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WASHINGTON Juno 21 Sec-
retary Mellon announced late today
that It had been decided to sols"1
all ship liquor b ought Into Amorl-
ccui waters even though U fs
aboard foreign ships find under Un-
seal of foielKU governments. Ar-
rnngenicntsr havo been completed
by tho tioasury and instruction
trqn&miUed to the cdlleptor of cus-:
loJir nt New York to break tho
soaW ofi. liquor stores carried by
the finer Berqngarin wllm s.io
doeks tomorrow morning.
GALVESTON. Juno 21. Captain
1. IL JlnlSe'y of tho Morgan H-ie
steamer Ml CId today corroborated
reports as to tho presence of a
rum fihlp anchored about 8 iiiiloa
off Ualvostuu Customs' Collector
"Humphrey jmmodlatoTy gnvo or-
dors' for Chief Inspector Ijruhken-
hofor to put to pea and Investigate
Report of a ship of unknown
origin lying nt Anchor In tho gUlf
between Galveston and tho Heald
Bunk light shit) with ratios of liq-
uor plainly istbIo pn hoard and
fleets of inoioi boats going to and
frejlntlv ship wero confirmed by
Captain Halsoy.
Similar reputes had been brought
by other j-hip captalns during the
past 8 or 10 days.
WASHINGTON Junq 21. Sec-
retary' Mellon began "i Varies of
. conferences todtiy iti an effort to
' olofir up the now ship llqhor .situ-
ation developing from tho deter-
mination of seoral foreign ship-
ping Companies to bring liquor- in-
' to American waters under tho cus-
tom seals of thqjr own government.
Prior to tho deJibeYailons tho
sectetarv declared there was no
UOUOl OI 1110 gencraj Tlgnt lO seize
contraband Within America wa-
leis. but addod that the question
Whether an agent of the American!
government dared destroy 'a for-
plgn government seal piosented a
grave probloifl
Another Iloat Sail.
SOUTHAMPTON June 21.
The1 Cuiinrd liner Ueroncaiia.
which sailed for New York lastii.
Saturday- carried sufficient alco
hollo liquids for her return voy.
ngo under1 tho same l?tnd of lock
and seal as -that employed bythp
White tnr liner Olympic which
palled' yesterday. It waS learned
' today.
'A 'showdown over the question
WAjether HrltWh shins can sntls-
fyNijo thirst of their paisopgers on
' ttjelF tiips Irani dfV America to
wet Englahd thorefpro seems like-
ly to ooma sooner than had been
o.poctd.J
Tho first challenge will probably
Up 'thrown down tomorrow whon
- tjio IJorerjgniia 1 duo to pa?s tho
statuo1 of Liberty..
Tho departure of tho Cunarder
Aquttania hafi been postponed
from Saturday until Sunday. It
has been suggested that this post-
ponement is for tho purpose cf
waiting' to hear "what happens to
tho Heiengaria's liquor beforo load-
ing tho Intended eastbound supply
of wet gooils on tho Aqultanla. "U
fs stated Unofficially however
that the real cause of the delay Is
'to onalilo the Aqulfanla to koep
away from New York uhtil tho im-
migration laws jiermlt tho opening'
of the gates again to tho new
fPiotiiH. beginning July 1. thus per-
mitting her to x'arr; larger nil!!!-
ljers of second i lata cabin and
steerage- passengois.
NEW YORK. June 21r Plans Of
the custom authorities for moet-
.lng tho ohallenge of tho Cunao
i lino' ot th.e tieasurer department'
' ship liquor ruling by bringing In on
the Jterengarlo. tomorrow under
govornnWntnl senl liquor for use"
on tho return trip wen concealed'
' hehhid A. closo drhwn curtain of
' jillonoo today.
Collector Kiting was officially
"fo'ut' to OaHers. Assistant Colleq.
tor .Stutirt wan reported in An Im-
portant cOnfprCncQ and was be-
lieved to he In touch with Wash
lngton. A high official who ro-
refuod to be rjuoted said his Idoa
was that the liquor should bo
sefzjsd but that "nobpdy could tell
- wljat would hnppen next In the
prohibition ml.up."
WOMAN TO SUE SCULPTOR FOR
USING HER HEAD ON MODEL OF
NUDE GIRL POSING AS DRYAD
NEW YORK. Juno 21. Assert-
ing that A Sterling Calder sculp-
tor hod used .without her consent
a model of. her bond on the nude
body of another glrj ami exhibited
as a composite work jesultlng In
hqtr husband leaving her Mrs
Charles V Hnd has taken steps
toward a suit for $200000.
