Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 111, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 23, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1926
YOU XXVL NO. Ill
OFFERS SETTLE HOFFMAN ROAD SUIT
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Sftrah II, N$w Band Mascot, to be Presented to People Tonight
MkYFIELD ASSAILS FEDERAL CONTROL OF RAILWAY BUILDING
SMS i V LEAVES
BE PERMITTED I
■H RESIGNATION
Church Retains Accused Pastor
lurniLD
STATEN J1
WBtXD DITI
PATES OVER
NEW LIS EH.
BEf’FNTLY DECLINED TO KITE
I P PLACE OS <*M>LIDGK*S
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WASHINGTON. .Feb. 23—<AV
Bert E. Henry. democrat. Ore-
gon. resigned today as a member
ol the Shipping Board, effective
March l.. ' ,.» \
The action hiinaa to head a trou-
waa urged today in the hleaomo attnatton which baa ex-
Imnmtar M*vfi«td Demo- te,*d ■»■«# l*St Aufftiat. when Preal-
lenator Mayfield. Demo- ,^ rooJWf# r<s,ttested Mr. Hsn-
ITON. Feb. 23.—UP)—
Sturm to tka states of exclus-
iwer to author!te aew rail-
coaatruc.ion within their
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ft
crat, Texaa.
The right of the Interaute Com* ■
to pass upon all
was "obnoxlfcu*
he aaM. “and had
carriers serving a territory
to exclude other Unea
“To permit a railroad company
to dope the gates of a. large city,
the entrance to a large and fertile
>alley, or a door to a groat port.Mj
eld said, “is to create
KCfSE?
searorm of tyn
ey's real mi ut Ion on the around that,
by proposing to remove I*igh C.
Palmer as president of the Flee'
Corporation, the commissioner had
run “contrary to the understanding
•I had with you when I reappointed
yon." 'v _____
&SV?*15£S SaS
with the president to aupport Mr.
Pnimer. asserting that the chief
executive knew of his opposition'
to Mr. Palmer, and declared, that
to accede to the president'a re iuevt
£)K A. C. PARKER, pastor of Rosemont Christian Church at Hulls*.
. la under indictment charged with engineering a stock frand that
coat many people their fortunes and wt^ed out his own estate of
eept the resignation he offered and
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■ mono DO tv and n ,u •’■'iw w me prnmrui > re |UfM.
v for hia resignation “would carry an
form of tyranny, which violates
oo which our gov-
implication that I cad not permit." (
renditions Better i
In his tetter of resignation the
commissioner said be felt be could
properly end his service now. as
HIGH GRAVITY
■oil found in
SSHBfaCrUe Senate
that the raiiWay transportation sys-
tern of the country is nr\ rot finish- “*** “°oth8 had elapsed since roc __
ed. “Thera are vast undeveloped *re** convened and Mr. Cool idea i^gfeg m \
undeveloped
areas ia^J^JjutiK x-
developtag agtil they am penetrat-
ed aAd served byjfaitrojda. There
not attained
lustrially for
or competi-
tive Uses that would connect such
arqas with additional markets and
tt||t territories not reached by the
UfiBflag lines.
had stated that he arpuid not
reappointed.
The letter declared that since the ent from W oH ** discovered in
Shipping Board had reasserted Hs ?,ro7"COnn,y' ,7“ *}TXiC* “f. •
power over the government mer- £ Efvatu well on the Mrs. 1-. L
-------mie 4od one-hslf
oil
MICHIGAN TO
AID TEXAS IN
NEW WILDCAT ROAD HEARING
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.—<47%.
MieMgsw will, support Texas in the-
Arthrr county road district ease,
involving the financing of read im-
provements.
chant fleet after the dismissal of fbUdroas farm.
