The Orange Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 206, Ed. 1 Monday, August 29, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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)LUME XVIJ
r 1 III HI C V11 I C! ASSISTANT SECRETARY
l A In I IN i RILLO; of agriculture qw
THOUSANDS EACH
DAY IN RUSSIA
American Educator Declares
Reports From Volga Not
Exaggerated.
Itlga.
rendition* m
(By United Press.)
Wush’ngtnn, Aug. 2ft.—The rfslg
nation of Dr. Elmer D, nail ns as
slslnnt uccretary of agriculture wn-
announced at the white house today,
effective October 1.
Charles W .Pugsley of Nebraska
will succeed I)r. Boll, it was said.
LEAGUE TAKES UP
SILESIAN 1DHLE
EIGHT OF NINE
BASIC BUSINESS
LINES MAI
ORANGE, TEXAS, MONDAY, AUG. 29,1921
THIS MAY BE WHY THE CIRCUS HAS ABANDONED FREAK SIDE
SHOWS
Fate of World Peace Organi-
zation Hangs in Solution
Of Question.
(By United Press.)
Geneva, Aug. 29.—The future eX-
istence of the league of nations hung
in the balance today when the
league met In Deformation hall to
Shipping Alone is Tardy in
Getting Back on Firm
Footing.
Bv HAROLD 1». JACOBS.
(l olled Press Stuff CorreepotMlCUt.)
New York, Aug. 27.—American in
riuslry Is coming back.
Authoritative reports front nine of
the nation’s basic Industrie* lo th<
t'nlted Press show that In all but
one—shipping conditions are rapid
ly Improving and that “normalcy"
is Just around the corner.
These reports, briefly summarized
showed the following situation:
Agreiulture: Farmers expect to
experience the best season fiinanclal-
ly in years despite a general crop
shortage.
Railroads: The steam carriers
have "turned the corner” and plan
on net earnings of $500,000,000 for
the year. '*
Medt Packing: The packers, in
practically every line, are expert
encing a substantial Increase over
pre-war business.
Textile: Cotton manufacturers
are planning on again working full
time by fall and early winter.
Automobiles: The motor Industry
is "booming again" after a period
of depression.
Shipping: The American mer.
chant marine Is atlll seriously crip-
pled and there is little hope for Im-
provement until It receives financial
support from the public and leglala- ,
tive nackhatg front the government.
Coat: Production of both soft]
and hard coal Is increasing for thei
first time in two mbaths, anti all in I
tustrlee are practically dependent
upon fuel.
Steel: The demand for steel pro-
ducts Is increasing and prices ap-
pear to be practically stabilized.
„ilD l Oil: Petroleum operators are be-
tound in the woman’s- stomach, ac- NVoman IS Implicated IB StOTVicon'*n*: °Pt*niistic and plan shortly
. ««* ... . ___- . . . r . * ! Ta rVavalnn now nronorflni in nrirll
■s*
(By United Pres*.)
Aug. 29. "The terrible
the Volga have not
been exaggerated. Famine and dis-
ease are killing thousands every
day. Vast sections will soon be ex-|
tormina ted.
Jerome Davis, instructor In so- |
ciology at Columbia University to- |
day returned fV>m a 17-day tour of j
Russia including the famine regions
and in an Interview with the United
Press confirmed refugees’ accounts
of the desperate situation in the
hunger zone.
“In many villages In the Samara
district," he said, “fully half the
population was dead. People were
eating bark. Mothers in deHperutinn [ consider theSllesInn depute,
were drowning lli^ir infants in thej
• dirty rivers. Entire families were
committing suicide together.
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Tt-IE voopuu* Fattest mau
ts no lomoeb A cubic shy uuth
alu ihe Boor ueogeks at neon
— AND LOOK AT The
Pood FELLOcO WHO HAS
TO Do A lot o* Hi*
ULttPisC tN POlgMAN
CARS —HE'S A
CuRiosity1 ie thebe
tvt« was .owe
fr>
HOLD POLE FOR
DEATH OF WIFE
Quantity of Rat
ing Found in Viscera by 1
(, Physicians.
(By United Pre*«.)
Houston, Aug. 29. Frank Hrbek, I
a Polish tailor, was arrested this'
mottling in connection with thei
death of Mm. I.ucile Vila Hrbek on
August 10. the district attorney's*
office announced.
