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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15

SIMSWHEN HE
QUITSL0ND0N
In Final Statement Says He
Has Nothing to Say, mo
thing to Retract"
Rv The Associated Pressl

LONDON, June 15. - Rear Ad-
miral Sims left Waterloo station to-
DAY for Southampton TO board the
steamer Olympic for New York. He
rode in a special car burdened with
floral testimonials.
Answering the requests Of news
papermen for farewell message, he
called attention to today's dispatches
telling Of the reaction in the United
States against his critics, He declared
he had nothing further to say and
nothing to retract.
lie said he received hundreds Of
letters approving his attitude on
American hyphenates. Asked
whether he received threatening mis-
sives the admiral smiled and said:
Il had one signed Erin Go Bragh,
making reply to my reference 10 ze-
bras last week and telling me | meet
asses on the other side, but paid no
attention 70 il. II doesn't worry me. :"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
YOUTHS ARRESTED
ADMIT THEY RAN
OVER DEAD BODY
HBv The Associated l'ressl

DENTON, Texas, June i5.-Three
youths were arrested at Fort Worth
in connection with an alleged automo-
bile theft. They admit they ran over
the BODY Of a man az the Denton Dali
las Pike, the place where the body Of
Arthur Storms, ;. was found yester-
day. the police say. They deny the
responsibility for the death. declar-
ing the body was lying on the roadside
when they saw il, too late to turn.
The youths admit they are in stoler
car. They are being held.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
100000 POUNDS
FOR BRITISH SHIPS

LONDON, June Is. - The total
eXpeditures proposed this year in
building capital ships for the BRITISH
navy is 100000 pounds. Lieutenant
Colonel Amery. parliamentary finan-
etal secretary of the admiralty. stat
ed IN the house Of commons TODAY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
225 MEXICANS SIGN
UP TO RETURN HOME.

WICHITA FALLS, June 1.-Two
hundred and twenty five Moxicans of
Wichita Falls, signed for return to
their native land at the expense Of the
Mexican government, will start their
journey Saturday. II il expected
that equally as many more will fol-
low soon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
LEGION SCRAPS OVER
WIRE TO CARPENTER

WICHITA FALLS. June -. Con
troversy developed here last night at
meeting of the American Legion
over a resolution proposing TO tele-
graph best wishes TO Georges Car
pentier. The resolution was first
adopted BY a small majority. II j.
understood the matter will be brought
up again at the next meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
NIECE OF GENERAL
HOUSTON is DEAD
Iy The Associated Prcssl

HOUSTON. Texas. June is. Word
was received here of the death last
night at Crockett Of Mrs. Isabel Tay-
lor. 81. niece of General Sam Hous-
ton and widow Of the late Judge Will
liam VI, Taylor, Masonic leader IN the
fifties. Judge Taylor was district
Judge Of Crockett county and for
many years past grand master OF the
grand lodge Of Texas Masons. 70
which he was elected in 1854.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
GOVERNMENTS
HARNESSDEAL
IS ANNULLED

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June l5.-
On advice of the attorney general
President Harding has annuled war
department contracts with the United
States Harness Company for dispos.
al of surplus harness. Daugherty
held that the contracts violate the
criminal code sections prohibiting
participation Of government officers
and employees in such transactions,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
MAN SHOT In MEXICO
is DEAD AT HOUSTON

HOUSTON, Texas, June 10. &C.
n Walker, the man mysteriously shot
several months ago on street in
Tampioo. is dead at the city hospital
here. Walkers case attracted Off
cal notice after he was brought here
when detectives arrested +. l.. Davis.
his companion. on a warrant from
Dallas charging embezzlement. Walk
er was wanted by Dallas officers. but
his condition prevented his removal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
FAR EAST REPUBLIC
JOINS THE SOVIET;
BOMBARD VILLAGES