_ ___ Attorney General Dongherty of
ssfth.rn ssljs» sssk
^ ImDrovS fo^e D^n, n »**• morning I f»r permission, as a friend of the
iiT72^T3^sri5; •“"> *"< »• '■ arm- *r.;h,r
tar service, and foreign shipping is
no
AVERT STRIKE
BIG MEETING i
SCHEDULED KTi
AUDITORIUM
*A,E*8iXb lV'*DUH MOPE™* MA** ******* WITH NEW
“WuiBtSSar* ] ’^7ansruM-
MS*
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Missouri Paclfic-Texas * Pacific ? _ ”*n<* w
Trial Flight,
THICAGO. Feb. l2^-UP)-The
first plane delfvared to the
NationsI^AIrTraaspdH. Inc., de-
parted today for MoUna. Ilia., on
tha first leg of a trial flight ovar
the Chicago-Dal las air irnd
route.
The plaae was piloted by E. P.
Lott, chief pilot' of thd company,
which holds the contract for
carrying the air mail over the
new line which is expected to be
established probably In April.
Lott will spend the night at
Moline, planning to atop briefly
at 8l Joaeph, Mo., tomorrow,
and to reach Kansas City before
the end of the day.
MOODT WANTS
formally Introduce the Lamar
hood officials, the Igteat. move to ^T1 lo lhe p<?op,e of
a. n..< Brownwood.
conference with railway brother-
avert the ihfeatrned Texas A Paci-
fie strike. * *•
President L. W. Baldwin of the
Missouri Pacific Lines will Join In - ..
the conference*, called for Wedoee- 117°e" oI ^ persons
Harsh will be draped
in the 13.000 hand-made blanks
presented by the Amsrtcan Legion
Auxiliary of Paris, which bears the
REVENUE BILL
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day. and hope la expressed here
that some working agreement ran
be reached, despite the rail -cm-
who contributed to Lhe fund ne ra-
sary to defray expense* of the trip
of the old Gray Marc hand to Parlt
,_w ________|____________PI | . In which the
Ing the well. eatJi own an Interest court recently held that the Texaa
. .... . . ________ . .. in the well. i legislative act creating the Archer
hriUiant and unparalleled Mn ..„^rawB4. Mr. Evans has been a “wildcat- county district was unconstitution-
al development of America *?«• ol the government ownH |w-. ,n Brnwn county W2, ,lld *|.
has drilled many dry holes, but thej Mr. Dougherty will take the posi-
s how ing in this wgll which came Mon that the dec islon cast grave un-
between Soo feet and 823 feet is certainty upon the validity of bonds
----Ifhe last century Is largely IJgL
due to the magnitude and HBtlenry
of Its great transportation system
Chaap and rapid transportation has
bleu sad remains the vita! princi-
ple tal our whole economic struc-.
lure. We have no right to denyj
to the
DEPARTMENT
Of EDUCATION
IS APPROVED
. undeveloped and aeml-
areas of this country,
principally west of the
ipi River, the benefits of,
I tbeee aaase in<trumentalities that
I have mods {transportation cheap
I and rapid In the well ; developed
I Varans. The eastern half of our
country Is well supplied with WASHINGTON. Feb. 23—UP)—
I T!1* 7*!^" To ,he o*tlon‘s “moat fun da-
ao«f*|,|»nnmenchle^stura*! “«t.l need" the legislative tom-
looks to the east., ) mission of the National Education
Mk at Prosperity* t * Association weut on record In fav-
■ra not in the midst of an
■Sfc of great prosperity such as
uBaaltr succeeds every great war.
Hour long it wilt last no man can
tall. New railroad construction
ordinarily can not be financed In
times of financial depr-«*don. There
is n strong disposition In Texas at
praasnt on the part of a number of
responsible companies and indivi-
duals to coostfuct a large amount of
additional railroad mileage la sec-
tions where It will greatly serve the
puhile convenience and necessity.
“On the Pintos of West Texas,
whore In late years fanning has
shown remarkable result* and
whore thousands of terms are tak-
ing the place on the great ranches
of mo old dsye-three railroad ays-
tdnM—with men. money and - ma-
terials all ready for the work—ar
the commission
to extend their
to to this rapidly developing
of that stole. Each of these
has protested the appli-
of the other. The welfare of
the people of my state demands
that all of these railroads bp an-
aad that they be per-
is extend their old lines and
wherever they will.
