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:zdt6 Defers Mellon Quiz
Star Two Houfs of Debate
X-
United to
Oppose Action on Treas-
Vg ' ury Secretary
MtM-'jkm&tU Prtn Report
WASHINGTON. M.rch 81. Faced
wit a determined opposition from
the republican organisation and lack-
lag waited tnpport among the demo
. .erata tba resolution to Investigate
t- Secretary Mellon wis laid aside in
. 4lnitlv rodav by the senate.
' After two hours of debate and
i .many conferences among the demo-
' cratk leaders the proposal was per-
V mltted b.T its author Henator aic-
"U Keller democrat Tennessee to to to
the senate calendar f rom that par
llamentary status it will be difficult
to again bring it before the senate for
. action and some senators hellers no
serious effort will ever be made to do
' -SO.
; ' Slgslflcaat Tarn.
4" Many administration officials say
' ia the day's development a signifi-
' cant tarn in the situation en Capitol
HilL Unlike the resolutions dealing
' with Secretary Denny and Attorney
General Dangherty the Mellon reso
' ration evoked immediate and ap
wremiy united opposition from the
t.! regular republicans. The demoerata.
who have been credited m cloak room
' romrin with a desire to ant through a
definite program f attack against
e cabinet official after another did
not Join exteneiveily In ts aeoate
bat pat their heads together at a
.... 1 Mmkar af conferences over the dues
' tioe of keeping the measure ahead of
Brewing legislation.
It was manifest too. daring the
debate that interest was lagging and
. toward the close the chamber was
. f ; aim empty. The reference of the
resolution to the calendar waa effect -r
ed without a word of protest from
- Senator McKellar. and the senate
' proceeded smootly to the considera-
7 tie af a pension bin.
The attaok on Secretary Mellon
opened when Senator McKellar. in-
troduced a resolution calling for an
investigation of Mr. Mellona legal
.' right to bold office.
' ' . I star mod Saaate.
Senator Reed republican. Pennsyl-
vania informed the senate that the
H legal questions raised by tb reaora-
Hon had been considered fully before
Mr. Mellon accepted the cabinet post.
When Mr. Mellon decided to accept
the appointment. Senator Reed said
he accordingly sold "every share of
stock.'1 he held in rittsburg banks
tnohuliiw the Melloa National found
ed by jiis father avid also his hold-
lags in the National Bank of Com-
' . merce at New York. He added that
. ' Mr. Mellon also had divested himself
of all directorships and corporation
i offices he held and that -he even
"' came to s to ask if he should resign
" aa a officer of Pittsburg university
aad hospital and charitable organixa-
1 Oa advice of counsel he retained
hia minority stock holdings in the
1 Afomaram company of America the
'" Golf Oil Corporation and the Stan-
dard Steel Car company.
i "We beheve thc and now that
ha a a right to dt so." said. Sen-
star Reed. . ...
' Replying to that part of the Me-
Keller resolution which refer to
r Secretary Blellon interest in the
' OvvTbolt Distillery at Pittsbiirg. Bea-
ator Beed declared the diatillery had
' BOi sera wpri i ........ --
iVL IMS: M aat not one quart of
ita Intoxicating spirits hsfl neen sohi
r released since prohibition: and
that tte npmnany was now in toe
b4fjfr rnteTn.t M-rf
VittfmJol the winding up of its
"f When an offer was mada bv an
' English company for purchase ofthe
propertv. ssid Senator Reed. Secre-
. tary Mellon urged the nrpaaa)
treier the offer because he feared
the limior exported might again be
smugaled into th's country and fall
into the hands of bootleggers.
Tax Refaaai
Mr. Melloa cama tat office.
"I'm not charging these companies
with receiving favor from Mr. Mel
loa" continued Kenator stexkeuar. "t a
charging that air. Meuoa waa utter
eated la the ownership of them ia via
lation of the statute?'
Vartoaa tSaaa.
"A sever stretch of the Imaglna
tion will be repaired." said Senator
Edce. republican. Naw Jersey "to con
aider the secretary M tne treasury
disqualified for serve to bia country.
Apparently we've gone back to 1780
for an old blue sky law which I classi
fy with statutes forbidding delivery of
packages oa bandar old obsolete laws
IO wnica we pay no aneuiwn ana arr-
et consider in a sensible discussion.'
"Surely the sens lor doesn't object
to our going back for our law. in
terposed Senator McKellar. "The con-
stitution is even older."
We would be better off if we fol
lowed that document more closely"
replied the New Jersey senator.
