Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 14, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Officials of Several Banks In Jail and
Another Financial Concern is
Involved in the Game of
v ^'iSteFTSlrhe Italian.
Associated Pirns DispaUh
■NEW VOHK JHOl --
MEN WILL WORK IF
• BRBAKKRfl ARK FI
jVEHTON
IIKK-
BOSTON. Aug. 14—The financial ship that ha* >eeu piloted by Charles.
I'tnul wan high and dry on the rutin tialay, and the Federal urtll State offlc* '
i« Is uuide deteriWned effurtu to help the people who hud invested ullUonl u"
dollars in the uO per eeut to three mouths'' proposition. ,
Tills mt ruing Ponxl ate his breakfast in the Middlesex County jail,
|jist Cambridge, a prisoner of tbe l ulled States Hoveruincut, in default
$20,000 bond. , ,
Three officer# of the Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company, a rival
com mission honae of l'ontl« Security Exchange Company, atao had their
..rnst^M -I :• ■ <*** wrw J«u. rtww. •>< m ■■■■ .■" ">*i.|Wwi5 i.. n -
■'"irr1 $30,000 bond each. . i^.. courts of the three urliiclimls. .1
Sau Zorn. said to be an employe of the Old Colony Foreign Kxchanfe^Com- Hldney Smith. Charlea M Thomson
puny, was at headquarters awaiting a heuring on a charge of lareeuy of $o00 ^ A smith Siducv Smith as
frm* per*m* unknown. He alao had ... iwoWin'a
spent the night In jail. j
The three officials of the company [ I NOMINEE
In
of
Ditpatchl m0$*.
Sew York. Aug. M—Caatdwiae long-
shoremen who ha vf•;$«! '.': oh strike
sluee March 12 voted last night to go
buck to work Monday morning, provid-
ed the steamship (WBW'a get rUl ojf
,4? ferfegj
Halveston/^ug. 14—The South At-
lantic (Jylf Coast Idstrlct Conference
u£. coaatwhm longahorvmeii scheduled
for Mobile. Ala.. Monday, lias l>een ln-
deflnltely postponed. J. H. Frieke. dis-
trict president, announced, indicating
thatjjmkiug longshoremen here Would
lie Milling to return ti^work on the
same term* a* outlined In New York.
"WILD HORSE" DEALERS
GET TERMS IN PRISON
hoon oex
Shows .That
riru nFv.JiH
JHHHH
lo Pat M.
known -fl
a crowd
on the
Lincoln.. Neb., Aug. 14. —The "wild
horse" project of five years ago was
Judicially closed rtx Rt|f when the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals uf-
who were held are Chnrlett M. Bright-
well. president and treasurer of the
concern: itodger Meyers, office mana-
ger. ami Fred Meyers, wiles agent.
The Meyer* are brothers. The men
are lie Id on charges of larceny of $.100
from persons unknown. Ujiou presen-
tallon'of Albert HurMrtx, iisslstaut at-
torney general, that the company*!
transaction# irrtVltnbly would be shown
to have amounted to hundred* of
thoiis; nils of dollars, the bonds were
act at :i high figure. Edwin L. Price.-
Federal auditor of I'on/.l's account;
has 'placed the known liabilities nt
$N.uoo.noo anil I'on/.i claims assets at
$4,000,000.
F.\RMER-L\BOR
Anoiilhcr Bank Involved.
u'«j i*rr« DUantcb |
• Boston. Aug." 14.—ltank Commls
itioticr. Joseph C. Allen to<lcy- .. took |,.
charge of the aflfalrs-of the IVdlshTW*
dnstrlnl Association, conducting a prl
viito 'bank at .'IT Cross street. In this
cilv. Henry Slimhdluskl. president of
the Hanover Trust Company. the chief
depositor of Charles Poir/.l. which was
closed last Wednesday by the couimla-
"aioner. is president of the Industrial
'Assoeh' tioli.
11aiik • 'otuiuissloner Allen sriid that!
the loans of -Hie Association were (
either laid or of doubtful value, and :
there was virtually no cash loans. He
«aid the affairs were Interwoven with '
those of the Hiitiover Trust Company.
Tbe capital stock of the association Is,
$i:;.7?r and it had deposits of about
$:;3o.ooo.
