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VOL. XXVI
NO. 270
DEN'TON. TEXAS, SATURDAY AFFERNOON |UNE 25, 1927
READY TO DASH l\TO OCE i\ DARKS ESS
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CRIMINAL TERM
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CLAIMS INNOCENCE PRISONERS' MUTINY
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been tn
The English and Japanese dele-
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Wants Police Chiefs’ Meet
FORT WORTH. June 25
sen-
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Commerce Executives Finish
George Neu, President of
Successful Annual Meeting
Press Association, Is Dead
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OVER FATE AS HE BRINGS TO CLOSE TEXAS FLOGGINGS
CLAIMS INNOCENCE PRISONERS'MUTINY PROBE CONTINUED'
AIR MAIL FIELDS
DONATED TO CITIES
DAVIS MUST SERVE
PERJURY SENTENCE
TWO MEN SHOT TO
DEATH IN NEW YORK
ton. and Rosa Wirz, Seymour
Bachelor of Music: Altha Evers
Itasca.
Denton;
Sherrod.
S willey,
and
the
noslta hart been
etal* of th"
the return, while the prison band
sat in the end of the hall playin*
Home Sweet Home.
*IWd up Ha heavy
Uoumed until October
»erat«re
irday
Judith
Louise
SHERMAN
agreed upon
to
provided
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SEARCH AND SEIZURE
DECISION REVERSES
FOUR LIQUOR CASES
WEATHER TO STAY
RIGHT TO MONDAY
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MAN'S ARM TORN
OFF BY GIN SAW
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attempt to carry eight persona
Paris
is said when
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WASHINGTON.
Pot Office
tri. nsl erred
FORT WORTH. June 25 Mar-
vin Biggers. 18. was seriously injur-
ed here today when his left arm
was cut off by a gin saw. His con-
dition is critical.
AUSTIN. June 25-Four liquor
convictions were reversed and re-
uiandad by the Court of Criminal
Appeala today on the strength of
Ha optaipn laat Wednesday holding
the affidavit clause of the search
and aaAaura 4a* invalid.
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France co
H CANDIDATES
Loretta Rivers [
Wichita
Houston. [
I ment official declared
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
"The action was taken in accord-
ance with an act passed bv the
last, session of Congress, providing
for disposition of Government air
mail proper tv upon the relinquish- '
ment of that service to private it: ;
itiativc," New said.
“The Western
route
will pass into
into < H 'lodv
Early '
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it
WILL INSTRUCT DELEGA-
TION AT GENEVA TO
DECLINE BRITISH DE
MAND ON SUBJECT.
to limit
auxiliary I
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Flights in Prospect
Mrs Robert Dodge was said by
her brother. Edwin Sefton, vice-
president ot the American and
Overseas Aeronautical Association
to be prejiared to back the Fonck
project, it was understood that
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FLAGSTAFF. Ariz., ‘ June 25
-Sheriff's officers who have
questioned the Oklahoma out-
law, Matthew Kimes, since his
capture Thursday in the Grand
Canyon near here were admit-
ted! v puzzled today over the
“confessions" and self-implicat-
ing statements made by the ac-
cused murderer and bank rob-
ber liarly in the day Kimes was
said to have confessed to a re-
porter that the last ‘‘job" he
pulled was the robbing of a
bank at Beggs. Okla., of $18
(X)o but later in a more com-
plete statement lie said he had
"heard of persons being killed
at Beggs, but denied connection
with the robbery He expressed
surprise when told he was quot-
ed as confessing to it.
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men are Bert Acosta, Commander Richard E. Byrd, Lieutenant George
passengers.”
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The '
Houston and San Antonio
and San Francisco.
Rene Fonck, whose attempt to fly
I rum New York to Paris last year
tost two lives when his Btkoraky
plane nosed over Ind burned, soon
will hme another Sikorsky, it was
] revtakd today, in which he would
relief.’
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BUFFALO, N. Y., June 25 Idea
weather aided the frontier cities of
Buffalo and Niagara Falls today in
extending a cordial welcome tc
Governor Moody and his fellow
travelers on the all-Texas special
The party was greeted by city of-
ficials and representatives of the
Chamber of Commerce Breakfast
at a hotel was followed by a con-
tinuous round of sightseeing and
receptions for the remainder of the
day.
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Buddie Dodson,
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BRIEF LOCAL NEWS
NO FHIE ALABM SOUNDED IN
DENTON IN WEEK
During the past week no fires oc-
curred and not a single alarm was
sounded in Denton.
