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VOL. NO. 08 CORSICANA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS CHINA PREPARES CREDIT RELIEF MEASURE IS APPROVED CREDIT EXPANSION LEGISLATION GETS CONCERTED ACTION SENATOR GLASS, ITS SPONSOR, GIVES ASSURANCE IT IS NOT INFLATION bill. Average Texas Business PEM MOVE Man AFinancial Coward Crying But Not Fighting WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.

senate banking committee quickly gave its approval today to the emergency measure opening the federal reserve system for cashing of new paper held by the nation's banking institutions. Senator Gla.ss wa.s authorized to take his bill immediately before the senate and he announced that would be done during the day. The committee acted after a one- hour session during which additional safeguards to protect the "federal reserve from a lose inflationary process were put into Lhe legislation, faces prompt enactment into the senate likely will.not. be taken up until Monday. Speaker Garner promised quick house consideration.

It is expected by the administration to elievo the national credit strain, and take billions of new ineligible paper from the principally the smaller institutions convert it into negitiable paper. 'The federal. reserve is plaved in complete command of the new paper to be negotiable in Its svs- vote of six of the eight of the board being nec- on all propositions. One Year of Life. Provisions of the legislation allow only for one year of life.

In providing for permanent revision of tho reserve laws to allow for rediscountlng of now ineligible paper in cases of emergency upon application of a group of five banks, the banking committee today stipulated that the banks must first exhaust all of their eligible (Continued r- Page 2) POPUHTSlANA WOMAN DIED AETER SHORT ILLNESS MRS. LITTMAN PASSED AWAY LATE THURSDAY; BURIED FRIDAY Mrs. Sallio Webb Littman. aged 34 years, died at. the family residence, 1100 West Fourth avenue, Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock following a short illness, and the services were, conducted from the family home Friday afternoon at.

3 o'clock with interment in Oakwood cemetery. The services were conducted by Hcv. H. Ellis, rector of St. John's Episcopal church.

Mrs. Littman was a member of the First Christian church. Surviving are her husband. B. Littman; father.

J. R. Webb! and a sister, Miss Edna Webb, all EAST TEXAS OIL OPERATORS FAVOR PRESENT SYSTEM DO NOT WANT" ALLOWABLE REDUCED BELOW PRESENT 75 BARRELS, HOWEVER of Corsicana. Pallbearers were Charles Bee. Ed Womack, G.

H. Fcrrell, "Robert Cason, Will Finley ant. and J. II. Bry- Thy funeral wan directed by tho McCammon Funeral Sutherland Home.

FIRE IN BUSINESS DISTRICT THURSDAY NIGHT WAS COSTLY M. EVANS DRTCOODS STORE STOCK AND BUILDING WAS CONSIDERABLY DAMAGED Opportunities confront the man of today and of the next decade that have not been equalled in the past quarter of a century if he has the faith, confidence, courage, and common sense to take advantage of them declared L. L. Thornton, Dallas banker, in the principal address at the fourteenth annual banquet and membership meeting of the Corsicana Chamber of Commerce Thursday night. The meeting was held in the cafeteria of the Corsicana Senior High School and was largely attended with the members of the Corsicana Lions, Civitans, and Rotary Clubs co-operating.

W. P. McCammon, vice-president of the chamber and chairman of the general arrangements committee, pre-t sided at the meeting. As the members and guests of the everm.p; entered the well-decorated dining hall, the Tiger Teasers, high school pep band, supplied appropriate music, and later supplied a series of numbers during th.e meal. Mrs.

R. N. Elliott led in the ing of "America" with Mrs. W. P.j McCammon at lha piano, and invocation was led by Rev.

E. Miller, pastor of the First Baptist cUurch. An attractive meal was then prc- i sented the diner's in pleasing style i by members of the ioods classes of the Corsicana High school under the supervision of Mrs. Murphy Williams. The presiding officer expressed the appreciation of the chamber for the willing co-operatiojv cf the clubs in making possible the annual meeting by dismissing their regular meetings for the week.

Bcauford II. Jester, president of tho Navarro County Bar Association, announced that on Saturday afternoon, February 27, tho anniversary of tho birth of Jose Antonio Na- ynrro for whom tho county was named would bo celebrated appropriately in the district room at the court house when a large painting of the early pioneer would presented and unveiled. A cordial invitation was extended the general public to attend the ceremonies. The featured entertainment of the evening was Mrs. Joel C.

