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Amamllo Daily New
VOL XII. NO. 54
TEN PACES-TWO SECTIONS
AMAR1LLO TEXAS WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 9 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS'
THE NEWS CARRIES THE FULL LEASED WIRE SERViC'TriE'JBibClATED
PACKERS ARE IT
IS
nv ncrirniLK wri t sirix
WAfiK RKDI CTION AITHOX-
IMATP1.Y 41 I'F.K CKNT.
WAGES TO EE DECREASED
In COmpleta Sympathy With Nhort
Wmrk IHj Mi Fair Wagea U
lb- fltalrment Darned by
'i. Oiden Armour.
Br Awarlaltd Pre-
CHICAGO. Mai1. I. Union leaders
representing; mora than 104000 worker
In the parking Industry In all par la of
th country dVpurted for Omaha to
night to attend a two-day meeting
which opens them tomorrow to cunaid-
er decrease lii wngi and readjustment
of working hour announced ly the.
packer t-sby to la-come . effective
March 14.
Charging that the puckers were try-
ing to lure a national strike "because
having forced llvratork price to the
lowest level In yvara and having filled
their warehouses they want a sixty-day
ahutdown ao that they ran unload this
supply on the public at hlirh prices."
Th employes' representative auld that
workers were irepared to npMjne "the.
restoration of the ten-hour day to the
last ditch."
Dlscusxlng the announced wag re.
Auction- which approilmate 11 1-2 per
rent Dennla Lane of tha Amalgamated
Meat Cutter' and fiutcher Worker1
Union aald that this cut would work
against the old employee and would
eventually amount to about 40 xr cent.
"Th packer are trying to taka on
new help at th 30-cent-anhour rate"
he auld Thl I a reduction of 33 rent
and make a reduction of 40 per rent.
The packera are contemplating taking
OB a much help at the 30-ccnt rate a
possible and thea laying off the older
help. Th older help will then be re-
employed but at tha new acalc."
Th packer declared that despite
th lower rate to be paid the employe
would probably earn aa much or more
than they did under the present wage
scale and Insisted that adjustment of
worklnihoiriniH not mean return to
ten hour day but that extra pay
would not b mnde except for time owr
ten hours.
"W are In complete sympathy with
the short work day and fair wage theo-
ries and our problem I to attune these
theories ns neurly a hiskIII to actual-
ities which we encounter In dealing
with producer and consumer" said a
statement issued by J. (iden Armour
head of Armour and Company.
F.DIARIM) IIAIIATO HPANISII
I'KKMIKR. IH AMMANKINATKII.
Br AMoriaUd Press.
LONDON Mar. I. The Hponlsh pre
mier Kdiiurdo lato haa been asslNsI
nnted. u'cnrdlng to a dispatch to the
Kx.hange Telegraph from Madrid.
Hnr Duto wa killed by revolver
shots as he left ongrese.
KMri.OYF.KN DKNYFK PACKING
I'l-ANT AKK DIHMATISFIKII
- DKNVKn. March 3. Twenty five
hundred employees of Denver packing
plant will be affected by the 13 1-3
per cent wage reduction announced In
Chicago today by the pocking com
panics.
WEATHER
I'. N. I Vp aliment of Afrlrullura
Weather Burrau.
WFJ4T TKXAH: Wednesday ten-
frally fairs rolder In south porUoa.
Thunoay fairs warmer In north por
tion. A" a
Temperature b)' our at Amarlllo
yesterday:
0 a. m.. . .
.37
v40
II a. m.
Noon
I p. m.
3 p. m.
...18
...39
...39
...40
...41
f . HI- I ....
I a. in 39
I a. m 31
10 a. m 34
I p. m..
Highest yesterday In 1930 45; low
est. 15.
Highest vmleraay 41.
l.owe t. 34.
HunUdlly Data.
p.m. I a.m. Noon.
Dry temperature M 37 39
Wet temperature 43 36 34
Humidity !t 4 "
Forecast: Wednesday probably fair;
colder with minimum temperature
ti to 30 degrees.
THE WAIL OF AN F.X ROOKIK
When they declared an armistice
And t recroewed the foam;
I vowed I'd save a bank-roll
Whim once I got back home.
I started things humming
I tried to save some rash;
(The revenue department thought
I act d kind o rash-.
Bach year they slice my Income
Thev tax my Profit. I.mi;
Most ev'rythlng I buy seems tagged
"A wsr tax please from xoi.
