Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 276, Ed. 1 Monday, September 6, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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Pyblici School I Six-Counties Meet in Institute Here
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rWENTY-TH ID IN TRAIN DERAILMENT
:enic train
UN9ES INTO
A LABOR DAY
MR CANYON
IDA, Colo., Bept. •.—(£*>—The
. death list In the derailment yes-
[ tsrday of the Denver and Rio
■Nmi Western** crack scenic
Hashed train 4S miles west of here
to IS today, according to
official announcement by com-
offlclai*. Of this number, four
a man. two women and a
Junail girl are la the morgne at
BLsadvlIle. Colo., and are uuidcnti-
f** ' z ________________,
Thirty eight victim* of the wreck >Tery member of a trade union to]
BY WILLIAM GREEN
President American Federation of
Labor.
far-reaching im-
should be emphasize**
1. Ah intensive trad# union or-
ganisation campaign. '•
2. The- non-pbrtisan political
campaign of the American Feder-
ation of Labor.
Wherever Labor Day is cele-
brated, and from reports this will
be almost ' universal, agitation
ahould be renewed for a vigorous
continuance of the campaign toi
organise every wage earner eligi-
ble to membership in a trade
union.
Speakers at I-abor Day demon:
st rat ions wouldtlo well to urge
are undergoing treatment t ti-
the Denver and Rio Grande
Sal here and of this namber
bne la no« expected to recover. She
Is Hilda Everett, 1? year old slater
pt Albert Everett of Avon,,Colo..
body has been recovered
Ihe wreckage. In announcing
condition of .Mias Ever-
fett, hospital anthortties also made
the aamn of nine persons
injuries are listed aa serious
sured. Her
bat whose recovery is assured.
ES"*
fa the railroad's Mat of,
HstJd a^Sfloul
i injuries are
recovery assured are Mrs.
__ Cockrill. Lawton, Qhla.. Mr.
tad Mrs. t. 8. Lyuch. Kansas CRy.
IKans.; Helen Holt. Elmont. Runs.;
[Vivian C. Daniel. Jonesboro, Ark.:
Florence Park. Little Rock.
[Ark.: Timothy MeClanahan. rall-
fireman of Salida; Beatrice
MB. Leadville. Cole., and AI-
appoint hhnself a committee
one to seek new members
I'sleu Gains.
Unions that have adopted this
policy haVe gained In membership
Members of anions who have re-
lied upon the officers alone tot
accomplish results have not been
ao successful.
' The present stable conditions
enjoyed by the organized . wags
earners of America were not rot-
antarity conceded by employers
They are the result of organize
tlon. of years of struggle aad sac
ectiw
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TfIVE DAYS 8 F
Bullets Take Lives of Five
Texans at Widely Separated
Points in State Over Sunday
SING a rive tU»;» institute
t I five huiidivd public
teachers from sfx counties
thw Miorntng in the
ood High -S< hool auditor-
the cpenlnx program, uu-
direefton of Supt. Q. I*,
of Ban -Saba county. It
re^ Mmt the Heavy rain uf
_ bight might make IT intpos-
for- xome of the teachers to
Inai Riw } In time-for the
hiute. bnt it was apparmt this
Ida that few If aay were du-
ly bad roads or other con-
st result fag-from the rain.
Hie sessions of the 'Institute
serious study. All teachers
r\ALLAS. Texas, Sept. <A*( —
Shoot inRH took the lives of at
least fsvo persons in Texas over
the week-end.
William Shaw. 30. deputy con-
stable and Ernest May*,. 21, sher-
iff. were killed 'Sunday at Ray-
mond vilie when they went to the
Mexican section of the town to In-
vestigate a disturbance. Officers
were searching today for the slay-
er*. i
Peas Hill, 38, oflCom ho, was shot
three miles south of Ballinger in
attempting to escape from Sheriff
Earl McWilliams, according to a
report by McWilliams. McWUHams
Midi Hill attempted to take hie
gun and also threw rocks at him.
A. H. Krafft, 24. of San Antonio,
was shot and killed by an unknown
aasailant. • .11.** .
