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L XLIII—NO. 23.
EARLE MAYFIELD IN AUSTIN FIST-FIGHT
British Battalion Ordered to Constantinople; Another Massacre Feared
tIGHTENED
INCH FLEE
ONI SMYRNA
lic-stricken Nationals Es
cape From City on
Cruiser.
T MINES IN HARBOR
ied Commander Ordered
to Strike Back If
Attacked.
SSELS ARE WARNED
nan Officers Reported
, on Way to Join
the Turks.
BULLETIN.
ibraJtar. Feb. 10.—One battalion of
[puke of Wellington's regiment was
red today to depart immediately
Constantinople.
Anyrna Feb. 10.— Signals winked
Mi the mastheads of allied warships
Smyrna harbor tonight as British
a French naval commanders, with
a powers to strike back at the first
0 of a hostile act on Turkey s part,
Sited word from Angora of th* na
dal assembly decision that means
a?e or war.
Ships from all parts of the world,
hggling against the charred quays
ng the city's miles of water front,
lined that the Turks have sown the
Umr entrance with mines.
fhippers were warned against rout-
I vessels by way of Smyrna.
1 Fear Turks Uprising.
Lanie-stricken French nationals,
Ling a Turkish uprising against for
ers similar to that which occurred
11 thousands of Greeks were driven
n Smyrna, fled from the city today
ard the cruiser Ernestrenan. which
Lined into the harbor in defiance
the ultimatum banning warships of
Fe than 1000 tons.
rhe ultimatum was not enforced, the
p limit being extended indefinitely,
Lrling decision of the Angora as
bly.
'he Turkish assembly is meeting to
r Ismet Pasha's report on Lausanne
to decide whether Turkey will make
ri her vague threats of war.
iustapha Kemal, generalissimo of
Turkish armies, is expected to ad
ss the assembly.
Turks Flock to Capital,
nfluential Turks, said to favor war.
rflocking to the capital.
turkey, if she decides to fight Brit-
J, can strike in several ways. Turkish
“>ps in the vicinity of Mosul can
he against the small British garrison
sending Britain's claims to the rich
[lands.
k clash of arms with Greeks along
I Maritza river in Thrace might bring
Itain into the conflict. Trouble in
listantinople — an uprising against
ristians —might be sufficient to start
fc. A hostile act, sudi an firing upon
itisb men or war in the harbor,
Lid be a cause of war.
Austrian and German officers are re-
Hed to be at Salonika, en route for
|gora Co join the Turkish army.
American Warns Turks.
The assistant American high com
inder at Constantinople warned the
Igora representative of the gravity of
Sr hostile act at Smyrna.
KFhe Turks tonight closed Ismed har
k to foreign warships and announced
Kt all lighthouses on the gulf of
ned will be extinguished. The Turks
lav detained, but subsequently, re
ised French and Italian colliers
iich were taking on coal. The Black
i ports of Heraklea and Zuguldak.
THREE DRYS FIRED
lon Prohibition Fore* Receives a
"Trimming."
Houston, Tex.. Feb. 10.—Further re-
Iction in tbe size of the local prohi-
Eion force was made public here late
May. when it was learned that three
Inhibition agents had been removed
b>m the service, effective last Janu-
K 31.
I Those removed from service were
Fed Heiser, C. H. G. B.
Lrdy.
■Tbe “trimming" of the force, which
ks begun some time ago, is due to
rk of appropriations for maintaining
Tforce of the former strength.
[Sweeping changes and reductions are
Ring made in the list of federal of
j ers in other parts of the country
so.
Decide It Was Legal.
Fort Worth. Tex., Feb. 10.—In an
Union handed down Saturday by the
cond court of civil appeals, it whs
bld that the contract made by
firming Stitx»r road building company
| purchase $4.500,000 worth of East-
Ind eounty read bond# was legal.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
FOUR KELLY PILOTS
KILLED WHEN SHIPS
CRASH IN MANEUVERS
Three Accidents Mar Visit
of General Mitchell to
Flying Field.
