The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 39, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 13, 1923 Page: 1 of 56
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THE HOUSTON ROST: SUNDAY MORNING MAY 13 193
PRICE 5 CENTS : '
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KEELING
Attorney General Refuses
'To Uphold Of ficials
In Book Dispute
DELINQUENT TAX
BILL ENGROSSED
$2000000 Rural School
Appropriation Passes
Lower House
AUSTIN". Txaa. May II. Attorney
General W. A. Keeling In a lett-r to
the speaker of the Texas house of
representatives and to the lieutenant
governor today notified the legisla-
ture 'that he would not defend and up-
hold State officials in refusing to rec-
ognise contracts let by the Jtejfthook
com mission as directed In. resolutions
adopted by both houses.! He further
declared that he could not under the
constitution Inatftute suits to prevent
carrying into effect the contracts in
controversy.
To Institute sulfa for cancellation of
the textbook contracts nilght operate
as 'A breach of the contracts and on
such grounds the contractors might
obtain damages against the State the
k-ttcr stated further.
. Bonham Bill Engrossed.
Heeling's communication was in an
swer to resolutions adopted in loth
houses directing all State official not
to recognise the textbook contracts
which have been In controversy. The
legiplutive committee's report recom-
pensed that steps be taken to annul
the contracts.
Tax Bill.
The LSonham delinquent tax bill pre-
scribing methods for collecting delin-
quent State taxes estimated at Jii.uOO.-
' 000 was enRrossed by the senate this
morning without a record vote. Sev-
eral amendments relative to fees to
county officers for collecting tnxes
were adopted. The bill will be taken
up for final passage this afternoon.
Final Action Delayed.
Consolidation of stata departments
' w Injected wttrTout success as an ls-
' sue In departmental appropriation bill
in lha house today. Final action was
i - dilayed until noon ihnao")
amounting to more than So.000 for
the next two years was passed. 81 to
19. under suspension of the roles.
The Greer bill appropriating l.'.OOO.-
000 annually for rural school aid wi
(Missed finally by the house today. 101
to .
YACHTING PARTY
GUESTS AT BEACH
A trip down the ship channel and a
royal reception at Gaivexton followed
hjr a banquet was the experience of
a group of visiting lokeys and their
local friends FrWay. who left early In
the morning aboard the prlvale yacht
"Patricia" owned ty J. A. Mitchell of
Houston.
The party was composed of Imperial
Prince of Dokeys Ous Mi-ese and wife
of SfiAVane Wash : Imperial Kadi
JTiarlcs F. Wellar.d ot Paltaa: Mrs.
. W.. 8. Lenley of Temple: Mr. and
Mr. B. W. Steele and daughter; Mr.
i ud Mr. R. R. Redfleld: Mr. and Mrs.
C. F Brown; Mrs. Oscar HolcomUe
and Mr. and Mrs. J. AMitchell all
of Houston.
A reception committee of the Dokey
club headed by Saul Levy met the
party at Galveston. The evening1
entertainment cloned with a basjquet
held at Ouldos at tha beach It wao
Mid. .
SAYS ART OM
WILL BE RETURNED
DUBLIN. May 11. Korln O'Hlgglns
Irish Free State secretary of home af-
BLOCKS
!. fairs staled to the press today thatL
v " ha would deliver to the British An
' O'Brien and all other persofMi deported
. Jrora England to Irelenad when they
were demanded. A
' - . i The secretary sab) he considered the
' agreement under whloh the prisoners
- t were obtained from England Included
'viv compliance with successful habeas cor-
9 us motions A writ ot habeas corpus
j mis recently obtained In England for
' 5'Bries.
ATfl
5'Brles.
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fEMPT TO BLAST
' TROOP TRAIN FAILS
" A symphony conoertbr Arablai Tetn-
train with brigade of artillery n
"oard osaa' sutppod tt yards short off
; Jlsastst tdr hoar Ooterfetd. whers ai
k . sic steel bridge across the Rhine-
' Jiere cAal and the suppotts on- hoth
- ldrs Wore blows up by heavy chars
f dyasinlte. ashsv' train was ap-
woacWng. ; ::. -
- The explosion "was apparently timed
oa quickly and the aoise waraod the
nglaosr. s.T5; -;.- V' " ''"A
' Girl RcDorted Kidnap
Ai ?an Lws Objspo Cal.
max tmvomuNh cu Mr ii-
VMlea Jreno . IJeweUyn aa hW---onsod
hp two wian her friday night
ceorlag-ea retor made 4he
heriff'e offhto" today. - - -
The girt la a- sister ot Wm. LUwsl-
' yn ball plaror.--.
