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SOONER
SOLONS
CALLED
Oklahoma Lower House
Expected - to - Gonvene
impeacnmeni session on
! OrthKW 17
r 1 I
Legislators Point Out Au-
thority " C o n c lusiVely
' Settled" as Required by
Statutes.
Associated Press Report.
OKLAHOMA CITY Okla. Oco. 5.
A eall for special session of both
bourn of the Oklahoma legislature
a Octobtr 17 to ievestlgate 'the
eoMmisaloa of impeachable offeaset
by the officers of the State subject
to Impeachment" was Iseued here
Friday might by W. O. MoBeo State
representative from Stephens county.
The call was mado under ths al-
ios' authority of a- coastltotional
amendment approved at the . polls
Taesday bf citizens of the State. The
semmona sets oat that It was Issued
. upon "written request signed by a
majority of the members of the house
of representatives asking that the leg-
islature be convened pursuant to the
maaeate ot the people."
Associated Press Report.
OKLAHOMA CITY Oct. 5
It was indicated in well in
formed quarters today that a
wall for meeting of the lower
house of the State legislature
was in progress and that jt
would probably go out soon
summoning the body' for an
impeachment session Oct. 17
V. C. McAlister secretary
ot the itite election board
- announced today that all re-
turns from the election sent in
by couonty boards will be left
in. the capital post office sub
station until the litigation in-
" volving them'is clearedjipHe.
explained'- 'that ' this course"
1 would be followed to insure
their safety.
No statement was forthcom-
ing from the headquarters of
the legislative opponents of
Governor J. C.. Walton but
members of the body unoffi-
. cially let it be known that such
a move might be expected.
It war indicated that the call would
not be withheld pending the determi-
nation of an injunction ' action
- brought by the governor to prevent
the State election board from testify-
ing to the secretary of Mate the re-
turns from Tuesday's State election
at which a constitutional amendment
war approved opening the way for
. the legislature to investigate Govern-
or Walton's official acts.
Ross Llilard State senator and
former political friend of the gov-
. ernor declared that it is not necea-
ssry tor returns from an initiated
election to be certified to the secre-
tary of state in order to make the
provisions of the initiated measure
operative. He asserted that the law
provides merely that the question
must be "conclusively settled'' and
that thereafter the measure becomes
effective.
He cited as a precedent the action
ot C N. Haskell first governor of
. Oklahoma who in 1007 placed the
great seal of the State in his grip
and brought it from Guthrie where
tne capital was located to UKianoma
City in the afternoon of an initiated
election at which the question of
moviug the capitol to Oklahoma City
was being voted upon. At the hour
there seemed no doubt that the vote
would favor the removal. Haskell
' waa assayed for his action but was
sustained in the courts I.illard said
and 4he first governor' a action in
"moving the -capitol in hia suit case"
his become classic in the history of
the State.
..... Tbe injunction suit brought by Gov-
ernor Walton is set for next Tuesday.
r - Today's Weather
- Houston and Vicinity Saturday partly
cloudy; little change in temiwrature.
Eaat Tex Saturday acnrrallv fair in
nftrtn portion partly cloudy in south; prob.
- ably locil ahowera on west coast.
Weal Texas Saturday partly cloudy;
not much change in temperature.
Winds on the Texas Coast Light to
. moderate north to eaat.
Weather Conditions The aouthwest de
gression ba produced heavy rain oyer the
10 uranae valley and slrowera in east
exat and the Panhandle New Mexico
hah and Nevada. Showera are reported
alio over the eastern cotton belt. Ilich
; pressure has carried mild to cool weather
to tie vast reaion east ot tne Kocme wiin
lifht frost over South Dakota and Minne-
sota and heavy trot over western Pennsylvania-
Seasonal to warm weather prevails
from the Rockies westward.
The warmest Thursday at Texaa station!
Tainted from It degrees at Brownsville to
ev at Atnariuo. 1
iHhrhwav Bulletin Dirt rfltH ir rouffh
to heavy in the Rio Grande valley fair to
food In most of west Texas and fair to
rouen in easi iema
lli&hast temperature Thursday 81.
