Houston Post-Dispatch (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 186, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 7, 1924 Page: 1 of 18
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With L alttMHnn IB'.ita MWUr
ptwntly rjr wliia lund 8Ut nd
' ' oTeromnt offldtU in Hourton.
rectim tb fight amlnrt' toot m4
: vootb dlMMe. tttrBM-ttMria Moil-
d"T to th nftTorWonomle-m-W'
ditloM in my aeetlonf of lh 8tt.
h: whlrfc arc ti TffwU .of itrlct wt.
mIbi Tnn rnrodurt at'
i thni br otbw fctate- Cotdition. to
a h annroMlHiir K -acriout Uf. a
Th f irt definlto 'mow tft raliete.
Vthno. condltlom waa made SamW
A - wbea J B. Booi-tkott ebalmaa of
tkt Taiaa ta'Wack- aanltary eom-
bi!s8ion.wlrd Johft R Mohler. bead
' t of tba' federal bunaa at animal l-
s .i)nr. rMinntlnc that a laeetiaaT af
repreaeotatiTe from different Butet
. - - be called Tor too porpoiaor oowun-
till otodlflratlona In the unaranHnea
V; lR!set Txji It ia propoaed. t oW
bt taeetln in Bt. lou. -- 'f.
. Mr.- Boor-8co(t aald that la flew
-. of the aicellcnt arogreat made hr tb
handliojr of (be diaeaaa In v Harris
f eounty. many of the embargoes eoald
v be modified wlrhour the laat dahger;
The 8tate'a commerce l eoffering
I beavilr. already becanae f ae aM
atrlct regolatlona be declared aad ft
' ia moat Important ahat ateps toward
fallal- be taken Immedfatelar.-.
"Wt have been rlticind for killing
rattle eritbia the infected area" Mr
BoetrSeett aaid "but it to the beat
thing that cu be done. It la only the
- prompt nl effldeat traj that gor
ernmeat.and Btate men bare bani
died -thi altaetioa -bare ?wbicfc; baa
avnided ' ' rren . etricter embarfoea
: i ajainat Teza thaa m W force -aew.
f I It the 'diaeaaa got. away-: from. m.
i. other Btatea eoald dane om em
! hmM an .etrict .that omnerre
J voald Je. brongbt te-" aatandatia.f M
. Att'of- briel lutt jkloadar f anoril-
m- nnea aeaaja.t to. rae -again
tb mftereoon Bear. BUiogtM "Cltld
t: aa tne auucntenrur or contact eatu
's anil' ranra. cattle thonrht-.t hare
been expoeed te the infected fcerda
deatroyed Jaat areek waa. reaomed.
in Bayou :
v r tut a Atter r irst.
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"t-r .The body of Jamea HcKalghL 68.
jiiiv in; i inn.
UToaHi Monday mornlnf la Buffalo
Bayotf at tbe foot of Oongreaa are
t-B.ue will be taned xneeday.
x juctuiiiat waa Man ana oroae. ae
Irietor of the Windaor' betel where
fllcKnifht lived. . Barlx Mondar mornt
(ing b tried to kitt blmaelt by leaping
r from .a window of the hotel hat Mr
Arthur eaw the old man potting I
aelf p to tbe window ledge and
bins'
waa
able to reach him in time to prevent
7uikn lit that UnBTnlvkr rkaa
Itold hlmTie waa IK and oat of money;
. J jjajier argning agaion Biucnie wu
K hint. feiVrthap buted. ha cave lfcr
ifKaight a warn breakfaat aad an
I geated that he forget the idea of kiUr
r ing himaelf and bant work.. " A few
ft momenta later. the aged maa left the
1 1 bviu uu mmm mu wmu uaw mil to ;
m JTh bod waa Cotrad at 7 a. m. hioa
day by Barney Bobertaea. egro track;
fe'Vrirer tor tbe f trm of Henke A PiUot.
uti Jnitiee OamnbeU' Oreratreet held an
f iooneet and gave a vetdlrt ef aaidde.
n . Mer. 'i'. winanam took cnarge (
the - body and will bear the atpenaea
t r. tne nnerai. Jtiuuugoi y ne - aam.
