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SPORT BLOUSE
MAY AIMEES
Laundry Marks Ex-
pected to Identify
Owner

Los ANGELES. Oct. 30.-lPi The
Examiner says 4 white flannel sport
blouse. one OF the articles Of femi-
nine apparel III trunk seized IN
New York as belonging 20 kenneth
q. OrmistOn. has been identified by
VI. e.. Farley. owner of the widely
advertised cottage nj Carmel. Calf.
rs property 0f the mysterious w0-
man who spent ten days with the
fugitive radio man ~ Carmel imme-
diately following the disappearance
last May Of Aimee Semple McPher-
son.
The Identification was made ~ -
laundry mark which was traced 70
a cleaning establishment in Carmel.
The mark. four penned numerals.
are expected by the authorities to
form the link with which they will
definitely connect the Angelus Tenn
pie evangelist with the contents Of
the Admission trunk and to supply
proof of the states charges that she
was the radio mans companion in
stead of captive in a desert shack
in Mexico.
The blouse. together with two
dresses and two suits OF mems cloth
ing. were brought 20 the cleaners
establishment bv George Mcintyre. Nh
the name which Ormiston has ad
mitted using at Carmel.
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and the serious wounding of a third
officer.
Ordered by Sheriff Robert Gilmore
0f Big Horn county 20 leave the
agency because suspicion attached
itself 70 him i'm connection with re-
cent ~robherics. Jim Boldcn. a 10
year-oid negro cobbler. barricaded
himself In u barn where he made
his home. shot and killed Gilmore
and John Mcleod, n special officer,
and wounded deputy Sheriff Andy
Dornberger before Crow Indian
braves fired tire structure with burn
ing arrows and drove the negro into
the open. A vOlley from 800 guns
fired bv Indians. officers and res
idents Of the Agency riddled BOidens
body a. he fled from the blazing
barn.
The negro was not dead when en-
ragged members of the attacking
fcrce reached him. A score Of hands
seized him and tossed him into the
flames of his home TO be cremated-
Victor Three Irons. chief Of po-
lice at the Agency. suspected Bolden
of several recent robberies and after
conference between Three Irons
rnd Gilmore the latter decided 10 or
der the negro to leave. tie served
notice ON Bolden a. the latter sat
in his shoe shop Boldcn fled to his
barn home and shot down Gilmore
NJ the officer followed. A hail Of
bullets from the negro's rifle turned
back Mcleod and Dornherger tenn
porarily. Later. during a lull. IN the
firing. which was taken 70 indicate
that Bolden had been killed after
hundreds OF shots had been poured
into the structure. Mcleod advanced
only to meet the fatal bullet.
Crow braves. towns-folk and ranch
ers from the surrounding hills at
tracted by the firing. gathered 70 aid
the Officers.
Finally several of the bucks. shell
tered behind wagons. pushed their
way towards the barn and loosed
flaming arrows against the Shlngled
rcof. Soon the barn was n mass Of
flames and Bolden was forced 70
leave the blazing structure to face
the bullets of 500 white and red men.
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FORMER POLICE
CHIEF GUILTY

TEXARKANA. Ark. Oct. 30.--tHp
Henry Adams, former Texarknna
chief of police. was found 'ruiIty OF
first degree murder Off the fatal
shooting ~ Bob Smith, Miller county
deputy shefiff The jury reccm-
mended life Imprisonment and Judge
J. II. McCoilum, in the Lafayette
county circuit court announced that
he would PASS sentence Tuesday. AZ
peel will he taken.
The second trial Oh Adams was
taken to LewlsvilIe. Ark. ON change
OF venue. The first trial in Texar-
kama last December resulted in mis-
trial. Smith was shot BY Adams one
year ago todav, and died several days
later Sheriff Lish Barber was kill
ed IN the same gun fight Adams IN
under indictment ON "A murder charge
for the killing Of the sheriff, and hfs
two sons arc under indictment for
assault with itnent 70 commit MUIR
der. Adams has not vet been tried
for the killing 0f Barber Adams
never denied doing the shooting but
claimed self-defensc.
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WOOD CLAIMS
were
TOASKPARDON
Two Others Indicted
AT Same Time Re-
ceived Sentences Of
One Year

