Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 178, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1922 Page: 1 of 6
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BROWlWOOD
BCJLMTIN
the Weather
u ociwHMm is as necessary
to a business as rain and
wwiiine to a garden.
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SIX PAGES TODAY
VOL. XXII. NO. 178
TONIGIIT AND SATURDAY
GENERALLY FAIR; WAKXER
SATURDAY.
PRICE 5 CENTS
BROWNWOOD TEXAS FRIDAY MAY 12 1922
IHR INDICTMENTS RETURNED ADA
GO LABOR LE
n 1 li '
FIREMEN DEPART
LOSING GREAT CONVE
Generous Praise for Brownwood's Hospitality Expressed By
tvety Delegate; Races Closing Convention Program
Proved to Be Exciting for Everybody.
By HENRY a FULLER.
ifttE t usAU details of the bis pro-
J .gram of the three days convention
oHj! the State Firemen's Association
were carried out according to reirular
schedule on Fisk avenue in front of
tlie city hall beginning at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon and closing a few
minutes past five. The closing parts
o this program which was excellent
from "beginning to end consisted of
two sets of races first for cash prizes
ind second for the loving cup which is
sought by many teams every year and'
for the Clarkson trophy cup which is
also a prize over which there is al-
wjays much enthusiastic contention.
The loving cup was won by San Mar-
cos team No. 1 and there was a tie
between Cameron and Grandview for
tlie Clarkson trophy each or these
teams making the time of 19 seconds.
The matter was decided by the toss of
a j coin and Grandview won. So the
record shows that San Marcos won
the loving cup and Grandview the
Clarkson trophy. The following teams
took part in the contest: Cameron
Lampasas No. 1 Cuero Taylor East-
land Hillsboro. Ballinger Lampasas
Np. 2. Hillsboro Nr. 2 Itasca New
Braunfels Comanche San Marcos
Electra Grandview Cuero No. 2
Cameron No. 2. San Marcos No. 2
Yoakum Eastland.
! "Winners of Cash Prizes.
j First prize money .which was $500
was won by Lampasas and there was
a! tie for second plae between Hills-:
boroand Grandview which was decid-i
ed by the toss of a coin and resulted j
in Grandview -winning the second!
pHze of $250 and Hillsboro taking j
frd place and the prize of $l00.The
entrants in this contest were: Bal-
linger Hillsboro Electra Belton j
Eastland Belton Ko. 2 Cuero Taylor j
San Marcos Lampasas. Grandview
Lampasas No. 2 New Braunfels o-j
inancne. Cameron itasca
The time made by the different teams
wj-as given in the Bulletin Thursday
evening and is not repeated here. The
contest consisted Jn running with a
i'-o-wheel hose truek tlie distance of
40 feet connecting with a hydrant
apd then further on down the line un-
cuplfng the long hose which had in
the meantime fallen from the truck
and placing a nozzle on the end or
lialf of the hose that remained attach-
es! to the hydrant. Quick time and ex-
pert work was required all along the
3Ine. It was something like 300 feet
to the hydrant from the place o start-
ing and at that point two of the men
jjeft the racing team rushed to the
hydrant unscrewed the cap placed the
hose coupling on it and turned'on the
water paying no attention to the team
-who had gone on and two stopping
one hundred Tcet further down the
iline and making the coupling.
I The best time made in doing these
it&lngs was 27 seconds and was made'
1y Lampasas although It was stated'
:ty those who Know mat tnis is not
ihe record by any weans as the trick
has been done by other teams in much
less time. Because. of different tfcings
such as failing to place the nozzle be
lore the water arrived or for failing to'
urn the water on at the hydrant the
following teams were not given any-
time mark: Eastland Bolton Taylor
jSan Marcos Lampasas Cameron.
Jtasca. Belton disqualified because
iJie same man was permitted to rim
n Team No. 1 and Team No. 2 which
is against the rules- It was stated
that the Belton team did not know this
Was -against the rules.
Amusing Incidents.
Many amusing' incidents occurred
auring the course of the contest es
pecially when the two men to whom
were intrusted the duty of fixing the
nozzle failed to fasten the nozzle be-
tfpre tfte water was turned on in each
c the water flying wild in all di-
Jons and drenching every person
u reach on the sidewalks. Quite a
number of people were given a good
isoaking in this way unintent:on:illy
jby the men handling the nozzle and
fin some Instances the water came with
rsuch Xorce that it knocked the men
I down and ran wild until cut off by the
man at the hydrant
i Fred Cone of Gonzales was official
starter and the judges were: John
iMcKinney of McKinney Gus Franke
I of Yoakum A. J. Gotz of San Antonio-
V. S. Fritz of Victoria W. P. Hallmark
of Dublin and Jt-Ln Parker of San An-
I gelo. Time keerer was W. P. Walk-
! er of Lnling
JfM People Witness Races.
