The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 149, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1922 Page: 2 of 16
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THE HGU5TC; i F03T: n
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i EURlIIltG OF II AIL
! CAR AT UISSIOU
oocur-
(Coat'd from Tt. 1.)
-tin alio tu notified 'of th
Beetdeo the lever! pouehee of mall
destined for p?fnta between Herlln-
gea and Mission tho fire bsdly dam
ed Us motor oar ttaelf despite Hi
steel eouetroctlon. Railroad offleiaia
said they were unable to estimate tilt
caaet damage but that It would proba-
bly eoet about IU.0M to duplicate the
oaf. 1
"United State Marshal Hervtn mi
Motif 14 of the. burning of tho mall
by on of hlaeeputiee stationed at
W I Salon who also was making an In-
Maturation . . . -
' '. According' to 4 a ' report mad to
PmetdeM rmn of th Gulf Coast
I'nea by Superintendent Callahan at
fcmule. CWWeoo iamb negro
brakemsn tn charge at motor ear No.
MM clalma to have boon aroused' Or
Interrupted about 1a. . Wednesday
nomlnv while tha ear waa still In
tho raJhxmd yard et 'Mlasloh r th
Unknown man drcassd.ln a eoldiafe
uniform maakad with headkeroMet
or or Mo too and armod with on aa-
tmrtatia MateL
. Tho man enter tho ear according
to : Lmb' atom ana atmnnaea
Myorlo Walker a negro Woman who
Imb explained waa ill the ear mi
fa time lamb and tho woman ao.
. mrdln tn tha ormera version. lUtSO-
Od throat a window of ao oar
whoo ooior to not
of tho tnornlnt.
10 told to kavo ovrlnklM gaaolln over
tho floor and mall pouch ana tot
lira. . t. ' -
: Lamb than (talma to havo run to a
Mr. Aechee'e borne ond tnllttad Mo
aid In bringing UM fire department to
tho tcene. TM fir woo Mtlnguloked
but not until tho man had boon con-
aumad and tha ear badly damaged.
President yatt atated that Lamb
did not explain tha prOMMo of tho
In tho car at that hour
rtt. Mt. Pyeatt explained
that tho motor tar tarred tho torrltdry
between Hartinoafl (on tha main lino)
and Motion d point about 0 mile
distant Thoro are about N small oltlat
And towno on tho branch.
(Mall tor point between Harllngen
and Klaalon lo tumod over to tho mo-
tor ear at Hartlngon. Postal offleiaia
explained that tho mall dootrorod
probably represented pouehee whloh
were tranotorrod at Hootta Tuooday
morning to tho southbound Oulf Coast
train which neaett through Harllncea
to lata at night ' tho mail tobo
delivered by tho motor oar - en It
nIHht trip beck to Mlaolon. .
tho moil from thlo day train 1
fwrlod to Mlaaton ond tan thoro until
It following morning when it M aio
tributod U tho polnte between Motion
and Karllnte on tho morntnc trip
to Rarllnion. 'rr thlo reaeon pootal
taoho ooid It lo unlikely that any
IMiiton maU waa In the deotroyoJ
ponohoo. Moot Veuoton mall tor theee
aalnta laawaa on the s nlaht train.
teaohlnt itafUnt oarly tho follow
tl Rattla Over Oil
j iLand Finally Settled
WICHITA tkUM. Total Attf. 10.
Battlement of the moot famoui bit of
oil litigation in tho hletory of Korth
fetao tho Manet Otadlelui boundary
oult hat Met been reached with the
payment of ftTl.oOO In oath by the
Flanot Petroleum eompaay to tho Hao
kell-UlddUetau Intoraoto for a ult
oiala to as rlfhte on the narrow
aoro atrip of land for .whloh a let i
battle hat been wacad for throo feari
naW
HODSSUfiLBS :
OVER COAL BILL
UITHODT RESULT
ROAD EOIID ISSUE
HAY BE REDUCED
BYC0jmPS
(Cont'd from tf. !)
In&lroctly autborlalno oeliure of mlneo
if fatmd Baeeaaer In oanneetion With
agonoy aetmuok but It went out on
a point of order.
With MtUe oaremony tho houee
voted down an amendment delegating
tha dlatrlbutloa poworo to tno Inter-
etato oommereo oommlnlon la place
of a federal fuel dlatributor and a mo-
mant Utar rejected an amenoment
fUlng the dlatrlbutw'a aatary at 17600.
MDreoontatlve raireniia. rapuoucan
New.Tork. found few aupporung hie
oroeoaal that coat dlatrlbuted ahould
be "told at a reaaonable price to the
ultimate conanmsr."
An amendment by RapreeentaUve
otea repuMloaa Iowa which would
have ordarod a M per cent reduction
In tho freight rata on coal to begin
within M day waa thrown out even
before Ito reading had boon concluded.
The principal attack on tho bill waa
by Bepreaontauve Bayburn Texae
democratlo member of the committee
whloh framed it while Repreaentatlve
Barktor' democrat Kentucky and
Repraoontttlro Oraham republican
nllnela alao membero of tho oommlt'
tee. UDPorted the meaaure. Mr. Bar
burn Ineleted that It would have the
effect of curtailing production while
Mr. Barkley and Mr. Oraham declared
graro emergency axleted and that
oongreao ought to moot It without
thought of paruaaaahlp
Peppcr Proposal!
Being Considered
AaeooUted Pree Beport.