Mrs. Claudie Chiles was killed at
Beaumont Friday. George Bar-
ham was arrested and released on
bond. • •
v:he ;have contracted for scholaMlc
rilllam y. Green, greslOat •* the
Lihor.
jbkrtCraham of Del Norte. Colo.
Sixteen persons are listed e* not
bartoadly^ Injured white 1« are list-
ing aa suffering from minor injur-
The accident occurred on a
sharp curve nine allies below
Granite when the giant Mogul en-
gine. palling 14 cars, was derailed,
plunged Into the' ArkanMs river
pad curried five coaches Into the
Itraam with It.. Most of the deaths
occurred in the two foremost day
couches, which crashed Into the
cliff, telescoping pa they struck be-1
tore plunging Into tbwlcy walers.J
rifice. until collective bargaining
through which It was possible tt
mala tain Industrial peace.
Mo reason can be-advanced whjj
every union should not be 100
cent organised. It ail depends
on the willingness of the m
hers to perform their sharv of
gaalMtion work.
The importance of selecting
members of Congrevs who will
true to their constituents and
the people generally cannot be ov
er estimated
In Usugress.
There la hardly a eongr
district in the United States li
which the voters cannot- nominal
and elect-* forward-looking reprd
sentative. It—is doubtful if ther i
is a state in which a senator caf
direct
for’the
tore planting
First Aid
Crews from coast ruction camps
th^fcj
nearby hurried to the rsacue and
administered crude, first aid to the
most serlonily injured and began
to reclaim the dead and wounded
from the cars, partially sabmerged
f 1 la the water. When a rullef train
, sarrived from Salida. carrying doc-
I tors aad nurdes, the wounded were
lyUuA ilong the hanks of the liver.
Other groups of hal^dasod
GENERAL RAIN
t be nominated and el tied who the conspiracy to
II be true to the people. ,Tha> ou- the wage earners to ---
obstacle will be the ll lilnrc of primary laws will be f^ta I to the
acceptable candUMt*. nomination of friendly caididates.
Members of the Hoif ? »f R“P- Jt 1» my hope that eWry wage
ntathres should be e «ct*d who earlier will faithfully register and
Refuse to permit thiSBmm to TO(e jn the November election,
te what legisjatids shall be nut these votes must he
sldcred and voted up an. It is candidates who will Ik? |»val to
-dictatorship replisnait to our me people. lr Ibyal to [th s people
moeratie institutions ind those they will be loyai to lajbor, a* la-
sponsjble should be in iphntical- bor never asks for anything that
b tllot box. not. good for the peqpl e gj»ner-
»ny rol- ally.
the men Therefore let ua ull <Ji*c
^present. wui launch
dbrin^ the n»iir’year are rC-
V> attend, the purpose be-
devote s' m-ek to an intes-
sMidy ’of teaching problems,
ructors in the institute are
known educators, and . their
Vesses snd their work be-
CONE JOHNSON [FORTY HE IN
THEATI
sectional meetings will [>e
ukVsl through the
It- is not a question of!
ics. It Ik a question ol
d the principles they
is a question of wh c l candi-- campaign this Labor ijaj greater
tea roost truly mvasui e
th<
re
j Labor al«r sho
co
k:uf!daies | tut
that we know will brjfiithfm to
rnedthat^the wishes of labor and tip* people
e up to than that of-any previoqs year and
| people. mat we will vote for I c
are that
<4rg snization
help to the teachers
to Mr. Huckaby. The ih-
s. in addition to the county
superhttendenis. include
Payne, of the 1*^1-
ty of Texas; Dir: A. S Bla^k-
the Ea:;t Texas. Stsjto
er* t'ollege; Rhey B. Parso*s.
Baylor College and
University of Tennits-
sqej Mrs. t’ora B. Stafford, of the
d Mhs
Houston City 8chor.ll and
Minnie B. Graves of the Wnco o[ty
Schools. “
n RED NOT TO
qj| be candidate
KANSAS ('ITT, 8ep . B.—tcP>—
Moat of Central-West Texas wi jj
drenched Sunday night, ralnfa
being reported over a big terrltor
The precipRation in Brownwot
Sunday night was 1.12 inches, an gress. Frank Morriso^ secretary
MADISON. WIs.,
There U a widespread
in the American polltt
justly to criticise sad
Ispositton
field un-
little Con-
UnltetL,Stales Senator
Reed" of Kankas City
definitely today that h#|
he a candidate for retiutninaiion in
Jsm<H A.