THE WEATHER
or of the bill before eoaxress creat-
ing a department ot education with
a. secretary Lu the cabinet at its
Lead,
Declaring the American public
school Is “the bulwark of our civil
and religions liberties’* the com-
missions report, whirh was sub-
mitted to the meeting here of the
association’s department of super-
intendents. declared Its hearty en-’
dorsement of the bill as a mean*
of bringing about co-ordination of
government educational activities
“This bill," stfid the report, “does
not permit of any interference with
the complete autonomy of the
states In the administration and
control of their schools, but it does
provide for the more efficient par-
ticipation of the federal govern-
ment by co-ordinating its present
jpducatiaftal activities and by ex-
tending the scope of its scientific
investigations.
“The bill furtber provides by ita
creation of a department of edu-
cation with a secretary In the
president's cabinef for that recog-
nition and service which the impor-
tance of public education merits
and the advancement of education
requires.’'
good and-it i« believed that the
owners will know Just what they
bav?' by the early part of next
week.
The grade- of oil found In this
well is different from the other
oil found in the county and ft is
believed that a new pool will be
opened If the well comes in us U
expected.
The driller Is now busy under*
reaming and will have to set 200
feet of casing as there to now 2u0
feet of open hole and tha sides are
caving in.
“We expect to know JusN what
we have or have not got by the
sarly part of next week. ’ Mr. Ev-
ans said this morning.
issued by iload district, city, village
*-•» vH«»n| districts in Michigan. He
will assert'that at a result there
iu* bee* a depressing effect upon
the stability of such securities is-
sued In Mk-hlgan.
THEATRE HAKE ROBBED.
DENISON. Texas. Feb. 23.—<VP>,—
The safe atthe Rialto Thaaire here
was opened by Intruders last night
and receipts for Saturday and Mon-
day. alloat $800 taken. Tha lock oo
the door was broken og.
ployus rejection of the Rail Labor Moni,*2*
Board’s plan of settlement. ! The fond, with Sarah II and the
The 8t. Low** conference is the party of Brownwood clUAcnt who
ontcome of the apparently fruit- fended Monday s lestlvHles In
less parleys here between brother- |»arjgf returned home tht«« after*
hood leaders and rail executives n^on. weary but happy after forty-
regarding the controverted assign- Hgtu. hours of continuous merry-
raentpf train mws °n jointly own- making. The Band has maae many
ed Missouri Paclfic-Texas tracks longtrlpsandhasbeenroyullyen-
between Saw Orleans and Alexan- tertalned In many cities nil over
. ^7* Heretofore Preside m the country, but never has tcer. en
Baldwin has taken no band In 1^“ tertalned more lavishly than In
m*tlcr- * Paris, where the whole city devot-
- - ' - ed its energies to the task of mak-
ing the Brownwood perty welcome
£.....r i - , r .."a i i i - i i r i : The meeting Tonight at the auduo-
I up n> a nt I P If go ! rium will be a fitting conclusion t<f
J ntWj rLAMlLj f the enurprlia. and. it to expected
* * that every seat In the Mg auditori-
um will be occupied. A small adaiis-
sion fee will be charged, the money
gelng into the fund of the Fair
Association to defray tndebtsd-
ness carried over into this year s
budget from previous years.
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Twenty or more newspaper men
were in Paris Monday to report the
day's proceedings, inclatilf g Henry
C. Fuller of The Bulletin Staff.
Among the interesting stor.es of the
day's activities is the following
which wss written for the Dallas
News by Curtis Vinson:,
The presentation ceremonies, of
a highly colorful nature and mark-
'd by a show of patriotic enthusi-
asm in keeping with the holiday
spirit of Washington’s Birthday,
were brought to a rousing climax in
a banquet at the Coltoeum at the
I^unar county fair grounds Monday
night. There, before more than 1090
persons gathered about the bsaqutt
speeches of presentation
nee were made and th<
GARESTILLIi. Texas Feb.
fir—Oft—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
’ Walden and their twe daaah-
tors BeraNos and Helen, were
toetaatly kilted today when
their antamahBe was struck by
a northbanad Manta l> freight
train at Mnrtifta. Oklahoma
miles aerth of beer.
in, 23
WAHHITWTON, Feh. gfc-^>P>
— lavestlgatloa of the Associa-
tion Araia«t (he Prohlhltlsn
Aawndatoat was prapaaad to-
day ia a rc«olntloa by Rcpre.
scatattvc THlmaa, democrat,
Arkansas
( Hit AGO, I rk.
