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Haro Nnua-Snbmtf OLUME XXXI (AP) Means Associated Press WACO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1926-12 PAGES COPY 6c NUMBER 10 Ian Linked in Amazing Intrigue Testimony acing and Grand Opera Feature Waco Day at Palace uge Crowds Are Expected to Enter Exposition Today His Condition Grave 11 Business Houses Will Close at 1 to Permit Their Employes to Visit Fair ay Lampkin, Daring Race King, to Perform pera, To Be Presented Tonight With Mexican Songs in Afternoon Program WAI DAY All will close promptly at 1 p. MO 11 mm 9 of babies In the Better Baby Conference. Fit It 3:00 races before the grandstand. Splendid in the -women's department. The Automobile Show in the Auto Building presents special features.

concert In the coliseum by Thaviu arid his band of Haicvon Flayers. No extra charge. SIGHT c.rand Opera Special presentation of md opera in ini, free. Seventy-Five Mile Gale Sweeps New York City Monday HOt DINI THE GREAT It was shortly after his pe-r- forma nee, in Waco, two ywtrs ago I this month They were out at eating Gussie Oscar I and he. Came In a group of Baylor boys for hamburgers and got to playing tricks on each other.

The man got interested in them, left Miss Oscar and his hamburger and stepped over to them. Watched their tricks awhile, then said: do you like this then he off his Two years ago this month out at among the hamburgers. And he showed them some more and they looked puzzled and houses Will dose of them up to Miss at 1 clock and school chil- Uussie, iwho is that guy, anyNvuy dreuiii be admitted free, in Houdim," Miss the Deration to make the I .1 Two years ago In day one. the most success- eating now ful in tbhistorv Of the death a Detroit hospital. Today is Waco day at the Palace, the biggest ay from the standpoint of x-al interest during the en- idays of the exposi-J rjto.

4000-Ton Vessel Driven Like Ax Against Pier ind Lashes Harbor Into Seething Waves Massachusetts And New Jersey Also Hit Houses Unroofed, Trees Uprooted and a Injured: One Woman Killed in New York NEW YORK, Oct. 2 UP 5-minute wind with a velocity of 7 5 miles an hour, blew' through the heart of the city today, leaving a trail of shattered indexes. More than a score of persons were Injured and considerable property damage was caused. The harbor was lashed into seething waves and the gale snatched from its escort of three tugs the 4000- ton freighter Faraby and drove it like an ax into the end of the New York Central liner pier at Seventieth street and North river. A woman was killed ami an infant was probably fatally injured by a limb blown from a tree in Hempstead during the windstorm that swept over Long Island.

ton Pali. The ugram. which has been arnged, is really the beginningf the features of this year's Automobile races will famous Ray track champion, who wlllice In his special WSs- consin iihine Also appearing on the track will be Mile, Joan La osta, champion woman race driv who has won fame on the faste tracks in the United will compete with the stest omen drivers this afternoon. XjfiMi the Thaviu band concerts wlli be resented A coliseum in con- unctio, appearance of opera ies and Selections. iom tbe opera, rovatorc A will be pre- nfed duriry perform- and ny lacked house Is ex- i ft Houdini Is Near Death Following Major Operation HOUSES UNROOFED BY GALE IN NEW JERSEY NEWARK, N.

Oct. Northern New' Jersey today was swept by winds which at Paterson reached the proportions of a small tornado. High winds were reported at Asburv Park, Camden and ton. Telephone poles were snapped Warn, out at off, trees uprooted and at Camden several houses were unroofed and several persons injured by flying debris. At Paterson the ktorm was confined to the business district, where windows were broken, awnings were torn off and several big trees uprooted.

