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VOL. XLIII—NO. 252.
CHARGE THEFT OF AIRPLANE PARTS
RHINELAND
UPRISING
- IMMINENT
Independent Republic to
Be Proclaimed >».
Sunday.
FRENCH GIVE CONSENT
General DeGoutte Agrees
to Protect Sepa-
ratists.
LOYALISTS ALARMED
Many Firced in Plot by
Threats of Expul-
sion.
■y HIRAM K. MODERWEIX.
gpecisl Cable to The San Antonio Light
and the Chicago Daily Newt
Copyright 1923.
Berlin. Sept. 28.— Leaders of the
Rhineland separatist movement are
speedily perfecting plans for the proc-
lamation of an independent republic. I
A meeting will be held at Dusseldorf
Sunday at which all leaders of the
movement will be present. Members
of rations organizations will gather
from all parts of the Rhineland in spe-
cial trains fnrished by the French and
Belgian railroad administration.
Iris asserted that a complete pro-
has been arranged whereby after
'life mass meeting a delegation will
'visit General DeGoutte the French
commander of the area and demand
French protection for the young na*
tion. Upon the receipt of a favorable
answer which is confidently expected
the republic will be proclaimed on the
spot.
This is denied by Herr Mathes the
Dusseldorf separatist leader but it is
certain that the leaders plan to issue
their proclamation very soon and no
moment is likely to be more favorable
than the present.
Loyalists Are Alarmed.
Leaders loyal to the Berlin govern-
ment are thoroughly alarmed at the
prospect raised by the calling of the
general meeting and representatives
of all parties in the Rhineland have
hern hastily summoned to Cologne to-
day to take measures designed to avert
the danger. The secession of Bavaria
or a red uprising in Saxony would
make the Rhineland republic almost a
certainty.
The French government has repeat-
edly stated both officially and unof-
ficially that it does not aim to create
such a republic and is not aiding the
movement. It would be difficult how-
ever to reconcile this statement with
tilings that admittedly are happening
in the Rhineland today.
If the French are technically neu-
tral as they claim it is nevertheless
true that their benevolence toward the
separatist movement is so lively and
efficient that the separatists depend on
them for the very air they breathe.
It is still true that the separatist
movement has so little spontaneity
that if German authority were per-
mitted to re-establish itself in the
Rhineland as was contemplated in the
treaty of Versailles or as it actuallv
in Cologne the movement would
collapse within a week. The separa-
tists themselves admit that they will
do nothing without Fror-' and Bel-
gium permission and that their suc-
cess is conditioned upon French ap-
proval and French promises of active
aid.
French Financial Support.
The various forms of active allied
assistance are the following:
Personal protection of individual
separatists against arrest by the Ger-
man authorities either for political or
common law offenses; permission to
carry arms which is denied to all
other German citizens: permission to
post placards and-circulate literature
which is denied to their opponents-
permission to requisition public build-
ings for meetings; provision of mili-
tary protection for parades and .other
demonstrations: free trans.ortation in
the Franco-Belgian railway system.
Credible evidence exists that the
French have provided financial sup-
port but it is improbable it the
French found it necessary to spend
much money. Their moral supnort
is of incalculably greater val Wi.i
it the separatist leaders can say the
cinl servants (if you join us rapid
piAmotion is assured you: if you do
not. the French will expel you. as thiv
have cxpelied 150.000 of your com-
rades.”
Want Military Protection.
Finally the separatists if they hope
to succeed must obtain from the
French—and probably already have ob-
tained—certain assurances:
1. Promise of speedy diplomatic
recognition of the new republic.
2. Promise of military protection
permitting the republic to t a loan
yw'he basis for its currency. •
” 3. Assurance that Rhinelanders
will not to do military ser-
vice for the Trench
4. Assurance that the eight-hour
(Continued on next page.)
THE SAX AXION 10 LIGHT
You Are Not Giving;
-. You Are Investing
Each winter thousands of tourists come to San
Antonio. They spend money for housing for board
for Clothing for amusement and for a thousand ahd
I one other necessities and luxuries which appeal to
them. Some share of this money goes to every busi-
ness man and every .resident of San Antonio in one
way and another. Certainly it adds to the general
prosperity of the city.
Many of the visitors who come to spend a winter
in San Antonio become so enamored of her charms
or* see such business possibilities here that they de-
cide to make this their home. They return and in-
vest their capital thus adding to the population and
wealth of the city.