Senator Kdge declared that even
if Mr. Mellon should demand it as
bow aeems likely" he would oppose
any iBTeaugatioa oi the treasury aeaq
by the seante.
Senator f ess republican Ohio as
serted that operation of the treasury
under Mr. Melloa constitutes the
greatest fiscst achievement la the his-
tory of the United Statea with the
possible exception of thst of Alexsn-
dr Hamilton. He reviewed the va-
rious stepa taken to refund the float-
ing debt and cited statistics showing
the steaSy decline ia the nationsl debt
flWTIPAClFIST IS
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..seveij: juny-if.
Vi CftPITALv' WETS'
! 'I- ' I - r. - . ..If - f.
Shooting Aftermath ofU. S. Court : Launches
Quarrel Between rami- Dnve on Liquor Law
lies in Arkansas
Violators
HOONEVIU.E. Ark.. March SI. I Associated Press Report.
One child was killed and three ether WASHINGTON March 81
children and two mea and two' Wan- Washington's federal grand jury
ea were wounded ia a fight bet w tea struck out sharply today at Hqaor
members of the families f Saia Me- law violations in the capital a ques-
Csrson and Geary Taa Allea oa tioa which recently baa become in-
highway in Lick Creek valley aeven creasingly embarrassing to officials
miles aouthwest of Booneville Tester- endeavoring to enforce the prohibition
da;
Van Alien agee) S wa
Wllmoth
killed.
The wounded are Mrs. Burley Taa
Allen Charles Van Allen and Ruby
Van Allen the latter 12 and Mae and
son. their father and his wife.
The shooting said to have beea aa
aftermath of a quarrel at a school
between children of the two families.
occurred whoa members or tae van
atatutea.
The grand juror haade-1 down a
block of iadirtmenta which included:
Three deputy United 8tate mar.
hale. I
A lieutenant of nolle. '
A Washington terminal policeman.
A sergeant of marine.
Two negro Pullm in porter.
A high-prie caterer and hi wife.
with their waiters ana neipers.
Three other men ana is womea.
Associated Prtfaa Report
PORTLAND pre March 8L
Oraffoa'a coapalaory pabUe school
law waa daclarad uaeonatltutiocuU
today u aa epinioo rendered ia fed-
era! court hare. .:'" . '
The. law. which -reaulrea children
of arammar achool as ta attend a
public achoot. waa adopted at a gen
oral election )n 1022 and waa to nave
become effective September 1. 1026.
Privat and parochial arhoom at
tacked the law which they said was
aimed at them.
Associated Press Report.
SALEM Ore.. March 81. Upoo
being informed today that the com-
pulsory public school law of Oregon
na been declared uwonsututional by
the federal court in Portland Gover
nor Walter M. Pierce said the case
would be appealed to the United
State supreme court.
siiiiisi
Allen family paaaed the Mci'arson I cUislfied for miecellaneoua liquor vio I
home ia a wagon. Kaen. accused tae I unions.
other of firing first I Three alleged leadera in Waahing.
The child killed the daughter of I ton a famoua liouor ring whoa list I
Geary Van Allen waa riding on thai of high personage as cast oners I
front seat e the wagon with ita I mysteriously disappeared v rI I
mother who was driving and Mrs. I months ago.
Burley Van Allen. The child waa I Three vouag women ateoocraeher
stntrx or lour ouiieta. lor the rug.
Mrs. 9am McCarson and Geary Patrick H. Bartemaa. Charles Mar'
Van Allen's first wife were sisters I shsll and John O. Newman are the I
and the two Vsn Allen children. Ruby I deputies Involved and with Police 1
cooliogemo.es
Students Mistal Russian
ror Radical; Near
Riot Follows
Associated Preas Report.
CHICAGO March 31. Patriotic
students of Northwestern university
nearly mobbed an anti-pacifist today
under the mistaken impression he was
student pink.
Isador Spector a Russian an anti-
nacifist who fourht for Russia against
Germany and against the Turks snd
later fought the bolshevists and still
bears the wounds of bettle afterward
told Dr. Walter Dill Scott president
of the university that he waa glad to
see the students were "ready to
fight."
Spector. who ia struggling to ob-
tain an education and who speaks
English with difficulty for two days
bss been trying to express his view
that pacifism might lead to bolaheviam.
first sought yesterday to Be auoweo
to speak at the patriotic meeting held
by Northwestern university and the
Evanaton poet of the American Le-
gion. The meeting waa not permit-
ted however to deviate from Ita pro-eram
Bat Oft Camaa.
