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FOUR ADJACENT
BUILDINGS BURN
Firemen and Volunteer
Workers Continue Search
ing Ruins
Associated Press Report.
RICHMOND. Va. Feb. 7. Three
known dead 30 injured and from 12 to
17 missing is the latest police compila
(ion of the toll exacted by the fire which
Tuesday destroyed the Lexington hotel
end four adjacent buildings.
Two of the dead are: J. M. For
Willinmsport Pa. neck broken and Hi
i-anj F. Austin Fincastle Va. who died
on the way to the hospital. J. N
Thomas - sheriff of Albemarle county
Virginia is among those also reported
dead.
Among the injured were: William O.
I'nilev. New York badly burned about
the face; Paul Bigone New York free
lured hip; William P. Little Portsmouth
Va.. and J. II. Webb Fincastle.
Firemen and volunteer workers are
seuiching the still smoldering ruins with
I he probability that the list of victims
c:in not be definitely completed for 24
hours.
Besides the Lexington hotel other
buildings destroyed or badly damaged by
the fire were the Clyde W. Saunders
printing plant the Pearl laundry the
Wilson Paper company. Savings Bank
of Richmond Branch Cabell & Co. and
Co-operative exchange.
"I was at the desk when I saw the
smoke and fire creeping up the fire es-
rane from the basement." said R. E.
Frey clerk of the Lexington hotel. "I
grabbed the telephone but it was out of
order. I told the boy to get upstairs and
notify as many of the guests as had not
been awakened. Tue neat was .intense
and I do not know how many he was able
to nrouse. When I got back from turn-
ing in the alarm the flames were roaring
up the elevator shaft. .
"It seems that few sought the fire es-
cape. Most of the women appeared at
the windows and several of the guests
jumped. I do not kuow how many were
injured but I think there were great
many.
"Thero were 72 guests in the hotel
last nislit. I just had finished count-
ing up when I discovered the fire. It
was just a few minutes after 4 o'clock.
Several people jumped down from the
third flood and. I believe fatally Injured
themselves. My lungs soon filled up
with smoke and I could do nothing but
get into the air or faint."
Shooting of American
In Mexico Reported
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.7-The fatal
shooting from the Mexican side of the
border near Laredo February 5 of Wal-
ter G. Swinney of Del Rio an American
citizen was reported to the state de-
partment Tuesday by Consul Harry L.
Walsh at Laredo.
The report stated that Swinney was
floating down the Rio Grande in a small
boat while engaged in trapping under
permits from both Mexican and American
authorities when he was challenged three
times from a clump of bushes on the
Mexican side of the river.
He disregarded the challenges and
started to" row for the American shore.
but before he reached the bank three
shots were fired and Swinney fell in the
boat.
A companion Philip McCampbell also
of Del Kio who witnessed the shooting
from the American ride brought the
boat and Swinney to shore. Swinney died
of his wounds the next day
The state department it was said was
taking up the case with proper Mexican
authorities through Charge Summerlin at
Mexico Oity.
U. S. to Attend Genoa
Conference Is Belief
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Feb. 7. the reply
; of the United States government to the
invitation that it participate in the inter'
national economic conference at Genoa
will be made public this week it was in-
dicated Tuesday at the White House.
No indication was given as to the nature
of the reply but it was the belief Tues-
day in official circles that it would be
in effect an acceptance.
It was said that the president hoped
to - announce America's . formal reply
Friday at his conference with repre-
sentatives of the press. - The long delay
in replying to Italy's invitation was in
do way connected with consideration of
the bill before congress for funding the
allied debts officials declared Tuesday.
.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. East Texas
Wednesday fair a- d warmer.
West Texas Wulresday fair.
Louisiana and .lun;aa Wednesday fair
and warmer a
Forecast -for Houston and Vicinity Wede
; day fair and warmer.
Temperature extremes and precipitation at
Houston ended 2 p. ra.. Tuesday: Maximum
C. uiinimnm 17; precipitation none.
Atmospheric pressure at Houston at I p. m. :
10-47 tea level reading.
. .Suaris? 7 OS m. m. sunset (.04 p. m.
