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WEATHER
Hosttoa as vicinity
Fair and warmer.
VOL. 39. NO. 341
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THE MAGIC
VALLEYx
u
Its Needs and Prospects
By Sid Hardin
TWENTIETH century civilisation
Joins the civilization of the
eighteenth century along the banks
of the Hlo Grande. South of the
: river the Inhabitants are bound with
' tradition shackeled with political
and ecclesiastical theories that
are strengthened with superstition
.. . and ignorance. North of the river
the most modern methods of twen-
tieth century civlliration will be
found in all phases of society busi-
ness farming etc. There Is truly a
touch of tomorrow in all the Valley
r does today; while Just across the
j river the inhabitants urge their
oxen to greater efforts sit and
dream in idleness and poverty and
live in the yesterdays.
Such a situation actually exists
In the Rio Grande delta and the
effects of the lack of education is
so pronounced on the south bank of
V the river that the Americans on the
Tiorth bank are stimulated to still
irrpatpr effort in building and
equipping public schools. The Mex-
ican population ciosses to and fro
and at all times constitutes a major
part of the scholastics on the Amer-
ican side of the river. This becomes
at once a problem in Americaniza-
tion which problem has been as-
signed to the schools.
THE FOUNDERS of the constitu-
tion of this State provided that
adequate provisions must be made
for the education of the youth of the
' commonwealth: and stated that "A
cultivated miud was the wuardian ge-
nius of democracy and that knowl-
edge and light was the only safeguard
of liberty that freemen desired." The
pitiaensliiD of the Valley believe in
this doctrine and have made adequate
nroviaions for the education not only
of their children but of the children
of the noor Mexicans who live here.
For some time an effort was made to
conduct a school for both Mexican
and American children together. This
proved to be a serious problem for
the reason that non-English speaking
: children can not make the progress
the first few years that English
speaking children can make. This
problem wis further complicated by
' vtbe (fact that home seekers from the
' Middle West and North resented the
idea of mixing Mexican and Ameri-
can children in the schools. This idea
JL however has been worked out in al
few of the Valley schools urowns-
rille in particular being successful.
The schools of the Cpper Valley de-
' tided to segregate the two raeea in
the lower grades and give each school
expert attention later bringing the
children together in the high school.
By that time the Mexican children
will have learned to read and apeak
English fluently as well as being well
grounded in elementary school sub-
jects. Mission. UcAllen and Edin-
burg have worked out this problem
most successfully. These towns have
separate schools for Mexican children
them a yesr with the American chil
dren in the seventh grade and then
IQD1I11U.I lUriU IU lUt UlgU
By this time they have become Amer-
icsnixed and polished as an American
citixen.
A NUMBER of modern brick build-
iruts have recently been erected
in tbe Valley for the exclusive ue of
. uninn.1 M- i K .11 thu mndprn in-
t nliances known to the school world.
Motion pictures lantern slides lec-
hmi hflthinv facilities medical at
tention and expert Administration
" mA iiunliiAn h trained teachers.
... an tA h rminrt in these Rcnois.
Edinburg has recently erected a
building of this type msr cost oyer
. faiMUli; MCAiien nas ram a Diuiniui
that cost JttO.OOO: and Mixsion has
one matin J4O.OO0 fullT eiinpied.
The course of study offered in the
juexicmn mnoni. la wr.T hivhk iu
'' English citixenship American ideals
'y ' and loyalty to the Amerirsn flag. The
msrruriinn mirim m mo mumn
adapted to the needs of non-h.nglib
' speaking children and tbe entertain-
exerciaes. songs and declamations.
iseo Is rupreme in the schools: and
' all other ideas are subordinated with
this end in view.
XI ik. .lnnl. fnr til tc1ii.
sire ase of Meiican children are
equipped with a clinic where a nurse
comes st stated periods to examine
the children and advise tbe mothers
- m nrnhlems of sanitation: or where a
i IOCS1 pnysicisn nuiM-i .tiiii. vi urn
' needed and gives medical attention
free of all cost.
