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■oi.NIJI XO.
FOUR I DEFENDANTS FREED AT LAREDO
XPECT ARREST
F SIX WE IN
108 USE SOON
pink That Mer Rouge
fcurder Mystery Will Be
Cleared Up.
PANS NOT DISCLOSED
:ate Is Ready to Present
Evidence on Actual
Slaying.
hastrop, La., Jan. 13.—The ground
|rk for the fight of the state ,of
■uisiana against the hooded terrorists
■ Morehouse parish has been laid.
Conditions under which the distressed
K-ish labored for months, have been
■traycd through the medium of a
■re of witnesses at the open bearing
■The state is now expected to turn
I attention to the murderers, to bring
Bth testimony that will quickly cause
■ arrest of some six or seven citi-
Lce its legal representatives hope
ns connected with the killings.
the first full week of the open hear
-8 before 1 Judge Fred M. Odom in the
■strop courthouse has ended, and to
-Bht the parish was saturated with
nsations which came thick and fast,
It the state, working along carefully
Id lines, has not revealed the evi-
Lce its legal representatives hape
■ 1 clear up the mystery of the mur
f and torture of aDniel and Richards.
■Testimony today was not so sensa
|nal as that of previous days. At-
Iney General A. V. Coco and his
Iff claimed the evidence brought out
8 ded to clinch their claim that the
b Klux Klan dominated the parish to
th an extent that peace officers and
I courts failed to function properly!
[ “Round Table” Is Clue. /
■The “round table.” mentioned by sew
as being the table arounf
|7ch an attempted plot to assassinate
I. B. M. McKoin was hatched, loomed
Bight as one of the big angles of
F murder case proper.
■Walter Campbell, marshal of Mer
luge, home of the two murdered men. ।
Id on the witness stand of threatening
Ites received by Mayor 3. L. Dade, of
Ir Rouge, iu which the charge was
Ide that the writer or writers knew
I identity of those who sat at tlho
lund table” and plotted the alleged
tempted assassination of Dr. McKo n
Ie reported attempt on McKoin's 1 if"
Isaid by many to have teen the sp: rk
nt kindled the terrorizing fire which
Iminated in murder of Daniel
Lbards.
Evidence has brought out the fnct i
nt many of the men of Mer Rojuse
It at the home of J. L. Daniel, jd I '-1
nr-old planter, and father of ond of ।
I murdered men, to play cards fend
nt such games were held regularly I
■ night. /
I Murdered by Torture. I
■Thus the state has indicated th»* it
Il attempt to connect the alleged at-
Ik on Dr. McKoin with the m«rder
11 prove that Daniel and
Ire murdered by torture. bccauseßr ey
Ire believed guilty of the allcgm at
rk. f
pt has been upon the subject o®’ an
Inination of officials, of. theß Man
■ding the reins of a “super g®- rn
|nt,” that the state's legal repreß .ta
les have dealt. They have gonß into
Iny kidnnpings and whippings si i as
e abduction of Miss Addie Maylllam
pn, 16-year-old garl who wl' de
fied to Little Rock, Ark., by U ded
tn, and the beating of farmcß- and
wnspeople. I
The so-called “black list" of klan
Is been mentioned and witnessM have
lorn that the klan members wßr" the
■»4aort of black hoods behiiuß which
p murderers of the two men hBl their
pea on the night of August 28. when
B two men were tortured toB loath.
FEAR MOB VIOLENCE
FEAR MOB VIOLE:
[•gro Removed for Safekeeping: After
lAUeged Attack on White W* nan.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 13.—"'searing
•b violence, John Cole, no p, be
ved to have attacked Mrs T. P.
loney, a nurse, was rushed . Nash-
Ie for safekeeping late today.'Jig
Cole was wounded when cap gred by
tmers at Big Sandy, who r 7>gnized
n as the negro wanted beJi The
jro denied the attacks on Mr JCooney
t begged not to be return'll
The attack on Mrs. Coon. lasted
ht hours. Her captor threw F er over
i Mississippi bluff. She I r ded in
S mud, bruised and bleed:' ■;. • Her
rnilant climbed down an< 1 dragegd
r by her hair into the wy I er. He
uA her several times :'J«I threw
Ines at her as she floated iijown the
er.
