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bf reduced armaments is not a hopeful
one nnlgss thix desiro finds expression
Jn a practical cCfort to remove causae
of misunderstanding and to seek ground
lor agrcemrnt as to principles and
their application. It is tho earnest
wish of this government that through
an interchange of views with the fa-
cilities afforded by a conference it may
t possible to find a solution of I'a-
cific and Far Eastern problems of un-
questioned importance at this time.
That is. such common understandings
with respect to matters which here
been and are of International concern
s mar scrre to promote enduring;
friendship among our people.
"It is not the purpose of this gov-
ernment to attempt to define the scope
of the discussions in relation to the
Pacific and Far East but' rajher to
leave this to be the subject of sugges-
tions to be eichangrd before the meet-
ing of the conference in the expectation
that the spirit of friendship and cor-
dial appreciation of the importance of
the elimination of sources of contro-
versy will govern the final decision.
'"Accordingly in pursuance of the
proposal which has been mode and in
the light of the gracious invitstion of
its acceptance the president invites the
government of (treat Britain to par-
ticipate in a conference on the subject
of limitation of armaments. In connec-
tion with which Pncific and Far East-
ern questions will also be discussed
to be held in AV'aKhington the 11th day
Of November 1021."
German Generals Visit
Little Tyrolese Village
Associated Press Report.
VIENNA Aug. 11. The little Tyrol-
ese village of Ingls recently had as visi-
tors the Gcrmau Generals Hindenburg
I.udendorf Mtckrnscn nixl Tir.nlngen and
tho former Austrian Field Marshal Con-
rad according to Innsbruck dispatches.
The paiiers also state that a number of
King Carl's entourage and some of his
relatives have been in the towu. Demo-
cratic organs of Vienna are asking why
these Dotablc royalists were permitted to
take up their residence in AuMrio.
Exorbitant rstes. meanwhile have de-
pleted most Austrian summer resorts say
the Vienna papers. They report that in
the Tyrol in I'pper Austria and Styria
hotels and boarding houses are half
empty although the searon is now at its
height. In add'tion to greatly increased
rates the provincial nnd communal au-
thorities impose all kinds of bead tsxes.
Probe Into Organization
Of American Legion Asked
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. Congres-
sioual investigation of the American Le-
gion's organisation and alleged "scandal-
out and disgraceful conduct of a small
coterie of self-constituted self-perpetuated
officials." was asked Ui a petition
S resented Thursday to Vice President
oolidge and Hpeaker Olllett by Marvin
Oatea Hperry national chairman of the
Private noldiers and Hailors league.
The Legion plan was conceived In
France by "a group of silk stockinged of-
ficers" later opened New York offices
and aecured "some hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars" from unknown persons
the petition declared adding that officers
delegates and successors were chosen ar-
bitrarily "on a self-perpetuating basis."
Kilauea Now Portion of
Hawaii's National Park
Associated Press Report
HILO Island of Hawaii Aug. 11
Kilauea volcano has been brought into the
the circle of the nation's playgrounds and
christened as a portion of the Up wail na-
tional park. This also takes in the great
extinct crater of Haleakala on the Island
oi Maui.
Lorrin A. Thurston of Honolulu presi-
dent of the Volcano Research association
at Hawaii presented the new national
park to the government. It is expected
that automobile roads in this section will
now be greatly improved. Hope is ex-
pressed that a road will be built to the
. summit of Mauna Ioa back of Kilauea
where another crater intermittently ac-
tive rises more than 13000 feet into the
clouds.
Embargo Against Freight
For Tampico Is Raised
Associated Press Report.
CORPI H C1IKI8TI Texss. Aug. 11
Tbt railroad embargo against freight for
the Tampico district has been raised ac-
cording to a telegram received Thursday
by a local automobile concern from tho
castoms house at Laredo Texas.
While there hss been no embargo on
the water route not a great deal of
freight has been moved by ship recently
owing to the marine strike.