UNIVERSIY STUDENT
LOAN FUND NOW OPEN
TO TEXAS YOUNG WOMEN
J ! (T ^ " U W % <: %
. ' i
A*iocintc<l f'rett Dtt/iutjh
Austin. Tex.. Aug. H. — John A. I.o-
max. secretary of the Kx-Students As-
sociation of the I'nlVerslty of Texas is
^receiving applications for loans from
the Student Loan Fund of that organ-
ization
Contributions from former students
of the t niversity make up the fund,
and i* used to help students who
would not otherwise be able to attend
school. For the past year considera-
tion Was given to ex-service men ex-
clusively. but this year applhutlnii*
are being accepted from young women
also, and there is indication that some
of these will receive loans.
During the session of 101'I-'J0 about
f>." students received the financial aid
necessary to enable flicin to attend the
1 "nivcfslty. Tbe committee on award is
composed of Jolin A. I^omnx. IM*. 1" icd-
erb-k liiincalf mid Miss Clara Mae
I'ark'T.
Parley P. Chriatenaen, Farmer-IjiIku-
candidate for the Presldwicy, has
arrived in Nashville. Tenn. to aid the
fight for the suffrage amendment.
The (Jovcnior of Tenneawe called a
sjiecial session of the Legislature to
consider ratification.
NEXT WEEK TO WITNESS
FINAL FIGHT FOR THE
SUFFRAGE AMENDM
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Associated I'rcts Dinpatch
Nashville, Tenn.. Aug 14
House and Senate of the
Legislature have recessed uul^ Mon-
day. ■
Suffragists today turnwl tfi''!', n
tentkm to the mctohcrs of t)ie lounc
feiding eiiconratfed over Fridajs ac
Hon of the Senate in ratifying tp Na
ttonal suffrage amendment. Mje de
termined opposition is expectw|(f Hie
House.
-Hot/'he
Teu/ssee
liaroiiii; to Speak.
A n sot in tr'l Pm* Dispatch
Chicago. Aug. H -Senator \Va
; Ha: ding. Hepnbllcan nominee
President. 111 speak at the Mliint1
Slate Fair at Miuuen|s iis oi
her X. Si nalor 11. S. New of
chairuuM- oi the |{cpub1i<an
Speaking Hurejiu. announced
Hates or places f"i
ha\ c not been gi^ en.
other
ren
fo
-t ta
Septeni-
IndiiinU
National
today
speeches
For I Vomit
HOIIH
In North Carolina.
iBsoclated Pre*s Olspatchl
Kalelgh. N. C„ Aug. 14—Ij/ders In
the North Carotiua l^gislatf* were
of the opinion today that .ieber the
Senate nor the House won' v,,'e Ik*.
fore Tuesday on rntifieatW "f Hie
Feileral suffrage aiueiidtu/-
If was prcdicte<l that C*"i would
b. taken first in the Sen"' Pi'ohably
Tuesday.
resolution
adopted there It woUld1^1.."«• eon-
sldered bv tile
pisled. a bitter, «loae F"*-' wi uhl oc-
cur. / ■ ■ ' '
MrKinmy S'" '****•
on ami a fine of $10,000, while his
brother gets off with three months tit
jaU. Thompson t* to aerve a year iu
prison.
. The Smiths were horse dealers In
a large wfty In the Northwest horse
iwiutry. while Thompson wks a link-
er at Newport. Neb, They drew Into
the game with theai some 42 others,
ami wl en the Postoffl^e Heiwrtuient
ended the affair alt were indicted.
Eleven were tried find convltted. All
but three whose fate haw Just l een de-
ddvir served their terms.
{ The case was not - without its lu-
dhroua side. All that the •-nmpany
actni|l)y <iid was to sell to tlwir cus-
tomers the right to go- down in tbe
wilds of Arisona and catch wild
horaes. lunch the same ^ind of a fl-
muii'lal proposiHoo as u river flsliei-
man selling the right to eateli drlft-
wood, tiic lnsMtcr to have half that
rPUlu aff? ttlfn snht the'Tight to (-«tch
17.600 wild liona s ami t<sik in $475.-
liefdrc the ({overnmrut cauwil the
atoi'st of officers on'' the charge of
uslwg the Tinills to defraud. The story
tohlGlni victims was that the romjmuy
bad \ large ntiudier of/anlmals, many
u, of blootled stofk, which were
rumi)^ on a (ioverument range that
Vlcus4Ml. but which the Hoverii-
liafl notified them Hiey must get
off of In it few months.
In support of their story they is-
sued HteiVure showing pb tuiys of
their supik'sed berils. One of these
pictures \\fcs proven to have been the
picture ofji herd of doim>*Hc iipdnes
taken I" Minnewota. The plnitographlc
plate was flien dm'torcd so as to show
a brand Mi each animal, wl^cre none
ap(ieiire<lJu the original.