Mrs. Cooney crawled u, f:he bank
the park tender’s house. • jiysicians
covered her throat had bG I slashed.
B will recover, however. I
kn.iured in Machine r> - .
Sl«*ra. Tex., Jan. 13.—L-s .f- Pruner.
in a serious condition j I a result
injuries he received wher.UJ e became
angled in a piece of l| it driving
at the plant of lie United
'Chine shop. T I carrier
jng him around twice b< lire uirow
him off the belt.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
'heanh
INC
CS RESUMED
[SE OF LOCAL
Nation officer
Senate Committee to Take
Up Chamberlain Case
Again.
W < ;igt<m, D. C., Jan. 13. —Hear-
ings s,r« resumed here again today
before albclect committee of the Sen
ate whieh has been considering the
case Captain Edward Chamberlain,
air Fertile officer from San Antonio,
whose report of exploits over the Ger
man inf during the war led to his
court-ri wtial.
The lief witness today was Rear
AdniiraUH. J. Cone, who is said to
have testified that British officers told
him that Chamberlain, while on leave
and rijting a British aerodome, was
invited to make a combat flight with
that sqfadron.
DRYS SAY AMNESTY
CIVEN MOONSHINERS
PROVES SUCCESSFUL
Five Stills Surrendered to
Texas Officers Following
Announcement.
New Boston. Tex., Jan. 13. —Amnesty
for moonshiners has proved a success,
authorities here declared tonight.
Last week the grand jury issued a
proclamation to liquor violators, stating
that those among the “hooebing profes
sion” who desired to retire nnd enjoy
peace with dry officers could do so by
"surrendering” and promising to “quit
the business."
Five stills have been surrendered and
as many moonshiners have promised
they wouldn’t “shine” any more, shaken
hands with officers and gone about less
precarious and productive pursuits.
Others are expected to follow suit.
HAS NO FUN AS SON
OF MILLIONAIRE, SO
HE BECOMES BURGLAR
Grew Tired of Being a Gen
tleman, Youth Tells
Judge.
C”ii<ago, Jan. 13.—Thomas Lansing,
17, millionaire’s son, turned burglar
for the adventure that was in it, be
told police.
Landing and bis pal, Elmer Schnei
der, 20, were arrested by police for
breaking into a North Side drug store
and taking $5O from the cash regis
ter.
Lansing’s father, R. U. Lansing, for
mer president of the National City
Bank here, rushed from New York and
after intervening in behalf of his son,
the youth was re-booked on a technical
charge of disorderly conduct.
“ 1 grew tired of being a gentleman
and it was no fun being a millionaire's
eon,** the youth told Judge Soyer, when
arraigned in court.
“I didn’t care about the money, but
I like the adventure, ajd I like to do
as other boys do,** he said.
Falls Dewa Elevator Shaft.
Houston. Tex., Jan. 13.—A. Pcrex,
Mexican pantry boy employed at the
Rice hotel, was badly injured today
when he fell two stories down the rear
elevator shaft at« the hotel. The injured
boy was taken to a hospital. His condi
tion is serious.
THE WEATHER
TEMPE RA TIRES.
JAN. 13—
3 p. 85 5 a. m. .68
4 p. 66 6 a. m 66
5 p. m........ 67 7 a. m 66
6 p. in.••••••. 66 8 a. in.••••••. 65
7 *p. m.....*..66 9 a. m.».«*.«.65
8 p. m •••84 10 a. m 67
9 p. m. .•■••. .62 11 a. in.••••••. 87
10 p. 61 12 noon. .69
11 p. 63 1 p. ..76
12 midnight.... 64 2 p. 77
JAN. 14— 3 p. 77
1 a. m 66 4 p. 76
2 a- 66 6 p. 78
3 a. m-....... 66 6 p. 77
4 tv. 66 7 p. ..73
FORECAST.