Comparative record at Houston for Febra-
"2-11
192 I 1S21 l!)Si0
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- 7 a mi Dry halo. J7.I degrees: vet bulb
. 2S.1 ilenees. . Relative burtidttv. 11 ner sL
!.-J'rll i Dry bulb S5.0 degree: wet. bulb
41.2 dearees; relative kapudity 14 per cent.
Traffic Club Pledges Its
Enthusiastic Support to
Resubmission of Port Bill
Shock in Wrist
Threatens "Cops" Who
Work by Wireless
Associated- Press Report
CHICAGO Fcv. 7. The old-fashioned
policeman who "pulled" a box
and then spent an hour napping in some
sheltered corner is threatened with a
shock in the wrist. '
Chicago officials planning to equip
every patrolman with a portable wire-
less set are considering transmitting
their signals by attaching' two elec-
trodes to each patrolman's wrist and
attracting his attention by passing an
electric impulse through his system.
Visible or oral signals are unsuited to
the needs of the policemaa patrolling a
beat the - city's wireless experts say
and so they have begun experimenting
with the shocking plan. .
Berlin Germany policemen have
been equipped with an eigbt-riound
wireless set which transmits shock
when headquarters wants a recipient to
run to the nearest call box. The in-
struments are sewed in the officer's
clothes so he has no chance to forget
end leave them at home.
By a system of selective transmission
Chicago wireless engineers believe it
will be possible to confine receipt of '
the signal to policemen in certain speci-
fied area. A general alarm might wake
all the sleeping policemen in the city.
AMENDMENT ASKED
TO CONFORM STATE
AND FEDERAL ACTS
Regional Highway 'Confer
ence Ends; Prominent
Men Speak
Houston Post Special.
COLLEGE STATION Texas Feb. 7.
The adoption of resolutions calling for
an amendment to the Texas constitution
to conform the laws of this State with I
the federal aid act marked the rfna. nf
the two-tlay regionaal highway confer-
encc at "X. and M. collego of Texas at
noon Tuesday.
The session Tuesday morning was pre
sided over by it oil en J. Windrom retir
ing State highway engineer and the prin-
cipal speakers were Hugh L. Small judge
of Tarrant county; Pyke Johnson and
Major I. C. Moller of the National Auto-
mobile Chamber of Commerce and Col-
onel Edgar Jadwin of the engineering
corps Fort Sam Houston.
Several bounty judges discussed their
county's part in road- building in Texas.
Among these were Arch C. Allen Dallas;
R. C. Johnson Amarillo; L. G. Matthews
Colemaq.
Judge Small produced an outburst of
approval among the delegates when he
declared in n tone of seriousness that led
all to think that he was speaking sincere-
ly that if the railroads would emulate the
plan of the moving picture industry in
selecting Will Hays as its directing head
and the plan of the baseball clubs in
electing Judge Landis as the supreme
dictator and choose Henry Ford as the
dictator in railroad operation that the
matter of railroading would be adjusted
much more satisfactorily in America.
Judge Small talking on the subject of
the effect of railroad rates on highway
construction said in genecal the effect
had been very unsatisfactory. He re-
ferred to tbe 35 per cent increase in
freight rates following the war and just
at a time that road building was experi-
encing an impetus as a most disastrous
occurrence. He mentioned particularly
the regrettable situation in Tarrant
county which followed the raise in rates
because of the three and a half billion
dollar program of building which was
voted just before the raise was made.
It was the speaker's opinion that the
case made up after the reopening of the
Shreveport case to hear testimony why
the State had been discriminated against
in the raise of rates and which was re-
ferred to tbe interstate commerce com-
mission was the direct cause of the re-
cent rate reduction which has taken ef-
fect on road materials.
He urged a campaign of publicity In
Texas to inform the public in general and
the lcgislatrire in particular about good
roads that an understanding could be
reached whereby co-operation throughout
the State might result
Negro Gets 10 Years for
Stealing Loaf of 6rad
Associated Press Report.
NEW TORK Feb. 7. Ten years in
Sing Sing for stealing 50 cents' worth of
bread was the sentence given by County
Judge Haskell to William Burke an 18-year-old
negro Tnesdsy.
Charles Thomas &i was given five
to 10 rears for the same offense. Thev
held up a bakery January 23.
Billie Burke's Mother
Passes Away in N. Y.
Associated Press Report'
HASTINGS N. X. Feb 7. Mrs.
