davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-26

2 radnice vysel zbrojny pro-
vod. Y cele trabanti halapart
nami razili cestu a mezi zold-
neri provazy svazan, tezkym
krokem kracel Adam Kuchta.
K exekuci no vedli cestou
handy a opovrzeni, cestou, KITE
rou kdysi donna sam jine po-
silal. Nohy Sc mu matly, vitr
cechral spore sediny ,jeho od-
kryte hlavy. Oci X zemi upi-
raj a prece videl, jak Sc lide
tlaci, dotiraji ma neho slovy i
posunky. l blatem no rpohaze-
Ii, poplvali.
'sPletichafi starry, hanba vec
ma a kletba tobev znely We
sluch ostre vykriky a posmesky
- j pesti Sc zdyihaly.' "Za sve
hfichy ma byti zradce kolem
laman, ctvrcen!"
U pranere provolal rychtar
staromestsky jeho vinu. Ia ja-
savych yykrika luzy pfiskva-
I'll kat Kuchtovi cejch ma pra-
YOU tvaf. Horkym zelezem W.
tiskl mu Kainovo znameni, pf-
smeno R - relegatus, vyvrze-
ny re rad poctivych lidi.
fStatecne 81 vedl Kuchta. -
Ami hlasku nievydal pri bolest-
ne exekuci, kdyz sc mu maso
!skvafilo. Mdloby prisly ma ne
no az po vypaleni znameni.
Lazebnik byl hned po ruce a
osetril no. Obnazili mu birici
t6lo do .pasu - nastala oSkliva
scena verejneho mrskani.
Trabanti halaIpartnami razi-
Ii cestu a bifici metlami hnali
Kuchtu ulici k brane. Osklive
bylo podivani, jak pod slehy kr
vavela zada, memila sc v rudou
slitinu, az krev tekla. Glovek
ma zdravi nedostatecny ,klesal
pod ranami, umdleval - zno
va Sc zdvihal, aby zratil sve
dtrapy. Pena list barvila Sc
krvi.
u Horske brany stala V po-
predi zastupu svetacka, ,ulice-
ma zena. Ia ruku sc drzela S
jakymsi nastrojenym chlapi-
KEN. Oci il horely, smala Sc
rozpustile m,bkam bicovaneho.
Dobre, ze il. Kuchta nevidel.
"Cerna Madona", paneCnice'
z prazskych vinic, prisla Sc po.'
diyat ma potupnou cestu sveho
muze.
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Jlalo Jes % Hiiiohe SdSlH sla
reho dilu sveta neposkytuji
prave ut6seneho obrazu.
,Ruhr, Klajpeda, turecka
hadanka v Lausanne poZa-
dim netusenych z&pletek V O.
rientu. cetne narodnostni n po-
liticke neshody krone postupu
jici demoralisace men - to
yse muze buditi Y mnohGm di-
valku tisnivou naladu. Vskutku
dali pruchod takovemu citeni
nekteri lide, kterl pozivaji We
verejnosti jiste popularity Zda
Sc, ze veat6ni o ipadku Evropy
nabyva male obliby,. coz je j
vysvetliteIno vzhledem k psy-
chologii miru, nemz neni zai
ndho Hidu kdy Sc ua Ease 81
rily ,pbvesti nebezpeci valky.
Nedaeno 'zemfely angl.cky
spisovatel Fred Harris bylo mu
81 let - fekl uz Dive, za v ev-
ropske civilisaci to praska. -
PfirovnaFal dneSni stav k T.m-
ske dob6 kol 800 p. Kr. a minil
re zajde podobne i britska II
Sc.
Nyni vydali Sidney Webb a
jeho manzeika kniZka ''Upa-
dak kapitalisticke vzdelanosti'
V niz Sc opakule ona myslenka
v jine forme Sc stejnym zave-
rem, totiz, ze zapadni civilisa-
ce zaJde vysilenim. Spis II. c.
Wells, Y posudllu o t6to .praci,
vyslovil Sc y ten smvsl, re te-
prve nyni pry Vidi uzasnou ne
pevnost zapadniho syeta. Take
podls Wellse Sc trha soustava
zapadocvropske epdlecnosti, Il
take Wells sc domniga, ze ne
nj tn uz silly K obrozeni.
