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A NEWSPAPER FOB THE PEOPLE
TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR—No. 24.
MEXIA, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1924
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN ON JUNE THE SEVENTH
Terrific Texas Hailstorm Causes Heavy Damage
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCl
Party Leaders
Center With
Coolidge On
Subject
WASHINGTON, May 14.—An
ngreoment on the adjournment of
Congress by June the seventh was
reached today at a conference be-
tween President Coolidge and the
leaders of both parties at the
White House.
WIFE OF AUTHOR
IS VICTIM OF
ASSAULT TO
ROB
NEW YORK, May 14.—Victim of
a brutal assault, similar to the
Dorothy King and Louise Lawson
WEATHERFORD
FIRE DOES BIG
DAMAGE
WEATHERFORD.—Fire swept the
Milmo Lumber company's yards here
and destroyed several nearby resi-
dences causing $75,000 damage.
NEFF SPEAKS TO
CONVENTION AT
BR0WNW00D
TODAY
BROWNWOOD, Texas, May 14.—
Gov. Pat Neff was a principle figure
at today's ceremonies of the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce annual
convention. The Governor arrived here
this morning as guest of the cele.
brants, and to deliver an address at
the business session in the auditorium.
Other speakers scheduled for ad-
dresses today included Alvin Owsley,
past national commander of the Amer-
ican legion and President P. W. Horn
of Texas Technological college.
Election of officers was also part of
cases, Mrs. Howard Johnson, \. i e o | business calendar for today.
the author of Tangerine, and othei j j>;on]jliees for president were Col.
musical comedies, was under care of c c Walsh, San Antonio; W. W. Rix,
a physician today while police inves-
tigated her story of being garroted
and robbed of diamonds valued at
$9,000 in an upper Broadway hotel.
Harry Lasser, said to have a police
record, was under arrest in connec-
tion with the case.
Mrs. Johnson, gagged and bound
lay for hours in the bath room of a
suite in the hotel where she went
with a woman and man v.'hom she j
had met at parties along the
white way. , , . Ili is believed that owing to his success
She was hysterical when found by ,. . 6 ...
„„,i ;t opv„rai m outdistancing all other flyers m the
MEN AND WOMEN IN NEWS OF THE DAY.
Big Spring and R. O. Lee, Cisco.
El Paso, Amarillo and Mineral Wells
are making spirited bids for the 1925
convention.
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BULLETIN
PARIS, May 14.—Lieutenant Pelle-
tier d'Oisy, French airman, has com.
plcted his original flight from Paris
„„.!to Ilanio, French Indo.China, accord-
great | '
' ling to an official announcement today.
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FLOOD WATERS
ARE SLOWLY
RECEDING
FIRE DESTROYS
LOVELY HOME
HERE EARLY
TODAY
PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 14.—The
swollen waters of the Allegheny and
Monongahela Rivers today were slow
ly receding, leaving in their wake
property damage estimated in the
millions.
As the turbulent streams return-
ed their normal depth river front
residents who were forced to evacu-jloss.
ate their homes yesterday for the j The loss is estimated at
third time this year began returning : 'he home and $2,000 on the contents.
Farmers Badly
Damaged When
Crops Ruined
LONGVIEW, Texas, May 14.—Tel
thousand acres of cotton were leveled
j by a terrific rain and hail storm whicir
; swept the northern portion of GregJ
,, 'County early today. Fruit and vege.
the flames were under control, the |
home and contents represented a total'lsble croPs were aIso rulned by th<
heavy rains.
,000 on
Fire of unknown origin at 2 o'clock
this morning broke out and destroyed
the beautiful home of John A. An-
derson in Southeast Mexia and before
to their dwellings.
The Allegeheriy and Monongahela
He carried insurance in the Park
j Insurance Agency amounting to $2,000
CLAIREMONT, Texas, May 14.—
The second hail and rainstorm within
I the past twenty-four hours swept this
on the home and $1,000 on the furni-1 j
where they form the Ohio River at j ture. I section last night causing widespread
the Point Bridge, reached a crest of jjis sister, Mrs. Mary Mobley lost ajdama£e to buildings and crops, accord.
j25.4 feet. Flood stage at this point [$640 piano which was in the home noting to reports today. A school house
included in the above. This also in-! was destroyed by fire during an elec-
sured by the same agency. She isitrical storm at Jayton. Other build-
absent in Chicago at present where ! ings were damaged by s severe hail.
lis 22 feet.
Carpentier Now
In Chicago
Up In The Air
fibenm $ AyrLZZVO S/SYVi-S
Bales: cJAttrrS
D. S. Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr., of New York, Is President
Coolidge's choice as permanent chairman of the Republican National
Convention in Cleveland. At the request of President Zayas, the United
States has forbidden the sale of arms to political factions in Cuba.
