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THE HOUSTON POST; FRIDAY MORNING JULY- 20 1 923
FAILURE ENDS
SECOND ATTEMPT
TO SPAN NATION
ALASKAHGROMiiJ
FINAL ACTION IN
PHILIPPINE CASE
AWAITS HARDING
Details of Break With
Wood Received in
Washington '
ADMIRAL SIGSBEE
FAMED CAPTAIN
U.S. WILL OPPOSE
ANNEXATION FOR
'MANDATE' LANDS
NEWT DB SILVA
HERE ON LAST LAP
BACK TO PRISON
WILL BE GRADUAL
OF 'MAINE' DIES
CORSICANA NEEDS
GREATER PUBLIC
UTILITY SERVICE
Rapid Businwi Increase
Keeps Companies
Extending
i
(Cont'd from Ft; 1 1
ever. and could easily her ton to
San Francisco."
"Wasn't It wonderful?" exclaimed
the aviator suddenly. "I think It was
a wondertjil thlnj. even if 1
complete the task.
'Would you like to try It again.
h was ukfd.
To this he made another Interroga-
lion In replv the characteristic "Would
you if you were nf Then h addfd.
"naturally I wou'd "
Asked tointed!v If he would fly again
in an attempt t sr"n lne "'"-"
he replied. ' I don't know." He added
that this was -up the air service of-
ficiate nt Washington."
Met:tenint Maiishan aald over the
telephone ulso that it would ake thre
or four hours to repair his plane. He
aaid he prlal'v would not go to San
rrnneiv'O. now that the flight was
en.led.
To V'i t Family.
He ad.le l that he mlsht fly to I.gsn.
I'tah. tomorrow tn nee his wife and
children and his mother. After that
he asserted. Mitohel Field. N. T . the
starting point o( his transcontinental
fl grit todnv. prohahly would he hi."
destination.' He Indicated he would re-
turn to Miichrl Field by airplane.
Lieutenant Maughan characterize-!
a impossible rumor? circulated In th
Kast that his plane might have he.-n
tampered with before he started the
flight. "It waa simply a caw of the
soldered part of the tank coming loose
an a result of the vibration caused by
steam." he asserted.
'It would have been impossible for
any ore to tamper with the oil roller
he declared "Any such reports are
untrue."
The leak occurred at a place wtthtn
the plane machinery which could nor
have been reached without wor.n a
considerable time he slid and m.iny of
the upper parts -uM have had to be
lemoved If It had he:i tatrpere.l w:;ri
It was IS hours to the minute wh-n
h landed at Kock Srri-. from the
time he took ..n at M:t. he! Kteld at
VOS a. m . Knstern standard tine. thi j
morninc The three stop which he
made at Paytnn. St Joeeph and "hev -enne
had consumed one hovir and 51
mlnut s.
1S5 Miles an Hour.
Official of the I'nited States air mal!
service here estimated trat Maughan
had made in avre sp1 of about
155 miles an hour dirlng hla f!lht
I'ntil mior. today th- flieht of Lieu-
tenant Mauphan apparentlv was des-
tined to he a brilliant sin-cess
At Cheyenne however on the east-
ern rim of the Rooky mountain the
first element of uncertainty wis
thrown into the rare when Mauphan
descended nauseated from the effects
of oil fume which he had Inhaled as
a result of the flrat leaK In the oil
coler. Disheartened. Maughfln stepped
from the plane and laid down to re-
cupente while mechanics worked
feverishly to repair the lak
In 55 minutes the work was com-
pleted and Maughan. still slightly ill.
resumed his seat in the cockpit and
truck westward on the fourth lap of
his Journey with hope rekindled by
the beiief that he still could win out
against encroaching; darkness by a fast
spurt to Saviduro l :ah and San Fran-
cisco. Within S45 Miles.
He was within Mi miles or the end
Of his flight and lees than two hours
rom SaldJro. the final stopping point
before the lart lap of his Journey
when the new leak in the oil cooler
forced him to descend
The flight several times cancelled.
Owing to in.Mement weather or newly
discovered defects In the oil feed
line waa a renewal of the unsuccess-
ful attempt which Maugham made on
July fth On that trip he waa forced
down at Avenue ''ity. Mo . ten miles
from S". J at..-ph. the terminal of the
second lap of his flight A clogged
oil feed lire caused temporary aban-
donment of plar.p for th flight
Undaunted how ever. Maughan re-
turned to th Kast and rained the
sanction of army authorities for an-
other effort to beat the sun to the
West coast The trip was being trade
largely to demonstrate the feasibility
of moving aerial war craft from one
coast to the other of the Vr.ltd States
as a wartinu maneuver.
