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THE TIMES RECEIVES THE FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS DAILY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
THE WEATHER
Wiehite Falls and vicinity: To-
might and Saturday partly eloudy,
probably showers.
Wichita W0a10 Cimtes
HOME EDITION
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WICHITA FALLS. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1926
TWENTY PAGES
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MORE THAN 150 MISSING RESULT STORM ON BAHAMA ISLANDS
X X X X X X xx X X X X X X
ALLRED 1858 BEHIND POLLARD; LEADING BRACHFIELD 7476
MEXICO DISARMS Moody Lacks 3,038 of Majority^
Election Returns Friday Morning;
Allred Gains In Late State Vote
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MITHS MANAGER '
ELLS OF DIG SUMS
AND THEIR DONORS
Miners Delegation Recommends
Peace Proposal Made By Churches
To End Long Strike Be Accepted
JUDGE RULES THAT
MRS. HALL MAY BE
RELEASED ON BOND
LONDON, July 30 (P)— The con-
Terence of miners’ delegates has de-
BOND VALIDATION
PLANS DISCUSSED
BY HIGHWAY ASSN.
Total Death Toll and Damage By
Hurricane Increases As Reports
Are Received From Stricken Area
POINT PLEASANT.
(r)—Chief Justice v
cided
the :
to recommend acceptance of
peace proposals suggested by
churchmen of the Angelican
Free
and
Churches In the present coal
MANY METHODS OF AID
LEGISLATURE ARE
PROPOSED
TO
DAN GETS 55 LB.
MELON, CONGRATS
AUSTIN, July 10 (JP) — A 55-
pound watermelon is the latest
tie-up The proposals will be sent
congratulatory gift received by
back
to the districts to
be voted
upon
The evening Standard says an ex -
traordinary situation developed at
the miners' conference. A J, Cook,
J, July 10. I general secretary of the miners’
William Gum-
mere today ruled that Mrs Edward
Wheeler Hall might be released In
$7,500 bail on each of the two
charges of murder for which she
was arrested on Wednesday night.
Mrs Hall is charged with the
slaying in September, 1922. of her
husband, Rev Edward Wheeler
Hall, and his pretty choir singer.
Mrs. Eleanor Mills
Reopening of the investigation of
the four-year-old murder mystery
recently at the direction of Govern-
or Moore resulted in her arrest. She
has been in the Somerset county jail
since then.
federation, pleaded for immediate
negotiations to get the best possi-
ble terms
A stormy scene followed, some of
the delegates sharply criticising
Cook, who, according to the paper,
admitted that he was prepared to
accept lower wages rather than
longer hours
Mr Cook later repudiated com-
pletely the statements attributed to
him by the Evening Standard.
The peace proposals suggested by
the Angelican and Free Churches in
general recommend that the men
accept an immediate resumption of
work on the status"quo and implies
NASSAU, New Providence Island,
Bahamas, July 30 (A) — Ravaged by
wind and wave and with more than
ILL CATHOLICS AS
■ZEROHOUR' NEARS
DALLAS, July 30. (AP)—Tabu-
lation of primary returns by the
150 persons missing.
the Bahama
BLOODSHED POSSIBLE SAY
Texas Election
Bureau Friday
J. A. KEMP A PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER AT MEETING
Gas Tax Suggested to Provide
Sinking Fund for Road Build-
ing-Maintenance
DALLAS, July 30 (A) — Methods
by which the Texas Highway As-
sociation can assist the legislature
in passing road bond validating
measures were discussed hers Fri-
day at a meeting of the directors
and auxiliary committees of ths as
sociation.
The directors recommend valida-
tion of the bonds and suggested
that the validating bills be adver-
tised for 30 days in the 600
Attorney
I e a d I n g
General
Dan Moody,
Democratic guberna.
torlal candidate
The melon was sent by John
Little of Granbury.
Islands remained virtually isolated
from communication with the out-
side world today while anxious res-
idents took further count of the toll
of destruction from the worst hur-
BILL PROVES HE
WAS UNARMED SAYS
WIDOW OF CHIPPS
ricane (n the
the Islands.
recorded history of
The majority of those missing
are believed to have been drowned
with the sponge fishing fleet which
has not been seen since It set sall
three days before the vest Indian
hurricane struck the islands Mon-
day night Several weeks . must
elapse before the official toll of
death and shipping and property
damage is known While conserva-
tive estimates place the damage at
$8,000,000, reports have not been re-
ceived from several islands of the
group and communication with
them may not be entat-ilanod or
NUNS ARRIVING IN
SAN ANTONIO
U. S. MAY LIFT ITS
EMBARGO ON ARMS
showed Moody lacking 3038 of a
majority. The total vote received
was 800,851.