Naposled yenoval teto otaz-
ce pfednasku 2namv Graham
Wa,las, prof. NJ lond. hospod.
Skole, q V III We sraFaanl mez!
dneskem 4 finskcu dobou pred
1900 lcty uvedl. re mas mate
rielnl svet Sc rozpadava. Ne
bezpecl j e Y tom. ae nh mistech
kae I'd rinlakeho clsaistyi bylo
sotva netolik pestitelu We W.
kaceaem lese, dnes ziii me-
stech milliony tovarnich delhi
XII.
To jsou nektere britske hlasy
budoucnosti Evropy. V ltalii,
jak znamo, pise Y temz duchu
signor Nitt' a s.nad | y jlnych
zemich nechybi proroku toho
druhu.
Tyto nazory zasluhuji po-
ysimnutl, nebot' osoby ie pro-
nessi dodavaji jim vahy Il mno
no ctenaru neni to ubraniti Sc
sugesci myslenek slrenych IT,
skem.
Nechci fici, v proievech
svrchu uvedenycl neni vhbec
pravdy. Ale mozno zaiiste ve-
lice snadno prokazati, ze "a
very toho druhu 0 cele Europe
ma dlouha leta jsou prehna-
ny. Jsou to yetSinou usudky
duseynich pracoWnikn, zauja-
. tych prilis We svIlj obor a o.
kruh myslenkowy, pfehllzeji-
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fadu umoznuje vym6nh statk1
u vetsiny narodd a statd - je
vylouceno, aby zanikla Europa
a jeji populace, majfci netuse-
ne moznosti rozvoje We vsech
smerech lidakeho chteni a We
deni. Instituce docasne Sc sice
meni, zivQt vsak zdstava i.
Sirius.
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XVIII.

Tezko stonal Adam Kuchta
Vice mrtveho nezli ziveho do.
vezli no Prahy do Nymbur
ka.
Ovazan, lezel nehybne ma
SVEN lozi. Rty jeho byly spa.
leny .horeGkou, strasne oGi w.
tfesteny a tvare zazloutle, hu.
'bene, drobicek no bylo. Ruce
bezvladne spocivaly ma cvilin.
kovych perinach.
Mlady doktor lekarstvi Ber.
nat Branovsky, ktery do me.
sta prijel navstevou, dlel ne
mocneho. OsetIil jeho rany a
dal move obvazy ma jeho tvaf,
"Cejch Sc dobre hoji a stopy
slehu ma zadech mizi vlcihle-
de- hovoril doktor k nemocie
mu. "Pilule a koreni poda
vam panna Evicka. Budete
brzy zdrav.'
"Znamenan ma vzdy zna-
menan,' shroucene povzdychl
Kuchta.
"Zapomente V cizine ma ne
ydeene krajany -"
usmal sc trpce Adam. ga
|pomenu donna natroufam 81
,,z -
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CERNA MADONA.
r o NJ a N
Napsal F. J. Cecetka.

horst otec-g" Hofmistr mu
hrinlal do duSe.
~ miry, dobri pani, ma mi
lost Sc davam! Krehky je clo-
vek, nadoba pima hrichl -"
stenal Kuchta.
Hrach metal ma zed', pani
no .neposlouchai. Prokurator
znova Ia kabat no tahl v
ucho mu septal: 'Libezna slo
va mic neplati. Mle!'
Re sine kazali PAM tyjiti a
na chodbe drabove obklopili
obzalovane. Kuchta dutym
hlasem odfikaval modlitbicku.I
IJsla dlouha, trapna chyile.
Znova Sc naplliil zeleny pokoj
a p,trkrabi. ,6etl ortel. Nikdo
ami nedychal
'Pani dobre psvazili a Ia
pravo uznali: Primas Petr
Tfebicky, konsele Rartos Bo-
can a Petr Nosek odsuzuji Sc v
l,kazen kraiovu ma etyden do We
zeni v Bile vezi pfi kralovskem
Ihrade prazskem. Adam Ku-
chta pro sve vsetecne zneuziti
uradu a poruseni prisahy pro-
padl hrdlem -"
Zachuev proletel SIM, zaznel
tally vzdech, vykrik - A jiz
purkrabi cetl dale.
