The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 198, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1922 Page: 1 of 18
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Total Talue 15J49
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American
Will Fight
Bonus Is
- Report Recommending This Policy Passed Unani-
- j-mously by .Convention No Criticism Made of
y President Harding s Veto of rrevious Bill
1 United Presa Report.
NEWJORLEANS L. Oct 18.
- -today instructed its national ofneera to continue the fight tor the ad
" ' tnatAil rnmnnnnntinn hill lintil it is enacted into law.
The convention aaopiea unanimously ana wunouc aeoate a joini
Vn..- ; . .. .... J t.alu J '
' i v report 01 kb resoiunon uiu iokid-i-.
- lauve committees recommenaing
- ' this policy.
-1 .No criticism of President Harding or
' ' "'the administration for killing' the pre--.
vious bonus bill was made. The New
: tton.
. The committee on naval affairs will
: demand Increase In the personnel of
- the navy from 14000 to 105.000 lmme-
dlately. A threat of political action is
: - made if congress fails.'
' Law Would Draft Citizens.
; ' " The resolution to be offered by the
military affairs committee proposes a
. law authorizing ine yresiaent to araii
members of the "unorganised mll-
Itia" cltisens as he deems necessary
- "without exemption on account of in-
'" dustrlal occupation." when there is
an emergency.
i i In a supplemental resolution the
.. Legion went on record lit opposition to
' v the pension system as suggested by
President Harding as a substitute for
the bonus.
The bonus resolution read In part:'
: . "After careful consideration by this
. ' convention of all the arguments ad-
r . "Vanced in opposition to this measure
" Including the letters of the secretary
-: of the treasury the address of the
v president to congress in 1911 and the
C message of the president to congress
-. imtmiunvlnv hla VAtn aftAt this lirla-
tr- latlon had been passed by the senate
and hv th hniiMA. wa atlll ftrmlv h
Here in the justice the fairness and
the Immediate necessity of adjusted
j compensation legislation; now there-
'".-r fore be It
"Resolved. That we the American
Legion at the fourth annual conven
tion assembled do reaffirm our belief
in the American Legion-plan for ad.
' Justed compensation with full confi
dence of the support oPthe American
people and we do now Instruct the
newly elected national commander.
-ectb national executive committee and
th njitlnal IpoifdatlvA mmmittM tn
j- continue the fight for thla legislation
- until it haa been enacted Into law.
" Argument "Insincere."
) The nearest approach to criticism of
( the president was in the supplemental
' - resolution which characterised as "In-
... sincere" the argument tTie bonus would
- ' fall because it did not carry taxation
; provisions.
' The rehabilitation committee tn its
. . - nounce Brigadier General Sawyer for
alleged Interference with "hospitalise
tion program" aa had been expected.
length of time a controversy between
the Lesion and certain hluli officials
s of the United States government"
-said the report which was signed by
A A. Prague of Chicago. "I am very
happy to say that these difficulties
(htm tx.n nMt1d and I hoM that
haxmnnv will Axiitt tn th future. Such
w ' ' controversies never hurt either party
- . to the battle for unfortunately they
.. never get settled In me squareu ring.
I C . but hurt only the ones being fought
x about and therefore should be avoided
conscientiously and sincerely.
Basis of Honor.
"This settlement Was on the basis
v of an honest and sincere promise to
. belp In the carrying out of the pro-
. gram outlined by the medical con
aultants and advocated by the Legion.'
The principal objective of the com
-.. mUtee Sprague raid has been the
construction of hospitals.
"Pressure has been continuously
t brought to speed up the hospitals al
ready allocated and ordered built" he
; s said.
. "The most crying need has been and
stIU ia for a sufficient number of beds
' (or mental cases and this the Legion
jt must tirelessly and consistently follow
.".. up unill iiiey nKvv uceu iiiuviucu.
The bureau nas a spienaia pro
gram tor training both medical per-
1. sonnel and nurses for these hospitals
; and the Legtoiv should give every as.
slttance In making possible this splen
' did plan."
W&ther Forecast
- Houiton and Vicinity Thursday partly
cloudy: wsrmer. .
Lut Ttxat Thuridty partly cloudy
warmer. .
. Vittt Texaa Thursday fair: warmer
Oklahoma Thursday fair; naihg -teiti
Winds on the Texas Coast Moderate
' pressure noted Tuesday mornjng has drifted
' V sootheastwird and has caused much colder
v. weather in tlie- western cotton belt and "
weaioer uonaiiioni i nc arc i
' districts east of the Mississippi river.
lh rnttnn hrtt liffht froat was reD(
from'The Texas Panhandle eastward to east
era Tennessee. The pressure is low over
Honda and ram has been general alone; me
eastern ouit ana soutn Atianuc coaso-
Thr were alao liaht raina over a narrow
hell extending from the lower Pecos vley
in Texas northeastward to northern Louisi-
ana. Elsewhere the weather has been fair
since last report.
