Houston Post-Dispatch (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 206, Ed. 1 Monday, October 27, 1924 Page: 1 of 16
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j: ' "Thar art torn good but mla-i
"z guided and! rttlalnformed man In
Texaa who favor Parguaoik !
. ; Ha whole appalowvr U
tJnalnty to Ignoranea prejudice
) and . tha spirit of hate and ro-
- yania.- t V
;. ... "Navar tiaa thera been aucH a
deeply laid plan to defy law and
rlghtaueneas and to onthrona an-
c fWthf'urint and fwlifcV-.- - -1
1 -J - fTha good ywrnan . at . Taaa'
! ; alone can defeat Fergueon. Tha
. I good man -combined with tha
good women can 1ury him under
an avalanche of votee"
v: Who a tbU apaaktacT la.lt Dr.
Butte ?v Is It the Houston TPoat-DIe-'
ftatch? Is it soma good democrat
mho believes Is tutting bis SUte
bo) party f
No-Ht la Mr. roster's Houston
Chronicle speaking! The quotation
. .above la from the Houston Cnron-
. icle of May 29 1920 when Ferguson
' was a candidate.
v And bas anything happened since
that time to warrant Mefo a rapid
lire switch 'from good government
support of a man whom -ne de-
. acribee as bavlrar an appeal mainly
to "lgnoranoe prejudice and tbe
spirit of bate and revenger'
bet-Proxy Jtm answer in his own
: words. Ham is what Ferguson said
in his opening spaeoS at HlUspero
; tlaatl week: aa publlshedr In the
rr5ottatoa Chronicle: k
'4 f Then In thiej aour of dark dlay
ppolntnHnt were was out on
; thing to be done and that Was for
7- my-xd wife to take up. In bar
nam; the straggle fer vindication
'of our family nanta by .marking
Y'hr own- pereonal.appeal to the
. 'people of Texas. .Again thla
. lerowtf of "political Ignoramuses"
( turned up their noaea at tha new
'attempt for vindication of the
Ferguson nam but my wlfaper-
: aavarad and aha adopted my plat-
. form and began In her own way
'. tr amaal to ..tha neoole."
.' i Vindication did you get lit
Thf what lm is after and erery.
Ao:ifflowi1t.".h'w- ;. . ) '
a Why the hanga of heart; fw
Haw. yon forgotten wtaat;jorUe4i
in 1J20T Hav you forgotten what
area aaid la HUT
t M Tot haT9t glten any explana
tion as to why you urged vioiauoa
; Of 4he pledge in 1922 and are op?
' posed to it now.. Of course you
- wore out of the city but we happen
' : to know that you received a copy
of the Houston Post-Olspatch that
v -reprtntad your "bolt the party" ed
" ttorial.
Coma clean with us Mefo and
tell ua how you do It!
'i Tell us if you wish to -Justify"
a matflwhbse Impeachment record
": and the blacker "after facta" are
vtoe found in the very test books
: tnat are taugni in our scnoois.
''f a a
. Here Is what A. C. Ford of
I ' Houston thinks about the matter:
I y- In the .impending election the
; toter who candidly desires to reach
- ..a conclusion that fIH satisfy his
i sense of dqty and good clnsenshlp
WIU readily admit:
. 1. That the election tf Mra. FBr
' . guson as governor means a return
by a peculiarly dangerous suDier
1 fuse of Jim Fergusn 10 power.
! 1 The Ku Klux Klan can not
! - .and does not expeVt the slightest
: v political recognition at the hands
of Dr. Butte.
i. Intimations of negro suprem
; acy and carpet hag domination are
only silly and contemptible and
- can Influence no one.
. Assuming therefore that the re-
".turn of Fergusonlsm is repugnant
' . . a- . V 11m
BOW as nereioioro iu um cnuu
. of everv natrlotic and ngni ininK
tag dtUen there remains for such
only one possible question Is a
' party pledge1 binding on the voter
when strictly mora issues are m
. 'v vnlvndT
.? The slaring inconsistency of
' " those blatant politicians and par-
tlaah Journals who now so voclfer-
' niialr condemn what a short time
; ago. they advocated with lHch pay!
tnptlc tervor is quue urauuir m
the average observer of State pol-
" Iflcs. Their denunciation falls to
ierrify even the most timid.
v? Every man therefore must ssk
Himself In his quiet hours and in
; his own conscience this question
Which am I willing to pu; first in
Tsmy life party loyalty or almple
honesty-x .
