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SWIene atlp Reporter
PULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS BY J.EASED WIRE
VOLUME XXIV. Number 326
ABILENE TEXAS MONDAY MAY 28 1923 TEN PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEFF SENDS THREAT
LEGISLATORS
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SEVEN VICTIMS OF CRASH
IDENTIFIED AS OFFICIALS
START AN INVESTIGATION
DNROIT M'iy 28. With tho seven
Mctllns or tht crash identified Oak-
litVl county authorities today vvru
1n(-stlfcating circumstances sul'round-
np the collision on Woodward ave-
nue road about 10 titJIen north of
DeMoit last ovenlng of an automo-
bile and n -southbound Interurbnn car.
A dozen or more piaseigara of thoj
Jntciurbah vera cut by tnvk?n jjjlwr
or were tnjureti wncn moy jumptui
vii tiie cur.
I'lio dead nro Joseph Knplnsk
18 Beilrlee Cholpclk. IK; Mnry
Chant zuln 17; Mary Frsh 20: Anna;
3 r.tK IK ulsters AiovriUh Bahar
Jr 21 ml UIjj. bfothor Joseph IS
till of Detroit.
BodlcM Wore Burned. .
ccordlng to witnesses an automo-
bile ontalfiing ibo first five named
fffltncil upon the ihtorurban trackH
to pass another automobile t)t hud
stalled. Tim intcruibun struck tho
jnachlnc broko It Iq pieces and
Inn lei tip engine tnanv feet into an
automobile occuplM by the lialclit'
J fathers The Jtalcni" flcm no nor-lou-jly
Injured Hint tbov died jioon
after being taken to- a hospfinl. Tho
fivi weupanta wf the motorcar were
kill- d instantly and their bodies were
hurncd when the gasollo tank1 of the
midline enught tint
The nlrbiakea of tho Interurbnn
ivero bioken by the Impart and thothrary fund of the high school in
motnrman was unable to stop tho. ctr
lor two mucus.
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CONFLICT
GlEIEAi
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BOTH
"WASHtNc.TON May !S-T1ie
Joint Uei Jaintlon issued hern Satur-
daj nlpht by forty prominent Ameri-
cans holding that thcro Ih ho antaK-
onlam l"tween plt'nce and rojlclon
Mas assailed by William J. p'ryan In
n statement published today by the
Kvonlng Htar It was plv.an tho star
by Mr Bryan during a short Vjsit
to- Wirtrrntrton.-' ---
Those whl wigned tho declanfion
. Included Secretaries Hoover and )n-
A three Wallops and other le-iftis
In the political religious buxintsiw
and " Ientlflc world wero wid hy
Mi llrnn tv hae "put tjp n n(rav
inn and then awauiud it with blj
Mold- '
"Thcro la no aula gentium hotwgeti
rdiKion and real sciimce" continu-
ed Mr liryan'M atntemetit. "eimtce'
js dasKifled knowledjte; therforji
n 'thing i iicienttfio unless true. TCo
truth iaa hurt the Uibto. No WMh
( in harm ChrUtlnnltv. Our cbjock
tt"h Js to uitmipported gtiesnB rut
forth by nctoi)tltt in the namo of
iertc. Tho guem to which wo not
object i that man Is' n. dOBcenc'ant
pf tlio brutes.
VlKOH Definltoncss
Tho dociunont publjehed this
morning obscures the Iw.stie. "If tho
man who wrote tho gfiteniont had
xplalnod "hat tho theology dnoiine-
'd as medpinl teaches that tho JH-
blo Ih true that Christ i born of
a virgin' suffertd for man's sin and
tqsv from tho dead it is prohable
that som of tho men naniort w-otild
liavo refused to slum If theso men
bellovo that man cai.io up from tho
animals why don't they dispense with
their jong and high hounding words
nnd ubo every day lahguaco? Jt
them point out tlio parts of thp Bi-
ble that they reject and tho public
can utiderKtand their lsnue.
Tlio I'reshyteilan assembly fipoli
for ine-teiitlut of the Qhritfatm
when it reaffirmed tho chinch's be-
lief In iho Infallibility of tho scrip-
tures the virgin birth of Christ tho
ntonemenPand bodily resurrection of
Christ
'Why Htibstltuto an unprovan hy-
pothesis for the Word Of God?"
