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ABILENE TEXAS TUESDAY JUNE 26 1923 TEN PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WOMAN SHOT DEAD
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ARGUMENTS ARE BEGUN!'
IN THE TOM ROSS CASE AT
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TWO O'CLOCK TUESDAY
Spqolnl to The Keportcr.
LUUHOQIC Texas Juno 28.
Hoth tho state and defense- com-
pleted testimony Ii tlie caso ot Tom
now charged with the ulloged kill
ing of DaVe Allison cattle In-
spector this morning nt 10:10 o'
clockthe eighth day of tho trial.
Court was recessed until two o'-
clock while the judgo prepared his
charges and the nttorrieys planned
thplr nrgutnolits.
It -wan announced when recftis
was taken that tho charge would
bo road nt two o'clock and with
tho shortest possible delay the ar-
guments would 'he hoard continu-
ing Into tho rtght if necessary to
comploto the caw today
Three Hours HUch.
Knch sldo will be allowed three
hour In which to make their plen
Jmt neither aide has announced
which of the attorneys; w.ll lend.
"Unless something unforoseqn
nt this time arises wo llopo to com-
plete the case tonight and turn ll
over to the Jury tomorrow morn-
ing;. Will staU with the next case
on tho docket that of MUt Good
chatged With tho killing of .Dave
Allison on tho night of April 1st
at Kenilnole." stated
the judgq tn J
Tift Intfivlew given nt 11.30 thisjuth thu Texas Commercial rsecu-
mnrnlhir. . I ivn' Asriol:ition. is for the pur-
Pcactlcallv )io amp list of w!t -
nes.iei will be used in the MUt'
Oood cane as has been Used in tho 1
Tom Hobs case numbering more
than SCO on the final cpdjit. These
men are from Ct different Wost
ToxRtoWnit and countlea and rep
rcsotit many of the old tlnieri vf
this section It W predicted thnt
tho Milt dood cise nlll consume
morS time thflh has the Toni Hois
cas'e U0n the -same charge.
jiiDuMii
APPEALS COURT
ApSTIN JUno .62 Governor
Heft today announced appointment
of J ud 3 of the newlv treated
tenth court of rl il .ippea.li at
"Waco ns follows AV. C. invls Iry-
nn; GoorgbW. llaioij AVaco and
.Inmes M Robcttsoii Meridian.
Barous nnd Ilbbertijon took tho
oah of offlro before Chlof Justice
CurctQrt of tho Supromo Coutt this
morning nnd Dals will fiualjfy
wjthin a few dys.
ludro J)aA(s whd Jm held a dls
trlet jurtseshfb At Bryan will he
oh(ofJUHc of the new cttUrtrr
dux nnd llobtrtson are lawyers of
prdihlnwico.
S. Department ot Aorlcuttura
W5ATHER BUREAU
li'or AhlKiie and iclnlty 'To-
night and Wednesday generally
fair continued1 w-irm '
For n.iut Texas To-night nrid
Wediietid ly gtneially fair contin-
ued warm
Tor West Texas To-night nnd
AVcdneml.iv gen 1 .illy fair.
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-Dgre.
PRESIDENT ON LONG JOURNEY
TO VARY SPEECH - MAKING FOR
DAY IN ZI0N NATIONAL PARK
ON llOAUn PUHSIUKNT HAH.
niNCVU SPKOIAI. THAIN HN
JtoUTIB TO OC.Dl-JN. Utah. June
20.r-I.eaviiig the plahis section he-
hlrtd PrusiUept Hat ding today
Jaurneed hvtu the tate of Uth to
Npend two das one'lu Qgden nd
Salt Iakfc Cltv and the ol)ier in
ZIon National Park.
The presidential train crossed
tho Wyoming slate line into Utah
oarly today and continued oiu.aid
townrd OgdenMheie the tiain will
bo ttunporarily abandoned in favor
of automobllea for the Jouniej
from Ogden to Salt Lake City
The program for- th pereldent'
fitaj' in Salt Lake a announced on
tho trulh vrpviaeB u greeting from
the school children in WVerty Park
a publl reeeptlon nt Ills hotel golf
during the afternoon an organ re-
cital at the Mormon TemnleA for
inal address at 8 In the tuberna-
ole and departure shortly liefore
midnight for Cedar City. Utah for
a vtoit to 551on Park tomorrow
l To I)H8II 'IIMI
The chief executive has elected
taxation the 'subject or the ad.
drew in lt rke Unrely because
of Utah being the home btate of
the chalinian of the senate finance
committee. Htnit"! rnoot. Thus
s
TO GATHER HERE
IE
w:iiNfl kxponhxts or high
WAY AMKMVMJCXT WlLl.'