Bast Texas: SuSday unsettled, eolder
In the Interior; Monday generally fair,
moderate to fretfi southerly to westerly
winds on tbs coast.
West Texas: Sunday fair; colder; Mon
day fair.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOVRISTS.
Cldcago: Temperature, 38; snowing; 20-
mils wind from ths southeast; lowest tem
perature in the last 24 hours, 26; highest,
38.
Kansas City: Temperature, 62; partly
cloudy; 14-mUe wind from the south; low
est temperature in the last 24 hours, 40;
highest. 62.
New York: Temperature, 28; clear; 24-
mllo wind from tbs northwest; lowest tem
perature In the last 24 hours, 22; highest,
28.
St. Louis: Temperature, 12; partly
cloudy; 24-miio wind from the south;
lowest temperature In the last 24 hours,
38: highest, 52.
Washington: Temperature. 40; dear;
less than 10-mtlo wind from the southwest;
lowest temporataro in ths last 24 hours,
SO; hlgtiont, 40.
GOOSE CREEK
WOMIN FLEES
AFTER FLOGGING
Applies to Federal Court
in Houston for Pro
tection.
DEPUTIES PROBE CASE
Masked Men Whipped Man
and Woman Fri
day.
Houston, Tex., Jan. 13.—Mrs. R. H.
Harrison, victim of masked floggers at
Goose Creek, left her jiome Saturday
afternoon and came to Houston to ask
protection from Federal Judge J. C.
Hutcheson.
“I am convinced that the local au
thorities here and at Houston will do
othing for me in this case,” she de
clares, "thus far they have confined
their questions to me as to whether Mr.
R. A. Armand (also a flogger victim)
and I were anything except good friends.
I am going to Houston to appeal to the
federal authorities. 1 am afraid to re
main in Goose Creek.”
Goose Creek Saturday was in a state
of niarlvd ns the result of
the sensational events that have taken
place there the past week. Always a
hot bed of the Ku Klux Klan, always
torn by the klan issue, the town is agnin
in a state of ferment following some
months of comparative quiet.
Two deputies are nt Goose Creek in
vestigating the flogging. Sheriff Bin
ford said today.
“Every effect will be tnsA’ by these
deputies to learn the facts Ln the case,”
the sheriff said.
Was Attacked FrWl/.
Armand it was learned, it a Catholic,
and one of Mrs. F.»irison’s daut.Lt*;- i*
attending n cmvcit school in Houston.
“The attack was made about 8 o'clock
Friday night n week ago,” Mrs. Harri
son said. "Mr. Armand bad just come
to my bouse to bring me a basket of
fruit. I was sick and in bed. The
men entered the house simultaneously,
through several doors, and made us cap
tive. My 8-ycar-old daughter gave the
first warning by saying. “Mamma,
there’s the funniest looking man out
there —he's white all over.” Before we
could move the men were upon us,
dressed in strange disguises, and terri
fying us with their mere appearance.”
The couple—Mrs. Hnrrison and Ar
mand—were dragged out of tlie house,
thrown into separate automobiles, car
ried off in the direction of Cedar Bayou,
and both were flogged. Besides. Mrs.
Harrison's long hair wns roughly cut
from her head. Throughout the flog
ging both were threatened with death.
May Go to Grand Jury.
“Two or three members of the party
kept insisting that Mr. Armand and I
bo killed right there.” Mrs. Harrison
told a reporter. “Kill them both,” they
cried “nnd throw their damned bodies
in the bayou.”
“The men seemed divided as to what
to do to us finally. Several seemed
to utterly lose their heads when the
first blow fell across my thigh, nnd I
heard threats to mutilate both of us. I
expected death every instant. Others
in the party, though, declared that tbc
whipping was sufficient, nnd so they
finally too> ul back to within a few
blocks of my bouse, and threw us out
of the car.”
