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When Good Fellows Get Together!
THEFT OF CODE
GOV. NEFF MEDITATES
3
7.90
LAWYERS CLASH
OMAN BETTER
NEGRO STARTS
jolly
these members of -Texas’ i
PRIMARY TEST
I
9
mat, regarded by
call it “near.”
2 SAYED WHEN
Souta to Aid.
A la the nune
teginiatute M pr
0-5 IS RAISED
MAIL ROBBERY
iewed doctors
he hoepital and h
city council at its regular meeting: —
I V
the Bull
Press D.spetch.
PANAMA. Oct. 29.— The Amerf-
al* pt imary
hieh was sunk
it would have te been fired over
IM
hih
with . the
A bangarez yesterday.
the le
y out
shortly before the
mnger left
school
the city
yesterday
ori covered.
sub-committee
rs were hopeful that
that
Lea
W.
and a property loss estimated
caused
when fire swept plant Ni
Mr.
. and no trace of
Mid Williams chief engineer G
Captain Raymet and Lieutenant
"Undi
McLean
44th street, by Joseph
(Continued on Page X Col. 2)
The shoe will
with headquarters in Kansas City
Raine continued in this section of expectedly
ts
testimony being
d ta
The jury as out only ten minutes
I turn lost approximately 4i I
in the failure of the bank.
was killed by the kirk of a gaso-
It is alleged.
Panic in Georgia
detriment to cotton in the fields
Convicts Missing From Prison
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
noon
sacks the latter rotted with
tally shot and killed in a abandoned
heavy lock and key.
It
tbs progress made in
' barrels a day
ntment of an
Galveston Liquor Increased
com-
Saxon Cabinet Resigns
Boy Accidentally Killed
W KATH HR
BAIAD,
Diet Meeting is Prohibited
his
which formed the basis for theim-
viewa
About $900, including
Gasoline Explosion Fatal
Pakzonal proport nt "rvployen, "a*
v
l
moved forward today al-
Walton
i
8
f
Dr. Mamas aa comi
immediately
central government. As Saxon
*
hoishevtem
nermal
Al
orth
rl
steamer
। raised
uanti-
acting
Knowles Undergoes
Stiff Quizzing
On Stand.
%4
39
I st
this
he was seeking contrhe
pl tai from the director.
Accident Victim is
"Recuperating in
Hospital.
attitude was against any secret or*
ganization that should attempt to
can aul
in a
ds to
same
• rule.
Three Other Men
Still Among
• Missing.
node of
ty Flan-
», Kasha
Heavy Rains Fall ta Texas
SAN XGELO, Texha, Ort n.
here last night from a wound re-
reived when his rifle was anciden-
Thursday.
The city school board will meet
Suit Seeks to Upset
New Election
Statue.
Austin Inspector
To Aid Local
Officers.
shec
i in.
ong,
ves.
ight
missed after the incident.
Strongest Witness.
shortly after one o'clock this after
noon
(‘oy
died
to the city ]
fleers, bower
davits gathered by the plaintiffs
were read today. Judge John D
Humphreys adjourning court until
The
Munn
laaw, who is HL hi unchanged today ,
His fallure to show improvement
is entsing anxiety.
was seeking as late as
1922, surreptitioumly t
large stocks of narcotics
re ta
anded
1923,
tatea
t sells
th. little gir had been picked up
by motorists along the mad Sun-
day night and had been brought
to Austin and that she was now
safe in the hands at sons* Austi
Barton Goes Back to Metropolis After
Conferences Here With Governor on
Developments in Bexar County.
r han
us in
i hun-
th fori
eorporation,
here
enty." Addi
are here to
has predicted freezing weather be-
fore morning
ors of the
ylish side
els.
miles north nf here today
The boy was elimbing about the
structure, dragging a shotgun be
tion
large
4 lor
y the
r« we
e col-
ghted
iusual
Port Arthur Youth Killed
PORT ARTHUR Texaa, OeL 22.