The bureau
an-
nounced results only in the gover-
nor, attorney general and treas-
lurer races. The returns from 251
counties, including 207 complete,
Mayors Ordered to Use Troops to
Clear Churches If
, Necessary
showed:
Governor: Davidson 121,555,
SOMERVILLE, N J. July 30 (P)-
William Phillips, factory worker,
has joined Mrs Edward Wheeler
Hall In the county jail where she was
being held without ball today, ac-
custy of the murder four years ago
of clergyman husband and *r*
Eleanor Mills, wife of the sexton in
her husband’s church.
Philips, who was a nightwatch-
man at the New Jersey College for
Women, a few blocks from the Hall
home, when the bodies were found
side by side under • crabapple tree,
was arrested last night as a ma-
terial witness and held In $5,000
ball. He Informed Investigators
four years ago he had seen Mrs
Hall and her brother return home
on the night of the slayings
State officials today sought at
least two other persona on the
basis of what they say is a mass
of new evidence The new evidence
Is held secret, however, other than
that resulting from an annulment
suit filed by Arthur S Riehl against
Mrs Louise Geist Riehl, formerly
maid in the Hall home
Ma Riehl denies assertions of
1 * Husband that she was paid $6,-
000 for secrecy She ‘s quoted, how-
ever. as revealing that Barbara
Tough, another maid in the Hall
home, was off duty on the night of
the murder saw the Rev., Mr Hall
and Mrs Mills in an abondoned
orchard and telephoned to Mrs Hall
Mrs Hall la said to have left her
home afterward In company with
her brother. Willie Stevens, and her
chauffeur, Peter Tumulty.
a continuance
the lapsed coal
subsidy by the government. Mean-
while, a national settlement would
be worked out within
exceeding four
a period not
months along the
general lines of the report by the
royal coal commission. .
districts of the state. Further de-
tails as to how the association can
aid the special legislative session
called by Governor Ferguson for
September 13, were to be reported
by a committee later today
Nassau the beautiful capital of
'he Bahamas group with a popula-
FORT WORTH July 10 (P) — In- tion of more than 12.000. presented
road dictment of Rev Dr. J Frank Norris * picture of desolation. Debris
I from uprooted trees, wrecked houses
for the alaying of D E Chipps, and splintered boats washed up by
lumberman, ta "the first act of in-the waves cluttered the stately
dication toward my dead husband." driveways of the ancient city where
virtually all business has been sus-
WALLSTREET HAS
The meeting was called by Wil-
liam T. Wheeler of Fort Worth,
secretary and manager of the asso-
clallon and was attended by 25
mem bers
J. A. Kemp of Wichita Falls, a
prime mover in road bond valida-
Mrs. D. E Chipps, divorced wife of
the lumberman, declared in a state
.siemurn nin na ton, said the meeting was called
WTTTUEU UI to aid the legislature in adopting
UMIITTI TINT legislation to legalize Texas road
AU on, bonds and restore the faith of the
. outside world.
OF RECORD PRICES
NEW YORK, July 10 Ufh—With U.
S. Steel common and General Motors
whirled up to new high records,
stock trading continued at a fever-
ish pace today, although the gen-
Quoting the words of Attorney
General Dan Moody following Sat-
urday's primary, a new day has
dawned for Texas." R M Hubbard
of New Boston, president of the
association declared validation of
the bonds was the most important
work before association.
For Honor of Texas.
"It la for the honor of Texas
eral upward movement of prices en-I whose people believe In free gov-
SHERIFF BEATEN
BY 7 VOTES WILL
CONTEST ELECTION
countered stiff resistance. Total
sales again approximate! 2,500,000 |
After selling as high as 1941. Gen- |
eral Motors encountered a flood of
realizing sales which carried It back
to 1861. where support again a p- 1
peared Reports of an Impending
split up of the shares and other ex-
tra dividends heightened speculative
interest in the stock Meanwhile U.
