The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 260, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1924 Page: 2 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
S.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
SATURDAY. MARCH 1. 1924
. PAGE TWO
CHIEF OF THE SECRET
MILLIONS ASKED TO
TEXAS CATTLE INDUSTRY
Fat Stock Show
Rodeo
SERVICE SUMMONED
BEFORE OIL PROBERS
WH
TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 6 TO 14—-LIMIT MARCH 17.
spread of the
TAX BILL TURNED
2 CONGRESSMEN
ALLEGED TO HAVE
TAKEN SUMS OF
manager ot th. Pgst
CUM th* situation today beyona say-
SPOT COTTON (MIDDLING).
NEW YORK STOCK LIST.
NEW YORK COTTON.
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS
INCI
(ATOR SITE IN
SESSION THIS AFTERNOON
HEALTH WEEK PLANNED
GRAINS AND PROVISIONS.
BY VARIOUS
Texas (now) 11%
and
Easays must all be
FAIL TO
OFF
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.
CHICAGO. March 1—Hogs:
Re-
ARE AWARDED
PR
deny the statement
Railroad
lat
TEXAS SPINACH MARKET.
•Bld.
I
PRODUCE MARKET.
No Texaa, one other At-
St. Luie:
dull;' tl.M*
rival; elent on uack:
thl
bai
M qumaitying juror* roMMod.
act playa would
decided that three
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Jol
To
of
troubles.
date 100
I
4 " ■
..3"
1[03‘8
VAX
EQUIP RUM CHASERS;
MORE BOATS NEEDED
MENACED; STATE TAKES
PRECAUTIONARY STEPS
LOCATE MEN WANTED
IN REPORTED ROBBERY
BREAK GROUND FOR NEW
DORMITORY AT VARSITY
BOY INJURED WHEN
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
ON SPEEDWAY FRIDAY
FUN AND FROLIC TO
FEATURE BANQUET OF
EX-STUDENTS TONIGHT
OVER TO SENATE;
CHANGES CERTAIN
UNIVERSITY PUSHBALL
CONTEST TO BE HELD
AT HOUSE PARK FIELD
Whether the proposed new garbage
incinerator will be located on property
east at the alto at the new filtration
William J. Burnt Will Be Ques-
tioned Regarding Code Used
in Messages to McLean.
Horse Show and Automobile Show
Fort Worth, March 8-15
from her.
The statem
"I welcome
with firearms, in
alleged holdup of
ma
sho
MRS. J. L ARLITT IS
NEW PRESIDENT OF THE
COMMUNITY PLAYERS
dieted for robb
connection with
Y0l
thi
hen
hod
had
. 28.69 28.70 28.07 28.07 29.00
. 27.65 27.80 >7.20 27.20 28.14
. 24.90 25.08 24.60 24.60 25.24
. 24.75 24 75 24.25 24.25 25.01
Fni
that
1 1/1
1ew
w hl
r I
1 |
the sereen of ill health ft in a matter
of official record I left a sick bed on
the. Pacific cost to croaa the country
in order to attend the senate Investi-
gat ion
in
somt
telek
stru
39,612 AUTOMOBILES
STOLEN LAST YEAR;
32,384 RECOVERED
coni
traa
gre
of |
put]
and
Chicago A Northwestern ........ 50%
Chicago, Milwaukee A BL P. pfd. 22%
OPTIMISTIC FEELING
PREVAILS IN STOCKS
to fight a
disease.
Jea
of a
fuines
Wur.
to
Mrl
will 4
fur v
W hil
Hel
offi l
She I
g K- I
E • I
w 11. S
one I
Pal
witl.
I
|
I
learn
lit . >. ■
Ad I
of ti
’1 • • I
. U' 11
him! I
mon<|
er a
I
alid I
I
> |
shoo
on.- I
I
wher
teere
|
Sh
the I
I
prise
I
amo
(just
"I
HOW THIS WOMAN
GOT STRENGTH
ESSAY CONTESTS FOR
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
May .
July .
Oct. .
Dec. .
New Orleans ...
New York......
Dallas ..........
Houston ........
Galveston .......
Austin ..........
1 1
riir
T
the
} I
the
kin
A'w
stil
wit
tate.
fh by April 1,
Pacific.. 23%
J?5
-........ 63%
.........174
.........85
American Sugar ............
American T. A T.............
• American Tobacco ..........
American Woolen ...........
Anaconda Copper ............
Atchison ....................
Atlantic, Gulf A West Indies
Baldwin Locomotive .........
Baltimore A Ohio
Bethlehem Steel .............