BRIBERY CHARGES
r ALLEGED AGAINST
DKLAHOMA MEN
State Officials Arrested
By Order of the
Governor
MORE WARRANT
WILL BE ISSUED
OKLAHOMA' CITY Okla. May 12. -
Ham mo n Fox Davis special Investi
gator for Governor J. C. Walton .and
the attorney general's department wax
arrested today at the direction9 ot the
governor and Attorney General Short
on charges of accepting bribes In con-
nection with thf State'a Investigation
of conditions in Western Osage county
oil fields settlements.
Davis Is an attorney.
Charles McCloud. an operative of the
governor's office aald he obtained evi-
dence against Davis and Jess James
alleged gambler by the use of a secret
telephone device at Pawhuska Friday.
A $200 bribe was alleged to have
passed. -
The governor and attorney general
sal4 other arrests were expected and
that "sensational disclosures" would
probably follow.
An information for the arrest of
James charging bribery. Is In the
hands of Edwin Dabney assistant at-
torney general and will bC filed at
once. It was announced at the attor-
ney general's office. Dabney la In
Pawhuska. -
A warrant also .will be sought for
Seth Lewi former sheriff now a dep-
uty sheriff hp Osage county it was
announced.
HOUSTON-ORANGE
INTERURBAN LINE
GRANTED CHARTER
Electric Road Soon to Be
' Reality; New Town-
' site Assured
nouaion s newest inieruroam. cow
fenglertricVn'eo
on's newest Inlerurbam. the
now almost -a reality. Charter Sras
granted Saturday according to mea-
sages from Austin. The line is also
officially incorporated for 1500.000 the
ftrsj. unit of a tapltalisatlon that Is ex-
ected.to be a $2000000 .concern when
worlref laying the track and install-
ing equipment -Is completed. Ed Ken-
nedy of Houston who Is heading the
parties behind the project said.
Two routes hsvp been proposed Mr.
Kennedy said. The coast route would
tun through Gooae Creek Wallisvllle
and Hampshire; the north route would
skirt Crosby Dayton Liberty and
Daisetta.
A big response from towns or the
proposed 'routes has been received. It
was said llrpresciitatives from Goose
Crock and Daisetta are working for
the line to come through their terri-
tories. Other towns. have offered to
finance the expense hjcldent to erec
tion of bridges consfflfcting fills and
so foiUi In hopes of getting the line.
A meeting to elect officers jand ar
ranjre for actual consruction will be
held within the next IS days at the
Holland hotel at Orange Mr. Kennedy
said. At that time representatives
from the towns on the proposed routes
will be beard from and the' route that
can be mod- In the atralghteat and
cheapest form will be decided upon it
wan hi id.
With a population of 500.000 in four
cities to be touched by the line of-
ficials believe the rood "will fill a cry
ing" need? for better and quicker trans
portation.
Terminals at Houston and Orange
the eastern terminal of the road have
been located Mr. Kennedy said.
An egtneering party under direction
of 11. Q. Henderson chief engineer of
the company la now at work making
surveys far the line which at the
shortest .is expected to bo $ . mls
long.
The Stone It Webster company's line
from Beaumont to Port Arthur will be
used by the H.. B. and O.. It was
stated.
Plan New Towntlto.
The promoters of tbe company those
who started It when a dream and have
pushed It forward to actual Incorpora
tion are: O. W. Collier Ed Kennedy
W V. Kennedy all of Houston: S. M.
Sella. W. H. Stark. F. H. FarwoH. S.
M. Whits. A. r. Bums and C. W. Mo
Farland all of Orange and K. Klshl of
Terry and Theodore Koch of St. Paul
Minn.
A bonding company from tho North
Is expected to bo represented at tho
meeting to bo held In Orange Mr. Ken-
nedy said. at which tint the company
will bo bonded.
Tho company at- tho present time has
1&0 stockholders representing: Harris.
Liberty Chambers Jefferson and
Orange counties.
J Plana for a townalta company In
wii rrw. hiui in a m u . a unhWM
ra also searing compleUon it at-an-
BoiiaeadV-- " s t ''.