Armand is still confined to his bed
at Goose Creek.
Judge C. W. Robinson of the Crimi
nal District Court said:
"The grand jury is not in session to
day. but will meet ngain Monday. If
nothing has been fone by that time I ex
pact to instruct the foremnn the same
way I did in the other whipping case
nt Cedar Bayou. It will be interesting
to note just what is done in this matter
by the authorities who now say they
nre investigating.”
WOUNDED IN FIGHT
—t—
Five Shots Are Fired, All Taking
Effect.
Houston, Tex.. Jan. 13.—Two men
were wounded, one probably fatally, and
another is held by police, as the out
come of a shooting affray near fie
business section here late today, y"
Max Wenograd, 34, shoe deager. is
one of tbc men wounded, lift clerk
M. Bolezman, was shot three, limes in
the stomach, and little hope ir held for
his recovery.
G. W. Emerson, 62 y?an> old, is be
ing held by police. /
He told officers (he shooting was
the outgrowth of / quarrel he had
with the men and that he shot them
when' they refused tl let him nlone.
Emerson has no Iclatives here. He
saps be has two chidren at Meredian,
Miss. L
Five shots were aired by Emerson,
nil of them taking effect, two striking
AVenograd and threq entering the body
of Boldezman.
——•**
Ship's Fate to Court.
Houston. Tex., Jan. 13.—The barken
tine Frederic A. Duggan will have her
day in court February 10. it was de
cided today by Federal Judge J. C.
Hutcheson. Seized fwice by the United
States marshal on claims for debt and
unpaid wages, the barkentine has laid
in port here fnr sol-oral weeks await
ing her fate. The/ claims amount to
more than Jll.OOO. <
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1923.—FIFTY-SIX PAGES.
The Krupp Works at Essen, Germany. French troops have token over these giant factories, formerly devoted
to the manufacture of munitions.
MILLIONAIRE SUGAR
PLANTER AND 2 SONS
PERISH IN SEAPLANE
Trapped in Seats When
Plane Crumples and
Sinks.
Key West, Fla , Jan. 13.—E. F. At
kins Jr., millionaire sugar planter, his
two sons and their governess, perished
this afternoon when the Aeromarin*
Airway's seaplane Columbus dived into
the Gulf of Mexico twenty miles off
Havana.
Mrs. Atkins, who saw her husband
and*children drown before her eyes,
was rescued by the crew of the ferry
boat Henry M. Flagler.. The others
aboard the seaplane, picked up by the
Flagler, were Miss Julia Haverty, a
nurse with the Atkins family, Otto
Abrams, wealthy New York broker, and
W. E. Miller and Harold Thompson,
pilot and Mechanician of the plane.
The Flagler docked tonight with the
survivors. Pilot Miller declared engine
trouble forced him to attempt a descent
when twenty miles from Havana, his
destination. As he turned the nose of
bis machine toward the water som
thing snapped and the plane crumpled,
diving down out of control.
The four who died were trapped in
their narrow seats and were unable to
extricate themselves. Their bodies have
not been recovered.
The survivors clung to the wreckage.
They were unable to aid Atkins, the
two children and the governess. The
Flagler, which came iu sight just as
the seaplane fell, sent off a small
boat to the rescue. Those picked up
were not hurt except for shock and
their drenching.
Thq Atkins family had just arrived
from New York, their home, and were
en route to Cuba, where Atkins had
extensive sugar holdings.
According to the radiogram from the
Flagler, the machine suddenly crumpled
in the air and fell.
“I put the machine into a glide ana
attempted a landing. I brought it down
all right, but we struck the top of a
high wave and bounded back into the
air - . .. . ,
“A high sea was running, which made
the landing very difficult. I soared
around a few times and again attempt
ed to land. This time I landed in the
trough of a big wave which crushed
the center passenger compartment of
the ship. Both of the children were in
this compartment asleep. The wave
must have killed them instantly, as
they made no sound after the cabin
caved in.”
