The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 65, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1923 Page: 1 of 18
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4jAbov ml bancs th td4ful alcbt
Hl hand' la on her &;;'-& . ' . ' ' I
I They -atn4' ia ooM .aoienan nl(ht
rtn- lne a. brtllianUr llshUd mom
Ht c la whlta and Urror atrieken.
I Hera a wllfut aeflant aiMl whtu with
" the aurftnc hnputae ot deatlay. .v
Ted mtnutea away on tfi Harrlabunr
road -a ' dracgl tailed : rooater crown
but tha woman doea aot (altar. ; . '.
v H plaada with Jwr. f '
Kba ahakea off bia .band - with I a
. seatura of loathlnc and takaa a stap
forward towajrd tba Hchtad roonu-
'v Ha pleada with bar. i 'f j
CryaU) llaaea of mooallalit qurrer
on. the treea above; aUr-diut flecka
the Illimitable rim f the Ineligible.
;Th. Whlohererneaa of the Abaoluta
-relcna preeminent. Bin i below
Peace above - Y -
The whip of the North wind tralta
a keen laab . npon a them Crriaet
sweep by. - rroet oreepa . upon tha
atone v Ilea cruelly along the papa-
Senate Continues Budget V; :J
: Lowering Program; Neff
Outlines Many New Bills
I-
Associated Preaa.epoirt. :
' "aUBTIK. Teaaa June t. Additional
. - reductions of 7.000 were made on the
-1 ' departmenUl appropriation' bill by the
-- - senate this mornlnc Under aeparatlon
i of the Insurance and banking depart-
yYamti however. $i700 waa added to
the bill. This leaves total reductions
thus far at 1117.000. . ' -
In line with the towaor's message
- ' three new bills were offered aa follows:
By Chirke. regulating truck and motor
. vehicle traffic and piecing auch Tinder
v auperrlsibn of the railroad commission;
' by Baugh amending the agricultural
nnandng act: by wooa. reappropnai-
lug unexpended balance of University
land acquisition fund.
- Submit Many Measures. "
Ten additional adhjecta and a num.
ber ef locar measures -were submitted
to the legislature for canalderatlon to-
day by Governor Neft'to a apodal mes-
aag. Included l the Vat of aubjects
i ;-TO BE EXECUTED
" Wife Will Med -Death
: WithHusbaodfCon-
. ' jFessed -Killer -
i V I' Assoc'laua Jtsss .Report" f .
I "- MOSCOW June t Vaslll Komaroff
convicted of tha murder of tt persons
-and bla wife as his accomplice were
aenUnced today to be shot within TI
hours. Neither betrayed any emotion
aa the sentence waa passed but there
waa loud applause from the crowd in
. the court room and cries that the sen-
tence should be carried Into effect lm-
- medlatly Instead of waiting Tl hours
t Komaroff waa alternately a tearful
and a.boastfut figure when placed on
' trial before a crowd that Jammed the
- polytechnic museum and overflowed
. into the street where troops were sta-
"X tloned to keep back the thousands f
curloua cithmna. " . '.' v . '
.' -. "Tou ; have my confession .why
' bother further ? Komaroff asked when
called to tha stand.' But with tha Rus-
sians' usual sense of tha dramatic
court officials the crowd and the JrU-
: oner (like settled "dpwp to witness the
' show.-' . 1
Komaroff cried th telling the story
. sf Ma eartx Ufa. He said ha bad gone
. ts work in the fields at tha age of U.
' Hd grinned boastfully when be told of
tha good times be had bad la hla later
. lira drinking ana carousing out raw
. ha wondered now why as had killed so
- anany people. - He stoutly asserted that
. hla wife bad nothing to do with the
murders. -
AUenlsts-testltlad that the defendant
waa sans. A verdict s . expected
. 'shortly. ' ' K -.
Even though ha killed M Komaroff
' would not be subject to the death pen.
' Jty under the soviet laws for ha did
' 'not commit robberies attended by vlo-
fence. Ordinary murder is punishable
' - with from three to tea years Imprison--
ment but a criminal may be shot if he
la adjudged a danger to society.' :
COLONEL SIUUOHS
TO VISIT BEA01I0NT
Meostoa Post.gpeelal. -
- BBArMONT. Texas -June f . Col-
onaL William Joseph Bbwaona em-
' peror of the Ka Klax Kbum waa ached.
uled to arrive in Beaumont Thursday
V morning but waa unavoidably de-
tatned. according; to local members at
the organisation. Hie -visit will be
. postponed unto June M according to
. present Information. '
' The parpose ot Colonel : fflinmors'
Ult waa work In tha Interest ot the
Kamella the womaa'a organ Uatlon ot
the Ku mux Klan tt waa announced.