i i . . i ii i. -
"THE SOITH Mission (iranitnnr
' acnool IS one Ol mr rrni"! ni--''
worthy schools for Mexican children
to fce found in this section. The fol-
4 lowing extract f rem the report of the
' State examiner of schools speaks for
I lltTII. r llllll lll.ll mr u.n.ij
t. oraisewortby features in the nrgnn-
' iaation. equipment and instruction
found in the Mission puhlic school
' system there is one feature that is
'.iluarainr nt fknecial mention. The
atstrtet his eonsinicied . in tor nean
or toe Mexicnn community wani
ft - 1 . V -. 1. .1 nl . . k.nlv mnA
: f"HW.FI 1.1HV I" ii"
. cleanliness and by Its exnmple helps
r n in malting or gooa American cit-
hens ontof the Spsnisii speaking ele-
ment. The work nf s landscape jrar-
.1 V . a K.x.l.ra.l lh vmiltllla -
tremely srtlstir; the faithful service
of the principn! in esrmiriing th pn-
Vm and treaMrg them for vanons
' rlisesses. together with the facilities
for kathin found in tbe school has
In a practical way invnired the leara-
: ln ef hrgienic methods thst has r-
mHed in ralsffr th moral tone of
the eornmitnity." Thia report is
largely typical of the reports made
PT. IK niaiv ariariii-.ii vi ni. ...."-
; Jhnon tbe schools' of t'e Bin Orende
' Val'ey that are msi-tsined evlusire-
n fee Mexican children. This werl
4a not onlr con freed to the cities for
' (Cont'd on Pg. 2.)
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Farm Landlords
Near Properties
Survey Reveals
Associated Press Report.
WAHH1NUTON March 9. Ab-
sentee farm landlords are not an lm-1
portent factor in the agricultural sit-
uation in most parts of tbe United
States the department of agriculture
announced today citing figures which
show not more than 10 per cent of
rented farms in 1920 were thus
owned.
Little concentration of land owner-
ship was found except in tbe planta-
tion region of the South and no ma-
terial increase of concentration has
been noted in the two decades follow-
ing 1000. Comparatively little farm
land is owned by aliens not residing
in this country.
More than one-third of the farm
landlords are themselves engaged in
agriculture another third are retired
farmers and the remainder are most
ly country bankers merchant and
professional men. Ten to 12 per cent
of the landlords are women mostly
widows and daughters of deceased
farmers.
RICE INSTRUCTOR
TELLS WHY MEN
SING IN BATHROOM
Gives Interesting Lecture
On Naiure of Sounds
' Acoustics
Why men sing or attempt to sing.
while enjoying the morning shower:
why the cab customer at the theater
is (riven a suit cushion to sit on: wny
a dog cocks his bead to one side to
listen aud several others niattters
which had caused many of his hearers
to lie awake at night and wonder
were most interestingly explained by
Claude William Heaps assistant pro-
fessor of physics at Rice Institute in
a lecture at tbe physics amphitheater
of the institute Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Heaps traced the history of
sound the most neglected study in the
field of physics until tbe world warand
toldk of the immense importance of
sound detection and location for war
purposes and the many war devices
which had been adapted for peaee
tine uses since then.
Mr. Heaps said in part:
One hundred and fifteen years
...
wtoei a.aias)BV-we has been ee
the father of acoustics published
treatise on sound he made tbe fol
lowing statement: "While important
progress baa been made in many
branches of physics the subject ef
seand has always remained behind."
This statement expresses with more
or less truth conditions which have
existed since that time up to the time
of the great war. In 1913 the rela-
tively few physicists who were spe-
cialising in sound found their field of
research suddenly elevated to the top
level of importance and they were
called upon to solve problems of the
greatest practical importance. Every
one has heard of tbe ingenious devices
Invented during the war for the detec-
tion and location of submarines in the
water of airplanes in tbe air. of big
guns on the surface of the earth and
of miners or sappers under the sur
face ol tne earth.
Direction f SoMBd.
A question which was investigated
a number of years ago by Lord Kay-
leigh is tbe following: How are we
able to tell so accurately the direction
from which a sound ia coming? It
appears that there are two factors
to consider in this connection. If a
sound comes toward us from t-e right
it is a little bit weaker at my left ear
thau at my right. This factor is found
to be not very important as far as
locating the sound is concerned. The
second factor ia more Important. If
the sound comes toward me from the
right it hits my right ear before it
hits my left. The brain is sble to de-
tect this time factor and interprets it
as a direction effect. Tbe phase dif-
ference as it is called of the sound
at the two ears is in most cases the
decisive factor in locating sound
sources. Bince two ears are required
this ability or this direction sense is
called the binaural sense. If the sound
strikes both ears simultaneously it
may appear to come from directly
ahead directly behind or directly
overhead unless by turning the bead
one ear is moved farther from the
source than the other. An intelligent
dog- when listening to a faint sound
ill cock his head first one wav then
the other. He baa learned that in this
way he can brine bis binaural sense
into play and locate tbe sound more
accurately.
