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TEMPLE'DAILY TELEGRAM
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VOL XIV. NO. 62.
TEMPLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19,1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THINKS IT IS SCHEME TO EX ABLE
AMERICA TO FURTHER IV-
CREASE WEALTH.
Comment in Newspapers mi Langdon
Tragedy Is Reviewed—Olio Edllor
Tlilnks Both Nations Ought io Willi-
draw Tr«o|» From Siberia—Two-
Ffleert Po.loy Charged by A no I iter.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Krf'KIO, Jan. 17.—Ameri'Mii pro-
I posnla that Japan, Great Brit-
ain and the United States take
ft naval holiday is eloquent proof tiiat
despite the fabulous riches of Ameri-
ca she wishes to curtail national ex-
penditure's and therefore the proposals
are intended more to help America
than to contribute to the peace of the
world, said Marquis Shingenlb Okru-
ma, former Japanese premier, in an
Interview here today. J I? aborted
America should first consult Great
Britain relative to the suggested sus-
pension of naval program.
"Only when an American-British
agreement has been reached," l.e ad-
ded, ' can Japan be in a position to
consider this proposition. ,Japan's na-
val program is fixed at the minimum
necessary for national defence."
Charges that it appeared the Am-
erican government is giving the inci-
dent arising out of the death of Na-
val Lieutenant Langdon at Vladivostok
undue importance are made by the
Kokumin Sliimbun.
AiiM-rltu Going Too Fur.
"If, a?believed," the newspaper de-
clares, "America goes as far as to
bring up Japan's basic policy in Si-
beria, including the question of the
evacuation of that country by Japan-
ese troops, it is likely fresh eaitse for
discussion has arisen between the
two governments. Moreover, such a
question would cause a dispute be-
tween thc«Japanese foreign offict. and
military authorities her"
Surprise what it terms the
"timidity of the government," is ex-
pressed by the Hoclil Sliimbun, which
a ids:
"The government Is doing every-
thing to apologize to America, when,
according to information reaching Ja-
pan. no fault was found in the action
of the sentry who shot Lieutenant
Langdon, Apparently the government
has two stories—one for A nerican
corresporuii nts and the other for the
Japanese,;'
sentry Is Comiiicuil' d.
The. Yam.-vto Shimbun nrgm s the
•entry w:is merely performing his tlti-
t.v and a-ser's there is* no reason, for
the death of an officer in a foiv:^u
country 'being regarded as a serious
International incident.
Press ad-. ie«*s from Vladivostok de-
clare Lieutenant (Langdon walked to
the (iui.-i.i- Albany, saluted the gang-
way guard and collapsed before mak-
ing any statement. Confirmation that
the lieutenant s Kussian wife shot and
kilted h- :• • if the (lay following the
death of hi e husband has 1 < eti re-
ceived in (.' patches to newspapers
here.
Tokia, Jar .
best way lo pre-
WOMAN WHO ABANDONED HUNGER STRIKE TO
FORCE HER HUSBAND INTO THE CHURCH
^uran
1*' i»
Above is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Harrington of Danville, Illinois. Mrs.
Harrington has just abandoned a fast in an effort to force her husband to
join the church. The husband shown in the picture recently led an im-
petuous photographer to the woodshed and gave him a thorough thrashing
for trying to invade his domicile and secure a snapshot of the woman.
PRESIDENT-ELECT IS TO LEAVE
TOMORROW FOR DF.LIG
VACATION TRIP
TO EETIIELEASE
BROTHER OF NOTORIOUS DRAFT
DODGER SEEKING HABEAS
CORPUS WHIT
(Associated Tress DIspatcli )
Marion, Ohio, Jan. IS.—President -
Elect Harding has completed his con-
ferences hero on the policies of his
administration and will leave Marion
late Thursday night for St. Augustine,
Fla., where he will arrive Saturday to
spend most of the time remaining bo-
fore his inauguration.
