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Building Permit Issued
"Wtather Houston and
t..... violnMy vh1 -
wWidayPartly clouay with
occasional thunder abowera;
Thursday
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Number of structures 7. ". .
Total value $6500.
Total Talue tor year to -date
112631265. .
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HOUSTON TEXAS f RIDAY JULY 20 1923
V: yOL 39: NO. 107
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TOPICS
i-Now florlous auditorium vision la
Jntoxicatlna U mayor faney-ons
pf tWWOO.OW variety and It Is to be
fWced out of " neral revenue.
ftiro4i;h tha trlmraln of departmental
budgets. '
T- Does that mean that legitimate and
fcecessary munlcrpal service must be
cut for a non-easentlal?
-Just think! Additional grounds
seating about $150000 l to be pro-
cured In order to obtain space for a
160000 stagel And the whole thing to
iost 1300.000. That's the flrtt estl-
mate. Following the course of the
police and fire station it might reach
That means for many people In
Houston a still longer wait for street-
tvlng. sanitary "Vln!"i
Service police and fire Protcti?nT?d
Uentlals of municipal comfort and
TTvTew of these greater need.
Mr Mayor we are compelled to sax
H The purchase of that property ami
the enlargement and Improvement of
auditorium as outlined
nothing short of an outrageous misuse
of the public revenues. It would
even worse than would be the pur
chaae of'the Boyle hotel property for
$100000. the price asked 'or it.
Don't do It. Mr. Mayor. If you are
anxious about it. let the regular bud-
gets alone and ask the people's con-wmt-elther
In the form of a bond Is-
a'ue or otherwise.
No public Improvement of that char-
acter an magnitude ought to be un-
dertaken without the express consent
"'The n"pT.yew.r. pleased with the
that will entail an P". ?'
Saltan $200000 Xr.Wlfo
j nv more than a gon m"'"
ctfng $1000 had. or .
fire station costing around 1400.000.
much credit upon the rw peo.
The auditorium stage can walt eo
nle can continue to pay their $3.
F j e . .eat for auditorium at-
Improved. 4. 4. 4
Th. Dallas board '.
affflcultles for Dallas" fin. school sya-
nut alve the board a chance and It-
But g"e " r) t t jnujt
will come out all ngm.
' .) more democrallied so that
U power will emanate wholly from
uT. ople. and then It must have a
decent school law that will permit it
tn function 100 per cent.
A new school law la nectary and
this board should provide for It Jith-
t'delaV A Proper committee shouM
nroceed with the draft of the law
publMy. so that the peop e w not be
rr.whKcit.ln to beheld In the
faTh0;oWdHom machine still opera-
In effectively will be disposed of
lThn a decent school law governs the
:yh8tenn and the people get. a chance
SXCl and Us' decision final In
In controversies and grievances.
' Auto.-rary-.nd the r-nnr of
nevlt.bly accompanies it-is out of
ZIZ 'e"s - -
rSrrahovrh:rd:
W - mattT o7 selecting or retaining
herT and yet the business agent
Irf otte?" resVcts Is above th. super-
2 . v. sir The superln--intendent
es sir or
JSSXrTw-t the consent of hi
nrth-er'fault of h7.law ... the
utlne.s agPnt Is boss over hi. own
Thentmunlclp.ly an auditor.
by the people who ..u;erv
an adulto ejected
by the district juages.
independent of the commissioners
Why does not the school system.
bating $2000000 ;.;';;
dltor? Simply oecau.o ... .
not provide for It.
There will be another intendment
needed vl.. one that will
prohibit any employe of the .ystem
during a political campaign In which
the schools are Involved from utilis-
ing the children as messengers in at-
tempts to Influence the Judgment of
the patrons of the school.
J The Houston schools will be run-
King all right before long with addi-
tional school buildings and everything.
The peoP'a are not In charge yet
entirely but they will be nine months
hence.
These downtown burglaries positive-
ly ara embarrassing. The police de-
partment will have to tighten up a
bit tse we hope down at the station
the boys have a good burglar-proof
aafe In which they can lock their own
valuablls.
' First' thing you know the Southern
faclflo will become uneasy about Its
(0-ton engines.
i Don't laugh at the plight of the re-
publican party because of that Mlnne-
sota disaster. The same election made
' the democratic party a memory In
Minnesota. Besides It Is well enough
to remember that the farmer-labor
party Is. operating In Texas.