They never let my pocket roat;
Aa far aa 1 can see.
The aov'ment must o went and
t-harged
The whole blamed war to me.
- Leslie
WORKERS
UNABLE TO GET FOOD;
INSURGENTS DISBAND
MiNDON March . A wireless
message from Moscow bsluy says
the fcHol unit fuel situation In Kron.
aludt In hoM-esa and that dlssolu-
linn among I ho Insurgent I In-
creasing houily.
Conflict between rebel and I how
desiring to nogotlute with Finland
fur usslstonce In N-comlng nntfe
m'UtH Oi message km l U UliJ
deserters from Ihe Insurgents mill1
thti tuld-r have not the least hne of
being able to offer resistance
Louder of the rols-ls are tiiklnR
severest iii'-uhiii i-ii to prevent the
sailors deserting to the Soviet army
from KruiiNluilt according to I lie
message.
1 RHINE ARE NOT
m or uHTun-DM
IU UL
MANY IMPORTANT QI'F.NTION'H
iH I NHKII AT HUNT MKKT-
INU NKW CAHINKT
Br Aarlatd Pcms.
WASHINGTON. Mnrch I. Various
asMH'ts of the nutlona forrign relations
aa well as problems of administrative
organisation were considered by Presi-
dent Harding and his department heads
tisluy at the first cabinet meeting of
the new administration.
Afterward definite announcement
was made at the war department that
In formulating It ollcy toward the
Rhine situation this government la not
now considering withdrawal of Ameri
can troop of occupation. It wa learned
at th same time that another step
toward lsn. American umltv the Presl
dent I prerlng to ask that the
senate ratify at once the lone m-ndlntr 1
treaty with Colomblu.
Developments In the Panama-Costa
Rica hostilities were less definite but
It la understood the cabinet took cogni-
sance of 'that situation and canvassed
latest official reporta on the subject.
The next Step awslts receipt of a reply
from Panama to the American note
difpetched .Saturday. In the realm of
domestic questions msjor attention
was directed toward perfection of the
cabinet organisation. Mr. Ilurdlng la
understood to have made rooiieratlon
among the deurtmi-nta th keynote
of hi Instructions to hi secretaries.
All ten of the department heads and
Vice President Coolde Invited In pur-
suance of a policy announced during
the campaign were resciit ut the con-
ference. DUTCH GOVERNMENT IN
SYMPATHY WITH GERMANY
Br Aunrlsteg rnw.
THK HAWK. March . The Dulch
government a much of Holland's com-
mercial pross-rlty dcends on the
Rhine district. I watching closely any
effect the allied occupation or the pro-
posed ruxtoms col hi -lion will have on
Dutch trade.
The Dutch evening newapniiers gen-
erally are unfavorable to action of the
allies. Tin Hugue Nieuwe Courant
ai'a the occupation of Dosseldnrf and
other Herman cities Is a violation of
(he treaty of Versailles and as a result
Germany now undoubtedly will puy less
Mention to It than ever while probably
the production of coal will decrease
enormously.
The Vaderlund ouys the measure cer-
tainly did not Improve tho power of
Oermnny to y.
RF.ITIH.irANH TO NKTTI.K
THK TARIFF QI F.RTI0N
Br Anerisled Prej.
WABHINtlTilN. March . Detailed
recommendations as lo tariff and In-
ternal revenue legislation wilt be sub-
mitted to President Harding within a
few days by congressional leader and
Secretary Mellon of the treasury de-
partment. A new emergency tariff Mil ror
special protection of agricultural In
terest promise to head the program
Hcnator Penrose aald today.
In the conferences ls-tween republl-
cans of the two committees with Sec
retory Mellon it la planned to draft
definite recommendations for a com
plete program of fiscal reform for
President Harding's consideration.
WOMAN Ml'NT FACft COI'RT
ON CHARtiK OF Ml RPr.rl.
fly A.wisted Prrat.
CHICAOti. Mar. Declaring that
Mr. Isabfll Coi a Orthweln was not In
"imminent danger" when slut shot and
killed Herbert p. 7.ugier district man-
iger for n rublsr company a coroner-
Jury today returned a verdict recont-
tienillng that she he held to the grand
Jury on a charge of manslaughter.
Mrs. Orthweln. According to the po-
lice aald that she shot only after Zleg-
ler had broken Into ht-r apartment late
it night week age and struck her.
