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VOL. XLIII—NO. 90.
MASKED MEN ACTIVE IN MOREHOUSE
Government Asks Injunction to Prevent Trading in Sugar Futures
CONSUMER IS
'GOUGED BY
SUGAR ‘ORGY’
Bill Prepared by Daugher-
ty Asks Court to Stop
Futures Trade.
SHOULD SHOW SUPPLY
Speculative Conspiracy in
Restraint of Trade A
Is Alleged.
i-*
BROKERS ARE BLAMED
Government Is Also Con-
sidering Criminal
Proceedings.
By the Associated Preeo.
Washington D. C April IS.—ln-
junction proceedings to shut off trad-
ing in sugar futures completely un-
less backed by ownership or control
of actual sugar were istituted in New
Aork today by the federal govern-
The government’s bill prepared
under the personal attention of At-
torney General Daugherty after con-
sultation with President Harding asks
the eonrt to permanently prevent the
New York coffee and sugar exchange
from entering into or permitting any
transactions in sugar “unless the per-
son purporting to make such sale has
in his possession or under bis control
a supply of sugar adequate to meet
the requirement of such a transac-
tWjt.” —
Speculative Orgy Charged.
The action is requested the gov-
ernment says as a result of “an orgy
of speculation” which has driven up
the price of sugar to the consumer
and which during February enriched
the pocketbooks of brokers by >900•
000.
A "conspiracy in restraint of trade
and commerce" is charged and offi-
cials of the exchange and of the New
York coffee and sugar clearing house
association against whom the injunc-
tion would be directed jointly with the
exchange are asked to appear ia
court and answer the government’s
allegati >ns.
The court was advised that the ex-
change and the clearing house as-
soqfatlon. serve no legitimate or use-
ful purpose in the marketing in in-
terstate and foreign commerce of raw
and refined sugar but exist “only as
a means of contracting and speculat-
ing.’’
As a result it was added price levels
are established which are wholly
“speculative and artlficia .”
Discussed by Hiding.
8 The proceedings are the most sweep-
ling ever Instituted by the federal gov-
■ ernnient in an effort to curb specula-
■ tion In the necessities of life.
[ „Thr injunction petition was decided
■ the whole subject including
■ evidence gathered In New York and
■ elsewhere by department of justice
■ agents had been discussed in detail
■bv President Harding and his cabinet
■and aft* Attorney General Daueherty.
■ who ia ill at Asheville N. C. had
■revised and approved the bill of
■plaint.
■ Although the action today was a
■civil svit. Assistant Attorney Gen-
■eral Seymour announced that th* gov-
■ernment also was considering criminal
■proceedings under the Sherman law
■and was pursuing an investigation
■along that line.
■ Would Prevent Settlements.
■ Mr. Seymour said further that the
■government probably would request
■the courts to deelare invalid the in-
■dlvldnal contralto involved in the
Bpeculation. «Mf)plained of and would
■issue an ordAbrerenting settlements
|betw«M traffi. " '
S' HUDAK prices drop
■darfaet Mb When News of Sult
IS 'Becomes Known.
■- —>—
■ Nap York. April I#.—Raw sugar
■ uturnk took .a nerpenc'cular dron of
■ nproxhHafefy SO points on the N*w
K'ork coffee- and sugar exchange to-
■ay upon receipt of word of tb» gov-
■ rnment's suit to enjoin trading in
Huaar futures.
MB Heavy genera! selling derdoped as
H n as news of the h.jnncfon stilt
H hed the floor. Drops ranget. from
;4- 74 points but were followed hr
K ■ which carried prices back 35
B of sugar companies listed
K w York sfock exchange also
■ by news of ths In function
’md started off with an ad-
B 'o 1 5-8 points In early
B when word of the suit
r. thev dronned 1 to
B m their early highs.
THEISAN ANTONIO LIGHT
MEXICANS PUT LIMIT
ON AMOUNT OF CAM
AUOWEDTOVISIWRS
$2O in American Money Is
All Person Can Take
to Border Cities.
El Paso Tex. April IP /—Persons
crossing from El Paso to Juarex will
be permitted to bring American
money with them provided the
amount does not exceed $2O. accord-
ing to intormattia* received yester-
day st the Juarex customs house
from Adolfo de la Huerta secretary
of the treasury of Mexico.