!" Hledice vsak k jeho IL
tosti opravdove, pokutujeme
Adama Kuchut, ably ma prany-
III staromestskem cas- vystal, -
potom mu bude cejch pi.ilozen.
Y NEST prazskych bude vymr-
skan a We dvou nedelich vybe-
re z kralovstvi Ceskeho ma vee-
ne easy ="
Tezky ortel Kuchtuv znova
-vsemi otrasl.
Go platno hrdlo, kdyz provi-
nily Kuchta pdjde cejchem
handy jake Kain svetem 2 9.
holi zebrackou "a hranice kra-
lovstvi! Kdo no uvidi, zabije
,ho ja.ko skudnou. Hrozny Ii
vot no ceka. Kde no milosrd-.
ma smrt yysvobodi? Kdy bude.
konec jeho utrapam?
Shroucen klesl Kuchta ma la
vici, skryl prokvetalou hlavu
do dlani a .trasl se os;kou. -
Smysly no opoustelp a trabanti.
no vic nesli nez vedli cd zalar.
nj kobky.
Ia MIN S hlavami schyleny-
mi sli tri konsele.
Kdyz ystavalo slunce v pristi
playy den a lprodiralo Sc clo-
nou mracen, bouiila Sc Praha..
Spousty lidi sbihaly Sc ma OBJ.
zvlastni podvianou do rynku,
staromestskeho. Rostl sum v
ulicich. Zvddave Prazany hna7,
la touha, ably uvideli byvaleho
cisaTskeho rychtai'e, jak mu'
kat -prilozi .cejch Il pranefe, -
jak no ribiei vymrskaii ia bra
.nu ..s
u 'klece staromestske byla
,hlava ma .hlave a v domech by
la okna pima .divakl. Vylezli
.mnozi az ma oprsale stity a "a
.cernale lomenice. Mladez "a
'veSila sc ma cervenOu tYnramO-
rovou ,kasnu Sc sochami, ably
hpe vid6la.
Vedle ,pranere zahrivali jiz
katOvi ,holomci v ohnicku zeliz-
,ka k cejchovani.
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ooiuuSodLS ANA y ~ Sy441UuIhi lid
kolenou pfisahalo, re svede-
ctvi vyda pravde bez ohledu
ma osoby.
Zemsky recnik Petr lChotek
Y Vijnina probral ,hromadu Ii
stin a cetl obsirnou zalobu.
Postavil Sc proti celemu dradu
nymburskemu. zvlaste rychta-
rovi byvalemu a zle dotiral ma
lmest any, kteri nezabranili zlo
Ginu PolakI.,
| "Pod nahrobkem v chram6
! jaromefakem pochovan je kni-
re Dimitr Sangusko a knezna
Eliska z velikych tltrap Sc .po-
setila rozumem - k0ncil dlou
hou zalobu. "Hlavni vinici Sc
|pohaneji pred soud zensky.
!Rychtar Adam, Kuchta, ktery
vsak haiti mel pravo cisaroyo,
sam vedl vyboj proti osobe u
rozene, Cd morderI tplatky
prijfmal. Rada mesta svymi
Ivyslanymi uGast mela pfi jima-
III mic skudcilm nebranila.
i Zad;am "a spravedlivy ortel."
Jako zrcadle videl Kuch-
ia svoje podskoky, strop ma
n6ho padal. X zalobe mluvil
skrousen6, daval Sc panum ma
nlilost nemilost, jak mu Tech
Inic poradil. A ieho fecnlk u
kazoval pouze, jak bylo nepro
zretelne, re k tezkemu iiradu
zvolen byl reznik, neznalv "a
dnych pray :. Vice ma obha-
| jeni rici nemohi.
Cetlo sc zfizeni zemske, mlu
willy osoby radni cd primasa az
lpo Noska a Bocana. Myli vsi-
chni ruce a opakovali: "Nevin-
nj jsme krvi spravedlivehc." A
pisar psal, az brk skripel, W.
'povedi do kvaternu brunatne-
no.