The heaviest toll taken of the air
force at Kelly Field since the war
came Friday and Saturday during
battle maneuvers when three planes
crashed to the ground add two pilots
and two observers lost their lives.
The first two crashes came Friday
afternoon while the attack group at
Kelly Field was dealing a blow against
an imaginary enemy near Laredo.
Lieut. Frank Honsinger. piloting a
DeHaviland plane stalled his ship w hen
only 300 feet above the ground. The
plane crashed and burned, killing the
pilot and Sgt. .Toe Kelly. The second
erash came Friday afternoon during, the
same maneuver when the plane flown
by Lieutenant Rich hooked its left
wing on an oil derrick. The ship came
to tbe ground about 100 yards away
from the derrick but both Lieutenant
Rich and Private Dryden escaped with
minor injuries.
Saturday morning at Kelly Field the
DeHaviland plane piloted by Lieut.
Harry J. Martin apparently got caught
in a propeller wash and went nose
down to the earth. Lieutenant Mar
tin and bis observer. Sgt. Walter S.
Grodeki were burned to death.
Lieutenant Martin was flying in a
formation of five planes that had circled
the field and were headed for an
imaginary truck train which was to
be a target for their bombs and ma
chine guns. Two planes had already
fired at the target and two others were
almost upon it when the last plane in
the formation, flying only about 100
feet above the ground, crashed.
The ship burst into flames immedi
ately, and before rescuers could arrive
the two were burned to death. Ser
geant Grodeki w ! as pinned in his seat
by wire supports which had to be clip
ped before his body could be extricated
from the wreckage, and Lieutenant
Martin was pinned under the molar.
Both wore burnM beyond recognition.
The crash occurred at the north end
of Kelly Field near the Air Intermedi
ate Depot, and in full view of Maj.
Gen. E. M. Lewis, commander of the
Eighth Corps Area, who had conic to
witness the ground attack maneuver,
also in view of Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell, assistant chief of the Air
Service, under whose direction the at
tack was made, and a host of armv
officers and spectators who had as
sembled at the field. General Lewis
and General Mitchell and practically all
officers on the field rode to tbe scene
of the wreck and watched the soldiers
work to put out the fire and remove
the charred bodies of the fliers from
the wrecked plane.
General Mitchell had no statement to
make Saturday evening other than that
the two crashes were unfortunate ac
cidents that could not be prevented and
which are some of the hazards that
necessarily are attached to the Air
Service.
BAGS CAT AND FOX
George P. Burnett Brings Animals Run
Down by Hunting Dogs.
A large bob cat and a gray fox were
brought to San Antonio Friday nigbt
by George P. Burnett of the Paper
Goods Company who bagged the game
with a party of hunters near Fredericks
burg. Hunting dogs were used in run
ning the animals to corer. The dogs
belong to Henke Brothers at Fredericks
burg.
Both the bob cat and the gray fox
were run up trees by the dogs. They
were then shoot out of the tree and the
dogs killed them. Mr. Burnett plans to
mount the furs.
THE WEATHER
TKMPERATI 'RBS
FEB. 10— 4 a. m 50
2 p. n> 73 5 a. m 30
S p. m 73 Ka. ni 50
4 P- ni 74 7 a. ni 50
5 p. ni........75 s a. m 50
6 p. ni 63 0 a. m <9
7 p. m Kt in «. ni 50
3 p. m 52 11 a. ni 51
9 p. ni 59 12 noon 53
10 p. m 56 1 p. ni 56
11 p. ni 54 2 p. m 5 R
13 midnight .. .52 ;; p. ni 59
FEB. 11— 4 p. rn 62
1 *• ni 52 5 p. m 63
1 a- m 5! R p. m 62
3 *• ni 51 7 p. m 59
FORECAST.
East Texas: Sundaj*. partly cloudy,
somewhat colder; Monday partly cloudy,
warmer in northwest portion.