Trimble's rendition of two vocal selections, "Hayfield and Butterflies," and "The Radiance in Your Eyes," with Mrs. Edward M. Polk, as accompanist. The Corsicana soprano was never more effectively or pleasingly presented, and won immediate acclaim with her manner and voice and was forced to return with a third selection, using a popular favorite as an encore. Officers Absent.

Mr. McCammon ann.our\c.cd that becau'se of illness, the annual president's' message to have been presented by Ted B. Ferguson was necessarily cancelled. He praised Mr. Ferguson's administration during the past year.

He also announced that William O. Harwell, secretary of the organization had been ill for several days and was unable to attend the meeting, but that he had directed many of the preparations for the affair from a. telephone at his bedside in the hospital. The directors meeting scheduled for Friday morning was postponed until it was possible to secure a full attendance. Lowry Martin, business manager of the Corsicana Daily Sun was presenter! to introduce the speaker of the evening.

Mr. Martin declared that the guest speaker of the evening was "home folks," having been born near Bristol in Ellis county, rising to the head of one. of tho outstanding: financial (Continued on page 7.) Japanese Push Encircling Drive on Shanghai STARTED TO STOP SHANGHAI I1UII1 AND FRENCH MINISTER ASKED BY CHINESE TO MEDIATE AUSTIN. Feb. W)-Scnti.

ment favorable to a. continuance of the existing plan of prorating production in-the East Texas oil field on a per well basis was expressed today in a hearing of operators before the Texas railroad commission. Some' operators stated, however, that should the per well allowable be reduced lower than the current 7o barrels daily arrangement, they would come before the commission to protest. They said should the output bo cut below that figure the independent operators would bo unable to compete with major companies. There wa.s a.

noticea.ble aloofness on tho part of all factions when the matter of proration was brought up. After C. V. Terrell, chairman of the commission solicited voluntary statements from those present, none seemed to want to come forward. Finally it was decided to introduce in evidence at this healing the record taken in the last meeting of the kind before the commission.

Today's hearing was planner for the purpose of obtaining data, and information upon which to base orders of conservation after martial law is lifted from the East Texas area. Governor K. Sterling as commander-in-chief of the state troops in the field, has- been regulating the field througr military orders. The commission normal-time administrator of oli (Continued on page 16) Fire of unknown origin serious- damaged Cvans and the stock of M. building owned by PJb'e Hayman of Pollas in the 100 mock on North Beaton street about 8:30 Thursday night.

The alarm was turned in by Night Patrolman John Blair. The Hayman building suffered damage estimated by Fire Chief Elmer Keith at $1,000 with S5.000 insurance. The Evans stock was valued at '57900 with insurance and loss estimated at $1500 on stock and fixtures. Fixtures were valued nt 52,500 with 51,000 insurance. A quantity of merchandise and fixtures owned by the J.

M. "Dyer also received water and sinolte admage. No estimate of the loss was secured but it was learned the owners carticd $200 insurance. The fire started on the second floor al tho building, CONGRESS Bv The Associated Press. FRIDAY SeJiaate BV JAMES r.

HOWE SHANGHAI, Feb. A new movement for peace, through the mediation of Nelson T. John-, son, United States minister to Chi-1 na, and the British and French ministers was begun today by Chinese merchants in Shanghai. The merchants began by seeking an extension'of the "mercy' 1 truce which was in effect today for the evacuation of non-combatants and wounded from Chapei and it was understood they planned to ask the foreign ministers to mediate, with the hope of opening lasting peace negotiations between the at Nanking and Tokyo. The three foreign ministers arrive-' today from Nanking.

Japanese consular officials charged this afternoon that the Chinese soldiers had broken the 'mercy" truce, authorized from 8 a. m. to noon to permit removal of civilians and wounded soldiers from ruined Chapei. The Japanese charges said that during the four-hour period Chinese soldiers and snipers fired at least five times on Japanese troops who were standing by in accordance with the truce agreement. Japanese military officials denied there was any intent to extend the truce, although they declined to say whether hostilities were likely to liegin soon.

