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VOL. 37 NO. 272
m IS ENJOINED
FROM EXECUTING
DOCK CONTRACT
Temporarjr Injunction Stops
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raympnt 10 rtOrtOn 7
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j tor Work
i'
APPROPRIATION-IS
BAkKED BY ORDER
Improvement Under 'w'ay
Not Authorized;by City
' Charter Is Claim
A temporary-injunction restraining the
city council from executing a contract
with Charles K. Horton- for the remod-
elling of the north side cotton docks and
restrainiue- the 'city council from appro
priating or the city controller from pa.
ing anyfiioney to-Horton for sucn con-
struction was granted in Judge Charles
E. Ashe's court Saturday afternoon.
.The BUit and petition for the injunction
was filed by Charles S. Bashman as a
tax payer of the city of Houston Krahl
and Stevens are the attorneyIor Mr
Bashman. I The writ? is returnable for a
hearing at 0 a. m. on making the 'injunc-
tion permanent January 5.' . - -
No Legal Contract
The suit is against Oscar F. Holconibe
mayor of the jcity. Commissioners An-
derson Waugb" House and Halverton
and City Controller Harry.A. Giles. The
petition alleges that on on about fSep-
tember 26 1021 the mayor and city
council received bids for remodelling the
north side cotton doeks and. sheds and
that the bids were as follows:. Charles
K. Horton $114173.20- : Doullutt and
Williams $117721.50 and Charles S.
Bashsra and Sons $113630.75 That
though Chnrles 8. Basham and Sons was
the lowest bidder that the mayor and
city council has attempted to award the
bid to Charles K. Horton.
That on October 24 1021 there was
no money in the treasury of the city'of
Houston and no money has been appro-
priated for the expenditure of any funds
for the ivork and that the controller of
the city of Houston has never certified
at any time that the money required is
in the treasury of the city of Houston
or that funds will be received into the
city treasury or will be available before
the maturity of the obligation
fh petition further alleles that "al-
rnongh no legal contract has been entered
into with Charles K. Horton for the im-
provements) nevertheless Charles K.
Horton has proceeded to. perform the
1 work in the purported contract in the
emu of approximately $10000"
"Work Unauthorized."
The petition also alleges that "the at-
tempted carrying out of this contract is
unauthorized under the provisions of the
v charter of the city of Houston?' that the
city council aud city controller will at-
tempt to pay Charles K. Horton money
and will attemot to execute a contract
with Horton in violation of the city char
ter without the proper appropriation
havlnr been made." The petitioner there
fore prays that an injunction be granted
against the city council ana city con-
troller. Mayor Holcombe when asked regard-
ins1 the suit and granting of the tem
porary injunction Saturday afternoon
knew nothing about it nntil informed by
a newspaper reporter. Asked. if he cared
to make any statement the mayor said
that the legal department of the city
handled all such matters and would
' handle thjf when it came up for the hear
ing Thursday.
3 Neeroes Confess Train
Wrecking; Police Report
Associated Press Report
SHREVEPORT La. Dec. 81. Three.
nAma flprirp rafTiirfinv annul ii'u. ac
. . 1 1 !..J
cording to police that they had tampered
with a switch and derailed passenger
train Xo. 23. "of the Texas and Pacific
near here. Saturday night "just to" see
a train wreck."
The nearoes said they were. Lock
Wood Wilson. 19 years old Willie Har
ri 17 rears old and Jonnas Hill 17
' years old. A charge of train wrecking
a- capital offense in Louisiana has been
r;id ..ainat thm. imlicc announced.