' fnwftt Kridav mnrnin KB
Precjckstion from t p m. Thursday to I
p. m. rriuay .vi men. a
Sunrise (1:18 a m.: sunset 1:03 p m.
Moon rises 1:17 a m.: aeta 3:01 n m.
Comparative record at Houston Oct. .5
Time 1 192a I 1822 I 1U
m.. . g 70 S3
1 a m 74 78 74
IS RI.......4...... SO 81 77
t m. It 10
S n m. t . 81 13 ' 78
7 a m rre bnlb (1.1: wet tuilh s.
relative humidity 2 per cent.
II m Iv blh 80.S: wet hulb 71.0:
relative humidity 13 per ceat.
A. F. OF L PLANS TO
UNIOMESOUTHERN
TEXTILE WORKERS
' .. . '
Claim Northern Mills
Gaining Foothold in
'. South
RESOLUTION FIVE
READ TO MEMBER
Associated Press Bepot
PORTLAND Oct. S.-Organiierf
will b put in the field as soon as pos-
sible by the American Federation of
Labor's executive. council to unionize
the workers in tbe Southern textile
mills under a resolution adopted
unanimously by 'the convention in ses-
sion here. The States mentioned in
the resolutions were North Carolina
South Carolina Georgia 'and Ten-
nessee. After its adoption an amend-
ment was offered adding Alaflama to
tbe list and the amendment was
changed to include all the Southern
States. .The original resolution fol-
lows: "Resolution No. 5 delegates T. F.
McMahon S. A. Conboy A. H.
Riviera Gus Gdiies of the United
Textile Workers of America:
"Whereas there is a movement to-
day among the large textile manu
facturers' of the Northern Statea to
have erected in tbe South mills for
the purpose of keeping Northern
workers in subjection and
"Whereas this movement baa so
grown that it now becomes a menaee
not only to the textile workers but
to thousands of workers in other
trades in the mills: therefore be it
"Resolved that the executive coun-
cil of the American Federation of
Labor be requested to take up this
matter to the end that organisera be
sent into Southern fields to organise
the workers there particularly North
Carolina South Carolina Georgia and
Tennessee."
COUNCIL REJECTS
BIDS FOR AUDIT
OF CITY'S BOOKS
Britton Commissioned :Jo
Dravyrup NewTro-
' gram
All bids for auditing' (he city's
books were rejected by the city coun-
cil Friday afternoon and W. R. Brit-
ton street and bridge commissioner
was authorized to draw hp new plans
and specifications for the audit .onJ
tne per meni Dams. .
. The council discussed the audit for
about half an hour Thursday before
reaching a decision. Britton favored
letting the contract on a per diem
basis instead of under a blanket con-
tract. He was authorized to draw up
hia plan and to present it to the city
council for approval before bids were
advertised for.
The council also turned its atten-
tion to new parking and traffic rules.
Begining Monday morning automo-
biles will be parked OA Main street
at an angle ot 27 1-2 degrees. Stalls
will be marked off for the automo-
biles at the beginning but later only
a few marks will be drawn to' the
block as guides.
Plaa Approved.
The engineering department re-
ported that stalls would wear the
pavement away in one spot but the
council believes a few lines will per-
mit the cars to vary enough to pre-
vent this. The plan will be tried out
for an indefinite length ot time.
Commissioner Britton placed a sug
gestion before the city council in con
nection with the prevention of fires.
He explained that he saw an auto
mobile driving down the street and
spilling gasoline while it went. Com
ntissioner Anderson admitted that
tires often were started that way.
Mr. Britton then surcested that
hand extinguishers be placed at every
important. street intersection. His
plan lmmWiately met strenuous ob
jection from other councilmen on the
grounds that they would be stolen.
