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OL. XLIH—NO. 39.
STRONG TICKET TO RUN WITH TOBIN
Confessed Klansman Charges Organization Threatens to Kill Him
HOB WANTS
FIEND WHO
[KILLED GIRL
■en and Women Shout for
■ Captive Who Attacked
■ Sisters.
■TONES ARE HURLED
■ayer Leads Police, to
■ Body of 6-year-old
■ He Assaulted.
■TORY OF BRUTALITY
Bathetic Scene as Hearse
■ Brings Dead Child
I Back to Mother.
B Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 27.—While
g crowd of men and women on the
Heet shouted for swift justice, Wylie
I Morgan, slayer of 6-year-old Lillian
Elmore. today was held without bail
■ a police station in the northcast-
Bn part of the city.
B When he was removed from the
Bation to a prison van to he taken
■ city hall a shower of stones and
■her missiles were hurled at the
lightened prisoner. No one was
Bruck and no arrests were made.
ruse to save Morgan from harm
■ns resorted to by the police in tak
■2—him from the station. A police-
Ban disguised somewhat like the pris-
Bier was taken in full view of the
Bowd to a prison van and, when th'’
Bowd rushed in his direction. Morgan
Baa quickly brought out anti placed
B another van. but not before some
B the crowd realized what was being
Kne and hurled missiles nt the
Bayer.
I Tells Story of Kidnaping.
| Morgan's confession of kidnaping,.
Blacking and killing the child whom
F took away with her 4-year-old sis
Br. Dorothy, from n point near their
|>me last Saturday, in a motor car.
Bas obtained by police last night.
Borothy was returned home a few
Furs after the kidnaping. Lillian's
tdy was found last night on the ic<
■ Ncshaminy crock. 20 miles from
Bhiladclphia.
I Thore were more than 50 policemen
I, the hearing room of the station
louse when Morgan was brought bo
tie a police magistrate. The details
If the crime wore quickly told, and
lie prisoner was held for the formal
Fl ion of the coroner.
I The little girl’s body was found last
light on the banUs of Neshaminy
B'eek. near Croydon, I’a., after Mor-
Kin had led the detectives to the spot.
I Died During Attack.
I Morgan made a lengthy signed
Katemcnt. the police said. setting
Krth in detail how he hnd lured Lil
ian and her sister Dorothy. 4. from
■icir home for an automobile ride,
low he had taken them to a vacant
Kt; how the older girl had died dtti
lig an attack, and how he had taken
Icr body to the isolated spot twenty
lides north of Philadelphia m the
lope that it would not be discovered.
I After laying Lillian's body along
Ilir hank of the stream, he told the
lolicc he returned to the city with
Dorothy and put her out of the
far within a few blocks of her home.
KeMorgan, who was said to have lived
It Maud. Texas, confessed after lid
lours of grilling and after he had
Seen identified the second time by
Dorothy Gilmore.
I Mother Glad Body Found.
I There was a pathetic scene as the
lenrse bearing the body drew up in
front of the Gilmore home. The child
kas a favorite in the neighbnrhoml
Ind it appeared that nil her friends
Ind acquaintances were at the house.
Inside Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilmore.
Ihe parents, sat with their other five
Ihildrcn and a number of friends,
ks the coffin was earried into the
louse the mother collapsed.
I "I nm glnd they found her.” Mrs.
Gilmore said later. “It would have
peen terrible to think that my little
pre was alive some place, perhaps in
peed of help which we would be un
■ble to give her." _
Hohngrcen on New Board.
I Austin. Tex.. Feb. £7. —Ed Holl, of
pallas, former state commissioner of
Insurance nnd hanking, is one of the
five men named by Governor Pat M.
Neff to he member of the newly
created state rote making board which
kill fix the rate of interest for state
Repositories. Other members of the
board are R. Harper Kirby of Aus-
Lin ; J. C. .Tones, Nevada : J. F. Rowe.
kVaco: and George Holmgrcen. San
nntonio.
Woman Sentences! for Murder.
I New York. Feb. 27.—Mrs. Lillian
L, Raisen. convicted of murdering Dr.