I It waa expected that be would make
. . an addreaa hawever to local klanamea
and possibly ts) their famlliee though
It was considered ttetdty likely that the
general facile would be mrlteda v
Caleb A. Kldley former pastor ot the
First Baptist church wh has .been
rnnnected with Cokmel Blmmona In hla
Ku Klux Klsn activities aince the early
1 xtory of the erasnhtatloB arrived la
!inwntahure'!ay morning.-. v -."
0. HENRY
POST OF ZS TEARS ACQ.
neta. 'eDanalea and 'throwa beck
Arctio acintlUatlon the ' moon'a cbal
lenalnf rare.- ' i ' t
H pleada with bez. - . .
At. last aha turne. eonouerea. .
1 He baa refused ta treat her ?to
oyatera. 1 " .
. tuiim.ii' rib .
- The moat popular and bt .ioved
yoahc lady In the -United Statea ia
Mlas Annie: Williams of Philadelphia.
Her Dlcture la poaaeaaed by mora men
and la mora eagerly aoofht after than
that of Lillian Rusoell Mru Xanatry
or any-other fatnoae beauty. : : -
There Is more demand for bar pis
turea than - for tha . counterfeit i
eeatinenta of all the (amoua men aad
women ia the world combined And
yet - aha la a mod set cbarnrtng and
rather retlrlnf youn lady with a face
leaa beautiful than It 1 remarkable for
a clear and class! outline.
Miss Williams la soon ta be mar.
ried. but it la expected that tha strut
k-le for her. pictures will to pa as us-
ual. ;-.
She li the lady tha profile of whose
face served aa the model fof tha bead
of Liberty on our sliver dollar
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Is the headlight bin track and motor
rehlcle regualtlons and State Illiteracy
commission.. ' "
.. .nthentonlca aUMnltted were:
Teaching State and federal constitu-
tion ta schools. '
Equalising taxes so that each dollars'
worth of property wUl bear a propor-
tionate part of the tax burden.
. Permanent improvement at the State
unlvarsitv .
' Chanaimr name ot Insurance and
banking-department..
. '"Oaa Carrying Felony.
- Makinr It a Denltentlary offense for
anv sersons enaaged in tranaportaiion
or manufacture of Intoxoclating Ikniora
ta Doaaess firearms or aeaaiy weapons.
- Amendments to agricultural financ
ing nool act Daased by last session.
Tha house anent the morning debat
ing whether the general educational
ansroDrlatioa bill will be taken up
item br Item or in lump sum form.
Repreaetnativs Pope stibmltted a aub-
stltute - which detailed the appropria
tions and for more than en hoar the
Nueces county representatirs arroeo
In 1 favor -ot .adoption or .a; ameno
sent.'- " r . -
ItanraasntaUre Benderaon. of Marioa
ntoMaented the aDnroBriaUons csnv-
mitts m anguments favoring the lump
euntThs committee bill rednoes ap-
propriations approximately l.e0.M
as paaaed last sees ion while tha Pope
amendment carries greater reducMona.
' "i "sfsss.- Rata Cut. ... t
Tha lower branch adonted a reeolu
tkn accepting the services ef C. U
Black Austin attorney to aaalt In rep-
resentlna State Superintendent of PUD'
lie Instruction Marrs In the textbook
suit now In the supreme court. -
Appltcalon ot the Texas Employer's
Insurance association for a. hortsontal
cut of 16 per cent In the eorkmea'a
compensation rates in Texas waa re
fused today by tha department of In'
ra ranee and banking. The department
also refused application of the Insur-
ance companies writing workmen's
compensation business for an Increase
of 10.1 per cent la compensation rates
so as to provide for the Increase In
benefits under the act of tha regular
session ot the thirty-eighth legislature.
onzof lastL : .
-pony express
'riders-dead
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. Associated Press Report. '
.' FORT WORTH June T.Joha ; &
nnlt. nrm nt tha laflt ef tha unv
express riders ot pioneer days waa
buried today at Midland Texas where
be died yesterday Ha was M years
of age. - ; . -
Hyatt was bora In Aahevtllaf N. CL.
August 1 IMS. Ha was raised In
Ollmer county Oa4 and came to Texas
ia IffSs. locating oa the Loving reach
neat. Weatherford. The country was
then Inhabited chiefly by Indiana..