It is found that the binaural sense
is cxfnsiderablv sharoened bv the use
of long listeninc horns connected to
the ears. These horns have the ef-
fect of making the distance between
the two ears much greater the sound
difference at the two eara is thus
magnified. By using thene horns it is
possible to locate quit accurately the
position or an airplane which may
happen to be doing some night flying.
Ve hare to remember however in
shooting at the airplane that
it may take several seconds for the
sound to reach us from the distani
machine and during that time the
plane will have moved on Quite some
distance. It will always be ahead of
the place from which its sound ap
pears to come.
The locatina of big suns ia a much
simpler matter than the locating of
airplanes: first because a gun is con-
fined to the aurface of the earth; sec-
ond because the noise of a gun con-
sists of a single big sound wave while
that of an airplane ia a series of
wares. Also the gun ft not apt to be
a moviag target. The method used by
the BUtish army in locating big guns
was simple aad effective. At six dif-
ferent stations well separated from
each other were placed microphones
(very sensitive telephone transmit-
tern). Wires from hese microphones
led to a cent rahy station where each
microphone was connected to its own
(Coafd ea Pg. 2.)
SPECIAL COUNSEL
WILL FUE SUITS'
TO GET OIL LEASE
Sinclair Doheny Compa
nies To Be Asked To
Turn Back Reserves
M'LEAN TO GO
ON STAND AGAIN
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON. March 9. As the
oil committee opens up new fields of
inquiry this week special government
counsel wiu institute the nrst court
proceedings looking to the recovery
of the naval fuel reserves from the
Sinclair and Doheny interests.
These proceedings will take the
form of applications for temporary
injunctions for the stoppage of the
extraction of oil in T.ipct Ouine in
AVysming and naval reserve. No. 1 in
California.
The first application will be filed
in the federal district court in Wyo-
ming and will involve the Mammoth
i 'il company .1 Sincluir concern.
The nnilatin in the federal
district court m Soiilliyia Cali
fornia involving the Pan-American
Petroleum company will follow.
Government counsel have not yet
announced 'he :i"i"; lor the tiling of
the annulment suits and the instiiu
tion of criminsl proceedings grow
ing ont of the leases granted by Al-
bert B. FalL as secretary of the in
terior and signed by Kdwin Denby as
secretary of the navy.
Committee ia Recess.
The oil eoniin:;ri e will be n recess
tomorrow but Tuesday will resume
its inquiry into the affairs of Kdward
U. McLean Washington publisher as
they relate to the oil matter ale-
f.enn may not take the stand unln
Wednesday as Senator nnlsh chief
urosecutor. desires to question some
of McLean's employes before ques
tioninr McIean.
While Iyconant ood Jr. nas Deen
xuhneniied for Wednesday for aues
tioning regarding his pnbliabed
statement tnut oil interests sougst to
make a deal with his father. Major
General Leonard ood at the Cbl
csgo convention ut 1020 Senator
Vtaisn ssitl wuuj una is yuuhi
(Cont'd on fg. 2.)
I 011111117110111 VTII I
1U PC OuliLlVlljl
AS DENBY LEAVES
Coolidge To Choose Be
fween Dixon Foss
and Davidson
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON March 9 Edwin
Denbv will retire tomorrow as secre
tary of the navy and so far as could
be learned tonight his successor has
not been selected by President Cool
idee.
The president however has been
giving much thought the past few days
to filling the first cabinet vacancy of
his administration and indications were
Siven today that he had narrowed
own considerably the field of those
under consideration and that a decis-
ion may be announced any time.
The elimination of a large propor-
tion of those mentioned has left
among those known to be still on the
list are Governor Dixon of Montana
James K Davidson republican na-
tional committeeman from Michigan
and former Representative Foss of
Illinois.
Secretary Denby will spend tomor-
row winding up pending business at
the navy (lepnrlment and receiving
the farewell calls of those who have
served under him for three years. He
will be sworn ia again aa a major in
the marine corps reserves and receive
the commission he surrendered1 when
he became secretary of the navy.
Plans for the future have not beerv
decided upon by Mr. Denby. He will
return to his home in Detroit within
a few days and probably then will
make a statement relative to reports
that he may become a candidate for
the republican nomination for United
States senator.