JIDH ffWK Wr iim. ..v WWII...
will he at p. tn. Tnaadar-nt the Sid
.Weetheimer -Undertaking eompaay'a
' hapeL aad Her. Windham will of ft
1 ciate McKnight Bar. Whadhaa aaid
V h.ad. no relaavea. - -1
Jl .-. Mtoa Calvert Banea. v
m . frn body of Wee Thelma (Salrert;
. ' A uulad hi life oDOda with . a
V (DiatoL waa buried Monday afternoon
ia Foreat Park (watery. Pamearera
. ' Wfftraj - alllllain uuiua. waKUB ajuei w.
'Boater. Alien Urtan; Gardner. Fred
. Ciiirna and
I JPUUI
uiui w . ra
coin McOreror.
an
fallow . members of Mian Celvert In
'. the Woodland Hetthta & T. P. U.
t - Tbb Pogle-Weat cempaar had
. csaraa of arrangement a. te. unartae
' S. Baal officiated. v
' Calvari waa a atnflent or tae
' Manser: Bnalneaa (allege and bd
witk:hatk.MiwMa'apBeJ.-a
- Murdered inAlezicp
' WABHINOTOH :i6ct' -'t- The
murder ol William v B. Ifaeeer. aa
-'American citiaen. at Totom Mas waa
; mimrted 'to the atate -department
Monday. b Jimea B. Stewart Aanar
. icaa contnl at Tampko . ..'"
- Maaaeyar noma ? ia- nr uuasofee
V rikle.. and he U lurrlved trt a wkiow
' and fwe rildrea. He -a terminal
neHnten'-nt'-pf ti.a' .etrpo'
L'.iV. -rl
ttyPV1 AINT NO SUCH ANineU." '
ME
Gtlaate
Would Throttle
" :liYoteraxiJ
y'velmtch Special)
' WICHITA FALLS. T-xsa. Oet?-B
Oeorge XX Butte republican candi-
date for governor apeaking before
1400 people who crowded a motion
picture theater and othere who stood
beneath ampliflera outside the build-
ingr Monday night challenged the "ar
rogance of the little hierarchy of 81
members of the democratic executive
committee aitting at Auatln trying to
throttle the conadence of the demo-
crate ot Teaaa.". Be quoted from a
statement issued at Dallaa by Dwight
Llewellyn member ot ua oemocrattc
committee that tna committee wouk
require every democratic office holder
and nominee te immediately declare
thalr .attDDort of every nominee from
governor to coaatabIe and require
tbeae unwilling to ao dedare te resign
hie offM or commiaaion. . -.
Thv are trains: to throttle tna
consciences ot f the demoerata of
Texaa. Are they going te locceedT"
Butte demanded. - - '
. "They're getting Beared - enoutea
ne ef the 60 aerseea on the platform.
G. A. Bogera. aeaocrat preaiaee
over tbe meeting. Mra. J. C A. Oneet.
democrat; and sister of Clyde sweet-
on. democrat orominentlr .mentioned
for governor tela year iatroduoed
Butte.
"I have! alwava been a democrat.
Mrs. Oueat aaid. "and win rote for
the nominees when they are in the
right and wbea they will give me
aam.bodv ta vata tor. JHt 1 Will Hot
rrota for an fan peached outlawed got
''Ur. mtte. ana aeaarea lsjnere
the choke of the mother ot Teiae
(Oonf i on Pg. 2. CoL l.
' TJIAKhLIHST.' : K. J-
Flana were being templet
Monday
night to teas tae great
Shenandoah from her
dirigible
in tna
hangar to the mooring tna
lust eat
awe promptly a . eonnae
ineaesy
aiantu
mernlna. whera it will
noon when the pride of the air aerv
ice will be headed - westward en
Journey which will be extended a tar
aonu aa rort wortn xexaa ana aa
tar to the wast aa the(Padflc oeaaa.
.' Weather report from WashJnftoa
earhr Motidev nicht indicated .to uom
aaaader. .fachar Lansiownev that it
weald he adriuUe to delay the moor
lug -of the' big . ahlp haul ' Tneaday.
