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U. XLIII—NO. 34.
PEDDY ASKS SENATE TO BAR MAYFIELD
House Passes British Debt Bill; May Use Money for Soldier Bonus
DDLD PAY
BONUS WITH
TO DEBTS
ith Passage in -House,
Congress Ends Settle
. ment Discussion.
pw UP TO HARDING
ellon Willing to Use Set
tlement Money to Pay
Soldiers.
UOTED BY FORDNEY
sks President’s Approval
Before Another Bill
Entered.
(Washington. D. C.. Dec. 2X-Be-
Ic the passage of the British debt
Itlemcnt in the House today, dis-
Ision began on the question of us-
K the money for the payment.of a
Idiers’ bonus.
(Secretary Mellon of the Treasury
|s quoted today in the Howse by
[airman Fordney of the V ay» nml
Kana committee, as stating that he
Id no objection to use of money ro
ped from the foreign debt
Inis for the payment of a soldiers
htl Texas, wanted to know if this
11 not mean that the former service
In would have to wait «2 years, the
lie which the British loan is to run.
l"Thc gentleman knows better than
lit.” returned Mr. Fordney.
fl'he committee chairman said Mr.
Ilion bad told him he would prefer
nt the matter be taken up with
fesident Harming before another
|nus bill was introduced.
FL'be last action necessary to con
[essional approval of the British
Lt settlement agreement was taken
llay by the House, which, without a
II call, accepted Senate ehsngcs to
L bill nmtnding the allied debt
ndin» act.
jThe measure goes to the 1 resident
Id, upon Ilie signature, the agrec
bnt between the United States and
feat Britain, worked out by the
lucriean end British debt coinmis-
Lns, will come into force. haying
len approves! by the British cabinet.
(Under the terms of the arrangc
buts, Great Britain will have (52
lars in which to liquidate its war
Ibt of ?4.(>99.0(M),00(» and will pay
kerest at the rate of, 3 per cent
Ie first ten years and 3 1-2 per cent
lereafter. >
[Urging House concurrence in the
plate changes in the -interest of n
lompt acceptance of the terms agreed
I by Great Britain. Representative
Lrton. Republican. Ohio, n member
r the American commission, said he
kretted that attacks had been made
f the Senate on Great Britain dur
k the debate on the measure.
pSuch attacks as were made, if
ken seriously in diplomatic circles,"
I declared, "would idrain our rcla
bns with the country with which
p are dealing."
JAIL ABOUT FULL
W’Ssb Has Federal Prisoners Await
ing Transportation.
(Forty prisoners in the El I'aso jail
|e waiting transportation to various
Idcral penal institutions where they
eve been sentenced to serve one year
I more, according to United States
larsbal D. A. Walker. This number
les not include those who will be
Intenced to prison terms from among
Ie 25 who have signified their inten
una to enter pleas of -uilty to vio
kion of the narcotic or prohibition
Iws.
I Tariff laws brought about the con
letion of 15 of the 40 prisoners nl
lady sentenced: narc uic law viola-
Irs totalled 14; immigyation. 6; Dyer
ft, 2; forgery of goveri ment trans
prtation. 1; postffice rbbery, 1; and
funterfeitinr. 1.
The five men convicted during the
lial of the "quicksilver case" at El
liso. have been released under bond
ending the result: of an appeal,
orsha? Walker sari.
HAVE A* HOLIDAY
«
rhools Closed In Honor of Washing
ton's Birthday.
Washington's birthday general
observed in San Antonio Thursday.
11 of the banks were closed and the
nstoffice made no mail deliveries,
umerous social events were given
honor of the occasion.
Afi schools were dismissed. Brig.
■taPanl B. Malone addressed pupils
[ Slain Avenue High School Wed
rsday morning in a mass meeting
snoring the event.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
UNSETTLED WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE WITH
TEMPERATURE LOWER
Rains General Over the
State Daring Last
24 Hours.
Unsettled weather is to continue
here Thursday night and Friday, with
rain probable and temperatures some
what lower, according to the forecast
of Observer, J. H. Jarboe. The mini-'
mum temperature will be 44 to 50
degrees. Winds will be northeasterly
and moderate. Rain is forecasted in
Southeast Texas, with considerably
colder weather in the northeastern
portion.