Went Texas: Sunday part cloudy, cold
er In southeast portion; Monday part
cloudy, warmer in north portion.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOOUSTS. ..
Chicaco: Temperature, 32: snowing; less
than 10-mile wind from the southwest;
lowest temperature in the last 24 hours,
18: highest. 32.
Kansas City: Temperature, 21; cloudy:
leas than 10-mile wind from the north;
lowest temperature Ln the last 2t houra.
22; highest, 28.
New York: Temperature, 34; clear; less
than 10-mile wind from the northeast;
lowest temperature in the last 24 hours.
24; highest, 34.
St. Tarais: Temperature, 30; snowing;
less than 10-mile wind from the north
west; lowest temperature in the last 24
hours, 22; highest, 30.
Washington: Temperature. 30; cloudy;
lees than 10-mfle wind front lite northeast;
lowest temperature in the last 24 houre.
38; highest, IK
NEGRO IS SAFE
IN WACO JAIL;
LAWWILLRULE
Prisoner Appears in No
Danger—Mob Is Not
Feared.
DOES NOT SEEM SAD
Officers Trying to Clear Up
Conflict in His Ad
mission.
Waco. Tex., Feb. 10.—Pledges of
city, county and state authorities to
throw a miniature army of military pro
portions around the Mclennan county
jail at tbe slightest foreboding of mob
violence against Boy Mitchell, confessed
mulatto murderer, charged with five
killings, had been made good tonight.
Although Mitchell lias made written
statements purporting to be confession*
that he tortured and murdered several
white people, and bis series of crimes
overshadows cruel deeds that have
brought the hands of lynchers to the
necks ot other negroes in the past.
Mitchell tonight appeared to be less in
danger of violence than any prisoner
ever held in the McLennan eounty jail.
What little excitement prevailed Fri
day, when the mulatto penned in excel
lent handwriting, one of the most revolt;
ing statements in criminal history of
tile Southwest, had subsided entirely to
dav.
Mitche’l sits in bis cell, apparently
in the best of spirits and eating ns if
to make up for bis two-day hunger
strike.
Although a written statement has
now been taken from the alleged slay
er regarding the axe slaying of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Barker and 13-ycar
old Honiet Turk at Concord, near
Waco, officers show no disposition to
follow this up with the filing of
charges.
The written statement was taken at
the request of attorneys for Cooper
Johnson and Benny Young, the negroes
serving time for the Concord killings.
Sheriff Stegall desires to have a con
flict in dates given by Mitchell cleared
up before acting in the axe murders.
The black stoutly insists that W. I’.
Driskell, cotton man, was the first
man "I ever killed,” but. on the other
hand, Mitchell says he slew the Bar
kers and little Homer Turk, although
their deaths occurred several months
before that of Driskell.
This is tbe only conflict in the ne
gro', alleged confession. His dates
and details about the killing of Harrell
Bolton on the Corsicana road, the mur
der of Grady Skipworth at Lovers'
Leap, and tbe double killing of W. E.
Holt and tbe beautiful Mrs. Ethel Dene
camp on the Springfield road, all tally
with previous disclosures by officers.
Authorities attribute the lack of mob
enthusiasm in a large extent to recol
lections here of Waco's last lynching,
the burning of Jesse Thomas, the negro
taken without arraignment or trial and
burned at the stake for the killing ot
Harrell Bolton, one of tbe crimes which
Boy Mitchell now claims as his work
and which resulted in the fifth charge
of murder against the niullatto.
Saved by Inches.
Officers recall the burning of Jesse
Thomas, which occurred after the negro
was taken before the young woman who
accompanied Bolton the night be was
murdered. The girl exclaimed: “That's
the one!” Her father shot him and the
mob took him to the pyre.
As the girl's father poured several
loads of buckshot at Jesse Thomas, two
officers were approaching the house
with another colored suspect. He was
Roy Mitchell. Hearing the shots, and
seeing the mob. the officers decided
their mission was useless and released
Mitchell.