Temperatures are welt below the seasonal
- in Texas with lowest last niaht
. ransins from 38 degrees at Amarillo to 60
"vat nrownsvine.
"' llihwaf Bulletin Dirt roads are heavy
. In northeastern Texas but elsewhere are id
fair condition. .....
Terarverstiire extremes and nrecinitatiqn
l Un.nr mi for the z4 hours ended Oct. 18
Maximum 84; minimum 64; no precipiu
lion .. - '
. Atmospheric pressure at Houston at
' a. in. S0.10. sea level reaains
in. v.iv. k is.j iv--...-.
Sunrise 1:27 a. m.: sunset :!.
'Moonrise 6:13 a. mmoonset 6:25 p. m
! K ' J.enth of day 1. hours.
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Lesion
Passed
The American Legion convention
BRITISH PROTEST
IS PRESENTED T(
OFFICIALS OF U.S.
'incipal Complaint I s
Based on Seizure of
Schooner
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 18.-A protest
against continued seizure of British
vessels by prohibition agents operat-
ing outside the three-mile limit was
presented to the Btate department to-
day on behalf of the British govern-
ment. The British complaint Is understood
to have been based principally on the
case of the schooner Emerald of Can-
adian registry which is said In advices
reaching British officials to have been
searched on Monday by the American
prohibition navy off the New Jersey
coast more than eight miles from
land.
When President Harding's cabinet
recently decided that prohibition en-
forcement against ships should stop at
the three-mile limit except In the
case of vessels In communication with
the shore by use of their small boats
their embassy officials are said to
have gained the Impression that no
more foreign ships outside this limit
were" to be molested until the whole
question had been settled ii the courts.
In the case of the Emerald however
a dear violation of the new enforce-
ment policy. A feeling of Impatience
over the situation is understood to
have been manifest in the British pro-
test which was coupled with a request
that an explanation be furnished aa
soon as all the facts can be ascer-
tained. From the British viewpoint it is em
phasised a continuance of seizures out-
side of territorial waters Is particu-
larly objectionable coming on the heels
of the recent British note declining
flatly to adopt Secretary Hugres' sug-
gestion for an extension of the Juris-
diction of the prohibition navy beyond
the marginal line. 1
Scout Saves 12
On Burning Ship
Associated Press Report.' -
LOS ANGELES Oct. II. Roland
Bolgiano of Baltimore Mo.. IS years
old. second electrician of the steamer
City off-Honolulu Is credited with sav
ing the lives of 12 passengers when
that liner caught Are at sea last Thurs-
day. He and Fred Little IS a mess
boy worked shoulder to shoulder
when the fire was discovered and ac
cording to the ship's doctor were dl
rectly responsible for getting many
passengers safely from the flreawept
vessel to the lifeboats. '
Complimented on their arrival here
the boys explained it all with "Oh we
were trained aa boy scouts."
FRENCH-RUSSIAN
. PACT FORECAST
United Press Report
PARIS. Oct. 18. Alliance between
Soviet Russia and France was forecast
here today. From all Indications both
in the French press and In semi-offi
cial circles it was believer that Pre
mier Polncare has opened the way for
the renewal of relations with the gov-
ernment of Lenlne which he has op-
posed for nearly two years.
This was disclosed upon the return
of Edouard Herrlot mayor of Lyons
and the radical socialist leader In the
chamber of deputies from Soviet Rus-
sia where he haa been negotiating
with the soviet leaders presumably
with a Franco-Russian alliance In
vlow.
H
Cattle Movement From
Dry Sections tarts
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M Oct. X -The
movement of cattle tTomTuT.
stricken sections of New Mexico to
Mexico has begun. Stock men near
the border are driving the ' cattle
through while further north near Mag-
dalene empty) stock . cars are being
loaded as' fast aa they arrive..
Mora than 1M.0O0 cattle wilt ' be
moved according o W. R. Moriey of
Magdalene who represented the War
Finance Corporation Ur arranging de-
tails for the transfer to Mexico.) Mr.
Moriey lort today for Chihuahua 'City
where i.li other representatives ot
the Wnr Finance Corporation the de-
tails cf the leasing of the (rasing land
lii Muxloo will be. completed. He said
-' force of at least 200 American cow
boy would accompany the: cattle 'to
Mexico -and remain as guards ot the
herdA .-? : . ' 1 4 - ..
