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THE TIMES RECEIVES THE FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS DAILY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
TBB WEATHER
Wienita Falls and Vieinityr To-
sight and Tuesday, unsettled, prob
ably showeres warmer.
VOLUME XIX
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HOME EDITION
NUMBER 333
CONVENE COURT MARTIAL OF COL WI
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WOMEN ARE ON FIRING LINE IN ‘DRY’ BATTLE AT WASHINGTON
X X X X X X X X X X X XXX
SHIP EXPLOSION CLIMAX WEEK OF OIL DISASTERS; 26 DEAD
JAM
ALL ITA
Court Martial Colonel Williams
WOMEN DELEGATES
Death Claims Lather Burbank at
Echo of Charges of Intoxication orroor MMAITTI
* Made By Gen. Butler After Party utrunt DUMMII ILt
WICHITA FALLS IS
MARINE BASE, San Diego, Cal.
April 13. ()—Preceded by a salute
of 13 guns, heralding the arrival of
Rear Admiral Thomas Washington,
IT DRY
: ADDED TO LIST OF
GILDING LEADERS
president of the court, the court
Wichita Falls was added to the
list of cities In the million dollar
group in building during the month
pt March, according to figures com-
piled by the survey department of
G. L. Miller and company, nation-
ally known southern Investment
house dealing in building securities
Wichita Falls and Winston-Salem.
N. C. were the two cities that were
added to the list of 22 in the aoutb-
ern and middle weetern states from
which reports were received
Wichita Falls waa the list city
in th* list, with permits amounting
to $1,144,690. Miami, Fla., and
Houston continue their race for su-
foremacy among cities of the far-
other south, with Birmingham, Ala.
and Fort Worth pressing them
closely.
Construction In all of the south-
ern states for the month of March
was the greatest on record for any
March. The total for the 16 states
i was $82,397,062, the Miller report
shows.
• Washington, Baltimore, St. Louis
Miami, Houston, Louisville, Bir-
mingham. Kansas City, Fort Worth,
Dallas, Memphis, St. Petersburg
Tampa.” San Antonio, Greensboro.
Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, West
Palm Beach, Coral Gabfes/icher
lotte, Wichita Falla, Atlanta, Win-
ston-Salem and Richmond were the
14 cities in the south in the million
dollar group. The construction
costs ranged from $7,500,000 for
Washington to $1.000,000 In Rich-
mond
Four-Car Relay
Race With Death
: Saves Her Life
4 SAN ANTONIO, April 12. ():
Dorothy Ann Grashotr, 4-year-old
daughter of Detective and Mrs. L.
F Grgahoft was reeling easily at
MartarXosa Infirmary today after
a feverish automobile relay ride
that brought her from Lake Media.
Playing on a rocky shore of the
lake yesterday, the girl fell and
a eharp stone inflicted ra deep
wound on her knee. With the dan-
ger of her bleeding to death, Gras-
hoff started to San Antonio, 5.3
miles distant, in his car.
A tire went flat. Th* child was
transferred to another car and the
race began anew. Near the toll
gate the automobile crashed into
a fence to avoid collision with an-
other car and a third vehicle was
necessary.
: W. H. Furlong, highway secre-
tary of the chamber of commerce
next volunteered, but after a mile
or two mechanical trouble forced
his automobile out of the race. An-
other motorist coming along took
the child and her mother into his
car and won the race.
SANTONE HAS 31 THEFTS
BURGLARIES AND HOLDUPS
TWO ARRESTS, WEEK-END
martial of Col. Alexander S. Wil-
liams on a charge of Intoxication
preferred by Brig. Gen. Smedley D.
Butler opened Lere at 10:10 a. m..
with a handful of spectators and
two score news writers, photogra-
phers and telegraphers In attend-
ance.
Captain Clifton B. Cate testified
that Colonel Williams waa not In-
toxicated at the Hotel Del Coronado.
March 6. when Brigadier General
Butler ordered him under arreat for
alleged drunkenness.
