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; Little Co-Opcration On
:Tart of Complaining
I' -Governors Would Help
V Pro Enforcement He
&Says.
Texas Given High Rank
I -In Aiding Federal Of-
fleers But Other States
Delinquent Is Charge.
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! By I. N. GREENBERG
Staff Correspondent The Past.
4 WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.
4 Prohibition Commissioner R.
A. Hayncs intimating that the
' government has its hands full
'" of "preventive" enforcement
delivered a hot shot tonight
- into the ranks of governors
. who contend that the federal
government alone should en-
force prohibition.
"If the 200000 policemen
. marshals sheriffs and-deputies
a in this country would join
hands with the 1522 federal
k prohibition agents the United
V States could be combed of vio-
' labors who now slip through
' because hands are not joined"
' Commissioner Hayncs said.
' Washington interpreted the dry
chief a statement uot only as a thrust
r'. as the altitude of New York and
Maryland hut also a pointed reply to
Uovernor rim-hot of Pennsylvania as
v to why the federal government does
not assume full charge of rolibitioD
enforcement.
- Striving for Ca-operatiaa.
"Framera of the eighteenth ninend-
meut did uot provide for the building
mt of a (treat national constabulary."
Hayncs said. "We are making every
effort to Htimulate i-o operation from
; municipal o 1 1 1 1 1 and State officials."
Texas i regarded in national pro-
hihilion circlet as one of the leading
'ro-uiH-rulioiiist" States. While its
long coast line and Mexican bonier is
a source of constant irritation and
while a few county governments" are
; considered backward in enforcement
yet on tin- whole Texu is held to be
most satisfactory anion; the Mates
V similarly situated.
I Fmpliasizing pi
i- the prohibition i'
recnling measure.
uiiiiiissioncr's. slate-
i ment sail:
"There are certain phases of the en-
: forcenicnt of the prohibition hi for
: 'WUU.U me ip;h'im tjuvernuictn i. ru-
tirely responsible and1 others for
Which the States hnuhl assume re-
f spoiisibility. The former or pn ven-
live' enforcement includes the mper-
vinion of permits withdrawals ron-
ivotration f tximlcrt whisky. uier-
. ' !j.vhinn of brierage und industrial alco-
j hoi plants en-.
';. "There were TJH.SKt permits of all
; classifii'stions in effect tlclohcr 1.
. VJ'Sl. hnd while there were 2't States
' ' V In which mediciiial w hisky can got be
g ureucribed under State codes certain
V inspection work in those States is
necessary w ith reference to alcohol
. erinit.
t. : Decrease in Withdrawjl.
ii "Prior to the adoption of the eigh-
.V teeuth amendment there was an ap-
proximate annual consumption of
Htll.lUHitKKi giillon of boiidi-d whisky
In the I nited States in adilitinn to the
r 1 itnisumi'lion of so-called moonshiue
v'and si.mgs'ed liquor which was a
: problem In-fore prohibition. In 1!(22.
V- with new methods of control and reg-
C ; nlations. only lJVNMIOn gallons of
whisky (for inedicinul purposesl was
-'-'j withdrawn. Iuring the ast six
tt 'months only 1H).0(H gallons of medic-
.!'. lnal whisky were exported while ap-
4 plications for nearly 30K000 gallons
. '. svere denieil.
'V 'The nnniial production of beer be--.fore
prohibition wasabut itO0.IH)(l.0(a
.- giillons. while during the past year
V only KMMaHl.tKNl gallons of cereal
a beverages nero manufactured leas
than oue-fourth of the previous real
' s peer iiroductitm.
. : "These are but a few illustrations
'-"f it 'preventive' enforcement. It will
H ' he seen that these activities might
i"'-unite properly require most of the
. -time and energy of the federal force.
Nevertheless these forces have also
.jjiacharged in s meritorious manner
' fln-esponsibility which in part devolves
inpon them under the law in the inat--ii.tr
of actual enforcement."
!; Uult Kenews uoiiar
Basis On Coast Oil
ifjitt Houston Post Special
f ORA.VtiK Teias. Nov. 4 The
CuW Production company has posted
a new prU-e in the Orange oil field 6(
' f 1 per barrel after having held the
' price to 75 cents per barrel for some
''. tttne. All the rest of the companies
in the field are paying $1 a barrel.
. (Ml producers as rule believe the
timt ia almost at band when there will
' ' be another advance in prices and the
'". annual basis eventually will be re-
atpred.
Region to give minstrel.
