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EDITION
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VOLUME XXV. Number 91
ABILENE TEXAS FRIDAY AUGUST 17 1923 TEN PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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EDITION
STATE RANGERS SENT TO
INVESTIGATE ATTACK AT
AMARILLO START WORK
.
Acting Governor Sends Another Mem-
ber of Force There and Says More be
- Sent if Necessary.
Cradle of German Republic Still Rocks Badly
1
GEORGIA GOVERNOR ACTS
AFTER NEGRO SHOT DOWN
BY MOB FOR AN OUTRAGE
Black Said to Have Confessed to Attack
on White Woman and Was Put Death
in Yard of Her Home.
OF
IS
BIG ISSUE
W
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AUSTIN Aug 17. Banger Spr-I
count Wheatley stationed at Wich
ita Fttlls today wft ordered to go to
Amarillo to assist Hanger Captain
Kumar lrt the Investigation Into the
' Whippn(T Wednesday night by un-
known persdns of 1J. K. McDonald
railroad laborer. The second ran tr-
ot wai sent to Amarillo at direction
ot Acting Governor Dkv.dson fol-
lowing report ot the affair joster-
day fioni district Attorney Flotch-
er.
Govornor Davidson la ready to
sond additional otme officers If
iiecoasaiy it was stated
at No telegram from District At-
tornay Fletcher requesting that the
rangers be withheld from Amarillo
had been received this morning Jt
was stated at the governors office.
Acting Governor .Davidson 13 out ot
Austin today.
l'robo Is btnrtcd.
AMARILLO. Aug. 17. Texas
Rangers wore oxpected hero toduy
. to Investigate tho flogg.ng tarring
and fonther.nir ot E. 12. McDonald
local bridge worker. Wednesday j
night. The rangprs under Ranger
Captain llnmer. who has been in
Canyon nttemhng a murder trUl
wore requested by District Attorney
Floyd Fletcher to act ns "neutral
off.cors .to conduct an investiga
tion" into tho case
Sheriff Whltakor maintained
thnt h.'s 1tiutrliiftTit WHS fmnlllllo
of handling tho invoUgaton. and"
johow.hk a conioFonce- us.i iubih
with tia district uttornoy the lat-
4n t. Mn"i Ant A1 In Vinr. i ! rwl t r
tor was reliprted to havo agreed to
iciegrapH rtpnng uuvernor uuvui-
nun w iv.uminw ittv iuiidip u
derod. here
Mr. Fletcher "early today how
over aiid he hos not requested the
withdrawal of tho rangers and that
ho see np ocdaeion -for their with-
drawal McDonald ai t 11 tit a hospital
today recovering from DO to CO
lrifhes meted out by l.ve fioggers
Two men were out on $250 bond
In -connection- w-th tho affair.
aiAX Kt'UUENDrUS
AITCU AJilTGKD LAYING
BD VUMO'f! Aug. 17. It B
Brown. Port Arthur for whom a
warrant was awtrn put by police
Friday mbrn'ns: in connection with
i the UlUJme of City Detective B. A.
Harris With a shotcun' In that city
Inst night walked into the court
house hnre today shortly before i
o'clocV in search of the sheriff to
give hlmsolf up.
Previous to Rwearfhg out a war
rant for Brown Ilurrls Drucker-
mnn who admitted that ho drove
tho car in which the aloyer rode
was arrested bv the poPce apd ho
imnllciM.Hl Brown In tlw killing
Pcr.m had fllM charges reoently
ngahut the sl.iin detective for al-
leged beating bv the pfflfer.
SOVIET RUSSIA
SPIES THREAT
TO
By AioHMel Press
SOFIA. Bulgraila Aug. 17 The
Jlulsarlan government has received
a sharply worded measaga from
Goorgo Tch(teherln. tho Huswian
ntlnlnter of foroig affairs aHegi
in Bulgaria who are being xpelled
L -n-.iio uhn ar helnp -scnalloil
by the Bulgarian government on
the pretext that tliev arij M'ying to
oat u pa aoviet lapubllc In Bulgaria
Toh'.trherin demands an unqual-
ified npoIoKv and punishment ot
those )tsiK)nibe for tho alleged
outragro Falling th apology the
bovIpI foreicn ininlirfer declares he
will apptv- severe teprisals to thous.l
anda of ljulin tns in itussm
The BuipiWin Kovernment ha
not replied to the mcsjWge.
PRIITERSHIILL
INSIST 01 THE
44-HOUR WEEK
ATLANTA Aug. 17 Striking
printers who nr lighting for the
44-hour week are to remain o.i
Htrilta until tholr gr.evanoos are
fettled if the entiment ot tho sixty-eighth
annual convention ot the
International Typographical Union
now in aeselon here la adhered to.
