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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-20

Farming was the occupation o
more than half the population o
France before the war.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-20
THE END.

Australia has more places of pub
lie worship in proportion to popu-
lation than any other country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-20

June, and according to estimates
of manufacture and sale, the
slogan will be printed on nearly
100,000,000 wrappers within year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
TWO ADDITIONAL
SUSPECTS JAILED
IN TEXAS MURDER
Seeking Vengeance, 1000
Angry Citizens Swmm
Over Square.

Mount Pleasant, Tex. Sept. 29.-
Since findin. of the body Of Otis
Ballard yesterday, two additional sus-
poets have been lodged in Jail.
At present three white men, q
negro and one woman are being de-
tanned.
The whereabouts Of these people is
not known, as the excitement and in-
dignation shown by the citizens has
made secrecy necessary.
At least two thousand ssgry citi-
zens swarmed the square until late
hour last night.
The district and county attorneys
have been out Of the county since
early last night.
A report of a confession, implicat-
ing several others, reached here this
evening, but this has not been con
firmed.
10 date no charges have been
filed in the courts.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
CREEK P0URS FRESH
TORRENT INTO TOWN
FLOODED FRIDAY NIGHT
Three Companies of Guardsmen Called
Out to Prevent Looting in Council
Bluffs, Iowa-Death List Increased
to 22-Rescue Work Halted Soup
Kitchens Established and School
Houses Thrown Open to Sufferers.

Council Bluffs, iowa, Sept, 29.-Fresh cloudbursts
struck Council Bluffs tonight sending Indian creek out
of its banks and pouring heavy torrent down Broad
way the main street
The city placed under military control.
Three companies of national guardsmen, called out
hurriedly by Major General Matthew FINLEY, patroed
the flooded districts and guarded property against loot
ing.
The new rainfall halted relief workers in their at
tempts to find dozen persons reported missing in Fri
days storm.
Belated reports tonight brought the death toll in
Fridays storm to o. James Murray, 40 rancher, and
his wife, aged &c. killed by tornado which struck
near SEGA, Thomas county, Neb Their two sons and
8 years of age, were seriously injured.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Y22OO ARRESTED AND
400 SALOONS CLOSED
MCHICAGO BEER WAR
Skake-up in Police Depart
ment Due Monday,
Chief Says.

Chicago. Sept. 29.-Chicago's beer
fountain spouted very feebly to-
night.
Mayor William +. Deyer. directing
a vigorous fight against saloons fol-
lowing the fatal sheer war, has
revoked during the week the licenses
and locked the doors of nearly 400
saloons, coffee houses and soft drink
parlors where prohibition was regard
cd as a jest.
Six men were killed in a war be-
tween rival "beer syndicates.
TWENTY-FIVE hundred arrests have
been made in the last two weeks, ae-
cording TO Morgan A. Collins, chief
of police.
OF these, $50 have been on direct
charges Of prohibition violations. The
other 1000 have been on technical
charges of vagrancy.
More arrests are TO be made and
more licenses are TO be revoked, Col
llins said.
A shake-up in the police depart
uent Monday will reopen the cam
Aign, he announced.
The usual Saturday night raids
ire ordered.
Chicago has been noted for its good
ser, of prohibition kick, and for
openness with which it was sold.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
JUROR RAPs DRY LAW
Prohibition Blamed for Hypocrisy,
Suffering and Crime.

Dallas. Tex. Sept. 29.-Refusing
to sign the majority report OF the
retiring county grand jury, w. H..
Patterson, member Saturday sub
mitted to Judge c. A. Pippen a
minority report in which the state
prohibition law was branded as the
cause of "more unrest, hypocrisy,
suffering and crime than any other
one thing"
1t was the first time in history
here. II is believed. that any grand
juror, dissenting from the final re.
port of investigating body, has filed
a minority report.
The attack on the Dean law was
based to some extent on a comparison
of law enforcement seven years ago
and now.
mo law can be successfully en-
forced just because it is on the
statute book" the minority report
states.
at must have the approval of a
majority of the citizens and ! do not
believe that this law, in all its drastic
provisions. has that approval.
The majority report referring to
liquor law violations stated that
"the officers of the law are handicap
ped by the failure of citizens 10 CO.
operate with them
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
LASH VICTIM
SUESKU KLUX
F0Rs150,000
Tarred by Masked Band,
Tulsan Accuses
Kluxers.
GRAND DRAGON NAMED
Grand Titan and News
paper Publisher Also
Charged.
GRAND DRAGON NAMED

