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VOL. XLIII—NO. 17.
FIRE CLAIMS FOUR DEAD 31 INJURED
FUR MID COLD
MONDAY NIGHT
-15 PREDIGTIO N
Temperature May Drop to
m 24 Tuesday Morning
Jarboe Says.
VALLEY AGAIN WARNED
Lain Sleet Hail Snow and
Norther Visits
City.
The first snow in San Antonio in
three winters was rapidly melting away
at noon Monday with the thermometer
elimbing under the caresses of a fickle
but welcome sun. Fair weather is prob-
able Monuday night and Tuesday will
be fair and a little warmer according
to Observer J. H. Jarboe. in charge of
the local weather bureau. Before 7
o'clock Tuesday morning however the
mercury may drop to n point between
24 and 30 degrees and frosty weather
is likely throughout the night.
The biting norther which chilled all
the Southwest since Saturday night is
forecasted to dissipate into light varia-
ble winds becoming southerly.
The eastern part of the state to the
coast and the Bio Grande valley are
warned to expect freezing weather Mon-
day night again the forecast being very
much the same as that for San Antonio
and the immediate vicinity.
The cold wave which turned rain nt
midnight Saturday into sleet mid a little
sno* before daylight Sunday coating
Hie streets and housetops with gleaming
white and bringing joy to the hearts
of children and plumbers and then pro-
vided hail early Sunday night snow
later and a half hour's snowfall at au>u
o'clock Monday morning had progressed
eastward losing much of its "kick ns
it traveled. New York reported 10 de-
grees early Monday. Chicago and litts-
hurg had 12 and Washington report-
’d 24.
Use Smudge Pots.
■Ohe area of low pressure unseen
and unreported in the Gulf Saturday
which wrecked the weather bureau s
forecast of fair weather over the week-
cud bad also gone eastward Monday
and was centered off the west coast of
the Florida peninsula. Its presence in
r lose proximity with the "high ’ caused
the government weather bureau at
Washington to issue the following storm
warning for the Atlantic Coast:
“Advisory ten a. m. Northeast
dorm warnings displayed on the
Atlantic Coast from Atlantic City to
'ape Hatteras. Disturbances over the
Eastern Gulf of Mexico will move north-
eastward attended by strong nortb-
•ast winds reaching gale force this
ifternoon or tonight.”
The bleak weather in Texas extended
hrough the Rio Grande Valley where
■now fell for the first time m twenty
ears it is said. Smudge pots were
irought into use to save the orchards
ind heavy damage was done in the
Tuck gardens by a killing frost ihe
nercury touched 24 at one time at
sel Rio.
borne Say 15 Degrees.
San Antonio’s total precipitation was
62 since Saturday night according to
veather bureau records. This included
he rain. hail sleet and snow. The
last snow here fell on January 25
1020. .
The lowest temperature recorded here
Kras early Monday around 2 3 and 4
■'dock. when the mercury stood at
’4.4 degrees. It was 25 nt 7 o'clock
mt rose steadily after that and a thaw
vas in progress at noon. Some ther-
tionieters in residence districts were re-
lorted to la* around 20 degrees. Others
lipped down to 15 and below but
hose were exposed to the wet and
vaporation was blamed for the strange-
y low drops.
The warm up Monday came with the
irogress southward of an area of low
ressure which hnd isolated a fragment
C the cold-bearing high in the west.
'bis hanging •■high" is looked upon to
eep the weather cool through this
ection for a few days perhaps. The
lakotas. far below the zero mark Sat-
rday and Sunday were above freezing
londay as the "low” came southward.
Trolleys Were Down.
The cold rain and snow of the week-
ad extended both eastward and west-
ard from Texas. Virtually every
eathcr station in the state reported
>me precipitation.
Houston and Galveston both had an
ich and a half.