Mr. Britton then amended his plan
suggesting that they be kept in boxes
locked and that the patrolmen on the
streets be given the key or that
they be kept in boxes with a plate
glass wilndow which could he broken
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS
TO GET $200000
Al'STIX Texas Oct. B.Stps
were taaen today oy State school
Superintendent o. M. N. Marrs to re
pay -approximately 250 school di'
Iricts unearned interest on ' bonds
purchased by the State board of edu
cation since September 1 1020. The
bonda Involved total over $1500000
Mr. Marrs estimated. Probably $200-
000 will be paid back to city town and
independent school districts. Refund-
ing of the interest will be done by
giving the schools credit on new bond
issues. This action waa authorised
by the last legislature. ' - - -
Dallas Is Chosen For
Next Assessors' Meet
WICHITA FALLS; Texa Oct. B.
With the selection of Dallas for their
1024 convention and the election of
Irvan Deaton of Wichita county aa
president the Tax Assessor! asso-
ciation of Texas adjourned today.
David Lloyd George War Premier
Of Britain. Arrives In America
Credits Washington v 5
With -British hesson
.Lloyd George Declare Leader of American Revolu-
tionqry Forces Taught England To Be Dem-
x ocratic and Helped Nation
United Preas
JEW YORK Oct 5. David Lloyd George former prime minister of
IN England In an address today with a luncheon given in bis honor
by the United Preas Association shortly after hia arrival on ' American
shores said: "I claim that the real foundation of the British empire
today was George Washington. He taught us to become democratic.'
"That lesson taught 4is in tbe eighteenth century" he added "ha
been the salvation ot the British empire." He said that Washington
had taught the British government to be more lenient and he Cited
aa proof of this the case ot tbe Dominion of Canada. . ' .- j
He described In detail the situation In Europe when America
entered the war declaring the allies were fighting the greatest military
machine ot all times. "Then your boys came over" he said "and We
owe a debt of gratitude we nearer can repay. With your boys we worked
together and that saved the world." '
Europe is now .in a desperate condition he said. Fifteen million
have been killed twenty million maimed and Injured and billions of
dollars scattered. t'But what would 1
have been the case if the allies
had lost A " be asked. At least now
there ia nope he said. A continent
does not recover in a few days but
Europe will recover.
The only difference now and during
the war he xaid ia that wc worked
in unity then and we are not working
in that fashion now. "Yob are going
your way" he added "and we are
going our way. Italy is going ber
way and France hers. It Is not that
yon broke away but that all of us
broke away from each other. There
is now no common purpose and no
common action between the powers of
the world. If we had the unity now
like wo did during the war the ter-
rible problems of the world would be
solved id one-half or one-quarter of
the time."
Lloyd George said he would not at-
tentat to exoress an opinion on how
Lworid unity can be obtained. He said
Conditions in Europe - were very
IV . i . i . . :
trouDtesomo now anu mai gauuur
were afraid of each other. "Do you
wonder" be askeH "Europe is dis-
arming from sheer fear? Suspicions
ark aroused. Jealousies are apparent
and even rankling bate exists." '
; i nt ' V.
limBOHBER;' -SHATTERS
RECORD
AT AIR CONCLAVE
Lieutenant George Flies
Average of 114 Miles
Per Hour
ST. IX)UI8 Oct &r-I.ieutenant
H. L. George. U. 8. A. firing a Mar
tin bomber with twia motors rated at
800 horsepower Friday won the 300
kilometer (1811.42 miles) Merchants'
Exchange of St. Jx)uis trophy witn
an averace a Deed of 114.28 miles an
hour. On the tail end ot tne last jap
and the finish of the race George
flew by Lieutenants Crocker Rlack
and Wade who were still on their
fourth lap. Lieutenant M. A. Schur
with his DouKlas-Wrncht BM horse
power Wright motor came In second
at an average speed of 107.62 miles
per siuur.
Lieutenant W. H. Hallenberg V. S.
marine corps finished third with a
Martin bomber at an average speed of
105.43 miles per hour.
The mark aet by Lieutenant George
broke by six miles an hour an ex
istinc record for twin motored air
planes although there is so official
world's record for twin motored ships
the judges announced.