I'ul Daby In Oven 1
Mr Aewriale fnm
OGDKN I'Uh. March 3.-Mr. Ken-
neth Thorms k of ltiigham City wrap-
ped her Miby son In a quilt and put i
hlin In the oven disir of her kitchen
tuve today while she called upon a
neighbor. When ahe returned thirty j
minute later he found the bo by burn
ed to death.
Krasnoya Direct lire on Railway.
Br A Morales' Pne.
I.ONIXJN. Mar. 3. The Kraannya
Gtirko fortress la directing Its tire
against the Moscow IVtrograd railway
line saya a dispatch to thu Central
News from lU-lalngfors.
AIR CAN TROOPS
III
il Ullniill
AUSTIN SOLOHS ID
wo c
REMAINDER WEEK
ATTEMPT M ADK Til RKS4TND KKM- i
OI.ITION AI.I.INti FFOrK
A I J(H RVMKNT.
in mi is KILLED
01 lire VUI N II onsolldatcd; Ar
propilallon Allowed lur K-
labttkhmenl of KcImsiI
lir lUlnd.
Br Asks-UL I'reM.
Al'STIN Tex. March I. The senute
today killed the houso bill by Watch
ol Johnson proMliig tit uIhiIInIi th
wan bouse and lusrketlug d pertax-nt
and pin lug tlm iliitle of the depurt-
inent under the department of ugil-
culture. The measure fulled to pass
to vngnisNiiiciit by a vote of II lo 12.
iFn.-t m niuin'ii i-f m iiiiii-i aim i
tKble the Vote by which the bill fulled
to imns WSN ilHleuled and It muy kgalii I
ii bicught up on the floor of the 1
senate lor ntconslderstion of the vote
by which It failed to imiks. I
Thl roneolldatlon wa recommend-1
ed t.y Oovei'iior Naff and piissed the)
house although strenuously opposed
(lovernor Neff clulmed that the two
departments duplicated. In srloti
waya and that the consolidation would
save the state nppiiixluiutHy fSf.OOO
mt year. It Is undi-rntfMHl thut the
propom titi of thu mesmiie In th sen
at will attempt to bring It up again
befur the legislature adjourns lna
die.
UplMwItlon to the sntl slleii land own-
ership bill by Hinutor liudley of Kt
l'ao was diimonstraled In the house
today when a motion to set the bill for
xwlal nrfler tomorrow morning (niteu
ss. i ne negative sm oi me que-
lion carried by a big majority. Thla
Is the bill thst is Intended to restrict
Japsnuse from acquiring land In Texas.
It passed the senate with little pM-
altlon and will come up in the house
In lime to tie considered before tha
session closes members say.
BUI Finally Accepl'd.
The house iMissed finally the repre-
sentative redlstrliting bill by John K.
Davla. of Dallas end others. I'nder
the new plan the nicrolierahtp of the
house Is I ncres -d from 143 member
lo 114 V.wt'of the turgor muniM-R
i t the state Are given additional repre-
sentatives In I he low er branch. The
houe also engrossed and psssi-il tin-
ally the bill by Itlce. f Houston pro-
deaf dumb or blind children In the
state Institutions of such chniacter.
The bill paawd with no opiioaitlon
w hrttsm ver aft -r Mr. Itlce. who Is
blind siHike In behalf of hi measure.
I.lkcwlsi he added three amendment
with no opMiitlcn. Mr. Kiev was ap-
plauded after his address.
Th house passed to engrossment the
bill providing for lending stste sld for
lending ilHto sld for constructing u
sea wall at Corpus Christ!. The aid is
to be extneded by exempting several
counties of that section from ad va-
lorem tnxc for a mtih1 of I.'i years
the moiiiy to go towaid constructing
the sn wall. The house paused finally
a bill by Hnlterwhlte of Curson trans
CONTIM KD ON PAUK TWn
E
FANCY STOCK SHOW
LOCKS KV Texas March (.-Lock-ney's
second Trades I lay and Htis-k
Khow will lie held Monday. March 34
Many high grade hogs dairy herd
horses mules etc. will he shown.
Floyd County farmers are bsiklng for-
ward to the occasion and It Is ho-d
Urn! outsiders Will be present with ex-
hibition stork.
More than ten thousand dollar worth
of livestock poultry and farm product
are shipped from Lorkney each week.