...s . . 4f; t-.y :
ALASKAN GROWTH
WILLBE GRADUAL
OFFICIALS AGREE
President's Visit Will Not
Bring
Boom Secretaries
Roint Out
AID PROMISED
WHERE NEEDED
Associated Press Report.
ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON
WITH PRESIDENT HARDING. July
19.--The consensus of opinion of of-
ficials In President Harding's party
fixed as the conclusion of an Inspec-
tion of Alaska approaches is that the
territory will gradually develop but
that no sensational boom can be ex-
pected as a result of the visit of the
chief executive.
President Harding. Secretaries
Work. Hoover and Wallace and the
remainder of the presidential party
arrived at Valdex today and are voy-
aging to Cordova and Sitka the two
stops remaining before Vancouver B.
C. which the Henderson is to reach
next Thursday proceeding to the
United States at Seattle the follow-
ing day.
To Announce Policy-
Mr. Hoover Is expected to make his
Alaska policy clear In a statement to
be Issued soon. It is understood that
the statement will be confined large-
ly to fisheries probably suggesting
the creation of additional fishing
reservations with a view to conserv-
ing the supply by protecting it from
excessively rapid harvesting.
Dr. Work Is said to favor amplifi-
cation of the homestead laws so that
patents to lands in Alaska may be Is-
sued more quickly. He Is believed to
be of the opinion that the Harding
administration would be unjustified in
recommending to congress large ap-
propriations for Alaskan development
(Cont'd on Pg. 2. Col. 8.)
MEXIA CHAMBER
ASKS KEELING TO
PROBE OIL PRICES
Disc rimination Against
Crude of Section Is
Charged
MEXIA. Texas July 19 Attorney
General Walter A. Keeling this morn-
ing was sent a telegram by the Mexla
chamber of commerce asking that an
Investigation be made Immediately re-
garding prevailing conditions as to
price"' paid for Mexla Currle and
Powell crude petroleum as compared
with postings In other Texas fields for
the same gravity of oil.
The president of the Salesmanship
club. Lee V. Plerson an attorney of
this city has also sent a message to
the attorney general with the same
object In view.
The conditions referred to are that
Mexla 36 gravity oil sells for $1 per
barrel whereas In other fields of the
State practically the same product
brings $1.60: 21 gravity oil in the
coastal fields brings $1.25 in certain
fields according to recent Informa-
tion regarding postlnRS. Currle 40
and better gravity brings $1 per bar-
rel whereas elsewhere that grade of
oil sells for from $2 up. The Towell
crude Is practically the same as Mexla.
Text of Menage.
The message sent to the attorney
general states: "We respectfully ap-
peal to you to Investigate prevailing
conditions regarding evident discrim-
ination against this entire oil district
In purchase of crude oil. We are
friends of big business and this office
has done considerable work to secure
fair tax assessments for oil companies
and others In this county and we be-
lieve that In return we are entitled to
fair tre.tment. We are told that In
other districts in and out of Texas
crude oil Is purchased on a gravity
basls-and that If this practice was fol-
lowed here we would be receiving 50
per cent more for the product. Ap-
parent that oil from the Towell field
has high gasoline content and high
gravity test mt only brings 7S cents
while Inferior grades from other dis-
tricts bring much more. This condi-
tion not only penalizes the small inde-
pendent oil operator but results In loss
of thousands of dollars to royalty own-
er and others while the big combina-
tions only add that much more to their
profits as the price of the finished
and refined products are not reduced
"It Is our Intention to he fair and
conservative In the foregoing state-
ments and this messsge is not sug-
(Cont'd on Pg. 2. Col. S 1
NEW-OLD
FROM THE HOUSTON
(Cotirrliht. 192.1. hr The Houtton Poet.
Published tT arrannment with
Wbeelrr Krndkite. loci
KEEPING IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
A merchant
from a country
town was In
Houston yester-
day and hunted
up a Post report-
er. "I want you to
state In your pa-
per that I was
once on the chain
gang for burning
an orphan asy-
lum and murder-
ing my rrtother
for trying to keep
me from cutting
up the baby for fish bait
"What do you mean?"