A two weeks house boat trip along
the shores of Florida is to follow im-
mediately his arrival in the south and
to give him a period of isolation both
from the cares of his new responsi-
bilities and from civilization itself.
In virtually all of February he will
live at a St. Augustine hotel, "mixing
golf and relaxation" with the serious
work of final preparation for the
presidency.
During the house bout expedition,
which is to be devoted mostly to fishing
in the stretch of shore waters known
as Indian river, the president-elect will
be the guest of Sen. J. S. Fretinghuy-
sen of New Jersey. Several other
senators and close friends of Mr.
Harding are to bo in the party, but a
complete list of those who will go
along lias not been made public.
The trip will carry the president-
elect as far as Palm Beach or Miami,
t'la., with several stops along the way
to try the golf links at "Daytona and
other coast resorts.
vent a reenrn lice of incidents like the
shooting of Lieutenant Lang.Ion of
(lie ■cruiser Albany would lie the joint
withdraw;!! of the foreign troops and
warships from Yladivostik, the Yu-
muri Slvinibun. one 'lie hading
Japanes" m w-papeiift, (led ires in an
article t^uay on the Vladivostok hap-
pening,
As to the reported did .ion of the}
Japanese authorities that Japanese
sentinels lieu after shall not challenge
Americans at Vladivostok, Hie' news-
paper *av- t fears this would be de-
structive of army discipline.
After voicing the sorrow of the Jap-
anese nation over the shooting, the
Yumuri Sliimbun expresses Ihe view-
that what it regards as the accidental
result of a faithful observance of
Japanese military regulations should
not be given undue international im-
portance.
A dispatch to the Nielli Niehl
Shlmhttn from Tsurugti today states
that. Toshigd: o 1 igasawara, the' sentry
who shot l,ic itenaiit Langdon, is be-
ing oourtni.ivtialcd. The me-.- • adds
that the reported determinata u to
'discontinue the challenging of Ameri-
cans lias caused ilidiRiiat'on among
the Japanese troops which v-ould be
affeclQd by the order.
Woman Held tor
Shooting Man in
Wichita County
(Afsc- -f t- it PrtM T>i 1>- tcti l
Wichita Kails, Tex., Jan. 1#.-Mlss
T,ouia Conn v.as indicted by the grand
Jury here ibis afternoon on a charge
of murder growing out of the killing
of William Pen rod, a motion picture
operator at Iowa Park, Monday night.
Penrod was shot with a -5 automatic
revolver and the woman was arrested
by officers and brought to this city
where the case was laid before the
grand jury this morning. Penrod died
Many Passengers
Burn to Death on
A Train in Russia
(Associated Press Dispatch)
Copenhagen, Jan. IS.-—Sixty-eight
passengers oil a Russian railway l ain
running from Luga. ou the Gulf of
Finland Novogorort, out of Retro-
grade were burned to death when a
quantity of benzine being carried as
freight exploded and wrecked the
train, says a llelsfngfors dipateh to
the ltorlingsko Taiende, today. The
train caught fire from a flaming fluid.
Senate Proposes
Investigations of
Siberian Affair
(Validated Press Dlspnleli >
yV'a'slil'cg'to'l), Jan. IS.- Investigation
of the Fulled States expedition to Si-
beria was proposed by Senator John-
son, republican, California, in n reso
lution introduced today and referred
to the foreign relations committee.
MEXICANS OI'STED TO
(JIVE JOBS-TO NATIVE^
( A-.-<a h :**(! Press pi.-<|..(0 h.l
I'ort Worth, Tox„ Jan. is. Follow-
ing a protest by ;i delegation of un-
employed Americans, contractors do-
ing city paving work agreed today to
weed out their Mexican laborers to
make room for the Americans. Street
Comme-loner Wiggins was called
upon b> the delegation of about leo
men to make sonic kind of arrange-
ment. The Mexicans, so the delega-
tion said, had been given preference.
'I'lit* weeding out of the foreigners will
start tonight, it was said.