Captain Cate, the first prosecu-
tion witness, said it was not possi-
ble to smell liquor on Colonel Wil-
Items
"I did not even see him take a
drink et the hotel," was the cap-
talas added assurance
“Meraieg After” Delayed
Delayed, but no less discomforting,
the "morning after" of a party held
at Coronado last month, dawned at
the marine base here today In the
form of a court martial scheduled
at 10 o'clock to convene for the
trial of Colonel Alexander Williams
on a charge of intoxication brought
against him by Brigadier General
Smedley D. Butler, commander of
the base and former director of
publie safety in Philadelphia.
What made thla particular
"morning after" vastly more inter-
esting to the public than the aver-
age matitudinal reaction to midnight
merriment waa the difficulty of de-
ciding* who had the worst head-
ache—Colonel Willlame, alleged 1m-
biber of the cocktails, or General
Butler, er the latter inherited as
his share of the affair the caustic
and widely expressed disapproval of
those who questioned the ethics of
his arrest of Colonel Williams on
the same night that he was a guest
of Honor at the colonel’s home.
Butler Explains.
That Colonel Williams was not
placed under atreat during the din:
ner he gave in honor of General
Butler waa made clear by the gen-
eral some time ago in a statement
explaining the arreat occurred after
dinner, “In’ the public rooms of a
Coronado hotel when I wae not a
guest of this officer."
Nevertheless there wee a general
disposition on the part of those who
turned toward the marine base
court room today to expect the
court martial of Colonel Williams
to answer t w o-questions, the fleet
officially and the second unoffi-
cially:
1.—Was or was not Colonel
Williams Intoxicated In the public
rooms of a Coronado hotel?
3.—Did or did net General Beller
violate the code of hospitality in
ordering him under arrest?
Nor did the question lose any of
their appeal in the light of the na-
tion-wide reputation General Butler
earned la Philadelphia as an arch
enemy of cocktails and of fashion-
able hotels where cocktails are not
yet curiosities.
VOICE OPPOSITION TO MODI-
FICATION OF THE VOL-
STEAD ACT
MRS. HENRY W. PEABODY
LEADER OF DELEGATION
For Strongest Thing in Enforce-
ment and Weakest Thing In
Liquor, She Says
WASHINGTON, April 12
From many walks of life and
(D—
from
SAN ANTOXIO, April 12. P)—San
Antonio holdup men and burglars
met a new 24-hour record over Bun-
day by exacting a toll of more than
$5000 in 31 robberies staged in
every section of the city, the loot
ranging from cash to underwear
and frying chickens.
The proximity of the calix at va-
rious times from widely scattered
auctions of the city led police’ to
believe that several bands of crim-
inals were perpetrating the crimes.
Two arrests were made.
Haiti President Re-Elected.
PORT AUPRINCE, Haiti, April 12.
(P)— Louis Borno was .re-elected
president of Haiti,on the flrat bal-
lot today.
^^^^M^^^A-
Navy Develops
Unique Device
To Dispel Fog
WASHINGTON, April 12, (P)—Ap-
paratus for dispersing fog is being
developed at the Philadelphia naval
aircraft factory.
A simple charging screen, a
transformer with rectifying device,
an airplane propeller and a meter,
all mounted on a truck, it has been
found, will electrify 700,000 cubic
feet of air a minute and cut a path
2,000 feet wide and 1,000 feet high
through a fog.
The experiments were undertaken
to reduce one of the hazards of fly-
Ing. but its possibilities include the
lessening of traffic dangers in
large cities on foggy days and the
reduction of peril and delays to
shipping in crowded harbors.
Defaulter Kills self.
LUDLOW. Ky. April 12. (P)-
Thomas B Balaly, cashter of the
Farmers and Mechanies Bank of
this city, who admitted that he waa
between $30,000 and $40,000 abort in
his accounts, shot and instantly
killed himself when In the basement
of the bank today.