Mnirr 111:1111 wkdnlsday fTj
COUll'l
LTIIQf.SK.
At 2i30 o'clock tomorrow. Wtd
neaday. afternoon theie will be held j
in the District court pom at uiy
County -Point ITouso a meeting of
representatives fr6m twenty coun-
ties surrounding Abilene for the
purpose of dlacustlng ptd.teIon pf
tho proposed highway amendment
to the State constitution which Is
to be voted op neu month by the
people of lns '
Tim inpptlne. Which hits beftn
called by the Abilene Chamber of
commerce woiklpg In conjunction
posc of thoroughly considering this
ineusnro lit order thnt recpmnieii-
dovtlnng may he inado to tho voteis
in the dJsttlctn represent? i.
Hon. iJilllas Scaibpiough will act
a chnlrtnan of tho. meeting d an
uddros of wolconie to tho- vlsltorfv
Will bo dellvaied by Mnj'or C. iu
Coomhes. The principal spunkor of
the dy wilt bo U. A. Oliver of Cle-
burne president of the TAVas com-
mercial lispcUtlVes' Association
who will officially represent V10
Texai Highway Association at this
meeting. ...
A special Jnvllatioji has been sont
out m commercial seeretarieu atjd
county officials throughout this
district and a kirgo representation
is expected The 'meeting is open
1. iin nniilic. jiikI all Who lire ili-
toiexttd in this Utal sulject of
fix iter toids ale imlted to attend
Mnnbtrs of lor.u women s nuus
affiliated with tho 1 ederated Wo-
jn.ns Clubs of tio St ito arc es-
epciaily imlted and urged to bo
present
PALtAS. June 20 Forty to UN
ty persons with broken legs ankles
fracturos aim .sprains mravcu
tieatmeni u.t tho pmorgehCy hopl-
tal last night and w$"e sent to
their homes. They wpe nl0t
unfortunate Of pibout 100 mon. wo-
men and children who pitched
r-rir n im.ii w.Tlk lca'ling to an
open air theatre to a ditch Iftceii
foft Tirlow. T110 unneriuiiio"ii
of tho stiucture gave way from the!
weight of the crowd rne acciueiu
Ooourred Jut;t befo- the opening of
a stock company nt Cycle PaiK
theatre Tho peifonjanco waij can-
celled for the Week
"1 feel n deep regret because of
tho accident.'' said Jcno Le.vis.
head of the company.
"I had on Monday caijsed ft chain
to bo strung across in front of this
iilntform U nrevent people flOlU
going on It in dense crowds in tho
evening inero .yero uuuui - iiok-
lilo outsfde. I tationod guards.
The people were? uncontrollable
h.owcer. and surged fovWd until
at th time of the ncciUQnt thc-y
wire packed
as densely as they
could e.
T
Phut Woild Plight
WASHINGTON. June 20 Sur-
vey of all air lopte around tho
world has bem Jitithorlzed bj Sec.
retary AVeeks prellmlnm'y to a
daclslon as to -whether an attompt
will he made by tho army Sir ser-
ice to circumnavigate tho globe.
the president will define further
tho Mews of his administration on
national nneations.
Ono of the features of the presi-
dent's trtp little .known to the puh-
IIij he hA nddfeased hut which 1ih
Iioah thn siililont nf cnnalderable
comment among mpmbe)-s of the
parly. Including tie president is
the Hrhleveini'nt in' telephone en-
gineetiug dally demonstintod. The
ipclul train has a special tele-
phone system of Its own which im.
medlatfely after the train comes to
11 stop in larger centers is connec-
ted 'with special switchboard In the
city. Prom if1' switchboard lines
previously have been extended tp
the presidential quarter at the' ho
tl to the headquarters set up for
the 'newspaper men. to tli9 Preea
assocaiton offloes and to the va-
aseeclatlon Offices ahd to the va-
prldtnt may stop. Thus the
whole party may keep in. tquch
with eacji other and further upon
a few minutes notice can eatabltah
communlcaildn with Washington
and the oaal.
