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Houston and Vicinity Thursday Partly cloudy, with probable local thunder showers. VOL. 39, NO. 141 MAGNOLIA JOINS BIG CITY CLASS AND CELEBRATES Suburban Residents See New City Hall and Hear Speeches HOUSTON SENDS BEST WISHES Residents- Enjoy Dance And Plenty of Refreshments Jubilee held sway in Mag-1 nolia Park Wednesday night. From 7:30 p.

m. until the wee sma' hours residents paid honor to their city. Magnolia Park had just grad-. uated into the rank of the big towns of the country. The occasion was the dedication of the new $20,000 city' hall and fire station, which was completed early this week by the progressive residents of Houston's beautiful eastern suburb.

Magnolia Park claims a population of approximately 8000, and a big portion of these took part in the celebration. Music, dancing ice cream and home-made cake were much in evidence. Likewise there were many good speeches. The celebration was opened formally with invocation by Rev. J.

F. Kidd, followed several patriotic selections by the Houston municipal band. Mayor F. W. Baldinger, who has labored untiringly for months in building a municipal hall and fire station, was the first speaker.

He briefly outlined the progress of Magnolia Park since the day it became a municipality, and congratulated residents on their progressive spirit. Following the mayor's speech, bronze tablet, engraved with the names of the officials, who had voted for the construction of the new building. was unveiled. The tablet. which will serve as corner stone for the building, was donated to Magnolia Park by C.

Bahl, contractor, who built the new city ball. After the unveiling ceremonies, addresses were delivered by Houston and Magnolia Park residents Each of the speakers lauded the for their enterprise in establishing local city government. Assistant District Attorney John Berry and Mayor pro-tem H. A. Halverton of Houston, were among the principal speakers at the celebration.

Judge Berry praised the work of Park's mayor and aldermen in the erection of city monument. Mr. Halverton compared the advantages of Magnolia Park and Houston, stating that it was the progressive (Cont'd on Pg. 2, Col. 6) DELEGATES NAMED TO LEGION MEETING Delegates to the State convention the American Legion at Galveston next week were elected Wednesday night by members of the Sam Houston post While DO definite instructions were issued to the delegates it was decided to advocate program of Statewide activities for the Legion.

The Sam Houston post delegation also will support the Dallas delegates in their effort to have the American Legion sponsor a boxing law for Texas. The Sam Houston Post delegation will open headquarters at the Royal hotel, in Galveston Monday morning. These headquarters will be maintained throughout the convention. All Houston Legion members who attend the convent are invited to avail themselves on the conveniences of the headquarters. Adjutant Robert Sloane will be in charge and will maintain a bureau of information throughout the convention.

Delegates elected were: Ralph A. Anderson, post commander, chairman: Robert Sloan, secretary; M. J. Henry, Dr. L.

W. Kuebler, Julius Sigel. Alternates are T. H. McNiel, L.

I. Wade, J. L. Pierce, J. W.

Carnes and J. B. Bessinger. Delegates at large are: E. J.

Schwartzman, Albert O'Field, Harris Hammersmith. Weather Forecast Associated Press Report. WASHINGTON, D. Aug. East Texas: Thursday partly cloudy.

scattered showers in east portion, cooler in northeast southwest, warmer in north portion; Friday, cloudy, warmer in the interior. West Texas: Thursday generally fair, except showers in extreme west portion; warmer in north portion; Friday generally fair. Louisiana: Thursday local showers, cooler in north portion; Friday, partby cloudy, probably showers on the coast, warmer in north portion. Thursday and Friday, generally fair, rising temperature. Oklahoma: Thursday Friday fair.

warmer. dirt Bulletin- Although generally locally mud. good, aside from being bumpy and dusty in dy, roads many places on account. of prolonged dry Highest temperature Tuesday 89. Lowest Wednesday morning from 2 p.

m. Tuesday to m. inch. Sunrise 5:53 a sunset 6:56 Moon rises at 4:15 sets Comparative record et Houston Aug. Time- 1 1988 1928 wet bulb bull relative THE 'Poison' Poems Stir City.