Fedcral Jadga Jaavcs M. WI1-
kersoa denied the defease mo-
tion to postpone aatll next fall
the trial ef nearly lfiD faraltare
maaafaetarers an charges of
llolatlar the Mhermaa anil-
trust «H. The trial has been
tentatively act far April Mh.
tables. Ui* a
and accepts
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COOLIDGE fflASED
Will PROGRESS IF
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Waal Taxaa: Tonight and W(
aasday partly cloudy; warmar
—» central portion tonight;
what‘colder ta west land north
Wednesday •!
Texas: Tonight and Wed-
eloody. occasional local
wanner to north and cen-
tral tonight; .cooler In extreme
north west Wednesday
'Oklahoma
THIS** AimUIKIT OF HEH*
MIO!) H LT HOOH BE
ftiinwi
. WASHINGTON. Feh. 23. -W”)-
President (oolldxe believes the
present congress has about estab-
linh«L» record for expeditious leg-
islation and he hope* as a result
an ailjournmenj will be possible in
good season.
An outline of the president a
views, given out today at the
White House, disclosed that he to
particularly interacted now to the
tax, appropriation and aviation bills
as well a^ in 4ropoqrd farm and
railroad legislation, bat to satisfied
with the progress made by con
grew In the treatment of those
measures.
The president to anxious that the
recommendations of his air board
. — be adequately cared for in a toffto-
Appeal Decision w" ““ op^“
Prisoners Secure
Release Pending
: Tonight and Wednee-
probehto’ifpin in
and- csatral tonight;' some-
colder in wooG and neutral
from f 13
LEAVENWORTH. Kaa.. Fab. „.
—(41).—*H$n prisoners sent acre fa
connection with the looting of the
Jack Daniels distillery ia St. Lou's
were released from the federal
penitentiary today, i
Ralwse was oo appeal bond
approved by the United Stales Hu-
preme Court. The bonds range
to $3MM each.
legislation which would go be-
yond these recommendations. It to
23. hia contention that the United
8tatos should have a good air ser-
vice but should exercise caution to
prevent the .building of
aviation to a point whore
be carried to tha extreme or
come competitive in theory, there-
by opening the race between mu-
ttons lor competitive air power pm-
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ATTORNEY GENERAL DECLINES
HETTLEXKNT OH BASIS OF
AXUICAH CASS.
A USTIN, Fab. 23.—UP)—The Hoff.
Ja man Construction Company
today offered to settle Its highway
suit wl.h the state through Attor-
ney Oeneral Dan Moody on the
same basis as the American Rood
Company settled, but wds refused.
O. A. Davisson, president of tha
Hoffman Construction Company
said.
Davtoada said that hie company,
which to being cued by the state for
$421,000 in damages and alleged ex-
cess profits, said that the attorney
general practically agreed to set-
tle late Monday night hat asked the
defendants to remain over today,
and when aproaeked today said he
would leave the settlement to the
court He said he did net think it
proper to pass the hack of tha set-
tlement to the court, and that the
defendants notified the attorney
general that thin effort to settle tb».
case would be the last; that the
ease would be a fight to the finish.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—UP).— . His LnakMm.
Repeal of the inheritance tax by Davi*«on stated that his company
senate was assailed fa the dmtoed to settle on the same
today by Representative of the Americas Rend Company lor
Garner, democrat, Texas, as an ac- applying oo# coat of asphaltic trwt-
tion resulting from “the wkked ment to certain mil sage of htohwty
vicious campaign conducted by the except that it would have to bo
American Bankers League. gauged by six tenths bf a gallon
Taking direct issue with demo- in«twd of four tenths as hto com-
cratic leaders In the senate. Mr p.By applied the greater quantity.
Garner warned Southern democrat. Attorney Oeneral Moody said
they would have to fight their sol* that daring tha conference with
atom or “change your viewpoint ’ attorneys
FOR PASSAGE
GARSER ASMAILM REPEAL OP
INHERITANCE TAX PR0YID-
ED IN BILL.