nounced
ould not
Superintendents Hs«y
\ ■
7[he superintendents ;of the. pix
unties co-opt rating In the initl-
tf are: G..L-Hudkahy, San SplMi
Mnty: J. H. Kcllelt. Coleman: jW.
l>ans. MrCullcgh; L E. Pat-
terson. Mills; L. W. \tatthew*.
d. and Nf L. Cobh. Brown coim-
-(|ity Superintendents assisting in
Institute are: D. A. New
Jdthwmite; D. T. Peter
C. Scarborough. Santa
llufford. Coleman, and
Woodward. Hrownwood.
superintendent Is to be
busy throughout the week.
dui'tinR sectional meetings «f
Ions types. Much of the, institute
w<Wk Is to be done in these
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TW(
SAN ANTONIO, ^ept. 6. -I/I*)—
Cone Jotinsbn of'Tyler Mcaday was
namod temporary cSairman of
Tuesday's democratic state conven-
tion by the executive committee
after a subcommittee had been ap-
pointed to prtneut a" temporary or-
ganization.
The suh-com tun lass tbeic^s.
which were ido^ed. tnHuded Jas.
Shaw of WlUiamsan county for tem-
norarjr secretary. I|n*. Jane T. Mc-
Collum of Travis rcunty his assist-
ant -and I>ee O. Allen of Lubbock
for *crgeum-at-artns.
Stewart A. Smttn. of Beaumont,
appeared the next most likely man
td be named for the office of perm-
anent chairntani Harry Graves, of
Williamson county, probably ntu
be made head of the executive com-
mittee.
Attorney (Vaeral Dan Moody was
declared by the Texas democratic
executive committee the dectncrktlc
nominee for governor by the offi-
cial count of' 4X5,723 votes over
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, who
polled a total of 27d.5»5.
The committee also declared that
Claude Pollard of Houston* was
nominated for attorney general.,
OF TWO DEATHS
JJROWNSVILLE. Texnn, Sept. t.
<A*).—Armed men last nlghd
guarded the Willacy county jail at
Kaymondville where twenty Mex*>
leans are being held pending ta^
vestigation of tWe fatal shooting of
William 8h«W, constable and
eBt May. deputy sheriff, end the
wounding of Sidney Brant, caMhfa-
ble, early Sunday.
Several state rangers, who er*
rived Sunday, today are assisting
county officers in the investlg**
tlon.
Suspicion is stroog against'Your
of the 20 men and they are being
held
e 20 men and t
incomnpnntcado
Feeling Rune
the county
LIMERICK
(JP)—Forty per
ten seriously
quence of a fire]
an Improvised m
tre in a wooden
collogher, near hi
The majority
young people
was being
balk It is all
protective scree:
jectlng apparat
took fire It c<
nd. Sept. 4.—
are dead and
tjred in conse-
which destroyed
tion picture thea-
ildiug at Drom-
Feeling throughout
where, the officers were very
uiar is running high and by Sand
day wight had become so tease
that the sheriff's department de-
cided to put special guards around
the jail.
Officers believV the shooting was
plotted in * retaliation for
he victims ware
film
in an- ni
there
round the
and wh<-n
paigas
When
skirts of
to investii
liquor
first shot was fired
citpi six officers went
|e. dividing into turn
showing paa tea As Shaw, May and Brnnt
upstate* Maned the oytn atr jyeavt. sight
was bo shots rang, out almoat simoltan-
K
auK» o
eously. Shaw and May were killed
Instantly while Brant sustained
partial block- only a flesh wound. Officers be-
ing of the door,; which was the lleve the] ambuscade had been care-
fully prepared and that the first
shot was fired to draw them Into
the trap.
Among the prisoners were four
only means
Many persons
the frenzied stfd|
while others were
blazing hall and
Twenty nine
covered from
noon, most of tb
recognition
WUnrsses say
to aid tb* trap]
snd b
e bodi
the r
he i
hem
ere trampled in
ggle to escape.
caught in th*
urned to death,
lies had been fe-'
ruins this after-
charred beyond
who had fit
running
figured in various liquor
cases
it waa impossible
and are believed to
have held at grudge against Wil-
lacy county officers as the reealt
of previous arrests.
victims, and
•> • a
Jsrr,
wouldbe rescuers stood in agonized
helplessnesa while those blocked
from the exit screamed for aid.