Carpenters Threaten General Strike
Here Unless Wage Scale Is Advanced
. Workmen On Fourteen Projects Out
( . ----
Carpenters on 14 building projects th* last few months because nf the
extensive building activities here. It
was reported.
The heads of a number of con-
in Wichita Falls were on strike
Monday, and the remainder here
threatened to walk out Tuesday
morning unless local building con-
tractors agree to increase the wage
standard to $9 for journeymen, and
$11 for foremen. it was learned Moh-
day afternoon. This wIII be an In-
crease of $1 per day tor Journey-
men vaspenters, and $2 per day for
foremen. It was stated. .
It is estimated that 4,000 men will
be affected by the strike, including
h large number of carpenters who
have come to Wichita Falls within
tracting firms Monday declared
that the contractors had agreed not
to grant the request of the earpen
tore..
A conference between representa-
tives et the carpenters and of the
building contractors was to he held
at 4 oclocks Menday afternoon.
Hope waa expressed that an agree-
ment would be reached.
Practically all building in the
city to affected by the strike.
Family Home In Santa Rosa, Calif.
Reveal Secret Plant Development
BILL TO VALIDATE
TEXAS ROAD BONDS
IS BEING DRAFTED
SANTA ROSA, Cal., April 12. in-
Crushed as s youth when the flower
of his love wilted and died. Luther
Burbank sought solace in the cul-
turs of earthly plants. Thst In brief
Is ths hidden story of the life of
the eminent scientist who Isy in
the quiet sleep of death in his gar-
FATHER OF WEST
TEXAS RAILROADS
DIES AT AOILENE
MORGAN JONES, PIONEER
WEST TEXAN AND BUILDER,
DIES EARLY SUNDAY
den wonderland bore today. The
end came early Sunday.
None of the frienda and neighbors
who associated intimately with
Burbank during ths 50 odd years he
worked miracles in ths plant king-
dom knew of the story.
FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE
FORT WORTH AND DENVER
They knew him for hl* inspired
devotion to th* friendly trees and
flowers among which he worked
with untiring zeal. The world knew
him for the wenders he wrought.
To (Edgar A. Walte of the San
Francisco Bulletin, in whom he had
confidence, Burbank opened up the
chapter of his life that resulted in
his turning, his energies and talent
many states of the union feminine
voices today called upon the sen-
ate liquor committee to eland firm-
ly behind the Volstead act. | The details of the incident were to
More than three score of women be told In a copyrighted article to
witnesses gathered here for a meet- be published today.
Into the service of mankind. Waite
was given permission to publish the
story only after Burbank's death
Gasoline Explosion Wrecks Ship
Ready to Sail From Port Arthur;
25 Dead, 10 Injured in Hospital '
PORT ARTHUR. Texas, April 12. (AP)—A nightmare of red hot
steel decks and smoked-filled lungs is the only memory of his escape
remaining with P. F. Morrill, of Portland, Maine, first injured sailor to
tell of his escape from the Gulf of Venezuela tanker, which exploded
here early yesterday morning, sending 26 men to their deaths.
The guiding hand of a shipmate who lost his life in an attempt at :
rescue is believed to have saved Morrill, a
"I thought I was dreaming when -----
I found myself struggling on the PORT ARTHUR, April 12.V)—The
deck with firs roaring all about. Hat of dead In the Gulf of Venezuela
explesion of yesterday was tedsy
fixed officially at 30, aa additions:
me.", said Morrill as he lay on his
hospital bed. "Th* force or the ex-
lag of the women’s national com-
mittee for law, enforcement either
testified against modification of the
dry law filed statements argu-
ing for Ita preservation. They said
they spoke for more than 12,000.-
000 of their stators.
Many of the women were officials
of outstanding women’s organisa-
tions and their leader, Mrs. Henry
W. Peabody of Massachusetts, said
they voiced the sentiment of “the
homes, the church and the school.”
