The Orange Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 224, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 26, 1923 Page: 1 of 6
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ORANGE, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY,
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 26.~-Thet------—------
Oklahoma legislature atti.nptinr to, InCFe&SPtl Volume
convene for the Impeachment of) - - ... .
Governor Jack Walton was dispersed; Oi Advertising IS
before the doors of the hall of rep-1 pQ__' 1 • p
lesentatives today by the Oklahoma] Larrieu in rreSS
national guard.
The legislators left the eupltoli v N„KW YORK' ***■ **■-**'”
Silently. There was no demons,rn-i ' °*, »?*»P»PT" »«* V*' ^1 ns.. a
Hon Court action will he Instltut-l ?'"**^ 'neroum: volume of advi rt.u-
ed immediately, according ,o Repre-! “K t??"y* now ?*' "" ,,ayr
acntalive W. B. Me Bee 1 i,p U Pa«<* edlt.on. n.i they s!»w-
Tl,e insurgent legislators had been > r*cow™d from the effects of tV
Do*kn„i.« « l prcRHmrn ’* strike. .Si, tie <lei>arl*
thrnu hnm rh P < api o i g ;nf,nj (,((„•(,,,• advertitUng is reappear-
ttirouj-hout the morning, preparatory b ,omp of ,he larger mores
rim. . ™ W extraordinary to lln;nuo In «d
a 0 vortise tholr Merchandise this weak.
Throng Oc.or* # I one big riepurtment store mailed
A few minutes bofore noon thev fjrH{ class letters to all customers
atarted crowding about the locked',, 1tR 1)11()kH „ ful| ,,ue(, udi tollln;;
and guarded doors at the hall of I of its bargains and special sales,
representatives. Another sent a 60 word telegram to
The military increased Its guards | ;ts customers. Other stores covered
Oklahoma’! Legislature Under Guard
Ihe sides of their delivery automo-
biles with huge advertising signs.
DIAMONDS WILL
END SEASON'S
to 10 armed men.
Exactly nt noon, ns representa-
tives prepared to step forward to-
ward the guard a shout from the
entrance to the senate chamber di-
rectly across the lobby attracted
thdr attention. 1
Col. W. 8. Key of the national
guard asked them to assemble about
him. They did so silently. Mean-I
while the governor's private gun-)
men and detectives surrounded the
crowd. Col. Key then read an order j
signed by Adjutant General Baird
Markham Informing the represents-!
tivoe that the governor warned —*--:
.fhem not to attempt to convene. | Rose hall fans sre making preo-
The conclusion of the order in-jnrations to witness the Orange Din-
structed the legislators to disperse. | ninnds in action for the last time
Ciowil Disperses I this season when they tan»le with
The erowd melted silently. They the Boilermakers of the Magnolia
left the cnpltol In a body, discussing Vague here Snndnv afternoon in a
the development! lit line tones. |double bender. This will bring the
’* It was apparent that (he reading season to n close with the Diamonds
of Walton’s orders had been antic- holding ono of the moo* enviable
lpflted and that the representatives records ever established bv n seilll-
hnd their own piano for further nc-' professional club In the south. Their
tlon prepared. standing now is 4 6 games won to
No attempt nt force was made six lost,
by either side. I Tickts to Sunday afternoon's
The governor's detectives »mlldoubiP |,||l wcrp going fast today,
pluin clothes men followed the leg-{ according to those in charge of the
islatorS from the building. jsnle Indications point to one of
Governor Maiton was at his home. tj,e largest attendances of the sea-
He hud not appeared at the capitol; Bon_ wml roCoril breaking gate re-
ceipts for the day.
I “rise far
Many are speeulntlng on the-Ford
'touring ce.r whleh Is to be present-
| ed to Mionoone immediately after
tlie first game. Seventy-five dol-
! lars in eash is also to be presented
I in lots of $50 and $25. respectively,
'•‘making ticket buying interesting
for manv here.
I The Boilermakers aro confident
Inf defeating the Diamonds. They
| will use virlunlly the same team
j which won th(< Magnolia league peu-
Inant. while the Diamonds will op-
I pose thejti with but one or two
positions filled by men who were
no* on the club all season. This,
local fens, agree, indicates that
Sunday”s encounter will ho inter-
esting, hr the Diamonds are deter-
mined to maintain their present
record intnitt, while the Boilermak-
ers are likewise determined to keep
thelr standing.