AUSTIN. Texas. Oct. 3O.-tF--
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson issued
"A statement today on the Murray
Jackson case from Williamson c0En-
~ involving the Ku Klux Klan flog-
ging of r. w. Burleson In 1923, and
she included in it n copy OF q letter
from Senator "A. r.. Wood from
Granger, addressed TO Senator Joe
Burkett at Cisco, dated April ia.
1926.
Attorney General Dan Moody and
eight other attorneys associated with
him in the prosecution Of Jackson,
issued a statement this week de-
claring that the pardoning OF Jack
son was "a misapplicntion Of the
pard0ning power and denying that
they agreed 20 recommend u pardon
for him when he had served one
year.
Moody was district attorney for
Williamson county when he prose
cuted Jackson with five others for
the florring
Jackson was sentenced to serve
five years and was pard0ned after
serving less than "a year. according
10 the Moody statement.
I'm her statement Governor Fcrgu-
son said the letter from Senator
Wood j. on file with the secretary
VI state ard ''is written ON the sta
tionery Of Senator Wood and signed
by him. and speaks for itself
The governor further stated that
letters setting up the agreement
which Mr.. Moody denies was entered
into were also written ~ wv. W.. Hair
Of Temple. w. r. Offerd Of Taylor
and a. M. Felts OF Elgin. A. or
these parties were attorne1 for
Jackson. These letters are ON file
with the secretary or state and open
70 the public for inspection"
Senator Woods letter 70 Joe
Burkett at Cisco. reads in part:
This case was tried in the Grim
inal district court or Williamson
county in September. 1923. The grand
jury returned indictments against
Dewey Ball and Oien Gcssett At
the January 1924 term or said court,
and while the Murray Jackson case
was on appeal the Olen Gossett case
was called for trial. An agreement
was reached between the attorneys
representing the state and defense
whereby Gossett plead guilty and
received Onc-year gentcnce IN the
agreement was made an agreement
was also made that Dewel Ball, if he
20 desired. could enter N plea of
guilty aud received one year. Later
in the term Ball plead guilty and
received enc year In the peniten-
tiary-- IL was also agreed that In
case the court of criminal appeals
should reverse the Murray Jackson
case he should have the same priv.
ciege, but Ia case the court af-
fiImed his case that the district ak-
t-rney and the attorneys who were
employed To prosecute Jackson
would recommend TO the governor
that his sentence be commuted 10
one year in the pcnitentiarr.
II have not conferred with any OF
the attorneys representing the state
IN the prosecution but am sure they
will joint in "A request 70 have his
sentence conmuted.
~ represented Murray Jackson ~
the time of the trial on his case. EKo
is not \ criminal. ! would be very
glad. indeed to see him pardoned ne
this time
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nine KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
Coal Miners Caught In
+. Workings When Gas
Ignites

WILKES BARRE. Pa. Oct. &c.
(P,--Ninc anthracite mine workers
were killed il an explosion ~ gas
today AZ the No. collicry OF the
Susquehanna Collicries Company at
Nanticoke. and six others had Rar-
row escape from a similar fate
Among the dead were three broth
ers and the son-in-law Of one Of
the three.
The dead were: Joseph, Andrew
and Louis Novak; Walter Biclinski,
brother-in-law OF Louis Novak; John
Maharccyk. J. Kuckinsky, John Wa
das. Joseph Bobodurka and Joseph
Miklewski Fifteen men were en-
ployed in the section and nine had
already reported for work. The other
81 xwere about % enter the door
when the blast occurred. Recovering
from the shock the six quickly con-
stitUted themselves rescue squad
The bodies Of Bielinski and Joseph
Novak were found close 70 the door
Mine officials said they had evident
IN been blown sixty feet.
Black damp caves filled the work
ingS following the explosion, which
made difficult the work cf rescuing
the bodies OF the other seven men.
Company officials had no kn0wl-
edge of the cause OF the exploson.
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fleet Of airplanes PLAYED major
role, was woven today about the IN
dictment of Frank G.. Parker
Control Of a string OF illicit brew
cries, liquor distribution by air. and
extensive activities in Canada we're
high spots in the career outlined by
iederal agents, who said the indict-
menp Will halt the amassing of for
$4,000, 900.
Special agent Pat Roche said the
charging or Parker and eight other
men with violating the prohibition
law was result cf four gears OF
trying work by the government
against one Of the biggest and
.,smoothest' bootleg ehieftains in
the country.
In 1919 Parker was sent 70 Joliet
prison as a chief of an automobile
tneft. ring with Headquarters in
Minneapolis, and at the end Of two
years was paroled. Virtually penni-
less, federal men said, he came 10
Chicago and began his successful
operations.
The surprise indictment of Parker
came while detectives made their
latest invasion of Cicero in connec-
tion with the murder of Santo Celle-
bron, shot down yesterday in the
suburban seat of bootleg warfare. re-
Gently supposed to have become
quiet under a gangster pact Celle-
brcn was identified with the ~AIky"
when deputy marshal. sent 10 serve
a federal bench warrant involving
tootiegging charges. found his man
in the morgue.
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BANK TELLER /
SHORT ALMOST
half MILLION
Used Bank Funds in
Effort to Establish
Chain Business i'm
Several Cities