H, Steel mounted several points to a
new peak above 149, holding near
this level while dozens of other In-
dustrial issues yielded to profit tak-
ing
Selling activities in the late trad-
ing were promoted partly by the
calling of bank loans and a rise in
the call money rate to five per cent
MRS. HUNGRY AS
COOLIDGE FISHES
ernment and the paying of their
honest ■ debts," he said
Considerable discussion as to
whether the bills as drawn will re-
sult in legalizing the bonds de-
veloped during the morning Two
alternate plans were suggested T.
W Davidson of Marshall, former
lieutenant governor suggested that
the special session Impose a three
cent tax on gasoline. He said this
would create a fund out of which
Interest and sinking charges on all
road bonds would be paid, regard-
less of the attitude of individual
districts or countries and would
place the state behind all such
bonds
W. R. Watkins of Fort Worth,
attorney for the plaintiff in the
Archer county case, which precipl-
tated present bond difficulties sug-
gested that since the entire state
benefits by the roads, the legisla-
ture should create a aperial assess-
ment today Mrs Chipps has re-
tained special prospeuters to aid the
state in the trial af Dr. Norris
"This indictment establishes the
fact that Mr. Chipps was unarmed
and was killed without opportunity
to defend himself," Mrs Chipps de-
ctared. “I am hoping and praying
for justice and earnestly desire that
the facts may be presented to an
honest jury I will accept its ver-
dict, knowing that any wrong that
has been done will be righted so
far as lies in its power"
The firm of McLean, Scott and
Sayers, ployed by Mrs Chipps, in
a statement today declared that “the
indictment wholly refutes the Rev
Dr. Norris claim to justification,
and added:
“The scene of the homicide will be
faithfully portrayed to the jury just
as it was when the killing occurred"
Marvin B Simpson, chief of coun-
Bel for Dr Norris, yesterday Issued
a statement in which he said that
pended. Abandoning efforts to re-
pair her confusion Nassau turned
first to search for the missing
sponge fleet end to ascertain condi-
tions on the otherislands under Ner
administration The outer islands
of the group are known to have
suffered greatly, but inaide the far
flung line of islands and banks to-
ward tire’coast of Florida the chief
damage was a Nassau and the Md
of Gun Key, 40 miles from Miami.
Only three fishing smacks were
left in Nassau harbor from 40 craft
which were moored there Sunday
Between 150 and 200 slops are miss,
ing with the sponge fleet. Harbor
officials estimated that at least 76
vessels were destroyed at Nassau
and other islands not counting the
sponge boats. Some of which pos-
sibly found shelter on isolated
banks or near uninhabited Islands
Only Meager Warning
Nassau had meager warning of
the advance of the hurricane The
Tropical Radio - station near Miami
radioed weather reports Sunday
when brisk winds and a rapidly
falling barometer indicated the ap-
proach of storm The wind stead
Ily Increased in velocity throughout
I the day and at midnight a gale
lashed the island, tearing houses
the public has already rendered its from their foundations and uproot.
verdict of acquittal and exonera-
tion," of his client
Both sides today seemed agreed
that change of venue would not
asked, but that trial would
here.
he
be
PAUL SMITH S, N T . July 10 (A)
Dinner has to wait in the summer
Sheriff John Wales of Montague
county annouced Friday that he
would contest the election held in
his county. Mr Wales was defeated
for reelection In the Democratic
primary July 24 by seven votes, ac-
Mording to the unofficial returns.
W Bob Anderson, following a very
active campaign of the entire
county.
Mr Wales was In Wichita Falls
Friday employing counsel to pre-
pare a petition to contest the elec-
tion He contends that the election
was Irregular in many ways and
that among other things, the ballot
itself was not in proper form.
The suit will be filed in the Mon-
tague county district court.
White House as well as anywhere
else in the fishing season.