Thus Roy Mitchell came within inches
of being brought to justice or to lynch
ing ut that time. As a result of his re
lease then, he was left free to mingle
among the people who now are stirred
by his confession, and three lives may
indirectly be attributed to the lynching
of Thomas, officers point out. for Grady
Skipworth. W. E. Holt and Mrs, Ethel
Denecamp have been slain by tbe alleged
slayer since the Bolton Milling.
To Ask Five Indictments.
County Attorney C. 8. Farmon. dis
cussing preparations for bringing Mitch
ell to trial, said five murder indictments
will be asked of the grand jury when
it convenes here March 5.
So certain is tbe prosecutor that no
demonstration will be staged that he
has decided not to ask for state rangers
when Mitchell comes to trial.
That there may be other than mur
der indictments asked against Mitchell
was intimated tonight at the county at
torney's office, where attention was
called to the negro's alleged admission
that he criminally assaulted three white
women. The attacks on the women, ac
cording to Mitchell's statement, were
made after their escorts had boon killed,
and when the women were helpless and
defenseless.
Breaks Skating Record.
luike Placid, N. Y„ Feb. 10 Joe
Moore of New York, broke the quarter
mile world record today, skating the
distance in 37 2-5 seconds. The for
mer record of 37 3-5. wns made in 1921
by Charles Gorman, of St. Johns, N. B.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1923.—SEVENTY-TWO PAGES.
GIANT BARLING BOMBER
TO FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC
SAYS GENERAL MITCHELL
Monster Ship Has 2400 Horsepower and Carries 4000
Pounds of Bombs in Addition to Passengers.
Says DeHavilands Are Obsolete—Praises
Kelly Aviators.
The giant Barling bomber now un
der construction by the Army Air Ser
vice at McCook Field, Ohio, will fly
across the Atlantic when it is complet
ed, Brig. Gen, William Mitchell; assist
ant chief of the Air Service, said Sat
urday. General Mitchell is in San An
tonio inspecting Air Service activities
at Helly Field.
General Mitchell said that tbe Bar
ling bomber was a certain success from
an engineering point ot-view.
"The big plane is propelled by mo
tors aggregating 2400 horsepower,” Gen
eral Mitchell said, “and has a radius of
1300 miles from its base. It carries
two tons of bombs in addition to its
passengers and supplies. It is by far
the biggest thing the Air Service has
yet developed. Of course, it has not
been thoroughly tested yet, but we feel
confident of its success.”
With regard to the future standard
service ship of the army. Genera'. Mitch
ell said that a new type of ship is be
ing built to replace the DeHuviland.
which has been the standard service
ship since the war.
Tending Toward Steel.
“The DHs arc obsolete now.” he
said, "and we will build no more of
them. The plane to take its place
will be equipped with steel tubing and
steel fusilagc. It will also have one
piece wings with struts just at the tips.
Due to the steel tubing and fusilage
tbe ship will be much safer than the
DH. We are going into steel as fast
ns we can now.”
General Mitchell stated the* the new
ship had not yet been ntunra~wm< that
he docs not know what its name
be. The ship will be jus; as fust Is
the DH which cart make 120 miles an
hour.
"We have thus far perfected no new
chemical devices to prevent fire,” the
general said, “and it looks as if as
long as we have gasoline and electric
sparks there will be fires when a ship
crashes.”
Accidents Part of Game.
He added that commercial aviation
can enjoy safety that army pilots must
forego. He said tbnt commercial ships
can he built so that the gasoline tank
enn be dropped Off when a crash is in
evitable. and that solid steel ships can
be built which will not burn, but that
these things greatly retard the ship's
speed.
“The army.” he said, “must build
ships to get the utmost fighting strength
out of them even at the sacrifice of
some safety devices. The Air Service
is the most hazardous branch of the
service nnd there will always be some
fatal accidents in it. That is just part
of the price we pay for it and every
pilot clearly understands that situation.
The accident we had today was one of
those unfortunate things that cannot
be helped.”
Compliments Work Here.