The radio apparatus Installed on
tl6 president's olswrvation plat-
form and In every JH in which he
has spoken also in gUlnK the chief
ecqtlp gieiit itifat tlon.
ad
IN
CONFER
NCE
1 BROKEN BONES
AND SPRAINS IN
1 nm 1 &q imii
Heat Drives New York Cliff -Dwellers From Homes
n.ily HWing) low in a cradle under the dock Pad anil Buddy stroll out on th he ch uiid Mother
sits up ag.vlntt n post so tho sand woiVt g"t dov n her neck This is how ji.inj Nrw ork families
liff-dwoiios ate spending the sucltCT-Ing summer nlshts that liavo midc tjccj lti tiuir hujncs olirost
lmj)Ossi)ilP Thli plcturo Wis taken at Conev Island
LEAL AC I ION TO
FOLLOW
CIDENT
ON AN ELEVATED
Nmv YOItK. Juno G2. Seven
dead and "loro- than 80 injuicd was
the toll In tljo wreck on the 1'ift.h
aenup lltooklyi lino of the Brook-
ljn Manhattan elevated yesterday
when two eoiclfs Jumped tho
track ind plurged to the street
fidm the elevTted stmctUrc.
'x
of those KllU-d were women. Tho
other 11 man has not been JdentU
fled.
'What caused tho train to leave
tho track is Blill a mystery nnd
may remain one" said the district
attorney in announcing his Inten
tipn to push m Immediate grand
Juiv lnvestlgtttion
.. . . . . .
"Bu thji much Is certain ' tho
conditlnh 0 tho gufid h?nins laid
for tho purpose of keeping in
check derailed trains ghos unrtiis- j son land interests and had rsldd
takatlo ))roof of -culpable' negll-lhem fifteen years. He was entl-
genco in the upkeep of the roud itent commander .of the Knights
Thosei beams wero- found to bo
crumbling from dry iot. 1'ortlons
of them vielded to a aqt!seo of the
hand. l-Jyerjilne cpjrcerned wvlth
the upkeep of the rpad from the
transit commission down' to the
track walkjpis will be called to
gho their e'planationa of the rot-
ten condition of thee guard beams
to the utnrtd JuijO'
M IS STRONG
AT1LL POINTS
.tnrrpivsoN city mo juno
2p j Missouri's new dij law Which
Wan paired by the 1 it gi nerl as-
sembly and becann cfftctie ies-
torday. Is om of the most stjingent
state piohlbition acts in the nation
its opponents declared (.odiy.
Tho l.t w ..provides diiistlc rrgu-
latiou of socallej "spft drink
bar.'' Provided heavv fines and iall
sontencei for county apjl itty of-
iicers who tan to epiorco tne law
and exact he.ivy penalties from
those violating tho piohlbition act
A jvenalty of two years hi the
stata penitentiary is provided fot
uny person w)ioaieH in any ivay a
still wornt double or other dis-
tilling or bre ijg cqiilinnent for
the manufacture of intoxleatlng
liquois. The possession of distill
ing or brewing oquipment is made
a mlsdeniKan.or uuUnabld by a
Jail uentenco ranging from th.rty
days to a year or by fines from
$100 to $l0OQ.
MAN KlIdiKI) WJlIIvIS
AT WOIUC AT THHISSHIXG
I NRW I30STOK'. Tpxa.J June 6.2.
1 -w . . . I-...
-M?wr -uiemmops was iruiianuy
j Jled J"to yesterday when struck
fnn the head by a heavy piece of
iron thrown out of an explosion
in n threshing machine on the
Muriel farm near here. ISarl
Griffin was seriotfaly hurt by the
explosion
HOW. TO OHT TIIKUK
lh;dctlon for reaching tho
I5MSCTIUC -HOMES HESAUTl-
Il htrwt Hnllwaj
Take "southbound strset cars
marked "piectrio Home" ami
dtoembank on Qrand Avenue
at McLemore Street. The home
Is two blocks east at the ootv
ner of Mcl.etnoro atroet and
Highland AVenue.
lly Auioinobllc .
Drive south on Saylog Boule-
vard to ond ot pavement turn
weat for one" block arid then
south for two blocks.
The "Home Beautiful" Is
designated by an electric sign.
