Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 110, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXX.—NO. IW.
SHERMAN, TEXAS,
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LEAD ARMENIAN ARMY
SHKRMAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOT
BAU, TEAM W&TI,E
CITIZENS ARE
AND WA
II
GIK8TS
COMPANY
BteV Hint If lHJ
$3.wk Per Dagr
Attoimys Will
While 8u3*
Be Protect
PPkfe«F
holders
her general • eject Ion
approved Hurt wore
a, ip
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fi
M
N tnfr *0 HAVE not OUT
ET AT CISCO FOR KL PASO
SECRETARY BAKER REFUSES TO DISCUSS
MATTER AS OUTLINED IN GENEVA DIS-
PATCHES—SAYS IT WOULD BE IM-
PROPER fO COMMENT UNDER
/_ EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES.
Ansoctnud press Dispatch] V
Washington, Ileerl.—Secretary Ba-
ker refin-eil today to discuss Geneva
despatches stating (hat Major General
Lebnard Wood had been mentioned a*
u possible selection by the League of
Nations Armenian committee to lead
the proposed campaign of the Armeni-
ans against Mnstaphu Kemal Pasha,
llu- Turkish Nationalist leader.
"it would be plainly Improper for
mo to nia k" any comment until I have
rec-opied official confirmation of the
pros* despatches," the secretary said.
HARDING PARTY
I
ON WAY HOME
WAS NOT A DANGEROUS BLOW,
BIT MADE TRAVEL VERY
DISAGREEABLE.
AoaoclAtod Prrn* Dt
1 :«llaf . TVx„
ney* for the oily of Dallas wer- pre- held in the Couui'y
to the higher uesday morning, new
TO TEXAS LAW
m' ^ 1
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ANDEFSON COTNTY CONVICTION
IS IPIIF.LD BY COURT OF
CRIMINAL APPEALS.
A:iiOftat«<l PrcK« Uixpntchl
Aunt in, Tex., I hx\ I.—-Chiropractors
nio-t pas* tbe required medicttl exam-
ination and hold certificates entitling
them to practice medicine in Texas
befm • engaging In their profession,
the Court of Criminal Appeals held in
effect today in affirming the judgment
against I . M, Flicks of Anderson Coun-
ty. given a $r 0 fine and one hour in
Jail for unlawfully practicing medl-
elne. According to a statement oT
fact. Hicks was a chiropractor and
had falied to register the required cer-
tificate with tlifc District Clerk.
creenViilTpost
declines to play
games scheduled
Associated Press Dlipq^cbl
On J^mrd Stcnnil Ship Pastores. I^}
wireless to the Associated Press. Dec.
l—Hough weather again greeted Sena-
tor Harding and his vacation party
today as the Pa stores continued the
homeward Journey, featured yesterday
by a brief stop at Jamaica.
Soon afttr the steamer left Port
Antonio harbor last night she ran into
a storm, which although of no danger-
ous intensity, made travel unpleasant,
for most on board. Mrs. Harding re-
mained iu her stateroom, but stated
that she was feeling much better after
the shot't stop ashore yesterday.
WILLTRY LUCK
II
[ AM4tciatr<1 ProfM Dispatch 1
j St. Ijouh*. Dec. 1.—Roger Hornsby,
I Cardinal second baseman, e xpects to
go In business here, aecording to a tel.
eg nun to the St. Louis Chamber of!
Commerce received from him last I
night. He did not state the nature of
the proposed venture. Hornsby will j
lake up Ids reesidt nee here this month,
the telegram said.
paring to take thefei
court*, the Italia*
pnnv today began mall
scrlhers for the Current
lug an Increase of JOO
bills
month ca«ir«
Occasion Was One of Great Enjoyment
en Part of All Who Were the For-
tunate Guests of the {jenla! Host—
Appetizing Menu Kerved; Much
Orator) Indulged In.
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From the gathering of thewqiuldf In
tho lobby of the hotel, preceding the
banquet, until the dispersal following
fifteeu ^ hearty rahs for Manager
Worthley ,the dlutter given forty mem-
bers of the Sherman High School foot-
ball squad and a few invited guests
including Superintendent J. C. Pyl
and 1 . S, Graham and P. If. Rainsc;
of the Y. M C. A. staff, 1 y O. D.