(Associated Presi iJiapatcli i
Kansas City, Mo.. Jan. 18.—Krwin
B. Bergdoll, member of a wealth)
Philadelphia family, who is serving a
four-year term in tlie federal discipli-
nary barracks at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., for evading the selective draft
law. late today filed application for a
writ of habeas corpus in the federal
court at Topeka, Kan., demanding his
release, according to announcement
made lieru tonight,
Bergdoll was sentence^ in August,
1920, by a court-martial silting at
Fort Hays, New York. He is a broth-
er of Grover ('. Bergdoll, who is now
being widely sought by federal agents
on charges of evading the draft.
Hearings on tlie application will be
held in the Kansas City, Kan., federal
court Feb. 15.
SAVS LOSS SUFFERED
ON SALE OF CLOTHING
(Assu< laud Press Dispatch.)
Now York. Jan. 18.—— Knocks? cloth-
ing for Fnitcd States Shipping board
officers and crews, stored at Boston
ynd valued at $24 1,000, was sold for
$80,000. Byron C. Baker, district com-
t roller for the board at Boston, today
verified before tiie Walsh congression-
al committee investigating the board's
affairs,". The witness told the commit-
tee he had protested to a superior of-
ficer aKaitwt ibis sale, hoi without re-
sult. Previous sales Of similar goods,
he asserted, bad brought higher prices
Mr. linker Was sharply questioned by
Representative Tout. Coniuoly c>f Tex-
as, a member of the committee.
PROPOSES NOVEL HILL
TO IMMTECT WIVES
(As.-'oelated Pi> r>i,-i>at<-l'. >
Topeka, Kan,, Jan, IS.—T)esp!.i« the
are , but four women
legislature, as coiu-
al iu both houses of
.Minnie Grinstcad of
the women legisla-
Itiii Fire at Caiuuliaii, Tex,
(Associated I'u ss Dlxpatcli )
Canadian, Tex., Jan. 18,—FlrG origi-
nating in tho furnace room of the
Minis Motor company destroyed Ihe
building and more than twenty auto-
mobiles here today. The adjoining
plant of tlie Tubb Motor company suf-
fered considerable damage. The to-
tal loss, probably is in excess of |75,-
OtiO.
Bail Directors Kc-Flecied.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Houston, Tex., Jan. 18. — Stockhold-
ers of the Southern Pacific companies
In Texas met here today and re-elect-
ed all old directors. The directors
c'tcd the nrescnt officers.
fact that thetv
in i Ik; Kansas
pared with a t(
100 men, Mrs.
Liberal, dean of
tors, day expressed coni'idone
her housewife eotiipensation bill will
meet with approval. The bill, intru-
ilueed late yesterday, provides th.it a
wife may assume the status of an em-
ploye in her home which wouid per-
mit her to recover damages for in-
juries sustained while performing
household dul l s under the state
workman's compensation law. The
husband, in the role of employer,
would have to pay such damage*.
KING ALFONSO UEUt'KES
STRIKING RAILWAY MEN
(Associated Pros Dispatch.)
Seville, Jan. IS.— King Alfonso re-
buked several strikers today while tit
the railway station awaiting a train
whiell would take trim back to .Mad-
rid. While walking along tile plat-
form he noticed a group of striking
functionaries and, turning to them, he
said:
"You should '.never abandon your
duty. A ei\il servant who throws up
his job isn't worth being a civil ser-
vant. I am the first civil servant of
Spain and accordingly, carry out m\
duties.''
DET1ILS OF FIGHT
NAVY MLLOOMSTS CALLED ON
CARPET IV CONNECTION
WITH FLIGHT
CROWN PRINCE OF SUM
STUDYING AT HARVARD
Commander' of Balloon that Drifted
Into Frozen North Tells Simple Sto-
ry of Flight—Says Eaeli of the Men
Made Many Sacrifice*—Equipped
With Poor .Maps For the Trip.