You can't poaajbl" mix Iti Juet
follow the crowd.
IIS
OR
RI
IS
AT HOI
AT SPUR TEXAS1
wrj.Xi kxowx ai:st ti:s
Bl SIM'S MAX I'XSKO AAY
Tli;i.Y AlOKMXfi IN" 1ICK.
13XS COUNTY.
Special tp Tho Hoportei.
SPUR. Texas Jijn 20. Sam T
Clemmons well known West Tcikas
business man apd widely know'"
throughout tho Spur section diud
thttf morning at his hotne hert aft
Or an Illness of flya days of hc.irt
j disease.
Mr. Clemmons was for several
J years in t"0 insuranco busme-s
11 .
lipro nntl was coriespondent for
the Ablleno Rcnortor for A Joiirf
porlod of tlmk for twtlvo yamvn
he was associated with th6 Bwcn
TOinplar a Shriner rtntl a Scottish
Rlte fNlason. IJe ws a momljr of
tho lYesbvterittn church TJia'ftm-
ernl wilLbn hold frm (ho churcJi
Wvilneday ovniris l flvo o'clock
w'lth the pastor tl(o Rv. McCItiln.1
in cnarpa.
Mr. Clemmons' mothor wns In
Pallas but will arrive Tuesday
nUht for tho fUnw.il A brotlver
w'ho rofeldos In Marshal will ar.
rive Wednesday. JIo is nlsf) siir-
tved by hltf widow and three chH-
dren.
Mr. Clemmons was a vc-v nub-
llc-spirltod niun and took a loitd.i
ing iai't in all forward mOvetnents-
and jmprovemonts in his fceetiaii of
tho state.
Commend President
WESTKUVILUT. 0 June CO
A telegram commending President
Harding on his stand on lire en-
forcement of the prohibition laws
was sent him today signed by state
supprintendents from eveiv state
in the union and nffiulnl.s of the
rtntl. saloon league of America
A deaj whereby thjco lots nt
North Second and Cedar streets arc
transferred to the city to bo u-icd
a thd site for n city lull has len
consummated. It was announced
Tuesday morning by Corporation
Counsel II. ft. Hickman. Tho deal
represents nn Investment of 142-
500 by the city.
' The property rnirchasod is locat-
ed on the south wont corner of the
Noith Second and Cedar Streets In-
tersection directly across the
street and south fVC the Carnegie
Library. Ono.fourwi of the entire
block 1s included in the deal each
ot the three lots measuring fifty
by ono hundred forty foot.
Two of tint lots wero purchased
from Morgan Jonoft of this city
for a consideration of $30000. Mr
S
H CLEMOI
DEAD
iB-l 1 y Ul ml n . is y b
.II .03 LI n ") ill u
ui 1 b yy h u fi tjj LaEy Buj
A PIE OF $42101
J ones tequirod no payment iown;tn aunaory board ot the city
by the city the first payment of
$1000 to come due next February
A payment of $1000 yearly with
Intorest Is required under the
terms of tho contract. A rate of
only five per cent Interest per year
on the entire Investment in two
lots Is called for In the deal.
The lot purchased from Stowe
& Taler represents an investment
nf $13500 nf which 17.000 will lie
pavable by the city next Februarv.
The remaining five thousand dpi-
F
HELLO GIRLS IN
GENERAL STRIKE
HOSTON June r.J Telephone
operators went on strike today lit
all tho New ljnqland states excopt
Connecticut Tho strike was cnll-jp-d!
ly 0ne union Xui shdrler hour'
nnd higher Adages. Mctbbei's of a
ilnt union remwlited at work
Members of th'o nVal unions
emerging front tniia nipejlngs iu
Roston curly today Utrealened to
clash physically. Ktradotalls '
ptllce kept 3000 girls 011 tho move.
. The operators Who. vMed to
strike stilted "scobs" at their ri-
vals who' retorted'
'W'rp Hth'kecs"
Catcall hisses and jolts'lnqrens-
od tho early lnqrnftig din 'of news-
paper row.