VLADIVOSTOK. June ;. - Re
ports here declare that the govern
mcnt Of the Far Eastern Republic.
following a thrce-day conference de-
cidcd TO join Soviet Russia. Anti
bolsheviki destroyed bridges on the
Amur river. between BlagoveStchensk
and Khabarovsk and communist gun
boats at Amur were bombarded. Viii
lagcs were taken by the insurgents.
General Scmenoff was reported pre-
pairing to land at some point on the
Siberian side Of Amur Bay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
CREEKS ABOUT TO
OPEN OFFENSIVE
AGAINST TURKS

CONSTANTINOPLE. June Is. -
The opening Of the Greek offensive
against the Turkish Nationalists i
believed imminent. British reserves
are relieving the Greek Eleventh
division at Ismid which is proceed
ing TO the Ushak front near Smyrna.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
DIFFICULTIES MET
In SUPPLYING FOOD
nv Tho Assnciated Pressl

RIGA. Russia. June 5. - Despite
the multitude Of new DEGREES, eX-
treme difficulties confront the Rus
sian bolsheviki in the effort to supply
cities with food from the country dis
tricts. according to independent Mos
COW advices received here which are
confirmed by the bolsheviki news
papers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
ONTARIO MAN IS
ELECTED WORLDS
HEAD OF ROTARY
(Ry The Associated PresSl

EDINBURG, Scotland. June Is
Crawford Mccullough of Fort Will
liam. Ontario. today was unanimously
elected president of the International
Association Of Rotary Clubs, in an
nual session here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
ANOTHER CUT IN OIL.

NV IN" NN~'"iH'"I I'FFN~F
INDEPENDENCE. Kans.. June -.
Another cut Of % cents in Mid
continent crude was announced today
nv the Prairie OIL e. Gas Co. The
new price is 81 barrel, the lowest
circe 1916
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
HEAD OF AMERICAN
BAR SOCIETY DIES
fPv Tho Associated T'-"ssl

BALTIMORE, Md, uhe 10
Judge William Alexander Of Blount.
Florida. president Of &c American
Bar Association, died Johns Hop
kins hospital today. udge Blount
arrived at the hosp ~sterday for
treatment. He was ~ ca~s old.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-06-15
WEATHER REPORT
Tonight and Thurs iay-Light to
moderate southerly winds.

The following local weather OBJ
servations are supplied by Mrs. A.
w. Reed. United States volrntar~
weather observe. and cover 'he -
hour pcriod ended at z O'Clock this
~.c~~iro
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19
BRIT AIN ! OLD IN 1920 THAT
 J. ]. WOULD NOT
 CANCEL DE 3 {
Letter Written by President Wilson to Lloyd George is
 Made Public Yesterday WARNING WAS ISSUED Wilson Told Premier England Should Speed Up Payment
 of War Obligations

WASHINGTON. July IS. - Presi. dent Wilson wrote Premier Lloyd George last October that it was "high ly improbable that either the con gress or popular. opinion of this coun- try will ever permit a cancellation of government to the United States in order to induce the British govern ment to remit in whole or in part the debt to Great Britain of France or any other of the allied governments.
 An excerpt from Wilson's letter, re- plying to one written by the British premier two months previous, in which reference was made to sug- gestions that the inter-allied debts be cancelled, was made public today for the first time through insertion in the congressional record by Senator Lodge, Republican leader of the sen ate Lodge explained that it was sub mitted to the foreign relations con- mittee, of which he is chairman, by Davis s. Houston. secretary of the treasury under Wilson.
 The British premier further was in formed by President Wilson that it also was highly improbable that eith- CT congress or the American public would consent to cancellation or reduction in the debt of any Of the al lied governments as an inducement towards a practical settlement of the reparation claims" Wilson pointed to past rejections of the suggestion of inter-governmental debt cancella- tion and added:
 .'The views of the United States government have not changed"
 Secretary Mellon, appearing before the senate finance committee to urge enactment of the administration bill to confer broad powers in debt refund ing, was told by Senator Curtis, oi Kansas. member of the committee and Republican senate whip, that Re publican and Democratic senators alike had stated that they would not vote for a refunding bill which did not require the settlements to be re ported to congress for ratification Mellon said it would be illogicaf' tc amend the bill so as to limit the treasury's authority.
 Senator Borah, Republican of Ida ho. on the senate floor criticized the treasurys payment last week tC Great Britain of $32.6SS,000 on ship ping claim while that nation owed the ' United States several billions. Sena | tor Borah said he could observe eag erness" by Great Britain to pres: collection of debts from the United States and said the situation was 's remarkable exhibition" by Great Brit ain.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19
Supreme Court Rules Workmen's
 Compensation Act Is Not Valid