TIME RECKONING -
IS' ROMANCE IN
4HST0RY OF MAN
Cotsworth Tells Story of
Evolution of Cal-
endar PYRAMID WAS
HUGE SUN DIAL
Associated Press Itcport.
WASHINGTON. Oct- 1$. The evo-
lution of the calendar from the days
when men could count only from day
to day through the -time when the
lunar month was reckoned as a "year
to the present time of an almost uni-
versally used time counting system is
romance of the history of man.
Piecing together the few known facts
of the calendar's life story scientists
have found different Interpretations
and uses for well known facts and re
mains of early life.
For instance according to Moses B.
Cotsworth writing In a recent publl
cation of the Pan American Union the
well known Egyptian pyramids were
not erected by early monarchs of that
realm as monuments to their great
neas nor as tombs for their bodies; but
were huge dials with the aid of which
the yearly precession of the jsqukioxes
was discovered and the calendar de
vised. " '
The pyramids were constructed by
mathematicians and astronomers. Mr
Cotsworth holds. The srze height and
slopes of each being built at a differ
ent period until the last was found to
be the more nearly perfect for study
ing the sun and stars on the merldan
of Egypt. Not until each was a ban
doned for a better he claims was a
pyramid given over to the uses of
royal tomb.
Washington Monument.
The pyramidal form in conjunction
with the obelisk was devised to cast
x shadow of sufficient sharpness to be
measured and analysed day by day
The wonderful Washington monument
at Washington D. C. which shadow
measurements found to be constructed
(Continued on Page 10.)
LIVE STOCK RATES
to be fixed; BY
RATE COMMISSION
Status of Kansas City
Market Will Be Es-
tablished WASHINGTON Oct. 18. Equitable
livestock rates on the -Kansas -City
market will be determined by the
packers and stockyards admlnisixa
tlon in accordance with a mutual
agreement between livestock assocla
tlon. representing complainant
against the present rates and rep
reaentatlves of the livestock exchange
to voluntarily submit the question to
the administration for decision and
abide by the result.
In announcing the decision of the
government today Chester Morrill
assistant to the secretary of agrlcul
ture and in charge of the packers and
stockyards administration said the
agreement had been characterised by
Interests involved as great step for
ward In the cattle Industry and the
administration was pleased that the
question should have been volutartly
submitted.
Complaints against commission
rates charged on the Fort Worth
Omaha Chicago St. Paul and Port-
land. Oregon markets also . have
reached the -administration.
A conference between representa-
tives ot the administration snd rep-
resentatives of the' livestock associa-
tions and livestock exchange recent-
ly at Kansas City resulted In a pro-
posal of the exchange to volutartly
submit the question to decisloa of the
administration without formal hear-
ings. -The government Insisted such
action should be unanimous and that
the assent of all associations Includ-
ing those not represented at the con-
ference was necessary. Assent of all
associations concerned now has been
giver and the question will be deter-
mined by O. M. Dagger In charge of
the administration's division and How.
ard Mv Gore In charge of the trade
practice division.
Lyceum 's Growth
To Be Observed
COLUMBUS Ohio. Oct. IS. Com-
memorating tho. fiftieth anniversary ot
the founding of the Chautauqua Insti-
tution In New York. Lorado Taft Chl-
teago sculptor has been authorised by
the International Lyceum and Chautu-
qua association to prepare a suitable
statue depleting the origin growth and
purpose of the organisation.
Supplementing this recognition of
the movement founded in 1ST by
Bishop John H. Vincent of the Meth-
odist church and Lewis Miller an Ohio
manufacturer Cliautauqa' lecturers
next season will unite In devoting at-
tention te observance of the seinl:
centennial.
Chautauqua Institution of which
Arthur H. Bestor i president lias In-
itiated three movements In the educa-
tional ' world.'1 It ' is pointed ' out the
summer assembly the summer school
anrjjthe heme' reading circle. From
the summer assembly 'has come more
than 10.0M circuit Chautauquae. .
At the end of the first IS years the
reeding circle enrollment was 100000
students among them being the late
Elbert Hubbard and Thomas A. Edi-
son. - The latter while ctudyinc at New
York met and married.. Mr. Miller's
daughter V.V. ii 4''.'-:V.?'.'- V
The modern circuit Coautauqua was
originated b Keith Vawter Cedar
HARPING
NATION'S FARMERS
SUBSTANTIAL HELP
United Press Report.