Again today in the business law
class Spector attempted to make
sou -remark.' but wa pravented-
Tbe atadcDta believed he waa trying
to air pacifist views and after claw
a btoud surreonded .him. -thrust bis
coat and hat an aim anq tow htm to
get off the campus.
Late? he went -to President Scott
and explained bia viewa and the mis
take of the students.
It wss explained at the university
that 8ector is flottatudeDt of He-
brew aad of tiie BiuBC- He stiff bears
a scar acrors his face of hia wound
sustained In fighting against tne Ger
mans.
"I'm not a pacificist but I want to
know whv." Spector kept insisting. He
is not one of the 88 students who
signed pledges never to fight for their
country.
Na Use for "Salades."
"Secretary Mellon transferred m wlln U(. Walter Dill Scott president
ot the university declared tnat the
and Charles and th McCareoa chil
dren cousins.
REBEL CHIEF OUT
EXICO GL
TO- GET ATTORNEY
Associated Press Report
WASHINGTON March 81. Presi
T.ientenant J. T. ftnrinkla thev are I
charged with conspiring to have I ueni uoonage reacnea toe point oi
liquor brought her from the Bouth I considering Individuals today in bis
by Pullman porters. I task of finning a new attorney gen
ifenjamin .Morns Hilton Hcarnor- I ana cauea into consuiisiion rten
ough and H. Curtis Lamaoa are" those I ator Pepper republican Pennsylva
OEM
AM
Washington Hears De la
Huerta Has Fled to
Cuba
indicted ' ia connection with the.
I leged ring disclosures.
EIRE DESTROYS
IE AT
ROM
M
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Houston Post Special
MART. Texas. March 81. rim de-
stroyed the L. M. Benson residence on
Associated Tress Report - -1 Worth Cnswell street r riday evening.
WASHINGTON. March 81. The I the loss brine annroxlmatelv 86000.
report that Adolfo de la Huerta the I The blase ia believed to have started
revolutionary leader had fled from I from lightning during a storm that
Mexico waa repeated in today'a con-1 evening. The bouae waa insured far
snlsr dlsnatchee from Prorreso. and I S3300.
stste deDartment oSrials wer in-1 Mr. and Mra. W. H. Horn who lived
dined to believe that the atorv waa I ia one side of the house lost anDroxi
true. I mately flftOO worth of furniture and
The department s dispatch from I re- liCiothing. This loss waa not insured.
s-reso said de la Huerta had gone! Mr. Benson waa at home alone Mr
to Cuba or Payo Obispo nesi the I and Mra. Horn and Mrs. Benson bar-
lia on of the most widely known
lawyers in the senate.
Senator Pepper after a half hour a
conierence said tne president naa
asked hia advice in the selection of a
new attorney general He waa silent
when asked if be himself would take
th cabinet place if it were offered
Um.
Although the Pennsylvania sen
ator' name has been among those
mentioned for the portfolio those
close to Mr. Coohdge have given the
impressiou that the president regards
his services in the aenate aa invsl
uable.
COLLEGE HAS FINE
BOOK COLLECTION
Associated Preas Report.
GALRSBURQ. I1L Comoletion ol
a five-yeer search of the book shops
d.-: f 1 ipj;.l i. x-
k t.i" .A Rriti.lll. . .n t th.l"' ssu
Honduras . auditoriam. He wa. .deep at. the V. "weV"L Kr".u J r'"
Eight sub-ministers snd eommla-l time the fire started and was awaken-1 " : j V.ii.k .iJil.
eionera of the de la Huerta movement I ed by a neighbor who bad discovered '"l" ln f nd En"b . 'vln
M ..iA k.w. i.f f..i h I tk. Mm " i new ana nunerio unaaaemoiea tacts
New Orleans. I - '"vT hJf VM. v 0rtv
t- . . .i. I . . . . I Edward Caldwell. New York an of
thev saw no reaain to doubt the ae Irormer V-iov. Lioodrich Ifcr .of lan publishing house u
rnracv f the renort. deaDta the Cacti wf- me I iwoor. ii- numiw L-uuiuiur
that stories of de is HuerU'a flight I WIQieSS in MCraV KiSC " ed'ti?n ' """V" V."npl'in
from Mexico aad of th final coUapael . . . . publlahed In i 1632. rather Marquette
of hia movement against Ubregoal mmwmnmimi i nieoiei ane oiasr eany explorers.
have been denied categorically by the I INDIANAPOLIS March 31. Long forgotten chapters In the his
cents of the revolutionary leader inli.rn.. p nwlruh l.m innnur ton of Illinois Wisconsin. Iowa
this country. . .u . t Minnesota. Missouri Kentucky Flor
Th. a.n.rtmn h no mrllrma. If Iadlana today appeared a a Wit- H. I1nii Tnti.n. K.n.n. N.
tioa of reports of a red movement I aes against Warren T.' McCray braska Ohio and Canada are recalled
supported by striking laborer in the I present governor at the latter' trial by the hlstorlea and journal of tbe
X UU Jt.lTJ VII UISIIILI.