The combination of a large area of
high barometer, which, however, is
too far eastward to. affect local con
ditions seriously, and a small "low”
to the southwest, the extent of which
has not been fully determined, will
keep weather here unsettled and prob
ably bring more rain.
Precipitation was general all over
Texas in the last 24 hours. San An
tonio. from the time the rain started
at 12:45 o'clock Wednesday noon,
had a total of an inch and five-hun
dredths. Taylor ’ reported 1:54. and
Austin 2 inches. New Braunfels had
1.18. The rain area covered West
Texas, the Panhandle experiencing a
fall of almost half an inch, while in
El Paso it was still raining at ob
servation time, with .2(5 of an inch al
ready recorded.
Rains south of San Antonio were
particularly heavy, according to pri
vate advices. In a telephone message
to the highway department of the
Chamber of Commerce Thursday
morning from Charles Neal of Co
tulla it was learned that a three-inch
rain had fallen there Up to 7 a. ni.
and it was still raining. Roads arc
impassable, the message stated, and
automobilists are advised not to at
tempt to make the trip to Laredo.
Eight Umpired feet of trail# /i the
San Antonio. Uvalde -i Gulf line at
McCoy, 4G miles south of San An
tonio, and between San Antonio and
Campbellton, Wednesday night, was
washed out by a small douwnrst in
the vkjaitv of CampbelUon.
were delayed several hours, but at
the local office of the company it was
said a temporary track had been con
structed and Venice resumed Thurs
day..
Rivers under the surveillance of
the local river service, which include
those in Sbuth and West Texas, had
not risen dangerously, according to
latest reports to Mr. Jarboe.
The coldest point in the United
States on Thursday's weather map
was Williston, N. D„ where the read
ing was 2 below aero at 7 a. m. St.
Paul had 4 above aud Chicago 18.
These places were in or near the
center of the high "high.” At Win
nipeg, Canada, the thermometer stood
at 14 below zero.
The East was hovering around the
freezing point but was due for cplder
weather later in the day.
VICE PROFIT MILLIONS
Judge Says Portion of $13,500,00(1
Goes to Chicago Police.
Chicago, 111.. Feb. 22.—Judge Kan
iel P. Trude of the morale court, a
witness before the grand jury inves
tigating vice conditions, testified last
nigl)t, according'to a story published
today by the Chicago Tribune, that
"profits of vice in Chicago amount
to $13,500,000 a year, part of which
goes to police.”
The jurist's testimony, the story
said, gave lists of protected resorts in
the city and explained their operation.
THE WEATHER
TKMPKrATI hks.
FER. 21. 2 n. m 5R
3 p. m fl? 3 a. m 57
4 p. m 64 4 a. ni 57
5 p. m 60 5 a. m 58
* P- m 59 6 a. m 58
7 p. m 58 7 a. m 5R
* P m 58 S a. m 57
* P- rfi 58 9 a. ni 5«
10 P- m -.58 10 p. m 55
11 P- ni 58 11 a. m 55
12 midnight.... 58 12 noon 58
FE B. 22. 1 p. in 59
1 a. m 58 2 p. m 61
forecast.
San Antonio and 1 trinity: Thursday
night and Friday, unsettled; probably
rain; somewhat colder; minimum tem
perature. 41 tn 50; moderate northeast
winds.
Texas: Unsettled with occasional
rains; somewhat colder Thursday night:
fresh northeast winds on the coast.
eat Texan: Cloudy; probably occa
sional rains: colder Thursday night in
extreme bo Ufa east portion: warmer lt»
extreme west portion on Friday.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOI RISTS.
St. l.ouin: Temperature. 28; clear;
twelve-mile wind from the northwest:
lowest temperature in last 24 hours. 28;
highest. 48.
Chicago: Temperature. 18; clear; five
mile wind from the west: lowest tem
perature in last 24 hours. 18; high
est. 34.
Kansas City: Temperature. 28: clear:
eight-mile wind from the west: lowest
temperature in last 24 hours. 28; high
c»e 54.