Ha - became a - tveus-rargo pony
expreea rider and was ons of the mosC
noted and daring risers in the west.
He carried mall to Fort Belknap aad
Fort Orifffn. He was rated aa aa
expert pistol abet '-v-" .
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OKLAHOM FLOOD :
WATERS OH. RISE
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'' Associated Press Report. : -r
OKLAHOMA 'CITT Okuv June .
Lowmnda bare were agaia today la the
grip of a aertoua flood. Last night the
North Canadian rtver rose II Inches
and etfk-lala at tha. Catted Btatea
weaiber bugeau said the crest of the
rise would arrive probably lata today.
Tha haxard was somewhat Increased
ber by rains apetraam last night and
today. Weather bursa a etftctala geld
the flood would be. Mow to auaaida..
' caxutoi sim ana nckingtown soft
srba were again cut oft from ha city
except for street ear aerrlca.. Vehic-
ular bridges have been closed.
A tew persons who bad returned ta
their hosnee after a previous flood
subsided several days ago ware agala
forced to seek higher ground.
Union Army Paymaster
41 Diei at S Louis Home
Associated Yees BetirVV'-.r-
ST. LOUTS Mo. Jpne T. Thomas
Alexander TheebaM. let years old.
paymaster fa the Union army under
0nrol her mas ia the civil war ts
dead at hit bores here. :
tWISCOHSm VOTES I
DRY LAW REPEAL;
RESULTDOUBTFUL
l N
.Will Mean Loss pf Many
.'- r ines ooion oay$ in I
; r. Fighting. Proposal
WETS FEAR FOR
. J FINAL SUCCESS
Associated Press Report. s
MADIBON. Wis.. June r Tha Wis
-cousin assembly today Toted 48 to 4
to repeal the B ever son law tho Btate
prohibition enforcement statute. Xsis
action followed an attempt to fcRrths
bill which met defeat by tb same
voen-v:r a . y J' .. ; i
Assemblyman Matheaon. Janesvllle
dry toader warned against repeal be-
fore It can - become a law. -: j The
Tubker ' bm will have ) ta muster
atrengtft to pass the dry senate and
get by a formerly announced opposi
tion of the governor. Wets bold out
no hops for final suoeesai although ex-
preasuig sausiacnon over ineir action
today? which la In accord with the
stand of the New Tork legislature and
governor in repeal of the Mulhui-Gaga
state enforcement statute. . -: t
v f r Disapprove Amendment. - ;
Earlier' to- the 'morning tha antl-
prohibition forces voted to send back
to tha wet judiciary committee a Bute
affairs committee bill providlna; far a
referendum oa tha aueatfoa of rental
of the 'eighteenth amendment to the
federal constitution. They ofTeredVsn
amendment intended to nullify Btate
enforcement which was ruled aot ger
mane by Speaker John L. DehL When
this was done the wets to avoid a
rote oa the issue sent the measure
to the committee. . ' - '
Assemblyman -Orandlne. in defend
ing prohibition enforcement said that
hundreds of thousands of dollars of
fines collected under Its. provisions
would be lost to the common schools
of tha 8tate. : -r.V '
' ..'"Weta" Vats Nsgattvs. - f
Three othec aseembtymen classed as
"wets" spoke against paaaago of the
pill one declaring that If .the measure
became a law that the. governor would
have to call a apodal "session" to pass
new legislation aa a protection to the
people of the state agamst lawless.
nesa caused by moonshine. I.
The action of the assembly today is
a reversal oi its lormer auuio-wnen
on March At tt Indefinitely' postponed
the Tucker repeal- bill by a vote f
it t ta - iThla vote was reoonsldered
on Wnrcb U by M to S3. It sat t
-tabled cad taken from the' table last
Batnrday. after Governor Al Mmith ef
New Torlt bad slimed- the Culitver re
peal Wl in that 8tata. ; ; ---.v.-ta'
HOUSE 0FMV1D
RAIDED; SEARCH
FOR CHIEF- VAIN
' Associated Press Report.
ST. JOSEPH Mich Juno 7. Ben.
Jamtn PurnelL missing bead of the
House of David1 colony and now listed
a fugitive from justice probably
haa fled to Melbourne Australia.
This was the conviction today of lo
cal authorities following an all -night
search of Berrien county conducted by
Sheriff George Bridgman who sought
the cult leader oa a warrant chars
ing a serious statutory offense. The
warrant waa issued on complaint of
Gladys Bamford Rebel former' mem
ber of the colony -whs accused: Pur
netl of an offense within the six yean
time limit of the Michigan statutes.