When Mr. Denby lays down his
duties tomorrow. Theodore Roose-
velt the assistaut secretary will be-
come acting secretary to serve until
a new department head la installed.
TREASURY OFFERS
400 MILLION ISSUE
Associated Press Report.
WArtHNCiXOX. March . The
treamirv today annouueed aa issue of
gflaXlMMl.tHlO in one year 4 per cent
-certificates of indebtedness for refi
nancing the government in the second
quarter of this year.
The certificates will be issued aa of
March IS at which time the govern-
ment must meet til50.000.000 ia ma-
tured certificates and pay gl-M.iaw.
UOO In interest on the public debt and
when it will receive at least the full
first qusrtclv noymenta on income
ami profits tares.
A statement uy Secretary Mellon
said further Interest ixoments oa the
public debt were due April 15 and
May 15 totaling rJ17.OO0.l. but that
ne farther fioa"-inl o-e--ti-o
necessary short of Jan 15 the
xt tai paying data.
Trensury officials said they were
pleased by conditions in the market at
this tins which enabled them to offer
the securities at a slightly lower rate
than heretofore.
Humble Oil Tank Fire
Causes $10000 Loss
Houston
GROESBECK Tezaa March
to combat spreading of the Humble
in confining the blaze to one 56000
today with an approximate loss of
Forty-five tanks most of them
night and today when the burning
causing a sheet of flame to burst over the ground for half a mile.
Embankments were thrown up to protect tbe other tanks.
Only about 15000 barrels of
bottom of the tank.
The fire was visible for miles
The tank was ignited by lightning.
Dry . League Head Denies
Wet Committee Charges
WASHINGTON' March 0. A de
nial of charges brought against it re
cently by the joint legislative commit
tee of orcamxations favoring modi
fication of the Volstead act was is-
sued today by the Anti-Saloon league
througn its general counsel Wayne
B. Wheeler.
"The Anti-Saloon league does not
control congress" declares Mr.
Wheeler's statement. "We all know
there has been corruption in enforc-
ing prohibition. The wets are re-
sponsible for it. Wet men have been
GOTTON MARKET
IS UNSETTLED IN
ACTIVE TRADING
Uncertainty I ti Goods
Sale Biggest Factor
In Slump
Associated Press Report.
NEW OKLKANS. La- March 9.
Tbe cotton market has-been a highly
nervous and unsettled affair during
tbe last week with wide fluctuations
and very active trading. On Alun
day urirea dronoed to new levels for
l eThe'ma;n influence back M this
stump wss the dullness and uncertain
tv rtrevailina in the cotton roods mar
kets and the evident purpose of mills
to curtail production. Anorner di
turbine factor was the threat of
lockout in Lancashire owing to th
strike of operatives in one small mill.
There waas quite active selling at the
start of the week but later en tne
market having absorbed the lirge- of
ferings there was a better tune bared
on claims that the dry goods situation
was improving and some New England
mills that bad been dosed were pre-
paring to resume tbe coming week
the influence noted coumed with
indications of a probable return of bad
weather in tbe belt and some early
forecasts of very small acreage in
creases when rather liberal increases
had been looked forward to. induced
buying by trade interests snd some
callinc by mills with rh result that
ay eventually traded as high aa
or lid points ni fr-m tne low
of tne first part of tbe week.
All of this improvement was not
maintained however owing to re
newed apprehensions as to the labor
situation in Lanrhaahire. it being
stated mat tbe Master Stunners in.
sociarion had notified the operatives
tnat unless tne strikers in the one
mill affected returned to work bv
Tuesday all tne mills would sbut down
and loO.OOO operatives be locked out.
Prices sagged off HO points to 28.15
for May on Friday but there was a
recovery of some of this loss en Sat
urday mainly due to buying caused by
present ana prospective bad weather.
BONDS PREPARED
FOR SCHOOL USE
Houston Post Special.
BEAUMONT. Texas. March 9.-
wenty bonds signed by Judge John-
son. County Treasurer Williams
County Clerk Coward and the eomu-
troller of State were received in th
office of Miss Mary Sandeli. county
superintendent of education Friday
morning awaiting their purchase by
the State
The bonds are the new issue of
S2O.O00 funds from which will be used
in the erection of a modern kchool
building at Amelia.
Two Dogs' Heads
Examined For Rabies
Houston Post Special.