Muskogee. Okla. Sept. .9.-Suit
for S150,000 damages for alleged in
iuries at the hands of flogging party
was filed in United States district
court here today against the Ku Klux
Khan.
The suit was filed by a Tulsa at
torney, in behalf of S. X. Lesky, of
Ellsworth. Kan.
According TO the petition. Lesky,
while living in Tulsa. Okla, was
kidnapped by masked band. tarred
and feathered and severely beaten.
After whipping him, the hooded
men carried him TO downtown
street corner in Tulsa and threw him
from an automobile. it is charged.
= Besides the khan. the petition
specifically charges the following men
with responsibility for the alleged as
SauIt:
Richard Lloyd Jones. publisher of
Tulsa Tribune.
y. c. .Iewett. grand dragon of the
Oklahoma realm of the Ku Klux
Klan.
Minor Merriwether. grand titan OF
the Oklahoma realm of the khan.
W. Shelly Rogers, cyclops of Tulsa
khan No. 3.
d. g. Rose, secretary OF Tulsa
klan.
e. W. Reynolds. assistant secretary
Several other Tulsa business men
were also made defendants in the
court action. said 10 be the first suit
for personal damages brought against
the klan.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
TO RESUME PAYMENTS.
Berlin Explains That Repara,ions Re
newal Will Not BE Immediate.

Berlin. Sept. 29.-Another stone in
the wall separating Germany and
France in their effort to reach n
basis for the resumption of negotia-
tions to settle the reparations prob
lem had been removed tonight.
Following strong limitations from
Paris that the French government
would refuse to enter negotiations
until Germany cancelled her order of
January 13 stopping payments of
PREPARATIONS with manufactured pro-
duets and raw materials from the
Ruhr, the Reich authorities this af-
ternoon rescinded the Objectionable
ruling.
The German foreign office ex-
planned, however. that the lifting of
the ban on deliveries of German
goods TO France and Belgium does
not mean necessarily an immediate
resumption of these deliveries.
The resumption of the payments
in kind, it was explained, naturally
depends upon n return 10 normal of
the economic life of the Ruhr.
The Ruhr industries, officials say,
have suffered even more than the
world has been led TO believe. as n
result of the nine months idleness
brought about by resistance to the
Franco-Belgia occupation.
Germany feels that France stopped
the Ruhr's production and that
France and Belgium are responsible
for the disorganized industrial and
transportation systems OF the great
German productive area. Until or
ganization can be brought out OF this
chaos. France and Belgium cannot
get the deliveries of products prom
ised them by the treaty of Versailles
and covering documents.
A widespread reactionsry plot to
take advantage of the present situa-
ton in Germany to establish the
"Sphynx" of the army. Gel. Won
Seeckt, as dictator with Napoleonic
powers was discovered today.
Under the scheme disclosed. the
Stresemann government was TO be
overthrown by force if it failed to
heed n demand that it retire.
The reactionary plotters planned TO
stir up resentment against Germany's
surrender in the Ruhr and use this
as a handle for their movement. which
would put Won Seeckt. chief OF staff
of the army. on a dictator's throne.
Won Seeckt<is indeed the country's
sphynx. He hates General Luden-
dorff, leader of another reactionary
faction; it is an old grudge of war
times. He has given his word to the
government that the reichswehr can
be trusted. What he probably means
is they can be trusted by him. for all
the army swears by him.
No one knows what goes on be-
hind the "poker mask" worn by This
man picked by many for destiny. His
impassive. monocled eye looks coldly
out upon an excited country. No one
knows his ambition. As far as can
be observed. he is pursuing his du-
ties towards the republic with The
delicacy any officer under oath would
show.
In any event. they are working
along these lines. hoping to effect a
bloodless revolution and put the CHER
Of staff's iron hand at the helm.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
300 SENT TUMBLING
TO EARTH AS STAND
CAVES IN AT GAME
Boards Sag and Crumble
as Wild Fans Rise
to Cheer.

EastOn. Pa. Sept. 29.-Ten per-
sons were seriously injured, scores
suffered minor wounds and many
were bruised and shocked when the
central section of the west stands at
March Field. Lafayette College. col
lapsed during the LaFayette-Muhlen-
berg football game this afternoon.
Shortly after the game started
Lafayette scored twice and the fans
arose to cheer.
As a cheer died out the stands
sagged in the middle and then, with
a loud crash, crumbled. hurting more
than 300 persons to the earth.
The game was stopped twenty min
utes while the injured persons were
being given first aid treatment.
Five persons were rushed to the
hospital and five who were seriously
injured We're taken to their homes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
STOKES CASE HOT
Wife to Perfect Conspiracy Charges
Before Finishing Divorce Trial.

