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The Austin American
Volume 10.
10 PAGES
RACE FOR FLAG In Series of Floggings TWO-INCH RAIN
Definite
Figures
Joseph Jefferson Turns Pager of Time
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NOT SURPRISE
LONDON,' Sept. • —The appalling
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Overflow.
Thursday.
the Japanese earthquake.
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greatest loss of Ifi
RISING
PITCHERS DUEL
CREEKS
A.
Johnson.
GIESECKE MAY
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championship. I
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The capital city team, last half
quir.
"Throughhe 1,222 pages of tea-I draw toward the Colorado river.
WACO. Texas, Sept 6.— Follow-
poor
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until some details are worked out,!
which they think can be accom-.
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to the ■ effect
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Mrs. Frankie KItman portly
he renebed th. house on
that Hmth injufed his head in a
fall while alighti
the Texas and
testimony.
(Contnued on Pm. 6, Col. 1)
“because Lightnin’ is just
The Weather for Today
I played Rip,
death for 10 years, and then I went
DAILY BANK CLEARING*
(Continued on Page 7. Col 2.)
Oil Fever at Waco
wooden
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Henry Ford Makes New Effort to Take
Over Muscle Shoals Nitrate Plant
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Ford Plan Opposed.
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Joseph Jefferson, Jr., Calmly
Tells Just How He Happens
To Be Playing Lightnin Bill
Give Folks a
Chance to Be
Honest—
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is eliminated from those Mr. Ford
seeks to purchase. It is planked that
the money paid to the government
by the Alabama Power company
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. — After
conferences with President Coolidge
and Secretary Weeks here today.
f the,
issue
Boiler Explosion
Takes Two Lives
had
tht
Precipitation H
2.34 Inches in
One Hour.
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18 you
two od
! Board o Regents
Considering
Local Man.
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Amos-
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mnider
buying
fabrics
mother
aghout.
support, eight by eight inches by
ten feet, was blown 150 yards.
Irst
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ice.
visit last night.
Testimony at
So Sarah Bernhardt
Wrote to
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Join the Crowd and Come
TEXAS STATE EXPOSITION
Austin, October 1 to 4
ter. .
after
American
LFwezgy*B•-..-
356,631.09
.$355,271.13
. 334,693.99
As Federal Probe of Guard
■ Js Asked.
C ou ncil’s Change
Of Front Was
Forecasted.
Death Waits to Daughter’s
Home for Visiting Father
FORT WORTH. Tex . sept. • —
J R Smith, 77, of Greenville. died
suddenly at the home of his daugh-
ing a hearing tonight of six of eight
applicants who are being considered
for president of the newly created
West Texas School of echnology.
members of the board of regents
of the institution announced fur-
ther hearings would "be held Fri-
day. Possfbiity that ths executive
will not be named at the present
Read Her Brilliant, Witty
LOVE LETTERS to
the Great French Poet
members of the house and senate
committees that it be eliminated.
Wants Gorges Flant.
Mr. Ford is said to hold the same
opinion today and to still believe
"Thou Art My Tall Lithe-
Limbed Lord;
Thou Art the Object of the
Ultintate Syllable of
My Vision!"
n-ptopert and
..•eneahmeem
U. S. Dirigible ZR-I
Passes Second Test
LAKEHURSr, N. J.. Sept. 6.—
After cruising an hour and 20 min-
utes above the United States naval
air station here tonight, the naval
aiffehip ZR-1 successfully completed
its second trial flight, touching the
ground at 7:40 with every wire and
stay in shipshape r ndition.
All six engines were tried during
the flight
Serb Prince Born
BELGRADE. Sept. $ --Qieen Ma-
rie of JugeaSlavin gave birth to a
Boh today.
visit to Japan before proceeding to
Honolulu. This card is the latest
news that has been received from
Hornaday.