LOUISIANA BANK ROBBED:
BANDITS HAVE ESCAPED
Br AaMirialed Press.
S4IIKKYKPOKT. I a. Mar. I. The
Dank of llienvllle. at Uienvtlle. waa
robls-d early Tuesilny morning of over
$:J000 In Liberty lionds Jewelry and
other valuables atored In deposit boxes
in the vault. The sife In which the
tank's funds are stored also kept In
the vault was not molested.
Thi burglar evidently a fearing the
noise of the explosion which tore the
vault door oH-n had awukencd the
community es-aied after a hasty ex-
amination of the content of the deMWit
Ix.ve.
"Y" t'KNM M.
On Tuesday March lith. between
the hours of 10 a. m. and noon a
.-anvass of the city will be made to
secure from every man ami woman
who can be reached an answer lo
the following questions:
III "Are you In favor of a V. M.
C. A llullillng for Amarllln"
t:i "Will you give HoMKTHIXG?"
lards will be prepared fur con-
venience. Can we count on you as one of
4ii or more lo give two hours or
It as ut the time vei If l. d If you
know of some oik- inlerestiil enoiitih
to woik with you please send ill the
name and the mimes of any others
who desire to help In this move-
ment. I'tca! rescind promptly
and jour ti-rtltoi v will lie assigned.
A I0 per cent resM nse will makr
short work of this canvass
. HKNRY H. GtSK'H.
Phone 1CX P. O. Ilox 199.
DUSSELD0RF UNDER
CONTROL OF ALLIES
prHHKl.lxillr'. Miirch l ien h
and Hi II lull airplane flew over
liuHNt-ldoif ibis afternoon while
allied triHips with machine guns
were tuklng hisIIiiiis on the bildae
Mini imoUiiihI In liiiMii tiitit fill Iih lex.
The llihaliltunts buil not Ix-en pre-
pared for ullii-d iK-cupiitloii of addit-
ional liermun tcnliory and were sur-
prin t nf rtnydrenk lo si Khlne
Ixitit londi-l with troops mid war
muli-rlulN
Hi IIUli tanks and cavalry landed
mid engineers landcil to the south
to the north and Krenrh artillery
of the clly. The Anitlo Krcm h
forces tmiHM-d uiound luci1orf
while K.-U is n Infan'ry hl h ral
concentrated yesterday 01 I'lcfild.
rroMH-d the bridge Into the renter of
the city. The allh-d quai leimantei s
have rwiiesti-d MNeNiilon of cer-
tain m Ih mIs lichlili'N the burrai ks
and railway stullun which have not
yet been oi-cuplixl.
Traffic with iIh-iouim-I across the
Khlne has stopH-t and telephmie
commuiilculloii with the town lis
U-en Interrupted.
RAMON TRIAL
OECIN TOMORROW
I.AU UItH rOK IIOTII HTATK AN II
HKKKNNK IIAYK Itl.tiAN TO
AKKIYK AT AKIIM0KK
Br AkxwtsteJ Preis.
AllD.Mi l:K. okU. March I legtit
W
line U-gan to form tonight for the!'" 'b-fited by Power for nidi riiuin
battle to begin Thursitay to determine
the future of Clara Hmlth llamon
charged with murder In connection
wlth the death of Juke I.. Hunmii oil ln D'Amlna polliical meeting In-
man and K.lltlclan. "Jurlng seyeral men. On le t..ii day
. lacveial kidnappings were rcortfd by
H. P. Kreellng state attorney general H)h (i
who is In charge of the prosecution. The assassins Imhy struck so Inildly
arrived today and tonight conferred taking care to see that their work was
with II. II. Drown special prosecutor finished and then disappearing so coin -and
brother of Rusael Drown who as lately thut they could not t Iraceil.
county attorney filed Information llu' be polli-e uoceptiil the murders as
against her. lrt of a program of assassinations and
Walter Kent l of Krl Worth Texas ' t'x'k tei to guard men likely to have
firm of lawyers retained before her .been marked for the killing
surrender at Kl Pooo after a nation 11 -'- -
Wide search f her following the death RIGID ECONOMY URGED
oi nullum ariiveu in Aruinore iouh'
and aald the other member of tha firm l
William P. McLean Jr. come belt) to
morrow'. ' James II. Muthers and
Churle A. Coakley other members of
the defense counsel with Jot lien i
Champion twin brother of Judgu
Thomas W. Champion who will prt-sldo
at the trial are already In Ardmor
where they live.