Horsepeti and farmers from tbe
Cehtwil |nd Southwest states were de-
fraudeilr The bills of sale all read
that lylvery of the aiilnmls dlsjiosed
of wcJul Im> made ou Hie range. A
nunijF1' ,*1' parties tliat actually tried
Hmjf hands at roping the wild iiromh-
<u/found < n the reservation got only
yfew Ncrubs worth about $10 or $lf
lple«*c. Thompson said that one
roundup brought In 2WI0 animals. I rut
while they were in the cortal a ter-
rific storm came that frightened and
separated all of them.
The Circuit Court, In (Missing on the
case, said that the guilt of the ilefen-
dants was so plain that even if error
In the lutroduetioti of evidence had
been found, a reversal and nc.w trial
would not Ik- Justified. ,
I tela Kim ut Petrc.gr «l.
London, Aug. 14♦-Belli Kim. former
Communist dictator of Hungary, luis
arrlvisl In IVtrogrnd, says a Moscow
wireless.
| Opott H. Sttilth.
mitn attorney, aihl
fcriMtojKlll: )|iindred peeph
lawu of the (%m# Jlotui FYlday eveii-
litf. III iiOBttii Jgyo^'ph m Bailey
for the lk-mocratic nouilnatioii for
Hovernor. In his (iddhw, Mr. Smith
took t4ine to guswer many of the ar-
guiuents tlult have is-eli riil e«.l by Mr.
Bailey's oiipnneiits to his ctindidacy^
|^1$jtei| emocr*Ue citbeHiatorlal nom
inatM^ He waa-:'|liM%. fnipient up-
flkw* by u large niimher in the uihII-
ence, - ' V*
ttuliey's Attitude on |jiker.
Pj Mr. Smith opruS hl« a«Uhp^ with a
discussion ofTllrZPlftey'ji lalwr issue,
devoting f«u«4i tlwr-to- t^le. He deehtr
imI the ; lalH r ,or op«ji < lu p. Issue
Iirm ts'en forced Intoifie campaign by
the .demands of ini^i labor that tmiMll-
dates say whether *<WW wt'r«*
ready to 4&y tM> dictated of union lg-
wfcWf; BatifV. he s«M, was the onlj^
candidate who had couie out mjuare
against fhta denwinlfe Mr. Bailey Js not
against union lalM^. Mr. Smith de-
clared. but Ig against the curtallmeiit
of protlucHou, which will reault from
unlou lnlair's dcinaml for a gradual
shortening of working hours, flx*«d hy
legal statute. Ilalb-y will oppose any
law tending to fix a limitation < u
working hour*, he declared.
1 .ftobibitloii IMsrussed. ?, •. £
Other issues dlseuiwed hy tlie sja«nk-
er included the prohibition issue, wo-
man suffrage, and Mr," Bailey's atti-
tude toward the war. Neither prohibi-
tion nor woman suffrage have a place
iu tbe present campaign, dtslored Mr.
■ >3!
r the ptir|s)Ms r "pnllliig lite
wikiI" over the eyes of certain people
and prejudielug" a them against Mr.
Ihilley. Both prohlhitloii ami woman
suffrage hare been adopted* mo fur na
Mils Stute Is i-micerned. by the ratifi-
cation action of flic State legislature
on the Federal constitution amend
incuts. It makes no different** that
Mr. Bui ley ojiposed the action of the
State legislature on tlH>se -matters,
since they are iiast Issues. >
BnUey's Attitude Toward the War.
Speaking of Mr. llally's attitude to-
ward Uie war, Mr. Nmltli said that
Mr. Bidle.v was one of tlM* ciaaaof ogr
citizens vho did Hot believe our <'«>uii-
tr.v was endangered nt the time We eu-
tcred the war. mid did not think Hie
blood of American manhood should he
spilled oil; F.uropcan soil. However,
when warWa* dwlared. he advised
with bis two sons and gave thefn his
blessing beVre they entered the mill*
fary service; iff. borrowed money and
Iwmght Llbelly brtnds. "What did Pat
•Neff do?" <tiinlletiged the apeakef,
"Hid you beat of Mm sending any noua
to war? To Is- sur he mode some four
minute spiHi'liiyi; lilt he was a candi-
date then, and It i< mighty easy to get
a candidate to spedk."
Sworn St at em (tit* liitrmlured.