""Jr:. the Union Trust
a aMAaat nT) tl! DUilUfBB mv.
He h.rreuined no control or discre-
. " ...tkoHiv wbstever in ihe
' lZ$t When he business la final v
Itenhlated he will be entitled to bis
lraoV of the net proceed and no
mow.
Tk.n
raw wfunds to the
nir .mo 1 a
-.Onlf Keiming h.d
Dt" 5 miUioV "ill.
' "S.. Vnd sfter long discussion '
' f eVmmi.ioner of internal
'. mM Mr Williams. nd a dem
revenue. treasury. Mr
lS 1021. fing the 7nptnv
; j amount of the refunds.
rpt-es rnCTK Wg.fi viiih -
. "Wiwjwn. --- -- --- f Mr
" :7t nwer. He did no
- nna -.. i I nsw
' even know tne reiunu ou i
1 1 Tfce apaharf. In the McKellar
oluHon ss to tax abatement allow
' '. larva f 2.fai. 000 to the Atl.ntic
flub! ed We-t Indies company r.
- 1. Mi ta the around be
erinse Mr. Mellon "does not and never
' ' did" own a share oi siocs. a m.
1 a promissory note of this company
Hr any ot its iuoairj v.
' P- HeKeHar1 Sh.
'v Shbuld tbe construction of the stat-
ate contended for my Senator Mc-
. 1 1 U... -1 irmM
: f tveuar prsu kui"" ;
the hresdent U looking for a secretary
7 of the terasury "would be restricted
'. to tbe poor bouse oe to heaven."
k Senator McKellar in a speech ex-
plaining his resolution declared Sec-
retary Melloa occupies exactly the
-" same position under the law aa Al-
- exaader T. Stewart ia tbe cabinet of
- Prsstd.Bt Grant who resigned tbe of-
i tic of aeOeUry of the treasury after
' i congress bad refused to pass an act
eMmptfcag him from th. law. Sec re-
tarr Stewart wa willing. Senator Mc-
' KeUar declared to aell "every dollar
of bia property" -but nevertheless re-
: signed Because be was disqualified
from continuing in office.
- The Tennessee senator obtained
i ananimoas consent to strike from his
reasiution the paragraph relating to
the tag refaad of more than J2.000.00P
to the Atlantic Gulf aad West Indies
Steamahip company saying he would
accept th statements of Senator
i Reed aad Secretary Mellon that the
letter wa pot bow interested in thst
company. He aaaerted however that
th "fact admitted here" as to Mr
MeOaa'a continued ownership of Gulf
OU atack made it dear beyond
loabt that be wa Interested as con-
eeraeaT 4a tbe oil fcaeineaa.
" Senator Ledge of Maaehnsette. the
reoabneaB leader fate minted to suc-
rest that th matter of the refund to
too Gah?
"waa closed- under
ananr.
the arovtoua sdministrstioa " but He
etor MeK.Uar said th actual pay-
at of.th ntaaA task Bkct aiUr
attitude of the university towards war
i tbat we should risk all in the de
fense of our nation" Spector sent i
note to tbe platform asking to be
bean1.. He was informed that the
printed program would not be deviated
trom.
At the same meeting. Brigadier
Oeneral William ISatban HacCbesney
a trustee of the university and presi-
dent of tbe general alumni association
declared "we have no use for spine-
less pscifists here."
Professor Alfred Bys. instructor
In business law explained tbe incident
saying:
"It seems a crave injustice wsi
done Spector. owing to his difficulty
in msKing niniseir understood ln Rng-
lisli. He told me he wanted to sneak
to the class on pscifism. snd I took the
position tnat i could not turn tbe class
into debating society on that sub-
ject. I was afterward informed that
he wanted to explain that he wa not
a pacifist thourh hs hsd been erro-
neously represented as one in news-
paper Clreulat Pled.
opmor lougnt in tne World war
snd ass wounded. He started to roll
down his sock to show me his wound
Had I understood that be wiahed to
reply to misrepresentation I should
have been glad to apeak in hia behalf
myself."