Th strike yas cslleil bv the un-
ion affiliated with lh American
federation of JHbor the telephone
lopatrtrs 'department of the interT
nstional Hrolherliopd of BlectricHl
WVVfkeis. The union koa inmn-
) rohwlnf nt work to lhi old -local
1 -A AvmMw charter h revoked u-
tcr a (luai'iul with utiiwi offictals
Httlx-k'rd il ketvrt th fro x
bliannCs in IlstU and inembeiv of
the old local phketeit tht pickets
ruin? woitTii 'n'r.vrj!
i'oit 1110011 scri'iY
KOUT AVOHTII .luno 26 Ef-
fort to obtain a pint of hpuur'i
blood with which to save a human
llfj Iwtd twitched a feverish stage
hero tjis afternoon Avlth the on it
a dyjng pntlttit offering a 'largo
cash lewai'd for thp suitablo trans-
fusion niittcilal sixty parsons
cduntofrod this morning- hut each
was tiiriitfd ivwav heeauso of tho
blOo not being of the proper com-
position Alhong the number weie
liwnv ellY pollcpmen Tho man
needing th" btoqi'. to snp his lift) is
Mirk Pildtl (!J Jf.irs old of
Wcatheifotd Tc-ia-
Jars is Jinvahlo in fie equal v early
pajtnents of $1 fiuo .ih The un-
paid Ji.OOO -iv 111 brjir seven per
cent Interest and 1h th sum owed
on the lots by the present owners
J 'or Cltj Hall
According to the present 1uton.
tlons of (h city coinmission the
property will be used by the v'
for the location of a city hall in
the future. No plank for the erec-
tion ot euch a structure have been
considered but it is said that these
may be possible within tha next
year or two. The property is about
as centrally located as could lie Ob.
tained now' and should the expan-
sion of 1)h business district con-
tinue the property Is. expected to
Increase U Valuation.
Th purchase of the thm lot
wag recommended at meeting ot
called aevtral days ago. It was
finally decided to uIojm the deal.
It ioslbIe. t the meeting ot the
hoard of commissioners.
Deeds have not been signed to
the propeity as ot according to
Judge Hickman Tuesday mottling.
The latter part of last week and
the cnrlv pmt of tht pisnt wek
have In 11 tU . it-it t completing
fheee. All twri" have agreed to
lh sale according to Judge Hick-
in. 111
THOU
IDSO
I RECLAMATION
BILL FOR SOUTH
BE PRESENTED
DI'MOCUATS V 51C IUU'I'IHjI-
cxs rqit ah ix vssim;
airxsi in; to iiniiP iuhlum
LM.
lly Ilnscam 2s'. Tlmmons
W siUNGTON D. C Juno 2(!
- Wet and Month are to Join In
the nt-xt Congress to ask ah appro-
1 ri it Ion to pass ft reclamation bill
Try ik rnnifrpMinim nr counted
snKd for the reclamtlon 'program.
Tt55rt both wwtfrn aim soutnein.
Is mtpicstod lh both iirlgtn and
re lixhintloit nnd Oongretshian
John N. Gnrnfr of Uvald and
Cltudc 11 Hudspeth of Kl P1190. at'e
lenders in 0i fight for Irrigation
and leclamtitloii.
Just twpnlyone jours ago Con.
grcss passed ahd Jfetdilpiit Kooe-
dt signed the lUUloiwl X'eclams-
tlon act under Which the govern
inent. to dn.te. hns cxppmlsd $lsl)
000 OdO In tho irrigation of arid
lands of the west. Whllo thlh'apt
was heralded ns onft of the out-
Standing hccontpfhdipients f tle
Koospvelt ndmlnlstrfttlon and
while the grpt lnflu-enco of th
then pipshient nmiti! posslblo Its
enactment by Qongrcas tio bill
would not have hoconic law had it
not received liberal support fimp
democrats of tho south for aicnj
ed against it were many of the re'
publican leaders of that dsyj had
th? 1)111 lippn allowed to nisuin a
pnrtlMOi chin nctffr. Its defeat would
have been cerliiln.
n tl(o enactment of tho reclams.1
lion net the Houth Hhpt Wldly
tame (i th support of. the West
ind asked no linniedlnto itlin). It
wus distinctly iiudeistnod. howaver.
that iu time tho Houjh would ap
peal to congress fov fedeiol hl In
lecinlmlng Its Swamp liuuls anil
ptin nutois'nnd' lepiotfonlit-
tivs whp weie lending the. "fight
for tho leoiamatHui hUt pledged
westPitl aid-to the KootTi whhievcr
tho South wni iendy lo qsk for a
swnnjp nnd rpplamallon law.