Former Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Saudis, now Czar of baseball,
appearing before a Senatorial committee in Washington declared he
could not understand why President Coolidge pardoned Philip Grossman,
whom Landis had sentenced in Chicago as a rum seller. Mrs. W. A.
Sunday ("Ma" Sunday), v.-ife of "Billy" Sunday, noted evangelist, was
knocked down, but not seriously injured, by a motor track in Memphis,
Tenn.
By HENRY L. FARRELL
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
NEW YORK,. May 14.—After being
threatened with an injunction that
might cause his visit to become indefi- j
nite, Georges Carpentier called off all) ft
his social engagements here and has j JJ
gone with his whole party to Chicago, j
Carpentier was met at the pier yes-
terday by Billy Gibson, manager of
Gene Tunney, who claims to have first
call on the Frenchman's services in
I this country. Gibson didn't mention j
j business at the time but asked for an;
| appointment.
I "See you at the hotel," M. Descamps,
i the Frenchman's manager said. Gib-
son waited at the hotel until a tele-
she is studying music.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson lost their
clothing and all other contents of the
home.
Mr. Anderspn was awakened at mid-
night to put down the windows. Later
they awoke when the room was on fire
and just in time to get out with their postoffice and
lives. He left $69 under the feather [ building today.
Wires are down and communication
with the devastated country is prac-
tically impossible.
LANEVILLE, Texas, May 14.—Fire
caused by lightning during a severe
electrical storm here destroyed the
telephone exchange
The damage is ap-
bed which he forgot in the excitement j proximately thirty-five thousand dol-
getting out. lars, it is estimated.
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S.
ROUND THE %ers To Address
WORLD FLIERS
TAKE OFF
School at Forest
Glade at Closing
Joseph H. Byers, a well known at-
torney of this city, will deliver the ad-
dress Wednesday night at the closing
of the Public School at Forest Glade.
Be has been invited by the County
hotel employes and it was several
hours before she could give a cor
rect account of the attack.
_ | eastward race, d'Oisy undoubtedly will
continue on to Japan. He had said he
Mexican Girl Is
Abducted Twice
In Short WkU<
DALLAS, Texas, May 14,—Kid-
raped twice and on both occasions
brutally treated'by abductors, Anna
Orona, ten year old Mexican girl, was
rescued today by her mother. The
girl told officers that a Mexican call-
ed at her home yesterday and placed
her in a sack and carried her away.
would do so if successful in reaching
Idno-China.
BULLETIN
ALLAHABAD, India, May II.—The
British 'round the world amphibian
plane arrived here today from Naira-
bad, making the flight in six hours.
The British flight now has covered a
total of 6.080 miles since leaving Cal-
shot aerodome, Southampton, March
BACK TO DOBBIN
URGED BY MAN
BEFORE TEXA
GROCERYMEM
County Auditor
nis
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CORDOVA, Alaska, May 14
I gram extending him the greetings of [Their final tuning up completed, the '• Superintendent, Mrs. Cora Ferguson,
the season came from Philadelphia, | three American 'round the world j to repeat the address he delivered last
where Carpentier's party stopped long flight planes at Chicagoff hoped toiWeek at Fallon. The subject of the
enough to write. | take off today for the Kurile Islands (address is "Aristocracy and Aristocra-
_ / Gibson said today he was going to IAsia. jcies." Those who heard the address
Chicago to stop the Carpentier.Gib- Major Frederick L. Martin and Ma?t week declare it to be one of the
rsi jnr • jbons fight which is scheduled for May Seigcant Aha Harvey, commander m0st helpful of any commencement
1 Q I OTHM 1SS10TI&TS i' MichiKan cit-v- He claims he] of thc f!>'ers and his mechanic, who address which they have ever heard.
' ican do it and that he is certainly not [ wel'e iost aftey crashing into a moun- Many from here win no doubt join the
Igoing to stand for anyone making a> t-a'n hut made their way back to
A credit of all funds this the first j £uc]cer out ,,f " \ safety, are aboardship on their way
day of May, 1921: | Carpentier insists that Gibson has] Bellinjjham, Wash.
Credit Balance for April 1921. I nothing to cry about. He figures that
kjiiUlc
General fund
Jury
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FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS
DDALLAS, Texas, May 11.—Whole-
sale merchants of America were urged i Co. Highway
today to scrap their motor delivery IR. & B. General
trucks and to return to old Dobbin.
Abandon auto trucks for short de
$ 96,934.61 lie will beat Gibbons and then he
1 l'rect. No. 1
jPrect. No. 2 ...
Prect. No. 3 ...
Preet. No. 4 .