Raising of the embargo is believed
bare to indicate Improvement In condi-
tions around Tampico especially in the
labor situation in the oil fields.
H. S.
GOES TO OZARKS.
Houston Post Special.
BRYAN. Texas. Au. 11 Dr
Salsbury head of the department of ae
ology of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college and family have gone to North
Texas Oklahoma and the Oxark moun
tains. Dr. Salsbury will be engaged in
his duties connected with his department
of the college for a part of the time and
the remainder will be sftent in an out-
ing In the Oxarks thus combining busi-
ness with pleasure. They will return in
time for the opening of achool in September.
COTTON REPORTS
j V Houston Post Special.
VICTORIA Texas Aug. 11 Reports
from the three local gius in Victoria In
dicate thst more than 100 bales of cot
ton have been ginnrd this year since the
first bale was brought in on July 23 and
it is estimated that about 50 bales have
' been ginned in the country. Almost every
bale has been marketed for more than
. 11 cents per pound.
FIRST BALE AT DIME BOX.
Houston Post Special.
DIME BOX Texas Aug. 11 The
first bale of new cotton was brought to
Dime Box Tuesday by Paul Zcimaky
' same being ginned by Hannes Bros and
Bold for 12 8 5 cents. It is the first
bale of new cotton in Lee county.
WINCHESTER'S FIRST BALE.
Houston Post Special.
WINCHESTER Texas Aug. 11. The
first bale of cotton received this season
was ginned here Tuesday. It was raised
by Adolph Mersiowsky ginned by Wll
liam Wtnke weighed 404 pounds and
Bold for 13 1-2 cents per pound to W. A.
Giles.
VISIT 0. E. 8. LODGE.
Houston Post Special.
CALDWELL Texaa Aug. 11 The
grand worthy matron Mrs. Hosey and
grand deputy Mrs. Pearl P. Walling via
ited the local lodge Order Eastern Star
.Monday. They were ntertalned with
banquet at the Masonic hall on Monday
night and the grand deputy delivered an
fMrcea to Ua members of the order.
COUNCIL GRANTS
PETITIONS FOR "5
FILLING STATIONS
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Ordinances Also Passed Au-
thorizing and Creating
Two Jitney Lines
Petitions for five gasoline filling sta-
tions In various parts of the city were
granted by the city council Thursday.
These were to A. P. Bryant at the ear-
ner of Main nnd Polk avenue; J. I Ihir-
huni and G. C. Hamilton on Washington
avenue; O. T. Oberwetter on Austin
street and L. Posche on Crockett
street.
Ordinances were also passed authoris-
ing and creating two jitney lines one
from Houston to Harrlaburg nnd one
from Houston to the turning basin. Both
lines will commence at the intersection
of Preston avenue and Caroline street.
The city attorney of Harrisburg has ad-
dressed a letter to Mayor Holcombe pro-
testing against the limiting of these two
lines to Carol ne street and urging tnat
they be permitted to operate from Pres-
ton and Main street. The protest was
received and filed.
Henry S. Smith city building Inspector
who received orders of dismissal from
City Engineer McVea Wednesday was
ordered to remain in service by Mayor
Holcombe Thursday pending an inves
tigation of the cause of his removal. It
is the opinion at city hall that the city
building inspector is an appointee of the
mayor nu that the city engineer nas not
the authority to order his removal.
Zayas Petitioned to
Act For Lower Rents
Associated Press Report.
HAVANA. Cuba. Lower rents through
government action were sought in a pe
tition recently presented to rreswent
Alfredo Zayas by leaders of an orderly
crowd which the president addressed
from a balcony of the national palace.
He promised the demonstrsnts thst he
would give their claims careful consider
ation but that thev should not forget
thst landlords bad rights which could not
be legally Ignored. If the municipality
did not act promptly in their behalf the
chief executive added he promised re-
medial measures through presidential decree.
Among the chargea made were that a
powerful combination of agents has ae-
cured long term leases to thousands of
residences in Havana and that they are
demanding rents for subleases far above
the prices they are ravins the landlords.
