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STA TE AND DEFENSE READY FOR TRIAL OF SHEPHERD MOND A Y
DALLAS OFFICERS BELIEVE THEY HAVE RIGHT TWO NEGROES
Hundred Lubbock Men Sign Contract
And Execute $175,000 in Notes for
Ft. Worth-Denver South Plains Line
RUM ROW SHRINKS
/AM 80 T012 IN
TEN-DAY BLOCKADE
LUBBOCK. May 16. (AP)—One
hundred local citizens today signed
‘ a contract with the Fort Worth’
NEW YORK May 16. (A—Only 12
ships manned by dejected crews, re-
main of more than 89° rum row
floating warehouses after 10 days,
of the coast guard blockade of the
Atlantic coast. r *
Thia figure la official The rum
sellers were checked up in an In.
spection cruise of a dozen news-
% paper men and representatives of
1 press associations which waa con-
cluded today For four days Lieu,
tenant Commander Stephen S. Yean-
■ die. aide to the coast guard’s com-
mandant. Rear Admiral Billard, and
who la known as the official's “ears
- and eyes" on the blockade front,
cruised the Atlantic waters from
Nantucket Light on the north to
Atlantic City on the south with the
newspaper observers aboard the
coast guard cutter P-quot
The cruise, probably th* most
comprehensive ever made of the
mid-Atlantic rum area which Com-
mander Yeandle teemed “the ni-
tional shame," revealed that little,
if any, contraband liquor is getting
ashore through New York, Long Ie :
, land. New England or New Jersey
channels. Through these chantels.
up to May 5, the day the coast
guards offensive got under way.
flowed the greatest flood of liquor
that th* government has had to
and Denver City Railway Com-'
pany officials for immediate con.!
struction of a line chartered as
the Fort Worth and Denver South
Plains Railway Company, to run
from a point on the Denver, near
Childress to Lubbock.
More than $175,0000. negotiable
notea signed by over 1,000 Lubbock 1
citizens backs up the contract on 1
Lubbock’s part, while a bond of I
$100,000 guaranteeing tbs railway *
reompany’s compliance with the:
provisions of the contract has been I
filed. ,
A line on the Santa Fe from Doud 1
seven miles southwest of here on
the Lubbock-Seagraves branch I*,
being built to the New Mexico line (
st present. 300 teams and a large:
crew of men being employed. Trsins
will be In operation on thla line by 1
Oct. I, It Is expected.
Construction of the proposed Den-
ver-line out of Childress will start
immediately on 'the granting of a
certificate of convenience and nee-
essity required by the Interstate
Commerce Commission It is pro.
v ided in ths rontrsrt that trsins
shall b* running within 18 months.
EL PASO RESIDENTS
TO START FIGHT ON
CITY’S DOG CATCHER
TO WED ALVIN OWSLEY
United States Has Initiated Steps
To Obtain Funding Settlements By
Nine Nations Owing Seven Billions
a WHAT OTHEII NATIONS OWE. UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, May 16 ()—If paid today the debts of the nine
circularised governments to Washington would amount to $7,100 97S,-
635 and the total is increasing daily as the Interest column meents
Ths treasury’s balance, sheet as of today shows these figures:
Country— Principal
Belgium ..........T$ 377,029,570
Czecho-Slovakia . Bl.374.4f1’
Esthonia .... 13.999,145:
France .......... 3,340,316,043
Greece ............: 15,000,000
Italy -..... 1,647.869.137
Latvia ............5.132,287
Rumania ...........36,128.494
Jugo-Slavia ........51.037.886
Grand totals ...................
These calculations do not include
WILDCATTING IN TEXAS
Two Negroes Held in Dallas Jail
In Connection With Recent Murder;
One Identified By Women Attacked
Accrued Interest
$ 103,474.413
25.799,424
3.794.878
870.040.305
2.625,000
480,674 4S4
14.377.
Totals
1 4 80.403 983%
117.679,095
/ 17.794 020
4,210.556.948
17,625,000
2.138.543.853
6,352.139
15.577.551
:.......$7 100,978.695
... Armenia, which owes $14,959 479
but which has no government recognized by Washington or Liberia,
whose total indebtedness to the United States is less than $36,000,
Russia owes about $200,000,000.