Arthur Sandera, l< wa• ■ orden-
broughe
the •*-
Walton’s Defense Thought
To BeCentered on Klan Issue
is-
in
oats
oth
i win ap}
ticket
Answering statements that Un
derwood had in recent speeches ab
tacked the ku kux klan Lea nd
otf Galveston for the past several
daye.
Godfrey. w
Creek road.
Martial law may crash down upon San Antonio like a clan
of thunder, and bring with it a session of the Texas legis-
lature to provide funds for pav of state troops in carrying
out the clean-up campaign of liounr, vice and gamblins
conditions, which Governor Neff and Adjutant General,T.
D. Barton have followed for months.
Fighting an unsuccessful battle against the bootleggers,
except through the federal court, Adjutant General Bar-
Turks Elect Kemal Pasha
President of New Republic
coxMIANMXOPLM Gil 2 —
mitte to examine Oermanfa c-
paeity to mettle lu reparatona oh.
figations.
ts
I
52 27,
HEY were a bunch of 8
heel
iliets)
iand
AILITIA HEADS MARTIAL LAW LOOMS DIPLOMAT PUT
IROBESHOOTING FOR SAN ANTONIO AS ON GRIlh OVER
)F -PEDESIRAN
rapidly develonging
bntor for Gernign i
tione whieh have so
tbs worid," and has
nbankment back of the
e. and then descended
at which it would have
The former diploi
attorneys on both
on dates "o be fixed by the council.
East Texagi Tuesday rain, eelder
" nd west portiones Wed-
i -----i rain in
east and
Coolidge Speaks *i
At Bankers' Meet "
ngndia PEMITS,
■. a Hamima, ■ Whete o'**
deginpe, MM*
‘w.-. 1001 «tr-L •44-
p W aHine. IIS
_
iy was
Incu-
NIGGUH urns’ tills ME
DEY HAS A NEw PREACNE
FUM ALABAMA WAUT WE16M
TREE HUNERD PouN‘-
-WELL,I RECKI HEiSMd-
Do FILL DE PUL-MT:
aproipted
Baxony
tray Bullet From
Camp Mabry
One Theory. .
TOWN COMBED
BY VOLUNTEERS
; avd other hi
' liquors foune
Jessie Slicker, 14,
Last Seen by
Roadside.
ins upon a $300,000 bond lssue fora
tho construction of • rapid 5924
nitration plant us a permanent 1
Asked of Local Voters
igh prgent
14 cached
bo lives
drawing from office at the limo set
by the commissioner, 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. 3 *
General von Mueller, who com-
mends ths relehawelr in Saxony,
prohibited the diet from meeting
What further stope are to be taken
by the central government had not
developed.
Situation Critieal
Roth the political and social situ-
ation in Baxony had race bed surh a
er h Irai stage that President Fbert
hecame convinced that It called for
a strong show of authority by the
at 4 o’elock this after-
bo local wenther bureau
preeenting
Dr Heinze
Austin
Brown II, of near Admiral
Foreign Situation
Better, Says Barnes
tovrviLLR Kr. ort Ju-
Um H Berne of New Tork, prem-
dent nt th« ehamber ef commeree
at the United Staten,et a boara of
trade dinner here tontsht, amerted
Sat -rants In Euroge an ahap-
Ins for the probehie final elenrine
the reloh
Voter* of Austin will be called upon to pass judgment
on two bond issues totaling $800,000. far better water and
Letter schools, about the middle of December in two seperate
elections to be held within a few days of each other, de-
pending upon the dates decided upon-by the city courtcil.