Sheriff Bridgman and his man comb
ed Berrien couaty -thoroughly last
night Tbia morning the sheriff ejtat
ed positively that Purnell waa aot
Berrien county. - -i ... y '
Prosecuting Attorney Oore said to
day that if It saa be definitely
tertniaed that Purnell has Bono - ta
Australia steps will bo taken to hart
him brought back to face tha war
rant Tha House of David haa a sob-
colony In Australia from which hue-
dreds of converts hsv come to Jols
the larger colony here. '. - '
The raid en the colony Waa con-
ducted by It men.
Judge DlngBien thla vaornlajr ad-
jouroed the State's one-man grand
Jury Investigation ot tho colony to
June M. -v ! ..-.'- ; tft- : .. -
tTodaye 'Weather
' -Heattea sail 'Vioioirjr -Friday partly
cleadv te cloudy aad soaBtwhat anaettlcd;
Uttle chute In teasoeTStare
East Taaas Friday parti steady ts
cloudy and sonevhat aasettlea.
West feaaaJ-'riday aertly cloudy te
ekmdy; ecebably thunder ahewtrs ia tkt
Panhandle. - .
Oklahoma Friday' asetttkd; probably av
I tsaooer saeirera. ' .
Winds en the Texas Coast MadcraS)
ta fresh seatherly.
weataer
Caad itlanl The
Lake segiea
lew has arse used aiotitwre frees the aoper'
atississiaa as vae uaie vaiicy. aaa i rwwv
aad ia csaoechoa with lae eaacawest
an
coanserd .warns siasuier
f rani tbe Hie Grande te I
the Lakes M tat
s ars laeertad frea
Scattered en ewers are woertea
b'evsds
Flerida.
Huh. Ol
Mild bat
Oaiahaan oergia a
tser acvenei
the sub eresmre ever the Daketas Mis.
uhi ana iowa. eraisi sawvin
arevaiMi
IS aver Plateau distnsU eaaef taiuaf
pi
ire mtiacaca.
- Bisbwtv ' Bntleuw .Aaidt
raaak ta reeaatly eret alsees dut reeds am
generally fair te road ia Texaa
. Tiaaest tuaectstais Wadandsy PS.
Learvn 1 Bsreaey SMraimt J 1.
-ecipiTaoaa iisai s p. as v
at. isaraaayi isaaa. .
. punri
lieaa
rise s:ie a. m.i asaaer v:st V- aa.
rue at 1:11 a. akt seal aa 1:11
P. svt kat oasrter. -. ; . . . ; .-
-ilg Seers ef daylight. ' "
empatatrts record st Heestcai Juve Tt
Twee .- lll ll'tt ll
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lm . ... el: TS IT
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- J a at trv bnlb
Ti l; wet aalb H-l;
tlithre eamidity SB ser reeL .
v IB aer eeel. . 1 t
11 at (irv W 111! mvt' valb 71.1:
frktive koaiidiiy il set cent . - -
mil l.auaininain mmuimmae"
4 5 - if s i
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': ff. iliillfii'1
Army ; Men Laud . Work
Done by Institution '
; .:IhWoitdWar
Commissions
as 'reserve officers -In
tho army of Uncle Sam wars awarded
to 101 graduates of tha A. ft M. ool-
lega of Texaa-as.oaV of tho obbcIM-
ing events of the forty seventh' an-
nual Commencement of tha . College
held the psst week. Y This body o
men waa the largest group ot reserve
officers ' turned ' out by any other
scnooi in tne.UDttea natea '
Thia was the dedaratloa; of' Presl
dqpt W. Bi Btsaell la commending the
claaa oa the momlar ot the final ei-
ereiasS' When- tBe.oemmlaslona
awarded by . Brtgadler rsneratf-Paul
. atajons o JTar. Jtan. aUaaton
' : I . Namos- Hsasr oVoss' V-
So also gamed sevea "hoaoi' gradtt
ateaf -.outwf tMgvclaaa: sbeihg; .the
seven atea ot the buthest- all sasmd
military and scholarly efficiency who
were presented with cammlasioDS as
officers In the regular a landing army
of tha United Statea -The n sin ber
or nonor graduate .that Undo Sara
will recognise tor. the award of reg
ular army commissions saoh year from
each of the . schools giving military
training ia determined on a uniform
percentage basis and .there tore the
greatest group of' honor; men In the
United Btatee also -were at Texaa A.
a aa. mis year - . .
