Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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SHERMAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY^:
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CITIES, WITNESS ADMITS
Conclusively Proven That National Re-
publican Commitee Had Cognizance
of What Was Going On—All of
Cox's Allegations Proven jV '
iclit. ullt In IIt'U < f tlit* one which wuhj ~
.r.*uussed as "Form 101," Senator Rood /i
40*4*44, ted fpfM Dispatch! A ,
Chicago, 111., Sept. —Charges by Governor Cox (hat the Republicans had
flxecl quota* and planned extensive fund raising drives in at leant fifty-one
cities, and that the National Committee had had a part in asaesalng the city
quotas, were admitted on the stand before the Senate Investigating Commit-
tee today by Harry IMalr, assistant to Fred I'phatn, Republican National
Treasurer.
\iok8k than first rkportf.d.
Uv'tuiliiJi from (lie document pnshi^ed from Mr. Itiair, which he said was
jHfllt
dUu:
brought out that the Treasurer's of-
{'c planned to organise extensive
drives in fifty-four cities, three more
than the Ohio Governor mentioned
when lit* .read his list of fifty-one in
his specch, at Pittsburg.
From Hto sjtnie document Reed read
that Idea 1 chairman appointed in each
etry T.irs to "accept the-quota plaeed-
upon t(u\_cUy by the National Treas-
urer." v
"Rut he never did that to my
knowledge," Itlair interjected. lie ex-
plained that the plan "in his mind"
was lor the State Chairman of the
N'ayi ami Means Committee to select
local ehhlrmen in cities who would
be confirmed by Mr. TJpliam. "to make
it official," and tliat Mr. T'phani could
pass ou to tlie loca I ehalmian the city
«iitota suggested by State. Ills testi-
mony at many points showed that the
liens he had ill mind were rejeelcd by
Ids superiors and When placed t#> pa-
per suffered the fate c f "Form 101."
Cox's Copy Was Mild.
Mr. Blalf produced a copy of that
form", and When It was compared to
i!i • copy of the same form which Gov-
ernor Cox had sent to the committee
its
RAILWAY STRIKE
IN MEXICO HAS
f BEEN SETTLED
COTTON MILL WORKERS AN®
OTHERS IN THREE STATES
GO OUT,
SHERMAN HAND
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IS UNDER WAV
enthusiastic meeting at the
chamber of commerce gets
good results.
A' a meeting of a large number of
persons interested in l and playing,
held at the Chambejj of Commerce
Wednesday evening, the first steps
were taken looking to the organisa-
tion of a local band, which is expect-
ed to become a Municipal Hand at a
later date, when fully organised.
Charles Sevier was elected tempor-
ary chairman of the band organiza*
tidn. and Jake Ferguson secretary. In
addition to this action, a committee
composed of Kvle Stone and Mosc
by Kdmuii Moore. Ids i*>r*onnl rep re- Welnstein war nppointed to look after
tentative, the C.ovomor's copy was far wiring an instructor who* will give
Ironi ls-ing complete. An entire para- bis services for two nights each week,
graph which appeared in I'.lalr's copy | Stone, who formerly played In
was «,.milted by the one sent by .the !fbe famous Wiivahachlc I.one Star
<Jovernor. Th«^ paragraph srtggesjed |1Ihiml and who cxpeois^ to visit Waxa-
t ha I contributions of to *PMHK) j hachle within IIm> next few da^vs, "was
be acceptcMl, removing the X1.(Mki fixed (requested (<> s<>< ure a copy of the chn.
by Senator Hayes. The copy figured' ter ami bv-laws of Hie Lone Star
by th<> (lovernor snggest<sl that from Hand organisation, in order that some
guide may be furnished In organizing
the local band.
Much enthusiasm was expressed a\
ihMl upward be received."
Texas Cities on List.
4*«ortate4 Prca« Disuatch ' ' t ' ,
Mexico (^lty, Sept. CC—A railroad
strike which virtually stopped t raffic ou
the National lines for eight hours yea-
teniay was settled last evening when
Provlslomil President I)e I41 lluerta
granttsl three of the four demands pre-
sented by the strikers, it la expected
train operation throughout the Re-
public will he normal today.
Not a single train mov<«d during the
period of the strike, with the excep-
tion of those over the British-owned
roufe between this city and Vera Crus.