First Accident in Company.
New York, Jan. 13.—H. A. Bruno,
sales manager of the Aero Marine Com
panv, issued the following statement:
"We regret this unfortunate acci
dent, details of which have not yet come
completely to hand, partly in view of
the fact that this is the first accident
to occur during our three and a half
years of commercial flying.
"In this period we flew more than
a million ra ssen B cr ‘ m 'l es an< l carired
over 20,000 passengers without injury.
"Our flying boats are equipped with
every safety device. Until we have re
ceived further details, we are at a loss
to understand how the accident occur
red.”
PHILLIPS A SPEEDER
Clara’s- Husband Going 40 Miles an
Hour With Pretty Young Girl.
Los Angeles, Jan- 13.—When be fail
ed to appear in Culver City police
court for speeding 40 miles an hour, a
bench warrant was issued for A. L.
Phillips, husband of Clara Phillips,
convicted murderess, wbo escaped re
cently. . . .
Deputy sheriffs manifested great in
terest in the report that Phillips, at
the time he was tagged, was en route to
a beach resort with a pretty young wom
an who gave the name of “Miss Tay
lor.” Phillips could not be located to
night.
Krupp Works in French Hands
TAKE ALLEGED THIEVES
Three Store Owners Robbed But All
Catch Culprits Within Three Blocks.
Thieves lost every bout they staged
during three hours Saturday afternoon.
Between 4 nnd 7 o'clock five persons,
two of whom were youths, were cap
tured. detectives say, red-handed in the
act of thievery.
The first case to come under the ob
servation of the police was when n ne
gro, 21, stepped into Joe Grammer's
grocery store, 1619 Burnet street, and
requested permission to look at the tele
phone book. While Mr. Grammer, who
is about 50 years old, stepped to the
office in the rear of the store to oblige
the viator, the negro is said to Lave
grabbed $ll out of the cash drawer
and fled. Despite his age, Grammer,
the police say. gave chase nnd over
took the negro, grabbed him by the
collar and dragged Mm back to his
store after a race which covered three
blocks. The money was recovered.
Headquarters was notified and the ne
gro -taken charge of by Detectives Har
ris and Lyons.
Ward H. Miller is a sprinter. He
demonstrated this when a 20-yenr-old
Mexican grabbed a $45 dress on display
at his store, 107 East Houston street,
at 6:30 Saturday afternoon and darted
through the crowded thoroughfare. Mr.
Miller lost little time in running down
the thief and held him until police came
to his assistance.
A negro, 17, grabbed n sheep skin
lined coat that was on display at W.
Solomon's store, 429 East Commerce
street, but was nabbed by the owner
before he got started. He was booked
by Detectives Green and Harris a few
minutes later.
Two Mexican boys, one 11 and the
other 12 years old. were captured by
Charles F. Barbera, merchant at 52J
West Houston street, after they are
said to have stolen fifteen nocket knives
valued at $7.50 and a flashlight valued
at Defectives McCabe and Kohr stopped
a Mexican vouth, carrying a bundle,
when they chanced to meet him on
the West Side. Examination of the
bundle disclosed it contained several
of the fifteen shirts stolen when a
display window at Sol Saper s clothing
store,’West Commerce street, was shat
tered several nights ago. The lad was
booked on a charge of burglary and
theft. Officers say the prisoner ad
mitted the theft.
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
Defendant Testified That He Purposely
Shot Houston Physician.
Houston, Tex., Jan. 13.—T. A. Good
lad, tried on an indictment charging
him with murder growing out of the
killing of Dr. M. 8. Kahn at the
Goodlad home in Houston Heights last
September, was acquitted at 1:50 Sat
urday afternoon by a jury in the crim
inal district court.
At the time the verdict of not guilty
was returned, Mrs. Goodlad, wbo ap
peared as a defense witness, was seated
by tbe side of her husband, while her
mother and tbe little child of the Good
lads occupied seats behind the railing.