"Well that other fellow that opened
a store In our town is getting all my
trade. Five women from Kansas
fought two hours In front of his (tore
day before yesterday. Each of them
aid the was his wife. He acknowl-
edged having (mothered three and
Failure Ends Flier's
Second Attempt To
Span Nation In Day
Associated Press Repof.
ROCK SPRINGS Wyo. July 19.
Failure greeted the second attempt
within 10 days of Lieutenant Russell
L. Maughan Intrepid army airman
to span the United States between
dawn and dusk today when an oil
leak forced him to land here at 5:08
p. m. (Mountain time). He had cov-
ered more than two-thirds of ttie dis-
tance a total of 1925 miles and he
was hurtling toward his goal at the
speed of 170 miles an hour after
leaving three of his five scheduled
stopping points behind him In his race
with the sun when he was forced to
descend.
A tiny stream of oil. spurting from
an almost Invisible aperture In the
oil cooler of Hie Curtis pursuit plane
necessitated the cancellation of the
flight.
FUmes Force Him Down.
A similar leak had caused nearly
an hour's delay at Cheyenne Wyo.
his third stopping place shortly after
noon today and Maughan was driving
his motor at top speed to regain the
time which had been lost. For more
than 200 miles westward from Chey-
enne the motor raced smoorhly but
at Rock Springs the cooler suddenly
began to leak. Maughan passed over
the air mall field at 4:58 p. m. de-
termined to continue to Salduro Utah
the next stopping place.
NEWT DE SILVA STOPS HERE
ON LAST LAP BACK TO PRISON;
POLICE THWART ESCAPE PLOT
Newt De Silva. who escaped from
Jail at Beaumont last October while
waiting to be hanged for the murder
of a Port Arthur man. arrived In
Houston at 6:15 p. m. Thursday on
the last lap of his trip from Laredo
to the Jail at Beaumont.
The convicted murderer was heav-
ily chained to W. A. Moore wanted
In the same city on a charge of au-
tomobile theft.
De Silva refused to comment on any
phase of his escape which puzzled
Texas officers for more than 10
months.
A surly smile accentuated by a
scar at the left corner of the mouth
was the only reply given to any of a
number of questions.
On one subject alone did he readily
talk. And that to taunt the news
reporter with "You don't know what
news is. Before this thing is over
you will have some real news to
write. I hope that'll satisfy you."
Deputy Sheriff C. K. Kennedy of
Jefferson county who has the alleged
slayer In his custody declared that
the chances of another escape for De
Silva were very slim.
"I went to Laredo with the sole In-
tention of bringing 'De Silva back to
MEAT INSPECTING
LAW PROPOSED
A proposed amendment to the city
ordinance governing meat Inspection
and slaughtering wa. submitted to the
ordinance committee Thursday by the
health board. The recommendation
prcbahly will 'be put before the city
council Saturday.
The proposed amendment would
make It unlawful tn bring into or sell
meat in the city that had not been
examined by either the city or govern-
ment Inspectors and which did not
bear their stamp of approval.
It would be made unlawful also by
the amendment to transport meat
through the streets unless properly
wrapped as a protection against dust.
The amendment would set the pen-
alty for violation at from $25 to $200
Lumber Mills Report
Many Unfilled Orders
WASHINGTON. July 19 Unfilled
orders for lumber mills In the South-
ern Pine association for the week end-
ing July 14 were reported today by
the National Lumber Manufacturers'
association to amount to 2M. 062. 0.'irt
feet. a. compared with 212.49J.0M feet
the week before. Mills of the West
Coast Lumbermen.' association had
unfilled orders smountlng to 349.761.-
333 feet as compared itli 316284.089
feet the previous week.
During the first 28 weeks of 1923.
lumber movement from the in asso-
ciations has shown a production of
6.765.076.7R3 feet. In th same period
of 1922 the production was 8.64S.33S-
748 feet.
0. HENRY
POST OF Z5 YEARS AGO
said he had a couple more In Ohio.
Everybody ln town Is tradln' with
him now and I've got to get even.
Just say too. will you. that I'm a
prize fighter and Inherit delirium
tremens from an aunt. Don't forget
it now; something's got to be done to
restore confidence."
INCONjlSTtNCY.
Call a pretty girl a witch
And she'll.do her best to charm you.
Tell an old maid she's a witch
And ehe certainly will harm you
Thus you see how hard It Is to please
ttiem all.