While it is thought that Horna-
day was in Honolulu at the time of
the earthquake, it was pointed out
that it is entirely possible that he
returned to Tokio about the time
of the quake, carrying out his in-
tentions stated in the card received
here.
WATER BOND ELECTION POSTPONE
of any similar catastrophe in modp
ern times, continues to be told, by
meager and unconnected press dis-
patches and private messages from
foreign residents and tourists who
survived the holocaust. But Europe
follow Bacon. I would turn around J
and go back to pictures and npt go
to New York. But when I saw Ba-
con work, I also saw my father in
t romance
eriity of
“In session this,afternoon,
council decided to proceed with
election enthe charter amendn
Sept. 1. soon after the occupation
of Corfu it would, therefore, ap-
pear that the Italians have seized
further territory to complete the.
ring around Corfu.
heard rumors
sonye stock had
lowlands of Kai
After a few
rs. c2kmad*tadi
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Story of Tulsan Stocks Drowned
Pecan Springs
nature of
fire and
(Continued on race 7, Col. 1.)
timony runs the same brutal refrain
It’s always the klan or some mem-
bers of the klan. <
In every case thus far examined,
except* two which have not pro-
ceeded very far, the evidence has
led straight to the doorstep of the
luvi sible empire, known as the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 6— Unfolding the "story
of Tulsa" as gleaned from sworn testimony taken before
military court, Aldrich Blake,, executive counselor, mede
public tonight an account of some of the floggings that led
Governor J. C. Walton to invoke martial law in Tulsa
county. Counselor Blake's accusation against the ku klux
klan brought the first official admission that the military
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purchase price fixed by the Ford
ort
ing from a train at
Pacific depot. He
on October IS and post]
election on the filtration bi
jsuch a drunken, shiftless, kindly
vagabond as wan Rip Van Winkle.
Richburg Triumphs
\ Over A. Rankin
W. D. Hornaday, director of pub-
licity at the University and vet-
eran newspaperman now touring
the Eart. may have left Shanghai
in time to be caught in the disas-
trous Japanese earthquake. It was
learned yesterday. •
Ward Most Face Trial
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. Sept. 6—
Supreme Court Justice Wagner to-
day refused to grant a motion of
counsel for Walter 8. Ward ask-
ing that the indictment charging
, first degree murder against the
' wealthy baker's son in connection
' with the slaying of Clarence E.
! Peters, ex-ma ine, be dismissed.
been d jhwned in the
s Austin.
hours’ recess the
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an4 sur-
ere .United
Phis.is
1 felen in
ne a great
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wig badly
ate pupper and was strichen, dying
within 26 minutes after leaving the
table. it was stated.
“You see. It is pretty easy for-
ms to play “Ugh tnin'" said Jer-*
Boy’sLove Refused; Bottle of
Acid Brings Hospital Call
Much Remains Untold.
“The whole story of Tulsa
k"
over two-thirds of the metropolitan
district of 15 wards, with the low-
lying districts completely wiped out.
These inclum: the slums of Fuka-
gawe the industrial section of
Hongo, both on the right bank of
the Sumide river: Asakusa, famous
for its amusement parks; Kyobashi
and Mhonbashi. which include the
most of modern Tokio. where four-
or fivd-storied department stores
and office buildings lined the prin-
cipal thoroughfare, the Ginza. This
section, also includes Sukiji, in
Whieh,, before Japan was completely
opened to the western nations. for-
eigners were compelled to reside.
Negroes Meet at Ft Worth
FORT WORTH, Tex.. Sept. 6 —
Hundreds of negro delegates have
arrived here to attend the forty-
third annual National Baptist (ne-
gro) convention now in session at
St. James’ Baptist church.
The convention has brought to-
gether here many of the leading
ministers and business men and
women of ther gee.
Rev. E. P. Jones, Illinois, is pres-
ident of the organisation.