For th f.rnt time idnoe the open-
ln of th convention on Monday
factional difference wero laid
natde at lust night's nesuion and bv
n unan.nioua vote the convention
adopted a resolution "stronjjly
urging the executlvo counoll to rc-
iit ivny attempt to qall off the
fight for the 44-hour waak" and
meoromnled tha.t all strike bene
flta lw continued .until nil member
Bflll on htr ke ara 1 ack at work.
Record of the union show tlut
thert arc mort that) 3000 worker
Jn atrilie for the 44-hour weak and
that more than 8.600 of that nurn-
bar nr receiving full Strike beneM
nllowancea. '
Tho executive council of tho
union was empowered at last
nlKht's aa on to lnvestlgsHO th
offer of the Weat Palm Beaeh local
union 6f fifty acres In the Florida
City for the building of a home for
aced printer.
BDL6ARIANS
WOULD REIVE
OiRlTllE 0
PINK BOLLWDRM
BRQWNFIELP Texas August
17. W. R. Hunter of the rnlU?d
States Department of Agriculture
in charge of the Federal Pink Doll
AVdrm quarantine in tho South-
west han Indicated to the Brown
field Chamber of ComnlerCo that
he will recommend pending a spe-
cial representative to the Plains
region of East New "Mexico this
fall for the purpose of itscertalhing
whether or not tho quarantine may
bd removed in certain given dis-
tricts of the Plains region of East
New Mexico
Soveral months aco efforts were
matte by tho ' Terry and Plajns
Counties Chambers of Commerce
to induce the government to rfe-
loaso this quarantine oh the
grounds that there had nover been
j any infected cotton on tho plains
1 legion of East New Mexico proper.
i . that nttt- nntv n. Mmn.ll
. i J.. i il.o itarna AlullflVl
r0Kfon Rxh tlH 'matter wart placed
before the West Texa Chamber Otior sr AupKinnu veqaes me iirii-
commerce which was aekod to lsh ambassador recently submitted
. ' .. k . .. . . i j ij...a.Tli.. j r
mo proper representation to
Washington In 'oider to protect tne
llJAull HI VllWtl fcw jf.vkVfb v-.w
mm nmitt rT nnitnTI ?v!VAOtl .SHK
Mexico plains regions and Texasi
points CpnKrewman Marvin
Jones of Amarillo on bettulf of the
Vc8tTrxas Clufmber pf Commerce
made tho proper representations at
Wash'ngton
STRIKES AiQiG
eEMW MB
BEING. SETTLED
BEUD1N Aug 17 Tho strike
situation in tn provinces nni some-
Whit improved and it b ).( lleVed
thi the general strike of the com
munists is on the rcrae of collapse
Older has been "restored at Zcilz
the Priissiftn lndiistrlal center
whpro the communists attempted
to gM powewnon or ine lauorie
strlet?hrWeen settll fthJ work
stimeil but the norts of ILirnhnrr
dUtr
resumed but the ports of Hamburg
and Stettin are at !andstii be-
causo Of the idleness of the popkftlerstood that the Issuo will be EeC-jto
Wurkcrs" The cotninunlsts
ituke in
Berlin have ended
Th cnmnlunlstg are Said to -on
trol the toWn''of Helfnstedt rtavlng'
disarme.d the police. Jiany persons
aro reported to hao heen injured
In a clash between nalh nulists and
communistH (it Atnfltadt. Le wig is
without gas Or electiiclty n conso
quenco of a htike of tho municipal
workers.
ii i i
KXDQUSn ACriON i
GftAIN HATE CASE
AMARILLO Texas. Aug. 17
The Executive Board ot tilt Tei.os
Wheat Growers Association has
mic'cd lesolutlons endorsing tho
ncvons of the West Te.as Cha-n
Ibc- of Commerce in Its work' to
au Iarm ?.na'"on .1" . eBl..vJU '
and especially for their action
fecui!ng reductloue In jrain rates
between West Texas iiom a.n
UViHVl'M 1 vl- cn j !.
Boutiieastcrn ceniera oy wh uii ww
dmcrlm.natlQri heretofore IMlyin:u"0iJD" " U e'v hra
lunilnit Wert Tew and In favor oX ?j "".." '" l' ?r?L Z?
Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska
In tha shipment of Kralps tP tho
Southeast has been obliterated and
a parity esUbl shed by which Wait
Texas cart henceioith Compel on
an equitable has s so far as freight
rates are conn ibid.