Doslo ma svedky. Mluvili cd
srdce, co vid6li,' liGili Verne u
trpeni milenca. Vyslechl Sc
'vlekl, ,bylo daleko pres pole
dne a teprve ipolovina sv6dkh
vynovedela. Hromy rachotily
mad hlavou Kuchtovou. Mdlel
Ipropadal Sc hanbou.
Pani Machna Kopecka $ .oci-
ma uslzenyma povedela: 'Sl'o-
zili nebozce IL mas, krev no
zalevaia. Rychtar mas k ne
mu nepustil. Ami .isem nemoh-
la osetiit nebohe panny, ktera
vadla vucihlede."
Vorisek usodil sprayne: -
"Cerna Madona zavedla avrde-
no Kuchtu. Ia .hfichem Sc
hnal pres vsecko, az upadl."
Kudrnata Marta Myslikova
zmolila fertoch a mach j pole
val, kdyz povidala 0 polakovi
Stanislavoyi, iak .plalal iako
decko rathuze pro neiakou
svoji Hedviku "Tolar mi
dayal, abych il od neho psani
donesla. Ale nemohla jsem
pro soldaty, -,skared6 mi ude-
llali
Senkerka Slava svedcila O
obou Zborovskych, jak rych-
tafem hodovali. O penezich,
0 konlch polskych vypravova-
la, ale nerekla ma sebe, ze hui
abicky po bilem ,groSi prodava-
la Polakovi.
Neotesany ponocny Martin,
b.fic Matej faciasek servus
Zemlitka mic neved6li, ,nezli re
konali V Lyse. co rychtaf .poru-
I'll. Rychtaf wal zaplatu a
Jim medal mic.
Jan z Pekelce vypravel o
nekfest anskem mordu hospo
de I.lvove. ''Selmam. ,podobni,
vrhli Sc Polaci $ Kuchtou ma
nebozce. Bill, pichali, kopai
bambitek strileli. Obnaze-
neho ma zemi zizni nechali.
.Formansky si vedli, ami stup-
kove by takove hanebnosti ne
byli schopni."
Kuchta Sc l<rc''l, blabolil.
"CO dejm stya Slova I" zakTik
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RUNE 'ZPRAvY,

IRUZNE 'ZPRAVY.
.POsledni basen NerudOva. V
'novem elsie "Zeme" podava
Ivydavatel denniku, 'korespon-
dence, zapiskd Machovych, dr.
Frant. Krcma .nekolik kritic-
kych poznamek, tykajicich Sc
dosavadnich edici Nerudovych
"Prostych motivi" a zabyva
Sc zvlaste poslednf napsanou a
otistenou basni Nerudovou
"Smrt zvoni", kterou dosavad-
mi vydavatel Ignat Hermann
zasadil do "Zimnich motivu'
Basen tato otistena byla popr-
I've s nazvem "Prosty motiv'' +.
1890 v 'Pametnim. listku k
slavnosti We prosp6ch Spolku
ceskych spisovatelGf belletri-
stu MAJ, poradane v Chru-
dimi r. 1880. Ignat Hermann,
redaktor toho pamatniku, po-
zadal no tehdy o pfispevek.
Neruda chvili kledal mezi ru-
kopisy nasel ctvrtku papiru,
ma niz byla tato basen. V nj
churavy basnik netrpelivosti
locekava Smrt, jez neprichazi,
nemuze Sc j dockati:
!Smrt zvoni: "Na viz! Cas- je
- Gas!"
a po cestovnych bezi tras.
[Jak divno, ma zvoneni
re nikdo hotov neni!
Mne hur je: v ruce drzim wax
a ma zvon vzpiram rudy zrak,
vsak zvon sc nehne ami.
Jsem netrpeliv! Ultra? Dnes?
ISmrt po sousedstvi hyri kdes
ia ia tn cekam ma nj!
iSmrt zazvonila ma Nerudu te-
prve "a rok po uvefejneni te-
to haspe. DIR. krcma soudi, re
Ikdyby Neruda byl pripravoval
sam move vydani ''Prostych
|motivG", byl by tuto basen Ia
|fadil ma konec sve sbirky a nj
.koliv do "Zimnich motivi" !,
jak to ucinil Hermann. Zaji-
mavym jest osud rukopisu
"Prosteho motivu." Sc svole-
MIN Nerudovym .byla prodana
" Chrudimi v tombole ostat-
mimi rukopisy praci uverejne-
'nych "Pametnim listku" We
prospech spolku "Maje'. Sta
|stny vyherce, dnes neznamy,
jiste Sc nenadal, ze ziskal ru-
kopis basne, jez .byla l'labutim
zpevem Jana Nerudy.