WASHINGTON, May 16. (AP)*
—After more than three years of
waiting, the United States govern-],
ment has initiated steps to obtain I
C Ball, Muncie, Ind., millionaire, ; fundine settlements from its for.
will be married to Alvin Owsley, funding erlements from for T.
former national commander of th* leign debtors. The powers to whom
Miss Lucy Ball, daughter of Frank
SENAT
‘.VIlase
IGNACE JAN PADFREWSKI
AUSTIN May 16 <iP>—Ignore Pad.
rew akl. first president of New Po-
American Legton. The approaching this nation made war, or post-war
wedding 1, of special interest in loans have been made acquainted
Wichita Falls where Colonel Ows- loans, have been made acquainted
ley is well known, having often vis- with American opinion that some
ited here from hie home in Denton. ! move should be made by them to- •
The bride-to-be is a daughter of one
of the. Ball Brothers who operate
the large fruit jar factory here.
ward liquidation. A
Although officials of this gov-
ernment insisted today that they
nice IN
CAPITAL HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON, May 16 (P)-Sen-
DALLAS. May 16. (AP)—Offi-
cers were unanimous in the belief'
that the negroes who slew Ryan
Adkins and W. L. Milstead and
then attacked their women com-1
panions several weeks ago. are inj
custody. The accused negroes are
AMERICAN-MEXICAN
CONFERENCE PLANS
brothers, Frank and Dorenka Meeting Called for Monday Will
Noell. Discuss" ETg ht “Border
Frank Noell was identified today ” Problims
by Mrs Mabel Berry aa the negro -
who killed Mistead and then at- *
tacked her. She sat in an arm chair
at the home of her sister while the
negroes were brought to her win-
dew As soon as she saw Frank
Noell she declared he was the man
She had previously, identified him
by his photograph.
Lorenza Noell was arrested today
land, and world famous pianist, is
financing the drilling of a wildcat
well in Bastrop county, the No. 11
English, six miles south of Smith-
ville Th* well is being managed
under the firm name of Shad and
Paderewski, and now la drilling at
1600 feet under contract to reach
the Edwards lime in that horizon.
after a fight with detectives here.
The other brtoher was arrested yes:
terday In a aback near the edge of
the city / ′
Mrs. Mary Steer, the woman Vie-
tim of an attack several weeks ago
contend against, the coast guard of-
ficials admitted.
Threaten Order
Contempt Court
Jas. W. Gerard
KL PASO, Texas, May 14—Rot
dents of El Paso and th* city dog
catchar. H. A. Smith have fallen
Into a dispute, the residents charge:
ing him with coaxing their dog* off 1
front porches. F. D. Wynn, who I
held the position of official dog
catcher until Thursday resigned be-
cause he said he could not make a
living at It. Smith then contract-
ed with the city to catch stray dogs
at 50 cents a head and put two boys
to work with lariats. The boys
I lassoed the dogs and Smith says he
NEW YORK. May 16 (P) An order
for Clem L. Shaver, chairman of th* 1
Democratic committee, or attorneys:
to show cause on" Tuesday why
James W. Gerard, former ambassa-
dor 1" Germany and a member of
timmittee, should not be ad-
judg Thin contempt, of court was
signed by Supreme Court Justice
Guy today.
is making a good living at it, but |
.certain residents declare they are
going to stop the use of the lariat t
in catching their pets.
Reaeon for the order was given.
as Mr Gerarda failure to appear."
for examination before trial in a
suit brought against the national
committee by Van Patten, Inc.‘an
advertising agency, over,a contract]
for advertising during the last
presidential compaign. Mr. Gerard
is now in Europe. An’ affidavit sub-
mitted by attorneys for the adver-
timing agency alleges that notice to
appear for examination waa served,
but Mr. Gerard on three occasions
failed to do so.
Van Patten, Inc., is suing the na-
tional committee, for $84,220 for
services, the committee having pre-
viously filed suit for $50,000 alleg-
ing the agency did not fulfill terms
of their agreement.