MAilltlFS
HE BROODS DIE
TEXARKANA Tex. Aug. 15
The recent whipping of hip fourteen
year Old slater. Mia Ollle with a
blnokanake whip huhtd lta way tnr
to hie heart M. L 'Tucker reported
to officers yeaterJay evening when
ho surrendered with his brother in
law. W. L. Brown shortly after the
shootititr to death at Dekalb otl
Clarence Johnson farmer and
wounding pt Jolinaon'a brother.
Tucker naaumed all lesponaiblllty
for the affair when he quietly
walked up to Sheriff .1. D Baker
who had Juet arranged for blood-
hounds Ironi the state penitentiary
to piok MP a posaiM trail.
Tucker a Alt. lMegaant maehln-
lat. omployad bx tha 8t. Ioula
SQUthveatern railway aald he did
all the aheotlng apoordtng to the
sheriff omphaaldlng thai Blown
had no part In It. Tucker tfien pa-
lapsed' Into alienee which he main-
tained at the county Jail at Boh-
ton. It waa reported yeaterday that
JAonard Johnaon the nn wound-
ed In the shooting affray had rec
ently whipped Mlaa Ollle Tucker
and that Tucker came to Bowie
county from Mount Pleasart to in-
vesimate me wnipping in wnicn
Vbla.rUsn.iko was ustd
ALLEGED BEATING
Center of nil nolltieal thought
i fell and whero tho Streascmnnn gocrnment Is struggling to luep a y
w iui(i many uviiumj jiuiitivas xiviutu
dlvidual hero.
WASHINOTON Aug 17. Re-
plying to tho latest British attack
on cortdit ons i at tho immigration
Daia of th0 labor department de- '
iciarod today that "the immigrants
themselves" were- responsible for
mani at tho troubles comnlalncd of
Thin fnrt. Afiv llivls onfil. Mrts
perfectly apparent from the report
at London
uy 1 1U iVSHUUWH-'U X J Ua
LONUON A"g. 17 Amn.nssartor
Gcddes loport on conditions at EL
lis Island Is tho aubjopt of lengthfi
comment In today's morning news.
papers Editorial wr tors express;
Horror nna a sgust at tno worst
IMMIBHAMTSTD
BLAME FOR BAD
ARRANGEMENTS
features of the ambassador's Rtntlfoinwinir snrrwt!nns which the
ment ahd sa. they are convinced
that American public- opinion
would hotly resent it if "their own
'decent clean hving and respectable
nationals wore obliged to seek en-
try Into a foreign country under
sufh circumstances.
Thn dlff pnltlPR onnfrnntlni- th
New York immlgrnfoh of f leiafs ar ? 1
reeoKni?ed by somo of the com-
mentators lut the unpleasant pic-
ture drawn by the stntement over-
I w
helms this consideration in most
Instances
1 There is complete unanimity that
tho selection of immigrants should
lfl mrtin on .1.1 K 1(r of . A.
P"! a pn " S " 0f Ul Av
lantlc.
New Tcloplionc Boud
LITTLE ItQCK AUg. 17 Au
thorUy" has been Riven by the Af-!
lrn.iata.. MlJlnnn.l rt n.v. n.Ual n ... thai
V(tOfin IJUJl'VMl .UUjlMMU(l u t.iv
?"? f.lJ Jiijnce of JSO.000..
0p first mortgaRO find refund
ing bonds at 5 percent.
It 1 up-
tlonal and that 'approval of tho
issue also has been naked of state
commissions in Missouri Kansas
OklahonKa and Texas
FEAR OUTBREAK
Ii Oil RESULT
OF KUN BATTLE
STEUBENVILLE O . Aug. 17.-
Darrcu iroiii iiuiuihk a iiicci.nb
' TIwltfn fnllAiVlntrtha antl-lvt
I 111
a gun
battle approximately
-- ri '-. . 'ii . V i '
last night police said th.s morning.
Authorities said they did not
know what transpired nt tho mfiet'-
ing hut tnnsmueh as a committee
ot Klansmen camro hero following
tlln meeting and posted $1000
bond each for the release of clht
member ot an nrmod party which
came from East LlverpOpl by au
tomobile early josterday they eup-1
posed tho rioting Incident wns d s-
cussed. Tho Eaat Llvorpool mon
were armed when nrrosted and
Sheriff Edward Lucas held them
as suspicious characters.
Mayor Hawklnn last ovonlng or-
dered police to prevont . publ.c
demonstrations of any kind the
ban extending to oven small gath-
erings on tho stroetfi. Spoolal pre
cautions against nnatuer outpreiiK
will bo continued.
(nn to Recover.