An ordinary calling an election for the purpose of decid-
into an
rrs—nr and
penchment chargee with
venuten of ths Investment Sa nh am
amocintiom of Amertea. from the
Soul a poruce of tha white houme,
Uta premdent Mil It was “almomt
impeemibie ts weed awl every unde-
SIMMs etement, but ths country han
epme to knew that H -»n rely upon
the reprenentetione made by Ita in-
vestment bankera-
quuckty ted hr
Chief electrician Lawrence Brown be voted upon at sepaAte elections
and torpedo man, Henry Breqult. - - - —----"
Former English Premier II
LONDON Oct. 29.— The condi-
Hon of former Premier A. Bonar
at the Bunday target practice Leu-
Iowan! Celonel Pau Dorenfteld aimo
a-i-te4 In the inyestientien, Col-
anal Power atated yeterday
Inquiry reterday fatea to do
estop proot. It waa aUlad. that
ether buueta fell about the road at
the ttme the woman wae inJurea
■ I
UE L
BERLIN Oct. 29. — Chaneellor
Btresemann’a punitive expeition
into "red" Saxony la atlll in the
initlal stages an it will be several
daya hefore Ita further progress re-
veals whether it is intended as
something tranecending the mere
limits of a controversy with a fed:
ernter state over the question of
constitutional prerogatives
Commissioner Named
Tha fhanrellor of the reich haa
Mai D. Steur. counsel for
CALVESTON Oct 29—A long J Olguin was made at Juarez, Mexico,
port in part the sensational M
told the committee last week
Elias H Mortimer, also of 1
delphia, about his alleged
tions with Forbes nt n time
f Searching investigation into in-
| jury of Balerina Alicrie, Mexican
FREEZE PREDICTED.
AMARIL1O, Texas Ort !l\TM
first real norther of the year sthur k
is pretty far away from
the old stuff, although they
nearly $300,000
an old
from the govern mew t hoepital at
Perryville. Md. were made today
at the continuation of the senate
investigation of the veterans' bu-
reau.
James M WWilllame, a Philadel-
phis dairyman was the witness, hi
Man Antonio, would probably fol-
low martial law because of the
present defielency and the lack
of money with which to conduct
Texas. Oct 29
“ ■' s
merely stated his
aha was familiar with
wooded section along
Creek scenic drive.
Deputy McCoy said
dentally diecharged, tearing
his right aide.
Revenge Cause of
Hotel Pistol Duel
NEW YORK, Oet 29— The sec-
ond member of the hand of six
convicts who escaped last July
from the Pennsylvania state peni-
tentlary in Philadelphla today fell
dramatically into the hands of the
New Tork police
He lo Thomas "Eggie" Gillen of
Philadelphia shot doom in a pistol
duel in the hotel iangwell on West
ference between
boat d and the
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Oct. 3>.—1
PMHp Olguin (Littie Phi), alayeti
of a Los Angeles policeman. and,
five times a conviet I
cherged, the bullet entering
chest.
Houston Police Probe Robbery
HOUSTON. Texaa, Ort «—or-
cers this afternoon were continuing
an inventigation into the robbery
Sunday of a vault on the tenth
floor of the Trias Company build-
the dense
tha Bull
TITUSVILIE,Pa. Ot Stone ---- ...... ~ --- ----
man ta known to have been killea juhough outwaraty the proceedines
and severai parsons including iwol*ere marked by a lull ntrange in
women, one of thorn tha wlfo ot contrast to the soeetacuter devel:
Chief of Police H 8 EAwards, were opments of lant weok wbieh broneht
aolution of Austin’s lone perpie-
PROBE STARTED
. .. low. rakish eraft, loltering in the • Hr year
I offing coupled with rumors of an -
annual influx of liquor of late, I
QQ gave rise to rum runner reports
Sh bare today A three-maste
" Schooner has been sighted crulsng
Texas campaign manager for Men
etar Oarer W Underwood of Ala-
bama. sho ta seeking nomination
for -president on the democratic
who dremseG the wound He has
questioned every person who wns
la the vicinity at the shooting Sun-
day aft nniwa.