Blanche Burke died Tuesday at tha home !
of her daughter. Mrs. Florens Ziegfeld announced Tuesday. Tha highway-was Morocco. Mr. Denning is pastor of St.
(Misa Bdlie Burke). She wan born in given the general's name because the 'Mary's Catholic church at Marion and
New Orleans and had made her home trissouri division- passes through La-1 has been a lifelong friend of tha nreai-
here for tha last 15 yeava. ' dede his' birthplace. . I dent
Necessity of Keeping Projecl
Out of Politics Stressed
by Colonel Ball
CITIZENS' UNITED
HELP IS URGED
Members of the Houston Traffic club
gave their enthusiastic support to the
resubmission of the port bill following
talks in its favor by Colonel Tom Ball
and R. C. Fullbright a I; tbe weekly lunch
of the club at the Bender hotel Tuesday
noon.
Id advocating resubmission of the bill
which will be up for consideration at a
meeting to be held at the commissioners
court at the court house at 10 a. m
on Wednesday February 15 tbe club
went on record as favoring the project by
all means in its power.
Colonel Ball in his talk to the mem
hers stressed the necessity of taking
the entire port proposition out of politics
which he declared the bill creating the
Harris county navigation district would
do. "At present we have two bodie
with divided authority which ought not
to be" he said. "There should be but
one body with full power to act and fur
thermorc every wharf erected along the
Houston ship channel at public expense
will be open to the public while private
interests will havo to build their own
wharfs and docks" he declared.
Colonel Ball said ho hoped to see
municipal belt railroad along both sides
of the channel in order to insure low
switching charges.
He said that the citizens of Houston
can not afford to call a halt on channel
development at this time declaring that
the system fast was approaching a self
sustaining basis. He said that port
charges in Houston were less than at all
other competitive ports.
After describing the great Interest
shown by the senate and house commit
tees at Washington when the Houston
committee recently appeared before them
Colonel Ball said there was no water
way in the country that has shown as
much industrial development in so short a
period of time as the Houston- ahip cban
nel and that there was no place where
the citizens bad contributed so liberally
to such a purpose.
He sketched the arrival of the first
ocean-going vessel at the port of HouS
I ton ta Auusl m nd decl.red (Bat
he nthiM.ju. Wlmm folino
ward any other gulf port believing that
there is plenty of business for alL "More
than 30 capital industries have located
an tne ship channel in the Inst six years
and we showed tha people of Washington
that these industries have paid in income
and excess profits taxes more than the
entire cost of the project up to tbe pres-
ent time."
Tbe speaker showed that there al
ready was a 30-foot depth as far up as
Baytown which he said lett 21 miles
to he dredged to that depth and to
width of 250 feet.
"Kven now we are crowded for space
at the turning bssin" he said as he urged
me iieccBPjiy or uniieu acnon on .part ui
the citizens for the port bill.
Endorsing all that Colonel Ball had
said 11. C. Fullbright declared he was
satisfied that Houston is destined to be
the metropolis of the Southland that was
one of the reasons that caused him to
make this city his permanent home. He
said that the ship channel will be1 the de-
ciding factor in thia development and
believed it is of just as great interest
to the railroads serving Houston as to
the people and interests Here.
"Houston. Texas City aud Galveston
are the gateway to the mightiest empire
of the world and the large railway sys-
tems coming into this part of the coun-
try have already begun to lmve a vision
of the future that lies before them" he
said. Mr. Fulbrigbt in conclusion de
dared that the Houston Traffic club is
the logical organization to get behind the
movement for tbe resubmission of the
port hill and aid in pushing it to a suc-
cessful conclusion.
A. Kimbell who presided gave it as
tbe unanimous sentiment of the club that
the members' would do all in their power
to aid the resubmission plan it was
announced that Mayor Holcombe and tbe
executive committee of the Chamber of
Commerce would meet with the Traffic
club at an early date to go into this
matter more thoroughly.
G. O. P. Steering Committee
Given Another Conference
Dinner at White House
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON' Feb. 7 Another
White House dinner to consider the ad-
ministration's legislative program has
been arranged for Tuesday night with
members of the senate and bouse repub-
lican steering committee in attendance.