Ii ' I I 0
llap at Involution
M'STIX. Wy 28. Thq liouso of
representatives went on record today
ns opposed to tiie teaching of JJar-
wml'm an a true theory in tho public
schools nnd colleges of tho atato
when it ndopted SX to 9 tho StrOder
31mM resolution The resolution de-
cl ires the teaching of such theories to
lr ' nmroper nnd aubverslvo to the
bet interesltt of tho people."
THIS WALL1NGF0RD SOLD GRASS
SEED TO WEST TEXAS TOWNS AND
NOW THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HAY
fiWinrnvArnR. May ;s The Te-
nn Ti' hnologlcal College has already
hern worth UiuusuihIh of iloll.na to
Hk fortv odd Textie towiin which are
u tiveiv campaigning for it. Old man
(tvlc improvement is no stranger to
nrv of them but fie has been a irtuch
co rtcd itiCivn'ii il In thiip rift political
ir Tev b Conunlttees Civic Club8
(i vnrloUM -t 1 ts and individuals littvq
t ik' n tii' t i-u of improving tinlr
Mmi- mil posFibly thlf llgh-
bins in ban I ind it wis a mighty fin
(O'thod mull that was llteil ton.
Into this tui.rt ur less hectic RtniOg-
rhrre thora lreeiel some months ago
a in in from California. He wm a
I r e linn drove a large oar apd
t livid In largo term He ropreaent-
I I himself to be a landscape architect
ovnect hortjpulturlst fttc and with an
c 1 trltltv Inttmato knowledge of
hwns nnd their 1 ire He was just
r is-'t T thrmttfli hut ho was mi in-ci-cs
-1 In this work th it he would
or a tri alt f'o J.e pHl to give jmv
CUP thr b pcfit rf his; I lfi.-- fxprrj"
nce Fild Ut Mas usually $100
5E
TO
Dr. ihxki:xs t first uuTivr
ninuii jh:mvi:kh commk.v-
ckmknt m;rmon I'OK JUM
OiASS OP A. 11. t.
ThP eonunetice.nient fier.iioo to the
graduating class of tho. Abilene high
school wan delivered hy Vr. Millat'd
A. Jenkens. paxtor Jif t.y 1'irftt Bap-
tlst hunJi at that church at the
mtrhlng hour Snhda.v.. A music il pro-
gram . rend"Xt'd preceding th sir-
mn bv the chuich choir led by 1
A. Ktuleo choir dlteotor.
The opening p'r.oor wai given lj
;ho R-v J-wis v- Stuckey pastor of
-'t. I'.fUl Mo.tudbit Church uml tn
ij-rintuip i6idt(.; was KHt by Ur T
!S Knox j)atii' of -the. Ktrnt J.'rtsbs-
ttl.in Chuich
air. Jcnkcnn annouiu'ed that tln j-f-fcrttie
which wan nwde at theSttmliv
tiiornhir dervicn vvcjllld liO it) tho h
church' wwi crowded tt enpaotiy many
being forced to stand on account or
tlio fact tlyit all available eat wre
takei. '"
"Tlicro Is a quiqkening of tao pulce
aav we conio again to an oc -anion of
thifj kind" Vr. .Tcnkons said. "Vou
voung ladles ana juupg gentlemen
haie reached a ery Injporta'n
in iour lfe and you hao t
tl.o first mountain height from
vou are to cAitt a broader vlMon in
life. I'm thinking of tlo places yiu
are to fill. Henry Clay while cro-
ing a gteat mountain threw tits
cloak about lllnn nnd put his M.i tl to
car as though listening. A trienu wnn
him asked hm Xd what ho was liat-
rnbig. and he roplted to tho tramp of
America's coining millions. Hq had
tho aura of a prophet as well as n
patroit. You arid 1 m'fiht as well
l iso and hear tlo tramp of Amer-
ica's coming millions and that tramp
shall bo bn that Will catua tlio world
to. titsiMe in -tht ?iwi-Jftteiir..oiU
and right."