V iiWhlcj. Is the greater dlaaater thst
t tear for my 8tate the repudiation
' X.4hls so-called democratic noml-
wearing the cloak of democ-
racy but standing only a the sym-
bol cr n avowea wrecker -01 un
'' democratic party or the return to
' power of tha greatest rorce tor
vil that baa over stained the an-
sals of any fitateesince the Union
"'was formed T
i In these the closing days of the
campaign signs are multiplying
tiiat the voter will decide these
v questions in such a way that we
.may look forward not backward
. fat the solution of those grave
I economic and educational problems
whjch are clamoring for intelligent
and statesmanlike attention and
' which vitally affect the welfare
of every man wodibo wa cuua 10
Tfaa.
t - o ngni am j swi -HAVANA
Oct. J6.-Thetrlke la
irht hrc sassr.mnis In; Eastern
Cuba'bss been virtually settletf sad a
f irtoal Sjrreeniefit. Is expected to be
nd soon sccorimg tn i""minp
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1 AllUUll VaUiavau i
Of
Trail to Land of Free
En'di in Jail on Tex-
as B o rdje r W hen
Food Play Out J.
(Post-tiepatch Speciall
LAREDO Texas Oct. 26.Afte
suferlng poignant hardships in order
to reach the "land' of tbe free? from
their homes in distant Poland one
man Is dead and another exhausted
by bis experience is ' nader arrest
here for violation of the. immigration
lawsr Hunger was. their nemesja.
Lewticky Matweicznik 87 and bis
companion smuggled tnemseives
across the border Wednesday night
Bewildered in the darkness they stag
gered along the Rio Grande Valley
seeking a friendly soul who might
giy them a bite to eat They bad
been witboisl food 'for. lour days' the
survivor declares. '
Immigration inspectors .picked up
their 'trail. It became ' a game of
hide-and-seek with fugitives and pf-
soeiv dodging between clumps' ef
mesquita. yinsuy exhausted U) two
aliens aask m the -sand and were ar
rested by relentless goyerament offl
dais. ' - ;. '
Matwelcsnik wiSrtten food. 1 He
boned it ravenously Acute indiges-
tion resulted end be expired hi su.' ";
Tbe other unfttunate Pole is yet
too weak to give details of how the
pair made their way to this .country
ouly to be caught as they grasped
success. -
Police Take 1 Dead 8
Starving Men From
Case
NEW YORK. Oct 26. After uf.
fering hideous tortures during a long
cramped trip from toe Urient in pack
ing cases where they were placed by
smugglers one Chinaman is dead from
starvation and six are in a serious
rn'Jitinn at RelleTu hnnnitsl. Thr
otr Celestials are under arrest.
cnargea vntn smuggling me victims
into th pnuntrv.
' Detectives stationed in ew York's
Chinatown noticed three well dressed
men alight from a taxi In front of a
Pell street frocerr srere early Sunday
morning. A moment later a second
taxi drove ud and from it the Chinese
took three packing cases into the
store. s -
. After calling police reserves tbe de-
tectives broke into tbe store opened
the boxes and found three emaciated
aliens in one box sad two In each of
the others.
The tden were unable to climb from
the boxes without afd find a doctor
was summoned who declared that
they were suffering from starvation
and cramps.
Tbey were Immediately removed to
a hospital criminal ward where one
whose name was given as Ling Mow
died soon afterwards. The others
Fuk Lung Yien Ching Chin Yon So
Jung Lung Now and Lung Oow are
in a serious condition. '
Detective's were unable to deter-
mine how long the men had been In
their narrow Cells but It was est!
mated that they bad probably beet
they bad probably been
confined in tbe positions 'in which
they were bound for at least a month
Food which they had stored in the
boxes had ion since given out '
Tbe three Chinese arrested. Chov
Lum Am Lem and Chong Fot con-
fessed that they had engineered the
disastrous scheme snd said that tbe
boxes- had been shipped on the Qaelie
Trinte. . A search of the ship which'
arrived from Singapore Saturday' re-
sulted In the discovery of another
alien Chinaman in biding in the ves-
sel's hold.