Call a pretty maiden "puss"
And she'll archly smile upon you.
Call an ancient one a "cat"
She will grab an axe and run you
The same name will not fit them all
at all.
If you call your girl a "mouse"
She will think It cute and pretty
if unto an aged spinster
Yojj say "rats;" you have our pity-
Thus you see you need not try to
please them all.
As the fumas from the escaping oil
became stronger however he realized
the futility of continuing turned back
and landed at the almost deserted field.
A brief examination by two pilots
convinced Maughan that it would be
impossible to reach Son Francisco the
Western termmus of his flight before
darkness olosed in.
Bitterly disappointed at the failure
of his second attempt to cross the
continent when succeas seemed almost
assnred Maughan made a cursory ex-
amination of the oil cooler and strode
from the air mail field to a Rock
Springs hotel to retire for the night.
"How do you feel. Russell?" he was
asked by the Associated Press corre-
spondent. "Well how would you feel?" he re-
plied. "Just how did your trouble occur?"
Not Very Tired.
"Well It was a leak In the cooler.
I noticed It first near North Platte.
Neb. but It was not very bad. I
thought we had It fixed at Cheyenne
but It became worse as I drove on.
Twenty mlles'out of Rock Springs It
began to leak In bucket fulls. I
thought best to quit."
Asked If he' was tired. Lieutenant
Maughan said:
"Well. I'm leaning against a bed
post here i am not very tired how-
(Cont'd on Pg. 2 CoL 1.)
Beaumont. And I'll do Just that if
it Is within my power." he said.
Sheriff T. A. Binfnrd and E. E
Ransome boarded the train at West
Junction and accompanied Kennedy to
Houston.
The manner in which Sheriff A. J
Condren of Laredo captured De Sllva
was delineated fully by Kennedv
"De Sllva evidently had been hav-
ing a pretty hard time in Mexico
City where tie made his headquarters
nunng nis stay across the border
Kennedy stated.
"Money caused his ultimate failure
to evade the authorities." the officer
cominuen. - Shortly after he landed
in the capital of the sister republic his
funds were exhausted. Then he re-
sorted to many visits to pawn shops.
First his extra clothes; then his
watch. Other odds and ends of Jew-
elry followed. From what I have been
able to gather from talking to him he
may have lived quite a while by suc-
cessful gambling methods."
"Then" Kennedy continued "he
faced Meleo without a cent and with
only one "pawnable" article left his
Tlstol. He held to his pistol as long
as It was possible. The humorous
twist to It all is the fact that his pistol
paid his fare across the International
bridge into the arms of Sheriff
Condren."
'e Miva made a trip across the
unase last .Sunday to wire for funds
according to Kennedy. Sheriff Con-
dren saw him Just as he was going
back over the bridge into Mexico-too
late to halt him.
Then the sheriff went Into the tele-
graph office and learned that De Silva
was to telephone In an hour to se
If his money had been wired. When
the phone rang Sheriff Condren an-
swered it.
"Hello. This I. Pavis. . I that
money there for me?" De Sllva asked
Condren knew that the murderer had
wired under the assumed name of
Davis.
"Sure. If here for you." Cnrdren
replied. "We are going to rlos- up
the office for lunch In a few mi.utes
Better hurry on over "
' I'm coming right awav." P4 Sva
said.
The escaped criminal did not have
money enough to pay hi. fee a-ross
the bridge. Condren said. The laM
"pawnahle" article went to satlsf the
toll collector and Pe Sllva wilked
across Into the business end of Sheriff
Condren's 45 Colt.
IW1 certainly he glad when this train
rolls Into Beaumont." K'ennertv m
me wnistie blew and the trnl i rot
under way.
f
Crowds Greet Party
At Arrival in Beaumont
BEAUMONT. Texas. .Jlv 13 Newt
IV Silva. convicted murderer who
escaped from the .Tcfferso countv
Jail last October to be recaptured at
Iredo Tuesday arrived in lieaumnnt
tonight at P 30 o'clock. He waswwe-
companied hv Ivputy Sheriff carl
Kennedy of Beaumont. The prisoner
was shackled and carefully guarded.
More than a (thousand men and
women were at tBe Southern Pacific
depot when the trim pulled In There
was a cranning of necks as Kennedy
and his handcuffed prisoner stepped
from the train.