Dnrwln L. G.bspn 35 local Klan
leader ivho la In a local hospital
with a bullot at tho baso of his
brain. Is oxpected to recover It was
paid today. Frank Voltry is bB'ng
held at the county jail charged
with whooting with Intent to kill
Gibson. John De SantU 27 sa'd
to b0 one of GHmwji'h assailants
who was shot through the loft eye.
Is In a trltlcal condition nt n hos-
pital. Moaclno Splnottl. SG paid to
bo another member of the attack-
ing party and who vvaa shot In tlis
loft wrist was removed to the hos
pital from the couply Jail last
night. A fourtty man whose wound
in the choat was treated by tx physi-
cian yeaterday Is being sought.
Gibson declares he was driving
to hia home when he was fired
nppn. Returning; the fre he said
he wounded four of )ls attackers.
In a statement tha local Klan
domanded the resignations of
Mayor Havvklna and Ch'ef of Po-
llco Carter declaring Wednesday's
disorder was the result of lax law
enforcement. The Klan has been
active in this territory In the prose.
aieutiop of law enforcement In n
'cent months.
In Germany Is the Rchhs'ag. Here
uie iiviinsiut; aiauua inu ouiiuu ul
OWE NEW SPORT
NEW ORLEANS. Aug 17 Tho
Louisiana gup'reme Court having
hcM consiftuUonal an ordinance
whct E'W tho city of Now Or-
loans power to restrict certain
kinds
Of business to designated
stteets
tho thumping of street dt-
rectories by .Orlortnlans to ascertain
wnat mey can niato oui oi iiae
become a popular pastime. Now
1 Orleans probably hoods the list of
American citips with utnmual jvanj-
ch for streots and tho court ruling
lias opertca up a scries ot unique
opportunities.
Tq conform to the new ordinance
wnjcj uas adapted only after a
heated WrapgTo local newspapers
hn. rnoMv 'nrn-rt- ninva tha
contributors think tho City Com-
mission might mull over:
Kestrlct boQtlesrgsrs to Burgun
dy street detective to Mystery
churches to KellnloUs charitable
organizations to Benefit and Indi
sins to Tchoupltonlas. APpttier
v "m move tho
Supremo Court
and nil other courts to Holpmon
street anil tho banks to Treasury
-Which believe it or not is hmmm
Abundance and Prosperity. The
cotton and sugar exchanges might
go to Exchange Alloy.- tho city hall
to Mo$s the Sowemgo and Water
Board to Floqd the street -pAing
department to Swamp the prutlupe
dealers to Agriculture ahd ihe
larce French poiul:ation cither to
France or Frenchman street. Head-
quarters of the labor unions might
1. ...! ... tTI ...Kn.
be assembled on iJnion street
There would ho no trouble wgro-
gn.tlng nmilspment onterpri for
the- raCn trnelt nt th Flr Ground
mtght 1'Q moved to ftace calwrets
Plensuro street .dance halls to
Terpsichore orchestras and bands
' t0 Music and circuses to Calliope.
One cftuen vlio resides in a mhsl
cahy inclined neighborhood wants
quarottetc moved to Harmony
while another who inkos small
families into consideration suggests
that ordlnanco.be amended to pro-
vide that they bo moved to ftoosd-
volt place.
i i i 1 1 m '
m u ni'hi:iiiji aiii; y
bX'UUJLl.U tJl-il-.U l.lll
DETROIT Aug. 17 Two hun-
dred men and women who have
1 bCep placed on probation after
I arrest on charges of violation of
I trntfflft lnws nltenil a a traffic llass
' for Carelasfl drivers here last night'
une naiw is suiu ip no iue I'mv m
its kind in tho Unites! States ami
.. rlpttVMy s.nonded santences
. ftr tra"c vl?lailon ud hve ttt
o.led V tha court to attwa th"
cla&s.
w -JUSSEIt
AGAIN HEADS
PliAINVllSW B. C. I).
PT.ATNV1EW. Texas. Attg. 17
At the recent annual meeting of the
Board of City Development p
BJninvlew Wr W. IS. Rlsser was
unanimously olooted president or
anothor term. Just a few year
ngp when Mr. Rlaser was holding
this same office his agreaalvenea
NEW DHLEkNMNS
WITH
DIRECTORY
put by thu paving of the square and L -nnn- a BI1)c;uo pact
main atreeta of Plainviow and aa'lwnnng " ""-" mt-1
chairman oi me commiuw "
rimren of tha city cemetery ho auc.
ccodell in cloaitlng up and beautl-i
fying this place by donntne: over-
alls and taking the lead with team
and Avagon.
t la unnecessary to say that a
man of this type -who wns reelected
to office unanimously la not the
best of the city
E
PARLEY TI ED
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK Aug 17. Minors
and nnthraejte operators nvi'M?
today n a Joint conference at the
behest of the United States roil
commission to avart a auspenslon
of oporatione September lt nach
Od an agreement tq renew .igc
contract negot.atlons at Atlanti -City
next Mpnday.