Those who are accustomed to see-
ing large gatherings were of the opin
io tfct at least three thousand peo-
jftc vMiiiiii the races and it is
ikqt 4w would have beeu
FOR
in
MM RERE
nearer the. correct number. From
Austin Feed land Grain store tb; the
first Baptist '(church the 'sidewalks
were packed and jammed and iu-fnddi-tion
the streets themselves at each
end of the line for a considerable dis-
tance" while tlffe roofs of many build-
ings furnished sitting room for scores
of boys and Jfpung fellows as veil as
men of mature years who sought the
raost favorable places from which to
view the spoi;i. Every auto that could
wedge into a place was present- and
well filled with spectators and for
once it can be! stated that tlie city hall
was filled to the utmost limit and
standing roojp was at premium. It
was a gala ddy in honor of the firemen
and the great organization and there
were representatives present from
more than onp hundred towns and cit-
ies in Texas.- Ail the big cities were
represehted-San Antonio DallasAbi-
iene Houston Beaumont and with one
and all the expression was the same
the Brownwdpd convention breaks all
previous records in so many ways that
it is impossible to mention even- a part
of them and Ithc last word the writer
had with rearing President Fritz of
Victoria as the crowd was dispersing
and with Secretary Olin Culberson
wth his grip in hand ready to start
home was tljnt they could. not say too
much in fapr of Brownwdod. And
it must be said in truth that the. fire-
men one ahu" all were a jolly lot of
wholesome clean fellows such- as any
(CONTINUED OX PAGE TWO.)
FED ERAL ACT
INQUIRY WILL E INSTITUTED
-FOLLOWING ADOPTION LAFOL-
LETTE RESOLUTION.
By Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON May 12. Horo that
the Department of Justice would be
"sufficiently aroused to enjoin . the
proposed steel merger before it is
consumaled'i was expressed by Sena-
tor LaFolletie of "Wisconsin Repub-
lican in caljing up in the Senate to
day his resolution for an investiga-
tion by the department aiid the Feder-
al Trade Cdfnmission of the -reported
merger plans of the Bethelehem and
Lackawanna; steel corporations and
the possible! inclusion of other inde-
pendent steel companies in a consoli-
uauun. .i ;
Senator LhFollelte said . irreparable
Injury youlj be done if (the merger
-were consiiiuated. He -charged that
the merger 'fras proposed to place the
entire steel; industry -In the hands of
two' great ni&nopolies to increase steel
prices. '
A federal inquiry into the reported
plans for the big steel merger was or-
dered by the Senate in adopting La-
Follette's resolution.
AFFAIRS TO BE OPPOSED
FRANCE WILL NETEH AGREE TO
PL AX SMS AUTHORITATIVE
STATEMENT. !
(BV Associated Press.)
GENOA May 12. JFranco will never
agree to tb project for a mixed com-
mission sitting indefinitely while the
conference- Is going on to study Rus-
sian affair$ said a statement issued
by the French delegation to the eco-
nomic conference today.
Great Britain has proposed a truce
In eastern Europe on the basis of de
facto frontiers pending' the conclu-
sions of the commission of inquiry
to be appointed it was announced to-
day. CARPENIIER-DEMPSEY ROUT.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON May 12. An agreement
for " Georges Carpentier and Jack
Dempsey to meet either jn London or
Paris next IVJay was reached by the
boxers' managers Jack Kearns told
the Associated Press today.
OH
HALT PEI
STEEL IE
ERSER
MIXED COMMISSI FOB
I muni inn r r- niinnim
HANULENLi Ur mm
FIVE H BISHOPS TO
BE ELECTED DECISION
METHODIST CONFERENCE
HOT PARLIAMENTARY AND POLIT-
ICAL FIGHT STAGED ON COX-
I YEXTIOX FLOOR.
f (By Associated Press)
HOT SPRINGS Ark. May 1.2. Poli-
tics1 moved into the foreground at the
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church South here today as
thclbody tool: up the question of how
many bishops shall be elected at this
session. The discussion hinged around
the report of the committee on the i
episcopacy recommending that five
new prelates be chosen.
