Craig.
Colo , and here was covered by
Salisburg in record time— six hours
Fraud Charged at
Mississippi Polls
I JACKSON, MIMA. Sept 4—Th.
state democratic executive commit-
tee in session here today to can-
vass the vote cast in the run off
primary of August ?X. adopted a
resolution denouncing persons in
Coahoma county who destroyed
and burned ballot boxes at Clarks-
dale and urged the county author-
ities to institute criminal proceed-
Ing* Destruction of the ballots
made it impossible for the com-
mittee to declare the nominees for
sheriff and tax collector.
The committee declared H. L.
44 hitfield, the nominee for governor
over Theodore Q. Bilbo.
• betng diagj'
tages by pr-
a showing a
an etect At
Bennie Le Croix of Austin,
under ten-year sentence for theft
in the state penitentiary, is spend-
ing a vacation in the Austin city
jail. He arrived here sex-oral
days ago from the Eastham stat*
farm, where he was employed In
chopping wood when the "wan-
derlust" seized him.
On Aug 11, just about a month
ago, he was busily engaged in
' manicuring trees.” as he put it.
when he decided to come to Aus-
tin. Incidentally, the prison guard
was looking in another direction.
Yesterday Bennie ventured on
the street. U nfortuately, he was
spied by a police office r who
knew him. He -accepted an in-
vitation to spend a few days as I
the city’s guest until a Huntsville i
officer could reach here to serve ’
as a traveling company for the .
return trp to the Eastham farm |
Now the offiers are looking I
for Bill Jefferies He was sent |
up from Austin for a tiro-year I
hitch for theft this spring He I
also departed from the Fasham
farm on Aug 15. four days after I
be tendered an old-fashioned barbe-
cue in Juarez, Mexico. just across
the Rio Grande. S. M. Gaines,
superintendent of the eleventh div-
Ision, t delegates nt this
afternoon's meeting the history
of the transmbission of messages
in early days.
porarily suspended last Saturday.
The best information obtainable ;
here was that neither side had
y A F , w A g changed its position and unless
Danger Are Re ported Safe AomDrc"one"0 shine amat nev
— tlement and end the suspension of
2 -4'
* /
Red Cross Plans
To Subscribe
$5,000,00. 7
forthwith deposit in a bank in San Antonio today, together with
Switzerland fifty million lire as a E. E. Renfro of Corpus Christi, a
(guarantee for the immediate pay- brother of the missing minister,
ment of whatever indemnity may, asked the city detectives to assist
be dcided upon.” . 1 in sear hing for him. Renfro, as
Those yho succeeded in enter-{director general nt The Fred Rob-
ing the council chamber witnessed erts Memorial hospital, which is to! MEXICO CITY, Sept. 4.—The'
a courteous but firm world clash be erected in Corpus Christi, had.Republic of France automatically1
between Sighor Salandra and M.,raveled over much of Southwest;
Polltia, Italian and Greek dele- i Texas collecting funds and at tire s
gates, respectively. an amiable l handied large sums • money. .Jules
tossing of oil on the troubled waters I— a A- - 2 • office whether
by Loord Robert Cecil, and wit- KAT ()H(, Al present envoy extraordinary
also a proceeding which B 3 ‛ " -- London would be pptN,
up to Italy for the second TI p f 7 pAp pIArp —ondon ouhl be acceptable
time the question as in whether IIDlalJ LUI LIUI
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