A burrdl of newspapers 'brown
into the rock-pit of Ma.ighsr'? p'aie.
Just before he took off at M.fhel
Field it I 't i m K.;rr iM.M
time this morning was ur.-ir. and
the papers eH-erl - s am I lv air
mail employes' at Pock rr::iz this
afternoon. They were 'he rm.;; Hr-:p
about wt-.ioh Maughan had said be-
fore he departed I war.t to be the
first news vendor to s!l New Yo-k
mornii.c nsrape-s in San F-an-cisoo
en the evening of the day pf
their p ungent -.nr.."
ringing Vis wav westward. Maug-
han raeei fre t-- the A'iar.. io seaboard.
aTos the MHL5p: : arrl Missouri
river valleys and I'waM the Ho ky
Mountants ' rouch.o'.t this rromlr.e
Or f'e ?; Ug of fl; from Ml"" et
Kield to -a:-- "rlo. Maughan
Vl laved afe." (Ivn te .j;a a.'
ways between the ; vn -rie an u.. t
familiar land rr.s"-.v to o.vi'. t -e '
dailger Of t e. r." )r-e jr.-' W b I SI
him -A Oe'a;. y rt. lHr; Pri 1:..
in hla f!rt r. He arrive '
Davton at ?. K.a'r-i standard
time. .'.1 miinii Vehin his ientatie
Schedule. He hai "Vt-cl the first
lap of his trr- "f ml' i'i fr.-jr
hours. 2 mii'iT-
His air ped ltd -u T during most
of the )'"jrrr hal rrsisterel
miles an hour
After hi- plane ha! been re-fuelei
and exanlreel and he had pa'akei; of
p. 1-gh irekfast he t v k the air at
:5i o'elor-k. .'ir'"l tlie f.fl-j i n-f a'vl
headed out: west fer St .1 -ej
At 13 Miles per Hour.
Flying high are; Ust. Maughan
took a rours- f-i'her so;th thar f e
one he pursued on his f.rs' fMg':' At
Springfield his heig i was eetirra'-e
at about JOOO feet and his spej at
163 miles an hour
At llC o'clock central
time. Maughan arrived at St I siih
He was greeted effusively hv thej
1nwrstoope. w h' had "ftnessed h
disappointing termination of his first
attempt more than i:"0 epertai rs
gathering to see him align A -tance
of 1140 nit'es he wan a!read
almost half wav aoross the rortir.er 1
I ut still slightly behind the sehe-iule
he originally had set
His plane was examined and tunen
up again and he took off at U1 at
r m.. headed for Cheyenne. H e th rd
stopping point on his schedule.
His route from St. Joseph to Chev.
nne was carefully charted as he pro-
gressed and he continued to rare along
at the average speed which he had
et earlier In the flight At St
Joseph. Maugham had announced he
was saving hi speed for later in the
day after he had pasd the Great
Divide.
The firs protracted break in
Maughan's schedule cams at Cheyenne
where he landed at l it p m. (moun-l
tain time) after encircling the air
snail field three times. Fifty five roln- j
utea later still surrartng from the
ff4U of the nausea which had re-
amlte from the fumtt of the leaking
Ail k aroaa determined despite the
kanoioap h then was under to rom-
4a(a hit transcontinental trip before
ttaaytujttt vanished.
MgU ta wrarMl UM milea Oa
WASHINGTON. July 1 -Final ac
tion in Washington In connection with
the Incident In Manila which resulted
in the resignation of the Thilppine
cabinet and council of state In pro
test aramst the policies of governor
tic - erul Woo.'. will await the return
of President Harding from his Alas-
kan trip
Reports reached Secretary Weeks
today 'rom Oenora! Wood and from
Manuel vuezoti. president of the Phil-
ippine .-ate. setting forth both sides
f ire controversy. It was Indicated
that furthtr details would he asked
both from the governor general and
front Mr. Queson. and thnt when all
available Information Is at hand the
case w.ll be left to the personal con-
sideration of the president.
Receive Mora Detail.