KBEEl'OUT Texas Nov. 4. The
Ralph Hanson post No. 203. Ameri-
can Legion. Kreeport. Texas has
-made arrangements with Joe M. Gatea
nf Houston tr preaeat. principally
; WHh local talent a military comedy
v Minstrel here November & Some of
tl'e leading eitliens of Freenort have
w agreed io take part. The prnceeda
illhe -diroteil to Uwr of .tin
aMtt: uhitoi H u j'i'"w ww au-
IJyifr-r'
y'3-?y-
Lcglth
Far Off Poland
fSends Call For
cTexas Sulphur
Pott'a Waahlnftoa Bnraan.
WASHINGTON Nov. 4. From
far-off Poland a manufacturer baa
aent a call for Texaa or Louisiana
sulphur the department of commerce
announced tonight. The tip was
passed on to the aulphur companies
Whether the aulphur ia wanted for
fume to keep off the bolsheviks or
for ordinary commercial purposes was
not disclosed. Anyhow the Polish im-
porter 'wants monthly shipments of
aulphur in 40 to 00-ton lota.
Requests from Norway blow hot
and cold one astute factor wanting
a cold storage plant and another
seeking to purchase 00000 or more
tona of coat
NO CONTRIBUTION
FROM SINCLAIR IN
1920 HULL AYERS
Democratic Leader De-
nies Statement Made
at Lease Probe
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON" Nov. 4. Harry F.
Sinclair made no contribution to the
democratic campaign fund of 1920 so
far as the records of the democratic
national committee discloses Cordel
Hull chairman of that committee
declared today in a formal state-
ment Mr. Sinclair testified before the
senate committee investigating the
Tea Pot Dome oil reserve lands that
he had contributed to both the re-
publican and the democratic chests
three years ago.
'it must be assumed." Mr. Hull
said "that his contribution if any
was surreptitiously made and con-
cealed by the agent who tendered it
for him. It is difficult to conceive
how Mr. Sinclair could have come to a
decision to contribute to the funds
of a party which waa fighting against
government favatorism and the con-
trol of administrations by the spe-
cial interests. If any of his money
came to the democrats in 11)20. the
contribution must have been made
bv him to gain favor with some in-
dividunl democrat by whom Ha source
was concealed and not to advance a
cause with which be could bare had no
aymnatby.
'in all of its history the demo-
cratic party has never been disgrac-
ed by such a scandal as the secret
lease of the Tea Tot Pome naval
oil reserve to one of Mr. Sinclair's
companies."
KREBS TO LECTURE
ON SALESMANSHIP
A course of nine lectures in ad-
vanced salesmanship and psychology
is now being organized by lr. Stan-
Icy l Krebs. io has been giving ad-
dresses on these subjects at the Rice
hotel for the past week. The purpose
of these classes is to give individual
instruction.
The Hasse in advanced salesman-
ship will he organized Monday at 7
p. m. in the banquet room of the Rice
hotel and class work will begin at
S:I3. The subjects of the course w ill
be: "Putting It Over" "Attention
and Interest" "(letting the Order"
"Character Reading." "Doubling
Sales" "The Rig Seven Applied."
"Persona! Kfficiency "Personal (lain
Through Co-Operation" and "Heath
to the Salesman's Two Remaining
Foes."
Classes for work in psychology will
he organized Tuesday at 2 p. m. and
7 p. m. The subjects that will be
taught are: "Art and Practice of
Suggestion. Constructive Control
Healing. Health for Self. Elimination
of Enemies the Art of Living. Mental
Metabolism or the Art of Will De-
velopment and Kalance."
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Sweet will bs
associated with Dr. Krebs in the or-
ganization of the classes and may be
reached at the Rice hotel.
Trappers Prepare To
Open Fur Season Soon
Houston Poat Special.
ORANtiE. Texas Nov. 4. E. O.
Jones of thfs city arranged for trans-
portation and sent away (10 trappers
from this place to Johnsons bayou vi-
cinity on Saturday. Some of the trap-
pers went on boats some on house
boats towed by tugs while others
were earned by car to Sabine Pass
aud from that point ferried the chan-
nel to the bayou territory where all
will be in readiness to start work on
November 15. when the Ixiuisiann
trapping season opens. There will be
hundreu of trappers at work in that
section with Orange as headipinrters
during the season. It is believed that
there will be as much as a half mil
lion dollars worth of fur business
handled through this city this season
Port Arthur Druggist
Found Dead In Store
Houston Post Special.