It was understood today that n
large number of employes of the
i Magnolia refinery, of Beaumont,
Storm Reported To
Be Brewing Over
t Orange gridiron loses Its hob-
| nailed masculinity tomorrow when
|a feminine eleven trips out With
I the light, of battle In Its eye#,
Bahama Channel ianld„ whon P.nk checks and smooth
__ ! coiffure* undergo tho rtiviRhen or
That a stonm Is brewing over tlm] d’J8* ”™d mIJJIV i„« ,,a
old Bahama channel off the Floridaj ,TuS ^rla *lMh tomormw^t “!
strait a was made known h«re today . k ,h. wI-
, , .. .. ^ most unique battle of its kind In
in advices received from the Wa, flPld. Thp footba„ gMno
Arthur observer s station The .<1-, iptlv ,,, 3;3() and ,ho
tees are ns follows, and were sent d aftPnd the Ma_
to the weather observer here, Admission is
disturbance ,r.
“Advisory 10 p. m.
Guards with fixed bayonets stand at the doors of Oklahoma's senate chamber at the State Capitol,
l Oklahoma City, to prevent a meeting of the legislature today which threatens Governor Walton with impeach-
ment.
games Sunday Germany's Passive Resistance
Is Ended; Bows Will To France
Continued on Page 5.
WE TAKE UP
ROAD ISSUE IN
PORT ARTHUR
jassj - <*• *-*• —
tn,l Jncr...» |, Im.-naliy Tak Qu„„,r .............. NW,tt
in Biilinman watem and Florida| pu)|
straits should exercise every pre-( rikiu hnif bac|,
caution, tiigned: Bowie.” __ : Left h,l|f ha(,k
SAY ECONOMIC
PROSPECTS ARE
MORE HOPEFUL
________ Wilson
.... Campbell
........... Hebert
\ Center ........ Strother
1 lLoft end ..... Pennington
j Right end ............... Sint*
j Left guard ........ Hargis
‘ Left tackle ...... Wilson
Right tackle ....................... Bland
Right guard ....................— Mitchell
Captain ...................... Pennington
Manager .............................. McNeil
Organisation of the Juniors’ team
had not been completed this after-
noon.
BKRLIN, Sept. 2 6.—The end ot
Germany’s passive resistance to the
Frnneo-Bclgilum Occupation of the
l.’uhr, was proclaimed officially to-
day.
The end of resistance came after
nine months. It was Germany's ad-
mission that she had lost the war
and had again been brought to her
knees by France.
The Reich's government now can
only await the reaction in allied
capitals, and hope for leniency frocn
Premier Poincare.
It was assumed that portions of
the proclamation, with official in-
formation that Germany had sur-
rendered, will be dispatched Imme-
diately to Paris, Brussels, and Lon-
don. . ..
The Stresseman government, it
wns indicated, will attempt to save
itself bv a complete and dignified
admission of capitulation. There
will be no
ment feels the German people hevc of defense from her position in 1914
fought tin honorable battle, and lo8t.|to hPf pre((.nt place to the "sickest
T '■Z.c’Xr-'o «**"*•••
them. Issuance of the proclamationt
today- csitne after the cabinet’s der1-I BERLIN, Sept. 26.—As resistance
sion last Wednesday that tincondi- ceased, reports from the Ruhr were
tlonal surrender was In evidence be-
cause of the financial situation as
outlined exclusively by United Press
dispatches at that time.
With resistance costing upward of
$5,000,000 a week, and the mark
so valueless t'«t quotations on It
had been stopped by rpany banks,
Ihe government had no other choice
but to surrender.
The cabinet lust night completed
the final draft of the proclamation,
whleh was given to the world today.
The population seems to have
not encouraging. Nine months or
fighting without arms 4qist demoral-
ised the once hard working, lionset
people of the great Industrial re-
gion.
Proof of this statement is to bo
found in every corner of the Ruhr
territory. The administration which
poured .pioney lavishly Into the
Ruhr has turned ninny of
workers Into parasites.
The Ruhr has lost its sense of
morale.