PHOENIX. July IS. - The work mems compensation act passed by the last legislature creating the state industrial commission, is invalid, ac- cording to decision handed down by the state supreme court today. The decision upheld the findings of Su- perior Judge R. C. Stanford who is- sued a permanent injunction restrain ing the commissioners from exercis- ing any of the powers given to them by the act and directing the state treasurer and auditor to prevent the commissioners from spending any of the states money. The>act was held unconstitutional.
 The suit was instituted by J. l.. Crisman. local contractor. and the papers in the case were served on the members Of the commission as they concluded the first meeting of the commission.
 The opinion was rendered by Chief Justice Ross and was concurred in by Justices Baker and McAllister. Both Justices Baker aud McAllister reu. deTed supplemental opinions. the for mer expressing regret that the state consultation already had been inter preted by the supreme court so as to
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19
Two Are Attacked By Masked Men; One Beaten, One Tarred

NACOGDOCHES. Texas. July 1s.- J. w Mcknight. a plumber. who ear ly yesterday morning was seized by masked men as a alighted from a train at TimpsOn, near here. taken two miles from euan and given a se- we're beating. left nere today for Gen. ter. seat of Shelby county. with the announced intention Of seeking aid of county authorities in prosecuting the men. all or whom. he says, Ire recog- nized.
 Mcknight said he was on his way tO the hotel after getting off the train at TimpsOn where he had gone to see a young son. when he was stopped by a masked man with a pistol and or Chred To throw up his hands.
 He struck the man in the face. but was OverpOwered by four other mask ed men. he said.
 from town and relieved Of $3O in cash and other valuables. he said The whipping was administered and The was left to find his way back to limp son.
 Mcknight was formerly deputy sheriff and constable Of Nacogdoches county He is married and has three children. but recently separated from his wife
 A few weeks ago. he said. he re ceived a warning in a woman's hand writing and signed "Ku Klux Klan. which he said he ignored.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19
GERMAN CRUISER SUNK BY PLANES
Bomb Which Fails to Score Perfect Hit Sends War
 ship to Sea Bottom

ON BOARD THE DESTROYER LEARY FEN ROUTE TO NORFOLK, Va, July 1S.-(By the Associated Press)-Bombing aircraft destroyed the former German light cruiser Frankfurt late today 60 miles east of Virginia capes after an all day attack which both navy and army air of ficers had begun to fear would be un- successful A bomb which failed to hit the target. but exploded in the water close by the starboard side near the bow, sent the cruiser down.
 Up to the time this bomb, a 600 pounder. was launched at 4:22 p. In. by an army Martin plane from Lang ley Field. Virginia, the Frankfurt had withstood II direct hits. five of them "duds,'' without being vitally dam aged, and preparations for a gunfire attack on her by five destroyers had been plt underway.
 As the bomb left it's carriage under the great wings of the Martin plane from an altitude of about 1900 feet, it as It WOuiu Sli lhC on the fo'castle deck. It missed by scant few feet and upon striking the water exploded with terrific force. The Frankfurt literally was forced up several feet by the concussion and upon settling down, after rocking and rolling for minute or two, she be gan to 20 down gradually by the head.
 Another army Martin plane put two other 600-pound Bombs close to the port bow and these were believed to have hastened the end. The cruis CTS bow filled slowly and in 20 min utes her fo'castle deck began going under The end was not long delayed ther Ss the ship had sunk low enough for the water to rtish through two gaping holes in the hull at the upper decks caused by the explosion oi bombs dropped earlier in the day. Twenty-eight minutes after it be gan to settle. the battered and twist ed hulk disappeared.
 Brigadier General Mitchell, assist ant chief of the army air service whose declaration before a congres | sional committee some months agt 1 that aircraft fast were making capi tai ships obsolete caused somethin: of a sensation. circled around tn; sinking hull in fast pursuit plane il
 which he had accompanied to sea th' tfieet Of big bombers. under Captain Lawton. which destroyed the cruiser | In all 7S bombs. = of 250, and 30 pounds. and 2l of 520 and 500 pounds
 were launched at the Frankfurt b,
 naval and army aircraft which cam
 S5 miles from Hampton Roads an
 Langley Field.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19
O|L |S PUT ON FREE LIST IF FORDNEY BILL
 BY Z TO l VOTE
Amendment Slashing Import Duty is Followed by Re
 moval From Duty List
FORDNEY IS DEFEATED
House Puts Long Staple Cot ton Under l5 Percent Tax;
 Debate Is Moderate