New York: Temperature. 34; cloudy;
six-mile wind from the southwest; low
est temperature in last 21 aours. 28;
highest. 38.
Washington: Temperature. 34; partly
cloudy; six-mile wind from the north
west; lowest temperature In last 21
hours. 22; highest, 42.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1923.-TWENTY PAGES.
ANDREWSFOUND
notguiltiby
COURT-MARTIAL
Acquitted of AU Charges in
Conection With Liquor
Handling.
FINED IN U. S. COURT
Air Service Officer Wins
Signal Victory in Mili
tary Tribunal.
After eight days of trial and sus
pense, First Lieut. Leland S. An
drews, Air Service, was acquitted of
all charges growing out of his alleged
possession and transportation of in
toxicating liquors in a government
airplane, when the court-martial be
fore which he was tried announced
at 5:35 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
a verdict of not guilty. Lieutenant
Andrews did not take the witness
stand. A score of witnesses testified
for or against him. He maintained
a passive attitude through the trial
and when the verdict was announced
exhibited no emotional feelings.
Arguments were completed nt 3:50
and the court went into closed ses
sion. After nearly two hours of de
liberation. it announced (hat a ver
dict had been reached. Counsel on
both sides, witnesses and several of
the defendant's friends from Kelly
Field who were in the court-room
during the final hearing had congre
gated in the office of the Judge Advo
cate. Eighth Corps Area headquarters,
to wait until court-martial Traced
a derision. When it ivn's atmmmcra
ilait a eidict had been reached, they
filed back to the court room.
Sane and Not Guilty.
Col. Beaumont B. Bink, president
of the court, read: "The court by its
vote finds that the accused is in prop
er mental condition at this time to
undergo trial. The court by its vote
finds the accused at the time of the
commission of the alleged offense was
so far free from mental defect or
mental derangement as to be able
concerning the particular acts charged,
both to distinguish light from wrong
and to adhere to the right. The court
further finds the accused. First Lieut.
8. Andrews, not guilty of all of the
specifications and charges, and there
fore acquits him upon all specifica
tions and charges."
The eourt-martial then closed and
the defendant's friends, and members
of the court-martial, crowded around
to congratulate Him. The final deci
sion of the court martial ended the
Andrews case and the air service of
ficer stands freed of all charges made
against him. and freed from his own
plen of knsnnity made at the beginning
of the tria(.
* Pleaded Guilty in U. 8. Court.
Lieutenant Andrews was arrested by
federal authorities. on October 21.
1922. after having landed his plane
in Callibnn pasture seme 25 miles
north of Laredo. The ship stopped
near ten sacks of tequila. Later the
officer pleaded guilty in the United
States district court at Laredo to
Jiqncr charges.
Before the court-martial'he was
tried under the 95th and 9fith articles
of war. four separate specifications be
ing cited. The first was that he il
legally possessed nnd transported in
toxicating liquor in a government air
plane : the second that be entered into
an agreement with one Earl F. Evnns
to bring lioifor from Laredo to San
Antonio; the third that he made'n
false official statement to his superior
officer, and the fourth that he used
a government airplane without au
thority for the purpose of transporting
liquor.
Pleaded Former Jeonardv.
It was generally agreed, after tfie
trial, that the disease won its case
i>hen Lieut. Park Holland, air ser
vice, and special counsel for the de
fense gained a ruling from the court
that the accused ind once been placed
in jeonardy for the crime alleged in
the first specification, and conse
quently the evidence supporting flint
allegation not bo Considered by
the court-martial in that trial.
Capt. Humphrey Biddle, trial judge
advocate, stated when the court ruled
out the evidence supporting the first
charge, that that charge
the foundation for all the other
charges, and that if the court would
not hear the evidence to prove or
disprove the alleged crime in the first
specification, it was doubtfid if any
evidence could be introduced to sup
port the remaining charges. He asked
the court to reconsider its action with
reference to that charge, which it did.
but made no change in its ruling.