Quiet in Chapei Comparative rjuiet continued over Chapei through the after(Con tinned on Page 16) HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SERIOUS IN SERVICE MERGER WASHINGTON, Feb. House democratic leaders have sent word down the line that, they expect support for the legis-1 lation to merge the war and navy department. I The expenditures committee is i about to complete hearings and reports are that the party leaders have lined up enough committee pledges to assure an early favorable report to the house. Opposition by the army navy has been bitter. Both say the new set-up, with a.

secretary for national defense and three assistant crcrelarics, army, navy and aviation, very likely would cost more than the. present organizations. Chairman Byrns of the appropriation committee, however, in- 000,000 in the first year, or shortly thereafter, and would be very likely to increase efficiency. He also holds faulty the argument that it would be difficult to find a man bin; enough to be secretary of national defense and replace two cabinet members. GENERAL ATTACK ON WOOSUNG AND CHAPEI OPENED LATE FRIDAY GUNS ON TAND AND ON FIGHTING CRAFT BLAZE AS PEACE TALK TAKEN UP The situation in war-torn Shanghai is shown in the map above as Japan pushes concerted drive to get the Chinese away from the city and its environs.

The campaign contemplates after reduction of the Woosung forts the establishment of a coastal zone from which fresh Nipponese troops may operate in a great encircling movement designed to force the Chinese out of the territory northwest of the big city, the international and French settlements. The fighting about. Woosung village and along the banks of Woo- sunjf creek was the Japanese suffering a check in their rirsl. attempts to carry out their scheme. Meanwhile the scant garrison of the forts clung to works which were steadily battered into mins by squadrons of warships at the 'mouth of the Whangpoo and by bombing airplanes.

pinching them away from Chapei I Before bringing" In army rcin- and the environs to the west of I forcemcnts the Japanese had 6,000 nnvnl men ashore, opposing Chinese. Both skies are steadily adding to these numbers. Trying to keep the war out of the international settlement, arc. 1.7 American warships and 15,000 American marines and infantrymen. Another 10,000 guards bear arms under the colors of Great Britain, France and Italy, while the Shanghai volunteer defense force or "home guard" embracrn most of the city's ahleboclicd white men, including squads of Portuguese and "white" Russians.

BY JAMKS HOWE. SHANGHAI, Feb. 13. (Saturday) China ist concentrating- here manpower and flying force to combat the expected drive when Japanese reinforcements arrive in the hai sector. This afternoon the first ment of the Canton air forte will arrive with planes ready to go Into action against the Japanese- who thus far have had the air toj themselves.

The second squadron is on i.tha way up from Canton and last night had reached Nanchang. third and a. fourth squadron are mobilizing and should be ready to for Shanghai before another week has passed. On the Chapoi front, the were quiet early this morning after a.n exchange of artillery fira which kept, up until late last night, I Activities on the Woosung front: also subsided after midnight. AH' day yesterday Japanese artillery and warships shelled the village and the forts hut the Chinese still held on.

i During yesterday's brief trucft most of the non-combantants in. Wosung wcrn brought out but of them, the only foreigner now living in the village, refused to re- is Captain Frederick Davis, MARSHALL TRIAL ENDED IN SPECTACULAR WAY AS IT HAD PROGRESSED FROM BEGINNING LINCOLN'S MEMORY WILL BE HONORED THROUGHOUT NATION PRESIDENT HOOVER IS TO LEAD OBSERVANCE 123D BIRTHDAY OF MARTYR WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Abraham Lincoln's memory will honored tonight in nation-wide sists th'i move would save observance of Ills 123rd birthday and DAWES VIGOROUSLY ATTACKS WHAT HE CONSIDERS ONE OF BIGGEST JOBS HE EVER HAD By ROBTCRT S.

PICKKNS. WASHINGTON, Feb. a light-flooded room ous'en floors above noisy Pennsylvania, avenue one of AYnerica's lone-time public servants is vigorously attacking what he considers one of the biggest jobs he's ever had. Brigadier General Charles Gates Dawes. former director nf the budget, former vice president and lately American ambassador to Great Britain, has within a week whipped into shape the greatest peace-time credit asoication in the history of the government.

Al ready' the effect qf the reconstruction finance corporation is being felt in the credit stream of tljc country. There is nn time lost in Dawes' office. He is on the job at o'clock in the morning and is still When on Considers unemployment relief there long after sundown. Wh? proposals. I he leaves, his assistants woik Manufacturers subcommittee re-jat "mopping up sumes hearings on a 4 per cent As soon as he arrives he begins beer bill.

Ho see visitors. The door of his Judiciary subcommittee hears I office flies open. If there are hair opponents on nomination of James a dozen people waiting to sec him H. Wilkerson for circuit court'he sees them all at. one time-, judgeship.

