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terence IN e w Urleans
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' ... ''. Associated lrees JUport."
' ' mtW ORTKANH. fV 34 Tha hteh
2 -si est type Of wsrehouse receipt obUutabls
' : ; la that f ths Great PubUo Cotton ware-
.house at Nif UHtui aocordiiif to .
" i Howard Ardrey1 vice president of ths
National .Pant or tjommerce new xors
f speaking at to session imuu inei
. .1 . ( day of ths wo rid cotton convention.
' Tht statement followed plea jnada
'. '. i earlier in the day-for the erection ef
warehouaea ta protect the cotton. Couo-
- y try damage to Hioa anrefaung ap-
".r proxlmatel 00OUQ000 annually caa be
1 . ; prevented bf warehouses on the farm
- iV at tins at interior concentration point
.' i and at Dorta handling cotton. . sneaker
' declared at the general session Tuesday
' . . i-; h of" the world cotton conference.
'A JThs' hearer - the' approach of : other
'- warehouses to thoee of New Orleana la
"i responsibility integrity and tha proper
- cm re of commodities in that degree will
v. their recepita be accepted in the open
V .. "' money tnarketa of tbo world" aaid tha
i apaaker . Tuesday night. "The cotton
v7. v ... ' f warehouse receipts of New Orleana are
a j ' otuif aoone or tbe Bute of Louisiana.
s ' ." :. Baal lastraeteatalrty. ;
- The best IhstrununUlity'foi drawing
. to cotton atored in the South ia minimum
. " ratea of open market credit in bankers'
1 - -:....' acceptances secured by warehouse re-
... r celpta (ecu ring and conveying tltje to the
' t . j convention aa provided for in tha federal
i -i v reserve act .
'. . "A warehouse reeelnt for starts 'com
V y tnodlty in atorage is toe only document
' i .. - xpt government bonds on which a Ba-
ft .- .- tional bank mas lend without limit ta any
fow borrower. All other forma of. credit
are limited by law to 10 per cent of the
' ' bank's capital and kurplua to any one
. X ... borrower. An acceptable warehouse r-
. v . ;. eeipt should come from a responsible
j warehouse assuring cotton against dam-
'' age and depredation while in atorage and
. (. 1 carrying nnquestioneg uue to -cue com
. Trmasaortatlaa af Cattaa.
.'"!. Bneakinc on the subject of transnorta
--r tkn of cotton. W. H. Turner of LitUe
M - ' Jbtock urged that the State control of in
. . ' terstata common carriera cease. He ad
- f. ' vocated a department of transportation
. v r and federal government and an increase
' v f .. In the power of tbe interstate commerce
r. T 'commission.
" I'- "Kates on cotton" said Mr. Turner
'. i ' ' "are high but I believe that our attitude
" toward ratea ahonld be to favor higher
- e -A. i ' ratner than lower ratea Just so tbe parity
T- is mautained. We believe that our
. chargea for. transportation should all ba
'v f expressed in one through rate and that
5 s . this should be high enough to make our
I f.v. cotton traffic the most attractive of all
. ; " commodities to the carriera and they
then sbould yield ua a service consistent
with the charge. There is no doubt but
that freight-rates should be higher if we
are to get tbe high character of service
necessary to the economic conduct of our
business.7 ; - '
Unas Cajapaifa.
. K. A. Calvin of Houston Texas' urged
a camDalaw tbroushout the cotton belt in
the interest of warehousing particularly
on the farm. He stated that it' was
his. opinion most of the country damage
equal to about $5 a bale originated with
the grower through exposure of cotton
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Exoeptloa Taken
" ! I-""-- Exccptlon-to statements" thkt farmers
i. . are in the main responsible for country
a " ' damage was takrn by many of. the grow-!-.:
': era present most of the defenders of the
; ' .. small farmers Dandling methods benif
." - v from xexaa.
A statement from the floor that farm
era often atored their cotton on the
ground so that it would sccumulste
'T moisture and increase in weight brought
TV.? vigoroua denials from a score of grow
ere mostly delegates from Texas. .
.' Gavarners as Teastnaster.
- '-i.. The plan of having governors of cot-J.y''-r
ton-growing States preside at general
. sessions was abandoned by thoae in
' ' charge of program arrangements. In-
; -stead the governors will be toastmasters
Wjl r . at the series of banquets to be held as
JvV'' .'the concluding featurea of the' confer
" ence. 1 " "
1 Ruling on Rice Container
' in Favor of Texas Grower
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. i Houston Post Spedal. -
y - BEATJMONT Texas Oct. 14. K
rf Weinert commissioner of markets and
warehouses has issued a ruling In favor
of tha rice farmer' acCoiaJing to a letter
" received from' him at Austin. Tho rice
1 i siius refused to bhy the bag along with
i rough rice declaring tbe net weiaht pack
I age law prohibited.1 The farmers said
. 1 tba value of tbe second-hand bag was
v greater than its coat-to the mills when
' bought ny welgbt.' The farmers were
willing' however not to sell the -bag but
. . -inaiated the container - be 'returned to
them. Mr. Weinert -Held it waa not vio
lation of the law for the rice mills to
Duy ross welgbt sacks of rice.
J." T. Robison on Stand j
C " in 3tates Land Case
i " Associated Press Be port. -
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Robison State1 land commissioner was
1 on the stand Tuesday in the case of the
' Stats.Ts. the Cspitol Freehold and In-
' vewtinent company in which the State is
t 1 aeeking t recover 72000 acres of land
In the Panhandle claimed to' be. excess
V and vacancies in the 3000000 acres paid
by the State for the erection of the capi-
' Judge George ' M. Calhoun of the
v. Fifty-third district court haa overruled
au taa defendants' demurrers.
Cciunittee to Prepare
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1 Aasoaaiea jrroas nvpvri.
WASHINGTON. Octt 14. A special
iwminittes representing each section of
-tha 'country-will be appointed to draft a
aotdiera' relief bill under .a resolution in-
- trodnced today by Repreaentativa Foyer
democrat of Oklahoma. Representative
Foyer: aaid the MondeU bUl which haa
the approval of the interior department
.- waa neither acceptable to congress nor to
' tn oiscoarged soldiers
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' House Orders Favorable
"Report on AUcij Measure
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V :-y Associated lrea Report. . .. -
'WA8H INQTOJ Oct 14.J-A favorable
' report on a resolution extending foe one
? ear after tbe proclamation or peace war
iras Restrictions on passports' So as to
kern radicals and undesirable aliena out
' of .f
tho
country was ordered Tuesday by
tise iorigq reiajiops C""'"lU!.
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AI.D SAVES PLAIiT
Prevention of Attack oh
7 Property Set$ New MtVi
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By Leased Wire to Tba Houston Post
. WASHINGTON Oct. 11 Iadi cations
that tha Mexican government haa inaug-
urated a new method ia tha oil fields and
ia beginning to pay heed to tha deiaauda
of tha air men tor protection la indicated
in report received from Tampteo by way
of Mexico City. 4. . ' . -i 1 .
' Tba Agnila conipany which was recent-
ly tsken over by .the Dutch Shell people.
notified tha Mexican authorities that they
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" wu lurvaitsM mu a nun PJ niicu
and for tba first time sloes tha present
regime in Mexico came into- power tha
government ' acted lmmediatalyr - eendtng
iroons to xna ureatenaa point ana avert
ing the raid. . . .-- 1 ' ;
The Agulla company has.a big aeflnary
at MinatiUaa in tha State of Vera Cms.
and it waa- at this point that the' raid
waa aimed; .Word came to tha company
officials at Mlnatitlan that the xpelaeae
and Fells Diaa rebels were planning tha
raid. The news of tha plan reached tba
company in time to dispatch word to tbe
aauorttioe at xuipam and yamplco who
at once notified Mexico City. Jh gun-
boat Sarasoaa' waa ordered frOm-Vera
Cms harbor to reinforce tha guard at.
aunaucuuu s .
Daredevil "Aviator
'. Victim of White Plagbe
Associated Press Reportl :
' GREENVILLE- 8. Oct 14 Itrtd-
man Law died at tba government hospital
at camp Sevier early Tuesday of pul
monary affection. Law waa noted for hia
"daredevil" feats and was a brother of
Ruth Law the sviatrix. -
Law was 34 years of age.'. He had
been a Patient in the United States. nub.
lie health service hospital at Sevier for
several months ..having .been acnt here
from Kelly Field. Texas. Hia sister and
other relatives reside in Chicago and hia
body ia being held bare awaiting instruc-
tions. ' .y
' At Kellv Field In lftlfl l..l
S000 feet In a parachute from an airplane.
ne aiso permitted nimseif.to be shot out
of an improvised cannon' sustaining se-
vere) burns. Among other notable -feats
were his leap off the Brooklyn bridge a!
parachute jump from the thirty-first
story of a New York building a jump in a I
parachute from the Statue of Liberty and
sensational balloon and motorcycle stunta. !
e naa many spectacular escapes from
death.--.-' '.- .
Law waa born in Maaaarhiiaet. hut
moat of hia ife was 'spent in New York
Chicago and in Texas as a patient at
the Camp Sevier hospital he waa believed
to be improving and ha had planned to
leap in a parachute from a mile high
airplane at the 30th division reunion but
hospital authorities dissuaded him. .
li said that Oovernor
e rtir. pari) of tl
rate. . . . ' . .
Tim re are several cities ssmsd I'sll
aada iu alrxlcu bnt it ia likely tba.fora-
golag thsiiatcti rslera ta the one la) tha
-t-. J . l . .l.l.b .iL.lna TLkcftm
on tha east. . . '' ! ' .'
Dallas Mayor Postpone ( i
"Victory: Fair 7- Celebration
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UAUJkH. Texas. Vtt. l.-laiia ay
at tba Vkto" fair waa postponed aany
Tuesday " by ' Ma vor Was en cm ft nntil
Thursday when tha day dawned murky
and foggy and the weather bureau fore-
casted showers: - Tba weather kowavar
wag Ideal after a few hours when- the
sun cams out and shone brilliantly aU
day." in spits of tka forecast - Large
crowds . welcomed the opportunity ; to
visit ths fair and of I . rials -prayed for a
continuance of the sunshine V ;-'
- Ths second Delias dsy celebration will
go through as-scheduled Thursday- tin-
leas rain araln - intarfsraa. Wednasdai
la Panhandle Hains day "T. W. (J;
day Texaa Woman's Uollsge day." J '
T. W. U..A. woman will atage a mam-
moth open air pageant depicting -Wom-en'a
nart- in world' orocress "from . tba
Stone aga to tas present Two thousand
persons will participate. " rt' S
SaitAntdnio'-' to Hav$ '
Huge U. S. Warehouses
niriugf
Tabasco Governor With
Legislature Quits Capital
1 : Associated 'Press Report - '
LAREDO. Texss. Oct. 14.-i-Frsncisco
Caatellanos Dioz governor pro tern. and
the legislature of the Mexican state of
Tabasco have left the capital Saif Juan
Bautista snd established a new govern-
ment seat at Palisada. leaviac the nskm-
ing govaxnor CaneralXVaen in San Juan
Batista without support sccording to. in-
formation received here. Tuesday.
Persons who arrived here from Ta-
basco declared there is a reicn of terror
there and that the aituation "is increas
ingly critical. More than 70 families
have abandoned their homes (presumably
in San Juan Bautista I it was said and
one other town waa reported "almost de-
fr isvhsivh a www syyiv sw j j wr
. BAN ANTUilO Texas UcU 'xne
erection in San Antonio of government
warebousss compriaing '723000 square
feet of floor apace ia aow assured and
ths construction of additional buildings
of several hundred thousand square fret
of floor aoaea ia likely; -Colonel M.V K.
HUgard' Southern : department chief
quartermaster and. sone supply officar
and lieutenant Colonel F. U. Chamber
land regional construction . quartermas-
ter hsvs been notified that the war de
partment has aotborixed the-' construe
tioa in San Antonio of 725000; square
feet of building of the temporary type.. .
It is estimated the cost of construct-
ing the- first buildings will ba about
(500000. .( ' . ; 9 .. -1 '
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Camp Travis Civilian ' S ?
Payroll Soon. toBe Cut
' Houston Poat Special-
SAN ANTONIO. Texaa. Oct 14. As a
part of the govrnment'a program of ra-
turtfing the army to a peace basis after
two yeara of war organisation-tbe num-
ber of civilian employes at camp Travia
now 037 will be -cut 80 per cent before
tbe end of the' year. Civilian employee
are engaged in mora than 100 different
lines of work. at Camp Travis and In-
dude derks.- stenographera- laborers
mechanics carpentera and cfaaulfenra.
Ths civilian employe payroll at Camp
Travis amounts to more than $S6.000 per.
month au . average af. about $1)0 per
month for each employe. Some ere paid
considerable more while the ; laborers'
scale is lower.' . V ' . i i "
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Dallas Taxable Values -;
Increased $10104680
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DALLAS. TexaW .Oct. 14.-Taxabl:
nropeiiv values h( Dallas county have
increased $10.104j80 during tbe past
Tae. according to firures compiled from
the complete tax rolls which were given
to the collectors Tuesday. Total values
this year are S167.65240. Tbe values
of railroad and bnk property fully as-
sessed are $7JHli010 and $0310900
respectively. .
COMMUNITY IS QUARANTINED.!
--DALLAS Texas Oct 14. AH School
children in Arcadia a . small community
iu the county near Dallas. have been
quarantined to prevent spread of 'an epi-
demic of diphtheria -discovered there by
Dr. William Hale county health officer.
The children at Arcadia have contracted
the discane and one died -l'r. Hale said.
ASYIUIJ B0ARD:S.:
VEST CASE SET
v FOMOYEUBER 3
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Attorney General I Curetoh
IC vHolds" That "State Ii '
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" ACSTIN. Texas Oct. 14.Althouh
chairmen of avarus of tba Insane ssyliw
St Terrell and Austin have beon arreaiod
upon complaints that they are violatius
the law -which prohibits the working of
fomkla employes aiora than M hours a
week Lauor-'Comiuiasiouer T. U. Jen-
htuga aaid Tuesday the case sgsiost At-
ica B. Ayers chairman of the bosrd of
tha asylum at Sua AAtonio who wss ar-
rested under a shuilsr complaint made
by tha labor omniissionar will be made
tie tost esse.. TliU esse is set for No-
vember 8 is toe Bexsr Couuty Criminal
court '
; Stat Violates Us.
. Attorney. General C. M. Cureton In a
letter to 1. the superintendent of tbe
Southwestern lusuue asylum at San An-
tonio held that the State Instead of
asylum officials are violating the law in
that tha legislature failed to appropriate
sufficient money to hire enough employes-!
to do; work necesnary. for tbe welfare
of - the patients without their working
'mora than tba legal number of boura per
week. ' The' superintendent is an agent
af tha 'State aaid the attorney general
and be' baa no discretion In the matter
it being- bis duty to operate tho institu-
tion in the way and manner and 'with
the number of employee provided by the
legislator!-'
rf--.;i?;.;H No Choice.
;' "The- superintendent hss no choice"
be continued " "other than to have the
work -dona even though -in order to do
so bmoet cause the female employee to
work mora than nine boars a day and
mora than K4 hours a week. In doing
so the law is violated but it is the State
of Texaa. that violates tbe law and not
tha euperintendeut of the Institution and
of course the State of Texas can be
guilty of no offense against the penal
tawa of the State."
TKirty. Enlisted Men to
7--- .Be Sent to West Point
"' Houston Post Special.
SAN ANTONIO Texas. Oct. 14.
Thirty enlisted men will be selected from
'the -army organizations in the Southern
department for admission to West Point
next year according to a letter received
by Major General Joseph T. Dirk man
Tuesday' This number will be in addition
to thoae to be se looted from the enlixted
personnel of the 'Jd division now sta-
tioned at Camp Travis.
Man Severely Burned
. r bV Murling Uil Stove
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Houston Post Spec's!.
8AN .'ANTONIO Texas Oct. 14 S.
M. Lesser proprietor of the Lesser Hak-
ery waa severely burned about she face
hands and arms when he attempted to
hurl a biasing oil stove from his home.
808 South Presa street Tuesday morn
ing. The dwelling caugnt fire and was
damaged to the extent of about $000
before firemen succeeded in checking tbe
blase. .
San Antonio RetaiLMen
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Wahi'ms.XE. investigation
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. Houston Post Spsr!al. s
SAN ANTONIO. Texas Oct. 14. The
San Antonio Itetail Merchunta associa-
tion joining a nationwide movement on
the part of retstl merchants to have rop-
Tliirty children . are 'affecteJIf by ; thc gresa investigate the highcost of living
quarantine. '' -' . V "v s' I and fake immediate action .in.flacing the
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blame for mni robditloos ad persons re-
Soll!e for ths increased cost of com-
uoditics. psassd a resilutiust -td.tfais ef-
fect at tllir mostiug Monday night. The
reaolutios will ba aut to PrasVant Vd-
oou Attarney Oenaral PUnerr lha two
senators from 'Texas and tha congress-
man at largo from this tit at and. to the
house of jreprasentativea. . .-v' -.V"
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Vo;;f ;Lr' Involving Large Sura
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Houston. Post Spedal.' .
AUSTIN Texas. Od 14. Ths State
Tuesday entered suit . la - ths district
court of Travis county for the recovery
of sevsn and a half Icree of land in
Kaetland county which if alleges ' Is
worth considerable sum. Damages la
tka amount af $250000 are alao naked
together with an order: of ths court
forcing tba defendants ths Pralrls Oil
and Gas compsny and L. P. Cunningham
to desist from further ops rat loo of thrae
nrpduclng wells which are alleged to ba
drawing oil from tho State' land. Ths
value of tho oil is placed at $200000.
U. D. Townssnd of Denver Oolo holds
a nermit from ths Stats to prospect for
oil on this .particular bit of land which
la alleged to ba a vacancy ' la - certain
aurveys .. . ' j'';
V tOTTON CROP VERY SMALUt
RAT CITS. Texaa Oct" 14 B.Y
Llndsar. county cotton statistician re
ports 1037 bales of cotton ginned In the
county np to September 25 as compared
with- 8000 bales for the same data in
1918. Thla tremendous falling off in ths
production In general Indicates tbe short
est crop ever anovm.
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and the moderate prices of
our Suits and Overcoats.
Price Range
$32.50 and up
NEW GLOVES
from the famous- bouses of
Dent and Mark Cross
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
at $3.00 and Upward.
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All shapes textures and
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Br ' year of persistent
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