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Oct. 3O.-tA, -
Courtney Glisson. 30 year old teller
Of the Bank Of Commerce and Trust
Company, Memphis, who dreamed OF
financing business with branches
in a number Of cities on Si36.967 he
misappropriated, from the banks
funds. is being sought il the east
ern part of the United States today.
Glisson, an active church mem
her. who was known as model
husband" and who did not drink and
whose only "bad habit was smok-
ing. disappeared Wednesday after
he had for three years juggled his
accounts in the savings department
Of the bank. Yesterday a letter re-
ceived by the bank officials, post
marked Nashville, Tenn. in which
Continued on Page p
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BLIZZARD HITS
STRICKEN AREAS

LENINAKAN. Armenia, Oct 30
PA blizzard set in today sweep
ing over the region devastated by
last weeks earthquake and adding
10 the misery Of the homeless sur
vivOrs. Earth shocks continue I'M
termittentIy: 4 particularly severe
one was felt shortly after midnight.
The situation or the Shclterless
population IL desperate and the mo-
rale 0f many seems 20 have gone
The problem or caring for obstct-
rfcal eases - most acute. At the ar-
peal of the Armenian government,
the Near East Relief nurses have
been assigned 70 care for the newly
born babies, - Of whom the earth
quake ushercd into the world
Twcnty-eight. including two sets
of twins, were born ~ the American
tent hospital. A second hospital un-
der canvas has been opened 20 care
for maternity cases.
Leninakan * assuming The appear
ance Of n city on the war front.
Dueouts. caves. trenches and all
sorts Of underground shelters are
appearing everywhere as the home
less people make frantic efofrts 70
protect themselves from the snow
and the cold-f
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Indians Gather
For Dedication

Law Renee, kans.. Oct. 3O.-LP
hubert Work, secretary OF the IN
terror, with Senator CHARLES Curtis
IN whose veins flows the blood ~
the haw Indian tribe. were scheduled
as the principal speakers today NJ
the dedication Of Haskell Institutes
S<oV,VOo stadium, paid for entirely
by Indian money.
Inc dedication will precede Has
keis annual football game aoains,
Ducknell College, Of Lewisburr. pa
ana follows n grand buffalo barrie
que IN the morning when 5000 m
olan braves, squaws and papocseS
VIII De feasted. Most OF the redmen
az this later date have come "a ma
turlty without ever tasting the flesh
Of the bison. once the mainst.,. 80
American aborigines. =
The ceremony TODAY is the c1r,,
to week Of festivities amonr an
Indians who have gathered
from many states, and renreser.
Iiity tribes, a generation or mora
ago bitter enemies.
In pacific conclave. Com,,.h.
brave borrowed plug tobacco ~
Biackfeet buck, and contentedlr- inf
red the pipe Imported brier) Of
peace. -
Following a series Of ancient tribal
dances. the redmen turned to the
shuffles of civilization last night
The. Charleston. simple variation Or
a dance step used by the First
americans many centuries before
Columbus was born. according to
Indian chiefs, was general fnvnrite
This dance found an exponent IN
Lillian Carson, wealthy Otoe prin-
cess.
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Name Directors Of y
Canal Association

HARLINGEN, Texas, Oct 30.-
Nalley-wide interest in the proposed
coastal canal 20 extend from the
Mississippi to the Rio Grande Is
expected to be amplified by the
work of the recently organized Val
ley Intracoastal Canal Association,
Of which J. r. Chambers Of Harlin-
gen was elected temporary chair
man. Directors for the various Val
ley sections have been appointed BY
Mr.. Chambers and call has been
issued for the initial meeting Mt
the Reese il-Mond hotel on Mon
day, Nov. /.
Notices Of appointment have been
sent to the following directors: Har-
lingen, Miller Harwood and William
Beckham; Stuart Place. J. B. Cham
bers, Sr.; La Feria, AL Parker; Wes-
laco, F.. G. Couch; Donna, Walter
Weaver; Alamo, G. III. Swallow: San
Juan, o. II. Stugard and Van Dres-
ser; Pharr, d. r. Johnson; McAllen,
Il. W.. Rowe; Sharyland, John III.
Shary; Mission. ID. +. Strickland;
Rio Grande City, II. p. Guerra; Ed
inburg, John Robinson; San Benito
Frank Robertson; Brownsville, G.
c. Richardson, manager Of the
Brownsville Chamber OF Commerce;
Raymondville. Lamar Gill: Santa
Rosa. Tom Phillips; Combes. Mrs.
Weems Baidridge; Hidalgo. Mr.. Pate
manager bridge company.
The duties or this group Of men
will be TO select permanent officers
for the association and outline
plan of organization which can be
adopted by the association.
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Pioneer Resident
OF McAllen is Dead