Britain Insists
GENEVA June 25 Final decis- j
ion w hether capital ships wLre to Ti'.’ !
a » ♦ ♦ $ S rt WR rt 1 I It FVN I ♦ r 1 f I I V
to fly to Honolulu, the triple-mo-
tori d monoplane America rested on /J
J Is. . rniaAzi .ai.rl n bftlrA_J
wav pending improvement at i
er conditions over the Nortl
lar.tic ocean. A frett* storm
Commander Richard -®. Wl
ills isUows of Uw. Amar^ab
on* the grouMa?
Bub the storm turned on--
mid today was blowing over u», .j
i great circle course. One storm IB
Indrer
them
haling
id the
Three
mid '
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PASSENGER ROUTES
ACROSS OCEAN AND
CONTINENT MAY BE
OPERATING BY FALL.
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SWEETWATER, June 25
Oeorge Neu. publisher of the Bren-
ham Banner, who was recently
elected president of the Texas Press
Association, died at a hospital here
today. The funeral will be held at
Brenham Monday. Neu was strick-
en on June 14 while en route to
the Press Association's convention
in El Paso.
NEW YORK, June 25—Olie
bodies of two men. each with three
bullet wounds, were found on a
street here today Police believe tise
men were fired upon from a past
ing .automobile
The bodies were identifuec* a.-
those of Frank Russo. 30, ano J
Bianco, 38, both of Brooklyn
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Is Senlencinl
Han^
IWEAfHERI
> East Texas: Tonight and Sun-
day partly cloudy, somewhat mi-
Here’s the largest party ever to attempt the Atlantic crossing by airplane.
United i picture of Byrd and his companions was taken while they were preparing the big triple-
Press learned authoritatively motored monoplane, America, (above) for her ocean jaunt, with Europe the goal,
today.
difcusscd at the naval limitation t
coiiferrnce rested with Washington I
today | °k . last .........— . —...
Amorlrnn Mnczh M Gib 1 L11C accusation
"I bought a shotgun from one ot
! the guards and made good mv es-
cape “
the apparent impassibility of the
obstacle, Gibson reiterated his view
that he saw no reason to discuss
capital ships, whose status was ra-
jjarded as settled at the Washing-
ton conference. The subffct !s not
on the conference agenda.
Admiral Saito. Japan, in previ-
ously asking fresh instructions from
his Government, also had pointed
out that capital ships were not on
the program
Even if Washington met the Brit-
ish viewpoint, now again raised to
the proportions of a serious obsta-
cle. it was intimated the American
delegation would insist on dispo-
se ion of the questions of cruiser,
destroyer, and submarine limita-
tion ttie ostensible chli f business
before capital ships were discussed
Carruth it al . jnvoives ihe
disposal of the John Paine estate
| valued at almost $1,000 000.
McKinsey will hold his court
ttie District Court room t
AUSTIN
file second
dented by
AppenlH toilav
Martin, unit":
(or murder of Ili-putv
Parsons lit Denton II
ni Dulla.s County o
ven lie
"They have accused of about
1? bank robberies in Oklahoma,
Texas, Kansas and Missouri." Kim-
es said. "While I was in Columbus.
Neb . I heard I was accused of
pulling some Jobs in Oklahoma.
"If I knew when these Jobs were
nulled I could furnish an alibi, but
I don't remember where I wa- when
the Jobs were pulled"
In fact. Kimes denies participa-
tion in anv of the snectaculat bank
raids attributed to him. saving hr
spent most of his time as a hunted
man in Oklahoma. Kansas, Texas
nnrt Nebraska
He said he spent much of bls
time with ramblers In Sapulpa and
Bristow, Ok.
'Mr. and Mr* E. V White Jr
left Saturday for Gary. Ii^j. after
a weak s' visit with his parents. Mr.
and Mr» E. V White They came
here from Colorado where he re-
ceived hia master s degree in Uir
fpring and upon reaching Gary
White will take up work with th>-
American Bridge Company, he I lav-
ing accepted a, positkir\ With th a J
conaeni before leaving Colorado
settled on IflO acres of land neai
Bolivar and there has been only
one deed made to the property —
that Of a homestead deed which my
faUier secured The records show
that the property never has been ;
•Old or mortgaged almost a record
for a tract of land in this county. I
suspect "
June 2B — Wbnt wsr
by nil the executives
present as being the most successful
of any convention In the history ot
the Texas Commercial Executlvee'
Association came to a does here to-
day. following the election of officers
and the transaction of unfinished
business O. C. Bjchardson of
Brownsville is the new president.