ROME, Sept 6 —The occupation
by Italy of Paxos and several “very
mall"’ islamnds near Corfu is an-
nounced. It is explained that the
occupation is not a question of ex-
of the Wright Lumber company,
nine miles northeast of Lufkin. ac-
cording to the report, and cold wa-
ter was turned in. the explosion im-
LUFKIN, Texas. Sept. 6—Thrown
39 feet, a man named Tooke was
killed, and another man, thrown
pitcher of the nssocjation. He is
expected to come out on top hands
down a
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em-Sherman plny-ott meries for the | ______
however, said that officers
doctor was called by the girl's
mother when Dunn was suddenly
found to be suffering from burns
about the mouth and throat. An
empt bottle, which had appar-
ently held acid, was near him
The young woman was present.
Dunn was resting omewht
suit; a member of a township
school board abducted by floggers
and coerced into voting for a school
head whom he opposed; an elderl
man hashed because he opposed the
a way the local school was run; a
man and a woman routed out of-
their beds and taken to the whp- i
ping field where the strap was ap- I
plied to both, because the whip-
pers ^^rged that they had been
selling TVer—these are among the
cases related by Blake from the
Texas assariatin
the inquest was
plished within 30 ays.
This concise statement is made |
at the request of the council."
Details Not Made Known." x j
It was not stated what the de-
tails the council still has to "work
out” in regard to the water bond a
election are, but it was indicated
that the problem revolves about the
settling basin process, which is now a
being employed to serve the city
with water. That an entire accord 9
has been reached between all mem-
bers of the council and of the 02
chamber of commerce water com-
mittee as to the superior merit of
the filtration plant plan submitted
by John Hawley. Fort Worth hy-
draulic engineer, is denied by sev-: 5
fral authorities. IT is understood at
the city hall, however, that the mia,
jority of the members of the two-
bodies are in Favor of the filtratibn- 3
method of water purification.
Stand Not Unexpected.
The council's decision yesterday ’
to postpone to a later date the sub.
mission of the water bondawas
not unexpected. Notice that the City 1 *3
hall officials contemplated this ac-j
tion and had already tentatively i
agreed on it as a method of pro-,,
cedure was published yesterday. 3
neorning. Statements were made at
the city hall yesterday morning that’
no change had been made, but sev.
eral hours later came the announce,
ment that it had been decided arri.,
daily to postpone the election so
far as the water bonds were con-
cerned.
Psotponement of the water bond 2
election Instead of the submission 5
of the charter amendments was not 4
exactly what was dealrod by the
chamber of commerce committe. It
was stated in business circles
terday, but since it was necessary,
to postpone one of them in order 1
that the water bonds might be
mitted alone, no serious objection '
was voiced since publication of no-
tice of a coming charter amendment
election had already been Accom-
plished.
Austip faced Doe
East Texas: Friday and Satur-
day, partly cloudy, probably scat-
tered thunder showers.
West Texas Friday and Satur-
day, part} sloudy.
The occi . ________
t'paxos by Italians was. reported on
Rankinmen Receive Attorney General Tells
2to 0 Defeat
• e
A narrow-chested, almost apologetic figure of a man last night in his
Hancock theatre dressing room, told how he happened to be Lightnin'
Bill Jones.
lightnin’ Bill, the most famous of all theatrical characters of the
last decade was written -nd played by Frank Bacon.,a natural successor
to Joseph Jefferson. Sr. And Joseph Jefferson, Jr., who played
Lightnin’ at the Hancock last night, has proven himselt the natural
successor, both of Joseph Jefferson and of Frank Bacon.
----- A postcard from Horanday, mail-ferson,
upation of Paxos and An- ed from Shanghai August 16, to w.i_..
H. Mayrs. chairman of the Jour-
nalism department, stated that the
Austin man ocntemplated a return
more ensily last night, but was ,
-0 Hie eaede Bax AeCe- w.