One of the many measures introduced in
congress and aimed at reducing the cost
of living provides for construction by the
f overnmrnt of thousands of small houses
n the suburbs which would be sold to
the working classes on the partial pay-
ment plan.
Former Union President
Discusses Mining Troubles
Associated Press Report
KANSAS CITY. Mo. There are two
things the matter with the coal mining
industry in the I'nlted States according
to John P. White former president of
the United Mine Workers of America
too many mines and too many miners.
Instead of operating only the mines
that are economically profitable we tun
them all part time and calculate a
price which gives a profit to the owner of
the mine where expenses are greatest."
sain air. vi line. mil gives jum iir
profit and makes an unreasonable profit
for some of the others.
"There are a whole lot of mines In
Kansas. Missouri Texas. Arkansas and
my own State of Iowa that ought to be
closed down. In normsl times they can
not produce coal at a fair price and make
a profit. Consequently they are idle much
of the time and their miners are out of
work.
Mr. White who was here recently at
tending a wage conference between min-
ers and operators of the Southwest was
a member of Dr. Garfield's federal fuel
administration during the war.
Miami Sportsmen Will
Introduce Turtle Races
Associated Press Report
MIAMI. Fla. Ixiggerhead turtle rac
ing a sport regarded by natives of the
Bahamas as Cubans regard cock fighting
and Americans baseball la to be Im-
ported into Florida by local sportsmen.
Turtle races never have been held in the
l' it ted States local authorities assert
In racing the huge reptiles are har-
nessed almost in the same manner as
horses the riders don bathing suits
mount their backa and delve in toe most
approved jockey atyle. 'The turtle may
be so handled by tho driver as to pre-
vent its diving but the rider finishes the
race thoroughly soaked.
Racing turtles are the largest of the
speciea that may be obtained. The en-
tries to face the barrier here were taken
along the Florida keys after a search of
Joliet Illinois to Have
Municipal Arboretum
By Science Bervlce.
Joliet 111. will aoon have one of the
largest arborctumi In the United States.
A wealthy cltlsen has just turned over
to the city for use as an arboretum or
tree-garden a wooded tract of 2S7 acres
in which there are already growing near-
ly all the species of Eastern America that
are hardy there. The arboretum was
formerly a private park belonging to H.
11. Higglnbotham. under whose direction
it wss improved and additional trees
added. Under the new management a
large tree nursery haa been aet out for
the purpose of supplying trees for street
planting in the city and a free camping
L round for automobile parties nalng the
Jncoln highway which passes the arbo-
retum will be ready by midsummer.
Governor Small Leaves
Capital for Kankakee 111.
Associated Press Report.
SPRINGFIELD 111. Aug. 11. Gov-
ernor Small accompanied by his son-in-law
and daughter Colonel and Mrs. A.
E. Ingles left Springfield at 11:55 a. m.
Thursday for Kankakee.
The governor expects to go to Chicago
Friday.
When he left the capltol Governor
Small aaid he did not know just when he
wonld return.
"I want to inspect some more roads"
he said.
The governor also Indicated that no
legal steps wonld be taken by his coun-
sel before hfa return to the capltol.
Lloyd George Decides
To Return to London
SMITH COLLEGE GIRL
FINDS WORK BEHIND
COUNTER INTERESTS
Mix Boyd Begins Cleric in
View of Becoming Stote
Official
SUIT- FILED i WILL
BRING ill QUESTION
WAR TERMINATION
Owner Leasing Property
Until War b Ended Sues
for Possession
Associated Press Report.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. With the Idea
of aoma day becoming a department
store official Miss Elizabeth Boyd a re-
cent Smith college graduate Is working
behind thecounter in a downtown store
here selling everything from frying puns
to hooks and eyes.
It is hard work Miss Boyd says but
thoroughly interesting. And she is learn-
ing not only the stock and tho business
itself but the humsn side of it as well
for none of her associates knows that
she Is there on any different footing than
they are.
