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VOL. XLIII—NO. 363.
HUERTA GUNBOATS SHELLING TAMPICO
TUGHELPLESS
' IS HIGH SEAS
. BEATCRUISER
F
Stands by Grounded U. S.
t Warship But Cannot
; Give Aid. >
I •z
DISTRESS CALLS HEARD
Vessels Rush to Vera
Cruz From Pensacola
and Key West.
K ; '
Galveston. Tex. Jan. 17. —AVliile the
U. S. 8. Pensacola was en route to
aid the United States cruiser Tacoma
aground and in distress ou the Blau-
nillas reef sixteen miles from Vera
Cruz. Mexico heavy sens were pre-
venting a tug from drawing alongside
the cruiser according to a naval wire-
less message received here last night.
Except that the tug was standing by
details as to the situation of the la-
coma were lacking early today.
Wireless messages receive^ by the
hydrograpic office here yesterday said
the Tacoma was sending out distress
calls and had appealed to the Amer-
ican consul at Vera Cruz for two
tugs and unless the tugs arrived with-
in two hours according to an inter-
cepted message timed 0:30 a. m.. it
might be too late to rag the warship
off the reef.
The Tacoma has beep patrolling the
gulf coast since the outbreak of the
Mexican revolt
i ■
WATER IN COMPARTMENTS
I T . S. Cruiser Thrown on Reef During
Storm Messages Say.
Washington D. C. Jan. 17—The
United States cruiser Tacoma aground
on Blanquillas reef off Vera Cruz has
three compartments flooded according
to wireless report/ from the ship re-
ceived today at the Navy Department.
Tugs are standing by it is said and
hope ia entertained that the craft can
be drawn into deeper waters as soon
as the heavy seas subside. No fear is
felt for the safety of the officers and
men aboard.
The Tacoma was thrown on the reef
during a storm. She was high on the
reef and in only two fathoms of water
when the message was dispatched.
The cruiser Richmond probably will
be stationed at Vera Cruz to take the
place of the Tacoma which had been
ordered to that port to act as an
emergency communications station to
the United States due to the interrup-
tion of cable facilities incident to the
Dela Huerta insurrection.
Goes to Ship’s Aid.
Key West. Fla. Jan. 17—The U.
S. S. Bay Spring stationed at this
port has been dispatched to Mexi-
can waters to give assistance to the
cruiser gacomn. reported agroumkoff
Vera Cruz. No details of the m-ci-
dent to the Tacoma are available
here.
Pensacola Fla.. Jan. 17.—The na-
val tug Allegheny sailed from here
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock for
Blanquilla reef? near Vera Cruz
where the U. S. S. Tacoma is report-
ed to he in need of assistance. It
will require approximately two days
for »he tug to reach the Tacoma.
SEVERE QUAKE
RECORDED IN
ALASKAN TOWN
Shocks Last Seven Min-
i utes and Edge of Vol-
cano Blows Off.
By the Associated Pres*.
Steamship Latoucbe. via St. Paul
Island. Alaska Jan. 17.—The inhabi-
tants of Belkofsky and vicinity re-
ported that n severe earthquake oc-
curred at 10:50 Tuesday morning.
The southern edge of Pavlof volcano
blew off. Belkofsky is on the Alaska
peninsula. St. Paul Island is one
of the Probilof islands.
The shock lasted seven minutes.
Pavlof since the edge blew off has
been emitting steam and smoke dense-
The people in Belkofsky left their
houses in safety.
Body Not Found.
Although dragging lines and dyna-
mite have been used efforts of city
firemen and Public Service employes
to recover the body of Edwin C. Ger-
hardt who was drowned Saturday
night at Medina Lake were unsuccess-
ful by Thursday noon. After drag-
ging for'three days with grappling
hooks it was decided to use dynamite
in an endeavor to raise the body.