Abrnliagi Glickstcin. of Brooklyn, to-
Wy was sentenced to serve from 2* l
Lears to life in Auburn prison by Su
preme Court Justice Cropscy.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
WAR IS PREDICTED
Russian Leader Says It Must Follow
Invasion of Ruhr.
By F. A. M’KENZIE.
Special Cable to The Son Antonin Light
and the Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1923.
Moscow. Feb. 27.—The celebration
of the Red Army's fifth birthday an
niversary took on a somewhat som
ber note. Leonid Trotsky, the army's
creator, inspircr and chief, was ill.
The great parade was canceled and
the anniversary gathering ip the even
ing was robbed of its star attraction.
Karl Radek, the government's most
trusted adviser in foreign
dressed a gathering of veterans and
army heroes ami uttered a solemn
warning that war must almost in
evitably follow within a few months
France's action in the Ruhr district.
He declared that Russia desires peace
but he could not see how if a great
struggle came Russia could remain
outside it.
The government has issued a note
on the Memel question complaining
that the settlement had been made
by the Allies without consulting Rus
sia or her allies. The question deeply
affects the equilibrium of the Baltic
region and gravely prejudices the se
curity of Russia.
The Russian government in its
note demands first participation in
any international regulation of the
Nieman river or of Memel; second,
that the international organization in
clude representatives of only those
powers through whose territories flow
the Nieman or its tributaries, and,
third, a guaranty of liberty of ship
ping on the Nieman. It warns the
Allies that through their action they
have created grave dangers to Euro
pean peace.
CLEAR AND COLDER
Minimum Temperature Wednesday
Moniing Will Be From 38 to 42.
A widespread moderate "high" will
bring cooler and generally fair weath
er to .San Antonio Tuesday night and
Wednesday, the weather map prom
ises. The cloudiness of Tuesday is
caused bv the change in temperature.
Light rains visited North and t’en
tral Texas stations Monday and Mon
day night. ' Southern states got a
heavy rain with almost three inches
at some stations.
The high pressure area which
promises clear weather is coining in
over Seattle. Denvbr is in the cen
ter of the cold wave and reported the
coldest temperature in the United
States Tuesday morning, eight degrees
above zero. Four inches of snow
fell there.
Minimum temperatures for San An
tonio Wednesday morning will be
•from 3.8 to 42. Light to moderate
winds will blow. San Antonio, will
be under the influence of the “high"
for several days, it is believed.
THIRTY-CENT COTTON
Ixing-tnlkedof Izvel Reached al Last
at New York.
New York. Feb. 27.—The Lmg-talV
p d-of 30-cent level for cotton was
reached in futures market today
on reports of a steadily increasing
scarcity of offerings in the Soiuh and
continued trade demand. (’nutrads
for delivery during May sold up to
30.15. an advance of about $2 a bale
above yesterday’s closing quotation,
and all old crop deliveries made new
high records for the season.
Thief Steals $5OOO Oil Painting.
Battle (reek. Mich.. Feb. 27.—A
thief yesterday cut a $5OOO oil paint
ing from its frame nt Post Tavern,
nnd escaped without leaving n clue.
The painting. ‘’The First Letter,” wa*
bought by the late C. W Post in
Europe in 1012. ami hnd been trans
ferred to the Tavern from Mr. Post’s
private gallery.
THE WEATHER
TEMPERATURES.
FER. 21.
2 V. ni . .71 2 a. m . .60
3 l». m 74 .“ a m St*
4 n. m 7 4 4 b. m f»7
5 p. m 74 5 h. m »7
C p. m 72 6 n. m
7 p. m 70 7 n. ri S 3
* p. m gs « a. m 56
9 I'. m 67 s n. in . .57
in p. in 65 10 a. ni SS
11 p. m 6.1 11 a m 59
12 midnight.... 61 12 worn 60
FER. 27. 1 r. m "S
1 r. m. ...... .60 * 2 v m 57
•
WEATHER.
Antonio nnd vicinity: Tip la
night and WqUneaday. genera,;;
colder Tuesday night: minimum tcni’»»r
aturr, 38 to 42: light to moderate iw . I.
crly winds.