Po Mari Terezii - prece
Josef! Dobry trik Sc povedl
nemeckym katolikdm v Olo-
mouci, kteri tam nell do pre-
vratu "Maria-Terezia- -Haus" S
flrmou pres celou vnejsi from
/, tn domu ma hlavni nadrazni tri
de. Po pfevratu .ovsem napis
zmizel " poslednich dnech
sc .objevila nova firma: st.
Joseph (Svaty Josef) -. Jak
videt, mali n6mecti katolici v
Olomouci velky smysl pro po-
sloupnost..
Novy zpIsOb tisku kn;h. Ce-
ska graficka spolecnost Unie
zavedla novy zp1sob rozmno-
zovani knih a tiskopisu. Nova
itechnika byla zalozena ma
principu, ze bez cocky bez
aparatu mono rukopisy, ikre-
shy j cele knihy primo zachy-
It'll ma desku fotografickou a
tuto Ease prenesti ma kamen IL
tograficky pro mensi naklady,
-aneb ma stroj offsetovy pro
tisk rotacni. Vynalez tento mi
re miti dalekosahly vyznam "
kniznim prumyslu a pri zlev-
neni ceske knihy. Sna ,ddocka
me Sc, ze budou sestroieny PISA
CT stroje toho druhu, re kazdy
spisovatel bude 81 moci vykle-
patti drobnym .pismem tiskacim
svdj rukopis rozmerech led
notlivych stran. Takovyto okle
pek jest pax mono novou tech
nikou prizplsobiti tisku a chy-
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iioiii AiiotC iO uPlly HcUO ICId'
tivni kid We vetsine statniho a
spolecenskeho zivota. Je-li pc
plach Klajpede ma pomezi
baltickem, je "a to kid cele
Skandinavii, nemluve Holland
sku, Belgii, Svycarsku a Spa
nelsku. Rada statn ma ruino-
vanou valutu, ale jsou take sta
ty, jak vine menou pevnou
A tax sc da ukazati v kazdem
pfipade, ze V Europe nelze
hned a vzdy ciniti vseobecne
zavery 0 cele pevnine z poru-
chy ma jednom miste. Lide pro-
ste zapominaji ma rozlohu, re
veci lezi daleko cd sebe VIDA
leny, a ztraceji meritko. Ana
logic Rimem je lakavou, ale
nikoliv spravnou. Staci zamy-
sliti Sc mad podrobnostmi a
rozdil mezi dobou 423 a 1928
je patrny.
Pro srovnani uvedl bych ma
pr. Indii. Denni tisk zhusta
prinasi zpravy 0 povstani ji-
nych pfihodach tohoto dilu
Asie. Ale 'kdo 81 je vedom to-
ho. re cd Bombaje do Kalkuty
je tax daleko, jake q Lisabonu
do Petrohradu, a re stane-li Sc
neco ma severn nekterem od-
lehlem miste, Indie o 800 mill
onech lidi Sc svymi dennimi sta
rostmi nevenuje pozornost ne
cemu, co snad vzn6cuie fanta-
sii kavarenskeho ctenare We
stfedni Evrope.
Nebo priklad Ameriky, kde
zem6pisne d;naense mali velky
|gliv. Washington a Novy York
ma vychod. pobfezi ziji docela
jinak, nezli Chicago a Alleghe
my Ease iine ovzdusi ma St.
Francisco ma Pacifiku ,vzdalene
ma 5000 mil. To plati Kama
de, 0 republikach Jizni Ameri-
ky atd.