Kerrville was still having heavy snow
londay morning. The San Antonio
.igbt delivery cars Sunday morning
lanaged to get through to Austin
ierrville and Lockhart though with
ifficulty. A relay was necessary
here the snow was deep at Comfort.
onzalcs reported snow at 10 n. m.
Property of the San Antonio I’ub-
e Service company came through the
orm with very little damage aecord-
ig to E. 11. Kifer general manager
ho said he had expected more damage
lan was reported. A few trolley wires
ore broken Sunday and early Monday
hen the ice weighted them down.' A
w care also were forced to stay out
1 night.
In the gas department little damage
as done other than a few -frozen
eters. When the peak came Monday
orning. the pressure was increased at
e district valves and Jew complaints
ere received that the pressure was
The company lost no poles in the
ectric service.
“ie Sryith western Bell Telflrbone
(Continued on next page.)
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
SOLDIER KILLS SELF
IN PRESENCE OF HIS
BUDDIES IN BARRACKS
Sergeant Sends Bullet Into
Chest Dying Soon
Afterwards.
With some of his comrades asleep in
their bunks others sitting near him.
Sergeant George O. Gootic Company
K of the Twentieth Infantry Second
Division took his pistol from th' he!
star at 11:40 o'clock Sunday nigh.'
pr-ssed the muule to the left side of
his chest and find according to the
story of the tragedy told at Fort Sam
Houston Monday mornings '
Gootie died in the emergency ambul-
ance while being taken to the station
hospital.
Sergeant Gootie was 33 years old nnd
had been in the army for six years. He
was unmarried. His home was Trons-
dalc. Ky.
During the wnr he was a first lieu-
tenant in the Infantry. A board of of-
ficers from the Twentitb Infantry has
been appointed to investigate the case.
Final funeral aasangements have not
been completed.
Nothing unusual had transpired Sun-
day night in the barracks occupied by
Company K. and it is said Sergeant.
Gootie seemed to be in no unusual frame
of mind. Some of the men were al-
ready in their bunks for tlie night
while others were preparing to retire
when startled and awakened by the sod-
den shot. Probable suicide was state-
ment written nn the dead soldier's rec-
ord blank at the station hospital.
It was reported that the trouble which
caused the alleged suicide originated out-
side of the army.
FARM BILL NEGLECTED
Rural Credits Program May Not Get
Through Present Congress.
Washington D. C.. Feb. 5.—A possi-
bility that the Lenroot-Anderson-Cap-
per farm credits program may be block-
ed in Congress unless there is some as-
surance of action on the administration
shipping bill was foreseen in some quar-
ters today after a series of conferences
to discuss the legislative outlook for the
remaining four weeks of the Sixty-sev-
enth Congress.
After a talk with President Harding.
Represenlative Mondell of Wyoming
Republican leader of the House de-
clared there were so many “difficulties'*
in the way of an agreement that it was
entirely possible the farm credits meas-
ures could not finally lie written into
law before March 4 despite the fact that
legislation on the subject has passed
both the Senate and House.
NEGRO NEARLY FROZEN
Rode Freight From Houston To San
Antonio.
Willie Bix. 16-year-old negro was
taken to the Robert B. Green Memorial
hospital at 3 o'clock Monday morning
his body severely frozen and his feet
badly frost bitten.
The boy. according to information
given the police had “rode the rods"
of a freight train from Houston to
San Antonio. He collapsed when lie
crawled from his cramped position be-
neath a box car near the oil storage
tanks just beyond the east yards of
the G. H. & S. A. railway company
and was found by a switching crew.
The boy says his parents live in
Little Rock. Ark. He was taken to
the east yards station on a switch en-
gine and central police headquarters
notified. He was later removed to the
hospital in the police ambulance. Hos-
pital physicians advised police lie would
probably recover.
Mint Superintendent Dies.
Lancaster Pa.. Feb. 5. — John H.
Landis. 71. for twelve years superin-
tendent of the Philadelphia mint and
former member of the State Legisla-
ture in both the House and Senate
died here Sunday night.
THE WEATHER
TEMPERATURES.