PORT ARTHUR Texas. Nov. 4
W. C. Chesnutt. a druggist of this
place waa found dead m his place
of business early 'this morning. The
report of. the physicians examining the
body waa that death resulted from
heart failure. Mr. Chesnutt has been
a resident of this. city for about l'
years and Is mrrived by his wife and
two children.- He had been a prescrip-
tion clerk for a number nf rears hut
for the last twe years had been pro
prietor 01 a nrag Business here r an
ereal arraogenjaau hart aot beta an
DRASTIC SLASH-IN
COTONJORECASl
CAUSES NEW HIGH
Indicated Yield Slumps
Near Million Bales
In One Month
BREAKS 30-CENT
PIVOT OF PRICES
By P. F. 8PITZFAOEN
Flaaacial Editor
An unexpectedly drastic "ut in the
government cotton crop forecast aent
cotton to new high levels for the
season last week when one of the
most spectacular risea of - the year
waa halted by the 200 point or $10
a bale limit rule in effect on the fu
tures exchange since the world war.
The December future at ew lork
reached 32.1KI Saturday wheu the
same delivery at New Orleans traded
as high as 32.28 and middling iu the
local spot market waa marked up to
31.70 cents per pound.
Houston spots on tue basis of 31.70
for middling showed a net gain of 145
points or $7.25 a bale for the week.
although the quotation represented a
recovery of lid points from the low
est of the week.
In the contract markets the week's
gains runged from Kit to 174 points
or S to $8.50 a hale at New Orleans
and 150 to 1HI iminls or $8 to $0 a
bale at New York.
Crop Off Million Bales.
The explanation for the continued
rise is found in the special Washing-
ton report showing the condition aud
indicated as of October 25 the latter
figures indicating a reduction of close
on to a million bales in crop pros-
pects and confirming the most bullish
extremists in the trade.
Looking hack over the private fore
casts issued it would seem that such
sn estimate from the government wns
not altogether unexpected in specu-
lative circles. Hut the impression
seemed to prevail that comparatively
bullish figures had been discounted.
It was evident however that tex
tile trade circles bad considered the
smaller crop ideas mora or less in
tha nature of producers' propaganda.
.No otber theory would explain The
sharp riae to 200-point limit prices
and unexecuted buying orders at the
II . i j-1 .
ininiH rrpreseuung as mry uta new
high levels particularly since there
could hardly hare been auy extensive
speculative short interest.
Prior to tue publication of the bu
reau report Friday the futures mar-
kets had shown much strength with
realizing fairly well absorbed on re-
actions of hardly more than 40 points
from the previous week's close which
steadied December at New York frac-
tionally above 30 cents.
Broke 30-Caat Wall.
In fact the KO-cent mark seemed to
be the point on which the markets
pivoted since advances much above
that level seemed to bring out in-
creased selling while declines below
30 cents for December New York
appeared to uncover supporting or-
ders. The rallv in I'nited Statea Steel
common stock about midweek as a re
sult of the declaration of an unex-
pected extra dividend which stimu-
lated the stock market back into mil-
lion share days helped sustain cotton
notwithstanding that the pound ster-
ling dropped to a new low level for
the year at New York.
The renewed emphasis on the com
paratively short supply however was
the overshadow ing feature in cotton
the official estimate of 10.24.S.000
bales showing a reduction of 707000
hales from the end-September outlook
for 11.010.000 bales.
Washington explained that the con
dition averaged 47. 8 per cent against
4!l.5 on September 25 or a loss of
only 1.7 points hut the acreage aban-
doned the heaviest on record was
taken into consideration. Whatever
the basis of the rut however the
latest revision brought the official
figures more in line with ideaa pre
vailing in the trade.
Texas waa more fortunate than
most other cotton States except pos-
sibly North Carolina the latest esti-
mates for these two States showing
increases over the end-September iu-
dics Lions.
Raaf a In Prices.
The range in cotton last week fol-
lows: Hoastoa Seats.
Close
This Last
High TyOW week week
Middling. 51.70 30.00 31.70 30.23
New Orleaat Faturet.
December 32 28 20.75 31.80 30.10
January.. 32.10 20.02 31.77 30.05
March... 82.00 20.52 31.70 21I.O0
Mav 31.08 '20.42 31.65 20.83
New York Futtret.
December 32.90 30.18 32.25 30.60
January. 32.24 20.53 31.85 30.16
March... 32.31 20.05 31.W! 30 111
May 32.32 20.00 31.08 30.18
Modern Hotel Being
Erected at Calvert
CALVERT Texas Nov. 4 Misses
White of Waco formerly of Calvert
are having new hotel erected on
their proMTly Bear the Houston and
Texas Ceutral depots formerly the
Presbyterian church lots. It is a
frame structure and will contain 20
rooms and will be modern in every
way.