Chicago. Sept. 2s.-Mrs. Helen Ell
wood Stokes plans to perfect her
charges Of conspiracy against her mil
lionaire husband, W. +. ID. Stokes,
before continuing her divorce proceed
ings in New York.
A subpoena demanding her presence
here to testify in connection with her
charges that her husband conspIred
TO defame her character was issued
today in order that she might have
legal grounds for failing TO appear in
New York on Monday. when her tli-
vorce proceedings are scheduled to be
re-opened.
Mrs. Stokes charges may be placed
before the grand jury. according TO
Assistant States Attorney Charles
Wharton. and, in that event, it is i'm
portant that she be here, he ex-
planned.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
wALTaN APPARENT WINS
No Ballots for Tuesdays Election Will
BE Printed. Board Decides.

Oklahoma City. Okla. Sept. 20
Governor Walton's fight to prevent a
special election in Oklahoma Tuesday
on an initiated bill proposing to al
low state legislators TO convene with
ont call from the executive, was APP
parently won tonight.
Following the action of the State
supreme Court in refusing a writ Of
mandamuS which would have COM
PEELED the election board 10 include
this measure on the ballot. it was an
nounced by Ben Lafayette. chairman
Of the State, Board of Affairs, that
no ballots for Tuesdays election would
be printed.
Too Late to Print Them.
1t is too late now to award print
ing contracts and get ballots printed N
time for the election" Lafayette de-
clared.
Even Walton's opponents who had
steadfastly maintained during the aft
ernoon that the election would be held
despite the supreme court decision,
agreed that there would be no cleo
ton if the board OF affairs failed to
order the ballots printed.
thtdDNUllt. lflSlll't bAAs' ~ 80
Price, a Walton appointee. issued
temporary restraining order which for
babe McAllister having any ballots
printed without authority from the
State Board of Affairs.
simultaneously, District aJudse
George w. Clark issued a peremptory
writ ordering McAllister into court.
Court Decision Surprising.
The writ asks him TO show cause
why he should not have the ballots
put out.
After hours OF argument, which
ended at midnight. attorneys repre-
senting petitioners for the temporary
writ restraining McAllister from or
dering the election ballots printed and
for the petitioners OF the peremptory
writ ordering him into court to show
reason why he should not have the
ballots put out, agreed TO withdraw
the petitions. !
District Judge o. J.. Price, who had
granted the temporary restraining
writ, and District Judge George Clark.
who issued the peremptory writ. sat
as one of the court and listened TO
counsel for both petitioners.
The withdrawal of petitions is only
a partial settlement of the mass OF
legal entanglements whichC observers
still predict, will make the public ref
erendum impossible on October ,. the
day set for the special election. Il
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
|GRAND JURY
RAPS POLICE
IN FL0CC|NC
Peace Officers Rebuked for
Indifference to Port
Arthur Crime.
TRY TO BLOCK PROBE
Alleged Whippers All
Klansmen, Says Report;
Rangers Praised.
TRY TO BLOCK PROBE

Beaumont, Tex, Sept. 29.-Bitter
criticism of officers in connection
with recent floggings in this vicinity
was expressed by the Jefferson county
grand jury in its report to Judge E.
A. Mcdowell today.
Commenting on the Investigations
into the flogging of Clay and Carl
Dunn at Port Arthur recently, the
jurors said they had been "sorely
handicapped by the failure of peace
officers to render fullest assistance. "
In many instances every possible
obstacle was thrown in our way, "
continued the report.
while the evidence before us was
not sufficient to fasten the response
bility OF those floggings on the Ku
Klux Khan as an organization, that is,
that they had been officially sane
toned and planned officially by that
organization, yet, in each instance,
those identified as participating in. the
floggings were, without exception,
members of the Ku Klux Klan.
The grand jury complimented Sher-
iff Garner for his efforts to present
,szjdence on the floggings but declared
~ the sheriff's office and the police
frtment of Port Arthur had not
I'D due diligence in running down
those responsible for the floggings. !"
Had it not been for the Texas ran
gers, the grand jury report stated,
successful Investigation of the flog-
gings would not have been possible.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
PROMINENT CITIZENS
VISIT us. ATTORNEY
AS GRAND JURY NEAR
Rumor The.r Cases Will Be
Laid Before Inquisi-
torial Body.