Need Auditrliiin
' X)r. JanRens pUuscl in hut sermon
l.i rail Httentloh to tho fact that A11
leno npol a .city auditorium. "Abilone
has great ijoJ gi a large auuiiorium
he said. ''Surely otii"- prrtgicMlve city
alio Id find ome why at un early date
iomft way Jo iirov(dq 'for this great
heed. I p.m sure that tf t( tty had
a building large fcnough to cctmimo-
dat C.OdO jieopl. it w'ould hft.fjlled
thirf mprnlngj Our enibarretirmon
however 1 Kit cmL rrosmetvt of pros
perity and the embarrassment of pio.
pOrity brings up hope."
"The theme of my sermon tdday. '
ho cqntlnued "Ik 'that X Ma- Know
mm." I have th6iiKht of Chrjst us tho
young niam who fought hiH liattletl as
a young man ami who ciou nis jt-ain
a a young man. I want to cell your
attention to thp 'hlghi-U-' know'ledKO' It
Is above alli wlthnut it all c .er know
ledge is vain. The dewres ami ions-
tugs' of the human heart can bo sat-
isfied only in .le-fiiH Cliriht. Hi man
wealth cannot tatisfy great know
ledge cannot satisfy tho rMhg tp
high position in the world and tlu nc-
oulring of power cannot answer the
cry of tho .soul. """
"The bout cries out to uoa ;ian
and woman go seekihj hatisfaetion ot
the soul iie who socks liqnois - hich
fade not a"way l?t him remember tlvat
tho highiwt attainment Ik .know ledge
of Jpsua Christ.
What It Mtaits
"Now wiat does it mean to know
Jqus Chrit' lirt of nil It means
to knov.' tbnt lis saves. There Is no
other name whereby Ave mUfet be sav
ed. Tlio w'oVld has .many religions
ninny lilillofophles many syateiue and
J." ny persons nttrt orting to bs illvini
in lbvelHtlon. AVe may know Josim!
lilutorlcally. Home ox us knovy Wood-
row Wilnoti and Lloyd George but we
know them historically AVliatevv you
may know whoever you may know
let me commend you to Christ To
know Jesu9 Christ 1 to know
that ho loved. I pan see ho Ho laved
thin woild but how ho loves man! Hut
ho Jo vtid me ad gave liiiriielf for uio.
I'm glad he loved tl)e teeming mil
lions of America; I'm glad l.o loyeu
liT
ontlnued on 1'age X'lve" column One)!
Artd he hid a wondetful "fescue
lawn gra" tlvat would .make green
velvety lawns nil summer longj no
matter how warm tlio tm -nor how
iiiterwiittcnt th4 rain. The price was
$i:S the liound. Now that wa not
high for a graH pf this churacter. Tho
upply wm limited it was iited on
th finer golf conrte of lh oountry.
Tiie Kiah Hid readily.
Soin'hkeptoiJ indivldun) aVl th
opinion of a county agent. Th Coun-
ty Agent didn't know Add sent a san
pie of the seed to College station from
where it Was ent to AVashlngton.
AAashint;oii nclvlitod that the sample
in qiustinn w.is 1 eiv good ' htty
grass cap-lI.iIIv suited for low mar-
shy reaV and nve the name of a
Baltimore firm thot would lie glad to
supply the t-e'ed hi any quulitltj at 13c
a pound
And n there are a number of cit-
Irfiis in n ntiinber of AS ' --t Tcxh
towns iv ho ir mix ran h intrrested
In Hie ( irinii luui t qirtitims on
ha
MEN
CROWD
MESS
GMD1TES
Society's "Royalty" Watches Sport
I a. . uu lMM1HiHt ti TUftliCSIBdCMB t23P73B3iVpvHBk'' Bflh M HK luT J'JLjX JTif'fsfj JW
Tribtl Iv more million ilrts atid Icidcr.-i if nil soucty mi' c -d t'.e f t d vjt rtfrg it Ikbuni I'irk. X.