Tho townaho company IH ha laeor-
pormvoo sriv.oo ano wuie artor
tno- aoTowpmoat m1 xmm icrrnorr atone
the linos. '. i . - I
!r fhrrolnc aootlona Taaol
towns will spring Bp as soon os trans-
portation ot their ttredpeta can be as-
sured" Mr. Kennedy said. -
Dare-Devil of Confess
WthdaWi Appeal rf ined
WASHINOTOX."' May . 11 Fomer
Renresenintira Manaet Henick ad Ok
lmhorao the daraevil igreos.
fromided treeaily la police rourt oa
chsrga Of 'disorderly roawox-U' aw
rklcd toda) mx ad take as appeal and
eras fined W The xorge grew Sot f
a complaint that tie had a snored a
young lady eh tbe street. . r v T
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Plans wM Buildbg
I : 24 d 'iH $3 ul ill v hit'1' (wot 0 i
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EIGHT ARE NAMED
IfTITV
AFTER PROBE OF
POISON PEN BAND
1 40 Society People Were
Recipients ; 80 Tell
Of Tactics
Asociald Tress Report.
NEW YORK; May 11 -The grand
jury which baa Indicted George Max-
well president of the Anteloan So-
ciety of composers .authors sad miV
liahera. for sending obscene missives
through the mAtls. has evidence
against eight other prominent mem-
bers of a "poison pes" illqur which
Is alleged to have vietliritxed 140
wealthy society reonle here in Phllu
delphla. Buffalo. Pittsburg and other
cities. District Attorney Bantori dis-
closed today. .
Eighty ofHhe alleged victims -already
have testified before the grand
Jury which is still in session. Mr Ban:
ton revealed that their statements had
led to the uncovering of 147 poison pen
letters and to the discovert tat nine
well known families had lie.trohui
np. a man and a woman had died
shortly aftr-r receiving vicious mis-
sives and 'another woman aad goo-
Insane. .
Villlno to Return.
Maxwell's attorney here announcej
that Maxwell had cabled from Europe
a denial of charges In the Indictment
Maxwell himself received several oh.
scene letters from the clique. saM the.
attorneys. He woura not watt TO h
extradited to America they assorted
but Would hasten borne to . face his
accusers.
Allan K. Byan. the. financier whew-
.wife was named In letters he turned
over to the district attorney result;
fng In the grand jury disclosure. deJ
clared totay ahe also would return
from Europe and that he would prose-
cute the writer of the letters If It
took his entire 'fortune.
Among disclosures made by Mr.
Bant on were that a band of anonrmoia
letter writer haq been preying upon
prominent people in thla and other
cities since Ml and that the recl-
tents of letters- mdudrt the late En-
rico' Caraso.. the Osvntees of Kania
Bulalla -who was-tho- watow at John
B. ftetnsn of Phlhxqelphla; ' John
Drew.-the actor and Albert Galla-
tin banker. -Divorce cases Inrotvln
parsons not named hyf the district
attorney now are pending la the
courts ho said.
Wrote to Women.
Tbe poison pen clique's saefhoJ.'
according to authorities jama to send
letters to middle aged woaoen en-
deavoring to entice i them Into af-
fairs with members of the group. -At
tar several month the writers. Jther
Doeoaoe their methods failed
J3i
cause they disliked Joe Intended
tisns. would sosd tetters to the hus
bands brothers Or other male reia-
Uleea of tbe woman tsj whom they had
wmtesw - ; .
Members of the asclsiy which Mar-
wotl headed way it . la. laeoacelvaki
that Fh eowM hove hsoa eonnaricd
with sack a plot. Hewas tbe tatilh-
V. -Coot i on Ft. 5. "
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W Mf BToportd HrtOii y itfolptfHetytrtmlfantf Markf.
si(luigyfa1lTtlK NEW munidpfj building
If me 01
old city ball t constructed
recently to the city founcii it will
important municipal ttflldlngs tn the
. Tbe municipal building and market as papposed would occupy tne
property on vhlck the old section of tbe city ball now btands. Tho
newly built section Of tbe. city bail having a fronUgo of 66. feet on
Congress end Preston .renues and a frontage pf 237 feet on Milam
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4 CHINESE REFORMS
Associated Press tleport.