Following a sharp debate which pro-
duced numerous -parliamentary tangles
and brought allegations from the floor
that all sides had not been able to
present their views the general con-
ference adopted the rep'ort of the com
mittee on the Episcopacy providing
fori the election of five new bishops.
TO
E
IN CHINESE FIGHT AREA
GENERAL WU'S FORCES WITH
tjrOO0 MANflirRIANS HAVE
I ENTRENCHED THERE.
(By Associated Presp.)
PEKING May 12. One hundred
American soldiers have been dispatch-
ed to Tongshan a few 'miles northeast
of Tientsin to maintain communica-
tion and protect foreigners near the
Kaiping coal mines. The troops of
General Wu Peifu who defeated Gan-
oral Chang last week are entrenched
at Tungshan Avith 4o00 Maiichurian
troops.
SMALL SHIPMENTS OIL
BIG PIPE LINE SYSTEMS
XIKDI'Or TEN THOUSAND RAH
RELS MUST RE ACCEPTED
UNDER NEW Rl LINU.
(By Asspciated Press.)
WASHINGTON May 12. The Prai-
rie Indiana Buckeye and Northern
ppe line companies are required under
the Interstate Commerce Commission'
decision just announced to accept
minimum shipments of 10000 from oil
wells in Oklahoma Kansas and Texas
for pumping to the Franklin and Lacy
stations both in Pennsylvania.
Formerly the rules of the companies
required a minimum of 10000.0 barrels
before shipments of oil were accepted
for transportation through the pipe-
line system
lEfllCAH
OLDEBS
PROTECT
GNEHS
0 T H UGH
STILL WAITING FOR THE MAN TO TIE
Sgtel
Voops Are
uraerea.wut ror
. -.
Protecting Town
t tpy Associated Press)
HAVERS T R A W ?v. Y. May 12.
Twenty s(ate troopers were ordered
into Havprstraw today to guard the;
town against threatened outbreaks of
a thousand negroes who are. on strike'
In-thirty-five "brick plants here.
I PLAYERS
ASK 0A1A
WANT DA.UAGES RACK
PAY AXD
REING
RONl'S MONEiY FOR
MONfiiY
RARRED. HR03I (JAME
(By. Associated Press.)
MILWAUKEE May 12; The base-
ball scandal pot had more material
stirred into it today when Sheriff 51c-
Manus utas given summonses for the
Chicago American baseball club to
defend "itself against two new. suits
Tlie new suits arc in behalf of Swede
Risherg: .1ik1 Joe Jackson former
White Sox players now 'members- oT
the Black Sox touring tlie southwest.
They demand damages for being bar-
red from professional organized base-
ball back pay and bonus money.
Searching for Aged
Man Believed Lost
in Monday's Floods
(By. Associated Press.)
FORT "WORTH May 12. The police
and relatives are searching for .J. F.
Wells . $0 . believed to. hayo .been
drowned in a small creek near Hand-
ley during tho flood of Monday.
Wells haH not been seen since ho
started home on that date and ha'd to
cross tho stream which was swollen.
Goldstein Requests
His Nomination Be
Withdrawn by Harding
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON May 12. Nat Gold-
steih whose recent noinlnatioii as in-
ternal revenue collector at St Louis
has been the occasion of much criti-
cism in the Senate has asked that his
nomination be withdrawn. The re-
quest was declared by Senator Spon-
cerrof Missouri to end the incident in-
dicating that tbo President would
meet the request '
01
I WHIT
3L0
THE KNOT
rflifflrn ?i KihrnnnnnT h
ii i iiil.1i i w wutiiauiu i w
ONLY HOPE FOB REVIVAL
EXPECTS TNITEI) STATES TO
REAR SlURE OF RECON-
STRUCTION RURDEX.
(By Air.sociated Press)
PHILADELPHIA May 12. Impar-
tial experts agree that the only hope
of the econoniic reconstruction for
Germany lies in the-spcedy and con-
siderable reduction of reparations pay-
ments and th determent of all sucli
payments format least a number of
yearst Karl Lang German charge do
affaires decla'f'e'd today before the
American Academy of Social and Po-
litical Science
Lang added ftlnU an equally import-
ant essential o Germany's economic
recovery was' she negotiation of an in-
ternational 1oju.