McALLEN, Texas. Oct. 30.-Fun-
eral services will be held here this
afternoon for NJ. J. Bowe, 81. one OF
the pioneer residents Of McAllen,
who came TO this city in 1913. He
died suddenly Thursday morning,
old age being largely responsible
for his demise.
Deceased is survived By five child
ren. three in Ohio. one in California
and Henry Bowe, a resident OF this
city.
During the years he resided in
McAllen he played a prominent part
in the development of the city and
the McAllen section HE was at one
time n large stockholder in the First
National Bank. selling out his inter
..sst rbout a year ago, and up TO last
year had taken an active interest in
his extensive business affairs.
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Want Adjustment
-. 5. p. Freight Rates

MEXICO, CITY. Oct. 30.--0fficials
of the bureau Of railways Of the. de-
pnrtment OF communications are
studying a proposed revision Of
freight rates on the Southern Pa
cific lines in Mexico. This Is being
done as a result of complaints made
by steamship companies doing a
coasfwise traffic in which it Is
stated they are not able TO compete
with the railway because the rates
on the trun,S line to the United
States and tSuching interior points
in Sonora, Sin. loa and Nyarit were
very low. while those on the branch
lines leading 70 Pacific ports were
high, making waser shipment rates
excessive. The petition Of the steam
ship companies i supported by a
group Of merchants and exporters.
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&OLITICS Hold
MAIN INTEREST
OF THE NATION
Battle of Ballots Next
Tuesday Will De-
eide Complexion Of
Next Congress

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-CP,-The
great American drama, "politics of
1926" hurried today toward its eli
max with actors throughout the
country concentrating their last
minute efforts upon snaring the
elusive vote in the last act-Tues-
days election, which will decide the
complexion of the 10th congress.
Sharing interest with appeals BY
spokesmen for the two major par
ties as a formal white house state
ment denying that President Cool
1dge had expressed an attitude on
the choice of a United States SEN
ator in Illinois, and a defense by
Frank l.. Smith, republican sena-
torial nominee in that state. against
attacks on contributions to his cam
paign fund by Samuel insult. utility
magnate, while Smith, as chairman
of the Illinois commerce commits
sion exercised supervision over rates
and services Of the insult companies.
I'm presidential year." Smith de-
cfared, "the great protected inter
ests contribute to the campaign fund
Of the candidates who will give them
or continue a protective tariff Who
finds any thing sinister in that"
Forgetting the president as a
person or whether he is republican
or democrat, he has under our
present law power personally to
raise or lower the tariff ten per-
cent. Will this country charge that
because the protective industries
contribute to the fund TO elect him
the wool, sugar. steel or any pro-
teslSd-s~pN--aSnzRass put under
obligation to grant speciaf T1vors 10
these contributors
The formal white house statement
wRs issued without comment after
the president had been informed
that yesterdays issue Ct the Chi
cago Tribune had represented him
as making certain comments on the
Illinois political situation, that the
senate campaign committee under
Chairman Reed, democrat, Of Mis-
souri,, had exposed the use of "huge
slush funds" by republicans in pri-
rsaries and had put the fear CT fur
ther exposure into the hearts Of re-
publican contributors as well as
candidates, so that the republican
practice of buying elections is min
imized this year" while Senator
Phipps, Colorado, chairman CT the
republican senatorial committee, was
asserting that the question before
the voters on Tuesday was their
choice between returning "to the
conditions of 1921 and the democratic
years preceding" or "a continuation
Of the splendid republican achieve
ments Of the past five years"
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BANDITS GRAB
BIG PAY ROLL
Secure $4,000 in New
Orleans Factory
District