Worthley, manager of the Hinklcy Ho-
tel, In the private dining room of the
hotel Tuesday evening at 7:3U O'clock.
to celebrate the victory of the Sher-
idan Hlg! School team over I>enIsou
on November 1< , was a more than en-
joyable affair. Probably every mem-
ber of tli squad endorsed Che declara-
tion of It .S. Graham, lu his talk that
"such affairs as this, coming at the
eupl of a successful season when we
Wn b ok back over our record, is the
l est part of the season to my mind."
Meeting promptly at T:«S0 o'clwk lu
tlie lold>y of the hotel, the lwiys sinmt
but a few moments iu awaiting late
urrivals before reiailring to the dining
room where the banquet was served.
Twenty boys were seated on either
side of the table, wldcli liad been dec-
orated very appropriately for the oc-
<aslon. Mlrilaturo goal pofits wen sel
toward eitlief end of tlie table, con-
nerted with streamers of red and
white—-the colors of the Shorn
High standard which was carrli
through a successful season,, lu
center of the 'table, reposing in u
ref-^of sarfd ffiftl at the iSHufe of
minlatiUN* gridiron marked off on the
tablo, was one of the sea*on-worn foot-
balls which Sherman used In the va-
rious contest* this seaimiii.
$ ' Those Present.
Th« s<4 present found their places lit
the table marked by attractive place
cards. Those who were seated incltcl-
td: <). 1>. Worthley, host of the occa-
sion, hud toastmaster; Lynn Dlckin-
f.on, captain of the first team; 'Vefde
Dickey, ,h*> Moore, Alva Shepherd,
Earl Key. Allen Howdesholl, Frank !
Holt, Ho wan Uatsell, Gordon .Tohnson. ! ltrru
Hoy lllddle, .lay I'yle. Vernon Tuck, , X„M. York, 1M, i- Monslgnor
Tom Crowder. Rudolph Miughn Jack , ThnmHH T|iaf0t m.„,r vlwttUtn ot
I -While €ttow lidf?" County
IhmL in
. .
ihone* Ginyson County, eli
f*m
cent $t Although there were
for residence snd fio
ephoues. Many hons« holder«
reported fo have ordore<l telephone*
removed forthwith while other* werr>
understood to hare #(ttnml to tender
rental at the old rates nnd In event of
their service lsdng dl*<'ontlnuo l, to cn-
h>r suit's for damage* against the com-
pany.
Couusel for the* city of Dallas wih
appear before F<fWal Jiulge James C.
Wilson lu Fort Worth today and VlU$(*
two projKHiaJs js>lading final decision pi
the cas<>. lu wlijich Judge Wilson last
wiH-k enjoined I'Jiilla* cifficlals from
Interfering with tlie tel*pltonr com-
linny's efforts to obtain additional rev-
enue. Counsel wlllHisk. flf^t. that a
mastere of chancery l o* «ppolnt<si to
impound all revenue* rtejfvcd fVom the
l^u-rensisl rate pendlnn decision by the
Cnlted State's Clrciiit Court at Ne^-
Orleans to which JudirC Wilson's ac-
tion will be appealed, of. ieeond, that
the telephone e< nipnnyg|K required to
urntsh fTiOO.O^O lsfcd j to peotcct its
bscriber* in evput t|4 higher court
(<1 JtjflttjWilsou's order.
serts it is operating at a dally deficit
of $.'1,000 under the old rate of $i!
f r residence and $5 for business te^
ephones. The City r Commission ot
Dallas agreed to approve an Increase
of HO per cent. Jndge WII*on In
granting the eompanv'* petition for a
restraining order did not pass upon
the question of rates, but expressed
the opinion that the old rates were
"confiscatory." . *
Jwlipjtiofft-
humber to be
office bolder*.
were new member* of the
ttl||f¥te*go number
cers bronglit the total
sworn In to a larger total, while alt
of the hold-over office holders who
were re-elected with or without oppo-
sition at the general election wore t*.
quired to take the oath of office ngaltk,
In tho county offices, C, M. Cole,
Denlson. was sworn in aa
cVecH, sm^^edlng Natli A. Cox, who
baa completed two tertos in the
office! : •. ' !;t': .
Prominent Catholic Dead.