(Associated Press Dispatch,)
Eockaway, N. V., Jan. 18.—Care-
fully avoiding any mention of the fist
fight between Lieutenants Hinton and
Farrell which brought to a surprising
close their recent balloon flight into a
Canadian wilderness and tramp back
to civilization, Lieut. Louis A. Kloor,
Jr., who commanded the party, de-
scribed their experiences in detail to-
day before the court of inquiry inves-
tigating the affair under orders from
Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
"Newspaper accounts have reflected
on the actions of your-two compan-
ions," the court told Lieutenant Kloor.
"Now state what you know of the per-
sonal conduct of the party from the
time of leaving the air station until
your return.
Picks Words Carefully.
Picking his words with care, Lieu-
tenant Kloor paid high praise to the
personal conduct of his companions
until they reached Mattiee, where the
altercation occurred. "That's all I
have to say," he declared, but the
court reminded him his story had not
yet brought the airmen back to Rock-
away.
Then he mentioned that Lieutenant
Hinton had left the private car in
which the two of them were seated
shortly before arriving at Mattiee, to
deliver to Lieutenant. Farrell, Secre-
tary Daniels' order against granting
Interviews. *' a
"llinton said he would tell Fai-rell
and in doing so he had to go the
Hudson Bay company's store, after
which he returned to the room we
were occupying in the private car,"
Lieutenant Kloor said.
It was while llinton Was gone on
this mission that the fight took place,
but the witness made no mention of it.
"The conduct of Lieutenants Hinton
and Farrell on our return from Mat-
tiee to this station," he continued,
"was in no way questionable."
Concluding bis testimony Lieuten-
ant Kloor turned to the press table
and smiled at a dozen newspaper men,
Who .were discussing his apparent
evasion of the question of the aero-
nauts' conduct, lie was then excused
by the court.
Made Many Sacrifices.
I Hiring the weeks they spent in ice-
boarded forests at Moose 1'at torv and
in trudging through the snow back
to civilization, Lieutenant Kloor sa'id j
each of the men "made sacrifice alter
sacrifice." lie did not think there
"was any one particular hero."
The party left Rockaway with food
to provide three meals for the three
men, he said. They carried no bal-
loon log and the only maps were
charts of the states of New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania,
At'ter explaining that it "would have
been as easy as falling off a log" for
the party to have landed at Wells, N.
V. on the evening they left here, Lieu-
tenant Kloor, said they failed to locate
Wells on a chart before going onwarJ.
When they asked inhabitants 100 feet
below them, how far it was to Albany,
he added, the only reply was "how
should we know?"
"You've put Wells im the map now.
so you'll know where i is the next
time," remarked Hear Admiral Kline,
head of the court.
Lieutenant llinton sat near Lieuten-
ant Kloor throughout his testimony.
They probably will be quizzed tomor-
row, and Lieutenant Farrell also, if
the latter recovers sufficiently from a
slight attack of tonsilitis.
Crown Prince Mahido Songkln, of
Slant, who is taking a special course
iu public healtli at Harvard, and will
continue later at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. His bride of
four months will shortly enter tlie
Cambridge, Mass., Latin School.
PL \N FOB RVDICAL REDCCTION
IN ACREAGE NOT WI LL RE-
CEIVED IK SESSION
GENERAL IMPRESSION IS THAT
PROPOSAL FOR INCREASE
WILL BE DEFEATED
DECL MIES NOW Is TIME TO LAY
ASIDE ALL PBE.ll DICE AND
WORK FOR GOOD
Veteran in Lower Brunch of Congress
Stresses the Im|x>ruincc of Effici-
ency Bather Than Numbers in ser-
vice—So Ions Are Studying the Issue
Very Carefully—Courage Needed.
tkol bi.fsome vocn't; men \|{i:
-.<:o<)TlN<; i p tow \s i\
sonorv now.
(Associated Press Dlfpateti.)