Tho-' Immense nractlcabllltv of tha
A. at It. aystera of education which
gives to Its graduates each year com'
missions aa reserve officers certifying
mera as potential organisers - and
leaders of men In 'case of national
emergency along with thelr.'diplomaa
certifying tbem aa organisers of in
dustrial - enterprises and leaders in
Peace tune pursuits was - most Im-
pressively expressed bv Colonel C. C
Todd professor of anUltary- -science of
the college ln- 'reconuneadiar the
of officers' to- Oeaeral Malona
for commissions. ' ' i 5
. Celtegs Did Its "Blf
"Our records at tha CnUara itinw."
he said. tbat In the bite world war
U par cent ot the alumni "of thia in.
stltutioa bald oemmtsaisas In the com-
aataat foreas of these Vntted Statea
and when yen remember that thia tn-
stitotioD hi 4t years of ago you win
realise therefore that sverv snduata
of that taatitntiob who waa physical-
ly tit must have engaged ta the war1
mr aenaocracy as a leader ot fight
ing aslta- ta apeaklas taoae words
i-oionei Todd stood - beaeatb the
service nag or the eoDege Bearing
Its lace- z MS Mue stars and' U cold
a a record of the- sasst aloriooa
war participation of any other Insti-
tution In the United States' for If wss
reveaiea iron a sueaUonnahre con-
ducted by tho New. Tork Times bn-
medlatety after the war that Taaaa A.
and at. seat tptv the" world war a
greater percentage of Its former stu-
dent body than any other of tha larger
institutions ta the United Sutea
Veterans Bureau Here
AHEmoodyPtbers
" ' Associated Press Report : 1
TKXARKANA Art June T.-f -
flees of the United Stitea Veterans'
bureau hi Texarkaaa and Fort Smith
Arlt. Tulsa Osrta and 'Waco and
Fort Worth Texaa. will be closed and
the work of those offices transferred
to fcejrwaus ta Little Karat nkiaiu.au
I City. Dallaa Uoustoa. Baa A a tenia
aad HI Paaa aoeordlaaita saatrucHona
received aero today dlraatlag that the
esaraua oince Be closed Jaao Is.
The CDoaoUdattoa ot tha wort sf the
burssMss le la the latereat of scoaossy.
H waa szphUasd. . ' . . . .
R. lwrence Again
President of MusicCof C
t ." T ABSoriated Preaa Report. t -
CHIC AGIO Juae T. Richard W
Lawreace at ew Tork was re-eJsoted
mtatdeat of - tbe Music taduetriM
Chamber of Commerce at the final ses-
slea of the orseRisatieo'a anannl con-
Tflltl"0lt sv5Ts ' . " ( 'bf av- '
' Ralaat U rreemaa. CaTfldek TC-1
wss asmed vice preaedeat. and Alfred
L gmlth. K'ew Yora secretary. The
neat oveaNa win be bent nk New
York city .... .. ..
HONOR GRADUATES GF A-
V'
0 1 fti i
w
The seven honor praduatst of
Phillips Austin; E. c. Cushing Dallas; A. A. Hollowell Albany; l L. Weaver NavasoUi O. A. Powell
Houston and T. H. Baker Msxit. Th Inspecting officer 1 Brigadier General Paul B. Malons of Fart Sam
Houston. - . .4:' .r.r-j
flARDIHG REVIEWS
WORLD C0HRT:IH
LETTERTO BISHOP
Declares US.' Member-
- ship Would Stabilize
Civilization 1
-. . Aaaoclatrd Press Report
WASISaTON..iune T.Prssisent
Harding dScfatred Tin 41 letter.' ' made
publlo. here today that by accepting
membership ta the world court the
United States "may make Its largest
feasible contribution to the stabilisa-
tion of cIvlllsatioA' while at the same
time surrendering no Using of the ad-
vantages end Independence" now en-
joyed by tha American -people.
The president's letter was addressed
to Bishop Thomas F. tJailor of Ten-
nessee head of the national council
of the 'Protestant Episcopal church
who fad written to assure the presl-
deat that there were many thousanda
of cltlseas- who deem It a matter of ; today by an-laterstaU commerce torn-
honor that la soma way tha American mission decision to . make rates- be-
nation should contribute Its Influence
to rehabilitate the countries of Europe.
Pleased with Letter.
"Ton know we are all human
enough to have the feeling that the
man who agrees with us Is the broad
minded and really intelligent person"
the president wrote In reply. "Not
many days ago I made the observation'
to my newspaper callers that I did
not believe. any man could confront
the responsibility of a president of
tha United Statea aad yet adhere to
the Idea that it waa nosslbla for our
country to maintain an attitude of
Isolation aad. atoofneaa in the- world.