WASHINGTON, Pei RL-
UP)—The House today finally
approved the Rt*MMN tax re-
dartioa ML as agreed to hy
Heave and Senate conferee*.
the sei
Homo
The Attack oh the- campaign tor
repeal of the inheritance tax. which
was restored to the revenue' bill suggested
upon the Insistence of the House, to
preceded a vote on adoption of the |„ Wbo*e
conference report on the bill. tried, and
Blames Bankers League,
Amid applause from both tides
of tbs chambers. Representative
Oarner charged that the America:
Bankers League had “bought legis-
lators to come up here end lobby
for repeal of the Inheritance tax ”
“They got some congressmen in
the other chamber," Mr. Garner de-
clared. ‘They are after me but they
won't get me to change my. view-
point.”
He Mid the organisation had
“paid the expenses of state legis-
lators to come here and work on
he."
Name them." a member ah rated.
and defendants In the
Hoffman dase he informed them hie
did not wist to settle thq cnee but
that they submit thelPv
Judge Oeorge Calhoun,
court the case to to bp
offer to settle on the
basis of tie testimony taken in the
plea of previous trial.
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FOR UnTOK IS
REPBRTEDTB SENTE
RESEARCH LABORATORY PRO- J
TIMOR ADDED TO REAM-
IRE PB0M1HOrKE.
“Speaker Brown of the South I, .............. .
Carolina House," Mr. Oarner re- WASHINGTON, Fab. 23.—<^V—
plied, “and members of the legis- With a total of $12*.I?G,4<8, the au-
to tares of Arkansas, Iowa ai d Tax- nual Agriculture Department ap-
“in.preMnt.tlm Ttllm... demo- Mn to'
crat. Arkansas said he would have to ■“•*•* T*1** **«re le
the record show that “Hill sad Me* I2.3M.840 in excess of the Hwuee
Call of the Arkansas legislature, total, the. largest Item of Increase
came here to lobby.v bring $1,897,600 for co-operation
“We don’t even have to name the *itl> the states In stamping out
Texas propagandists,” Represents- cattle tuberculosis,
live Blanton, democrat, Texas, in* Continuance of the fixed nitrogen
terjected, “because the people of research laboratory of the Depart-
Texas already have their /number." ment of Agriculture was recoin-
“Yes. Speaker Brown came here mended by the senate committee hi
for an interview.” Mr. Garner said, allowing $18S,6fiO to it. The House
“and 1 gave him one ha will never bill had no provision for the labor-
forget.” story, bat President CoOHdge, in a
With leaders expecting quick ac- message transmitted today to the
tlon. the compromise revenue bf.l, senate .re- ommended that appor*
agreed to by senate and House pristlon be made. The president said
conferees and proposing a tax re- the money was accessary to carry
jductldb of $3S7.#M,006 was brought on the work of determining' tk*
i op for ratification today in the. beet.' cheapest and moat available
House. ' • I means for production of nitrates for
8everal members opposed the nee ta the manufacture of mpnitlaiff
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conference recommendations, but
managers, for the menaara were
confident the House would accept
the bill before night.
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TRAIN CRASH
GAINESVILLE. Texas. Feh. 23.
—(A*)—Oscar Waladen. IS. bin wife,
ama. 34, aad their daughter. Bar-
alta. 4. were instantly killed aad
tkeir eonfi. Helen, f, was probably
fatally lajiirad tkla afternoon when
an auUMBoMie driven hy Weldor
waa struck by a Santa Fe freight
train anar Marietta.
BF WaMena m
mAa of the OH
|ve mQee north of
and fertiliser.
The senate Increased the Houae
total for tubercaloato among cattle
from $3,138,00# ta $MM,SM. Of
thle_totai $1.000400 would be made
available apoa paaaaga of tha hill.
WOUND IR FATAL
DALLA8. Jf b. 23 —UP)—Death
today claimed 10-year-old Ethel
May McAdams, who shot
Saturday and lateF-toas
tangled to a barbed wire fence at
her home northern* of Dallas.
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