Not only the needy and desyvlng
taken the first news of defeat received handsome doles from the
apathetically. Schooled to obey, the treasury of the Reich, hut business
people accepted tlie loss of thei^-men of greater or lesser degree, lit-
r capitulation. lucn post war fight against France as. (rally, have worked the f*. oft
whining. The govern- merely another loss In the sequence! the nation's generosity.
A special committee composed of
B. F. Brown, butcher Brown and
W'. R. Lea, left for Port Arthur
today, where they are scheduled to
confer this afternoon with a com-
mittee from the Port Arthur chami-
ber of commerce relative to the Or-
nnge-Port Arthur concrete highway
for whleh a bond issue is now being
proposed. They will probably re-
turn hom late this afternooon.
R«*|mrt Thursday twill accompany the Boilermakers to
This committee will report he- Grange Sunday afternoon,
fore the membership meeting of the' " ~
chandler of eommeree to be held I oral Youth Makes
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock X * 1? xL 11
the result of their conference. It] 1" reSIUTlRn rOOtbclli
In the Intention of the committee T«»rr» at A JCr M
to obtain a definite itnderstandiny 1 edm ai n.» Ot Ivl.
with Port Arthur business men as
to whether or not 1 Roy wilt con-
struct a concrete highway from that
city to the south hank of the No-
choa river if Orange county will
build o ©oncr«tP highwny from
Orange through the oil field to the
north bank of the stream. The
cojnmlttee w'*> »'s° obtain a definite
understanding with regard to the op-
eration of a 24-liour service -ferry
across the Nechos connecting the
two stretches of road.
There will be no meeting of the
bourd of directors of the chntjiber
of commerce Thursday noon, tt wan
said this afternoon, the moniher-
stlilp meeting supplanting the reg-
ular weekly session of the direc-
torate. Members of the board were
busy today urging the membership
of the organisation to be present'
at Thursday night’s imeetlng,
which time several important prop-
ositions are to lie discussed, chief
among them being the proposed Or-
ange-Port Arthur highway.
ORDERS CASE
TORE RETRIED!
Caul Mitchell, son of Dr. A. L.
Mitchll, tins made the nosh tun n
tnin at the Texas Agricultural a id
Mechanical college where he is en-
tering upon his first year's studies,
according to a letter received by !ns
mother hero today. Mitchell is or.e
of the three Orange youths attend-
ing A. & M. tliis season, the otljcr
two being T. Kishl and Collie
Chadwick.
The ninth court of civil appeals!
at Beaumont today issued a man-,
date In the case of the Miller-Link i
Lumber company vs. the Kirfcv Luni-'
her company and the Houston Oil
company, ordering the ense retried
on Ihe ground that an error was!
fmtnd in the judgment rendored in1
district court here in November,
1916. This was one of the hardest
fought civil rages ever tried in local!
courts, the plaintiffs being awarded|
the recovery of valuable timber and)
mineral lands in Jasper county, es-i
timnted to tie worth many thou-j
sands of dollars.
Asks for Discharge - )
In this ease, which was hoard
before District Judge Davis, the
counsel for both the plaintiff and
the defense, requested that a jury,
which had already been obtained,
hp discharged and that the case
bn heard on irs merits before the
court. Judge Davis, after hearing
evidence and pleadings in the case
found for the plaintiffs, although
not rendering judgment for full
NINE YRAR 01,D BOY
KILL.KD BY FALL
ROCKDALE, Tex.. Sept. 26.—The
nine year old son of Luther McDon-
ald, a farmer, livingf near her, wna
Instantly killed late yesterday when
be fell from a Wagon while riding
with Ms UtMr,
COR.UKOTlOX
The Leader desires to correct
statement appearing in all interview .. ,
with E. E. MacFarlnnd yesterday, recovery of the lands mentioned m
with reference to business eondi-l
tions in Kansas City being "next,) The ease was then appealed to
to nlanmlng." Mr. McFarland does! Ihe Ninth court of civil appea
not Intend to convey this imprcs-l nt Beaumont. Chief Justice L.
... sion, but to sny that business con-|IL Hightower ordering retrial on
at dttlons there have been affected byjthe ground that Judge Davis wns
the slump in the price of wheat)error^ In his decision. The case
and nil, ns many other cities. "Con-
ditions thore nro good, comparative-
ly speaking,” Mr. MaoFarland said.