Mr. Smith jtitrisfeiml what ho said
(ContlniR'd o| page two.)
and Jake
to ha*
Wm
, rivlWf
of at 1
not i\
kind m rati
chamber
rangwuci
the (ireonv|)M
through the
Hlirrttisu 1km
thlM end ure belng ma
8-
| ttito jirinciiNil event
phiunefl Ih the
will be served
Commerce a
men and to as nwiny
aa ieatt be earrd for. The
la anxious to have the names of
man cltlxens who Can uttend the
eon, uml wilt appreciate all wlm
to he preaent phtmlng the (Autmli
('ouimerce, calling fttt- Mr. I*arrls.
Plates for local vitiaeiis will lie
cents. " •" '• *.
Have Just Made Trip.
V jtoe MoAre. ifiatiflger of the Owen
^W.:0wi|*f:of Commerce,
phone coiiveraatiou wnlKpr. Bone Fri-
day cicuiug. said that the number who
would visit Sherman would depend mI-
together oa^jS> mat her. * The Hreen-
vllle bus I n sh men Friday evening had
Just returned from a two day aulo trip
wlileh carried Hfceui to Uve Oak. Mine-
ola, Mtiabdrxf^ Sulpliur % S
Mouut Pleasant. Mouui Vernon
idher Kasl Te^Us polntp. Mr.
at ate* I that <4p)«#tf of UUld a
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•d by the Hreenvilk' Mun
Band, « very fine concert organlHit
of which the business men of Oreen-
ville are justly proud. During their
ata.v here. Shenuali pi*ople will eujoy
music from tliia orgaulxatlou. :
Mr. Boite will ai>|M>iut a ladles' com-
mittee Saturday to assist iu eutertglu-
lug the visitor* during their gtuy here.
The visitors will arrive from Whit*-
wrlgbt and depart tar Howe. ,
Sr
Wa.Hhltigt4ti,
Texas—Tonight
partly cIoimI.v
THE WEiTHER.
ug. 14— Kant
and Sunday
rmer Sunday.
Killing aft 8rynour. ^
rnmmmmsmmsrn• ^ '
Associate* Press Dispute*
Wlelilta FtelUa. Texaa, Aug. 14— H.
W. dfesbam was shot and instantly
killed in a family ipiarrel at Seymour,
near here, last night. Three shots
were fired at close range, two of
which took effect iu Hresham's Ixsly.
Frank JH'ia-w, brother-in-law of Ures-
harn, was arreated. r .>; • v'
*
Mm. Vincent Attor
prominent ]iaaaengera
Imperator arriving In New
wp-; 'liri. 'Aiitor has been i
visiting lier «niothei*ln-law,
Itlhbesdale. W
mw
Mexican Federal*
Associated Press Dispatch
wn
San i >lego, Aug. 14—A forca of
3,0tg) Mexican' v Federal soldiers
have binded' at Ki Barrlt on
the Hulf of Sallforal| and
will march northward to attack
('miitu forci s at Mexlcall .according to
Mexican consular advices received to-
day.
Coiwedef MrKae's Victory.
Associated Press Dispatch
Little Hock,"Aug. 14—8. Mend Pow-
ell. second in the gulM-ruatorlal vote ill
tia> IienHsTatlc Hjfatc primary, today
conceded vldi tory to T. C, Mciiae.
England Celebrates 300th Anniversary of Sailing of Pilgrim Fathers
FAMILY IS REUNITED
BY REMARK TO N!
Aug. pick-
iug cotton on the farm of tlufua
[0apitv,tlear here a little negro imy
remarked to his mother Hint Sander-
lln (aire a atriklng rcM'tuhluuca to
Maiy Kiuboff. the adoiited da
of U i. Poth wlio lives near Yoakum.
Ti*. This remark reached Hie earp of
Sanderlln and eanmil htm to atari a
chgln of inquiries that rvsulted In
i m
A*-V r*
and that If tlr""1^flnitlon
V(
wduld"«iU!
introdiK iil > (er'hiy were
Ki.lc.
* i%s-trsft tf Py*' 1 I
! inblln. Aug. ' fl The Freeman's
.iouriia I tod;.: if iioliiicei! 1'.. Wylie. Ic-
| ad\ iser of iscoiriit t rencli. has
preseiit^l hi /esii/nntion and that
mllier Mum a) 4-. t it. Andrew llonar
I ,:i Was pi oi# .fed to pledge the gov •
<V' .nt on Ml Ida * lo dominion home
with full/ J4'""1 auhlborlly.
iii-v
Mi K innej. Texas/11*- ^'cKin
sliippin gl(v ' ^ nln.
pi
avff 5-1
had
r
K port DciiieiL
Associated Vic** Dtsjmtch
Koine. Auk- 1 I The Vatican
dav denied vuidMicd reports that
l<
the
iug
pope had
injuries.