Little Bock, Ark., Jan. IS.—Theo-
dore II, Price, of New York, financier
and editor of Pinftnce and Commerce,
in an address before the stale confer-
ence of farmers, merchants and bank-
ers here today declared that a highly
organized association embracing the
872 counties in the Fnited Stales in
which cotton is raised was the dis-
solution of tho Smith's problems.
Little Bock. Ark., Jan. IS.—Declar-
ing that the cotton situation through-
out ihe south demanded Immediate
and concerted action and that it was
'imperative that the cotton acreage be
cut, Claud S. Fitzpatrick of Helena,
president of the Arkansas Hankers'
Association at the opening session this
niorning-ttf approximately 2,000 farm-
ers, merchants and business men of
the state, urged the adoption of the
"Memphis plan," which would re-
duce the cotton acreage (16 .2-3 pet-
cent.
ilis stiRgestion Immediately threw
the conference into an uproar. Mr.
Fitzpatrick moved that the conven-
tion go on record as favoring the
plan, Objection was voiced. The
suggestion was referred to a commit-
tee for action.
Penniless Man
To Be Buried in
Fine Mausoleum
(Associated Puns Dispatch.)
Newark, N. .1.. Jan. IS.—The body
of Samuel Collins, 76, who died vir-
tually penniless in a hospital here last
Wednesday from pneumonia, will be
placed in a $ 10,000 mausoleum at
S'trotjdsbtijfjr, Pa , which he built for
himself and members of his family
years ago, it became known today, lie
is said lo have lost a fortune in spec-
ulation in art objects and real estate.
In a furnished room . occupied b>
Collins a bank-book showing a bal-
ance of S-7 cents was found today.
Man Files a Suit
For Heart Balm in
Court in Dallas
(AssO'vvlea rtvss nlspatdi.)
Dallas, Tex., Jan. is.—'George M
Freeiaml, in a suit for breach of pro-
mise filed here today, alts ?2,j,000 pun-
itive and $l,8i& actual damages from
Mrs. Ethel B. Hass, a widow. It is
said to be the .second time, in history
of Texas courts that a woman has
been -similarly sued.
In bis petition Fret land' says he
proposed marriage lo Mrs. Lass on
March 1.5, 1020 and gave he); an en-
gagement ring costing $tlS0.
Later he presented her with an au-
tomobile, lie allege^, and spent con*
sidefable money in furnishing a. home.
On September 15, 1020 ho says the
woman broke the engagement which
caused him to suffer mental anguish,
pain, distress and injury.
CliAH.V HAMOX CASK TO
UK ( ALIjKD MAItCH 10
(A.mh". Li Ictl Pres.; K>p itcl )
Ardnioiv, Okla., Jan. IS,--Judge
Thomas W. Champion announced to-
day the trial docket of the district of
Carter Vounty would open Feb. 28,
and that the case of Mrs. Clara Smith
Hamon is set for the 10th day of
March.
GOVERNMENT FORECAST
East Texas: Wednesdav and Thurs-
day part cloudy to cloudy, mild tem-
perature.
West Texas: Wednesday partly
cloudy, warmer in Panhandle; Tiiurs-
(Li\ oartly cloudy
\S-• « i ♦:• (I Press I)i.-jutti ii )
j Nogales, Ariz., Jan. IS.-—A baud of j
Yioiu'l IndlniiH has resumed the war-
path and today killed three Mexican
cowboys and looted a ranch at Cruz
Piedras, eight miles south of Guay-
mas, Sonora, according to official ad-
vices reaching the border tonight.
Tanuis yesterday looted towns of
Co'-orit ami La Dura, also sot it li of
G'laymas, according t o Hie advices.
Roth towns are in the Tamils valley,
long claimed by the Indians as their
rightful home. No loss of life was
reported In connection with the loot-
ing of the towns.
t nited Stales Consul Tiara i.< [Iyer
of .Vogales, Sonora, Sua' tonight it : p-
reared not to be a K' I tiibel oot-
b -oak. but a baud of troublesome
young men
Aged Confederate Veteran Dies.
(Associated rrc*s Dispatch.)