Old friends of Pe Sllva. who were
In the crowd scarcely recognized the
(Cont'd on Pg 2. Col r
Weather Forecast
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON p. C. July Id-
East Texas Friday and Saturday part-
ly cloudy probably local thunder
showers In south portion
I-ouiHlsna: Friday and Saturday
partly cloudy probably local thunder
showers near the roast.
Arkansas and Oklahoma: Friday
and Saturday generally fair.
West Texas Friday and Saturday
partly cloudy.
Highway Bulletin Texas dtrt roads are
generally lair to soori.
Highest temeeraliue Wednesday 93.3.
I.oweat Thursday rooming 7 4 7.
Precipitation from 2 p. m. Wednesday to
2 p. m. Thursday None.
Sunrise 5:3.1 a. m. ; sunset 7:2 J p. m.
Moon rises at 11:14 a. m. : sets at 11:27
n. m.
13.9 hours of davl'cht
Comparative record at Houston July 1H
Time-
1923 I 1S22 1S21
f i m 77
in m I 3
12 m I 0
3pm I 83
5pm I 84
7
7
82
3
S3
s4
fill
93
94
84
7 a m l)ry bnlh 71.: wet bulb 75.5;
relative humidity S6 per cent.
11 m tv bulh 80.3; wet bulb 75.0;
relative humidity J 8 per cent .
. S. WILL OPPOSE 1
ANNEXATION FOR
'MANDATE LANDS
Report of Powers Will Be
Presented To League
Today
BRITISH APPROVE
NAVAL ESTIMATE
Associated Press Report.
GENEVA. Julv 19. The United
States has a soeclal Interest In the ac-
tion to be taken on the reports of the
mandatory powers which will be pre-
sented at the meeting of the perma
nent mandate commission of the league
of nations tomorrow because the
Washington government having nego-
tiated a treaty with Japan over Yap
Island is now engaged In preserving
American rights in all other mandated
territories.
The United States Is negotiating
separate conventions witfi the other
countries which are administering va-
rious world territories under the
agenda of the league. To secure Im-
partially a majority of the members of
the commission are citizens of non-
mandatory countries; their task will be
to examine all reports and present
their advice to the council of the
leugue.
World Colonial Policy.
The supreme object is to prevent the
mandatory system from developing
into something akin to annexation and
to insure the establishment of a world
colonial policy under International su-
pervision. Each administrative coun-
try will be stimulated through pub-
licity and the resultant force of public
opinion to exercise the best possible
Judgment for many millions of people
under Its control. Although not a
member of the league the United
States has never abandoned her rights
concerning mandated lands so that In-
directly she bears a certain relation to
this activity of the league. The chief
interest of the league Is to ascertain
whether the territories are being gov-
(Cont'd on Tg. 2. Col. 5.)
ADMIRAL SIGSBEE
FAMED CAPTAIN
OF 'MAINE' DIES
Was Civil War Veteran;
Invented Sea Sounding
Apparatus
NEW YORK. July 19 Rear Ad-
miral Charles D. Klgsbee. V. S. N.
retired captain of the Ill-fated bat-
tleship Maine died suddenly at his
home here today.
Admiral Slgsbee had been in poor
health for the past two years though
rtniy wennesaay lie was out riotng
His death was due to heart failure.
The arrangements for the funeral
have not been made but he will be
burled at Arlington cemetery. Wash-
ington probably next Monday.
Rear Admiral Charles Hwlght Slgs-
bee rose to fame through one of the
greatest naval disasters In American
history the "blowing up of the
Maine." He was 52 years old at the
time; a captain a veteran of the
Civil war and an inventor of deep
sea exploring and sounding apparatus.
Captain Sigsbee. commander of the
Maine was ordered to Havana har-
bor to protect American lives and
property during the crisis of the Ou-
han rebellion against Spain in I8'l
As the vessel was on a friendly mis-
sion she was re. elved with the cus-
tomary courtesies from the forts and
Sranlsh war vessels and the usual
official visits. She was assigned to
a sptcial anchorase and placed there
by the proper agents of the Spanish
government.
Was Writing Wife.