All amounts exceeding $2O must
be confiscated by officials.
By limiting . the importation of
American money the Mexican gov-
irnment is attempting to re-establish
the use of Mexican money in border
towns it is said.
WILL BE CLOUDY
Weather Map Promises Clear Skies
for Battle of Flowers Parades
Although Thursday nigli and Fri-
day morning will probabKbe partly
cloudy the waafher map Sows pros-
pects of sunshine by Frida?afternoon.
The forecast calls for minimum tem-
perature from 62 to 66 Friday morning
with fresh southerly winds.
A low pressure trough extends from
Alberts Canada south across New
Mexico. East of it a “high” is cen-
tered over Alabama and Georgia. A
well developed high pressure area is
coming into the United States over
the Pacific coast. The “low" is ex-
pected to move eastward and as the
high pressure area comes in fair
weather will prevail in its path.
Practically all Texas stations were
cloudy Thursday morning but there
wag no rain. Temperatures st 7
o’clock Thursday morning were as fol-
lows: San Antonio 62: Chicago 52;
New York 88; San Diego 52 rain;
San Francisco 50; Nashville 48
frost; Jacksonville 54; Denver. 52;
New Orleans 60 and Prince Albert
42.
VISIT RUM RUNNERS
Dry Agent and Newspaper M«. ■
poet to Board Wet Fleet Boats.
New York April I®.— Rum row
made up of liquor laden ships thst lay
off the New Jersey coast ia the ob-
jective of State Prohibition Director
Canfield today’as with several as-
sistants and a party of newspaper
men he boarded the coast guard cut-
ter Manhattan for an inspection of
the three-mile limit.
The trip has been well advertised
in New York newspapers but Isst
night's reports from Highlands N. J.
the base of operations of the rum run-
ners indicated that the forthcoming
tour had made little impression on
the skippers of the liquor vessels.
Seven ships rocked on the row.
That number however was the
smallest to be reported since Isst Oc-
tober.
Mr. Canfield did not say whether
he expected to board any of the ships.
He can do so only with the invita-
tion of the skippers.
Little cordiality is expected.
CRUDE OIL CUT
Standard Announces M-Cent Reduc-
tion In Louisiana.
Shreveport L*„ April I®.—Effec-
tive tomorrow the price of Bellevue
crude oil is to be cut 20 cents per
barrel the new prict being 31.15. the
Standard Oil company of Louisiana
announced today.
THE WEATHER
TKWFEHAT IRKS.
APRIL It—-
• U. m 71 t a. tn ti
') t- m 71 Is. SI
4 p. m 71 s n. SI
« P tn 74 s a. SI
S P m .71 s n. St
7p in 79 J a. m ~SI
m St t a. tn SI
•K m ST S a. m <4
SS is a. m ss
11 P m <4 11 a. m SS
It midnight....St 12 noon ..St
APML It— 1 p tn 7«
1 a- m It t p m 71
WEATHER.
Sm Antonio and vMnltyt Thursday
night and Friday partly etoudy; mini-
mum temperature tl to II; frosh south-
erly winds.
Bast. Teno: Thureday night and Fri-
day. partly cloudy; warmer la north-
east portion.
West Texas: Thursday night and Fri-
day partly cloudy: not much change In
temperatune.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOnUSTR.
M. Louie: Temperature St; eleer: 11-
mlle wind from the southwest; lowest
temperature In last »4 hours. SI: high-
est. tt. 1
Chirage: Temperature 12; riser; ll-
mlle wind from the southweat: lon ret
temperature tn last 14 hour*. SS; high-
est. 11.
Kansas City: Temperature tt; clear;
11-mlle wind from the southwest; lowest
temperature In last 24 hours SS; high-
est 74.
New T>rkt Temperature. St; elear; 24-
mlie wh»<t from the north: lowest tem-
peratwn tn last J 4 hours M; highest. SO.
WaaMngtan: Temperature. 44; clear; 4-
mlle wind from the north: lowest tem-
perature la last 24 hours 31; hlchsst 11.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS THURSDAY APRIL 19 1923. -TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
TEXIN IS GIVEN
CONGRESSIONAL
HONORW
Heroic Private StilUg Hos-
pital Gets High-
est Reward.