Down the corridor of the old Banking commitcte in execu- I commerce building, where the furtive session considers Glass bill poration has its offices, the othrjr to expand federal reserve credit. I directors of the organization work House Considers constitutional amend ment to abolish lame-duck ses- Dawes. i practically un Everyone wa bothrred bv callers. nts to see General sion of congress. Ways and means committee studies tax plans.

Labor subcommittee continues federal relief hearings. Interstate commerce committee considers repeal railroad recapture clause. After a short breathine space at noon the board of directors meets for afternoon-long Dawes never presses the buzzer on his desk once, it sc three rr five times when wants HOOVER ACCEPTED RESIGNATION FROM SECRETARY MELLON TREASURY HEAD FORMALLY QUITS TO BECOME AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN anniversary by the Republican party, led by President Hoover. The chief executive will speak on the life of man who preceded him during the troumoun days of the Civil War, using the radio to carry his words to the rallies or the' party faithful all over the country. Key men of thn party will rp- thir address nt each ti gathering and an entire hour of radio time will be taken nn a national hookup bv prominent speakers.

Lincoln's memory was recalled today in congress too, with appro- priafc speeches by members in each chamber. President Hoover will not attend the principal pari-y dinner hei tonight but will speak at 9:30 p. (C. S. from thn White House study in which Lincoln transact- i crt the afafirs of the state of his day.

The dinner in the capital, to be attended bv several hundred party stalwarts, will be addressed by Senator Watson of Indiana. G. O. P. head in the hcnatc; bv Senator Hatfleld of West Virginia, bv WAXAHACHIE, Feb.

Marshall red-haired former sheriff of Dallas county, stood acquitted today of one of the charges brought against, him in Ellis and Tarrant counties. District Judge Tom Ball yesterday ordered a jury to return a verdict of not guilty in a. burglary case. The charge was filed after the attempted burglary of tho F. and M.

bank at Ferris, Nov. 17. The sudden termination of the I trial was a climax to a series of unusual happenings during the hearing. A fist fight was started, J. Robert Kelly, indicted with Marshall, was accused of intimidating a witness and jailod, and three witnesses were charged with perjury.

The defense asked for the instructed verdict, claiming the state had not made a. case against Marshall, once know the "college I I rl LL1CIU Ul Vllfclllltl, uv retary Wilbur of the interior, and (Continued on Page 2) China Calls For An Extraordinary League Session GENEVA. Feb. W. W.

Yen, Chinc'KC spokesman at the League of Nations, league author- highest regard for you and yourjities said, presented to Sir Eric WASHINGTON. Feb. President Hoover today accepted the formal resignation of Andrew W. Mellon as secretary of the treasury, at the same lime paying tribute to him for his 11 years of service in that post. The new ambassador to Great Britain said to the president he left his former post "with the administration." The president in reply sajd he knew of "no more magnificent tribute tht.

has come to a public servant" than the expressions of esteem coming from both "the press and the public." Meanwhile, Ogden Mills, who takes the oath as secretary of the treasury today, occupied himself with the affairs of the Reconstruction corporation. Neither he nor Mellon attended the prr-si- someone. which is often. His sum- regular Friday cabinet inons are answered with Drummond today a formal request for an extraordinary session of the league assembly to deal with thn Sino-Japanese problem. Earlier this morning a spokesman for the Chinese delegation said the de-legation had decided not to call the special assembly of the league, adding that the decision was made "for political reasons." The time limit for calling assembly under article XV of the league covenant, which hue been kid sheriff." Marshall, who had maintained tho charges against him were a.

result of a. political frame-up, jubilantly pointed to the verdict as substantiation. I Tom Zachary, Dallas rooming I house proprietor, charged with intimidating him. Zacharyl had evaded questions and the i (Continued on Page 2) YOUTH SENTENCED DEATH FOR MURDER WACO SALESMAN WILLIAM C.TECK, AGED 19, FOUND GUILTY MURDER BY JURY FRIDAY WACO, Feb. C.

Beck, 19, was convicted today on n. charge of murder for the shooting of O. L. Jones, Waco automobile salesman, in a purported robbery on the Waco highway. The jui-y sentenced him to death.

Defense attorneys announced immediately they would appeal the case. Jones was killed last September by a youth he had picked up on the highway and given ride in his automobile. His body was found in a field near the highway six miles north of Waco. In convicting Beck thp jury disagreed with a. defense claim that tlie defendant was insane timn of the slaying.