Washington County
Poll Taxes Decrease
BRKNHAVI Texaa. Not. 4. Tax
Collector R. V. Hoffmann reports
$30534 collected fn taxes in Wash-
ington county during the month of Oc-
tober the number of persons being
smaller than the number that . paid
taxes in October last year. . During
m mown ae rsaueti in poll tat r"
eelpts enmpoxtd with 87i for Oct
eripts compaxta who vu lr uel- ttr. AOtoawlu la -employed by the
'X'rr " .4iM.Vhii
Engineer of Houston
Train Crushed Under
Cab Expected to Die
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas Not. 4. Within a few hours of each
other two passenger trains of the Gulf Coast Line the first from
Houston and the second from Brownsville were wrecked a few miles
west of this city this morning. In both cases the wheels of the tender
left the tracks derailing the coaches and in the case of the first train
overturning the locomotive.
J. H. Bennett Corpus Christ! engineer of the Houston train was
probably fatally injured when he was crushed beneath the wreckage
of the locomotive cab. Joe Crane fireman on the same train re-
ceived slight injuries.
Flier Attains 274.2
Miles An Hour In Duel
Associated Press Report.
MITCHELL KIELD NEW YORK
Nov. 4. Lieutenant Alford J. Wil-
liam and Lieutenant Harold J. Brow
navy airmen today fought a speed
duel in the air and Williams won
aftea both had smashed world's rec-
ords. Williams former pitcher on the
New York Giants captured the rec-
ord of 259.10 miles an boor set by
Brow last Friday over a three kilo-
meter course lost it again to Brow
and recaptured it just as dusk waa
setting in.
Williams' unofficial time which re
BUSINESS BETTER
THAN '22 NATIONAL
BANK CALL SHOWS
Comptroller's Report Re-
veals Deposits Half
Billion Higher
Associated Press Report
WASHINGTON Not. 4. Contin-
iiflVimp0vetnent io bairjnjsjggnj).
tione ia reflected by return from the
national bank call of September 14
An analysis of these returns made
public today by Comptroller of the
Currency Dawes shows a gain of
nearly half a billion dollars in de-
posits and of more than three-quarters
of a billion dollars in total re-
sources of the reporting banks in the
last year.
deposits iu national banks on the
call date were $17.O40.5o'0.0U0 and re-
sources $21 .712.876.01X1. Resides the
gain over the September call a year
ago ttiese figures represent an in-
crease of $142550000 and $201110-
000 respectively since the call of
June 30.
Capital Activ.
The analysis shows an increased
credit demand indicating a greater
activity of capital. Also greater
sums of money were laid away as re-
serves by individuals and firms io the
form of time deposits which were al-
most $700000000 larger on Septem-
ber 14 tban on the date of the Sep-
tember call last year.
Deposit liability of the national
bauks waa divided as follows; L)e-
insnd including deKisits nf (he fed-
eral government. $0433017000:
time $4.M14.3(0.000. and other banks
and bankers. $2.743144.0011. lns
and discounts were $ll.034.55t)U00
and cash in vaults $3(Sl.4K5liOO. an
increase since September last of $29-
534000. Reaoarcea Rise.
Capital stork of the national banks
was increased during the year br
$132.304.000 a gain of 3.rO3.000
since the June call and nf $25272000
since the September. 1022. calL Sur-
plus and undivided profits aggregated
$1501330000 an increase of almost
$45000000 since June 30. and of
about $10000000 since September
1022.
Total resources were greater in
nine of the 12 federal reserve dis-
tricts than on June 30. Reductions
were shown in the second third and
tenth districts where the decreases
were. respectively. $40000000.
$1127000 and $2038000. National
banks of the eleventh reserve dis-
trict showed the greilest increase
with $908875000 while the smallest
increase over June 30 was retried
by the sixth district with $50!MKI0.
National banks in every federal re-
serve district reported an etoere of
reserves with the reserve banks.
Prominent Nacogdoches
Family Moves To Austin
Houston Posi Specisl.
NACIXilKM'IIKS. Texas. Xot. I.
The family of Hon. June C. Harris
recently appnintiil by Governor Noff
on the conimisMoii to codify the laws
of Texas will leave shortly Io make
their home in Austin. Atidiey Harris
son nf Hon. June C. Harris and for
several years the junior partner in
the law firm of Harris &Harri. will
move his office to Austin along with
Mrs: Harris and the daughters. The
Harris family is among the niot
prominent families in -Nacogdorhe
county. William II. Harris falher nf
Hon. June C. Harris was one of the
pioneers of this county. He was
among the early merchants of Hous-
ton and also of Corpus Christ!.
MARRIED AT FREEP0RT.
FKKKPOKT. Texas. NT. 4. -Henry
Anlouclli and Miss Jhtisy Luke
both of 1'reeport were smiled in mar-
riage October 31 in Anglrtnn. imr
wHI h at' home In Freeport' where
mains to be homologated waa an
average of 20G.0 miles an hour over
a three kilometer course. Brow bow-
ever traveled faster than ever mor-
tal man bad doing one leg with the
wind at a rate of 274.2 miles an
hour.