East Texas: Tuesday night, gen
frir: colder, with frost in the mt r 3 r
of the south portion if weather clears:
Wednesday generally fair.
Meat Texas: Tuesday n’ght gene.illy
fiir and colder; Wednesday, generally
fA>- and somewhat warmer in north oor
tion.
HOME WEATHER FOR
St. Tx»ui«: Temperature. 34: cloudv; f
r He wlad from the north: lowest te n
pe»ature In last 2! hours. 34: highest.
< I icago; Temperature, 34: cloudy: 10-
m Ie Mind from the northeast: ’.»nr>t
U;ap«tature in last 24 hours. 32; : igh-
4 4.
Ki n-a« City: Temperature 30. c’«i '•
10 ni .« wind from the north- lov-il
temp* mature in last 24 hours, 30; a g»<*
cit. 42
\< w Temperature 29. raining. 4-
fin!- vlnd from the Northwest:
ter pasture in last 24 hours, 36; ii < f
ret.* 4 J.
Washington: Temperature 38 raiding.
7-’*iJ»« wind from the north; lowest 1 Tn-
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1923. —SIXTEEN PAGES.
100 HOUSES DAMAGED
AND TWO WORKINGMEN
HURT IN EXPLOSION
Powder Magazine Blows
Up With Terrific
Blast.
Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 27.—The min
ing village of Russellton, about 25
miles from Pittsburg, was rocked by
a terrific explosion early today, when
a powder magazine at Superior mine
No. 1. of the Superior Fuel Com
pany, Mew up.
The magazine was destroyed and
more thifn 100 houses damaged.
Two workmen were injured.
CONSPIRACY CHARGES
AGAINST BERGER AND
4 OTHERS DISMISSED
Five Socialists, Given 20
Years, Appeal—Cases
Thrown Out.
Chicago. Feb. 27.—Charges of con
spiracy to obstruct the recruiting end
enlisting of military forces against
Victor Berger, Milwaukee socialist,
and four other defendants < , onvi« H‘<l
with him three years ago were dis
missed before Federal Judge James
If. Wilkerson two weeks ago, it be
came known yesterday.
Berger, with Adolph Bernier, na
tional secretary of the Socialist party :
William F. Kruse, national secretary
of the Young Peoples’ Socialist partx :
Louis Engdahl. editor of the Ameri
can Socialist, and Irwin St. John
Tucker, Episcopal rector, were sent
enced to twenty years imprisonment.
A now trial was ordered and Edwin
A. Olson, district attorney, reviewed
ihe evidence and he found that
the government’s va*e was weak ho
eniw of matter ruled out by the cir
cuit court of appeal*.
Because of this fa< t Hnrry M.
Daugherty, attorney general, egreed to
dismiss the charges.
SENATOR CARAWAY
AND STREET CAR
PASSENGER CLASH
Law-maker Rains Blows
on Opponent With
Umbrella.
Washington. 1). C.. Dec. 27.—810w<
were exchanged by Senator Caraway
of Arkansas ami another passenger on
a Washington street car today after
iho man had been accused of jostling
I ibe senator and using offen ivc lan-
I guage.
The altercation occurred after both
had left the street ear, me unidenti
fied passenger striking*Senaior <’arn
rway on tiie face and the senator re
! taliating with blows with his umbrella
on the man’s ba< k.
Senator Caraway’s aecount of the
battle was the onh one available;
i the other man went away without gi\-
ing his name. A,Tording to the sena
tor. a fellow passenger standing a
hind him insisted on knocking the sen
ator's hat down over his eyes. The
senator’s gentle remonstrance v as re
turned with advice not to be
grouchy about ii” and to “shut up.”
The senator replied with his quirk
repartee, which has attracted some nt
tentißn in the Senate, anil offered to
exchange <ard< and have a meeting
later. To this the stranger responded
by leaving the ear with Senator ( ar
away in pursuit.
In the stnet. the passenger, a lit
tie fellow about 45.'squared off and
shot a jolt to the senator’s fa e. Mr.
Caraway returned the • ompliinent
with his umbrella and. in the mauling.