Flying more than a lap ahead of
Schur of the navy George the army
entrant turned the pylon at the end
of the fifth lap with an average speed
ot 14.30 miles an hour and flying
low in a straight line for the second
pylon started for tbe last M kilo
meters (310.07 miles) of the race.
Average speed in miles per hour
for five laps follows:
George 114.30; Schur 107.50; Hal-
lenberg 105.63; Cole &8.T5; Slack
07.08.-
INSPECTOR SAYS
'KING BENJAMIN'
IS IN AUSTRALIA
STDN'ET. Australia. Oct. 5. Tn
spector Fowler auperintendent of the
detective force here said today he be
lieved "King Benjamin" Purnell of
ths House of David Colony in Michi
gan ia at North Hyde a small town
near hre.
No Instructions to take any action
against Purnell have been received
r owier rata.
The Sydney Truth recently rave
description ot the House ot David
branch located on the Waterloo road
ot North Ryde with an interview with
those in charge who refused to give
any information as to rurnell s pres
ence or whereabouts.
Coolidge Opposed to
Erasing European Debt.
WASHINGTON. Oct 6-Preal-dent
Coolidge is unalterably opposed
to the cancellation . by the United
States of the debt owed it by the
European countries it was said to-
day at the White Houee.
-a
Report. .
MYERSITY DEAN
.SAYS LAKE AUSTIN
TO DRY IN DECADE
Assertion Made Before
Engineers' Meeting in
Session Here '
Lake Austin bne of tbe few big
bodies of Water away from the coast
ia Texas' will dry up in the next 10
yeara provided silt collects in the
hotton at the present rate.
This waa the revelation nf T 'IT
Taylor dean of the University at
Texaa achool otengineerinc in a pa
per reacf by J. . Hawley. consulting
engineer.' before 100 membera of tbe
Texaa-sectioJL -American Boeiatv of
I Civil Knginer. during- the' opening
sessions oJC their animal convention
at the Bice hotel Friday? " r
The srofestior. waa unable tn attend
in person as were A. J- MeKenxie
vice preswent or tne state organisa-
tion and E. B. Band of Houston. State
president Mr. Band is 111 at Boston
Uass.
. Ia addition to the civil nrineera
oere tne state advisory board of en
gineers appointed a year aax bv Gov
ernor Pat U. Neff to investigate water
conservation measures also ia attend
ing tbe sessions j a. Noma ofAus
tin member of this board and one of
the vice presidents of tbe civil en
gineers in Texaa. is nresidint at all
of the sessions--here.
Professor Taylor recently resigned
as cnairman ol the advisory board
and it is expected thst a successor
will be chosen at tbe convention. J.
t. George manazer of the Texas
chamber of commerce; A. S-. Hadley
paving enguftl-r. and othera sooke
during the day's session.
Saturday the visitors will inspect
the Houston Compress Co. and the
Houston lighting and Power Co.
plants along tbe ship channel.
BAVARIA QUIET
UNDER DOUBLE!
CABINET RULE
Associated Press Report.
MUNICH Oct. 5 The situstion
hero and throughout Bavaria con-
tinues tranquil. Observers -who pro-
feds familiarity .with the sentiments
of the military dictator Dr. Von
Kahr insist that neither he nor the
Von Knitting cabinet has any inten-
tions other than those of maintaining
order.
There will be no putsch for sep-
aration." was th declaration made
today by one individual competent to
reflect thelJavariao opinion. He de-
clared that despite her current exhi-
bition of "particitlariam." Bavaria
will remain true to the general pub-
lic. . .
The working classes and laW
unions have become reconciled to the
situation and a protest movement in
tbe nature of a general strike is not
expected from these quarters.