Williams today twice just escaped
death once diving at more than 250
miles an hour to within 10 feet of
the ground. His second escape cainc
the last time he flew the course
when be darted straight through a
squadron of five Martin bombers just
arriving at the field from Aberdeen.
Md.
LDBBOCK VOTERS
WILL PASS UPON
HDGE BOND ISSUE
Half Million Needed To
Keep Pace With City's
Expansion
qonston Post Special.
LUBBOCK. Texaa Nov. 4. With
a -2ia7JX4Utoairact. fof water and
newer exUnatoaa - -yet oncomrdeUdiAmerican producer under .prevailing
another bond election for $.100000
has been called to care for tue grow-
ing dcinaud made upou the city for
all public utilities and services.
With a total of .2'itJ((HJ spent on
public schoal builiilngs iu the city
during Ibe past 12 months one con-
tract under which lias not yet been
completedalready plans are being
made to build one or tni more brick
.... -
nard echno s before the uct s. I10..I
term to take care of the increased
enrollment already in sight.
With a total of more than $:'IKI.IMKI
additional equipment added to the
light water and ice plant of this
city during the pant IS months orders
are now being placed for ."K.Otttl
worth of additional equipment and
plsns are being drawn for an addi-
tional $100.(MMI unit for the coming
summer to take care of the expected
fall business next year.
These are the indications of the
growth and development that is under
way in the city of I.ubboek and sur-
rounding trade territory for no story
of I.ubboek growth and development
is complete without a discussion of
the growth and development of the
entire South llains section of which
this city is the hub.
Baildlas permits.
Riuoe January 1 the building per-
mits have totaled a little more 1 linn
1900000 and these do not include
the $200000 water aud sewer exten-
sions the $20.(Ha -otton oil mill the
$".30000 public school program or
the more than 1110 new farms that
have been opened up within a radius
of fiO miles of this city siuccthe last
crop season.
At no time during the past three
years have there been lew. than 20
residences under construction. Today
there are seven brick residences mut-
ing from $S0OO to $20.(M1 undr con-
struction or completed withiu the past
10 days on one street in the city
alone. Four of these are on one
block and will total $4..00O ea-h one
being built by a different individual
for a permanent home in this city.
Six out-of-town contracting firms
have opened branch headquarters in
I.ubboek and have brought crews of
men here to handle the work they se-
cure uKn open bid. In fact the
building program of the past two
years has brought more than Lis) new
carpenters into the city slid there is
at 1 his time no lack of demand for
either finished carpenters or day la-
bor for building purosca of any kind.
Chsrchas Keeping Pace.
A peculiar situation has developed
in I.ubboek in regard to the ehun lies.
two years ago while the city
makin h .iri.les in .11 li. .1.. I
was
cougrcgatinus iu the several churches
increased beyond the rapacity of the
builidngs In hold them. The growtli
was so pronounced that the officials
of I he several churches wei-f afraid to
baild a building to lake care of the
situation for the . resent ri.l future
two or three yeavs- for fear that it
Would be loo small by the lime it was
completed slid the congregations
were not large enough or wealthy
euoiigh to afford a building such n
IhAy predicted would be needed in less
than 10 years. So they compromised
Plans were draw n for a church
building more than double the size
that thr needs in sight justified. Con-
tracts were let for the basements of
thea buildings. The heatng plants
were installed and a roof put on the
basement and three of the churches
nf the cHi have used these basements
for th past two years. The three
hasments cost a total of something
more than t.INMI. The completed
buildings to be erected on these base-
ments will cost $22.1.000.
r mey nav wrvro men- purpose ana
They have eerved. their purpose and
DEFINITE POLICY
OF GRAIN RELIEF
SEEN IN REPORT
War Finance 'Investiga-
gators' Tell Results
of Survey
WARN AGAINST
'OVER EMOTION'
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Nov. 4. Both
production and marketing meth-
ods must be revised if there is
to be A -uequate solution ot the
wheat problem in the opinion of tl.t
War liuauce corporation investiga-
tors who recently toured the wheat
growing areas at the request of Pres-
ident Coolidge.
In a 5000 word report to the
president made public tonight the
two corporation directors declared
that not only should there be an im-
proved marketing system but tliut
steps should be taken to adjust
American production in times of world
over-production. Already the direc-
tora Kugene Meyer Jr. and Frank
W. Moudell. have talked over their
findings with Mr. Coolidge and it has
been indicated that after further con-
ferences with private interests con-
cerned.'' the proposals advanced in
the report may form the basis of a
definite administration policy nf re-
lief. Whether legislation will be
ready for presentation at the open-
ing of the next congress however
remains undetermined.
Warn Against Emotion.