WASHINGTON. July 1S-Oil went op the Fordney tariff free list today by house vote of more than two to one.
 Long staple cotton. on the free list In the ways and means committee draft. was put on the dutiable list at Is per cent ad valorem. with mem bers in doubt as to what compensate " rates on all cotton goods would be considered necessSfy by reason of the imposition of tax on the raw product.
 The real flareup was over the oil schedule. It broke at the outset of the session after Chairman Fordney had presented letter from President Harding opposing the tax. and sug- gesting rather bargaining provision to be placed in his hands to guard against the levy of duties against us or the imposition by other nations of export tariffs which are designed to hinder the facilitation of trade"
 The first vote on the contested oil amendment came after three and a half hours of debate. Republicans re- jected by straight party vote a pro- posal by Representative Garrett. a Tennessee. Democratic leader. to linn t debate that the bill might be taken up for amendment under the ordinary five minute rule.
 Then. after debate. the first test was on an amendment by Represen- tatlve Carter, Democrat of Oklahoma to cut the committee rates on crude oil from 5 to 25 cents and fuel oil from 25 to 20 cents a barrel. The Carter proposal won. J43 to 47. Dem ocrats supporting it solidly on the ground that in event the free oil amendment offered by Representa- tive Treadway. of Massachusetts, Re publican member of the ways and means committee, should be defeated thev could help to obtain lower du- ty than fixed by the bill.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19
CONNECTS FIRE
 PRISON; SCORES bA II LE FLANES AND RlS0NERS
Riot Starts in Dining Room as Blazes Start in Four
 Different Buildings
600 PRISONERS REVOLT
Deputies Sheriff and Pitts burg Police Are Called
 in to Help Guards

PITTSBURG, July IS. - Prisoners in the western penitentiary here to- day. broke all bounds of discipline. fired four buildings and for a time kept the institution in an uproar. while prison guards, deputies sheriff and policemen, reinforced by armed citizens, fought to put down the dis order. Six convicts were shot and two others cut in the battle. Prison officials said three or four of the wounded would likely die.
 The outbreak, timed to start with the ringing of the first fire gong, be- gan in the dining room, where the convicts sought to detract the atten- tion of guards from the fires, prison officials said. Alarms sounded from four places in the institution almost simultaneously, when guards discov- cred the prisoners had fired the buildings with any material avail able.
 Some 500 prisoners had just taken their seats in the big dining room when one of them sent a soup bowl careening down one of the long ta. bles. Instantly the room was in an fire gong sounded an alarm from the construction shop, the linen shop, the and bowling
 kitchen and the chapel.
 The guards in the dining room tried to quen the outbreak, but the mad dened prisoners pelted them with ta. bleware and cutlery, all the time shrieking and howling The fire de. partment called city firemen, while riot calls were sent in for the police The dining room guards regained, in part, their control and forced some of the men back to their cells, but 200 or more dashed for the prison yard and when faced by other guards, back ed into building and ran for the top of tier of cells: They pelted the guards, now reinforced by every avail able man in the prison, with bricks torn from the top of the wall. .Depu ties sheriff and police from every precinct soon added to the fighting force. and it was not long until the | prisoners had been chased from the wall to their cells. They signalized their reincarceration by breaking glass in the windows and shriekine Within two hours the fire was un der control, but not until a number of buildings had been destroyed witl an estimated loss in excess of $50, 900.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19
.LIGHTNING SET TS
 OEL TANKS AF|RE