California Petroleum .........
Canadian Pacific .............
Central Leather.............
Cerro de Pasco Copper.......
( handler Motors............
< hesapeake A Ohio .........
-1 unqualifledly den
that certain employes
ieed
Completion ot th. Impeneltne of •
jury Saturday afternoon in the n***.
of 0111. Cola and John Pearson in-
Two Boys Find Cache of
“Moonshine"; One Taken to
City Hospital After Samp-
ling Liquor.
... •>
... 63%
.23
39%
...208
: if a
... is
...101
l.. 24%
... 84%
... 30%
... IS
... 14%
... 22%
... 36%
... 66%
... 83%
::: 38
::: i2
. 36%
.101%
. M
.116%
. MK
. 52%
. 47
. «•»
.
. MH
:
. 66%
. »•
. 21
. 87%
. WH
•
:
. 24%
. 88%
• 49
.IMS
Ing that Mr. Burns and Mr*. Duck-
■t*ln would be questioned.
Th* list or th* department or 3us:
tic*1* secret agents mever la revealed
to th* public, but Mr. Burna declined
today to deny the report that McLean
was among them.
Mr. Burns today declared his perfect
willingness to go before the committee
and tell it all he knew.
The dormitory will
gtria.
into!
stat |
left,
sigh
and I
la ten
flick
asid
cove
this I
In
peat
• lous
j n|
cont
wou
blov
|
I
dun l
batt
and
in tl
once
re l i|l
his 1
I
co; ill
thro
AI
' . !.l
hor A
He I
full!
the
coul
I ou
bea
ce ill
T
l enE
nina
t|
fl-
a party of dice shooters. In the vicin-
tty of Mount Bonnell a few weeks
ago, is expected by both the state and
the defense. It was said at the court-
house Saturday morning.
The greater portion of the day. Fri-
day. was consumed in the selection of
a jury to try the case and six juror-i
men qualified. A new venire was
. 57
.129
.146%
. 73%
. 33%
.100
. 16%
.123%
. 56%
. 57
. 85
.143%
. 14%
. 46%
. 60
. 72%
bedell the time if I
hadhodnad.t
care lor my cnudren
There was so much
nwelling and .id*
that I eeuM hardly
taUaatop. I took
seven bottles of
La
• bp
be given in March, and that a big
three-nct play would be put on by
th* club under th* direction »t Peter
Aom* Vincent, director of the Lttle
Theater at Galvestom.
The new prenident of th* club hs*
been melegted on th* board of vrest-
dents la Austin to roprenent th* Com:
mumity Playeirs. She hen necepted
an invitation to apeak betore the Iong
..t 28.88
..... MM
..... 27.70
..... 28.26
..... 28.40
..... 27.25
Mr*. J. Ie Ariitt, former first vice
premident of th* Community Players
flub, automatically became president
of the orgsnlMtlon at an executiye
meetine Friday. Feb. M. at which the
remlgnation of Prestdent S M. Eekdahl
Luba Can* Sugar pfd......
Eri .......................
Famous Play era - Lasky ...
General Asphalt ..........
General Electric ..........
Genera Moton ..........
Great Northern pfd........
Oulf States Steel .........
Ilnois Central ...........
Inspiration Copper ........
• International Harventer ..
InL Mer. Marine pfd.......
International Paper .......
Invincible OU .............
Kelly-Springfield Tire ....
Kenneoott Copper .........
•Uma Locomfyve .......
Louisville a NashvUle ....
Norwalk,Iowa—'I have been mean-
for so—time to write and tell you
IliiiHlllllIllllllil ill uch good your
IIIIIIIILUHLUIIIIII medi ine has d-mne
IIIILMME uNM I me W a n l start-
IU "UHHto take it I was al
IIE Wl!most bed fast and
llca otticers
Two boys about 14 year* of ag*
found eome of the liquor and in their
curiostty drank of the "moonshine"
with the result that both became in-
129
* a
Put Up 300 Quart* Fruit, 500
Glasses Jelly and Took Care
of Four Children
“TAINTED MONEY”
LIVERPOOL SPOT*.
Lrvenpbor, Marek i—eoton spot
In limited demand; prices easier; good
mlddlln*. 1T.M; fully middling, lt.M;
middling, 16,63; low miaanine. 1t.7
good ordinary. 14.75; ordinary, 1496,
Bates MW bale*, including UM AmeH- t
can; receipts 1000 balsa, no Amerionn.
SECOND VENIRE CALLED
IN ROBBERY CASE
not going to stand on my constitu-
tional rights and refuse to testify.