General Mitchell spoke very highly
of the aerial mail system that is bring
maintained between Washington and
New York by the Postoffice Depart
ment. He said that a daily schedule
has been conducted for over a year and
without a single serious accident.
Praise was all that Gen. William
Mitchell had for fliers at Kelly Field
and the work they Lave been doing.
General Mitchell has been at Kelly
Fic]d since Friday n week ago. conduct
ing an extensive tactical inspection of
the entire air force stationed there.
Tbe assistant chief ot the Air Ser
vice said that army aviation, the same
as the other branches of the service,
is suffering greatly through lack of suf
ficient appropriations, but with what
they have, the force at Kelly Field has
made a remarkable showing, nnd at no
other airdrome in the United States
has the work of the Air Service been
carried on better than at the San An
tonio field.
General Mitchell was particularly
well pleased with the showing the At
tack Group made in the battle maneu
vers nt Laredo Friday afternoon. He
said the pilots and gunners showed ex
cellent training and that tbe fire from
their ships hit the targets with re
markable accuracy.
“It demonstrated without a doubt.”
he said, “that the Air Service can con
centrate a force 150 miles from its
base, deliver an attack nnd return in
the same day. Each of the 26 De-
Havilands that made the trip bad eight
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He Located Enemy
machine guns on them, two that enn
be filed from the plane while in flight.
All of them, if necessary, enn be Uken
from the ship and planted on the
ground, and the machine gun strength
carried by one DcHaviland is equal Io
a machine gun company. The Martin
bomber lliar went with us had provi
sions, spare parts and extra ammuni
tion. We landed nt Laredo, occupied
the airdrome properly, then went out
and located the ‘enemy’ and delivered
the attack, returning to Kelly Field
when it was over.”
General Mitchell himself took part
in the maneuvers at Laredo Friday. He
was the first pilot to loca.e the "ene
my,” and led the ground attack against
it.
"Bombed" the 1.-G. N.
In returning to r.elly Field, CoL
John H. Howard, commander of Kelly
Field, flew with General Mitchell as
observer. On the return flight the of
ficers sighted a train. Signalling to
Lieutenant Bissell in another plane, the
two ships made a sham attack on the
moving cars.
"We could have shot it all to pieces,”
General Mitchell said.
Saturday morning's maneuvers at
Kelly Field did not progress far enough
to test the strength of the Attack Group
in that sham battle due to the crash of
Lieu* Harry J. Martin's plane soon
after the battle started.
Ground attack, which was the prob
lon. 4", both maneuvers, is a post-war
dcvclopmcn*. and as much time and
practice as possible is being given to it.
While at Kelly Field. General Mitch-
"Us th, "J'p "k of Col. John H. How
ard. commjmdor o.’ the field. He detiv.
ororf lectures at Brooks Field and at
Eighth Corps Area headquarters during
the week, and was the guest at several
receptions tendered in his nonor. Hd
left San Antonio for El Paso early
Sunday morning.
MEXICAN OFFICIAL
SAYS CLARA PHILLIPS
NOT IN CHIHUAHUA
“Little Phil's” Story All
“Bank," Telegram
Indicates.
New York, Feb. to.—Clara Phillips,
alleged Los Angeles hammer murder
ess, is not imprisoned in the Chihuahua
state prison, according to a telegram
received here tonight from Jose Perez,
private secretary to the governor of the
prison.
Following tbe assertion of Lee Man
ning, federal immigration officer, who
returned with “Little Phil” Alguin.
that-tbe hunted woman bad been jailed
in the Chihuahua institution by Mexi
can authorities, the prison governor
was wired for confirmation. Perez's
reply telegram was as follows:
"Your telegram to the governor re
ceived. Clara Phillips is not in this
place. ”
Take Alquin West.
Houston. Tex., Feb. to.— "Little
Phil" Alquin, who for more than two
years has been a fugitive, is today on
board a westbound train en route to
Los Angeles, Cal., where he will stand
trial for the murder of Detective Ser
geant Fitzgerald, who was killed on
the night of June 3. 1921.