Zoo Russian Bear Unmoved: Denies Cube: To All Visitors The Russian bear Is here for fair, Brown's the color of this fellow; But the buffalo, Who ought to knew, Says his back is a trifle. yellow. APPEARANCE poem" of at the the first city, "pol- :00 was the cause much excitement Wednesday afternoon. And the fact that it was aimed at a newcomer only heaped fuel on the fire. To say that the beasts were in an animal rage would be putting it mildly.

Libel on Newcomer. "The "poison pen was tacked to the cage. to he occupied by the Russian bear, whono, which -traveled overland from Port Arthur Wednesday in a flivver with Hans Nagel, czar of all the bears and other animals at the zoo. The bear, according to Nagel, was rather sorry to leave the German tanker Julius Schindler- he WaS mascot-and he thought it was scurvy trick for his mates to peddie him, especially in a foreign country; but when he learned that he bad brought a price of 00 marks every hair on his back stood up in pride. Of course, the bear could not read the "poison pen poem," since it was written in English, but it was translated into Russian for him by the porcupine, who once had what might be called a scraping acquaintance with a Russian wolfhound.

Dinner First. "Ha-sky," cried the bear in pidgin English; "that's nothinskovitch. Poison penskys bother me not whitovitch. Pleasky tell the keeper to bring dinnervitch." However, his placidity was not shared by the other animals. Hardly had the excitement over the first "poison pen poem' subsided when the second one WaS discovered.

It was just tea time, and most of the animals were at to. The snakes were having field mice for tea Wednesday. The poem was discovered by Marcelle, the python, who is just across the way from the lion's cage. She bad just been discussing the arrival of the baby lions Tuesday night. 'Pon my word," she hissed; "looky over there." To the Lion Cubs.

Tacked on the lion's cage was poem similar to the one found on the bear cage. It read: Congratulations, And salutations To the lioness' cubs; But from the way they holler I'll bet a dollar They're 8 couple of awful dubs. "If Mr. Lion should see that-" whispered Marcelle, with a shrug of her shoulders. But Mr.

Lion didn't it. He was too busy at home know; and maybe Lion is so irritable she won't let any one see. She told Keeper Nagel through a closed door that she and the babies would not be receiving guests for two weeks, at least. So between the arrival of the Russian bear, babies at the lions' house and the appearance of the "poison pen poems" the 200 is in the midst of the greatest excitement the oldest inhabitant can member. "poison One clue to poems" the has author been of found the pen Suspicion has fastened on a large Maltese cat seen prowling about the 200.

Although the poems were not signed, a maltese cat was found in front of the bears' cage after the second poem had been discovered. Wife No. 2 Waits At Prison Gates, No. 1 Gets Divorce Associated Press Report. NEW YORK, Aug.

Thornton Andrews, the man who tried unsuccessfully to mix old wives with new in a Jersey apartment two years ago, was married for the second time to No. 2," at Bogota, N. Monday, it was learned today. She was Esther Marie Tatnall of Pittsburg. l'a.

After the break up of his double menage, which was attended by widespread publicity, Andrews, stock broker, was convicted of misappropriating $14,000 received for a client, and was sent to Sing Sing prison for term, which ended two weeks ago. Meanwhile, his firet wife divorced him. When Andrews was released Miss Tatnall was waiting for him at the prison gates. Reports of their marriage Monday were confirmed by recorder McCarty of Bogota, who performed the ceremony. Highway Commission Makes Big Allotment Houston Post Special.

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. and federal aid allotments to 26 coumties aggregating more than $1,752,668 have been made by the State highway commission. These allotments were completed today by the commission. Wilson county received the highest award totaling more than $400,000. Hall county received $200,000 while Dallas.