Iw»th men lost their hat*.
The senator’s opixuicnt cried
"enough.” whereupon Senator Car
away returned his hat. and the fight
| was over.
There ha-n’t been a trect duel with
eongrcssional flavor since Senator
' Heflin shot a negro on Pennsylvania
। avenue nearly twenty year* ago.
moviFworuTmixup
i Svlznirk Corporation Head May Ke-
Mgn.
Los Angeles. Fell. 27. —Myron Selz
j nick, president of the Selznick Pic
ture .Cori oration, has pn-pared his
resignation anil will hatfd it in im
mediately if certain New York finan
cial interests, backing the motion pic
ture producer, do not agree with liis
policies, th- Los' Angeles Tinies *lid
todav.
The Times obtained the informa
tion from President Selznick's brother.
Darid. vice president of the corpora
tion, who said both of-them planned
to start tomorrow for New lork for
conferences with certain bankers.
"There are at stake certain things
I cannot discuss," David Selznick was
quoted. “After the New Y'prk con
ference, everything will be made pub
lic.’
HARDING
CHANGES
CABINET
Postmaster General Work
to Succeed Fall as In
terior Secretary.
TAKES JOB MARCH 4
Senator Harry New Nomi
nated as Postmaster
General.
HINES HEADS BUREAU
Succeeds Forbes as Direc
tor of Veterans’ Or
ganization.
Washington. Feb. 27.—Silc. tion of
Postmaster General Work to
Albert Fall ns secretary of the in
terior. ami of Senator Harry S. New
of Indiana to become postmaster g« n
eral. was announced .today at ihe
While House.
The change in the cabinet lineup is
tu take place ou Manh 4, when Mr.
Fall retires ni’icr two >ears aervice.
The nominations of Mr. Work ami
Senator New were sent to the Senate
today to prrmil their eonfumatiou bw
fore the present seMWi *f (pngre**
comes io an end.
The aelrrtion of llr. Work to f ak'*
the interior portfolio has been fore
cast ever siiw President Harding be
gan io turn in his mind Ihe names of
available candidates.
A resident of Colorado and a man
of demonatrntod ability in govern
mental organization. Mr. Woik is re
garded by the President as fulfilling
all the <|iialificatious for* an interior
secretary.
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines,
retired, was Imlay bv Presi
dent Harding to become director of
the Veterans’ Bureau, succeeding
<’. R. Forbes, who retires tomorrow.
Senator Now had bcc n offered a
place in the original Hnrding cabinet,
but det-lined because he thought be
could render the iidminr 1 rat ion a
greater service by remaining in the
Senate. In laM year's । iimaries he
was defeated Lu* n nominal ion. how
| ever. and. when it became known that
he was under consideration for the
cabinet, an element of the Indiann
ifepublunn organization began a fight
to nn vom the appointment.
R'chard M( Tobin of California was
nominated by President Harding tn
day to he minister tn The Nrthir
lands, filling the vaqain-v <ai>ed by
the appointment of William Phillips
JUDGE KIDNAPED AS
GANGS USE GUNS IN
CHICAGO ELECTIONS
Ballot-boxes Staffed, Shots
Fired Rumor
Says.
I idrago. Feb. 27.—Charges oi* kid
napbig ofiicials. stuffing ballot boxes
and of the use of firearms and gang
poities today marked the primaries
in which, for ihe first time in an
election for year*. Mayor Thomps »n s
name was not on the hallwi.
In the old Tu’rnly-fir«t Word, in
eluding the "Gold 4’oast.” on tin* Lake
Michigan shore. M. A. Lanniun. st
Demo«-ratic election judge, was missing
and* was rniotted to have ben kid
napod by a band of five men.
There were unverified reports of flw
firing of shots in the FourP’enth
Ward, of ballots in a ballot box in an
Eighteenl’n Ward precinct before the
pells were opened, and <»f gang meuh
•ds in a Seventeenth Ward prerim t.
JAP LAWMAKERS FIGHT
(all For Vote on Suffrage Rill Re
sults In Free-For-All.
ID the Associated Press.