Both defense nnd prosecution agreed
that no evidence had been introduced
to support tbe second specification,
which alleged that an had
been made with Earl F. Evans, and
liefore the egse was convludc.l a ver
dict of not guilty ,was announced on
that eortnt.
When arguments by counsel bevan.
only two charges remained. They
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The Feminine Bloc in Congress
This is the first picture taken of the three women members of Congress.
Left to right. Congresswoman Huck of Illinois. Nolan oK California mid
Robertson ,of Oklahoma. Mrs. Huck nnd Mrs. Nolan were elected to fill
the unexpired terms of tlnir husbands who died while in office.
GASOLINE IS CUT
2 CENTS A GALLON
BY BIG COMPANIES
Local Conditions Said to
Be Responsible tor
Redactions.
San Antonio motorists were agree
ably surprised Wednesday when the
price of gasoline was reduced to 18
cents a giillou at drive-in stations of
several of tbe large companies. There
had been several reports o the effect
that gasoline prices were due for a
sharp increase, and the cuts made
Wednesday came ns joyous news to
automobile owners.
The first price cut pas posted Wed
nesday by the Gulf Ref aing Com
pany. Similar reductions were posted
shortly afterward by the Grayburg.
Producers and Humble, it was not un
til Thursday morning that these cuts
were met by the Oriental and Texas
Comjwnies. Of all the large comp
anies, the Maguolia wus the only one
which had not posted any price change
to 10 o'clock 'fliursduy m .filing, 1
; It is eupjawst tbiit gaaolln* prill's
were lowered here chiefly as a residt
of lo«al conditions, ns prices outside
the city remain the same, while in
some sections of the country gasoline
was advanced one cent.
With each price change, rumors
of a "gasoline war” start afresh. The
so-called "independent" refiners charge
that the big lompanics aw waging a
war of exterminatipn the big
companies claim that they must either
meet competition or take their wagons
off the streets.
However, it seems to be (he con
sensus of opinion among old men here
that the price of IS cents cannot re
main in‘effect very long. Crude oil
prices, one oil man declared have gen
erallv advanced and the price uow
asked for gasoline is erftirely out of
line with that commanded by crude
oil.
FRANCE AND SOVIET
LIKELY TO RESUME
NEGOTIATIONS SOON
Cabinet Decides on Mis
sion to Russia, Paris
Paper Says.
Hr the Associated Kress.
Paris, Feb. 22.—Tbe French govern
ment has decided to .resume negotia
tions with Soviet Russia, according
to the Echo National.
The newspaper says that the cabinet
ministers discussed this question at
their last meeting and decided to send
a mission to Russia in a month or so,
although Premier Poincare oposed such
a step.
There has been considerable talk
about the resumption of relations be
tween the two countries since the re
cent visit to Moscow of Edouard Her
riot, former minister of national sub
sistence and labor.
The government has contended. 'How
ever, that M. Herriot's visit was en
tirely personal and that France was
in no way bound by any negotiations
undertaken by him.,
M. De Chevilly. pho spoke for
France nt The Hague conference last
June, left for Moscow today.
It was reported that his visit was
to lie in the nature more or less of
a semi-official mission, and that he
would endeavor to ascertain whether
Moscow would be disjhised to accept
conditions that would make a resump
tion of relations possible.
TWO RECEIVE BOMBS
Inflrnal Machines Sent by Hungarian
‘'Committee of 101.” *
Budapest. Feb. 22.—Infernal ma
chines wc.ro received yesterday by tbe
opposition leader in Parliament. Herr
Flat, and Deputy Rassay. editor of
the opposition newspaper.
Being suspicions of the pan-els they
called in experts. Each parcel con
tained a bomb and n card bearing the
words “hearty greetings from the
committee of on hundred snd one."
The news of the attempt on the
lives of tbe deputies aroused a storm
of indignation in the national assem
bly. There is no trace of those re
sponsible for sending the bomb’.
POLICE POSTED AT
CATHOLic CHURCHES
IN NEW YORK CITY
Persons With Sasoicioas
Bandies Will Be
Halted.
New York. Feb. 22. -A police guaid
was pmted today at every Roman
Catholic Chinch in Greater New
York.