The report warned against too
much sympathy and emotion in work-
ing out the problem and urged main-
tenance of "a thoroughly rational at-
titude'' in efforts to alleviate dis-
tress. It added that countless means
of attaining the end long sought were
laid before the two officials in va-
rious confereni-es bill most of them
were rejected as cure likely to prove
more damaging than the disease.
Wheat is required soid the report
is a sound economic solution that will
be permanent.
"We feel as a result of our trip."
the report continued "that the so-
lution of the wr.eat problem lies along
two linea: First the adjustment of
production to American needs if the
world market is over-supplied from
other producing couutrimi at lower
prices than are satisfactory to the
conditions aud second the develop
ment of an unproved marketing sys-
tem such as we believe cnu be brought
about by the organization of the pro-
ducer of the country for the purpose
of marketing their wheat under the
co-operative marketing plan making
it iiniieiflsary Io rely so -omJetely
uion the uncertain functioning M the
speculative public contract market.
i 1.H.H..I H- III UCIt'CI IIP
proposals of thj.sc who seek to ex
'It is relatively eay to deled the
ploit agricultural distrci for their
nn political purposes. Itut it in far
more difficult to deal vitb the pro-
posals of sincere ami bonei mimled
people who neek to solve problems by
short cuts which are unsound mid
which therefore are bound to be in-
effective." 'ENJOYING TRIP' IS
WARD'S COMMENT
111 IWSO Texas Nov. 4 Willard
.. Ward prominent cotton broker
wauled in Houston in connection with
the collapse of the brokerage firm of
Willard Ward & t'o. of Houston
passed through Kl I'aso Sunday morn-
ing in custody of Sheriff T. A. Itin-
ford. en route from Iis Angeles
where he was arrete.. In the party
also i Mike Mutrsnga. said to be
wanted in llioision on a kidnaping
charge. Ward refused to make any
statement other than to nay that the
trip from Is Angeles had been en-
joyable. County Women's Club
Form at Nacogdoches
NArOGIMX'HKS. Texas. No. 4.-
I'nder the direction of Miss Margie
Neale of Carthage the women of
Nacogdoches county have organized
the County Women's club with Miss
I n Shipe of Nacogdoches president:
Airs. tiui. Irwin of liarrison. first vic
president: Mrs. Abb Carriker of Cush
nig. second vice president; Mrs. V. K.
Simpson of Oak Hidge. third vice
president; Mrs. ('. It. Watkins of
Mouglass. fourth vice president: Mrs.
(ilbert Puck of Chireno. fifth vice
president: Mrs. (Jeorge Kewell of Na-
cogdoches secretary; Mrs. A. W.
Ilirdwell of Nacogdoches. parlinn:cu
tarian: Mrs. W. S. Davis of Nacog-
doches chairman publicity committee.
The object of the County Women's
....... .
"""" o i.romoie me orgaui.aii .1
community i bibs in every section of
Hi' it. only through which the women
of the county can be reached in any
worthx movement for economic social
or educational betterment.
Community clubs have alreailv been
set up at Oouglass. Melrose and Har-
rison where the loc.il women are lak-
iur a livelv intere-t in the movement.
The county or:Miial ion will nice
at Nacogdoches on the first Morula i
iu ea h month. Itepreeuiatives from
all organised communities will be
present.
Brazoria County Votes
Large Road Bond Issue
FKKKPORT. Texas. Nov. 4 The
largest bond issue for roads in Unio-
ns county waa carried the past week
when the Columbia and West Colum-
bia riistrict voted bonds to the amount
of Jst.i0.0llO. This amount will be
nsed for thr improvement of II 1 -2
mtles of highway. Ingetber with the
additional amount allowed aa aid by attendm the League of Texaa Un.
Usui . 'lpu.hamttraurmt;rl
French Leader Again
Attacks Proposal To
Review Reparations
Premier Charges Germany With Malicious Prorga-
tion Among Allies and False Representation; 6 r
Payments To Date Adopts Scornful Attitude 'Tb;
British Note On Rhinelan'd Movement ' ' ;
:m
Associated Press Report. .
BRIVE France Nor. 4. Premier Polncare speaking; at tht'sa '
veiling of a monument to the war dead at Brive today again fafjned '
his position as regards German reparations. He did not show . tbpc ;.
slightest variation in bis speech from his previous declarations. v f
The premier said the experts' committee of the reparation con '
mission must not be allowed to become the indirect means of raising
the question of the amount of Germany's debt nor must Franc b
despoiled of her guarantees prior to the total payment of renaiatioeav ".