Members of the R. f. T. C. nnit
this morning were circulating pledger
declaring that "I do herebv swear
(or affirm) thst I will faithfullv up-
hold the constitution of the United
States and the lawa enacted nttranant
thereto both in times of peace and
war.
COLUMBIA HAS
CO-EDS TRYING
STRANGE JOBS
NEW TORK. Columbia univer-
aity this year ha provided job for
23S7 atudents. of whom 777
women according to report of Miss
Ethel A. Brefd in charge of the ap-
pointment office.
The records showed thst men (.
dents of whom 777 are women ac-
cording to a report of Mia Ethel A.
Breed in charge of th appointments
office.
Th record showed that men atu-
dents earned money ia 72 different
war excluding those Hated as mis-
cellaneous. Wemea etude ata . earned
money la 41 waya.
One maa underwent blood transfu-
sion one acted aa Bfo-naarL 11 were
Pullmaa coaduetora two r moled s
144 wer wait era one wa. a furnce
maa 20 did.manval labor HO occupied
clerical Boattoae. 12 were - emnloved
by a detective agency a plain clothes
men. sz were paymasters jo were
iroctor. OO were translator and
iwq wer umpire --
Associated Press Renort.
WASHINGTON March 81. Th
houea judiciary committee today for-
mally reported tbe - eonatitutioaal
amendment providing fog congreeaioa-
ai reguiauoa ot MDor py enuarea un-
der 18 yea re of age. Majority gad
minority report were submitted.
Representative Foster republican
Ohio author of tb resolution i the
majority report andoraed tb meas
ure aa necessary to protect children
"from the edueetioaal. oturalcal and
spiritual looses" Caueed by premature
child labor. - .
Chairman Graham aad three dem
ocrats representative Montague
Virginia: Uominick. South Carolina
and Waller New York opposed th
amendment a aa unnecesssry "in-
vasion of 8Ute right." They eaid
It wa "unwia to centralise aO pow-
er in Washington with- its resulting
creation of new bureau."
Th resolution also wa reported
today by tb aenat Judiciary com
mittee.
0
DOCTOR
GOES TO CHAIR
Associated Press Renort.
BELLEFONTE. Pa. March 81.
T.nrensn Havaee. neero "voodoo doc
tor" of Pittsburg convicted lyer of
Miss Elsie Berth a nurse wa elec
trocuted at the penitentiary here to-
day.
Savage went to bia death calmly.
He'made ao statement aa he wa tak
en to tie chair. Ho one claimed tne
body which will be buriad in the
prison cemetery.
The slaying of Mis Bartbel occur
red laat summer. Her body with the
head crushed wa found near de-
serted house in tbe east end district
of Plttaburg. Prosecuting attorney
charged that Savage killed Miss
Barthel when she refused to pa; ior
'love charm.
STATE
BANK RULE
LIMITS AGENCIES
OI-UDIE
(Cont'd from Pa. 1.)
water. Hia body wa carried two
guile downstream. . . . ' t;
At Bteubenville the Ohio river wa
lowly receding after reacting a flood
tag of Q foot. Ail urge mm wer
hut down. ' '
. A dispatch from St Paul Minn.
stated that work of cleariag blghwaya
ana resroring communicaiion inter-
rupted by tba blisaard which swept
tbe Northwest Friday and Saturday.
wag well under way. Large crews
were repairing telephone and tele-
graph line several thousand pole
having beea broken or uprooted by
tn oign wind. :
Wlr SorvlM Cat. ; r
Ia Wisconsin it waa estimated' at
leaat 8000 polo wer down whil In
Souther Minnesot a similar condl;
tioa prsvatled. Only a few telegraph
wire between St. Paul and Chicago
wer working. Bious Fall and aev-
eral other South Dakota town were
cut off from the Twin Cities. It will
be several weeka before conditions
are normal. It waa declared.
More tean a loot ot anew ren ia
tb Upper. Michigan peninsula. Direct
wlr communication with Lower Mich-
igan was Impossible aad rail aervlc
badly crippled. v
xb. death toil at tne tornado wnicn
went Shawnee. Okie.. Friday re
mained at eight today with three per
sons suffering from serious injuries.
The property loss waa placed at
$790000 under a survey made yes-
terday by real estste men and city
authorities. Between 165 and ITS
home were damaged or destroyed.
Red Cross worker are in charge
of the situation. In a telegram sent
to Governor Trapp today an appeal
for funds was made to the people of
Oklahoma through the Associated
Press. Tbe Red Cross already has
contributed $5000 to a relief fund.