The engine was partly overturned
and the mail and baggage cars left the
track but the coachaa and Pullmans re
mslned on the rails. Engineer Curry
and the firemen jumped and were in-
. jurea sngunj.
s Associate Editor of
New OdeanV Item Dies
Associated Presa Report. ;
-.-mro Anrvkvtf TV TYm " 9.1 U7il
llam E. Krebs assOjiato edttoTof. tho I
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New Orleans Item died at nit nome nere
SCaturday after an ' illness of several
months. '. -.-'-'V-'-
.r He was born in Columbus. Ohio Feb-
:. nary 11 1804 and at the age of 16 oa-
tabllnhed the first SuodaJ paper In zanes
' gay Newt; la 1898 be moved to. Lake
Ckarles Iju wnero no esxaonsnwij in
fko Charlei American. TAieh later was
ombined iritb the Presa. (
In 1017 ha came hero where he estab-
' liahed tho NeW Orleans Bee. . In 1917-18
liabM wo Jew vrieans xee. . m imi-jo. Louisiana Sunday; begins tne couccu-w
bo was. managing editor of tho Shreveport r0 OB( wnt a gallon tax: on gasoline
Tlmasr Bo returned' bora in 1018 and. wbid Is expected to yiM nearly a mil-
banaiy eonsected witk the Item. .
Yotmgstbwn Mayor
Gives Underworld
Week to Clean Up
-'.-: -.ym K't - i - j'
Associated Press Report.
YOUNGSTOWN- 0. - Dec 81.
Q oleS .eeeri. or..let.
iUwJ take office at midnight Saturday
4 nl-ht. issued an brlen letter to . the
underworld Saturday in which he
warned wrong'-doers that they will
ha?e until January Ijo'lovt up drink
up pack upland move or behave."
Hnd-01e states he will addreaa
the city policoraenand "givo them hell."
xne leiicr iuus ws"" - -
'. "J- am going to give tho underworld
in this city one week's notice to love
.up drink up pack up and move or
behave. I am going to five you thia
week's grace because I feel dpwn in
my heart that it Would bo shame to
pill jou all in and take tho last dollar
from you in finea and fill our jaila to
overflowing. Therefore.! am going
to give you this notice.. I want to
t. hem that on the 7th da of
b January at 12 o'clock the" lid is going
i. -.ira nn difference who iou
uifa v w".v.
are how much pull you have how
wel you know me or what you think
you can do. There will be no excuse
accepted- or leniency extended to any
one. This includesall parasites that
live on the proceeds of the underworld.
In fact this includes every one that is
not a law-abiding citixen. Pass thia
word to your friends as there will be
no excuses taken under any considera-
tion." TV" '
YOUTH WHO KILLED
FATHER RELEASED
UNDER $1000 BOND
Lad's Self Defense Claim Is
Corroborated by Mother
and Brother
Frank Peferson Jr. 20 year old Cy
nru. vnnth viMn killed His lamer on
Christmas Day was held tofche action
Of the grand jury under $1000 bond and
upon making it was released following
an examining trial before Justice ol
I'mm Lunk Saturday morning. The
hearing lasted two and a half hours and
was held before' a packed court room. .
Claims of the lad made at the time of
bis arrest that he killed Ms father In
asif . jUfenaA. wara corroborated oa the
bland by both the mother and younger
brother of the young man. me siayer
him lf did Dot testify.
The testimony of both the mother and
the younger brother was that the father
nn. Hrmik that he bad threatened tne
life of the entire family and that even
as his son shot he was backing away
trying to avoid his approaching father.
Neighbor lesimes
Kdgar Xcal a neighbor of the Peter
son's was the first witness tie was
nlaceii on the stand bv the State. Neal
was the first person to reach tne Doay
nf the elder Petjfrson following the
shooting. The witness said that he was
called to the Peterson home by Mrs.
Peterson. He found the body of the
man lying face down. .In the left front
pocket he found a raxor and in tho left
HAftlr nnclrpt dirk.
IiOuis Steinhagen postmaster at Cy.
nreK testified that the vounzcr brother.
Baldwin enme to him and asked hup to
mme over as thev were having trouDie.
He' went and found the old man in the
barn. He looked as though he had been
ilrinkinr. the witness said. Steinhagen
aid that he then went oway and did
not see the old man any more.