Wichita, Smith and Jim Wells counties received more than $100,000 each. Some of these received as much 88 $175,000. Counties regeiving more than $50,000 were Fayette, Van Zandt, Hardin, Wise, Panola and Nueces. The smallest award went to Uvalde county, which received only $946. 23 Hurt When Train Plunges Into Ditch Associated Press Report.

ANNANDALE, Aug. Ten 18 persons were paintully, injured and others slightly when four conches of the Winnipeg flyer on the St. Paul Sault Ste the rails here tonight and toppled over into HO HOUSTON HOUSTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1923 Obregon Backs -Drys In Mexico, Bishop Declares Press Report. CHAUTAUQUA, N. Aug.

President Obregon of Metico shares the belief of Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield of the Methodist Episcopal church that within a few years the country below the Rio Grande will 'adopt prohibition. In an address tonight before the on international relations footference Christian viewpoint, dent Obregon to him, which said: bishop quoted letter from believe frankly that your. prestige as a prophet is not being promised too much when you state bition and that at toward, date our tendency is prohiMexico will enter into that estate." The bishop declared that the gov. etnment as represented by President Obregon Secretaries de la Huerta and Callos stands firmly behind the dry movement.

He said that more than one northern state is now largely dry and that the state of Oaxaca has taxed the saloons practically out of existence. BEAUMONT TAILOR SHOT TO DEATH IN APARTMENT HOUSE Former Officer, Held for Slaying H. J. Bickham, Admits Shooting Houston Special. BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug.

G. Bickham, manager of one of Beaumont's leading tailoring establishments, was shot and killed at 3 p. m. today at the Lynn apartments, College and Pearl streets, within three blocks of police headquarters. Bob Word, former and a brother of M.

B. Word, once police chief of Port Arthur, surrendered shortly after the shooting. Although Word has made no statement, it is understood that he was accompanied to Bickham's apartment by two men. The three remained there but a moment, when Word returned to his' automobile, parked near the apartment building, presumably to obtain his revolver. Shots Heard.

Shots were heard a minute or 80 after Word re-entered the apartment. Bickham is said to have attempted to use a gun during the struggle that preceded the fatal shots. Five bullets lodged in the man's body, one of them breaking a leg. The fact that the victim's left band was powder burned leads to the belief that the shots were tired range, probably while the two were struggling. After the shooting Word made his way to police headquarters and advised the desk sergeant to put his name on the blotter.

"Did Bickham die?" inquired the officer, who had but a short time before dispatched men to the scene of the shooting. "I guess was the laconic reply. "He fell anyway." With comment, the man was led to a detention cell to await arraignment. Bickham, widely known in this section, has been actively engaged in furtherance of luncheon clubs and organization work here. To his friends he was known as "Ham" Bickham.

He is about 30 years old and has been a resident of this city for four years. He was unmarried, maintaining bachelor apartments in the downtown apartment building in which the shooting occurred. AUTO BANDITS EVADE CAPTURE All efforts to apprehend the auto bandits who held up F. K. Leggett, of the Houston Ice Cream company, Monday, at Houston and Washington avenues and robbed him of approximately $1200, had proved unsuccessful at a late hour Wednesday, according to police officials.

Numerous reports coming in from diffeernt sections of the county that strange men bad been seen, proved to be fictitious, Captain of Detectives Tom Shelley said Wednesday. Police, sheriffs, detectives and all other law enforcement departments of the State are on the alert for the three bodlup men, police declared Wednesday. NOTE REFUSING BRITISH TERMS PLEASES PRANCE Paris Stresses Fact Getmany Has Lightest Burden EXPECTS NEW ALLY PARLEY Associated Press Report. PARIS, Aug. Poincare's reply to Marquis Curson's reparations note seems to suit the French press and to strike a popular chord in public opinion.

Few members of parliament are in Paris, most of them being occupied in meetings of the general councils of the various departments, but those who were in the lobbies of the chamber this afternoon united in approving the, premier's stand. The part of the note that appealed most to the political leaders was that in which M. Poincare asked Lord Curzon whether France should be treated by her allies more severely than Great Britain wanted to treat Germany, their former common enemy. Would Help Germany. Great stress was assertion that if the British theory prevailed the Germans would emerge from the calamity of their own making with no internal debt and a foreign debt of only 50 billion marks, with an annual interest charge much less than France is obliged to bear.