A quantity of rat poison was
Should an acceptable solution tQ
the probk4h which has baffled Ihe
supreme council be found, it was
considered certain that the prestige
of the league of nations would be
permanently established, while fa!l-
ure would almost inevitably result
In the withdrawal of one or more
big powers, causing disruption of the
assembly.
Success of the present session will
Poison- ^ can"p ,he lpaRue ,0 become the
1 world’s greatest International body.
Tug eoootc u.:cveD
MAk) CAN BE CC EM CM A
Sretti efifi a mV wofiNiwfi
CJIVINO me 10Ei<3W(3oew
PAPER tmc UP AMD
.DOvurO.
A euJOCD SUIAUOalgR
HAS 3ECC>*»G OLD STUFF
-re) Tug PEOPLE LUHO
6 AT ISO REBrAURAMTS,
-Aey£> amvujaV, TH E AUBHAOB: MAN IS AFRAiD
TOdtrof' THE main street FOR LEAR HE u)lLL
mihl somethin#
PASTOR SCORES
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Attack on Obregqn’s Regime
in 60 or 90 Days Forecast
Special to The Deader.
Washington, Aug 29
Is Obre-
gon tottering? Is Mexico coming;
down with another attack of revolu-l
cording lo Dr. Ernst bright, county
health officer and Miss Edith Lotz.j
eity chemist, who examined the
x iscera.
Mrs Hrbek fainted early the
night of August 10 and was revived
by a physician, according to police!
records She was pronounced out of i
danger but an hour later the physi-1 service Sunday, Itev. YV. It. Brown.
Told Minister by
Bagman.
In discussing the subject of "A
Quitter" on a special program at
ihe First Baptist church 11 jD'olocl*
to develop new properties in addi.
t'.on to re-openihg old ones tempor
arlly shut down.
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Industrial Conference
Now Being Planned
p;an wan summoned again and he
found the woman in a dangerous
endition.
iter.
She died two hours la-
eondi
GERMANY MUST
PAY ALL DEBTS!
the pastor, used some local
lions as illustrations.
He referred to what he under-
stood was che wholesale violation of
t liquor laws in this city and county
i and c ted an instunce where he was
, tola by a traveling man in another!
city that on a reveal x .ml lo Oraaga
be was informed by many how eaiiy
it was to buy intoxicating drinks,
| among whom was a woman.
The woman, he said, told him
-- 1 that she could get him a bottle of
i liquor in three minutes. Although
laims totaling $300,000,-1 ' onsidtiing that the woman was Jok-
fUFA LI 1J A ' . a |- I Ing, the traveling man accepted the
UUUneld Against Alien I challenge. Then the woman turned
away and within the three-minute
limit returned with the bottle of
liquor. The traveling man said that
lie was forced to "crawfish" and in-
formed the lady that he -til not
drink.
The speaker referred lo the mis-
sion oi Ihe Ku Klux lvlan, saying
that many objected to the masks.
’ What men among us would be
willing to istand ‘unmasked’ to aid
the officers In the enforcement of
the laws?—we have a splendid set
of officers, 1 believe, but ihe officers
can do but, little with the vast horde
of scheming violators without the
aid of ihe substantial citizenship,"
declared the speaker.
tion, this time of the virulent bol-j
shevistic type? |
Pilgrims recently arrived from the]
fevered sister to the south declare
MUCH INTEREST HASSELL AFFAIR
IN BRIDGE ROW! MAY BE PROBED
FIVE MEN HELD
FOR ROBBERY OF
| CHICAGOTEMPLE
| Upwards of $250,000 T tkcn
From Safety Boxes ot
Vault.
(By United Press.)
Chicago, Aug. 29!—Five men were
held by police today in connection
with the looting of thwSecurity Safe-
ty deposit ’’vault in the Masonic Tem-
pi e hero ot upwards of *250,000.
Three of those held were sus-
!) • eled of the robbery an I the other
| two are Ernest Webber and Miltqn
IJ units, guards, who were bound by
• the bandits.
If was an "inside" Job, Michael
! Hughes, chiet ot detectives, declared.
| Gossip In the underworld for years
| has been of the "easy" job waiting
| at the Masonic templp vaults, \po-
! lice said. The vaults are open all
‘night to accommodate business
i houses slaying open. Many g&mb-
j lets take advantage of the regula-
tions and deposit their night’s win
jnings there. Sometimes an high as
| $20,000,000 was stored In the vaults,
‘it was said.