"There is much building, and every-
thing seems very active.” s
Georgia Klansman
Says Klan Will
Avenge Its Cause
WILMINGTON, Del., 8ept. 241.
—"If one drop of Klansnien’s
blood is spilled In Oklahoma to-
day, Govenror Jack Walton of
t hot state will be hanged be-
fore Sunset. The klan In Ok-
lahoma has done no harm. It
has been law abiding, but we
fear for the poaNlbllltlca of to-
day if tlie legislature meets in
extru session there.
This statement wns made by
Dr. J. A. Hawkins of Atlanta,
Georgia, in addressing 400 mem-
bers of Wilmington Provisional
Kin it early today, talking to the
klan officials who have been
organizing the order in Delaware.
Order* mobilizing members of tlie
order In Oklulioma have been Is-
sued, he suld. They have been
armed, and "will figlit" for their
constitutional rights, lie added.
Somervil Enters
List For Alleged
Bootlegging Today
ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. 26
Couched in terms of conservative)
optimism, n declaration of prinel-!
pals for the financiers for the Unit-1
id States was presented today lol
the 49th annual convention of the I
American Bankers' association by
the committee on resolutions.
The demand for government pur-
i basing of whet is especially con-
demned, a« this, It is stated, would
tend to perpetuate relative oversup-
ply of the product.
The continued agitation for so-
called nationalization of industry is
uttucked as a .menace to the nation-
al welfare.
Charging that the amazing growth! Grange Is more than holding
of public servants In government I ov*'n in business,
employ hn« added enormously to the This was learned today in casual
burden Of taxation, the resolution | conversation with several leading
urges a revision of sur-taxes on merchants, all of whom expressed
Incomes on u downward plane.
ORANGE IS ON
ROOM, DECLARE
BUSINESS MEN
Although the Orange oil field |B
experiencing one of the dullest pe-
riods in its existence, and opera-
tions have been curl ailed approxi-
mately 50 percent or better during
the liutt thirty da vs, the city of
It*
Wage scutes huv,* been raised out
of proportion to the general plane
of living, and the advance In indus-
trial wages since February has been
greater thnn in any period since
1920.
Arbitration of wage disputes is
urged.
Skeleton and Purse
the opinion that September’s bMi-
ness would show a marked increase
over August, nnd that it WbliML
likewise show a gain over the same
month of 1922. One nr two local
merchants declared today that their
business is gradually growing, while
all of those included In the casual
interview were very optimistic over
Continued on Page 6.
Al"cSSESl. A &M. EXPERT
Miss Oleora HewsOn Is confined
to -her hofine, suffering from malaria
fever.
Steele Campbell has gone
Freeport, Texas, on business.
\vlll probably be set for hearing
in the next term of district court
which convenes here in October, It
was said today.
IBAPTISTS HAVE
jUNIQUE FEATURE
t "Operation on Little Miss Baptist
.Sunday Kchool." a thirty-minute
sketch, will be featured tonight dur-
j lng the social hour following the
! Prayer meeting service at the First
| Baptist church. The sketch car-
ries a highly amusing vein as well
j as n number of good lessons, charac-
ters and their parts are:
Little Baptist Sunday School,"
{Blanche MacFarlane: “Mrs. Baptist
I Church,” Eunice Oliver; “Deacon
(Tightwad,” O. M. Heist;; "Dea-
| cn Grinnum.” Cecil Beauchamp:
"Dr. Keep-em-Woll," W. T. Dow-
!ney; “Nurse Luknwarnt,” Mrs
(Hunter Beatty; "Dr. Flx-em-Quiek,’
|L. J. Lewis.
A cordial invitation Is extruded
the public in general to attend the
j service tonight which will begin at
•7;30. General officers of the Sun-
!dry school will complete n course
in "The Departmental Sunday
School” with the discussion of
“The Weekly Teachers' Meeting"
and "Financing the Sunday School.'
