The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 1

(Saltregtim 82D YEAB--NO. 228. TEXAS' OLDEST GALVESTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1923. TEXAS' OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1842. 865 CASES OF LIQUOR SEIZED POINCAKE IS WINNER; STRESEMANN IS LOSER GIVEN CASTE BLANC WITH OK WITHOUT ACCORD OF ALLIES.

By Associated Preoe. Paris, Nov. French one of. the most sweeping votes of confidence in its history, todky approved the policy of the government Premier Potncare In the recent' negotiations 'in the council 'of. ambassadors with regard to Germany.

Given Free Hnnd. i The chamber grave the premier carte blancho to execute his program for future forcible action in enforcing complete execution of the Versailles treaty for the protection of national Interests and security. In accord-with the jUIice, If possible, but alone If he must. The vote was 505 to 70. Premier Polncare, In an address to the chamber today, did not flinch In his attitude of stern-determination to force tha chamber immediately to proclaim either.

Us or disapproval of MB policy. Ills words seemed, to remove' the smoldering discontent expressed by in the lobbies of the chamber, difrjns the past week at termed premier's retreat before Great viewpoint with regard to the demands to he made upon Germany. The premier the responsibility squarely up td" the chamber, declaring that if It was not satisfied with his government It could get some.other government to continue negotiations. Stronr Policy. The premier that- France vo'uld act arfalnst Germany with-or (Continued on Page HE AND CABINET KESIGNj 2 NAMED AS POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR.

Gustavo Strosemaim tonight resigned as chancellor when the relchatag by a vote of 230 to 156', denied his rump cabinet.a vote of confidence. deputies abstained 'from casting their ballots. After the ballot wafe taken Dr. 'Stresemann resignation and Ebert accepted. jVew Head Not Selected.

The president Immediately sent for Paul Loebe, president of the relchi whom he had a conference. will head the remains a mystery tonight. Herr Ebert has'requested Stresemann to carry on current business until his successor Is There were strong: Influences at work In the ranks of the socialists in the direction of 'weakening: the, party's opposition by permitting sufficient members of 'the party to absent themselves from the chamber, thereby cutting down the chancellor's numerical opposition In the plenary The radicals, however, had so strongly pledged in opposition to the 'Stresemann 'government and' the German nationalists also had refused to recede" from the position of outspoken hostility, so that the chancellor's fate was definitely -sealed. The chamber rallied rapidly at the sound of tho signal gong. Three hundred, and' ninety- two deputies were The vote may be said to have con- forged to the chancellor's wishes (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) WALTON INDICTED KLAN UNDER FIRE Drops Dead After Calling on Qod to KillHimifQuilty By Frew.

Bregenr, Austria, Almighty God punish me with Instant death if I am 1 was the final declaration of a man on trial here for the murder of hie wife. Immediately after uttering these words he swooned in the courtroom and died before doctors could come to His statement was made during a heated cross-examination under, which the accused uliowed great excitement Doctors.certi- fied that heart failure caused his death. Customs Officials Capture British Ship After Leaving Port in Morning on Search ST. APPEAL IS MADE FOB CAKE OP AGED METHODIST MIN- ISTEHS. I SEVEN BILLS INVOLVE SAME CHAEQES ON WHICH HE WAS IMPEACHED.

By AwoclAted Oklahoma City, Nov. 23--J. C. Walton, deposed governor of Oklahoma, was indicted here today by n. district grand jury on charges on which he wan Impeached nnd removed from office by tho state leg- ialatureT Scvnn Indlctmonis were returned agnlnat tho former executive.

chn.rglng diversion of state funds. Intimidating officer 'and prohibiting an assembly of the low- i-r house of the legislature. Having anticipated the action. Walton immediately posted bond of $6,760 through his attorneys and re- (Contlnucd on Pago 2, Column 3.) THE WEATHER For Galveston and Vicinity--Partly cloudy Saturday. For Boat Texas--Satu rdny nnd Sunday partly cloudy: cooler in northeast portion and southwest portions Saturday.

For West Texas--Saturday and Sunday generally fair. For Louisiana--Saturday and Sun- fair; cooler in north portionSaturday. Winds on Texnn Coast--Light, northerly. ON WITH THE DANCE. I a distant Southern city once a tourist as he strolled Saw a negro on thn curbstone, bent and off oil, grny and old, Deep In sad, dim-eyed reflection, and the tourist's heart wna sore, For the old man must bo drcnmlng of the days'to come no more.