At the same time, it was declared, Germany had profited from the page of work in the Ruhr by putting her industries in such shape that, when a setlement was finally reached, she would be able to compete more sharply than ever with those countries which suffered damage at her hands. Expects New Parley. Comment in official quarters indicates plainly that Premier Poincare anticipates continuation of the discussion with tr the British cabinet. In political circles outside the government there is not so much confidence that London will desire to On with the discussion, but nowhere among public men or in the press does there appear any great apprehension as to the consequence of eventual separate action by the British government. PROBERS SOLVE SECOND BURIED BABY MYSTERY Physician Exonerates Parents in Report to Police Mystery surrounding the finding of new born baby buried in a shallow grave about four miles from Houston Tuesday, was cleared up late Wednesday night by the police when the mother, the attending physician and persons in the family were interviewed at a residence on the Air Line road.

Information as to the identity of the child and its parents was obtained by George Andrew, special investigator for the district attorney, Sheriff A. J. McCollum and Deputy Campbell R. Overstreet, when laborer informed them that three men were seen coming from the residence late Tuesday afternoon with box in their possession. An ambulance had been called, he said, a few minutes before, but went away without a patient.

The am bulance drivers were sought and through them the attending physician was In made to police by foundatement the attending physician, he said that the baby was born prematurely and that he told the parents that it would be within the law to bury it without a permit. Being foreigners, 'he said, they did not realize that taking it so far away would cause suspicion. Statements from the three men alleged to have buried the child were taken by the officers. No arrests will be made, they said late Wednesday night. The body of the infant is being held by the Houston Undertaking Co.

ATLANTIC, PACIFIC 38 HOURS APART, AIRPLANES PROVE New York and San Francisco Brought Four Days Closer MAIL SERVICE TEST IS SUCCESS Associated Press Report. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22. San Francisco moved nearly four days nearer to New York today through. the success of the air mail service's first night flying west bound.

Pilot Clair K. Vance brought more -than 400 pounds of mail, from. Eastern points to Crissy field, here tonight at 6:24 o'clock. 34 hours and 23 minutes after the first instalment of it had left Hempstead field, on Long Island yesterday morning. This mail was delivered tonight so that within an hour official messages from Mayor Hylan of New York to Mayor Rolph, of San Francisco, or from Eastern mail officials to those in charge of the service's affairs in in the West, were being read.

Setting Sun Sees Victory. The last rays of the setting sun sweeping up through Golden Gate toward the Berkeley hills across San Francisco bay gilded Vance's on-rushing plane as it came out of the evening haze and observers at Crissy field sighted it several minutes before he landed. He came on rapidly and dove down to the field, against the without circling. He made a quiet, if and he graceful landing. those awaiting him were quicker.

The propeller of his plane stopped turning when a mail truck, waiting for his consignment of messages and small packages, was backed directly to the plane and men threw the pouches from the cockpit to the truck, which sped away to the post office, for sorting of the letters. Half a dozen special messengers, with motorcycles whose engines were popping, stood by for the special delivery letters which accompanied the pouches and presently dashed away to begin deliveries. Vance, who is a slender, wiry figure of medium height, clambered out of his seat with a smile. He is a veteran air mail pilot and, except for (Cont'd on Pg. 2, Col.

5) CRASH IN MID-AIR IS FATAL FOR TWO MARINE AVIATORS Third Airman Has Nar- row Escape in Accident At Pensacola Associated Press Report. PENSACOLA, Aug. combat practice which would have completed their aviation training course, Captain George F. Hill and First Lieutenant Cornelius McFadden, both of the United States marine corps, were killed when a plane which they were flying collided with another machine piloted by First Lieutenant M. A.