BEAUMONT Texas. March !i
Heads of two supposedly rabid dogs
have been sent to the Pasteur insti-
tute at Austin during the week by
Dr. It. O. Bernhagen city sanitary en-
gineer and bacteriologists mak'ug a
total of three sent in from Beaumont
during March. One. however came
from out of town a rural resident
bringing it in Thursday and asking
that it be sent to Austin.
Corsicana Home
Destroyed By Fire
Houston Post Special.
CORSICANA. Texas. March ft
The home of Mrs. Laura Hardisna
bnrned here this moraine. The Idas
of house and furalture is $17000 aad
there was fSoOO insurance.
Post Special.
(.Emergency crews hastily assembled
tank farm fire last night succeeded
- barrel tank which burned out late
1100000.
filled with oil were threatened last
oil boiled over frequently at times
oil was saved by pumping from the
and attracted hundreds of 'curious
appointed to prohibition positions
tnrougn tneir political influence and
encouraged by wet propagandists who
mock st Isw.
"The source of the funds of the
Anti-Saloon league is the free will
gift of the members of the churches
of America.
"Patriotic dtlsens Christian men
ana women finance this organization
which ia createH ArviA einanMj
supervised and wholly controlled by
representatives appointed or elected
Dy tne cnurches of America."
HOUSE MAY GET
BONDS MEASURE
EARLY THIS WEEK
Committee To Put
Fin
ishing Touches On
Bill Today'
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON. March 9. Plans
to bring the soldiers bonus bill im
mediately before tbe house upon its
report this week by the waya and
means committee were anoanced to
riaj.bg rhlirmrn Quean aihfi aaid.
It aafc far recial rale te glni
tne measure rignt or way.
The finishing touches oa tbe b&T
providing for paid-up life inaorence
policies with an option of $90 in cash
for those veterans not entitled to
more than that amount will be made
... - ..... i
by a subcommittee which will start
work tomorrow Mr. Oreen said add-
ing he believed the draft could be
ready by Wednesday.
Chairman Green Representatives
Hawley Oregon and Bacharach New
Jersey republicans and Garner
Texas and Oldfield Arkansas demo
crats make up the subcommittee
Mr. Green todsy expressed regret
tbst the committee bsd voted down
tbe farm and borne aid option which
was in the meassure passed last ses-
sion declaring he desired to "adhere
to the bill accepted by the American
legion as fsr as possible.
Advocates of the Dronsal to make
full cash payments sn option of the
Dill prrparru luuny lu iubsc uaui
to have this provision written in oy
the house. It lost in committee by
a vote of 13 to 12.
FIJIANS ABOLISH
CANNIBALISM;
ARE CHRISTIANS
Associated Press Report.
CHICAGO. March 0. Frem a land
of csnnivalism and tribal warfare to
a place where virtually all the 90.000
habitants are Christians ia the -tory
of the Fiji Islands told by two mis-
sionaries just returned from the is-
lands. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Weavers
told -f tudents of the Moody Bible in
stitute today that 00 per cent of the
islanders are Christians.
The islands however are iuhabited
by about 00.000 natives of Irdia. who
were imported to work in the sugar
fields These Indiana with their idol-
try and other heathenish customs ex-
erted a had influence for a time on tbe
now docile and Christianised Fijians
Mr. Weaver said.
THREE IN ALABAMA
PRESIDENT VOTING
Associated Press Report.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March P.
Alabama native State of Senator Oa-
car W. l underwood will make known
its preference for the democratic nom-
ination for president in a primary
Tuesday. Besides Senator Underwood
the candidates are L. B. Mnsgrove and
ML A. Dinsmore. also Alabamiana. Un
der Alabama's primary kr the winner
will name tae state delegation to tne
New York convention.
Dunne the nre-onmary campaign a
number of issues were injected snd
WiUiam Jennings Brysa made a speak
ing tonr thronga the Mtate m interest
ef L R Musgreve. He attacked the
record ef Senator fader a-ood a a "wet
and reactionary.' Besides prohibition
the Ku Klux Klaus and the soldier bo
nus figured ia the campaign.
Lnaamera aaa announced that pro
vided he ht Indorsed at the polls he
will name a 'delegation committed to
William O .McAde for president. Uc-
Artoo. teWm. has repudiated the
nilMtsaar Candidacy and announced
that he was aet competing for dele-1
gates k Cadarweod'a bom State.
FEDERAL JUDGES
SEEK BANKRUPTCY
REFORMS REPORT
Abolition of So-Called
'Rings' Urged By
Learned Jurists
PLAN PROCESS
. EOR CLEANUP
Associated Press Report.