In his mind hn saw plantations; of cotton brown and white; Hoars the tinkle of tho banjo In tho through thn i And ho hoard gusts of laughter. and tho scuffing on tho floor. And tho nogrocM ''pattln' Juba" as they did in days of yore. In his nockol wns a dollar, nnd he roused tho ngod man; Placed It In hin pirw 1 I leather, black of back and faced with And tho old man snatched bis hat off with Urn tromhllng nf yonrs. And Ills fnnhiron i and wrln- klrd and hin blearfd eyes 'IP-d with team.

"Tniikoo, siihl" ho paid; "I'sn i yrnh a i i i 'bout iiewn; Dry'B tih dnnen i (Dnnoo? KiilO an 1 llu nlKitiili (rot no nhooti. An', sub, 'long din honh dolltih whoii 7 noPd'n 1 sixty crnlP-- I KWino s'nrisn drjm nlggnhs Turn dls nclc oh Provldcncnl' --By TIarry Lee Mnrrlner, KLAN PROPOKENTS WIN ON VOTE TO MAKE HOLLS PUBLIC. Hy Assoclntoil Press. Oklahoma Glty. Nov.

problem tho Ku Klux Klan, Inherited by thfe Oklahoma legislature from Its Impeachment flgrht with j. C. Walton, deposed came to the front openly in the dejmte today and became center of most spirited" dteousulon slnco the special opened Oct. 11. Defended nnd aasallert in turn, tHe klan wan declared by Its friends to ho a righteous organization standing fnr "law In midst nf crime, and branded "by" Ito enemies as a revlvAl of the organization of civil days.

The' exchange of views In which soriatora threw their cardn boldly on tho table and made little effort to veil their personal affiliations, was ma'rkert a display of fcellnR unprcpedented I session. 'Opening the dny with what Is regarded an the first revelation of the strength of tho opposing: factions, In which thn klan proponents won. by a voto of 23 to 13 tjiclr flghtagalnst making public membership rolla of ncrret organisations, the senate s6l- tlert down to hours of grim, aerlmonlotiH debate. Tint at the end of the sesHlon, a necond roll call re veal ed virtually tho alignment. VolinR: on an a that changed but allght- ly tho provlfilonn of tho previous claune, the Bennte rejected It 23 to IB.

Vile OfflrriV Xnnirn. A provlnlons was adopted, however, providing that names of corn of secret organizations should bo filed with county authorities. Snnator Hudnon of- Tulan, democrat, nnrt majority floor leader, led the defense of the klan An- jmrtlng tho organisation stands for 1 law and order." Senator Hudnon admonlBhed bin hearers that they would "never accomplish anything with this bill" to mnko nubile tho names of klnnamon. Ho told (he BOimte the klan had delivered Tiilna County from the control of "hl-Jackcrs. bootleggers nnd crimlimln" long bofnro former Gavi'mor Wnlton placed the county under martial law nnd opened nn offonslvn against alleged iawlnss- there.

Tiio sponker drew fire from Senator OlaBHcr, republicnn, nf )3nld when ho charged Glnssrr i destr- Inff thn klnn memtiorshli) rcvonlod "hi ordor llftit ho can Inw nulls i rnrnng to liln fact and shouted a dnnlal a could tgcnrculy Special to The Nov. McSIurray of St. Louis addressed the Texas Conference of the'Methodlst Episcopal. Church South today on the superannuated endowment fund. The General Conference, which Bishop Mciiurray is representing, has launched, campaign to raise 510,000,000 to care for aged preachers.

The amount assessed upon this conference js The Bum received by Conference, will, according to -the plan of the divided Into payments to the superannuate preachers. Bishop McJIurry stressed the obligation In caring for retired: preachers', a deed which he.referred to as sacred opportunity, a privilege and tho duty of every man." a he said, "we have been busy evangelizing the country and building' educational fn- atttutionc; now It is time to think of thoBe whose were spent In this work." John M. Moore nf Dallas reiterated many of the statements made In Bishop McMurray's talk in an appeal for the superannuated endowment fund and, urged every preacher to go home i the resolution to put the cause before. his people. He spoke of It the, viewpoint of self-defense, he said, ehowing that the minister who failed to collect his church's quota was only a i to raise a fund which would mean support to him In tho future.