T.. than vv ie cvrr prcsin at a rireti.K'k in fir Tinted J'tiic nd what i tbti'l dnv I Mi Jufkfy
Hatulc up rivo tltmi in the Metropolitan" C'imiiiff 133 ) Is lie was KnUhs iij. nl of n fn 11 if the best
handicap lu'ris in iho country tit the end cf tho nub C'tthlcen "V indilllt iitul Th i fj m t II nlv ' dishing
3rd (lett) wore snapjn d as thev watched the iiu Augur t Bdmoiit iriiif jjhiI ovmici ul tii tr.ii k Is shown
With Mrs. Francis Bishop society leader. '
SSBffi RliLilDS
GARRYOUTGREAT
S
WASHINGTON. May 2S Itailroads
not only nrp meeting maximum trans-
portation requirements ot shippers at
preoont I!.' IL AWiton pie.4ldnt of
tho-AihorJean Railway association de-
clared today hefdrp the inte'itat
comnicrcp coimnibuloii but are buying
and lepairing oiulpment on a stale
guaranteeing their ability .to inset
such leilulremeuts oven as they will
bo wcreiMori thw fail and WlJitev. The
statement wtt made by Mr. AishtonJ
aw tin! -first witness nt hearlriKw Jh the
I commission'! investignUon qf tf ade-
( iiuacy of ralli'oau rpliing sck.-
From January l to aiay iz Mr
Alshton said the railroads tliia year
handled 1 7 029 'J 4 C cois of revenue
freight flfl against 34.278t847 car dur. .
lug tho name period laat year. On May
1SJ li aldt ca'r a)iortage had prattle-
ally disap-pearvd. '
Beady Tor Crops
"While tho railroads" Jir. Aishlon
paid "have hewn accomplishing .this
heavy loading they ijavo at thp same
tlmo been bringing Jibotit a sutistaiitl.il
relocation of closed equipment to thi
west and northwest in anticipation of
the prop movement tills fall ami a
substantial relocation of open - to-j
equipment from tho west to tho eat
"One difficulty confronting the rail
roads at this moment and inn peculiar
to tiro transportation
lndustry but
Common ti all Industries. Is th short.
ago of lubor. Notwithstanding this and
Other handicaps tho lallroads have
confldtjnce that the 'prcgrani to pro-
yldn ddoquato trahsportatlon service
In 1923 will bo mot and that other
conditlona beirtg normal tho Inter-
ruptions and apnojances lu the move-
ment of traffic brought Hbout by ab-
normal conditions prevaillpg In the
past twelve month'i will bo in a large
measuie oveiciunc
s
f
I.KVEUAND May 21? A $50 000
HChool building for 1 tow n w hose to.
tal population two ears ago wav
twelVo Jess than nothing. The 1920
census of Hockley gave 157 a the
number ot folk of all ages Hi the
county Including he population ot
Ropes a jmhoad st ition in oho cor-
ner ot tlio t 'luuty But that was three
j ears ago And tiriny thing!) can hap-
pen in the Plains cf Texas (it leip tune
than tluee eari when r.irtcHee are
being cut up into small farina Rltd
ma mii
sold Oil long teims hti.-h as iH hoivr
penijig here eveiy month Of the year
.he year
now.
After this county .was organised
nnd the office I duly elected the Pis
ttict Judge attempted to hold court
In the county but after securing his
graud jury his cpurt officials nnd
s Wearing 111 h offlciils he found that
tlero vtero not enough men left t"
nUAke up a jury tor trlul and had to
transfer ajl of tin cuas to l.ubboi u
cpuntr for trill
Today tliey aro pUunlng a $50 000
school building and are seeking .1
railroad to iaul their farm pioduo
cotton eronm atid feeds
Gnunmnr School Commencement
The' regular cotnroencemc nt oxer
clses of tiie Grammar School will
lake plnre Tuesday at eight n 1 !m I
when n lartrA cl iss v ill le pivcn di
ln.n. Tl A.. 1 f-1 ... - Jl.-
imv'iii'iq j. Him- mn iii'n'ii 'ti in-
t-fhool ire Invitcl to ittenrt nnd nU
lpi resting pf"x mi hn hern atrang.
ed '
ran
PROGRAM
LEVELAND
PIU
0
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un 1 ins
TO
HILL BE HEAVY!
SATUUB.W NIGHT AVIX1J AM)
IUUT4 STORM IHU GltHA't l)Af
AC.U AT T.UUBOCK. AN'l) ALSO
AROt'XI)' SliATOX.
Special to The Reporter.
I-UHBbCK. Texas. May 2S. Rain
wind and hail tfvvcjpt libbqek coutity
Saturday niuht. rutnlntr ciona. deitrov-
1 lng outhottsoa and small shrieks and
doing much dantag t( fruit ami
siurde trees. The reeejitly.Utillt sta-
blo of Battery C. l3lt l'lohl ArtllluW.
were ocfntpfatrilyi deioIiHied. leavliigl
uiuy 111 ifovBi wufp nun uiHMl
rooins.