While other men now charged pub-
licly crimes against the government
Coastal towns of Texas, such as
Galveston, Houston, Beaumont,
Orange, Port Arthur and Corpus
Christi are in the most imminent
danger of the disease because of
the peeking straws sent in with
imported produots,dMr. Boog- Scott
said.
Warning has been issued that
any suspected oases of the infos-
tion should be reported immedi-
.„ately to the livestock commission
at Fort Worth.
------ert-
EXTEMPORE SPEAKING
OFFICERS HUNTING FOR
OWNERS OF LIQUOR
FOUND ON 35TH ST.
Chicago, Buck Island
Chilo Copper........
Chino Copper .......
Consolidated GUs ...
•Corn Products.....
Cosden Oil .........
Crucible Steel ......
Acording to J. E. Boog-ScL.
chairman of the livestock commis-
sion, veterinarians throughout the
state have offered thir eorvicoo
—
No arrests had been made at noon
today IB connection with the finding
of four gallons of corn liquor in •
houme on Pratt Avenue near Thirty-
fifth Street Friday afternoon by Do-
The usual dull week-bnd- trading
was noted in Saturday’s spinnch mar-
keta. There was but little price cut-
ting. however, except for an eastng to
1.01.50 in New York were neven-
teen Texas car* arrivpa. shtpmentn
Friday called for twehty-ntne Texas
freight and *lx exprebs earn-and ten
freight, from South Carolina. Th* St.
Louis clear* nc* was as follow*: Eve
Chiengo, four Jermey City, two Ph lla-
aciphin, on* each Pittsburgh. New
York and Clevelana.
Kan— City: One Texns arrived:
five on track; $1.40, x .
Chieago: Pive Texa• arrived; Kour-
teen on traek; steady. IIM. ,
condition Ws, denerbed by D w T.
Wootem, hi* phyeician, sa “vury matis-
factory.“
celpta 8000: market higher: packing
sown $6.2506.50; killing pigs. $6,750
6.26; heavy bon. 17.150135; medium,
37,100730: iigt, $6.900125.
Cattle: Receipts 1000; bulk price for
week, beef steers. $8.00010.00; stock-
srs and feedera, $6.5001.26; tat she
stock. $5.0001,00; canners and cutter*.
32,85 03.66; vealers, •!•»#• 12.00.
Shep: Recetpts 8000; bulk peices
for weak: Fat woolea lamb*. lllkO©
16.35; citpped lambs. $13.25013.76
yearing-wethers, $1a.0001a.76; aged
wethers, $0.00010.76; tat mg 39.000
10.00; feeding lamb*. $4.00015.00.
MM, and addresmed to ths prix* emenys
committee, American Chemical Society.
Munnon building. New York Funda
for thene petzes were made pomsibie
through a gift by Mr. and Mr* Francis
P. Gervan of New York.
Four police officers were called out
Friday night to search for two me n
reported to have robbed a man In San
Marcos and who were reported boating
their way on the northbound Katy
passenger train due here at 11:30 p. m.
Sergeant A. N. Littlepage and Of-
ficer Shelton went to the pa—nger
station while orticers Griffin and vin-
"In the mistaken belief that it would
be fair. I welcomed that investigation
just as I now welcome the court pro-
ceedines in Chicago. There will be
this difference, though The consti-
tution gives me th* right to present
my complete defense before the Chi-
cago tribunal and I intend to exer-
rise it to the limit
"There was not an lota of truth in
any of th* testimony given the benate
committee , which reflected upon my
honor or integrity.
"By moot dooplcable and dishonor-
able means witnesses were subjected
to bi uwheeling and unfair treatment
Thene same forces were at work on
the grand jury which returned the in-
dictments in Chicago.
"Bebe Ruth Heo Roell— Night.
HOT SPIas, Ark. March 1—
"Babe" Ruth, battling against an at-
tech of innuenza, spent a restless
" Manpetth. plays to be proseatod_________ _
In Austin by the club were brought up summoned to report st th* courthouse
end asecumed »t this meeting tt was
CHICAGO, March 1.—Butter: High-
er; extras, 47Ke: standards. 47*0
extra firsts 46*047*0; firsts. 460
t«Wc: mecondn, ttUDUc
Ee2s Lower; Fraa, 23%02%:
ordinary flreta >l«Mc.
Potntoeg: Weak; Wisconmin decked
round whiten. 1100125; racked dus-
tlee. t1.3001.86; bulk round whites, “
$1.260140; Minnesota racked Rod
River Ohlom. $1a001so Idaho racked
russets. $20002,30; Nebraska backed
bile, triumphs, $1,500160.