No one can gainsay the desirability of this tourist
business and no one can successfully dispute that it
is good policy for San Antonio to make the effort
to increase this trade as much as possible. The one
wav to increase it is to place before the Northern
and Eastern people the advantages of San Antonio
as a winter playground and this can be done only
by advertising. .
Public-spirited citizens are sacrificing their time
in a drive to secure a fund of $60000 with which to
finance an advertising campaign in newspapers and
magazines of the North and East. The appropria-
tion is a small one for a corporation the size of San
Antonio and should be raised quickly if all will do
their share.
Money given to this fund is an investment for
every business and every individual in San Antonio—-
in investment that will bring big returns.
. Do your share.
CLOUDY AND COOLER
. -
Continuation of the Same Weather
Conditions Promised.
Partly cloudy and cooler is the fore-
east for Sun Antonio and vicinity Fri-
day night and Saturday. Maximum
temperatures will be from So to 1)1
with light to moderate southerly to
westerly winds.
The weather map Friday morning
shows that the high pressure area that
was entering the country over the
northwest Thursday lias skidded off
to the east is following the Canadian
border. A low pressure extends over
the Southwest up into Kansas. Al-
though no rain "is forecasted here from
the low. yet its presence will keep tin-
high from pushing down over Texas.
A small part of the high may get
pinched off and bring good weather
for the next few days.
Clarendon was the only Texas sta-
tion to report rain over night.
TO MARKET TIMBER
Uvalde Cedar Company Capitalized
With $.500000 Stock.
The Uvalde Cedar company capital-
ized recently with a stoc k of $.500000
by Harry H. Rogers and others will
market timber which will be cut from
a 00.000-acre tract near Uvalde.
Incorporators named arc Harry 11.
Rogers. Anna H. Ropers and Homer
Rogers. all of San Antonio. Harry
Rogers said Thursday that it was the
purpose of the newly organised com-
pany to cut timber from the large
tract of land which is located about 3.5
miles from Uvalde nnd market it
throughout and in parts of Now
Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma. Forty
th< nnd acres of the land i« owned
by Mr. Rogers while twenty thousand
acres have been leased.
THE WEATHER
TBMPBRATTRES.
SEPT. 27. 2 a. m 7S
.1 p. m 89 a a. m 7*
1 p. m...;... .*9 4 a. m 73
S p. m S 9 6 a. m 72
6 p. m 57 6 a. ni 72
7 p. m M 7 a. m 72
8 p. 82 8 a. ni 73
9 p. in 79 9 a. 75
10 p. ni 7 8 10 a. m 78
11 p ni £ 11 »• ni 82
12 j- noon *3
SEPT. 27. 1 p. m 81
1 a. m 74 2 p. m |6
FORECAST.
San Antonio and vicinity: Friday night
and Saturday partly cloudy; cooler Sat-
urday; maximum temperature. 85 to 91.
light to moderate southerly to westerly
v inds.
Ea*t Texas: Friday night partly
cloudy; cooler in northwest; Saturday
partly cloudy; cooler in interior.
TTeM Texan: Friday night partly
cloudy; showers in the Panhandle: cold-
er; Saturday generally fair.
* —
HOME WEATHER FOR TOI RISTS.
Chicago: Temperature. 6S: parti v
cloudy; less than ten-mile wind from
the west; lowest temperatuie in last
24 hours. 66; highest 80.
Knn«Hb City: Temperature. 70: partly
cloudy; less than ten-mile a Ind from
the southeast; lowest temperature in
last 24 hours. 70; highest. SO.
New York: Temperature. 64; cloudy:
ten-mile wind from the west: lowes*
temperature in last 21 hours. 62: high-
est. 72.
St. I-ou in: Temperature. 70; partly
cloudy: twelve-mtia wind from the south-
wes*: lowest temperatun? In last 24 hours
68; nigheet. M.
Ra*hingt»n: Temperature. «;
4Houdy: less than ten-mile wind from
t c north: lowest temperature in la**
2 4 hours. 64; highest. 82.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28 1923. -TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
BULGARIANS DRIVE
COMMUNISTS FROM
LAST STRONGHOLD
Rebels Lose Heavily in
Fighting Aroand
Berkowitza.
By the AsMM'tated Presa.