Soiiili No itcnil).
The tllne (San now come when
the Houth is rp.idy to appeal to
western spnatoiB atul congiPssmen 1R liarUlmo laH ad British pol-
io nmlio good tho pronUso given 21 1 ic
A'Onfs ago. It so liamipns that nt
tills tlmo tho West is looking to
Congress to proMdo mpro libprnllv
thrui ever before foi tho iirigatlon
Of Us arid lanilr
Itepreaentntlw William 13. Hanlt-
heud of Alabama alvus hellevei
in fedOtul aid for the lecltuiintlon
of waste lands has Just loliifiied
from a trip to tho Pacific coast
which onahled hlni to ftee much
thnt has Wn arcompllshod in 21
years under tho national ipclamrt.
tln law and he dpclare the' time
now linn come' for Congraws to aid
jhe .'iptilh a it rvluuily aided tlie
AVosi. Ho ROMTiirther and era
la imliaiejr o ll) wntern uMon
gue ini tqey must cooperate with
tho Mouth and lend it a helping
iraiui 011 it swamp lands f it ex-
pects Hie .South attain to aid In
primrt.ng th Irrigation of
arjd
laiius.
"Continued western develqp
jlinnf insofar nil tt 1 elates to the
I irtilanuitlon and settlement of Hind
(i"unn inimi) agent ivx can ian
h'iiji uiuy s 1110 aoH.ui and mo
Hast ate Willi tip and ftbfo to help"
declared Mi Ilnnkhcsil upon hi
return from the fur West. Discuss-
ing th piospcct for rrctmnation
lpgislitioh and the need for cov-
ornniPiit aid in reclaiming the
wsmp lands of tho
lkUikhend-rcrSl
South Mr.)
Is llimdlug WoM.
''WllPn tir till. Wnul n fA.tnilt
visit. I was surprised and delighted1
at tha p-vldpnt inqspsrlty and rapid
growth; parfleulttily so when ill
was impressed upon iqy nupd as
never beforo.- that much of this
development hnd neon the result of
a wlsr policy ptrenously. Utgvtf by
my old.tlme friend Francis C5.
Xowlnnds. and embodied n th
iteclamittlon Act of Jun 17 1002.
"This act has a eurloufs !glsta-
tlvo history for although It was
passed during a Hepublfcah Ad-
ministration signed by President
Theodore Roosevelt and regarded
by hlni ns olio of the brilliant ie.
suits ot his Administration yet we
must not forget that It wns passed
against the strenuous protests ofj
tho leading Republicans such as
Vncto Joo Cannon and hy the rank
and fllo vote of the House Dem-
ocratic ns woll ns HepUbllcan. It
was tho clear understanding then
that when tho time did urrlve In
the devolopmunt of the country
that tho South needed simitar leg-
islation I
JIUMf Okln . June 26 Ac-
quitted Baturd.iy of . statutorv ot.
tense agqlniit his two young daught
ters Oeorge Thompson SS is in a
hospital here today recovering
from an operation which he fold
hospital attendants was performed
hy a member ot a matJted band
which took him from the home ot
hta sister In Picker Okla last
night
Thompson says the men who
wore red and blue handkerchiefs
oyer their fnoea curried him to mi
unknown spot in the mininr dis.
trlct and abandoned him afti the
operation had been prformd b
u member addreased as "Doe."
County authorities are investigating.
1
II
OPERATED
UPON
AN OKLAHOMAU
A DISPUTE OVER RENT IS
SAID TO BE THE CAUSE OF
TRAGEDY EARLY TUESDAY
j
THROW ITS BEER
IY DEEP
NRW VOHK. June 26 Between
s.ootnd -i.ooo litres ot beer will
he dumped overbrtsfd from tho
Trench llnfr Parto. now In pprt. It
wu Htiuoupced toiltiy aftor a con-
fHrenca In whlrh Colloetor of tho
Poil rcitlnnr. Dr Hproicus of thfc
public hPnlth service and Prohi-
bition Phectpr Chnflsld took pait.
Th beer Mill he thrown nvw-
lHsid nt th rpiiuet of an official
of ths l-'rench Ilu who decided
thst this inotiiOd wat)ld cswsfl. less
trouble to th government.