Tho Luhbock tount paik building
M-as wrecked catching vtn automo-J
biles underneath tho wrckage. High-
le"eji petplo M-ere caught In tlia fall-
ing building lut wet aved by tho
ears batching the vejght of th
M ) eck.
The livestock sheds of iho South
Plain Fair Association .wore partially
wrecked. t The total loss to' tho Fair
Astoeiatioii Battel y C nnd tourist
purk exceeds SS.OOO.
Fair1 officiate 'battery officers and
citizens were rushed to tho scene and
ill tourists were comfortably -housed
for tho nlpht.
From .all reports It wast a straight
wind with hall and hoaVV rain. Ito-
I porta nfo' that tub rain and hall cover-
ed a wide territory of tho South
Plains. -
Tl)o Lubbock cotton oil mill laso.
Jiail grandatnnd (iml other places
Were also ' repnf ted damaged. 'The
cotton cHimpress' damage wait esti-
mated at JlS.000
Special to The Reporter.
SI-iATOir. Texas Mgy 2S The most
disastrous hall and windstorm that
eer parsed througli this country on
Saturday ntaht did considerable dam-
age. The rainfall M-a estimated from
1 3-S to five inches. The bemen ot
G. AW Heal and Rufus Maxwell were
destroyed together with numerous
gnllerlefl and windmills.
Crops are a total om in the path
of tho otorm. No liyoo vVere lost.
I I ' O " I1 I '' '
Youth i? Drowned.
PLAIN'VHSAV Texas. May ?8.
Stanley Craftoft 19 ampioy?d on the
A B McClure farm wa drowned
late vestcrdav lu a lake f'.ve iiii'es
east of Plalnview while bthln(j. His
parents llvo in Crosby county.
!-
WEATHER
U. S. Pepartment ot Aarlculture
WEATHER BUREAU
For Ahllene and A'lrlulty Tonight
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lor isast j.-exas- vonignt ni
nd
Tuesday partly cloudy to cloudy
probably scatU'ied thundershowers In
northeast portion.
For Peirt Texas' Tonight and
Tuesday partly cloudyi probahly
Hhoei in Panhandle.
DUG
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LUBBOCK
PM. AM.
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4 1i 7
5 ''J 72
6 it 72
7 K 71
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BOBiS
COSFRONT
MGHTY
GITS
ITERGITI SERIES
(By tho Associated Press!
CHICAGO. May 28. AVlth the
hitherto moribund Philadelphia Ath
letters txJitng H ""fcatrpiftn' i-oet tho
basebsll spotlight has boon switched
temporarily from th American
lfeague to the ?s'ational to be iocusod
prt the once lowly Bigoklyn Dddgqrs
'who today 'meet tlio hard hitting
world champion G)anti. By defeat-
ing; the sixth place Boston BraVns
yestetday 0. to E the podgwrs cjlani-
hwod. K tv Ii for tWT position with
the Chicago Culs wlio tuinklod bo-
Tore tho Pittlurgh lJra;e 4 to ?.
i The Giants had att cany thno witii
the Phillies smoiheimg tliem U to
4' under 17 hits. Ope of thern whs
a hoiher by Jimmy Q'Connell for
vv li0ni the Morlll leaders KVo San
Francisco $7fc000 that he might dec-
orate center flld.
The veneiablo luque c;im to tho
roscm) of the Cliiclnnatl Reds pitch-
ing them to Motorr over the tsnir.t
Io0ls Cardinals iiftor six straight de-
feats 'i to 1.
In tho Ametlcap league the Van-
Koci ovorwhelmod AVanlilnRton 8 fp
1. I'tPP "Vankeo first lm.-mnia". hlt-
tlnfc in his eventevnth consecutive
gamo.
Ty Cobls Iletroit Tigers Rot a
notch cloner to third placo India its
by defeating Chicago. i to 0. The
IndiitnH ltifct no ground for they whip-
ped tho St IoU1h Btovvnc Q to 2.
Tim Athletics and tho Boston Red
Sox lttd a iluv of rest
IS .