"Little Phil” is in custody of Chief
of Police Louis D. Oaks of Los Angeles,
and Detective Claude Smith.
Special Agent Lee Manning of the
United States immigration service, and
Special Agent Frias of the Mexican
state department are accompanying the
party to El Paso.
S. P. Wins Nine-year Fight
Washington, D. C.. Feb. 10.—The
Southern Pacific Company today
emerged victorious from nine years of
litigation to prevent, divorcement from
the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
handed down the decision authorizing it
to acquire control of the Central Pa
cific by lease and stock ownership.
BULLETS FIREO
IN2HOLDUPS
LATE SATURDAY
Mexicans Fire at Grocery
Man Who Pursues Them
Out of Door.
A NEW NEGRO ROBBER
Fire at Black Bandit as He
Rides Away on Stolen
Bicycle.
A blnc'l bandit was again on the
job Saturday night. J. A. Wendel, pro
prietor of a grocery and meat market.
1002 Burnet street, was the victim. He
was held up at the point of a pistal
at 9:50 and forced to surrender $l5 to
the negro gunman.
An hour earlier, Fritz Gunther,
grocer and owner of a meal market,
JO5 Bouth Zurzamora street, was held
up by two youthful Mexican bajidits.
who rifled the cash register tor $9.25.
The robbery of the Wendel estab
lishment was not without its thrills.
The black bandit's operations were simi
lar to those of tbe negro who recently
terrorized local resident druggists. His
description, too. in many respects, were
similar to that given by druggists of
the black who robbed them ut the point
of a gun.
Rode Off on Bicycle.
The negro, described as black, appar
ently 22 or 24 years old. clad in dark
trousers, white shirt, dark cap and of
average height, atepiwd into the grocery
store un'd held up Mi. Wendel, while
two customers were in the place. Mr.
Wendel gave tbe gunman 815 from his
trousers pocket. The negro then step
ped from the place, jumped on a bicycle,
owned by Joe Broadnax, the delivery
boy and rode awai. Two shot < were
fired al him by a relative of Mr. Wen
del.
Gunther was alone in his place of
business when the two unmask*'!
youths, both of whom were armed with
a pistol, stepped into tbe place and
commanded him to hold up his hands.
While one kept the proprietor under
the muzzle of n gun, the other stepped
to the cash register, opened it nnd
scooped up the money in sight. The
inner compartments of tbe register were
not molested. Both men stepped out
of the place.
Fired at Grocer.
As they did so. Mr. Gunther told
detectives, he sought to follow them.
He advanced, however, but a few steps
when one of the stick-up men fired
twice in bis direction. Tbe victim re
turned to his market, while tbe robbers,
he said, leaped into a stripped down
automobile nnd sped away.
Detective Captain Street and a squad
of plain clothes officers hurried to the
scene when report of the hold-up reach
ed the station. Efforts to find trace of
the Mexicans were futile.
CHILD KNOCKED DOWN
Manuel Trevino Found Lying in Street
With Gash in Head.
Manuel Trevino, aged 8 years, whose
parents reside at 108 Morales street,
was found lying in the street, at 8:55
Saturday night, unconscious, a long
scalp wound in the right side of his
head. Police say the child was evident
ly knocked down by an automobile. No
one witnessed the accident.
Rushed to the Robert B. Green Mem
orial hospital, examination disloscd tbe
patient seriously injured. Attending
physicians bad not determined early
during the night whether a fracture of
the skull had been sustained.
Hospital authorities summoned the
police when the child was brought to
tbe place for treatment. Police Captain
Trevino conducted. the investigation
Eddie Campa, 415 West Romana street,
jitney driver, found the Trevino boy
lying near the center of the street, near
the intersection of North Laredo and
Morales slreet. a short distance from
the home of the parents. Robert Hun
necut. 225 Kaufman street and Joe Her
nandez, 1320 Garza street, were passen
gers in the jitney and assisted in taking
the boy to the hospital.