NEW YORK March 0. Sweeping
reforms in bankruptcy administration
designed to eliminate so-called "bang.
ruptcy rings are recommended in a
report ofthe federal judiciary con
ferenco on imorovement of bankruptcy
administration held recently in Phila
delphia. Tbe report bad been kept
secret until today when it was made
Dublic bv Judxe Henry Wade Rogers
of the United States court ol appeals
for the second circuit. It was ad
dressed to Chief Justice Taf t at whose
suggestion the conference was held
It is charged that 'bankruptcy
rings' exist in certain districts" ssys
the report. 'These rings are said
to exact exorbitant and unwarranted
fees control estates secretly in the
interest ofthe bankrupts themselves
to encourage and control unfair com-
position settlements to file petitions
on fictitious assigned claims and gen-
erally to defeat the underlying pur-
poses of thft federal bankruptcy
act
'If evidence of such corrupt "bank
ruptcy rings' ia brought to the offi-
cial attention of the courts approp-
riated action can readily follow. If
evidence is adduced of unethical prac-
tices on the part of the attorneys the
bar associations are in a position to
act If creditors individually or
through associations of credit men
win thorourhlv nlav their legitimate
part in the administration of the bank
rupt cases in which their tunas are
invested the cleaning up process will
be facilitated."
Among general orders which are
recommended as additions to those
already in force in the administration
of bankrupts are:
That tbe referee at the tune ol
closing an estate in which there were
(Cont'd Pn Fir. 2.)
FIYE UIUION PAID
! -
BYSCAniDJOPCO.I
T01ID RESEARCH
Medical Legal Projects
Get Greater Part of
Year's Funds
VEW YORK. March 9. The Car
Cnrnoration of New York made
oh navmenta nf IB 420.000 to benefi
ciaries during the last yesr and made
new appropriations amounting to So-
415000 of which two-thirda went to
medical and lesai projects u wan
stated in the annual report made pub-
he today.
Tk magical aehool nf Johns HoB'
kins university will receive S2000000
for the building and endowment of a
dispensary and clinic offering model
facilities ior aisgnosis sua utiuucui
st moderate coats. -Ths
New York Academy of Medi
cine was voted $1000000 for a new
buildine. The endowment of tnis en
terprise in about the same amount by
the Rockefeller foundation aa already
announced insures for it a promising
futnre.
Somewhat more than HAaAl.isju
cover! nr a oeriod of 10 years waa
appropriated for tbe American insti
tute inauguratea aoout a year ago m
Washington which is devoted to a re
statement of American law in the in
tereita of authoritative simplicity and
accuracy.
Amonr other sifts of 100.000 or
i i:.T i . t tuno .
mora ia cvoaiuuuai iui ui aw
009 to aid consolidation of Kiags col
lege and Dalhouaie university in ova
Scotia marking the first step in a
college federation program in the mar
nrovinces tor which tne corpor
tion has set aside g3.UUU.tJU. HuDject
to conditions Fisk university at Nash
ille Tenn. will receive 1250000 for
endowments: the polytechnic institute
of Porto Rico a like amount for en-
dowment and buildings: snd a Catholic
college in coDnecuen with tne univer
sity ol Aloerta is to receive
ooo.
The National Bureau ef Economic
Research which recently published its
study of "income in the United Statea"
was voted $130000 and the Commu
nity Arte association of huti Bar-
bara. Cal.. for ita "unusual organisa
tion of all aspects of art education in
one community undertaking" was
awarded $125000. Tbe Carnegie
peac
000.
ice endowment was granted $2oO-
The costs for administration during
the year were $106000.
Hiram Johnson To Open
Campaign In Northwest
CHICAGO March 9. Senator
Hiram Johnson of California left here
today to carry his eampaiga for the
republican presidential nomination to
the heart of the "insurgent" territory
the agricultural northwest -
In his tour of North Dakota this
week and South Dakota and Nebraska
ths following week. Senator Joknea
plans to stress the agricultural relief
issae. be said. The North Dakota
Itinerary calls for 10 speeches esrer-
ins every section af the Start con
cluding next Saturday night at Targe.
taree nays oeiore tae rirst direct
Sresideatial prtmsry ia which Senator
ohnaoa is entered against President
Ceohdge.
Leonard Wood
Refuses To Talk
Of Son's Charges
Associated Press Report.
MANILA March 9. Governor
General Leonard Wood today de
clined to discuss the reported state
ments of his son concerning tbe
presidential nomination in 1020.