The woman was at least 400 yards
out at tbs range at fire"" of the
target range. Powers said, and in
addition in order for ihe bullet
tomorrow morning when the read-
‘ An organized band of vol-
• • s ‘" S _ — unteer searchers numbering 4
.$500,000 Bond Issuesrzaopzdrnsuanomna
— - - ----- T wilderness of trees and shrub.
ery along the Bull • Creek
citizen The search
tion has recently excoriated the
| state courts and officials in San
Antonio, and charged he was un-
fine folks —
in the event the utue girl has
not bee found this morning, mev:
ml troops of Austin boy mcout
wil be called out to nld in th*
mrah, the deputy sherirr said.
American Legion members many
possibly be called rat during Uu
dap if more sear, berk are needed.
The little girl disappeared nhort-
ly after 6 o'clock Sunday aftermeom.
She resides with her aunt, Mrs.
Mrs Godfrey now tho
Eastland Fire Continued on Cage L Col 11
Injures Three -ASstUnderwlod
1 —- ORANGE, Teun Oet. •—Mayor
in the petition the compininant
aoka that the law be declared un-
comntitutional, allezing that It is
not in contormanc- with the con-
atitutsom of the United Meles ip B martial law campnign, it won
. Ml. h it la wpecinically stated that •1 in well-informed quartera yea-
the right nt putfrag• shall be terday
Sooted no oae because at race or Coupled with the possibinity of
color. I troops in San Antonia, aupplant-
West Tanno today after harms ranen alo wanted in Mounton tm
fallen for Bee dare "recipitatom the kidnaping nt a 1zyear-oin girl
yesterday wae reported at ozona, I Ward le alleged to have forged a
bovhar, Meet so a Chfintoval, H-'rerolpi for ill belea of carton to
Aotado and Bai linger ranging from rend 1892 twice and on I he strength
one-half meh Lt Morison and of it. hr mid to hare burrowed ap-
Chriatevel to I J inche. at Eldorado, ; proximately I its, MO ‛
By Earth Shocks -""""5
sznzgeniszemzuase
at sie up for he night, H wan aanounced "a.cusen.Aihgh.inunper-fFtaintdantyeantrom.thegoyern,
"I 1Y a wn-A.. If UmHh Tha wa, persons were pani mtricken in a ment, GurinE testimony berore the
police hy Warden J. • Smith The war- while tEenn+a enmm f’ew which ia investi.l
n.n 4heghenev -OU,’ men ----------- gnzinethraking.""Prdctnon"nt
wtpine"nfizyear S5 froml"Ki,- T.L- EL- । P.L. promet, he »*•
meds
A sensational attempt tn capture
neriousiy Injured late today when j 22 charges of official mimconduct
a task car of gasoline exploded atjagalnst the executive and his sub-
the American Oil Works The, sequent suspension from office.
hrge barrel house of the plant took i Secret Preparations.
fire following the blaat and Whs still As a district coul t grand jury
burning tonight 7) resumed exnminnlien o evienee
/
Aaneckated Presa tHaseksk
BAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oet. W—
A thorough test of the white man's
primary law, pasmed by the 38th
the plate. He said it next appeared
at the United Blates embassy at St.
Petersburg, where officials reused
to buy IL after which it was offered
to a member of the staff at the
Japanese embassy in the Russian
capital The Jnpanese, he asserted,
had it turned over to the United
States without reading it.
"How much was paid to get it
backr" ssked Mr Un term yer
“I don’t know of anything being
paid for it.*” answered Mr Knowles.
Tbs i is not my inormation!"
shouted Mu Stokes' attorney.
Sensation Livens
Stokes Divorce
Trial.
t
Mi eamoitne and gap The bulld-
me burned down rapidly.
of a HU of compinint with tho
elerk nt the United states distriet
court today.