Additional det.HU of Incidents con-
tributing t" the break were made pub-
lic today ir a cabled statement from
the i ommlsalon of Independence at
Manila t the Philippine press bu-
reau hrp
After reviewing the clrcumstanfes
tr.imo.llat surrounding the walkout
of the officials including the con-trovr-y
over the reinstatement of a
seer t servi c man suspended by the
seer. tan of the Interior the state-
nici t t '.! of a difference of opinion
bt iv en Oovernoi Oeneral Wood and
the of'n ials over the question of de-
i.n ri- nt tax I avments
S.v.ral n.unitipal and provincial
governments especially In regions
visited l y locusts and typhoons." the
stHt iient said "have petitioned that
p. o.titv for delinquency in payment
of Innd tax be remitted but the gov-er-t.-r
g. neral would not stand for
inv r mission in spite of the reoom-
iri ndation of the secretary of the In
terior
QLtzen Sought Remission.
' Pr -l'lenl Quezon and Speaker
Roxas Insist upon the necessity of
siirti remission. Tresldent Queson
addressed a letter to Oeneral Wood
expounding his reasons. He said in
part: The land tax is purely a pro-
vincial and municipal revenue and the
provincial and municipal governments
concerned havtnar requested and the
secretary of the Interior having rec-
ommended that the remission of such
penalty be granted there seems to he
or.ly cr.e rrope.- course for the insular
government to take tamely to
grant It.
' it wiuld seem obvious that this
rower should be exercised In accord-
ant with well known principles of
der-ocracy and In line with the
avowe.i peliey of this government to
exercise but supervisory power over
the regularly organized provinces and
municipalities in granting them the
largest measure of local autonomy ' "
ELEPHANT' STOCK
GOES UP NEW SAYS
Associated Press Report
1NMANAPOLIS Ind . July 19
Harry S New. postmaster general. In
addressing the meeting which wel-
comed Clyde C Walb of LaGrajige as
the new republican State chairman
declared that President Harding would
be the party's standard bearer In the
presidential election next year. The
parte platform will be based on the
record nf the president. Mr. New said.
"1 never saw a more auspb ious
opening of a campaign In Indiana than
this one tolay." the postmaster gen-
eral said adding that "long before
time for the eleotion. ynu are going
to find that 'elephant preferred' Is
selling a lot better than Jack ass
common." "
More than 5v) men and women at-
tended the meeting.
Mother Klan of World
Quits Original Order
ATLANTA la . July 1? -Nathan
Rt'lforTl Krflt Kian No 1 nf At
lanta. krwn Aft "th- motr kian of
Th wnrM " adopt"! a resolution t-n:?!-.:
"o at n time in th- futnr
r--- ' C"-.:z. mr.trib'Jt t" of In any
rr.a'.r.rr affliat witti th national or-
lUT.izaT ior. of th firFt orW of the K'l
K: ;x Kian. until .ufh tlm an t"r
r.k'ional organizafion has be-n pur?1-!
ri ftifTerent ofTlciahi placed !:i con -
troi "
State General Revenue '
Deficit Now $2608000
AT STIN T"xa. Julv 19 D?fl-
rrry m t;. St-1 H"nral revenue '
:r "'iay ra' hi 2 3.00. Stat? !
a hikth mark frT ihp deficit (nr it!
brsn fir month ago j
r.r hflf! k ft Mir rV FVIrJ h
hai travT5fl narh iun-thfrns of th
f--M!nrt rt an avra? Rpt-ed at
6 rr.il'1!" an hour
H nfppvl off at ? :T p m afr tho
nil pak had tpen hapilv snider'! th:
i'lnr.P refuppd and inMif!'id aid h?
'.ad rfVrM nmilnt from th 111-
ris i ndUfpfi hy t nil f uniM
Ma'iEhan drnv his plan at a Fp'M of
'71 riiif.s an hour f'T 24.' m;!'.1. WtVn
fur' ri to land at Ro"k spring he had
cm- wthin 146 miles of his jroal.
Kr j iv w "J'
Tomorrow Air id ht
slp aei so Nt Tsfclet to maks your
Says bsttsr.
Katars'i Imttr (WTsblTfe)
exerts s beneficial Inflame ea th
dtgntiT an etimloatire ay .urn the
Stomach ur aa Bewsli.
Toolfht-uke W Tablet It.
Srtlan la bm J - i .. . .
Ughtnilly turprt.
Jtsedfbr
oyvan
MwVNiORs)-uniMk
poo-thtr. th rsgalar a.
sssa taarsai-
eaady seat a.
ff MHrs) Md Matt.