The strikers secured recognition of
the engineers and firejneuVunion, with
a 75 per cent wage increase; a prom-
ise that all pending wage dlsputea
would Tie adjusted qml agreement that
expenses of delegates to the recent
rallwaymen's convent Ion here would Ik*
paid. The provisional President re-
fused to accede to the demand for the
•removal of Francisco Pews, who was
recently named general manager of
the National linen • : ,.
Announcement wbr likewise made
that virtually all the demands of the
strikers In cotton mills, tolHiceo fac-
tories and shoe mamifacturies in the
Federal district and Mexico City had
been granted, andlhat the striker* had
returned to work. .The provisional
President- obtained ait armistice in
the strike a few days ago by under-
taking to arbitrate the controversy l e-
tween the workmen «ih! thdr rmpiftf
ers. ■
The announcement of the settlement
of these strikes wjis followed, however,
by dispatches saying thnt all cotton
mill workers in the State of Vera
Crus, TIaxeala and Puel.lo had deeliir-
ed a strike. A widespread walkout of
agricultural workers in the State of
Michloacan also was reported.
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l.ARtiE SIGNS TELLING 0F A0-
• VANTAtiKS TO BE FOUND
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COST FARMERS
46C POUND TO
RAISE COTTON
While be planned drives in fifty
four cities, Itlossoni said, it was
found impossibb* to carry out the
program because of the local condl-
the meeting Wednesday idtrht. and the
interest in 1 lie organisation of a band
which will do credit to the city was
attested to by I be number who attend
lions in some places, lie mentioned (>d 'be meeting, in pursuance to -be
Minneapolis, St. Paul. Dallas and < '" made by several. Interes'e 1 h: the
Houston as cities where the drives
Associated IT~n:*x"'D't.ipatrl\'
Austin, Tex.. Sejit, !n—The average
co«t of prrKludng cottiin in
during 1! -0 has been fix)yi rit iti cents
a pound by a committee tbefTexas
Farm Institute in session here today
ill a report to be submitted to the In
stltufe. The committee Is compMMcU_.uf*
members from 3 counties and the
production prices is said to be based
upon cost figures submitted by the
farmers. The report recommends a
holding price of is cents a pound.
Commetrrlai, Serial, Educational m
Many OHnV OpfmrtunUU* Ex-
ploited on; Sitfnbearda Will Tell
Tourist* WKl' Sherman la * «
Good I'lare t Live.
All hifhwajs leading Into Sher-
man, for H <onsiileraM v d is tan re
out, will soon bear large signs,
advertising tlM <fbnwierelal, social,
educational and other advantages
of tiie city as a place In Wlitth to
live and do business*. . '*'K '
At a meeting of the retail trade
committee of the Chamber of
Comercr, held Wednesday even-
ing, a subcommittee was appoint-
fttow #H chairman.
to Kollelt an adequate fund to pay
for the project. The committee,
including Reed Markham, Henry
Bone, Abe Marks, W. W, Rogers,
Harry H«ndy and Gaylord Blue,
g«t busy Thursday soliciting
fluids, and expect to report to the
general committee, of which Levis
Hall Is chairman, at the Chamber
of Commerce Thursday evening.
About $3ti0 worth of large out-
cber idgn*1fiRVpMiHpMllpBi|
traeted for, ; nd several have been
completed. These will be placed
at points oV, advantage on roads
leading into Sh<>rnian. A fuiity of
about $1,tMb> is expected to be
raised for the work.
The $pf>'|p
which c<«ici u4p^
Worth Wednesday, was tt-
affalr with the exception of a
offer incorporating « plank in
item favoring a West Text
College, according to iiee
, on« of :-li| Grayson County del
win. returned to Sherman
etqpklttg. 'Plau,t I
Mr. Klmmtuiist said that o«e of the
greatest feutures of the eouventUm
was the speech of the li)emoeratic
nominee for Governor, Pat M. Neff.