In the document, which was filed
by 1. M. Woods and C. W. John-
aan. Hurley C Chandler a negro,
peek, to enjoin Pat M Neff pa
governor of the plate. W A. Kenl-
mg aa attormey general and Hob-
art a. Harrie aa chairman of the
Bexas cognty democratie executiye
commttte from preventing the
compiainant from voanE in qemos
eratie prtmary elecuon- and en-
(Continued on Page 2, Cot 2)
) -----------------------------
Bogus Bills Cause
Arrest of Beauty
Sr. LoUIS Mo oot. ft.-lWH
who have been Investigting tho
ei reals 'ion of counterfest tie hills
in St. Louis lte today arresred
Miss Mary Snyder, fl. and pretty,
who gave her home at New York
city. Oro hundred and thirty six
of tho spurins bfBls were found in
the posnesslon of Miss Snyder, who
said she found the bills in the.
New York subway
cause for the duel, he de.la red they
had fought over women But his
raving at the hospital convinced
the police that he had tracked
Gillen to the hotel to revenge
himsel on a squealer
Of 1253 Quarts
im.-ngina'tur mil., nrtnot ......
Caddo, thir cuntz.today Jordan‛• ar nt 1,253 quart" nt rh.mprana
mif fond ’wh^h.° warted 2. other high prgeut- importe
ciair lease where he worMed as — - - -
pumper
to the
the total railfall for five days at -------------
ieni."" ib. "Nehf "Gas Engine Kick
DAMASSGLCQTTON.. g_au. Fatal io Oil Man Police Seek Owner
Sunday's precipittion of 65 inch I BRKCK KW RIDGE. Tea.. Oct. 29—
had brought ths year's total to 27 80 , (eorge Jordan, an ofl field employe.
1 inches rain continued to fall here ---- - — -----
। today The rain will prove a great
bottles were wrapped in
ing will be resumed
Caner"nw:nfor.raamg. iv."
delegation to the American |
while" they were in San For Schools Will Be
demanded Ike resienation nt the
■taine abinet and the mintnters
oomPied "Ih UMa "rm," "V:
Volume 10 ______________AUSTIN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1923.
5ANDS SEARCH FOR MISSING AUSTIN GIRI
HILLS WEST
Houston Men in
California .Arrested
Los ANGELES. Oct 29 --Sherirt
T A Binford killed two birds with
one stone today when he came here
tn arrest W M Ward, wanted in
Ha got a a for forging warehouse re-
ceipts and after arresting Ward un*
NO CLUE FOUND
- —
All Day Search
Brings No Trace
Of Child.
ig the bankers who
ad tha annual cop
OKIAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct
29 Plans for the Impeachment
tr'ai Thursday of Governor J. C.
ths girl could be found. ,
Farily Worried.
Members W the family and
searchers are apprehensive loot the
girt has met with some acdident
and is either unable to,
the thickets because at _
that she has met with an even
worse fat*. An intensive ■■arMl
haa been made and every ineh of
the ground not yet covered wil ba
gone over today. Deputy McCoy
said.
but neither election to be held
later in the p esent year than
December IX and that the matter
of deciding which issue should be
voted upon first should be deter-
mined by action of the council and
by which body of supporters is
first ready for the election was the
ngreement reached at a joint con-
an sr rraf may be expected within
the nest 34 hours
uuy .no. me s . -omneomeu 2g * conmervative .value
houne om UM ierbert Raneh. wm per bottie. wan mnnde by - -
who plnced the consignment under
pecially the congress
to be held nest June.
Klan Charged With
Misuse of Funds
ATLANTA. Ga. Oct. 29 --Charges
at misuse of funds of the knights at
the ku klux klan, fee splitting and
efforts to obtain the filing at a
brear h of promise suit against E T.
Clarke, Cormer head of the vropa-
gallon department of the klan, fea-
tured the reading in Fulton county
court here today of a series of
affidavits intended to be used by
the piaintiffs in the suit of David
M Rittenhouse and others for a ra*
cel ver for the knights at the ku klux
klan Only a portion of the akr-
were rescued alive from the hull
and taken to the Colon hospital.