The conference it was assumed by
congressional leaders will follow along
the lines of that held several week ago.
at which an agreement was reached on
a number of mattera connected with the
legislative program.
Among the subjects which leaders con-
sidered would be discussed arc the sol-
dier bonus the tariff and possibly mat-
ters connected with the arms confer-
ence. Pershing Will Attend
Highway Convention
Associated Press Report
- HANNIBAL Mo. Feb. 7. General
John J. Pershing has accepted as invita-
tion to be an honor guest at the annnal
convention in Springfield lit on Feb-
. 1 a .1. . tii: ! .:-! f L.
Peak ocJan-to-ocean highway (Pershing
transport route) Harry A. Sebeidker of
TTanniKal Mrtsrv rf thm AmniutlAiL
WORK TO STOP ON
VESSELS DESTINED
FOR SCRAP HEAP
Arms Conference Treaties
Expected to Go to Senate
Last of Week
SPEEDY ACTION
IS REQUESTED
Harding Believes Army and
Navy Reductions Will '
Be Outcome
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Feb. 7. President
Harding will order suspended all work on
vessels now building which lira destined
for the scrap heap under the naval treaty
bat will issue no final order for discon-
tinuance of the work until the treaty is
actually ratified it wa. said Tuesday at
the White House.
The president it was stated already
has ordered suspension of work on addi-
tional fortifications on the Island of
Guam aud likewise further developments
under way in the Philippine islands tak-
ing his action In view of the clause of the
naval treaty fixing the status for those
Pacific islands of the United States.
The treaties resulting from the arms
conference it was said at the White
House are expected to be sent to the
senate the last . of this week although
(Cont'd on Pg. 2.)
HARDING OPPOSES
USE OF FOREIGN
BONDS FOR BONUS
Legislation Providing These
as Source of Revenue
v Not Likely
Associated " ;ss Report.
WASHINGTON Feb. 7. President
Harding Ms strongly against use of the
bonds of foreign debtor nations for the
payment of a soldiers' bonus it was
stated Tuesday at the White House.
Confidence was expressed that no com-
'"fT'-'ltfr rT1-l'I f""T0
bonds as a source of bonus revenuo would
be enacted by congress. - -
It was indicated that since passage of
the bonus legislation was expected prior
to the completion -of the foreign debt.
funding negotiations foreign bonds could
not be considered as a source of revenue
to meet the bonus payments.
The soldiers bonus would cost the fed
eral government approximately &!500.
000000 on the basis of estimates pro
pared for the house ways and means
committee by fiscal officers of the army
navy and marine corps.
This total is predicted upon the as
sumption that 50 per cent of the men who
served with the army and 75 per cent of
tnose wno saw service witn tne navy ana
marine corps will take cash.
Woman's Body Found .
In River Resembles
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Associated Press Report
WASHINGTON Feb. 7. Having
found a marked resemblance between
the features of a woman whose body
was found Monday in the Potomao
river and photographs cf Evelyn Nes-
bit Thaw forjner actress who was re-
cently reported to have disappeared
from her New York home Washington
police have asked police authorities of
New York to co-operate in efforts to
identify the body.
The body was found three miles be-
low the Seventh street wharf here and
is that of a stylishly attired ironiaii
about 30 years of age. . When discov-
ered it was floating in midstream par-
tially encased in ice and the author-
ities here believe it had been in the
river probably three weeks.
Police' expressed the belief that the
woman had fallen or jumped from one
of the bridges across the Potomao here.
A policeman first noticed the resem-
blance to thfi actress and. photographs
obtained from newspaper office
and theaters showed tbe likeness to be
more striking.
- While the local oolice were of the
opinion it was a vain due to the wo
man identity tbey decided neverthe-
less to ask the assistance of the New
York authorities.
Extension of Loan to
Farmers Is Recommenced
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Feb 7. Extension
to farmers of a $100000000 government
loan and revival of the United States
grain corporation were recommended as
agricultursl relief measures bv Iteniamin
C. Marsh managing director of the Farm
ers .National council testifying Tuesday
oeiore me senate agricultural committee.
Marion Minister Given
Agent's Post at Tangier
Associated Press Report
. WASHINGTON Feb. T. The Rev.