CONDITIONS IN ALABAMA
CONSIDERED ALARMING
Br AMorlstod Pna
I'HATTA.MKMIA. Tenn.. March I
Conditions In Jackson County Alaba-
ma me worse than In the "dark days"
of reconstruction following the Civil
War uml unless the giyi-t nor U
patches 1 1 oops to the sniie if disturb-
ance county otlciils proNS to or-
aanire cltinns ihishcs who will shoot
to kill ami st. p terrorism according to
Mayor Cbiude Tiinl.erlake of Steven
son. here today regarding night tiding
at-ttvitliv
"You never see a farmer mote than
llfty feet away from bis home without
a shot gun." said tha Mayor.
Tenants who refuse to Join the union
are U-ing taken out and flogged ar- j
col ding to Mayor Tlmberlnkr and laud
owner ore eXMH'ting to rocelve similar
treatment.
MAY DIVIDE MICHIGAN
INTO TWO NEW STATES
Br AhmwIsUiI Press.
LANSING Mich.. Mar. . A concur-
rent resolution Introduced In the lower
house oi the Michigan legislature today
would call upon congress to divide Mlchi
Igan Into two states the lower penin-
sula to retain tho present name and
government and a new commonwealth
to I known as "Huerlor" to kv tre-
ated of the upM-r peninsula.
Rain at (ialveslon -
Br Aswirlaira I'rew.
GAI.VKHTON. March Rain fell
here thla afternoon and most of the
lottery mi n of Manager Fred Mitchell's
Host on Nationals forsook baseball piac
tlce fur surf swimming
Tonight Manager Mitchell announced
the schedule of exhibition games to Is-
played as the Dravrs work their wayj' i "sianomn. kiihk mm ins nevnim.
norlbwaid.Wages Are Redunced.
Br AMnflsle l aw.
ItOKToN. March A.-Doston and Rul.in Wio-ker lUnoll.
AlUiny railroad offU Uila meeting t.slay i l.(i.aiN. M inli H - pi-trograd
with repri-seiilnllvea of various clusses ' worku.en are r-oliiiig agiin t f nc.il
of unskilled luUir. notified them that' moblll its n and have alto kid the
effeitlve April 4 the ratea of puy In'Hovl.l trups r.ys a ll-dslngf.-is dis-
effect April JO. 19: would Is- restored I patch t the I I'll Tiohk. The H"
Itepresi-ntatlve of employe affected let . afl.-r stM-et fihlilmg t" k pos
by the niluctlon tbi lined to accept It. a-sslon of the gr.-.ter part of the . :ty
News Treats All Alike
The New treats lis readers In and out of loan exactly alike It dors not
print one dale on its lue in town and then rhanie the dale to m
AHKAD and send the same axers In out of town readers lo HMHU
hPm'Noike Hie full report of Hie Federal Farm lan Hank meeting held
In Amarlllo etcrday aflerniHHi at I 'bsk In the Federal building In The
News. No other paper except those Issued from The New plant carried this
"''Notlte the Assta laled Press reports retelied over the full bawl wires
of The News. Tlie mailer is lrch spaikling direct from the wires.
The News I printed THIS MOKMNtlt Is NOT W RMKI) OVF-R
lor mil of town reader under a FKK D1K line to deceive.
Amarlllo readers receive in the f.Hnmin only The New FAKF.II
D TKH will mo) go here they're n4 sltempled. They are only sent Ol'T
OF TOWN where It is believed the pHile are KAMI.Y DKt'KIKD.
Read TIm News-it is PRIM Ml TOD It!
ASSASSINS ACTIVE
I CRICH TWO
MEN MURDERED
MIOOTIMi Ol'TCOMK IIP POI.ITI-
I AL r Kl l Willi II HAM ThK
KOKIKU ( TY
REIGN OF LAWLESSNESS
Police I'nalile lo Trace fiuill); Hlepi
Taken la t.uard Other I.IUely
to Have lleen Marked
as kliiiin
Br Aiwnrisixl Tms.
j CI I H 'A fill Munh n -A reljdi of liw
I lessiM-Nii il'i'liued to have Ik- -ti the
oulcoi f a imlltlcul feud wl.lc't bus
' ti-i rm liuil one of the mint it 'iim-Iv
M'fiiilrtl-. wurds In the city for w.-ek.
today i iilmliiHti-d In the ussusiilii.ilhilis
of two Aldi-riiien. John power's hiIIcsI
lleiiti-nunts
Thiol. I j. hi i. u. a luunli Ipul court
builirr Wa I he Victim lie was shot
from aiohindi. a blot k from bis home
Just Utoie liiNin. lie fell with hill
bullet IhroiiKh bis Uck
Hairy Kuymnnd a clwur store owner.