WASHINGTON Oct. 18. Predicting
a new era of activity and prosperity
for the United States" President
Harding today promised the nation's
farmers that they would be among the
first in that new era to get "the sub-
stantial recognition" which they must
have. '
The president's promise coupled
with a statement that the Harding ad
ministration nas aireaay uono mum
for the farmer in helping restore pricea
ind markets was read to a farmers'
rathering at Washington Court House
Ohio this afternoon by Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace.
Harding said prices for farm prod
ucts are still too low. it Is apparent
he said "that the farmer Is not beliift
adequately compensated. The Wash
ington administration has recognized
this condition and has done everything
n its power to restore normal balance
oeUveen prices and costs of produc
tion. A great deal has been accom
plished and I am glad to say that the
trend is strongly toward better condi
tions for the farmer.
The president predicted that the
American farmers never would unite
on a program of decreased production.
such as has been threatened recently
by some farmer leaders.
After praising Secretary Wallace
ind the agriculture department for the
lelp given the agricultural industry
ihe president wrote:
The other day a farmer said to me
that the farmers could themselves re
habilitate agriculture very promptly
If they would Just unite on a prognui
of reduced production. I replied that
the fanners would never unite on such
program because of the peculiar eco
nomic circumstances of their industry.
Kvcry farm Is an economic entity by
itself. Every farmer is a captain of
industry. The elimination of compe
FARMERS HELPED
BY G.O. P. CONGRESS
WALLACE ASSERTS
Secretary of Agriculture
Reviews Work of Ad
ministration
Associated. Press Report-
WA8UINOTON COURT H0U8E
Ohio Oct. IS. What the Harfllnf ad-
ministration and the republican Won-
jress hare done for the farmer was
reviewed In a speech here tonight by
Secretory Wallace of the ' agriculture
department who declared that for the
past IS months the energies of the
federal government have been so di-
rected ns to give the fullest possible
measure of relief from the previous
period of agricultural depression.
Much remains to be done the sec-
retary said including the attainment
of higher prices and lower freight rates
for farm products but he asserted that
the worst of the farmer's hour ot trial
was over and that conditions every
where are bound to continue look
ing up.
Among the legislative enactments
of the Inst congress the speaker enu
merated these eight as of "malor lm
nortnnce" to the farming Industry:
"The emergency tariff.
"The war finance corporation act.
"Increased capital of the farm land
banks.
"Modified Interest rate on bonds of
lolnt stock land banks.
"Agricultural representation on Fed
eral Reserve board.
"Packers and stock yards act.
"Grain futures act.
"The act to protect farmers' co
operative associations from improper
!rosecutlon. "
Rate Adjustments.
Among the things which remain to
be accomplished. Mr. Wallace said arc
a readjustment of ' freight rates and
some arrangement by which the neces
ry industries will not be Interrupted
by disputes between labor and capltul
"Freight rrtes on farm product -
pnust le brought down" he salt!
"withpif. Impairing In any way thi
efficiency of the transportation ser
vice.
"Some way must be found to put :i
nop to these constantly recurring dis-
putes between capital and labor which
Interfere with or suspend for a time
he free functioning of 'necessary In-
dustries such as transportation anrl
eoai mining. Being both capitalists
md laborers farmers can understand
and sympathize with the Just and layr
ful aspirations of both capital and
labor. The right of capital to organize
has long been recognised s neeesstry
to the conduct of large business en-
terprises. The right of the taborlnc
men to quit work Is inalienable. The
right to work Is equally sacred'. The
right of worklngmeft to organtre and
!pht to quit work do not carry with
them the right to interfere with ethers
who want to work nor do they Include
permission to conspire. -through or-
Tamratlons "or otherwise and tie up
'ndurtrles .which are necessary to the
life of the people. Interference with
'rartFportatlon Is a direct attack ip
upon
'ho farmer and his family" '
.Some Things Accomplished.
Reminding his heaters that recom-
mendations already had been made to
"ongrcss for solution of some of Ihe
remaining Industrial and agrlrulturAl
problems but not yet acted upon the
secretary continued:
. "Take It all in all. I think It Is fair
!o say that during the past IS months
the; needs of agriculture bolts tempo-
rary and permanent have hail we
sympathetic and intelligent considera-
tion at the trends cf congress than
during any other similar period In our
entire history. The legislation has
been constructive and wlll.be endurlnc
n It benefit. Nr cm H be termed
'n any Sense legislation for the bene-
fits of a' class to the injury or at trie
sxnens. o"t any othw group. ' It will
heln all classes. i " . ;
"Fur the past etgAteen month the
resetxcea of the department of atrrl-
cum re ran own uuiwsxi re jae nin.