'It ia my concern . first that there
shall be aa effective recognition ot
this fact aad that" thoss who. because
ot taeir positions are earliest com-
pelled to realise tbia situation may
bo assured the understanding and
sympathetic support of the wrest in
telligent public opinion of our country.
Beyond that I am- keenly desirous
that the right course shall be found.
wberabv- rtnr fm y w mA hiih.w 1
hrtaka -He largest feasible contribution
to- the stabilisation of civilization'
while at the same time surrendering
nothing of the advantages snd Inde-
pendence which we enjoy. After much 1
of thought. study and conference 1
reached the conclusion that our ad-
herence to the program of the Inter-
national court represented a com-
pliance with these conditions.-
- -". ' Long Step -""It
is a longer step then some would
wish us to take ta this direction. On
the other hand. It ta a less advance
than some others would wish us to
. .1 J "r1.:"
and permits aa to aay ta tbe world
that we era ready 4or our part la
furthering peace aad stability without
entanglement or surrender of cher-
ataea -poneves to Which we are long
and strongly committed. i
"I aa gratified' to know that iB i
taking thia atthode I have seemed to
yoa to deserve' the commendation you
have ao cordially extended."
TEXAN PLANS FOR
FORD'S CAMPAIGN
WACO Tessa June T. Plana for a
Texaa cam as taw tor Heary Ford for
preeddeat . srere.aaasaassl todajn kg
Oyda Essex asaodate editor of the
Farm aad La bee JoarnaL a weekly
pabHeatioa. Easeg said he 'had. takes
p active management of the aaeve
and that - be weutd opea campaign
headejuarters at Fort Worth withn
two taeajtaa -; Aemrdlng to hai state.
teat a waa las-truanental
tac the Aaserlcan party ta Texaa eev.
oral r-erg a re "with a tspitaj of M
-4S iV
ii
Taxaa A. and M. col lege. Left to
WOULD REPAINT
GOLDEN. GA TE; :
t- GETS 'CONTRACT
Associated Press Report. .
" AN FRANCISCO.' Jims 7.-To the
Chicago peat office and the San Kran
nd tha San Kran I
r 1 often aold by'
to unduapecttng
elaco.. ferry building.
confidence .men
strangers add the Ooiaen oata. t
Jdh Weleh who never bad sesa the
fhmous entrance - to ' San JFranelsoo
Uaj-bor: paid 1wr gentlemen M .to
eatafai. a oatracr lt a -raaeaittaed
t ;iPjw)Oiiewnw rag iw log if. -t
'RATE CHANGE FOR
SOUTHERN ROADS
. Associated Press Reuort ;
"WASHXNOTON June T.-rRallroads
operating north and south Unas west
of the Mississippi river were authorised
iweea at. Jouis wempnis vicasourg
and other Muwlsslppl rtver crossing
points' Including New Orleans with
out regarding tbe long aad short baul
clause of the Interstate commerce act
The e fleet of the decision will be to
allow lower rates In the' transportation
of general freight between the points
named than' are alleWed oh similar
ahlpments to aad from . intermediate
points avetv though the haul AO the in-
termediate points may be shorter than
to tne river cities names. ;
Lines operating north and sooth but
located en the east side of the Missis
sippi river have already been author-
ised to maintain such a rate adjust-
ment the commission's decision said
with a result that all of the traffic
has been diverted from the -went aide
Unas. . i ! . i
The long and abort haul ; provision
of the commerce act forbids a railroad
to charge leaa for hauling a shipment
over a given distance the a It does for
hauling a similar ahlpment over a
shorter distance in tha same direction
aaless the Interstate commerce com-
mission decides that the lowering of
rates oa the longer haul la necessary
In the interest of transportation.
TWO ARRESTED FOR
ADTO SHASHDP
Associated Press Resort."
DK.NVKR. Coto.. June T Mrs. W
O. Wood formerly the Countess of
Stoffet and prominent tn Philadelphia
and Denver society circles wss held
at police beedojuartera Thursday oa
charges-of reckless driving speeding
" w tne proniomaa aw
lr- H. M. Jarkson Denver physician.
companies ot Mrs. Wood waa held
oa charges ft recWeas driving. -
According te the pajtce Mrs. Wood's
sutoenobiie crashed Into a ear driven
by Mrs. Gerald Montgomery of Den-
ver late Wednesday. Mias Clam
Sasnpaoa and Mrs. Fred Lawsoa who
were riding with Mrs. Montgomery
are ta a critical eoadMion at m.