Mr. Neff made no reference to the lute
Mr Simmons mid, but In
vlt«i all factions to forget their Ulf-
fcrences and come together with the
purpose pf working for the good of the
State. "Mr. Neff Impressed me with
l elng n much bigger m.au at Fort
Worth tlmu he appeared during the
gubernatorial i*ampalgn.f I l>elleve
tb«t the kind of campaign which he
iVfts forced...„tn'!§eally detracted from
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SIX KILLED IN
FEW WOUNDED
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Astoriatc(I I'rcsx Mtpatch
I'Mllow, Carrosa, Ireland, Sept. 0.—
Armed masked men nttackeil four po-
lice offlecers here last night. Two
Tex a* were , shot dead and one severely
wounded.
were abandoned because it was "riot
expedient." be said, to start them-
"< ur experience in Atlanta was not
ho encouraging." be explained, refer-
ring to the testimony yesterday of
\V. McClure. lieortrbi State Chair-
man, about the failure ot the drive
there.
v You did, though, contemplate or-
g'lnlslpg drives in forty-four cities,"
Heed asked.
■ "Yes, sir."
"So if (iovernor *'ox or any other
man charges yon did plan for organ-
ising in fifty-one cities, he simply un-
derstated it. didn't' lieV"
"Yes, sir."
VIC SMITH ASSAULTED
BY PRISONERS AT JAIL,
WILL BE TAKEN HOME
organisation.
Those who were present it the or-
ganisation meeting included: <'barbs
Sevier. .Take Ferguso/*, Mos.> W«in-
stelri, Frank Catteel. Oscar fterrler.
Italpli Hrown. Pay M*ndell. I'crier
Sanford, J. 1 *. ''aniioii, 11«•! «* *( I('Miie,
Clifford Ilay. Kyle Stone. Max (libbs.
Jr., Robert tJibbs, Francis Cannon
and Mr. Henderson.
The next meeting will be held Tues-
day evening at the ChamlM>r of Com-
merce, ami an urgent invitation Is ex-
tended all interested in band playing,
whether able now to play an Instru-
ment or not. to be present. It is de-
sired to get into the organisation those.
■ who desire to learn to play, as lu-
st nut ion will be furnished by a com-
petent instructor as well as practice
when organ'sntion is completed.
Swimming English (Imnnel.
A.snortatf(1 P'enr Dispatch |
Hamsgate, England, Sept. b—Ih>nry
Sullivan of Lowell, Mass.. who last
night started from Dover in an at-
tempt to swim the English Channel to
the French coast, was six miles off
Cape Crisnes, southwest of Calais,
Frirnce, 7 o'clock this morning.
In Galway County.
^Asiu iatcd Press Dispatch
Galway County, Ireland, Sept. 0.—A
constable waft shot dead in, n railway
station here last midnight. TJiree of
his assailants wore killed and one or
two wounded.
his real abilities, and that we hav« a
great nominee in iaNit[ Neff." : •'>
Although the land plank of Mr.
Neffs platform was not adopted, the
idea behind It of helping the "laud
lean man" and the "maidea* land" to
come together was endorsed, Mr. Sim-
mons saId. '*v:^: ■ %
Mr. Slmmous, Farley Reaaonover
8f Deniaou, Tbm Well* of Hells. Hu-
bert I lookout of Hheriuan, Prof. N. It
wswi and J. B. Moor*' of \au
Alslyne,._X,..lA Hraiue nnd '
ford of Sherman, and Seiiifor TWff
McMillan of Whltewriffht, were among
the Grayson County citizens who at-
tended the cc nventlon and wlio ar-
rival home Wednesday evculuf.
,:J ■' The Platform. ^
Hrief of tlve platform planks fol-
lowat
Imloraed eight years 4f Nattona'
Democratic ndmlnliHration. ^ j
•tl the i'tti^tdeut, the
Art, Fe*Tet«l Fn rrn
Rome,
Which has
I UM mill III,, i
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that engitieers,
futw to
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WITH
OTHERS
Indorsed the eondaet of l|e Te s
rttr aiftnlrtlaffatlon. ' 1
THE WEATHER.
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AiwelaM Prof ldnfuiifchl
Washington, S««pt. 9.—Fast
Texas, tonight and Friday, gen-
erally -fair. , ■
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P^n|ojfcratl| Jittltf ,
nomlnei's natticd gt'flie San Franelwo
convention, Japies M. I'lK T.nJ Frault-
;if«I the f
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Conglra tula ted Texas woman suff-
rage attd callwl m«"n the Thirty*
Seventh Leftiidatnre to pasa sudi law*
as neceasary to lnsun< fair representa-
tion \o women.