. ' -v. - i . . : i' . ' .
PROMISES
titlon among them would be Impossible
without sacrificing that fine individ-
ualism that still tkeeps the farm the
real reservoir frorn which the nation
draws so many of the finest element.
of its cltisenship. Moreover it would
be a calamity If the farmers should
unite in such a diminution of produc-
tion as would force famine prices or
something approximate to them. The
world ran get along without a good
many other things but It can not get
along without the products of the
farm.
"It Is a rather .striking fact that
imons the world's Industries that A
agriculture has been most rapidly re
habilitated since- the war. . The crop
statistics of the world for the past two
seasons sre proof of this. We may
attribute it to that-very individualism
md self-sufficiency of the farmer to
which I have referred. Agricultural
production Is very nearly restored
taking the world as a whole; but a en
cultural prices are so low that It is
npparent to all of us the farmer Is not
being adequately compensated. The
Washington administration has recog
nlzed this condrtssti and has done
everything tn its power u restore
normal balance between prices ' and
-osts of production. A great deal n
been accomplished and I am glad to
ray that the trend Is strongly toward
better conditions for. the farmer. He
has been the leader in tho difficult
task of bringing the whole Industrial
world back to normal conditions pnd
that contribution Is everywhere recog
nized. Our own country as evidenced
by every index of Business end com
merclal conditions. Is on tlte way now
to a'ffew era of activity and prosper
ity. In thst new era we can feel very
ure mat in farmer will be among
'he first to get substantial recognition
which he needs and must have for
'mat ne nas oone to make these I in
proved circumstances possible."
Findings in C-2
Probe May Tell
Fate of Dirigible
Board Making Investigation;
Injured On Way to
Recovery
Associated Press Report. '
SAN AJJtjlOKO. Texaa. Oct 18-
Fiudlng and recemendation which
4-ate ercTd la have imsarSeat-bearing
on the future construction of dirigibles
are looked for from the board Of of.
fleers appointed to Investigate the
cause ot the C-2 disaster at Brooks
Field Tuesday morning in which eight
persons were injured and three escaped
unhurt.
The board consisting of Lieutenant
Colonel A. O. Fisher Captain G. W.
insMcIntire and Lieutenant Don L.
Hutchlna.
The board consisting of Lieutenant
Colonel. A. G. Fisher Captain G: W
Mclntire and Lieutenant Don L. Hut
chins is in session at the field Wed
nesday taking testlmoney from survl
vers of the wreck and for officers and
men who saw the accident.
AH of the passengers and crew who
were hurt are improving and will be
back to duty within a few dai s. None
of them are seriously hurt.
The Immediate cause of the dirigible
collapsing was what is believed to be
a fault in the fabric in the particular
place where the lead guide rope was
fastened. The wind added to the ten
sion and when at least a square yard
ot the fabric parted there was ho hope
of saving the ship.
The cause of the fire which con
. jrned practically the entire under
structure of the C-2 has not been fixed
but the board in investigating this.
The gasoline which poured from the
broken tanks however was the chief
cause of the flames as the hydrogen
. had practically all escaped wher. in
explosion occured.
Major H. A. Strauss commander on
the C-2 testified before the board tell
ing of efforts made by the ground
crews to keep the ship from whipping
about tn the air. The commander had
ordered that the ship be taken back
into the hangar just as the fabric on
he guide rope broke.
HULL OF BURNED
STEALER IS SUNK
CnltcdPress Report.
ON BOARD TH ETUQ TAMORAO
Oct. 18. Waves of the Pacific roll
rythmlcally today 2400 fathoms over
tlie submerged hull of the liner City
t Honolulu gutted by tire and sunk
by gunfire.
The once luxurious steamer pro-
nounced a menace to navigation not
worth salvaging was sent to the bot-
tom by 25 shots from Ihe cannon of
the coast cutter Shawnee late yester-
day. Denison Martial Reign
Lifted; Port Law Invoked
AUSTIN Texas. Oct. 38. Martial
law will be lifted at Denison on Sat-
urday at ( p. in. and at the same time
the open port law will be invoked.
Thi Information was embodied in a
proclamation issued by Governor Neff
here Wednesday afternoon. He issued-
two proclamations one luting mar-
tial law and the other Invoking the
open port law. Under the ' open- port
law the rangers will be in charge and
these will be captained by Tom Hlc-
mnn. ; y
When the martial law Is lifted the
balance of the soldiers now stationed
there under command "of Cot Cbaa
W. Nltnon. wta depart for their re-
spective home station. The govern)
or gave no reason tor. lifting martial
law which haa beea a afreet since
July 1 other-. than Ao say - that he
bought the ranger coujd handle the
NEW YORK PLANS
GREATEST BRIDGE
EVER CONCEIVED
- - i '.- ..