Thursday morning four charges had
been exploded and it was stated it
is expected to discharge eight or ten
more during the day. Gerhardt. 24
years old ajid employe of the San An-
tonio Public Service company resid-
ing at 301 Wicks street was drowned
tbout 9:30 Saturday nigl. when be
attempted to swim 25ft yards to the
ahore from an overturned skiff in
which he and two companions. Ed
Dugan and Louis Hoffman had been
riding. Dugan and Hoffman saved
themselves by clinging to the capsized
craft until help arrived.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
BULLET LODGES IN
WALL OVER FORMS OF
SLEEPING CHILDREN
Scuffle Almost Causes
Tragedy in Home Across
the Street.
Ruth 13 and Ruby 15 daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Hooks 115
Nevada street narrowly escaiied being
shot as they lay asleep in bed at the
family residence at midnight Wed-
nesday.
A steel-Jacketed bullet fired from
a high-power Luger automatic Fislyl
passed through the window beside
which the two children slept less
than a foot above their bodies and
lodged in the wall.
The bullet was fired from a pistol
in the bands of Joe Selby. 25 a
negro during a quarrel with his wife
Mattie 29 who reside at 112 Nevada
street directly opposite the Hooks
residence according to police informa-
tion.
Joe Selby and his wife were taken
into custody by Detectives Harry Nor-
ton and John Higgins at 9:45 Thurs-
day mornitig after the plain clothes
men had probed the circumstances
surrounding the shooting.
The negro is booked on a charge
of having unlawfully discharged fire-
arms within the city limits and with
a disturbance of the peace. Mat.ie
Selby is booked on the police blotter
charged with having disturbed the
peace. /
The cases will be aired before the
corporation court Friday morning.
Mrs. Hooks was aroused by the
explosion of the weapon Wednesday
night but gave the matter but pass-
ing thought being under the impres-
sion the report was the sound caused
by the back-firing of an automobile.
It was nof until 7 o'clock Thursday
morning she discovered the shattered
window beside the bed occupied by
her children and then found the spot
on the opposite side of the wall where
the bullet had lodged. She immedi-
ately notified detective headquarters.
Following the investigation by
Detectives Norton and Higgins the
negro couple were taken into custody.
The officers claim they have obtained
evidence tending to show Selby and
his wife became involved in a quarrel
at ididnight Other occupants of (he
same house it is said will be neol
as witnesses. The couple arrested
detectives say claim that the weapon
was accidentally discharged dnring a
scuffle for possession of the pistol.
Detective* report the reported argu-
ment and struggle between the negro
man and his wife occurred in a room
of the house at 112 Nevada street.
This room officers point out is direct-
ly in line with the room occupied by
the sleeping children. The probe
detectives add revealed a hole in the
door of the room in which tire couple
were struggling the opening being
such as would be caused by a steel-
jacketed bullet. A pistol fired from
the center of the room striking the
door where the hole was found detec-
tives explain would have struck the
shattered window at the Hooks
home.
FORD MAY TALK
Henry Will Make Definite Statement
About Muscle Shoals. Kahn Says.
Washington. D. C.. Jan. 17. —A pre-
diction that Henry Ford within n few
days will make a definite statement
as to whether he Will be willing to
take over the government's nitrate
project at Muscle Shoals. Ala. was
made today by Chairman Kuhn of the
House Military committee at a hear-
ing on the question. Mr. Kahn gave
no details to the committee.
THE WEATHER
TEMPERATURES.
JAN IS. 2 a. «
S r. m SI » «• J’
4 p. m S 3 4 a. m
S p. m S 3 s a. m JJ
6 p m «« « »• J!
7 p. m 55 7 B#
5 p. m 5 •. m «
9 p. 53 9 a. 43
10 n. 52 x 1° «• ™
11 p. 51 It a. m 51
12 midnight... .50 13 noon
JAN. 17. 1 n-
1 a. 49 2 P- 52
FORECAST.
San Antonio nnd vicinity: Thursday
night cloudy and colder with rain and
freezing temperature; Friday local rain*
and warmer; minimum temperature. 29
to If; light to moderate northwest winds.
East Texas: Thursday night cloudy;
snow in northwest*portion: rain in south-
west portion; colder on the coast except
In the northwest portion of the coast;
freezing except on the coast and in the
lower Rio Grande* valley; Friday local
rains and warmer.