Her father Abraham Levy has
bpen appointed her guardian ad
lllrin as sho is still tinder age.
Slip said today that Whon sh&
w's fl- monih?r of tha Art Students
lwigtto In 19X1 Calder then her in-
s.trUot6r' had hr pose for a model
Of H Iliad The next thing sho
kniy photograph of a statue.
MTUe Ljwt prynd" was published
Inn ninolne. the head being her
llkn0R and tho body that of an.
oUir gv.
Beforo the photograph was pub-
lished 8h wa marplod nnd whon
It npponrod sh was unablo to con-
vince cither her husbhnd her
inothcr-ln.law or her frlonds that
shn lmd not pod Or tho entire
work. The "mortification and Ills
grate" fho raid lirouifht on a ner-
vous breftkdow'n. '
Calder refused to discuss tho
matter.
RUM FLEET
5101 HEARS
GOOSE CHEEK 15
f6cr goosf crhkk msi-
i:xis told by jrnK Tin;v
MIST ANSWKR QUESTIONS
OH STAY l.V JAIL .
HOUSTON-June 21. Moro than
fifty automobllo loads or Goose
Creek citizens nrccnrOUte from tho
oil tewn. 21 milei from here as
an escort to tho four residents of
that place who havd been ordered
confine! in Jail hero for contempt
of court according to a telephone (
unuiuilh in ... iiiWiv
mpswfjc
Atom-TnwlncM houlc" n?J
mnn inisincss jiouhcs .iru
paper
said to havo. closed
HOUSTON. Juno 21. Four
Goose Ciook citizens hdld In I
contempt of court late jestorday 1
lumewpi vi win Hle J" l" 'V"
iv riirisro i:. v. ivnnin5inn ol vjriin. '
lual District Court for refusing to.l
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answer questions ot tne grnnu
Jury probably will be committed to
Jail this afthrnoon.
The four men J. F Harper W.
E.'Vlles W. S Bradlov and K. A.
KUiley wore graiited the prlvilogo
by the court of going to their
homes to make duo provision for
their families ' before beginning
i.'iy.n ja. vui.ai:i uc hibii ..
relented on their honor to return
nt the appointed time. Tho men
tncltt Jail senwuices. Tne tnen wero
are to bo held In Jail until they
answer tno questions.
Harrier and Viles wero fined $100
In each ot two contempt proceed-I
lngs and I3radly and Knblev $100
each In ono contempt proceeding '
Lllnrper refused to answer ques
tions in ibgntd to tho
.v. Mosejey and J
E"r0ni'T
Vlles declined to answ
concerning tho heating
Moseley and . "Shorty' Bfown
Kradley refused to answer about
the flogging of a Jitney driver nnrn-
ed fjtewart and Kubley declined to
answer abput ("ho whipping of
"Shoriy" Urown.
Ic('lurcd by Court
After holding tnch man In con-
tempt of cojirt nnd with the Inst
map Kubley still In tho witness
chhir. Judge Robinson said: "As
a citizen ou are ntltlod to know
that thtti court has followed tho
"proceedings In WlInmsOn codnty
where the situation wns Jdehticitl
and tha higher courts havo held
that Jt Is lawful for any person to
bO committed to Jull for Jds refus.
nl to answer The only question ia-
malnipg to bo settled is whether or
not sqoh person shall bo "released
at the nd of the term for which
the particular grand Jury was chos-
en. I rather think that I will havo
to release you at tho end of the
term of tho present grand -Jury
which wjll bo the latter part of
July.
"'fiut when hr nest grand Jury
Is empanelled -j on will be called
beforo It and asked tho safno ques-
tions. If you have still refused to
nnt-wor and vou will again ho sent
to Jail for contempt of court. This
will conlinuo from term to term.
I feel Itjny duty to Inform yon
whnt you nro entitled as a citizen
'to know."
six rums ahi: put
' bvdi:ii ruAun order
'WASHINGTON. Juno Sl.--Sh?
more oil companies from Fort
Worth. Texas wore named today
In a fraud order issued by ths
postofflco dppattment which bar-
red them from use of tho muN.
Those nWnod weio tho Mexla-Gib
rftltar OH conipitny Texas Trust
fompnnv $1 Oil Chlb. $1 Oil Oltib
No. 2. Smackover IjOOso club and
tljo Kosso doublo royalty qlub nnd
tholr officers and agonts J. Q.
Guerin was nnmed ns tho principal
promoter of the tjntorprlsos.