Two of them took pet shots ut
wet senators who have been at the
forefront of the modification cam-
paign. Mrs. Nell G. Burger of Ais.
sour speaking for the Women’s
Christian Temperance Union, told
Senator Herd of that atate that
prohibition had been of immeasur-
able benefit In Missouri and later
Mrs. Haines Lippincott, presenting
a dry petition on behalf ft residents
of New Jersey, said that Senator
Edge had secured re-election the
Fellow townsmen of Mr. Bur-
bank, who have watched the house
amid the experimental garden with
anxiety and hope during the last
two weeks were planning the final
honors for their illustrious neigh-
bor and friend today.
Flags at Half Mest
Flags were at half mast, old
friends stopped at the house to
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EW LOW LEVELS.
FORTBITTTT ANT
FORT WORTH April 12. (P-
Preparations of a bill to accomplish
validation of Texas road bonds will
be started Immediately by Fori
Worth attorneys who attended the
conference with Governor* Miriam 1
A Ferguson in Austin Saturday, it
was announced here today Mem-
bers of the delegation today de-
clared it is evdent a special session
of the legislature will be called for |
this purpose Those who attended
the conference Included Mayor H C I
Meacham, Judge J. E. Mercer, state
Senator Robert Stuart, Councilman
Willard Burton, Assistant City At-
torney Gillis Johnson, Mark Mc-
Mahon. attorney, and John King
Stuart and John stated today that
they and other interested attorneys
would start work on the bill at
once. In accordance with the ex -
pressed desire of the governor and
it is expected to be forwarded to
her within a few days.
Governor Ferguson also sug-
Built Railroads From Wichita
Falls to Sey mour And
Byers
plosion blew me out of my bunk
Even as I stumbled about I could
not grasp the reality of the situa-
tion."
Morrill said his shipmate, a sailor
named Hoffman, fought by his aide
body having been found.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas, April 12.
0D-The following is a Mat of dead
in the <>ulf of Venezuela explosion 13
given out by Capt John F. Chari
last time by being “wet in
counties and dry in others."
some
Importaat "Stences"
Mrs. William Tilton, head of the
Fa tent-Teachers* movement, sug-
gested to the committee that in last
week's presentation of the wet side
of the controversy there had been
some important “silences." Neither
the women, the churches, the farm-
ers, nor the south or far west, she
said, had contributed to the out-
pouring of wet testimony which
was Interrupted today to permit the
women to open the case for the
With many references to the “wet
east,” other witnesses urged the
committee to draw no hasty con-
clusions from the testimony of
those demanding modification. Mrs.
Chauncey Hamlin of Erie county,
New York, said that Nicholas Mur-
ray Butler "does not represent all
the respectable people of the state
of New York, but only a group of
financial interests," and Mrs. Helen
Bruce of Kentucky, pointed out
that instead of former Senator
Stanley, a wet, her state, now had
In the senate "Mr. Sackett, repre-
senting the drys."
There was much cross question-
Ing of the witnesses and after the
hearing concluded Mrs. Peabody
made this statement to newspaper
men:
*1 wish you would make clear
that our time ./as taken up with
useless cross questioning."
The wets will resume their
presentation tomorrow and the drys
will resume their drive about mid-
week after their opponents are
through.
Women Before Committee.
WASHINGTON, April 12. (P)—In-
terrupting the presentation of the
case of the wets, a corps of 65 dele-
gates from civic, temperance and
other women’s organizations passed
before the senate prohibition com-
mittee today urging enforcement of
the Volstead act and opposing any
modification of the national dry
"We represent the homes, the
church and the school," was the
slogan contained In the testimony
of the first witness, Mrs. Henry W.
Peabody of Beverly, Mass., chair-
man of the Women’s National Con-
ference for Law Enforcement which
is meeting here.
"We stand for enforcement and
no modifieation. We have a strong
feeling that the women ought to be
represented by the men who hold
our views."