Sofia. Bulgaria. Sept. 28.— The city
of Fcrdinandovo was occupied today
by government forces.
The Communist revolutionary ele-
ments thus lost their last centei* ot re-
aistancek
The occupation was made possible
by the capture of Berkowitza Wednes-
day night this success opening up the
way to Ferdiuaudovo.
Troops captured Berkowitza after
a sharp struggle.
The Communists who were holding
the town lost heavily.
The government casualties were
light.
The government has issued a procla-
mation assuring the public of the
collapse of the Communist movement
and the early restoration of or-
der.
The public services are perceptibly
demoralized.
The fall of the Communists ana
foreign confidence in the ability of
the government to cope with the situ-
ation Is demonstrated by the continued
rise in the Leva which was quoted on
the Bours" at 102 to the dollar as
against 172 last year.
SEEK MAN’S IDENTITY
Relieve San Antonio Peddler May
Have Dropped Dead at Floresville.
Snn Antonio police arc endeavoring
to establish the identity of a man.
believed a resident of this city who
died suddenly at Floresville late
Thursday afternoon.
Sheriff Carnes in n long distance
telephone manage to the detective de-
partment reported the stranger car-
ried a gatchel filled with patent medi-
cines purchased from the San Pedro
drug store here. Detective Ruhnke. ns-
signed on the case reported Druggist
Valdez sold a quantity of varied medi-
cinea to a Spaniard last Saturday.
The man. he said was h peddinr nd
i*nd frequently made Burn purchase*
from the place. His identity however
was not known tn the store.
‘ CRAMER TAKES OFF
leaves Houston in Attempt to Beal
Crocker’s Record.
Houston. Tex.. Sept. 28.—Park-r
D. “Shorty"’ Cramer took off this
morning at 6 o’cbwk beginning a High*
from Ellington Field here to Brod
ford. T’a.
Cramer hopes to complete the 1744
mile trip in approximately fifteen
bonrs.
He i« attempting to break Scotty
Crocker’s record in his famous non
stop flight from the Gulf to Canada
FIGHTS ARE EXPECTED
Rival Political Cuans Predict Blood
shed at Philippine Election.
By »he Am* »H(e«l PrcM.
Manila. Sept. 28.—Statements i«
»ued from rival political <anip« pre
diet disturbances and possible blood
»he«l on October 2. the day of the io
«ular senatorial election.
TRAIN PLUNGES
INTO RIVER; 40
TO 100 DROWN
Bridge Weakened by
Flood Pours Coaches
Into Torrent.
CARS DEATH TRAPS
24 Saved by Hand-by-Hand
Trip Across Cable to
River Bank.
S PERSONS FOl ND ALIVE
Denver. Colo.. Sept. 28.— One of
the submerged ears which plunged
into Coal creek near Casper last
night has been pulled from the
stream and eight persons were
found alive in it. u uiessage re-
ceived here today says.
Casper. ’.Vyo.. Sept. 28.—Weaken-
ed |>y the strain imposed by a rag-
ing torrent pouring down Coal Creek
an ordinarily dry stream-bed. a bridge
over the creek collapsed last night
plunging the locomotive and several
coaches of Burlington A Quincy No.
30 into the turbulent flood.
The work of rescuing the bodies
of the 40 to 100 passengers who
perished in the collapse began this
morning. Several have been recover-
ed.
Plunged into the river swollen by
cloudburst and heavy rains the pas-
sengers wc»e engulfed in a torrent
that left them little chance to es-
ea pe.
“A Quiet sorrow" geeording to one
of the survivors pervaded the scene
of the wreck when the cries of the
victims were stifled in and smothered
by the flood waters that closed over
thc.n.
Twisted and swept down stream by
the turbulent current the locomotive
and coaches proved death traps for
their passengers.
Hand-Over-Hand Trip.
There was one notable exception—-
a sleeping ear only partially sub-
merged. permitting its 24 passengers
to crawl on to its top and there await
rescue.
This was effected in a spectacular
ma nner.
A big cable rope obtained at the
Big Muddy oil field was thrown over
to the marooned passengers nearly
all shivering in their night clothes.
With the headlight of the locomo-
tive of the relief train playing on the
scene the slow process of rescue in
this manner proceeded.
Men women and children went
hand over hand from the sleeper to
the cast bank a distance of more
than 15H feet.
