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SHERMAN DAILY DEMOCRAT! home edition
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VOLUME XLII.-NO. 2.
SHERMAN. TEXAS.
FRIDAY. JULY 28, 1922. —EIGHT PAGES.
65c PER MONTH-
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LATE JAKE HAMONS PREACHER IBANBCONCERT
FRIEND IS UNFROCKED BY THHtt ■
RUUNC BODY OF HIS CHURCH HOUSTON PARK
THE REV. THOMAS J. IRWIN CONVICTED ON01*^®*
SEVERAL COUNTS—HAS BEEN STORMY
PETROL IN RELIGIOUS CIRCLES IN
LAWTON, OK., FOR SOME TIME
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Lawton, Okie.. July 28.—Convicted
•t a secret trial, ou the widely herald-
ed "bathing suit" charge and allega-
tiona of perjury and high handed dla-
elpitng of numbers of hla flock, the
Rev. Thomas J. Irwin, former pastor
of the Law ton Presh.vteilun church
was unfrocked ae a minister of the
Presbyterian church In the United
States of America, eurly today by t»e
Judicial couimiaaton of the El Reno
Presbytery.
"You are Indefinitely suspended as a
minister of the Presbyterian church.
United States of America, and muy the
laird have mercy ou you," the verdict
of the trial body.
tTln- expulsion of Mr. Irwin from the
ministry came us the climax to opi-
aodea mowing out of a bitter contro-
versy In the Lawton church.
The convicted minister gave noth* to
tha trial cmn'miaaiwi of an appeal to
the Synod ot Oklahoma, the neat high-
er body in the . church. Thgr Synod la
scheduled to meet In October. *'•* ' , , . ,
Mr. Irwin wae found gulUjr of con- a* to start about August 8.
duct unbecoming a minister In per- Mr. Scott was elected a trustee of
forming a marriage ceremony last sum- the American Cotton Growers' Ex-
roar at Medicine Park, a resort near change, the central organisation coor-
Imre, in which the principals, Including dinating the activities of the cotton as
the mlnlater. wore bathing suits 1 It soclatlons In different states, succeed-
was alleged the Wedding was conduct- tag J. W. L. Hall, of New Boston, who
a | In a spirit of revelry, bringing dia- was elected secretary of the Texas
repute upon the church. Farm Kitremi Cotton Association. Mr.1
i.,-j ,« s„m,, ““ Bell succeeds Jeff D. Montgomery,
^usvium m •*!-»• who riled recently.
He was convicted of having sworn to, A 9°n*raet for handling the entire
a false allidarit to obtain a district <oltop crop marketed by the Texas
court Injunction restraining interfw-1 Ffrn' Bureau Federation was given
race with hla conduct of the affairs of ™ Houaton Compress Coinspny, which
the Lawton church. |hlw * **»r»ge capacity of from 30,000
vhtrh hla Jurors 1tn bales qf cottou. A bolding
________Ife^iliiviplluli! «• rents ttm -grow
members of hie'CMtoregatluv without
due process as provided by church mg-1 u »'■" Mated that-tjie cotton asaoc-
ulatlons. jU,,on Jihd received its first shlp-
Hlgid secrecy was iualtilalued as to tar the rear, consisting
UC, HE SAYS
FRISCO SHOPS
RUMG WITH
MEN AT WORK
AGAINST R. R.
STRIKEBREAKERS BROUGHT IN SANTA FE FILES PAPERS IN U
UNDER PROTECTION OF CAP-
TAIN HICKMAN AND MEN
S. DISTRICT COURT
HERE
JO NUMBERS TO BE GIVEN LOCAL TRAINS MADE UP, VIOLENT ACTS ALLEGED
Rich Program Hat Been Arraag ed
Aad die Public Invited to
Be Preseat
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SEVERAL FROM THIS COUNTY AT-
TENDS MEETING IN
. AI L WEIL PLEASED
T. Scott, of Denison, director from
rli district In the Texas Farm Bureau
lotton Association, as well as several
members of the association In Grayson
County attended the first membership
convention In Dallas Thursday. More
than 3U(l farmer members of tbe as-
aociatlou present beard a review of tbe
first yenr’a work, and nnunliuously en-
dorse»l it, after which p'.uns were made
tar a general membership drive in Tex-
The hlu ruiaii Municipal Band will
pfneent its third Id-wtekly concert of
the summer In Houston 1’ark Friday
eu'ulug at 8 o'clock. A program of
numbers completely Uiftereut with the
exception of out number being repeat-
ed by request will be played.