I &5cMsiKl for Mtor
(Cont'd from Pf. 1.)
It Is romfcrtlnj to belleva and It ll
probably true also that moat of those
who were lost avera killed Instantly.
The tragedy cost the Hva of tu
sailors. Th new spread over the
world in a few hour but not before
the entire American nation was
roused to a pitch of frenzy believ-
ing the Maine had bean blown up by
lie at no Fpaniara
Helped Ir Probe.
"Suspend Judgment" urged Slgsbee
In iis firs: report. Hla calm wisdom
did rmch to prevont the United States
from rushing Into war Immediately.
He accompanied the court of Inquiry
In Its Investigation of the wreck antf
hla expert knowledge helped it to ar
rive at a decision as to the cause of
the disaster.
"The Question haa been asked many
times." said the admiral years after
the tragedy whether I believed then
that the Maine was blown up from
the outside. My answer has been
that my first order on reaching the
deck was to post sentries to repel
boarders."
Admiral Slgsbea added fresh laurels
to his fame in the war that soon fol-
lowed the disaster. As commander
of the Bt. Paul a trans-atlantlo liner
converted into an auxiliary erulser
he captured the Spanish collier Re-
stormtl. carrying coal to Cervera. and
thus sealed the fate of the Spanish
fleet at Santiago. The cruiser Ist-
bella II and the destroyer Terror
both hauled down their flags and
surrendered to him.
Career Began farty.
Trie naval career of Sigsbee began
when he was a boy of 14 years. Bom
In Albany. N. T.. In 146. he entered
Annapolis In 1139 and was graduated
four years later. He was assigned
to the West t'.ulf squadron and at
the age of 1J was following Admiral
Fstragut as an ensign through the
battle of Mobile Bay. At 20 he was
fighting under Pofter at Port Fisher
and at 23 he had been promoted to
the rank of lieutenant commander.
Purlng the .13 years of peace that
follow el the Civil war. Slgsbee won
fame and promotion aa an Inventor.
Among other duties through that
pe.-lcil. he was assigned to explore
the sea bottom. Here his Inventive
genius came to the fore and he In-
vented Instruments for deep sea ex-
ploration that are used today without
ernnient decorated him with the Red
mafe'ial change. The German gov-
Eag'c of Trussia as the suggestion of
ex-fmperor William and he also re-
ceive a gr(d medal at the London In-
ternational Fisheries' exhibition for
these achievements.
At the age of 51. Slgsbae was pro-
moted to the rank of rear admiral.
He rounded out his naval career dur-
ing its last decade as chief Intelli-
gtnee officer commander of the
League Island navy yard commander
of the South Atlantic squadron and as
commander of the Second division of
the North Atlantic fleet. On his
sixty. second birthday January 1
1"T he was placed on th retired
list of rear admirals.
After leaving active service he fre-
nucntly appeared In public as a lec-
turer and also on commissions per-
taining to the Maine. He was the
author of "peep 8ea Sounding and
Predglng." "United States Coast Sur-
vey" and "Personal Narrative of the
Battleship Maine. lf9."
While on shore duty as a professor
at Annapolis In 1870 Admiral Sigsbee
married Eliza Rogers Loekwood
daughter of General H. H. Loekwood'
l'. 8. A.
OKLAHOMA CHIEF
NEAR BREAKDOWN
Associated Press Report
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla . July in.
Pr. A. E. iiavenport. State health
commissioner announced today he had
issud emphatic orders to Governor
J. C. Walton to tako a complete rest
to avoid an impending nervous break-
down and that the executive would
retire at onee to a place of seculslon
f-T an indefinite period.
The governor s whereabouts would
not be revealed in order to protect
him from intruders lir. Imvenport
j said He made it plain the governor
1 would not leave the State. Governor
Walton's condition la not considered
: alarming and with rest he should t
all to re- iperat" rapidly the health
commissioner said.
Oovernor Walton was not at his of-
fice today and - ould not be reached
for a statement In connection with
Dr. ravenport's announcement.
DEMAND FOR G. F .P.
GREATEST ON RECORD
SAY MANY DRUGGISTS
Young and Old Women Alike
Being Benefited by Phe-
nomenal Medicine.