IGFORA
BIG COTTOS CROP
STAMl'ORT) Miy 2f Tlio wafm
weather of the last ted days minus
prerlpHation lmH enabled farmers to 1
JONES COUNTY
PREPARIi
prosecute thetr landw for tho grow- - ' ' '
lng of tii biggest cotton crop In the I
5KV."iJffJr.riy.cr:!DRY STATISTICS
tUring and will make heavy yields.
The presence of a plague of grass
hoppers in certain suctions ot the
county gave much concern to the
farmers for more than n week hut
M.U.V !.. MAlillt Iam InHltlnl.
I1UV WW jMUOUIMUft Rjrivin pvivuh- .
en uy iu councy iiinonscraiipn a-
gents the pest Is rapidly being eradl-j
OH t Pit I
Tiie malse crop will be very large
If present weather condition remain
ideal
Jonas County i AVeat Tegas ln-
Her cotton eouniv. Hope is express
Od Uiat Jones county might this year
atep into first Or at IeuW second place
among the record cotton producing
counties of the state. Th" acreage
has been considerably Increased. The'
plant Is thrifty and sufficient bottom
season has been provided to necos-
oltate only a few Ohovvers during the
TRJU'ltHATiittCRhwarm' summer months to Insure a
Sun. MoiLrlUlinii!' crop.
1 11 ! n
Moiida)'4 Gaipcc
BOT'iyJ Way :r. Natloaat Lea-
gue firt gauie:
lMiilAdelphla ..HO 000 0906 0 0
Boston . . 340 010 000 ( 11 &
Ring nud Ilwnllnei McNamarn Oeg.
chgei and CtNeUl.
Ili Vtilern Qllts?
Idr-UX. May ts. A document ad-
dressed I v Fnniou o Valera to aV
ranks In the tepuMIr in arm cillln c
fur Hk ontin" it" e of the nrmi-d
Mm -le hiv tf i ik.-n 1V the f.ei
ftit. njthoi Ufa r 11 a ipiured re
put 1 4n b 1 k 1 it vx is nnnomic 1 d l'
cln
UITIM ATUM IS DELIVERED TO
LAW-MAKERS WITH VETO
HINT FOR APPROPRIATIONS
NOOKS HOUSES
L
T
TO
WACO. May ?S In a wrrtlf-tt igu-
id nil (trend dellvejed bcfoie th Mtttd.
m iMMly of llHjlor ITnlvwrltV till
Ainrf i. n..i(nt u i iik.
BY
OS
HEAR
ii " .i7ii - . -""'K'Htii nviiiiitft
the student pre ortvfouil not to hear .
-tb Addi'tNif of Rev. Krank Xorrls of
l"ort Worth whvn h pck In Waco
Tuediiy night.
Dr. 0ri1 luui anntMMteril that he
will piak In N'ao at Uio ntidltoxlHiH.
hln'nubjgpt iK'lug ''I'uul imetHHltm
vi)v M"iifi'ii!m"
lit Ur. Brook' nihlrew he gl( It ph
hlM l)elief' t)tat.'oirli Is hut a fxiend
Of tlio B.iptitl geiicinl convention tf
Tcxhs nor lui mlstlolt boards itor. ltji
HCliooln nor'lt- celtogS." norlts neipl-
njiry 'nor 'Buy'lcir tniverfty(j nor itr!
lioaplMilii nor Bs orphan l)Oine.
PA BrookH tl(o oHtlelt. ?iprrin
for tlto publlhd alalinoiil ". tlwit
t Ik" ro mfRht be lTititrptf vltll UW
address here uvhig flint - the wig.
Kcwtlon la an "llmult id the elU-n of
A.iCo"
TRIAL OF FRAUD
EOiE
AT FORT
FORT AVpRTH. May 2AVhen the
! trial ot defendants
!UJeJd!n?Lli
1 l.o. .ueveiApniwu
T ltd- a V4.. -
o'flock today I nlted
Attoriioy Henry wcl
called at 10
States Dintriet
fol nked thot the t'fti lie rpcessed
Until 1.S0 this nrtemoon ami tho re-
iuest wns grnnfed by federal Judge
UwiJwmln Bledsoe. The proneciltor
said four of this st defendnntM wete
on hand and' the other two would lie
presented this afternoon aiid thnt he
pi of erred all sis oiiohld he on hand
when tho telal Jfyavtod.