Mrs. Peterson in taking the stand n
behalf of her son. testified that her hus
band was an habitual drunkard tHat
when under the Influence of liquor he
was very mean and surly and often
thi-eatnit the lives of his family and
that she in fear of him hid the firearms
and other weapons about the home. She
also said that on the day of the killing
the elder Peterson threw a neavy mon
key wrench at her but missed. The
m-nnrh was nroduced in court. The wo
man m 1 that the wesDons in the house
consisted of two shot-guns a six-shooter
dirfc a raxor and other weapons. In
addition tn tho wrench tho six-shooter
dirk and rasor were exhibited in court
Brother Eye witaesi
TUlilwiti. the vouncer brother was an
eye witness of the shooting although
a considerable distance away he testi-
fied. ' He also said that his father drank
regularly and on such occasions waa very
threatening:. At the tune or tne snoot-
ing he said Frank was trying to run off
from his father. ' In describing the acene
ho said that his brother .kept backing
awav frnm liia father and that nntil "the
firing of the'fifth shot tho father" with
his hand in his front pocket kept ap-
nM.Jihi. kia ..rt f In t fifr KMC: '
father feU
oh. r.l all
father fell the boy said. Firo dis-
charged shells aud one unuiM-uai k.
said to bare been taken out ni me i-
shooter wero oxhibited before the
coftrt. . .
The youth waa defended by Arthur
Heldingsfelder. The State was repre-
sented by Assistant District Attorneys
Fred Switser and John W. Berry.
I I
Cent Tax on Gasoline
Collected in Louisiana
Associated Press Report
BATON ROUGE Dec 81.
I Boa dollars year for ri ma purposes. .
HOUSTON; TEXAS SUNDAY JANUARY I 1922.
CONGRESS TO TAKE
DP ST. LAWRENCE
SEAWAY PROPOSAL !
Question Will Become In-
;terrelated With Merchant
Marine Problem
NEW YORK GROUP
AGAINST PROJECT
All. Logical Outlets : Should
T II ft
tie Used by Uur Meett
Declares Nelson
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINQ.
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 81. Two legis
lative proposals of great moment; which
are iiseiy.to uecuiue ciunei luiBr-icwiw
before consideration of them has pro!
- I
greased very far soon will be before con
gross. These proposals are.:
1. The construction in co-operation
with Canada of the projected St. Law-
repce seaway which would enable ocean
ships to reach Great Lakea ports and
would cheapen the transportation of
grain and other Western products for ex-
port i
. 2. Some form of subsidy or other gov-
ernment financial aid to the development
of the American merchant marine now
being formulated by the shipping board
for submission to congress by the presi-
dent. The international-joint commission is
completing its report advocating the St.
T.renra. seaway and expects to submit
the plans and estimatea of cost to loa-
gress about the middle of January.
The aeawflV' oroDOsal haa the solid
backing of the Middle West and the Far
West. The legislatures of a score ot
c.n. in thia sreat agrarian empire
have memorialized congress' to sanction
the project which would make ocean
r..t. nf Pliimro and other great trading
centers for farm products situated on the
Great Lakes.
Now York Opposes.
Tk. nnnnaitinn to the peawaT emanates
from the North Atlantic seaboard but
mainly from the New York delegation in
congress which is intent upon preserv-
ing the dominance of New Yorki city as
an exporting center and the monopoly of
th. N.l York hrce canal in water trans
portation from the Great Lakes to the
Eastern seaboard. ; ; -
tu.v.tfnl interests are actively advo
cating a ship aubsidy for the development
of the American merchant marine. umn-
in in the West does not appear o have
cryi-talUied on this project up to dato.
Indications are not wanting nowever
that if the East persists in fighting the
St. Lawrence seawsy a degree of bitter-
ness will be engendered which is not un-
likely to manifest itself in inland resist-
ence to the subsidy proposal.