Luke'a boapital today. - Sevea other
pereaaa wars hart.
The poUee declared two quarts of a
ate awunisnwa araad of gia
foemd a Mra Weod'f eart. -
Hernphill Lumberman
U Killed ; One Arrested
Associated Preaa Report. '.
YJXMTHILL.W Texas. June t-Daa
Cbauadler 7a employe of a lumber com-
pear eras shot he death here yesterday
and! C. Q. Caarolnga another employe
ja tha enmpaay soma send; Cum
I mlawsr ia held ke Jsa Both aaea have
- i M '
1
rlflht W. C.'Weln Georgetown; Tom
MEXICO FLOODED.
. WITH FALSE $20 ;
. AMERICAN NOTES
' k '
'--'- " k
L i g a niic Liounterreiting
;PIantihoughttoBe::
? " I '-At Tsunplcor :
4 i
AaWoclfttsMl Pra -Rpoitt.
probably at Tamplco has " produced
hundreds - of thoumnds of dollars
worth of spurious t2 ' bills and Its
agents have flooded that country with
them and also have circulated then) in
gear Antonio ' and' . other Southwest
Texaa towns. : - ..'" ' ; ' '
Six of the bills were detected re-
cently by one Ban Antonio bank. Fed-
eral of floors report that: border town
banks snd hanks in the Ulterior of the
Southwestern pert .of." the United
Btatea bars also found -many ef the
notes. . " ? r- -' '---I..
Mora Than HfiOOJK lasuad. :
Aecordisr to reports from Mexico
over fl.MO.OOO of the tW notes which
are -drawn -on the-Central National
bank of. San Angelo Texas bars been
produced by the Mexicaa counterfeit-
ing plant Kl Mundo. a Mexican pub-
lication states' that the plant la lo-
cated at Tamplco. t-r . v . i.ft
Travelers .who have recently come
from Mexico to Ban .Antonio aad who
nave been interviewed by a federal of-
ficial say that the botes are being
Bold In Mexico to any one who wishes
to nuy them for ft In American money
for a ttt counterfeit note. : . .
.-.' '- Uaa Water Test. T ' '
Do nesrhr Perfect are tha mimiar.
felt notes that detection by the lay.
maa la exceedingly difficult. A com.
mon teat la Mexico returning travel-
ers stated to to . place the note In
water. Since the coaaterfeit. note la
composed of two layers of thin paper.
we naivea Become separated after the
notes have been soaked for -an hour
or two. A genuine note Is not so af-
fected. ". ; .
.- Alss Making Mexican Stamps. '
According to press dispatrhee . Ia
Mexican pa pars official of that coun-
try state that the same plant that la
inming out tne counterfeit American
note Is slso tarning out counterfeit
Mexican stamps. This waa revealed.
'fic-'M.
it waa stated vrbes a woman who was jand to pay a flss of llePO on eaeh
attempting to pass a number of cods- tha next five counts and II on O
terfeit stamps In Mexico City was ap
m" aaSTIeV CTtg.
INTERDRBAN LINE
TO NAME OFFICERS
t The annual meeting Of tha Houston.
Beaamont and Orange Interarban line
will beheld at -aeon today in room
X3 at the Rice hotel. Officers and di-
rectors win be elected. Citliens from
Orange Beaumont. Devon. Liberty.
Oaytoa-and Crosby are expected to
attend according U E Kennedy one
of the promoters of tbe project. '- .
It Is stated that tho Orange dele-
gation will be headed by Mayor Lee.
and those from Oaytoa and Liberty by
rvi-siarawi ma respectiva cham
bera of cemmerce. --..--
The company ia fitting sot offoces
eat the grouad floor ot the Rice hotel
building. . They ai expected to be
ready for -tunamj JVae Eg. -?rr-
Batson Youth Drovvns . '-
.. While tJathing in Pool
BeAcMONT Texas. Juae T. Pre-
sumably seised with cramps while m
deep water. Acta rax' IS. ot Bataoa
-aa drowned In a awlmmlng pool near
hla home Wednesday afternoon.' The
young asea drowned - before "eeveral
boys la . awtmmlng with him eonM
COURT
ACTION
LOOML
. - ' " i- ; f '
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Federal TradeCommissr
Makes Unexpected.