Other officers chosen Include O W
Smith of McKinney, vim president.
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♦tiled near the coast with local
hewers near west coast.
.West Texas: fantght and Kun-
lay partly vloudy. posslblv
cooler In the Pan-
but officers of Okmtil-
Oklahoma are en
CLASS FOR AUG. 27 COM
MENCEMENT SHO W S
INCREASE; 249 DE-I
GREES IN YEAR.
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Sixty-four applications for
I 111^141 III IWUW > UI K
The summer criminal ses ' with capitalists about
sion of
will open Monday with
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, NEW YORK. June 25—The
morning report of the weather bu-
reau today set Monday as the first
date when there seemed a likeli-
hood of favorable conditions for
the takeoff / for Prance for the
monoplane America but there re-
mained a possibility that the flight
might be begun tonight or Sun-
day.
the Government were Cleveland.
Chicago. Iowa City, Iowa. North
Platte, Neb. Cheyenne. Wyo •'’■all
Lake City. Utah and Elko. Ni v.
Postnin.'ter General Ni’w an-
nounce)! the transfer had Ix’en ap-
proved by President Coolidge u'a 'V F 1
, scheduled
presidency
U|.| | carrying flying between New York
full I
docket for the first week. On
the first day 10 defendants
have cases on call while live
cases are set for trial on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Next week tin I’e will be two ses-
sions of District Court iiere at th"
rami' tunc probably lor the Jr'i
time in the history ol the court.
Judge I' <> McKinsey ol Wiather-
lord is to come here to pri side at
till' Paine will ease1 trial which l.i
si t tor Monday Ihe Paine case,
styled Cecil P. Merriman et al is I bonck. in Augunt, would attempC * _J
O' L' ,(h ., «l .......... ;u.. 1 Irl.l llurhl with plwht r,Q eAAHtrt-Hl
FOI R MEN INJ’ ’**'•» IN GAS WELL
FIRE
SHAMROCK. June 28 —Four men
were painfully burned hera whan a
gaaaer. Texaa Company No I Bewail,
caught Are. .
degrees at the summer com
mencement of the College of
Industrial Arts have been til-
ed, according to E. V. White,
dean of the college. Added
to the number of degrees
awarded at the spring com-
mencement these will in-
crease the total number of
graduates for the year to
249.
White said that the number ol
degrees awarded this year would bi
the largest ever granted during u
single year in the history of
college
class is about 10 greater than
before The graduating exercises
BAINE WILE CASE
FOR TRIAL
_WEEK; TWO SESSIONS
TO BE IN PROGRESS.
Mrs Wonwick pf Dickens, wife
of the county attorney of Dickens
County, is here Visiting the fam-
Uy of 8. M. Bradley Bhe will be
remembered by nkl-Mrii»r» as Miss
Minnie BerUn wMr with her pai
*nts left here about 37 years ago
Bite is asking about many old fam-
iUes here, and b Interested in the
developments that have taken
place since leaving Denton
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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
BUNDAY BASEBALL IN I’F.NN-
’ SYLVANIA ILLEGAL
♦ PHILADELPHIA. June 25 ♦
— The State Supreme Court <•
♦ today decided that Sunday ♦
♦ baseball in Illegal in Pennsyla- ♦
♦ niu The decision was in tiic ♦
♦ case of the Philadelphia Am- ♦
♦ erican League baseball club ♦
I !♦♦♦»♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦ I iT
WASHINGTON. June 25.
— The State Department will
[instruct the American dele-1
gation at the Geneva.tri-j
to
L Britain’s re-
quest to discuss capital ships,
already limited by the Wash-
ington treaty, the I______[
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f
Battle Rates
The battle beneath the ground
continued back and fortli and witli
each onslaught the mutineers lost
ground Roiks hurled against th<
wooden support in the mine, as the
mutineers were driven back past
the telephone A hurried call was
made to the surface for help. On
past the guards, the mutinous men
were driven and with the guards as
reinforcements the prisoners were
within sight of thi1 < levator cage.