Director E. A. Ughtfoot is anklouii
to learn which numbers are most pleas-
Jug to the public, and wiH at Hines con-
sider requests for the inclusion of uny
particular number iu a concert pro-
gram, 1h* announced Friday.
The pvagiHin of ten numbers for Fri-
day evening's concert, to be played
through without Intermission, follows.
Ax usual, persons who drive cart into
the* park ubout the bumlstund are ask-
ed to remain throughout the concert
and not eaute confusion by leaving Uur-
ing tbe concert. The progrum lolloWs:
Program.
March. "Legion of Honor," Jewell.
Overture. "Radiant." Kiefer.
Fox Trot, "Stealing," Sullivan.
Walt*, "Uoaeland." Myers.
Patrol. "Blue and Grey," (Request),
Dolbey,
F^x Trot. "Old Fashioned Girl,” Jol-
aon. ........ —--------
tJverture, ""The Starlet King." Jew-
ell.
A Tropical Interlude, “The fsla of
Palms,” Holmes.
Fox Trot. "Augel Child," Silver.
March, "In Honour Bound," Kiefer.
Newipaper Reporter It Escorted Aik Especially That Men at Gainea-
Throogb the Various Depart- rile aad SHibee Be Re-
gtramed
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m A preliminary injunction against
memhei s of tbe different railway crafts
Auow on strike aud formerly employed
by them, restraining them f^gjn inter-
fering in any way with the operation of
peratlons of Its jheir trains is sought
KATY SHOPS AT DEM ARE
MANNED BY IMPORTED WORKERS
AND CONDITIONS GROW BETTER
NEGRO COOK WHO WAS BEING ESCORTED
OUT OF TOWN CUTS WHITE MAN AND
ESCAPES—YARDS WELL GUARD- j j
ED THURSDAY NIGHT
I
r:
tlm protection of Captain Tom
n«u nncvAla company of State
In charge of all railroad prqp'
>v Jhr shopmen's strike,
m
.MIL,, Hi
Under tlie pri
B. Hickinuu
Rangers.
erty affected by,
the Frisco has
repair shops In Jtortheast Herman
with imported strike breaker* and
with tbe men now at work tha road Is
U6J.S0LD
AT AUCTION
,their trains is sought In «n Injunction ®T
suit filed by tbe Gulf. CoIoMgo A San- J ,
th* United fine
, v ... „ r, .. . ^ Houston, Texas, July 28—The Inter-
, ? F* **“■*“**•*••, national and Great Northern Railroad
ou! iere 1 r day. The petition fol- wgg ^ld g, pu{,||c auction today to
..... ...—-..i. -----_<L_......grantee tne road at Texarkana ttte w„lttt,|VPS ot the Central Trust Com*;
pany of New York The purchaae price
aud dispatch them on time through^hc(Thuisdny afternoon by Judge,-W. L.
local yards. The latter statement was;Estes, which expires next Friday wheu W 000 OOO
made by a .ocgl vffldals of the Frtaco H 1'*‘ar,nK for the feltminars; JnJunc
tlm trial proceedings, although It in
known that a number of members and
former members of the Lawtou church
were called to testify.
— Mr. Ii win. ou advice of hla counsel,
r“fused to comment on the verdict. He
had previously announced, however,
that he would carry tlm issue even to
tbe General Assembly of the Presbyter-
ian church If the outcome of his trial
was advene.
Mr. Irwin conducted hla own defense
at the trial, having been denied tbe
right of counsel.