This meeting will begin ni 6:30
nnd end nt the prayer meeting
MERIDIAN, Tex., Sept. 26.— hcnr-
Trial of the first of the Soracrvilll yvtv is
county residents for alleged liquor* H R HKItK
violations was scheduled to begin) RMNJWTHD ILL HRRK
ha « dfwio Sheriff J. W. Helton ih very
nero touay jn at hi(l home 0n the oil field
According to a report from Fletch*
er, about 18 miles west of Orange,
the skeleton of what wns thought
to be a man wns unearthed by the
grading etev.S at work on the upper
Orange and Beaumont road.
Along with the skeleton there was
unearthed a purse containing $4.t>0
In silver.
WILL CONFER
WITH FARMERS
M. It. Bentley agricultural en-
u.L] ‘‘uV „,f v,rt j
morning and was informed by Com-, dralnagp problems here Thursday
mtssioner Levi Songleton regarding j aml pr|daVt according* to an tu-
the skeleton find. Parties who saw nouncement made today by CtouBty
the skeleton gave IP? as their opin- Agricultural Agent G. C. Mlitor
ion that the body had been bureld
about 15 yeurs. As fat as known,
no one enn account for the unusual
circumstance, although it is thought
that there may be something of in-
terest that will develop.
These trials are the outcome of
» raid conducted by state rangers
tn and around Glenrose. They in-
volve charges covering very viola-
tion of the state dry laws and one
of bribery. Forty-four men .have
been indicted, nnd 30 of thorn are
under arrest.
MINNIHHIPPI MAN
DIRS AT \OAPITAL
D %Asm,'!Nformer eongreasman^^ro*^ Miss Janet Stark left today for
Missiaaippl, died here early todayH Austin where she will begin her
Apoplexy was the cause of hl»| second year’* work at the University
deuth. of Txas.
Commission Orders*
Continuance' OF
Paving Program
Green avenue paving consumed all
time devoted to discussion at a
session of the city commission held
last night ot the eltjr ha’.l. The
commission agreed to go forwa.il
with the present paving program
t,nd ordered that work proceed In
paving the north side df Green
avenue, after which the contractors
will return- and p»vP the south side
of that thoroughfare from First to
Fifteenth steets.
Presbyterians To
Have Visitation
Day Here Sunday
V.
The First Presbyterian church of
this city has inauguratd a progres-
sive program In their church which
has as Its objective social Visitation
among members of the congregation.
A day has been set aside for the
encouragement of this move by1 the
assembly eonuuiHee as Rtimlay, Sop.
30, from 2:30 to 6 p. m.*
Committee have been appointed
by member* of the congregation,
and will meet thla evening f6r final
forced to go home Tuesday at noon.i arrangement* to aee that each mem-
and Since has been confined to his: ber i* visited by anothr member
bed. I next Sunday afternoon.
,, . . ' : ■ v
following receipt of word fronx
Bentley that he would bo here for
the two days. Two appointments
have already been made, Elllsor
said, for Bentley to confer with Of-
ange county farmers ua ways and
mentis of draining their farms, t
"It Is probable that one or two
other appointments can he arranged
if farmers who need thts servlCO
will let me hoar from them at enet,”
Elllsor said. “Mr. Bentley’s serv-
ices will be free to those who avail
themselves of them, and l am satl**
fieil that he can he of great assist-
ance tn the farmers of Orange
county In handling their drainage
problems."
road, tt was learned today. Phy^
sieiana do not regard his condition
as serious at this time, but de-
clared today that he was "a very
sick man.”
Sheriff Helton has been In 111
health for the past two weeka, but
liaa remained at lila office. He
came to tho court house Monday
and Tuesday morning, but was
Will Begin Pavfcig
Green and Fifth
, D-r^ThU Week
The MeElwrath forces will prob-
ably begin paving the latter part
of this week on Green avenue aud
Fifth streets, in the vicinity of the
high school.
Tlie paving of the aides from the
curbs to the 18-foot paving in tho
center, also sidewalks and cutbin?
will he done by the gangs that
completed the Jackson street link
late yesterday afternoon.
A force of men was engaged In
preparing the strent and putting
down aewer-ptpe where paving is to
begin on Green avenue during the
forenoon of today.
m"
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Mrs. Hugh Hunt, who wait recent-
ly operated on at the hospital for
appendicitis, was moved to her homa
on South College street Sunday and
ia Improving
nr nr1
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