Raise Per Capita Scholastic Rate Apportionment Passed Recent Session I ncreuses Fund 1 rom $11.50 to $14 To Take $3,500,000 From General Fund i Doubt Was Centered of Act at Passage as to Whether Bill Would Become Law rn day i Th to 114 in $14. Divided In FAVORITE (on the left) w-, aunt id his former wife, Natacha Rambov Valentino bequeathed about 0 of hi? Werner when she reached New York 01 fight for his will in Los Angeles, ai Mar; prima donna, draws aside her cunning mink stunning results of rigid diet and exermsc up? America on the Aquitania. Mary said she we: oth le to Three in Probe ue oes At CHIMNEYS BLOWN DOWN IN MA88ACHI SETTS PITTSFIELD, Oct. 2 wind that approached hur- ricane proportions caused heavy Noted Magician Collapses here today. Roofs were ni buildings.

largo trees After Stunt While Temperature Was at 104 Degrees DETROIT, Oct. Houdini, noted magician, was operated on here tonight for acute appendicitis. A bulletin Issued by his physician, Dr. Leo Dretzka, 1 shortly after the operation said condition was grave, Houdini collapsed duping a vaudeville performance last night, torn from uprooted, chimneys blown down and much other damage to property done. So far as known, no one was injured.

ice the Immense pop- was at first thought he was suf arlty or 1. Ttovatore. An from an abdominal injury. but a diagnosis today revealed ely different program of selec- TURN TO PAGE COLUMN 5 ow Could Little Jack Fight Teacher ,4 BINGHAMTON, N. Oct.

25. one acquaintance Jack Sharkey, the pummeling who believe his ehal- ige of Gene Tunney is serious, ss Anna Stone, principal of the ool in which Jack learned his ree It's, says he stood out in ely class of boys for his quiet, aceful ways. acute appendicitis, and an imme- diate operation was ordered, but physicians tonight expressed grave concern regarding his chances of recovery. Delay in applying for medical attention may hurt his chances for recovery, they indi- cated. Houdini collapsed at the close of his opening performance lust night.

He completed tin- performance, although hts was DM, according to George Atkinson, Ids AND Mr MAN, NOW COWIt IN PARDON I USTIN, Oct. Felker, farmer chief clerk of xas A. and experiment station College convicted about months for misapplication of pufo- funds. Monday was granted a full 'don by Governor Miriam A. Keren.

Reel Death Is Real Pilot in Crashes Earth at San An tonto Weather was my fault. I got scratched, I know a cat like have Its tail Dr. Isldor Block, Optometrist and 42) Austin Avenue orecasf. for today; Fair, warmer, wea ther Tempera cure-s Xhnutu, 79 1-2 at '3 p. m.

minnuum, at 4 m. barometer, ity, SO per cent; wind for the day, miles. 14 the fastest at 2 p. I wind for the wind, 3525 miles; 1 rain for the month, 4-22 inches. OUISIANA Tuesday fair, Wednesday partly cloudy.

RKANNAN: farm, warm- east portion Wednesday fair, A HOMA: Tuesday and Wedly fair; little change in ferapera- ACO AND VICINITY: Tuesday warmer in extreme east portion needay partly cloudy; light to erate southerly to westerly winds the coast. KST TEXAS: Tuesday fair; esday partly cloudy. 8AN ANTONIO. Oct. 25 UP Crashing to earth from a low alti: tude while flying In a scene for the motion picture being filmed hero, Cadet Charles M.

i Wssele.v of Cleveland, Ohio, was instantly killed late Monday noon at Camp Stanley. I Ie Drunk Penny on End of Match With Left Hand CUD (act 25 -To prove lie drunk George Wilson when arraigned lit cops today offered to balance a penny on the of a mutch. Three mnes he failed and the com? grew intpa- 4l.orid, Then, iryins; his left hand, ho managed to keep the penny on the match for 30 seconds. tlin judge. Injured in Stampede Fuse Box on Street Car Blows Out And Starts Rush at Houston 11 OUST' i Get.

5, i A A. score of persons, many of them negroes were cut and bruised here Monday morning during a stampede to escape from an inbound Liberty street car when a fuse box blew out. Thirteen were taken to a hospital suffering from minor cuts and bruises. Texas Second in Oil Production of Crude Petroleum Led by California Two Children Drown As Mother Waits BELTON, Oct. children were drowned in Lake Bassel near here Monday boon while their mother believed they were hunting for pecans.

They were Charlie Ray, 5, and Esto Pruitt. 3. children of 51 r. and Mrs. C.