WALLS FALL ON HIM
Batk Broken. Chest Crushed. He Has
Fighting Chance.
Waco. Tex., Feb. 10. —His back
broken, his chest crushed. A. D. Shook,
real estate man. was believed by phy
sicians to have a fighting chance for his
life tonight as a result of the walls of
a building at the aviation field falling
in on him.
Child Welifare Message.
Austin. Tex.. Feb. 10.—A child wel
fare message will be broadcasted by
Mrs. S. M. N. Marrs, president of the
State Congress of Mothers, and Parent-
Teachers Association next Friday
night, from the university radio sta
tion. Parent-teachers associations over
the state will, on that day, be observ
ing the twenty sixth anniversary of the
founding of th*'?sational Congress of
Mothers, ,
Edison 76 Years Old
THOMAS A. EDISON.
Orange. N. J., Feb. 10.—With a f
i-hotir day of work. Thomas A. E
n prepared in his laboratory for
renty-sixth birthday tomorrow.
The famous inventor did celebrate the
last day of bis seventy-fifth year by
coming to work three minutes late, but
he made up for it by cutting his lunch
time down to 25 minutes, returning five
minutes ahead of time.
Edison will spend his birthday quiet
ly with his family nnd will stage hit
mblic observation of the day on Mon
lay. when he will receive his friends
nd grant his annual interview to the
icwspaper men.
BANDIT, BURIED ONCE,
IN HIDDEN GRAVE, IS
LAID TO REST AGAIN
Underworld Pals Character
ize Holloway as “Square
Shooter.”
Tulsa, Okla.. Feb. 10.—Deep beneath
armfuls of blossoms in the most select
section of Rose HiH Cemetery, Frank
Holloway, notorious over the South and
West as a bandit and gun fighter, was
buried.
The burial was in dramatic contrast
to the one in the dismal thicket, two
miles west of Red Fork, where his body
was found late Wednesday, crowded
into a rough hewn bole after he had
been brutally murdered by unknown
hands.
More than 300 friends, most of them
old-time settlers and many identified
with the night life of the magic city
a decade ago when gambling halls ran
wide open and men walked the streets
with pistols on their hips, crowded the
chapel as the last words were said over
Holloway’s coffin.
In that crowd wore men and women
who once walked the underworld trails
hand in band with Holloway and his
kind. Some of these have since climbed
upward to respectability and even af
fluence. Others, with the stamp of dis
sipation deep upon their faces, showed
they had held to the down grade.
Mrs. Edith I.ong Holloway, tbe wid
ow, bad the silent sympathy of those
who attended the funeral. She fre
quently Sinrst into tears during the fun
eral service.
By the code of his world. Frank Hol
loway was a “square shooter.”
That was the estimate more than one
hard-faced man placed upon him as be
turned away from the grave.
DID NOT JAIL HIM
Deputy Permits "Prisoner" to Chew
His Way to Freedom.
Deputy Sheriff A. I. Serna was
placed ou trial before his fellow deputies
Saturday afternoon for neglect of duty
based upon the alleged fact that he had
allowed a "prisoner to escape.” The
deputy entered a plea of not guilty.
The "prisoner" in question was a Ger
man police dog.
Deputy Serna early in the week “ar
rested” tbe dog whenihe found it fol
lowing a Mexican. He held it at his
home, awaiting the appearance of its
owner, despite protestations by the
other deputies that the ’’prisoner”
should be placed in jail. Although Dep
uty Serna made numerous inquiries and
allowed many claimants to view tbe
valuable animal, the owner was not
found. Meanwhile the deputy squand
ered $1 in coin of the realm for dog
food.
Friday night the animal was tied un
as usual but Saturday morning he had
disappeared. Only a chewed rope re
mained as eridenc* of the animal s es
cape. An nil-day search and inquiry
Saturday failed to bring back tbe police
dog. Deputy Serna's jury of fellow
deputies found that he erred in not
placing his "prisojier' in jail.