Mrs. Coolidge had to keep dinner
1 waiting an hour for her husband
yesterday and even at that the
president expressed regret st leav-
ing a pond on the former William
Rockefeller estate while the trout
were biting so well He and his
secret service companions returned
after dark with a large catch The
skies were overcast and an occa-
sional drop of rain fell, making
conditions virtually perfect for fish-
ing
The chief executive’s fishing ex -
I cursions have been less frequent
In the past week or ten days which
has been devoted almost exclusive-
ly to governmental affairs and the
entertainment of guests. ,
ment tax which
fund for road
maintenance
Senator R. A
Worth advocated
would build up a
construction and
Stuart of Fort
advertising the
proposed bills in each of the 600
road districts “as the only sure way
to prevent further controversy." He
said the average cost for printing,
which each district would pay
would be $20, and the total about
$12,000
“Quit Spells System"
T. W Davidson said that after
the legislature * has restored the
states credit, "It should proceed to
(Continued on Page 17, Column * )
WEATHER FORECAST
1
First Methodist Church Filled to
• Capacity By Friends of the Late
W. W. Gardner at Funeral Services
4€ PROFESSIONAL
RACER Gels A RUN
FOR HIS MONEY
Showers Strike
Wichita Falls
Friday Afternoon
In keeping with what has become
an almost dally July custom, rain
began falling here about 2:30 o clock
Friday afternoon. A stiff wind
from the east accompanied the
shower Heavy clouds were banked
in the north and east, indicating
that the rain might continue
throughout the afternoon.
a
gg
7. ”f
an In
Don R. Mellett
Case Identified
CANTON, Ohio, July 30. (T>—De-
tective Ora Slater today announced
the man now sought in the Mellett
murder 1s Patrick Eugene McDer-
mott of Cleveland.
He is wanted for questioning.
Sister said.
an assembly of friends which
packed the First Methodist Church
attended the funeral services at 4
o'clock Friday of W W Gardner,
past potentate of Maskat Temple
and former vice president of the
Wichita State Bank and Trust Com-
pany.
Various Masonic bodies assembled
at the Masonic Temple, corner of
Tenth street and Scott avenue, at 1
o'clock Friday afternoon and
/marched to the church, headed by
the Maskat patrol under the com-
Grand of Lieutenant J. E Gill Mem-
nets of the patrol were dressed in
black and wore the regulation fez
of the organization.
Dr. Walter J. Johnson, pastor of
the church of which Mr Gardner
was an active member, delivered a
brief sermon. The Maskat Chanters
sang three selections, accompanied
by Mrs J. W. Akin Jr. on the organ.
The funeral cortege then proceed-
ed to Riverside cemetery, where the
Masons took charge of the services.
Judge P B Cox, past master of
Wichita Falls lodge No 635, offici-
ated, and the Maskat Chanters
again sank
The pallbearers were Al Ellis,
Martin D. Rowe, A. F. Kerr, W. E.
Brothers. Joe Ward end Dr. R. C
Smith.
Mrs Gardner and her five chil-
dren. who have been visiting In
Colorado for the past month, ar-
rived here at noon Friday
Gardner was a member of one of
Wichita Falls' pioneer families He
had been connected with the Wich-
ita State Bank as cashier and later
as vice president for a number of
years, until he severed his connec-
tions and disposed of his Interests
shout two and a half years ago. At
that time he went into private Busi-
He was prominent in Masonic cir-
cles, and was a past master of
Wichita Falls Lodge No. 635 In
1925 he was potentate of Maskat
Temple. |
LITTLE JO it
o
WICHITA FALLS AND VICINITI-
Temperature: Maximum 93 degrees: mini-
mum VH at 1 * m 90 No pre imitation
Partly cloudy, north wind, average veldei-
ty eight miles per hour Barometer 29 17.
(As reported by the Government Coopera-
tive W eather Bureau, operated by the
Wichita Falls- Electric Company )
WEST TEXAS Tonight and Saturday
partly cloudy, local thunder showers In
southeast.
EAST TEXAS Tomighi and Saturday
parity cloudy, local thunder showers in
west
OKLAHOMA: Tonight and Saturday
partly cloudy, local thunder showers in
northeast; cooler in central tonight
ing trees Wires were blown down
and the public utility plants dam
aged to such an extent that the city
was plunged into darkness The
government record showed the wind
reached its velocity peak at 110
miles an hour at 6 o’clock Monday
morning
Churning the harbor Into a seeth-
Ing mass of waves the hurricane
piled watera high over the wharves
Into Bay street a block Into the
city Soon a gale swept down from
the northwest, meeting the onrush
from the Caribbean and ships were
lifted high from their moorings and
sent onto the wharves Several
were blown to sea
Among the vessels known to have
sunk in the harbor here was the
80-ton yacht lososceles, formerly the
Shamrock IV, Sir Thomas Lipton’s
famous America s cup challenger.