Questioned regarding a reputed of
fer of support from certain oil inter-
ests during the republican convention
the governor general said:
. "I do not wish to discuss the con
vention of 1920. and I have nothing to
say regarding any statements made
bv Leonard Wood Jr."
Leonard wood jr. nas seen quoiea
aa' stating that his father had been
offered support of certain on inter-
ests for the presidential nomination
of 1920 providing the late Jake
Hamon were named secretary of the
interior.
WORLD FLIERS AT -
SAN DIEGO BASE;
HOP OFF TUESDAY
Four Ships To Try For
Honors In Trail
Blazer
Associated Press Report.
SAN DIEGO Cal. March 9. Two
specially constructed military air-
planes units of a fleet of four ships
that ths wsr department hopes will
be the first to blsse an airway around
the globe have arrived at .Rockwell
field from Santa Monica.
The honor of bringing tbe first of
the planes to the local flying field
where the ships will be groomed for
the take-off Tuesdsy fell to Lieuten-
ant Lowell Smith famous California
flier.
Within an hoor after receiving his
airplane from the hands of the build-
ers. Smith took the air lanes.
skimmed to an altitude of 7000 feet.
headed southward and brought his
ship to Rockwell field.
Thirty minntea later Major Fred
erick Martin commander of the
army's round the world flying team
dropped eat- of the- skies.
The tf .etner paour or tMw
aenadren. IiewgsaantS Leigh Wade
and jsne welson. wu tntir raecnani-
eisa TcrmiesT ftaett iaofc Bar
in nd graft Brieet EL H. -
did wt esae ta itocrwsu ins
cease their afatos are at ready. Lieu
tenants L. P. Anaoid aad I D.
Scants the alternate pOota arrived
at the flying field from Haata Monica.
They piloted Curtlss "Jennies." They
were accompanied by Lieutenant C.
C. Mosley. commander of Clover
field and several reserve pilots.
These officers and their planes will
participate in tbe sere nautical exhi
bition at Rockwell field tomorrow.
Major Martin said flights will be
made Monday to test compasses and
that Tuesday morning be will leave
for Santa Monica. The airplane to
be piloted by Lieutenant smith prob
ably wfll remain at Rockwell field un-
til March 15 wbea the ship con-
voyed by six airplanes piloted by
Rockwell field fliers win go to Santa
Monica and on up the coast to Seat
tie.
GEORGETOWN FIRE
OFFICERS NAMED
GEORGETOWN. Texas. March 9.
The Georgetown fire department baa
elected tne following offieere tor tne
comma- year: IX K. Wilcox presi
dent: 8. J. Purl vice president; P. J.
Uoodlett chief: Ueorge Keaney as-
sistant chief: Albert S. .Evans secre
tary : W. R. Wood treasurer: James
A: ureer seregant at anna. Tbe de
partment named Tuesdsy April 8 as
firemen's day and appointed commit
tees to arrange for a celebration to be
held at the new scenic snd tourists
park which will be opened to the pub.
lie by its owner Sebe Gjoodlett on that
Rescue hose company named the
following officers for the coming yesr:
8. J. Purl foreman; Jim 8haw first
assistant: O. B. Zlnrerle. second as
aistant: George Keabey secretary.
treasurer: Bam W. Henderson dele-
rate to State ceavaBtma at McKinnev
Mechanics boss comnsny elected Ar-
tnar Esnes loreman; tisrar rsnren-
rfeoW. first assistant: Victor Liebech-
nect second assistant; Albert K. Er-
in secretary-treasurer: B. Mileham
dele-jra t to State convention.
The departm est ia a volunteer or
ganisation though retrular paid fire-
man ia oa duty at all hoars and in
charge of eoaimnent which ineradea
pumper and foor additional motor driv
en hose machines and book and ladder.
Lynch Davidson Opens
Dallas Headquarters
Lynch Davidson has onened cam
paign headrnjartera in the Southland
hotel with Charles O. Thomas ef
Lewi rvi lie aa camnain manae-er. ac
cording to snnoun cement a.
Mr. Thomas was a memaor of taa
Thirty-fifth. Thirty-sixth aad Thirty.
aerc-ma laarismtarea eel ling aa
speaker of the house of nprt sssita
trees during his last term.
Mr. Davidson begins Monday a
speaking toar of the VaDey.
Rock Island Bays .
