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SUNDAY, JANUARY 27. 1924
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
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PRESIDENTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT ORDERS
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OIL LEASE SCANDAL
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Referendum of Opinion to Be Coolidge Directs Appointments of
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WASIINGTON, Jan. 26.— President
SUIT CASE BARGAIN
$8.50
The Jump on Spring!
HEADS OF MURDERER’S
Your New Hat
VICTIMS SEALED IN
BLOCK OF CONCRETE
Colonel Billie Mayfield Jr., of Hous-
RECONVEY OIL LEASES
ton.
TO THE GOVERNMENT
WALTER WILCOX
THE STORE FOR MEN
mands vigorous action by the presi-
They urged that the “big stick"
DEATH NOTICES
counsel who shall have charge of the be used.
The Kansas congressmen declared
any-
tion and that the public is amazed
G Ben. Mrs.
composed of Mrs.
and mother. Mr. and Mrs. L.. B. Gilbert
denial that there was any irregularity
of restricted Indian land in Ottawa Mrs. Bettie Kern of Austin, her hus-
honorary: Fred Connerly, Earl Simms,
! Preslent Coolidge after the Interior
AT LEAST FORTY
Bootleggers were outa luck Satur-
police officers had brought in two men
MINERS DEAD IN
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been heard Monday, but Chairman
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DUST EXPLOSION
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The prisoners will have
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eleven
and
main shaft on th-* 280 foot level.
traits that constitute a truly
officials this afternoon be-
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men who were in the mine at the time children, all grown, her hi
4% Allowed on Savings
tng died a number of years ago"
WE IX) STEAM DYEING
Austin National Bank
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By Associated Press.
26-Five Repub-
Resources Over $8,000,000
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Today your independence is made easier by a Savings
Account with this Bank. A dollar starts one and at our
rate of interest increases rapidly with the passing years.
Why not declare your independence today? Your Bark
Book is your Declaration.
SALADO MAN SUCCUMBS
TO HYDROPHOBIA HERE;
FUNERAL SET FOR TODAY
ment's intentions. both as to criminal
and civil proceedings, may be made by
men, an automobile and a large quan-
' tity of contraband coming into town
Lenroot announced tonight that his
examination had been deferred until
Tuesday both because of his physical
both white. were lodged in the county
jail and their car parked in the sher-
Special Prices on Wardrobe
Trunks
wards that his views on the subject
were set forth in an editorial in ths
National Republican which concluded
COUNCIL TO HEAR
TAX PROTESTS MONDAY
BILLIE MAYFIELD PLEADS
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL
BEL; IS FINED $500
Two large groups of people Saturday
-chose the Interstate vaudeville bill at
the Hancock Opera House as their
Special Counsel of Democrats
and Republicans.
Hearing of tax protests is expected
to be started by the city couhcil Mon-
day morning and continue through the
week, It was announced by Finance
Mrs. Carter was active in the
of the women’s ciubs of Corpus Cl
Surviving relatives are her I
Reuter and Messrs. Clamp and Chap-
man sang.
Gillespie Stacy, Wink Rowe, Luke Gil-
bert, Lomis Slaughter, Sully Roberdeau
and Walter Eyres.
el New Kind
NDEP
SEES NO CHANCE OF
SENATE RECOUNTING
MAYFIELD-PEDDY VOTE
TWO THEATER PARTIES
GIVEN AT HANCOCK
FOR 235 STUDENTS
FORMER AUSTIN WOMAN
DIES AT MALESTER
notwithstanding.”
A, similar resolution respecting the
California naval reserve lease to the
Doheny Interests was offered by Rep-
resentative Garrett, but some mem-
bers of the senate committee said such
a resolution would be withheld by the
senate committee until there had been
discussion of the Doheny offer.
While the senate committee was re-
Phone
6836
Taken of Parent-Teachers As-
sociations On Matter,
tunity to explain to the senate com-
mittee his financial transactions with
Mr. Doheny and Mr. Sinclair.
The former secretary was to have
REV. A. I DAVIS TO
ASK FOR NEW TRIAL
SHERIFFS OFFICERS
CAPTURE BRACE OF
ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS
PRESIDENT IS URGED
TO USE "BIG STICK”
We feature the HARTMANN and INNOVATION
Wardrobe Trunks which are recognized as the
strongest and lightest weight trunks to be had.