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SCHOOL RECOHDIk
PIG snniNG. Texas Juno 21
The School Hoard and the new
Superintendent V. 11. Bittlo held n
get-togethfer meeting at the Cole
Hotel Tuesday evening. Juno 10.
nt 7 30. A report of the Big Spring
schools was mado showing the
schools i oxcellent condition. 32
units of credit nnd for the first
tlmo In flVa yonrs rloslng the
schools without a doflclt.
Mr. Bittlo comes from Henderson
Texas and has selected 'a strong
faculty for tKe cnsulnac term. Some
new teachers are tq bo added and
it is the plan of the lward hacked
by tho entire oltlwnuhip to have
the host schools in Big Spring In
all West Texas. -
6 persons live
.Mfxr1V
ii h.n Oiio i.irtnrn iv. i ten
iBBr 2Ty3i sBBfi'ii 1 Sit jg
oniv rnrht survivors of the 20 families who went Into the room a month Wort Tl " two ilnldrcn In
left foreground lioth died within
otin director of camps.
l)y 'RA Service.
CO'STANTtNOplJK June 21.
In the Jtoom of Death n single
Jft-h lnn mlli.it fl'rllll
'here. 20 families lived. That wna'a
i '. '
ci . t of th norsnna nro
llvjng. All the others died.
inero woro eignt ot mem icu
when a photograph was takon ot
h - i--v. tl.on twn
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Imr niilv tlirOu tlavs to live and
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a littlo baby just a wcolt. "
' "They died of malnutrition' Bald
ivrloa Dot. tli. n A linn rif Hnitnri
roctoc-KcnertU of' '.tho refugee
camps. 'They needea milk ana
there was riOne to bo had."
Pictures of distress like these
obtained by Charles d'Emery; of
cf.i. r ( annwnf thn
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(reek refugee camp In the Cot-
stantlnoplo district for American
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111 ut I nuOtu ul
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NOT IAr.N VITTO WHYh PRE-
VEXT IT NKXT'TIMH IS YIEW
i;Xl'RluSSEU IV WASHINGTON
Special Correspondent.
"WASHINGTON. Juno 21 The
prediction today after o careful
survey1 qf tho perponneUOf tho next
congri Is that ono of the enrly
acta will be the passage of a bonus
bill for Jwldlers of tho world war
either 'with the president's consent
or over bb veto.
The sbldier's bonus with demand
for reduced taxtlon at the snme
time while experts predict rlsdnr
costs Of government mY " """
of tho administration most vex-
ations problems'. President Ilnrd-
ing is pledged to adjusted compen-
". . . .... ..i nnlnD. 1l4
sation anu is on revum ihnHw..
by his voto. But already out mem.
bors of congiess ar iniiww
bills to bo introduced on the first
day of the hosMion and npw mem-
bers of the Iioums .end senate to a
man cro pledged to support tncm.
There is also Size.iblo s-olrtler'
organization In both branches of
congress which promises to block
all other matters until this ono is
disposed of.
With a national election on the
horizon for tha fa)l of 1324; with
tho American Legion and other
soldier and pallor Organizations
for tho bonus there doe not seem
tlio s'lghtcst chance of the meas-
ure falling to get through with or
without the. approval of the pres-
ident. Tho adjusted compensation
bill pnssed both houses of congress
In 1922 nnd was vetoed by the
president- Tha IioUbo passed the
i.m m tua nrniilont'H bend by
a. vejy considerable vote while tho
senate by a narrow mnrifin bus.
tained tho vote.
v Situation Altered
In tho next congress tho situa-
tion Is going to be Chnngod. In thq
senate according to the latest es-
timates thero will bo nt minimum
seventy senators who will voto for
the bonus bill even over a presi-
dential voto more than the neces-
sary two.thlrds to pass a bill not-
withstanding tho veto of tho Chief
executive. In the house It lr es-
timated that tho voto for the bonus
hill will ha seven or eight to one
land ihat it would bo passed by n
very largo vota over a presidential
veto. In the last house Only sov-enty-four
members sustained the
eto out of a mombor)ilP of 435
and nineteen of those wore not re-
lumed by tho voters at the polls
Many of the senators who tod
t Ruatnln ilm nt-paident also fell
by the wayside In the elections of
Aironic 'them were tiu i-um
lawrtrc. Calder of New York
of Man land.- New ot in.
diana and Fr0llnhuyen or New
About a month ago. Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon ostimateu
that ih suntlus in the treasury at
I the cloip of the fiscal year June
10 19JJ. wnuld no In tho netgnoor.
hood of J125 000000. It Is possi-
ble that the figures will have t
bo revised spmowhat. But tho re-
port of the improved condition of
tho treasury immediately gave rise
to suggestions th3t a rodUctlon ot
tho ta?c burtlon on tho American
people would follow as soon as
congress could get on the Job nexti
fall.