Mrs. Peabody was questioned by
Senator Reed, Democrat. Missouri,
and she told him in reply to his
first interrogation that the only
change in the Volstead act to which
the women would agree would be a
move to give it more power.
1 For Strengthening Art.
"We stand for the strengthening
of the Volstead act rather than its
modification." she said. "We want
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DAY IN WASHINGTON
Farm relief hearing nears end.
, Naval aviation program la be-
toro house.
Senate voice on Stack Brook-
hart contest.
" Senate tariff commission in
vestigation la resumed.
Delegation of women appears
it prohibition hearing
. gested that the subject of a special
session of the legislature be taken
up at the bond validation meeting
of Mayors and County officials here
April, 15. Mayer Meacham said, tor
day, declaring that ho believed such
a special session would be one of
INDUSTRIAL ISSUES
NEW YORK, April 12. VP)—Stock
prices plunged violently downward
today as aggressive short selling
and renewed bear attacks were In-
spired by an unexpected tightening
of the money situation and uneasi-
ness over the lagging tendency of
spring trade. Extreme declines of
one to 13 points carried many rep-
resentative railroad and Industrial
issues to new low levels for the
6
Wild Man" Joke
Victim Missing
Despite Reward
WACO, April 1Z. —No trace had
been found Monday morning of
Claude Glenn, 18-year-old son of
R. J. Glenn, farmer residing near
Lorena, who has been missing since
Wednesday night, and for whose re-
covery, dead or alive, Mr. Glenn is
offering $100 reward.
Bill and Trice Hardy and Fritz
Litcher are at liberty under $500
bond and Lee Sage is in jail on a
charge of assault to kill in connec-
tion with the
rouns Glenn.
Claude Glenn
disappearance of
left home early
Wednesday night to go to a store
a short distance a way. According
to reports that have come to his
father, he left the store to go fish-
Ing with Hardy and the other three
young men on the Brazos river.
While they were fishing some one
down the river screamed, and then
one member of the party exclaimed
“wild man."
This was when young Glenn dis-
appeared. The theory is that he
plunged into the river.
PANGALOS IS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF GREECE
ATHENS, Greece, April 12(P-
Premier Pangsloe* election to the
presidency of Greece now is final
Official returns from the second
section of the election yesterday
show an overw helming success.
ABILENE. April 12. VP — The
funeral of Morgan Jones, pioneer
railroad builder and president of
the A bilene and Southern rail*
way, was held this afternoon at
3 o’clock from the home of his
nephew, Percy Jones, with burial
here
Prominent officials of three
lines were here for the funeral,
including J L Lancaster, prest-
dent, and F.. F. Mitchell, chief
engineer, of the Texas and Pa-
cific. and F K Clarity, vice
president of the Fort Worth and
Denver and Wichita Valley.
ton, who said that It was not of
to get out on the open deck andficial: ′
tried to aid Morrill by leading him
How Hoffman perished and Morrill
was saved, the latter doean t know
Morrill’s feet are cooked efter his
dash through pools of flaming oil
end over hot steel decks H*
reached the rail and hurled himself
into the water where a motor boat
picked him up
Physicians say Morrill's chances
of recovery are good, although he
was first listed as one of the hope-
less cases Nine of the other In-
jured victims of the terrific blast.
F. LARSEN, seaman, Sweden.
J A SILVA, negro, second cook. 3
JOHN DAHL
J DOSS, second pumper.
C. NORDWALL
C M WKACHER, storekeeper “
K HOFFMAN, sailor, Germany.
H. SCHICK, first pumper.
CHRIS VANORK, seaman.
M LEEWESH, sailor
R. KELLY, machinist,
N. STEWART, oiler.
IL BREIZER. oller.
R. TIVEEDEL, drowned in chan.
nel, Chester, Pa.
the principal topics st the meeting
Confer on Jones Co. Case
AUSTIN, April 13 (P) — Owen
Thomas, Jones county judge, today
held a conference with Attorney
General Dan Moody and Assistant
Attorney General C. A Wheeler on
the district county bond issue of
$100,000, for district number 18 B.