Many exclusive features are found n these trunks
and a demonstration will convince the most skeptical.
Prices $25.00 to $125.00
N"f
Company
gsn checki
(Continued from Paze One.)
forty to forty-five miners had been
trapped.
While the cause of the explosion was
not known, miners familiar with the
workings expressed the belief that it
was a dust expiosion.
favorite show and a total of 235 tickets .
were sold by Manager ouis Novy for
two theater parties at that amusement
house Saturday afternoon and night.
At the night performance the Scot-
tish Rite bodies of Austin entertained
105 freshman girls and their matrons.
department and the department of
z, ----05-- justice have concluded their investi-
dax n th ' torsthree hours,atter sit gations and Nr. Fall has had oppor-
1 noIee Afficera had hronght in twn men ..
Irregularity Denied.
JoPLnN, Mo.. Jan. J*.—A categorical
gook
White Sweaters
A Specialty
82 Deed In llinois Disaster
By Associated Press.
JOHNSTON CITY, Ill., Jan. M —
The definite number of dead in the
explosion at East mine of the Crerar-
Clinch Coal Company yesterday is
thirty-two, it was announced late to-
day after a thorough inspection of
the colliery. A previous report that
six men were still in the mine was
found to be incorrect.
In addition to the dead, eight in-
(with a theater party. Both groups
chose the vaudeville bill out of a choice
of all shows in the city.
| car and a quantity of boose late Fri-
i day night.
HEGMAN PRAISES
"UP SHE GOES” WHILE
ON VISIT IN AUSTIN
“The Council of Presidents agreed law will be enforced and every right
to have a referendum among each of the people and the government will
parent-teacher association in the. city be protected.”
county, Okla., to the Eagle-Picher , band and a sen.
I Lead Company by former Secretary J Pallbearers w
examining Archie Roosevelt, Son of
the former president, and G. D. Wahl-
DISCUSSED SCHOOL LEGAL ACTION IN
BUILDING PROGRAM
1 and twenty-odd pint bottles of the
outlawed beverage herift Miller and
Deputy Jim McCoy gathered in two
They are from—
ROBT. MUELLER & BROTHER
• AUSTIN TRUNK FAOTORX....
__________ -___________________ . — __________ from Kansas tn
ten protests appealing to the council Chicago today jointly sent a tele-
against the valuations placed on thelr gram to President Coolidge’s secre-
Adams indicated after-
W.L.PARSLEY
pRY CLEANEF
r HATTER.
Almost a century and a half ago our forefathers de-
, clared their rights as free and independent citizens.
Led by the indomitable Washington such independence
was won only after a bitter struggle of years’.
EXTRA BAG SPECIAL
18-inch, heavy cowhide leather and leather lined,
best lock and catches to be had. Can bo had in
four styles—smooth black, cobra, walrus and
cordovan—
property by the city tax equalisation tary declaring that the Teapot Dome
board last December, Only these pro- oil reserve lease matter, under in-
tests are to be heard this week. I vestigation by a senate committee, de-
’ conversation and said that he prob-
' ably had referred to six or eight cat-
tle sent to the foreman of Fall’s New
Mexico ranch and that Mr. Roosevelt
and should the board of trustees make i
editor of a weekly newspaper, any radical change in their building (
pleaded guilty yesterday when his case plan, I feel that the vote of the people
charging criminal libel, was called in of the city should be taken, since the
county court, and. under the termstof voter. were promised durinr the re-
an agreed judgment made with the cent bond campaign that improve-
prosecution, he 18 to pay 8500 fine and /ments outlined by the board would
agrees to print a retraction of the, ikely be carried out”
statements, complatned " nt. ""Ne SChoorbara“will meet Monday
anTartiha ihg"ihioas Printtedinisht.an conter with archtects to
gainat State Reprsentative Josephithedty.tosecurethelr.opiion.ms,to
Fnka, of thia city. Mayfield waa not the.!best Plan ol proceduro for the
in court. schools. ...
Commissioner Harry L. Haynes Sat-
urday at the city hall. Consideration
of the tax protests on file was post-
poned by the council pending the re-
turn to the city of Water and Light —.... -
Commissioner C. N. Avery. CHICAGO, Jan.