No trace was found at the three
other missing men It is thought
Brown and Breault may recover.
engineer and Harper
were burned Qasmine
• the burning building
in called session at :30 tonight for
the purpose of drawing up and
passing upon a petition and draft
at aa ordinance calling an elec-
ton un $660,000 iesue at school
bonda to be ipresented to the eity
council Thursday mornins
Separat• Elections.
That th. two bond ippur. shoula
Che-tnut pad smith
five miles norin nt
WamMIXGTOX on n
Aw Cootide• tola a roup nt ut-
oamnont broker toay that the
. eeuntry looked to them ta -w*M
| put” Umm engeged in the bnkine
' buminen who de not maintain A
nieh atandardeot ebillty ana hon-
municauive Preemea
EAMTLAND, Texan, Ort - —------- —
Three men warn wertounty imjured wouia renien nis ofrice to become
Negro Shot Resisting Arrest
ENN’S Texas, Oct 29- Ander-
non Robinson, 35 negro, was shot
and killed bv Chief nf Police A. C.
Crosby here yesterday when the
negro resisted arrest on a minor
charge Tho officer said he shnt
lh self deense
The plant la one at tea plants
ernted la the Ranger field by the
beetnut and Smith corporation.
Total Value Unknown
Mrs Bessie Hefley, the Cameron
postmistress declined to confirm
reports that the pouch contained
registered mail totaling $26,000. Ac.
< ord l ng to her figures about $5000
whs in negotiable necurties and the
remainder, the value of which she
professed not to know. was in
• berks drafts and money orders
The robbery climaxed a series of
burglaries here in which padlocks
had been clipped from doors. Offi-
cers sald the methods used in en-
tering the baggage room mr9 the
same as in the petty burglaries.
HEAVIESr RAIN SINCE ‘21.
TKMPLE, "rexas, Oet tS. — A
three and a half inch rain fell over
a wide nection of Central Texaa to-
night within a few hours Crena
are rapldy rising. This is the
heaviest rain since 1921
fit the foot at those who can
wear it.
hind him. The weapon was acci-
aides as the
Connally Favors
Splawn for ICC
wASHINGTON, Oct. 29. on-
gressman Tom Connally of Texas
today conCerred with President
Coolidge at the white house and
urged upon the executive the ap-
point me nt of Walter Splawn, now
Texas railroad commissioner, ae a
member of the interstate commerce
commiasion.
Following the edn ference, Connal-
ly was much ncourngtat the out-
look. although he, at curse, could
hot quote the president. Connally
said that «h* president was evi-
dently enrlralv familiar with the
ecord at Splawn and that he also
waa apparently Impreoaed with the
idea that the southwest should have
a member on the commission
Senate Committee
Hears Sinclair
wAsHIGTOX, Ort 23—Cont-
girl walk ott into th. chicket from
ott th. ropd. but thought nothing
ot the incident. When the UttM .
Mill did not return a seareh rt* fl
Instituted, but she had apparentk
disappeared. orticers were notitied
and a bend of searchers pomponsa
ot nelghbora, officers and tuzene
combed the woods through the
eniiling day.
Lived With Aunt.
When the little (tri disappearea
into the woods she waa wearine A
blue cheeked dress and wan bare
needed She had dark brown
bobbed hair and la a rather email
giri. her aunt paid She haa uved
with her aunt for noma time Hur
parents both being dead, and It waa
lh. opinion of bar relatives that
Forbes Accused of
Removing Drugs
WASHINGrON, Ort » — Charges
that (Chariee R. Forbes while di-
rector of ths veterans" bureau
toward poseible criminal action in
the coort frces of both sides la
the impeschment < ase were com-
pleting all pre -trial arrangements
beheinds closed doors.