At the island of Gun Key eight
large rum runners, heavily laden
with liquor, were dashed to pieces
by the waves The crews escaped,
rowing ashore in small boats at the
first approach of the hurricane.
Nothing was known of the fate of
the government mail boat Brontes,
which proceeded for San Salvador
she tly before the onrush of the
storm The Albertine Adou with 40
persons aboard sailed for the Island
of Inaugua, a few hours before the
hurricane struck It was also class-
ed among the missing craft,
mail boat carried 20 persons.
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The
Mail for Jury
Must Be Opened
CANTON, Ohio, July 80 (P)—The
official investigators into the mur-
der of Don Ft Mellett, publisher of
the Canton Dally News, believe they
have established the identity of
"the trigger man "
Within a few hours a nation wide
search will be under way for this
man who dropped out of eight Im-
mediately after Mellett was assas-
sinated esrly July 16.
New evidence received yesterday
from the other sources of Informa-
fro mthe other sources of Informa-
tion, the investigators said, fitted In
precisely with previous Information.
Befo
SAY BULGARIAN
CZAR BETROTHED
LONDON, July 30. (M—Reu-
ter's Geneva correspondent says
he learns from Sofia that the be-
trothal of Czar Boris of Bulgaria
to Princess Giovanna, third
daughter of the Italian sover-
eigns, Is "considered an accom-
plished fact."
ILLINOIS PKIMAKY PROBE KE+
VEALS STUDEBAKER
GAVE $20,000
Ferguson 275,451, Johnston
Moody 898,907, Wilmans
Zimmerman 2522.
Attorney General: Allred
1986,
1430,
OVER $50,000 DETAILED
AS CAMPAIGN PRESENTS
133,-
034. Brachfield 125,558, Chris-
* * etninsuaaf/ topher 39,599. Hornsby 87,971,
President Callee order excluding Irwin 103,502, Pollard 134,892.
foreign religious leaders and teacb-l Treasurer: Ball 128.914, Chris .Says Candidate Refused to Be
. otitian 47,999, Garner 34,741, Garrett
any. The .odwn or foreigners 172,864. Harris 49.788, Hatcher
ready begun win increase after Aw- 194,406, Johnston 60,509.
gust 1, the date on which the mew .
regulations become effective, they: “Mrnterz Vete” Net 1 .....I,
declared.
Already, one of the refugees said,
the government is adopting mens-
ures which are working extreme
hardships en the clergy and most of
those fleeing from Mexico are die-
carding their clerical garbs for fear
ef melestation.
With e xery train from the Meste,
eas harder bringing its swota of
refugees, the he ne lag et suns, teach-
ere "ad clergy la a ne r leva problem
SAN ANTONIO, July aa. VP)—Seri-
ous outbreaks and possible blood-
DALLAS, July 30 ()—The mys-
tery vote," which Indicates a wide
difference between the vote for
governor and that for other state
offices referred to In a dispatch
last night from Austin, is not un-
usual On the other hand it oe.
curs in every election, officials of
the Texas Election Bureau said
today
The election statisticians ex-
“Obligated in Any Way"
for Assistance - .
- WASHINGTON, July so. (P--Re-
moval of the embargo which forbids
shipment of arms Into Mexico Is un-
der consideration here and President
Coolldge will be asked to decide
whether such a step shall be taken
There are indications that some
time may elapse before a decision
is made. Meantime the state de-
partment refuses to disclose Its
views on the subject.
Extreme caution haa resulted
from the fact that removal of the
restrictions has come up for decision
at a time when the situation in Mex-
ico is perhaps as tense as when the
embargo was proclaimed In 1924,
and now is complicated by religious
issues between the government and
churches of that country
plained that as the tabulation of
votes draws to a close, the spread
decreases, as the count for minor
offices is usually held back. Bev*
erai counties today had sent In re-
ports only on the gubernatorial
contest
It was further pointed out that
many voters cast their ballot on
their favorite gubernatorial race
and other minor races In which they
are particularly interested
Figures for the last primary elec-
tion show e spread of upward of
MEXICO CITY, July 30 (A)
Catholics throughout Mexico today
offered up devotions for the last
time under the leadership of their
priests before the government s new
religious regulations go into effect
tomorrow
Inder instructions from Arch-
bishop Mora y del Rio, priests will
withdraw from the churches tomor-
row in protest against the govern-
ments religious measures The
withdrawal was originally planned
for Sunday.