; 0Mh f IDiD' f Marion O.. was
.nominated by President Harding Tuesday
I Ia lu imh! imm1 mai Lt rp. :
CONFERENCE HERE
TODAY TO DISCUSS
NEED OF DRAINAGE
One Thousand People Ex-
pected to Attend Parley
at Auditorium
MANY EXPERTS TO
MAKE ADDRESSES
Delegates to Be Welcomed
by Mayor Federal En-
gineer Sought
Delegates from virtually every county
of the gulf coast section of the State
were arriving Tuesday night for the
drainage and reclamation conference
called by the Houston Chamber of Com-
merce which open at the city auditorium
at 10 a. ni. Wednesday for two days.
Agricultural experts from county
State and federal governments are here
for the conference.
1000 Expected.
Fully 1000 are expected to attend the
congress including a large representation
from Harris county. All citiscus inter-
ested in drainage are urged to attend.
Mayor Holcombe will open the con-
ference at 10 a. m. with an address of
welcome. The response will be made by
Judge J. B. l'eck county judge of Jeffer-
son county. D. W. Michaux president
of the Chamber of Commerce will pre-
sent the proposition to call upoa the fed-
eral government for the assignment of
an engineer to make a survey of the gulf
coast territory. The desirability of cre-
ating a permanent organization in the
interest of the drainage for tbe agricul-
tural lands of the coastal section of the
State will be discussed by H. U. Haines.
Perfection of this organisation is expect-
ed to be an outcome of the conference.
Recommendations of the engineer if
the government appoints one to make the
survey will be adopted aa program for
the proposed permanent organization it
was announced.
Purpose of Parley.
Maximum production ot agricultural
products improved health conditions
better highways easier money and more
prosperous towns and cities will be the
by-products of a proper drainage system
in the coastal section of Texis accord-
ing to the Chamber of Commerce.
Specialists of prominence have been
obtained to talk to the delegates on the
value of bi-nrodurts of drainage. E. B.
Reynolds of the Texas exoeriment sta
tion service of A. and M. college will
tell o(.tbt influence ot drainage- crop
yicTili.
The health factor in the operation of
proper n ramose win oe aiseussea oy ur
J. H. Florence State health officer and
Dr. J. A. 1 Prince sanitary engineer
with the United State Public Health
Service.
Effect of drainage on public highways
will be touched upon by W. B. I.anham.
assistant director of the extension serv
ice of A .nd M. college.
"Bank Loans and Drainage" will be
the subject of an address b C. H. E.
Holland chairman of the" agricultural
committee of the Texas Bankers asso
.1 r...i.n if a T :..)..... ...
. u 1 1 1 1 ' n 1111 il 11 M . I ). 41. uiuuntj. frai-
dent of the Houston Commercial National
bank. Practical results of draiLag ope
rated on a large scale and the effect it
has on the general welfare of both urban
and rural communities aa demonstrated
iu I ho Jefferson and Sugar Laud proj
erts will be discussed bv representa
tives from tbose communities.
Parliament Opens; Premier
Tied Up With Irish Crisis
Associated Press Report
LONDON" Feb. 7. The critical stage
which the Irish negotiations have reached
prevented Prime Minister Lloyd George
and Austen Chamberlain government
leader in the house of commons from
attending the 'opening of parliament
Tuesday.
Arthur Griffith president of the dail
eireann was in conference with the prime
minister and Mr. Chamberlain at tbe
prime ruinistor'a residence while the royal
procession was passing through White
hall.
Referring to the recent unsuccessful
meeting of Sir James Craig the Ulster
premier and Michael Collins of tbe Irish
provisional government the prime minis
ter said:
"Don't let us rush In at the first ouar
rel to take sides. The boundary nues
tion will only be considered after the
constitution lias been framed and incor
po rated in an act of parliament. The
fovernment is prepared to stand or fall
y the treaty."
Curci Asks Annulment
Of His first Marriage
Associated Press Report
CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Luigi Curd di
vorced husband of Mme. Amelita Galli-
Curci the Chicago and Metropolitan
opera company star has petitioned the
pspal tribunal at Rome to annul his mar-
riacc to the diva according to word re
ceived here Tuesday.