Lang said qermany hoped that the
United States would take a' part in
the loan for "It seems the collapse of
Germany ahd "consequently of other
European natrans is inevitable if the
United Stated continues to stand
aloof."
UNIFORM SHIPPING DAY
FOR QUflHANTlNE CATTLE
TO GRASS TO BE DECIDED
STOCKMEN Ind ASSOCIATION OF-
FICIALS 1VI Mi MEET' IN SAN .
AXT6N10 3IOXD.U'.
(By. Associated Press.)
FORT WOIiiTII May 12. Stockmen
olliqers of the.Tsxas and Southwestern
Cattle Raiser Association and J. E.
Boog-Scqtt ehairjnah of tlie Livestock
Sanitary Commission will meet in San
jNntnnio Mohuay to discuss a unltorm
utile upon which steers from tho quar-
antine area In South Texas may be
shiyprd to grass in Kansas and Okla-
Recognition Private
Property Rights May
Be; Ordered. By Soviet
(By Associated Press.)
- MOSCOWiMay 12. Legalized rec
ognition of private property rights in
money industrial and agricultural
products anfl other personal property
and to a cerfain extent in real cstato
is proposed m a decree which soviet
government lias prepared for present
ation berorejtho Aii-Kussian Control
Executive Commission for pussago at
the opening session today.
FATAL 'JjROLLEY ACCIDENT.
(By Associated Press.)
- ASHEV-ILLE N. C May 12 One
man wag killed and eight injured to-
uay when! tivo trolloy cars collided
head-on on tlie Waverly Huq dear hero.
LI USED IN MURDER CONVICTIONS
INTEA
RS AGO
One of the Indicted Labor Leaders Released From Ja5I
Through Error Under $56 Bond and Escaped Last
Night; "War to the Finish" Slogan.
LOCAL NAT1QMAL
GUARDSMEN l!0T
KL1 MEMBERS
INDIGNANTLY DENY ANY ALLEGI-
ANCE TO IXriSIKLK EMPIRE"
OP THE RED-SHEET.
THE THREE companies of the Na-
tional Guard in Rrownwood which
are a part of the 142nd Infantry 71st
Brigade 3Gth Division are not affili
ated with the Invisible Empire of the
Ivnights of the Ku Klux Klan and do
not intend to become so affiliated.
This statement was made for publica
tion this morning by Major Adams.
Captain R. Wright Armstrong and
Regimental Chaplain George Green in
response to the Governor's ipquiry as
to the activities of the klan in the Na-
tional Guard units of this state.
"11 there are any klansmen in the
Rrownwood National Guard we do not
know about'it and if we find any thev
will he encouraged to realize the error!
of their ways" Captain Armstrong
said this morning in discussing the
matter. "We guardsman from tha
commanding officer down to the most
humble private have taken an oath to
uphold tlie law to serve our country
wjieji callqd upon arid to make our.
Flag supreme. We shall take no oth
er oath which would conflict with that.
We shall adopt no other flag or sym
bol and shall have no other purpose."
The Khaki Filiform.
The. officers said that the uniform
of the National Guard is khaki and
not .a'bedsheet. "When we are called
upon to da our duty in enforcing the
law and upholding public morality we
shall wear that uniform which every
where distinguishes the American sol
dier. When the time comes for us to
wear a white shroud it will he when
we are carried through the streets
with flowers aud slow music and not
when we are going out to do our duty
as loyal citizens."
The local Guard offigers are keenly
Interested in the Governor's question-
naire11 as to klan membership or sym
pathies. In discussing the matter to
day they were more or less indignant
because of open charges made by klan
lecturers and organizers that hundreds
of the Guardsmen of the state are
"citizens' of the "invisible empire."
"The National Guard is not that kind
of an organization." the local officers
said. "We believe in law enforcement
us citizens and as Guardsmen we are
sworn to help enforce the law. when
ever called up to1 do so. When the
Guard answers a call for assistance
in enforcing the law it responds in a
spirit that makes no allowances for
classes or cliques that does not dif-
ferentiate between races and creeds.
The Guard could not be the great citi-
zen reserve army that it is if it were
honeycombed with members whoso al
legiance is divided between the Stars
and Stripes and the flaming cross.
Guardsmen would not be worthy the
respect of anybody if they undertook
to cover their uniform with a bgdsheet
and their faces with a tow-sack"
T
HALF MILLION ROBBERY
9F NEW YORK CITY DAI
EXPECT 10 RECOVER PART OF
THE LOOT TAKEN IX SEXSA-
TIONAL HOLDUP.