Several time women lost one hand-
hold of the rope only to regain their
balance and save themselves from
dropping into the sweeping waters.
After their perilous trip across the
water several women fell into a dead
faint ami had to be carried to wait-
ing ears. A man carried a baby in
his arms from the marooned car to
the bank nnd almost miraculously ef-
fected a rescue.
Regular Engineer Lucky.
It was still raining at the scone
of the wreck early this morning. One
sleeper was left on the truck where
it had been derailed nt the brink of
the stream. Its occupants were sleep-
ing in the car.
Lloyd A. Jackson. an engineer con-
eiders himself a lucky man today.
Yesterday afte-noon he refused to
answer the call boy stating that he
did not want to take his regular run
out of fasper because of the heavy
rainfall and dangerous condition of
the railroad.
As a result. Eugene Spangler n<>t
the regular engineer for this run
took nut the Denver train. He is
reported among the missing and it
is believed that he was killed in the
wreck when his locomotive plunged
backwards into the stream.
NEGRO HURT GIVES UP
2000 Persons Attend Funeral nf Offi-
cer Killed by Moonshiners.
Prescott Ark.. Sept. 28.—Weak-
ened from the loss of blood which
flowed from three pistol -Wounds which
it is believed will prove fatal Eugene
Butler negro who is said to have par-
tlc'patcd m the gun battle yesterday
between officers and moqnabincrs in
Netada county sm i-»;d»red and
bi ought to a local hospital for treat-
men t.
More than 20<K> ;.cr>na attend'd
the funeral here o- c Gjly Marshal Mur-
rah of Prescott wli.- was killed in the
buttle. «
Seized Liquor Worth $3600.
Colorado Tex.. Sept. 28.—A collec-
tion of whiskies consisting.of Scotch
cognac and other high-grade bottled-
in-bond varieties totaling 240 quarts
were removed from a m w sport model
car. and L. W. Foreman of Tulsa.
Okla. was placed unde- arrest. Fore-
man said Im was on his wav from
Tulsa to Ei Paso. The rare collec-
tion is valued at A"6o<> at its pres-
ent retail figure-
Defies Governor
Representative W. D. Mcßee chi
man of Oklahoma state legislat
committee which preferred char
against Governor Walton and i>-i
a call for a special session of
house to consider ouster proeecdin
which gathering Walton says wo
be unconstitutional and has refuse;
permit the lawmakers to meet un
threat of arms.
KLANSMEN FREED
ON AGREEING TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS
Court Contempt Charges
Dismissed—Had Re-
fused to Testify.
By the AMOclated Pre**.
Shawnee. OWa.. Sept. 28.— Honor I
McKown grand ryciops of the Ki
Klux Klan nt Maude Okla. and WJ
IV. Price a member of. the Maude!
klan we e released from custody here'
today after a brief hearing in super
ior court at they agreed to an-|
swer questions ]>ut to tlrnm by n uiili
tarv court at Maude.
The men were arrested yestenlny.'
i barged with contempt of tourt. when
they declined to testify regarding m
other mans alhgcd connection with
the klan.
Judge L. G. Pittman explained t' ।
they were required by law to nn-ne
oucstions that would not inc.in'in:i
themselves and upon th"ir promise a
give the information nought by th
militaur- investigators the thaig'
against them were dismiss)d.
MASKED TRIO DRUGS
FATHER AND GIRLS
AND STEALS JEWELS
Robbers Escape Leaving
Victims in Serious
Condition.
Decatur 111.. Sept. 28.— Af
drugging and mistreating them. i!a
masked bandits late last night for
James C. Gunning and his two Una:
ters to reveal the place of com calnu
of jewels valued at $l5OO.
The robbers escaped from the Gn
ning home with the'valuable-.
Mr. Gunning and the two girls n
serious condition.
TURKS DECLARE
REPUBLIC SAYS
VIENNA DISPATCH
— z_
Mustapha Kemal in Line
for Presidency Report
Declares.
Paris. Sept. 28.—A Have’ ।
L roni Vienna says it is rumor'
that a republic has been d'd
Turkey. There is no confirni i
the rumor from any direct st
The flight of the sultan of 1.: \
last November has left the । ’ ' ।
statu® of Turkey in doubt. The -i b
tan did not abdicate and ha* '“’ J
claimed lie is still the ruling !