The blue coats were instructed to
keep persons carrying suspicious
bundles from entering Ilie churches
and also* to prevent loitering. In
spector Leahy refused to give any
reason for his order.
Monsignor Lavelle, vicar general of
the diocese, said today the church au
thorities had not asked police protec
tion for tbe churches and he believed
that action was spontaneous on the
part of the police department.
The sexton of one downtown Cath
olic Church sail there had been thefts
from poor boxes and candle deposit
aries in Cutholic Churdies and that
the guards might have been in
ait effort itus-aptliri' tbe Maratnl>rs.
H“ ilet-laA’d he kli. w of no threats
to burn ehnrnata, >i«h as have been
received in Canada, where fourteen
Catholic Churches have bt>en de
stroyed by fire.
There have been several fires re
cently in Catholic Churches in North
ern New York.
HELD FOR THEFT
Grand Jury Returns Twenty Indict
menis Against Two Boys.
Jack Sperry. 19. and D. H. Hayner,
29. were taken into custody by Deputy
Sheriff YVhitt Speer. Thursday morn
ing and placd in the county jail. The
arrests were based on twenty indict
ments returned against them by tbe
Bexar county grand jury, alleging
burglary nnd theft.
The prisoners are two of three
youths arrested b$ Police Chief Van
Hiper. Captain Street and Detectives
Boatright, Carver nnd Harvey on Jan
uary 19. last, in connection with
wholesale robberies of San Antonio
business Jiouses. The nppreheusion of
the lads, detectives said nt the time,
resulted in the recovery of stolen
property, valued in excess of $3OOO.
TM Youths, after foriunl charges
had been filed in Justice Fisk's court
charging burglary and theft, waived
an examining trial and were released
on bail. With the return of the true
bills by the grand jury, officers were
detailed to re-arrest them. The third
defendant.is expected to be taken into
custody during the afternoon.
Indictments returned against (hem
arc bnsed on the burglaries staged at
the following stores: E. M. Saun
ders. 3801 South Flores street; H. Y.
Lander, 1301 Avenue D; C. A.
Schoh. 5301 South Flores street: H.
L. Miskimin. 917 Bout|i Flores
street: J. F. Heffram. 505 Roosevelt
avenue: J J. McCabe, 231 G South
Flores street; A. C. Toudouze. 3903
South Flore- Mieet: .1. L. Cno-.
1201 North Hackberry street ; Beacon
Hill- Pharmacy. 1201 West Woodlawn
avenue: Evergreen drug store. 1824
Main avenue and Joe Lame’s garage,
524 Garden street.
WOMAN, 101, DIES
Lavaca County Centenarian Was Only
11l a Few Days.
Yoakum. Tex.. Feb. 22. —Mrs. Jane
Curry, aged 101 years, died, at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. A. Fuller
of Bra non. Lavaca county, last Fri
day. follow ing an illness of only a few
days. Besides her daughter. Mr's. Full
er. she is survived by a sister. Mrs.
Julius. Einkauf of Sheridan, Tex.
Prince George Cuts
OH Small Toes to
Impfove “Dawncing”
lamdon. Feb. 22.—Prince George
underwent an operation in Buck
ingham place today for tbe removal
of th« small toe from each foot.
He bad suffered from tin* insist
ent flexion of the toes, known ns
hammer toe. which caused him con
siderable in his
naval duties and also his dancing,
of which he is a devotee.
Recently he underwent an oper
ation for appendicitis. He is the
vonwgest son of King George and
is in his twcutr-second year.
APOLIMR HAS
NO APPARENT
. FEM OF DEATH
Condemned Man Eats
Hearty Breakfast and
Talks Cheerfully.
WILL HANG FRIDAY
Smiles Slightly at Request
That He Be Photo
graphed.
Clemente Apolinar. who within less I
than 24 hours must pay the supreme
penalty for the murder of Theodore
Bernhard, 14-year-old San Antonio
youth, awaited death” in his cell at
the Bexar county jail Thurs
day as though lie were expecting
freedom instead of the hangman's
noose. Jail attendants marvelled at
the calmness with which he discussed
his impending doom.