P. I. I. & S. ...
During the night ho brought her back j Queensboro Stadium, the Wills-Mc-j tary 0f the Horse Association of j j j. j. & s
and rolled her under her home where Fadden fight scheduled for Friday | America told the delegates to the'pj&s
she was found this morning by her j night may have to be called off. Tex j American Wholesale Grocers in their) jq j g. g
mother. She had a similar experience j Rickard offered to put the bout in the annual convention here. Dinsmore do-1 u I & S.
NEW YORK.—Following orders of jliveries and use horses and mules and
the fire department to tear down the j save money, Wyane Dinsmore. secre-
22,926.20
4,847.36
2,054.74
13,975.78
10,014.04
10,007.58
29,863.86 FREAKS HERE FOR T1H:
. i
-vill let Gibson put on his Tunney
fight.
Gibson does not believe that Georges
will be worth anything after Gibbons
works on him.
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Funeral Services
For Judge Kirven
Largely Attended
big crowd that will gather Wednesday
night in the big new brick building
at Forest Glade, where a successful
school session is coming to a close.
1
about a week ago.
Velodrome on May 21.
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Negro Jailed In
Dallas To
Him From Posse
Keep
DALLAS, Texas, May 14.—John R.
Richardson, youthful negro, was lodg-
ed in the county jail here for safe
keeping. The negro was spirited here
from Denton by deputies who feared
mob violence following an admitted
assault upon a white woman near
I.ewis viSe.
SAU PAULO, Brazil.—Erminio
Spalla, Italian heavyweight, will sail
tomorrow on the American Legion for
the United States. Benedicto Santos
clared that the experience of Whole-|12 I. & S
s-ale grocers proved that horse andjx3 I & S
mule drawn vehicles were most eco-114 j, & g
nomical.
Lhe United .States, Benenicto Santos, f" I fT *
ivho was knocked out by Spalla Satur-j l,0Gll(l/?e I VlCS
day night is still in a critical condition
here and has suffered a stroke in his
left side.
r,k arses Filed
A.
linst Kearns
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.—Tommy
Gibbons went ten rounds with Andre
Anderson, his chief sparring partner,
yesterday in addition to his routine
training stunts. The St. Paul heavy-
weight who is to meet Georges Car-
pentier here on May 31, showed plenty
cf speed and was not lacking in cn-
To Modify Jap
Exclusion Act
WASHINGTON, May 14.—President
Coolidge started another attempt to
modify the Japanese exclusion pro-
vision in the new immigration bill. He
called into conference at the White
House Secretary of State Hughes,
durance. The distance will be stretch- j Representatives Johnson, Washington,
ed to ten rounds today.
/I c/ IKjySltfTfP BITS OF SPORT
/xgUCfEut IVt,til Ho NEW YORK.—Accompanied by her
mother, Miss Helen Wills, 18-year-old
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 14.— .national tennis champion, sailed today
Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Demp- on thc Berengaria for England where
sey, and Kearns' Filipino servant were she will train for the Wightman cup
named today in charges filed by Mrs. J matches, the Wimbledon tournament
Francis Marie Emerson with District and thc Olympic games.
Attorney Asa Keyes here. Numoro/3
witnesses were examined by Keyes to- NEW YORK.—Honor will be paid
day to determine whether warrants by New Yorkers today to Babe Ruth
should be issued for either of the two 'and George Sisler, young manager of
men. Mrs. Emerson, according to the St. Louis Browns. The Babe will
Keyes, declared that Kearns cursed be presented with his diploma for be-
her and that she became unconscious i^g voted the most valuable player, the
after drinking mineral water and was .Yanks will run up the world champion-
awakened with clothing disarranged ship pennant and Sisler will be given
end the Filipino making advances. Inn ovation on his first visit here since
Chairman of the House Immigration
Committee, Longworth of Ohio, Re-
publican Floor 'f&ader, Snell, of New-
York, Chairman of the Rules Commit-
15 I. & S
1C. I. & S
18 I. & S
R. & B. F. F. I & S. ..
4 Bond
4 Xall
li' Bond
13 Bond
15 Bond
76,849.56)
23,485.30
19,610.60
2,187.01
22,682.38
1,267.97
3,183.66
24,866.65
45,820.08
9,607.93
8,029.19
10,998.26
4,105,12
482.89
5.3S0.44
21.3,-
SHRINE CIRCUS DRAW
M'ALESTER, Ok., May 14.—Five
ATTENTION OF CROWDS j prisoners who broke away from the
The two freaks of the Mexia |state penitentiary brick yard here
Shrine Club Circus in town this I yesterday were still at liberty early
week are the bucking bronco auto- | today, according to \\ arden . B.
mobile and another automobile run- | Key. Nine men made the break, ac-
ning backwards about the street s. I cording to Key. Four prisoners, in-
These two cars patroled the main eluding Bill Tate and Arthur Hen-
thoroughfares yesterday- afternoon j derson, life termers for murder and
and have created comment from I tw'o others serving burglary sen-
those who have not seen them be- i te-nces, were back in their cells to-
fore. j day after a few hours liberty.