. The 'smugglers will be arraigned in
federal court' here Monday. ' "
UE VALfcHA jULt-U AMAIN.
LONDONDERRY. Ireland. Oct 2ft.
. . . . ..aaK
Bamonn De Vetera was arrested to
night outside at UoiumD's fisIL wnere
It was his intention to deliver a
speech.
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ISRETARD
IRECRYPOLES
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FEMALES BOLDLY TAKE BATH ON
MAIN STREET USING NO WATER
It's i pretty kettle of flab when two
females boldly use a Data in Droad
daylight right on Main street!
And worse yet a crowd of men
atood and viewed the scene. Police-
men were there but did not interfere.
Some ssy tbey enjoyed it ..
This newspaper fees learned tbe
names of the fair bathers and deems
it a . public duty to expose them
Wllma and Silvia.
for several fortnights aa' enter-
prising - soap manufacturer by the
name ef " Butler Perrym'ag bns bees
breaking out u suds. He f A a eold
crm s!"i pr"Tjit?'m wl.' : mod-
WMMHtlfMl
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.' I toeewsseee4seeeseeeMesseeeeesMeeeess .
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Yiipiuii israuM
PerVersion of ; Brain
isanonwory -
mnlteJlNewa.)
ELIZABETH. N- X. Oct 28.
"Loony gas' generated In a newly
opened experimental laboratory of the
Standard Oil company here bas sent
one man to death in convulsions.
Another employe lies in a New
York hospital hie body strspped snd
powerless in-AsStralgbt Jacket Three
others lie in the same hospital and
here in Elisabethanotber trio is re-
covering from the maddenlnk influence
of the gas which entered their lungs
and perverted their brains .in spits
of protective gas masks;
Chemical psychosis is tbe diagnosis
of Dr. Archibald Simson; who ordered
the four most severely stricken men
removed to the reconstruction hospital
in New York.
Only perfect physical specimens of
young manhood were
permitted to
work ln the laboratory. Lured bj tbe
promise of 85 cents an hour. SO cents
more than the regular wage physically
fit youths braved the danger they did
not understand and now are paying
tbe penalty. The laboratory has been
In operation only two months.
Earnest Oelgert suffered a horri-
ble death.
eatl
r ta
He bad been breathing the
loony gas for only a few weeks. Last
Thursday his fellow workers remarked
that Oeliert wae acting queerly. Dur
ing the day his manner beeame more
unusual until finally he shrieked thst
he was bemg attacked.
Woman Opposed
By Oil Operator
OnG.O.P.Ticket
(United News()
CHEYENNE Wyo. Oct 26V-Nor
mally republican by more than 0000
votes Wyoming will go to the polls on
November 4 to decide whether a
woman Mrs. Nellie Taylor Boss
widow of the late Uovernor Koss s
democrat is to succeed her husband
as the State's chief executive
Mrs. Ross unanimous choice of the
democrats manifestly has been un
sble to take an active part in the
gubernatorial campaign. She. has de-
fined her position in brief letters to
the State committee and Issued a
statement to women asking for their
political support
Eugens J. Sullivan wealthy oil
I wuv stvi a so aw S V IT UVUSUV VII
I th republican ticket He is well
1 known throughout the State and has
I made an extensive campaign la the
nasi three weeks. Republican leaders
I are confident be will carry the State
easily.
i i
msa confidently aquawted from house-
tops thst he could with his aoeo.
dean ap anything from decayed molars
to a baseball scandal. And than
the soap sovsrign decided' to take in
war icrriiory. an wouia wasn lor
himself sa elephant In fact any
sum her of elephants.
The assertion seemed safe enough
because Nellie tb only available ape-
dee la supposed t be doing as wall
ss could- be expected ta auarsntlneat
Thsn slonf came the Red Roosters.
These inu ' rentlemen bad finally
(United News:)
OAKLAND CaU Oct 3fw.