On the evening of February ir the
big v-hito battleship had been riding
quietly at anchor for more than two
weeks. Captain Sigsbee went to his
cabin shortly nfter 8 o'clock and wrote
a Ion letter to Ms wife By the time
be had finished many of the 320 men
and .'6 ffic. rs wen asleep The cap-
tain had Just eiielose.1 (he letter In
ai envelope ard started to seal It
when a deafening roar sounded
thr ugh the ship. The big vessel be-
gan to list. OropltiK his way through
the dark S.gsbee reached the deck. A
scene o' hotr-r g-eeted him. The
Miln was sinking
"None can ever know." he said
later "the I'wful scenes of conster-
nation despair and suffering flown In
the forwatd compartment: of men
w unded. or drowning in the swirl-
ing water or confined in a closed
compart in nt slowly filling with water.
(Cont'd on Pg 2. Col 3 I
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WOBBLIES HALT MARCH
ONPT. ARTHUR; DECLARE
MARINE STRIKE COMING
si-
Dallas County Officers to
Be 'Buffer' for Port Ar-
thur; Will 'Entertain'
All I. W. W. Visitors
Houston Officers Believe
'Invasion' is Mainly a
Threat; S. P. Trainmen
Guard Against Hoboes
DALLAS Texas July 19. Indus-
trial Workers of the World report-
ed to be on their way to Port Arthur
to protest alleged mistreatment of
three of their members there will
get a personal reception in Dallas
county Sheriff Dan Harston and
District Attorney Shelby S. Cox
decided today.
"Every one that I can get hold of
will be lodged In the Dallas county
Jail" Sheriff Harston asserted.
"Vagrancy charges will be pressed
against any arrefted" District At-
torney Cox declared; "If enough of
them come through county road
gangs are going to have plenty of
men to fix up the roads."
Deputies Watch Highways.
Plans already have been laid by
Sheriff Harston to have deputies sta-
tioned at vantage points along the
county roads and railway! lines.
They will have orders to arrest ev-
ery member they lay their eyes on
and to shoot in case of organized re-
sistance. At the same time the officials made
their announcement the local John
W. Low post of the American Legion
through its commander. Dr. Wm. E.
Hubbert pledged its support to Port
Arthur officials by wire. The tele-
gram follow-a
"To commander of American Leg-
Ion post. Tort Arthur: Press des
patches state 25000 I. W. W. hoboing
their way to uphold I. W. W. con-
stitution. Tis is probably their hot
air propaganda but there are 200.000
ex-service men in Texas of whom
8S00 are In Dallas county. We offer
through the American Legion to help
uphold the American constitution. We
know there are enough rock piles In
ttie South to keep them busy for
while and of the 25.000 probably less
than 25 will get there for you to
employ. Let us help you in all law-
ful ways. Texans can take care of
their rights."
U. S. Officer Not Interested.
No action wiH be taken against I.
W. W. members In Dallas hy federal
officers unless they start some kind
of disturbance according to Harry
Bishop acting head of the depart-
ment of Justice.
"There Is no law against a man
belonging to the organisation and
the federal authorities will take no
action against them unless they at-
tempt to violate the law." Bishop
said.
Police will take no action against
any of the members unless they at-
tempt disturbances. Suspicious char-
acters who are found prowling the
streets will be locked up. investigat-
ed and given orders to leave town.
"The alleged l W W. menace In
Dallas is nothing to he alarmed over
and very little if any. trouble has
been had with them." J. P. Huddle-
ston. operative in the department of
Justice said recently.
AIRPLANE 'KICKS'
'CHRIS' WILLIAMS
Hit by (he back-spinning propellor
of an airplane at Webster Field
turned head over heels In the air. and
cut and bruised by the propellor as
he came dow n again F. H. ("Chri"
Williams. 120? Jefferson avenue was
taken to Joseph's Infirmary Thurs-
day afternoon suffering from painful
l-ut not serious injuries.
His arm was broken by the firM
blow. Twenty-five stitches wen-
taken to close a deep gash In one
leg
Williams had slighted to crank a
machine owned by It. W. Mackie the
new self-starting device having failed
to function. When he attenipte-l to
spin the propellor the enirine back-
fired. Mackie brought the Injured
man from the field near M.indell
place west of Houston. In his car.
INTERIOR DECORATIONS CHARM
VISITORS TO HOME BEAUTIFUL
With but a few more days left for
Inspection crow ds are flocking to The
Post's home beautiful. 1619 West Main
street. Incaster Place to see a
product of "the builder's art."