Poultry: Alive, higher; fowls, 230
24%et springs. Me; rooster* 176;
geene. Me.
____________ .... „„I. pant is ehe subject tor discussion in
have been reported es behinLac"zaaia ahetnitonoonc
(Continued, from Paze .One.)
permit me to present my case before
a fair court of justice and a jury of
"Forbessaia he would “interpose no
technical objection to a trials*’ but on
the contrary would go to Chicago vol-
untarily “as the first step toward my
complete vindication."
He characterised the accusationg
against him as a "hell-engendered
conspiracy against my honor and in-
tegrity."
The former veterans director added
he was “not going to Florida-' despite
the fact "that other men now charged
publicly with crimes against the gov-
ernment have been reported as hiding
behind the screen of U1 health."
Forbes' attorneys made plans to-
day to summon about forty witnesses
for the defense, including Mrs. Caro-
lina Votaw, a sister of the late Presi-
dent Harding. They would not indi-
cate what evidence would bo sought
Stafford Friend. 14-year-old boy,
who lives at 210 East Twenty-sixth
and One-half Street sustained a pain-
ful cut on the head and body bruises
when hs was struck by a Ford sedan
at Twenty-sixth Street and Speedway
at 7:30 Friday night
The officers who Investigate the
accident were informed that the driver
did not stop the car after hitting the
youth. The boy was rushed to Seton
Infirnmary for treat mept in a Rosen-
gren-Cook ambulance.
Tommie Hoffelter, messenger boy for
the Western Union, escaped injury
Saturday morning at 8:20 when the
automobile belonging to Dr. J. A. Stro-
burg struck the rear wheel of his
bicycle and hurled the youth to the
pavement. The boy seeing the car
wae about to hit his wheel rolled off
the bicycle-out of the way of the car
wheels The boy was back on the Job
as usual, congratulating himself on his
presence of mind, according to Mana-
ger O. D. Parker of the telegraph
company.
says:
se indictments with
N. Y., N. H. a Hartford....
Norfolk & Western .......
Northern Pacific...........
Pacific Oil ................
Pan - American Petroleum B
Pennsylvania ..............
•People’s Gas ..............
•Producers and Refiners ...
Pure Oil ...................
Reading ....................
Republic Iron and Steel.....
•Sears- Roebuck ............
Sinclair Con OU .........
Southern Pacific ......
Southern Railway .........
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Studebaker Corporation ....
Texas Company ............
Texas A Pacific ..........
Tobacco Products A .......
Transcontinental OU ......
Union Pacific .............
Mack Truck ........
Marland Oil ........
Maxwell Motors B .
Middle States OU ...
Missouri, Kansas A
Missouri Pacific pfd
New York Central .
i Wash, ang found that mo bealing.
not entirely well yet for I *M to
ihape when I started your medicine,
am K much better that I am not
d to recommend it, and I think if I
Ok taking it, it will cure me I
done my work all alone thia eum-
caring tt tat children, and.I
' of fruit and made
__„ , an yoa — I must
tter. I feel prett good all the
bureau, during my incumbency, were
regarded as a 'ring.' The same men
were there when I entered office and
they are there today. They are fine
upstanding examplee of the American
soldier and gentlemen, and any attack
upon their lovalty or integrity is an
outrageous reflection upon the Amer'
can World War veterans.
*T gave almost two years of my lift
in an honest endeavor to advance the
interest of ex-service men. The po-
litical pressure upon the veterans’ bu-
reau is a force for evil. Were I per-
mitted by my counsel, I should now
give the complete details and names
of Individuela Involved in this at-
tempted political corruption, happily
foiled. I shall make this Informktion
public later. I am convinced that for
the want of a more convenient political
goat I was selecte as a vietim and
a sacrifice.
“These indictments are as false as
ths lies of Mortimer: as vinietive
as the conduct of O'Ryan and Arnold,
{counsel for the veterans' committee);
as cowardly as ths so-called second
preliminary report of the senate com-
mittee. who hed not ths courage nor
the fairness to hear my defense who
shirked the duty of formulating an
honest report, and who have attempted
to escape deserved criticism by
ecurrying behind the barricae of
ORyan"s malgnant verbosity and by
meekly crying out! ‘Rome at it we
belleve, some of it we don't believe,
please take vour choice,’ knowing all
the time that the charges against me
are an false As hell's own brood"
principal cities of the United States
totaled 203,499 during the past six
years, the National Automobile Dealers
ABsociation reported today. Of this
number 153,817, or nearly 75 per cent,
"purnng Eerdpast year 39,612 care
were stolen and 82.384 recovered. This
is both the largest number of thefts
and the greatest percentage of recov-
eries recorded by the assoclation.