Demanded a law be passed providing
only cltlsens "of Teitaa may exercise
the right of suffrage.
Demanded efficient, educational fa-
cilities for the children of Texas, nnd
adequate appropriations for rural,
common apd normal schools, and all
Institutions of higher learning, and In-
dorsed the proposed school tax law
and called npou tlie Thirty-Seventh
Legislature to make proi>er Inquiry In-
to educational condition* and need*.
Pointed, with pride to the utatutes
enacted tfi enable labor to Improve
Its conditions, and recognised the right
of collective bargaining, called upon
capital and ial or to "My all laws, and
indorsed |>artleinarly the expression*
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FORMAL OPFN1NG PROGRAM AN-
NOUNCKD rm WKUNKHDAY
W NEXT WEEK.
Kidd-Key College and Conserratory
of Music ofMUKHl its doors to orer two
hundred young women on Wednei
morhlng when registration for the
term' was iH'gun. M«re
wnrtCng on sgch train.
t K f>^nill
LaMft JfundsT Exoeeted.
u555SBSS|I^Wd expect*
jreoFg tttrollnient to «x«-ee<l that ot
U194P, whlcrf was 400. i
, F5rt t year's -abio eorp* of taschcr*
will is- supplemented by Mlwa Gertrude
Goldberg of t'leburne, who will have
charge t>f the selentw dejwirtment i pr.
Moore pf Charleston, English; Miss
Loring of MlnnefliK>lls. who will sue-
coed Le/u* Sampolx of ;<$• conserva-
tory, an l Ml** Warren of Dalla*, who
ylll direct athletics, v
The ne*t few days will bo devoted
to classifying the young women, lo-
cating them tn the dormitories, and
arraugng a schedule of cla*ae*. %
Formal opening exercises will take
place next Wednesday morning at 0
o'dock in the auditorium, m
LORD MAYOR OF
IMMW
(Continued on Page Two.)
Vi.' Smith, nssistant county jailer.
wltD sustained a number of scalp abra
and other injuries about lv
ind head when assaulted bv
prisoners at the County Jail
Wednesday morning. ex|s«cted
taken to his home Thursday af-
t< i'U'K n if be contlniUfl to do as well
as he was Thursday forenoon. Mr
Klin
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tlir..
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GIRL SPENDS FATHERS
SAVINGS IN SEEING THE
BRIGHT LIGHTS OF WEST
Axsnriatcd Press Dispatch <*
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Chicago. Sept. ! .—The call of the
cinema became too strong for Aunun-
data Censer, 1M year old daughter of
Herbert Ceascr, who works In the
Cary steel mills, She took JRl'.Vl, her
father's savings, and beaded for I/>s
Smith was taken to St. Vincent's San-1 Angeles, but first decided to ride a
itari'lni after helug rescued fiom 1,' J | liniotisine info Melrose I'ark, her birth
assail nls. where Ids injuries wefe a •
tended, and where be spent Wednes-
I
day ultrbt. Mr, Smith had no fev« r
Thur-day mcrning and was getting
aba,-: nicely
Comity .In lie" I toss St irk is plan-
ning to h ive the x\"n*.T of the jail
a 'isiV ITI t occurred be 11 c r
lighted. The poor lighting was part-
ly res; otislble for the attack, as Mr.
Smith was cn, bie to s«-e the prisoner.
Wilson, lying on the .-ling he erected
Just above the dorr <f the runaway
in front of the (ells. The sling was
made of two stoiTt canvass strliv.
which Wilson had torn from hi* bunk.
The two strips were strapped fo either
wall of the narrow runawny just in-
side and above the run way door.
place. She alighted in front of the
hotel there, and registered as "Miss
Flenore Phillips, motion picture
act ress."
Her identity was discovered, and
Annnnciata returned to C.ary with .55
cents of her father's savings.
Pat M. Neff at Home.
Associated Press Dispatch
WOco. Tex., Sept. !).—-Pnt M. Neff
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Democratic nominee for Governor of
Texas, returned to Fort Worth this
nioruiiii: and Is busy with his cor
rewjKindehce, which ha* accumulated
during his abscwe. He had nothing to
give to the pre**, be *aid.
A STRENUOUS VACATION FOR BRITISH MINISTER OF-TRANSPORT.