Wa killed two liooi Inter by two men
who had enleied his stme lo buy cIkuis
Two bulleis pierced his bead and two
ulhera Hnetiuled his liihgs.
Itoth shiMitiiiK look place In a section
known as "death alley" in the 19th
wurd and wero ascribed by the police
to the feud between the Power faction
and that of Anthony IVAndrca. who
i last month.
Thl ilm'llfin riiniiuilarn -mm ti mi' it awl
ty ttt.rn.s and violence. H.-v-
vral bomb were thrnwn one ts-lng loss-
BY SECRETARY MELLON
t A-nelsUl I'ns.
WASIIINfmiV. Much 3 Military
of the Tressuiy Mellon ill his first of-
ficii. I statement made public tonight In
ii letter to bankers appealed to "Hi"
tMople generally" to stimd for rigid
nomy In governmental expenditures
and urged Immediate establishment of
national budtiet system.
Th-i new s-ireliiry discussed at
length the nation fitiamliil condition
doclaring thut the showing mad In
the last eight months had Ix-en "par-
ticularly eiicoiiriiKing " There are
however. h ii y tlrnlns to come on the
tn usury this iiioiah and next be said
and these require the flotation of more
short term o i lif.i atcs of Indi'htvdness
announcemnnt of which he made coin-
cident Willi the letter.
"The nation cannot afford extravu-
1 irnnce" Mr. M. u nsserteil
nd S'i
j 'ar as poslblo it must avoid new x-
pindtiiMis. Figure on cut rent operu
lions of the government show that thu
country' finances sre sound but that
the situation calls for utmost economy.
STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN
TO SETTLE RAIL STRIKE
Br Asearialed Fnee
ATLANTA Man h s.O inference
through which the federul mediation
board h t i settle the wage reduc-
tion strike on the Atlanta. Kirmlngham
and Atlantic i railroad continued here
today but with no announcement from
any parties conn rued a to results.
The fourth dnv of Dm strike found
service on the road at a statidntlll only
one train having been om rated since
the union cu.pl' yees walked out last
Saturday but W. I.. Chamhcra com-
mission) r of the mediation board sp-M-nreJ
hopeful of a final settlement.
CONSUL ASKS THAT ALL
MEXICANS BE PROTECTED
8AN ANTnNln. Mir. Itequestlng
that fifty Mexican lalmrcrs employiid
t.y a i oi.siru. Tion comimny si i u..
ukla . Is- given protection. Knrlqu D.
' R"l. Menlnn consul ut Ran Antonio.
t'H 'V S. I t a telegram lo ine g"Tnr
"'''"" w"'41" '"' wmmrawn nou
turned lo Meniin if th.y are not safe-
'gii.tided fiom attack.
SHOT BROTHER-IN-LAW
TO PROTECT FAMILY
CI.KKI'ltNK Texas March
That he killed bis brother In law
John Poole a llurli-soii fanner to
save the other iiiciiiImts of tint
I'ooln family fioin harm probably
Will Ih- the ibfeliwi of W. C. Hull-
sin ker West Teius luncbmiiu be
Indicated. Iliinmicker wm m.
mllleil the shiMillng. was atrulgneil
hole
Poole WHS shot to deutll III II field
Hear tin- farm homo late yeslerdav
a few hours ufier he wus freed from
Jail on it charge of killing bis
daughter Myrtle. Iluiuoii ker said
he wss summoned to llurli-soii by
bis sister Mr. J'oole after the
sbfMitlng of th girl.
POLITICAL TANGLE
IN CUBA
BE CLEARED S
Ml CATION II S RKP.N ACI TP. FOR
KMtKII. MONTHS; t.l.Kt'TION
10 UK IIKI.II.
Hr AMnrtsteJ Pmi
HAVANA. March 4 -Cuba's political
tangle which since the national elec-
tion lint .NovciiiIht I ha b-ft In doubt
who Is to lie. It next president III bum-
cisslon lo (leneuil Mituro (I. Mrnocal
who l tire on May 20 lifter eight
years' encumbeucy I exicctcd to be
clean tl Thuisilay when siieclal elm-
lion are held In 137 or more voting
dislrU-l In the six province.