Tho delegates this morning donated J120 to the fund for erection of a tubercular hospital in Kerrville for negroes of Texas and three other states of the Southwest. The donations were solicited by Rev. A. Tyler, negro, general super in- tendont of the and he explained that there Is no place in the South 'whnre negro tubercular patients may be treated. The movement for erection of this hospital, which will cost $350,000, Is headed by negro ministers, doctors, lawyers and school teachers.

(Continued on Pngo 8, Column 2.) LONOWOIITH MAKES APPEAL FOR IlKPUDLICAN HAtUIOXV ByAsuoclftled Press. Nov. for harmony among republican members of the house, Representative Jjonffworth of Ohio, who is a candidate for republican leader, declared In a letter made public tonight that luck of teamwork would enable the democrats to do what they pleased. The communication' addressed to house republicans called attention to the-'party's "slender majority" in the next house, and emphasized that republican success at the polls next year would depend "largely upon the record of the congress soon to meet" and that tho main theater of political activity will be the hotiac representatives in which most Important pieces of legislation must originate." GLEN IIOSF. PHYSICIAN A SON AltIS SENTENCED TO PEN teclft) to The News.

Clcburne, Nov. W. n. Prulll, Olen Boso physician, was given t'wo 'yearn and six months in the" state penitentiary, and O. Prjiiltt, bin son, was given three one- vonr sentences, running concurrent- In the court here this morning, when both entered plenn of guilty to charges of tainting thn liquor iuu's.

The court has completed consideration of tho Somorvcl) County liquor canes growing out of the raid by the stntft rnnRfini In the vicinity of Cllnn Rose lant August. MASTER OF MASONS IX T1SXAS SPEAKS AT l.OC'KIIART Rpcclal to Tim Lockhart, Nov. II. Thomas of Dallas, grand rnnstcr of Texas Masons, addressed 700 Masons in the district courtroom hero today. Tho was Introduced by Pimt (Irand Mnntcr A.

A. Hosn. Mr. Thomltn wnn entertained at tho Car- Hoioi i i prior to the lilting, ami pin tun -laid for of tho a i from varioui eoctlons. Mussolini's Rise to Power Is One of The Marvels of Hectic Post.

War Period MUSSOLINI UNDER ARREST IK TVHEM" HE WAS ARCH KS'BMV OP GOVERSMEIVT. BOB JONES KEPtlES.TQ JRUHOS THAT HE WILL BE MADE TO LEAVE TOWN. Today's Program 11 a. service of all churches at the fabcrnacle, Bob Jones preaching. 3 p.

Jones at the tabernacle. p. young" people's service at First Presbyterian' 7:30 p. mass meeting at tha tabernacle. Everybody invited.

"You know, there's, certain woman I'm going to meet before I eave. this town, 1 prefaced to bis congregation last night. "I heard her ask a gentleman' In town if he had been." to icar Bob Jones. 'Don't she when he her he a 1 been. Tv.c aeen once; and 'I'll tell yon he's inat a common, coarse-mouthed, uncouth "Yes, sirr I must have been shooting straight into the hole old sister is living in," Rev.

Mr. Jones remarked. "A group of have been' talking about irumming me out of town. I want to tell them that I am doing the drumming now, and will be fo'rthe next three, weeks." From T.uke.' "Salvation a mighty fact and is tho wisdom of God whoae favor makea us heirs of salvation," he declared, taking his text from the first nine verses of the nineteenth chapter of 'And ho entered and was passing through Jericho. And behold, a man called by name Zacchaeus; and he vas a chief publican, nnd he was rich.

And lie sought to see -Tesus, rho he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was of little itature. And he ran nn before and climbed up into a pycamoro tree to him: for ho was to pans that vay. And whsn Jesus came to the plnco ho looked up. and said unto if in, Zaccluicus, make linstc nnd cnmc down, for today I must abide it thy house. And a haste And came down and received him oyfully.

And XacchHeus stood nnd snld unto" tho 'Behold. Lord, he half of my goods I give to the oon nml if I have wrongfully exacted of any man, I restore And said unto him. Today In salvation, come to this Hev, Mr. Jones, rtstcr'binff those vho Itnow not God, saltl (here nro Jireo classes of thorn: Hypocrites. nurtil men and "Imrrt cases." a publican, was mown one of the "hard cases." lev.

Mr. Jonea said. Oooknl Doomed. lie was tlift of Hindi 1 of crooltell politicians in a vlcltcd city. I've not for my dovil who goes downtown ind tftllfi the world IH.