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Sir F.rie'Ocihttv, with bis throe sons hiking or«r the hiil* of JVrtshlre, Kngland where be la spending hi* vaca-
tion. fjtlr(Erlc is a brother of sir Au<'kiand Geddes, Britimh Ambassador,to Washington.' He la considered one of
the most ^ctlve men iti the British cabinet.
lndl««t
prepared dell
ally, sml that
involve other trades lic*l«l
workers. The typical caution of I
Jftliaiv.jptassut*, however, 1
difficult to sot any extended re*
iqdttpn. It ,l 'jpiiiMifflit ',1-^ j'-CV ■(!
In one plant which has h««n taken
00$, iyorkers have come Into
•jon of a.JkX) quintals of grain
■fM '■ l(w|v< tild supply
At Hesto Giovanni, however, the
posed Machine gang mounted a
plant turned out to M
imhi* which had boon
Social l*t Organ I
resolution
by the general awociation of m
glc employera And traders of
calling iqm the government to
getlcally intervene, the
of this city si
OF DIZZINESS
PASSES REHTLENH NIGHT AND IH
REPORTED TO HE IN RAD
CONDITION.
Ai o(Hat*d Prut Dispatch
I/mdon, Sept. MeMl Mayor Mae-
Swlney of C* rk, jR-ho 1* in Hrixon
prison and baa been on a hunger
*trlko since August 13, passed a very
liad night and comirialus again thla
morning of di/zlncs*. He alas expresa-
es numbness In Ida arma and the phy-
slchiu who attended him Mtat^l that ho
Is much weaker than he waa yester-
day. Tlie l.ord Mayor was vlalte<l laat
night by Father Patrick MacSwIncy, a
cousin, who said lie wa* surprlaed to
find the Lord Mayor so well. He ex-
preaaed the liellef that the end would
not come for three or four days. The
noon bulletin Issued by the League for
Irtah Self Determination stated that
Mlgns of atrophy of the skin had ap-
peared, and that as a consequence the
Mayor*' arms were being manwiged
anil baudaged.
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Conference a Failure.
Associated Press Dispatch
liondon, Sept. 0—A conference liehl
this morning iK-tween Sir Ilohert
Home, proHldenf of tlie tMMffA Of
Trade, and a delegation from the min-
ers* organization, in an effort to reach
a solution of the coal crisis, resulted
iu what, la generally regarded as fail-
ure. t
Wrangle Near* Alexandrovsk.
Associated Trtt Dispatch
Constantinople, Sept. 0—General
Wrangle, head of the Antl-Ilolshevlkl
force* In Southern Russia, la within
twelve mile* of Alcxsmlrovsk,. mmm
quarter* of tlu field staff of the "JUb
Soviet army.; . ■ £
^Tlii.-.lfid ust rial
launched an appeal to the
tn order to Induce it to guarantee
session of the Instruments of
lililiiliiywho do not work. Here-
tofore employers have claimed the
state should not be permitted to en-
ter into dtscuaatoaa with worki
Today they are admitting thla possi-
bility, hut wish first to regain control
if plsuts.' 1| Is n*eless to say
the mil Ire not such imiH-clWgVas to
abandon the pledge now fn their
Iuinds. Only the nse of force remains,
hut we will see If the government
dares ase.lt, as In thtl ease, alt the
workmen of Italy would know *hat
to do."
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Associate* Prut
Milan, Italy, Sept 0—One hundred
•alair chumbera and fifty federations
Of trades, representing 2,{100,000 work-
men, will be represented at, the meet-
PifV.iie general confederi^iw of
labor which will convene here Friday
to decide on the policy to be
by the confederation relative to
labor situation in Italy. Mlfpj I
The railway men's union, the
atlon of aenmen, the federation of
port laborers, the federation of postal
and telegraphic employe*, and assocU-
tlou* of civil aervanta also wen pep- l|3|
Mated at the meeting. Tlie notice gg#
calling for thla. conference dedaml
would mean desertion.
adding that 'In
Hon is equivalent to
feiwM' Many Ntramre
Many strange Incidents
ijhtfvMN^^mwe the
movement by wor
torie*. Slgnor Agnelli,
"king of automobile makers,'* iMpjy
compelled to go about the city
foot, aa workers
motor whenever
nor Bautlorfti who
Inrgcfft far
MMHOttifl
hi* workmen were
"Shall we take you homer
quired polltriy.
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