Tokio. Feb. 27.—Today's session of
the lower house ef the Diet buck?
up in a fre«-fur-nll fight over the
universal suffrage bill, with the debate
on ibe measure still unflniabed.
• The two parties in the* Diet, the
Seiyukai. or government, side oppos
ing the suffrage measure, and the
Kenesikai. of opposition, favoring it,
MTTV< Hi tUe c Haw-
tw, HF tW M U
called, opponents of the bill rushed
to the rostrum, endeavoring to con
tinue the debate. A fight ensued and
the speaker adjourned the session.
' BROTHERS OF WOMAN
WHO BETRAYED PHIL
ALGUIN DISAPPEAR
Accused of Stealing Auto
mobile-Case Now
Off Calendar.
Ix>s Angtdes. Cal., Feb. 27.—Her i
berl and Fernando Vribc. brothers,
of Juarez. Mex., failed to appear in a
| lownsliip justice court here yesterdav
, for a preliminary hearing on »the
; charge oi* stealing an automobile, and
ibe case was taken off the calendar.
The Fribc brothers, after having
j boc’i in jail here several weeks were
I releas'd on their own recognizance
| nearly two weeks ago b(‘cause Her-
I lien's wife. Mrs. Catherine I’ribr, had
[ been instriimcnial in affecting’tho <le-
I from Mexico of Felipe
"Little Fhi!” Olguin, wanted here foi
ihe murdc- of Detective Sergeant
' John J. Fitzgerald.
Olguin's preliminary examinatior
closed Natuidry. when he was held
for trial in the superior court.
COWBOY YELLS ARE
HEARD AS RIDERS |
AND ROPERS PARADE
Hundreds JVitness Opening
Event of Champion
ship Contests.
Despite cloudy ami threatening
'kies, hurahids of people were on
hand ai 2 o'clock Tue<da- nPernoon
io witness the opening o.' the big
ChamiHonship I’owbov Contest al
Schwab Field which is being staged
for the benefit nf the pidice and tire
relief ft:nd v . The formal opening
was preceded by a parade through
the bu<inexF district Tuesday morning.
Dnily beginning rt 2 o’clock,
will be held tiiroughout six days, the
context Ma”c4, ’
Headed by mo«orrycle officers mid
mounted nolirc. the parade Thcmlca
morning attracted thousands if peo
ple io the street<•. Cowboys and cuv
girls, dressed in their western garb,
and meUnlcd on their "buck kin” ।
I ponies, an old staje coach end other
' relics of th° western •••untry rror..*ed ;
I much intern t among the spectators.
I The old familiar cowboy yell va< I
I not missing.
i Everything was in readiness early
Tuesday for the *rand opening, the
wild Brahma steers nnd bucking
hordes having been moved to the field
and placed hi the pens. More than
1(KI cowboys had filed entrant« in
the bi* eonte<t when the entries were
ch>s(*d Monday night. Chief A. J.
Goetz, v. ho was in charge of the en
tries, declar'd that the crer.m ef tin*
talent of the entire I'nitod Stains is
on hand to participate in the compe
titive exhibitions of ridiin'. roping ami
"bulldogging.” One of the mo t
spectacular feats which will be al
tempted* is that of "b’llhlogging” a
steer from the running board of a
speeding nulomobilc.
Judges for the contests arc members ,
of the Western Contest As-oejmion
and insure a fair and imp.nrtial judg
ing of the various events. The iudg<
are Johnnie Mullens of Engle. N.
M.; Eddie M<-C::rly. of Chevenn-.
Wio.. and Fred Be<‘son ef Arkan'fls
Cit\. Kan. The tie judge will be
E. C. Flam, of San Antonio.
I PAY $l2 BILL
I nited Stales Awards Norway For
Ships Seized During War.
Washington. D. (’., Feb. 27.—Pai
men; of 512.23H.552. the amount of
the award rendered Inst Ociober In
ihe tribunal of arbitration which
passed on the claims growing out of
the seizure during the war of Nor
wegian ships, was nir.de to Norway
late yesterday by the I*nited States.