Father P. J. Crane and Ixmis Lopez,
the one his spiritual adviser and the
other his barber met in the condemned
man's cell. Father Crane, after spend
ing ‘several hours with Apolinar, de
clared -that the mar. is ready to meet
his fate, “philosophically, making the
best of it. as every man should do."
The barber shaved the man and gnie
him a hainut. Apolinar conversed
cheerfully with Um while he did his
work. But for the iron bars, n chance
visitor might have imagined himself
in a barber alwqi. Jail attendants be
lieve that Apolinar will maictain this
same onia* demeanor until the trap is
Ipru.-ig aS >1 :0h Friday morning.
Eats a Hearty Breakfast.
Apolinar. after n good night's rest,
at 1 his usual hearty breakfast Tburs
day morning. Tn addition lie was giv
en six big red apples and six juicy
oranges, several of which he con
sumed with relish. Aud he smoked
only the usual number of cigarettes.
Shortly afterwards, Father Crane, of
St. Leo's Church. Harlandale, ac
companied by Father Soriano, en
tered his cell. Apolinar conversed
with tham freely and maintained that
he i -s ready to go. He seemed to
have absolutely no fear of death.
Even when Deputy Sheriff F. N.
Flores, accompanied by Lopez, carry
ing a small blaek kit containing his
barber tools, entercr. the cell the man
showed no surprise. He seemed glad
to see tbe deputy anil greeted him
cheerfully. He stood immovable as
the deputy handcuffed his hands be
hind him.
Although he showed no signs of
becoming violent, the deputy deemed
it best to nt least confine his hands
while the barber was wielding t-he
shears and razor. For condemned
men. officers say. often attempt to
cheat the gallows.
Neither did the nearness of his
death seem to rob Apolinar of his
sense of humor. A request that he
permit himself to be photographed
brought an .almost imperceptible smile
to his ordinarily immobile face.
“What good would a picture do me,
I can't see it after I am dead?” the
condemned man remarked. He final
ly consented, however, with the pro
vision that one be furnished his
mother.
Gets No Fowl From the Outside.
According to Jailer John Wiatvek.
the only request Apolinar made
Thursday was for some “tomatoes and
hot peppers.” These were purchased
at the market house and given to him.
An elaborate Mexican dinner, sent to
the jail Wwlnesday for Apolinar was
not given to him. It is strictly
against the rules to give a condemned
man food prepared on the outside, so
Jailer Wiatrek reluctantly turmul it
back. While he expressed the opinion
that it was offered in absolutely good
faith, the fo<xl of n prisoner so near
death must be carefully guarded.
"Under instructions from Sheriff
Tobin,” the jailer said. “I furnish
Apolinar anything ho wants. I have
a box of oranges and a box of apples
here for him. But he has less than
24 hours to live. He wont want nil
of them. But I am not allowed to let
him bate any food, even a cigar or
cigarette, brought from outside the
jai I J*-
Watches Match Tick Off the Hours.
Apolinar, the jailor said, shows ab
solutely no fear of death. He appears
the same as he did when he was
placed in jail months ago. But those
who arc in close attendance upon him
have observed furtive glances cast at
a dollar watch, banging in one of the
two windows which allow a dim light
to filter into his cell. The watch is
audibly ticking off the minutes until
the hour when the man must die.
Preparations for the banging are
complete and with clock-like regular
ity. each deputy assigned to a certain
task, tbe execution will take place
shortly after 11 o'clock Friday mot-n
ing. In a steel locker on the first
floor of the county jail, in a burlap
bag. reposes the rope with which tbe
man's neck is to be broken. The rope
is soft and pliable and heavily son pis I
so that the noose will draw taut
quickly when the weight ot the body
falls upon it. In the noose is a knot,
almost the size of a man's leg. This
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TWO CR MTQ 111 city and vicinity
A Flv. cent* on tralna and
SWEEPING CHARGES MADE
AGAINST SENATOR-ELECT
AND THE KU KLUX KLAN
Senators Asked to Bar Mayfield Even
if Peddy Is Not Recognized as Sen
ator-elect — Petition Alleges That
200,000 Votes Counted for Mayfield
Were Illegal and Fraudulent and
That Several Thousand for Peddy
Were Thrown Out.