DECIDED UPON
SHERMAN REDS OklahomaKuKluxKlan CENTRAL TEXAS Disaster That Shook Japan Most AT CITY HALL
TAKE LEAD IN Named As Responsible SOAKING FROM Appalling in History of World Charter Changes to
had been drowned in East Austin
as a result of the overflow of Wal-
ler creek. It was also reported that
several houses had been undermined
and washed from their foundations
by the overflow waters. None of
these reports, however. could be
definitely confirmed last night. In-
quiry at the police station last night
st 9 o'clock brought the Informa-
tion that the police had received no
definite reperts of damage done by
the -overflow The desk sergeant.
High Mau Celebrated
For Princess Anastasia
LONDON, Sept. 6 —A requiem
masa for Princess Anastasia was
said today at the Russian church
of St. Phillip. Members of the fam-
ily. representatives of many of the
royal courts of Europe and a large
gathering of friends attended.
After the servie the body was
taken to Spencer house, the Prin-
cars’ London horns, to remain until
September 22, when it will be con-
veyed to the United States
following fathers
mediately following.
Vei 7" AF
jadeeemg
whipped until* it is raw and then he
Is threatened with death if he tells.
That it exactly what happened la
Tulsa not once but many times
Say fifty times. or one hundred
times or perhaps two hundred
times, in a little more than a year *
“The wet rope is out of style,""
said Mr. Blake. “In Tulsa they use
a leather strap. It is about three
inches wide, perhaps four feet long.
The end of the strap is 'cat tailed’
— liced into three straps Fifty
lashes will tanie the strongest man.
A mile an a quarter southwest
of Alsu ma is Tulsa county's most
famous whipping pasture. Strong
men stagger away. ruined for lift"
-A mother roughly dealt with
when a hand of twenty men raided
her home and bear her husband—
a child born prematurely as the re-
selected to play the
part of John Lightnin’ be-
cause of his ability and his
physical likeness to the late
Frank Bacon who made
the part and the play
famous.
Scores of
The average
tangs his ad- ■
i has been
quest of the war secretary, con-
susred in by the chief executive, to
modify his offer for the purchase
and lease of the government’s pow-
er and nitrate projects at Muscle
Shoals, Ala.
May Revise Offer.
Secretary Weeks is understood to
have informed Mr. Ford that the
government would be compelled un-
der the contract agreement with
the Alabama Power company, to sell
the Gorges power plant in Warrior
river to it. although there was some
dispute as to the legal status of the
-
tending the Italian occupation, but
merely with the object of making
these islands a part of the Corfu
defensive system.
memmeenecim
pes--m*-ceH-4 -9~*- as -tr •.4
X.-M‘a3/4eut .Lanidge.zrertan3 hcfsng.mc-Rc4.njk.
Weeks would be »the evacuatiem
Richburg of
Evidence Revealed.
Detailing a series of whippings,
only a few of those that have spread
terror for more than a year la
many Tulsa county homes, Mr.
Blake sad: _
into pictures.
1 How It Happened.
“Two years ago F got a telegram
from John Golden, owner of themore than 60 feet, was seriously
play, to come to New York. I went 1 injured as the result of a boiler ex-
Chicago to see Bacon in the role, plosion -nG aentno
tieuring that'If I felt I couldn't ! Posion “»• evenine
" ~ Tooks and his companion were
firing up the boiler of the sawmill
Austin was visited Uta yesterday
afterhoon by a veritable deluge of
rain, which within less than an hour
amounted to 2.34 inches of mois-
ture. Yesterday’s total fall, with
.44 of an inch during the morning,
was 2.74 inches.
Both Shoal and Waller creeks
were put out of banks by ths ter-
rific downpour and the lower sec-
tions of East Austin on the banks
of Waller creek were inundated by
ths flood waters racing down the
Henry Ford announced that he had
"taken under advisement” a re-: -would be allowed as a credit on the
championship However, Sher-1 then went to his daughters home,
man has another good bet left, and . .
that is on Harvey Muns, lading
Sensational Trading in
Chemical Stack General
NEW YORK, Sept. « — Data fur-
nished by members of the New
York stock exchange tn the ex-
change’s committee on business re-
lations, investigating the recent
sensational transactlong in common
stock of the Labison Chemical com-
pany. today Indicated that trading
was scattered all over the country
There was no conspicuous sell-
ing or buying from’any one quar-
never be told. Men
savagry and torture.