Thi prompted-a oaat tuaute canceiia
tioo etxha plane to fasten the Sheaan
doah on the mist earlir Monday night
in anUdpatloa l iti aepartore At
aarprenavj?!...;'.
FomnCaier'Gcli1
UKAKtAt'CriTt'ZkMf Oct
Phil Drumau former cashier of (ha
WichiU Monday wee fined (1000 by
Jorto Joha a Pollock '.ta United
t - out- b- w a " charge ' ef
t r -" if t? Awd. -IMiftim
c' he.
SHE1AND0MIA
i GET AWAY TOD
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LQokWhoVHcre!
Short Call Officer G.
A.; Lewi M akei
16th - Trip to Hoi-
pitAi'AfterlCrash. r(
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At pouee headoaartem tnu mra-
aage cauaee ' every man from tot
greenest police' reporter to the oldert
member of tbe force te grab his hat
and Join a general rush for the hospi
tal L-''- '
Since January 1 ttre aqch messages
have been received. And. each time
Short' Call Officer Q. A. Lewis
"the bard hick cop" haa been found
by hia colleaiaee in boapital euffer-
lug from injuriea so stained in tbe per
formance ef hia duty keeping the
ce in Houston. . 1
ewie hia face and left knee lacer
ated hia back . and ahouldera badly
wrenched .and poaeibbr internally ia-
rared waa taien to nis urae none at
3210 Vlrcinls street Mondav nicht fol
lowing a head-en collision between the
.lice emergency ear-ana an ovtoonao
uth End street car at Polk avenue
and Fannin street shortly . before
$he accident ecttarred after Lewi
aad hia partner J. XL Ditto had ar-
rested n negro man and a negro wo-
man in the 1600 (block on Travla
street and started with them to bead-
quartera. A complaint had been made
that-tna women was aisturoing tae
peace. The abort can men found a
quantity of what appeared to be a
narcotic but later proved to be "voo-
doo powder" and intended to hold the
negroea for Investigation. .
At Clay avenne and t annin atreer
tli nrro nan shouted "Let'a ad!"
scuffling with Lewis in toe rear aear.
Une ol tne prisoners tnen struca
Ditto in the face and the latter blind-
t hv eka Mow. loat control of the car.
which veered directly in the path ef
the oncoming street car. -
According to lrwis wnen ine negro
attacked him be waa unable toreach
hia gun but drew a knife inatea He
made a tnruat at nia anacaer jun
the automobile craahed into the etreei
car. '
VAtlnwlBs' the crash the neero Ban
laaaod from the car and escaped. He
waa later recaptured ' Lewie waa
thrown out of the macninei landing on
hia neck and shoulders. Ditto waa eat
en the face and stomach by flying
glasa. iae negro woman wws urawa
through the windshield receiviai cuts
en head arms ana tegs. - -
irii wsa ukan to St Joeeoh'a in
flrmary In a Fogle-Weat ambuhwea
bat ha insisted' on being taken home
after receiving emergency-treatment.
Ditto WKae taaen to ue uuinaar id
a private car ana us neaTerwwnan m
a Weetheimer ambulance. She waa
pieced under guard. - .
" The trip to the hoepttal Monday
.jv (Cost'dePg. 2.0ol3. ; s
k k . v tr.- ; ''
Indktmenlof28
SqidtoEx08eBig
iBwkmptcy Ring
'WW T0BK.
Oet.'f 6. Twenty-
U ho leaders fit a nation -wlde bank-
mnev rlna which haa 'fleeced -mer
chanta' ot anfllkm dollara. were in-
dicted by a federal grand Jury Monday
for nelng the mails defraud.
Frederick H. A. Brief eL receiver in
bankruptcy and two postal iameetora
made the investigation. According to
Mr Btiefel xnemberoof the ring bb
tained control ot concerns about to
discontinue or h piwcee of liquloav-
tlon. v Ha saw tney cotajuea mercnaa
iHaa which would dlsanoeer mrsteri
rmaly shortly after- its-dellrery and
the comoaniea would then' be thro
; .'n brnikro: tcy with-no. diecernible
It f . i?