Charge and counter charges of
fund st.d Intimidation at thn polls
mad by partisan of th two candl-
duli. Dr. Alliedo Zuyss of the coali-
tion patty and llennrul Joan Miguel
(tome of the lllu'ials have for month
I'h'KKvd Die election board and courts
with ii'muIs.. A financial crisi of
sreut miigiittiide growing out of the
Migur illation and resulting In a
moratorium which hinted from Octo-
Mr to January added to the com-
plexity of the situation In the Island.
The situation become so acute last
.Iimiiiuy Hint lieiiernl Klits-h II. Crow-
dor if tlm t 'nlted Htnte army under
whose drafted regulations th lust
lection was held was sent to Havana
to imsist III the functioning of th
Willi tf systi-m tin had Un.im-d.
NIGHT RIDERS BEING
ARRESTED IN ALABAMA
ll Axist(j Vt:
8TKVKNKON Ala March 3. Thlr-
teen additional arrest of night rider
Who have Is-en terrol Ullig thl Section
weru made today by state and county
officer four of them being ilaccd In
Jail here while nine others are Is-lng
held at a point near Widows Itur laud-
ing arrival of additional officers from
Stevenson and Hcottsbom. It was re-
ported that member of the tenants
union were offering resistance to offi-
cer In their attempt to bring the
prisoner In and a hull wa made at a
farm house and reinforcement called
for.
AMERICANS WILL TAKE
NO PART IN SQUABBLE
Iil'HKKLIX jIIF March I. Adminis-
tration of thn newly occupied territory
will l the same a at present applied
In the Khlnelaml. tier man official and
employe will carry on affair accord-
ing to Gorman law and regulation but
under general control of the allied
troops commanded at Dussrlihn-f by the
French General Gaucher and at Dull-
burg by the liclglun General lleauraln.
TIioiikIi nothing ha been definitely
settled ri'gardlllg method of collecting
he customs N-vond the employment of
the German tariff officials. It la under-
stood that tho American will not par-
ticipate. WOODMEN TOO NOISY SO
MAYOR PRESERVED ORDER
Mr .tJV-lslnl PreM
lloCSTON' Texas. March . With
the schism In tho Woodmen of the
world reaching the p-int where Mayor
A merman had to Interfere to preserve
nh-r at the opening s-e..n of the thlr -
. . ..... f W.
... . -... -irrle. turlsibp. i
; ((in (f T . Tuesday morning and.
( wh -lnmrg nl-. caucus Tuesday j
nWhl .Mmpnian of action for
future eno. the meeting of the
Wo. l nn ii of the World In Houston thla
week had a tcinpcstous U'Klnning.
CAN'T HOLD MAN SIMPLY Held hospital w her he died five min-
BECAUSE HE OWNS LIQUOR '-" -
WICHITA FAI.I.H. Texas. March I - j
llaviiig whiAey or other Intoxicants
tn ones Him-hlnn with no evidence
of sale is other violation of the prohl-'
Lit iiii lnws. d' s not Justify an Individ-(
mil s N-Ing held fr the grand Jury la
the oplnl'-n of Justice of the Pence R. !
V. Gwinn of this clly who released.
Itillle li.ikor. after be had Ni-n arrested
bv n Ti xus ranger and several quart
of Ill-key found In bis home.
Officers Re Promoted
By Ai4istefl I'rrw
WASHINGTON March A revlsetl
list of nominations for promotion of
army officers nlmve the rank of Mu)t
will he submit (d bv S.i-retury Weeks
to the president ossthly vurly next
week for Iran .m I salon to thu senate.
It Is exHited thut the list as finally
apt.t.iveU by the sii-retury will differ
quite materially from that forwarded
by former eci rctary linker during the
bii session of emigres.
ALLIES VIOLATING
PEACE TREATY. IS
0
M
NKVSPAI'i;iW DIMrirlf MATTER
IN Ql Ir.T MATTKR OF FACT
MANN Kit
is cot
Proptmal Rejected With hcora L
Allies llcfore They F.ven Took
Time la Invesllgat.
Hay Leader.