To Wipe Out Surplus
Btt if the Midlers' Adjusted
ft BONUS GEHTMH
NEXT
CONGRE
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as 20 families perish in house
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lti a hS'i pit ruor.1 of .1 OOll'-l.llUUiOpIf r lU
a 'week Of malnutrition ricturo
relief organizations.
'U saw theni dying." sold d'Em-
cry. "Thero cr 1B00 deportees
finm SlTlvrn.1
vhtuol! 'prisonets in a single camp
ii 10 nniii i.o fnnmi n rn-
and AnntOJia jipiu
ion them to Greek soil.
-Uundred'J of thorn woro Jammed
imu nuire uu . u..b v.. .
shore of the IJogphorup. I mart
nc-P.l trt smuccle a camera nast tho
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i.iifia
"A large room on tho second
"A large room on tho second
floor of the building was 18 by 30
reet and there wore 200 tiooplo
packed into It. Many of thorn" wero
sick of typhus and smallpox. e-
spue mi taat wu jinen v
helpers could do medical relief
could riot bo found for them In
time to sivvo their lives.
"The worst suffering Was In the
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l.-mt rnnma nil nf WtllrM went
)""" ??? U.i river Tho
Under the level of tho rlr. Iho
LONGEST
Lovers of sunshine cer-
tainly got in sofno" good licks
Thursday that IS they
Would of had a largo day if
it httdn't of been cloudjv
doghllllcajly vspeakln-
Was tho longest day of tho
year. Summer Is here.
ANSON Texas. Juho 21 Tho
case of the State of Texas s
Henry J. Touissant charged with
tho killing of his father in Wich-
ita county in tho spring of 1321
- .t ol1rf frt. tnlnl 1.. tltrt Tilh
nuiiimu .v ... u --
trlct Court of Jones county at ten
a. m. Wednesday. This eaSo was
transferred from Wichita county
to .Tones county fiomo time ngo.
There was nrt rtelaV encountered
ln securing .1 jury by 3:15 p. m
a Jury hnd been solerted. 'ine
court room IS crowded And jquito a
bit of Interest is being mnnlfoswa
In tho proceedings.
As Intimated by tho defense aM
torncys they expect to plea'd In-
Rnnltv. Thqlptata Is represented by TJls-
triet Attorney Martin of Wichita
county Tom Davis. District At-
torney of Jonos CCnty. and .1. 13
RoblnsOn of Xnyfn The defend-
ant s beng represented by Hon.
C. C. Mcftoryld. B. Y Cummlngs
rind Major Hoffman nil of Wich-
ita Falls.
It Is' expected that It will take
Home two or thrCo days to try thl
case as thero are some CO witnes-
ses hpth for tho defense and tho
state. .
Wichita Wheat Receipts
WICHITA FAILS dune 21
Seventy flvo Wagon loads of Wheat
w.p receiv d h e Wtrt i (-d 'X in-
dicating that gOod progress is he-
lnc mado this week lrt throllng
the cub L'ca dealers aro pnjipc
00 c pts for timber i.i and 87
cents for number two who.it.
U. 3. Department or Agriculture
WEATHER DUHEAU
For 'Abilene and vicinity: tonight
hnd Friday partly cloudy and some
what unsottled
For East Texas- Tonight nnd
Friday partly cloudy and some-
what unsettled. '
For West Texas: Tonight nnd
Friday .partly cloudy probably
Ti'undershowcrs in Panhandle.
Temperatures
flllSMTinSE
FROM WICHITA IS
HEARD AT ANSON
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Sunrise
Suaim . . .
p m. 7 a.m.
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7 K
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Dr- thnrttmetr
WKt thrmompter
Itplatiirt humldltv
85
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17
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1 DteTets. '
Illm
aim tlurc were j
rhowp Mlsa Futllno Allmt Aiucn-
nioit (mpresslvo of all ImpresjlVc'
from ii standpoint of i)ltj- was thn
room hare 200 persons hnd been
tivinv wiiep y i'l mm mini
her dwindled Until 'jiint eight wore
lft with two morn marked with
death which camo Within a week
after picture of this sgqno vaH
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"I'hrs is only one of thirty or
molo refugee enmps "vhere Amer-
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irniiH ro iRrr inir on inuir ciitii jiii-
blo work. Oyer In Seutsfrl is whnt
blo work uyer m weuwi is wmn
is called the Itarrsioks mut t5tblos
of Slhhlebult dhrn th Grim.
can WAr. 70 years ago: A Slablo
that lised to house '40 horses now
f"inia . ii.u.w.u.. hv
There are 10.000 in all."