CASPER, Wyo, July IS. - Two oil storage tanks struck by lightning on the Midwest Refining company's tank farm near here early this afternoon, are blazing fiercely tonight. Efforts of scores of workmen to check the flames so far have failed.
 Three men on the tanks when the lightning struck jumped to the ground. Two were slgntIy injured.
 Six streams of water and two lines of liquid fire extinguishers are play ing on the flames without apparent effect. The oil is being pumped out of the tanks as rapidly as possible. Officials of the company would not estimate the loss beyond saying that if only half the oil is saveG the loss will be S13O.0O0.
 Workmen are throwing up 12-foot dirt walls to prevent flames spread ing to other tanks. 500 feet away.
 Today's fires make II oil tanks de stroyed by lightningsinceJune stroyed by lightning since June F.
 Just before midnight both tanks boiled over while the fire extinguisn- CT liquid was shot into the flames. The blaze leaped several hundred feet into the air above the tanks. lighting the country for miles around.
 The fire in one of the S0,000 tanks was believed under control. Oil was being pumped from them at the rate of 2,00O barrels an hour.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19

make impossible such legislation as had been found desirable by many other states. Justice McAllister made a more detailed discussion of the con stitution in his opinion.
 The invalidity of the act, according to all of the opinions, lies chiefly in section of which would require an employe engaged in a hazardous oc' cupation to elect in advance of an injury whether he would avail him. self of the act.
 That was the point raised by the plaintiff in the superior court.
 The chief justice in his opinion re called that the language of the con stitution wKh reference to that point had been interpreted tg the state su preme court in the Ujack case.
 "If the view expressed in the Ujack case" said the decision. was cor. rect and sound. the present compen sation act cannot stand. We realize that if the employe may not be re quired (under the constitution) tC elect his remedy before injury, it is not possible for the legislature tC pass a compensation law such as eX ists in nearly every state in the Un ion"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-19
SAYS HE WILL N0T TAKE PART IN DISCUSSION
 IF IRISH ISSUE
Claims De Valera Statement Admits Self Determina-
 ton in North Ireland ATTITUDE UNEXPECTED Sir James Craig Says Cues ton Now Involves Only Premier and Sim Fein

LONDON, July IS. -. (By the Asso- ciated Press.) The irish negotia- tions took an unexpected develop ment late tonight. Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier. on leaving for Belfast, made an important statement which appears to forbid any hope of assembling conference such us -re- mier Lloyd George proposed between himself, de Valera and the Ulster pre- mier
 The Ulster leader maintains that the Sim Feiners, by contesting the elections for the northern pariia- ment on platform of mo parruron," in which they were defeated, have recognized Listers claim to self de- termination. and he seems to wash his hands of further participation in peace negotiations.
 Sir James said:
 T return home we'll satisfied with the efforts being made towards peace. Mir. de Valera has broken his silence and cleared the ground by his state ment to the press that he proposes to found his claim on recognition of the right of self determination.
 He contended that the people of northern Ireland in the recent cleo tions determined" their own par,-a- ment by an overwhelming majority.
 Ulster Not Involved
 No partition" was the only issue placed before the electorate, said Sir James, and it was rejected Dy the largest majority ever secured in any general election
 Such being the true facts" he continued, it now only remains for Mir. de Valera and the British people to come to terms regarding the area outside of that of which l am pre- mier. The people of northern Ire land make no claim to determine the terms of settlement which Great Britain shall make with southern Ire land.
 When this is accomplished I can promise cordial cooperation on equal terms with southern Ireland in any matters affecting our common inter- est"
 The official announcement issued at the close of Ions conference .e- tween the premier and de Valera to- day says:
 The conversation between Mir Lloyd George and MT. de Valera will be resumed Thursday"
 This ordinarily would permit the British public and Ireland still to in- dulge in confident hope that a satis- ] (CONTINUED ON PAGE Two)