'roposed North River
Structure to Surpass
Panama Canal
TO HAVE SINGLE
3000-FOOT SPAN
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Oct. 18. The pro-
osed North river bridge spanning the
Hudson from the center of New York
ity to Weehawken. N. J. will be with
its connections and terminals "the
most stupendous engineering work yet
undertaken surpassing in that respect
and also In final cost ' the Panama
cunal" ocsordlng to Representative
Kroest Ackerman of New Jersey. The
plans call for a single span of S0O0
feet without a single pier tn the river
hung on four Immense cables suspend
cd from terminal towers -68r. feet high.
or 130 feet higher than ihe famed
Washington monument In this city.
To Contain 450000 Tons Stsel.
The bridge will contain 450.000 tons
cf steel which Is twice as much as in
nil the five well known East river
bridges combined and which far ex
ceeds the tonnage of steel in all the
existing bridges spanning the Ohio
Missouri and Mississippi rivers com
bined.
The Hudson river bridge would con
tain more than 10 tlmcaj the tonnage
of the stupendous Quebec bridge in
Canada which is the longest span In
North America and which took 17
.'.Cars to build. It would contain 30
times ns much steel as there is in the
5reat Brooklyn bridge hailed for many
years as tne greatest worn of man.
tnd wbuld require 10 times the ton
uagc of steel In the Scotch bridge over
the Firth of Forth the largest steel
jrldge In the world.
These and other breatfc-tnking facts
oncernlng the proposed construction.
the authority for which is Included In
bill now pending before corigresr
are contained In Mr. Ackerman's re
marks printed in the Congressional
Record as a part of the record of de
iiate on the bill in the house of rep
(Cont'd on Pg. 4.)
SEAMAN TOHEAD
NEW INDUSTRIAL'
-BUREAHO
Pittsburg Engineer Wil
Assume Duties Here
i November 15
Roger J. Seaman of Pittsburgh. Pa.
willvjiead the newly-organised Indus
trial department of Houston's Cham
tier ofXCommerce it was announced
by officials Wednesday fie will be
gin active work November IS.
A dollar a year man during the war
Mr Seaman has had wide experience
in Industrial merchandising and ad
vertlslng affairs and he comes to
Houston from the Chamber of Cem
merce of Pittsburg where since 191
he has been manager of the trade and
Industrial bureau.
The appointment of Mr. Seaman
in line with the proposed expansion
program of the Houston chamber of
flclals said Wednesday.
During the war the new Industrie
head carried the title of assistant re
gional advisor to the war Industries
board maintaining headquarters
Pittsburg. Probably no other section
ot the United States furnished
much raw and finished material for
military use as the territory adjaccn
to Pittsburg.
Previous to the outbreak of hos
tllltles Mr. Seaman was a merchan
dleer and advertising specialist jot
inisDurg.
FIRST BUSINESS
CONGRESS OPENED
Associated Press Report.
' TWL6A. Okla.. Oct. lSV-The first
annual Southwestern business con-
gress opened here today with busi-
ness men bankers manufacturers
editors farmers and representatives
of other Interests tn attendance from
every part of Oklahoma and the four
neighboring States of Texas Arkansas.
Missouri and Kansas.
Robert L. Owen senior senator from
Oklahoma urged every cltlxen at the
congress to exert their every effort to
obtain' the kind of government that
will properly administer the people's
business. "The Government's Part- In
Business" was Ihe subject of his ad-
dress t
It Is eetimated that more than 20IHI
person are in attendance tpr the two
day sefcion of the congress.
Philippopolis Becomes
Great Refugee Center
' Associated Press Report.
PHILIPPOPOLIS. Bulgaria Oct. 18.
Within the last six days this city has
become a great refugee Center. The
flood of exiles from Eastern Thrace
suddenly began last Friday and since
Then the stream has been continuous.
The arrivals are. principally Arme-
nian who fled In panic .at the first
news ot the Impending return ot the
Turks. j l ' 1
The influx kppears likely to continue
for a considerable time but the plight
ot the outcast l dubious as no em-
ployment I available here the local
food stocks ar every low and the city
layalj-eady greatly congested with R as-
sist and other refugees. To new ar
rivals ate' being' forced to live In'-the
vn nun
Amendments
Five
To Be Submitted
At City Election
Measures Include Raising
Extension of City Limits to Take in Hermann
Park Creating Separate School Distric. . .'..