Here a threat was made by th-
mutineers to blow up the shaft with
dynamite but th" tush was started
again arid the mutinous convicts
were driven |>ast the shaft. At one
stage of the turmoil, the mutineers
used acid in their fight and sev-
eral men suffered slight burns
from acid
After gaining control of the ele-
vator tile mutinous were were over-
powered and sent to the surface, 12
al a time, when they were taken by
guards and placid In their cells
most seriously wounded were
, ♦ CHICAGO Jui.e 2>
•> Catlier'ni CsssL r of 1
+ Point ijid today was
4- 11 need to be iia'vo'd on
1 + l» r 21 lor tie n,mill"
+ Inn Llnil.-truin
■b Mis Ldllar, t a*, '
a . I iitds1 roof
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pit i' Ilit I i 1
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Instructions frnm
their Governments on disputed
I points.
Denies Crimes
He is a fugitive from life
.......... .......... ..... ..... tence for killing of an Oklahoma
rrnmint's views on capital ships be- i peace olfictr
' . gee County.
Before seeking advice because ot 1 route here to return him In con-
; ncction Wltjl the more ievriiv dol-
ing of W. J. McAnallv. chief of po-
lice of Beggs. Ok , scene of
last alleged Kimes bank raid
And Kimes is worried about, his
ultimate punishment.
2‘> Frank •!
11? • sen +
L oin Dalia nil <■ HiV u 4
1 murder i,!t> t tin- -.lavtin.' 4
i ugiii (Ion- 4
Inda'. wa , 4
a t nil |>al don ti, ,V t +
p ) loV, ruoi Mill, r
M.aaan v a < oi.vi
Mill< r wino la-
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BROWNWOOD MAN ItetTS
. . . YEARN IN PEN
BROWNWOOD, June 25—T J
Hoover, tried on a murder charge In
connection with the (ata! shooting
of R. T. Phillips was found guilty
of manslaughter by a Jury tn DIs-
* trict Court here Friday afternoon
and sentenced to (Ive years In the
penitentiary
Left to right, the
Ambassador Hugh Gibson, chic! i Noville and Bemt Balchen,
American delegate, who communl-
j rated this question to Washington
cn request of the British, will be j
| told today or tomorrow t^ere Is
I change in ins instruction ‘
j tile Gfntva agenda
) discussion as
... ...u. ..t C-Oolidgv s call for
i conterencr
Administration circles here show-
<d extreme displeasure over unof-
ficial British statements that Great
Britain must have a “considerabli
naval supremacy." and over the
tendency of the official priUst
proDQaalx to support such a super-
iority claim i
"The United States can not and '
will not accept anything short of [
parity with Great Britain
classes of ships." a high
Joe
I Earlv
Hon. New York to Chicago f<> ,;ir I shortly’ after he
National Air Transport Inc
New York and Chicago, on Aug
room.
Next Week's Settings
Following are the criminal set-
tings, for next week
FirxU day. fourth weak. JuuttJO;
John A Gray, false entry in bank
record.-, three cases: Charlie Rav,
theft of chicken"; Fred Lancaster,
theft ot
burglary;
Clifton
Tubbs, burglary.
forgery; Charlie Williams alia'
Charlie Walker forgery, two case",
Jack Hants, forgery
Second ilay. fourth week
j >8, J A Parker. mnpufactiirin>(
liquor; Dii k l.rwi."., burglarv theft
over the value of $50
is. burglarv
Third dav. fourth week. June 2J
O Joni's, possessing eqm>>tn>‘nt for
i tlic manufacture ol hquot. F Pick-
I ering, possessing equipment for th"
manufacture of liquor
Th"
sint up first
Weakened by lack of food and
"xhausted from thiir fight, their
faces grimy with coal dust and
some streaked with blood, several
of the imprisoned men collapsed
when they reached the earth's sur-
face. Others fell to the ground and
lay there until sufficiently strong to
rise
Several men ar" ri'<u|>erattng tn
prison hositit'il this morning
horn wounds, but none was in ser-
ious condition
Mutineers Attacknl
The onslaught came after sev-
not in sympAthv with the strike,
and late yesterday after the mu-
tineers had talked over the prison
telephone with a board member
the 278 men med" one more threat-
But the mutineers only jeered
Led by a white man. the impris-
oned convicts set lire to ttie wood-
en barricade and the fight, which
lasted bitterly for some time, be-
gan
Tlie only serious injury occurred
to a leader of the mutineers when
he was attacked in the bath house
by other convicts He was badly
beaten and suffered injuries to the
head which mav prove serious.