Coincident with the payment. Sec
retary Hughes in a note delivered to
Minister Bryn for transmission t<»
the Norwegian government, declared
that while the ('nited States support
ed th'* principle of arbitration, ii felt
obliged to make certain reservation’* ।
to the tribunal's action, as the award 1
could not be regarded by the Amcri ,
• an govrrnnirni io jmssess an authori- i
tativc contractor as a precedent.
jJOHN D
I Buys Medieval Tapestries Worth i
31.000.200.
New York. Feb. 27.—Six medieval
tapestries known a< the "hunt for the
unicorn” the sale of which the French
pre<s recently demanded the govern
ment investigate, have been purchased
,by John D. Rockefeller Jr., and arc'
on their way to this country from
London to hang in his home.
The purchase price was said to be ।
SLUM UH ML
The tapestries were owned by
Count Gabriel de la Rochefoucauld,
who, according io the French pre.-s.
had promised his government tlie\
would never be removed from France.
Elected to Rockfeller Foundation.
Emporia. Kan.. Feb. 27.—Williair
Aik* * kiu. aaxhMr tMi
HIM, Ha Me. MMC «-
the Rockefeller Foundation, accord
ing to information received in Em
poria Imlay. Mr. White wa« elected
• n .Kvaxx x-.xare' form
KLAN SEEKS
LIEE, SAYS
AFFIDAVIT
Ku Klux “Precinct Com
mitteeman” Arrested in
Election Campaign.
THEN FREED ON BOND
Declares Death Threatened,
When Released, K He
Did Not Move.
SAYS GUNMEN READY
Militant Spirit Against
Catholics Encouraged,
He Asserts.
By the Associated Press.
East SI. Louis. 111.. Feb. 27.—
Ben jamin O. Morrow today was under
police proipction following an alleg' i
affidavit made to police that his tile
had been th rente tied by "n org.urztT
for the Ku Klux Klan for admitting
io jMilicc. following bis arrest Satur
day midnight, that lie was a "pic
ciiid (omniitterman” for lite klan in
connection with loday’s municipal pri
mp.ry election.
Morrow arrested on a charge
of distributing mumvmous campaign
matter urging the defeat of righloen
(andidates lodav'-. clr»dion who ar«*
said to b?* 4'atholies or to have
I'aiholic uj!»|K?rt.
Paid MIO n Da?. He Say<.
He admitted under oath, accord
ing to police, that he wa* a member
of th«» klan, was paid 810 a dav by
the klan for his political aetivir as
a "inrciiK t committeeman.” amwihat
the klan had ••committeemen’* in each
oi th’ 01 precincts of ihe city.
He was released under bond jes
loidai to npuear for hearing March
L
Lal" List night, nccordlng to police.
Morrow enieriul police head<|UHrters.
asked for pro!"clion. ami stated he
was ndvised by a klan organizer to
leave Ea*i St. Louis forever, or mem
bers of the nrgaaizarion “wmihl prob
ably shoot. Lil! or hang me.”
The organizer ordered him to leave
the klan’s headuiurlcru \e<icrda; .
ihrcatPiiiiig to kill him. according to
the alleged affidavit to police.
The alleged affidavit continued
th::: "a great part if th* Ku Klux
Klan membership has been worked
up 1o a pilch ivheiv many of the
young men are in a frame of mind
I hat ma.\ cause ‘crious trouble, and
I have often seen many members at
me lings with revolvers, and in a
boastful mood.
(■iir.men Ready. He Says.
“If is also understood among mem
ber- that the organizer has gunmen
nt his disposition, readv to do his
bidding, and a militant spirit, espec
ially against members of tho Catholic
church and Knights of Columbus, is
encouraged at nil meetings-. and
particularly in conversations of oue
individual to another.
••The pence that once existed among
Protestants D not possible as long ns
the Ku Klux Klan continues its
activities as in the past.
"There is n general understanding
among the members that trouble may
occur al aiiv time and that they would
be fullv justified in assembling at the
Ku Klux Klan danger signal, fully
armed, and prepared for ani eventual
ity.”
22 OKLAHOMANS ARRESTED.
Masked Aclivitics and Klan Con
demned By Grand Jury.