The liner'! liquors. Including
S.000 lMittles of wine. 300 bottles
ff spirits and 2fl0 hottles ot cham-
puKito which nro to hs soljied nt
the same time will be romoved nnd
t(jrpd.
LONDON. Jlino 28. The text of
thp pioposal from Secretary qf
tato lIUKhss to oxtend lo 12 tnltes
thu limit wtlilii Avhlch snrchss for
llqunr jlillit b carried oUt and
olbjenyse nintllfylng tho liquor oti-
forcsiiieut luv afffcuiK foreign
steamsrr.. lias been reTBelved by
thi Hrlttsh forsjgn office. The de-
paitoient cxpetts aio now eugaged
It) st inlying ths document as well
as the full tWt of the United
Stntes Sdpremn Court decision In
Hip shin liquor case but It prob-
ably Will be several weeks before
Orst Urltaln ipplU-s.
Whllo the llrltralt government; It
IS declined tegards Sftcrotar
Huglips' suggestion ns ono diffi-
cult If not Impossible of fulflllmenr
tho fonlgn office Is desirous of
in I'ommoilnting tho Anierlcan Mewa
tin f fi i nil lit nnufulAtil iv.tl1v nvtul.
ARCHBISHOP TO
GETLIBERTY AS
HE SI.GNS PLEDGE
MOSCOW June 25 The Su-
premf Court lias decided to release
Aiciblshoi Tlkhpn pending ills
trial on the charge of resisting the
soittt authnrltlAA It was announc-
ed today. Tho decision Is tho re-
sult of the letter which govern"
tnent circles lccontly announced
ue tti iur jmcrinicu imu tviiiirii
ft om his prison cell expressing ro-
giet for his past actions and de-
clailng hlrt jCHdlno" to Swear nl-
Iejciungc to the soviet gptcrnment.
' I.QNDON June 20 A lleuter
dispatch from Ulga says it Is gen-
Pially believed In the latvian cap-
ital that Archbishop Tikhou fortn-
ir patrlirch of All ItusalR.wag in h
statA of menial Irresponsibility du
4 e. 4f4iiiA tuliftn lJt W'liu Im'llll'iOil i t
nun ittfir to the soviet uuthto-i.
ties deelafing ills readiness to
Huenr AlliKl.ktir to thn iroierii-
........ (i.i.l .tuMiiu lat fl T..ttn I.A
used lh ti forthcoming trial.
. . ' m
Turn Down HciIh
Jy the Assocjaled i'lSsa
LONDONJune Xfl.. An ompha
lic vote against the affiliation of
the communists with the labor
jvirty was caat hy the labor party
nt its twenty-third annual confor.
once here tpday. The card vote
cast for affiliation Was 360000
while 2 SO O00 votes v ere- cast
against it.
FHEHCH
BOAT TO
WTO
TWO ARMY FLIERS PLAN 4-DAY
FLIGHT BY TAKING ON SUPPLY
OF GASOLINE WHILE IN MIDAIR
By AaeocUtod Pross.
SAN DIICOO Calf.. June 26.
Final tunfng Up of two alrplanos.
picked to servo In a thrilling test
of endurance and speed tomorrow
formed today's program at Rock-
well V'iekl where Captain Lowell
Smith and Lieutenant John P.
Jtkhtor by flying day and night
and taking on fuel wiille rushing
through the air at VO miles an hour
hope to smiah ell records for en-
dtiiatice. For one airplane to take an in
fljminnblo gasoline frOm another
fljlng above and hold a steady pos-
set-ins (o the ordinary man some-
thing of q task
He remembers th.t a few drops
of gasoline it sprinkled on a hot
part ot the motor in the airplane)
flying beneath fa n- cordial Invita
tion for an explosion in the air and
consequent dlMWler. He also can
figure that It take no small skill
even to keep those two air planes
in the right portion only A few
feet apart while rushing through
the air and tint It takos coolneee
of 1 kind to adjust the noazte danK-
ling from the ijasollue supply tank
to the tank of the airplane below.
P.nt th aviators at Hookwell Field
and particularly Captain Smith and
Lieutenant Hlchter who are going
to be 111 a dangerous position in
SAN ANTONIO Juno 26 Mrs.