Richal in midair and fell more than 3000 feet at the naval air station here today. An investigation of the accident has been ordered by the navy department at Washington. Richal miraculously escaped death when his machine went into a long glide after all tail controls and the rear portion of the fuselage had been severed by the compact with the other plane. His ship, a Voight type land plane. was upside down during the long fall of 3000 feet and was in that position when it landed on a paved highway leading from Pensacola to the naval air station.

The running gear was undamaged. Richal suffered no broken bones, and unless complications set in from possible minor internal injuries, he has an excellent chance for recovery. physicians said. Death of McFadden and Hill was instantaneous. McFadden, who WAS piloting, was attempting to bring his plane into formation with three others, when the wing of his machine struck the tail of the one piloted by Richal.

Dropping about 200 feet after the collision, the wings of McFadden's machine collapsed. The wreck crashed in a densely wooded area. U. S. Plans Substitute Fuel Supply In Case Of Anthracite Strike Associated Press Report, WASHINGTON, Aug.

of a system of distribution designed to insure an adequate supply of substitute fuel will be the first object of the government in case of stoppage of production in the anthraThe initial step to this end cite fields. was taken today when F. R. Wadleigh, the federal fuel distributor, invited governors of anthracite consuming States to send representatives to a meeting at New York August 28 to assist in formulating. an emergency distributing system.

The telegram, which went to the executives of the 11 States forming the New England and Middle Atlantic tier, to and including Maryland, was dispatched after a conference between President Coolidge, Acting Chairman Aitchison of the interstate COLD WAVE GRIPS MOST OF NATION; HOUSTON COOLER Overcoats Popular as Mercury Takes Unprecedented Drop POST. on August 28, 1923. Every State Invited. commerce commission and Mr. Wadleigh at the White House.

was announced that the intercommerce commission and the traffic departments of the principal Eastern railroads would be represented at the New York meeting in order that any plan adopted might be worked out to the last detail. A tentative plan for the institution of central distributing agencies in each State with supervisory headquarters in Washington to insure priority of transportation bad been worked out by Mr. Wadleigh and will be laid before the conference. Announcing the call to the governors, Mr. Wadleigh said.

"In order to discuss and formulate plans for the distribution of bituminous coal and coke for domestic use in the principal anthracite consuming States, in the event of a stoppage of work at the anthracite mines of September 1, the governors of the States interested will be quested to send representatives to attend, a conference at New York City It is hoped that every State will be represented so that full discussion may be had and definite action taken in order to insure the distribution into the respective States of sufficient amounts of coal and coke to the end that the public may suffer no inconvenience, owing to a lack of fuel for heating its homes, offices, etc. "Representatives the railwaye interested probably will be asked to attend the conference and a representative of the interstate commerce commission will be present as the whole matter of fuel distribution is largely one of adequate transportation. subjects to be discussed will be the matter of education of the consumers in use of fuel other than anthracite as it felt that a systematic plan of public instruction be made of great service in the practical and efficient use of such fuels and will thereby reduce the actual cost of heating with resultant savings to the individual consumer and the community." Mine Officials Await Renewal Of Conference Associated Press Report. ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. of the miners' union and representatives of anthracite coal tors whose break up of wage negotiations yesterday 'raised almost certain duction prospects September stoppage 1, of coal Traitiess pro- I kept vigil separate hotels here today.

They were waiting, the leaders said, without any idea of altering the positions which ended the joint conference, but as a matter of courtesy to the federal government, from some agency of which there might possibly make a conference desired. No direct come communication that would message came either from the United States coal commission, at the instance of which wage scale negotiations were renewed this week after a previous suspension, or from any other source. John Lewis. president of the U'nited Mine workers, said he had nothing to add to the announcement of yesterday that the union would "administer to the operators the trounc- ing of their careers" in the mine stoppage he expects to see September 1. Samuel D.

Warriner, chairman of the policy committee, remarked only that press comment and public reaction today all appeared to him to support the employers' attitude of refusing wage increases. GAS PRICE 'WAR' ENDS IN DALLAS DALLAS. Texas. Aug. prices were advanced in Dallas today, apparently marking the end of "war" that bas been waged hetween the large producers and the independent companies for several weeks.