D'Hmery. preparing a report of
his j)urey. blames polltUs for the
plight ot tho Greek refugees. Ho
.tr m.rm n Irk A 4 I n I A A 1 I tl I iJ ll Il fOd.
HIV
nect
pect
Mvi nt utliuvuiaiu (.ltV4. a tIA J'"
THEY NEVER J)C) AXYTlflXG
HY IIAIA i:.S OJitTHEirK
WHEIti: OOO-MIIIW TTWEA IS
i"i;itri;cTLY flat.
IiMESA. June 21 Moro thin
la half million neres ot land In Daw
son county with 210 miles of high
ways. Including secphd and third
i.is roads arid only ono bridge" In
the cOuhty-i-tht is ono view of tho
plain:! for an East Tejcas or Ar-
kttiiNRM visitor Who is Used to a
bridge or culbert every 'tjiroe Ivun. J
drcd vards
And that is not bocauso the
county can't afford bridges but
because they don't need thorn. A
county jus't ns lovel as a flopr1 for
tho entire thirty sqUaro miles
with 35 pprcnt of tha land suitable
for cultivation nnd with 35.000
acres of new land turned to tho
plow for tho first timo this yeat
that is tho kind of trade territory
that this town serves.
He:ny Building Program.
With twelve brick buildings un
der construction at thjs time sev-
eral more planned ' others just
completed a modern water and
sewer si stem Jukt Installed a $75-
000 school building that altho it IS
Just one yonr old Is already innde-
nunte to handle the growing schol.
astltj onroIbnentynn jncrtvtso o
more than 20 per cent within 1?
months and still growing.
ovotitBhii tiwrfierfl wero used in
tlin ritv schools last i-our this yCur
. . . . " . ...... i . t . !
at ipat aa win u ncvnmj' iui t.ic
7G3 scholastic that have been le-
tUrned six months before school
opens. That will mnn a school
attendanco of nearly 900.
Great Cotton Acreage. iMantcd
With 1R.00O baits of cotton for
1022 plans bib boinfr made with
the r0 percent Incroase lh cotton
neroage to care for a 40.000 bale
crop for 1923. With six Bins In
the city and three moro ln tho
count)" three of which aro newly
constructed or under way prepar-
ations nro belne mado to cans for
a roal cotton crop In splto of tho
lata spring rains nnd somo hall
flamuge. uno nunurca nnn nuy
new farms havo boon opened in
tho county slnco tho fall crop was
harvested.
Dhorsiricd Farm Crops.
The lncreaso Is not nil in cotton
or new buildings. Thero has been
an Increase of- ?5 percent in the
shipment of poultry anu poultry
prOduets over last year. Hog
shipments continue to amount to
a steeablo figure In splto of the
short feed crop of last year. This
's the homo of corn ear corn not
liquid for the South Plalnw and
tho feod crops grown In this sec-
tloif care for tlfo needs of the sec-
tion oven in thq dry years. Hvery
orop known to tho Southwest is
grown ln Dawson county. Proof
of this is had ln tho fair exhibits
hown otioh year In the local fair
tn tho Soutl Plains Fair and in tho
State fair.
Town nntl Country.
Dawson county and Karnesft havo
pne of the happiest situations over
found in community co.operaUpn
and work. Tho County Judge of
Dawson oounty. Judge Williams Is
president of the Chamber of Com-
merce in this cUy and It Is a Daw-
son County Clwmbw of Commerce.
County Agent Q. T. Watson is Sec-
retary of the Cljamber ot Com-
merce and maintains an office ln
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POINTS
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OH
ALL EST TEXAS
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TEN DEAD WHEN
FIREDESTROYED
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MtfiUaiW aui: MCTIMR or
v.u7.i: vt cintAt.o which
STMITKI) IV A I'VltXITt'HU
hTojti:.
CHICAGO Juno 21. Tejt per.
pons nine of thorn negroes arid otic
tn unidentified whjtq man worb
burned to death and al)out thirty
negroes wero Injured whon flro
swept through n ihroo story teno
nicnt containing 24 flats Occupied
In nctrly 1C0 tenants early todny
at Twenty Second and FOderitl
streets On tho south side.