Among the' wIUuiwh' hero is G T
Iee nephew of the ft)rou General
Robert 15. l.ee commander of tile
C0iife.drKtfl nrmle Ho w'a called
by tj'ie govornment and came from
hip home neat Richmond A'
The jnry will bo drawn when court
convenes for the afternoon session.
Judge BJcdsoe nnnouncHit ami the
trial of the defendants ntarted im-
mediately. CITlii FASTER
T
The new'. speed Uvv netting tli"
maximum speed for motor vehicles
at twenty miles n hour in the reoi-
CAS
1
WORTH
CUTDHIKIII
1
iLE
dqnee section went Into offect hecciuhder the trnnolhxK
i.vionuay moruuie 11 was annouHceii
hy members of tij police department
Monday ' morning. Traffic officers
Mill work rin tflnt btt'1'' In fie future
it was said
Thf speed Jlmlt Is et In a stato
lavV pissed rwecntly by th state legis-
lature apcl ;ippU'-H to oil ln orporatd
cities. The maximum speed for high-
ways outside city llmltr. is thirty-five
mile per hour Fifteen miles an hour
will continue to be the maximum
speed in tiie busim-H dlstit. -
THAT SMUGGLED
;' COUNTRY IS VERY
WASHINGTON. Mav 3 How the
I 'nlted States has "dried up" under
prohibition despite rum running and
bootlegging was the subject of a sta-
tistical statement today by Federal
Piohlbltlon Commissioner Hnynes.
H srave out fianrvs show Ins th it ni.-
jor import- Of distilled spints to the
nearby liquor ainutrgHug ouie aim
gether ainounted to sllKhtly over one
Iiercent ol ppeiu-ohibltlon American
liquor withdrawals
"Allowing none for home use ' said
Commissioner iiuxnen. 'if the eiuli
amount of exports of distilled spirits
from the 1'nited Klnadnin to tbe.Ila-
f hamas AVcst liulos and Canada in
1923 ns indicated bv the present rate
Le added to the liiipoits of Mexico
In UJ1. (the latest figures available)
and smuggled into the t'nited States ir me enuie uniuunt waa nuuig-
the totftl would be about one and one kbd into the I'mted States " said
fourth percent of the fax-paid lliiiorMr Havnes "it would enual lesa than
withdraw-ala for conaumptloii for the three fouitlva of one percent of the
iisi.il xir 181J tax paid lluum withdrawals for con-
It Is readllx seen that there Is Minimi. m in 'ho Vailed States for
l is oif.i.sion to worry ovr tho rum 'bo lis. l .r 1913. which 'amount-
ilet ' smugglm tlun ovtr doiuckth. x d H" -5J.424 gallons
concoction of fraudulent spirits. If "Stoilea brooleaat teRardmg the
a gieater amount la smuggled in than large amount of Honor living smug
these flguri s slmvv It Is iprialn thi.t Kled into the t'tilted StatCM nro alu
expansion mmei bv tneails of a.lul-j able to the bootlegger to f'-'is his
lerition and reetlfi. utlon or ts mii ' 1 oi-uno 14 vvaies on the public na
th tic stuff -rr iggll out nnd Ii 1 1 1 te Imi'oitel 8 nfP for MlHCl e
ijm Thr j.i 1 m c f bood 1 1 ! f itj'ilous'rf es
ACsriN. Miv IS LTnl"i nomi)
tliilnni' jiihI incinliigful ' iliniv i
i.iU'mi dv thn )CKll.-iti(re M It Inn the
nixt . oi two tnwiird inciting tlif
th ii pon y hutwi'i n jveim4 ri
fl'l'KU'rlaUuiin Oncrner Ncff v II
vtio iipprovrlfiHoi) IiHIh now bofuio
htm M lufm iiiimI tN lgllaturu in
a hieiwHira at nmni today. The n
ci nor nflhl iif nix i i tl genHlon h'ii
hen (m thlrtfui dnn ul tlfj.t no
ncttvn. i to. tni-i-t th pnwpcttvu tie
flclnjcy trail Ihtti t.vl.ii.