WA8HINOTON. Jlsy 1!. November
t. next has been agreed upon as the
date of the conferences to be held In
Pekln by representstlvss pf th (low-
ers under s resolution adopted at the
Washington arms comirence. to assist
In reforrolng Uvir' Chinese iudietal sys-
tem. . . ;
The United States Belgium. Crest
Britain France Haly Japan rho
Netherlands Portugal; Braxil. Din-
mark. Norway Peroy Spain and
Sweden will be represented In the con-
ference which grows out of the de-
cision ' to abandon - extra-territorial
rights In China as rapidly as the
Chinese courts themselves can assume
responsibility tor Mia administration
of justice.
Notifications to the various govern-
ments participating have been sent
out by Secretary Hughes.
Mr. Hughes explained thst Invita-J
tlona had been sent to Brssil. Don-
mark. Norway Peru Spain and
Sweden because they possessed extra-
territorial rights tn Chins.
The meeting was to have - taken
ala oar. within tares months after the
Washington conference adjourned but
at the request ot the Chinese povers-
ment . a postponement was agree-1
upon. '
GERMANY IS SUED
FOR MARK'S DROP
United Press Report.
WABHINOTQNr.May 11. Salt will
be filed before. the mixed claims rom-
muafloa to recover from the German
gownunent money loot by American
oittsens wnq hold Ota man securities.
the varae of whlctt depreciated when
the Geaaon mark fell. . .
The Associsthm ot American holders
of foreign Securities has prepared a
suit for ni.eSs.ooo against Germany
The petition chaises the German acv-
ernment could have prevested lost Is
to rontcrr Investors t '
Kansan Becomes Dean of
(4orthYteraU. Branch
j- i Assorts ted Proas R&port.
CrTfCAOO. May li.-Announcemf nt
waa sands today at Northwestern unl-
vwsirp that eUewtond 'Asa Kent as-
sn.Snt of the school ot educauion st
th University ot Kansas.' had accept
ed an torviattoa to hscoms daa ot tho
rollec ot liberal arte at Northwestern
effeetitw next September.
Ho trot ourceed Dr.-Roy P. nick-
CALL'PARLEi FOR
inger. dees ot tho cllesw-rw:nevl'l' Jrn"nrr
yeoro who recently estreat for a year- I obrev tho. etnoos of the tag
fqrtourh for travel and study abroad.''
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which has been proposed to replace
aecxirding to tbe plans submitted
compare favorably with the more
priMipal cities of tbe United States.
(Mtreet. would hacome a sactlon of
the new buifdiag.
I'ncler tbe present ' plans the
structure would be 19 stories in
height not including a basement
story. There will be two observa-
tion towers above the 19th floor
with a promenade at the base of
tbw first tower. From tbe sidewalk
to the. base of tbe flagstaff will
measure 350 feet giving the build-
ing greater total height than any
other building in tbe Southwest.
The entire color effect of tin- exteri-
or above tbe granite bam- will lie ot
Ivory gray. Hoofs will he of mottled
green tile. The dome roof above the
second otjeervation tower will be cov-
ered with genuine gold k.if-
Base of Polished Granite.
' The la."- of the building is to be of
polished granite end the entire ex-
terior surface up to the eous of the
third story windows will bo of natural
stone. All ernanifnl.'il iiaits iittove Un-
natural stone will be terra cotla iin-
Irhed In'natural stone color.
Ovr tho main entrance portico there
will be ah ornamental spandrel of poly-
chrony terra otta. The design will
be developed from a subject having
hiMnrlcal association with Houaton.
In the construction of the hoildlng
It is Intended to use as much Houston
niii.rrial aa possible.
In reality; the;' building would con-
tiia 2(1 stories. lor it la proposed to
have the basement well lighted and
ventilated and it will eerve various
uses. Besides heating and refrtgerat
ing plants which wlJJ serve the entire
building storage apace for the ground
floor Mores.' (Joeing Travis street witi
be provided... Certain departments ot
the city administration will he located
in the basement wo will the munif.ia
Eir.ise. whtclL-wlU have an entrance
on Milam eUeei.
I nder the market section of the new
building a eub-haeem!t. with a floor
area pf about Z&.OOfl square feet has
been planned.. This It is pruposei te
use ss parking space for sutn mora tea
of market patrons. Entrance to the
parking space will be Inclined drive-
wars from Milam street. "
The new aestket spoc extends
through the building from ttengrrss to
Preston avenue and will connect Uh
the present market space In the newer
section of the city hall building 'the
mnrket space would have a total of 1 1.-
(44 square feet on the first floor level
and a measaajlne space of about 750
square feet.