FEB. <—
2 p. n» 26 - a. m... 24
3 p. m.» *3 m 24
4 p. m 4 a. in.. 24
5 p. in 26 5 a. ni 25
6 p. m 26 6 m 25
7 p. 26 7 a. m 25
X p. ni... 26 x a. m .26
9 p. ni 26 9 a. m 27
10 p. m 26 10 a. m 29
11 p. m 25 11 a. m 51
12 midnight... .23 12 noon 32
FEB. 5— 1 p. m 23
1 1. ni 25 2 p. m 34
WEATHEK.
San Antonio and vicinity: Monday night
probably fair; Tuesday fair with rising
temperature; minimum temperature. 24
to 30; light variable winds becoming south*
erly.
East Texas: Monday night probably fair;
not so cold in north portion; below freez-
ing to the coast; tc .icrature 20 to 30
in south portion and 24 to 30 in lower Rio
Grande Valley. Tuesday fair with rising
temperature.
West Texas: Monday night fair; slight-
ly warmer; Tuesday fair and warmer ex-
cept In the Panhandle.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.
St. louis: Temperature. 16; partly
cloudy; 6-mile wind from the south: low-
est temperature in last 24 hours. 14; high-
er. 16.
t'liicngn: Temperature. 12; cloudy: 7-
mite wind from the southwest: lowest tem-
perature in last 24 hours. 8; highest. 12.
Kan«a« City Temperature. 22; clear; 14-
mile wind from the south; lowest temper-
ature In last 24 hours. 22; highest 21.
New York: Temperature. IX. cloudy: 16-
mile wind from the northwest; lowest tem-
Pf ratuce in laet 24 hours. 16; highest. 20.
WasAißVton: Temperature. 24: e’oudy; 10
mile wind from the northeast: lowest tem-
peratOre in last 24 hours 21: highest. 30.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS MONDAY FEBRUARY 5 1923. -FOURTEEN PAGES.
SEW MS
SEEN NOW THAT
EBINE FAILS
Greek-Turk Conflict Likely;
British to Strength-
en Fleet.
RUSSIA FAVORS ISLAM
Feared That Germany Also
May Decide She Is
Not Beaten.
By HAL O’FLAHERTY.
Special Cable to The ban Antonio Light
and the Chicago l»ai!y News.
Copyright. 1923.
London. Feb. s.—The failure of the
Allies to bring about a settlement of
the Near East problem after a three
months' conference in Lausanne 'vitb
the Turks has struck the heaviest blow
at Europe's peace since the assassina-
tion of Austrian archduke at Scrjc'O.
Another war between Greece and Tur-
key seems to be inevitable with grave
possibilities that the Allied warships
now on wav to Constantinople may
be called into active service. The
relations between Great Britain and
France strained almost to breaking
point over the Ruhr occupation are
further pushed towards estrangentcut
and bitterness.
Discussing the Lausanne failure with
an eminent professor of economics from
one of Great Britain's leading univer-
sities tlie writer asked him what really
formed tho basis of Turkey’s obstinacy.
He declared emphatically that the
Allies made tho mistake of treating
with the Turks ns a conquered people.
"Turkey's position after the armis-
tice” he said "was about the same as
that of the other central powers but
being less civilized the tendency of the
Turks to remain beaten extended over
n shorter period than that of the Gor-
mans and Austrian*. It only needed
the Greek occupation of Smyrna to
change the whole Turkish psychology
from that of a conquered to that of a
conquering nation. No matter what
the» consequences may be of t heir ref us-
ing the liberal terms offered at Lau-
sanne they are willing to continue
fighting just as they have for the last
300 years. They are willing to face
the combined forces of the Allies and
Greece in a war to the finish.
Are Backed By Russia.
“Their courage is bolstered up by the
knowledge that they have behind them
the great hinterland of Russia combin-
ed with the possibility of a breach be-
tween France and Great Britain.