Abilene, Tex., Jan. IS.—Impressive
services marked tile funeral here to-
day of C. P. Warren, SI, confederate
veteran and wealthy cattleman and
banker who died yesterday alter three
weeks illness. lie was born in Ten-
nessee and lived iu Arkansas for sev-
eral year before coming to Abilene
thirty jears ago.
Mcvlcim Imports Increase.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Eagle Pass., Tex., Jan. IS.—Imports
from MeJtieo passing this port during
1020 were valued at 56,000,000, ac-
cording to w. P. liloeker, American
consul at Piedras Negras. This was
an increase of 30 per cent over 1919,
he said.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Jan. 18.—After five
hours of argument and oratory, the
house, like a Jury not required to be
locked up, went home tonight to de-
liberate over the proposal to increase
its membership from 435 to 483.
Such a storm of protest was raised
to the bill, however, that house lead-
ers predicted the verdict tomorrow
would be against the increase and
for an amendment holding seats to
the present total: The debate touch-
ed on every possible point, although
Representative Clark, former demo-
cratic leader, declared it was not dif-
ferent from that honrd after every de-
cennial census for the last half cen-
tury, •
Kscli Opposes Bill.
liising to speak in opposition to the
bill, Representative Esch, republican,
Wisconsin,who failed of re-election
last year after a continuous service of
22 years, was greeted by a demonstra-
tion by republicans and democrats
alike. Mr. Esch declared the house
could not justify it action in adding to
the membership simply to save one
.seat in Maine and another in Miss-
ouri.
"Why can't this house have the
courage to say it will not do that?"
he asked. "The people of your state
are not so much concerned with the
number of representatives as they are
with the question of ability and ef-
ficiency. it is not too difficult to re-
member the time when Maine, with
four members, had more Influence
here than New York with its thirty."
Free for All Affair.
Nearly everybody had a chance to
express his views. Representative
Montague, democrat, Virginia, broke
into the discussion iu its early state to
declare that it was shockingly obvi-
ous to the house, as it was to be coun-
try, that ihe house was too big now
to legislate effectively. Representa-
tive Clark, who goes out of office in
March, endorsed the increase, but an-
nounced he* would fight for a consti-
tutional amendment which would hold
the total to 500 for all time.
Representative Mondell of Wyo-
ming, the republican leader, joined
with those opposing an increase in
membership, declaring that "if this
body is to remain what the fathers In-
tended, a deliberative body, it must
be kept reasonably small."
Some members even from states
which stand lo lose representation, op-
posed the bill, and insisted on the
amendment proposed by Representa-
tive Harbour, republican, California,
which would keep tho total as It
stands today. This was particularly
true of Mississippi, slated to lose a
seat, three of its representatives—Sis-
sion, Humphreys and Stephenson—
fighting for the smaller number,
HELD ON CHARGE OF
DKSERT1XG CHILDREN
(AssociiVt«'il Pre?* Dispatch.)
Atlanta, (la.. Jan. 18.—Charles
Grimes, tobacco planter and stockman
of llari'oilsbiirg, Ky., and Mrs, Cora
Adkinson. wife of another llarrods-
bu'g farmer, were under arrest here
today charged with having abandoned
their families and eloped. Grimes
left his wife and- six children while
Mrs. Adkinson left her husband and
four children.
The couple told the police here that
several times since leaving Harrods-
burg in an automobile for Florida they
were inclined to turn back and seek
forgiveness. Grimes gave the follow-
ing reason for not doing so.
"You know how it is in my country.
When a man runs off with another
man's wife tho husband is supposed to
do some shooting."
For First Tmo In Varied History of
State, Noted Mexican Officials At-
tend Inauguration—Aged Motlicr
of tile Governor Is Prevent—Text
of Acceptance Speech Given In Full
(Associated Pri-aa Dispatch )
Austin, Tex., Jan. IS.—Patrick Mor-
ris Neff of Waco was inaugurated
Governor of Texas at noon today at a
joint sesion of the Thirty-seventh leg-
islature, the oath of office being ad-
ministered by Chief Justice Nelson
Phillips of tho state supreme court in
the presence of 5,000 people which
crowded the floor of the House of
Representatives and the galleries.