Police aotivity. certification la we in
various states and registration pro-
visions of states and cities wore hold
accountable for the large number of
recoveries.
New York City showed the largest
list of stolen cars in 1828 with 7951
thefts and 4865 recoverles. Chicago
had but 2681 cars stolen during the
year and 2334 recovered. Thefts and
recoveries of cities in the southwest
are reported as follows:
Kansas City 1555 thefts* 1315.recov-
eries; St Louis 2585 thefts; 2182 re-
coveries; Omaha 553 thefts. 568 recov-
eries; Oklahoma City 856 thefts, and
281 recoverles.
morning, according to the officers.
The other youngster was brought to
the police station where he was kept
under the observation of the officers
for several hours. He was later sent
home after he had recovered from his
stupor.
Officers made two tri,s to the house
where the boys reported finding the
liquor. The first trip resulted in the
officers finding a gallon jug of the
“white lightning" and the second
brought a three-gallon jug nearly full
The liquor is being held at the police
, station as evidence and officers are
now engaged in a search for the own-
ers of the "moonshine" whiskey.
NEW YOEK, March 1.-The weak-
ness of rubber shares and a few other
individual issues failed to upset ths
general list in today’s stock market
with ths result that buyers entered
the market with considerable confi-
dence in the final hour.
Some of the rubbers established new
minimum prices for the year adar-
ket Street Railway prior preferred
dropped more than four points.
Southern Railway touched another
new high at 51 and Reading and Nor-
folk and Western also were strong.
Chandler, Mack Truck, Maxwell A,
White Motors. Schults and Amerian
Woolen moved upward briskly and
United States Cast Iron Pipe rose over
4 points. The dosing was steady.
Bales approximated 460,000 shares.
o'clock.
The city offlclala in company with
V. M. Ehlers, state sanitary engineer,
and John B Hawley, consulting enggi-
neer on the filtration plant, visited the
elta for the proposed incinerator to
determine whether it will be feasible
to locate the garbage disposal plant
there. It is known that the state
health bureau does not look with favor
upon locating the Incinerator less than
fifty yards from ths filtration plant
Committee members would not die- Sr. LOUIS, Mo., March 1.—Auto-
— “hi .a* nt hadni v m2 moblle thefts in the twenty-eight
| LOCAL COTTON MARin
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
------ Pre-
vious
Open High Low Close Close
March .... *».11 M.ll Mil 28.56 89.49
WASHINGTON, March l.— Appro-
prlation or $153,696,567 was recom-
mended today by th. houne appro-
priation* committee to enable varlous
goverament department* to wind up
th* tincal year without deticita.
Th* Individual item. Included a,-
850,622 to enable th* coast guara to
re-conaitton twenty destroyers and buy
>M fast motor boat* for use against
rum runner*.
Th* committee also approved appro-
priation* of 1826,000 tor repair* and
alteration* at th* Ellis inland immi-
grant station; $300,000 tor completing
a dam on the Ell River Indian reser-
yation, and $450,000 for factory build-
ing* at th* Leavenworth penitentiary.
The 2nd or March banquet at th*
local Ex-Students’ Assocdation to be
held tonight at the University Com-
mono, beginning at 7 o'clock. wil be
the outstanding event of the year, so
’ tar as this organiza.tion |* concerned,
Aocording to Max Bickler, prenident ot
the Austin Ex-Students’ Assoctation
A good program has been arranged,
and as a large number or reservations
have been made, the young girls and
the old boys are looking forward to
an evening ot real pieasure and trolie.
Tickets can be bought at Jordan's,
Enflela Really Company. C. A S.
Bporting Goods Company. Ab* Frank’s
cigar *tor«. McFadden’s drug store and
the Co-op The otricers in charge
promise that so funds tor ally move-
moot or activity will be solicited at
tonight’s unthering.
"“Cinetnnat: No arttvalm: two on
track; si.50017
Cleveland: No Texas, one other ar-
rival; five on track; to* few sales I*
entabush market
Detrott: One Texas arrived; eover
on track; wenk, $1.2501.50,
Denver! On* Texas arrived; on* on
track. $1.5001.60.
New York: Seventeen Texaa ar-
rived: wenicer; $1.250150. *
Boston: Three T*xns arrived, five
on track; steady; 118*.
Philadelphig: one Texes arrived.
■Sm mi track: etendy #.me1se.