The -governor has been asked to
issue a proclamation calling on Okla-
homa people to aid in relieving dis
tress at bhawnee.
ItSTlN. Texa. Marc SIc-Tb TL'
railroad eommiloa today accepted an
iaviUtiou to bq th guest ctX k.
HamUtoa predatof Uie InternatJonj
urea( ptoruera aaiiroaa awpui " ' ;
Ut. trial trip of tba new motor ear - !
which is being Inaugurated batweanw
bare had Ban Antonio. Th first tria .TO
of this service will be run next Bat j i
uraay . ana rn -muroaa ronm vssiaa
will extend in a body and make the
trip leavng her early in th morning. '
i Th inauguration of thla motor car
service is a step toward rendering bet- r w
ter -pasaeoger service between these-.
two cmes.
-
V "! bes
!" . l;t:4 .'i
ji:asf
A ..n.naA Phi itenort.
WASHINGTON. March 31. The
tAwi rrve board today maae
--muT .m.noVd rerulatione governing oa """ fP?"
'I . . m. .k. i wa upon nemspjvea neavy
admission of Stat bank! .and truat I bnrdeBi t0. fre y Rubr
Equal Rights in League
Policy of Chancellor
Associated Press Report.
BERLIN March 31. Chancellor
Marx addressing a meeting of the
center party last night said the idea
or a league of nations waa truly a
christian one but tbat all nations
should he included with eoual richts.
Germany could not enter the league
except with . the aaaurance of audi
rights he declared.
He added that the German would
Whitehurst Trial in
Oklahoma Is Resinned
Ion a charge ot embesaltng cioo.uuu
from tbe State board of agriculture.
Goodrich temporarily displaced L
Newt Brown former secretary -trees-
lurer of the agricultural board a a
witness.
The former governor has been
aic-
collectioB.
The collection was- auggested
The Trench ia the Heart of Amer
lea" recently frowned in translation
by the trench academy. It.ia a book
rohirnB4er .TWrsaer commls-
BKt.-of -eauration of the rUata or
New Tork. The books will be know
aa the Tinier Collection of the Hia
tory and Romance of the Aorthwest.
tlr. JTinley laid tbe foundation for
Associated Preas Jtewort.
OKLAHOMA CITY.' March Sl i ntvsmlnaina In . aVniiaHAii kvgth
The trail ol Hon. A. Wbitekurfltv jire- I Cray's financial collapas. havinf been
ident of tbe Stat board of agricul I A Minff fijrure in a jxKrT tbat
ii i-ai mrmm rasttm awl tnsi Kaf nra Iha I u.j p3aBi (UlA
ITi.t. .... Zrt V ' u- " his book and Indirectly for the collee
with indications that the introduction I described a "pressing." ton; wncn. H''nt nt itD0.x
Joseph B.. Reeling: republican n. r" Yum Dn" araou
rin.l Frommltt.m.n frim Indl.n.. and decided to make some day a study
has testified that at a conference of ?' n'"or7 nort''"t lI0m
republican leader Goodrich told Mo- ' v-p
Cray he had "violated every law on
ta atatute book.
defense testimony probably would be
completed before nlgnt.
Tbe house board of managers.
prosecuting tbe case expects to offer
rebuttal testimony after the defense
rests and it ia expected that a vote
will not be taken by the court until
Wednesday or Thursday.
ofwuhty?bort u ehred with "ltct Operators and Miners
1922 Rail Strikers to
Be Classed as New Men
Porto Rico Selects Six
Democratic Delegates
Associated Press Report.
SAN JUAN. P. R. March Sl.-
conventioo approved the insertion in I
the democratic platform of a plank I
calling for statehood far t'orto rtico.
Still Are Deadlocked
Associated Press Report.
Associated Press Report.
CHICAGO. March 81. Strikers of
July 1822 who return to work in the
honB Aff thm Rfu-lr falaiul lin wjll
JCANS18 CITT March 31. Coal return a new men. according to
operator and miners of the South-1 statement issued by . the railroad to-
west continue! their efforta here I day. The present forces will not be
toda to reach a new waee agreement I affected it was stated.
Porto Rico's six delegates to tbe dem-1 and avert a eeaaatlon of work to-1 Although there will be no special
cratle national convention at New I morrow. I expansion of forces the usual seasonal
York wer nominated today by the I The present contract affecting I expansion ia contemplated company
local democratic convention but were I 40.000 miner In ' Kan sea Missouri I officials said. It waa Intimated how
not instructed as to the Porto Ricsn I nirlahomm and Arkansas entires to- I ever that efficient employes who en
choice for the democratic presidential I night. tered the service since July 1. 1022
nomination ireiegaies at tooay s I The operators seek a lower scale i oui wno were laio on ounog-uie win
while miner deair rawal of tbHer alack aeaaon would oe given
exiatlng acale for three year. (preference over lormer singers.