France M. Polncare declared would remain within tha train- y
work of the treaty before during and after the work of the expert
committee. ('i'l't''
M. Polncare made no direct reference to the question of UmltafiOS
of powers of experts' committee which has been the subject ot nock '
argument during the past two or three days. In fact he never referred .'' '
directly to the United SUtetfeiceDt '
POWELL OIL FIELD
YIELDS SEVENTEEN
MILLION BARRELS
More Than 400 Complet-
ed Wells Reported With
200 Drilling
Houston Post Special.
C0RS1CANA Teias Nov. 3.
AVith at least loO.OOO barrels new
stuff since tiie present week opened.
Corsieana deep fields easily reached
if not exceeded the 17000000-barrel
mark in crude oil production since the
first discovery of oil in the Powell
sector last January.
The total of completed wells in the
I.C fields has gone beyond the 400
figure wilb about 200 others drilling.
Despite the unfavorable weather for
the week efforts have been made for
starring a number of new drillings io
the Slildreil sector the present scene
of spotlight and wild activity. The
nind'ly condition nf the roads has uot
only caused a slow up of traffic for
materials to be transported for start-
ing new work but almost incessant
mills for I he past several days has
kept work at the various rigs to a
miii'inum.
Sixteen big wells have been the
completions representing the gigantic
flush irrouiictiou with the operators
and workmen kaudiraped with not
only inclement weather and muddy
roads but with the continued short-
age of storage and pipe facilities.
The biggest sensation of the week
was experienced with bringing in of
the Smith and Mutual companies big
wells on the west side of the T. aud
It. V. railway tracks.
A list of the week's completions is
ns follows: Atlantic Oil Producing
i-oinpany's Kellum No. 2. 12.000 bar-
rels a day: Atlantic nil Producing
company'a Kellum No. 3 15.000 bar-
i Is a dsy; Hottram-Tida! company's
Phillips No. 4. 12.000 barrels a day;
liulf Production companv's Crews No.
4. 10000 barrels a day': Humble Oil
and Kefining company's Crews No. .1.
10.000 barrels a day; Humble Oil and
Hefining company's Fleming No. A -2.
10.000 barrels a day; Humble Oil and
liefinlng company's Fleming No. A-.'t.
!HHSI barrels a ijsy; Humble Oil and
Itefining company's Fleming- No. A -4.
10.000 barrels a day: Humble oil
nnd Kefining companv's Fleming No.
A 0000 barrels a dav: Humble Oil
and Itefining company's Humphries
o. io. warn barrels a day: Humble
il and Kefining company's Kent No.
12. 1000 barrels a diy; Humble Oil
nnd Itefining companv's llauisev No.
It-ll. 10OO barrels a day; Mutual Oil
company's Harwell No. 1. 1.1.000 bar-
rels a dav; Smith Oil companv's
Wheelock No. 2 l.'i.OOO barrels a day;
Texas Magnolia It. I. Kent No. 14.
1000 barrels a day; The Texas com-
pany's Fleming No. 7 ls.000 barrels
a day.
The figures quoted are the daily
initial flows calculated ln the gauged
flow of one hour. Some of the 1ft
wells showed remarkable increase ill
a Inter hour's gauge taken after com-
pletion and having been pinched into
about one-third of its initial showing.
GRIMES COUNTY
GASSER CHOKES
Houston Post 3ecial.
I'.KV -.N. Texas. Nov. 4. The l.ig
viis.er at Cnhis J rimes cmi;M.
which hul been running wild 'i.r about
'!'i b..nr. choked itself do-x u. The
I I k holding the urill -toei
rtcie enl in iwu by the iniriieiiM' pies
-me 'iinj ibe sand "oat eaoi wi.h 1 1
s ami it all fell into the well
A consultation was held in Nina
sota by art the parlies interested 'n
the present well at which represen-
lalivea of all the big oil companies
were present as to JiiKt what steps
io take whether to bandou the pres-
ent well and begin a new one or to
try to save it. It was decide! to be-
gin at once in trying to clear the
present well nd also to begin drill-
ing another just as quick as an out-
fit can be placed on the ground. The
development of the field will go rap-
idly forward.
FREEPORT MAYOR RETURNS.
FltFKPOKT. Tesas. Vnr 1
.Mayer - ;. C. Hardiuaii. who has been
vi. iting relatives in North Texas and
'fy:
wnen ne gam ne had ntadt it A;
point to leave no room for ambi-'i'
guity on these matters in'ths fatef ;
ests of France and the alibis and '
associates.
Whenever he used the word fc-" '
pacity" the premier always pltctdi'-X
the word "present" before It
Scares German "PnpHuii
In bis speech M. Poincare dealt wlthv '(fa-
what he called "Germany's hiaai'
propaganda attempt" to bring about"-Anglo-Saxon
pity by issuing Illustrated " :
leaflets showing ghe had paid la cash TrC
and kind to an amount of 50000000.