The Magnolia Petroleum company posted a five cent increase at all its retail stations, the boost being followed at other stations by advances of one cent to five cents. The Magnolia price, which has been 11 cents a gallon, went to 16 cents. Some few stations held today to the 11 cent price which marked the low point in the retail price cutting. The Oriental company, which held during the "war" at 15 cents. raised its price today to 16 cents.

The Texas company sold its gasoline at 13 cents, an increase of two cents. SALESMEN WILL HOLD PICNIC TODAY The annual picnic of the Salesmanship, chub, will Bayshore be held Orphans this home, afternoon all members and their families being invited to attend with basket lunches and the idea of having a great time. There will be plenty of music. furniched by girls from the Bellaire School for Girls, with dancing and speechmaking to follow. The club.

according to Secretary J. H. Skinner, is making a practice of giving the use of the bayshore home for one week to each institution of the county for the care of dependents. Boy Falls Off Roof To be Saved by Kite NEW YORK. Aug.

heavy wind Brooklyn today lifted Vito Cicio, aged 11, from the roof from where was flying a kite twice his sise. The boy held onto the string floated safely 50 feet to the street, the kite acting as a parachute. Building Permits Issued Wednesday Number of structures, $8. Total value, $50,707.50. Total value for year to date, $13,419.602.50.

PRICE 5 CENTS MEXICANS CHARGE PEONAGE, APPEAL TO CONSUL HERE Declare They Worked Week in Lumber Camp Without Pay FACTS WILL' BE GIVEN OFFICIALS Ten of Thirty-Five Escape Under Cover of Night A cold wave, unprecedented for 'this time of scarein, the history of weather spread over the United States Wednesday. making itself felt South A8 Houston. Coming so" soon after the long continued siege of excessively hot weather, the contrast was all the more striking. Houston temperatures hung below the 80 mark throughout the afternoon Wednesday, where, a week ago, and for weeks previous, anything below the 05 mark was considered a boon. Associated Press reports from many cities told of the falling temperatures.

New York shivered in the coolest August 22 on record. The temperature was 53 degrees at 8 a. this being two degrees lower than the record in 1876. St. Louisans who Tuesday wiped their brows under 8 maximum temperature of 91 degrees yesterday donned light overcoats as the mercury had dropped to 56 degrees, the coolest August 22 here in 48 years.

The temperature in Northern Indiana, according to weather officials, was 41 degrees above zero. Indianapolis recorded a temperature of 49 degrees. No frosts were reported. A kotar Freezing frosts in temperatures Northeastern in North Minne- Dasota and unseasonably cool temperatures in Central and Northern States were reported to the weather bureau. The chill wave was moving eastward over the upper and lower lake region.

Karan City, reported 52 degrees at a. the lowest temperature for a corresponding date in the history of the weather bureau there. and weather reports showed freezing temperature at Minot and Napoleon, N. D. A temperature of 32 degrees was reported in rural section near Duluth, although the official temperature for that city WAR 41.

Heavy rains were falling in North Texas, greatly benefitting the pastures and cotton. A five and one half inch rain fell at Tulia. MRS. KUHLMAN FUNERAL TODAY Funeral services for Mrs. Adele Louise Kuhlman, 53.

lifelong resident of Houston, died Wednesday, be held at 4 prep today at the home. 1603 avenue. Mrs. was a member of the MEionan. First Evangelical Lutheran church and the Tabitha society.

She was also a leader in the War Mothers' organization of Houston. Rev. D. Baltzer will conduct the services. Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery under the direction of the company.

undertakera. The deceased is survived by her husband: one son. Edwin L. Kuhlman of Fort Worth: one granddaughter: her mother, Mrs. Davidson: one sister, Mrs.