As qoon as the report of the interna-
tional joint commission is made Repre-
aentlltiva A. P. Nelson of Wisconsin who
has repeatedly urged the importance of
such an inland waterway as a matter oi
national defense aa well aof public sus-
tenance industrial and commercial im-
portance is prepared to introduce a bill
to carry those recommendations into ef
fect. "
"There is no question" said Mr. Nel-
ann. "that the areatest and most im
portant problem in the economic of our
national life is the problem ol aaequate
trananortation at reasonable cost both
to the producer and the consumer and
the contention of the 18 States members
of the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Tide
water assodation is that this inland sea
shall no longer continue bottled up but
be unbottled and utilixed for the benefit
of the greater interior States of the na-
tion and that no one State or seaport
should by mere local or selfish interest
atsnd in the way of its development for
the interest of the entire nation." v
Neiaoa Optimistic v
T. ...... Valann ia nntlmtatie nf
ivcijrcarumvi.o
Igbii 1 The rennrt nf hnth the
.nd Canadian anrineera has
u d. i. . -...it f their iny.ati-
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gation ot the engineering features of the
proposed ohip channel from Lake On-
tario to Montreal the engineers repre-
senting the United States and panada
have submitted to the international joint
commission their condugionsi"iind recom-
mendations briefly summarized as fol
lows:
"The physical conditions are favorable
for imorovements for navigation which
will be permanent and will have very low
upkeep - costs. The improvement for
navigation alone ia feasible but it will be
more economical to co-ordinate naviga
tion with water power limiting the latter
development however to the amount
which can be readily marketed: .The
nmiert nrn nosed contemulates imorove-
ment for .navigation 'alone where aide
canals and locks' can most economically
be used and to provide for power deveM
omnent in that part of the river where
the ennut ruction of locks and dams offers
the most feasible means ot promoting
navigation."'
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X UQ luiarualiuiiu JUKI whwhinu! -- -
authorised by congress and the 'Canadian I millers from all Southwest Texas apd
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parliament consists ot uoaaun uaraner
D i.1 A . Ua-a- 71arn. Tt l ark.
IWUIW :
Kvanston Wyo and klarcas A. Smith
Tucson Aria. representing the United
States and Charles IJsgrsth OtUwa
Ont ; Henry A. Fowelt K. C St. John
New Brunswick sod Sir William Hearst
. ' ; . (Continued on Pago Tvo.).
.aeeMMSMset
I New Year Plea for
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l
TO THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON AND
On hundreJ years ago today the first
11.1. 'I'lT X AN.1 Itnri IV I I mi I
I . . J th. lirll I
American colonists pitched permanent
the banks of the Braxos in
Anstin's first Colony. This was ' the real
beginning of Texas and today the comr
mohwealth is a century old. The great
spirit that rules' the destinies of people
and of nations has dealt kinoiy witn u.
and our ancestors during' thia oentury.
We have come unscathed through moro
than three fenerations bf war and ponce
.a .tanTt tndav hiifi in the scale of ma
terial prosperity and In the full enjoy
rerun iitv.F"." .
5S-it
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t. the aiories of the past that we
would speak to you today. Tho 100 mon
whose names are signed to tnis me-aci
. .inna nhases of the dty s
repreacut ... -
religious business professional and Intel-
lectual life. -
Following the late great war there has
arisen much etrife and dissension among
our people dissension that is Kurn.
ma reumuB
There is" religious strife and pol'Mca
. . f Atnai AT hftrtPTtil
and rending (sunder ties uiai
strife and many other forms of baneful
..ta.nnixm which are hurttul to tne com
munity and a hindrance to its progress.
What does it matter wneuier mo -be
Jew or GentiJe Catholic or Protestant
lona as be is loyal to nis
faithful to his obligations and mindwi
of his duties to his Maker. This strife
' j diaaensions are unseemly and
auu mem .
r. unworthy of this great generation
the inheritor of 100 ..years or ;P""-
. - :. .a f rreat material wealth.
lAnd as we stand today in the hour of our
first centennial we teg oi an
and orders of men to use
their' utmost endeavor to lay aside small
quibbllngs and petty strite ana vo
nd.r one flax for the upbuilding
UAUUO ua T "
of the dty the development of the coun
try and the perpetuity ot the nag.
.nnher loa years shall have
rolled around and the great clock of the
ages shall strike the hour ol tne secvuu
centennial our children's children who
jn then will call us blessed it
Will luiti"""- ........
we have met these great responsibilities
in a groat way but if we have warn
k. inheritance that has been given ns
and destroy tho foundations that have
been laid our memories will De reviieu
unworthy of the trust that was reposed
in us .
We urge everybody everywhere to
wholn this message will come to use the
most strenuous endeavor to eradicate
faction and atrife and to bring peace ann
harmony among our people-for indeed
peace on earth and good will to men
shoiild be he beneditioi.o every U
a wa turn from the old year to the new
and as wo bms the-threshold into our
aemnd centennisl. '
Charlea Ashe
WaUer It. Jones V
Jesse H. Joties .