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30. Up
Three men intercepted n payroll
messenger here today and escaped
with $4,000 weekly payroll of Mente
4 Company, Inc, bag manufacturers
after shooting and seriously wound
ing James Nelson, driver of the
company's car.
FOUR persons, were in the auto
mobile with Nelson, including y. o.
heinecke, secretary Of the company.
and two other employees. when tbc
men fired sawed-off shotgun m
the automobile. bringing il to a stop
a slug from this gun was believed
responsible for Nelson's wound.
The three men. the lower part Of
tneir eir races shielded from view BY
randkerchiefs, ,~calmly took the nav
roll and drove away. The hold-un
occurred in the factory district ~
the uptown section.
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AIR
Base SOUGHT
Secretaries Go After
Naval Station For
Point Isabel

MISSION, Texas, Oct. 30.-Valley
secretaries upon learning that the
largest naval airplane station in Am
erica, now located at Pensacola, Fla,
could possibly be moved TO Point Is
abel by reason Of its being safer
from hurricanes and Point Isabel
being also in n more strategic loca-
ton, went on record as favoring
taking steps in an endeavor to have
this station removed 10 Point Isabel
at their meeting here last night.
telegraphic invitation was ex-
tended the secretaries by j. G. Car
ter, publicity agent OF the Missouri
Pacific Lines to be his guest at a
banquet in Brownsville next We'd
nesday for the purpose OF discussing
plans for IN exhibit car Of Valley
products to again be carried over the
Missouri Pacific Lines.
Quotas were pledged By the vari-
Gus secretaries for the sending of
Ross Marcus Of Mission TO a state
wide meeting in Waco, called for the
purpose Of supporting the Mayfield
Bill No. T50. which provides for the
handling of railroad extensions in
Texas by the state railroad commits
sion rather than the Interstate Com
merca r commission.
Other matters discussed were the
proposed regional chamber Of COM
merce. including all Of Southwest
Texas, publicity schemes, Western
Union telegraph service and postof-
flee service. Reports of inadequate
facilities and insufficient number
of clerks in the Dostoffices were
made by pyprr Eprrpfury prpqant
with the exception Of Brownsville.
The next secretaries meeting will
be held at Brownsville. Nov. 26.
The secretaries met at the Mis-
sion hotel with Brownsville, San Be
nito. Harlingen, Pharr, Edinburg,
McAllen and Mission represented.
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Communists Protest
Executions in u. s.


PARIS, October 3O.--tPl-Resolu-
tions protesting the possible execu-
tion in Massachusetts, Of Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, con-
victed Ct murder, were presented to
the American embassy today by. a
delegation Of two. representing the
communists party and the extreme
labor federation
The two delegates. Andre Berthan.
communist, and Auguste Herclet,
EXTREMIST laboritc. were escorted to
the embassy by three squads of po-
lice, who were under orders to see
that there was no disturbance.
Upon receiving the paper Mr..
Whitehouse remarked that he was
unable TO give his visitors any sat
isfaction. as the affair ws in the
hands Of the Massachusetts authori-
ties and not the United States gov
ernment
BODY FOUND.
C0RSICANA. Texas, Oct. 30.-tP)
With a pistol wound in the heart,
the body Of o. C. Couch. as, was
found at his home in Kerens Friday
night. A pistol was near the body.
He Is survived by his wife and three
children. The funeral will take place
Sunday with burial in the Kerens
cemetery.
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IN BUSINESS
Low Cotton Price F ails
to Seriously Affect
Texas Conditions

DALLAS, Texas. Oct. -lP,-In
the past month the salient develop
ment in the business situation of
the eleventh federal reserve district
was the drastice decline in the
market, the monthly report OF the
federal reserve bank of Dallas issued
today says.
Concurrent with this decline
there was a slowing up in trade ac-
tivity and In the seasonal liquidation
Of Indebtedness. the report read
THE slackening OF trade and col
lections, however, may be ascribed
in part TO the fact that the market
ing of the districts cotton has been
retarded BY wet weather, bad roads
and a shortage in the supply o. cot
ton pickers. Despite these deterrent
factors there Is a strong undertone
of confidence and stability in the
business situation in this section,
due largely to the aggressive man
ner in which business and agrlcui-
tural leaders have attacked the prob
lem Of stabiizing the cotton situg
tion.
Among the compensating factors
which tend to offset the severe de-
cline in the market price Of cotton
Is the prospect that low prices will
greatly stimulate consumption, and
that the farmers of the eleventh dis
trict will be in position TO produce
the 1927 crop at a minimum cost on
account of the extraordinary yield
Of feed crops produced this year.
"The distribution of merchandise
in both wholesale and retail cham
nels continued large in September.
Department store sales reflected an
increase of 26 percent. as compared
60 August and were seven per cent
above the same monthly last year.
Wholesale trade was in slightly
larger volume than in the previous
month and was substantially in ex-
cess Of a year ago"