Joseph Smith a furniture doaler
In the bulldlm? ws taken into mis
tody for questioning and nrtmltteri.
tiviuuiiiK m puui;u iiiiu nu Jiiit
operated n still In
tne basement
and had left a. gas Jet burning Tho
ghs Jt was under the front stairs
and ! believed to havo set flro to
thp building.
The unidentified whlto man mnj'
hae lost his life In it heroic effort
to aroilso sumo of the tonauts ac-
cording to police nnd firemen His
prcsopt'o in the place could ho -accounted
for in no other way
Mrs. Mary Cook mother of Jo
seph Smith tho mail held by the
pollcf . was uiirnnd to death nnd
fSrhlfh s wife and daughter Were in
jured.
CKICAOO Juno 21. Ten negroi
are known to )mvo hscn killed nnd
nt least 2& woro Injured hi a firfl
which swept a threo story tone-
nlent house on the south side early
today Tho K0 negro tenants of
llje building woro cut off from es-
cape by tho destruction of tho mnln
'stairway nnd numbers Jumped to
Hie streets from windows. Scores
of heroic rescues were" mado by
flieiuoii.
Several omei'gency alarms car-
ried virtually1 every fira fighting
apparatus and ambulance on the
outh aide to tho row-lie. Tho fire
stnrtqd In a furniture store on the
ground floor and quickly destroyed
the wooden tenement
Tho dead wore taken to a neaibyl
morgue for Identification. Tho In-
Jurcd are being treated at emer
gency hospitals.
Did Not Spread
Tho flro did iWt spread. Tho ten-
ement stood apart from tho rest In
that block. Which firemen said pre-
vented pioio loss of Hfo and exton-
slve property dnniHgo.
No ostimnto of tho Iqss has been
made.
Iiiitor Joseph Smith wealthy ne-
gro owner nf the furniture store
was arrested.
The fire which stnrtod from an
unexplnlnod cause sprond rapidly
through the store and atinekod the
wooden stairs lending to tho upper
floors of the building hoforo any
occupants of tho teriomeut awak-
ened. Nearly 1C0 tenants occupied tho
building nintiy Qf thorn having fled
before firemen reached thtr piny.
Some fifty or sixty othors wore ros-
tuod by firemen and policemen.
After a search of tho rulhs flre-
mou announced they" hnd found no
additional bodies 'Eight bodies
woro then at tho county morguo
and two others those ot wopieni
wero In hospitals w'hero they died
Four of those at the morgue woro I
women threo were "ten and onu a
boy about 7 years old.
Battalion C hlef Patrick Egan de-
clared ho believed tho fir-1 possibly
started from n still. In the base-
ment. LIVESTOCK RULE
AUSTIN Texas Juno 21 Mini-
mum weight charges on less tliAn
carload shipments of livestock wdro
ordered ropiovcd on Intrastate
buatnqss by tho railroad commis-
sion todny and such shipments
mode subject to actual weight
charges at prescribed rates. Tho
decision is on the famous livestock
rate caso which has been before the
commission for somo time and has
atiraeleunttontlon throughout the
stato. Scalo of rates and regula-
tions wero promulgated to cover
Involved shlpmonts.
The livestock caso was brought
before the commission on amplica-
tion ot numotoua shippers through-
out tho stato. asking for rovjslon ot
tho rato basis on stock shipments.
In nn extended opinion written. by
Commissioner Splawn. tho com-
mission finds that elimination of
minimum wolght Charges would
not be burdensome to the carriers
and that It would he impracticable
to rely upon trucks for movement
of shipments.
A minimum charge ot J 5 wa$
fixed for any livestock shipment.
Otlwr regulations set fqrth. aro:
Shipper must give throo days no-
tice flt shipment; oonslgnqo must
load nnd unload where there nro no
llvoatocl; shutes. Tho minimum
rato Is fixed at seventy cents per
ono hundred pounds for loss than
ten lnllos and maximum of $3.40
per 100 pounds for ovor 500 miles.
Minimum doublo lino rates nro
plnccd at ninety flvo oonts and
maximum nt 3.65.
Sllkwnrth to Resign
NEW YORK June 21 William
8. Rtlkworth. president of tho Now
York consolidated stock exchange
apnpunced to the New York Hven-
lug Post todav that he would re-
sign aext Thursday.