Some sixty residents have filed writ- I lican congressmen
over the Bull Creek Road. The men.
powers of the attorney general or the crease confidence in the administra-
department of justice to the contrary C ‘ ‘ h- —*i- -----“
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.....-------.--------r of Dallas; a brother, Herbert Tar-
in the awarding of a lease on a block 1 brough of Ban Antonio: grandmother,
Discussion of the proposed building _________ ___ ___ ......
program of the Austin school board io Coolidge has decided to employ special
be financed from proceeds at the counsel drawn from both the Hepub-
$600,000 bond issue recently voted was lican and Democratic parties to pro.
a feature of the regular business meet- ceed with court action as a result of
prosecution of such litigation,
thing in the statutes touching
were found in entries
DOBBS
STETSON
CROFUT & KNAPP
(The famous "C & K” line)
New Caps are ready, too.
See them in our south window today.
Special to The Austih Statesman.
DALAS, Texas, Jan. 16.—That the
United States senate may never at-
tempt to recount the ballots cast in
Texas in the general election Novem-
ber. 1922. in connection with the May-
field-Peddy contest, is the belief ex-
pressed here Saturday night by W. F.
Robertson, deputy sergeant-at-arms of
the central committee in charge of the
collection.
“From reports received by us. copies
of which were sent directly to Wash-
ington by the teams," he said, “it
looks as if an exact recount of all of
the votes cast is impossible. I doubt
if the senate will ever even attempt
to recount them,” he declared.
Reports have been received from
about seventy-six counties in the state,
he announced, most of them stating
that the ballots were found unsealed.
One report was that the ballots had
been destroyed less than thirty days
ago.
Several counties had destroyed the
ballots, either by burning or selling
them for waste paper.
Walsh (Democrat) of Montana, who
has had the lead in the prosecution of
’ the oil inquiry. and Caraway. \
The resolution would authorise And
request the president “to institute im-
mediate legal proceedings looking to
annulment of the Teapot Dome, Wyo.,
reserve lease to the Sinclair interests;
Ing over the names of the character. She ie survived
improvements,” deflated Mrs. M. S. special counsel would be appointed
Hatcher, president of the Council of just as soon as selections could be
Presidents, Saturday night. “In gen- I made.
eral, I believe the parent-teacher asso- ■
ciations will line up with the school
board in its program of improvement, ngsmAIV ArrnQ TA
copies of which have been sent to each ISiimF I IK* I
organixatlon. I do not believe that------- IV
any radical change will be suggested 1
At the afternoon performance 100
graduates of the Austin High School j
of the February class were entertained
Monday. fined to his bed today at the home of
The Bull Creek capture was the sec- I J. w Zevely, Mr. Sinclair’s personal
‘ ond haul the sheriffs department had attorney, who disclpsed yesterday that
made in twenty-four hours, as Miller Sinclair had loaned Mr Fall $25,000
and his deputies picked up a man, a • - - - - - - - — — - - -
Continued from P&ge One )
the senate Monday with a view to its
speedy adoption, probably on that day.
It will be in the same general form
as a resolution offered in the house
today by Representative Garrett of
Tennessee, the Democratic leader,
after a conference with Senators
I had misunderstood him to say can- -------------
celled checks for $68,000 sent to the of the explosion.
I foreman.
. , _ condition and the impending senate
IfTs garage. The prisoners will have debate on the Teapot Dome canceila-
' opportunity to tell it to the judge ■ tion resolutions. Fall remained con-
- tii ;
to enjoin further extraction of oil from ।
the reserve and to employ special. dent.
the cabinet. The note which it is
claimed evidences this debt was pre-
sented to the committee toad)’ on be-
half of Mr. Zevely.
The development in the oil inves-
tigation were the subject of a con-
versation today between President
Coolidge and John T. Adams, chair-
man of the Republican national com-
24-inch heavy cowhide leather case, straps all
around, linen-lined. with shirt fold in lid. Re-
enforced corners, extra good lock and catches--
$8.15
sureaatili1 in to. hosplta. TwoiclinedsraridyEeznatnsarmed-
ot them Are beueved to b fatally hurt ! elaum £04 commandonne hn
With the death Hat definitely unr- 1 tensive. b!ood Ianafuzlon hdubeen
tained, locai interest in the aisaster | resorted «• w ithout wvahanFunenei
2.