W 1 A. JohnsMi. enmaslairioner of I '
A resolution calling for support of a I th. Soothwestera Interstate Coal In D- AJ.J..
bill pending in congress which pro- I Ooerstors' association.' said th con-1 -'vis IXCIUSCS -aVICC
roses n elective government was l f.ree. till war deadlocked when
they went into the afternoon session.
tabled.
Desert Is Searched
For Wandering Man
Associated Press Report.
PHOENIX. Aria. March 81.
Searching partie have gone into the
desert SO mile west of her in an
effort to find Will C. Wilson rail-
road telegraph operator. Tba spot
where the man hist wsa seen trudg-
ing through the sand ia 85 mile from
food 10 miles from the neareat water
desert country seldom visited.
His hat and coat were found yeater-
day two miles (rem where on March
10 be leaped from an automobile car
rying a party of friend
Quarters For Berry
Opened in New York
Associated Prea Report.
NEW TORK. March 81 Headouar-
ters will be opened here todav to n re
mote the democratic vie o residential I f.- twu. un. . i-L- -1 i
!!?AM?.X0L -Si0.' ?rJte.1?!r7 decieion on a motion of counsel for
To Drop Legal Affairs
Associated Press Report
WASHINGTON. March 31 John
W. Davi. former ambaasador to
Great Britain whose availability for
the democratic nomination for presi
dent has been - widely discussed bns
written a friend In the senate reject-
ing any suggestion thst he dron his
present legal connection in order to
strengthen bis political position.
Ani lawyer who surrenders bis in
Pipe Line Would Force
Distributor to Buy Gas
. Associated Press Report
AUSTIN. Texas March 81.
Whether a gaa distributing company
within a city can be compeDed to buy
a pro rata share of Ita product from
a pipe line c
was question
zjl.' .7 -- i r noinlon. I
Tt. "n"Dr". Z""7? "1; dslhonora hlmaelf.
.Xr.r"LJ :r. great profeaalon- the lett.r aaid.
PubKc Service company to buy gas
fromNt Tbe Consumers company re-
cently wa granted a D.rmit to bring
ita pipe nne to Ban Antonio.
Mrs. Harris Files Answer
Plea in Annulment $uit
Associated Pros Report.
NEW YORK March Sl.-8upreme
since 11X17 president of the Interna
tional Pressmai and Aosistsnta
Union his support eri snaounced.
The headousrters will be ha chare
of Major William F. Deegan. .former
State commander of the America Le-
rh." reder'aTNaUonal SL' (ZZrl PcW term of th. court
xterrv is s former national nee com-
mander of the American Legion.
Mra. Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris for
permission to file suDolcnicntal an'
swer in the annulment suit brought
by ber buabgnd Beverly D. Harris
banker. Tbt motion ia aa effort to
suspend progress of th ease to th
Railroad Waee Increase
Conference Is Resumed
Associated Presa Banart.
CHICAGO March 31. Kepresca-
Pastor Refuses Gift
From HoodecT Visitors
Associated Prasa Report .
COLD SPJUyOS N. 1 Marcl SL
Birr. Jonaa imaei pastor of'th
tatives of train service brotherhoods MetaodJat charch la this vflUge re-
railroad manaeem.nta Mt
th. Mississippi today resumed con-
ference begun March 10 relative to a
requested wag. increase. With few
exceptions all roads west of tb Mis-
sissippi sre requested and epprexi-
...1. ainnA j .
i .m.ij iiiim-um yam am
plojt! KS Involved
fuaed to accept a purse of money laat
Bigot- Trota wait rolled and! hooded
mea who entered the chnreb while tba
minister was preaching his farewell
sermon. Ia explslning bia action
today he aaid be bad no desire to ac-
cept any favor from peraoB who
want ahont ia disguise.
tell yon in candor that I would not
pay thia price for any honor in the
gifta ol man.
HUDSON GIVES DIVIDEND
Associated Press Report
DETROIT. Mich.. March 31.
Dividend of 10 per cent payable April
13 to atorkholdere of record April
10 was-voted today by directors of
the Uudson Motor Car company.
Groyo'o
OIzIIlTcttSa
A Body Builder for Pale.