Pmgglsts in every part of the coun-
try r now freely discussing the sen-
sational success which .St. Josephs
'1. F P. is having on account of Its
direct effect on the dreaded malady
ca'arrh. th" enemy of per cent of
the girls and women 111 such cities
llk this
In referring to the unerpjaloo: o-
mand for ft F. P. here a wrn Known
Main Htreet druggist who haa th dis-
tinction of being one of the blRgent
retail druggists In this part of the
country sal'! among other things that
-"The dmand for Rt. Joseph's G. V.
V. haa aerepahly surprised us. While
we had haro about the success It is
having In nther cities where it has
been introduced wo had no idea it
would reach the proportions It has here
already.
"If anyone had told us O F. P.
would be as popular as 1' Is. we would
not have believe. I It It is hard to
understand It. hut when women come
In and telephone us for G F P. all
lay long there is something back of
It which we can't exactly see but it
must be a mighty strong force.
"Judging from the reneat sales and
the many expressions of satisfaction!
ann nappiness mane nr those who are
using G. F. P . It must have that tin-ii-ual
merit we had been toM about.
The girls and women who aro huving
It are not confined to anv one class
either. Rich women who can well af-
ford the best attention to bo had but
who had never been able to get any
relief: as well as girls and women tn
poo circumstances make up the
crowds who come getting G P 7. and
praising It as they .talk to their
friends."
VVfonen Now Depend on
CORSICANA Teta July H With
the rapid Increase In the amount of
business done her tn all lines and the
Influx of many new people as a result
of th amaslng oil field development
has com demand for much mor pub-
lic utility service.
Transmission lines for electric txw-
er for oil field work are being built by
the electric power and light company
and many new connections for service
In the city are under construction
dally. The telephone company Is add-
ing rapidly to Its number of Customers
and placing emergency equipment to
care for the local and long distance
messages that have multiplied tn a
month Extensions of service by the
gas company ar blnf asked In pre-
paration for the coming winter aa well
as for Immediate needs. Additional
express depot facilities fcr th Texas
Electric rallrad Interurban line are to
he made st otic to accommodate the
big Increase In freight business.
The public aervlc companies here
are meeting th stress of the situation
In a manner that shows resourceful-
ness and ability to cop with th sit-
uation. There will be adequate public
utility service for Corslcana's added
oil field demand largely because the
city has good public utility service to
begin with and the companies art In
better position to meet an emergency
so far as supplies are concerned than
during the oil fields demands else-
where In Teias during the past three
or four years.
ENGLISH DOCKERS
TIE UP SHIPPING
Associated Prss Report.
LONDON'. July 19 Ther Is no
sign as yet of a break down In th
dockers strike her. Ernest Bevln
secretary- of the transport union said
tonight that the situation was full of
difficulties owing to the menacing at-
titude of the hot headed section of
the strikers against those who are
Wavering. The sailing of the steamer
S&xonta tomorrow from London by
way of Southampton for New York
haa been cancelled. After a prolonged
meeting this evening at Poplar the
strike committee declared that on
Saturday not a tug or a lighter would
b In operation.
The decision of th Liverpool dock-
ers to return to work Is regarded as
a hopeful factor although the resolu
tion to cease the strike was adopted
by only a small majority.
EXODUS OF NEGRO
LABOR PROTESTED
Associated Press Report.
ATLANTA Ga. July 13 An effort
to check the mierration of negroes
and other farm labor was given by
the authors as the reason for the in-
troduction of a bill In the Oeorarla
legislature today which would make
It a felony for any person or concern
to solicit labor In Georgia for other
States. Punishment would be a prison
term of not less than three years nor
more than seven.
"Passage of this bill" Representa-
tive De Laptlerre on of the authors
declared -will result In checking the
eiodus of negroes and other farm
labor of Georgia to other Ptates. It
does not allow even licensed labor
agents to operate In the State."
27 Counties Receive
Highway Allotment
Houston Post Special.
AUBTIN1 Texas. July 1J Allot-
ments of aid made today to !7 coun-
ties hy the State highway commission
totaled more than iMo.i.Onfl. Those
counties receiving the highest allot-
ments were Ptephens. i!2!fnXV Wenti.
$:oo.000. Sutton. IKo.ftOfi and Palo
I'into. llOi.O'al. All other i-ountlea re-
ceived lss than $100. "00. hut none re-
ceived less than 15000. except gtone-
all. which received only 1800.