' N -Move '':
FORT WORTH ME
PLEAD GUILTY
Caruth And Other$A
-t " Sentenced to Year '
. AndFined; -
Another move In tho gore
tnent'g - crusade - against fake
stock promotion came with start!
unexpectedness Thursday at Wa
lngton' when the federal rada cc
mission ordered four Houston fir
and six Individuals to "dfscontir
use of false and misleading sta
menu tn advertisement and gale
oil gtoclr"-' 'V';'-.'; :--
At the game time it was learr
that '- complaints against .snot.
Houston oil mas had been dropr
five months' standing. W'' '-
Tbe federal trad -eommlgglo
announcement diverted some ot i
attention which hag been centei
for weeks on Fort Worth where I
government is prosecuting cases
"fraudulent oil advertising." and
wag believed in some Quarters
foreshadow possible court act:
here as goon as the Fort Worth p
ceedingg are cincluded. '
The complaint against "the ft
firms and six individuals alle
that they greatly exaggerated tn ;
vertislng published infblted pro
tion figures and told some of ti
assets to pay dividends that co
not be paid from earnings.
-Associated Press Report.
FORT WORTH. Texas. June
The trial of J. W fcHog Creek" C;
utb and L. O. Reynolds ' Jr.. r
brought to aa abrupt ending this
ternoon ' when r the two defend;
pleaded guilty to the eharges ef a..
j tha mails to defraud snd were en
. Associated nreas Jteport. "- 'r '" '
BAN. ANTONIOi'Te. June t-A -JJlf s.Jf!!??'
Reynoida and Carutb were cha'rr
by- indictment with uelag the' wi
to defraud la prometloa of tbe J. '
Caruth and the Hog Creek Caruth
companiea The trial started yesf
day. -.:-i r v
Thia Is tbe '. government's soce
victory in -the drtve against alk-c.
fraudulent oil promoters. The nr
trial is set for June IS when ot)
alleged fraadulent promoters will
brought to trial." .!(. i" '
-. -Agrse w VerdkL j";
; When' ' courts' convened .' about
o'clock this afternoon Marvin Brou
one of the defense attorneys. a
nounced that the defendants Caru
and Reynblda -desired ta - wtthdn
their pleas of nbt guUty sad to pie
guilty.'- ."';' '' ' -. '-'- Xf'-::. .
Mr Zwelfel then Informed the cou
that he bad agreed to recommend th
they be not given more than a ye
aad a day in prison and fined n
more than t00o If the defends i
pleaded guilty. He said the sets-
dsnta agreed to accept tha senten
and pay the fines. Mr. Zwelfel el
said he agreed to nolle proses the 1
dlctmenta against the two defendan
In the case of the Pilgrim Oil co.
puny tor which their had aot be
tried. '. '..' ! . . .'-.sj
Cempsrss ts Motdua ;; : .1.
In sentencing the defendants Jttdi
Bledsoe said b - wss- wilting- ts a
qutesce to tbe promises of the dkrtrt
attorney although the - offense wi
one ''against decency good-Judgmen
honesty and morshty. -He aald fa
ther the defendants admitted .by tbe
pleas of guilty to scheming to defrei:
and that .there la ."nothing more dei
picabto. '
"It kicks tbe merits of a mAnty bok
vp by' a' highwayman.' ha said "yi
It gains Its end ta the Same wsy."
. Judge Bledsoe sentenced them to
yesr and a day. oa the tint corn
seventh count of the Indictment. Ps
ment of one fine did sot bring aatle
faction to the other fines eveept th
hut count he specified.- . v
Dallas Man Elected Hear.
Of Music Merchants Bod-
- -- Associated Pleas Report T.-'v
CHICAOO June t. Robert N Wat
alaa of Dejlaav Texas today waa elect
ed president -ot the Music Merehanti
Aaaoctatioa America- holding it
annual eenveatloa hero ha coajvac
tloa with the convention ef the Musi
Industries chamber of commerce. .
. The Merchants' organlaation Is
largest -unit of the chamber vhKr'
haa a aaemberahlp of approxunael'
as.Ma v : . -
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Rock Island Lines Hoid
Open House at Araarillc
' Associated Press Report.. t; ''
AhUR-LLO Texas; Jane 7.-ev.
srsi-erflkr1s ot tha Roct Island rail-
way were here' today at the- epeniru
of the Panhaadle Rock Island Line
Agricultural aad Community Life ii
etitute which win carry out a thre-
day program closing. Saturday alf
with the crowning ef the "Fanhan
beauty oueea." A feature will cc
Friday when local business' mea '
gfra a baaquet with farmera as
guesta The institute is one ef a
riee being held along the Rock 1
Baa; c-;- N - -'
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