F. Pruitt, who were en route with their four children to south Texas. President Has Power Of Removal, Is Ruling WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 5. A history making opinion upholding the power of the president to remove without consulting the senate, officers appointed by him with the advice and consent of that body, was handed down today by the supreme court.

The court, six to three, held that the president, had full discretion in removing ftfch officers, with the exception of a few judges, notwithstanding any restrictions that congress might Impose. The decision set at rest a controversy between the legislature and executive branches of the government aa old as the constitution itself. These two departments of government have since their creation been at odds as to power of removal ot appointive officeholders. Jordan, Contractor, Testifies That Jim's Brother Offered to Get Contract in Nolan, Taylor and Callahan Counties for More Than $90,000 AUSTIN, Oct. N.

Jordan, Plainview highway contractor, testified Monday before the house investigating committef that Jo Lee Ferguson of Hale Center, brother of James Ferguson, offered to get him a construction contract in Nolan, Taylor and Callahan counties 10c a square yard and $2500 for traveling amount asked by Jo Lee Ferguson would have ag- ted that Ferguson told him sign It, minted th session. S. M. tendent letter Ill N. Mi of pu lid he hi sitien instru urged sperh He said th gregated more than $90,690.

Jordan star the amount requested did not seem huge, to be split throe Louis M. Taylor of Cooper, former insurance firm of M. Yesner structed him to out a chock for broker hen bookkeep of ble Queen Starts I our As Reports of King Wanting Her Denied ABOARD QUEEN MARIES SPECIAL TRAIN, SYRACUSE, N. Oct. Marie of Rumania began her tour of the United States with Buffalo the destination i -r her Journey.

The ti will taka the royal party to the wiyt ami back again, journeying through Canada on- part of the western swing and returning to Now York late in November. The queen set forth from New York this morning with her royal family. The state of her health is to ant factor to be eonsld- the tour, icement from the royal another by a the queen lit denial of abroad that King Per- quested Marie to termi- and return to Bucha- tf i high have I il the anham be the dom throng The anno, household spokesman reports fret dimufd had nate her to rest. on mi iter wired Frank La chairman of si on, he would Austin with hi morning, and he arrangements tory, Taylor testifl ployes told him broker number on? i Frank Lanhnm, highway conn luted, adding were charged Taylor said he broker number one' of the comrinssioi! ro i tract bonds written mission Former Governor Jut gUHort denounced mem an feeing uafoyw error, saying Pro. Ferguson, never rnadt of me or the highway i except ill support of 't! made by the people of on various it Any statement ever sought to jvoflt pe 1er it ha; tin Ferguson to is he bill the of 1, 300,0 00 sehr ol The ak so signe a de- flclency bin appro 4SI.61 for the Mary.

signOthcr BUR Other bills Appro priating Mijito to COY for Stephen F. Atis tin State ea chers' college at ches; ppropn- atine $1370 fc a lUionai atipport of the oil and gas di istoTs of the rahw it fit i for adeputy supervisor from Aprtl 13to Aug. 1926; making it unia wful to run deer withdogs exempting the pursuing of atwo under! buck in open season. indexempt I ig from of th wired mg Wal For and sieht Han Ik, Trlnlt; fend, Ma Hardin ufing to district rito, Le- li- or-da. Jrange.

Angelina co solida lion. th yori, sun. is ted ASDINGT supreme iJP) 'Lai all i by Jo Lee noti need a recess from Nov. 2 2. It will meet day to deliver opinions and receive motions.

dep WASHING A supreme fused today in hah it of ti J. i for Craig fro i f. Wie hit I feroism Rewarded Ah I IN, Get. Is second in crude oil production Ini the United Stales, the daily pro- duct ion for the week ending Get. hero worship for the old veteran 10 amounting to 397,700 barrels, since his superlative pitching Clarence K.

Gilmore, chairman of i made the St. Louis Cardinals world the Texas railroad commission, an- The smile is proof nounced Monday. California led that homage has touched Texas by only 10,540 barrels a day. heart. Old Home Town Kills Fatted Calf in Homage To Grover C.