Tulsa victims fled.
man is pretty apt to ahi
dress Sitter his skin
rain again set in last night and a
steady drizzle. With frequent harder
j showers, indicated that the fall
would continues throughout the
night.
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FEDERAL PROBE
OF GUARD ASKED.
TULSA. Okla Sept. 6 —A fed-
eral investigation Into the use of
units of the Oklahoma national
guard in enforcing Governor Wal-
ton's proclamation of martial law
in Tulsa county, was asked today
by Representative E B Howard,
of the first Oklahoma district, in
a telegram to Secretary of War
Weeks
Congressman Howard said he was
acting "as a representative of his
constituents," some of whom were
represented in a delegation of lead-
ing Ctizens who called upon him
and urged that his influence be
bruoght to bear to prevent what
they termed Governor Walton's
"unjust and unauthorized" use of
the militia here.
WACO. Tex.. Sept. 6.-Inerasea
interest in the oil well at Chiltom 1
18 miles south of Waco, was mani-J
fested today with the announce./ 3
ment that J. K. Hughes, prominen |
-Mexia oil operator, had closea ?
drillers contract with T. C. Waat,
brook, owner of 3700 aeres, id
miles from Waco and ad total Um
oil well at Chilton.
HAMBONE’SMEDITATIONs)
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SHERMAN, Sept. 6.—A. Rankin
pennant winners, lost’by ths close
score of 2 to 0. The cqntest should ,
have been more of e pitching duel,
than it was. George Scott off
John W. Dunn of Waelder, a
Southwestern university student,
who was brought to Anglin early
yesterday suffering from burnt,
apparently from an acid, sue- .
tlned Wenesday night in the
presence of a deorgetown girL
who was reported not to have
reciprocated his affection, will re-
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Throughout the congressional
hearing on the Ford propoeal, rep-
resentatives of the Detroit manu-
facturer insisted that the Gorges
unit be Included and they stead-
fastly refused suggestions from
CM ng.
grades
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BUILDING PERMITS.
W. G Franklin, chairman et building
cemmittee, Episcepal dlereee ef Texas,
briek and reck additien to Grace hall. Mil
Whitis avenne, m en
Car^B Btripling. TH West Twenty-
rifts street, eteree dwelling. $4000. .
Mrs. M. C Welbern, 403 Kest Thirty-
elghth atreet, dwelling. $4200.
Frill Willama. Perty-feurth and Ave-
nue D. Awelling. HIM.
Baford Rell. 91T Cengress avenue, ad-
dition te store building.
Mr*. K. K. Yerweed, 1205 Cetten street,
nddition to dwelling. $800.
C. A. Duval. Evergreen Heighta, stre-
hevea $300.
communicated to the Washington
office as soon as it has been given
due consideration in Detroit.
Neither President Coolidge nor
Secretary Weeke was willing that
the Alabama Power companyshould
be allowed to buy the Georgia plant
until Mr. Ford had been consalted.
The power company had formerly
offered $3,000,000 for the plant and
if the sale is executed, It ie under-
stood that this sum would be de-
ducted from the $5,000,000 which
Mr. Ford offered for the Gorges
plant an<l the nitrate factories.
Must Be Vacated.
The Alabama Power company,
acting in accordance with the gov-
ernment when the Horgas plant was
constructed, have served notice
businesa
Aber Day
me of the
and the
DOtton to
tin team manager made
guess. Scott was wild.
Waile Creek Out
Reports were being circulated in
the downtown section last night to
'the effect that several head of stck
and your faith in humani-
ty will increase.