SECOND FLOOR FRONT
80 by 50 feet comer of Rusk Are. and Fannin St opposite Hotel Cotton and Texas
Company formerly occupied by the Young Men's Business League
WILL LET WHOLE OR ANY PART
Modern
Up
to
Date
Offices
FLOOR PLAN SHOWINQ WINDOWS AND PARTITIONS
Tnls netlon of th floor Is entirely separata frm our off lc and haa a private entranea. Tha looa-
tlon la en of the meat dealrabl In the city right In tha heart of the business section a few steos
from Main atreat. Office are divided aa ahown In plan.
HEATINA The ffle r prpfly heated vlt
steam best during th winter.
NATURAL LIGHT On f th partloulsr ftatur
f th rfle Is the netural daylight from fatirteen
wIMswe ti tw aid f th build".
Now ready for occupancy. Will b span for Inspection dally Including Sunday.
For Further Information Write Phone or Call.
A Phont Preston 1805-1806.
Corner Rusk Are. and Fannin Street
(Cont'd from Pr. 1.)
rned In th highest Interest of th na
tive populations formerly under Turk-
ish or German rule.
Other Reports Due.
England has the greater part of Ger-
man East Africa Mesopotamia and
Palestine under mandate; Australia has
c-ew uuin while New Zealand has
Samoa. Th poih i.iana hwik
th equator were turned over to Japan;
r ranee received Syria and the major
part of Togoland and Kamerun and
Belgium the district of German Kast
Africa bordering on the German Congo.
separate reports wlW also be sub-
mitted on the nuettlnn nf -Ub.r . t
labor In the affected territories as well
as education and the liquor traffic. The
Inaugural session tomorrow will be
Public under the presidency of Marquis
ineoaoii. rormerly colonial under-
secretary of Italy.
The protest k&M the kiiv.
dered In retaliation for alleged sabo-
ny i.omians. was to have contin-
ued until Julv 1 hut th. ..n.t.i.
by the German police from unoccu-
pied Germany of two French soldiers
who had pursued smugglers from the
occupied sonn was n.n. h. ....
for an indefinite extension of the or-
aer wnicn it Is contended is inflict-
ing great harriahlna .nj ii...
many innocent people.
Fr Information Only.
The note left with c..
- wiciaij iiugnes
was ror the purpose of Information
and requires no action by the state
department.
The Stat Hnarni j
today that It had been dvti th..
the "authorities in . ...
"-niiwiiuu in me
German area held hv i-v-i.
IMglan forces were prepared to con-
alder application ror
for merdandls contracted for within
the area prior to Fehmarv 1 r .
made promptly."
American firms with such contracts
were advised to rM mi.... .
the American embassy at Paris or the
American consulates at Coblens or
Cologne requesting that liro.. h
sought on the basis of information
lunuunea in the messags to be sup-
ported by documentary data forwarded
man suDsequently.
NAVAL ESTIMATES PASS.
Associated Press Report
LONDON. July H.-After a spirited
bate in th house of commons to-
night on the merits and demerits of
the .Singapore naval base the govern-
ment obtained a victory vote earning
the naval estimates under clure bv
21 1 to 110.
The opponents of the Singapore
project bitterly complained that it
was against th srlrlt of the Wash-
ington agreement and would lead to
competition In armaments and to f i-
ture wars. The first lord of the ad-
miralty Lieutenant Colonel 1 s
Amery. In behalf of the government
strongly repudiated the . 1 '
and reiterated a statement m.ide pre- i
vlously by him In the house that all i
tne delegates at Washington clearly
understood that Great Britain was re'-
taming rull freedom Of action regard-
Imt Singapore which had alwajs been
a naval and military station.
Discuss Possible Wsr.
The Singapore project was brought
to the forefront In the discussion hv
the report of Hon. George Lambert
liberal.
Strong opinions on the rmestlon
were expressed the opponents of the
scheme being largely liberal and laho-
members. Possibility of war with Ja-
pan was again very frankly discussed
even by thoee who opposed the Singa-
pore base like Commander Ken-
worthy who admitted that Japan's
pressure of population might lead a
generation hertre. to trouble between
the two empires In which case Plnga-
pore would be the most important
strategic basis in the wvrld.
He exhorted the government o
reslii where its policy was leading it.
Washington Agreement.
To make Singapore Safe and effi-
cient would mean the doubling of the
British navy and the expenditure of
5S.ofl.00 and it would give rise to
speculation and to rivalry leading to
war.