Delicate XeliUdreh;
-PATENTS
stoat Obtained and Trademarke
and CopyrtgMa Hogletered
Hatway aVCaUhty V
vrer) 47BB Hoaaton Teires
Off lea a-g-0 awkora atertaoa
ulldlng T
companies into the federal reserve
system designed to ctarlfy th bord
policies in tne iignt oi recem.
Mt Amt.iuir.nu and oohalona by the
attorney general ine cnaagca iioer-
lire rerulatlon adopted last winter.
Whil not forbidding theBpractic
niir. the noaro nereaxwr nui iw-
quire proof of public necessity before
it granta tne rigni 10 any oiaij
- A W11W K-abaieasaK
or trust company 10 "".'-"
officea or agencies. Its general pnn-
ciples will restrict establishment of
..oh hrsnehe to the territorial area
Or city in which the parent bank 1;
located. Tbe board also naa reserren
the right to cancel it permit for a
branch bant or agency ai auy
State Officials See
Film of Wild Game
i.nuhiJ Praam Renort.
AU8TIN Texaa March 81. Govi
ernor Neff nd a party of Stat ot- i
ficlala wer gtieats of a local theater
today at the first showing of a moving
Ficture prepnred oy tne oiat. gam.
ih snd nvater denartment depicting
wild game In Texaa. The film shows
all varieties of game from tbe wild
ducks of the golf to a herd of .buffalo
in tbe Panhandle.
It is to be released for showing inl
all theatera of the State soon.
$12.00
A Month
TERMS as low -as
this will place in
your home a new high
grade Player - Piano.
BARGAINS in
Two Used Pianos
bailey Piano
$125.00
. $5.0Q a. Month
Thompson Piano
$18500
$6.00 a Month
Will Go Quick Call Early
R. R Records
' Mune House
705 Travis St. .
sooa as possible.
S XJLr
AKRON
Con t factors'
i General P u r-
pose Barrows.
The best wood
r frame barrow on the market. Big stock. Send us your ''
ejrder or write today for catalogue and prices.
ctsj fca-aiot awaa.w aiotiw rn inn auww
PEDEN IRON & STEEL. CO.
owwmi am amtoxio. rr worth mtttanwrojr
U. S. World Riers Hop
Off Wednesday Morning
Aasodated Press Report
WASHINGTON. March 81. The
atart from Beattle of th army I
"around the world flight will be made
at U:Htl a. m. tclflc tune Wednes-
day Major Frederick' I Martin in
command of the army flyers tele
graphed today to tbe air service.
Dr. A. L. Henderson
Rectal Siecutlitf
W treat Pilaa without tn knit
and without detention from busl.
ns wqu Ming .urea.
Phon Praaton J0 Oft lea 9iVt Main atrt HOUSTON TEXAS
PILES
HER BACK ACHED
aT
LIKE TOOTHACHE
Virginia Lady Says She Was
Ran Down Suffering Se
vere Backache Bat Took
Csrdui and Improved
Wonderfully.
.f ."" - B .
Iff
...V;1l
historic Westmoreland Count v farm. I
near bere. lives Mrs. B. L. Moxingo
who -tells of an interesting experience
with OardnL Mrs. Mostngo wa' in a
very run-down condition tb ears.
with no appetite and 4 severe back-1
ache. Several of ber friends advised I
her to tax Cardui and abe wisely I
followed their advice. I
It waa wonderful bow much I fan-1
proved" aaid Mrs. Mosingo. A
' Ihls past summer sne conunnea i
I waa acain in rnn-aown condition. I
Mv bsbv is foarteen month old and
a I bad nursed him this took all my 1
strength. ... I
"I thoubt about Cardui and oeati
for a bottle began to tag it. again: I
My . . . bad never com back on mel
since my baby cam and my bark I
ached like tba toothache at times. I
JBhortiy after I pagan to Uk Cardui
again my . . . came pace on mei
aaain and I hav boon better ever I
since . . . Now-1 never felt better I
In my Ufa
Mr. Mosinge waa advised by ber I
friends to take OardnL Naw aba ber-1
self "vanta other womea ta know I
what a wonderful medicine it ia. Ak i
thoe who bar taken CardaL . Tan I
a sor to try tt yaaraen. -
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Seventy Years Ago.
a man who had valuables to pro
tect had to build his own vault
or take 'a chance of losing them.
' Today for a small rental he
may have a box of whatever size
he needs in our modern fire
resisting ' burglar-proof safe de-
posit vault
Yearly rental from $3.00 to 1
$35.00.
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