The guards who had been held tn
the mine shaft since Tuesday were
uninjured, but they were so weak
from lack of food not having eaten
for four day». they were nearly ex-
hausted.
All th* man were fed in the large
prtoon dining room shortly after
AHHOllATKI) rHH.ee dikmi*
CNIIKD rHKee HKMVHK
dine Holder. MpF
Holland. WalldFr,
Austin;
Mrs S. J Hart, Waco,
Kirby. Denton; Miriam
Frost; Allene Ann Mahoney. Rat-
cliff. Mary Beth McAdams, Austin.
Mary Nell McCall, Nocona, Mau-
rine Estelle McMahon. Palestine
Verna Mae McWilliams, El Dorado
Ark ; Alice Ree Morris, Denton.
Eddie Parks. Clifton, Jeanette
Prentiss, Wichita Falls; Melba Put-
man, San Antonio; Edna Saunders
Denton; Mildred Sparks. Celeste.
Lorene Sullivan. Ennis; Paullnt [
Terrell. Fort Worth, Mamie Jewell |
Trussell. Boyd; Margaret Thome
Wells, Fort Worth, Maurine Whit
worried as
final return
Asked concerning his jail break
lust prior to his formal sentence
to life imprisonment at Sallisaw.
' Ok . last November. Kimes made
American Delegate Hugh S Gib- t
son submitted the question to th. ]
Government at Washington follow-
ing absolute insistence by W C |
Bridgeman, chief British delegate
son, Weslaco: Julia Williams, Den- | tHat he was unable to return to 1
I endon without putting his Gov- |
section ot tin ' Charges of assault against Nor
Chicago to San Frnnrt'co . man Turner alleged Io have
the hands of tl.e threat) tied to shoot
Boeing Airjilane Company of Scat- Joe Young and Constable
tic on July 1. and the Eastern v 1 Earlv were dismissed late Friday
had been taken
Hr.Hfcng- —---------
T, M. Lu«lnb8hl, oil man ot
ChidMih*. Okla., and J A Baker
•f JlMn w«re Visitor* at the R.-C
office Saturday. Luginbyhl and hu
brother, W c. Luginbyhl, also of
Olahoma, «ri here visiting ano th-
brother, p. a. Luginbyhl of Boi-
. Luginbyhl waa bom and rear-
ed |b Dentop County and lived m
the Krum community until he mov-
ed to Oklahoma about 27 yean ago
“I waa over at the court houae this
morning looking up some property
on which my father honuzteaded in
UM,” Luftnbyhl said. “My fatiter
3. *
The affidavit aectton provide*
taLof private p—mian la
KB tfMtvtt ot two rooponsi-
XMMM that “havo raaaon
Ubr Mott M*Nr lo kopL
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NEW YORK. June 25.—
I’asseiiger-carrying air lines
gm russ the continent of North
[America and across the At-
lantic Ocean had reached
the stage of serious discus-
sion today with some pros-
pect of several passengers
Hying from New York to San
hraneisco and from New
; York to Europe before Octo-
ber.
Instead of diminishing, the im-
N E X T 1M ,us Klv‘“ “Hatton m the United
Stati s by Cui. Cliaries A. Lind-
bergh's nonstop flight to Paris was
in< reasiiu: with the hero of that
[ tliglit in New York City to talk
t passenger--
FLAGSTAFF. Ariz., June 25
“I don't want to die. I am innocent
of all the charges they have
against me in these bank robbery
cases."
Talkative, cowed and complain-
ing of his shackles. Matthew Kimes
awaited in the Coconino County
jail here today his return to Ok-
lahoma justice
Kimes is anything but a reput-
ed "bad man ' as he sits in his cell
I questioned bv newspapermen and
to the outcome of his
Progress Apparent
GENEVA. June 25 Tile tri-
Power naval limitation conference
today seemed to be making rapid
progress toward reconciling the di-
view of the British. Jap-
anese and American delegations
After yestcrdpv's optimistic press
statements from the Britbh and
Ev.i1 American camps. both of which
Dorothy [ showed a decided spirit of cotnpro-
Hall, ' mire, observers believed the con-
Harv | ferees would l>e able to find a com-
Hous- [ mon ground for agreement on lim-
Ali<>, I nation ol cruisers, submarines
distrovers without altering
June 25 Ajijilh'iit I1W1 to
motion tor n-lieiirlng
the Court of Crlmin.'il
In t he . iso ot W A
Il ii |
was
i lection of officers made up the
program tor Hie final days of tlw
twenty-fust annual convention o.'