The case was given to the jury at
12:4O Saturday afternoon after argu
ments which consumed all of the morn
ing session of the court.
The biggest surprise of the trial was
the statement of Goodlad that he pur
posely shot Doctor Kahn.
Dr. Kahn was killed September 26
at tbe apartment of Goodlad's wife.
CLAMP ON THE LID
Beaumont Will Be True Blue on Sun
day If Campaign Succeeds.
Beaumont, Tex., Jan. 13.—The cam
paign against love making in public,
even though at night and in secluded
places, on February 4, will be merged
with enforcement of the state blue laws,
which were resurrected by Justice of
the Peace Thomas Brown's court and
ias attaches.
Announcement has been made that the
city is to be made so tight on the Sab
bath that restaurants will be permitted
to serve men's only six hours on that
day, two hours for each meal. After
that, except in hotels, according to the
announcement, those who do not live in
their own homes, will be compelled to
go hungry. Lunches will be barred
from drug stores, which also will be
closed, as well as theaters, filling sta
tions, groceries and confectioneriM.
134 CHICAGOANS ARE
CLAIMED BY “LIQUID
DEATH" IN 3 MONTHS
icores Blinded and Many
Permanently Injured by
“Bonded Stuff."
Chicago, Jan. 13. — Prohibition
agents massed their forces here to
night for another battle in the war
against “liquid death.” Suing into re
newed activity by the coroner's report
that poison liquor claimed 134 lives in
Chicago during the last three months,
John E. Early, new chief of the prohi
bition agents, announced be would
make a dean sweep of the bootleggers in
Chicago.
At the same time, five additional dis
trict attorneys were appointed for the
district of Chicago to aid iu clearing
the docket of liquor cases.
Mon' than 100 cases involving viola
tion of the prohibition laws are on the
docket and an effort will be made to
clear them off rapidly in order that
new cases will not face a long delay
before coming to trial.
The coroner’s report declared that
besides the 134 fatalities, scores of men
and women were blinded and hundreds
more or less permanently injured by ths
"liquid death.”
Hospitals report more cases of alco
holism than at any time since prohi
bition went into effect.
Intoxication has nearly doubled, the
police say.
The liquor supply, nearly exhausted
during the holidays, is being rapidly re
plenished. Hundreds of stills are man
ufacturing poor grades of whiskey in
the heart of Chicago and nightly the
fleet of “booze” trucks from the border
elude the prohibition agents, with their
loads of “bonded stuff.”
Within an hour after the latest at
tack on the bootleggers was launched,
a squad of agents swooped down on
the Chicago Steel Club, a “lock and
key" joint. The two men were ar
rested and a quantity of liquor seized.
TS TOO LATE, GIRLS,
PARSON WHO PRAYED
FOR A ONE
Jilted Twice, He Said He
IFos Through, but He’s
Married Now.
New York. Jan. 13.—After the Rev.
George Hermann Lawson, of “prayer
bride” fame, hnd been jilted twice and
declared he wouldn’t wed tbe queen of
Sheba, a woman up and married him
today.
Lawson was married to Mrs. Ella
Weiher, a widow, in the municipal build
ing here. The ceremony also upset the
liarson's hard and fast rule to “beware
>f widows.”
With his denunciation of women in
general also went tbe memories of being
left at the altar twice, once by a widow
that caused him to fight shy of ’em, and
once by a pretty 18-ycar-old girl in Fon
Du Lac. Wis.. whom he selected when
he decided to marry one younger.
“The Almighty has been good,” he
announced to all who would listen fol
lowing tbe ceremony today. This (Mrs.
Weiber) was tbe answer to my prayer;
God in the end sent me the right. I
turned down all those millionaires on
my trail and married a good Christian
woman.” . . ....
Lawson said he was introduced to his
bride shortly after Mrs. May Mason, bis
first fiance, jilted him and fled to Atlan
tic City, because of publicity attached to
his announcement that she was sent in
answer to his prayers.