The collapse of Stresemann's socialist-bourgeois
cabinet has not yet
removed the general suspicion with
which the chancellor has been viewed
by members of the Munish govern-
ment who are inclined to charge him
with failure to make good the prom-
ise contained in hia speech at Stutt-
gart. Natives Protest Against
Trial of Dato's Assassins
Associated Press Report
' PERPMNAN. France. Oct.' 5-
rrench and ' Spanish communists
headed by Andre Marty the French
Black sea mutineer who recently
was pardoned and hia brother. Jean
held a demonstration here last night
as a protest against the trial in Spain
of the assassins of Premier Da to.
After singing the "International" in
front of the Spanish consulate the
crowd went to tbe hotel where Senor
Juany Bel' the Spanish consul Uvea
ptaaed that official and were proceed-
ing to break doors and windows la
the hotel bonding when the police
come up and dispersed the demon-
strator . .
First ; Message Defends
Versailles Treaty and
: Praises Wilson's Part in
r League Plan.
Peade Pact Excellent
W6rk But Has Been
Carried Out Crudely
Asserts Welchman.
Associated Press Report. '
NEW YORK Oct. 5-David
Lloyd George war premier of
Great Britain today set foot
on American soil for the first
time.
Coming here as a private
citizen to tour the United
States .and Canada the dought
little Welshman and his family
were talen from the liner
Mauritania at quarantine and
landed at the Battery on the
police boat Macon.
At quarantine the latest
member of the "Big .Four" to
come to the United . States
made it known that he intend-
fcd while here to call on former
President Wilson .with whose
aid the treaty of Versailles
ending the wdrld war was
drawn. He defended the treaty
asserting that it was the man
ner m which it was operated
that had' caused unhappiness
and endorsed the proposal of
statesmen and economists to
study the troubles of Central
Europe.
The formeV premier made it
clear that his trip to this coun
try had no official or political
significance.
"I am verv delighted to be
hee" h Mid. '1 -do not'Jn-
bring any political message to
this country. I have been
very anxious for years to see
this great country. 1 want to
see America and trfe Amen
cans and I intend to call upon
many of the famous men of
your country.
Waats te Visit Wllsea.
"One of the visits to which I look
with the greatest pleasure is that to
former President Wilson. worked
with Mr. Wilson - In great amity and
cordiality for five months and it will
give me great pleasure to sec him
again.
The veteran of scores of pitched
battles over green baize and hundreds
of encounters with news gatherings
in most ot tbe capitals ot Europe
flinched noticeably at the onslaught
of a small army of camera men who
rushed him his wife and his daughter.
Megan to tbe topmost decks of the
.uauretania as she lav rocking slight
ly in the awell of a fresh breeze and
under a brilliant autumn sun. .
1 More disconcerned than her father
was Miss Megan Lloyd George his
constant companion during the troub
led timea of the war and the peace
who receded in semi-fear as the cam
era men advanced on the party for
close up photogrspbs. Through it all
Mr. Lloyd George laughed aloud in
great glee scores of tiuy wrinkles
showing about hia eyes and forehead.
He muttered several timea most aa
tonishing. The most remarkable re-
ception I ever .had."
As the Lloyd George party was be
ing photographed a tug boat bearing
a banner with the caption. elcome
Lloyd George friend of the Greeks.-'
circled the Manretania. its band blar
ing forth "Yes We Have no Bana
(Continued on Page Hi
HONDA DISASTER
CASE NEARS END
Associated Press Report.
SAXDIEGO. Cel.. Oct. 5. The
composite story of the Honda de
stroyer. disaster being related before
the naval court ot inquiry here by of
ficers and men from the seven wreck
ed ships .and two that were damaged
neared completion Friday with but
two groups of such witnesses remain
ing to be heard. These were the of-
ficer of the deck radio men. engine
room men and loogoats of the 1 . 8.
S. isomers damaged in 'grounding ami
a similar group from the 1'. S.
Chauncev which waa wrerkuri
With these two ahipa accounted for
the remainder of the dav was expect
ed to be occupied with formal report
of surgeons on the nature and ex-
tent of injuries suffered by various
men nurt in the disaster.
Women Pack Court Room
Awaiting Broussard Case
FORT WORTH Texas. Oct B.