the Police Chiefs and City Mar;
shnls' Association Houston and
San Antonio were th" only cities
after Hie next convention
W F Kissl-f of H/iuston
to lii‘ elevated to
trial flight with eight paaaanfaN
from New York to San Franolsco
without a stop
While airmen waited on the Pa-
Court room while [ cific Coast today for an opportunity
Judge A. C. Owsley will earrv on ” “ “ * ~
the routine of the criminal Dis-
[ trict Court term in County Court
MARSHALL. June 25.—Investi-
gation of the flogging of two ten-
ant fanners and their wives near
here June 8 was renewed today bv
the ♦prcial country .grand jurv.
County Attorney John Taylor.
Acting on the recommendation :>t
which wa; dismissed yesterday af-
ter ft liad indicted two men on lb
counts in connection with the flog-
gings. Taylor renewed his search
to dnulge additional evidence m
the case.
The men indicted were Cam An-
derson. owner ol tli" farm wli-fe
the floggings occurred, mid D O.
borne einploved bv Anderson Tlvv
are at liberty under $10,750 bond
Tile indictments charged them with
violation of the anti-mask law and
carrying weapons.
Mr and Mrs. J. H. Richardson |
and Mr. mid Mrs W A. Straps, tin [
flogging victims, testified that tout
men jrarticipgted in the floggings j
Taylor will endeavor to produce >
sufficient evidence to bring charges
against anv additional participan’s I
in the incident, he said.
Ranger Ezel! will remain her"
to assist in continuing the invest!- .
gation.
the remainder have applied for
Bachelor of Science degrees. Thir-
teen of the graduates reside
Denton
Applicant/) for Degree*
Following are those who have ap-
plied for degrees
Bachelor of Art-s Lucile Covert
Krum; Helen Cowan.
Katherine CFawford. Midlothian.
Leona Foster, Kaufman. Louise [
Hurtaog-. Tbmple; Mane Hughes
Dalnsameld. Ruth Inman, Mid
land. Mn. R. C Kee. Defiton.
Clara Levereu. Overton; Mr*
Nancy Christa! Malilcote Denton.
Mra D»W Bowdau MUter. Dalia*.
Dortttiy Pam. GatoeMflie . Hattie
Lucile Paxton. Denton, Dolly Per- [
ryman. ' **
Mart;
Falls;
Dora Tankersley, Bertram.
Mae Witt. Denton and Mrs Gen-
eva Sudderth Young. Merkel.
Bachelor of Science Louise Al-
ien, Denton; Clara Austin. Denton.
Mary Myrtle Austin, Denton; Peg-
gy Beard. Edgewood; Nellie May
Boemer, Austin, Lillian Bullington j
Wichita Falls, Annie Bell Clement [ vervent
Denton; Sara Ellen Cornwell. Gal-
veston. Sue Betty Gray Davenport !
Cherokee. Ruth Dennison. Waco. [
Monica Garrity, Beaumont; E... |
Mac Halbert, Zwalle. La .
Kirk Hall. Dallas; Maud
Humble, Ruth Adkisson
Denton. Carriebelle Heavin,
ton. Wilda Mae Henderson.
Patty Irene Hicks. Wellington; Na-
tKinney, Geraldine, Washington agreements on capital
, Grace Hornaday , ships
Orleta Hudson. Pittsburg. [
J. Hart, Waco, Maurine gallons were understand to be ask-
Matlock. [ ing additional instriirtic.na frnm
June 25
Department
air mail Held eqiiqi-
ment and buildings on seven regu-
lar landing fields on the trnns-
ciintinental air mail route to the
irunicipalities where the fields if" FORT WORTH June 25 Selec
located. I Hon of a 1928 convention city and [
The cities to receive the gilt from
LANSING. Kas . June 25 - The
grim story of a hand-to-hand bat-
tle at the bottom of a 720-foot mine
between 278 of the 328 mu-
J-^risoners who were uut in
sympathy with the mutiny, was re-
lated by cony lets in their
[ houses here this morning
Driven by fear and hunger
j men who were not in sympathy
with mutiny charged a barricade
behind which they had been held
prisoners and after breaking
through assaulted the instigators ol
the mutiny with pick handles,
shovels and rocks
Tuesday the strikers overpowered
the guards in the coal mines, bar-
ricaded the men who were not in
sympathy with the strike and de-
clared a strike against prison of-
ficials.