Formal announcement that the
agreement had been reached t)
rontlnuo tho parley on wgs that
bad beome deadlocked wus with-
held Until after thn ronim.yalon
could ba officially notified.
Wl HINU
DISPUTE
Is where tho Cuno government
ouiig goiiunncnt iltvo a . task
uismun uuiiuwj e'vuuoi -
11 OUR POLICY
WASHINGTON. Aug 17. TO
clear away any misunderstanding
In London regarding tho altitude
of tho CoolldKO administration on
reparations Secretary HtigticA has
c(UjU(j lno American embassy
thre the substance' of In story
carried from Washington by the
AiBOClated rawt on Auguit 18
jyllh. ii notification that the declarn-
tibnn It eon mined represented tho
pracfM pujltlOn of the United Stnt-
oe goVormpeht.
'This dlclouro wan made today
as ti result of tho wide publication
of untrue tcport.that the ritate de-
partment had aem to forolsii kov-
ernmenta through the American
embassies abroad a new noto jd
ronarations. This Informntorv inof-
sage to tho embassy in Iionuon is
tho only communication on repara-
tions which has booh sent nhron
by tho department.
The mosKo to London was In-
tended to correct a' misapprehen-
sion evident In London dispatches
which bad Indicated that It was
felt that tho Coolidge administra-
tion had modified to some extent
tho preiou.s policy ot Washington
relative to participation In any nt-
tapjgt t6 settlft tho reparations dlf-
Tflcuuy. It was reaffirmed thnt
thero had beCn no chango whatever
In polley as a result of tho chuhgo
in the presidency.
LONDON Auk. 2C Acfing upoft
cable udvict from Secretary pf
State Hughe tho American on-
bntisy offhvlalH In London have
iriado It clear to the British foreign
office that the United States con-
templated no departure from Its ntr
jtltud irtV reparations as ta-Hon bor
fore Brealde'nt Harnhtg's drt.ilh aiul
hi announced by 8c'llary Hugl)a
In hie New Hwvep siieeph.
This disposed of any hopos on
this aide that President Cpolldge'u
ftcoeasioii to pfflco. might result In
a pipre active interest by the Unit-
ed States in Europe's prdbloms.
The reiteration of America's
policy wa.s conveyed verbally and
Informally to tin British goverh-
jnent and not through a note.
FRO! BTH FLOOR
NEW YORK Aug. 17. Mrs. A.
M Stern CQ i widow and h
daughter 35 today Jumped from
a window ot their aixth floor apart-
ment In Weat 78th street to th
pavomeiit belovv. They vyfcra in-
stantly killed.
Mia. Stern and her daughter had
bcon inseparable companions. The
mother had been acting MtrapsSly
for apmo time It was paid.
A note found on Mra. Stern's
body read: "
"Please tak our bodies to apart-
mont 02. The key la on mo."
The. nolle oxnressod tho opinion
that the mothor and daughter hnd
taken their plunge nftor oarefully
WEATHER
U. 8. Department or Agriculture
WEATHCn BUREAU
AB1LKN13. Texas Aug. 17. For
Ablleiio ana vicinity: Tonight and
Saturday partly cloudy somewhat
unsettled and cooler.
For East Texaa. Tonight and
Saturday iiartly cloudy somewhat
unsettled ami cooler in north )Kr
tlon.
For Weat Texas: Tonight and
Saturday partly cloudy probab'.v
shower hi extreme Meat portion
1 cooler in east eNitral portion to-
liilaht warmer In the Panliandlo
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ANNUITY. BY BOTH KID1S.
BY BAfCOM N TIMMQNS
WASHINGTON Aug. 17. Rail.
oad legulrttlou which Proaldent
I rdliiK had looked forwaril to ns
m most important liualnaan for the
u t sesHlon Ot Congreaa haa liteii
n langered by ahnrp dlvbiinn
mojig Republicans over what the
tpslatlon shall contain Rival
.artb ns are trying to gt the Oar
f Pesldeni Coolidge who-it U
inlieved Utiuentloimbly will men-
tipn the Tianaportatlon Act in his
fu-t meawige to Copgreaa
President Harding gained most
of his information on the road
from Senator Cummins (II. !-)
Chdirmaii of the Seiiata Intarttate
Commerco Committee and fav'Or-
pi eniiMoliiUilon of tba roads Into
regional groiipa. ThW vraa to bel
the prJncJpHl fentmer of tha Hall.
ro.m mil wnicn vir. uuinmma nan
been crtnaWerln and vorktng over
slnre the adjournment Of tha laat
Cotiirreaa
The question of railroad oon-
solid itlon la of vital interest to
Texas A length" hearing on the!
matter was held at Fort wort" anu
atrung opposition was Oxpieased.