Jones county, which has involved
the district since the Archer county
bond decision because the bonds are
not sold. The Tibbits Construction
Company of Fort Worth holds the
contracts, and grading and drain-
age structure have been completed
A temporary injunction has been Is-
sued restraining the district from
carrying on the work. The case will
go to trial on its merits at Fort
| Worth Thursday,
I Judge Thomas said that he would
| carry on the fight to have the
| bonds validated.
I -------------------♦----
DAVIS ASSAILS "RED"
ELEMENT AMONG LABOR
Morgan Jones, father of the rail-
road in west Texas, who died in
Abilene Sunday morning, played a
big part in the building of Wleh-
Ita Falls and this section and for a
number of years was associated
with Wichita Falla citizens in val-
uable holdings here. He built the
Fort Worth & Denver railroad into
Wichita Falla from. Fort Worth In
1883. In 1820 ha built the Wichita
Valley line from Wichita Falla to
Beymour and later promoted the
Wichita Falls end Oklahoma rafl-
road Into Byers.
Mr. Jones built more than 1000
miles of the 15,000_miles of railroad
in Texas, constructs J the first street
railway In Fort Worth, operated
coal mines end ranching properties
on a large scale, engaged in bank-
ing. prospected in silver mines in
Mexico and owned public utilities
In many cities. He built the Texas
& Pacific, the first rail line to
reach Fort Worth, the Fort Worth
& Denver from Fort Worth to the
panhandle, the T A P. from Fort
Worth to Whitesboro, the Santa Fe
from Saginaw to Purcell, the Wich-
ita Valley from Wichita Falla to
(Continued on Page 6, Column 6.)
TRY BANK’S $317,000
SUIT AGAINST OIL CO.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. April 12. (P—
Communistic elements in labor dis-
putes were assailed today by Bec-
retary of Labor Davis, th« prin-
el pa I speaker at a meeting of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Tin and Steel Workers.
Calling attention to certain ele-
ments who he said believed they
“con ultimately control our organ -
ized labor by sowing discontent In
its ranks and taking over its load-
ership,” he warned that It was
“just as well to keep a watchful
eye on such activities so thst they
do not get even s start.”
NIGHT ROBED GUESTS
FLEE BLAZING HOTEL
FORT WORTH. April 12.4P)— Suit
for $317,000 alleged to be due the
Bank of America. New York, from
the North American Oil and Refin-
ing Company, went to trial today In
federal court before Judge James C.
Wilson.
The plaintiffs contend the oil
company la delinquent to the extent
of this amount on payment of bonds
held by the bank. Brigadier Gen-
eral John Ross Delafield, New York,
heads the bank's counsel, while Sen-
ator A. L. Cooper, of Oklahoma, rep-
resents the oil company.
st FFERS MINOR nut ISES
IN ACCIDENT SUNDAY
ELKTON, Mil. April 12. V-
Flames swept through the Howard
hotel and Bigman furniture store
George Perkins. 2104 Tenth
street, an employe of the Peoples
Ice Company, was suffering with
minor bruises about the head and
body as the result of an accident
late Sunday afternoon on Grant
street when he was knocked to the
pavement by a passing automobile.
The car failed to stop after strik-
ing the man, according to witnesses.
early today and for a time threat- *——-------------.
enad the entire business district of .
Elkton. The loss was placed at OUTONNI TO HAT
$130,000. h IVrnlil In II 5-l-
Sixty guests fled In night cloth- 0 UI LI U I u u 111
ing from the hotel as the fire. w wuUE
driven by a high wind, raced quick-
ly through the structure to the fur-
niture store adjionlug.
Many guests were forced to slide
down rain spouts to the street while
others were carried from the upper
stories by firemen. A 60-rear-old
man, suffering from typhoid fever,
clambered down a water spout to
safety.