Wot Texas: Thursday night and Fri-
day partly cloudy; probably rain in the
southeast portion; not so cold Thursday
night in the Panhandle: somewhat
warmer Friday.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.
St. Louis: Temperature zero; clear;
five-mile wind frpm the north; lowest
temperature in last 24 hours zero; high-
est. 34.
Chicago: Temperature. 4 below zero:
cloudy; fourteen-mli® wind from the
northwest; lowest temperature in last
24 hours. 4 below zero; highest. 34.
Kan Mis City: Temperature. *. cloudy:
four-mile wind from the north; lowest
temperature In last 24 hours 2; high-
est. 24.
New York: Temperature 42; clear;
24-mile wind from the northwest: low-
est temperature in last 24 hours. 42;
highest. 52.
Washington: Temperatu-e. 40; clear;
four-mile wind from the north: lowest
temperature in laat 34 hours 40; high-
est 5k
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 17 1924. -EIGHTEEN PAGES.
HUERTISTAS
SAY MEXICO
BOLSHEVIST
“Soviet Battalions” Being
Recruited Revolution-
ist Envoy Declares.
MOSCOW TO DOMINATE
Assembling Red Troops
and Arming Them With
U. S. Rifles.
WEAR RED AND BLACK
Brownsville Man Says He
Has Heard Calles De-
clare Principles.
Washington D. C„ Jan 17.—
Charging' that “Red battalions'* are
being organized in Mexico with the
approval of President Obregon and
have appeared tinder the Soviet colors
—red and black—Enrique Seldner
representing the Dela Huerta revolu-
tionary forces in a statement here to-
day charged that the “Obregon-Calles
regime is so tainted with Red tenden-
cies that Mexico will be converted into
a Soviet state dominated by Moscow.’
"The people of the Vnited States”
said Seldner in his statement ‘are
not aware that with the assent of Ob-
Calles is openly organ i»u»g Itai
ons recruited from the lowest
clasees from which bis officers are
likewise selected. He is assembling
at his headquarters in San Luis Potosi
several hundred of these men who are
being armed with the rifles and cart-
ridges recently purchased from tbe
United States government.”
Not Colors of Mexico.
“The flags of these troops arc not
the colors of Mexico; their flags arc
black and red symbolic of the ter-
ror. To accentuate their creed they
wear black and red hat bands. On
Tuesday last. Calles Hlnsjlf brought
a column of his red guards to Piedras
Negras. opposite Eagle I’as«. Texas
to receive a large instalment of United
States Army rifles and some tong of
cartridges. The men loudly cheered
their ebief crying ’viva General
Calles. Bolshevik.’ All this was in
the presence of American eye wit-
nesses. who confirmed the incident
(in the columns of the San Antonio
Light. Galles with the approval of
Obregon talks of ‘soldiers nnd peasant
councils’: he boasts that nil the land
and industry will be taken over and
there will be no more classes in Mex-
ico. The great ambition of Calles
supported by Moscow agents and sym-
pathisers is to inaugurate a war of
the classes and the fact that he was
authorized by Obregon to organize a
special unit of red troops - signifies
that the latter has ngain betrayed the
people who elevated him to the presi-
dency.
Disintegrate in 30 Days.
“Eevery foreigner who knows the
present situation will confirm all that
I have said perhaps with additional
details. All that I care to add for
the present is that if tbe red troops
of Calles ever succeed in entering the
oil fields of Mexico and occupy them
such will be the deep regret of the
American property owners and busi-
ness men having interests in that lo-
cality.
“Dela Huerta is denounced as re-
actionary merely because Jie stands
for orderly government and respect
for the law and the rights of indi-
viduals. Tbe Obregon-Calles govern-
ment has not paid its employes for
two months and from now on its
trops will receive no pay. Disintegra-
tion will begin within 30 days.”
BAS HEARD STATEMENTS.
Brownsville Man Says Calles Declared
Himself a Bolshevik.