Whether tlie formldlble looks of the
array of gridiron talent which Charles
R. Simmons Post of the American
Legion had at its disposal for the
game, or a regretful memory of what
the Sherman High School huskies
ilid to their Iligli School team Thanks-
giving chused the action i« not known.
ImiJ the I net remains licit the lireeii-
vil! « American Legion post which had
to:ilathely agreed to plrtv the members
of the local post two games of football',
in Sherman and Greoii"vilb\ tlii-1
month, will not play the local post.
So Hi Tuck, hi charge of the Sher-
man talent, was advised Tuesday. The
Charley it- Simmons boys at once
pock h'li (heir regret, and began cast-
ing a'l.eit to so'-itre the op{Misition ot
Nome oth.M- eleven worthy of meeting
the football ability which the Most
boa ^t , Th< Shenniin ex-sohllers and
sailors, a * well a* nririiics. want a
game and are anxious to get in touch
with aiiv organl:<itlon which can put
a ii ai'i','ht eleven in the field.
Oil liringH Premium.
Awot'lutfil Prc*s Ofupntch |
Fort \\'nrtli. Texas, 1 )ec. 1 (HI. sold |
by Fed •! Receiver iH'lano for the |
Red River Valley In dis-
pute Im'I wein Texas nod ( kla honia. Is,
bringing a premium of 1.1 to '_\"i oen's }
p< r Ik' rrel. It was :inuoinice<l today, j
This was In denlul of a rumor in
Tcxm oil circles that I c|«no had
bren t« ii to throw- oil on the mar- j
l\o< for M and jM«r l«ir„rel.
HIGH SCOOL FOOTBALL
PLAYERS TO BE GUESTS
AT CHICKEN DINNER
Oscar Velilo. proprietor of th« Man-
hattan Cafe, will tender the members
of the Sherman High School football
]sqliad a chicken slipper at the Manhat-
tan next Tuesday evening. he an-
nounced Wednesday. Mr. Wide is an-
other Sherman citizen who has decided
to honor the local football team as a
reward for the work which the local
boys did on the gridiron this season.
Tlie hoys have already been guests at
| one l ;iii'inei. and have invitations to
j two others in their honor, iu addition
I to Mr. Vehle's Thursday evening,
j Sherman expects to put a basketlnll
! team in tli" field provided the pros-
pective players, most of whom nro
I football players, survive the treats
| which at"' now being given them.
Lowman Case Called.
A(i*ifliiti<1 I'rovd DUpatcb I
! Fort Worth. Tex.. I >eo. J The case
of ,| W. Lounioii. singing evangelist,
I w ho was arrested In Kansas last Au-
gust in connect I on with the death of
Hersehel Krwin near here, was called
, for trial in Criminal District Court
, this morning.
Hughes, Rill Randolph, .lack Griggs.
Dan Loving. Robert Jaques, Charles
Hodges, Sam Moore, Johnnie Parker.
Lyman Thompson, A. J. Savage. Ar-
dath West, Ned Hatsell. Ted Hatfield,
Rob Jones and Ityron Riddle, all mem-
bers of the squad : Ray Farlow. foot-
ball manager: Couch C. C. Multtkln
nnd Assistant Coach Roy Morris; Su-
pei iutcinb lit J. c. I'yle, R. S. Gruhaui
and P. H. Ramsey of the Y. M. C. A.
staff, K. F. Parker and Jim Parker.
Menu Served.
The menu served included:
Green Olives
Puree of Tomatoes
Roast Young Turkey Sage Dressing
Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes
Gfeen Pea s
Combination Salad
Ice ('ream Cake
St. Patrick's church, Brooklyn, died
early today at the ehureIF~rectory.
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THE WEATHER.
Akko'Inteil Preil DiHpstl'h]
Wad-ington, Der. 1. —East
Texan and West Texas Tonight
ami Thursday fair, slowly ris-
ing temperairrc.
(>kbihonia Tonight and Thurs-
day. fair, somewhat warmer.
Arkansas — Tonight fair;
Thursday fair and warmer,
Louisiana—Tonight fair, slight-
ly warmer In west fmrtion.
frost nearly to tbe coast; Thurs-
day fair, warmer iu north por-
tion. •
• Cole#wifl have si* deputies In
the reoordiriK and probat<> depart-
ment* W 41s office, he annoiuices.