For Instance when you
lose an article don't fust
eay "well, it is lost,*' and
consider It no but write
out an advertisement giv-
ing full description and
ther information, then in-
sert this ad in . The
Austin AmericapCinseitied
Columns.
Ten to one that the article
will be returned to you
and everybody will be
happy.
Austin
AUSTIN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1923.
tidal way
r tbs pen
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title of an
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eaching in
LB summer
mery in- ,
be univer-
"The on-
i Magazine
Cyclone Scare
When the heavy black rain cloud
was approaching from the north
yesterday '’afternoon a wild rumor
was circulated about the streets of
Austin that the cloud was bringing,
a cyclone and Austin citizens who
were here May 4. 1222. when Austin
was struck by two cyclones simul-
taneously. exhibited considerable
uneasiness.
So heavy was the hour's down-
pour yeterday afternoon that the
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Eastiand Oil Worker
Killed in Accident
EASTLAND, Tex., Sept. < —
George Richey, about 4 years old.
an oil field driller, was killed this
morning at a well four miles north
of Gorman when he became entan-
gled in a ’hull rope." His body
was badly .mangled, e
M "Tpe
n espy
Teachers With Short Hair
Not Tabooed at Sherman
SHERMAN, Tex. Sept. * —
Bobbed hair is not tabooed for
Sherman teachers by local school
author!Ues. It ta learned today.
Several teachers have approached
school authorities on their attitude
toward bobbed locks. Superinten-
dent J. C. Pyle has one ansyer:
"We pay attention to how our
teachers are qualified on the inside
of the head.and are not interested
in how they drees their hair on
the outside."
ter. th* investigators were
formed.
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Plane* Collide in Air
VENICE, Taly, Sept «—Four
airmen including two officers, were
klle today when two airplanes
collided 2,000 feet in ths air and
fell Into a lagoon
Josephcjefrerson,
■
Those heard today at the invita-
tion of the board were: F. E. Gie-
secke bf Austin. Dr. C. R. Judd of
Denton. Norman Crozier od Dallas.
J. Thomas Deris of* Stephenville,
and J. W. Cantwen «f Wichita
Falls Friday the board is sehed-t
tiled to bear R B. Qobb of Waco
and Clarence Ousley At Fort Worth.
It is believed that one of three men
will be named by the board, mem-
bers of which said\that only eight
of the 30 who applied will be given
serious consideralion. Men from
out of the state will not be consid-
ered .It wasaid.
Selection of architect* for the
school building program' was de-
ferred until some future meeting of
the board.
^1d vestige tion at Tulsa waa being di-
r "ected against the secret organiza-
tion. Heretofore, Governor Wal-
ton and his advisors have refrained
from naming the klan in connec-
tion with mob floggins.
Mr. Blake acted at the direction
of Governor Walton in presenting
to the public review of the evi-
dence uncovered in ths military in-
ByJ.P.Aly
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Uy-BOD MAKES
MONEY PAN US HAHD-
IRKIN’ , FOLKS pesE,T
PAYC!! \
(John Lightnin’), in a medi-,
tative mood, looking over
the huge , memory book
kept by his father, Joseph
Jefferson, Sr. Jefferson
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CORFU RESIDENTS
ARE DISARMED
ATHENS, Sept. « —Greek retu-
gees arriving here from Corfu re-
port that the Italians have furbld-
den the holding of memorial serv-
ices /for the refugees who were
killed in the recent bombardment
of Corfu by Italian warships.
The refugees said the disarming
of ths population began Monday,
when houses, as well as people in
the streets, were searched.
Holmes Convicted
Fined S1,000 and
Sentenced to Jail
EAGLE PASS. Teg.. Sept. 6.—
Prof. J. P. Holmes was adjudged
guilty in cnty court here this
morning on a charge of assault on
a small boy, was given a fine of
$1,000 and two year's in jail. Six
other assault cases and two capital
cases are pending appeal to the
court of criminal appeals.
the earth- shook to pieces and then
consumed in flames Japan’s capital
and scores of towns around Tokio
bay, including the great commer-
cial port of Yokohama.