RumOrs current in the federal build
ing together with the condition OF the
United States commissioner docket
that has been developed since the last
session of the federal grand jury for
the May term Of court, indicate that
when the grand jury is recalled Mon
day for the special session of court,
several cases involving prominent San
Antonio citizens will be presented TO
that inQuisitorial body.
During the last days of the closing
week, the United States district at
torney'S office has been the scene OF
unusual activity and number of
men prominent in the professional
and business life of San Antonio have
been visitors. United States District
Attorney John ID. Hartman and his
corps of assistants have been busy in
putting a mass of evidence in form for
presentation TO the grand jury.
Approximately 30 felony cases will
Ot lAtothtNu W tht SAdhu july W.
action. il has been reported. Possibly
$50 informations charging misdemean-
ors, violations Of the liquor laws for
the most part. will be filed with the
clerk of the federal court. If it We're
not for the fact that in the majority
Of cases, it would be an almost end
less task to dispose Of the docket.
While the grand jury is in session,
the court will hear for the most part
civil cases between private Iitigants.
1t is reported. however. pleas of guilty
will be accepted at intervals during
the coming week.
One matter of interest that is %
b. brought up during the special term
of court is that of the contempt
charge against Sheriff VI. L.. Whistler
and Deputy United States Marshal
Grady J.. Stewart, both of Del Rio,
for alleged failure TO carry out the
mandates Of the court by allowing a
federal prisoner to run at large during
the time that he was supposed 10 be
serving Jail sentence. The sheriff
and deputy marshal were ordered 10
appear before the court. Monday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.

Chicago: Temperature ss, partly cloudy.
12-mile wind from the north; lowest
temperature in last "a hours. GO: high
est. 6s.
Kansas City; Temperature. so; partly
cloudy; '10-rnile wind from the south
east; lowest temperature in last % hours
20. highest so.
+ New York: Temperature so. clear. 40
mile wind from the northwest: lowest
temperature in last &c hours. G., high
est. so.
ST. Louis; Temperature. so; cloudy;
less than lo-mile wind from the east;
lowest temperature in last "a hours. IS;
highest, so.
Washington. Temperature so; partly
cloudy; less than 10-mile wind from the
west: lowest temperature in last "a hours
IS, highest so.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30

Soup kitchens have been establish
ed here and at the other centers of the
storm. School houses have been
thrown open for the hundreds of
families made homeless by the storm.
Workers still searched for five
bodies not yet recovered at Louis,fne.
Neb., where twelve persons in one
house were killed.
Property loss is estimated at ST.
100000.
The loss in Council Bluffs will APP
proximate S1,000,000.
Nearly every bridge over Indian
Creek, which flows through the
heart of Council bluffs. was washed
out or so badly damaged that they
were condemned as unsafe.
Council Bluffs streets before the
floods tonight were covered with
three feet of mud. All business
houses on Broadway except a few
were forced TO close.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
NEGRO SLAYER SOUGHT
Youths Testimony Solves Beaumont
Murder, Police Believe.

Beaumont. Tex. Sept. s9.-The
brutal murder of Miss Bessie Carl.
1G-year-old Houston school girl. and
Z. o. Rial. near here September /.
has been shorn of its mystery BY the
testimony of Verlie Adams, 14-year-
old negro boy. officers believe tonight.
Adams. arrested yesterday at Gray
burgh for stealing ride ON freight
train. has named negro IS the per-
petratOr of the crime.
Police are withholding his name un-
iii he is placed under arrest.
The youth went over the scene %
the crime late yesterday and last
night with officers.
He declared that an iron pipe bad
been used TO beat the couple into ln-
senSibhity.
Ten dollars was stolen from tbsw
he said. -
Officers believe the boy is
the truth.
Every detail OF his story
tcctly into Investigations OF
ties.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
MARTIAL Law FOLLOWS CL0UDBURST
Texas Farmer Keeps
His $500 Savings
Under Setting Hen

Cleburne. Tex. Sept. 29.-Tbe
hen that laid the golden eggs has
a rival in johnson County
When a local automobile sales
man sold a car, he heard the pur-
chaser ask his wife if the money
was where it had been.
Receiving an affirmative answer,
the buyer went to the hen house,
raised a setting hen, showed the
nest to one side and pulled out a
tin can.
Another can was taken from the
outside one, and in this was a roll
of bills amounting to $500.
The farmer paid cash for the
car. pocketed the few remaining
dollars and left the hen TO her job.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
SAY WOMAN INSANE
Boards Train at San Antonio Without
Ticket.