I've' got more for tho fellow who sny.s on Pngo Column 5.) --Pacific Atlantic. MUSSOLINI AS HR APPEARS TODAY. Qratid Jury Finds Bills In Corpus Christl Bomb Case; Tfyo Arrests Made Special to The News. Nov. Morales, 14 yearn 'old, San' Antonio newsboy, and Victor Fuentes, stepfather of the boy, who have" been held by Texns rangers In connection with tne sending of a bomb which killed J.

A. Barnes and son of. Corpus were today Indicted by tho RT.iml jury in session' at' Corpus Christl, and now are under arrcat in that city, acror'ding to a long distance telfinhonn message from Hunger Captain Tom Hlckman In Corpus Christ! to G. C. Baldwin, ranger captain stationed in this city.

Tho charge, It was reported. Is murder. At the tlma tho Indictments were returned against Morales and Fn- entes Indictments also wero returned against several other persons, whose Identity was not made known. Captain Hickinan Is expected In San Antonio within the next few days with warrants for tho persons who wore Indicted. WHBllKAIIOUTS OF MAN IIKLH I I I CASK NOT KNOWN Special to Tho Netva.

San Antonio, Nov. Fncntes, stepfather of Juan Morales, newsboy In the Corpus Chrlstl bomb hold hy Texas rangers, It was a i by Captain 13. C. Baldwin, in command of rangers in San Antonio today. Captain.

Bald- to divulge the Vhere- 'abputa of Fuentes. "Fuentes Is safe, all right," he declared. "We have tried to get-In connection with his wife to allay her fears that the man has been harmed, and have fatted." "When asked If Fuentes was at ranger headquarters Captain Baldwin said. 'I can not give out that information, but the. man Is safe." Juan Morales Is In Corpus Chrlstl according to Captain Baldwin.

lie said the lad is also safe. The captain would not say that Morales would bo brought back to Kan A i to appear before the grand jury. Captain Tom' Hlckman, commanding the rangers In Corpus Christl, declared that he did not know whfithcr Morales was hare or not. "I have j'ist returned to the city," said Captain Hlr.kman, "and have he may be here and he may not." Tho rauscrs in Corpus Christ! will have an Important announcement to make In the ease within a few declared. "Thorc is-nothiiig we can give out he said.

''But in a day or 30 we will have an announcement to make. That Is all I can say now." GETS TO PEN OX I.iailOU CHARGE Special to Tim Nowa, Cameron, jury in tho of John Ponton, charged with transporting liquor, returned verdict of guilty, giving him i ynara in the pimltentlary. Tho grnnd Jury, which lias been In session Mneo last Friday haa rf-turncd unvon bills, all of the grade of felonies, und has naked to be recessed until next Monday, VESSEL DISCOVERED ANCHORED OFF PASS LATE IN AFTERNOON The British schooner Island Home "with 865 cases of whisky and two barrels of aboard brought into Galveston and tied up at Pier 20 last night at about 10 o'clock under tow of the Suderman Young tug Propeller, chartered by Sam-T. Zinn, special deputy collector. The capture of the schooner came, yesterday afternoon at about o'clock off San Lius Pass by the customs boarding vessel Kalita, under command of- T.

Baird. -1 The Kalita left Galveston yesterday.morning at 10 o'clock, evidently acting on. a- definite tip that there was something doing on Galveston's alleged rum row. Importance of the Kalita'V departure was emphasized when the Propeller was chartered by Mr. Zinri at.

12 o'clock, following the Kalita. On a previous occasion collector had chartered a to search "rumored" Uquor ship off the entrance to the jetties. But this time ttie collector came upon his quarry anchored off San Luis Pass after a short search in the waters in that vicinity. The customs officials were" amply prepared in the way of arms, but-the crew of the schooner offered no resistance. FAVOE INLAND WATERWAYS; TEXAS- MEN ON" DIRECTORATE.

iByAfciocIated Press. tiqn Indorsing the lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway project and improvement of the channels of th.e JMIssIs- Ippi River a'nd Us three major tributaries--the Illinois, Ohio and Mis iouri- rivers--and-urging: an pHation of 55,000,000 for improvement of the Mississippi-Warrior Barge bine through the addition of new equipment and the Improvement of. terminals, 'were 'adopted by the Mississippi -Valley Association at the closing- session of Its fifth annual convention' here today. Other resolutions called for the speedy completion of Inland 'waterways projects now under way. legislation that would legalize the diversion of water from the Great Lakes to Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, equalization oE ocean and, rail freight rates ths.t would encourage greater use" of and South Atlantic ports and the con-- structlon of good James E.