Mavor Holcombo late Wednesday set Decembar 18 as tho date ci. ; ?
v.hich voters will be called upon to pass on fire charter amendments. 4
Tho nrnnaaeri charter amendment! provide for: '
Raisin? salaries ot city commissioners from $2400 to $3000 yearly.
Authorizing thw-councU to fill a vacancy in tha city government t
a
DISTRICT. COURT
JURY TO DECIDE.
MAYFIELD CASE
Appeals Court Refuses to
Stay Injunction;-
' Staples Answers
Associated Press Report.
CORS1CANA Texas Oct. 1. With
ITie selection of a jury to hear the
petition of partisans of George E. B.
Peddy republican senatorial aspirant
seeking tq make the Injunction grant-
ed In district court against Secretary
of State Staples preventing cerlflca-
tlon of Eaiie B. Mayfleld as the demo
cratic nominee completeed taking ot
testimony in the case began late
Wednesday. Many witnesses are to be
heard and it is probable the case will
extend into late Thursday.
Interest in the senatorial fight re
turned to district court when the
fifth court of civil sppeals at Dallas
delayed decision on Mayfleld' motion
to stay proceedings until a decision
could be reached on the appeal. Late
Wednesday afternoon tne appellate
court denied the motion and Judge
Hawkins Scarbrough announced that
the case would be tried before the
Jury on Its merits. Plaintiffs are
.Charging that Mr. Mayfleld expended
more than 110.000 In hi campaign.
This exceed legal expenditure.
Secretary Staple filed an answer
to the allegations denying that Mr.
had violated h Jaw to- any
particular.;' ' i v .-
Th Ku Klua Klan Issue was inject
ed Into the bearing when attorneys for
the plain tla questioned veniremen as.
to their membership or interltlon of
amnauon wun me organisation ai
torneys for Mayfleld and Staple dH
not contest the point and those an
swering favorably to the klan war
excused without question as to legal
ity of procedure.
The jury wa accepted and sworn
in at S:30 p. m. The defense did not
use any of Its challenge. The plain
tiffs used six.
Hearing on making the Injunction
permanent follows interesting develop
ments in the controversy between Mr.
Mayfleld and Mr. Peddy. Secretary oC
Stat Staples In following an opinion
of Attorney General Keeling refuse..
to certify Mr. Peddy on the point of
law that the republican standard
bearer had not been nominated in i
primary as prescribed by Texas eicc
tlon laws.
Announcement had been made that
Mayfteld's name would be certified
but on the eve of sending out offlcia
ballots to the various counties the
temporary injunction was obtained
here. Hearing was set for October 16
bat was postponed that witnesses and
principals might attend hearing In
Dallas on the appeal filed by Attorney
General Keeling in behalf of Mr.
Staples.
Attorneys . for Mr. Staples severely
criticised partisans of Peddy at the
hearing In Dallas charging that they
had attempted to disrupt organised
government by seeking action In a dis
trict court. Attention was called to
the fact that If any dlscrepencles ex
tsted It was the duty of these men as
cltisens to call the attention of duly
named authorities to them and that
proper action could be taken.
The appeal now Is before the Dallas
court and a decision is expected about
Saturday
English Women
Enter Politics
Associated Press Report.
LONDON. Oct. U. The women fired
their first gun in the campaign for
Ihe general parllamcntar'y elections to
day by submitting a list of IS questions
to the candidates for parliament in tv
bye-electlon being held at NewT
This list of questions was prepared by
the National Union Societies for Equal
Cltisenship.
The Intention of the union Is to force
every candidato to go on record before
the election. Ono of the foremost ques
tions on the list demands an equa
moral standard tho abolishing ot the
present solicitation laws und the in-
suring of equality in the divorce laws.
Kqual pay for equal work equal prop
erty rights and equal franchise al3o
are listed in the demands.
Two Hurt in Wreck'
Near Savannah Ga.
United Press Report.
SAVANNAH. Ga Oct. lS.-Two
men are missing tn the wreck ot a
Savannah and Atlanta passenger train
at Springfield 28 mlies from her to-
day. - The train cauxht fire after the
wreck. . A relief train wa sent fforc
Savannah.. The wreck was said' to
have been caused by a washout. .
Ail line pc Communication. from
Salaries of Commissroners;
caused by death removal or resig-
nation. (The mayor is excepted.) -
Creating a separate school . district t
independent of the regular city admin- v:
Istratlon.
Payment of expenses of cMy prima- .
rM by candidates seeking office. .''