In an effort to establish the identity
of woman. believed mentally unbal-
aneed and who boarded Southern
Pacific train No. 102, leaving San An
tonic at $3.50 Saturday morning with
out transportation, railway officials
Saturday afternoon communicated
with the police.
Edward McClannahan. division pas
senger agent, reported to officers that
he had received dispatch from the
conductor on the train with reference
to the woman. After the train had de-
parted the woman is said TO have
sought TO hide in compartment. She
Had no transportation and little in
formation could be obtained from her.
She was turned over to officers a.
Houston,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
KHAN FIGHT WARNS UP AS
LOCAL MEMBERS ASK LIST
OF MEMBERS BE PRODUCED
Hearing Set for October in 73rd District Court:
Ask That Accounting of Money Be Made to Court.
Also Want Texas Roster to Be Delivered.

The KNIGHTS of Kamelia. or without
- ,l;l.,o, ,ro,rd h.
'"s
initiated.
(S) Defendants specially except 10
said netit;on vbereip nlaintiffs al
lege that defendants will confer the
second degree on certain members,
without setting out in full said de-
gree. in order that this court may
determine whether same is illegal or
plaintiffs taken in connection with
bylaws OF said order. and said plead
incs are conclusion and hearsay.
and fails to set ont facts for this
ro,nt 10 saw whether local or illegal.
(9l Defendants sneciallv except TO
said petition because same shows upon
its face that plaintiffs have an AIDE
duate remedy ut law by suit for dam
ages, possession Of property, receiver
and accounting.
t10) Defendants specially except TO
said petition because same shows upon
its face that under the bylaws Of
said organization. plaintiffs have no
authority TO maintain this suit.
ny Defendants specially eycept to
sa;J nat;t;an Laoa,,,., cove fo;Is to al
tach certified convs ~ thc charter and
the bylaws and constitution of the
KNIGHTS of tho Eu Elux Khan and a
roster of it's members
10, nosana..,- a.a.;o,,. ovoont IA
t;.;e. u a spee,ais ,asrc
49, ye.use sum .,1,;";hIo
hna.aa an il.e "nu ILL., af ,bc
r nisnss anu 'iere conciuSio" VI
pie"'e''
(13, Defendants snocioIlr exccpt TO
saiu Pe.i',oh oseause lne s1ihe ,,ot
upun its iaee tne. p,aIn'IIlS az
ie'Ahs III soou la'.h' put are d.''"' IA
,hg 10 use tne cIVll courts |"
theih III usurpihg powers anu 10 80
Sure an unfair advantage Owl ;,;o NV ,o
9 ), anu are III ho PoS'''0"
10 equity.
14) Defendants specially EXCEPT 10
SAID petition because the same SHOWS
upon its face that the subordinate
lodges are being used for pecunlary
advantages Of the main lodge and MS
officers and managers. and fans l"
set out the names of members dues
collected from, and amount there
Of
said petition because the bylaws and
constitution are not consistent with
the charter as pleaded. and are in
conflict with The provisions of the
statute in that il seeks n monopoly on
the sale of certain naranhprnala and
jewelry. and prohibits any one else
from the sale thereof as shown by
a copy hereto attached and made a
part hereof.
-. ,o
tlop Defendants specially eAce!, .;Is
san petitlon because the SAM ,uI
70 ahese mat pialntifts nave gAi I H..
the constitution and laws of the or
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
NEW TRIAL DENIED
Murray Jackson's Motion Not Sus-
tanned i'm Flogging Case.

Georgetown. Tex. Sept. 29.-Mur-
ray Jackson. convicted and given five
years in the penitentiary on a charge
of assault with prohibited weapons
IN connection with the flosging of
r. W. Burleson. was denied new
trial By Judge Hamilton in district
court late today.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
CRASH KILLS BABE
Parents Seriously Injured When
Automobile Hits Street Car.

Chicago. Sept ga S-months-old
baby was killed and four persons
seriously hurt here tonight when an
automobile crashed hcad-on into a
street car.
Little Helen Webster was killed
Her parents. Anita and Clarence
Webster. are in a serious condition
at a local hospital. William Arm
strong and his wife. Ethel. who weie
in the automobile with the Webster
family, were also taken to hospital.
None Of the injured had gained
consciousness three hours after the
accident.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
The WEATHER
TEMPERATURES.
FORECAST.
West Texas: sunda

West Texas: Sunday and Monday gen.
orally fair.
East Texas: Sunday and Monday part
ly cloudy; light to moderate easteriy to
southerly winds on the coast.