TMsis hajpeted feet asd fs
vwmj ; wm .y
wesdlsa aleht;.;.
t r w.irarrti ;.i
ae sf the devests af tha ses ;
vseaV Mart raJaww t
' sees art wasa. .rwtanilsf 4
th bride's hiisi Prk f essi
three bmlart eerefsdayeasstft
nm isn waHis Snv: j vTi"
' Afterretttle ho esnttrtd
a ef tn resbsrs hat tha
ethsr-tw got away with sjsst
sf the preseits
UIZ
TO BE RESUMED
'Slush' Fund Charges
Will Come In for
Airing
WASHINGTON Oct. 26. The
senate csmpalgn fund investigating
committee will resume Its inquiry
Monday Into charrea of a "slush"
(snd for use on behalf of the repub-
lican ticket with the exception of s
number of witnesses connected with
the republican national campaign or
ganization.
Among those on tbe list Is Ouy B.
Emerson of New York who accord
ing to testimony now ln the record.
organised tbe. committees in tbe vari-
ous industries business and profes
sions in New York City to assist in
tbe collection of the $1000000 budget
republicans of New York bsve been
called upon to subscribe under the
financing plan originally agreed upon
by the. republican national committee.
There will be only thsee or fonr
more sittings of the committee be-
fore adjournment le taken over tbe
election so that members can return
to their hoi-. by November 4.
Within that BVof time It will be
impossible for the investigators to
cover more than s very small part of
tbe field that bas been opened up
since tbe inquiry started 'in Chicago
10 days sgo.
Untemyer Flays
Lax Regulations .
YONKER8 N. T Oct 5ft. 8am
uel Untermyer who is connected wfth
the Borah committee investixatins na
tional campaign funds deplored what
he termed the laxity of the corrupt
practices act In a statement issued
here- today. Under the law. he said
vested Interests mar. "without viola
tion of tbe law pour unlimited sums
of money Into tbe doubtful 8tate ln
tire closing days of the 'campaign
without being compelled to make pub
lie these contributions.
"We have as yet barer? scratched
the surface of the msss of material al-
ready in our hands and it is coming
in daily in. shoals" Mr. Untermyer
said. He urged that morning and eve-
ning sessions be held to speed up the
investigation.
In reply to a query as to whether
tht uorea .committee was to adjourn
Wednesday os Thursday ss bad been
reported. Mr. Untermyer declared:
. 1 1 have heard of no such decision
snd I nope and believe that the re-
sort la untrue. He also said he be
lieved some of tbe evidence should be
taken ta privets unless corroboration
of certain startling testimony is ob-
tained in order- that no injustice msy
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Nation'!; Butiness to
i fHalis Fitting
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. (Dnltetf.Ue.ws.)
WASHINGTON.; Oct 26. For
four hours Monday government so
tivitiss will bs suspended here while
the cspital psyr offidsl tributs to
Secretsry ef Agriculture Wallace who
died here Haturday.
Government offices have been
closed by proclamation from 0 o'clock
until 1. '
' Tbe funeral services will be held ln
tbe esst room of the Whit House st
A I l-
fii o cjocb.
' President snd Mra. Coolidge mem-
bers of the cabinet high officers of
the . army .and navy the diplomatic
corps officials of the department of
agriculture and relatives and friends
sf tbe Wallace family will be present
at the aervieea conducted by Dr. Wal
lace Radcliffe pastor of the church
which Secretary Wallace attended 'in
Wssbington.
At 8! o'clock the funeral party will
leave for Des-Molnes the home of the
lste secretary where the body will be
interred at-av private service. Th
cabinet will escort the party to tbe
station and Secretsry of the Interior
Work will accompany It to Des
Moines as the offidsl representative
of the president In tbe party will be
sirs. Wallace her daughter Kuth
who were here during Wallace's ill
ness snd three sons snd ons other
daughter who were rusBInc to the
capital when their father died.
Assistant Secretary of Asriculture
Howard M. Uore arrived here Sun
day from West Viralnia. where he
has been campaigning in the Interest
of bis candidacy for governor of the
state to use cnargeior tbe depart
ment. a.
Gore will accompany Tbe remains of
Secretary Wallace to Des Mplflet and
wen rrium acre to assume U1S UU
ties as head of tbe department.
Until his .return. Dr. ChSrlea F.