Big Iluttlt" Slinplng.
Opposition to enforced conoll-
datlon has drivloj)od In the Senate
committee with Senator Wfttso.ii
(R Ind ) leading the fight ftgnlt
it. President Coolldgo'H nttttude
will deihd to some extent ht least
npoh whom he calls to the White
Hairne for advice but whether he
decide for or against (lie consol-
Idatlona n prqlon-.-cd batljo over the
rnUrnadtt Is shaplpi: Itself.
Administration support might be
sufficient to bring about adoption
of new ralh'oad leglalntlpu dfeaplte
fundainontal difference- among
regular line Republicans in the
Senate and Ovarii with anticipated
Democratic oppodtlon were Jt not
for the pvofoniMl lntereat of tne
radical bloc in a new miltcwd bill.
No hope la entertained t)mt 1h-
Follette or hfs following will go
nlong with nny other groups on
railroad legislation their purpose
TielnB rather to hold gOverhnjept
operation as the price of tueir sup-
1)01 tv
Chalrmap Cummins'a decision to
seek otoctlpu as president pf sen.
ate will have no mntprial bearing!
on his ability to make i stiong
fight for consolidation legislation'.
Prior to President Harding'a death
ho had decided to retlto us presl-
lut pro tempore and devoto his
full tlmo to railroad bills. Hepatpr
Moaa(Jl.. i. 11 ) and Senator cur
tls (R.. Knns.) wore candhlittoa to
succeed him though both havo
wfthdniwn from tno race with his
change of intention fallowing the
I advancement of vico president
Couitdxu t tbe presiuency. .vir.
(MbKOs ismied a'atatement thin Week
pledging Ihh fliipport to- senalfr
Cummlus.
His Salary Hiked.
Tho Interstate Commerce Com
hntt Chairman will nulthor loao
hiB vote nor ma time from mo
cohimHlea room by his qleotlon ns
ma rcnaie i-reaiueni 1119 omy
chango In his ntuun being that ho
will raaalve the vice president a sal-
ary ot J12.00B as he will be at lib-
erty to halve a preaideiit pro tetn In
the chair during hi railroad bill
hearings.
Tho Cummins bill Is expected to
ioiiow i ii ir line ot tne cunsoiuia
tlons being wprked opt by tho In
terstate Commerce Cominltloe un
der authOtity of tile Transportation
Act of 1920. Frealdent Hirdlngg
camo out formally Hi favor of mer'.
ging the roads Into a few general
bi Moms in his Juno 22 speech in
Kansas City his theory belpg tnat
tho prosperous rdads could thua
support tho weak with lsultnnt
lovvcr rreignt rates wiinout preoit
ingdown any companies.
Pipe .Mill Strike
YOUGSTOWN O. Aug. 17.
The pipe mill ot tha Republic Iron
and Steel company waa virtually-
idle today aa the realt of a walk-
out uf men who work ten nmira a
day and who with the Inaugura-
tion of the eight hour day in other
dep rtment. want either an in'
crease of pay tor a It) hopr day of
a. reduction of tho work day to 8
hours
Brings In Cotton.
W. IX. Clark of Tye brought n a
bale Friday morning which was
ginned at the Hun mi gin gin. The
bale weighed 50 pound and waa
sold to tho gin for 24.50 cents
Tho saod 'waa alo bought by the
Iglp for $!7.80.
HlOtlng nt All.
By The Aaaockitel Probe.
AIX LA CHAPI3LLB Germany.
Aug. 17. The commuuletlc dis-
turbances are continuing with
sanguinary results. Kight persons
woro Killed ana futy injureu touuy
In collisions between tho com-
munists and polko while fifteen
persona injured In previous disor-
ders d ed in the hospitals.
U.S. GOVERNMENT
ALB VNY. N. Y Aug 17 Lieu-
tenant Corliss lluovou Griffls ar-
reatetl at 13herbach Germany
charged with attempting to kidnap
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Amei-
ionn draft evader waa in Germany
under orders of the American mil-
itary authorities according to a
oabla meaag from Pari received
horo.
The meaaage from a friend of
Griffls in Paris to a mutual fitend
In Albany aald that Griffls had
been ordered to aearch for Ameri-
can ilead mi German remetariea.
takina a service automobile and
t chauffeur on the mission.