There has been no oftieial in-
dicatlon as to ths governor’s dp*
fense, but in political eircles it ta
belleved It w ll be centered largely
m tho ku klux klan issue.
Mor* than lift witnesnes ate ex-
yecte tn be summoned.
strongest witness remaining among
those who testified t^r W. E. D.
Stokes, wealthy hotel owner, swere
earlier In the retrial that he had
seen Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes in
the pa it me nt of EJgar T. Wallace,
prineipal corespondent. While wait-
ing for a friend, Dr. L. M Benson.
Dr. Benson denied in a deposition
from Loos Angeles that he had ever
seen Knowles in the apartment.
Knowles, subpoenaed for re-
examination by Samul Untermyer,
chief counsel for Mrs. Stokcs, ad*
mitted the code had dienppeared
while it was entrusted to his care.
He said the thief was a messenger
in tho legation, whose name he
could not -remember. Denying ho
had ever heard of Secretary Root's
stating that he was not a fit per-
son to represent the United States
anywhere. Knowles asked to be per-
mitted to give his version of the
ineident.
Japs Returned Code.
The code, he said, was kept la
an unlocked .drawer when he ar-
rived at Bucharest, as there was no
aafo In the legation. He said he
slept with it under his matt res ■ for
two weeks and then It disappeared
The national assembly at Angora
haz voted the establishment of the
Turkish republic. Mnstaphn Kemal
Pasha has been unanimously sleeted
president.
barn near here Officinla declare
Aseciated Press Dispateh.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29— Theft of a
secret United States diplomatic
code in Bucharest 13 years ago was
recalled 1a the Stokes divorcs ra-
trial today, during an attack on the
testimony of Horace G. Knowles,
former American minister to Bal-
kan and Lax tin -American nations. ।
Mr. Knowles said the code was
offered to the Japanese government
for $40,000. but averted he had
never heard it was Bought later for
$20,000 by Secretary of State Elihu
Root. He denied he had been dis-
_
Francisco Now, they’re
giving a little toast to
California's far-famed hos-
pitality, But the spark-
ling fluid in their glasses
President St. Louis
iBank Acquitted
, JOPLIN, Mo., oet 29. Henry 11
Hohenschild, piesident of the de-
funet night and day bank of St
Louig charged with anenng to
tho reception at deposits In a fail-
mg institution wax acquitted by a
cireuit court jury here late today
drive in the vicinity of the old
Champion place all day yes
terday and last nignt tn a seareh
for Jessie Slicker, 14-year-oid girt,
who was lost in the semi-wilder-
neas late Sunday afternoon. . .
VnAr the direction at Deputy 4
Sheriff James E. McCoy, thy
search was continued last BijM - e
until a late hour, but no trac of
the missing girl had been found. | J
today he
able to got liquor prosecutins
ir the courts, even when rangers
gathered evidence. Governor Neff
has followed the situation closely,
and held lengthy conferences with
Adjutant General Barton. Bar-
ton returned to San Antonio yes-
terday. ~
Precedent Exists.
Kott hag already set the prece-
dent of martial law to clean out
local unlawlessness, bootlegging and
liquor Wiling in the Mexia sec-
tion Rumors are that ho is.at
the end of his patience with Ban
Antonio erm di lions.
Mu fat, the state agencies ave
failed. Barton <charges, to indict
bootleggers. but have -indictd
a ranger who was. busy confis-
eating whiskey and stilla, and
proseuting through federal chan-
nels. The ranger captain la charge
of Ban Antonio operations has
been indicted for illegal disposal
at liquor seised by him, and for
failing to make the required form,
reports Barton declared he made
hhs reports to tho federal court
as required and asked whether
or not the grand jury could sup-
plant federal court
Legisiature May Moot.
A brief legislative tession, of one
or two days only, to provide funds
for use at troops to patrol and
clean up boot lee conditions to
l heen fired.