“In this anticipation another specu-
lation arises. What effect* will Tur-
key's refusal have upon the Germans
and Austrians? Will their psychology
undergo a similar alteration? If Ger-
many's. mental attitude toward the vic-
torious Allies changes ns Turkey's has
changed we may expect to see within
a short time frequent uprisings among
the southern Germans who are the most
likely to maintain a war like spirit.
The French occupation of the Ruhr
will undoubtedly tend to strengthen the
German combative spirit and make
them strike France indirectly through
attacks on Poland. Turkey changed
whom Soviet Russia established direct
connections with her across the Cau-
eusus. So may Germany change if
Russia is united with her in overwhelm-
ing Poland.”
While these suppositions only form
the basis for speculation today they
may well become the reality of tomor-
row. They also show the effect which
the Lausanne failure has had upon
British opinion.
Praise For Curzon's Course.
Full credit for this tremendous ef-
forts nt Lausanne are given Lord Cur-
zon by every shade of public opinion
here. In every possible way he upheld
the British desire for-a real peace by
extending to the Turks every conceiv-
able advantage granting them conces-
sions such as they themselves never
expected. Arguments upon the highest
place of reason nnd fairness put for-
ward by Lord Curzon failed complete-
ly to touch a responsive chold in the
Turkish mind.
It is true that Great Britain has a
great political issue at stake in main-
taining pcaee with the countries bor-
dering on India and further economic
interests to protect in the Mosul oil
fields but no other country represent-
ed at Lausanne has taken such au ad-
vanced position of friendliness to the
Turkish demands.
As the immediate result of the fail-
ure to reach an agreement. Great
Britain will probably greatly strength-
en the fleet at Constantinople and
along the Dardanelles. The whole
Atlantic fleet under Admiral Deßobeck
now cruising off the Balearic islands
has been ordered to report at Malta
the latter part of the week and from
there will probably be sent to the
straits.
To counter any Turkish movement
the British troops at Chanak will be
reinforced. Other military and naval
precautions will be taken'immediately
along lines laid down by the Imperial
war staff.
I'. S. Shoe Repair Bill 5375.000.000.
St. Louis Mo. Feb. 5.—-Americans
spent more than k 375.000.000 in 1922
for repairs to their footwear according
to a statement issued today by L. M.
Davis editor of a shoe trade publica-
tion. The sho< repair industry has a
total investment of $100000000 in the
country. Davis said and there are more
than 75.000 shoe repair shops in the
United States.
FATHER LOVE FAILS
IN MURDER CASE
Memphis. Tenn. Feb. s.—Through
the ages mother-love lias won for er-
ring children has been allowed to sacri-
fice self. It has been idealized in poetry
and song has achieved the title of
world's greatest ideal.
But unsung unidealized father-live
passes unnoticed.
And now when father attempts to
make the supreme sacrifice for his son
bis sacrifice is refused.
The test came in the trial here of
John W. Hudson Jr. for the murder
of Mrs. Hattie Ferguson.
Here is the story from its beginning:
Hudson Jr. evidence shows became
the intimate friend of Mrs. Ferguson
though be was legally bound to a wife
and was father of a boy 8 aud though
she likewise was a wife and mother.
Woman Vanishes.
On Feb. 8 1922 Mrs. Ferguson went
for a ride with Hudson. Then she
vanished. No one knew her fate
until—
Her body two months later was fish-
ed from a streams A gaping bullet
hole above her eye told how she had
met death.
Hudson Jr. was sought. Tn July he
was seized as a traffic violator in
Chattanooga and was identified through
a police bulletin photograph.
On the train on route to Memphis
youug Hudson told officers they say.
that he killed Mrs. Ferguson.
“She was the only woman I ever
loved.” they quote him as saying. “We
quarreled while keeping a rendezvous.
I shot to frighten her. The bullet took
effect.” •
Tried for Murder.
Hudson Jr. was put on trial for
murder.