"Some of them were Inclined not to
have much to do with me at fiatt" says
Miss Boyd "but I found tho road to
their hearts when I began reading the
girls' palms for them during the lunch
hour. And now I have more heart prob-
lems to solve than Laura J can Llbby."
"Honey"- Overworked Word.
Another discovery Miss Boyd has
made is that "'honey" is the most over-
worked word in the Knglinh language in
department store circles. All the girls
In her store "honey" each other and
"honey" the customers nnd a conniil;
arable number of the customers "honey"
them in return.
"It is perfectly amasing." she said
"to discover bow many of them in this
&lace hare been married and divorced
sfore they are If). Love affairs are the
one great topic of conversation and in-
terest among many department store
firls here and the fact that one husbaud
las turned out badly is no discourage-
ment. "I like them and I've made a lot of
friends but you'd be surprised to find
how few I know have any idea of staying
with their work or rising in it. With a
whole lot of tbem It's simply a matter
of holding a job until they get married
or until they can save up money enough
to get a divorce so It seems.
Frssh Fleer Walkers.
"Fresh floor walkers? Yes they're
not entirely fiction. I've come across a
couple that my boss seemed much sur-
prised to hear about. But of course the
girls wouldn't tell her.
"In a few weeks I've certainly learned
a lot I never did in college and it seems
to me It ought to make me a lot more
valuable in a bigger job when I'm ready
for It to know what Nellie at the ribbon
counter thinks about her employers and
the world in geueral."
Thunderstorms Seem to
Breed in Large Cities
VOORNEESVILLE. N. Y. Large In-
land cities appear to be breeders of thun-
der storms Robert E. Horton of tnis city
has found. Thunder storms develep from
convective puffs of ascending warm air
he believes and It may happen that local
conditions in certain places may produce
thunder storms day after day while near-
by spots will be free from them. Cer
tain kinds of lakes canyons and some
Western arroyos seem to produce tbunr !
der storms similarly to cities. In one
case the air in the bottom of the Grand j
Canyon of the Colorado became intensely
overheated and arose and the thunder
storm with vivid play' of lightning was
observed from the top of the canyon rim
Associated Press Report
GALVESTON Teias Aug. 11 What
Is believed to be the first Judicial opinion
on the question oft. whether or not the
war between the United States and Ger-
many was terminated by the congres-
sional resolution approved by President
Harding on July 2. was rendered Thurs-
day by Justice of the Peace Alex Gomes
The action waa auit for possession of
property brought by the owner against
the lessee which 1017 had been leased
for one year or "until the present war
between the United States and the cen-
tral powers la orar.
The contention of the plaintiff that
the president'a approval of the peace
resolution terminated the war In so far
as that conflict had to do with transac-
tions involving only citizens of the United
States was sustained by the court No-
tice of appeal waa given. The case now
goes to the county court and should no
questions of damages arise may be cer-
tified from the county court.
4 Men Rob Messenger
For Des Moines Bank
Associated Press Report.
PES MOINES. Iowa Aug. 1J-
Deorge B. Conpocfc aged 20 messenger
for the Capltol City State bank was held
up within half a block of the city hall
by four men and robbed of $0000 Thurs-
day.
The robbers drove up beside the mes-
senger as he was walking unarmed to
the clearing house grabbed his grip and
escaped in an automobile.
St. Louis Man Elected
Head of Law League
Associated Press Report.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Aug. 11.
John It. Edwards of St. Louis was unani-
mously elected president of the Commer-
cial Law League of America here Thurs-
day. William O. Hart New Orleans one
of the founders of the league was re-
elected treasurer.
OPEN BIDS FOR COUNTY HOME.
County commissioners Thursday open-
ed bids that had been received for the
construction of the new Harris county
home. Of the six bids received the low-
est wss that of G. W lUner which called
for 137.706. . It waa said that when the
hon.e is completed an expenditure of
S4S000 will have been made.