Women many carrying babies in their
arms mado up half of thecrowd that
packed the criminal district court Fri-
day aa attorneys continued in their
efforts to obtain jury that will try
Mrs. Lillian Brenssard for killing her
husband. Eugene Leula Broussard
Sunday September 1ft .
CHARGES FILED-
AGAINST THREE
IN HOLDUP CASE
Conspiracy and ' Attempt
To Rob Alleged in '
Count
AFFAIR FRAMED
YOUTHS ASSERT
Charges ot attempting to rob and
conspiracy to commit robbery were
lodged Friday against tbe two youths
and a man who figured in last Sat-
urday's "holdup" on the Almeda road.
The trio appeared at an examining
.hearing before Justice of the Peace
Campbell K. Overatreet.
In addition a charge of highway rob
bery was nlaced aaainst one of the
youths held in connection with the
"framed holdup." He was ideatified
by J. P. Grout a taxi driver an the
employ of the Blackburn system as
one of the two men who held him up
at a lonely spot on the Telephone road
early Sunday morning. '
The alleged participants in tbe
'framed'' robbery were taken into
custody by City Detectives William
Cain and Tony Margiotta Thursday
evening. Brought to tbe police sta-
tion the two youths signed written
confessions thst they had staged tbe
"holdup" to oblige a friend who
gave them $1 apiece for their work.
They spent 75 cents apiece get-
ting back to town oh a jitney.
Unaware that the two boys bad con-
fessed the man in the esse accom
panied officers to the station to "look
over a few auspeots." Lined up with
the two youths were two newspaper-
men and two jitney drivers. The
two reporters were picked as the
bandits. ' 1
The man then waa told of the eon-
feasion and held for further investiga-
tion. TEXAS RAIL CLERKS
VOTE FAVORS UNION
COUNT INDICATES
t t l' 1 V
brotherhood Is U 1 v e n
- Necessary Majority
..':rlnK!lot
Associated' Press Report
CHICAGO Oct 5.-A majority of
149 in favor of representation by the
Brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship Clerks was indicated todsy in an
official count of votes by employes of
the Southern Pacific lines in Louis-
iana and Texas. The vote waa count-
ed under the supervision of Secretary
L. M. Parker of the I'nited States
railroad labor board in conformity
with a recent derision of the board.
For representation by the Southern
Pacific road association of clerks 4V2
votes werv raRt. for the brotherhood
till the count showed.
A dispute which arose concerning
whether representation should be de-
cided by a majority of votea cast as
advocated by the brotherhood or by
a majority of those eligible to vote
as advocated by the road association
and Hie carrier bad been decided by
the board in favor of the former posi-
tion. To insure confidence itvjhc le-
gality of the vote the board nirther
provided that the ballots should be de
livered at Chicago on or before Oc-
tober 4 and counted under the super-
vision of a member of the hoard. The
counting began yesterday and was
completed this afternoon by represent-
atives of the carrier the association
and the brotherhood with the co-operation
of the statistical department
of the board.
STOKES BILLED
FOR CONSPIRACY
TO INJURE WIFE
Associated Press Report.
CHICAGO Oct. C W. E. D.
Stokes millionaire hotel man of New
York his attorney Daniel Nugent of
New York and five others were in-
dicted by the county fraud jury Fri-
day on charges of conspiracy in con-
nection with the charge of Mrs.
Helen Elwood Stoke that her hus-
band aud his agents plotted1 to ruin
her reputation in connection with his
divorce suit. .
The indictment containing nine
counts come virtually ou the eve of
the rehearing ot the suit in which
Stokes seeks .to divorce his wife.
The hearing is set for Monday in New-
York. T
Those named besides Stokes and
his attorney include a taxicab driver
and four negroea one of tbeui. a for-
rer deputy sheriff.
Grand Jury Pfobiug
McCray's Financial Status
Associated Press Report.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Oct. 5.