170UNDEDGDU
Mist: Miry
DacK injurea oy.
Shot
The condition of Mlsa Mary F En-
gel 22 who was ahot by Bmeet Qohr.
30 Sunday night In Cbarlea H. Jee-
aee'a confectionery store at 2711 Odin
avenue improved but little Monday
according to attendanta at Bt. Jo
seph infirmary. She received tne
full charge of bird ahot from QobVe
shotgun In her back. It la probable
that if aha recovers ihe will be para-
lyaed. .
Tbe snooting louoweo an alterca-
tion between Uohr and Jeasee. Ac
cording to Jessee'a account of the
trouble Qohr entered the atore earlier
in the evening and need abusive un-
anaae before Mlsa En eel. who was
employed by Jesaee. He wae request-
ed te leave but returned later and
repeated nia offense and thla tuna
Jeasee put him out br force.
- The next tune uoar appearea le
earrlad a ahotcun. which ha aimed at
Jeasee who waa standing near Mlsa
Kngel at tne caen register.- .lessee
ducked aa Gohr fired and the charge
struck Mlsa EngeL Aa Gohr ran
along the street awsy from the store
Jessee killed him with a ahot from a
revolver which he kept in the atore.
Examining trial for Jeseee hae been
set for October 17 In Justice uanip
hall Overatreet'a court. ;
Funeral aervicea for Uohr will be
held at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the Hous
ton. Undertaklnc company's parlor
Rev. T. J. Windbsm will officiate and
Initial will ba in Evercreen cemetery.
He ia survived by two brothers Hugo
and Otto Gohr and one aiater Mra.
T. H. Scharbror.
StlFUEDTO
OUST NEGRO
Right of Cohen to
Hold Office at New
Orleans Contested
(Assodated Press.)
SEW OBLEANS. Oct -ult
waa filed in federal district court here
tailav to remove Walter L. Cohen
negro comptroller of cuetoms of New
Orleana. from that office oa the
ground that he ia of African blood
and deeeent and therefore not a .eit
k.n Af tha United States. The P.
title In tha suit filed by H. Edwin
Bolt who aald he waa an attorney of
Washineton. U. IX. attacxa tne
lidltv of the fourteenth amendment
of the federal constitution alleging
that it waa never leganr adopted not
hiving been proponed by two-thirds
ot each house of congress nor rati
fied br two-thirds or toe statea. .
Cohen stated he did' not take the
matter eerloualy but that it would be
referred to United Bute Attorney
Biimau
Mr. Burns stated' that ander the
revieed atatatee all cjvlt actiornr dl
eected onlnst efflcera of the govern.
vent omst be defended by the United
IS IMPROVED
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0H:DEEP
Investigation Into the
S upp 6 9 e d; Smug
gling Activitiet of
Boat to Be Made. ;
The revinga ot the former aubma
tine chaaer Deerug on the high aeaa
between Port Houetoa end Tampico
during the month ot September which
government agenta charge Included tbe
muggling into thie country of a tlOO
000 cargo of morphine are to be
tokt In tbe examining trial of five
men Thurada mornina before United
Statea Commtaaibtier Winston Me
Mahon in the federal court room
The five defendanta In the caae
arraatrd har were arrautned Mon
day afternoon before Commissioner
McMahon on charges ot conspiracy
to smuggle narcotics. A sixth man
H. B. Kinrwald. is being held in
Dallaa. '
J l KIh sf Houston alleaed "fl
nancier" in the plot madebondfor
unnn Mondav afternoon. B. E. Bai
ley master of the boat and J. A.
.8mJL.jilleged .-.MTtJaken partln
mm
TO BE TilD
.:v- jijir j; r
certain tran"" -wim-irawafaaaae .
the oaae In Mexico were released oa
bonda of 12500 each. H. T. Davidson
. k.lA Vndlnf tht making ef - bond
tor $2600. and Clyde Markbam wnd-
ma me maxins oi wuu ir fww
Both were membera of the crew.