Entrance Through Vestlhlue.
The main entrance to the -musiclpai
bulidlntf and offiv-e sertioB wduld be
or. Travis street running through o
large vearlblue Into a general kber-
.Jxti feet. Hbre are five elevator
shafts.
-The preUralnary plans provide for
space for eight stories on the mala
novr' klsb ail fating Travis street.
These spaces are te have enough ceil-
ing spooe to permit a mesxaniae floor
If desired.
It la proposed to locate tho entire
engineering department of the city on
tho second floor of the remaining see-
t Ion of the Jiresont city halt and on
the second fieor vrf the new building.
eooveoieot' ts the niats at airway and
. Coot'd on Pf.v
GOVERNMENT WILL
RETURN YAST SUM
ORREYENUE MONEY
i
Millions of Dollars in In-
come Taxes Affected
' By Decision
- Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON May 12.-vMllllons
of dollars in Income taxes collected
on earnings or profits of subsidiary
companies accumulated prior to March
1 1913. and oistributed through hold-y
ing corporations will have to be re-
funded by the treasury under a de-
cision by Commissioner Blair of the
Internal revenue bureau.
The decision announced last night
reverses the oprevlouH practice of the
bureau which held that earnings or
prof Its ' turned Into holding or parent
corporations by their subsidiaries were
taxable as income when distributed as
dividends by the former. Tho deci-
sion in effect creates a division be-
tween the earnings of the two and
holds that on tbe distributed funds
created by the subsidiary the stock
holder need not pay a tax.
The ruling validate numerous
claims for tax rerunds waseh have
been on file for several years' Treas
ury officials however were unable to
estimate the probable amount of re-
fund involvd a re-audit of the tax
returns being necessary to determine
the iimnunt for a greater portion of
the claims. .
ELEYEN BODIES
RECOVERED WHILE
FIRE STILL BAGES
Latest Estimates Indicate
14 Oil Well Workers
Lost Their Lives
Houston Post Special.
ConsiCAN'A Texas. May 12
Ucven bodWa have been recovered
near the burairfg Htighes-McKle oil
Weil 11 miles southesat of here.
Laieat eatimstes place the number
of the dead at.H.
K. . .Kisjey of Tulsa. Okla.. wear-
ing a suit made of asbestos this af-
ternoon made three trips to within
ii feet of the Mazing oil and gas
and removed three bodies. Another
can be seen through the smoke and
the flame.
One of the bodies has been identified-as
that of 8. P. Allen. Identi-
fication was e8tsllthed through a
watch he wore. It had sloped at
i.Ti li m. The watch crystal was
not broken.
Klnley made his first sally Into the
heait of the flaming hell late lKt
night romoving one body shich lias
not been identified. Kfnley was
brought from Tulna by J. K. Hughes
president of the development com-
pany owning the well.
Without asbestos clothing. It Is still
Impossible to approach within a hun-
dred feet of the roaring- Inferno. Kin-
ley however w-alks fearlessly Into
the heart of the blsze his face cov-
ered with blsnketa soaked in water.
Work pretlarutory to starting steam
from the full battery of 2U hollers
continues but some of the men in
charge express the opinion thst it may
lie Monday before steam can be turned
on from all the boilers.
HYSTERIODSBOND
SUPPLIED WOMAN
Associated I'ess IJcport.
NEW YORK. May 12 A prominent
person In Kostnn whom officials de-
cline to name is reported to hav
.one security lor Mrs. Myrtle 13ow-
sjtsn Hayt-s of thai city and saved her"
from the Touil s after plans to sur-
render her had be n made last night
by the bonding company which had
furnished 110.000 bonds when she was
charged with foraing. the name of
Charles M. Schwab to a i-'.VOOO note.
Today Mrs. Hayes was Jubilant
promising she' would make sonic
startling disclosure when the charges
against her were tried.
She was born tn Itallas. -Texas came
to New York at the age of 15 4o be-
come a milliner ann wan promote- of
the Motel tHiuthnni at llrookline.
Mass.. when Involved itf tho forgery
charg-is. .