Escape from
wm made
NWSm HIS LEW
i -
1
impossible for many by the jam of
struggling
Many of the
W. firqpory Matcher, for treasur-
lared the nominee.
humanity at
i survivors w«
er. was
The co^mittiM unanimously
...... N. tirn
by hurling themselves down
Ung from
the door to
re
sommended that Harry N. Graves,
of Taylor, he selected as the nest
(.f mocratic executive comibittp-
stalrway lei
the street. . . .
The disaster occurred last night.
man.
So far as could be learned none
of the delegatee will force a fight
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(CONTINUE!* ON PAVE EIGHT)
After the oUtbrehk.
spread rapidly,
more than ten
the flumes
A
WAR'S OVER; IF-
und it
mlBStM before a
portion of the flpor collapsed, car-
rying with It a number of girls
who had failed tn reach the exit,
le audiei
jhithi
after the first
tempting to
was still at- --r
Monday who
a report prepared Monday mol-
ing by the Went TexM Telephoili
"jCompany showed that as much (j I
n of La-
bor Day
:/ers huddled about Improvised camp ■ more tgnn that-had fallen thMugt
■Orao." Motor tourlsU passing near
TSe scum of the wrack, rendered
they coaid. “
what
of the dead aad injured
Many
w«re
.^brought to this city.
Pathetic sconce were .enacted as
mothers, husbands aad wives look
ed for loved ones
Other survivors i
to tell their
hours. Many of
1 prlsooed Is ttej
mWTIVUFT) ON PACK SEVEN)
‘
wreckage,
■aable
several
■H THE WEATHER j
h i A
-li
day partly cloudy, showprd Mi
thunder storms <m the coa;«t.
Snake Story
Si
l ;
the May
UERE‘8 a good a
commMity^ted0' flftyolght
rattle aoakos yesterday, brlag-
ing his total for the M*r,ap 10
l«o of the venom nos
** .«•»***
yesterday wore of
lies and in three slsee. of
the largest ones were about
five feet long, a»d the
were smaller.
Stacey
he sad his
“pretty busy” kill** ,
He shot one big Wot'
the remainder of
family began to
he aad his bftys
busy rp*u>dlng fhj__
for a
were
that
kept
oat this-weetlon.
The rain wm welcomed by
era snd ranchmen, although
cotton picking Mason Is Just
ginning. It Is thought that tl
cotton will suffer damage, and
ranges will be much benefits
- No. rain fell in Abilene Sai
night, but farther south there
s general rain. Ballinger re;
ed a big rain, as did Coleman, wh
Santa Anna and Bangs repo:'
light shoWers. There was A 11
rain at Brady. Other points
ported as follows:
Burkett, big rain: Bronte,
rain; Byrds. Comanche. May,
reported a big rain; Dallas
Waco reported good rsins, but
a shower fell at.Fort Worth;
Hn. good • rain; Eden, half . ini
Elkins, shower; Grosvenor, r
rain; Goldthwaite, good rain;
dian Creek, good rain; there
no rain at Lampasas or Lorn
Mercury had s good rate, as
Mullln to the eustof here; a sb
er fell at Paint Rock and at
ard; there was no rate at
Saba-; San. Angelo reports a
rate, M do Talpa, Valera
Winters, west of here; Zephyr
a good rate.
of the American
bor, declared today In
address here. .
So important is the dhenbmenon.
Mr. Morrison luhd. tbs) [labor lead-
ers should link it ep
their con-
sideration with the oldi g labor pro-
of tejunc
11] posing or-
i r** unions,
i tteotion to
t >eae evils."
"All of
gram of resisting as*
tions In strikes, and <
ganizations of “comps i;
“I would call your
the menace of each of
Mr. Morrisyn declar4$
them strjke at funds! n ntal rights
or institutions. The i oidious at-
tack of the legislator pTbrsnch of
our government is a Stab at the
heart of democracy. J (<t* the slurs
on congress by newsiipers whose
1 record is s 100 per c snt defense
of privilege. Note ths attempt to
picture the senate m i do-nothing,
talkative body. ThH is In hope
A that a free forum wf change to
I a controlled machine.