Four other membera ot tne crew
George L. Fox W. Uiedricn rormer.
ly of Houston more recently of Tarn.
nioA H v. Rlcarte. Cuban and Ed
wardo Marques Mexican were held
for $500 bond each aa witnesses. Ui-
Mrta anH Uarauen are being held for
the immigration authorltlea on charges
of illegal entry into tna coumry.
Th marina made bar uniucxy voy
aaa without tne xnowieaae ox oar
owner. Judge Miles Beeves of Fort
Worth who bought tne noat August
26. Captain Bailey aaid Monday that
ka bail aa idea the boat bad cnangen
anda until Jndcfr Beevea appeared
aboard her mat week and shewed the
transfer paper. - Coming hare aorae
dava bio to look over hi new bar.
Judge: BeefM found Ike-.boat gone
and Bowt am wgownatani guumr.
We taTocatlnt v. "fr
. Hhe bad nantnaecieerea xor aaex
to September 0' Her deatlnation
wait given at Oalveatea at a amaD
tavn An the Mexican Coast. Instead
ate went vto Tampkoi clearing frera
there fpr Uavana Be p temper
Captain Bailey declared when be
waa arraigned that he waa forced into
Galveston by rough weather which
waa too much for tbe 110-foot motor
ahlai
Government authorities charge that
large Quantity of morphine waa un
loaded Into a smaller boat off the
mouth of the Brasoa river the night
of September 30.
The tpen were placed under arrest
Saturday and tbe boat waa turned
over to Judce Beevea.
L. B. Mason apedal agent or tne
treasury department. In charge-of the
mate wtta aeadquarters in Bin An
tonio: A. F. Scharff. trenanrr depart
ment agent for the Galveston and
Houston territory and J. E Wells
and 0. F. Carter narcotic agenta
have been working on the case.
Andrew Simmons appeared before
the commissioner Monday aa attorney
tor ua defendant.
CAL PRAISES
RED CROSS
Society Heart It Is
'Nation's Guarantee
OfProgrest
. (Associated Preea.)
TCA8BINGT0N Oct. . Thanking
the American Bed Cross for It ac-
complishmentt for "practical human.
ttykod toaplred charity'' President
Cootidge In an. address opening the
annual meeting of th society here
Monday pleaded for a truly dvillied
worm wnere tne cost ot armament
of penelona of fortiflcatlone were
not required to be borne.
"Where reaourcea could be used'
the president aald "to promote not
to deatror. haomnesa In such
world what mlxhtr werka could be ac-
compHsbed under tbe leaderahip of
tbe Bed Cross spirit! Poverty igno
ranee prejudice and all uncharitable
neaa might be completely relieved and
remedied."
Toward Buch an Meal Mr. Cool
idge declared th race is making
progress. It will ba achieved be aa-
aerted "not by aome magic formula
m tome inspired moment" but be.
cease men and women were mora' and
mora demanding It .
Ia the Bed Creea the preaideat
aald the nation baa It opportunity
"to eapiullae and direct the fmeat
tbe most appealing attribute of our
'(Coibt'd on Pg. 2 Cot 8.);.'
hflexican 'Agent Will
if Supervise Bond Issue
i vfAaaodated Preaa.l
.Justin.' pmk & oct6-juan
Icaxa. anccial eaent ef the Mexican
government' arrived here Monday to
eupervtae anq - eneca. tae printing of
tbe $"'0000000 gold ond laane placed
en I ne mnraei laai weea oy a.
ArUWAueUa ureetment
int.brokt.
Crazed Negro Runs
AmUck Shodts Two
immums Hlrnself
eeee eeea eaeee eeeeeee
IntheHouston
Sector
i
r
Her are tb aaabet "vlctlma f
the but 4$ hear in Hoaetea :
- Ataxv Leckaley aegre a beat 80.
fired a ballet Into bra brala at 1:30
p. aa Maaday. after rnaalag.amaek
aad weaadlag three pKpla at th
laeeaa waaorjr. .
. J. R. Miller laaadry foremaa
weaaded la left arm by Leokilsy.
; Laolada Parker Uaaary worker
that threaoh left arm by Laekaley.
Mia Hale Dear laaadry work-
ef bank aad legs Injured wbea aha
leaned eat af a window af th laaa
dry to escape ballet from Lock-
ley tea.