While IliPater crowds filled Iho
street in the neighborhood of the
temple, four nattily dressed men en-
tered the vaults under the pretense
pf renting a deposit box They held
up and tied the guards, looted 19
boxes In a few minutes and escaped
without hindrance.
The robbers were able to work
fain by placing a peculiarly shaped
punch in the keyhole of the deposit
box and with one blow of a sledge
hammer dtlwng the lock from Un-
door.
Thousands of dollars' worth of
gems and securities jn the boxes
which were forced open were over-
; looked by | lie robbers. One box ly-
j ing on Uie floor contained $10,000 in
! bills which had been passed up by
j the robbetH in their hurry.
"The loot will be at least $250,000
and probably $500,000," Detective
Hughes stated after an all-night In-
vestigation. He refused to give the
names of the three suspects caught
in the round-up or what evidence
that Obregon win have to defend ins Hearing Being Held Here This1 Texas League Club Owners! police h.-id against them.
Afternoon by District ! May Ask lor Meeting in
1
Washington,,Aug. 29.—Teamwork
between employers and workers to
pull the U/ftrtd States out of eco-
nomic depression and to restore
prosperity will he asked in a per-
sonal appeal which President Hard-
ing expects to make before a con-
gress of business men, employes and
federal and state officials lo be bold | evolution
Engineer.
Dallas.
from within, from without and I
from ail sides. And they add that I
when It arrives It will be of such a| oonBlderante interest is nelng; (By United Press.) ,
nature that inteivention b) t**etg|luwn j„ (|le hearing being conduct. Dallas, .vug. 29.- —President Doak
United States Will undoubtedly have, jn chuml)()|. of commer,el ,:„belts of
to take place. ! ioom.h this afternoon by Major
An American business man living , M Ada|llB ot lhe l llilt.d states en-
in Mexico and hereon a businessreRardjnK concrete ” "'i....... ~ T™ ” I
trip asserts that, in h's opinion, the
Inevitable. A Mexican
here in September.
The nation’s business situation In
“steadily improving" according to
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, who!monjh8
today was preparing plans for th«j j{oth agreed
exile, one who tied with Carranza,
placed the ripening period for the:
revolution at from two to three j
regarding the concrete
bridge now beiug built across Ad-
ams bayou on thdyjupper Beaumont
rodu.
the Texas league adinit-
G jted today that live Texas league club
owners were to request a special
failed meeting of the league to be
held and declared that ho under j
stood the meeting would consider ]
BLOW FATAL TO
SOCIETY IDOL
New Yorker Suffers Fractured
Skull in Fight With
Chilean.
industrial congress at the request
the president.
that Obregon Is a
Property in U. S.
By United Press.
Washington, Aug. 29. — Germany
lust pay for the American lives lost
fon the Lusitania and satisfy all oth-
?er claims of the United States and
fits citizens for war losses caused by
thg^ ex-kaiser’s government before
German property now held by I his
government will be returned, Thomas
W. Miller, alien property custodian,
said today.
The present German government,
Miller pointed out, agreed to this In
the new treaty, but he emphasized
that no steps tow-ard the return ot
German property will be taken until
actual payment is made of all Just
claims by the Ebert government.
The American claims against Ger-
many including indemnity for de-
pendents of those who were lost when
the Dasitaina was sunk, total $300,-
000,000. In addition, Germany
owes the United States $250,000,000
fpr the maintenance of the American
army of occupation.
FALL FROM HORSE IS
FATAL TO KANSAN
By United Press.
Oklahoma, City, Aug. 29.—-"Red”
Waittl, cbwboy of Nbss City, Kan., is
dead today as the result of injuries
when ho was thrown from his
horse while participating in a bronco
riding contest here yesterday.
OKLAHOMA JUDGE IS
FOUND DEAD BY RAILS
(Bv United Press.)
Durant, Okla., Aug.f *9.—Judge J.
H. Hill of Durant was found dead
near the Missouri (,(Kansas and Tex-
as railroad tracks In the outskirts of
the city yesterday. Judge Hill was
a candidate to* mayor at the last
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THIRD INTERNATIONALE
WOULD STOP FIGHTING
(By United Press.)