Other members contended that
Singapore was unhealthful. 0111 d be
Invaded by land ahd sea and could not
he defended from the land side. MAioh
play also was made of the fact that
the project was compelling Holland to
increase her fleet and fortify her bautes
In th Kast Indies
The proximity of Singapore to the
nne drawn In the Washington agree-
mjn!a sln rttltl tn fnr mn.i.Mkl.
discussion hut those who favored the
A Part of the
1 plan.
(Cont'd from P;. 1.)
costless unkempt figure who Shuffled
alone th station platform as th en
time dapptr dandy. His Jet black
hair which In other day bora
patent leather finish had ben allow
d to trow ton; and ragged. A pair
of khaki pants much too large ac-
centuated his slendernesa.
"Dop got him" commented Ken-
nedy after delivering his prisoner to
the county Jail. "He's a wreck phy-
sically. He came across the line af-
ter dope when he knew that it very
probably meant his capture. I was
told by a man who was arrested
with him at Laredo that De BUva had
killed two men In Mexico In the-past
few months."
4
San Antonio Officers
Form Guard at Station
Associated Press Report.
SAN ANTONIO Texas Julr 1
Ban Ahtonio polic and detctlve
early Thursday morning frustrated
what Is bellevd by them to have bn
a plot to liberate Newt D Stlva con-
victed murderer of C. Abramson aged
resident of Port Arthur Texas.
The prisoner heavily shackled ana
In custody of C. E. Kennedy deputy
sheriff of Beaumont and J. U Flerros
deputy sheriff of Laredo reached San
Antonio from the bordor at t.tO Thurs-
day morning. Police Captain Trevino
and Detectives Bill carver joe
Uuhnke. Ad Kohr Proudfoot and
Hartman susrded the prisoner at the
I.-O. N. railway depot until he was
landed safely In Jail.
Shortlv after Deputies Kennedy and
Flerros left I redo Wednesday night
with the prisoner. Information reached
Sah Antonio nolle of a plot to over
power the officers take the prisoner
and escape In an automobile. The
surpilse attack on the officers. It la
reported was to occur early Thurs-
day morning as the Texas officers left
the train at the I.-O. N. railway depot
with the condemned man.
Vnder th leadership of Captain
Trevino a squad of plain clothes men
maintained a sharp vigilance In and
about the railway station lor an hour
prior to the arrival of the train bearing
thrt officers and prisoner from th
south.
No trouble was experienced and. if
information given officers was true
the aliened plotters evidently. detected
the presence o( a heavy guard at the
station and abandoned thp contem-
plated coup.
Neff Will Continue
Probe at Somerville
Ar.HTIX. Texas. July 1 Investi-
gation of the fatal shooting of Otto
Lajitfe fnrmer near Somefvlll July
J will be continued as Instituted
bv I.ieUtenaht Governor Psvld'on.
Oovernor Neff Indicated today. The
go.crnor sa;d Ranger Csptalh Hamer
was directed to proceed with the In-
quiry Hamer conferred with Ooc-
ernor Neff Defer returning to Borner-
vllle. project contended It Was Idle to make
this the subject of complaint.
Germany's Protest
Delivered to Hughes
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON July 19 Pr. Otto
Wledfeldt the German ambassador de-
livered to Secretary Hughes today a
:'- r v nf th nmtt mrhlch II. Il.rm. n
government has lodged with th r'renrh
ana Belgian governments against con-
tinuation of the blockade established
by French and Belgian forces prevent-
ing passage of parsons betwen the oc-
cupied and unoccupied portions of Ger-
many. Grovo'c
Tactolcoo
Chill
Invigorates Purities and
Enriches the Blood tfc
On
Front
Corner
of
Building
EOT
VENTILATION Both (Idas f th building btraj
pan and unobstructed prft vntllatlA k M
an red.
IN ADOITION. elsetrie fens ar prevhJM. niinnlna
X water Is furnished at all time in feet th kulld.
Ina is medem in vry rpct.
COMPANY
HOUSTON
WOBBIE MARCH -ON
PORT ARTHUR
IS ORDERED OFF
j -
(Cont'd from Pf. 1)
have aa far arrived In Port Arthur.
He said that they would remain
her and stand trial when their vag-
rancy cases war railed probably to-
morrow and would remain In Port
Arthur to await further order.
ys Organising Prfreetng.
"It th strlk com soon." said
Terry "we will open headquarters in
Port Arthur but should anything de-
lay the strike order It may be that
w will be sent to other ports to
taks chaoge of the preparations as
our organization work is gbldg on
smoothly here.