Korman G. KittrelT
Father J. M. Kirwl
John H. Kirby
J. W. Link
T. P Lee
F. M. Law
T. J. Lawhon
Frank Andrews .
A. E. Amerman
K. U Autrey
BaJlbllHenry Barn-
Stoa
T4ndsay Blayney
B. F. Bonner
IBke C. BraiUey
John T. Browne
Guy M. Bryan
R. E. Brooks
Ben Campbell
Ennls Car?ill
T. A. Oargill
S. F. Cart i r
W. T. Carter Jr.
W. A. Chililreas
Beni. Clayton
W. Ii. Clayton
W. D. Cleveland
Robert L. Cole
J. 8. Cullinau
A. H. Culver
Lynch Davidson
R K. Dillinsham
Abe II. I-cvy
V!mil T.inoer
Dr. E. . Lovett
jtallas J. Matthews
. W.-OV. Moore
Ned B. Morris
John MeClcllan
t!. H. Milby
Dr. It. T. Morris
rI. W. Mkhaux
' Underwood Naxro
E. A. Peden
J. 8. Pyeatt
0. G. llllot
R. A. Pleasants
J S. Rice
H. Sehuhmacher
W. D. Sherwood
Herman Strong
-C. N. Scott
P. C. Soullin
Henry Stude
- James Shelton
R. S. Sterling
A. D. Simpson
v- Dr. It W. Scott
II V Mandem
T. J. Donnghue
It. i Duft
DeWitt C. Dung
Thornwell Fay
M. E. Foster
Thomas Flaxman -
H. M. Garwood
W. H. Gill '
H It. Kilmer
Herbert Godwi
C
'hrle n. Uoliling J. Ixwis Thompson
George Hamman i: n.
John Charles Harria A. M. Tuffiy
George F. Horton ' S. Toliaferro
Philo A. Howard J. H. Tallichet
J. M. Howe William A. Vinson
J. C. Hutcheson H. K. Waddell
J. C. Hutcheson Jr. C. R. Wharton
S. B. Houx C. C. Wrn
E. A. Hudson Dr. E. P. West
I W. S. Hunt r. j. nrnww
I - . v 11.1mh llnv 4?. Watfton
S. Hunt S. J. estneimer
I Otin K. Hamblen Rabbi W. Willner
Maurice Hirrh John R. Young
Robert A. John
I
i403.427.472 in Exports
Go Through Galveston
Associated rresa nepon.
GALV KSTOTft a? Dec "31. Ex-
. ; .LiriL "-! . Aim.
ports moving through Galveston dis'
. . . . .nv. i it
trict aunng wxr. vuru my
TTlt.87!). according to custom house -rec
ords for . the -year which included esti-
mates for the last few days of Decem-
ber. Of this total exports to the value
of 403427472 moved through the port.
Wheat and. cotton headed the list of
commodities moving in export trade. .
Imports for. the ae period were
valued at $18526007. and consisted of
sugar coffee bananas petroleum and
other commodities. ; .
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KlCe MlllerS tXpeCteCI tO
Attend Deaumont oaie
Hnnaroii Pnat RnaciaL
BEAUMONT. Texas Dec. SI. Rice
1 louisiana ar cxpecica toiw m
I mnnt Thnini f next week whei
mnnt Thnrada rf tit( week when
23000 bags of Xctferson county rice will
be offered for Mis by the American Rice
Growers association.
- All grades of rice from o. 1 to Ao.
wffl be tarioded h tho sale according to
A. H. Boyt manager ot the assooatioa
her.. . .
TEXAS FARMERS
MAKE BIG CUT
IN LABORWAGE
. . . . .
Average Hand Gets $26 Per
Month as. Compared With
$42 in 1920
$K76 PER DAY IS
PAID HARVESTERS
Wheat Crop Condition Only
42 Per Cent Normal;
Dry Fall Blamed - -
T.arra reductions in the average wage
paid male farm labor reflecting changed
economic conditions have been made in
Texas during the past year. According
to. reports received by E. M. Johnston
agricultural statistician United States de
partment of agriculture the average
farm hand in all sections of the State
receives f tl a mnnth and hta room and
board as compared to a wage of $42 paid
In 1VM. During iuzi rarm nanos re-
ceived an averareof 139 a month with
out their board while in the. preceding
year they were paid $uu.