The evangelist said at the time: 111
keep on praying."
He prayed so bird, be sain, that
women from all parts of the country
wrote and offered their hearts for bis
hand. . , . .
The bride until yesterday worked in
a laundry in Orange. N. J.
FORMER SHERIFF AND
THREE OTHERS FOUND ,
NOT GUILTY Of MURDER
Large Crowd in Courtroom Hears Ver
dict Come In After Jury Deliberates
51 Hours But No Demonstration Is
Staged — Klan Frequently Referred
to During Trial With Mention Made
to Present Louisiana Investigation.
Laredo, Tex., Jan. 13.— Frank G. Robinson, Joe Acebo,
Cleve Goff and Lee Petzel, charged jointly with the murder
of Fred Roberta at Corpus Christi last October, were acquit
ted by a jury here in the Forty-ninth district court Saturday
night. The was returned at 6:45 o’clock, after the
jury had been out more than 51 hours. The courtroom was
crowded at the time but no demonstration of any kind was
staged.
Indictments charging assault to murder against at least
two of the defendants, in connection with the alleged shoot
ing into the Warren grocery store on the day of the tragedy
are still pending, but it is not probable that they will be tried
at this term of court.
Former Sheriff Robinson, Joe Acebo, Cleve Goff and
Lee Petzel went to trial in the Forty-ninth district court a
week ago last Wednesday, after the case had been brought to
Webb county on a change of venue. Selection of a jury was
not completed until Friday afternoon after the statejiad ex
hausted its 32 peremptory challenges and the defens’e all but
four.
The question of the Ku Klux Klan and Knights of Co
lumbus injected itself into the examination of the talesmen,
and it was on this score that many of the challenges were
spent. The state later claimed that the defense ‘had first
brought religion into the case by questioning prospective
jurors regarding their affiliation with the klan.
—— Taking of testimony began on Sit-
WASHINGTON CANNOT
CCCM TH /'FT TUIC nine witnesses in all were used out of
IU ULI Inu about 200 Which had been summoned
MAYFIELD BUSINESS placing ten witnesses on in direct ex*
amination, and put on about eight m
* rebuttal. The defense used about
Allison Has a Hard Time claimed to have witnessed a part of
Proving He’s Not I Moved Hand Toward Side.
State’s witnesses testified that Fred
’ Cane. Roberts, the man for whose murder
the four men were tried was sitting
* in his automobile with one hand on
Washington, D. C., Jan. 13.—Texans the steering wheel, and the other on
in Washington are telling with consider- the back of the seat, when* Frank
able merriment the difficulties encount- “X
cred by Chairman Allison Mayfield, of , vitn( , sses for the defen , e test i-
the Texas railroad commission, ta prov- that Kobprts hail moTe<i hi , right
ing he is not Senator-elect Earle Maj- han(J towar(J hig kft brcasti of gi(!e>
field for whose appearance Washington wbpn Robingon fireJ
has been more or less on the qui we. Dcfense witnesses also testified that
As most Texans Snow, there is no hparJ {Jr . frpm
love lost between the two Mayfields, al- tbp Warren s % re bffore Rob .
though both are on the railroad commis- inson fircd tbp tbree {ata ,
.. .• u ...i, witnesses testified that the shots fired
Allison Mayfield, the chief, srnyeil bp Rob j ngon were the first they heard,-
in Washington and registered at the ’ T be C asc was given to the jury at
Raleigh Hotel. The ever present re- Thursday afternoon after Jnd%«
porter immediately sought an interview, JoJin A pope fpr tbe defensa and
I meanwhile calling up his office for the Judgp Jobn A Va]ls for tbe stat< h ~j
i staff photographer. He woman t believe pnnsumed more than five hours in thaix,
it at first when the big tall Texan, who c ] os j n g arguments. Personalities were
-1 admitted he was on the railroad commis- j nd . j!ged in by the attorney for the
sion, denied, in the same breath, ana de j ense and the district attorney, with
possibly with some heat, that he was fbp resu | t tbat> f or a while, feeling naa
not the senator-elect. b j„ b ; n t he court room. ,Im
The newshounds of Warinngton were Klan Isr Scored.