In the course of the trial Hudson
Sr.. 68. hobbled to the witness stand
and confessed in open court he bad
fired the shot that killed Mrs. Fergu-
son when he was striving to wrest n
revolver from her grasp.
Despite that tho jury within an
hour found Hudson Jr. guilty of mur-
der aud voted death in the electric
chair.
Attorneys of-Hudson Jr. now have
appealed to the -supremo court.
Will father-love win? Will the aged
man be permitted to give up his few
WATER SUCKED AWAY SHIP
RESTS ON HARBOR BOTTOM
IN HAWAIIAN TIDAL WAVE
Giant Crests Raise Vessel Above Level of the Wharf
Then Lower It to Mud and Coral When Earth-
quake 3000 Miles Away Sends Giant Billows
Onward—lslanders Flee to Mountains When
Twelve Lives Lost as Water Rushes
Into Streets.
By the Associated Press.
Honolulu Feb. 5. —Experiences
aboard the steamer Kilauea which was
tossed up and down back and forth and
placed on her beam ends in Kahului
Bay Island of Maui by one tidal wave
and righted by the next were related
by Mat Amtson purser of the vessel.
Before the first wave Amtson said
the sea sucked away the water from
the harbor revealing a bottom of mud
and coral covered with floundering fish
crabs lobsters and squid. The first
wave caught the Kilauea and raised her
above the level of the wharf aitd if the
lines had not been loosened the ship
would have been on the wharf.
“It was one of the strangest sights
I ever witnessed.” said Amtson. “And
there was virtually no' indication of
danger before the wave came flooding
in and then receded. The Kilauea weut
down until she settled on the bottom
of the ocenn and heeled orer against a
hummock and grounded on the bottom
of the hay. which prevented her from
going completely over. For a minute
it looked as though the Aip would go
completely over even t"i but an-
other huge wave the largest of the
series that Inshed the island shores lift-
ed the ship and put her back on even
keel.
Sweeps Into Streets.
“The -water rushed by us over the
wharf over the beaeli and then into
the streets sweeping on towards the
stores nnd warehouses ruining a large
niinntity •of sugar awaiting shipment.
The bay was reported to have been tur-
bulent for some time after the last of
the series of waves.”
Inhabitants of the city and bay of
Hilo island of Hawaii continued today
to take stock of the results of tidal
waves which swept their district Sat-
ui'dar afternoon with an estimated loss
of ten or twelve lives and property
damage undetermined but placed at
$190000 in the city alone.
The known dead today ineluded a
child and 'hree . apanese fishermen. It
wa believed however that others per-
ished. Several days probably will be
renuired to ascertain the total damage.
The tidal wave followed a severe
earthquake which the observatory at
Kilauea reported to have occurred from
2000 to 3000 miles away in an un-
known direction.
Persons living in lower Hilo fearing
a recurrence of .he tidal waves moved
to higher ground yesterday. Police and
firemen patrolled the affected area to
keep order.
Needle Leases Sheet.
H. E. McComb in charge of the
T'nited States magnetic observatory of
Ewa. island of Oahu reports that the
seismic needle left the sheet and failed
to make record for twenty minutes Sat-
urday due to the violence of the shock.
The seismograph began rer .rding the
JOHN W. HUDSON JR. (ABOVE)
AND JOHN W. HUDSON SR. (BE-
LOW).
remaining years of life that his eon
may live?
That now rests with the supreme
court —and if the sapreme court says
no possibly with Tennessee's governor.
shocks at 5:10 a. tn. reached a maxi-
mum at o :30 a. ni. aud the. left the
sheet entirely until 5:50 a. m. after
which minor disturbances were recorded
for several hours.
Mr. McComb said the seismograph
recorded two heavy shocks and one ligHt
one on Thursday February 1 at 6
p. m.
The tidal waves that swept Hawaii
apparently traveled for approximately
six hours and one half from their point
of origin at the center of the tremor-
affected area to the windward beaches
o ft he islands.