FARMER AT WACO IS
CHARGED WITH BIGAMY
WACO, May 16. (P)—Charged with
bigamy, through a common ' law
1 marriage with an 18-year-old wom-
A an, also married, while his own wife
W and eight children wait for him in
South Texas, J. D. Galbraith, 50-
year-old farmer and restaurant
keeper, is in the county jail here
today and is said by County Attor-
ney C. S. Farmer to have signed a
full confession to the charge. The
woman with him is also alleged to
have confessed, but no charge has
been field against her.
MORE THAN SIXTY
WITNESSES CALLED
IN SHEPHERD CASE
PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE
EXPECT TO SECURE JURY
• IN SHORT TIME
SPECIAL VENIRE OF 100
SUMMONED FOR MONDAY
MANY VICTIMS OF.
EXPLOSION IN MIN
NEAR GERMAN CITY
held no desire to press unduly for ator 8»1den P. Spencer, of St. Louis,
payments they feel, and France, died suddenly here tonight st Wal- I
Italy, Belgium, Rumania and Oge-
cho-Slovakia have been so advised,
that the American government is
entitled to have fund proposals sub-
mitted.
The other principal debtors, Jugo-
Slavia, Esthonia, Latvia and Greece
are a ware of the Washington view
also, but it was not made clear to-.
Night whether American diplomatic
officials in those countries have
been asked to carry settlement sug-
‘gestipns directly to them. In addi-
tion to the diplomatic maneuvers
made with respect to the debts genil
erally, France has been informed
by Ambassador Herrick that the
American government would be
pleased if a French commission
would be sent here to discuss a
ter Reid Hospital.
Newspaper Correspondents From
Cities All Over Country Ar-
riving for Trial
funding proposal In as much as
I rance is the largest debtor among
those countries whose obligations
unpaid, this phase of the
The death of th* senator who was
63 years of age came a* a shock’
aa ha had been in good spirits to-
day and his earls recovery had been
expected. Ha waa operated *n
about 10 days ago for hernia.
Only the attending physician and
a nurse were at the bedside when
death cam*. At noon, hla secretary
said tonight, Mr. Spencer was well
enough to sign some mail. He
seeined in excellent spirits and
jotted frequently with hla nurse
Physicians had expected he would
be out of th* hospital within a week
Funeral arrangements will not
be announced. it was said tonight,
until relatives have had time to
. CHICAGO, May 1«. (AP)-
With both prosecution and defense
predicting little difficulty in se-
lecting a jury and disposing of
other preliminaries, William Darl-
ing Shepherd will go on trial for
his life before Judge Thomae J.
Lynch Monday morning on a
BERLIN Mar .a.icharge of murdering his foster
BERLIN May 14.Late ad , son, William Nelson McClintock,
vices from the scene of the explo- i
sion in the Derstfeld mine, near
Dortmand, report that one man who
was dead and 25 injured have been
brought-up from the pits. Thirty
are still unaccounted for. *
to obtain his fortune, estimated at
over $1,000,000.
Several witnesses whose names
have not been connected with the
case previously, were questioned at
J. S. ATTITUDE AT
when her companion, Adkins, was
killed, will be asked to look at the
negroes for possible identification
The negroes were held in the Dal-
las city jail tonight in seclusion
Police Chief Trammell said he did
not fear any mob action as he he-
lieved Dallas citizens wished only
justice to be done and deaired in
ARMS CONFERENCE
PROVOKES DEBATE
TENSE ATMOSPHERE RESULT
POSITION TAKEN BY REP-
RESENTATIVE BURTON
APPARENTLY ENDS WITH
AN AMERICAN ADVANTAGE
give, the police plenty of time in
make certain they had the right
man
FORMER CONVICT GOES
TO WITNESS EXECUTION
SLAYER OF HIS WIFE
I LEAVENWORTH, Kana . May 14
UP)—Charles Ward left the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth yes-
terday with a burden of sorrow—
the loss of hle wife by a murderer’s
hand.
Following his
EL PASO, May 14 (P)—Lncoln C.
Andrews, assistant seupetary of the
treasury, said the American-Mext-
can conference, which will get down
to work here Monday Will discuss
eight problems It is expected the
following will be among the topics
Lifting of the $8 head tax re-
guired of Mexicans who enter the
I lilted States and fail to return at
the end of six months
The changing of a $40 vise on
Mexican Immigrants **
i proposal to exchange amug-
Ways and means to stop smug-
gking of liquor, narcotics and other
contraband.