Smith of St. 74 years old, -leader In various valley improvement projects, was unanimously president of the Directors elected' Included: Roy Miller of Corpus Chrlstl and H. IX Bowens of Paris, FEDERAL COURT IS FUSING ALT, JATLS NEAR BEAUMONT Special to The News. Beaumont, Nov. federal court is filling all Jail space In this section of tho state.

Today the and city prisons filled and twelve; persons were 'sent to Port Arthur, i Federal court adjourned until Monday. In the meantime arrangements will.be completed for sending prisoners next week to Kountze, Liberty and other nearby county eeats. Today Judge Estes sent'fifty-four to prison for violating the national prohibition acli There are more than a hundred cases remaining- on t.he docket for final disposition next week. It is announcsd that court will continue in session here till Christmas and then a special term convened early in January. Seizure.

The hatches of the schooner vrero sealed last night and -a guard of two in watches were placed aboard to await disposition' today of the crew and the liquor. The'schooner and her cargo represented the largest seizure made in Galveston'-since the, prohibition law went into The capture comes a few days after receipt of advice of. "polso'n ship from the West Indies', which was due to make the American coast. receipt'of advice. It was not In- "tlmated as' size ship, the her destination, the being made.

Officials last night refused to say whether them was any connection betwean the ship" and the schooner captured. Crew. Kept on Slilp. Collector of the Port R. W.

Humphreys stated last night that it had not been decided whut disposition could be made of the liquor and the crew of the schooner. He stated, however, that the ship would have free run of the captured craft until decision was made as to their status. Special Deputy Collector Zinn the capture was made about fivdmiles Pass and that seizure would come'' under the new" agreement between Great Britain and the United States extending the' limit of search from throe miles to twelve. prom Grand Cayman. The crew of nine men are all ish, it was stated, with two excep-.

tions, one of the. deck hands being an American and thp cook a Mexican or a West Indian. The. schooner's clearance papers enow her home port to be hi the Grand Cayman Islands. a small group south of- Ctfba In' the Caribbean Sea.

She Is about seventy tons and is eighty feet in 'length. ShO' draws about eight feet A trim and-fleet craft, she was declared to be the largest and best rum-running craft seized off this coast. After being tied tip last night, customs officials refused to permit anyone aboard the craft other than the members of the customs force. The. cases were'sealed to'aTTftlt decision today as to their disposition." HolKt Britl.il» A.

number of smaller craft were sighted by the Kalita on' the Journey out yesterday morning-, but nonja was seen In. the immediate vicinity of the schooner. It Is believed that word of the approach of the customs boat was relayed ahead to the smaller craft. Those searched failed to reveal uny signs of liquor, officials stated. When the Kalita approached tha'' crew of the schooner hoisted tjia Tho crew was taken (Continued on'PaRe 1.) Aged Farmer Is Victimized for $550 After Being "Doped" and Made to Draw Money From Bank Special to TUe Colorado, Nov.

H. Bedford, 76 years old, farmer of Bufurd, was swindled out of $650 In cash by four men and a woman who worked one of the boldest bunco games ever known In Mitchell County. 'Two of the nnd the woman'drove to the farm house Bedford soon after noon yesterday and announcing they wero eye specialists nald they could effect a curt- of the diseased eye. of Mr. TJuford.

Only the oged farmer and his wife were presenj. Bedford is suffering from a cataract of his eyes and after short parley lie agreed to have the "specialists" treat It. One of the men poured a solution Into tho Injured eye and i i a few minutes the victim passed under the Influence of some strong drug They Induced Mr. Bedford to accompany them to Colorado and, going to the City National Bank, he drew out 5JGO, which he turned over to them. i i few minutes, at their demand, he drew out another and this was snatched from his hands by one of thn men aa they left the bank.

TVin swindlers cleaned In un automobile and no traco of them has found. Two of the men remained huro, while other members of the gang drove to the Bedford home and brought their victim to the city. Those who brought him here did not accompany Bedford into the brink, but a waited OIKS Mo In aiitnmnbilc. The Kang nuld tn have stopped at i i station on the eastern outskirts of tho city and InqvtlroU the mad to Abilene..