Rift Across the Island.
Hilo the city on the island of Hawaii
where the bulk of the damage was done
has a population of approximately 10-
(Hkt peopde. Back of it rise the volcano
hills the most notable of which house
the craters of Mauna Loa and Kilauui.
The former is only Intermittently active
but Kilauea about 30 miles from Hilo
is the greatest constantly active volcano
in tho world.
Hilo has felt tidal waves in the past
the most recent being that of November
10 last which accompanied the
tremors that devastated Chile.
It has also bad experiences with
earthquakes one of which in the lat-
ter years of last century left a great
rift across the island without doing any
marked damage to the city itself. Vol-
canic eruptions are over present but
with 30 miles separating the city from
Kilauea these Java streams have only
on rare occasions approached the muni-
cipal borders.
MEXICAN AIR PATROL
Border and Coast Lines Will Be Guard-
ed Moro Closely.
Mexico City Mex. Feb. s.—The war
department acting on a recommendation
of General Salinas chief of the air ser-
vice has ordered the establishment of
three airplane bases in Lower Califor-
nia and an increase of equipment in
that region. The purpose is to main-
tain an effective patrol of the bonier
und eoast line of Mexico.
TRANSPORT NEAR HOME
Will Not Be Able to Dock on Schedule
Time.
Washington D. C„ Feb. s.—By di-
rection of the War Department the
commander of the army transport St.
Mibiel. which is bringing back the
American forces from the Rhine is en-
deavoring to reach the lighthouse at
Savannah harbor by 8 o'clock Wednes-
day morning. A radiogram from the
ship received during the night however
said that it now appeared improbable
that the St. Mihiel would make |>ort on
that schedule.
BIEDEN TO'FIDE
WORKERS UNDER
CUT ENGINEER
Wholesale Discharges May
Follow Open Break
at City Hall.
HARRIGAN ON JOB
Commissioner Refuses to
State Status of Man
* He “Fired.”
Wholesale discharges in the city en-
gineering department may follow the
open break between Commission M il-
liam O. Ricden and City Engineer D.
D. Harrigan according to reports in
circulation nt the city hall Monday. It
was indicated that the street commis-
sioner has asked for a list of the em-
ployes remaining in the engineering
department and it is generally believed
that he intends to make a wholesale
clean-up.
There were formerly 93 employes in
the engineering department. These men
worked under direction of the city en-
gineer. A division of authority was
agreed upon between the street com-
missioner and city engineer last June.
Commissioner Ricden to have charge of
street construction undertaken by city
employes and Mr. Harrigan permanent
paving and sewer construction. Funds
for the maintenance of the two separ-
ate departments were allotted and the
city engineer has sufficient funds left
to operate his department for the re-
mainder of the fiscal year while Com-
missioner Ricden has exhausted his
budget.
Rieden To Discharge Men.
When Commissioner Rieden began
his reduction of force on February 1.
however he discharged 22 men in the
engineering department including the
city engineer. Commissioner Pfeiffer
at the time protested this action as-
serting that if the city engineer hnd
Sufficient funds to operate his depart-
ment he should bo allowed to keep bis
men. He insisted that Mr. Harrigan
should not be punished for the mistakes
of the street commission.
The controversy finally resulted in
the filing of an injunction by the street
commissioner restraining the men from
fulfilling their duties. Contempt pro-
ceedings were also instituted against
those men late Friday though nil of the
citations were not served until Monday
morning difficulty having been experi-
enced in locating some of the men.
Commissioner Rieden's notion in re-
questing a list of names ot the remain-
ing employes in the engineering depart-
ment was taken Monday to mean that
be expects to discharge additional em-
ployes who were friendly to the city
engineer. He declined to say Monday
however whether he contemplated such
action.
Harrigan on the Job.
Despite the injunction and contempt
proceedings. City Engineer Harrigan
was at his desk Slonday morning. He
is understood to be working under the
agreement reached Friday when the
mayor and three commissioners came
to an understanding whereby Harrigan
was to be reinstated. Rieden is under-
stood to have declared Saturday that
no such agreement had been reached
whereas Commissioner John P. Pfeiffer
came back with the statement that
Rieden evidently had had "a lapse of
memory. ”
“Is Mr. Harrigan fired or is lie
working?" Commissioner Rieden was
asked over the telephone Monday.
“You'll have to ask him” the street
commissioner said.
“Well what really is his status?”
Commissioner Ricden was asked.
“Bang” went the street commission-
er's telephone receiver which led the
newspaperman to believe that Commis-
sigper Ricden wished to terminate the
conversation without giving any further
information.
Inquiry of Mr. Harrigan elicited the
information that he is on the job and
that everything is quiet. Mr. Harrigan
sai<| he had nothing to give out regard-
ing reports that he intended to resign
adding that be had not made any plans
for the future. . .
AWAIT “LITTLE PHIL”
Noted Desperado Reported on Way to
United States.
Galveston Tex. Feb. s.—Galveston
police were closely watching every ves-
sel arriving from Tampico today in
hopes of catching "Little Phil” Alguin.
desperado wanted in I-os Angeles in
connection with the killing of Detective
Sergeant J. J. Fitzgerald. The tank-
ers Tamiahua and Elisha Walker ar-
rived from Tampico Monday morning
but no trace of Alguin had been re-
ported.
Italian Princess Is Engaged.
By the Associated Press. •
Ixmdon. Feb. s.—The engagement of
Princess Yolanda eldest daughter of
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Elena to Captain Count Valvi di Bcr-
golo is announced says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Rome this aft-
ernoon. The unofficial matchmakers of
the continent long have been busy with
the name of Princess Yolanda. Re-
ports that found most credence were
that her engagement to the Crown
Prince of Belgium would be announced
next summer. At times there bare twen
rumors that she would marry the Prince
of Wales.
AGED AND FEEBLE SEEN
TO APPEAR AI WINDOWS
THEN VANISH IN FLAMES
Burnt Wreckage and Broken Wire Cov-
ered With Icicles All That Is Left
After Four-Story Building Crumbles.
Some Slide Down Ropes to Safety
When Stairway Shut Of f—Bums May
Prove Fatal to Several.
Wichita. Kan. Feb. s.—Two bodies have been founds
two others are undoubtedly dead and 31 are burned eight
so seriously that they may die as the result of a fire today
that wiped out the Getto building one of Wichita’s land-
marks leaving only a four-story brick wall and a mass of
burned wrackage and broken wires covered with icicles.
Flames were first discovered shortly after 3 a. m. Es-
cape by stairway was impossible.
Many of the occupants of the burning building slid down
ropes to safety.
Thirty-six apartments composed the upper three stories
of the building. A majority of the dwellers were aged some
of them feeble. Business firms were located on the main
floor.
No cause for the fire has yet been discovered.
Four persons believed missing were seen to appear at
windows; then they disappeared in the flames.
Eight persons were taken immediately to Wichita hos-
pitals and 24 others were treated at a nearby hotel. Some
।of the injured'were so badly burned that they were unable to
use arms or legs.
FATHER AND SON ■
PERISH WHEN CAR
STRUCK BY TRAIN
Third Occupant of Automo-
bile Not Expected
to Live Long.
Fort Worth Tex. Feb. s.—Two men
were killed and one injured this morn-
ing when a Missouri. Kansas & Texas
passenger train crashed into an auto-
mobile at a grade crossing in south
Fort Worth. The injured may die.
J. C. Cockrell was killed instantly.
His son. Alfred Cockrell who was
driving the car. died two hours later.
W. H. Goodwin the third occupant
of the car is not expected to live
long.
OWSLEYFAVORSFRANCE
Legion Head Says I. S. Troops Should
Be in the Ruhr.