Eraeat Gohr SO tlala Sunday
alght after ha had attempted to
kill Charles H. Jaaae at the let-
tar' eonfeotleaary ea Odla aveaaa.
Mlaa Mary F. Cngsl at th point
f death from weaadi laflletad by
Gohr whea tb latter fired a tawed-
ff ahotaaa at Jsssee.
Mlaa Tbalma Calvert 18 commit-
ted aalold at 1:80 p. aw Saaday by
aeadlag a 48-oallbar ballet late her
h heart follawlai
a reprimand irom
Kraeet t. urate a. aaet larea
tlmea by bla father.lalaw Jaa
Dav. la tha HeHhta Saturday aloht:
txpected te recover.
Cbarlea Emmatt Morgaa wall
kaewa ell maa died Sunday fram
luaabot weaada aoelasatalry lafllet-
ad a week age while h waa a
haatlaf trip.
Baffal bayoa claimed victim
Jama McK eight 68
drewaed
limtan aarty Moaaay.
1
reiaTS ribuun un -t
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BaDrtMser-
i.
(Aesodated Press.)
NEW YOBK Oct 6. The Pree
bytery ot New York received Mon
day but delayed action upon tha re1
Ignation of the Bev. Dr. Harry Emer-
son Foadlck the Baptist preacher of
modernlat ldeaa who for five years
haa held an aaaistant ministership In
the First Presbyterian church ot this
dty.
resignation waa Dr. Foadlck a
answer to the request ot the free
bvterv that in accordance with a rul
l&g of the general assembly five
months ago he abould renounce hia
Baptist membership aad become
Presbyterian or relinquish bis asso
elation with the local church.
A snecial committee of the Pree
bytery beaded by ifr. Edgar Whltaker
Work communicated tue decree ot
tbe general assembly to the Bev. Dr.
Fosdlck and read before Ihe 1'rea
bytery tbe minister's anawer ending
In a reelgnation.
At tbe committees recoramendo-
1.- U. ... -I... k. k.na
of tbe f irst cburrb tor further lnvea-
tig.ition and deliberation with hi'
atructlons to report to tbe Preabytery
by November 10. It is expected that
on that date the First church which
haa stood by tbe Bev. Dr. Foadlck
for two years while the battle between
fundamentalists and modernists raged
around him will mak known whether
it purposes to accept or reject tl
resignation.
unce Derore the ttev. Dr. roadie
resigned from the axelatant minister-
ship. The occasion was the furore
which ensued whea he used "shall the
fundamentalists win?" as tbe subject
of a sermon. Hut- tbe church do
spite strong pressure from fundament
allsta throughout the country fnd i
vote of censure passed upon' tbe
preacher by the general assembly at
Indianapolis in 1923. rejected the ree
ignation.
Cotton h Found
StuffedinWound8
OfSIurderedMan
A new "twist" in the mystery of
th unidentified man found a few daya
ago in a thicket near tbe Gooaa
Creek-Crosby rosd has been revealed
by the patient Investigation of coun-
ty officers.
The bullet holee in the man's head
were stuffed with cotton.
This discovery is in support of tbe
theory which officers now hold that
the man waa murdered at some other
spot possibly In a remote part of
the State and his body dumped at
the place where it 'waa found weeks
later by Bennle Browning La Porte
yputb.
' In view of the care which the mur-
derers took. It is thought likely that
the clothing and laundrv marks by
which it waa hoped u identification
could be made were net those of the
victim. -
People Irom many sections of Tex-
aa hava Viewed the body but no sat-
isfactory clue to th man's identity
baa been found Paul U-Lee Goose
Creek' undertaker ear he win hold
the 1 hddy in4enaltli. ualeaa omon
i Clabxi it. ;ti :V'V P
RESIGNATION
OFFOSHIIP
Hail of Lead Meant
For Wife of Man
Throws; Laundry in
Frenzied Panic.
uraaed By jealousy ai
after hia wife
had refused to live with I
him any long
er Alex Lockeley negro about. B0
ran amuck at the lneeda Laundry on
Smith street at 1:80 p. m. Monday
wounded two person! and caused the
injury of a third and then fired a bul
let into bla own brain ua died later.