Althougn no announcement, were 1 Church, afrecting 'it serviccz.amete
M•*ex,, ! n i“:
^’.Ga reswited from spontaneous ; W. A. Treadwell. Burialwas in Me
combustion of coal dust followed by Oak Mii Cemetery Deceased was a
the dead black damp. native of Kentucky, but had resided
The last of the dead were taken in McAlester for nearly twelve years,
from the mine this afternoon. Two making her home in the past two years
of the bodies burned beyond rec. at B and Grand Avenue untl her ex,
ognitlon. All of the dead and injured treme A2ness, when she was removed
„u.c -uu..c *... _..w to ths home of her daughter. She vu
twelve located about a mile from the a member of the Methodist Church and
----- exemplitied tn her Uto .those beautitul
the construction of a new central high The president determined upon this
school and transform the two existing course After being advised by the de-
high schools into junior high schools, partment of justice that it was in
Some mention was made of locating accordance with precedents. Explain-
the high school on West Avenue in ing that the justice department had
line with a suggestion made at a been observing the evidence unfolded
Galveston’and good box office receipts Senator Walsh reminded Mr. Wahl-
were tured in „W. benFatondanihl“nzryurteriyeptipuanz
ated" the $68,000 check portion of the
Funeral. services for R. L. Langston
of Salado, who died Saturday morning
at the City Hospital here, will be held
in Salado this afternoon, it was an-
nounced by Rosengren-Cook Under-
taking Company, who shipped the body
to Salado for interment Saturday
morning.
Mr. Langston had been a patient nt
the Pasteur institute and was brought
to the City Hospital at midnight Fri-
Funeral' of Mrs. E. A. Carter Jr.
Mrs. E. A. Carter Jr., of Corpus
Christi, was buried in Austin Saturday
morning from the residence of her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Miller, 2501 Rio Grande Street.
Revs. Garrison and Minter officated
at the funeral service and a quartet
WE’RE ready—right now—-with as fine
an advance Spring stock of Men's Head-
wear as we-ve shown in years. Every-
thing that's good and likable is included
in this early showing.
In Galveston, according to J. J. Heg- mitted, should be prosecuted with a
man, manager of the Grand Opera viewnto punishment of the guilty.”
House in that city, stated to Manager About the only new development
Louis Novy of the Hancock Opera in the rehearing today of Mr. Roose-
House here Saturday night. Mr. Heg- velt and Mr. Wahlberg was the pre-
man. formerly manager of the Queen gregating $68,000 and drawn to the
Theater here, arrived in Austin Satur- for Mra Sinclair, of two checks ag-
day to visit relatives and frienda gregating $68,00 and drawn to the
1 Mr. Henman stated that “Up She order of 8. C. Hildreth. trainer at Bin-
Goes.” the musical comedy which wMI clair’s Rancocas stables, under date
show here Monday night at the Han- of Jan. 14. Whalberg testified that . ,
cock. Is a clean and wholesome mu- these were the checks about which ho ' plosion
sical show and one that pleases from spoke in his conversation with Mr.
1 ths opening curtain to the finale. Ho Roosevelt concerning the Teapot
said the production went over big in Pome lease.
berg, former secretary to Harry F.
Sinclair, in an effort to get more light
on the relations between Sinclair and
Fail, President Coolidge called on the
interior department for expert advice
as to the wisdom of the policy under
which the Doheny and Sinclair inter-
ests obtained leases from Mr. Fall for I R,mTTI L ormner gecretary I • p,nLenrarg wepa. a MATuHIIa
the Calirornia and Wyoming oil re-Ur A. Interior Foil wa looued hero Miller. Frestn Pittman. otu:
statement or the
the Eagle- Picher Company. ’ honae-v- T-ed Canneuiu Iezl Mimame
COLUMBUS. Texas, Jan. 26--
Notice was received Saturday from
McAlester. Okla., of the death of Mrs.
Mildred M. Hosford, formerly of Aus-
tin, but resident of McAlester for the
past twelve years. Mrs. Basford was
a resident of Austin for eighteen years
where she reared and educated her
children. The family were numbers
of the Tenth Street Methodist Church
and for many years resided on Cong-
ress Avenue.