Turkey. But the Kemnli*t 1 '
now dominant is opposed to the
tontate and a disnntcb from 1 on-tan-
tinople on September 25 said it
virtually certain that Turk ' " "'. I*
be declared a republic and M ■ '' ;a
Kemal elected president.
Texas Bank Closed
Austin. Tex.. Sept. 28. l'> " rl ‘ _
of J. L. Chapman state ba • k-'’S J’’"'l
missioner. the Hitchcock tb : Mno
of Hitchcock. Galveston O'
closed Thursday it was riinouiK*
late niursday bv the coni:' '
Bank Examiner W. A. WilV""’!
be'n placed in charge. A graih’’ l r _.
on deposits which totaled "'T 0 -
mately eftK.nW. caused the l '' '. .
close. Chapman state’ Th' i- -
a capital stock of $15000.
WONDERS'
B DEATH OR
LIFEFORWARO
Defense Takes Exception to
Judge’s Charge to
Jurymen.
FAVORITISM ALLEGED
State Brands Blackmail
and Self-Defense Pleas
as False.
By the Associated Press.
While Plains. N. Y.. Sept. 28--Tlic
ju ri in the case of Walter S. Maid
ili.'tgsl with the murder of Clarence
Pip retired to consider its verdict
shortly after 12:30-today.
Before the jury retired the opposing
r.llorn is engaged into a spectacular
lilt wilh Justice Wagner to
whose charge Io the jury they took
exception.
Allan R. Campbell of the defense
staff took exception to the entire
charge of the court characterizing it
as entirely unfair to the defendant.
When Justice Wagner finished his
charge he had met about half a dozen
of the 63 snecific requests for special
chargis flint the defense hud made nnd
about half of the ten requests of th"
prosecution.
As soon ns the judge had finished.
Mr. Campbell arose and asserted that
th» rotirt had favored the'prosecution
throrehout. both in reading the law
end in his summary of the ci iderce.
Mr. Campbell asserted that the
court in citing the Inw nnd the evi
[cilice had brought out points favor
I able to the prosecution and had not
i drawn out parallel points that would
I bare been equally favorable to tin de
frn«e. '**-'
Justiee Wagner ropliad that if he
had f»»ztr«l th* state he had not dime
sa nurpotely.
('lofting arguments were heard yes-
terday.
Attorney General Sherman in
charge of Ilie prosecution has nsked
the life of the defendant.
In his summing up It" characterized
IVatd's blnckmail and self-defense
stories as lies.
The story of the struggle lie
averred was physically impossible.
Mr. Sherman and one of his as-
sislants re-enacted the shooting as
M'ard lind told of it.
Mr. Sherman held the ”S calibre
automatic with which I'cters was
shot while the deputy grasped the
J calibre revolver Ward claimed
Ip ers threatened him with.
They struggled for a moment and
tli' ii Mr. Sherman polled the trigger.
The prosecute declared that had
tins been the way in which Peters
was shot he Would have borne pow -
der marks on h-s shirt and Ite would
have crumpled in a heap instead of
I ng found “laid out."
GET STOLEN SILVER
Property of Dallas Family Is Kecov
ered in San Antonio.
One hundted pieces of sol d ste
ng silverware consisting '
nives nn»l forks stolen in balin'* *ev
ral months ngo an«l recovered
pawn whop h?r? by Detective Walter
Harvey last week wore sent to t'hioi
Detective oL Gunning of the Dalia*
depnrtment Friday.
Th? shipment was made by Capt
Sam Street.
Th? recovery of the silverware and
restoration to the owner is due to the
persistant? of Detective Harvey. \\ heq
located in a pawn shop the plain
clothes man. after a careful cheek <d
local detcciive records decided th?
silverware had been stolen elsewhere
He began a series of queries to dif-
ferent Texas cities.
When Pallas wa§ touched Chief
Punning promptly responded. The
silverware was that stolen by a burg-
lar who entered th? home of M. J.
Delaney. 5411 Swiss street. Paling A
l»at of the property sent here by Chief
Gunning tallied exactly with that
found her? by the plain clothes man.
Much of the silverware was high!.'
prized a* heirlooms of the Delaney
family.
MAY APPEAL FOR AID
Coroner's Jury Ridicule Idea That
Girl Was Killed by Car.