ENEMENT HOUSE
MINIMUM
WEIGHT
LIFTEDBYBOAHD
JURY COMPLETED BEFORE
NOON AND
TAKEN UP IN
IXBBOCK. Tex Juno 20 After
a plow tlresomo grind pnly four ad.
dltlonaV Jurors were accepted In
tho Tow Ross case now on trial In
tho 72nd district .ourt In Lubbpck
tiounly. The chief objections and
disqualification havo dome from
a knowledge of the cose together
with provous convlotlons express-
ed by tho vanlremen cnllod for ex-
amination. Sovoral cotlsclontJous objectors
havo been examined who stntfcd
that thdy was opposed to tho tak-
Ing of human Htd for nny cause.
In onch case the Judgo his sharply
naked If the objection was a roal
one or Just hatehed up to got oft
of tho Jury. '
The names ot tho iotir men se-
lected this morning nro II. II.
Sides n farmer ago 4.1 who lives
near Idnloti E. II. Qrlftltli a
farmer who lives nt EMrtcado age
'15 Eugeno Holt ago C4 a farmer
Slatr.u. This brings tho Jury up
to 0 hion With 9.2 of tho spoclal
venire of 100 examined. It will
he Impossiblo tt l-ompleto tho Jury
from tho lPiimiiitiiR npnibor ac-
cording to all predictions. With
the present rato ot selected. 5 for
nil of Tuesday and only 4 for this
morning's session of 3 12 holira It
Is doubtful whether tho Jury will
be completed" todny or not but
both sides and the court aro mak-
ing hn orfort to conclude tho Jury
fn the afternoon session . It Is
believed that a night session will
ho held If tho Jury Is not completed
before plxv
Thero la very little Interest b'lng
tnlcn In the selection of the Jury
wltli only a few- scattering people
ln tho courtroom and most of lhuso
cither relatives or personal friJnds
of tho various parties concerned.
Mrs. Bess and her daughter ppend
the full length of each sehsfon with
Tom Itrim In tho courtroom.
None of thtf other women con-
corned In the caso have appeared In
the courtroom although they are
all In tho c'ty.
TO FEED SURPLUS
WASHINGTON. Jiino 21 Com.
mlriplonor Genornl Husband of the
Immigration service today askd
JJio. solicitor f.or tho labor depart-
ment for nn opinion as to whether
under tit existing Immigration
law steamship companies could bo
required to provide detention facil-
ities for Immigrants how bo;ng do.
talnd at Ellis Island under hoavy
j expanse to tho govornmont.
The proposal. It w-as said was
tho answer of tho Immigration
service to tho attack made In the
British parliament yesterday m
methods ot housing Immigrants at
the Islandi
If It Can bq dono legally Mr.
Husband said tho steamship cotn-
panlos will bo required to build
quarters for detained immigrants
and glvo thorn the enro British au
thorltles desire for 'them.
Under tho plan a part of Ellis
Island would bo loased to tho com-
panies for tliqt lurpose.
Under existing arrangements
tlip commissioner added tho Ameri
can government is doing the host
It enn with tho tunds. available.
"We haven't tho money" ho wid
"to entertain these guests In the
maniler In Which they aoem " to
want to bo nntortnIned.'
' .ii
Two UclglaiH Killed.
ESSEN. June 21. A Belgian cor.
jioral and a nrlvato woro klllod and
one prlvato was wdundod at Marl
nonr Reckllnhauien today when
they endeavored to search two
Germans nt a control post.
MAY GOMPEt ALU -
STEAMSHIP LINES
VOLCANIC STREAMS CHANGING
COURSE AND CITY AT FOOT OF
ETNA TO ESCAPE DESTRUCTION
CATANIA. June 21 Unless
there Is a new nnd strong emission
of lava from Mount Etna the town
of Llngunguossa. widely has been
threatened for tho last throe days
Is almost certainly safe from de-
struction says' official reports from
tho devastated region.
Tho huge stream of lava which
had boon advancing steadily toward
the- town has deviated Into a side
road and Is flowing with acceler-
ated velocity Into a ne'shborlng
valley which Is gradually becom-
ing a vorltnblo lake. of fire.
Tho tow inhabltans remaining
in Ltnguaglossa ascribe the diver-
sion ot tho lava to the town's pati
ron saint St Kgldo to whom pray
ors and gifts wero fervently offer-
ed throughout the recent days ot
terror.
The atmosphere around the vol-
cano Is still dense with tho ashes
hurled steward from the crater
which la completely hidden by a
dense pall of smoke and cinders.
Thunderous explosions continue
and from all quarters are .heard
distressing tales of wild stampedes
by the panic-stricken population.
TESTIMONY
AFTERNOON
liUBBOCK.Juno 21 With tha
sefcctloh ot J D. Meyers and J.