Three agents of a bonding conn any
visited her. hotel last night with a
warrant for her atreat. but after she
had done much telephoning the -agents
announr-d that the bonds would be
continued. '
A handwriting expert who has been
railed Into the case ass quoted today
as sowing he wiuh1 need to examine
more samples of the Schwab hand-
writing before he could be certain of
fraud.-"..
FIXED PRICES HELD
ILLEGAL IN KANSAS
TOPKKA Kan.. May It Standard
price scheduled are Illegal In Kan
sas under a State supreme court de-
cision today in the case of Charles
Q. Mills against the General Ordnance
company.
Mi Ms hod a contract for the sale of
tractors furnished by the company.
which provided thst published lUt
prices of tho company ahooid be
maintained throughout Mills territory.
The decision declares all fixed price.
reo. tracts mot ween dealers and dis
tributors are literal sad .as wloiattoa
ot tho SUio antl treat law. '
Floyd Johnson Game
To Core; McAuliffe
Lasts Three Rounds
Kansas Giait Scores Comeback After Four Years
Absence From'the Ring; Batters Iowan Into Sur
mission in Eleven Rounds; Argentine Caveman
Wins in Third; Fulton Loses to Renault'on Foul.
Associated
RINGSIDE. YANKEE
Willard former heavy eight
A rrrrn 1 1 ri ravman rmtrcrA
nicviiiiiK. v-iiiuil viliv-l t vu
two main bouts of the Milk Fund heavyweight carnival in the
Yankee stadium before a crowd estimated at close to 0.000
. The Kansas giant.-attempting a come back after four years"
absence from the ring Scored a technical knockout tpver Floyd
Johnson of Iowa after 11 rounds of the most spectacular"
battling of the afternoon while Firpo quickly disposed of Jack ;
McAuliffe II of Detroit knocking him out in the third round
of tjieir 15-round match.
But one of the five bouts on the card went the limit. ' .j
In a third star attraction. Jack Renault Canadian cham-
pion won oh a foul from Fred Fulton tall Minnesotan in the "
fourth round of a lO-ronnd
Umaha knocked out Al Ketch"
Of New York in the sixth
round of a scheduled 8-round
go while Harry Draake of
England was awarded a decis-
ion over Joe McCann of New-
ark N. J. in the first prelim-
inary a 4-round affair.
Game to Core.
Game to tbe core but unable to
withstand Wlllard's ponderous at-
tack Johnson went down heavily
4s the bell rang for tbe end of tfie
eleventh round. He was carried
helpless to his corner and the fight
awarded to Willard when the young
Iowan was unable to come out of
his corner for the next round. Up
until that time both men fought at
a terrific clip and several times
Johnson' seemed on the verge of
going down for the final count. He
was saved twice by the bel
Receipts Set st 1390000.
Firpo after a round and a half of
sparring sUih McAuliffe who showed
little outside of a brief spurt la the
(Cont'd 6n Pg. .!
ARABIA SYMPHONY
CONCERTPPSES
. LARGE AUDIENCE
Renditions Warmly Re-
ceived; 1000 School
Children Attend
A symphony concert by Arehla Tem
ple band first of a serlei"planned fori
the n ar future.' was Klv. n nl p. ni.
Saturday at city auditorium and -en
joyed by a large audience including
about lOOft school children.
A dance followed the concert with
music furnished by Lloyd Flnlay's or-
! cheetrat
The addition of regular symphony
concerts to Houston's musical activi-
ties brings the city a new distinction
Few places of Its six support sym-
phony organisations. The general ex-
cellence of the music Saturday night
assured that coming concerts would
be of tne first order.
The featured number was the
"American I-egion MHrch." composed
by Charles Parker who was on hand
to direct the piece. Warm applaus-
was accorded the stirring march j
which haa leen rankt-d with Sousa's I
compositions. j
Another selection which pleased was :
"Evening Star." from "Tannhauser." '
Sung by Frank Collty w ith band ac- !
companiment.