Pit Hi sigh: NO arrivals; Mi* 6a
track; steady; $1.6s01.78.
■Th* department of justice," he sata,
"never had anything to do with the
oil scandal or Tespot Dome. I never
gave any tips to MeLean."
"Th* only telegram to McLean that
I know about was all right. It oon-
talned no tips kind,"
AIRDALE OF NOTABLE
PEDIGREE PURCHASED
BY AUSTIN DOG LOVER
Lleutenant Colonel T. J. Powers, of
the adjutant generals department,
has purchased from the Cliffdale
Airedale Kennels of Dallas, the blue
ribbon winning terriec Criterion
Strategy (kennel • name "Beauty").
This dog is perhaps the beet female
airedale in the southwest or Texae
and has been a consistent winner of
blue ribbons each and every time
shown in a licensed American Kennel
Club show.
While a young dog the former own-
ers were entertaining a bona fide of-
fer of 8250 for her a year ago when
a puppy and airedale experts agree
that she is a better dog in every way
now than when this offer was made.
The exact price paid for thia dog can-
not be learned but all fanciers agree
that she should make a great record
sb a show and brood matron.
Criterion Strategy has just weaned
her first litter of puppies and was ob-
tained by Colonel Powers in order to
uphold the colors of Austin In the
dog show which will be held here in
the fall. Colonel Powers states that
this matron will be mated to Cliftdale
Sentinel a eon of America's greatest
dog. Champion on Guard Airedale
crities agree that this mating should
produce a champion. It is needless to
say that Colonel Powers is buoy show-
ing this dog to the numerous visitors
at his home.
At a conference held with Dr. Ma-
lone Duggan, state health officer, by
representatives of the state fire insur-
ance comfhission, federated women's
chibs. Texas Public Health Association
and public nursing school of the Uni-
versity of Texas, pledges were given
for a succeasful health week. March 30
to April 5 a
.A committee headed by Dr. Aleck P.
Harrimon, director of th* burenu ot
rural manitation, WM named to formu-
late plana and arrangn a sultabie pro-
gram for henith week.
Th* fire Insurance commisston will
hold fir* prevention week at th* name
tlm* ana th* two campaign* will b«
conalgneg through urging local acan -
cles to clenn up trash and reduce flra
hararda
CHICAGO, March 1.— Influenced by
report* that th* wheat tariff would
•oon ba ralsed, whent averaged a little
higher today during the early deal-
Inga. Demand, however, lacked vol-
ume. What purchasing there was
came chiefly from commisston houses
and was met by sales from pit trader*.
After opening unchanged to 14c nigh-
•r. May 51.100110%. and July $1.10%.
th. market ncored alight general gaine.
Corn and oata showed a downward
tendency in the abmence of any ag-
uresalve buying. Th* corn opening,
which varied from the same as yes-
terday’a fintah to %o lower. May 80%
to 80%c. was followed by a moderate
general wetback. „
Oata atartea Ho to a shade ad-
vano*. May to 48% and then
underwent bomething of a «ag
Provislons were weakened by liberal
deliveries on March contract*
toxicated. On* of th* boy* became
•0 seriously ill following a liberal
Imbibing of th* "fire water" that be
wag taken to the City Hospital where
for * abort tlm*. it was tearad that
he was in a dying condition. Th* boy
at • o'clock last night was reported
out of danger and was asking hospital
attendant* to release him ao that he
could return home. Sergeant A. N.
Ltdepage etated thi* morning. The
boy was sti in the hospital this
a clear conscience because they wi
permit me to present my case before
a fair court of justice and a jury of
my prera."
'Throughout the sonata investigation
I was not permitted to present the
fact* of the case and as I told the
committee my dentruction was sought
by perjury, subornation of perjury
and the suppression of documentary
and other evidence which would have
fully exonerated me. The federal
grand Jury at Chicago has seen fit in
its wisdom to exclude from indictment
Elias H. Morttmer, who is the princi-
pal witness against me.
“I am firm in faith that these in-
dictments Win give me an opportunity
to reveal betore an impartial court, a
fair jury and a just proas a hell-en-
gendered conaptracry against my honor
and integrity. I shall interpose no
technical objection to a trial there un-
der those condition*, but on th* con-
trary shall go to Chicago voluntarily
as th* first step toward my complete
vindication
-I am not going to Florida. I am
Th* place of holding th* annual
pushba oontest b*tw*«n the fresh-
man and sophomores at the Univer-
sity has been changed from Bracken-
ridge Field to House Park, du. to the
fact that stadium work is being don*
on Brackenridge field at the present
time.