Brownsville. Tex.. Jan. 17.—" The
statement published Tuesday that the
troops of Elias I’lutarco Calles nt
Piedras Negras were wearing the
colors of the Russian bolsheviks
caused no surprise to those who have
been keeping in close touch with the
Mexican political situation." was the
statement made by a Brownsville
resident who recently returned from
Mexico City where he had spent sev-
eral weeks looking after business mat-
ters.
“I bare heard General Calles make
the statement that he is a bolshevik
and I have heard him uphold tbe
doctrines of Trotzky and Lenin” he
added. . .
"In 1921 I was tn Mexico City
on business iu connection with a
colonization project and met nn old
army friend who served nn the bor-
der. He had gone to Mexico and
joined the revolutionary forces under
Carranza and in 1921 hejd commis-
sion as colonel of artillery in the
Mexican army. He invited nre to go
with him to tbe officers’ club for
lunch stating that there would be
many of the military and political
leaders there nnd that I could get a
good idea of the effects of the bolshe-
vik propaganda which was then just
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BIG DIRIGIBLE FORCED JTO
BATTLE ALL NIGHT TO WIN
‘ FIGHT WITH 72-MILE GALE
Shenandoah Monster U. S. Rigid Airship Tears
Loose From Mooring Mast and Is Badly
Damaged But Commander Successfully
Maneuvers Craft Despite Handicap and
Makes Safe Landing at Home Port.
By the Associated Press.
Lakehurst. N. J. Jan 17.—The
Shenandoah largest airship in the
world poked her nose Into her hangar
at the naval air station at 4:24 o’clock
this morning after completing the most
remarkable flight a ship of her type
ever made. The flight was a fight
against the most stubborn element of
nature a wind that blew at 72 miles
an hour at times. This gale twisted
the giant craft from her towering
mooring mast at 6:52 o’clock last night
and swept her on a mad chase up
the Atlantic coast to Staten Island.
New York City where Captain Anton
Heinen in command when she broke
away turned her nose into the teeth
of the storm and' maneuvered her back
to her home port.
Not a man in her crew of 22 wns
injured not a man was downhearted.
Each of them declared it was the finest
trip he ever made and each was loud in
his praise of the navy's pride. They
took it as a joke nnd won the envy
of their mates who had watched them
djift away into the darkness.
Tbo ship herself lay in her hangar
like a naughty schoolboy whose tru-
ancy had brought him ill-luck. Her
nose was battered and she was some-
what scratched up. A hasty inspec-
tion showed that her front castells.
or gas bags had collapsed when she
was torn away by the wind. The
covering of her upper fin had been
stripped off and wrapped around the
rudder making the craft exceedingly
difficult to steer while there was
slight damage to her outer covering
the material being rent nearly up to
her nose.
Praises Ship's Strength.
Captain Heinen who hail seen tbe
Shenandoah built and who had tried
out more than 100 other uweraft on
their maiden voyage. mfd^trttor he
hnd landed that without a doubt the
naw craft was the strongest con-
structed ship of her type ever made.
“I do not believe any other ship in
which I have flown would have suc-
cessfully gone through the gale sire
did last night.” be said. “There is
not n bit of doubt but that she will
successfully complete her Polar region
flight planned for next month. We
will not likely experience st»ch a ter-
rific storm as wns raging along the
Atlantic coast yesterday. If we do
we can easily enough run around it.
“We hnd the ship under perfect con-
trol within five minutes after the
nose enp was torn off. Wo rose 500
feet and continued flying at that eleva-
tion until we reached the coast near
Summit. N. J. when we went up to
about 1200 feet.
"The flying conditions were unfavor-
able as it was raining Jiard. How-
ever when we reached New York the
weather cleared nnd wc found we had
reached the port side of the storm.
We bended out over Staten Island nnd
thenceforth nosed the ship ngninst a
25-mile wind and flew to Perth Am-
boy. From there we drifted to a
point over Keyport and then i.osed
the ship into the wind until we
reached Freehold. From there to Lake-
hurst we rode with the wind.”