The inauguration ceremonies were
simple but impressive, and an unusual
feature was the presence for the first
time in the history of Texas of a dele-
gation of distinguished Mexican offi-
cials, including two governors-elect
their staffs and Gen. Perez Trevino,
chief of staff of the Mexican army and
personal representative of President
Obregon.
In the administration of the oath
to the new governor and lieutenant
governor, Chief Justice Phillips used
the same historic bible which has
served for such ceremonies since tho
days of Sam Houston. Governor Neff
and Lk'.'.t. Governor
ed the oath in a clear voice wno a
could be heard in the distant portions
of the Hall of the House.
At 11:50 o'clock the joint committee
in charge of the inauguration appear-
ed at the«entranee to the Hall, follow-
ed by Governor W. P. Hobby and Gov-
ernor-Elect Pat M. Neff. which was
the signal for an outburst of applause
These were followed by Lieut. Gov. W.
A. Johnson, and his successor, Lieut.
Governor-Elect Lynch Davidson. State
officials and other dignitaries then fol-
lowed in the line of March.
After the invocation of divine bless-
ing by Rev. Edward R, Barcus of
Austin, the bands played Mexican and
American airs. Speaker Thomas pre-
sented John A. Vails, who extended
welcome to the Mexican visitors. Aft-
er responses had been made by the
Mexican officials, Speaker Thomas
presented Chief Justice Nelson Phil-
lips of the supreme court to adminis-
ter the oath of office to the new gov -
ernor and lieutenant governor. After
the oath of Office had been adminis-
tered, Governor Hobby, the retiring
chief executive presented Governor
Neff to the assemblage which was the
signal for another outburst of ap-
plause. Speaker Thomas introduced
Lieut. Governor W. A. Johnson, who
presented the new Lieut. Governor,
Lynch Davidson. The latter address-
ed the house briefly, thanking the peo-
ple for the great honor conferred up-
on him.
Aged Mother Present.
Among ill >se who witnessed the in-
auguration of the new Governor, was
the venerable mother of the new chief
executive, aged 91. Mrs. Neff, be-
cause of hfr age, was wheeled into
the Hall in a rolling chair and occu-
pied a prominent place in front of
the platform.
Gentlemen of the legislature, and
citizens of Texas;
Text of Address,
"By the authority of the splendid
electorate of this state, and under the
direction of this law making body,
the chief justice of the supreme court
has, in the presence of this magnifi-
cent convocation of friends, adminis-
tered to me an obligation as binding
as ever linked the soul of man to the
throne everlasting. The oa<h to which
I have just subscribed is a compre-
hensive one. It is retrospective, in-
trospective, prospective. As it relates
to the past it was responded to with-
out equivocation and without one
mental reservation. Thinking of it in
tho light of the present, there is not a
fleeting cloud to darken the clear
sky of an open conscience. Looking
at it in the mirror of the future, it
nerves my arm arid inspires my heart
(Continued on File.)
Tentative (Not Binding) Pledge
EDITOR TKLEGRAM.
Temple, Texas.
In the event your future investigations convlnea me that
the manufacturing of cotton la this section is as profitable as your ln«
vesiigations thus far have indicated, then In that event I would be will-
ing to pledge for stock, In a company to be organized and controlled
by Bell county farmers and citizens bales of cotton now
owned and on hand, and further to agree to add acres to
the cotton acreage which I had intended to plant for my next cotton
crop, and to pledge the production from said extra acre#
for stock in the said Bell County Cotton Mill.
Name t
Address
(NOTE)—Your tentative pledge above may be made either for cotton
now on hand, or for cotton to be produced, or for both, as deslrM.
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Ingram, Charles W. Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 62, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 19, 1921, newspaper, January 19, 1921; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth469654/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.