It was announced that be had filed
a motion during the proceedings asking
disqualification of two members of tbe
commission, J. B. McQuowu and J. H.
Webb, alleging Mas and unfairness.
The moth mi was over ruled.
This was tbe only announcement of
the trial body'
"Now at tilth time after due delibera-
tion by the judicial commission of the
charges and specifications, the said,
commission called in the defendant,
Thomas J. Ifwln, end prosecuting com-
mission and amiouurcii that they had
miched a decision.
"The Judicial commission announced
that a vote bad been taken cm each ot
the charges and the specifications sep-
arately and the commission found Rev.
Thomas J. Irwin guilty ou each of the
charges and specifications, except
charge No, 4, which had been preciops-
]y dtrmissed by tbe commission."
(Charge No. 4 was that the pastor
had not made the proper financial re-
turn to the Presbyterian board).
"The moderator thereupon on behalf
of the Judicial commission requested
Mr. Irwin to stand aud state If lie had
any objection at this time to receiving
the Judgment of the commission and be
stated that be had no objection. There-
upon the moderator announced the
liiMllnga of the commission and pro-
nounced the Judgment of tbe commit
stun as tallows:
"Upon the unanimous findings of the
commission of your guilt upon the
charges and specifications set out tn
this case, it is ordered and adjudged
that you, Thomas J. Irwin, be. and you
are hereby. Indefinitely suspended aa
« minister of the Preahyteriuu church.
United States of America, and may the
Lord have mercy Upon you.!" ■ ■
(Signed) “IV. A. Roach, moderator.
"Thomas J. Looey, clerk.” '
Tn Be Tried In Court.
Tbe suspended minister faces trial in
the District Court here on an arson
charge filed by the countjnattorney aft-
er an investigation of the alleged in-
cendiary fire in the Lawton church
last April, while Mr. Irwin was still
of fifty one bales from Bee and Goliad
Counties.
KATY CAR SHOP
TO BE REOPENED
AT DENISON
ONEKILLEDAND
Friday.
While uot upjn-oactlng as yit nor-
mal operations, (he Prtsco shops here
Frhhiy morning Wef» fUr Horn idle.
A representative pf
<erted through the
Negro Captured.
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l| IS* iiacKM Brass
Denison. Texas, July 28. — A
negro, said to be a cook tor tlm
Missouri. Kansas and Texas Rail-
road. kidnaped by a party of
white men. hut night, who escap-
ed with a companion after (lash- i
ing one of his captora with A *
knife, was captured this morning
lo Bed PiT<jr Kdtomt near here,
military authorities announced.
Captain Jerry Gray of tlm State
Rangers captured the negro. It *
was said. The military heads are
condm-ting an tareatlggthm of.
the affair In whl -h a while mu
was severely cut.
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the grounds just
saw for himself the
utions being carried
uctlrlty iu the
and the blacki
slve locomotive
rted on in the
first time since
almost, a
ing on is
stock In running
road to make up
It was stated.
Two coaches,
able bunks, com]
ter* of Captain
Over on
,11 25?* W?re rwen,t <**> ln *>«> bonds in the International
and around,acta of an Interfering natnre are. nl
28—Shopman
Imported here by tha M. K. A T. Rail-
noon Friday, leged to have occurred.
itent of the oper-
»n. There was
•use, the shops,
with exten-
rork being car-
probably the
Ike was called
and Great Northern on deposit in New road t0 “«> the road's shops during
York before they were allowed to bid. n. nn„,.„ J.
The ro,.d has been In the hands of a WaUl0Ut °f WlW *°Vma
reeefver since 101G, and the Central ued at work today daaplte ostensible
Trust Company of New York waa rep- *
Estancla,iN. M.^nly 28__Three men icsentlng the second mortgage bord Starts yesterday and last night to ta-
Mhuhad foreclosed terfere with tbe operation of the shops
Three Men Hanged
PT »(• Irwcutn l*r•*»
were hHnged hert at 7 o’clock this holders who
morning for the murder of Anton Property.