• _ — A—L. —M ,1 .ka. ••f1... _ _ .
WASHINGTON CANNOT
SEEM TO GET THIS
MAYFIELD BUSINESS
Allison Has a Hard Time
Proving He’s Not
Earle.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 13.—Texans
in Washington are telling with consider
able merriment the difficulties encount
ered by Chairman Allison Mayfield, of
the Texas railroad commission, in prov
ing he is not Senator-elect Earle May
field, for whose appearance Washington
has been more or less on the qui vive.
As most Texans Snow, there is no
love lost between the two Mayfields, al
though both are on the railroad commis
sion. .. . ,
Allison Mayfield, “the chief,” arrived
in Washington and registered at the
Raleigh Hotel. The ever present re
porter immediately sought an interview,
meanwhile calling up his office for the
staff photographer. He wouldn’t believe
it at first when the big tall Texan, who
admitted he was on the railroad commis
sion, denied, in the same breath, and
possibly with some heat, that be was
not the sinator-elect.
The newshounds of Wariiington were
sure this was a trick and that “the
chief” was trying in some mysterious
way to preserve an incognito status.
One reporter, camped in front of the
hotel, opined that “this is part of the
Ku Klux policy.”
Meanwhile, “the chief’ was being
bombarded in bis room by a rapid fire
of telephone calls. It is true there was
not much conversation in each case, but
it was snappy, and very much to the
point, until Chairman Mayfield decided
he would answer no more calls, and so
advised the hotel “central.” •*
The situation finally was cleared, so
far as the newspaper men were con
cerned. when the Washington corre
spondent for a Texas newspaper ex
plained tbe presence of two Mayfields
on tbe Texas commission and revealed
the whereabouts $f the senator-elect,
who, meanwhile, had arrived here.
DEADLOCK AT PARLEY
Allies Reject Turk Proposal on Otto
man Debt.
Lausanne, Jan. 13.—The Lausanne
conference was deadlocked again to
night when the Turks, acting under in
structions from tbe Angora government,
demanded that all Turkish war debts
be included in the Ottoman debt ami be
divided among all former Ottoman
states.
The allied representatives flatly re
fused to grant the demand, but c> h
sented tn a final re-discussion of he
new crisis Monday. Little hope vas
held out for an agreement.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Judge Pope took the Klan severely to
task for its operations, referring speci
fically to an investigation now wnv
on in Louisiana. Judge Valls heM ww
Knights of Columbus up to close
scrutiny. His argument was frtqnenW
ly interrupted by objections from Judge
f’ope.
The feeling in Laredo during , lb”
trial of'the case was very bitter, th*,
majority of its citizens being opposed
to tbe Klan, and therefore, ify umk"
thy with the four defendants, Thrt*
were some, however, who believ»d__iturt
no question of affiliation witfe eithef,
the Klan or Knights of Crlumbcs
should be injected into the tris! of a
murder case.
TO PRISON SUNDAY
WiU Cost $1250 to Convey NliuUm
to U. S. Institution* :.t 'l'
At an expense of $1250 * part* ft
nineteen arisoners will bo taken from
San Antonio Sunday to Krv* torn*
in federal penal institutions., The- RK*
oners were convicted, the (OjMM <fl(a
violations of the narcotic UIU, at LbA
present term of the federal court for
tbe San Antonio diviaioiF’
worth. Kan., is the destindpm of »»*•
entcen. and the reformatory at Beyno*
ville. Mo., is the destination
The party was originalMHaiMßß
to leave San Antonio
under charge of Deputy iTtffSl FX "s
Marsha! Guy Walker. >
a number of guard’. W
tbe departure could not be Siad* >t tuS»
time and the data wu