Investigation of the' financial opera-
tions of Gov. Warren T. McCray was
started by the Marion county grand
jury today with extraordinary precau-
tions being taken to preserve the se-
clusion ot the grand jury and the wit-
nesses whe aay been called to appear-
While -the grand jury has been
called primarily to investigate the
Snvernor's dealings with the Marion
. ational bank ot Marion. Ind. the
charges given by Judge Jamra A. Col-
line indicated that the inquiry might
take on a broader scope
Sentinels Patiently
Await Opportunity
To Capture Gunmen
Guardsmen Scan Dining Room WithField Glass;
Believe Lifeless Form "of One Rioter" Lief Upon
Floor: Barricaded Men Withstand Attack Since
. 'Wednesday Three Guards Already Slain.
. '' United Press Report. .'A 'v
NASHVILLE Tenn. Oct. 5. Major H. C. Fiske United
States engineer in charge of this district authorized the turning .
over to the' Eddyville prison authorities of the four cases oft
dynamite by the government engineering force at Eddyville J
the explosive to be used in the attack on the mess hall where y:
the three convicts are being besieged.' The request for aid
came from the governor of Kentucky.
Associated Preas Report.
EDDYyiLLE Ky. Oct. 5. Grim sentinels worn by long j
vigils for the 544th consecutive hour watched the State peni-
tentiary dinine hall here today for an opportunity td capture- '
the three convicts who have
building. :
After it had been decided this1 morning to await the arrival
of members of the State board
before making another attack
national guard using Held glasses saw what they believed to .
be human forms on the floor of
OKLAHOMA BANDIT
CAPTURED WHILE -ASLEEP
IN BARN
Evaded Officers For Six
Weeks-After Daring
Escape
Associated Press Report
FORT SMITH. Ark.. Oct. 5. Ed
Lock hart Oklahoma bandit is in Jail
at Jay Delaware county Oklahoma
today after six weeks' of evading the
law in Oklahoma vand Arkansas. .
' Loethart"wa"atrhiied while he
slept ia a barn -on" the ranch of Cfaarler
Haken six miles froaa Kansas a small
town in FMaware county late Thurs-
day. - With him the officers captured
S. P. Vodson. said -to be wanted in
connection with train robbery near
BarUetvUle Okla. Baser was ar-
rested on a charge of harboring crinv
inals. Sheriff TJen Smith of Dels
ware county who led the seven offi
cers in the raid on Baker'a ranch.
said today that be will hold Lock-
hart at Jay for a day or two until be
decides definitely what to do with
bim. Dodson and Baker were taken
night I
Lorkha'rt is wanted in Oklahoma
for breaking parole from the Okla-
homa penitentiary and a reward of
M had been offered for him by the
warden. He also is wanted in Harri-
son. Ark. for alleged complicity in the
robbery of the Peoples bank of Harri-
son on February 18 1921 when Henry
Starr his partner was killed. ' Arkan-
sas officer also want him in connec-
tion with the robbery of tbe Lead Hill
Ark. bank about two years ago in
which two men escaped with about
$10000. A reward of STiOO bad been
offered for him by the Arkansas
State Rankers' association.
Lorkhart's imprisonment today in
tbe little jail at Jay is the third since
he Henry Starr and two other men
are alleged to have staged the sen-
sational robbery of the Peoples bank
of Harrison. Immediately after that
robbery in which Starr received his
death wound Lockhart was captured
and held in the Harrison jail for three
weeks when he escaped.
WITNESS MURDER
PROBE TO START
ssociated 1 ress Keporf.
MOl'NT PLEASANT Texas. Oct. j of Aching guards the men' fled v
3. A special grand jury next Monday bac-k into the dark interior ot the '
will begin investigation into the death building. Latf r a guard in attempt- '''"
near here of Otis Ballard material ing t0 pIace to mor -8 0M
witness in a bank robbery case whose o the torcneg momentarily deserted' '
body waa found several Hays ago im mw and three shots.wero fired from
shallow creek. The clothing worn oyl.i- hiiii; .knn.;n k. l.