When the craft broke loose last
night there was a furore of excite-
ment nt the station. She had been
moored to the 165-foot mast which
was built in the shape of the Eiffel
tower in Paris and was undergoing a
ten-day’test of her actions in such n
position in preparation for a flight
to tbe North Pole. Eight minutes
more aqd she would have been fast
to the tnast exact!?’ four days.
Captain F. R. McCrary comman-
dant of the station and commander
R. D. Weyerbacher wbo designed hen
had just come from aboard the ship
descent being made by way of the
m.".st. and gone into their Quarters
for dinner. Suddenly there came. a
crash that boomed out over the whin-
ing of the wind and the sound of
pouring rain. Officers and enlisted
uien rushed from barracks.in various
degrees of uniforms just in time to
see the Shenandoah lurch from side to
side then gradually ascend sending
down upon them a shower of frag-
ments of her torn ontrigging.
Could Not Offer Help.
Help was impossible and all the
awe-struck sailors and marines could
do was watch the airship drift into
tbe storm. At that time the wind
was blowing from the southeast at
60 or 65 miles an hour. There was
some consolation for those left behind
iu the fact tbat the gale would carry
the craft inland instead of eastward
to the sea.
There was a hurried rush to the
top of the mast to determine if pos-
sible what damage had been done.
There it was found that the metal nose
cap into which converged the craft s
entire framework had been torn away
and left dangling from the mast. Then
came speculation ns to whether the
ship would be able to weather the
storm with this hole in her prow.
The radio set on the Shenandoah
bad been out of working order dur-
ing tbe day and no word came for an
hour. Telephone and telegraph wires
about Lakehurst had been blown down
by the storm and officers could get
no information as to tne ship’s where-
abouts. Sonic were pessimistic al-
though some were sure that if it .was
humanly possible. Captain Heinen
would bring the ship home.
Thon after an hour's anxious wait-
ing there came through the air this
message:
"Everything O K. We will ride
out-the storm.”
> The message was signed by Com-
1
It Was a Rough Ride
Bat a Good One Says
Crew of Shenandoah
By tile Associated Press.
Lakchurat. N. J.. Jan. 17.—A
full blown pride in the gale-tossed
Shenandoah radiated from every
man of the 22 who rode out Inst
night’s mad storm in the air Levi-
athan as they left their beds in the
hangar today.
“What a ship man what a boat
she is!”
Thus did they from Captain
Heinen down to the lowliest sea-
man epitomize the achievement of
their craft.
“It was a rough ride but a
food one” declared Charles P.
turgess a civilian member of the
Bureau of Aeronautics in Wash-
ington who was aboard to observe
the ship's behavior under mooring
strain nnd ho voiced the opinions
of his mates.
“Did you ever hear of any ship
going to sea in a wind blowing 70
miles an hour?” he asked pridc-
fully. “A ship with a hole in her
bow two compartments filled with
water hi If of her steering rear
torn away and then come back into
port?
“Really it wns magnificent.
Everv man aboard behaved won-
derfully. After the first flurry
of surprise when the Shenandoah
broke loose the men did their work
just as calmly as they do on nnv
ordinary flight. The only differ-
ence was that we were under-
manned nnd everybody had to do
better than dojible duty.”
The same pride in crew and bat-
tcM ship wns evinced -hy-WAwt.
Commander J. M. Deem of Mem-
phis Tennessee the chief engineer.
mander Pierce who also was on board
the runaway ship.
Hope wns renewed nnd after n
time other reassuring messages were
received and when it was learned the
Shenandoah had won her bnttlc over
Staten Island the entire .-rew of <ho
station consisting of about 400 sailors
and marines wore ordered on duty to
await her lending A snilor was
perched atop the mast another wns
stationed at a siren and even before
the ship hove into view n screeching
whistle pierced the air bringing every
man to his post on the field ready to
land the ship.
Storm Had Abated.
For a time it was not certain
whether the Shenandoah would be
taken into her hangar before noon ns
it was feared ground winds might
cause another mishap that might spell
disaster. The storm had abated by
this time however and the shi.i
touched the ground at 3:20 o’clock this
morning.