Marvin eblef of the weather bureau.
who was appointed by President Cool
iifge to take charge of the department
temporarily when Wallace died will
act aa department bead.
uvre ass ainceiiea an turrner
speaking engagements in Went Vlr
ginia. and will leave his candidacy ii
the hands of his friends according to
announcement from the White House.
Wallace is the first cabinet officer
to die In office since th denih nf
Henry fayne postmaster general dur-
ing the first Roosevelt sdministration.
NEGRO WOMAN IS
BURNED TO DEATH
Betty Brown negro. 00. nf 1206
Bice 'street was found burned to
death in the back room of her five-
room home after fire fighting stfpa-
rstus had extinguished a fire at the
ploce early Sunday night.
According to another net hn
lived 'in the house tbe woman was.
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imi ma hiitb woin sne wenr tnin
the back room with a lighted kerb-
sens lamp in ber hand.
Some time later the fire was dis-
covered and an alarm tnpnH in
The body of tbe woman burne al
most Deyona recognition was found
sfter tbe fire tad been extinguished.
GIRL IS KILLED.
'(Associated Press.)
DENISON. Oct. 26.-Clsrlno ftrU-
ey 6 years old. was instantly kif ed
at noon Sunday when struck' by s
train tn South -Denlson. Hhe was
walking witb-ber mother and ihfdnt
slntr sWg the Southern r"ric
WONUBOR
TOWNjE
Unsold Shares Will
Be Allotted When
Working. Men Hear
Speakers
The first union labor bank in tbe
Southwest sn addition to the group
of 30 similar ' institutions scattered
throughout the united states-to ne
located In Houston? will be' organised
formally Monday according to unioi
officials.
At a mass meetinf to be held Mon-
day nlsht ln the Labor Temple. 615
Han Jacinto street tbe nnai mock oi
600 shares in. the new oraanisatlon
will be allotted to union men ana
their - friends accordinc to K. E.
Choate. chairman of the executive
committee of the International Typo
graphical local No. 87 who has sent
1 . 1- - . . . I. . VI r
uuc lav van cur iuv. aanvuiuiKsc.
The bank is to be financed by the
ssle of 1000 shares of stock. Sub-
scription is not confined to members
of unions however and already many
uusinvHt inu jiroivsviunvi. uiru nyv
purchased interests in the new lnsti
tution. Control of tbe bank shnll rest
with members of organised labor who.
("according to 'plans of the temporary
trustee must own wrper cent of th
stock. -
Tbe meeting Monday nlaht is not
only for the purpose of distributing
tbe remaining unsold shsres'ia the
.bank and completing its organisation
with the choice of a directorate but
to listea to spesker who have visited
similar institutions elsewhere.
While the name of . the vrindoal
executive ln tbe new financial organ
isation baa not been announced it la
Heanied from union circle that the
position win oe oaerea a former of-
ficial in a Houston banlS
Tremendous Increase
- In Registration Is
Shown
WASHINGTON Oct. 26.-AU at
tendance records' at the polls win be1
broken on Tuesday next week accord'
ing to estimates of the National
League of Women Voters here which
has been engaged in a nationwide cam
paign to get out tbe vote.
Tbe drive by the organization has
beiped to swell tbe total registration
which shows an Increase nearly every
wnere over tnat or iw.'U and. in some
cases a very great increase according
to a statement giving figures of tbe
gains.
Large cities and small have In
creased numbers of voters this year
Ltaluth. Minn. leads in registration
with HU per cent of Its voters on th
books. St Paul has 77 per ceut of
Its voters eligible.
In New Qork City 1.494.130 are
qualified to vote this year a gain of
8.7 per cent over 1U20. The increase
in Chicago Is 13 nef cent with 1.008
100. qualified to cast ballots for presi
aent there.
Great advances were also shown In
State primaries) this year.
Minnesota increased its primary
vote In 14 by per cent over th
1020 figures. North Dakota reglxtered
a 28 per cent Increase and in Illlnoi
300802 more persons or an increase
of 8U.7 per cent participated in th
1024 primaries. . Tbe Texas primary
resulted In a (Ji per cent lncreaae
Ohio which bad an intensive primary
Increased its vote by 63.4 per Cent
over the 1020 State primary. West
Virginia recorded a 04.6 per cent in-
crease. Florida and Kansas are al-
most tied for a similar increase the
former totaling 05.0 per cent and the
Middle West State a 06 per cent in-
crease. Maine's primary brought out
a record vote a 77.4 per cent In-
crease over 1020.