1100 gold marks. H quoted the rejia i ;
ration commissions' statistics putting
the amount to 9000000000 gold -marks
of which France he said bud 1 '
only received 244.000000 net above .-
the expenses of the army of occupf
tion aud advances.
With a seeming touch of scorn il itll ;
I'oincare dismissed the British no.e":' ;
with reference to an independejr .
Khineland by remarking: that he wnart'!' '
tihahl A Ik. .. f.
which appeared to him contrary to tl 'j !
principles of the rights of people r .f "v :i
"We never promised to protect th ' - -German
constitution against the Oer'.i ' "
man nor even .the unity of tha Ketch 'A-
and the initiatives taken by the Ce '
manic States do not arcuse the alHe
from observing toward one anoUief '7
the treaty they signed." he declared.-
After site usual introduction "-rfsvt1.
counting the part played in the waii'!';'
by the trowpt of thia locality 1L Poto-'(fT; J !
car said: "" 3.'
"It is now more than four year! ;'"
since Germany solemnly undertook at 'yf; '
Versailles to repair the damage sb"
caused. She accepted the figure .'..v i
her debt as determined by the etnas;
mission on reparatione and agreed to.
give this commission aa order fojev ;V
loo.ooo.ooo.ooo gold marks aa theV':;'
miLinium of her guarantee. Bat one ;.:"
the tignatures were given her waljrj. '
effort has been to avoid paying.' i
Talaa nf Taataa 'TafeaJmaW' ' ;f
"While pretending to have aad:S:;
sacrihYee since the treaty and to haae s
paid the allies large sums. Germany
has found money for shameless propavu V)' '
ganda in the Anglo-Saxon countriea as
is illustrated by leaflets distributed "i v.;
showing mines locomotives ahipai - :
coke coal horses row and pige aadl.A :.
facing them in rows of bags of faasii'ti '
representing their value. Theaa analV. . '
velous pictures were intended to pjTOTf 1 V5
that Germany has paid her crttBtbr.! i
50.000.000.000 gold roarka. t4l"
The leaflets falsely add that Getv
many in addition offered to pay 80 Xif!
ooo.ooo.ooo gold marks and coodttdea
'can common sense demand mora?'."' 'y . ;
"Fortunately" the premier. eo ..' ';- .
tinned "the reparation cotnmUmioai . 'r
exists and its conscientious InTeatt-"j :'
galions showed the total paid to tbV-.
end of June 1023. was 8.849M3.000.S' f
gold marks of which 638jWhW0Q.V '
was cash for division among tha allien. .' ..'
France had received in cash and kind!-.;".'-
ini...n. .....;-! j ..' X
mi iiiuiiir hi in i' r urinriiTB mum 1W .'
value of the Sarre mines. 2.152402.-
IHUI l.l l. I L -' .
issf j;om niarKs. ironi wnicn masc xss ' !
deducted 1008.434.000 for the cost of "jH'
occupation and advances so that there) v.' i
remained only a little more than 244. .
fiOO.OOO marks." '. . ; '' ;v
"Compara that with what we paid . ? : ;
in 1870." the premier exclaimed. ; i':''o
- y:t-
Students of Teachers fy
College Organize Club V
NACtHJlMX'HFS. Texas. Nov. 2 v.;'t
The Ann Birdwell Literary club waa C.'i
organised recently by the studeata f v'
the Stephen F. Austin State Teachers' S -'
college with Miss Clara Schcnka '
liresident; Miss Oree Brown vice ' .'
president: Miss Willie Clain DeckerCvi'"
secretary-treasurer: Misses R e t a .
Kingham and I. els Cayton sergeantas .';
al arms; Miss Loyal Mettaeur re- .-'
Porter. .'v.'Vt
Out :JiC.
Under a $7000 Bond- if J
Houston Post Special. . '-'? J
CKXTKU. Texas. Nov. 4. Mm'iV
Pearl Musselnian. charged with thfi'i!4;
murder of Tom Musselmau. ber hna--;'.;
band last January has been wleaaedT'tiV
Irom jail on $7000 bond. 'i-
'JM::
NAME BAY CITY "PRINCESS." ;
Houston Post SieciaL -i-'e-t-UAT
CITY Texas. Nov. l-Mayorf M
Pat Thompson has appointed Mia; 't'-
Umise Holman as princess to rerw"; 1V1'
sent Kay City at the Rice carnival to'K'
he held in Lake Charles November
10. Miss Hihuan will be the gaeat
of the city of Ijike Charles immetU V
atelv iiKn her arrival and together
with the princesses appointed .frexie
the other towns hi the nee bek of
Louisiana aud Texaa rwUl bt tayallr
antartauiad.- -(V M
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