Lightening of the border to pre-
vent Europeans aliens fromienter:
ing the I nited St ates through Mex-
ico.
Clandestine fishing off the coast
of lower California
The proposal of Americans to
erect a $30,000 fence on Cordova “cut
loff" Mexican territory on the Amer-
lean side of the river caused by a
change of the Rio Granide s course
| Representatives from the two na-
tions played golf and visited local
hostelry, places today and were
guests at a dance tonight
The conference was organized
yesterday, and the meeting wound
up with a banquet at which An-
drews, who is head of the American
delegation, was the principle speak-
% "I have been appalled by the far
serving a three-year sentence, reaching corruption I have discov-
Ward left for Colorado, where his ered during"the short time I have
wife’s slayer will be executed been entrusted with the task of en-
forcing the prohibit ion law," he
Mr. Ward was slain in her lonely said. “I am not talking of the man
shortly
BERLIN, May IS. (P)—A terrific }
explosion occurred today in pit five |
of the Dertsfeld mine near Dort-
mund. which subsequently spread
to pita 2 and 3. Two hundred and
the office of the state’s’ attorney
today, end it was announced that
an additional list would probably
fifty-five miners sre missing.
of ths 289 miners working In pit
2, 99, Including 14 injured, had re-
turned to the surface by evening.
Of the 238 miners working in pit
thrse, 194, including four Injured,
returned to the surface.
be submitted by the prosecution st
the opening of court Monday. At
least 66 witnesses will be heard at
the trial, it was said, the di fense
make definite plane. Burial prob-
, _ . .. . . . ably will be in Missouri.
remain unpaid, this phase of the Senator Spencer was serving his
general debt movs was regarded as second term in congress, having ′
not without some significance. The been elected In 1918 over Joseph W
French debt appeared to be the hub Folk Democrat, by a majority of
i about which a gigantic debt wheel 35,000, to fill the vacancy caused by 1
I revolved | the death of William .1 Stone. . He
was reelected in 1919 by a majority
ranch hum. In Colorado In 1923. aft- who goes about delivering a keg
.r her husband had served only here and a case there.
DOUBT IF SOFIA -
MEN EXECUTED AS
IDUND FATAL TO | WARRANT REFUSED
COLEMAN SHERIFF
SHOT BY NEGROES
VIENNA, May 16.(P)—The Sofia
correspondent of the Ailgemine Zel.
i tung telegraphed his newspaper that
It la doubtful whether the man sen-
tenced to death for the Sveti Krahl
cathedral bombing will actually be
executed, t........
Thia dispatch pointe out that King
Boris always has resolutely refused
COLEMAN. May 14 (P)—Sheriff
Dick Pauley, who was shot poster, to sign death warrants and that the
Bulgarian government hesitates to
I apply the death penalty without his
| confirmation.
PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS
BEING STAGED IN MOSCOW
‘day by a negro, died at 5:30 p m
( today at Overall Memorial Hospital
• here.
The negro who shot Sheriff Pau-
' 1 was spirited away early this
lorning by Sheriff McWilliams of
Ballinger and Detective Futch of
Coleman, who are believed to have
taken him to Brownwood where
they turned him over to other of-
fleers who transferred him else-
, where, it is believed.
Pauley was shot as he was trying
to arrest the negro” on a freight
train yesterday afternoon. The 'bul-
let lodged in his right shoulder,
causing paralysis from the should-
sre down. Pauley was thought this
morning to be improved, but he
sank rapidly to his death this after-
noon.
The negro was captured two
hours after the shooting, when he
was cornered in a field by blood-
hounds. 4
MOSCOW. May 16 (P)—Comm un Mt
Russia la aflame with Indignation
against the projected execution at
Sofia, Bulgaria, of the men recently
sentenced to death as responsible
for the bombing of the Sveti Kral
cathedral in which 160 persons were
killed..
Great public demonstrations of
proteat against the executions are
being held in Moacow. Delegations
of peasants and working men called
at th* British, French and Italian
missions and urged them to protest
against the proposed public hang,
ings The bqlshevist newspapers
are seething with wrath and violent
threats.′ -
Simultaneously with the disclos-.
ure of the move to devalop action !
on the part of the foreign nations,
an expression emanated from offi-
cial sources that the American goy-
ernment could not permit a distine-
tion to be made between loans made
for prosecution of the world war.
those for post-war relief or unpaid
Mills on the sale of surplus supplies.