Itut It Is not all "the builder's art."
The Interior decorator must be con-
sidered. With a hodse of distinctive
character and personality such as the
home beautiful furnishings draperies
and dei orations can not be dismissed
with an IndifTerent selection. It would
be disappointing Indeed if. after im-
pressed hy the simple beauty of the
home's exterior one were to enter ami
And within a careless selection and
fioor arrangement of furniture and
decorations. It would be llko display-
ing comic cartoons on the walls of
an art museum.
Hints of Spain.
The Post's home beautiful hints
subtlely of the architecture of Spain;
that Is. while the visitor Is conscious
of a Spanish touch to the architecture
the resemblance Is not waved i his
face. In decorating the home this
was taken into consideration and the
interior Is not burdened and cluttered
with massive pieces or perioa uesigns
artd elaborately colored hangings sug-
gestive of the Ijitin countries.
Quite the opposite. In the decora-
tion of the home daintiness indlvldu
allty and comfort have been sought.
These have been attained by a selec-
tion of furniture happily suited to a
building of the home's style and the
arrangement of tha furnishings so
Says Courts in
Texas Are Safe
Associated Press Report.
GALVESTON Texas July 1?. ;
Declaring the I. W. W. migration to
Port Arthur In protest to alleged
mistreatment of three members there
is a "serious mistake" John T.
Wheeler attorney for James K. Hol-
land one of ike members said to
have been spirited away and beaten
up by unknown parties dispatched
a telegram to H. H. Felnberg an
I. W. W. official at Chicago today.
"The1 people of South Texas will
regard it as an attempt to terrorize"
the telegraph read. "The lawless
acts of a few men at Port Arthur
does not Justify It. The courts of
Texas are safe to all litigants. I have
resorted to legal methods to secure
Holland's rights."
Mr. Wheeler had received no reply
from Felnberg this evening. He vis-
ited at local headquarters and the
hall was deserted save for one other
person at the time.
H. Wales secretary of the Galves-
ton branch of the Marine Transport
Workers Industrial union the marine
branch of the I. W. W. declined to-
night to answer questions as to
whether any I. W. W. from Galves-
ton were taking part In the crusade
on Port Arthur. He declared state-
ments to the press had been dis-
torted. DEFENSE RESTS '
IN HEARING OF
ALLEGED K. IK'S
Many Witnesses Testify
Good Characters of
Defendants
UHBERTON. N. C July 19. The
defense late today rested In the trial
of Mike Lawson Jule Brogden and
Johnson Hedgpeth alleged members
of the Ku Klux Klan on charges grow-
ing out of the whipping by masked
men on the night of pril It of Mrs.
Hattie Purvis and Mrs. Mary Watson.
The State began immediately the In-
troduction of rebuttal testimony by
calling Conrad Purvis 16-year-old son
of Mrs. Purvis and Norine Watson
18-year-old daughter of the othog vic-
tim as witnesses.
Mike Lawson rtilef of police of
Fslrmont N. C and described by
Mrs. Purvis as one of the leaders of
the hooded raiders today testified as
to his movements on the night of April
H denying all knowledge of the dog-
ging of the women and declaring he
was not connected with the Ku Klux
Klan In any wy. Despite a severe
cross-examination hy Stephen Mcln-
tyre. volunteer assistant to Solicitor
T. A. McNeill. Lawson clung to his
statements which purported to estab-
lish an alibi for the night of t'.ie alleged
crime. Mrs. Lawson testified briefly
corroborating her husband's story.
About SO witnesses were called by
the defense during the afternoon to
corroborate various details of Lawson's
alibi and to testify as character wit-
nesses. Coming mainly from Proctor-
ville. near where the flogging Is aJ-
leged to have occurred and from
Fairmount. the witnesses testified that
the reputations of the three defendants
were good.
The defense hammered at Mrs. Pur-
vis' reputation hy drawing out from
witnesses statements rtiat it was "not
good" and "bad."'