Tli Bovembr iiocl ncil in hlt nic"-
MRV that ttic Ir-Klnlatoirt ill aDininK
their duttcH nCi i-ntvil th tusk tf
FprmldkhR nmnoy and approprlat u
"" " "" niiirqnvr wi nn
and institution'
Ho Mid it . IK vie. of the ostimuf
d deMclenoy of eighk million dollar
tlwt this jrM)ifin wan nailed
l I'l'iigrt Alnili'
"rita thlid cfUed session liart now
Hiettt In session thirteen di mid s-i
rr no hvHterlnl progress has been
ipnde In adjusting this difcrcpancv
tlt'i mossMn snlrt. "f trust it Milt not
1 be iU'piihmI irnpi'Oiier tav me to vr-
visy yt (bat unlet! mtiue drilsivc
nieitnliigful action is taken wlthm the
iHf day pi' two to lini'luniuro Hie
tutliorieil atijuopriatlonx with the
estimated a'vailablo revenue I sh t'l
consider It piy duty o Veto tlio m
prop rhit loir bllU now. 011 ihy desk
U concluded.
i ' i ?' .
Aged Man. U Held
PA1.1MTINW; Texa. hv 2S n
Andrew about OS year old. Is held
hero for investJgntloii into the MliVng
yestetdny of Gone Gunnel In a voting
nun at ("nyttgn -thlH count. Offlc. rs
mid (itinnell i4il engaged In ft flch
W'Hii 11 son of Andrews and Jhey
ch'irge tb father took up the nght
uylug a shotgun.
1000
H().Mi:iICSK AS
OKLAHOMA JtlVKH IUSCS
OiCLAHOjrA Ciri' May 28. Moro
than Io0t) iet-Hnntt orp homeless hero
today ns a resuH of flood waters of
tho Nortli Canadian river. Dykes
which have protected Idwianda for
several days giivo "Way this .mofnln
rlvar and famllle m foree.t to fl
Vrnfng wa given Xgw minute
1 )Broro workmen on too dkoa aban-
cft0rlH to t.om)mt tho ftVea
i ami u H bclievo-l that all rosiflents
bf the district escaped.
IT OF
LEGISLATURE IS
I
APHTlV Miv 28 Opposition to
the recommc iwlatlon I'rawn up bv
lolnt ways nnd meana oomnutte
looking tovvar I MlJournncnt of tho
leglslatilro thlo vieok; vx'as net todav
when the tepcit M.is pIicinI bifvic
senile members who word not pts
eat when tho r.'-cnime.tniiions vxer
agieed to lftift FrldAy T)ie commit-
tee went Intb sossion today expecting
to Iroq o(t the difficulties
Tin- tentative fwport n-commendedt
pn'isnKe of the Coffee oil fix I ll .it
two and onc'jialt per-tit th Tat-
niin plpn Unv tnx bill and til Quinil
fiilphur tax bill with aenite- amend-
incuts to -extend thj tax to I ihther
cement atid other products. It r.lso
proposed the $.000000 emersoinv
school H.pnrOpriatlan 1m reduced ??
000.000 because of supplemental
lima that will be available to schools
tax and etber
measures. Reduction of iho JCOO
OflO Is another pruvislon of the com
mittee's rvcommendaflonH
'lu v Bill Based
AV5T1N. May -'R Tie l'atnnn lull
lev'yfnif a. txvn and thee-foUrth yr
cent gro.s receipts tix on eloctru
light. xpnsH4 ii)terur)nn and tele-
graph compeuiies was passed flnaih
bv the house this afternoon hy a vofi
of 7t to 2s Seveial minor amend
inenta wore adopted
' '
HELD TO REVEAL
LIQUOR INTO THIS
SMALL QUANTITY
loutid in government confiMi itlon-'
i mount t less than one percent
Recent magaglne and new him per rr
elation bear out this state meat
JlMWMfta 1'till Ofjf.
CommliielOner Haynes' figures
showcij 1 bJ4tJ0 v. illons uf hpirits
exported ficiin tin fulled Ktngdutu
to Canada In 1 ' I ' l. fore piohibi-
tlon agaiio-t 1310 k.i lions l.n.t ear
The C.miMli 111 tinpui So fui this
year sbuwi-d a rtiUntibn of About
fifty nine percent trmn the 1913 rate
In- added V'nlted Kingioiu xpcirrts
to the U'eet Indes and Bahama a
hbiixiid an inOrease from 94110 gal-
- In ltia to 850.511 gallons for the
in-t four months of this ve.ir or at
; U annual rate of 1030933 gallons
DODUIEI
lilt
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