The injured: !T
J. B. Miller ahot through the left
arm and tbe right cheek when he tried
to. atop tbe negro'a fire.
ijucinda Parker nearo woman soil
Dallaa avenue ahot through tha left
arm. -
Miss Helen Gear. 1412 Walker ave
nue serious Injuries to the back aad
lower limbs auatained when abe jump
iinp-
tbe ed from the second- story of
laundry to the pavement below i
' during
tha ahflotiniv .
According to tfi. h. anyoor manager
ot tae lneeda Laundry the negro
slipped into the building at 1)90 p. m.
and walked up the etaira. Aa he step-
nad from the last aten to the
' J 1 L. II.J . OO.ullk.. .1.4.1
"r" -trr rL r rAn0. Maesaenuoette bad
iviiiaiisty t arx-maoas a.s ws awa uw
ley an employe
of the laundry.
Tbe woman aaw tne negro ana
eterted to run from him ecreeming
wildly at the earn Mam.; r .
The foremaa aad several other m co-
workers hi the place made a mad tpeh
toward the negro aa he pursued the
wotnaa. firing aa he ran.. One bullet
took 'effect To the arm of the head
foreman J. R. MiOer. ' '
uiuer aaia mar ae..rasi straignx
toward tbe negro Who fired the platol
point blank at
at bla
head. The fore
man ducked aa the pistol waa brought
to point at the- ame lime throwing
hia arm In front ot bla face. . Th
bullet pierced th arm and allghtly in
. Lueinaa. rarxer waa acroca ia .ua
m nil a atrav nimai. - ..'-
. Many of tb women in tne eeta"
llabment war thrown into
reowda vnahad to the door and win
ikM artanns to coeaine to on
alaught f tb weuld-bd aaaaaalii. Mial
Ueien Hear jampeq rrom.n wmaew
Onto tb' pavement meiow - ana
vtniiali Inltifwd hae back atad limb.
Mik-k.l nf llK mml annaraatl
th aWrrt ol Wa A thick remaCSed nn-
nort throogb ail tne snooting tnougo
several buileta war auad in ear eu
rectlon. . c- . 1 .t
Annarentlv Prasad th netra ra
acrosa the long room with the crowd
ot men behind bun stopped out. on
a email balcony or tire escape and
ahnt himself between the eves.
The entire action from the time
that the negro entered the room until
he lay with bla lite blood dripping
einwiy away took little more tbaa
minute. .
Don re to the laundry were locked
gainst tb curious hundrrda that na
aembled almost before the police ar-
rived and only those In authority were
admitted.
All of tbe Injured people were
taken to St. Joeenbe infirmary
Houston Undertaking company and
Wall A Stabe company ambulance
iocksley died an hour later.
The manager of the laundry atated
that he had evicted tbe nearo rron
the laundrv on three occasions Mon
day morping and when the man finally
(Cont'd on Pg. 2 Col 7)
DELAmRIAL
Hauptrief Case Post-
poned For Week
As Result
4
(Aaandated Press.)
8AN MARCOS Texaa Oct.
The feeble flame of unborn life Mon-
day saved Mra. Annie Hauptrief from
the ordeal of trial for her own life
on chargea of murder by polaonlng
four of her young stepchildren.
The baby which phyaicieae predle:
will come aa a Christmas present to
her and to tbe invalid husband whom
she la also charged with attempting
to poison interposed its faint
strength against all the machinery of
criminal prosecution with th result
that tbe trial which was started In
the Hava county district court here
Monday moning ended abruptly with
temporary postponement until -next
Monday.
Mrs. Hauptrief sat apparently un-
moved through the proceeding.
Both the State and the defense
Monday issued statements of the po-
sition that would b taken when the
case came to trial.' Mr. Cbapin and
Mr. Watson Mra Hauptriefa attor
neys asserted that- the miad of their
client waa fogged to euch an extent
that it never had developed normally.
She move tbroagh life they aaid
without sense of right or wrong.