Extension of city limits to take in . .
Hermann park and a section north of "
the present city limits. ' V.. ; .
POLITICAL FEVER .
REACHES CRITICAL
STAGE IN ENGLAND
Much Speculation Over
Probable Action cf '
Today's Meeting
LONDON Oct. 18. The Prltlsh po
litical fever ha now reached . its
height and there I every indicativi
that the maximum temperature v. Ill
be maintained for some days. Every" .
body Is guessing as to when tho eriris
will pass and what turn It will tafco
but the answer is aa yet unreveale 1 '
and the future remain obscure nerd- a
Ing Thursday's unionist meeting at the
Carlton club which is expected to give .
the key to the problem.
One antl-coalitlon newspaper the.:.
Daily MaI1today attributes to Prime ' '
Minister Lloyd George the definite : '
statement that he will resign office if
the unionist meeting declare- against 1
Austen Chamberlain whose outspoken
adhesion to the premier has eroved .
strong opposition in th party ran!'.
Mr. Lloyd George's statement Is tsid .
to havebeea made nt a private meet-
14 ulflTl - ' i IIP 'II Jit mMirtrTii
and. ' sendee sertatTesrTJone of t ;e
paper nearest the premier hor anv
other confirms thl or professes . td '
know exactly what; pes?ed - at t'ln '
meeting although alt agree that Lloyd.
George receiveTene-al cordial sup
port. . '
Whether or not the premier r-.le
the declaration attributed to him .
some of the best informed political
correspondents believe he will reslifn if '
Mr. Chamberlain Is voted down at tha
Carlton club. It would then be to r
the king. In accordance with politi"-1!
precedent In thl country to Invite
the conservative party to try its hand
at forming a cabinet. . "
If on the contrary the meeting .v
Rives Mr. Chamberlain anything nn-
nroachlng strong support the prdmier 1
it Is reiterated will advise' the klni
to dissolve parliament and this bains .
done will aopeal to the country on a
coalition ticket. -
Thus if these prophets be correct. '
the dissolution of parliament seems -Imminent
In either case as it I not . .
supposed the conservatives could carry v
on without the prominent and. tried
leaders who would quit the govern-
ment with Chamberlain If he resigns.
K.Arriuns r.n- uuier reporia puousnea
v the morning papers is one to the
effect that the ministers started new.-'
efforts Tuesday to insure postpone-
ment of the general election .rmtli .
January prompte-l it Is said by fear '
of a complete split In the conservative
party. Such a contingency' however
seems almost Inevitable to the d:Fln
forested observer and one of the sur-
est prospects of the present ferment
seems to be a new alignment of per-"
ties which will obliterate some of '1
Hrltain's oldest political landmarks.
To a foreigner suddenly taking; his
Initial survey of the situation pcrs
haps one of the strangest features of ' "
the British crisis would be the com- "
paratlve absence from the columns of
the principal dally newspaper ofre- '
port on the activities of the labor
party notwithstanding the announced "
intention of that party to put. more'.'
than 400 candidates Into the electoral
field.
Labor certainly Is' mentioned hut
the space given the labor movement Is
trifling com bp red to that devoted to :
tho doings on the two older parties.
There Is no reason to suppose how-
ever that this refects the amount of '
Importance attaching to the industrlhl
attack on the various constituencies.
Pome of the political principles for
which labor is fighting were put sue-
rinctly bv the moderate labor leader.
Arthur Henderson. In a speech Tues-
day at Newport Mopmouthshir.
whrre there is a bye election today in
which labor will have the opportunity
of showing Its strength. .
In his address Mr. Henderson slid
Vbor reeks nntlonal financial reform .
on the principle of ability to pay and
would lighten the national debt by a
war debt redemption fund through a
'cvv on accumulated wealth beginning '
with all. fortunes exceeding 5000.
Labor alao declares war against pri-
vate Industrial enter or tse and advo-
cates . greater extension of collective j
responsibility. This especially applies
to such national services as the mines '
and railroads. . '
Democratization of comical Institu- 1
ttons. placing of the foreign policy of '
tho nation under 'the control of popu- 1
liu-ly- elected assemblies and Interna- i
tlonal" arbitration' were among the
other aim set forth by the labor
spokesman.
' OIRIGISLE FORCED DOWN. ..
PROCKVILLE. Ont Oct IS
Caught ln air pockets In heavy gale'
tho United. States na". ssaota'ne NC-S
en route-from Detroit to it base at '
Hiunaton Roads w; s 'forced to do-
-Tnd in. the BtLr.wrt nee today at
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