Pawner. Okla.. Feb. 27.—Alleged
masked band activities have resuhei
in the airest of 22 citizens of Pawner
(•( .nty on clnirges of rioting follow
ing a grand jury investigation, it be
< nine known last night.
Six men al Yale, three charged
with having w*hipped E. Ewing of
tjuay last July, and three accused of
attempting to heat him again in Octo
ber. have been released on bonds of
$l5.iHMi each. The first arc
John Range. Mike Haskins and Clyde
Sheen and the others are S. B. Bad
N. Gunnan and A. W. Wyatt.
When the second attempt was made
against him Ewing shot and killed
one of his assailants, for whose deaih
h is now awaiting trial.
The whipping of J. A. Dobling at
Hallett two years ago was made the
basis of riot indict meats returned by
the grand jury against sixteen men
of Hallett. Their , names have not
been learned here but nil an' at lib
erty tinder $11)00 bonds, according to
county authorities.
The grand jury reported to Judge
Redmond S. Cole here on, February
17. condemning the Ku Klux Klan
tor i» inquiry into Ut
to* kl* yhf.
which •would prevent the oath of any
organisation “secret or otherwise,
from bring ('nnsidered more binding
TWO pcr ,D c,ty vicinity
X ky kyLjLi 1 m Five cents on trains %nd
Thaw
White haired, wrinkled, nnd wear
ing a prison pallor. Harry K. Thaw,
dayer of Stanford While, is shown
here on his arrival in Pittsburg
where hr visited his mother. A trn
dav parole was granted from Penn
sylvania Insane Asylum.
ENGINE HITS MAN
CUTTING HEAD AND
LIMBS FROM BODY
Fcdencio Zepeda. 73,
Struck by Southern Pa-
i cifie Passenger Train.
J'l'n iu in Zepeda. 73. was instantly
। killed v.hrn run down by Southern
Pacific passenger train No. 8. from
the west, at 10:55 o’clock Tuesday
morning.
। The aged victim resided nt South
Colima and Trinidad streets. Hr met
deaih while walking along the rail
load tracks between South Brazos
an«l South Zarzamora streets, a short
distance from his home.
Zrjieda’s body was mangled. His
head was completely - severed at the
neck. His left arm and right foot
were torn away.
Justice of Ute Peace Ben S. Fi«k
will conduct the inquest proceedings.
The body was removed to the Rirbo
I ndertaking Company an hour aft *r
tile aged man’s tragic, death.
Detectives Fox and McCabe and
Patridniaii Valdez, from No. 2 sub
p<dire station conducte\l the investi
gation.
No (me. seemingly, wilnessed th n
death of lhr pedestrian save the en
gine crew of the passenger train.
Zepeda, according to information
given officers by a railway employ',
who was left at Ihe scene after the
train had been brought to a halt, was
walking east in the middle of the
fracks. The passenger train, east
bound. caught the pedestrian while he
was directly In’tween the rails. Th'*
pilot of the locomotive, it is reported,
caused him to be hurled directly down
ward and upon the tracks. The body
offiiers say. was not carried six' feet
from the s|M»t where the |H‘d<*srrian
was hit. The train was brought to a
hah. it is said, shortly after the last
coach had passed over the laxly.
Zepeda. |xdicc say, had long been
a resident of San Antonio. His
widow, officers said, was one of the
first to reach the scene of his death
though n«»t a witness to it. Ben Ze
peda. a member of the city fire de
partment. is a son.
o 04) Guests at Banquet.
San Marcos. Tex.. Reb. 27. — A
banquet was given Thursday night.
February 22. in the San Marcos Bap
tist A'-ademy dining hall, with cov
ers laid for Th' Carroll and
Eleutherean Literary Societies enter
tained in honor of the Shakespeare
and Zetegathean Societies of the
school.
Harboard’s Mother Dies,
Manhattan. Kan.. / Feb. 27. Mr«.
Effie C. Harbord. N’t. mother of Maj
Gen. Janies C. Harbord. died nt her
; home hero last night of pneumonia.