Mme. Galli-Curci who divorced her
first husband here two year ago is now
tbe wife of Homert Ramnels of Minne-
apolis her pianist. Curci remarried on
July 2 of last year when he took Miss
Wanda Tinndelli. daughter of A. 1'. Ti-
rindelli of the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music as his bride. They ssiled for
Kerne the following day announcing they
would be abroad for two years.
Missourians Present
Sachs for Hays Place
Associated Preas Report.
WASHINGTON Feb". 7. Tbe aame
of William Sachs of St Louis aa a suc-
cessor to Will Hays as postmaster gen-
eral was presented to President Harding
Tuesday by Senstor Spencer of Missouri
Maror Henry Kiel of St Louis and a
delegation ef Missouri republicans. .
i-sauonai rresident
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Of Life Underwriters
To Speak Herc.Today
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JOHN L. SHUFF.
JOHN L. SHUFF
TO BE GUEST OF
HONOR ATMEETING
Convention Will Open at
Rice Hotel at 2 P. M.
Today
John L. Shuff president of the National
Association of Life Underwriters will ar
rive in Houston at 7:45 a. m. Wednesday
to attend a convention of the South Texas
Association of Life Underwriters called
in his honor to open at the Rice hotel at
2 o'clock Tuesday. It is expected that
100 representative from the South Texas
district will be present at the salea con
vention at which Mr. Shuff will be the
principal speaker.
- In addition to Mr. Shuff other impor-
tant speakers on the program will be T.
W. Vardell of Dallas Judge S. A. Llnd-
sey of Houston who will speak on "Life
Insurance and Credit Ratings' and Fred
T. Wilson of Houston whose subject will
be "Life insurance as a Community As
set."
Mr. SiruS In coming here includes
Houston as one of the cities which he is
visiting on his annual tour of inspection
lie will be here one day only. He will be
the principal speaker at the Klwanls club
luncheon at tut Rice hotel Tuesday at
neon.
DETECTIVES GUARD
HOME OF ACTRESS
FRIEND OF TAYLOR
Nevada Suspect Explains
Movement and Is
Released
Associated Press Report.
LOS ANGELES Cal. Feb. 7. Sheriff
Harris of Elko Ncv. telephoned to the
police department here that the man at
Carlin Nev. thought to be Edward F.
Sands wanted In connection with tbe
killing of William Desmond Taylor mo-
tion picture director here was not Sands
and has given a satisfactory account of
his movements which dissolved all sus-
picion. The sheriff s office which has been
conducting an independent investigation
into the murder of Taylor which it was
previously made known was on the
theory of a woman involved announced
an arrest would be made and .that it
would not be Sands.
The home of Mary Miles Minter was
under a heavy guard of private detectives
Tuesday and none save thora with offi-
cial permission were permitted to enter
the grounds or residence. No explanation
of their presence was made by the de
tectives who maintained silence when
questioned as to the purpose or by whom
they were detailed to guard the place.
An attorney for Miss Minter announced
she had gone into exclusion and the resi
dence was guarded by friends at the re-
quest of the family to insure privacy.
The attorney said in connection with a
letter published Tuesday as from Miss
Minter to Taylor that it is possible the
motion picture actress may imue a state
ment. .
Proposed Rates on Coffee
r rom Galveston Suspended
Associated Press Report.
GALVESTON Texas Feb. 7. Notice
was received by the Galveston Commer-
cial association Tuesday that the inter-
state commerce commission had issued
an order suspending proposed rate on
coffee from Galveston and New Orleans
from February 0 to June li.
The rates which were to have become
effective February- were protested by
the local commercial organisation on the
ground that they Vers discriminatory
against the port of Galveston.
Fersjalata Theater Plaaa.
Houston Post Special.
CT'ERO. Texas Feb 7. liana for the
erection of a new $230) theater -in
Cuero are under way.
A deal was consummated this week for
tbe site and construction is expected te
begin on tha new nlavhenn within a few
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CATHOLICS CABLE
:FEUCITATIOIlS TO
newly iiaued ro;;;
Delegates From All parts c
I State Here for Council
Convention
SCHOLARSHIPS "$M
ARE PRESENTED
Today's Session Will Open
With Requiem Mass at
St. Patrick's Church -
Felicitations cabled to Pop Pius XI
announcement by Matthew. Schumacher
president of St Edward's college at Aus-
tin of tha gift of scholarship! amounting
to $-1000 yearly and matin? provision for
the assistance of old members was part
of the work done by Catholje Knights of
America at their nineteenth s biennial
State count il contention which met for
the first of their two-day session in
Houston Tuesday "
Men and women delegate Came from
every branch in Texas for the meeting
which opened with mass at St Patrick's:
church at 0 a. m. and closed after a Jay
of business sessions with initiation of
1G0 candidates followed by a dinner and
a dance at tha Knights ot Columbus hall.