Loan Acceptance Is
Signed by'Miniiter
PARIS Oct. 20. M. Clementel
the mMetcr of finance has according
to the newspaper L'Oeuvre signed
with the MorgRn group acceptance.
a loan of 8.000.000000 rranca.iThis
is to be' used in pert to re-fund ad-
vances to the Bsnk of Frsnce. Tbe
first section ot loan the paper says
lwl11 be Mued ta' Noreinb'&.
SHRINERS OPEN
AT PARK PLAY
Give a
Shriner half a chance and
be will perfoi
mr capers enough
to
amuse tbe most lugubrious soul.
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It doesn't require the most vivid
imagination In the world to -predict
that when an entire herd of them
are turned loose in one spot that
"dull care" is going to be chased off
the lot.
And that la precisely what Is due
Monday night st Luna Psrk when
Arsbis Temple of the Shrine assumes
charge of the resort for one. week.
FCestivities will begin with' appends
through Jhg business .sectioe at 0:30
p. m. . ; ' - r.-t ".--' -.-.'i'.j-
The rsrb wDl be i
HoochPeddler
Clams to Be
Son of Wealth
(TJnltea Newe.)"-'1' '
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. J6.
Terrase Dana whs claims
to he th sea el a wealthy CM.
caeo family hss baa arrested
by pellea here la eosseetlo
with the liquor I avast Iga ties -that
has ae larress fer
aiers than a week.
Despite Daaiaa's assertlsae.
police claim hiy hav the word
sf Chicago astheritles that
Dsgtaa Is only a "fairly sso. .
besiful bear risssr." Duggaa
alss la aooused of trying t
srlbs th erfleer with as ex-
pesslva aatemoella.
Chicago pslioe hav asked hie
rstsrn U that city ts finish
serving a sestese for lisjaar
vlolstisas.
Msssseeaeae
corassioN
ON RIO GRANDE
Absence of Official
Representative
From Texas Causes
Body to Recess
(Assodsted Press.)
COLORADO 8I'BIN08 Colo. Oct.
26 In the sbsence of offlclai repre-
aenUtlon of the State of Texas on
Iths Bio Grande commission In session
hsre Sunday members of the boay
beaded by Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover decided to postpone
further atdon until such a tlma as
th Ta laalilatur shall neet ana
AnJbftrji. acommhialo
pate In tbe bearing.
Th dedslos came aa the result of
1 ittgffM W - - 8etb of
Fa. N. M.. rivet eommlssioner for
that State who celled attention to
the fact that Texas had expresed a
X..ir n nartlelnata in the dellbera
tionlhat are expected'lo solve the
difficulties surrounding ue aiTemmu
of the waters of the Upper Klo
Grande for irrigation purposes.
Colorado was representee at m
.ii.nM hi Delnh E. Carpenter
Biyer Compact company and lexas
Was unofficially represented by Mayor.
a m wa S V m.a
uicnara r . iMircess
Commenting on tbe action of the
Mr. Setb declared that
there could be no complete determlna'
linn nf th nrnblem without the par
tictpatlou of Texas Tn view ot his
he suggested that the commission ln
a resolution call upon the legislatures
of the three 8tatesvlnvolved to pro-
Mr for representation that could
draw up the contract for approval by
tbe various legislative assempues.
FIRE THREATENS .
i
BIG US. ARSENAL
DOVER N. J. Oct. 26. To com-
bat a fofest fire which is threateneing
tbe Pickntinny government arsennl
br 100 soldiers from Governor's
Island were rushed here by truck
Sunday night. Marines stationed at
the arsenal bsd been fighting the fire
all day but bad been unble to stop
its progress toward the buildings
stored with explosives.
Tbe buildings were filled with navy
projectiles torpedoes shells and pow-
der. . Although the buildings them
selves are of metal. It was said mat
heat paused by the nearer approach
of the fire would Ignite the explosives.
Employes and marines worked most
of the day removing explosives from
the buildings nearest the nre.
Wbrtd Flight Plane
Landed in Frisco
(United News.)