This was regarded aa an answer to
the several statements in European
capitals in which mention waa made
and differences set down between
the. various kinds of loans. The
American government. It was ex-
plained. can not recognize any so-
called political loan as being dif-
ferent from, a loan covering the
purchase of war supplies or for use
In relief work.
Details Not Disclosed
While the details of the govern-
f 121,000 over Breckenridge Long.
LAN FOR ELECTRIC
LINE NIAGARA FALLS
TO HOUSTON. TEXAS
NEW TORK: May 16 .()—Wall
street visualizes in the plan to sell
Southern Power and Light Company
to the Electric Power and Light
Company, subsidiary of the Electric
ment’s move remained undisclosed.
there was evidence that the in-
formation given, the foreign power. powerprotm*"W:
was tantamount to a circular, note ing stations from Niagara Falls to
reminding them that the American Houston, Texas
debt commission was created in Companies ow ned or operated by
Rond and Share Company the crea-
tion of one of the largest super-
ing stations from Niagara Falls to
. Companies owned or operated by
having announced that it would call 1 February 19:2 for the purpose of the Electric Bond end Share Com-
126 and the prosecution 40 or more, negotiating funding settlements and pany figure prominently in the de-
The exact number summoned by the that only five nations had availedvelopment which will carry the
prosecution will depend upon how — Continued on Page 12, Column 2) I grouping through 14 states.
deeply it is allowed to gojinto the- -cww^cnwcuMKM^Mww^x^sKe, Among the properties involved ar*
death of young McClintock* moth-,, . Ass-L American Power and Light, Natien-
cr. 16 years ago, for which a coro- 11 | ‘al Power and Light, Bouthw estern
ner’s jury recently held Shepherd I 5 PEPPIRC
responsible. Assistant State’s At-UHLLAU NIL
torney George E. Gorman said, to-I 1 EU
night.
• But regardless of the number.
Charles C Falman, proprietor of a.
school of bacteriology, who has con-’,
fessed to giving Shepherd typhoid
germa to administer to his foster
son, la regarded as the star wit-
ness for the’state. Rumors of last!
minute surprise witnesses were cur- i
rent today, but Mr. Gorman refused
to add their names to the list al-
ready known to the public.
Miss Isabelle Pope, young Me-1
Clintocks fiancee, who, waited at
his death bed to marry him, was
returning from the west today for
the trial.
A report that Mrs. Shepherd, In
whose favor a grand jury recently
returned a "no bill" on a charge of
having been an accessory to the
murder of McClintock, planned to
sit beside her husband at each ses-
sion of the trial caused officials of
the state's attorneys office to lake
steps to prevent her. Mr Gorman
said that the alate would strenu-
ously oppose her leaving the seats
reserved for spectators at' any time
during the actual trial.
A special venire of 140 has been
summoned for Monday. Judge
Lynch announcing this afternoon
that the regular panel called for
his court would not be used in the
Shepherd trial.
Newspaper correspondents from
cities all over the country already
have begun to arrive.
MOTHER Pimm MINISTER
GREAT BRITAIN IS DEAD
LONDON, May 16 un—The mother
of the British prime minister. Stan-
ley Baldwin, died todayat her home
In Stourport, Worchestershire.
was 79 years old.
She
STATE Fill PARK
FOR VETS REUNION
Power and Light, American Gas and
Electric, Carolina Power and Light,
Lehigh Power Securities and the
Combat Ringed On Provision
Governing Location Of Cen- three months of him sentence. Wardi “I’m talking of the man who has
tral Office was permitted to go home to bury sufficient brains and ... little pa-
- , J his wife. Ctriotism that he is willing to cor-
t m Later the Mexican ranch hand; rupt American government employes
GENEVA, May 16. (AP)—The who had killed Mrs Ward in a rob: and has the brains to do It and is
first round in the fight to deter- bery was apprehended, convicted f willing to do it for a paltry finan-
and sentenced to the sallows cial gRim He’s the man j would
Following the execution of his | like to, put my hands on
M ife’s murderer, Ward «111 KO to | ’ ■
mine whether or not the United
Stater can continue to, collaborate
with the League of Nations with-
out undertaking any official rela-
tions with the league was staged
in a tense atmosphere in Geneva
i today and apparently ended with
an American advantage.