Discuss Textile Mills.
Denison. Tex.. Feb. 10— A com
munity meeting held here discussed the
possibility of adding more textile mills
and other factories using cotton in
Texas. _
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SENATOR AND
JOURNALIST!
W BLOWS
Both Are on Floor of Hotel
Lobby When Sep
arated.
COP THERE; NO ARRESTS
.. . — . i
Big Crowd Watches Mixup
Started by News
paper Story.
COME OUT UNINJURED
Meet Later at Capitol, Shake
Hands and Call
It Off.
Austin. Tex.. Feb. 10.—United States
Senator-elect Earle B. May field and
Silliman Evans, Fort Worth newspaper
correspondent, engaged in a. personal
encounter in the lobby of an Austin
hotel today.
Blows were exchanged.
Both men were on the floor wu .i
they were separated. Neither MayL. .
nor Erans showed any marks cl i.
dash.
The affair created mu h c-eit .
in the hotel lobby, which was cro.x. .
at tbe time.
A policeman was attracted to
scene, but no arrests were made.
Later in the afternoon Mayticld i.c
Evans met at the capitol and sho.,
hands, declaring that the incident v...-
closed.
A complaint by Mayfield of some
story Evans had written precipitated
tbe light, it was stated.
A few minutes prior to their meet
nig in the lobby, Mayfield and Evans
had words in the hotel room of a mu
tual friend.
OPEN FIGHT ON MA
Seek Senator Who Will CliaUenge Hit
Right to Be Sworn In.
Washington. D. C„ Feb. 10.—It was
revealed today that the reason tot the
forthcoming filing of a contest against
tbe seating .of Senator-elect Mayfield
from Texas at this time is prompted
by tbe belief that there may be an
extra session of the Senate immediate
ly following the adjournment of th*
Sixty-seventh Congress to confirm
nominations.
In such an event Senator-elect Mw
would expect to be sworn in.
woul cxpelt to be sworn in.
Such a session as this would last only
a few days and would enact no legis
tion. nor would it undertake to deter
mine a contested election case.
Opponents to Mayfield, however, feel
it would be desirable to see the case
brought to the attention of the Senst*
at tbe first session of the Sixty-eighth
Congress. It is known, moreover, that
Mayfield's opponents are hopeful of
finding some senator who will challenge
the Texan's right to his seat when be
stands up to be sworn in.
This action would at once center at
tention on the contest. Tbe probabilities
are. however, even should such a chal
lenge be made, that Mayfield would bo
scaled and that Vice President Coolidx* 1
would refer tbe contest to the Senate j
committee on privileges and election’- ]
This committee, in turn, would name 1
a subcommittee io take the teatimonv,
in the case and submit a report. Then '
the procedure in tbe Newberry case and '
its precedents probably would be fol- ,
lowed.
Neither Scott Woodward, counsel for
George Peddy, nor R. B. Creager. K--
publican state chairman, who sr*
known to have come to assist in making
out the case against Mayfield, will <1 -
cuss their plans at this time, prefer ng
to await the arrival Monday of Linh’*
Nichols of Dallas.
BOYS CONFESS MURDER
Three Lada, 11 t« 17. Admit Eight
Robberies and Slaying.
Minneapolis. Feb. 10.—Three Minne
apolis bojs between the ages of It > 4
17 years of age. tonight confessed t»
eight robberies and the murder -t
William C. Pellatt, Minneapolis radio
dealer, shot in his store last n'gh’
Appointed District Attorney.
Fort Worth. Tex.. Feb. lO—lc> ap
pointment of Jew E. Martin of Fer r
Worth as an assistant United States
district attorney wu announced Sat
urday night by Henry Zweifel. fed' tai
district attorney of tbe northern dis
trict of Texas. The promotion of H.
L. Arterbcrry. formerly an assistant,
to tbe place of special assistant Unittd
States attorney and of Ben J.
to succeed Arterberry as second •« ”*•
ant was also announced.