The first act of business after the ad-
dress of welcome at tha morning session
was unanimous resolution to lend a
cable to. tha new pope.... Tha afternoon
session passed upon the final wording and
the message was sent a follows: -
"To Ms Holinesv Popa Pfas XI: '
"Nineteenth biennial Texaa State coun-
cil. Catholic Knights of America sjtem-'
bled ra Houston extends felicitations and
loyalty and implore your papal buss-
ing. . ' ..'-.!.;;'-'
"j. p. Mcknight .
"State President Catholic Knights of
America." t''';"'
Scholarship Off trad. !
Matthew Schumacher C. S. C presi-
dent of St. Edward's college la Austin
surprised the meeting with the generous
offer of a high school and a college schol-
arship to each of tha 30 branches at the
Catholic Knights of America in tfexas.
Houston with four branches will be able
to send eight students to .the College '
yearly. .
The scholarships amount to $100 tak-
en from the tuition ot college students
and 30 from the tuition ot high school .
students. 'r Father . Schumacher . toik o.- .
caption at the time of the offer to ak
a very short address an the nubject of
education. Tbe scholarships will b etn
to all those attending Catdolic sdiooh.
whether or not members of that church.
Bishop Christopher B. Byrne spoke
for a few moments on education and the
press. Most of the afternoon session
was taken un with routine business-and
an cffqrt to devise methods to assist aid :
members of the Knights.
A. J. Rohllng of Dallas branch No. 70
was elected permanent secretary.
Tuesday's session will apen 'with
requiem mass tor oeceasea memoers av
8 a. m. at St. Patrick's church. Dr. Fa-
lit Gaudcn o New Orleans La. supreme -president
of the organization win make
the address at the morning session.
Rev. Matthew Schumacher will pk
at the luncheon at tbe Bender loa
afternoon session will be taken up vlth
unfinished business. -y f1 '
High Mai In Moraiag. "
High mass at St. Patrlck'a church at
0:30 a. m. opened the session whejx bct-
ernl hundred friends and member wtre
present In addition to the 70 out af town
delegates. Rev. Bernard Lea wa eele
brant of the l fass. Rt RevrCbrlatapher
E. Byrne bishop of Galveston In 4ev
ft. . . . ..'.- --'
ermg the sermon saw: -
"The Catholics of America should take
s leading part in the affair of the com-
munity. They should bring Catholic
swsy from their habits of isolation.
"Much of tha misunderstanding F
. n f ...
which uaiuoiica compiain w. uu m
large measure to the fact that thef
not participate sufficiently In th public
affairs of the community in which they
live." he continued. . -": "V'::"j
"When members of the various re-
ligious organization work together for
the same c'.vic Improvement and forth
same various things th community need
there is bound to spring np betUr spirit ;
of understanding" the bishop aid.- f - i :
"Various mlsrepresentationa and al. .'
umnies are easy of belief about stringers
but a person will not belicv then about ' '
the person with whom he la working and
whom he considers a close acquaintance.
. Op? Claaatth. .
"As long as Catholic stand en side
in clannish spirit and do not some Into
close contact with ' their neighbor of '
other denomination it is easy Cor the-
troublemaker to stir np dissension ill-
feeling." The business session opened at 11:30
a. m. at the Bender hotel with Maya Os-
car F. Holcombe making tha addresa of
welcome. The mayor said that the after-
math of the war which has brought dis-
sension among th people of th work!
even arousing some to question tb God-
given rights of man t worship God ac-
cording to the dictate of their hearts i
about over. He declared that Ue tii
for uniting in brotherly love and the spi-
of tolerance is at hand. In coming to t
subject of lb meting Uayor lioKv
said: - . " 1 : - -; - .
"Fraternal organizationa ' next
' v V s (Twa Over.).- '
5."
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