President Calles In a speech last
night declared the hour was ap-
proaching for a final fight to deter-
mine the triumph of revolution or
reaction The struggle was be-
tween light and darkness and the
government would win, he said. 1
Au Catholies In the country are
to be disarmed in accordance with
an order issued by Attorney General
Ortega Senor Ortega said this move
was a consequence of reports that
Catholic groups were meeting se-
cretly at night and that the a a -
thorities were fearful the gather-
ings were for the purpose of offer-
ing opposition to the religious laws.
After more than a fortnight of at-
tendance upon masses the faithful
again today crowded churches, ca-
thedrals and shrines throughout the
republic. It was feared that when
the services ended at 10 o'clock to-
night there would be thousands who
had been unable to enter the church-
es and shrines to worship for the
last time In the presence of priests
When the priests withdraw they
will turn over the churches to lay
committees. The government has
announced that it will not permit
(Continued on Page 17, Column 7)
ricers
DON’T TELL LEE
HE’S TOO SKINNY
CHICAGO, July 30 VP)—Allen F. ,
Moore, campaign manager for Frank
L Smith, successful candidate ha
the Illinois senatorial primary, dry
eided today to furnish the senat.
campaign funds committee names of
811 contributors to the Smith polit-
ical fund
Moore disclosed that Clement
Studebaker of South Bend, Ind., had
contributes $20,000 and former Rep-
resentative Ira C. Copley, of Aurora,
Hi., had given $25,000 in two in-
stallments.
Other contributors Incleded Dan.
tel Schuyler, Chicago attorney,
$2500: Eugene Pike, $1,000; Judge
Stransky, of Chicago, $500, and Nield
Kachavols, on behalf of Greek mer-
chants of Chicago, $1,000.1
The Smith manager said that
Studebaker met him In the Con-
gress hotel here on the occasion of
150,000 and in some cases of around the Indiana dinner last winter and
200.000 between the vote for any. had stated t
ernor and minor state offices The'
spread la grenter in the official
count than in the unofficial com- |
pilation.
Last night’s Austin
pointed out that it
dispatch
that he was very much
Interested In his friend, Frank L.
Smith
"He asked me to call at his office.
which I did, and he gave
Later he gave another
had been Moore said.
$10,0004
$10,000,0
charged the result was "queer" that In making known his decision top
one person out of every four voted give the names of the contributors,
only in the governor? race Moore said that some of the men
. ■ —.. for “social, political and business
notamAn * tent, , reasons” had requested him not to)
HOUSTON July 30 Un—Claude revenl the contributions,
Moore told the committee that the
Pollard of Houston, candidate for
attorney general, left
Houston
l only obligation imposed upon him
pain for the second primary Bel by Smith in the campaign was that
fore leaving h. gave out th. follow. “ W«" not to obligate him in any'
ing statement: I Way.
Thursday night to continue the cam
The Illinois Republican national
I am much gratified and deeply ...
grateful for the magnanimous loy- committeeman said he knew noth-
alty and support that I have r.- ing of the report that Smith man.
agers had offered Charles Scendry,
of East St. Louts, president of the
I Illinois Foreign Voters' League.
$6 000 for the support of that or -
ganizatton.
The Little Black Book.
"In going through my files #
came across an unanswered Jetted
from Scendry under date of July
22, of this year, asking for a con-
ference with me," Moore said. "My
secretary received It and throw It in
a basket."
| The witness added that if the mat-
Iter had come to his attention be
would have told Scendry that Smith
had already the support of the for-
eign voters and so did not need his
assistance
ceived from the citizenship of Her
ris county. It la a tribute that I
port
keenly feel With such sup-
am confident of the result ol
the second primary.”