Ballard on the night he disappeared
waa found vest
crday in a pond near
where the body was discovered.
Charges of murder have been filed
against Clem Gray who pleaded guilty
of bank robbery at Gilmer early this
week and Hurrell Kemp a negro and
of being- accomplices against Paul
Keith anil George MrKinley. young
men of this section. Grsy and Kemp
are said by officers to have made
statements regarding the slaying of
Ballard. Clothing said to have been
Horn by Kemp and Gray on the night
of killing also has been found in a
secluded spot near here according to
officers.
Reclamation Engineer
Leaves on Last Survey
Al'STIX Texas Oct 5. Arthur
A. Stiles State reclamation engineer
and commissioner in the Texas-Oklahoma
boundary settlement left here
today for Wichita . Falls- where to-
morrow he Will join Arthur D. Kidder
second commissioner and begin final
survey work in locating the boundary.
The commissioners will do the survey
work personally and will continue at
surveying until the Wichita Falls sec-
tion ia completed.. Stiles said the chief
disputed section of the boundary will
be fully designated by the close of the
present year
barricaded themselves in the j
v
of charities and corrections
members of the Mtyfield
the dining room and resumption (
Yof bombardment of the upns-
ers stronghold was ordered "
80 far ao one definitely knows
whether Monte Walters and Lawrence '
Griffith life term murderers and Har
ry Ferland "sixteen man have 'been
seriously wounded. The opinion fen-
eraJly held however is that only one
of this dsn who early Wednesday 1
made a break tor liberty remains un- 1 ;
injured - . 1 s .
Hldlsg Place Effective. j
The effective biding place tbe con
victs possessed waa said by Warden
Chilton to be the main difficulty tbe '
State faced. He said the convicts evi-
dently bad deed four ninety-gallon -iron
steam boilers ia tbe front of tbe
building and steel abetted bread
mixer in the rear aa hiding places and t
saia iney were loceiea si tne owy en-
trance wayi to the building. v .
.In tbe warden's .opinion the o" -vrcta
could hide is) these places and '-a
each man could stand oft a regitneat N
if on advance was 'made 0900- them.
Thirty militia-mcj tbf l48tfci-.-fantry
from Msyf isJd' aWlted '"here
st 10 a. m. today to assist prima and
military authorities in controlling the . ;
penitentiary situation here. --..
It was decided to resume firing
wnen pickets from the Mayfield .
State guard at wantage' poiata on the
administration building' using field '
5 lasses reported belief they could
iscern two forma recumbent on the
floor of ths dining hall evidently of "
wounded or dead men according to ' 1
Captain Crawford of the troopers.
No sign of a third was detected.
The sensational break for liberty
by the convict trio which resulted in . '
the siege was made Wednesday morn- " .
ing. Having obtained automatic pistols
in some underdetermined way Wal-
ters Griffith and Ferland initiated '..
the dash by shooting to death Guard
Hodge Cunningham. Other guarda
were attracted by the firing and a k
running fight ensued in which V. B
Mattingly W. P. Gilbert and William
Gillihan were wounded. Mattingly and .
Gilbert died from their wounds. '
Took Cover ia Mast Hall.
Failing to win to the main gate of
the prison wall the convict gunmen
took cover in the mess ball Their '
refuge proved a cnl-de-sac but the
trio retired to the second floor and
using windows as loopholes stood off -attackers.
During the two nights of
the siege a score of acetylene torches
placed at vantage points in the -prison .
grounds hare cast their flickering
light against tbe mess hall walls form-
ing a circle of light through which a .'
man might not paas undetected by tha '
eyes of the ring of riflemen who wait
ed and watched from the shadowa en
tbe outside of ths illuminated circle.
Opinion was expressed in some '
quarters last night that tbe belea
guered desperadoes hsd been killed or;
had been seriously wounded by the
volleys directed against their fortress
It was proved a figure waa seen to
t . L. - 1 II j .
j . . . . k. .
nition of th: .. h-j d.f.nd(. htll
not hausteQY . r A .
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