Adverse weather conditions which
have prevailed over most of the vheat
area ot the. State during the late sum
mer ami fall months hare resulted in a
winter wheat crop condition of only 41'
per cent normal as compared to a con-
dition of 89 ner cent normal in 1020 and
85 per cent for the 10-year average.
Harvest Labor wane.
Fnr thn In at venr dav labor durina the
harvest has been paid an average of $1.70
when given their board while without
1(1 haa been naid. This compares with
$3.25 and $3.85 respectively paid for
this work in 1920. Day labor-other than
harvest work has received for the past
Tear an avernff nf SI. 30 with board and
$1.77 without as compared with 1920
wages for the same work of $2.00 and
f3.25. resnectivelv.
The average of winter wheat planted in
Texas on December r is estimated to
hmra hevn i .734.000 acres or 60 per cent
of thst planted on a corresponding- date
last year
In many sections no rain fell from late
July until late October and as a result
preparation Was delayed or made impos
sible in many instances.' Early plantings
which bad enough moisture (or germina
Mm and a faie early arowth hive "with
xtnnd the dry fall fairly well intermediate
ntantinvi In many cases aerminated and
died while much of the later plantings
have not had sufficient .rmowtuMi for
germination but this last tondition may
prove a benefit rather thau a raisror-
tune as winter rains will probably carry
it through once it. is started.
Unexpected Condition.
The reduction in acreage is a reverse
of the conditions expected for every in
dicatlon pointed to a greatly increased
acreage. This increase would have been
real but for the very dry fall weather
and this alone was the one important lim
iting factor. No insect damage uas neen
rennrted from any section.
AtUhe.time that the information for
thia renort was gathered there yet re
mained six weeks of planting weather
which with favorable conditions prevail
ing would gTeatly augment the acreage
On the other hand-it must be remem
bered that this report covers planted
acreage and abandonment of acreage if
any. will be shown in the spring report
The same conditions which have ad-
versely affected winter whoafe-have also
affected rye. The arreagei estimated
to be 0000 acres -or 70 per. cent of that
of 1920. The condition is 40 per cent
of norm si.
"The per cent of farm lands plowed this
fall is shown to be 3(1 per cent.
The average estimated yields of straw
for the several grains in tons is as fol-
lows: Wheat 1.12 oats 1.22 rye 1.35
barley 1.1ft.
The per cent of this year's Strop crti-
mated to haveeen or .to be shipped out
of the county jjvhere. grown is shown to
be 10 per cent of the total.
Wilson Predicts Recoyery
Of Democracy in 1922
Associated Press Report.
i ixr.w iu -...-
that the year 1!KEJ would show that the
I J t: -Kaa anrlra .It reaaine.1
NEW TORK. Dec. 31. Prediction
"has entirely regaine.1
lib. ennfiilenre of the nation. 7 was made
I u. luv.i i . "
vriuuvi.ii. ij
is maue
ear tet-
Wilson in a New Yei
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The letter was in reply to a birthday
letter sent on behalf of the Women's
IVmocralic Political Irague by Miss-Lil-liaa
K. Sire Its president.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Aaociated Pre u Report.
H'ASHIXGTO Vtc. !. Can" . Ttxtt
Smndn Inr; coUrr in iftktlt frta.
H'rst j-ti Iwr.
OHthomm i'aaaav mr. . - j
.eautaaa iajj air; coUn in ttul M
stulk rortiial. .
Arktnns tctr; continued cold.
Forecast for Houston sod Vicinity Sunday
'"feaersture etrn ne ind nrrripilalion at
Hmntoa for th 14 hours endd ;t i P w
Saturday Muionua 0; miniaiuai tl; aa pre-
cipttalion ... . '
AiBuapherie ereaMi at Houstoa at I p.