James H. (IDtb) WliRe, formerly of
('(dlhrairtllc. wttt 1h> tVimmissloners*
Courf deputjp. Roy Poo. Mr*. Maud
GVtgshy aud Miss I nee F, I more will la-
employed In th^ recording deiwrtment.
R. Q. Ijovlng continues as prol a%e
deputy and llflip Luclle Schlcuse as
probate de|mrtuient depnt>.
Mva. Ma<* VM. T/>aate was sworn In
* Clerk of the District Courts, suc-
ceeding R. D. Dye, who has completed
M-JJMH/otfl" A* iViaifles
Mr*. I/egate has named Mrs, Alma
Douglas, wlio has Ism> i in tits office
under Mr. Dye's administration, and
v, it. Henderson. Tho latter will be
court deputy.
Hubert Hookont took the oath of
office us County Attorney. He suc-
cecd* II, II. Cum ml ii*. Mr. Rookout
announced some time ago that his as-
sistant* would tie Henry Wilson, Par-
ley Reasonover and Judge J. Q. Adam*
son.
As County Tax Asse**or ,T. H, Dsvl*
whs sworn in to succeed W. C, flat-
field. Mr. Davi*' chief deputy will lw
P. V. Raxter. v He has not yet nameo
his field deputies, although they mHlst
begin their Wtwk January j*t.
Only one member "of the old County
Commlssiciiers' Court remains over as
h member of the newly cou*tituted
court. This member Is Commissioner
A. K. Rail get f of Precinct 4, Tlie new
members sworn hi Wednesday are C.
H. Durnlng of Van Alstyne, Precinct
I, including Sherman, who suweeds
Commissioner .Tack Itlassingamo;
Hugh M. Roren of Denlson. who *u<v-
ceeds H. H. Wilson of Rolls, as Com-
missioner of Precinct, 54 including
Denison. nnd W. D. McMel'.timy, who
sut-ceed* Oscar Ounter, of Ounter, as
Commissioner of Precinct Jl.
The new' precinct officers of the
Sherman precinct sworn In wre;
II. D. Cnmby. succeeding Henry Wil-
son a* Justice of the Peace. Place 2:
and J. A. Vaughn, who succeed! If nek
Blayloek aw constable.
A«NOel*tMt Prena DI«p*toh)
C%tdnK re, Okla., Ih«e. t—That Clnra
W&k connect Ion with
m*rn* last Friday of Jake
IlahMm, Republican National Commit-
teeman, is in the Southwest aud prole
ably in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas,
waa the announcement here today of
Russell It. Hrowu. County Attorney.
Mr. Hrowu made known early today
the fact that he had lieen following a
"hot frail" when he left hew
Monday morning for an uuknow
tl nation. He de<-la red the
woman upon leaving ' Ardmore liad
gone through Duranl, Okla., Denl
I Hi I las aud Clstsi, Taxaa. buying a
ticket at the lattar plaue tor Bl Paao.
';'s I';1%/:
There
wlii 1,::\
the
rgjpm>>< ipi
Av,
JEBty
CHANCE AT CHAMP
1BELIIAB
Ai<nm'lit(Ht Prsw Ulmpatch]
New York, Dec. 1,—Tex Itlekard
announced today lu* had received con-
tracts signed bjp Jess Wlilard, fornp'r
world's heavyweight champion. Jack
Ih-mpscy, present title holder, and
Bill Rrennan for a championship lurnt
on M'irch IT, HUfl. twHawti Wlilard
and the winner of the Dcmpacy-Rren-
nan fight hem on December 14, Re-
ports to this effect had been circulated
for some time hut Official announce-
ment of contracts having been signed
was not made until today.
Hlckard said the fight wilt h?
staged in Madison Square Garden un-
less the State Boxing Commission
should prevent It. Tlie siee of the
pnr*e was not made public. .
Population of Okmulgee.
TEXAS PROHIBITION LAW
IS AGAIN I'PHKLD.
Slr.^mtT (aplrrrd.
SMHOrwtrit "*ren* Diapntrfi
Trieste, Nov. 3(V—Tlie steamer \a-
rtnta. loadisi with Honr and fodder,
Iiks IsH'ii captured by GabrbHe D'An-
iiunxio's arditl near.Pola.
w.