By the Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 22. — Sweeping charges
against the Ku Klux Klan and its officers were made today
in papers filed with the Senate challenging the right of
Earle B. Mayfield to take his seat in the next Congress as
a senator from Texas.
The election contest and its accompanying charges
were filed by George Peddy, who ran for senator last No
vember in Texas, as a Republican and independent Demo
crat. He accused Mr. Mayfield, during a bitter campaign,
of being the candidate of the klan as well as of the regular
Democratic organization.
Excessive and illegal expenditure of money by th?
Mayfield forces, fraud in counting the ballots, and other
iiTegO|arities were charged in the contest petition, which
asked for a recount.
It was contended that Mr. Peddy actually was elected,
but, in the event the Senate does not so decide, it was asked
in the petition that Mr. Mayfield nevertheless be barred
from taking his seat.
'The Ku Klux Klan was charged in the petition with
concealing its real designs under a cloak of patriotic pre
tensions, in order to hide plans to “subject the government
of the constitution to the ‘invisible empire,’ ” and with con
spiracy to evade, violate and defeat federal and state laws.
WASHINGTON WOMAN,
ARRESTED IN RAID,
NOT A BOOTLEGGER
Jury Acquits Her—Embas
sy Liquor Scandal
Involved.
H asiiinylon*. D. C.. Feb. 22.—Mrs.
Elizabeth J. Hecht, who was arrested
several weeks ago by police and pro
hibition agents in a raid on her apart
ment in a fashionable section of
Washington, was acquitted by a jury
oil charges of selling and illegal pos
session of liquor.
Police said liquors found in her
apartment had been obtained through
a legation here. A man, who said
he was the minister of a Central
American republic, was in her apart
ment at the lime of the raid.
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( It was further charged that the or
ganization had attempted "prostitu
tion of the Christian religion" and
had resorted to use of “brute force.”
intimation and immoral and lawless
practices.
A detailed indictment klan
was made in the petition, which was
regarded as the opening gun m a sen
atorial election contest of unparalleled
bitterness.
In addition to these charges, Mr.
Peddy based bis claim to the Texas
senatorship on an allegation that 200,-
000 votes counted for Mayfield were
"illegal and fraudulent,” aud that "sev
eral thousand” actually east for Ped
dy were not counted.
Tbe cxiwnditure of $150,000 in be
half of Mayfield in the Texas pri
mary. in violation of the state law
limiting I'xpenditurcs to JIOJK.a) was
charged in the petition, which also
declared that Mayfield's name was il
legally placed on the printed ballot
and Pcddy's name illegally denied a
place so that it had to be written in
by voters.
Says Officers, Helped Mayfield.
The printing of Mayfield's name
was made illegal, it was contended.
J>y the alleged illegal expemtitures and
the alleged “eonspiracy" with the Ku
Klux Klan. Mayfield's election was
sought by the Ku Klux Klan, the
petition continued, to foster its al
leged purpose of securing pvliticai
and comercial domination. It was de
clared that the alleged eonsidracy was
assisted by "various state aud county
officials" of Texas.
T'te charges enumerated alleged vio
lations rf the corrupt practices aet ;
alleged "false testimony i i connection
with the t'orsieana injunction case:
"alleged misuse and abti e of his of
ficial powers as railroad commissioner
to compel financial and political sup
port and contributions by individuals,
corporations, et al. having business
with the railroad commission of Tex
as and "his alleged membership in
and approval of the Ku Klux Klan
and its activities."
Ask for Recount.
“A recount of the vote* is proved '
the petition said, "it being alleged
that if only such votes as Mayfield
received were counted for tin». and
if all legal votes which Peddy re
ceived were counted for him. IVddy
received a majority of (he legal votes.
"He (Mayfield) was not tairly elect
ed because of the leaving of Peddr's
name off the Ballots. be<ause of tbe
widespread intimidation o* voter* ex
ercised by his representatives and <-n
-| eonsnirators (including the Kn Klux
I Klan* and because of fraud practin-d
in conducting the election and in
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