A. W. Snyder dln-ctcd the pmirram
with the exception cf the one nurnb-T
noted. The ordr w:ts a ft!lnws: '
"Coronation Marrhc" . . .;. Meerteer'
(Fro "The Prophet.") I
"Semlmmidf " Overture Rossini I
"Marche Militare" Schubert
"Sextette From l.uela" Ilonixett)
1as IVn Kcharpes" tSearf Dance) I
Chaminade
"La Lisonjera" (The Flatterer)
Chamlnad-
"Ballet Kgyptian" Luigini
"Princes of India" King
"Star Spangled Banner'" Key
PROBE DEATH OF
Associated Presa Report.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Otla.. May 11
j An Investigation Into the death of Mrs.
tnnie i iwpe ihtsx wire or Jonn rope
held in the State pealtenttary under
sentence of death tn connection with
the killing of his second wife and four
other persons near Ida bell April K.
has been started by officials- here. U
was announced today. .
The first Mrs. Pope died eeereral
years ago. . It was said at the time
that she burned -to. death whoa ber
clothing caught fire.
.In pleading guilty . to the killing- of
his second wife. Pope. said h sought
to collect her life Insurance or tAOo.
Officers said hat first wife held a
stmilsr policy. Pope's son .Jock by
hie first wife to serving a life sen-
tence tar connection with tho recent
kiiiitur.--.' i . .
Press Report. '
STADIUM May 12 JAs '
chafhpion and Luis Angel Firpo."
f hia q f f stnr . r ?--. tn Vmfe -vr
tuiI as uwa tJ TlWVV'ad tVi
mr.trh Ttnv Tim" HWman nf
RUSSIA-RESENTS
BRITISH ATTITUDE;;
OFFICIAL STATES
' ' ' ' s
Soviets Can Not Accept
Ultimatum Deputy For'
eign Minister Tells Trade
Unionists
Associated Press Report. .' '
MOSCOW May li Deputy Foreign
Minister Ganetsky's declaration to I he-
Moscow council of trade anions thatt
although Russia la willing to confer
with Ureal liritsia over tho differences .
between the two jeowhtftes shs ean
not accept such an ultimatum" as was
set forth by Lord; Curron Is taken
here ss sn Indication of the trend of
official opinion toward the Bri tisa-
ne te
Qanetsky told the council that the
soviet government desired no brook' .
with Great Britain. "Wo say to Kng.
land" he asserted "let us talk the
matter over but do not dictate."
Ganetsky's statement thst "Russia .
is against those who want to enotavo
her" found a reflection In the reooln-:
Hon passed by tho council announcing .
'hat Russia was rrady. If necessary
to respond with armed force to those 1
who try to Infringe upon her inde-
pendence. The soviet reply. It Is generally ex-
pected w ill go forward to London aft- -er
Foreign Minister Tchltcherln's sd. '
ilreas to the special aersion of the
Moscow soviet which hss been same
moned for today. 1
The assassination of Vorovsky at
Lausanne hna given rise to many ru-
mors aa to the probable course of tho .
government but so far there has been .
no indication of how the murder Is
viewed officially.
British Receive
Reds' Reply
Associated Press Report
MOSCOW. May 12. The Russian
leply to the British ultimatum was
hsnded to the British representative
here this afternoon and will be sent:
to London lonight.v Its general tone
was reflected by Foreign Minister
Tchitcherin In his speech before the-'
Moscow soviet this afternoon in which
he declared that Kusala would pro-
pose to England that a conference
be held In an effort to avoid a break.
HARDING DESIRES
TO CUT EXPENSES
I Associated Press Ueport.
I WASHINGTOX May 12 Members
:if the cabinet have tx-eii asked by
President Harding to Impress upon
bureau chiefs the desirability of keep-
ing expenditures at a minimum even
though they might have available ap-
I propriatsuia which if unexpended.
wlH lapse with the end of the fiscal
year 'on June 10.
In connection with this discussion of
finances the spokesman for the presi-
dent said that the executive had been
greatly gratified by the Indications of
Increased revenues and while he had
not as yet given detailed study to pro-
posals' for reduction of taxes waa ag
anxious as sny taxpayer for the time
to ceme when a lowering of taxes
could be made. Such a time it was
added is now foreseen by Mr. Hard-
inc.
CANCEL FREIGHT :
RATE INCREASES-
Associated Press Report.
. WASHINGTON. May 11. F
rats increases of approximately IS per
cent on first second and third ejaas
freight from Wichita and Hutchiasoa
Kansas to Eastern Colorado ever tho
Santa Fa finally were cancelled today
by the) Interstate Comavaroo commie-
sioa. :' --' i- .--;i
. Tho Mghee Schedules bod beotj smdeo
strspenskm .since February smi:ng
Inveot . -
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