Rperlal to The N
lir;itl.l March 3. Tha Berlin
newspaM-rs today discuss quietly tha
bbreskln of the UmUon reparations na-
gntlatlona. They are very unanimous
In describing enforcement of th pen-
alties as a violation of tha Versatile
treaty.
They advise tha populace to meet
coming events with composure
Th IMuache Allgermsln Clstung
tigsn of Hugo Htlniies tha capitalist
says:
"(b rmsny's proposal wtr rejected
with cold acorn tiefor th allies took
the trouble to examine them In detail.
The French now hav tha opportunity
under pretext of enforcing th penal-
tie of taking possession of Oermany'a
cost r-ttling themselves In tha Ruhr
region and taking the first steps In
their plans for destruction. But they
sim n will learn that these measure
sre of aa little us to them as to tha
rest of clvllltation. Germany ran con-
fidently aw-olt the tide of event 're-
iving upon tha righteousness of bar
cause."
Th dormant asya:
"The conference placed tha tru sen-tlmi-nts
of thn entente In th right
light and this led to a moat ruthless
violation of denfanself Germany fur
ti mere nothing." ...
Voerwort and W Frelhelt both
iM-lslist organ ae In the breaking
ff of negotiations a "victory for tha
espltallst over reason" and consider
coercive measure to limit of th a!lla
economic and political impotence and
pnrpteoltv. The Vnlk Zejtunf g-
press- s opinion that lb answer of pre-
mier Uoyd George to tha German pro-
pom Is Implies that ha would Ilk to
neg-tinte wbllo deep any I under tha
p-i ss ire of the pfaltlea" '
NITROGLYCERINE BOMB
A WILD PLAYTHING
1v AsxwIsUd Press. ;
IlKKCKK.NKIDGK. Tegag. Mar. I.
'Moiling a twenfy-ouart nitroglycerin
mrMMtn sa It wsa hi own from tha cas-
ing by sn unexpected flow of (aa
Powell Wriqht held It unttl fifty par-
ons snd 200 quarts of nitroglycerins
nn a wagon reached aafety. II then
drnptx-d It buck Into tha hoi With th
i- .CHllng gi and ecaped.
The derrick wn wrecked by' th inv
i t. and the well caught fir when
.he torpedo wia lifted to th crown
i.i-M k by n reenrrnne of graa. Wndowg
oi ibe northern p"rt of tha town wra
in iVen for a dl-dmr-a of twd miles. Tha
well IHotiged to th Arkansas Qaa
'on.priny.
:EMBEZZLED $178000 IS
I'Mtld Texas. 'arch I. Lawranc
I".. H'ntl. e..h;er rf Ih'i defunct Farmcra
Nvl'-nol limit of C'per. plendod guilty
n e.iU tzlement if 117.000 In th '
ti b ml court today and waa given sight
.at-4 in the fed.ral prl-on at Atlanta.
V n Chinceib r and It D. lUvgood.
ui.il keeH-r pleadml guilty to making
f;.l-e entrle and wer fined $'0 each.
!he litter two It was admitted by tha
i .. erni. ent. did not benefit a penny
by the defjh-ailon.
Kenmen's Wage Reduced.
Br AftMvisUd I'ns.
NKW YOItK Mar. I. Reduction of
i .men's wfig and an Improvement In
.vorkmg condition aboard ship will b
llsctiss d with th United States Ship-
idng Hoard by a commute of tha
'.imricnn R.eawsvap Owners' A?wla-
i in. It wa announced today. Deprea--em
in shipping trade and preasura of
i '..i- t femi.llnn nrilnil American-
. . .... ti.nrA reaaona
i-i th- proponed conference.
Aviator KUU4.
BAN ANTONMO. Mar. 4. Whlla at-
tempting to glide to a finding field
rm a S.-ono-foot altitude Walter C.
Kcum a flying cadet at Kelly Field
wis almost Instuntry killed her thla
A GOOD PATER
Creaton Iowa March 4 1131.
Amarlllo bally News
Amarlllo Texas .
Gentlemen:
I received a short time ago
the Sunday Issue of your paper.
I wish to thank you for having
rememlx red me aa a ahort-tlma
former subscriber and also de-
sire to compliment you on tha
edition it com wired very favor-
ably with the Chicago Sunday
Tribune "the world's greatest
newspaper." The city of Ama-
rlllo can Justly he proud of a
new simper that ran put out
such an edition.
Voura truly.
It. B. BROWN.
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