The fight will start at 10 o'clock
Monday morning, and will close be-
fore noon Spectators are invited out
to witness ths affair, which I* always
full of thrill*. Th* T Association is
IE charge of the contest.
Breaking of the ground dor the
$125,000 Methodist, dormitory for Uni-
versity girl* will inks plane thia after-'
noon. Aocording to a Statement by Rev.
D. K Hawks who will ottiotte aw
matgzx’pmzamonwin offer a prayer
which will be followed by an nadrem
by Rev. K R. Bareus. «
The new dormitory win he loontad
at Twenty-ninth end Guadalupe
streeta, and wlU be three stories. It
will be eomstructea ef brick and eom-
crate, fireproof throughout with white
oak floors, concrete root and qormibea.
WASHINGTON, March I.—William
J. Burna, chief of the department of
Justice inyestgation bureau, will be
summonea by th* oll.com mittee to ex-
plain whether code memsagos sent to
E. B. McLean's employes in Florida
were in a cipher used "by the depart-
ment's secret agents.
Hs also will be asked whether Mr.
McLean himself is not carried on th*
books ot th« department as a secret
agent at a nominal salary.
Mary Duckstain, who once was sec-
retary to Mr. Burns and who now is
on the department roll of secret
agentn, alsa win be celled by the com-
mittee and asked whether she signed
code messages sent to Florida over the
signature of "Mary."
One of the code messages so signed
and placed before the oll committee
was addressed to W. O. Ducksteln, one
of McLean* conndenttal man. He la
th* husband of Mary Duckstetm.
The message was sent on Pob. 2,
and was Endorsed in rd"sharg• Post,
for W. O. D." with tbs Initials "A. D.
M" Arthur D. Marks is bustness
THROUGH SLEEPERS LEAVE AUSTIN 10:40 P. M.
ARRIVE FORT WORTH 7:45 A. M.
Morning Train Leaves Austin 10:15 a* m.
Milton x. Morris, C. T. A.
City Office 715 Congress Ave. Phone 7755. Roht. Webb, Asst.
In the extempore speaking contests
held last night for student in the
University, Miss Dorothy Ann Fisher
of Dallas and Miss Charlotte Knowd
of Temple tied for first place, and
Miss Lillian Baldwin of Ban Antonio
and Miss Dorothy Mather of Austin
tied for third place among the girl
constants. In the contest among men
Blake Johnson of Austin won first
prise. Moulton Cobb of Cameron sec-
ond prize and M. Otis Rogers of Cana-
dian won third prise.
There were twelve speakers taking
part in the finals, six men and six
women. The R. E. L Knight prise
was divided among the winners, first
place. $25; second place. 815; and
third place, 118. In awarding the
prizes to the girls the judges divided
the first and second prises between
Mise Fisher and Miss Knowd. who
tied for first place, and divided the
third prize between Miss Mather and
Mias Baldwin
NEW YORK, March 1.—There was
a renewal of heavy general selling in
the cotton market at the opening to-
day owing to weak Liverpool cables,
a favorable weather map and failure
of the reported improvement in the
demand for cotton goods to create
more buying power. First prices were
easy at a decline at 18 to 41 points and
old crop months broke 71 to 88 points
during the first fifteen or twenty min-
utes.
. Stop orders uncovered on the de-
cline carried May contracts off to 28.30
or Into new low ground for the pres-
ent movement. Covering waa active
at the lower prices and caused rail lee
of some ten to twenty points. Selling
continued active and the market was
very unsettled during the first hour.
Rallies of 20 to 25 points from the
early break on covering and trade buy-
ing were followed by renewed weak-
ness, rhe demand from the trade was
on limited orders and after shorts had
been supplied the market lacked sup-
port. As a result, prices broke read-
ily under continued liquidation, much
of which appeared to come from the
South. May sold at 28.20 or 95 points
net lower and closed at that figure
with the general market closing weak
a* net declines of 45 to 109 points.
(Continued from Page One.)
the only Democrat to vote for the plan,
while Representative Wefald, Farmer-
Laborite, and Kvale, independent, both
of Minnesota, voted for the Democratic
rates. Representative Berger, social-
1st, of Wisconsin, was paired against
the compromise.
The provision granting a 25 per cent
cut on all personal income taxes pay-
able this year withstood two deter-
mined assaults and- remained in the
bill. Representative Crisp of Georgia,
Democrat, twice proposed to eliminate
the section, arguing that the $223,000,-
006 involved in such a reduction should
be used for the payment of a soldiers’
bonus. His proposal lost.