ENEMY BJEATEN BACK
While Wounded He Killed
Four Germans and Cap-
tured Four Others.
Washington D. C- April I®.—A
second Texan has been awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor e
highest recognition this government
caa-make for bravery in battle.
■ This trlation has been conferred on
Daniel R. Edwards of Bruceville Kim-
bio county Texas who served as a
prieateda Company A Third Machine
Gun Battalion First Division snd is
still receiving treatment in New York
for wounds be received.
The only other Texan to win this
honor was David B. Barkley of San
Antonio.
Also Has Service Cross.
Edwards distinguished himself on
two ©cessions the first at Cantigny
May 28-30 for which he was awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross and
the second time at Soissons' July 18
1918. which has now won the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor.
The young Texan participated in
the first advance at Cantigny bear-
ing his machine gun on his back and
was bayonetted by a German who
was immediately killed by one of Ed-
wards' comrades. He advanced be-
yond Cantigny and with his machine
gun halted an attacking wave of Ger-
mans.
Holiting his position after support-
ing infantry had fallen back he re-
pulsed two determined counter attscks
by the enemy.
Edwards’ position was assailed by
liquid fire and enemy machine guns
hut he held on. although three mem-
bers of his squad were killed and he
himself was wounded again.
Raised Battalion’s Morale.
This extraordinary bravery is said
to have raised the morale of the men
in his battalion to the highest pitch.
Although not fully recovered from
wounds received at Cantigny. Ed-
wards ragorted back for duty during
the advance at Soisaous and despite
a shattered arm. crawled alone into
a German trench killiigg four of the
enemy and capturing four.
He was on his way to the rear with
his prisoners when a high explosive
shell struck nearby killing one of the
Germane and shattering one of Ed-
wards' legs. He was taken at once
to the hospital.
NO BILL IN KNOX CASE
Grand Jury. Charged to Probe Death
of Lumberman Returns no Indictment.
Beaumont Yet. April I®.— -No Nil
was returned against Mrs. Lillian
Knox by the Rnbine county grand
jury when it adjourned finally yes-
dar and was dismissed by District
Judge V. H. Stark. ’
The investigation of tb* Knox rase
had occupied th* time of th* grand
jury for about' two weekb of the three
weeks session.
No reference was mn<U to the Knox
esse n its final report? 1 A
Mrs. Knox was held st© the grand
'jury in January by thr-court under
n $5OOO bond on a complaint charg-
ing murder following the finding of
the lody of her husbth' in their
borne at Hempbill last November 26.
Death had caused by a bullet.
BOMBERS TAKE OFF
-- ■ £
Big Flnnea -Mu-t Cross-Country
Flight «• Ofrantfe. Va.
Ran Diego. Cal.. April I®.—Four
big Martin bombing airplanes manned
by eight officers and five enlisted men
of the United Rtates marine corps
hopped off at the North Island navy
training station this morning st 9:15
o’clock for a cross-continent flight to
Quantico Va.
Mexican Smuggler
Advertises Trade
and Gets in Bad
San Bonito Tex. April SI. —■
There are a few lines of business
Where the slogan *3t pays to ad-
vertise” does not work. One ex-
ception is smuggling.
A Mexican smuggler recently
Made $2 smuggling two Gerinans
•Ipcroßs ths border.
■ He figured this to be good busi-
j-pess and began advertising hlm-
sself as a smuggler of two aliens.
with the result that he is now
lodged in tbs eonnty jail here.
Charges of violating the United
States Immigration laws have
been filed against him.
Countess Tells Why She Gave
Castle to British Laborites
BY MILTON BRONNER
Iondon April I*. — Imagine tb’
wife of one of the Vanderbilts or
Rockefellers joining an American ta-
bor Party whole leaders preached Ra-
tionalisation of land mines and'rail-
ways snd a capital levy upon big
fortunes in order to win out war delits.
Aud yon can get some idea of the
beautiful Cduntess of Warwick becom-
ing one of the most ardent support-
ers of the British tabor Party. To
help the party she has offered her
splendid borne “Easton Lodge" in Sus
sex as a place where the pasliam*n-
tary leaders of the Laborite many
spend week-ends to recuperate and
to confer.
The granddaughter of Viscount
Maynard she is the wife of the Earl
of Warwick who holds some of the
oldest and proudest of British titles
of nobility. He is the owner of the
famous Warwick Castle which foe
some years has been leased to an
American. The countess owns 23000
acres of land in her nwn name.
I was curious to learn at first
band why a woman who by birth and
wealth belonged to the most exclu-
sive of British sristoerscy. had be-
come an active member of the party
whose rank end file is made up of
the British toilers.
She replied quite simply and unaf-
fectedly :
“I have belonged to the labor
Party for as msny years as it has
TRIPLE MURDER TRIAL
Two Negroes Doing Time for Mur-
decs Waco Black Ilas Admitted.
Waco Tex. April I®.—Roy Miteh-
ell negro five times convicted of mur-
der and given the death penalty in
each ease went to trisl again today
charged with slaying Mrs. Lula Bar-
ker at Concord near Waco in Feb-
ruary of last yesr.
Mrs. Barker's husband and Homer
Turk 13 years old were killed at
the iiw time.
Mitchell has confessed according to
officers that he committed the triple
murder. .
Unusual interest ia attached to the
case because two other negroes Coop-
er Johnsen and Benny Young'have
been convicted of the enme and their
cases affirmed by the higher courts.
The Mctannan county grand jury
which indicted Mitchell ia preparing
to ask Goqggnor Neff to pardon John-
son and JrWng. V
The five ’cases in which Mitchell
wan convicted are now on appeal.
Thfe crimes extended over a period
of a year.
AMERICANS TIPPED OFF
Germans Tell Them Not to Accept
Repudiated Marit Bills.
Barite April I®.—Americans about
to enter Germany have been warned
by friends here to be careful in chang-
ing their money not to accept any
20.900 mark bills of the series “MX."
Sixty million marks worth of bills of
this series were seised4>y French mili-
tary officials and Germany has repu-
diated the entire issue.
Notices have been posted in 111 the
retail shops on Berlin and other Ger-
man cities to this effect and dealers
refuse to accept the repudiated issue.
The Bank of Berlin offend 400.’-
000000 marks of this series to a
branch of the Reichsbunk at Cologne
which not only refused payment bnt
immediately cancelled • the bills by
puncturing them./
NON-STOP DANCER ILL
Heart Dilation Caused by M Hours
on Floor.
Houston. T«x.. April I®.— Goldie
Hughes 19. endurance dancer was re-
covering in a local hospital this morn-
ing from an attack of heart dilation
caused physicians say from exertion
on the dance floor. ' ■ • J .
Miss Hughes coßapsad late y--ter-
dsy afternoon three days after quit-
ting the dam*.
She danced more than 54 hours. .
Countess of Warwick and a wing
of her “Easton I-edge" which she has
turned over to British tabor Leaders
for week-ends.
existed so that the discovery of my
views is hardly new. 1 am glad to
be working with those who are treat-
ing with serious consideration and
more adequate grappling the pressing
problems of our time. With such a
combination of talent and earnestness
they have shamed other political part-
ies.
"Tiioee who have direct knowledge
of the sufferings mental moral and
phvsica) to which millions of our
fellow countrymen are subjected in
:ur present socisl and industrisl con-
ditions are holding out welcoming
hands to this great Labor movement
which will assuredly make for the
spiritual and cconnmlc emancipation
of the people. Thus we are working
and trust that ere long the govern-
ment will be in these able hands."
CROW THEFT CASE IS
CHARGED BY COURT
TO KENDALL COUNTY
Satlinwnt Hm Against
the Defendant Judge
Tayloe Says.
Tom Crow convicted of the mur-
ller of Mrs. Ora I’arkrr and who was
to have gone to trial on a charge
of theft over $5O in connection with
the disappearance of jewels belonging
to the dead woman will be tried in
Kendall county.. This was decided
Thursday morning when Judge 8. G.
Tayloe on motion of the court grant-
ed a change of venue to that county
when it became apparent that a jury
to try Crow could not be secured in
Bexar county.
“Where sentiment is so strong
against the defendsnt." Judge Tayloe
said in open court “it is doubtful if
it would be proper to try the case
here even if a jury could be secured.”
Decision to grant a change of venue
was reached by Judge Taylor Thurs-
day morning after the entire day
Wednesday bad been spent in an ef-
fort to secure the twelve men. After
53 special veniremen had been exam-
ined only two jurors had qualified
and it was stated that both of these
were subject to challengce. Selection
of a jury in the case it was openly
admitteei by those interested in the
case might require a full week. Un-
der these circumstances the court de-
clared it would be advisabe to change
the venue.
Consultation between attorneys for
the state the defense and the court
was then bad and it was'decided that
Kendall eounty would be acceptable to
all as a place to try'the case. Guada-
lupe Comal Wilson snd other coun-
ties were suggested but the majority
decided in favor of Kendall. Under
the law. where the court grants a
change of venue on its own motion
it .would have been possible to trans-
fer the ease to a distant county al-
though had the motion been made by
the defense it would have been nec-
essary to try the case in an adjoin-
ing county.
BILBO’S SENTENCE CUT
Ex-governor of Mississippi Will Have
to Serve Only Ten Days.
Oxford. Miss. April 19—Judge Ed-
ward W. Holmes today reduced to ten
days the 30-day jail sentence imposed
on Theodore G. Bilbo f rmer governor
•f Mississippi for cont-mpt of court.
Judge Holmes eliminated the *lOO
fine imposed on the former governor.
BELIEVE Cl
MURDERED UNO
80Dy IN RIVER
Drag Stream After Hazel
Hunt Lacy Aged 14
Disappears.
MAN IS QUESTIONED
Officers Detain Young
White Man Pending
Investigation.
Deputy Sheriffs Antonio Diar. and
John Subira with a posse of cititxens.
were dragging the Son Antonio river
in the vicinity of Hot Wells Thurs-
day morning in an effort to locate
the body of Hazel Hunt tacy 14-
year-old girl who disappeared from
the home of her sister. Mrs. C. D.
tacy near Hot Wells three days ago.
The girl’s sister and Bexar county
officers believe the girl has been
drowned. This belief is strengthened
by the fset that the girl's hat was
found on the river bank near the
spot where she was last seen.
A white man 28 years old. and
nn ex-soldier is being held in the
Bexar county jail for investigation
in connection with the girl's disap-
pearance.
tast Seen With Man.
Report of the disappearance nt the
girl was first made to Chief Deputy-
Sheriff Alphone Newton Jr. late
Wednesday. Chief Deputy Newton
ii IK)n investigation discovered that
the girl was seen talking with a man
about 7 o'clock on tbe evening of her
disappearance. Her relatives ex-
pressed the belief thst she bad mcl
with foul play
Following Ihe report Chief l»eputy
Newton detailed Deputies Dias and
Subira on the case. These offieen
upon visiting the spot where the girt
was last seen discovered a hat which
was identified as having belonged to
her. The hat was on the river bank
and officers formed the opinion that
the girl had either fallen in the
river or had met with foul play and
her body had been thrown into the
water. A posse of residents near Hot
Wells was immediately organized and
dragging of tbe river begun.
Upon information furnished by Mrs.
tacy. officers then began a search for
a white man who was reported to
have been seen talking to the girl on
tße evening of her disappearance
This seorch led to the finding of the
man and he was taken into custody
and placed' in the Bexar county jail.
Hold Man for Questioning.
Thursday morning Deputy Sheriff
Dias brought the man to the sher-
iffs office where he was closely ques-
tioned by Chief Deputy Newton. He
admitted according to the chief depu-
ty having talked to the girl on the
evening in question. He disclaimed
however any Knowledge of her pres-
ent whereabouts. He tokl Chief Depu-
ty Newton that the girl had run
away after her brother-in-law had
slapped her for going nut with him.
This statement waa disputed by the
girl'a sitter who asserted the belief
that the man taken into custody
knnws nt tbe girl's wbereabouts. The
girl the man stated told him that
she was feeling queer when she talked
to him last. He denies that he has
hny knowledge of her whereabouts.
Chief Deputy Newton Baid that
upon investigation he has established
the fnct that the man has been ab-
sent from his home for the last three
nights snd because of the mystery
■surrounding the case he has decided
to hold tbe man in jail until further
developments.
Meantime a thorough search of th<
Ran Antonio river from the point
where the girl’s hat was found many
miles south is under wny.
ERMANS MUST ACCEPT
French Intend to Force Recognition of
Seized Notes Declared Invalid.
By the Asaeelated Frees.
Essen April I®.—Reports from
Duisberg indicated that the authori-
ties intend to use force in making the
Germans accept seised bank notes
which the federal Reichsbank has de-
clnnd invalid.
The dispatches state that members
of the occupational forces apjieared
at the Duisburg brane! of the Keichs-
bank Tuesday with 6.000.000 marks in
20000 mark notes bearing the dis-
tinguishing initials MX seized re-
cently at the Muelheim printing
plant.
They demanded that the notes be
exchanged for others.
$5O in Cash Prizes
to be awarded
in the Movie
Star Contest
For Particulars See Page IS
TYVA PK’M'TQ per •opf vicinity.
IVV U vDil AO fiv® cents on trains and elsewhere.
HOODED FIGURES ARE
SEEN PROWLING ABOUT
BASTROP PAPER MILL
Workers Are Intimidated Authorities
Are Told —Masked Man With Shot-
gun Over Shoulder Seen About -
Plant Several Nights Is Report.
Three Named in Mer Rouge Case
Surrender — Skipwith Promises to
Give Up.
Monroe La. April 19.— District Attorney David idt
Garrett today is investigating complaints submitted toJSw
office by the Bastrop Pulp and Paper Company
hooded men have been prowling about the premises
the company and that workmen have been
it was learned here. vij
The district attorney said that one of the reports dJMr I
clared that one man in a hood and mask with a shotg«»J
over his shoulder had been seen prowling about the plol |
for several nights. ■ 1
The Morehouse Ku Klux Klan disclaims any knowlß |
edge of the affair and offers a reward of $5O for the ar« ■
rest and conviction of any person or persons wearing thsj
regalia of the organization who is found trespassing. $ •
ALLEGE
Prohibition Agent Orders Gallon
Whiskey by Telephone.
With the arraignment of George
Anderson before United States Com-
missioner K. la. Edwards Wednesday
evenin the third man has been ar-
rested by the officers in another al-
leged liquor conspiracy case in Ban
Antonio. Two other men Gordon W.
Barber and John Reese had been ar-
raigned before Commissioner Edwards
on tbe charge of conspiracy prior to
the arraignment of Anderson. Each
was placed under $1(100 bond after
preliminary examination had been
waived.
In a statement made by Permissive
Agent R. G. Pfeffer he said tlfat he
had received information that liquor
could be ordered by telephone from
Anderson and that delivery would be
made to any place designated. He tel-
ephoned to Anderson's address he
said and asked for Anderson. He
asked that a gallon of whiskey be de-
livered to a hotel on South Alamo
street. Tbe agent was- assured ac-
cording to tbe report that the de-
livery would be made within 30 or
40 minutes. ‘
Shortly after the order had been
made two men driving a Chevrolet
automobile brought the whiskey to
the hotel on South Alamo street and
asked for tbe name that had been
given by the prohibition agent. Tbe
two men. the agent alleges were Gor-
don W. Barber and John Reese.
A search of tbe automobile re-
vealed the presence of a pint prescrip-
tion flask in a side pocket in the car.
George Anderson's name was on the
bottle. The permissive agent stated
although Anderson himself was not
in the car. A price of $l2 a gallon
was asked for tbe liquor Agent Pfef-
fer stated.
Index to Advertisers
Index to principal adv«rtlifn< In to*
xlay's Light for guidance of shoppers:
Advertiser —
Amusements
Banks. Insurance. Investments.. *4
Cheek-Neal Coffee Co. (Maxwell
House Tea) JJ
Classified and Rea! Esta* >l-11-21
< 'loon an & Osborn - 2 J
Cosmopolitan Magasine . ....•••• 3
Crockett Automobile Co.*
Douglas Shoe Store
-Fomby Clothing Co. •
Fox Co. ”
Frank Bros
Frost Bros. Co
Goggan A Bros.. Thoe
Guarantee Shoe Co. -
ivory Garter Co *•
Jacobs-Mazur Co. J J
Joske Bros Co.
Karotkln Furniture Co t-JJ
Liggett A Myers (Chesterfield)..
Lor ilia rd A P. (Muriel Cltars) IS
Mode! Baking Co *
National Toilet Co 1 J
Newton A WeUer Co.
Wiggly !nc 1
Pitluk Advertising Agency 1J
Postum Cereal Co. (Grape Nuts)
Quillian Co.. The . •
Railroad and Steamship Lines.. l-]«
Richter's Bakery
Roos Co.. M. J
St. Anthony Hotel
S. A. Public Service C 0..........
Shredded Wieat Co
Sommers’ Stores
Standard Sanitary Mfg. C 0.....
T« xas Steam Laundry - J
Washer Bros. Co S-5-14 l»
White Dyeing A Cleaning Co. E Y. 1
WHHaww. John »
Wolff A Marx Co. ♦
Wolfaon Dryniiooda Co. lnc.»«. 1
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EDITION
SKIPWORTH TO
Wwrants Out for Amat «f NearQ
a Score ia Mtr Rouge Caee.
Baetrop La. April I®.—Smith St
veneon Fred Higginbotham and Nee k
Gray surrendered to the sheriff thi
morning hi answer to warrants fe
their arrest charging them with vari
ous offenses in connection with tb
mask band activitiea in Moehoua
parish last sumator which culminate
in the slaying Watt Daniel an
T. F. Ri chaffy Mer Rouge.
The thiwßß* said they are read •
to make toM and will fight tbei
cases id <a>art. -
to Surrender.
Capt. J. K. Skipwith exalted ej
clops of the Morehouse Ku Khi:
Klan telephoned tbe sheriff that h
would surrender today.
Warrants for the arrest of eleve
others whom the state connects wit
the Morehouse hooded band cases ar
in tbe hands of the sheriff who noli
fied those whom he could reach t<
surrender at the courthouse today. I
The bills of information were!
drawn by Attorney General A. V.|
Coen and number about 30. ’
It is expected that all the pereons.
named in the bills with the exen l -!
tion rt three who are without th-’
jurisdiction of the court will be tak-
etn into custody during the div.
Cyclops Is Bine*
Tbe most serious of .the charges
Is conspiracy to murder. Two such
charges were made against Capt. J.
K. Skipwith. exalted cyclope nt the
Morehouse parish Ku Klux Klan in
connection with tbe Mdnaping and
disappearance of Daniel and Rich-
ard.
Two bodies identified as theirs
were found in take LaFourcbe.
There were no other murder con-
spiraev charges filed.
Captain Skipwith was also charged
with carrying firearms on the prem-
ises of another compelling a person
to leave his home conspiring to com-
pel a person to leave an automobile
conspiring to compel a person to
leave his place of business and three
charges of assault.
There were several bills of Infor-
mation filed agninst Dr. R M. Mc-
Koin former mayor of Mer Rongr
and now a student at Johns Hop-
kins University.
Former Deenty Named.
J. F. Burnett former deputy sher-
iff of Morehonse narish: E. N. Grav
and Oliver Skipwith are also named
in one of the bills. Others named
are Marvin Pickett. Cud Pickett.
Benton Pratt and W. P. Kirkpat-
At the open hearing. Addie May
Hamilton a IT-year-old gir!. ’"ti-
fied that she recognized Doctor Me-
Koin am! Kirknatrlrk as members nt
a masked band that ordered her to
leave M»r Rouge or be tarred and
feathered.
Tjurie Calhoun. former depute
sheriff. Kellv Harn ami Ed Ivy. were
named as was Harlie Rogers.
Doctor MeKoin. Calhoun and Iv
are the ©nlv persons named hl the
Mils who are not In Morehouse par-
It was asM several days ago that
Porto: M<K<«in would return from
RrJ!liner* when reqnewfed ny
State officials. Calhoun l« in Tex-
as near the hordee and Try wa« re-
norted near Notohcv. Miss. severs
•’ays sro. riff Ca-ncntee rmeets
that ’b"y will return here at once.
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