Working cautiously the ground crew-
grasped the lines and dragged the
Shenandoah slowly toward the hangar
where the yawning doors nwaited the
runaway. Captain Heinen and his
crew remained on board until she was
stowed safely away and he directed
the work of hauling her to her berth.
He was in a jovial mood and as
the searchlights that flooded the field
played upon him a broad grin spread
over his face.
“You sons-of-guns. he snouted from
the control car “you expected some-
thing to happen didn't you?
TEST ELATES DENBY
Naval Officers Have No Doubt Shen
andoah Can Stand Polar Trip.
Washington. D. C„ Jan. 17. —Naval
officers who have had doubts abJut
using tbe great dirigible Shenandoah
for the projected polar flight appear
to be completely converted today by
tbe performance of the big ship in rid-
ing out Inst night's gale after being
torn from her mooring mast at Lake-
burst. ....
Secreatry Denby telegraphed his
congratulations to tbe crew of the
Shenandoah who-brought her back in
safetv after her wind driven flight.
Mrs.’Denby was so greatly impressed
bv the story of tbe night that she
also sent her congratulations to tbe
airship personnel.
The secretary also issued a formal
statement outlining what was known
so far at the Navy Derailment of the
incident. He concluded with a. para-
graph disclosing the determination of
the Navy Department to get the Shen-
andoah ready promptly for the polar
expedition she is to make this summer.
A Severe Test.
“From all our information.” Mr.
Denby said "it may be asserted with
positive certainty that there is hardly
a possibility That this shin will en-
counter in her Arctic expedition any
test so severe as tbat she has already
met successfully.”
Detailed reports as to tbe damage
done the Shenandoah when her moor-
ing tackle carried away had not
reached the department. Officers are
of the opinion however that it will
prove to be relatively of a minor char-
acter and that a strengthening of the
mooring equipment in tbe ship's nose
could be worked out to meet any fu-
ture storm emergency such as that of
last night.
Except for the fact thai- the moor-
ing tackle was being tested the Shen
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WEST'SSECONO
Iff WE KILLS
FOIimSONS
Temperatures of 10 Below
Reported and Relief
24 Hours Away.
WEST IS HARD HIT
72-mile Gale Sweeps At-
lantic Coast and De-
moralizes Shipping.
Chicago. Jan. 17.—Chicago had its
second taste of the winter of sub-zero
weather today with thermometers in
the city registering 5 below and dose
to 16 below in neighboring suburbs
and towns.
Forecasts promised no relief until
tomorrow.
Four deaths resulted yesterday from
snow and ice.
Frigid temperatures are general
throughout the Great Lakes and mil th
central section of the country. .
The mercury ranges from dose to
20 below zero in the region of iJulin'i
Minnesota to zero and sligbtlv above
throughout Nebraska lowa and as far
east as Indiana.
Snow was not expected .except in
the eastern Rocky MountiAsection
where a moderate fall was ■fcaet.
The trend of the cold U ex-
pected to be eastward. •
FIVE DEATHS IN STo\it
— sWT ->
Gale Sweeps New Jersey Coast and
Damages Shipping.
New York. Jan. 17.—One of tldj
most severe January wind and ra”
suarm? that has struck New York City
nnd vicinity in years had subsided to-
day after causing indirectly five
deaths considerable property loss and
damage to small shipping in the har-
bor and along the New Jersey coast.
Two unidentified vessels were re-
ported in distress. Four men and a
woman were missing after tbe sinking
of a barge off Long Branch N. J.
The deaths were due to traffic ac-
gidenu. More than a score of pedes-
trians were slihgtly hurt.
Damage estimated at thousands of
dollars was caused by the smashing
of plate glass widnows and electric
signs. The wind reached a velocity
of 7ft miles an hour.
Tbe liner Henry B. Mallory pitch-
ing in heavy seas early this morn-
ing succeeded in taking off the offi-
cers nnd crew twenty men in all of
the Danish freighter Normannia dis-
abled off the coast.
29 DEGREES BELOW.
North Dakota Town Reports Coldest
Weather in Northwest.
