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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-23

Editor Tho Star:
would like To comment on c. II.
iiooper's letter that was published In
The Star of January 20.
In the first place I'D like TO know
II he Ia 30 Interested in a maya zine
that he would 20 10 10 different
book stores To buy H. don't DO
iioyo chat he did
stent seven years In Japan and
think ! understand japanese peo.
pie moro than Mr.. Hooper. and I
have also seen their advancement
az a nation since Admiral Perry
oponed their ports for world trade.
The Japanese are proud OF their ad.
vancrnent so the real idea OF tho
japancse II not trying 90 stop the
Americans from reading periodicals
and learning about her.
In regard 10 the Literary Digest
or January 7. tho japanese have
true friend IN this unarnEins for they
wanted The truth ms Il was printed
In this magazine. For 70 far IN al
most all American books and period
calls they show how unuixiliz~d they
arc and even in the present day
moving pictures they only show the
places ~her. the civilization has not
reached. Even in filming this kind
Of pictures. tho camerNnen would
have 10 go way into the interior 81
that country to film u. II the cam.
eramen from Great Britain should
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members affiliate, ana no attempt IL
ever made BY the NKion 90 influence
It's members one way or another.
The legion does not attempt 70 die.
tate 10 Ito members thar they can.
not join political organizations or
clubs a. they -. ~ and proper.
The principles That rude IN.
American Legion arr sct forth IN the
preamble 20 tho constitution:
.'For God and country we a~roci.
ate ourselves together for the fol
iowinR purposes; To uphold and de-
fcnd the constitution Of IN. United
States Of America. 20 maintain law
and order. 20 foster and pcrpe;uate
n one hundr~d per cent American.
irrn. 20 preserve the memories and
incidents OF our association In the
great war. 10 tnculca,e a sense OF
Individual obligation TO tho commun.
ity. rfate and nation. 10 combat the
nutccrnry 81 the ma~s.er: TO make
right the master OF might. 10 pro.
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, earth ana whose justice lies in nys-
tic balances beyond the sight Of men.
has IL not been written that the SINS
Of the father shall be visited upon
the SON. II wasn't too late yet TO
command some measure Of payment.
In virginia's own city lived the
Lounsburys--a proud and wealthy
family. moving In the most naughty
circles. patronizing the humble. fiat
tered and honored and exalted. But
oh. be could break them down. He
could stamp their name with shame.
lie could not pay eye for eye and
tooth for tooth, because Rutherford
was likely already dead. He could
not pay for his fathers murder by
striking down his murderer. But he
could make Harold pay for bis own
wrongs. He could make him atone
for the bitter moments OF his youth
and manhood. the irremcdtable loss
Of his boybood. II Rutheford had
left a widow he could make her pay
for his own mothers sufferings.
As ne stood in that bleak and lons-
~ cabin, lost in the desolate wastes
OF snow. he was simply the clans
mantle feudist - the primitive
avonger. Virginia too should know
the crime. and the haunting sight of
those pitiful bones IN the dark cav
ern would rise before her eyes when
ever she sought Hsrold's arms. He
would show her the picture: shs
could see the nurderer's face IN her
Osxp Ioxorsa Ck~ oo.tfA rmw~~ ..f~fs
10 him then
Virginia. Soft above the wall and
complaint Of the wind. he spoke her
name. His star. his universe, the
gracious, beautiful girl whose happi-
ness had been his one aim, And
could he change that aim nowy
The wind wept. the snow was
swept before IL tn great. unearthly
clouds Of white. the fire cracked
and icapcd AT the opening In the cab
In door. The northern winter night
closed down. ever deeper. ever dark
er. ever more fraught with thoss
mighty passions and iusts that are
tfrr- deepest Impulses OF the human
soul. But he responded no more TO
the Wild music Of the wind. Tho
wilderness passions no longer found
an echo in his own heart He had
suddenly remembered Virginia
His face was like clay In the dane
ing light. His eyes were sunken and
were dark as night He knew now
where his course would lie All at
once he knew by a knowledge true
as life that this dark cabin. in the
dark forest. must keep its secrets.
He could not wreak vengeancs
upon the man Virginia loved. He
could not take payment from her
The same law that had governed him
before was sim the irnmutable voice
OF bis being. the basic and irrevocabie
law OF his life. He could not blast
her happiness with such a revelation
ns this. His boyhood dream Of ven
geance would go the way Of an his
other dreams-iike the smoke Of q
camp fire lost In the unncassrred
spaces OF the forest. The shadow that
the dark woods had cast upon his
spirit seemed 10 grow and deepen.
But he must act now. while his
strength was upon him To look
again into Harold's face might cost
him his own resolve. To think of
Virginia IN hts arms. her lips against
Turn 10 Page 3, Column u
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Enterprising
Lose Money
in DeflatiOn
ny ANiATEUK ECONOMIsT

Two years ago IA young man
In South Dakota bought n farm
for $4,000. lie paid down ti0..
600. giving MORTGAGE for tho
remainder. which he expected 10
pay out Of tho proceeds OF tho
farm. Figuring agricultural re-
turns on IA basis Of two years
ago. the farm was easily worth
the cost. figuring on present day
returns. this farm Isn't worth
half that amount
In other words tire young.
energetic farmer has lost every.
thing that he owned In the
world: the man who sold the
farm will get the farm back.
lie already has the SO. 900.
To a larry extent this case
illustrates the situation today.
The energetic. enterprising man
who borrowed money 90 carry
on his business has been the
chief loser. In fact. 10 a large
cxtent the mortgage and bond
holders actually are much bet
ter Off today than they were
two years ago. In the example
given above the mortgage holder
two years AFRO only owned about
one half Of the farm. while now
he owns II all. And after all
real wealth in farms. buildings,
goods. etc.
The contention that the mort.
gnRe holder IL actually better
off than he was In borrn out by
the fact that he can now buy
far more with his Interest than
he could.
II IL Ia 10 that the greatest
Losses were suffered by the moro
sntsrprising class. Il In also true
that they are the class. which
can make It's Losses hack In the
least time.
II the above ilius'ration COW
cred the whole field there
wouldn't ts No much To worry
about.
In Seattle four years AFRO n
man spent his all In making n
payment on a home purchased:
since then he has paid every
cent he has teen abb TO spare
In making payments. Today he
sufl owes n rich money lender
n nortRaFc equal 20 the market
price Of the hour.
The man who sold the hous.
has the two or three thousand
dollars PAID aiao the house.
To him tina, hath IL shah he
added unto and to him that
hath not even that which he
hath shall he taken away"
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No Special
Election Required

A curious pcryrrSion Of fact ID
exploited and reiterated by the
Port Angeles Herald. This IL In
regard TO the poll tar initiative.
The Herald fur some reason
keeps talking about the measure
~ II 10 required . special election.
This. Of course. b not the case.
The poll tax initiative. n u re-
ceivcs the required number ef ig-
natures. VIII 20 on the ballot ut
the uexf regular election.
Tho Port Angeles Herald either
knows this fact or ought to know
H. by repeating the fAischcod u
is merely seeking unfairly to In
fiuenoe VOTERS against signing tho
petitions by telling them that
they would be bringing upon the
state the cost Of an extra election
Il hopes to frighicn some Of them
from expressing their win
Coupled with Its talk about =
special election. the Herald lets
drop the remark that the next ieE.
islaiure may revoke the law.
anyway. What the next iegisla-
ture may do IL pure conjecture.
The people ought to know better
than to leave any important ques-
ton TO that body with any def.
mite expectation as to what Il
WIN do.
The pom tar law IL Rad. The
thing 10 do Is 10 kill H. The
direct. certain method for killing
Il Ii to sign initiative petitions
and vote yes on the ballot next
fall.
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His deductions followed with dead
~ and remorselers certainty. lie
knew now why Harold Jounsbury
had come into Clearwater. Virginia
had told Bin that her lover had
seemed 10 have some definite place
In view for his prospecting; he had
simply como to search for the same
lost mine that BIN had discovered
the previous day. lie knew now why
Kenly LounHbury had been willing
20 finance virRinia's trip into the
kNortb--not In hopes Of finding his
lost nephew. but 20 find the mine Of
which he also had some knowledge
and thus repair the broken remnants
OF his fortune. In the same sweep
Of realization he knew why Harold
LounHbury'H face had always haunt.
ed him and filled him with hazy. un.
certain memories. lie had never seen
Harold before. but he had seen this
photograph In his own boyhood. and
IIaroid's face had 20 resembled the
one in the picture that IL had haunt
ed and disturbed him.
Only too well he knew the truth.
Harold Lounsbury WINS Rutheford's
son--the son OF hia fathers muir
derer. Kenny Lounsbury was Ruthe-
ford'a brother. Both had come 10
Clearwater 10 repair their broken
fortunes from the mine Of which
they both had knowledge. Whether
Il waa guilty knowledge or not no
man could tell.
Such directions ms Rutherford had
given HIS son had been unavailing
because OF the snowsIide that had
changed the contour OF the little val
ley where the mine lay. He under.
stood now Haroid's disappointment
and emotion when Bill had discov.
cred the mine. Likely his own name
was Harold Rutherford. or else Ruthe-
ford's true name had been I-ouns-
bury. BIN stood nhlycrtng all over
with rage and hate.
Now he knew the road OF ven
voAncei He had only TO trace Harold
Lounsbury back 10 his eify--there to
find his fathers murderer His eyes
were gliitering and terrible 10 see at
the potentiailties OF that finding. Yet
In an instant be knew that death
had likely already claimed the elder
Rutheford. Otherwise he himself
would have come back. long since, 10
recover the mine. lie would be
financing the expedition. rather than
his brother kenly.
But by that stern old law. the law
that goes down 20 the roots OF the
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ueans including Jones' Of Wash
lngtsu. who voted against the
stating Of Ncwberry. Hiram
want there. Hiram didn't vote.
And Hiram. lately . progressive.
, being lashed by the people OF
California with even greater seorn
than the outraged citixens Of this
stase are ccndemning Poindextsr.
Here Is what ono outstanding
CalIfsrnia paper. the Los Angeles
Record says about Hiram John
son:
HIRAM JoHNsON-DEsERTER
III johnson b thru. His balloon
= puncfured. his toea tsftcred and
tsen and tr.iled In the tidal cosc.
M clay Of his feet b crushed
Into dust and he may n~v~rme~e
stand erect on the rostrums Of his
sfste
III Johnson. once the redooD'
sble fighter, has fallen Some
snAn ss " VIZ
the gsuds Of the eye. the savosy
/" lob
n - n'" '
' ' ~
- oooked ne "~
- run s"sy' nc nA "
''
seo upon ."e
Un"eo Staies '"e " VI
ING sne S
' ~
-. -,
49,
nut tn" "ou" nov nav
eeukn- He - '''o'''" ~
ue'ed s'so 10. ~ !"
s'esoer y" '"e 's"' ~ VIZ
hienisan s'usner'
He Is indicted and convicted Tor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-23
LEARN A WORD
EVERY DAY

Today's word Is DEsPOIr.
It's pronounccd--de-spoil with &C
cent on the last syllable.
II rueans--to plumber. 20 rob. tc
pillage. 20 take away ones belong
lngs.
II comes from Latin-"despoliarc. -
to rob.
Companion wortis-despollatio
despoller.
It's used lac fhis--'Us com
plained that rent profiteors had do
! spoiled him OF all his money"
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These combs are standard. Th>p
cell IN Decent store for 10 cents
and IN the drug store for IS cents.
-. @. Achelis. American Hard
Rubber company, before scnats
finance committee.
As for God. Ills ,oay u perfect /:
the oord Of the Lord Is tried For
soho Is God sape the Lordf or toho
" a rock to save our Godr--Psalms
1850, 81.
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The Strongest
Light Beam

A light that can be secn 10
miles away IL perfected by Elmer
A. sperry. wizard Of iIiumIua.
ton. Its straight upward pene-
trstiou is 20 miles
Lighthouses don't need such
powerful bcaoons. Many people
viii wonder II sperry's scarrhlighi
IL . useful drvioc. II viii b.. In
= few ycars. 10 help guide air.
planes swarrninE through black
night by the tens Of thousands.
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Hiram Johnson's Balloon
Punctured

INewsparsr En-
| t~rprtse Assn
L and raitsd
| Press service

principally against Miles Pom
o unpbe Michganders
possess o purchased
But
in
names
is the
the
which credited influencing Roosevelt ABANDON
the third partye
be TO
France Of Mar fale-aarm
is
probably will
sbuwbeat retirement
But Iet forgeH
Johnson Of ticket
II wasa BuI-N the made
battle in the pubhe
interests And Hiram made most OF us
But in the rcpub
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10 seems 10 me sos toorld not dare
10 lay doton the rule IN the senate
that man may 0sue po,cer Of
attorney TO check against hts ao-
count and then not be held yespon-
sibte for tohat that man docs IN
the sedv of filling the Golfers for
the purpose Of corruptsr0 an cleo
ton. That Is Infinitely ioorse than
the seating Of Mr.. Fe,obcrrv. Tho
defense IN this case. In nv tudo-
mont, r. much toorse than the
oriofraI offense. because II estab-
Hshcs precedent frau0ht Nth
danger for all tip,e.--senator Borah
fR.J, Idaho.
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mote peace and good win on earA;
20 safeguard and Transmit 60 poster.
ity the principles OF justice. freefon1
and democracy; to eonsecra;o and
sanctify our comradsship by our de
votion 20 mutual helpfulncsz-
The aims Of the American r<rion
have been based on this preamble.
No, all OF there aims have been &C.
cornpiisf~f- A grca; many have.
Tho percentage Of accomplishment,
Is high. especially when IL il re.
allied that insidious. selfish and
powerful forces have done their ut
most 20 block It's program
SEATTLE POST NO. IL. THE.
AMERICAN LEGION.
BY STEPHEN y. CHADWICK.
Post Commander.
G. W. ARDERY. Post Aejutant.
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The most Important fhtnc for .
young .sas sfarftac hfs "a TO esfae-
ltsh credif--a reputation. character.
He rssf tsspsrc the complete con-
fsdesoe Of others To get on. voa-0
uscs should study their bsancss
fhoroly: teork carefully. accurate
w. ard snsussriogaiy. and sauc
ihcsr money. "a for opporfurtiies.
there are 10 fodsy for cpcrV oss
there tnas so pears aco.--Joha ID.
Rockefeller.
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I'VE only pork three hours a
DAY." says senator. We can all
be glad they don't trork SIR.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-23

The immigrants think they haUs
a right 10 this country because 10
sc1s dtscoUered bD an IMMIGRANT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-23

Maybe the South could sell Ford
their boil soect4ls.
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George Pepper is no,c senator and a hot time
is expected
The fldpper says she only acts like an old maid
thinks.
Health Hint: Never laugh at your icife ichen
she cries.
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that city
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p. m
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the Met
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tend tho |
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fafion o
music.
gogue Z
songs, y
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-23

Amundsen toiH forecast the
weather a year ahead. That's easy:
Winter. sprfnc. summer, folL
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the state 4
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ing the |
week on \
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and hear
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BOIL
CENTS
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SPEEDER GETS SIXTY
DAYS I'm JAIL. HERE: / g {:

one OF the severest penalties yet
imposed upon a speeder was. hand
ed out by Justice J. l.. Blocher
this morning when u. B. Shaffer.
was sentenced to serve sixty days
in the county jail and pay fine OF
500 for speeding out Morgan
town avenue.
N While in an intoxicated condi-.
tion last Monday night, Shaffers
drove at the rate Of fifty five miles
an hour over the new Mononga-
lhela River Bridge. With Sheriff ..
d, Charlton and other county Of OF
ficials in a car giving close pur-
suit, Shaffer sped on out Morgan
town avenue at a rate Of speed IN
excess of sixty miles per hour
He was finally captured by the
county officers at Indiana avenue
near the Willetts Clay Co. plant:
He5was brought to the county jail
to sober up and this morning was
taken before Justice Blocher for fto 2
hearing
Justice Blocher could have i'm.
posed a fine Of S100 and sentenced
the defendant to serve as much as
six months in the county jail. The
minimum penalty for driving a car
while intoxicated is a fina .of $50
and a jail sentence Of sixty days y
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Today !. Hottest I ;'i '1!'':': { one 'i'''
Of Entire Year Here

Many persons guessed that
yesterday was the warmest DAY; DAY.
OF the year. Their guess was
right for the official government gove"l1,
weather thermom eter shows tnas .llls
the mercury yesterday went to
81 degrees, the highest mark ar
reached in Fairmont this year
until today when the thernomle e e.
ter went still higher.
4 Practically everyone who was
asked guessed that the temper
sature must be at least 95 or SO
degreesswhen the sun was shln- I'M.
ing hottest yesterday after
noon. Others we're sure that IT
was 9s and some estimated ss
degrees.
Several heat prostrations
were reported from various sec
tions Of the city yesterday, but
SO far as could be learned none
OF the victims was in a serious
condition.
The weather bureaus report
Of showers for last night did not
materialize. and today it was as
hot as ever. The temperature
at S O'Clock this morning Was
10 exactly the same as that for
yesterday morning at the same
hour.
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COMMISSIONERS FOR .
ELECTION APPOINTED. {.

Six hundred election commission
ers will have charge OF the primary
election to be held August q. The
commissioners were appointed by
tie County Court yesterday, upon
recon. Il uendation,s Of tht. political
rarries. The list Of the commission
ers will be printed within the next
few. days by County Clerk Lee N.
iSatterfield.
The committee OF ballot commits.
si.uers, Of which Circuit Clerk -
a. Gather is chairman. is meeting
today for the purpose of preparing
the ballot for the election
Eegistratioc Of voters was com
5pleted yesterday, after the County
Court had ser for tw, days as q
registration court to So, that all
who were not registered were Civ
en final chance to get their name
on the books. 8s
The total number OF voters reg
5istered is not known at this time
Int it is a. certainty that the num-
Der registered is larger than that
Of any other previous registration,
exclusive Of the women
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-12
scHEARs BUSY MOVING
FREIGHT AT GRAFTON

Little new has developed on the
shopmen's strike other than the
b. & o. broke the freight blockade
at Grafton and began to move Goa
over the. mountains yesterday -:
w, Schear, Baltimore, ", general
manager OF. the eastern lines OF
the b. e o., has personally as
ssumed charge of the movement
over the mountains at Grafton.
while J. M Scott, Wheeling, sup
erintendent Of the West; Virginia
District, has been shifted A to
wheeling to assume charge of the
coal noveme ment.. Mr.. Schear,t how.
ever, has not Joined the official
overall u brigade, as yet.
Passengers on b. & train 7O
due here at 9 o p. 10. did not ar
rive In Farm ont until Y:25 this
morning. Owing to a. disabled en-
gine 1T was necessary to attach
another locomotive at Smithfield.
Pa. An ordinary lantern was used
as a headlight. according to pas
sengers on he train, who declare
further that the same train had.
no headlight on the locomotive
when tt$arrived here two hours
Iate4on4 Sunday night. 80 - . = y
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ElIl|NES SFORGEDiT0
I|(|IlS!EDOW|y|HER
BlCAR ARSHORT.A|GE|: Il. |:
sIlx;s.tt:yssix Cars Less Than
N o:nd:ay z aided in Fair
d ontsR Region Yesterday
MINES | !. ! I E: WORKING 4 9 / ] (:
Effects sof Shipments Strike
keenly Felt at Mines
This Week.

Car ortage, late placement,
failure to- pull coal loads at the
M sssSnnin nessands ID alized railroad con
II affe cted the min
syng activities in Northern West
Nlrgfnia today. These conditions
&Ifesas direct result of the shop
mel Ms strike # II
s pngEthe Charleston Division. 3
sOsst the mines ordered ninety
2Snine esempties and but forty empties
we're llaced causing such an ac-
s$utsScar shortage that number Of
forced to close down
The operations along the
Kingwood Railway
were also affected by car short
age today. 5s
Asa aresu1t Of conditions very
on the railroads there
ere but122 mines at work or
kRentystwo less tElan on Tuesday
ShisEis the least numb Of mines
:tiYes since May, exclusive Of hol-
IA Three hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
Mars Of coal were loaded yester-
[5dayain Northern West Virginia,
(MWhich5sWas& as&sixty-sixScars less than
nday's3production. This was the
|sIeastEcoal mined ssincesJuly 3, when
lS2SO@ @cars&Were produced. ID
SsThechief losses were on the
EsEonongah#Divisi on, b. g. O., which
Ss( (Cont1nuedso son Page Eight
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RAILROAD. GUARDS
KIDNAPPED MOB
And then | |. BEATEN [ ! / |! I E !
Thousand Men Claimed to
& Have Taken Part in Attack
on Texas Guards.

DALLAS, Texas, July 12.---One
man was seriously shot and a
dozen others, some of them deputy
United States marshals on guaru
at the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
shops at Dennison. were kidnapped,
taken to the woods and beaten by a
mob of 1000 at Dennison early to
day. according to reports Of the
general office here George w.
Pike was the man shot.
The report said the mob, COM
posed of strikers and sympathizers,
attacked railway guards and en-
ployes in an isolated section near
the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
Railroad, Dennison shops.
Railway guards were kidnapped.
5whisked away in automobiles to
the river bottoms where they were
beaten, said H. .E- Mcgee, gem
eral manager Of the Katy here.
I'VE have been busy this morn
ing searching for the men who
were carried to the woods and as
saulted," Mr.. MCGEE said. "Un-E.
less there are troops in Dennison
before nightfall there will be more,
sbIoodshed ~ It was intimated here
that the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas would follow the lead Of
the Texas & Pacific and ask Gov
ernor Neff Immediately for state
troops.
Mr.. McGee said he could not
give details of the affairs, nor the
names Of any of the men reported
Kidnapped.
..All l can say is that a mob of.
about 1000 wild men broke loose
and attacked railway employees,
he said s5H