"There win be no mor t. w. W.
coming in her at t his time and the
Invasion has Men definitely ordered
off.
"We have been keeping headquar-
ters in touch with conditions here
and they know just (hat Is being
done in the way of Investigating the
Holland case by the grand jury and
others.
"The strike Is to be a general one
affecting all transport members of our
organisation as they come into the
different ports after the Strike on
dsr is given."
Police Here
Hold Threats Lightly
A disposition to regard th threat-
ened I. W. W. Invasion of Texas as
mor talk than otherwise wss evi-
denced by Houston police Thursday.
Superintendent Ooodson stated he had
no reports other than those contained
In the newananera tj mm i a .
partmerit was sble to rare for any sltu-
n.ri wmcn mignt arise.
Bonner chief special agent of
the Southern Partite .iu.. i. ...
. ....v.-. tl tu
come known that all agents over the
.irni naa oeen instructed bo watch
the wobblies- movements and report to
headquarters. So far not a single I
w. W has been reported In this terri-
tory he said.
A report enntiinu i. v- . .
" H .w lorn
dispatch to the effect that tW Indus-
trial workers had left Houstoh for Port
Arthur was ridiculed by the police
They pointed out that onlv one I TV
W. had Men itrB.u .'
the last eight months which they con-
i.ua aa evidence that comparatively
few of the wrtkee. .a. .i... ... "II
horn. v.iy meir
NACOOOOCHEt COUHT OPENS.
NACOGDOOHRK T...
County Court onene - ...
July term with County Judge A. T.
oui. uiiiiinung. ana with Hon J
J. Greeve to act as Judge In all cases
In which Judge Russell disqualifies
The docket roe thl. .
rather crowded and the court began
i"e criminal case Monday
afternoon.
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Built In several different-
ent types to meet all requirements.
I
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THE FIELD
Houston Times has large
paid circulation In Hous
ton and Harris County
than the eleven other local
weeklies all combined.
HOUSTON fcTlMRS
11000 bald eireulstlen In ALL.
church PREta kaatlen
reaching tour eitit.
PATENTS
Patfnte Ok tains en Trademarks
ana Copyright Registered
Hardway & Cftthey
Ph. praaton rC Huttort tint
6tfle 42a-2t.S asnktr Martgsg
alidini
OFFICIALS AGREE
. . i-; f l -;
(Cont'fl from Pr 1) . i s 1
but to assent to the P reposal that '
congress should provide for develop- '
ments a they an ad4. ; .
Farming Slaw.
Mr. Wallace haa already aanouncea
his conviction that agricultural da- .
velopment In Alaska will b. slow. '
and that farmera of th territory have
many difficulties to overeom befor
they put th Industry on a plan -where
success Is assured.
Mrs. Harding did not com ashore
when th president visited VaJdea bat
remained on th Henderson contlnu-"
Ing a program of rest that sh haa 1
followed since she left Fairbanks Hew
physicians said that she was respond" ;'
ing favorably to treatment but that
It was better for her to stay On tha
ship than to exert herself by receW-
Ing in Vsldes and accompanying th
president on a tour of two hours that
he took to Wortman on the Valdea
branch of the nichardson highway. -
MEXIA CHAMBER
ASKS-KEELMTO
PROBE OIL PRICES
(Cont'd from Pg. 1.)
gested or Inspired by any oil company
or Individual but Is prompted by a ;
condition that Is fast showing disas-
trous results and haa given us grave -concern
for some time and we are con-
vinced that your office; can render .
service of Inestimable value to th
citizenship of Texas by Instituting st
prompt and thorough Investigation
Your reply by Wire will b grestly ap
preciated." (Signed) MIla Chamber
Of Commerce."
John Sweatt. president of th Farm-'
ers' State Dank Of Mexla. I president
of the chamber of commerce. Ben F.
Stollenwerck 1 secretary.
The message to the attorney general
from the Salesmanship club among
other things states:
"Th Salesmanship club of Mexla
representing 200 business men of
Simla address this letter to you ask-
ing for your aid to stop discrimination '
against Mexl-Currie-Powll crude oil
by th Standard Oil companies. If
your department desire to investigate.'
these facts with a View of instituting'
proceedings against these companies
under the anti-trust laws of Texas the
rltlxenshlp pledges every assistance In
compiling th testimony necessary to
secure relief."
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