Jiny DOZEN pusobi Europa
na Americana. diva-li Sc ma
mas pres Atlanticky ocean, a
llne vliVy urcull na pr. chovani
'Turku, pfisedsich 2 Male Aisle
do Lausanne. / ia menSi VIDA
lenostf lie pozoravat; zmenu
smgsleni meGi lidmi re severu.
z Italie, ,Francie, re stTedni E.
vropy ovSem .ieSte vice z Ru-
ska. Je proste skutecnosti, re
rozdily meZi stavem hospodar-
skIm politickym jednotli-
vycll G;tstech tohoto dilu geta
nejSou a nebudou jeste tllouho
tax vyrovnany, aby 81 lide roz-
.umeli a myslili priblizne totez
|stejnymi slovy sve feGi.
Europa je, pi-ipustime, We
vclke rekonvalescenlci. Jest
prodluzena a vysilena. Ale
kdo vid6l millony lidi, pracuji-
cich IA pollch 4 v dilnach,
Francie, Angie, Belgie. Ho-
landska - kdo zna ony velike
moznosti noveho vyyoje dopra
w a vyroby V beZprostredni
) ldoucnosti 2ijiciho nasledu-
iiciho pokoleai, ten da sotva
IA pravdu onem prorokum, ye-
sticim Zahubu.
Go bylo ieci sveho casu, re
na pr. uhii Angle bude vycer-
pano Y dohledne dobe. Nyni
sc uk;.zalo, lak sdelil angl. ge-
ograf Hars Maekinder v pred
nasce na London School of Eco
nom.c, re We stTedu Anglie lezi
dosad ma mile daleko netknut;l
lozislla p6kneho uhli a take
velika loziska zelezne rudy,
takze sc Gella Y nedlouha dobe
aetuseny roZmach tezby tech
10 pokladll moderniho prIny-
Eslu. Kde neni techto potfeo,
jako Italii a We Spanelsku
tam vyrabi Sc Ease We velkem
elektfina pro 1tely vyrobni.
Neplati-li do slova proroctvi
o dekadenci materielni, : neod-
,povida pravde ami ma poll or
a f. 4
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Toto lest replica detskeho donova Johna Howarda Pay
ea jenk sepsa1 znanou pisen Home, Sweet Home Bya
postavena ma vladimir pozeku zne cd budovy odbo po-
kladny dedikovana A. cervna presidentem Hardngenn
Nine Homeroxa proslua alustka, zapsa Home. Sweet
Home mez recnky bylo nekolik kabinetnch ufedniki
Pozdeji domov Dude odstehovan ma trvale msto.
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QUO VADIS EVROPO?

Jisto je. re. mnohe casti sta
reho dIlu sveta neposkytujl j
prav6 ut6seneho obrazu.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
IN DETAIL
ON GRAPHOPHONE
Balance Sheet Sheds More
Light on Firms Finances.
Selling in w. r. & {.

The consolidated balance sheet of
the Columbia Graphophone Manufac-
turing Company as of August 81 last
shows total assets of $19,2O5, ,030 and
profit and loss deficit of $24.S31,366
as compared with s23.717.736 and s21.-
903,487. respectively, on December 81,
1922.
Assets of the company for the pc
riod ended with August, 1923, include
cash to the amount of S2,903,705; ac-
counts and notes receivable, S2,194,-
74S; inventories. s4,871,3S4; advances,
$3,440,777; investments, $1,225, 0o0;
properties and plant. s3.481,120; pat
ents, good will. etc. $1,000, 900, and de-
ferred charges of sS8,297.
Liabilities are listed as follows
Preferred stock, S9,G42.572; common
stock. S12.9G6,512: accounts payable,
S2,793,6 500, which includes s1,936,355 of
accrued interest; notes payable, S12,-
293, ,667; funded debt, S6,230,000; re-
serves, $110,047, and deficit, $24,S31,-
367.
The sheet, as of August 81, 1929.
compares with the one of December
81 last, as follows:
Evening star., 1923-10-20
McCRAY FILES ANSWER
TO BANKRUPTCY SUITS
Action at Fort Wayne, Ind, Ex-
pected to Transfer Hearing to
United States Court.
Rr the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, October 20
The filing of an answer here today by
attorneys for Gov. Warren T. Nc
Cray to bankruptcy proceedings insti-
tuted by three local banking institu-
tions against the executive is expect
ed to transfer the hearing to federal
court at Indianapolis.