However, the United States did
not return to its corner at the arms
Mosmenc sa sn electrli-lan - INTERURBAN STRIKES
—-------AND INSTANTLY KILLS
CHAUFFEUR MRS. DODGE, | WOMAN AT EDGEWOOD
CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL I ront worrit, si, 1 sr
TRANSPORTATION BOOZE ceramet .* oER:
BATAVIA, N. Y May 16, on-ban war kifed Saturday, morning
1 when a Fort IV orth. bound interur-
I traffic conference without receive State troops here announced today
1 ins several glancing blows. . that they are holding pending pay •.......ruck her * h"‘ the" as ’ "1k-
1 A ,ment of $3,500 bail, Ralph Herring-
The combat hinged on whether or ton of Detroit, who described bin,-
not th* central office for the re- self as chauffeur for Horace Dodge CADPENrrps CORNCI Tn
ception and coordination of status- automobile manufacturer. CAKKENTENS, COUNCIL 10
ties of the tratti in arms 111 be e dhi antporiatioh of iiqur # nth MEET IN WACO MONDAY
established by the league council the police declare they found In the ---
The draft convention projects says ear he was driving The ear also WACO,-May 16. P the annual
“yes" but the I nited States sajs contained a quantity of baggage be- convention
“no" and today representative Theo- longing to Mrs Dodge and her sia-
dore E Burton explained why it iter, who were on their way to Eu-
ing across the track at the Edge-
wood stop Death was instanteous.
of the Texas. State
Council of Carpenters will convene
must be "no."
Burion’s Argument.
rope
in Waco Monday for a session of
several days
R. E Roberts of Dallas, secretary.
The burden of Mr. Burton's argu-ii
in as much as the MEXICAN IS CAPTURED
United States was not a member of
the league, it was difficult for It
to accept a treaty which institutes
an organization which will be di-
rected by the league. Those coun-
tries adherring to the league coun-
tered this argument by proposing
that the United States and Ger-
ment W as that
many be added to the league coun.
newly formed Buffalo, Niagara andici
Eastern."-
Another link could be established
FOLLOWING BATTLE IN
WHICH ONE IS KILLED
TUCSON. Ariz., May 14. (P—Man-
del Gallardo, Mexican, was captured
and brought to Tucson today fol.
treasurer of the council arrived In
Waco with the finance committee
composed of Victor Ridgway of
Houston, Henry T De Hart of San
Antonio, and W II Smith of Dal-
laa to audit the books of the organ-
ization prior to the meeting here
Monday.
lowing a fight between customs of-
DALLAS, May 16.—A modern ho-
tel city, capable, of housing soon
persons in comfort hae risen at Fair
’park here for the thirty-fifth an-
nual reunion of the United Confed-
erate Veterans. The buildings of
the fair grounda have been fitted
up to permit the veterans to camp
out if they desire, and to: retell the
story of the great war before their
own camp fire*. Arrangements have
been made at the grounds to feed
2500 at one sitting and food la po-
Ing bought to care for 3000 or more
at a single meal. Twelve army
ranges will be ‘used and 40 cooks.
36 dishwashers and 80 waiters will
be employed.
This la but one phase of the ar--
rangements Dallas has provided for
th. 4000 veterans and 30,000 sons
and daughters of veterans expected.
Flags of the confederacy float from
every building and store tonight as
a greeting to the first arrivals ex-
pected tomorrow.
The reunion opens at 8 p m.
Tuesday, Conventions of the Sons
and Daughters of Veterans and the
Southern Confederated Memorial
Association are to be coincident
with that of the veterans.
Headquarters of the arrangements
committee under the chairmanship
of Col. J. T Tresvant, remained
open all night putting the finish-
ing. touches on th* arrangements.
It waa pointed out, through the
lines of the Southwestern Power
and Light serving northeastern
Texas. The recently formed Mo-
hawk and Hudson Power Corpora-
tion has been mentioned as an.
other probable connection.