RUBBER PRICE
DROPS 2 CENTS
NEW
YORK, July
3 0 (T
Prices of rubber broke from 11
to 2 cents a pound in the New
York market today
selling Inspired
on heavy
by announce.
ment in London that the 100 per
cent exportation of crude rub-
ber from Malaya and Ceylon un-
der the Stevenson rlan would be
continued for the next quarter
The trade had expected s reduc-
ton In the prescribed amount for
ex port
The little black memorandum •
book to which Moore referred when
he first appeared Monday was hand-
led to the committee. It was in
cipher, the witness explaining that
he kept it in his desk for noting in-
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ets Aimee's Demand
down,” Grand Jury to
bear Evidence In Perjury Hunt
GUTHRIE, Okla, July 30 (n— An
order that all mail received by
jurors In the federal court trial of
William K Hale and John Ramsey
for the murder of Henry Roan.
Osage Indian, be opened and read In
the presence of the United States
marshal was given by Judge John
H. Cotters! today.
Members of the coroner’s jury
that viewed Roan’s body after It
was found in his mutbmobile in a
secluded spot near Fairfax early in
1923, continued today to testify
about the inquest
Roy St. Lewis district attorney in
charge of prosecution, intimated
that Ernest Burkhart, Hale’s
nephew, might appear during the
day as a government witness. Burk-
hart is under sentence of life Im-
prisonment In the state penitentiary
as a result of his plea of guilty in
connection with the slaying of his
brother-in-law, W E. Smith of Fair-
fax Smith, his Indian wife end a
white maid were killed by an ex-
plosion that wrecked their home
Burkhart charged his uncle with
instigating the crime
HOUSTON, July 10 (r)—J E Lee.
20, driver of a truck for a water
heater company, is about five feet,
eight inches tall and weighs about
120, but Friday he was thanking his
luck stars he was small and thin.
His auto truck was caught be-
twAen a street car and an Interur-
ban and ground to pieces
While the populace was calling
ambulances and police headquar-
ters Lee was somewhere between
the street car. Interurban and auto-
mobile truck.
The street car, operated by E. F.
Hall, backed away Hall and Charles
King, operator of the Interurban,
ran forward to pick Lee from the
pieces of auto truck scattered
around the street When they got
there they found the boy wild eyed,
but unhurt.
He was caught so tight that In
order to get out he had to untie his
shoe and allp his foot out.
He told spectators that he was
thin, but that he "just naturally got
thinner" when he saw the street car
on the left of him and the interur-
ban Mi the right.
Lee rang the office and told them
he had a scratch on his elboy
LOS ANGELES Cal July 30 V)-
Mrs. Aimee Sample McPherson’s de-
mand for a “show down" In the In-
vestigation of her disappearance
case has been met. District Attor-
ney Asa Keyes said the demand
would he met in the form of the
presentation of new and startling”
evidence before the grand jury,
which reconvenes next Tuesday.
Also the grand jury will be asked
to consider whether any of the wit-
nesses at the previous session. In-
cluding the Los. Angeles pastor,
were guilty of perjury.
Mrs McPherson, whose mysteri-
across the border from Douglas,
Aris.
Officials here are skeptical and
have been looking into reports that
for part of the time at least the
pastor may have been in Carmel, an
art colony near Monterey, with Ken-
neth G Ormiston, former radio op-
erator at the temple. It was learned
late last night that “startling new
evidence" has been revealed, which
puts Mrs McPherson in Los Angeles
on June 19, four days before she re-
appeared in Auga Prieta. All this.
It is declared at Angelus Temple, is
but part of a plot to “get”, the
evangelist.
The Times says that Superior
the cause of all the activity, which Judge Carlos Hardy last night an-
has been accompanied by more dis-nounced that he had been instru-
cussion and publicity than any oth-mentai in the employment by Aimee
Semple McPherson of a nationally
ous absence of 35 days recently Is
er case here in recent years, says
she wants a complete InvestIgation
of all the facts. Her mother, Mrs
Minnie Kennedy, joins her In this,
as do other leaders at Angelus Tem-
ple, over which Mrs. McPherson pre-
sides. These maintain the pastor
was kidnaped at Ocean Beach May
18. taken to Mexico and he.J for
ransom by two men and a woman
and that she finally Facaped and
after hiking across the desert reap-
peared exhausted in
known detective agency to conduct
an exhaustive inquiry in an effort
to uncover evidence to substantiate
the evangelist’s kidnaping story.
Judge Hardy explained that he
acted in the capacity of friend and
adviser to Mrs. McPherson and that
the new investigetion is to be made
independentrof the one
ducted by the constitut
Auga Prieta tiet
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