The work go-) Goory, a lawNMutb of Duran, N. M..
keep rolling ,MJ* B*Pl«mber. -A fourth man who
and enable the .WM Sranted a stay ot execution at the
in here on time,' **»«t mhwie pending an appea. «)f hla
cnee to the supreme court
ria
tera of Ca
p«*y. ov.
v aevthfwW1-1
«ith comfori-
e living quar-
i and his com
m the
Mangers Are Defined.
(Monalea
in Fort Worth was declined
Police Commissioner John
AUTO ACCIDENT
oT'iW Vittrtb. Texas, July 28—The
the cars used as mess qiMrters for the “!f **, hl ,w‘utlllnK ^ strife
Rangers, the men now working at tbe
shops, aud the Deputy United States . .' y •
Marshals, some of whom are still on I Ald<‘nnu"-
H"'v at the shops. The u___
men eat in three shifts. With the1
Hangers and other guard officers, a
number of road executives who are do-
(ing strike-duty hi the local shops have
their meals. The remaining men at
work eat in two shifts.
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THKLh PROPOSALS
AKfc TO HE MADE TO
RAILROAD EXrJtlTlVKS
By tb* Cultci: rrtFK
Property Posted.
WITNESS FOR
IE DEFENSE
and movement of trains. •
Twice yesterday tha electric light
wires supplying current to the shops
were tampered with, causing tempor-
ary suspension ot shop activities. Mach
tiafc. however, tbe break ta tha wires
r wnb repaired and work resumed.' The
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latest Interruption of
Colonel Charles W.
currant caused
Nimon, martial law
commander, to assign State Rangers
Denison.
of a
(Continued on Page Four).
Ambush Reported.
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By the Ateociated Pree$
Belfast. July 28.—The ambush
party of Free State troops' was report-
ed today from Glentles, County Done-
gal. They encountered a man dressed
as a priest, who assurred them there
was no da tiger In the locality. Sud-
denly seven men emerged from behind
a hedge and opened fire killing two of
them. Four of the attacking repub-
licans were captured.
Killed ta Explosion.
_ _ , , a- _ , when an automobile overturned at u
men on duly AMhe Ray yards^ast fS/morntaT^Tn^wwe^
night fired at prowlers, according re- en to a hospital,
ports at headquarters todS.V Itillta- "■ __
men challenged several men Who ran.
The men escaped.
The Katy ear shops here, which have
been closed since January, wlll. be op-
ened next week. V. G. Hopkins assist-
ant to the chief operating officer of
the road announced today. Mr. Hop-
kins said the force workers ste now
lielng organized.
Members of Captain Hickman’s force ,
Waco. Texas. July 28.—Tlie Infant Frlduy plated placards at various f
child of I. M Alien, secretary of the 'Points about the Frisco property, read-'|
Brown Cracker aud Candy Company of tag: “Notice: This property is under i
Dallas, was killed, and Mrs. Allen may protection of State Rangers, under |
die. and four other children of Mr. ripen Port law. No trespassing allow- i
and Mrs. Allen were seriously Injured ed." An official of the road assured 11
when an automobile nwrin™^ ~ The Democrat representative that these |
signs did not affect persons having 1
legitimate business with any road of»>
fichil at the shops, but that they did j
exclude the general public. Tbe pla- j
cards were placed In accordance with
a provt*lcn ot the open port law.
Both the sleeping and eating quar- }
ters provided at the shops have b«bn 1
One man j Inspected by n local company physician, j
aud pronounced in first-class sanitary
condition. The visit of this physician !
to the shops Wednesday gave rise to !
re|H>rts of an accident to one of the
workers, but according to an official J
statement from the shop- Friday, the I
only accident at tlie shops since the be-'1
ginning of the strike occurred Intel}
Thursday when one of the men at work i
sprained his ankle tn stepping over a I
rail. He was taken to Sherman Hos- !
pltnl for treatment.
•a ta* A unnoted
Fort Smith. Ark . July 28...... ,
was klllsd and two Injured, neither fa-'
tally, In two explosions early this morn-
ing nt tbe KqnltaMe Powder Company
plant, four miles south of* Fort Smith
The men were employes of the com-
P*ny.