Elizabeth Jackson 3S mid to re-
side In Pallas was shot and in-
stantly kfllsd In an apartment
(house here shortly after T o clock
this morning. O. C. Taylor; 35
' proprlstor of the apartment house.
surroii'd&rail to the police clalm.nc
that he shot Mrs. Jaekfon In se'f-
ilefenM following a dispute ocr a
bill for room rent.
According to Taylor. 3Irs. Ja(k-
son had conrn to San Antonio to
visit a son who is In the base hos-
pital. Fort 9ai Houston Her peo-
ple are said to live In Kxnlucky n"'l
hp has another son nt Mexia Tho
difficulty arose last hight Taylor
told officers when Mrs Jackson
becftjttB Ver' Molortt in discussing
ths bill. She quieted down how-
over and -went to her room.
Argument Itcncwctl
This morning Mrs. Jack""n camo
downstairs and renewed tho argu-
ment Taylor said. She had a small
calibre pistol In her hand Taylor
claims that she cither fired tho
weapon or attempted to flro It
whereupon u0 pponed fire with an
army pistol
Taylor then called police head-
quarters. Upon arriving at tho
apartnvent Jiouso detectives found
Taylor awaiting the.ni and took
him Into custody. Ha claims ho
hnd Shot In self defonsa nnd turn-
ed ov(r to officers his pistol which
hnd been flrpd four times
The officers found Mrs. Jackson
lyln dead Near hor left arm was
a small oaliHta pistol Hxamlna-t
Hon showed that sho had been shot
twl5e.
NEW YOniC June t$ Thtf
number of foreign liners which
have entered Now York with liquor
supplies since tho tfensury depart
mont mndp Its bono dry ruling will
be Increased tomorrow to 14 when
four moro thlps arc due. Other
vosels are oxpeolotl to arrive later
in tho week to (est tho right ot
tho United States to prohibit ear-
ning sealed liquor across tho three
niilo limit
Tho latest arrival slipped In this
morning. She was tho S?andina.
viun liner Froderiqlc -Vir. At hr
offices It wa? said her liquor all
W markqd "medicinal supplies
liltt tluit It exceeded tho vaunt
amount.
Tho Baltic nnd Borongarla tho
first whrsw supplies were Seized are
bound back for Europe but wi'h
more- liners piling up fast it be-
came apparent today (hat seizures
would have to be made rhoro rap-
idly or else the vessels vu'Uld sa I
back wiili thrlr liquor or the r
sailing dates Would haVo fo htf
postponed.
The Bremen pf the North Gcr.
man Ljoxl arrived in Hoboken to-
dav. bono dry except for its sup-
ply of medicinal brandy. It was
said that til possibility cf a fine
In the United Stages court whuh.
would be a s"H.us faefpr when
translated Into marks at ISO 000 to
the dgllar decided the liner's of-
ficials not to risk bringing liquor
into port.
Her westbound supply of drinks'
gaveout three dajs ago.
Prhllcgt. Withdrawn
WASHINGTON June 26 The
federal renervo board today with-
drew the right it gave member
banks of tho reserve system in
1321 to act as agents in rediscount
liig for non.uiember banks.
tho big test of refueling In rata.
air. tfpeak. of that casually ns a
lart of a day's work. They have '
dona it once )n practice with com-
plete success after several expe-
riments. Four Days In Air-
They will have to refuel that
way If they are to keep their fast
airplanes hi the air for four days
and four nights and they are going
to use all their skill and expert
ence to do it right.
Preliminary re-fueling In mid-
air testu yesterday developed cno
fault that was remedied qmrklv.
This wi the Inability of tlje fuel-
Ins plane pilots. Lieutenants Sie-
fert and Hines. to haul the 40 foU
steel wlr incafd rubbed hose
back Iqto the fuselage. The rush
of Wind underneath the nlane cans.
ed the heavy hose to whip like a
piece of string and It required ex
pert Jockeying on t"ha part of the
pilots to got the two planes 35
test from wing tip to tip. in posi-
tion and then throttle down so that
the hoe could be caught and faa-
toned to the tank.
In the preliminary testa Slefert
was compelled to rnako a landing
with a 40 foot hoso dangling un-
derneath his plane. It was found
that by enkirgiHg tho hole in tho
bottom of the fuselage of the fuel
ing ship lhat It could bo hauled
I aboard more easily.
FOURTEEN SHIPS
HOST IE HIDEO
BY DRY AGP
Wfvm
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