CUT (
THE
WEEDS
Scythes for Weeds
Cycles for Grass
B
ERIMG-CORTEt
HARDWARE CO.
xourroirt habdwam coon
TARIS Aug. 11. The British delega-
tion through Lord Riddle. Thursday
evening informed the newspaper corre
spondents that Premier Lloyd George on
receipt of the Irish snswer to the peace
proposals of the British lantniaut and
In view of the deadlock oa the Upper
Sileaian question had decided to rot on
to London with his mission Fridays.
A New Dress for an Old Friend
Readers of The Houston Post Magazine Section
will find this old friend in a brand new dress this
week.
Instead of the short skirt and sleeveless effect of
the past Miss Magazine will appear in the long
skirts of its parents the same size as the News
Section.
All the popular features of the past are retained.
Others are added. The amusement news and fea-
tures are combined with the magazine features
and stories giving to Houston Post readers a sec-
tion the like of which no other paper in South
Texas has ever attempted.
Next Sunday in this bigger brighter and better
Magazine Sjection you will read
An Illustrated Local Snake Story.
The Continued Story "The Girl Who Didn't
Want to Marry.''
The Literary Comer Consisting of Interesting
Review and Comment on Late Books. '.
Questions and Answers About the Movie Stars.
'The Wizard of Oz."
Many Other Interesting and Intlrc j .Vl'chs
and Stories.
Order your favorite paper The Houston
Pott today to that you will be sure of hav-
ing this new Magazine Section for Sunday
reading.
Robberf of -Wisconsin
Bank Pass Up $7000
' Associated Ptef a Report.
BRULE Wis.. Aug. 1L Bandits blew
the safe of the Brole mate bank and es-
caped in en automobile with $1450 In
stiver passing by $70000 in seeoritfes.
A posse of fanners followed them 24
miles then loot the trail.
Dallas Federal Reserve
Iiwes Weekly Statement
Total resources for the- week endinc
Angus 10 la the federal Reserve bask
of Dallas aggregated $12060844.68 ac-
cording to the weekly statement publish-
ed by tbe bank. ; - '
The following item a were Hated: Total
reserves f84874328.04i total Mils on
against federal reserve notes
Oricollected Items $2072214
ether resources $1801010.30
Great Works
Are Performed
not by strength but by
perseverance).
A Savings Account;
built up dollar by dol-
lar week by week will
enable you to take ad-
vantage of opportunity.
Opportunities come
every day.
4 on Savings
Houston Land &
Trust Company
Resources More Than
$3500000.00
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TRAPS
GAME
Mr. Dealer a big season is ahead. We Jiave a big stock
of Oneida and Triumph Traps. Send us your orders or
write today for prices and information.. .. (
caw innswi aca-rt-w soon an tmm
PEDKN IRON & STKKL CO
OUCTOX UAM AMTOMSO. t WORTH. 1
PATENTS
Patents Obtained and Trademarks
and Copyrights Reglstsred
HAftDWAY & CATHEY
hone Preaton 470 Houston Texas
Otfloe Jp Kress Building
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The Most Sensational n-duction ini
Clothes Prices in Many a Year - (
Hart Schaf fner Marx 'Stein-Bloch and Society Brand
Tropical Wool Suits
They're tailored in light weight wool made quarter lined maiy are silk
trimmed. Good assortment of patterns hairlyies solid colors checks in-
cluding blues. These extreme reductions offer a wonderful buying opportu-
nity tttajswidbr i :'uxf&eLa
Values to $32.50
$20
Three-piece woolen Suits one two o
a kind; $30 to $50 values
Values to $40
$25
: j.$20
Silk Suits of extra weight Shantung;
formerly sold $30 and $35
Silk Suits of Malinson's Cheney and
Ridgeweave Silks; $45 to $55 values..
)$20
!$25
Shirt Sale
At Popular Prices
These low prices is y;our cue
to buy now and save money.
$1.75 $2.00 Shirts... $1.1 5
$2:50 $3.00 Shirts... $1.65
$3.50 $4.00 Shirts'... $2. 15
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