Ammoi luted Pro-*1® ni^patrhj
Austin. Tex.. I >e:\ 1.—The
| ortion of the Texas prohibition
law providing for the unlawful
tt a asportation 4 of intoxicating
iiqimrs constitutes a felony was
upheld by the Court of Criminal
Appeals today when the applica-
tion of J. W. Glluiore of Collins
County, who wa« charged with
tills offense, for rt writ of luilteas
corpiis was rrfused. The court
held' that tt is witiilu the power
of the. State to control the traf-
fic in intoxicant*.
(Continued on pag<
two. I
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m-
mmms.
Who win rule Oreaca, is the
quently mentioned aa being
.the former Queen Sophia (the'ex
Catherine. Standing, left to right:
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THJt GREEK ROYAL FAMILY
Ml til
I:
iSsfti
clcn, Prin
vhwulf. mwttwi IIW "•••
its. Prince Pan! la dm one moat fra-
Prince George, former Crown Prince;
ntine, of Greece, and little Princess
Irene.
Assoolst«d (VIM DIstMtOfe) i
Washington. Doe, l—Ttie negro p rj
illation of Okuitdgee, Okla., was an-
uotiiiced today by the Census Bureau
at an Increase uf 1or
145.1 per cent. Tlie white population
was placed at ISJS17, an Incroase of
11.241, or 4V2.4 per cent. Chlhesl1,,
Indians and Japanese numbered 1)1.
. i ■!..> in i i
Plasterers to tiel $IJ.
JVm* P**patfh
Fort Worth, Tex., I>ec. 1- Begin-
ning today., plasterers in Fort'Worth
began receiving $12 rs-r day and ce-
ment workers and finishers *1J per
day wageg. This Is an advance of #1
for each and was agreed upon last
August.
mwmi
•,4iA5
of the
FIFTEEN MILLION PKOPLF
WANT TO COME TO AMERICA.
I
I
Anftoelatwl Prww IXs^atcb] 'j
New York, I>ec. tf-Flfteen
million men, women and child-
ren of all social ami economic
classifications, representing ev-
ery nationality In Knrofie, are
fhthllng for passage to the Cnlt-
ed States, according to reports
submitted by seventeen trans-
Atlantic steamship company rep-
resents five* Jo Frederick A. Wei-
ll*. commissioner of immigra-
tion at'Ellis Island.
They also expressed the
opinion that fi.OOO.OCN) German* ^
and Austrian* are packed up and f ggi*-"'"
ready to sail a* *oon a* the j for
Pnltefl States makes perffre with j fH,r,
J Nit
& I
"lis
step toward a
1)1911112 wriotm
Cecil
P residue
"Tlmt
dared when the
en him. "ft brings
who are trying to And
the Armenians out of tbe
Mr. Wilson's acceptance
able ami worthy of the beat
of tto United States,
ways been a friend of Armenia
iKtom :-tSm lead in
sufferings.
h "The decision
is not In any a«
view, gad
conragenient to alt
see tlio Lid
la simply a natural i
an old hiimanltdrlau
Dr. Fridtjof Ni
one of t he
Armenia, and ta i
ndttee <>onsldering developments
that (muntrjr, waa either inclined
|ip|||M|^ester<la y. When I
the news today, however, be
with Joy. i'- ■
"We liave found the than, and I ho
rest will l e easy."
,/w Austria Enters League.
Aaaeclstc4 l*NS Dl.fHltcS] JT
f'Dee. —Austria
mously toted a memlier of tb
of Nations by the
admission of new States here
1* expected the assembly of the
will ratify this action.
Btttgarte Wants In.
A**oelsts4 Pr*«* PmaWl)
Wm,'' .......
Geneva, Dec,p^~-Appll('atla|i by
gsria for admission to tbe
Nations was expected p to be
up Uslay at the session of the Assem-
bly of the League. flWWjfc Oreec*
Roumanla had Indicated they were
rlously opposed to the admission ,of
Bulgaria .and It appeared probable
they would make an Issue of the
ter.
At a meeting of the
the admission of new
day, It was indicated that ,
would lie at1
Iicftgne Without
While tilt
trie's a ppl I est loll
final action waa
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their governments.
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