LIEUTENANTWAS
OH BUSINESS FDR
HDPE TD CLEAR-
TULSA FLOGGING
IN A FEW DAIS
By Asaoclated Press
TULSA Okli . Aug 17 Boh At-
kln. apciSUl deputy sheriff one f
two men held by tho military here
rnrinVrmtidatloti hi connection wfth
the ftimrih t Walter Tprwan at
Red Forte laat Aprti was reieaseuj
toly on a writ of haboaa ronuial
rtranted by County Judge Luher
Iviiie.
Atklna was renrreaiad a ivv mlri-
uto later oh a warrant charging
'rlolfn?. He waa relfl on i.uo
bftM'l pemluix a pranminary Hear-
ing. NNihnn Hantaman who avrs
whipped by a band of tmldentlflodl
men here a eK ago precipiMi"'i
Governor- Walton denee of 4nar-
lial law In Ttilaa was fined $10"
tind aentenceft to 80 duva hi Jail on
a cUnlge of vagrancy. This ch.irg
was fllwl agint llitnlnman Just
before he "warf floffgad.
No airiwata lufl been made early
today in connection with the whip-
ping it week Ain of ICathan Hantaf
tpan which ckueed Govei nor Wal-
toii to cnd tfoMa her. h"t Adju
Hunt Geiwrii Jdarkliam Indicated
he Wria aatlafle with the progre
bln made by hi invealigatora.
No linuiMdtate withdrawal ot the
heemmtion foreei Was in prospect
as i3ovMipr Walton declared sel4
lerdav "th" lob would be finished"
before martial law wa lifted.
run TnUa world thin morning
reiiottnl It hnd obtained Informa-
tion 'rom it rollable source that
every witness being question by the
stato InvejiU'jCatora Is bolpg asked
to InvwuatoraiH lining asitvuI)eatb homc8 are felt
as to mcimiersnip in mo ivu 4V..H
Klan
Adjutant General Markham M&-
orously denied the World's report
hnd declared "In all the invesilgU.
tlona 1 Jinvt ukol oply one man
If he belonged to tho Ktan."
i i
Appnlnts Hocolvcrs.
NI9W YOUIi. Aug 17. Federal
.tiictsrn lWiialoiv today appointed
Ulinriea IS. Miller and Thomas H.
Bilskerville as rocMvers in oqu:iy
under bond ot JfiO.000 for tin
Lucey MaiiufacturlhK corporntlon
mnnuiai'tiirera oi on wen equip-
ment. Liabilities of tho firm Wero
aa'd to be $2315.000
TI TREATIES II
TIE 111TI
MEET R EFFECT
WASHINGTON. Aug 7 Two
treaties negotiated at the Washing
ton arms conference the five pow
er naval limitation agreement ami
tho four jwer Pacific pact be-
came pfteetlvo todaj.
ArraPKements for tho deposit of
ratifications called for diplomatic
representative ot fhe iicVjfer con-
cerned to meet :.t noon at tlio state
dBHartment with Secretary Hugliea
Ambaaaador lianiimra oi jarani
and tle charge d'utfalraa of. thai
liritisn Fiencii anu jihjmui vnu
alev participHtlng In a simple cete
mony.
Ital J a party to the troaty pro-
vkllng for the scrapping of war-
ahlps but not to the Pacifio agree-
ment which automatically termi-
nates the Anglo-Japanuse alliance.
The four Power Pacific treaty
was concludeiriiere December 13
1921 the naval pact Peuruary C
1922. Deposit of ratifications waa
necessary before either could go
into effeO
DEAF Him GIRL
SWIMMING MEET
ATLANTA Aug. 17 Hundreds
of dent and dumb delegates at-
tending tho Hth triennial conven-
tion of the National association of
tho Deaf carry heavy hearts today
following the drowning last night
of Mlaa Hlaia Mnurer. 19 daughter
of a prominent Atlanta family
during the course 6t a wator pag-
eant at a local amusement park
Which wan being glvau for tho en-
tertainment of the visitors.
Mia Mnurer and Mven other
girl a membra pf a dancing
claaa which waa giving an exhibi-
tion before tiie delegatus attending
the pageant waro on nil lmprovisod'
raft in a small lake Suddenly tha
craft Hated and nil wore thrown
Into the water.
Seven of the girl woro rescued.
After a lialf hour's aoareh Miss
Mattrar'a body was recovered by a
deaf mute.'