Millville. N. X. Sept. 28.—Ridicu'-
ing the belief expressed by some ot
the investigators that 10-year-ohl r.tn
ma Dickson. body with th?
skull crushed was found in a woods
near her home at Bricksboro Sat-
urday. had been struck and killed by
a passing motor car. members of the
coroner’s jury last night declared that
if necessary they would appeal tc
Governor Silver for aid in running
down th? child’s slayer.
Make Up Reward.
Tort Elizabeth. N. J.. Sept. 28.— t
Th** town hall was crowded la«t input
with residents of th? com-
munity who. dissatisfied with th? u?
lay in apprehending an alleged slayer
of Emma Dickson. Millville hnn
school girl and incensed over the
theory that she had been run down
by an automobilist. pa-sed resolutions!
defending the girl’s character and aa ;
pointed a committer of 20 m?n and - L
women to receive subscriptions for a .
reward to be offered for the arrest of j
1 the slayer.
TWO PPM'rQ rvr c °p* » n tft y " na eiciuitr*
■1 ’’ v VLlx 10 Five cent» oo trains «nd *lMwh<rt
RIVER BOTTOM
RESIDENTS FLEE
FROM TORRENTS
Water Stands One to Three
Feet Deep in Sheri-
dan Wy.
Sheridan. Wyo.. Sept. 28.—Swol-
len by terrific rains the waters of
Big Goose and Little Goose creeks left
their ban'« today and dashed ov?r
wide sections of Sheridan. Scores of
residents in the river bottom sections
began packing their belongings pre-
paratory to moving to places of safe-
ty. The water is standing on? to three
feet in various sections of the town.
SAN ANTONIO TO BE
BEST LIGHTED CITY
IN STATE OF TEXAS
Commissioner Wright Will
Introduce Resolution
for “White Way”
San Antonio is to b? the best
lighted iiiy in the state as a result
of th? decision of th? mayor and coin-
missiouers to install a "white way
system of lights on five principal
streets and to place arc lights in the
outskirts nf the city.
Police Compiissmner Wright will
introduce a resolution Monday pro-
viding for the lighting of the streets
as follows:
On Broadway to Tenth street: East
Commerce to the S. I*. depot : West
Commerce to the I-G. N. depot; South
Alamo to Garden; South Flores to
S. A. & A. P. tracks.
Th? lights will be the same as
are now on Houston. Travis and the
central section of Coin mere?.
.The installation of th? white way
lights will enable the ritv to place
the arc lights now on those Streets
in the remd’utial district.
M>. Wright said th? commissioners
and mayor decided on th? new light-
ing 'system in the belief it would be
of treat benefit to the -city as a
whole.
MINISTER FLOGGED
FOR BATHING POOL
WEDDING IS CLAIM
Governor Walton Reveals
Masked Mob’s Perse-
cution.
15v «iie Associated rr<‘*«.
Oklahoma City. Okla.. Sept. 28 —
An alleged account of how the Kev.
Thomas .1. I»win of Lawton. form-
er pastor of a church there who was
removed by his congregation because
he had performed a wedding ceremonv
in a bathing pool •with the principals
attired In bathing suits bail been per-
«cciited by a masked mob which on
two occasions beat hiiB almost to
death. wf revealed here today by
Governor .1. C. Walton.
MAY SEND TROOPS
Citizens Order Convict (amp Moved
After Montan Attacked.
Raleigh. N. Sept. 28.—Follow-
ing rei«rts to the state’s executive
office that a group of citizens of
Mitchell county had warned the super-
visor of a state convict camp near
the scene of the reported attack by
an escaped negro convict on an aged
white woman Wednesday to move
tile camp by noon today. Governor
Morrison announced that he had or-
dered troops tn the county and that
law and order would bo maintained
if it is within his power tn do so.
The forced exodus of the negroes
was reported -complete today and
spokesmen for the mob. which round-
ed up nearly KM» negroes front con-
struction gangs from the vicinity and
placed th-in aboard freight trains
declared they would never permit an-
other negro to enter the town.
CASE IS DISMISSED
Son Says He Ilas “I .earned" and
Pleads For Mother Mho Shot Him.
Chicago. Sept. 28.—A prosecutor
virtually turned defense counsel to-
dav and with the “moral law" given
prccedem-c over the criminal codes
Mrs. Hose Simisc. who shot her son.
Deszo. several weeks ago to save him.
as she slid front a life of crime
wag discharged in municipal court.