JS.01. tea Jrvel feadinf
Com pa rati v n ard at Hoattoa for Dec II:
tima I 20 1 tt
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J liva kasudity 14 per cent.
wet bulb (0.1; reJa-
vrt bulk li t: rata-
Delegates Agree o ri
Six Power Pact to i
Solve Yap Problem
Treaty Is Drafted TentativelyU. S. Britain France- -
Italy Japan and iNetherlands would join in vme .
LlStriDUllOn ISiailU vyuuiuivauaiu wiiuv.i.joj 4vauii-
date Final Action Delayed to Permit Receipt of
Further Instructions. . '
laanxlatad PrASa HTOrt. 1 .1' '.'
WASHINGTON. Dec. 81. A new
Btatea Great BriUin. France Italy Japan and The Netherlands tfould Join
m final distribution of the.long debated cable right pn the Pacific island o
Yap. has been drafted tentatirely and
here of the Interested governments.
It would cover some of the same
subject negotiated between the United States and Japan but never signed.
The United Statesr;japan and the Netherlands all would be afforded cable
O landings On the Island although M
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USE PLANES ALONG
MEXICAN BORDER
Rangers Extraordinarily
Successfijl in Locating j
Landing Places
Houston Post Special.
AUSTIN Texas Dec. 31. The air-
plane baa beenadopted by tho whisky
smugglers along the Mexican border and
for some time past thia method has been
practiced with considerable success ae-
. . i 1
cording to reports from tno nonier.
Aerial craft however must come to
earth sooner or later and in most in
stances the smugglers plan to come to
earth as soon as possible get rid of their
'cargoes and return to the source of sup-
ply as speedily as possible. Although the
Texas ranger force has not been equip-
ped with pursuit planes they have been
extraordinarily successful considering
tho handicaps under which they have been
laboring in the work of apprehending
aerial smugglers in locating tho landing
places ot these whisky gentry of the air-
planes and have Increased greatly the
hasards attending smuggling operation
by aerial routes. ' .
A message from Captain Frank A.
Hamer of the ranger force at Del Bio to
the adjutant genera department Sat-
urday irted the captMro of plane at
that placeV containing 12T o.uarti of
booae. Tho pilot of tho plane a placed
in jail and the plane with its cargo con-
fiscated.
The captui wan made by Hangcri i Mc -
Clure and Bledsoe according to tho re
port made by Captain Hamer.
PACKING INDUSTRY
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
SAYS PACKER HEAD
Normalcvrfter Two Years'
Trials Good General
Omen He Declares
Associated Press Iteport..
CHICAGO Dec. 31. The outlook i
bright in the packing industry and in-
ferentially in American business gen-
ersllv Thomas F. Wilson president of
the Institute of American Meat Packers
said in a statement Saturday.
"All busincss4may find a good omen in work. f ."
the fact that the-largest industry in the J To this committee the full naval com--1'nited
States slaughtering and meat mittee entrusted (he working out of a do-
packing apparently has finished the tailed plan of capital ship replacements
year . 11121 with a normal annual proline- ; which will include preparation of a chart
tion and that this production has riot )oviiiis; the year . in which replacement
been crammed into warehouses but has keels may be laid down for each existing
passed freely into trade channels and inttle.-hip or battle cruiser in the navy
thence into consumption" he said. I0f each of the five powers . The naval
"A good augury fr business in gen- j experts also are to discuss plans for reg-
eral also Inheres in- the fact that the ' nlating conversion of inerehaut craft into
nation's greatest injustrj". after two :ujliary cruisers and varions other ss-
years of severe trials and grievous losses. !pcctf of the naval limitation agreement.
is finally and definitely emerging into
stable conditions and settling into
clmii. naitinn.'
After 'pointing out the importance of.
the foreign airuation toe statement de-
clares that this will be largely affected
by such basic prooiems as uie reonaoie h ukc mle notice of th
adjustment of the . German reparation; proceedings af the Washington confer-
adjastment of national debU over a. pn-1 taett t comment consisting of brief
riod of time; cessation in Central Europe . j.. t0 the general aituaUon and
of printing of paper money whicn has
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tint MUlirirmiy eiiDsiau&Jux. Dawiig auu
the adjustment of foreign exchange con-
:si.-.---.r. to a large extent on the fore-
going factors. '"' v .'
President May Take Hand
In Strike Settlement -
- Associated Press Report.
OMAHA Dec 31. George B. Chris-
tian Jr secretary to President' Harding
informed Mayor Jaraea C. DahhuSn in a
letter made public Saturday that serious
consideration is being given to a recent
appeal bjr the Omaha city council to the
president that he Use his good offices in
an attempt to settle too strike tn the
packing industryv
PRICE 5 CE&TS
six - power treaty In whlchlhe ttnlted
agreed to In principle by the delegate
- '
ground as tne separate treaty on uo
wouia remain as now unaer a japan.
ese mandate. ' ; ' .
Conducted Quietly. ' .
The discussions leading up to the latest
conference development are understood
to have been conducted quietly by the
American Japanese end Netherlands'
delegates. At a meeting .Saturday at tie
state department the tentative treaty
draft was laid before the representative
of the other powers and although they
are said to have agreed to tho general
features of the plan final action was de-'
layed to permit receipt of further Instruc
tions. " v '
Great Britain and Italy are understood
to have shown a desire to attach reservs '
tions to the treaty each desiring to re-
main free to urge its rights to soma part'
ot the cable facilities on the island if it
is decided to do so in future. ' . ''
Under the allotment as aet forth in tho
tentative draft tho United States would
be accorded control of the Tap-Guam
cable Japan would keep tho Tap-Shang-hai
cable and The Netherlands would be
given supervision of the line between Yato
and Menado In the ease of both tho
American and Dutch concessions it is un-
derstood the privileges granted would bo
broad enough to cover all necessary ac-
tivities in connection with the installation
and management of cable facilities.
Finally Understood.
The interests of tho Netherlands nd
ot tho other powers in tho Yap situation
came to bo understood by the America
and Japanese only after they had been
brought almost to the point of signing
their .' separate covenant; Insuring -the
Amerieayrights taha island. This sep-
arate treaty was deeded upin some
weeks ago and until Saturday there was
ao explanation of the delay in signing it
Among some of tho delegate there' is
a feeDng-ttat other sTjaWli;oJ -4h
treaty of Versailles should bo asked' In
give their approval of tho new arrange-
ment before a final settlement is at
tempted. Formerly a German possession.
. y.p J( reflrde( the. d.egt. M
territory in the disposition of which all
the former enemies of the imperial Ger-
man government hold an interest.
It was declared in American quartfr
that although the new treaty covers some
of the points touched by the American-.
Japanese' settlement there was a feeOug
that as much of the latter proposition a
concerns directly the United States and
Japan should still be put into a separate
treaty between them. 'V-
i Naval Experts Discuss .
rrogram tor Week
Associated Press Heport.
... i mi i'ti l- . i oi rpk.
i .v.n l i -irc. oi. iub iw
mittec of naval experts to which the fnM'
naval committee of the conference Sao
entrusted completion of numerous dVs
tails of. the naval limitation agreement
met Saturday and discussed in a prelim
inary way me matters wnxn u win iau
up in order next week. The naval ex
perts will reconvene Monday although
it i n holiday in order to expedite their
" ; French Press Comment
Criticizes Britain
Associated Press Report : -5-'
PAHIS. Dee. 31. The French pros
j-:.. R1allv critical of England's nosi-
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tmn. There has Decn no aeraiiea com-.
ment since early in the month and the
news of the conference itself has been
held to brief agency dispatches.
The following from the Figaro is a
good cxaniple'of the editorial opinion: '
"Kngland considers her friendship can-
not be too dear and the French centain-
ly place a high value) on the British t-
lianre on tile condition they are not treat
ed as 'brilliant seconds.' "
"English imperialism to call It by tts
real name is unsatisfied at 'obtamirt
endorsement by the so-called disarma-
ment conference of ita right to keep til
most powerful fleet in th worid; it de-
mands the naval disarmament ot Fran'
as if France had neither coasts Onr co nies.
. It will ask Saturday if we da t
react that we renounce the war repar
tions and the occupation of tho left ha
of the Rhine.' : .' j
I. Eclair in as arUcia eoacenung t
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