Robbery Charge
Is Changed To
Murder" Today
N.
C. CONVERTS SWAMPS
INTO RICH FARMS
Co. Treasurer, Balance $549,792.99
Outstanding checks 1,614.54
Bank Balance $551,407.53 $551,407.53
Respectfully submitted this the 12th
day of May, 1924.
J. B. Watson, Jr.
County Auditor.
WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD
Yesterday's hero—Bib Faulk, Texan,
White Sox outfielder, hit two homers —
221.48'end led the attack which downed the' BELHAVEN, N. C. (United Tress.) |
\anks, 7 to 5. Possibility that the State Legislature!
Four hits crowded into the fourth |,vin be brought here during its next
inning oif Decatur ga\e the Cuos all|s,e?sion for members to see the remark
their runs and they beat the Robins, i ;tble improvement wrought by convent
OLATHE, Kas., May 14.—Dr. Ken
[ B. Uhls, former proprietor of a san-
j itarium here, was acquitted by a
jury last niirht of charges of plot-
ting the robbery of Louis D. Brey-
[ fogle, a dairyman of a $500 Liber-
ty bond.
A drug patient at Uhls' sanitar-
ium declared that he was ordered to
i commit the robery by the physician.
Uhls now faces charges of mur-
i dering W. E. Gibbs, wealthy recluse
of Hutchinson. Kas., who was a
1 heavy stockholder in the sanitarium.
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ollege Annual
Received Monday
3 to 1.
mg swamps into farm lands is being
KANSAS CITY, Mo„ May 1
One hundred Federal prohibition
tec, Garrett, of Tennessee, Democratic j agents concentrated in Kansas City
floor leader, and Garner, of Texas, 1 today in preparation for sunpress-
Dcmocratic leader.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 1!.—Billy
Sunday, evangelist, was enroute to
Rochester, Minn., today for treat-
ment at the Mayo Hospital for a
general breakdown, brought on by
ptomaine poisoning. A revival meet-
ing being conducted here by Sun-
day, will be continued by his aides.
Mrs. Sunday, who has been in a
hospital here suffering from injuries
received in ah auto accident, is ac-
companying her husband.
ion of liquor traffic during the
Shrine convention early in June.
Fred O. Wood, chairman of the
Shrir.e executive committee, asked
Federal officials to send the addi-
tional agents into this territory to
open a campaign against liquor traf-
fic. Large quantities of liquor re-
ported to have been brought in for
the convention will be sought.
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If a man loves a woman he will give
up smoking for her sake, but if she
loves him she won't ask it.
Bentley blew up in the fifth inning 1 expressed by members from this sec- ! The "Wigwam" the Annual publish-
when the Cards scored five runs that tlon. eu by the Senior class of Westminster
beat the Giants, S to 3, and gave the ! These solons believe that if their j College was received from the printer
champions their fourth straight de- colleagues can see the 200,000 acres 01 j Monday and is now on sale at the Col-
f0et; jf.um lands, now on the tax books at !t'ge. The Annual was published at
\\ ild base running got the runs for j <rom 5150 t_0 an acrP antj produc- a C0Pt ovcr $1500 and is being sold
Shaute. and the Indians beat the Ath- jnfi. corn ]■> high, which once was f°r $3-50 a piece. It is bound in imi-
sold for a few cents an acre, less Ration calf and was designed and exo-
t-ouble would be had in getting thru hy the largest company in the
ether drainage projects. state which specializes in the class of
A total of 1,000,000 acres has been work. It contains over one hundred
drained by the state with 2,370.000 r,"(' forty pages and represents one of
letics, 3 to 2. It was the twelfth
straight defeat of the Athletics.
Three runs scored on two passes,
Jacobson's triple and Wamby's error,
gave the Browns a 5 to 3 victory over
the Red Sox.
Hard hitting by Trynor and Grimm
enabled the Pirates to beat the Braves
5 to 1.
With one down in the ninth inning
• he Reds pushed over the run that beat
the Phils, 4 to 3.
Three pinch hitters singled off
Mogridge in the seventh inning but
he escaped with his hide and the Sena-
tors beat the Tigers, 6 to 3.
now under process of being drained.
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Southern China
Lender Is Dead
PEKIN, China, May 14.—Foreign
lfice today announced officially the
:eath of Dr. Sun Y'at Sen, South China
lender.
thebest Annuals put out by any Junior
College in the State. Wallace E.
Byers, of Cooledge, is the Editor and
Charles Mills, of Teague is the Busi-
ness Manager.
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AUSTIN.—The National Congress
of Parents and Teachers will be held
here in 1925, it was decided at the
convention which just closed at St.
Paul.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1924, newspaper, May 14, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292418/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.