Miller
ami
BOUT
’OWN
VST1N June 25—Rav. A. A. Davia
Charm of Assault gainst
I jury growing out of testimony ha I
gHve ihe Williamson County grand |
i jury during Its Investigation of th*
1 flowing of R W Burleson, traveling
salesman, by a band of masked men I
,, , i alleged to have been Ku K1UX ■ J
alleged lo have EaMter 8undBy. 1MS.
Citv Marshal i ThP Court Of Criminal Appeaia
Clin' ! some months ago affirmed judgment
of the trial court. Today tha court
1 iivri ruled tne defendant's motion for |
,, , ,| rehearing tn
I in ner Ihri atoned ,
Young nod other eitv ofti- [
workmen
w orkmen
|
I errs,
I ccrs.
started to open a ditch along Rob-
erts Street to drain water from
Bell Avenue
A warrant was sworn out against
Turner and he was taken into cus-
tody but the charges were dismiss-
ed according to officers, when he
agreed not to Interfere with the
work of opening the ditch.
Work on the ditch and on grad-
ing the street was started Friday
afternoon and still was under way
Saturday It was thought that the
work would be finished SaturBav
afternoon.
an opinion by PraridW
Judge W. C. Morrow.
Large Acreage Burned Ow kt
California Natolnal Foriit
BAKERSFIELD. CaL, June 3A—A
fire which has burned over apt
imately 35,000 acres of stM
timber in the Banta BAftar*
tlonal Forest rtl out of ee
early today.
Additional fire fighters hart
rushed from an nearts
blaae. it is feared, will naek
heart of the fortet north at M
Anlmony unleee M la ofe
tiventy or thirty ever achieves such ;
a contortion, the weather bureau
suid. •
An hour s work would complete - -j
iuelhng of the America and the
craft would be ready to depart.
Byrd and his crew are waiting for
better conditions although the <y>m-
mundcr said he did not expect Ideal
weather.
Meantime. Colonel Lindbergh, ->
Harry Knight of St. Louis, and
others interested in bringing Unit-
, d States commercial aviation
abreast of that of Europe, pondered
their problem. It appeared that the. 5
must favored project, after Lind-
| bi rgh had discussed the situation
DCLiriDlklP RCkllCn I"1 Washington, was for a combl-
ntntAninU ULIiJLU nation rail and air line between
New York and San Francisco as a
IN MARTIN'S CASE I "1 have been tn conference,"
[ I.lndbrrgh said, "for the purpose of
establishing at tin early date a
pa.,.' i ngci-carrying air transport
[ hue that will be national in its
[ .■ cope
U1 veurs Committees Work on Plana
t'lu'int uh . W(. made consK.'tohie prog-
'n h re-s In the discussion of certain
ml principles Committees have
[ been appointed to prepare the de-
[ tailed plans of organisation and
[ the routes to be established. I hope
| to be able to make a further an-
nouncement. concerning these plans I
some ‘Ime during the next few I
weeks." J
I indbergh himself needs a rest, I
| according to F. Trubee Davison, as-
[ si.'tant. secretary of war. at whose I
[ home he spent last night.
- ♦ Hun
, + 15 \ < ars t>!
frdt iuk-
r rani« d
> a
j ♦
, A- tul t Milk 1’ wilt I.
•I* Jud^/- ii* ImILl.
m*i f*n( w•v'B-’f* f.icko
AT WHARTON
WHARTON June 25—Unofficial
report* Friday were that sulphur <le-
- ■ •----- found here bv offl-
Te—’ Gulf Sulphur
Company of New York.
^Maajmum yi
- - ? MnSffi** M
■arogteter Raodlag
a. m. today .......aooa
WriMive HumUtty
7 a. n. tnffif -......L.-.4B pa roam
■ ■ .P’. ’ •
.. ---------7 „1 the ;
The summer graduating
Mill! 1(1 m fou t u r f 11 u > > '
The graduating
tor tile summer session Will be held
Saturday Aug 27
The list of those who have up- |
plied for degrees is subject to [
change, White said A few of those [
who have applied may be unable lo |
complete their work and there is
also a possibility that other appii- [ l'°wer naval conference
cants for degrees may matriculate refuse (ireat
l®r the second summer term which
opens next month
Twenty of the 64 candidates for [
graduation seek the Bachelor ot
Arts degrees, one has applied for .
the Bachelor of Music degree and j
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