‘Talk Title Talk’
Hundreds of
Dollars
To be awarded to
best “Talkers”
F.»t particulars see pajc 2.
HOME
EDITION
STEFFLER
FIFTH MAN
ON TICKET
Name Will Be Submitted
as Candidate for Street
Commissioner.
BUSHICK ALSO PICKED
Will Go Before Convention
for Endorsement as
Tax Officer.
LOOKS LIKE WINNER
Believed That Tobin Ticket
Can Defeat Any That
May Be Entered.
Definite announcemeDt that Paul
Steffler, formerly a county commis
sioner and nt one time president of
the San Antonio Trades Council has
been selected as the fifth man on
the Tobin-Wright-Lambert ticket was
made shortly after noon Tuesday.
This completes the ticket as Frank
Bushick already bad been decided
upon for coiumissior.er of taxation.
The ticket as it now lines up ami
as it will be submitted to a popular
convention next month for en<lor>c
inent i< ns follows: For mayor.
Sheriff John W. Tobin : for commij
| Lionel- of parka and pnF
He property. Ray Lambert: fjr < <»m
-1 missionar «»f fire and poHee. Phil
Wright : for commissioner of streets
and public improvements. Paul Stef
fler; for commissioner of taxation.
Frank H. Bushick.
Sheriff Tobin will oppose Mayor
Black, if the latter decides to run for
re-election, while Mr. Steffier will op
pose Street Commisswner William O.
Riedeu. The opponents of th? other
three commissioners have not yet
been announced, but it is likely that
Mr. Bushick will have as his op
ponent Comuiissioner John P. Pfeiffer,
who was elected with Black and
Riedeu. Who the other two men on
the administration ticket \#ill be is
not known, bur so far Commission
ers Wright and Labert have no
opposition.
Black Had Awaited Derision.
Announcement of the completion of
the Tobin ticket Tuesday is expected
io start the municipal political pot
simmering and it would not be surpris
ing if the Black faction within the
next few days throws its hat into the
political ring.
It is known that the mayor has been
waiting for definite news regarding
the forming of the Tobin ticket be
fore he committed himself. It is also
known that City Engineer D. D. Har
rigan and Finance I’oiuinisisoner Jolin
I*. Pfeiffer, who have ben discussing
a ticket of their own. have been
waiting for an announcement from
Sheriff Tobin before they came out
I into tin* open.
In fact. Commissioner Pfeiffer in
timated Monday that as soon as the
fifth man was secured on the Tobin
ticket that he might have some sort
of hii anonuHcement to ’make. The
tax commissioner has openly stated
that he would stand for re-elect ion
providing he «otild run on a ticket
with four other good men. While the
city engineer has retrained from mak
ing any formal statcmei/L his close
friends are confident that he intends
running for mayor.
A lasi minute effort to form a coal
ition ticket between the Black and
' Lambert factions at tbe city hall was
made Tuesday, according to a well
authenticated report. Accordin* to
this story, a meeting was held Mon
day and a committee of one appointed
to confer with Commissioner Lambert,
in an effort to get Commission* r
Wright r.nd him to join for* e> with
Mayor Black and Street Commit on
er Ricdcn. If they would agrr<* tn
this, it was reported, a list of four
names would l»e submitted to tbe boh;
over commisisoners from which tho
might select the fifth man. This h
similar to a coalition offer whah was
made to Commissioner Lambert some
time ago and which he flatly rejected.
Although it has been repeatedly r
lanted for ihe ias; week that Mav»r
Black would not be a eandidat** u
re-election, rumoi* in certain •tpia'
tors Tuesday were that he is about
to make up his mind t«» run. ith
the apiMtiutmei.: oi the two men tv
vacancies in the Slate Railroad Com
mission. the mayor’s hopes of securing
one of these jobs are said to have been
blastc.l. It is also wW that kb
chances of securing the a|q»oin<mrn
as judge of the new Bexar county
court, providing the governor sign*
the bill, are not as good a* they were.
In view of these development*, there
fore. many belieie that the mayor
will run
Regardless of whether Mayor Bb
.runs, or whether an entirely n*w
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