Mr. Blundet asserted for the prose-
cation that the State had In Ita -pea-session
a confession witnessed by five
residenta of Sad Marco which indi-
cated he aald that th killing were
premUiUtd.; v
fCt BONNER IS DEAD.
.pnrrsFiEiJ).4 m- Oct. .-
Robert Edwin Boonert TuV. former
publisher ef tb New lort Ledger
died ' at file aumme home in Lenox
today. ba ;w.;'.piwldsatith
- JPxlnceton'.cUa;M l&7 ;-.-A6fv..
hUERTu
IMMITI
Guggenheim Interc:'.
Were to Get.AIt
kail Railway Mc:
opoly Candidal
Sayft.
it
United New.)
SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct.
BScf
daloua chargea aimed to involve Pr
ident Coolidge and Secretary ot t
Interior Hubert Work in aueged
legs! transaction! were nude h
Monday night la a campaign ope
delivered bf" Senator . Burton .
Wheeler independent vice presiJ
Hal candidate. . -
Wheeler contended he waa tar
sention of documentary proof:
. 1. That Hubert Work secretary
the interior signed a aecret cont:
with J. P. Morgan Guggenheim
tereata to ruin ' the ( gevernmt
Alaskan raQroad and ' give 1 them
monopoly ol the government'a Ai
kan reeervea. : - 'r--- ' Hv
2. That President Ooodge; '
or uaesaennaetta nao
tan Bank of Boston more ef fc
funds than i legally permitted i
that Mitchell eoatributad $0003
Coolldg' campeifn fond when e
$1000 la permitted by to Masetc
setta law. u.. -v.
. Ha Ctitraat Cojry. -
The chargea war et forth In
tall by Wheeler who claimed he 1
a copy of tha Work-Morgan icon!
and eopiee of certain records in
CooUdge-MlteheU.eaee. s
In hi chargea against - T
Wheeler aet forth that
"Some weir ago th woverr
approprieted a great maay milii-
the people'a money to build a rai
to Alaska. The attempted wre
of thla government entarpriae
stillgolng! on .1 j 0- -
:Caeap ratea tor' th area "of
Uorgan-Onggenhflm Interest en
ring to convert Alaaka into a pr
kingdom lor themielvea ere in e
aa against the higheat possible i
tor. all other ueer. . On this g
meht ttn there tj freight ra
or $6 per too oar load lota' for
mile from Neriana to Seward i
en mine th Mayo- anine own-
the Morgans and th ti; ni
ship' or In thateaaorlty.' i.er
else paya a rate ol S44 per ton."
I Wheeler the contended ' that
running mat Senator La Fo.
(Cont'd 6aPg. a 'CoL 1.)
'A
DEIdSSnijT
Only Word Fr6m I
State Body Is Rr
at Bolters
AUSTIN. Texaa. Oct. 6.
Stat democratic executive ei
tee went Into executive teaalon
thla morning and remained I
dosed doors during theieotlre
Newspaper men werev barred (
participating in the deliberation
tb committee. ' t ; :'!tk
That tbe executive committee
cueaed plans tor waging aa anre
less camoalta durln the renin:
daya before the election oa Nov
t waa not denied by membera of
committee but they would not
Arm any rumora na to what vat
cussed. -
The tact that Jamea B. Far"
acted aa proxy for B. SV Cui.
waa taken aa an admission that
deliberationa were to he "rery i
to the condualon to be reached. '
It 1 known that the com mi
dlscueaed th loyalty of all eandi '
in tbe raee for atate and aati
offlcea. Whether the committee -demand
a dedaration of loyalty
the democratic party Is' matte
conjecture. That th fealty ot a
of th candidat ia doubtful waa r
ifeat by numeroif autementa at
uted to several of the committee
A number ef the eommttteemen
preaaed tbemaelvea aa beflevine t
every"-true democrat would eui
uejranernaioriai nomtaee. . : .
The committee adjourned a
o'clock and gave out a atateme
which- they denoanced any perm
undemocratic who went into the
mary alectione aad then refill
support tha nominee In the
o (Cont'd on Pg. 2 Cot 4.)
The WeatKei
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