New Elquirxnent
e.Si00 Mrek. -Fwrehese f
11.000.000 worth of sew eaaipmeot
for delivery witkia the next few
months baa been aatherhed by ths
Chieag Rock Island and Pacific tag-
road. .
SEVEN
BODIES
FOUND
x
Hope Held Some of
Workers May Have
Barricaded Selves
From Deadly Gas
Fumes.
Tools Found By Seatch:
ers Give Evidence of
Effort To Stave Off
Doom of Blast.
Associated Press Report.
CASTLE GATE Utah March 9.
There are approximately 20 bodies aa
aaa af the slopes ia the miss bat it ia
Impossible te reach thes becatfs af
abstractions acesrdlag ta twa helmet
aa whs earns ont of the werklais
lato tonight
SALT LAKE CITY Utah K '
March 9. Fire broke oul this '
afternoon in an emergency exit
of a Utah Fuel company mine '
at Castle Gate Utah and res- '
cue work has been held up ?
according to word received
here. .
A further cavein in the main ' '
tunnel which necessitates the
removal of a large quantity of
timbers and debris has oc
curred anrl ha helrl nrt resell .
work through that passage-
the report continues. . ? '
A glimmer of hope for some i.
of the miners was expressed
when a pile of tools was found
by searchers' and no bodies iaw
the vicinity. It is thought that1"
some may have barricaded 1
thexirslvac-tWmrthesses. -
''- 'v JUaoctated Preta Beport Jv'.'x"
CASTLE GATE Utah larch - f
Sere charred and avatiattad bediea .
had beea removed todsy from mine
3 ef the Utah Feel company which ' "
175 miners were entombed yesterday
as the result of aa explosion. Two
ether bodies have been located bat " '
have not been removed from the
mine. Gas in the inner .recesses el
the mine ia hampering tka work ef V-' -.
rescuers. It is generally believed '; '
that all of tbe entombed men far ?!.
iahrd. '
Five of the bodies were identified t
ss George Harrison. William Pollock.
W. A. Berg. George Filbtead and t
Jack Thorpe. Two bodies headless)-: i
and badly charred bare not been '
identified. ' t 1
The interior recesses of the mine
are filled with gas. sccordina to ad- r
'met men and they have to proceed r;
cautionary leat tbey themselves fau '
victhns. Despite this great danger
there is no shortage of men willing '
to risk their lives to get to com lades' k
within the mine. - i ; '
Today several helmet men were -" .:t-
overcome snd Iste yesterday George -fif. .
Wilson hesd of a crew which har- s :
ried here from Stsndsrdville. died r
from asphyxiation when .the nose-
piece of his helmet became' detached. '
A United States bureau of" mines ..v.
car arrived today from Wrom isg and . 1 a "
government officials are lending alii' -possible
aid. . .
The Knights of PythiaaJ ball ken-u- ;
is being need ss a morgne and the-1 -bodies
recovered from the taine havw ..
been taken there. .s i t
Cold Wlad Sweeps Sosaav rJ ...
The mine in which the disaster ew-' t '
cur red is located in Castle Gate V
Creek canyon and Saterday. last I .-
Bight and today a bitter cold wind - V '
swept down it from the Berth eaaa-1 . .
(Cont'd on Fg. 2. ' ; .
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BORDER ORDERS
1 .:
IDENTIFICATION
Houston Post Speck! .y
HARLIXGEN. Texas. March 9. A !.
new immigration order waa issued sad v
received by the immigration officiate f'i
at Brownsville this week and was I -placed
into effect at once.' The new t
order requires all persons crossing be-
tween Mexico aad United States to . ' '
have identification cards. There ia Be .
charge for . the cards bnt appUcante V
wishing s cross must present these ( j
cards and have two photogiapha at- '
tacked to the request ene te be tt:j."
tacked to the passport and the ethee "
to be kept in the immigration office' i
files. Those having no identification.;':!:
cards will be held in tbe immigration' "'"'
fiffica nntfl thav kin tsMUhad tkeie T.' ' -
right to pass over the border. -
Xt-
Grapeland Womari f f '
round Dead In Be4fc
Houston Post Special.
GRAPELAND. Texas ltareh0-i
Mrs. M. B. Mooney. (8. who resided
with her sister in Ule etty. Mrs..
Francis Brown waa fosmd dead m bed . ' '
Saturday morning by her -sister. wh
satered the room te cal her U break-
fast ' -A (.':'
She was apparency aa well as . W
oal Friday and after eating . hearty v-
suppcr retired Friday sights Death
was due te natural causes.
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