London, Aug. 129.—An appeal to
the workers fo the world to prevent
thp dispatch of allied troops to Si-
lesia has been broadcasted by the
Third Internationale, according to a
dispatch from the Helsingfors today.
Tho proclamation declares that
troops and munitions are being sent
to Silesia in order that the French
may attack the Russian soviet gov-
ernment in the midst of the famine.
It asserts that Rumania and Poland
are France’s accomplices in the plot.
-o-
here. P 1 — *75,000 DAMAGE .... If
$75,000 DAMAGE IN
MEXICANS KILL
U. SJTTIZEN
David I. Richards Slain by j
Natives Near Chivela,
Mexico. i
(By United Press.)
Washington. Aug. 29.—An Amer-
ican citizen was killed by Mexican
bandits Friday In Sallna Cruz, the
state department announced today.
The American’s name was given
as David I. Richards. The state de-
partment report said that Richards
strong man but not strong enough |
to withstand the forces arrayed
against him. Both agreed that the
trouble is that there is no one
strong enough to take his place
when he goes and if he does. That
is why, they figured, this country
may intervene, for there will be
twenty little generals In all scramb-
ling for the top at once, and the
task of unscrambling them is liable
to be only one degree less difficult
than the Job of unscrambling eggs
or of replacing Huntpty Dumpty on
j lhe wall.
• Here is the situation in Mexico ns
related by men who ought • to
know:
Mexico is getting more and more
I radical. The reins of power are held
| In Mexico City by the extreme radl-
cal party, which dominates Obregon
and whose leaders are Calles, minis-
ter of the interior, and De la Huer-
ta, the former provinional president,
was killed on the morning of Aug T1'p"p two incidentally will play
by natives near Chivela. Mex- j Important. » not the all-Impotlan ,
‘parts in Obregon s downfall, accord-
(By United Press.)
T.vlor, T«x., Aug. 29.—It was mu-
mated today that the fire which
broke out In the business section here
Saturday night caused *75,000 dam-
age. -
The Are le believed to hive been
caused by the explosion of gasoline
in the repair shop ot the Ford Mo-
tor company building,
ust 2 6
Ico. No other details were given.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
OF ROTARY TOMORROW
Mlnature District Conference will
be held by-the Orange Rotary club
at the New Hotel Holland at 12:15
o’clock Tuesday.
Delegates from each of the 54 j
clubs in the state will be present and j
give reports on the activities of them. S
An effort is being made to have a
100 per cent attendance at the meet ,
ing.
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TYLER BUSINESS FIRE ^oN
By United Press.
Crystal rails. Tax., Aug. 2 9.--This
Htlla oil town was tuourlng the lose
of its brand new jail today.
Authorities were investigating in
an offset to ascertain who was re-
sponsible for the Mast which rocked
Crystal rails last night and reduced
the Jail to kindling wood.
ing to the speculation.
The spread of communistic prin-
ciples is illustrated by a law re-
cently passed In the state of Vera
Cruz. It required every business
man to give Ihe state half his prof
its to be divided among the work-
ing men. ' ,
More Radical Thun Obregon.
The business men are flghtig
this law as unconstitutional and no
one has any serious intention of giv-
ing up half his profits. But tho
law has been passed, which Is sig
nificant In pointing out the state of
the Mexican mind.
Obregon himself la radical
enough, Bay those- familiar with the
situation, but Calles and Dot la Huer-
ta are more so. They would like to
see Mexico Russianized. They cry
"Away with the church." although
when CerraBia *o* through the
church was quite "aftay" as it was.
Those ar« the force* working
against Obregon from the Inside j
They are the borers from within,
and they, according tfe the speculn-
For it is not this bridge alone the escapade In lhe Dull park here
that hangs in the balance of the en-jjn which Jess itassell, owner ot tlit-!
igineer’s decision in this particular* Dallas Murines, played u part. By United Ft sea.
'case. | J tuber In declared that he had re- j Freehold, N. J, Aug. 29.—lletk
if Adams' bayou is declared to be[c«ived no direct request to call Hie | York and New Jersey yoetety was
a navigable stream, it w ill then lie: meet ng, but slat, d that a rumor I thrilled today by the sensational hill*
necetuary for the county to make originating in Houston that such a ing of Cecil Arthur, a Manhattan eo-
the necessary changes in order nut ling was to be held was "welljclely man, at a fancy dress bull at
bridges across the stream. founded."