Loss of Life Undetermined
The loas of life is estimated at
such varying figures, in some cases
running into hundreds of thousands,
that any certainty of the casualties
is impossible while communication
with the devastated districts re-
mains as it is.
On the whole, the news received
today is of a more hopeful nature
than any since the disaster, one
authoritative message from a Brit-
ish naval official at Yokohama plac-
ing the deaths of foreigners in that
port at 70. Even this number of
dead, which is small as compared
with first reports, is large for a
foreign colpny of a few thoasands
and indicates that the loss of life
among the native population may
reach the highest reported fures.
The only official estimate is based
on home office information from
Tokio that the loss of life there
was 30,020, but Yokohama is known
to have suffered much more severe-
ly than the capital city and the
home office figures do not attempt
to take into consideration the 100
miles of coast line towns and vil-
lages. all in the path of the tidal
wave.
Few Foreigners Die
All available information shows
that Tokio and Yokohama were not
totally destroyed, the foreign resi-
dential distrl.-t of the pert ity,
Whch is on a high bluff overlooking
the bay, having suffered compara-
tively little damage, while the remi-
dential suburban districts of Fokio
also collapsed. This would accoynt
for the few deaths among the for-
emeners there, for on Saturday aft-
ernoon .few would have been in
their offices.
Tokio Hard Hit . ’
The destruction of Tokio extends
Be Submitted
October 15.
Postponement of the submission, -
of the proposed $400,000 bond isme
for the erection of a water purifica-
tion plant to an election to be bold
after October 15, the date alreay
set for the subtnission of charer
amendments, was definitely decided^
upon yesterday by the city council. 2
Announcement to this effect war
made last night by Guy A. Colltt
of the chamber of commerce wateri 3
committee, who formally submitted S
ths request of the business men’a
organization that the water bonds'
be submitted alone. A tentative de-,
cision looking to this arrangement i
as an escape from the “muddy" sit - j ' 3
uation that had arisen over the pro-
posed submission of both the bond *
issue and charter amendment at
the same election was reached sev- I
eral days ago at an executive,meet+,
ing of the council.
Collett Makes Announcement. ,
Mr. Collett’s announcement
lowing the council meeting yester-
day was as followa
"President McKinnon of the
chamber of commerce appointed me 7
to discuss with the city council pro-
cedure for a bond issue for a filtra-j
tion plant, the chamber of com-
morce committee being of the opin- l
ion that the bond issue should not!
be voted on the same day with any,
other proposal.
" f How They Scored.
"Three bases on balls and a sin-
gle for the initial score of the game
The second run was due largely
to an error, the only error of the
entire contest, by Pewee Lewis.
Ranger shortstop, and a passed ball
by Catcher Chick Autry. Falo
ruled that the wo miscues should
come in the same inning, or the
homelings would never have scored
the run. -
Johnson Pitched Well
Johnson, who was pitching at
the second run was scored, hurled
brilliant basebail and could not
be blamed for the counter
Richburg held-th* slugging Aus-
tin team to six non scattered sets
ties. His team mates hit safe”
.but five times, and but for bad
break* of the game, the Rangers
should have forced the contest into
extra inning*
The victory for the locals was
peculiar In that th* Rangers put
up a very labeling brand of bnse-
bail in every inning, and failed tc
make a single misplay with th* ex-
ception of the error on shortstop.
Lewis himself fought vallentiy
throughout the affair, and enacted
several -put outs on what appeared
mdmentarily to be safeties of the
: lea newt variety.
Rangers Brilliant.
That such a brilliant playing ma-
chine as the visitors proved them-
selves to be today should lose in
such manner was astonishing to
local fandom. Fears are held
out herd that .should the Austin
team get anything like an even
break tomorrow, that it will sweep
through the remainder n( th* se-
ries for a derisive win of the
R
" ‘
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