MANUSCRIPT BONDS
Notice is Given State Board Of
Education Which Has First
Chance to Buy
Oklahoma Officers Fear Trouble
Result Slaying of Two Deputies;
Negro Arrested and Under Guard
HOLDENVILLE, Okla, April 12 (0)
—Hughes county officers steeled
themselves against the possibility'
of trouble today as they guarded
Roswell Hamilton, 28-year-old ne-
gro bootlegger, who Saturday night
shot and killed two deputy sheriffs
and who was captured near We-
tumka-last night and rushed, to the
county jail here early today for
safe keeping
With the capture the work of a
possee of more than 500 men was
brought to an end Southeastern
Oklahoma had been thrown Into a
frenzy at the killing of the officers
and the searching mob split into
half a hundred sections in Ita et-
fort to find Hamilton.
. The negro was caught by a group
headed by Constable Willie King.
They surprised him while he was
trying to cross a clearing. While
King covered him with a gun, Jack
Barnes and Roley Buck, two others
of the party, seized him Then,
fearing trouble, they rushed blin
toward Holdenville without letting
news of the capture become known
Hamilton la accused of killing
Mitchell Compter, a special deputy
sheriff and Weldon Wilson son of
the night police chief at Wetumka,
In escaping from them shortly after
his arreet on a liquor charge
At Holdenville a note was found
on Hamilton It said:
"I am sending what J have. Do
like Deck and cut your throat be-
fore you let them lynch you."
AUSTIN, April 12. (P) —Governor
Miriam A. Ferguson gave notice at
the meeting of the state board of
education today, that as soon as
possible she will issue manuscript
bonds for $3,000,000 for the Univer.
sity of Texas permanent
offer the
fund and
bonds for sale for the
permanent school fund
The bonds will bear five per cent
interest. It was understood that If
the board could not handle the
manuscript bonds they would be of-
fered for sale through whatever
agency the law provides.
The board of education will have
the first opportunity to purchase
the bonds. The governor recently
gave notice to IV Gregory Hatcher,
state treasurer, that she intended to
issue these bonds, in order that five
and not three per cent interest
could be obtained from the perma-
nent university fund.
Dr. W. M. W Splawn. president
of Texas University, said that be-
cause of the high rate of interest.
the bonds will bring they are very
desirable, providing their issuance
is constitutional.
BAYS “NEVER AGAIN”
PORT ARTHUR, April 12. (T)
-The lure of the sea ended
where It began for 16-year-old
-Bowen Harwell, when the Gulf
of Venezuela tanker exploded
here Sunday. -
The ship of dreams for a Tex-
as plains lad who would sell the
salty seas became a ship of
. death, but • miracle saved the
boy.
Harwell was quartered in the
wiper’s room and when the ex-
plosion wrecked the first ship he
had ever boarded, he went out
the nearest port hole and down
15 feet to the cold waters. A
stiff swim brought him to the
duck and there ended his first
and last sea experience, for he
said, “never again."
Three weeks ag» Harwell cams
to Port Arthur from Stephen,
ville with his mother, Mrs. M J.
Harwell.
which without warning ripped open
ths tanker, are in the hospital.
The casualty list it is believed
will remain at 25 dead and tea in
the hospital. Fifty others were
slightly injured. G. N’ Bliss, super-
intendent of Marine Transportation
for the Gulf Refining Company,
owners of the vessel, said he doubt-
ed whether any were missing, al-
though two might remain unac-
counted for.
The engine room of the boat,
where it was thought additional
bodies might be found, was pumped
free of water today and explored
No bodies were found in that com-
partment.
Theories on the cause of the ex-
plosion leaned today to the over-
flowing of a tank, but what may
have eat the gas on fire remained
unsolved.
CUmax Week’s Disasters,
PORT ARTHUR, Texas, April 12.