FHIltAOELPHiA Aug. lO.-Mam-
bero'of the eeale eemmlttoot of the
anthracite miner and operator Wed
needay took up conelderatton of the
ut-teatlon made to them at Wean
Ington late Tueeday night by Senator
Pepper and Bead of Pennsylvania to
and tho hard coal lutpeniion.
There waa no definite announce
ment ao to raeult of Wedneeday'
aotlvltle and none M oxpocted until
aftar each aid haa oommunlcated to
the Pennsylvania' atnatora the reeult
of Ita oeparata oonalderatlon of tht
new nronoeal. .
International Trepidant John I
Lewi of the miner- union waa In
touch with th leader in tho . an
thraolto field and Wedneeday night
he held a conference with tho dlotriet
prealdento of th hard coal field at
which ho laid before them th tug
geatlono iubmitted to him In Waeh-
ington. ' : . .
Havs Asked to Arbitrate
. Scrap in Postal Service
' WAIH1NOTON Aug. le. WIU
Hay former potmeer general hat
blh aaked to arbitrate "dlfferonot"
hafwaan the rirat Aaelltant Potm(
tr Ooneral Bart!tt and th national
(edtratlon of poet offioe oitrit oy or
flaarn of that oroanliatlon. In a 0m
munioatlon addreated to Mr. Kay
otibart B. Hyatt and Thoma r.
Plaharty president and aecretary
raaoaatlvaly of the federation de
olarad that the era of "good fooling"
created during tho Hay admlnlatra-
tlon. "I rapidly dleappearing due to
the autocratic method of Mr. Bart
lett" Tho letter further eetd that
"Mr. Bartlett has ohown hi tempera-
mantai unfttneeo for hi present po
sition and had ahametully used the
official postal bulletin tor personal
pnpatwnda purpooeo"j
(Cont'd from Pg. 1.)
tho Motor league declared he could
eee no reaoon for oubmlttlno tb M.
OOO.eoo tsaue at thla time when only
l0M0 would bo Used for the next
two yeara aat in temaindar oo
after. After a discussion en the
plan for a permanent road tyatem
to be laid out when the required I-
000.000 bond issu bad been paaeed
Mr. Moody said he tuncated the
smallar Issue merely because ba )
doubt aa to whether tha people
would vote $0000000 tor road at this
time.
Tho Intoreot-payint feature or
ywojjajpant
Ready With
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r.-
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into Qststnad and TreOemerke
tad OopyHgnto RoleteroO
harttway & Cathay
Hetttte. Texts
t guiMlnf
Ml rrOton
ortiee no hi
Dr. A. Jl. Autrey
D lee eee of Noe tag
OftlM M4ai..rVlM Thea
. Totawnono Pveeten tor
All tht latoot tana hits at
. OllvtrM Mualo Noutt anl
tn Shop
PUntt rouaaa) thla orooli
Gunrs crsie tint
10 Ttxta Avtnua .
A-0 Gta Ranta
tow Monthly aymoittt
Over MfiOO Now In Uot In
Houtton Homtc
Houston Gu A Futl Co.
000$ bond Inue waa towsbed up-
on by John f Scott "The interest
on such an looue would be 100000 h
ysar which in Itself would pave many
roads." be remarked. Mr. Scott mate
It known however that be doe not
oppose the' proposed looue but to
merely eotuuderuur tt from every
angle. . " !. ' j
In hi report v County inglnoor
Wise dedared that tho present roads
will not stand the Increase In traffic
expected within tho next few year.
Ha gave figure In regard to the In
crease tn trafflo on tno main high-
ways within the last taw year. V. t.
Bedell representing the American as-
sociation of Engineer expressed tho
view that the caving tn cost of operat-
ing motor vehicles would cava for tho
people to a largo extent of whatever
amoant la apont on permanent roads.
The bond Issue auestlon will be
submitted to a referendum voto by
tho Motor League of South Texas. H.
t. Cohan president stated Wednee-
day. .
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IO TILL
A6AK8T RIOTER
IConf d. from Pf. 1.)
ornor William MoCowan one Of tho
first wltnooiee examined after theo
ginning of tho Investigation. : i
The fact that tome wltneeee are
aid U have refueed to answer gueo
Uono during tho Inquiry white other
seam to have suffered a lapoo of mem-
ory aa to certain details boo led court
offleiaia to believe that fear aa lo cer
tain details baa led court offleiaia to
believe that . fear of Incriminating
themaorveo haa 'caused tho witnsasee
to withhold information.
Id connect Ion with his effort to do
tes . s I - .ana V
amor the V;. s of tno nunc
Awoy .ranff'sa aaa e
pressed belief tttat one iievlcan wa
known to have Be In wuiiamsoa
o!'f durir the cu.ia of rioting d
met hi dMsn la trying to escape Uata
moo at West Pranafort
It haa ameo been learned that tear
Mesdeano got off a train at Went
Prantaort during the riot and were
chased down a railroad track. One of
the fleeing men tt haa been reported.
coaled a mine tipple and tn au anon
to ceease the moo. Jumped to hi
death. Tho other three It lo aald war
beaten but not seriously hurt.
While only passive Interest Wat
shown bp wntlamson county residents
during tho first days of tho Invsetl-
catloa. It became manifest Wednes-
day afternoon ' after tha first In-
dictment had boon made known that
thlo state of paasivenee I gradually
growing Into an emotion of fear and
anxiety with which- further develop-
menta of tho Investigation arc being
watched. s. '
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