Karly this morning J. W. Van-
dergrlf one uf the men poling the
Ill-fated raft w reported to be
still mlMlng. The lak wns being
draggad for his body as It waa
fared ha too may havo be.m
drowned Another man iollng th
raft swam it) ihora
01ED
DURING
MACON Oa.. Aug. 17 Lea
Qreen negro wanted for an attack
On a whiia woman of Wellston
Oa.. was talken from two Macon of-
' titers carl today and lynched in
the front yard of the woman a
home. The body was avvung from
a big tree and riddled with bullets.
Tha negro la aald to have con-
fessed t
On of tha officers n charge ot
the negro telihond policy head-
quarters here from Houston coun-
ty ntAt.ng that the negro had been
taken by a mob. From Wellston. It
was learned over long dtatanco tele-
phone that a ntimbar of shots wcrs
heard In that vicinity and that tho
aagro Waa reported thore as hav
Ing been shot to death.
It waa also ranorted that ho con
feaaed to Wie crime for which ho
had beau arreteL
ATLANTA. Ga. Aurf. 17. Gov-
ernor Walker said that ho wopld
InvesttffAte the lynching of Leo
Green ft. negro In Houston Cjuii'v
early- todny. Tn governor hsd not
received nny report of tha nffuir
from tbe shefff or other officers
pt tho county h sa.d
FIRElSliG
IN OIL FIELD AT
SAN PEDRO CIL
SAN TEDRO. Calif. Aug 174
largo underground oil tank owned
by the Geneial Petroleum company
exploded heie thla morning at 0 -5
o'clock. Tha blast waa caused ry
spontaneous combustion and shook
tho entire city.
Approximately 1.000.006 barrels
of oil Is burning.
Foara for the safety ot threo ad
Jolnlnu tanks and a numbor of
as the tank
ow sl n ot J)0 Hng over and
running down thn hillside. Th-J
tank la located at 28th and Gattey
streets.
Harly i-oporta declare tho low
will roach several hundred thop-
wind dollars and may bo larger If
other tanks are Ignited
Tho burning tank Js directly be-
neath Fort MucArthUr.
L0S ANGELtOS. Calif. Aug. 17.
1 Two companies of flro fighting
equipment ha been rushed to San
Pedro to protect that dlstr ct wlnio
tho harbor department fights tho
oil tank blaze. Othor equipment
horo Is belpg held In readincsa to
respond to any emergency call from
the acone ot tho blaze.
II I ! '
Melons U Coolidge
WIjSATHUnFOKD.' Texas. Aug
17 -r-Tie Weatherford chamber of
commerce yeaterday forwarded "by
axproM two large melons to Presi-
dent Coclldgo. Ono was of tha
Tom Wataon variety and welKhed
70 pound. The other was a Jum-
bo or Triumnh. 34 pounds
i ii '
Cotton Gin Bums.
fiHEBMAN Au;. 17 One :
tho cotton ghis at Tom Bean
owned by fl. 'A. RIcketts Pera Aus-
tin niiil- Pat Luby burned at mid-
night last night together 'with thirty-five
bales ot cotton Loss $20.-
000 partly covered by insurance.
The or'gln of the fjre i unknown
CUBAN lMlK&IPKNT TO
STUDY HAJLKOAD BILL
HAVANA. Cuba. Auc 17
President Zayaa today reafflrmcl
his Intention of carefully going
over th Tjuifa blllf in case tho sen-
pto ahoulii approve it beforo tak-
ing any aland In the matter This
bill provides for closing fortv-seven
nub-ports and genernl consolidation
of Cuban railway. Thp senato ft"-
tlon on the b.Jl -will not bo had
until the laat of next week
i i
JJnrth Shcfc Felt
CATANIA. Slllcla. Aug. 17
An earthquake of eunslderublo vio-
lence shook tha city this morning.
It produced a great panic among
the population but fortunately caus
od no damage.
E
REEIEVED II BIT
By The Associated Press '
DUESSELDOItF Aug 17 In-
creased efforts to relievo tho food
shortage in the occup ed area wero
revealed today by the announce-
ment that S00 carloads of food-
stuffs had entered the Kuhr valley
yeaterday from unoccupied Ger-
many. Heretofore the dally ship-
ments hav.o never exceeded 500
oars
Th effort at amelioration has
eomo nono too aowi becauso food
riots tho pillaging of stores and
tho stealing of potatoes from the
fields are in progress in various
parts of the occupied territory
At several places the French
noting on the request of the local
Gorman nuthorltes. sent a detach-
ment of cavalry accompanied by
German police to protoct the crops
from being ravaged by pillaging
parties.
Hunger demonstrators at Pat
telen. near Gejsnktrehen. disarm-
ed the police when the latter tried
to Interfere with the munifestants
and eight membora of tho polled
force wero seriously wounded.
FOOD
SHORTAG
IN RUHR REGAN
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