At. Isaacs thii morning tho Jury
to try Tom Ross for tho alleged
killing of W. 13. Allison at Semi-
nole April 1 was completed All
the Jurors aro farmers. Taking o
tho testimony began almost lm
mediately.
Four days wore required to fill
tho Juty box. To obtain twenty
flvo veniremen lato yesterday of-
ficers rounded up farmers In then
field and qualified them on tha
spot. F. L. Jjrltton Galnen county
sheriff an eye witness to the trag
cdy was tho first witness called.
Special to The Reporter.
LUBBOCK Tcx. June 21 Tho
fourth day session of the Tom Ross
caso got under way at S 30 thhs
morning nnd from a special venlro
of twonty-flvo men th'o Jury was
completed with tho addition of J.
D. Meyers farmer age 44 J. M
Isaa- farmer ago 42 both of Lub.
bock this giving a full Jury. Thoso
splocted tho first two days of tho
session bcln; Gilbert Self farmer
ot filnton T. R McCaster farrier
of Slatop J. J. Carroll farmer of
Idalou O. J Wylle tarmer of
Lubbock. It. C- Boyd Lubbock E.
R Griffith farmor of Lubbock. E.
T Daniels of Jdalou II. H. Sides
farmer of Lubbock Eugene Holt Of
Slatoq. T. L. Morris farmer of Lut).
bock.
A summary of tho records show
that" out of tho eighty me-n cxam
Ined eight wero excused by tho
state fifteen by tho defense one
Was oxompt on account of age ono
could not rend or write seventeen
bad conscientious objections to tho
death penalty twenty-Six had
formed previous opinions and
twelve were selOcted.
Witnesses Sworn In
Tho witnesses wero sworn In at
10s45 and Instructed by tho Judgo
In brief ns follows: All" lawyers.
sheriffs nnd regular deputies will
bo allowed to come and go In tho
court room as they wish. This dos
not Includo special deputies conv
ntonlv. known aas "Six Shooter Dcp.
utlcs.'' They woro charged not to
discuss any phasa ot tho case with
any Ono or betwn themselves nnd
a I'st of forty names wero read
who oiJcy the samo privilege. Tho
rest of fho two hundred and f'fty
wltnosses Avero placed under "the
culo" and tho witnesses Were moV.
cd from tho court house to a sec-
tion of the courthouse lawn In or.
der that the men might be mora
comfortnblc whjto waiting.
Testimony Ready.
The indictment was read court
organized and mado ready to
starting tho testimony for tho at-
tornOon setslon.
Mrs. Robertson and Mrs. Allison
nppenred ln tho courtroom for tho
first time since (ho beginning Of
tho trial. All ot tho attorneys on
both sides of the caso were In their
place". The crowds arO Increasing
with each day's session of tho court
and many are turned away from
the courtroom under tho rule that
no more WJH be admitted than can
bo seated. The pfoss representa.
tlVos havo special passes that admit
them through the attorney's en
trance to th pross table in the
court room. There aro six of them
covering the case.
FROM OIvfiAIIOMV
Kitjtor The Reporter
bllene Texas.
Dear Sir: Tho Reporter
is a real newspaper and a
Credit to your city.
Jt is dedicated to your
community and always
working for thoso things
that go to make better bus.
iness and a better city
It Is frto from entangle-
ments and has no prejudice
In Its iipwj or editorial col-
umns. Yours very truly.
K. U Walte.
Secretary Shawnee! Oklaho-
ma Board ot Commerce
the destruction of homes and heroW
efforts at rescue
Town In Danger
The town now moat endangercl
Is Castlglloue. ot 15.000 inhabi
tants which Is menaeod by one of
tho lava streams. Farther fror
the crater than Llnguaglossa. Ca1'-
tlgllone is also lower on the moun
tain slope down which the molt n
rock la advancing It is a rictu'
eque town surrounded by nut trees
many of whloh are on fire.
A correspondent of The Associat-
ed Press todav motored thr"Ugo
ltfirt of the desolated region Nejir
Catena was a small hamlet en-
tirely deserted except for a your?
priest who wore on his breast no-
bons denoting deeds of alor dur-
ing tho -war. No other soul was
vlslblo and tho village seemed dead
under Us coating of black dust.
The prlost pointed out a consider-
able pool of lava hissing and turn-
ing In a depression q ground
That Is Oalena: graveyard"
he said. "Now the dead aro buriel
In stone"
Funds and offers of help hava
begun to pour In froni over tho
world.
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