T. J. Logan, United States commits
sioner here, who set today as the date
for hearing the bankruptcy petition
presented by the First National Bank,
the Citizens Trust Company and the
Farmers Trust Company. said the
proceeding would be only formality
and that a ruling on the petition
would be made later at Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October 90
William Darroch has been appointed
temporary receiver for the Discount
and Deposit State Bank of this city,
which closed it's doors last Saturday,
McCray resigned from the presidency
of that institution because of his
financial difficulties. Circuit Judge j..
A Williams named the temporary re-
ceiver upon petition of the state
banking department. Two suits to
foreclose mortgages whose demands
total $4,000 and In which Gov. Nc
Cray and his wife, Ella McCray, are
named among the defendants, were
filed In circuit court here today by
John Totten of Fairland, Ind. The
two suits are on first mortgages held
by Totten. it is set out.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
MAYFIELD BALLOTS
ORDERED PRESERVED
Texas Court Enjoins Legal De-
struction of Election Returns
Before Congress Meets.
Rv +he Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AMARILLO, Tex, October 20-Eiec-
tion officials of Texas are enjoined
from destroying or interfering with
ballots of the general election last
November in a restraining order
granted here yesterday by Federal
Judge James c. Wilson. The election
was marked last fall by the senatorial
contest between Earle B. Mayfield and
George E. B. Peddy, which was taken
to the courts.
The order was granted on petition
filed by Luther Nickels, attorney of
Dallas, in behalf of Peddy, which also
asked the court to appoint receivers
in all counties to take possession of
the ballot boxes and all election rec
ords. A hearing on this clause of the
petition was ordered October 80 at
Amarillo.
Peddy was unsuccessful in the cleo
tion for United States senator from
TeXas,a and a contest against the cleo
tion of Mayfleld was filed later in the
senate by representatives of Mr..
Peddy
The petition names all county clerks
of Texas and several hundred pre-
siding judges in election precincts cs
defendants
It asks that the restraining order
be issued to preserve the ballots and
election records for use as evidence
in the contest of Mayfield's seat in
the United States Senate.
The contest petition was filed by
Peddy, February %. 1923. 1t recites
that, according to a Texas law, cleo
tion records may be burned on or
after November s. 1928. This date,
it adds, is before Congress assemblies
in Its new session or before a hear
ing on the contest petition could be
held.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
NEW HIGH LEVELS
IN COTTON PRICES
Forthcoming Government
Crop Report Sends Futures
Up Over Forty Points.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS. October 2O.-New
high levels for the season were
brought about in the cotton market
today by buying movement which
started on the opening and soon had
December up to 29.37, with the list
30 to SO points over the close of yes
terday. The official announcement by
the government that 1t would issue a
special report on tht crop, dated Octo-
Der 20, and giving the percentages of
condition and the yield indicated, was
the controlling influence because the
consensus of opinion as that in which
deterioration during October would
be indicated and that the figures on
the yield would be far under those
for September 25. when the indicated
crop was 11,015,000 bales.
Similar Rise i'm New York.
NEW YORK, October 20.-The cot
ton market showed continued strength
and activity at the opening today be-
cause OF relatively firm cables, re-
ports of frost in the belt and a re-
newal of yesterdays buying move
ment: The latter appeared to be
based largely on an expectation that
the government crop report to be
published on November l would show
a reduction in the indicated yield,
while there may also have been some
buying on the talk of a possible in
crease Of running time in Lancashire
First prices were firm at an advance
Of Is to As points, and the active
months sold 33 to Al points net higher
during the early trading, with De-
cember touching $3.50 and with later
months making new high records for
the season.
Spot cotton-Steady; middling, 30.30
closed barely steady. October,
29a5 to 29.s5; DECEMBER: sd 29;6o to
1926 to 1928; May, 1886 to 29.40.
Cotton futures closed very steady
at net gains of 10 to % points: Octo-
Der, 29.45; December, 29. 20a29.24; jan
uary, 29.07a29.O9; March, 29.05a29.08:
May, 2S.66a2S.96.
Spot cotton steady, 63 points higher
sales on the spot, SIS bales; to arrive,
800 bales; low middling, 27.3S; mid
ding, 29.sS; good middling, 30.75.