St. Paul Minn.. Jan. 17.—Minot
N. D. was the coldest spot reporetd
in the Northwest this morning with
a temperature of 29 degrees below
zero.
SNOW IN MISSOURI.
• Zero Weather in Kansas as Cold
Blasts Sweep In.
Kansas City Jan. 17. —A cold
northwest wind brought snow and
zero weather to Kansas and Missouri
today. From Goodland in northwest-
ern Kansas where 4 below was re-
corded. to Hannibal on the Missis-
sippi river with 3 below the cold
blast of winter was felt. Tn Kansas
City a minimum of 1 degree above
was registered.
A snow blanket covered nearly all
of Kansas and western Missouri va-
rying in depth from two to three
inches.
Cloudiness and slowly rising tem-
peratures arc forecast for Kansas City
and vicinity tonight and tomorrow.
Zero Weather in Nebraska.
Omaha. Nebr.. Jan. 17.—Tempera-
tures in Nebraska today ranged from
18 below zero at Valentine to 1 be-
low in Omaha.
WOMAN GETS LIFE
TERM ON CHARGE
OF KILLING TWO
Mother and Unborn Child
Blown Up by
Dynamite.
Paducah Ky.. Jan. 17.—Mrs. Emma
Skillian was sentenced to life im-
prisonment here this morning ou a
charge of being an accessory to mur-
der growing out of the killing of
Mrs. Rosetta Warren and her unborn
child here last* April the state hav-
ing charged she conspired with Mrs.
Henrietta Wagngr to plant te.. sicks
of dynamite under Mrs. Warren's bed.
Nebraska Governor to Speak
Topeka. Kan. Jan. 17.—Governor
Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska is to
be the principal spenker_at the an-
nual convention of the Kansas Tax-
payers Association here January 22-
23 it has been announced. _
TWO CENTS £: r cop ’ ln elt * nd Ti c*«t»»4
a ky vuiilu Flv« cent® on train® and alMvb«r^
AMERICAN OIL TANKER
WIRELESSES MESSAGE
BEACH IS BOMBARDED
Message Relayed by Standard Oil
Company Ships and Picked Up a€
Houston Says Bombardment Began'
at 11 O’Clock —No Estimate of
Damage.
By The Associated Press.
Houston Tex. Jan. 17.—Gunboats of the Mexican!
rebel faction were bombarding the beach at Tampico a^
11 a. m. today according to a wireless message picket}
up by the Iris Theater station “WEAY” here shortly af<
ter noon today.
The message was broadcasted by the Sinclair tanked
Joseph M. Cudahy which reported its position-about 183
miles south of Galveston. It reported it picked up the!
message from the tanker Eugene V. Thayer also of tho
Sinclair Oil line. About fifteen shots were fired the mes*
sag stated though no idea of the damage done could b<f
obtained. v
The Thayer was reported as being just off Tampico«
DEFENDANT IN LASH
CASE PLEADS GUILTY
L TO ASSAULT CHARGE
Gets One Year for Part in
Williamson County
Flogging.
Georgetown. Tex. Jan. 17.—Olen
Gossett pleaded guilty to a charge of
assault with a prohibited weapon to-
day and was sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary by the jury.
Notice of appeal bas been filed by
Gossett's attorneys.
Tbe case grew- out of the flogging
and beating of R. W. Burleson who
was taken from a car on the road
near Jonah in this county on Easter
Sunday. 1923 beaten over the head
with pistols and later flogged and
dumped on the streets of Taylor in
a dazed condition with creosote or tar
poured over his wounds.
Burleson took the stand as n wit-
ness and began a recital of the in-
cidents leading up to the flogging
including the delivery of a note to him
on which was printed “Georgetown
Klan No. 178.”
THREE WOMEN CLAIM
BODY OF EX-CONVICT
SLAIN IN OKLAHOMA
Dead Man Bore Reputation
of Having Killed 13
Persons.