Other important provisions of ths
measure as finally approved were the
25 per cent reduction in taxes on
earned incomes, all incomes at 15000
and less being defined as earned for
taxation purposes, the repeal or re-
duction of many of the miscellaneous
or excise taxe, increase in the estate
taxes of about 28 per cent, institution
of a gift tax with the same rates as
carried in the estate tax, and creation
of a board of tax appeals
Chairman Groen of the ways and
means committee expressed satisfac-
tion today, declaring the measure now
contained every Important feature he
had advocated. Republican organisa-
tion leaders also were enthusiastic
over the adoption of their compromise
income rate schedules, which they in-
slated would prevent a deficit tn the
treasury, and the Democrats asserted
they have gained a 'moral victory" in
that the compromise schedule was
much nearer their own, with a 44 per
cent maximum surtax rate, than the
Mellon program with 1ts 25 per cent
surtax maximum.
bridge and awaited the arrival of the
train. When the passenger train did
arrive the officers failed to find the
two men who were reported riding
“blind baggage.*'
NEW YORK COTTON.
------ Pre-
Vious
Open High Low Close Close
March .... 28.50 21.50 27.95 27.95 28 88
May ...... 28.70 28.85 28.20 28.20 29.15
July ...... 28 00 28.15 27.50 27.50 28 48
Oct....... 25.66 25.72 25.20 25.20 25.85
Dec. ...... 85.27 25.35 24.90 t4.»0 25.45
at 11 a. m. Saturday and the work
Twenty Destroyer* and 323 Fast
Mot or boats -for Coast *
Guard Service.
Plans for a prlxe essay contest being
conducted by the American Chemical
Society of New York, and available to
any student enrolled in any secondary
or high school public or private, have
been received by the state department
of education
The prizes consist of zix four-year
scholarships in chemistry or chemical
engineering at Yale or Vassar to be
awarded the successful candidates in
each of the several states. The amount
of each scholarship is >560 a year and
tuition in addition there will also be
awarded six cash prizes of $20 each in
every state in the union.
The subjects for the esaays are:
The Relation of Chemistry To Health
and Disease; Relation of Chemistry To
the Enrollment of Life. Relation of
Chemistry To Agriculture and Fores
try; Relation of Chemistry To Na-
tional Defense: Relation of Chemistry
Co th* Home Relation of Chemistry
to the Development of the Industries
son went to tho L-G.
United States Industrial Alcohol 76%
United States Rubber ........... 33%
United States Steel .............162%
Utah Copper ........... 657
Westinghouse Electric .......... 60%
Willys-Overland ................ 11%
Atlantic Coast Line .........115%
•Coca-Cola ...........*.......... 71%
Reynolds Tobacco B ............ 69
Seaboard Air Une .............. 9%
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron... 63%
Southern Railway pfd.......... 72%
Virginia-Carolina Chemical...... 3%
. gg , „ . dlub at thetr regular meeting next
night at his hotel here but his general huraday. A definite subject has not
-f*h “— -----been chosen as yet, but she will speak
on some phase Of the work of the
Common Ur Pinyern, she stated
: ba
A fight to protect the shipment
of 500,000 head of cattle to north-
ern markets in the next ninety
days from tho foot and mouth
disease now eaid to be raging in
California was started today by
the livestock sanitary commission.
The cattle industry of Texas would \
bo paralysed should tho disease
got into the state, officials of the
cemmission said.
Governor Neff yesterday iesued
a proclamation piecing an embargo
on importation of livestock from
California and prohibiting impor-
tation from Oregon, Arizona and
Nevada except after proper in-
epeetion after quarantine.
Driskill: Frank B. Miller, Kafahs
City, Mo.: •- Eggerton, Dallas; Mr.
and Mrs. F. N. Young. Houston: E. B.
Butler, Dallas; J. D Naler, MeGregor,
Texas; Ross Steck, Houston; J. U
Winfrey, Houston: William VIner,
Houston, O. S. Cartton Jr, Houston;
J. O. Bonnie. El Peso. Texhs.
Avenue Clarence Griffith. Elgin;
BO»o. Sabinal: Earl R. Mmer, Tuisa,
oKu*. A. C. Barr. Tulsa, Okla.; J.
Turnbull, Ban Antonie. •
Allied Chemical and Dye......... 68%
American Can ..................114%
•American Lar and Foundry.....164
•American International Corp.... 21%
American Locomotive .......... 75
American Smeiting and Refining 60%
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 260, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1924, newspaper, March 1, 1924; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1444841/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .