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tour, spending six weeks visiting the various points of interest.
 Mrs. s. B. Reece is visiting her sister, Mrs. Joe Turner, in Macon, Ga.
 Mrs. J. B. Lilies is visiting her sister. Mrs. John Tom Pool, in Roanoke.
 MT. and Mrs. M. P. Northington and Miss Mary Allen Northington will leave soon to spend several weeks in the woods of northern Wisconsin.
 Mrs. H. R. Snow and little son have returned to their home in Haley vile after visiting relatives here.
 MT. and Mrs. J. M. Cartwright, and little granddaughter, returned home Saturday from Selma, where they have been for some time.
 Mrs. c. P. Ward, Accompanied by Miss Ruth Ward, will go to Mobile to visit her son, Dr. w. E. Ward.
 Mrs. J. B. Price is visiting in Gadsden.
 Mir and Mrs. Edgar NJ. Elliott, Ed gar, Jr. Barnes and Misses Ludie Beck and Everette Elliott left Sat
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anticipate no motor troubles and ex- pect a month of delightful recrea- tion, returning to Birmingham in ample time for the children to at tend the various schools of the city.
 Mir. J. w. Kennedy and Mir. c. H. French are spending some time at the Highland Lake Inn in Hender- sonville, N. c.
 Miss Martha Taylor of Atlanta is visiting Miss Ellen Giles at the Du- lion apartments.
 Mrs. o. Mcconnell of Haleyville was the guest of relatives here last week.
 Miss Ozella Glasgow is visiting Miss Lois Draper in Carrollton,
 Clarence Jones of Attalla spent a few days in the city last week on business.
 William Thompson motored to Centerville last week for few days.
 Mrs. c. C. Robertson Is the guest of Mrs. H. c. Farris in Attalla.
 Mrs. P. c. Kidd went to Anniston last week to attend the picnic given at Sulphur Springs by Mir. Frank Bailey.
 Miss Hallie McMillan of Eutaw arrived Monday for visit in Bes-
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Mrs. H. D. Myhand and little daughter, Mary, of Roanoke, are vis- iting relatives in Bessemer for a few days.
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RANDOM NOTES

Mir Frank Garrett and MT. Alex Garrett, who spent the past six weeks in Birmingham, have returned to their home at Hope Hull.
 MT. A. C. Anderson, who has been 9 member of the faculty of Howard Summer school, has gone to Newton. where he will be principal of the Baptist Collegiate institute for next year. Mrs. Anderson remained In Birmingham on account of the ill., ness of her mother, Mrs. Hilliard, who recently underwent an opera tion, but will join Mr. Anderson at a later date.
 Miss Eva Wilson has gone to her home in Montgomery after spending six weeks in Birmingham.
 MT. Clyde Adams left last week for Chelsea to spend his vacation with relatives.
 Miss Lucille Hodges has returned to her home in Madison. after at tending summer school in Birming- ham.
 Miss Grace Berry left recently for her home in Sylacauga tC spend her vacation.
 MT. J c. Vaughn. who has been an instructor in the Howard Summer school, has gone to his home in Cam den. Later he will go to Newton, where he will be member of the faculty of the Baptist institute for the coming year.
 Mrs. Jesse Maxwell returned last week to her home in Haleyville.
 Mir. J. F. Gurley of Hartselle was in Birmingham last week. 
 MT. Ben Robinson Is in Opelika, visiting his mother, Mrs. Jim Rob inson.
 MT. A. c. Anderson has gone to Newton, where he will be principal of the Baptist Collegiate institute for the coming year.
 Mir. and Mrs B. F. Buford and daughter of Ensley are visiting rela- tives in and near Greensboro.
 Robert and Eva Hornsby, who have been staying TOT some nonths with their grandparents, MT. and Mrs J. C. Hornsby of Roanoke, arrived in Birmingham Saturday to join their father.
 MT. J. E. Freeman of Hartselle made a business trip to Birmingham Monday
 Mrs. H. D. Myhand and little daughter, Mary, of Roanoke, are vis- iting relatives in Bessemer for a few days
 Friends of Mir. and Mrs. W. F. schauf, ST, will be glad to know that they have come to Birmingham to make their home. MT. and Mrs. Schauf, who were formerly of Bir-
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ulty, and her sisteh, Miss Margaret Hester, have returned to their home in Clanton.
 Miss Mary Wilder Davis has re- turned to her home in Vincent.
 Mrs. Mary Lovan of Springfield, Mo. Mrs. Walter Goodin of Rag land, Ala, Mrs. Frankie Dunn of Mrs. Julia Hawes and Mrs. Willetta Harris, 1920 Fourteenth street, south. Mrs. w H. Woolverton and chill dren, Mary Philips, Virginia and Bill lie and Miss Alice Roberts have gone to Lake Chautauqua, N. Y, where they will remain a month.
 Mrs. Olive de Launay has gone to Chicago to study voice the remaNder of the summer. She will return to gust and resume her teaching the first week of September. Miss Cora Lee Smith, who is study ing at Howard College summer school has as her guest her mother, Mrs. Smith, from Inverness.
 Miss Harriet Smith left Thursday night for New York city to be the guest of her aunt, Mrs. William T. Fitts, for several weeks,
 Mrs Chappell Cory returned Sat urday from a visit to Montgomery. Miss Doris Nader who has been at tending Peabody college in Nashville, Tenn, returned Sunday to her home in Ensley.
 Mrs Y. B. Haynes left Saturday for a visit with relatives and friends in Mneville, to be gone about week. Mrs Fred Murphree of Montgomery is visiting her parents. pr. and Mrs J. G. Chambers.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. A. Hanes and MT. and Mrs. F. l.. Lovelace of Norfolk, Va will return to their home Sunday, after visiting the parents or MT, Hanes, Rev. J. o. Ganes for several weeks.
 Mrs. H. H. Mcconnell, who has been identified with the Little Theatre movement in Dallas. Tex, IS visiting her sister, Mrs. Davidson, at Woodward.
 Mrs. Gladstone Anton Is visiting her parents in Cullman.
 
 Miss Flora Roberts of Bessemer is visiting relatives in Kentucky.
 Mrs. H. R. snow and little son, who have been visiting relatives here, have returned to their home in Haleyville.
 Mrs. Albert Upmann is visiting Mir and Mrs. Thomas H. Motion in Fair- hope.
 
 Miss Margaret Builder, who has been visiting friends in Virginia, has returned home.
 Misses Edith and Frances Terrell are in Anniston, the guests of MT. and Mrs. l.. w. Truett.
 Miss Mary Esther Borden of Greensboro is the guest of Miss Oct aVia Howard.
 Mrs. w. D. Wood and daughters, Misses Mary Ida, Sarah and Martha, will leave in August for a western
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ENGAGEME ENT s

Carlisle WstsonA1rs James Lenuel Watson of Samson, a the and approaching marriage her daughter Hattie Eva MT. Edgar Carlisle the wedding the Baptist church in Samson Wednesday, August twilight.
 and George Cranberry Bessemer the Mr. George Lambert Wilson, the wedding early fall.
 PudF gnMr Charles Scranton Pruden of Rome, Ga, daughter Elizabeth Joseph Pagan Atlanta, the wedding soemnized N. of their daughter, Frances Poge Mr. Loachapoka Ala, the wedding place August g. at o'clock, at home, Loachapoka, Ala.
 and Mrs M. E. the engagement their daughter Cleone C. Woodham, the wedding o Monday,
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mingham. have resided in Montgom- cry for the past year.
 MT. Joe w. Sledge spent several days in Greensboro with relatives during the past week.
 MT. Holmes Turner is spending his vacation at his home in Roanoke
 Mrs J. M. Smith, who has been visiting friends in Louisville, Ky" visited in Birmingham for a few days, en route tC her home in Mont gomery.
 Mrs. Thelma Gray returned to Bir.. mingham Saturday after a visit or several weeks to the home Of her father. MT. w. c. Cook, near Roanoke.
 Miss Grace Berry of Opelika has returned home after taking SIX weeks course at Howard college.
 Mrs. Pattie Powell, Miss Jennie Mae Powell and Miss Eloise smith haVs returned to their home In Coosada after spending the winter in Bart Fla.
 Mir. Frank Carlisle of Tupelo, Miss, iE visiting HIS mother. MI N"it' on, Underwood ave nue.
 Miss Mavme Hollis, who has been attending summe. school in Blr- minshanl, has returned to her home in Sulligent.
 Misses Iddic Metcalf and Geraldine Netcalf who have been attending summer school in Birmingham. have been visiting friends the past week before returning to thelr home Tn Sulligent.
 MT. Willis A. Crocler Of Jackson, vile, Ala. Is spending the week-eho with friends in Columbana.
 Mfr Frank Pierce left recently for spend the remainder O. the vacation with his parents
 Friends will regret to learn Of the illness of Mrs w ii. Hilliard at her home in East Lake,
 MT. Donald Wiltsie of Prairie, Ala is visiting his sister, Mrs. C. Adams Wiltsie.
 Misses Annabele McCoilum ana Ethel Lea of Chattanooga are the house guests of Mrs. J. H. ShlpleN'
 Miss Elizabeth Foster and MISS Marguerite Thompson have returned from visit to Miss Thompson's sis
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semer and Birmingham after which she will make 6 trip to North Caro- lima. Miss McMillan will go from North Carolina to Danville to enter Randolph Macon institute.
 Miss Cora Thompson, one of the most brilliant young women who ever attended the university, com pleted her course in the law school Tuesday and after a few weeks va cation will enter the law firm of her father as partner.
 r Miss Leo McEwen is visiting Miss Ruby Adcock In Sylacauga.
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urday morning to tour the east In .their car. Thew will be gone about a month and will visit relatives in Chattanooga, Bristol, Va, and Char lotte, N. c. Their itinerary will in clude Chattanooga. Bristol, Rich mond, Washington. Philadelphia
 Baltimore Atlantic City, New York, Albany, Charlotte, Atlanta and many other large cities and points of in- terest. In their Cadillac sedan they
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HAM IS WAITING WITH EAGER INTEREST the mex

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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
BIG COMPANIES PLOT
TO CONTROL MARKET,
LEGISLATOR CHARGES
independent Producers Compelled to
Submit to Conspirators' Combine,
Texas Representative Declares in
Asking Railroad Commission to Or.
der Sweeping Investigation-H Hear
ing Set for Tuesday.

AUSTIN Tex. Aug. 2O-Charging that large oil pro.
ducers and refners consprng and combining to cons
troll the marketing of crude oil in Texas and that the indie
pendent producers compelled to submit the workings
of such combines and conspracies Representative W. P
Morgan of Liberty county filed with R. B. Wahal chief
of the oil and division of the Railroad Commission
today petition requesting that the railroad commission
order sweeping investigation of the oil situation in
Texas.
He also charged violations of the antitrust law of
Texas.
Mr.. Walthall announced that the commission would
hear the petition Tuesday afternoon.
He said the point would be whether such nvesti-
cation would be ordered and the commission has the
power to do So
Mr.. Morgan enumcrates in his petition instances
where he says independent producers have been forced
to sell oil at the direction of the big companies
He says eve might cite hundreds of specific infrac-
tons and violations of the state antitrust law.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
FORECAST is FAIR
But Threat of Rain Seen in Weather
Conditions i'm Mexico.

Generally fair weather for Monday
night and Tuesday is fOrecasted by J.
ii. ,Iarboe. local observer. but Mr..
Jarboe secs n threat of future rain
and possible cloudiness within the
next "a hours in the formation Of a
low pressure area in the north Of Old
Mexico. As few weather reports are
received in the United States from
Mexico. the action of this slow" ere
hard to determine and the forecast
does not take the area into considera-
ton.
Scattered rains fell over almost every
portion of the United States Sunday
and Monday morning. No rainfall was
recorded at the downtown weather
bureau station here but there were
heavy showers in several parts of the
city and the surrounding country.
Kerryilie had more than a quarter Of
an inch. North Texas precipitation
was heavier than that in the southern
part of the state, passing an inch al
several points.
Cooler weather and numerous show
ers. some totally more than an inch.
fell through the cotton belt.
Sundays highest Temperature here
was 9S. but this was only momentary
and the mercury was in the SOS and
low COS most of the time.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
FIVE DOGS BURN
WHEN CITY POUND
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Mexican Cuts Wire Witt.
Axe and Frees Most of
Imprisoned CANNES.

Five dogs were burned to death
when fire swept the city's dog pound
situated west of Breckenridge Park,
Sunday afternoon. The building. val
ued at $500. was burned to the ground
The fire was discovered at 4 80 and
n still alarm sounded, the crew from
Company No. 6 responding. The
structure was enveloped in flames
when the apparatus arrivedN
4 Mexican. armed with an axe,
succeeded in saving the lives of most
of the dozen or more impounded can
ines when be chopped a small open
ing in the heavy screen wire.
The spectacle of the burning pen
is said TO HAYS presented pathetic
sight. The fire, seemingly, had its
origin in the oil house, which adjoins
the round on the west. As the Flames
spread and began envelOping the pen
the dogs huddled in the far corner.
some of them began whining and as
the heat became more intense num-
Der began barking loudly.
Because Of the intense heat the
Mexican with the axe is said to have
been able to cut but a small opening
in the screen. Through this the ami
mails leaped and fled in different direc-
tons. Five were unable TO liberate
themselvs and persisted as the flames
swept over the structure.
A lighted match or cigarette care
lessly thrown on waste oil. firemen
say, may have started the fire.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20

TWO SAN ANTONIO
WOMEN ESCAPE AS
HOTEL BURNS DOWN
Clothing and Baggage Con-
sumed by Fire in Which
Seuen Perished.

Huntsville, Ont, Aug. 2O.-The
bodies of seven women who persisted in
a fire which destroyed the Wawa Ho-
tel, Lake of Bays, early yesterday, had
been recovered today.
Three other women are missing.
The dead:
MISS ANNIE LEE. Toronto.
MARGIE BOWKER. aged a.
daughter of c. G.. Bowker. general
manager Central Region, c. \. r., To
ronto.
MISS X. ROGER, Cleveland. Ohio.
MRS. BARRATT. Hamilton. Ont.
MRS. JAMES ALEXANDER, To-
ronto.
Two unidentified women employees
of the hotel.
Miss Phyllis Beranda. Thorold, Ont,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Krogan, Cincin-
natl. Ohio, who were guests at the
hotel, are missing, as is also third
woman employe.
Among the guests from the Unite
States who escaped, losing all then
clothing and baggage, were Mrs. H..
Hayes, San Antonio, Tex; Ms.
NJ. c. McDaniels, San Antonio, Tek
The hotel. filled TO capacity with
summer vacationists, majority o.
them from the United States, had just
quoted for the night .fter gay Sat
urday night dance when flames start
ing in an elevator shaft quickly trans
formed the hotel into furnace from
which the guests fled in their night
clothing, leaving everything behind
them.
Most of the dead were employees
who rushed downstairs from their
rooms in the tower" only to find
the exit by which they hoped to escape
blocked. They hurried back to the tow
er and climbed TO the roof, hoping to
be rescued. \ ladder was thrown up
but proved to be too short. One or two
leaped and suffered serious injury or
death. The others went down into the
flames when the roof crashed in.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
Mother and Baby in House
Uninjured When Wind
Destroys Dwelling.
BARNS BLOWN AWAY
Big Trees Uprooted and
Boys in Swimming Have
Narrow Escape.

A mother and baby had narrow
escape from death, two houses were
blown off their foundations and sew
eral barns were destroyed when o
small "twister' struck the Cassin sta
ton. Although the black cloud was
seen in San Antonio, it was not
thought that it was of cyclonic ma
ture. Cassin is thirteen miles south
of San Antonio.
Mrs. Joe Estrada and her 4-year-old
girl were in their home when the ''twis-
ter" struck the place. The wind prac-
ticalIy demolished the place, but the
occupants escaped without scratch
A barn nearby was brown away.
One man who was watching ball
game said that he saw the cloud com.
ing. There was severe lightning and
then small sprinkle of rain. Then
the wister which he estimated to be
about 200 yards wide came over with a
roar uprooting big trees and destroy
ing whatever was in its path. The
man run under bridge when he saw
the cloud coming.
Trees Narrowly Miss Boys.
Three barns on the Mission Farm
and Cattle Company place were
wrecked, and shed on the Tom Dillon
1fSrm was blown down.
The wind carried big trees down and
some narrow escapes are reported. y
close escape was experienced by sew
eral bows in swimming. Big trees we've
blown into the water near them, but
no one was hurt.
The "twister" did considerable dam
age on the Mission Farm and Cattle
Company place, near Cassln station a
large hay barn was almost totally de-
molished while smaller barn was
nartially wrecked. The top OF a tall
windmill was blown away.
The home of Joe Estrada, Cassin
blacksmith, situated to the east OF the
railroad tracks was the worst damaged
by the cyclone. The right wing OF the
hhouse was swept from its foundations
and deposited nearly dozen feet away.
A small clubhouse also was swept from
its foundations and left standing sew
eral feet from its original position.
Came Without Warning.
Cassin inhabitants say the cyclone
came almost without any warning. a
binding flash of lighting, followed
quickly by few drops of rain was all
tbey assert, that preceded the "tWls-
fer" There was a deafening roar then
and for several minutes the air was
filled with dust and flying nay
Crashes were heard as trees We're
blown down and barns and houses
swept from their foundations.
One Cassin inhabitant described 'he
"twister" MS having the appearance OF
a big cloud filled with water. IL de-
geended almost to the ground, he salu'
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
TWO MUSICAL COMEDY STARS
RUN DOWN EVIDENCE AGAINST
THEIR BUCKETEER HUSBANDS
Louise MCGEE and Florence Fuller Furnish Testi-
mony and Produce Witnesses Against Bankrupt
Brokers in Attempt to Tighten the
Punishment Facing Them

New York, AUG. 20-Louise Groody
MeGee and Florence Ely Fuller,
Broadway musical comedy stars, were
revealed by United States Attorney
Hayward today as his active agents in
running down evidence against their
husbands, Edward NJ. Fuller and W.
Frank MCGEE, principals in the most
sensational of current bucket shop
prosecutions
They are furnishing testimony and
producing witnesses that are invalu-
able to the governments case" he said.
They are unquestionably doing il out
of loyalty to their husbands. They
believe that by doing this they will
be tightening the punishment that
faces their husbands, even though they
seem TO be discriminating them.
Emerging from the seclusion in
which they have sought refuge ever
since the spectacular fall of the bucket
shop with its S6,000.000 losses TO
1000 investors, Mrs. MCGEE and Mrs.
Fuller talked TO newspapermen in the
offices of their husbands counsel.
Satisfied With Husband.
"All the published stories about me
having been a million-dollar bride,
were absurd" began Mrs. Niece.
Frank was in no position TO lavish
things on me-" she said. anyway, !
was satisfied with just him.
He hasn't given me any Of the
firms assets either. I'm really a
creditor of T.. NJ Fuller e Company.
| lost $4,000 | invested in the firm
and $4,000 loaned TO Frank, which
he sank in the business"
She pointed that, as star of must
cal comedy. she had enjoyed : weekly
salary Of $500 for so weeks. She
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
FRENCH WORKINGMEN-
MORE TEMPERATE IN
THE USE OF LIQUOR
Statistics Show F ewer Wine
Shops and Less Alcohol
Consumption.
By PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.


Copyright, by the, san Antonio Light
Paris, Aug. 20-Temperanee among
the French working people is increas-
ing despite the absence of restrictive
legislation, according to Albert Pey-
ronnet, senator and minister Of labor.
Careful statistics compiled by soy-
eminent Investigators in two Of the
most important industrial eenters IN
France, namely. the Partisan Suburps
and the department of the north show
that whereas there were 11.6 wine
shops per thousand inhabitants IN 1871
ther are now but % aud whereas
the annual per CAPITA consumption II
pure alcohol was Az litcrs in he pre-
war period now il is but S-S@. repre-
senting Il decrease Of 20 per cent.
Peyronnet attributes this incredse m
temperance 10 the greater sense OF
personal dignity among tue working
people: to an increased interest m
sports; TO the exodus OF industries
toward the country and consequently
the development Of work in the go
pies gardens.
Every Frenchman is a born elr-
dener and if he has the Opportunity
he will devote the best part OF BIS
spare time 10 raising vegetables and
fruit. Discharges Of drunkenness now
are extremely rare at the French fac
tories. Peyronnet added. Monday aO-
senceS now arc almost unknown.
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was married in February, 1922. The
following June the firm closed its
doors. She was in Paris when the
news and a cable from Charles Dill
ingham urging that she reach Broad
way by Angus. | to begin new en-
gagcment brought her hurrying home,
she said.
She found her husband at Ludlow
street Jail for contempt of court in
having failed to produce missing rec
ords and assets of his BUSINESS. lie
also awaited sentence for bucketing
and since has been indicted for con-
spiracy TO conceal and destroy records
and assets belonging TO the trustee in
bankruptcy.
Childhood At Waco.
Mrs. McGee told of her childhood
at Waco. Texas, her teens in Phila-
delphia and her dancing in the kid.
die classes" on Young's milliOn-dollar
pier at Atlantic City. She never has
lived extravagantly. she declared. Her
present home is "a modest little apart
ment uptown" Instead of returning
in an $500 suite on an ocean liner
she had modest one which cost
$500" she said.
Mrs. Fuller, a New York girl. left
the midnight frolic six years ago to
become Mrs. Fuller. Until this trOu-
Bile came" she lived in 4 two-room-
titchenette-bath apartment, without
servants, she said.
Recently she went to make her
home with relatives.
IL didn't know about Mr.. Fuller's
business" she said. "Once he showed
me some figures and laughed, saving !:
They've got us failing for S6,000,000
and it's only S1,S00,000'."
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
MELLON TO REMAIN
Confers With COolidge-Decides To
Stay In Cabinet.

Washington, ID. C., Aug. 90
Secretary Mellon Of the Treasury let
it be known definitely today after 4
conference with President Coolidge
that he would remain in the cabinet.
Mr.. Mellon spent nearly an hour
with the President. discussing a mum
Der of European questions in the light
of observations made during his vaca'
ton trip abroad.
The discussion touched on the debt.
owed the United States by various
European governments and on general
financial conditions.
The secretary is understood 10 have
reported that he found many signs 1i
prosperity in Europe, with unemploy
meRt decreasing and prospects point
ing to the best cron in years.
Taxation legislation and enforce
ment of prohibition were not men,
toned during the conference. the sec
rotary said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
SHERIFF KILLED
BY TWO ROBBERS
AT FARM HOUSE
Officer Am5ushed When
Answering Farmers APP
peal for Help.

Cincinnati. Ohio. Aug. 2c.-Answer
ing n call for help from farmes
driven from his house by two robbers,
Sheriff William Van Camp of Brook
vile. Indiana, met death today wh"a
the two men ambushed him upon his
arrival Mt the farm house. according
to reports received here today.
Threatened by the two men who
stopped at his house, Glen Luce. tho
farmer, fled and notified the sheriff
by telephone.
The latter was greeted by hail #
shot from guns in the hands Of the
two intruders.
The men escaped in an automobile 10
the direction of Cincinnati after CON-
hitting the crime.