Texas Cotton Bureau
Floats Large Loans
NEW ciRK. Julv If -The Texas
1 Farm Flur'an t'otton association w-ill
be successful this year In floating a
j loan much larcer than last year which
! was J12.ooo.000. It was announ -ed to-
night by Colonel Sloan Simpson trus-
tee ;md treasurer of the organization
who i here engineering the deal for
the cotton growers
The cotton men. who are reported to
have originally asked $4000(1 000 to help
u arket their crop will probably not itet
that amount. It was said but they ex -p.-c-t
at least to double lust year's
.tnioiint unless some unforeseen hitch
j should develop.
that the best effects possible are ob-
tained. In the decorations harmony
In color Is paramount Whst could
lie more pleasing than the dull brown
and red color scheme to harmonize
with the rough brick fireplace In the
living room? The kitchen of course.
is done In white as much as pos-
sible and the breakfast nook. also. I
In the bath which Is tiled half way I
to the celling the upper wall decu- j
rations are In a sea and sunshine ef-
fect. Harmony Apparent.
Throughout th home careful stten- j
tlon to harmony and detail Is ap-
parent. 4!eallzlng that home-making
is more of an art than a "knack."
hundreds of housewives have visited
the home for "pointers" ; and there is
no doubt but that many have been
benefited. Likewise the home has
been a help to prospective home-
builders. Sundafr will be the last day the home '
beautiful will be open to public In- !
spectlon. Late in the afternoon it 1
will be closed in preparation for it- !
delivery to Its owner. H. B. Standifer.
formerly of Mlrano Texas.
Mr Standifer was the first visitor
to the home. He was conducted j
through by a salesman of the Guar- i
dlan Trust company and even before I
leaving the grounds the sale wa I
made. Th purchase price unfur-
nished was $8760.
The home was built by the Bull
Construction company In association
with tha Guardian Trust company.
'Army' Gathering at New
Orleans Ordered Back
To Home Towns Ad-
vance Agents Are Told
General Strike on Ships -
Planned as Protest ';
Against Conviction of '
Members in California ;
Associated Press Report.
PORT ARTHUR Texas July 19.
There Will hp no Invasion n Dn '
Arthur by the I.' W. W.
This statement wag made by Gen-
eral Organizer Sidney Terry at 11 r
o'clock tonight. He declared that i
a messenger had just arrived from
New Orleans bearing orders from I
Harry G. Clark of Chicago and John
Shuskie of New York.
General strike Ordered.
The reason given by Terry whowas
In company with William Green and -Robert
Bell two other I. W. W. who
were arrested last week and ara
awaiting trial on vagrancy charges-
Is that a general strike Is being 6r-
dered which will take marine work- "
ers out of vessels in every port and
the higher officials of the organiza
tlon do not consider It advisable to
concentrate In any one section and
those who were en route to Port Ar-
thur are being turned back at New -Orleans.
Terry stated that New Orleans was '
to be the centralization point for tha
Port Arthur Invasion and that al-
ready a considerable number had ar-
rived there by vessel' from both tha 1
Atlantic and Pacific coasts. They
were awaiting the arrival of mora
men when the orders were received
and this morning a messenger start-
ed for Port Arthur arriving tonight
with instructions to the four organ- .
Izers here and advising them that '
the invasion had been called off.
Ordered Back to N. Y.
The men had been ordered back to '
New York aecordlnar tn -r.'.
statement to the Associated Presa'
heret while those from the West
coast have been ordered to return
to strategetlc points to await orders
for the general strike which may
come In a short time.
The strike Is to be a protest ac- 1
cording to the organizers against
the imprisonment of political pels-
oners and also against the action of
the California courts In sentencing
week f th orBanllatln last
Terry stated that he and his three
companions all officials of ths or-
ganlzatlon division of the I W W
were the only outside members who
(Cont'd on Pg. 2. Col. 7.)
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Is Pilled This Sunday
With Some Remark-
able Illustrated
Articles
y 3fi
FIRST: There Is the third
Installment of the brilliant
"Story of Santa Anna" by
Clarnce Wharton a whole page
of gripping historical tale beau-
tifully illustrated.
SECOND: There Is another
page devoted to the College of
Industrial arts. Everyone in-
terested In education will prof-
It from the close-up description
of this great school.
THIRD: An account of .the
rapidly developing fig Industry
near Houston. Real facts about
a real grower who has more
than made good.
FOURTH: A double editorial
pace bringing to the reader the
nation's best thought on the
problems of the day.
Then: Of course the very
best In local news society
sports music drama and last
but not least.
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