For the benefit of friends and ac-
quaintances who will be interested in
knowing of the death of Mrs. Raeford
the following notice was clipped from
a McAlester paper:
-Mrs. Mildred M. Basford. age 64
years, died at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. George Taylor, 618 West
Grand Avenue, Tuesday noon, follow-
ing a long period of ill health, during
the latter weeks of which she de-
to determine how each school com- White House officials, in making
munity feels in the matter of new public the statement, said that the
(Continued from Page One.) »
the dismembered pieces of his victims
as he said this morning, but had
burned them in the furnace of his
greenhouse. He said he did not burn
the heads because he was afraid the
teeth would not be destroyed.
Lincoln’s latest confession, ths first
that is supported by evidence, left
him unnerved, but tonight the au-
thorities were still questioning him in
an effort to learn any new detolls of
the gruesome crimes he now ad mil a
Ao boon as the concrete blocks,
twenty-four inches long, eighteen
Inches wide and a foot thick, had been
uncovered, officials hurried with it to
the Aurora police station where It
was pounded to pieces with sledges
until the two heads were revealed.
Lincoln had been questioned every
day since his arrest in Chicago two
weeks ago. First he said he killed
his wife after Mrs. LAncoln shot her
brother and threatened her husband.
Then Lincoln made other statements
at variance with his confession, re-
pudiations and statements often found
to be untrue.
Lincoln said today he had had vio-
lent quarrels with his wife and her
brother and decided to shoot them
when he claimed an unnatural love
affair between them.
Officials tonight after examining the
skulls said they had already found
one discrepancy in Lincoln’s newest
confession. In it he declared that both
his victims had been shot through the
head.
Officials said that there was no trace
of a bullet wound on either skull and
said that neither skull showed any
signs of hiring been crushed.
Lincoln has said in an earlier con-
fession that he had struck his wife
over the head with a poker.
day for medical attention. He died at
5:15 Saturday morning from the ef-
fects of hydrophobia, it was reported -------e — ——--- -----
at the City Hospital. Mr. Langston ; meeting of the school board several* in the senate committee, the executive
was about 45 years of age. weeks ago, In his statement asserted that “every
_ - I 4‛Fhe Rennei1 ne D-ee > a en +e a eren 1 1.. M.All <. ------a I _ - _______ . _• a
GEORGETOWN, Texas, Jan. 26.-
Motion for a new trial in the case
of Rev. A. A. Davis, found guilty of
perjury by a jury today will be pre-
sented, defense counsel announced to-
night, and in event it is overruled, the
case will be appealed. The jury,
which was given the case last night
ftxed the minister's sentence at two
years in the state penitentiary.
Davis was charged with perjury in
Connection with his testimony before
a grand jury last May which investi-
gated the flogging of R. W. Burleson
April 1. Witnesses at the trial tes-
tified Davis delivered a note of warn-
Iig to Burleson from the Georgetown
Ku Klux Klan. Davie stated before
the grand jury that he did not de-
liver the note. The minister did not
testify at his trial.
the ’ action by the president would in-
ing of the Council of Presidents Friday evidence adduced at the senate com-
afternoon in the office of Superin- mittee hearings on the leasing of naval
tendeut A. N. McCallum. oil reserves.
Various suggestions were made by In a statement issued at midn/ht,
the members of the council in line the president declared that “counsel
with the program outlined by the will be instructed to prosecute these
board of trustees. Sentiment of the cases in the courts so that if there as
members generally favored improve- any guilt it will be punished; if there
ments being made to the various ward is any civil liability it will be en-
schools of the city, regardless of what forced; if there is any fraud it will be
plan is used to relieve the crowded revealed, and if there are any con-
situation in the high school depart- tracts which are illegal they will be
ment Some of the members favored canceled.”
“Up She Goes” la one of the very with the statement “that every be-
hest shows that has ever been seen trayai of trust by whomsoever com-
a group of 135 in all, with a theater
party and furnished each member of'
the party with a box of candy and
carnations. Transportation to bring
the girls to the show was furnished by
the Covert Automobile Company, Bar-
ker Motor Company, Fromm* Motor
Company and Hart & Young.
Homer Hoch, D. R. Anthony Jr., J. C.
Strong and Hays B. White.
by the disclosures In the investigation.
The message addressed to Bascom
Slemp. the president's secretary, read:
“Believe situation demands vigorous
action by president in oil lease mat-
ter. Public amazed by developments
and nothing could increase confidence
in administration like use of big
stick without delay. Think it import-
ant; hit at once and hit hard.”
It was signed by J. N. Tincher,
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