New York. Feb. s.—American troops
should be shoulder to shoulder with
French forces in occupying the German
Ruhr district. Alvin W. Owsley na-
tional coniinander of the American Le-
gion declared in an address to the
Bronx county legion posts.
“Germany violated her treaty on rep-
aration debt and France is only using
the same methods that Bismarck used
50 years ago” he said.
“American troops should be with the
French to collect these just debts and
to compel Germany to live up to the
last letter of the treaties.”
ESCAPE IS MIRACLE
I’assengers Are Unhurt When Three
Cars Are Derailed.
Omaha. Neb. Feb. s.—Chicago. Bur-
lington & Quincy railroad office head-
quarters reports here characterized as a
“miracle'’ that no one was killed or
injured early today when three rear
cars of train No. 42 were deraileel at
Mullen. Neb. A broken rail was re-
sponsible.
A wrecking crew was dispatched
shortly after calls for help were re-
ceived. Doctors tjn-1 nurses also were
sent.
Burlington train No. 41 westbound
for Denver safely passed over tbis
stretch of track 30 minutes earlier.
MEXICANS HANG NEGRO
Kills Mexican Policeman at Tia Juana
Sunday; Executed That Night.
San Diego. Cal.. Feb. s.—Chester
Carleton. American negro who shot and
killed George Montcverdo. member ot
the Mexican police force at Tia Juana
at the Ixirder town Sunday afternoon
was hanged in the Tia Juana jail last
night according to reports reaching the
international line. Resident- of Tia
Juana declared that bis body will be
buried today. It is not known here
whether he had a trial.
HOME EDITION
TWA PPMTQ ref B c "* * nd vlctaity
X VV VXJIv 1 O cents on train* and *la**n*r*
BULGARIAN PREMIER
UNHURT WHEN BOMB
EXPLODES NEAR HIM
Would-be Assassin Escapes;
Identity Known to
Police.
By th* Associated Fr*»«.
Sofia. Bulgaria. Feb. 5.—A bomb was
thrown in the direction of Premier
Stamboulisky while he was seated in a
box at the National Theater last night
with three of his ministers.
No one was injured by the ex-
plosion.
The bomb-thrower whose identity i<
said to be known to the authorities es-
caped. j
AUCTION OF COLONY
BUILDINGS RECALLS
EVANGELIZING TRIP
“Elijah” of “Kingdom In-
corporated” Sailed and
Starved Around World.
Durham. Me. Feb. s—Shiloh for 25
years the home of the Holy Giioat and
I nited States Religious Colony of
which the Rev. Frank W. Sandford
was the head was to go under the ham-
mer today to satisfy unpaid taxes o£
$571.08 to this town. Judge Henry E.
Coolidge of Lisbon Falls is the pre--4it
owner of the property which was trans-
ferred to him by the trustees of “The
Kingdom Incorporated." the holding or-
ganization formed by Sanford.
Th buildings of the hill top colony
were erected at a cost of 8200.000.
After a ewenteeu-moiitU evangelizing
cruise in tbe yacht Coronet during
which journeys wore made to Afrien.
Asia and parts of the remote North.
Sanford known to his followers ns
“Elijah" was arrested in Portland in
Octo be- 1911. charged with causing th-
deaths of six of his diaciplee through
neglect und starvation. He was con-
victed and served ten yearn in the foe-
eral penitentiary at Atlanta.
On this tour tbe evang<ltzatioß via
performed not by actual visits to the
various countries but by offering pref-
er abord ship several miles off abort
for tbe eonvcrsioa of tbe native*. With
the Coronet was the yacht Kinad'
The latter vessel wa* »reeked off rha
coast of Africa and those who bad
ship;»eu on her crowded on the Coro' -C.
On the return trip provi-ion* tare out-
sails were swept away by storms ami
all «n board were obliged to man th-
pumps. Four m-n died ot »*nrvg and
two were drowned.
After Sandford’* co.ivietioe the col-
ony rapidly dwindled end its build aW
filially were deserted.
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