(By Associated Press)
SAVANNAH Georgia May 12. John
Vardoman. alias J. W. Hollis and Ber-
tha Fern VnWeninn have made a clean
breast of the robbery of the Chase Na-
tional Bank in New York City of $500-
000 in securities according to detec-
tives. They added that $30000 In bonds
is still missing arid probably would be
recovered within a few hours.
SHOEMAKER SUICIDES.
(By Associated Press.)
OKLAHOMA CITY May 12. Joe
Fotjik Bohemian shoe maker was
found strangled -to - death with n
leather strap around his neck In one
of his shops here whore he made his
h'ome. Tho police expressed the he-
lief that ho tmd committed suicldei
W M DM
ILL BE INVOKED
(By Associated Press)
ICHICAGO May 12. Police and civic
organizations today saw In the in-
dictment of eight Ghicago labor lead
ers and the threat of the State's Attor-
ney to use against them the law which
was invoked thirty-six years ago to
obtain the execution of the Haymaf-
ket rioters a smashing blow at what
they termed gang terrorism.
A special grand jury last night re-
turned true bills charging murder
against Big Tim Murphy Conellus
Shea Fred Mader labor leaders and
five others in connection with the slay-
ing of. two policemen.
The eight men Indicted are charged
specifically with the killing of acting
Police Lieutenant Terrance Lyons.
The slaying of Lyons followed the
murder of Thomas Clark a policeman
on guard at a building which previ-
ously had been bombed the police
.claim by labor men because It was
.being erected under the Landis wage
decision.
Through an unexplained error by-
some official Jeremiah Horn former
saloon keeper who was Indicted with
other labor leaders for murder in con-
nection with the killing of the -two
policemen was released from the coun
ty jail last night on a $50 bond and
has disappeared. Two squads of de
tectives are seeking him today.
H. H. SllBM SON '
BADLY DAMAGED BY BIG
IN
DAMAGE TO RFILDING $500G LOSS
TO CONTEXTS NOT ESTIMATED
FLAXES SPREAD QUICKLY.
The fire department was called to
the big garage and auto business of
W. R. Scrimgeour & Son at 401-409
South Broadway at 8 o'clock thl3
morning. The department made rec-
ord time in getting to the scene but
even then on arriving they found that
practically the entire inside of the
large building was in flames and vast
columns of smoke were pouring but
of every available opening. As quick
as the alarm had been given and the
response made by the department It
was not nulck enouch to- keen the fire
from spreading to apparently every
part of the building before the firo
boys arrived and began throwing sev-
eral streams of water into the seeth-
ing mass of flame. It had the appear-
ance for a few minutes of assuming
stubborn proportions and had the wind
been whisking around at the rate it
sometimes does in this section the
chances are that a conflagration of
mucli larger proportions might have
been the result. It was a still morn-
ing however and the flames were soon
subdued.
The building is owned by W. D: Mc-
Culley and Mr. McCulley stated today
that his loss would be about $5000
that is to the building. W. R. Scrim-
geour said this afternoon it would be
impossible for several days to make
anything like a true estimate as to ths
damage to the contents of the building.
Of course there is always an Inevita-
ble certain loss caused by water and
to this is added the heavy loss to all
tires of which there was a heavy stock
on hand and also to quite a number Df
automobiles which were In the huild-
ing. As soon as ihe insurance people
go over the situation it will be possible
to estimate tho amount of loss but un--til
this is done any estimate would be
guess work. It is safe to say how-
ever that the loss runs far up Into
the thousands column. Jtfr. Scrim-
geour made no statement In this- re-
gard but tlie presumption is he will
get right back into business just aa
soon as he can make the necessary ad-
justments repair his - stock damages
and clean up the building generally."
In fact this intention Is sot for 1 an
ad which appears In today's Bulletin
Brownwood without W. R. Scjimgeour
and the well known M305" sigii which
is familiar to every man woman and
child in Brown county would hardly
be Brownwood and this " would be
especially true at the meetings of tha
different organizations in which W. R.
Scrimgeour takes a leading part
The origin of the fire is not known
but is attributed to tho work of some
person who had -no business In the
building entering while the regular
men were out and attempting to use
the vulcanizer on a casing li was as
certalned beyond question that the fire
originated at or near the vtflcamlzer.
It is understood that the huRdlac ai
business arc both partially; covered by
insurance. .
UNKNOWN
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