Alexander HO Is the gentleman of the largo smile: None other than Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitching hero of the wmd-d series. Why ts he smiling qd loudly': First, perhaps, because of the easo with which ht out Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in the final of the series. Second, perhaps, because of the he received a winning share, largely the result of strikeout. no doubt about (his- because out St. (Neb way they had just killed the fatted calf in honor of Alex homecoming at the time the picture was made.

Fan dom had feted Alexander from New York to Omaha, by way of St Louis, since that epic strikeout, hut it was the old home tow feting that struck the most responsive chord in his smjie works. There has been cousinnt round Four ho capo Check Are 4 idcd in Es- Pa rdonod eg guarde I attempted rnoptk in O'tk by i four pris- assis tftnee 1 ALL A 1 EFFIHtS' CITY, 25. i pal debit wgrd for very in jot Dre Missouri I here during the riot and 8und.iy whwh today wore gvabfed ernor Ham A. Baker to i dners why went the pf attaekqel guards Nab Youthful Burglar Admits He Rohhiil In It To Silk I. it ics i a youthful burglar, wim admits lie robbed lij homes hers Hat-urday night, was arrested Monday, Ho hoisted that he had emmUtrtl fitbf NVw Braui all, Ha bin a i resville, Haspamco ami other south Texas towns.

FROM LEAVE GALVESTON GALVESTON, Fifty eight runs from are boa vd pa. i a rn ship -P. de Hatruwtcgui, which n.rM from (Galveston for Rarcefoua Tuesday. embarked at era Cpuk Galvtfeion will be the last port, of call in the western hemisphere. It is understood their I 'departure from Mexico war a rr- suit of the prevailing religious controversy in that country.

snot ti ed at Drunken borgo to Fare liona! Cases Yddi Cowboys Sleep Silk Pajamas And Round Up in Cars HOGERS 1Mb RANT Jt ST UGl 'I Bi 1 uiui Mn SI N( I S. ME SAYS ili Rf Temple Merchants To Allow Farmers Old Cotton Price Purchasing Power of Bale in Merchandise Several Months Ago Will Be in on el Plan Wide Corruption In G.O.P. Politics Is Also Charged (Jenera! Boo11 cggers and Dive keepers in interest of Sen. Watson Alleged KKK Chief Ousted By Evans, Says Witness I ndiana I )ragon ho Opposed Entry of ()rder Into I it ics Is Deposed KANSAS CITY, Oct. An amazing tale of po- I it teal intrigue in Indiana through which ran tho names of Senator James E.

Watsors, republican, candidate for reelection, and high, officials of the Ku Klux Klau was related here today to the senate campaign funds committee by Ralph B. Bradford of Crown Point, Ind. In addition, the witness made charges of wholesale political corruption in Lake county, practically in East Chicago, and Indiana Harbor during the republican had of it mding tl ettec In th till ator Roed, de tlie committee vas carrying 01 by also was known arrtc men of Indiana that thur R. Robinson Bradford say wt mom be Believe It or Not CHICAGO. Oct down Michigan avenue at miles an hour, a woman bicycle rider a- by a bicycle jkj- licctnau dciailcd to curb the cyclist speed maniacs.

It liap- 2.5 ayo. but attcii- was culled to it today hen woman recited the experience In the column of a newspaper, and Tom Hanley, now a federal officer, recalled ho was the man who the pinch. rat, Mis- nian, who on the inquiry as told that it a the klans- at Senator Arwas a klaus- ld he could the senator still is of the hooded order. 'lore to St. Louis After the hearing here had been, closed to be reopened at St.