• ItsHMied i1
fall
*
result-
Honolulu
Vlayer who
bay never
ionoliilu i
Upile of t
.vea rs old /
ctiiblren. j
ter field/'
t
t
Its OM>
12 CfllLHKKN.
/ims a baseball
IsT" a record that
n be equaled. And
oiul of him. In
act tliat he is .">4
is the daddy of 1^
Sue is the star «-eu-
>f tile a ll-< 'hlnese
F.n Sue litis
Kus%ia and ArwKwto H Peace.
Associated' Press rfl*pa* h
Unidon. Aug. l A preliminary
neair treaty has been «on<tuded bc-
imn the Russian Soviet jgovernment
Mud Armenia, « y* Miwcow wireless,
thim f
I teen pl/^ ,r,,[ N;v,'rMl
v.'iirsas/ fmeedeil to ls an
mitfieyFvbtently
itlw "*** has m.it" ■inter-
fered'' covers
uroiv ^"' " .Vl,un4csier In the
(jJaiid loin a^: oud
ii'rii; * H kw,n l atHnf
y is fast ou tlw iiaMifis
~r«.
tatitiW«f ^Mr ftiet that
was his sister whom he had not
or heard ot for more than year*.
Beside* rewriting tbe young woman
with this brother and another brother.
pit- Fort
Worth, tlie dls<t very of her IjKlstcutw
and relationship haa given her title to
share In a fortune at that
is alKMrt to come to them through the
death of a wealthy aimtr%i Kentucky.
It. was J1 years ago that the Sander
lln children lieruftl* separated. Tlielr
parents who lived *t Yoakum died and
IWWmmt*', was 'Adopted by a
l 'eh lid leas couple who lire near Victoria,
Texas, Her name was ahanged from
Sanderlln io Kinboff, At that time she
wa* two years old. Her two brothers
were placet! under the giinrdianshlp Of
an uncle who lives in ICust Texas. The
couple wIm'i adoi*ted Mary trfm^'d her
In the St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum at
Sail Antonio, after keeping her a year
or two, Wlnm stiff a small ehlkl she
was again adopted, tills time by Jai^b
Poth. a farmer, ^'hen .lacob l'oth dleil
a few years ggo the udoinlon pajiers
passed to Ills son, L. J, I«oth. Am>rd-
lug to the asylum rtsordif her name
w«s Mary, F.mhoff and It was by tills
name that she went In her new home.
Tlie negro child and Ills mother had
lived for many years on the Poth farm
and were well ix-quainted with Mine
I'mhoff. I Miring all Ihese Intervening
years the Saiidet'llu brrdhois had la-en
searching for their sister whom they
b*st saw as n l My,''.j'jt tta# a meager
Alew- that remark of the negro «g-
to i picker, hut it stirred hope iu the
breast of Itirfua Siiuderliii. He lost ho
time lu going to Yoakum and driving
to tlie farm of Poth. Tlie proof that
the ma ii and woman were brother it ml
sister was plain by their faces,
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WtOkB
render ttuit ho di
visional go'
good* * "«.. I
clothing and
able to lose U
profits * '
UiMM
mediaiMly to
DALLAS
tVITHOOf
It tfHik "IIIIIC little time to tra<e the lliuxlmuill
The .'tooth Anniversary of the departure of the Pilgrim Father* to Ametira la now Isdng
South-
down thjfc history: of Miss K.mhoff, lu-
iludtiig the rc<-orda showing (tow she
citme by tliat hame. Although It Is a
Herman name her friends many times
remarked that she did not LshoW a
trace of the Tetitmrle race In her fea-
tures. It 1- slated that the
of\ H|e estate of the wcaltl
Hm* Sanderlln heirs will be mail
and I Hat Miss Maryland he
bwdli^ra wilt each come In for
bundled thousand dollars s
1' Oallas. Aug.
tlmt HO per «VUt
witlKitrt, lee
fusftl of lee
£fp per
Taylor. I-tilted
itey, as the
bad charged a
hiiudri>d and J
er ■«^'WHgpi|
Would tM' a
lleerlag. on
their routes
at tki
FORT W01
Fort WorHk *
a'as selling for
huudieil from
plants nt Fort
Hie orders of
Attorney Tajrl
Taylor hims*df
but lei
It Of
ham i'ion by a very picturesque land and water laigeant. The photo show a Britannia welcoming tbe spirit ot America, share of tlie fortupe,
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