Those who are holding out for al "It is necessary that five clubo or-[
change in the bridge plans state! der the meeting and I understand
that navigation is completely block they have, but l have not received
ed with the piers of the bridge lo-jibe orders," Roberts declared. He
cated as they now are, even If the. further stated that if the meeting
height of tiie floor such as lo per-! was called it would eb held here
mil clear pumage ot boats and* - —-o--;--
"tZ ***. or............. ADMITS $85 THEFT |
bo based on the question of whether FROM FIRE COMPANY!
or not the bayou is a navigable! ___
stream. Those wtio desire changes! (By united Press.)
made in the present bridges contend! Sl i.oul»,.,Aug. 29— Oliver C
that it is navigable, since ii is being' |luIKc, IN. of Texarkana, will be
navigated. | token to that place today or toinor-
Indications at noon today pointed rovv ,0 laC(. ., charge of robbing the!
to a large attendance at today's j 'lixarkllna Xire company safe. . •
hearing on the controversy. iuirko was arrented here last night |
Members of the navigation board | ttS he alighted from a train. He was t
ol Orange county and memberu of I („ |lave confessed to police thas OfMY
the commissioners’ court, acconipun hP stole $85 from the fire company!
led by several citizens wept to ihejsaf, He suid he would waive all:
AduniB bayou bridge site this morn-1 claims and return to Texarkana \
ing to collect first hand information! _____________0_!____
and data for the hearing before Mu-i C1KIV CTIM APDEITC -- • 7?
Jor L. M. Adams this afternoon. i MIxI'l rLlW AvlKLU ! Good road enthusiasts of Orange
The purpose ot the trip was to | JQ MORE PEACE TALK'cou,,t> ’ D-afticularly thoM«- interested
Hie Allenhurst Hotel near her-
Because a Chilean youfh attempt-
ed to "gut in" on his fair partner,
Arthur after remonstrating with him,
was struck on the Jaw and fell, frac-
turing his skull.
Actftg under orders from Gover-
nor Edwards and county authorities
today started an investigation of th«
death of Arthur. J
JASPER COUNTY
VOTES ROAD BOND
Issue Will Mean
Completion of Highway
No. 8.
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determine just w hat items could be
agreed on in advance of the hearing! By United Pres*,
so that as little time an possible| j^uDlin. Aug. 29. -The Sinn Fein
would be consumed in reaching a [cabinet has deiided upon a reply to
decision after the hearing begins. ^ |.loycl George’s latest note in which
, in the completion of State Highway
No. 8, were jubilant today whea news
reached the city that Jasper county
had voted for the issuance.,of $250.-
000 for good roads last Saturday.
INDIAN RIOTERS FORM
[it agrees to further conversations! Highway No. 8 will now be com-
j hi tween Irish leaders and the Brit-1 Pl®*ed. This is one Of the. mBMk/ajj
‘‘HOME RULE’’ REGIMEC,^" “ ............. l’"" jSS
_ I_____0.___ j most to the northern boundary <*t
PORT ARTHUR NEGRO lthl“ counly North that ^
(Continued on Page 2.)
(By United Press.)
London, Aug. 2 9.—"Home rule”!
has been proclaimed by rioting Mop. j
lali tribesmen in the Mala mat dis-j
trlct of India where the situation
was today reported to be critical. A
green emblem has been hosited at
Palllpu.
Repressive meanures of a most se-
vere character may be necessary, tt
wag stated here today, owing to the
fanatical character of the rioters,
who are of Mohammedna descent
Already nearly a score of Europeans
have been massacred.
however. It is an entirely different
‘TRIANGLE’ VICTIM.^ 0r„„
xssrtarrs L
niiis Fafise, nrgro, came home and | that a big celebration wne staged Id , -PS
found his wife, Volla, with another; Jasper Saturday night over the vie-
man. Junius whipped out hij r*vol tory. __
Since road building materials In |
large quantities nr* available tn Jas-
per county it is thought that
*250,000 Will CO a 1
v< r, kttt before he opened Are Villa
*<*!,t n single nhot from a cheap 32
smashing the trlger guard on Ju-
nius lir.tvy artillery. Three rr.ra
shots erd Junius urns dent
D n)ld on *1,003 bent's.
Vm.a hard
ia that i
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