SANTA MONICA. Calif.. Oct. 26.
Lieutenant Leigh Wade piloting the
third of Jhe round the world army
planes reached Cloverfield from San
Francisco Sunday afternoon. lieu-
tenants Lowell Smith and Erik Nelson
nrrived Saturday" after their com-
panion had been foVced down In the
The three fliers will hop off for
Rockwell field Sun Diego. Monday
morning to turn the planes back to
regular army service.
WEEK OF FVN
GROUND TODAY
fun nmvnkinf diversions to 60. Sev
eral novel nd sensational features
have been Imported for tbe occasion.
Potentate A. O. Fulton of Arabia
Temple will lead the grand march
Monday night In tb ceremonies at-
tending the opening of the new dance
casino. This palace of jaxs is con-
sidered one of tb biggest and. finest
in the South.'
' A grand ball will be given Friday.
Halloween night in the casino which
will b especially decorstsd for the
occasion.' " . ; i" v ' " j ';''
Band eonwrts by the Shrine band
will entertain each night' . ri "
DELAYS TORK
aw W w sa wavav.aa JVj
1U aAVHJM
OF HEROE
Californittn $VL? ;
Kept Niece AlTO
With Ufe Fluid Suc
cumbs Sunday
(United Vews.) . ..
RAN BERNARDINO. CaL. Oct. 26. '
The sacrifice which Mrs. T. O. Kelty ;
madayin giving of her own biooa t
save the life of her 5-year-old niece '
has caused the canyon berolnes
death. ' -J '
Weakened by exposure and loss t '
nights snd two dsys besids the body
of her dead husband in the wreckage
of sn automobile which had tumbled 4
over a 200-foot cliff in the San Bar-- -nardino
mountains died Sunday nigbt'.:
at a hospital here. Ji'-r '
Mrs. Kelty with hef hubsnd and
niece Meredith Waterbury left "for
Uke Arrowhead a week ago. vWhett O
tbey did not reach that resort' an
failed to return home searcher wera .:
sent through the hQl country In cuest y
of them. ' . v y i.
It wss not until Wednesday that' ' .
tbey were found. Kelty had been
crushed behind tbe steering wheel of
his machine in the seange over th
precipice. He died last Sunday nifbV" "
with his wife also seriously hurtu-'': '
able to help blur. i . -
The little girl faint from "hunter g
and the bitter cold of mountain night j
grew steadily weaker until Mr. V
Kelty. opening wounds in her ana and '
chest let her niece drink the warsi r
blood which kept her alive. ' vj...
Medical skiU could not save tbe life v i
of the 68-year-old womab and th sad
came Sunday night.
Brady Will BJV)uV(
Unexpire4 Terjnri at j -Galveston
1 & -
Actine- Governor T. W. Davfdeoa V
has appointed Leo C Brady of Oal-
veston judge of the Fifty-sixth . '
fill the vacancy caused by the death :
of Judge Revert O. Street V v .
Announcement of the appointment . '
was made hv A ft In r Governor David- k
son to the Post-Dispatch Over the?
long distancetelephbne Sunday night V.
He was at hlsTiome in Majaban?
ir. uraay sas aiso oeen nsnea-re
fill the vacnncy on the democratic '
ticket by (he democratic eaeeutife?!
committee of Galveston county i.
Judge Brady will hear Monday aa v
Injunction suit which was filed beforev ; '
Judge Street before his destb and 1 .
upon which be issued a temporary U- -
junction restraining the. Galttston '
county democratic committee froni s1 f
printing the official ballot until tbia "
matter could be decided. .-. 1
m o : j-a um ' '
a w V A m VVlwIVHi T Maa t
Name Mexican Envoy ;
MEXICO CITY. Oct 25. Megi .
lean ambaisador to th United Stalest K
will not be named before Deaembef a -;g
President Obregon said Sunday ei- .
plaining that it would b better tar
have the new president fiO W f
imporiaui iusu i v. 1
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East Texss Arkansas and; Okla
homa: Monday fair wanner t Tuesday " '
fair. i a
West Texas: Monday fair warmer ?
except in southwest poriiooi Ttesday '
fsir. ' w tjl
Louisiana: Monday fair winner lav
north portions; Tuesday fair. '
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