EarfhqimAoe Shock.
Bn file Ateaciatei Preee
By tbe llBitsd >tm
Washington, July 28.—Three (
proposals for Immediate ending |
of the rullioud strike have been |
submitted to representatives of j
the railroad executives and labor |
unions by President Harding, ae- j
cording to information obtained |
today front administration advis- |
evs who talked with the execu- |
tlve, j
-The proposals! all hinging on |
various plans tor adjusting the |
employes' seniority rights, will be |
submitted, it was said to the ex- [
efcutivea' meeting in • New York |
Tuesday and to au employes' eon- |
ference iu Chicago to be arranged -j-
shopmen's |
By tk* Aeennotei Prete
Grand Rapids, Mich.. July 28.—Tes-
tifying as a defense witness ta the Motioned here to guard the wlrea and
separate maintenance suit brought by " • - —
Mrs Isittie M. Trotter against Wr bus- P t f damage,
band Melvin E. Trotter, prominent WlUle the yard* were iu darkness,
evangelist, Miss Florence Moody, hie
former secretary, denied on the witness twenty'e,ght air hose on cars in tb*
stand today that tbe evangelist waa the y*rds were pnactured
fattier of a child born to her la 1917.
ta
No Interference.
Madrid, July 28—A brief earth-
quake was felt late last night at Gra-
nada, causing considerable alarm. No . ,
damage was done. I All trains were moving through the
Gautemala City, July 28—An earth ,0<al •Ta,'d‘, without delay or Interior-
shock of considerable intensity wug e,K* of onv k,n<1 Fr*day, a local offl- J
felt here last night, but no damage wasi,ial sa,,i' No taterfetfanan with tbe1
reported. picketing being carried on by the 'I
striking shopmen bar. as yet been made I
JACK PHKFORD AND MARILYN
MOVE WEDDING OP AGAIN, THE ‘
BRIDE IS NAMED CARTER, 22
by members of the Ranger foree. Ran-
gers have, in feet, met with commit-
tees from the striking shopmen and
shown them fully the provisions of the
Open port law as applied to the terri-
tory embraced In the area affected
here, and from tbe striking shopmen's
expressions, are expecting co-operation
from them during their period of ser-
vice here.
By the associated Preii
law Angeles. Calif., July 28—Anoth-
er change Iihs been made ta the wed-
ding plans of Jack flekford, motion pic-
ture actor, aud Marilyn Miller of the
stage.
Originally the wedding was set for
August 1. Then It was advanced to
7 o'clock on tbe uight of Jnly 80. Now.
while the date remains the same, the
hour has been changed to 2 o'clock ta
the afternoon.
The license has been obtained, re-
vealing the bride's surname aa Car-
ter and her age as 22. while tha groom
Is listed as John V. Itckfdrd, 25.
I THE WEATHER.
j By fS« Aneociated Prese .
! Washington. July 28—Sher-
I man and vicinity. Frida) night
! and Hnlurday qrtly cloudy.
Loenl Temperature.
| There was a range of 1« de-
| . grees In local temperature Thurs-
| day, th<* maximum being 97 de-
l greea and the minimum being 81.
by B. M. JewelL Ihe
leader.
Outside railroad contracting, it
was said would be uluiudoned by
tbe ritlliouds unitor each of the
tnrbe proposals.
One of the proposals, according
to those cialmiug to have Infor-
mation of tbe President's sugges-
tion would be for the railroads to
waive the seniority question and
t ike nil strikers back to work.
Another was said to he to give
"loyal" men who have remained
nt work prior seniority rights
over strikers and the third Was
tar separate adjustment of the
seniority dispute by each road
with Its own employes through
joint committees to he appointed.