There was no present intention of
changing the.corporate relationship
of the various proper!lee.-41 was
said.
CONNER PRESIDENT TEXAS
VETERANS FOREIGN WARS
DALLAS. May 16. (P—Electing
Dan F Connor of, San Antonio as
departmental commander, Texas
Veterans of Foreign Wars closed
their two-day convention here at
noon Saturday. Other officers
elected were Col. Tom U. Menton of
Dallas, senior vice commander: H
8. Kerr of Houston, junior vice
commander: William G. Moore of
San Antonio, quartermaster: A. J.
Huss of Dallas, judge advocate; Dr.
M. K. Hansen of San Antonio, de-
portment surgeon, and the Rev. M.
S. Garriga of Houston, state chap-
lain.
By unanimous vote, the conven-
tion adopted a resolution asking
that all retired men of all ranks in
the government army and naval
service be given the right to vote In
Texas, the legislature being asked
to pass such laws as are necessary
to make this request effective. It
was also asked by resolution that
Memorial day and Armistice day be
made official state holidays.
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when it meets to appoint the ficers and rum runners in the des-
central arms board. ert country 30 miles southwest of
The representatives of the other Tucson, last night Ventura Reyna,
league states went to the limit of another member of the party of rum
suggesting complete abandonment runners, is dead and hits brother,
of the proposed central board. Jose Tteyna, is still at large, be.
In this way the delicate problem
raised by the American delegation
ceases to exist, the league members,
who total 65, are not asked to for-
sake their loyalty to the Genera in-
stitution, and chances that the 4
United States senale will ratify the
WEATHER FORECAST , -
Jose Tteyna. Is still at large, be-
lieved to have been seriously
wounded Twelve cases of liquor
were taken by the officers
BEAUMONT MAN is
DROWNED IN NECHES
BEAUMONT, May 16. (P)—Laddie
Malinak, 21 years old, a repair-
proposed arms convention are con-
sidered to be vastly improved.
Finally the whole problem was
sent to a special committew of ten.
In view of the grave importance of man for the Remington Typewriter
the issue the conference decided not - 1 *
to sit Monday morning in order to
lease that period entirely free for
the committee’s deliberations.
Today’s session indicated the con-
Company was drowned while swim-
ming in Neches river at the Collier’s
ferry crossing at 4:15 o clock this
ference’sanxiety to please
United States
the
Galveston Has
Big Still Within
Block City Hall
GALVESTON Texas May 16. (P)-
A complete distilling plant was dis-
covered within one block of the city
AT THAT, IT’S BETTER
to GET OUT OF THE
WRONG SIDE OF THE BED
, THAN TO SLEEP ALLDAY
afternoon. The body has not been
recovered
Mallnak was attempting to swim
across the river In company with
Anthony Calliouet, 16. and Orion 1
Tomlin. 17. and sank about .75 feet
from th* opposite shore without ut-
tering a Bound. He had been in
Beaumont about one year, coming |
here from Houston, where his rela-
tives reside
INCREASE SALARY NEW
PRESIDENT OF GERMANY
BERLIN, May 16. P-The ways
and means committee of the reich-
stag today accepted a motion to
raise the annual salary and expense
account of the president from a to-
tal of 108,000 gold marks to 180,000.
′ The present salary is 54 000 marks
and the same sum is allowed for
expenses. The motion accepted to-
day proposes a salary of, 60,000
hall today In a raid by federal and
city officers A 100-gallon still was
found in operation together with
1250 gallons of mash, 26 gallons of - - _ _____
white whiskey and other parapher- marks and an expense allowance of
nalia, " 120,000 marks per year.
X Today
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—LITTLE JOE
OKLAHOMA Sunday fair, colder la
east portion Monday fair warmer
EAST TEXAS Sunday partly cloudy
showers in north portion colder: in north
portion Monday part cloudy, warmer in
northwest portion
WEST TEXAS Sunday partly cloudy,
showers th north portion: M nday gene
erully fair.
Weather Coming W eek
WASHINGTON May 16. Weather
outlook for “the week beginning
Monday • Tetin
West gulf stater Showers over,
north portion early part: mostly
fair thereafter. Temperatures near
or above normal.
....SPORTS. .
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