The Mussolini fatea o ’ government
f^-or rather lack of i ;< vernment—
is defended te the Int i rest of effi-
ciency. There is no lestlon that
It will be efficient so Ur w privi-
lege is concerned. 11 d that the
few can satisfy theH wants be/
Slain Generals in
Nicaraguan Revol\
Believed Me
MANAGUA. Nicsraugs.
OP).—It Is report'd that
gamnel Sedlles. Julian
aad Roberto Boos, who
•d 1a last wash's battle^
governsftrtt forces aad revolt
fata, wora ualfarms of Mexlr>
fleers. It te rJA also that
from the Mnlui govet
were found on their bodies.
cause _tbe people‘wll
mltted to be informe
"Th* nan who
insults the American
national repreMntath 11 and *eaa-'
CEASE
wm!
not be per-
tors reflect M a
ing sentiment of
We wafit nai
whereby some
the WhRe “
permit congress,
attention to IL'
meat, free speech
will go in the sags*
ed democracy Juts
congress
pedple.. Our
ISlCREl
iF'l&OUa
MfWBMV
A. .'
V m
Some pf the a
clambering
and one girl
roof.
The diMster [i
Irish annals
lies In the to
tims. as ths i»l
tlon of ouly a
icnctq escaped by.
a skylight.
had been uomlnsted for sheriff of
Dallas M™:. I a
brought by
Marshall. Jr.,
imped trom| the
8qhuyler
Allf^H
tm worst
In
frnmi-
r 1* t
Probably few
are without tie
has a poi
Allen &ea
had
tinued wit
era from
'PSl
it primary
determine
MDl
coqaty.
>"Blest
■r 8. M
x heals, who on the am count
a majority of 12{ votes, osu*
>d with the examteatluu at vah»
rom curtain precincts te wfflcft
b
Sheik .
5M0077A'/
CharleslLClark
Famous Editor and
'rtaln precincts te which
it was charged ballots had
tampered With.
As a result of today’s
eight of the "tampered ballots'*
were assigned te Seale, two to Ma£
jball, three were counted ao vote
because
Dead
ISUTCENPfg-
if 'ifaVu.ObaCEPe
■Rew3cK'fX
■ • ms
the prevail-
:onstltuents.
1 system,
dcc«pant of
My: *1 .will
will pay no
that Mntl-
fra* press
our boMt-
ly passed.'*
OIL COMTEK
HOUSTON, Sept.
Ice A. (jullter. dll
at his home her?
been retired froas
tor some time.
DIES
GP)-Manr-
iraetor, died
He had
business
i.'
! » • *•
HARTFO
(A*).—Charles
noted editor,
aa UlaeM^ot
Editor of the
since 1900, con
per throughout,
reer of U years,
Th'q Associated ___
years. Mr. Clark waa
day by men lr **'
leading publl
The fuaeral
Sept. B
(Mart. 79.
last night after
ral months.
ord Courant
with the pa-
ls newspaper ca-
both names of sheriff
been scratched, and one wm .
ap for later ruling.
‘Fourteen wUn
v n
man testified on
were e:
s«l. One than could not, identify his
wm held for latok
ballot
ruling,
examln
Write
out
iff were
A dec
ed within
u;h
could not rani or
ballot wm counted
“ names for sher-
ision in the case Is e:
te a feu
few days Marshall
a lead of 212 votes on the
as ft now stands
x ped-
al has
NEWS
Q
F0BT
Hi
Monday
ha hi«
white (W
shoal tvs
i
BACK AGAIN
1
1
I
start.
W/f/
f T1
rncjUML
Tag
were slow|
but when they
votes In favor of
ord pussies came la
Gltddsa Wilson started
Fnrsoa went into tMs
scratched th* pledge
for pussies.
imbsr of other* who
that Tho Bulletin
pusste hack on
they said
worth
I
-- «
demanded
the daily
.Li
won't undertake
them. |f you
turn over to the editorial
aad try the one fubllsh
• never
day. I f -you have
habit, go In tt
hopes ran will
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