(PP)—The blackened bulk of the
tanker Gulf of Venezuela today
rode quietly on the waters of Port
Arthur bay where early yesterday
a gasoline explosion tore out her
vitals and killed %5 men, climaxing
a week of unprecedented oll disas-
ters throughout the country.
Her buckled plates, scorched sides
and twisted superstructure told
mutely the story of the white heat
that for tw o furious hours turned
the 23 human bodies to cinders.
Rending the quiet night with a
terrifying detonation while the men
alept in their quarters aft the ex-
plosion, as sudden as it was mys-
tertous, shot a flame of burning
gasoline 100 feet into the air and
held the trapped seamen in a vise
of relentless fire.
None of those who slept in the
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SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
REPORTED IN N. Y. C.
11 A RASSMUSSEN, seaman
Denmark.
PETER TOOP, seaman.
E HOLLAND, fireman,
JOHN F LOPEZ, chief cook, 4.
C. PROUDFORD, messman.
HERBERT LUMBER, messman. .
D. MORRISON, messman.
FRANK PETTY, dockman, Port
Arthur.
RUDOLPH FUSILIER, dockman i
Port Arthur.
CHARLES A. KOSER, Colling, 1
wood. N 1 ,
FRANK TYLER, dockman. Port
Arthur.
THIRD PERSON IS
lira SUNDAY i
III ROBBERYCASE
George Ballard of Altus, ,oki- h
homa, arrested Sunday and brought
to Wichita Falla la the third per-
son to be taken Into custody in
connection with the alleged rob. ”
bery near Electra three weeks ago
when P. P. Robertson, a farmer of
East Texas, was relieved of an su-
tomobile and ′ $1,200
in notea and checks.
George W Biggerstaft and Mrs. %
Alberta Hill were arrested a few
days after the alleged hi-jacking
and Friday the grand Jury of the
30th district court returned four
indictments against these two and
also one against Ballard,
It is alleged that the three en-
tered into a conspiracy to rob and
that the alleged conspiracy was
formed in Altus the day before Rob.
ertson was held up on the road
north of Electra.
DRUSES LOSE 790 MEN
IN RECENT FIGHTING
PARIS. April 12. VP)- Havas dis.
patches from Beirut, Syria, say that
the Druses lost 100 men in the re-
cent fighting between the French
and tribesmen in the Hermon re-
gion. southwest of Damascus. The
French losses are placed at 18
killed, three of them French regu-
lars, and.48 wounded.
WEATHER FORECAST
n e29N 248V GE6
A MAN A CHANGE ■
T6 HOLD HIS QWUN.
NEW YORK, April 13 (P)—A se-
vere earthquake, believed to have
been more than 10,000 miles away,
perhaps off the southwest const of
Australia, wee recorded on the
seismograph at Fordham Univer-
sity today. The quake started about
2.00 a. m., reached its maximum
force at 4:28 o'clock and subsided
at 0:20 o'clock.
Cash Register
Yields 7 Cents
The efforts of burglars Sun-
day night at th* Central Feed
Store, 418 Indiana, netted just
seven cents.
The burglary waa discovered
Monday morning by Ira Miks,
proprietor of the etore. While
there was no eate in the store,
the cash register waa badly bat-
tered and robbed of seven cents.
Entrance to the building waa
gained by breaking open a rear
door.
SueA-
LITTLE JOE.
WICHITA FALLS and vicinity: Ter
perature. maximum $2 degrees, minimu
47. at 1 00 p. m Monday St No pr
cipitation Cloudy North wind; avers
velocity five nttles per bout. Baromet
29.24. (As reported by the Governte
Cooperative Weather Bureau, operated.
the Wichita Falls Electric Company).
WEST TEXAS: Tomsht and Tusse
unsettled, probably showers in
west portion: warmer in Borth portion,
OKLAHOMA: Tonight fair probah
frost in east portion, warmer toa
treme northwest portion. Tuesday, put
ly cloudy, warmer
EART TEXAS Tonight and Tuesd.
partly cloudy, warmer in north, porth
Tuesday.
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