MeAlester Oida. Jan. 17.—Three
women today claimed the body of Dave
Kenslaw 53 alleged outlaw wbo was
slain yesterday at Calvin Okla. his
home town. Each declares she is
Kenslaw’s widow.
Kenslaw was shot and killed by C.
B. Evans a young farmer living near
Calvin. Eight years ago Kenslaw
shot Evans. He served a term in the
penitentiary and when he was re-
leased Evans was overseas with tbe
American forces.
Yesterday Evans came to Calvin
for the first time since he was dis-
charged from the army four years ago.
He met Kenslaw in a general store.
They quarreled nnd he shot Kenslaw
dead declaring Kenslaw had attacked
him.
Today the three women entered
their claims for the body. One of the
professed widows liveie at Eufaula.
Okla. one at Heavener. Okla. and
the third at Calvin. Authorities have
refused to surrender the body until the
dispute is settled.
Evans is in jail at Holdenville
county seat of Hughes county.
Kenslaw bore the reputation of
having slain thirteen persons most
of them in territorial days.
JOHNSON IN DETROIT
Arrives to Open Campaign for Kepub
lican Presidential Nominalioti.
Detroit. Mirh.. Jan. 17.—Hiram
Johnson. United States senator from
California arrived in Detroit to open
his campaign for the Republican pres-
idential nomination in the state that
four years ago cast ill preferential
' primary vote for him. — ——
EXTRA
TEXAN TAKES STAND ’
AND DENIES THAT HE
KILLED LITTLE BABY
Says He Buried 8-day-old
Child to Shield His ।
Young Wife. ]
r ‘l
Fort Worth Tex.. Jan. 17.—Argo*
menis will begin this afternoon in th*
trial of Ralph Vancii. member of one
of the besg known families in Wist
Texas and Spn of a pioneer cattleman^
who is accused of killing his 8-day«
old baby. The child was born n a
Fo Worth hospital a few weeks aft-
er the marriage of Vancii and Thelua
Spann also a member of a prominent
Ballinger family and college girl.
Vancii was on the witness stand
this morning testifying before a
packed courtroom.
“I buried the body of-my baby t<l
prevent other persons from knowing
the child was born—to prevent humil-
iation to my wife.”
This in substance was stated bM
1 ancil.
Denying that he had murdered th«
baby as charged in the indictmgnty
Vancii insisted that the reason he did
not take the child's body to a.i under-
taker was because of the humiliation
that would be thrust upon his pretty
young wife.
Vancii said he took his wife from
the sanitarium where the baby wa»
born to a hotel on the North Side.
While he helped her up the stair* the
baby wns left in their automobJe. he
testified. When he return- ne found
the baby dead on the seat of the car.
At this point be repudiated a state-
men given to the district attorney's of-
fice following his nrrest in which a*
stated that he left the baby in th*
care of a negro and that when he re-
turned to the car the negro was gone
and the baby was dead.
"Harsh treatment.” at the hands oj
members of District Attorney Han-
ger's staff caused him to give the un-
true statement he said. He stated
that First Assistant District Attorney
W. H. Tolbert threatened to keep him
in jnil a year if he did not make soma
kind of a statement in regard to th*
child's death. He said that Tolbert
would not believe the real story of tho
baby's death so he substituted th*
other story.
FARMER ACCUSED OF
ATTEMPT TO HANG
HIS YOUNG BRIDE
Wealthy lowan to Be Given
Hearing in Council
Bluffs.
Audubon. lowa. Jan. 17.—Hanford
M. Buckner wealthy farmer living
one mile west of Gray was taken t*
Council Bluffs for a hearing today
following his-arrest last night when
he is said to have attempted to bang
his bride of two weeks.
Oil Man Kills Self.
New Orleans. Jan. IT.—Richard
Shrewsbury. 43. an oil operator
Muskogee. Okla. fatally wounded him-
self here Wednesday dying • few mi*-
utes after be was taken to a hos-
pital. Guy Reed of Musk'>«<*. who
with Shrewsbury «u stopping al a
downtown hotel said the oil man haw
fallen in love with a New Orl-as*
woman and not having m* affecttoß
returned had become melancholy.
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