] te-ro who has recovered from his
wounds was arrested once on a auto-
mobile theft charge.
He told Judge rrindviile lie had
“learned his lesson." had a job. and
then pleaded for h* Mother
"Slip shot me because
me." he declared.
The case was dismissed and mother
and son departed happily together.
Dry Official Issues Denial.
Washington. D. C.. Sept.
Wayne B. Wheeler. general consul oi
the anti-Saloon League. characterized
today as ridiculous any intima!’ o ”
that the league had promised to swin?
the Ohio dclcsation for the nomination
~f President Coolidge if he wouW per-
mit an a»>n«dntee of the league to ad
minister the prohibition law.
HOME
EDITION
CIVILIAN
AVIATORS
ARE HELD
Say Plane at Stinson Field
Built From Brooks
Field Parts.
SOLDIER IS ACCUSED
Charges Filed Against Ed-
ward Holmes and
Leon J. Ospad.
ONE IS ARRAIGNED
Department of Justice
vestigates Case at Fly-
ing Field Here.
An alleged conspiracy between two
civilians at Stinson field and a sol-
dier stationed nt Brooks Field where-
by airplane engine parts to the value
of SI6OO are reported to' have been
stolen from the government and used
in (he construction of a civilian plane
at Stinson field lias been uncovered
by agents of the Department of Jus-
tice. it has reported Friday morning;
Although three are said to have besn
involved in the alleged conspiracy only
two aro uanied in the complaint
charging conspiracy to steal and the
theft of government property fil'd
with United States Comnussieuer It.
L. Edwards by A. W. Crandall an
agent of the bureau of investigation.
Edward Holmes and Leon J. Ospnd
are named In the complaint both be-
ing civiliaus at Stinson field. Ospad.
wiio was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Edwards waived
preliminary examination and was
placed under a $l5OO bond. Holmes
lias not yet been arraigned.
Investigation by agents of the De-
partment of Justice were initiated Inst
Wednesday afternoon when Ospad. a
L’d-ytar otd mechanic at Stinson Field
who said tbnt his home was at Crook-
ston. Minn. was taken into custody* by
■agents of the Department of Justice
lie said that he hail betyi in San An-
tonio but six weeks.
According to federal agents sir-
plane engine parts have been stolen
from Brooks Field and used in nn air-
plane now being constructed at Stinson
Field .The investigation is being con-
tinued.
SAYS CHILD KIDNAPED
Police Learn. However. Husband Tools
“My child has just been kidnaperi.
wa* the message sent detective head-
quarters. at 10 too o'clock Friday
morning by a woman resident of East
Cincinnati avenue.
Detectives Long and Grasshoff hur-
ried to the place. Investigation
showed the woman in a state of nerv-
ou“ness. The officers were advised the
child a little girl of 3 years had
been grabbed by a man while playing
near the home hurriedly taken into
an automobile whicu left the scene in
a burst of speed.
Officers then sought a description
of the kidnaper. *
"He is my husband.” the woman
explained. "We have been separated
though not divorced.”
CHILD IS HURT
Three-year-old Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Scruggs Hit by Car.
Claude Winston Scruggs. .'Lyear-oM
son of Mr. and Mr«. Charles W.
Scruggs..so7 East Quincy street was
hit bv an automobile at 9:45 Fridav
morning and may b* seriously injured.
• The chilti was taken to Kenner a
sanitarium. Nature <u the child s in-
juries had not been determined early
during the afternoon.
Frank I’. Marshall proprietor of
the Commercial Tire Company. So *tb
Flores street driving the automobile
was en route to bis home. 411 Ea*t
Quincy street at the time. The child
it i- said was in the street in the
middle of the block when struck by the
OIL OPERATOR DIES
Dean <4 southern California Petre-
leitm Men Expire nt Hh Ihmr
she loved
Ixm AneeJes. Sept. 2S—Lyman
Stewart. (lean of Southe’n ralKnrn *
nil operator? founder of the I nion
Oil compaov and chairman of . it«
board of director-. died of acute
hror- hitis and complications at about
12:40 o’clock thi* morning.
%meriran< Wed in Europe.
|/ondon. Sept. 2H. — Helm Can-
non LeecurE of iMnville. 111.. <ra»' i*
daughter of -Cnck Joe** Cannon. h*
came the bride today of !b»r**v K»rh
of nahim
in Europe for the United States line?-
Girl Away.
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