Many Huntepa Aboutr
- There are numrous parties of
r hunters in the woods about the
damp almoet daily, it was stated
Powers said that the injury indi-
l gated that it was made either by
, a high-power rifle or by a close-
range abet '
I The injury, which was wholly a
flesh wound, neither musele, artery
nor bone haring been penetrated.
Wes not definitely indicate whether
it was made by a high -power pro-
jectile he said Ob the side where
the huHet entered the woman’s leg.
tbs size at the bullet hole gives
some indication, it was admitted, at
a high-power Millet while aa the
other side where the bullet eame
out the flesh was not torn over aa
large an area as a high-speed bul-
I let would ordinarily make.
Officers Aid Brahe
of Brooklyn, who gave his occupa-
lion as bootleger. actor and
jockey The police think McLean
tracked down Gillen in the belief
that he had given detectives ih-
formation that led to the arest in
Brooklyn last week nt James
Brown, another fugitive felon.
McLean al flint proved uncom-
'^3a
6
meric a
Blokes, leaned lo his feet.
“You lied - he began
e’Tlais blackguard here— ” inter-
rupted Mr Untermyer
The court was in an uproar. Su-
were saved from expioding when
firemen from Ranger and men from
tbs oom part a other Hunts fought
and finally extinguished the fames
The firs originated in a com-
Aasectated Ptess Dispalch.
CAMERON, Texas, Oct 29-In-
vestigation continued bore tonight
into the theft at a pouch at regis-
tered mail early Sunday morning
from the baggage room of the Banta
re railway station, where it had
been left over night. Tonight local
officers were"jofned in the case by
the Santa Pe claim agent from
Temple and a federal postal inspee-
tor from Austin, hut It was an-
nounced that no clue had been un-
omen, by a stray bullet as she
alked along the Austin scenic
uve 400 yards from the Camp Ma-
ry rine range Bunday afternoon,
'an started Monday by Lleutenant
Hoax I T. J. Powers of the adju-
int general's department and by
Ricers of Company A. 111th erigk.-
Bers. Texas national guard, whheh
hit was st target practice on the
ange about the time the woman
aas wounded
Powers Visits Scene.
E Colonel Powers visited the scene
Mhf the shooting and conducted a
“minute insportion. trying to locate
either the bullet which penetrated
the woman’s leg or other bullets,
if reported by passers-by to have
7g raned down about the road
82 R has not been established
Whether or not the bullet was fired
EFtrom an army rifle or from the
■ Camp Mabry range. Colonel Pov-
E era stated Monday afternoon l\*
■ WMhty that the bullet may have
■ been either fired from the range or
Ericochetted was admitted The af-
djtair will ba probed to a finish. Col-
Monel Powera announced He visited
tally dincharged The boy nad
bidden his gun in a thicket Whet
he returned for it about dark he
took It by the muzzle and pulled
it toward him The gun was dis-
seyth portiona.
West Texast Tueday rain in the
east and north portione, exeept rain
er anew in the Ban ha nd l a, belder,
acid wave in north portion, with
freezing er lower by Wednoodey
morning1 Wednesday prebebiy tele,
rising temperature in Panhandle.
AANkCLEAAINGA
Oet 29 ........7777T771 291,406.81
the chamber of commerce water
committee held last night.
The joint meeting was called for
the purpose of dicussing the ad-
vias bilily of presenting both bnd
Issues to the voters at oae election,
a Dian which was indorsed by the
school board because of the saving
syh a plan would effect through
the elimination of one election and
becaue of the mutual benefit which
H waa argued would accrue to both
issues.
Superintendent A. N, MeCallum
explained the school board’s stand
and reviewed the history of the
bond issue movement from the time
it was first presented xo the coun-
cil last April. At that time, the
superintendent ex phi l A rd. theschool
board presented its request to the
council for an election on a half-
million-dollar sehool bond issue.
The matter was rot isposed of be-
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