Louis probably tomorrow, Senator Reed announced that if Senators Watson and Robinson desired to refuto evidence presented to tho ilttec they would be given op- nity to do so through affi- thv co in davit Hr J. free Supreme Court Has Recess of 22 Davs Supreme Court Refused Liability of for In Delivery Denied Seeking to Dry Up Rum Source, Women Organize SAN ANTONIO, Oct. An organization of married women, formed to dry up their sources of liquor, already has given prohibition officials here evidence enough for three raids and expect to land more bootleggers in jail In the near future. The women obtain the information from their husbands and relay it of i ie mis in order keep their husbands ut home nights, according Charles Stevens, United States deputy prohibi- adminisirator. Police Seek Convicts Houston Net for 20 Mexicans Who I soaped noi A iford, who, with YY'allace C.

tftger of Lugnnsporf. Ind the star witness of the day. conceded that he was an ex- klansman and that most of his testimony had been obtained at second hand. first startling bit of testimony given by the witness was that he had been Informed by' Walter F. Bessert of Indianapolis that Senator Watson had sat conference of ktan officials at mhington at which the resignation of Bessert as Indiana grand dragon had been forced by Dr.

Hiram W. Evans, Imperial wizard of the klan. Besides At atson and Dr. others at the session in- clucb-d Joseph Muffington, in of klan political affairs in Indiana; Robert Me Nay, then a klanstnan. and the mayors of Indianapolis and Evansville.

in Both Bradford and Granger charged there had been whereby Bessert was to be de- because he insisted on keeping the klan nonpartisan and that W. Lee Smith had been made gram! drag on In his place so that the klan would down the for Senator Watson, Bradford told Senator Reed that his information about the holding up of bootleggers and dive keepers in Lake county came from officials In the office. He added there had been no arrests eea se did not work wit? but that a comp to the the farm by tur freedom through of the i Estin ku nizat i witness i iallies i Iffers Solution Says Sbonb! Both Ila.t>cr and urcr of t'wttcnt 25, depression In the oetton market by making the statu bftth the and of futton and 'hat fpb other opt ifvcy repubb an not; gvwerhor. Said hvre wifht I a campaign speech iquor Situation Alarms Twu Drown in Gale i'f GfJi.ter Nle-e Nar- rvnfy Fieapf H. 1 T.

in the river frOgbtcr ITrad wffe.n the V-- If a gate fi If a t- cad of water vif this, town today. wajiftn sud a man we.r# fjbetl, Othff t- by jmnp ftf WUi Tivt i it? lopi.ty r.t.tti Mt ft, Oat nr 4c cr-fk, and Hayes, fu-y- nxmi periOwd. sheriff port had wly. chief ohibition fivld agents, ting that the Watson or- must have spent at least Lake county alone, tho uided that after the rrE omvy ail the a.u«i ooittty of- t'toers in Lkke eotfutg held ntfivif! by sfeppoi.n’tfueni. 'WhA hsiit Opposed in the i mttry had been reteowd.

Asks Probe of K.K.K. lit Oklahoma Politics KAN si AS CITY. CRT. i Da-M'cd, defiV'Cij. ratio I for governor of Okla I hortia, today a telegram Senator Jszues A.

Reed, chairman of the senate campaign fundk ht k'i Klux KUkd nut. No reply to the telegram has been i made, LUBBoru Oct. 2 -4P- down on thfy ftity becotne an city and foday that three pereor.s ej bh 41 deuh-ker. fa. nal gei- 0 a var wjfelk BOY RII I WG Ht IM WHEN VU OVERTURN? T.

(RU killed and us Novusad, 15, and Leon Rosen- I berg, 20. were injured when the car in hich they were riding col- Med with another a mile from i here. Fight Blazez on Ship Ad Club Selects BI Paso Ma Lire.re a re 16 Hold Lader uetrvl today to chick a I ragtd in a NccEs company BEANKlT Ol COVERING Rh HMUXE now and a I degrees oa hie today as an winter Oct CAP wagM i blaze x.Gtlnry berthed ai here, KNOW 1" OR RR MO Np Od. 2.J.—- OP) tt ru p.r rat of SS tito ubi dominium ari hat is. iom at hand- a co and ichito to Ftghfc for Moet tiaM unap.rurusi.'- to day rh thy 1927 city ot hi- Tenth tuet International Advertising association.

Although I no oppi.f?iîi"iî to the bordffir city I for nexi e-sr uieetmg wm it iixs that there will be a stiff battle net ween and i chita. lot the convention in 192S. Both these cuics announced Dm WH k. for the convention year after next..