Relatives, physicians and others who knrw the defendant had testified that they believed him mentally unsound. His asserted mental condition was said lo have been caused by being struck on the head with a baseball in 1020. The case was turned to the jury latr yertcrday after a had GENERAL ATTORNEY FOR TEXAS COMPANY DIED HOUSTON THOMAS SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS FROM HEART TROUBLE HOUSTON, Feb. ns Lawhon, general attorney for the Texas Company, died today at. his home here.

He was 56. Lawhon had been ill for some months. His death occurred at 9 a. those in the legal department of the Texas Company said, and was understood to have been due mainly to heart trouble. Funeral arrangements had not been completed.

Lawhon was born in Williamson county in 1876 and was graduated in law from the University of Texas. After practicing law for a. time in Taylor, Texas, and serving as county judge of Wll- lianiFon county, he came to Houston in 1913 to become associated in the Texas Company's legal dc- ually to general attorney for the company. Lawhon was married in 1906 to Miss Josephine Griffith. The widow, and two sons, Thomas J.

Jr. and Griffith Lawhon, survive. Thomas J. Lawhon Jr. is employed in the Texas Company's legal department, and the other son is a student In the University of Texas; tire.

He of the British navy, now retired, and he runs a water front hotel in Woosung. Both the Japanese and know his place and know ho in there and in all the firing on the village, bullets have struck his hotel only a few times. It is the only building along the front which has not been smash- ed to pieces. Not once since the ment began has he left htc placej and in all that time he has been living on canned goods and a. few chickens he keeps in a back room.

His vegetable garden nan been shot to pieces and his pet dog is missing. SHANGHAI, China, Feb. blazed again across tho (Continued on page 15.) Huge Distillery Captured Friday Baltimore Area BALTIMORE, Feb. Prohibition agents raided a block; long warehouse within half x. square of the federal court build-' ing here today and seized whar.

they termed the largest grain alcohol distillery ever taken by tho government. John R. Barton, field executive of the prohibition forces who led the raid, valued thn plant at. than $500,000. He said he had information which indicated it had been in operation but eight, days.

Pure grain alcohol was til's the only product of the four-storv distillery which was equipped witrKJj a. coppnr still with a. daily capac- Ity of 20,000 gallons. gallon mash vats, a complete bottling plant, coils and even a laboratory for testing the products. Five men find from the building 1 largn and it requires a fairly biK as "the agcnl.i battered down the doors.

HONGKEW AND CHAPEI RISE FROM TOMB FOR FEW BRIEF HOURS AS RESULT OF TRUCE invoked by China, would have ex- been dnvoterj to gathering evi-j LjRired today. 'dence. BY MORRIS J. HARRIS (Copy right, 1M2. By Thr- Associated Press, i SHANGHAI, Feb.

was a day of respite for tho two battle-lashed cities of Honkew and Oliapei. Beginning at a. m. their streets were thronged again for four brief hours, while mercy stayed the hand of war. In Honkew, as truce was declared to pnrmit a search of flat, toned Chapei for imprisoned noncombatants and sick and wounded, the streets which been diverted since the outbreak of hostilities two weeks ago suddenly teemed with life- Scarcely had the clocks of the scarred city struck before the rush into Honkew began.

Trucks and taxis streamed into the empty and streets in the evacuated dis-. trict and thousands of Chinese jostled with them. They had corne to retrieve belongings they left behind when they fled precipitately before the Japanese occupation. Standing on Sxcvchuen Road, two blocks frcjn the war SQIM, i watrhr-rl the stream of vehicles humanity crush past. Truck loads of wounded soldiers, came ficslj, guarded by Japanese Bluejackets with bayonets on their rifles.

Th'y were whisked off immediately to hospital. The stream swelled to otis proportions as the morning advanced. The throng consisted. chiefly of those who entered the area to rescue their Many of those who arrived unburdened departed with carts and trucks loaded with. household goods and personal effects.

The traffic situation was further aggravated by the presence oC large crowds of sightseers, including many foreigners, who were anxious l.o see at clcsc range tha ravages of the fighting. There was an ironic note in the fact that, -with these large croWds swarming through the streeUJ every place of business was closed and barricaded. The activity began to wane about 11:30 and decreased ns rapidly as it began, so that by noon Hon' lifejeeg.