Hlnton Leaves Aug. 12. — —
II v the A •metaled Prthe l
New York, July 28—The H-18 fly-
ing boat which Walter Hinton, one of
the officers of the NC-4, first aircraft
to cross the Atlantic, who will pilot
to Rio de Janeiro this summer as a
testimony ef America's friendship for
the South American republic, will leave
New York August 12. It was announced
today. ■ , ,
Deputy Sheriff Killed.
By tk« A ne>rtnt*d preee
Kansas Oltv, Mo . July 28— While
attempting to put five men believed to
be tramps off a train at Lexington
Junction, Mo., yesterday. Edward Lee,
a deputy 8herlff of Hay County, was
fatally shot by one of the men. Four
of the men were arrested and taken
to the county Jail at Richmond. Mo.
The man who fired the shot, however.
Is believed to have escaped on an east-
bound freight train. Lee died In a lo-
cal hospital late last night.
Coal Commission Appointed.
By thm iv*on(8t«(t Prep* *
Columbus. Ohio, July 28—Governor
Harry I,. Pavls today appointed a
commission that will have lull control
of coal distribution to the people of
Ohio during the coal strike.
FORMER POLICE LIEUTENANT
KILLED AND ANOTHER WOUNDED
IN FIGHT AT KEHTUCKY STILL
murs were required to repair the bogs
and more the cars. Tha yards last
night were under a special guard of
troops, who guarded the railroad prop-
erty closely.
• fr N*frt> Cuts Escort.
Borne excitement waa doused last
night w’hen a negro cook, brought here
by tbe rallroed to cook tor new work-
ers, inflicted severe cute on one of a
party of white men who were eecort-
Ing him out of town. Tha negro es-
caped. supposedly into Oklahoma, and
further trouble wae avoided. j
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Obregon Passes Crisis, ij\W~'
By the Allocated Pratt r 7,
Mexleo City. July 28. — President
Obregon now hae safely passed tha
crisis ta his illness which for a time
caused his attending physicians to en-
tertain grave fears for hla Ufe, accord-
ing to Information given today by per-
sons close to tbe President.
I Memory of Capt. Ellis Honored.
By «»* duooiated Prett
I | Denison. Texas. July 28.—In
| j memory of Captain Leland Ellis,
the first Denlsonlun to lose bis
life in France, tbe camp of Btate
militiamen here, will bo known as
| | Camp Ellis.«Col, C. F. Nlme in
'fflijplBmand, stated today. Captain
| Ellis, iu charge of Ambulance
i I Unit 27, with the Third Division,
1 I was killed ta France in June,
| 1918.
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By th* United Prmn
Louisville. Ky., July 28—Harr^ Ba-
ker. former Police Lieutenant, was shot
to death and J. M. Mllbey was shot
I twice through the head today In a bat-
|tle with prohibition agents at Fern
Klllfe distillery. —~ “
Frank M. Colbert, United States
guard at tbe distillery was arrested.
One man escaped. Prohibition agents
Delosler, Handsbrough, McFarland
and Gilbert watching tbe distillery,
were charged with giving a signal to a
“ truck which entered the distillery.
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Plot Against Palmare.
BOY SCOUTS BAND
TO HONOR
SENATOR J. W.
iND I •"
FORMER
4. Vi. RAILEY
{ By M« Attoetated Pratt
Paris. July 28— The French
government, it was made known
today has received what It con-
siders absolutely trustworthy in-
formation that an attempt against
the life of Premier Poincare ta
being plotted-ta German monar-
chist circle*.
O —
to ow
Settlers’ Reunion here naxt week
wlH be the appearance in con-
cert on Thursday evening of ton
Gainesville Boy Scouts Band,
an organisation of 108 pieces,
and therefore one of the larg-
est to ever appear ta 8hjerman.
This Information was received by
A. 8. Noble, one of the mana-
gers of the reunion. Friday.
The appearance of tha band
ta In compliment to Former Sen-
ator Joseph Weldon Bailey, of
Deltas, formerly of Gainesville,
who speaks on the reunion pro-
gram Thursday evenlhg at 8 p.
, m. The band, however, will give
a concert tn the afternoon, an'
Well aa 1a tha
Mr. Bailey's speech.
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