Frank, Rose: three brothers. Adolph. Edwin (. Schuater and' Leon Davidson. Pallbearers will be Robert Saulnier, Lewis Schuster, Oswald Herzeg, J.

V. Kuhlman, Henry Kuhlman Jr. and Claude Allen, all nephews of the de ceased. Huge Dreadnaught of Air Makes Successful Flight DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. even the wildest dreams of its designer and other air service officials the Barling bomber, world's flight largest nt airplane, Wilbur Wright feld this completed its maiden evening.

Ease with which the giant dreadnaught was maneuvered, both on the ground and in flight and the slow take-off and landing speeds was the chief feature of -the performance, witnessed by less than 1000 visitors, and characterized as the most promising maiden flight ever undertaken by any aircraft. The plane was in the air 28 minutes. Only one minor detail was found to be in other than perfect order during the fight. This was the connecting rod between the upper and lower elevator planes on the tail, which vibrated considerably, according to members of the crew. Greatest of Flights.

The vibration: was not suficient, by far, to mar the complete success of this greatest of all flights, since the Wright brothers of Dayton made their memorable vorage through the air at Kitty Hawk, N. in December, 1008. and the Wright Brothers were founded of Charges that a band of Mexicans was taken from. Laredo to Bogalusa, and forced to work as victims of peonage were being investigated Wednesday by 'L. Pena, Mexican consul stationed here, following receipt of a letter from one of the men detailing a sevenday period of alleged mistreatment.

At the conclusion of the investigation, which is being conducted by Raul G. Dominguez, Mexican consul at Beaumont, and the local consul, facts will be laid before government authorities, Senor Pena said. The story brought to the attention. of the consuls. reads much like a lowback thriller and deals with a trip across Texas to a lumber camp in Louisiana, where the men allege they worked for a week without pay and at the end of that period were told that they were in debt to their em ployer for the privilege of eating and sleeping on the damp ground.

Worked Hard Without Pay. "We were dumfounded," one of the meh explained. "We came from Laredo with the understanding that we were to get $2.30 a day and quarters to sleep in. We engaged in the hardest kind of work for a week. Then when pay day came we went to our employer and asked for our pay.

We were told that we had nothing coming. He said that we owed him money for our rent and such. "There were 35 of us at the camp. That night 10 of us got together and laid plans to leave. We had no funds but we were determined to.

get away. Late in the night the little band of 10 struck off through the woods, their object being to put as much space as possible between them and the lumber camp. Coming to town, they boardat the" next station. they said, and ed a train but were removed forcibly were held there until an officer came and tied them together. The 10 were then marched to jail where they were kept in cells for eral days, they explained.

Later they were removed and placed in work gangs, where they remained for several more days. They were releaxed, they explained, after they promised to go back to the lumber camp. Hardships a Endured. Regaining their freedom, the band again sought to make their way from the State. Walking along a railroad track for many miles, they overtook other Mexicans who were in possession of a hand car.

This they boarded and rode to within a short distance of Beaumont. At that city the men appealed to Senor Dominguez, told their story and asked the aid of the official in remove ing the 25 other men from the camp. "It is a hell, that place," is phrase of the letter sent to the consul here by one of the men. The letter, written in Spanish, tends to show that the writer is a man of above the average intelligence, the consul said. He includes names and addresses that his statements might be verified.

Valley Denied Peonage Charges by Deputy AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. Charges that Mexican laborers in the Rio Grande Valley cotton fields had been mistreated and had been the victims of peonage are without tion, according to a report filed by M. A. Dominguez, deputy inspector for the State labor department, filed with Commissioner Myers today. Mr.

Dominguez had been detailed to investigate the charges. Specific charges that farmers had abused Mexican families taken from San Antonio to pick cotton were "absolutely disproven" he reported. Hundreds of Mexican farm bands will be released in South Texas within the next few weeks and will be diverted to North Texas fields Mr. Dominguez said. their flight, 80 were the dreams hopes of Walter Barling.

the Englishman who designed the ship, centered completely in this flight. Before the ship took the air, be smiled and expressed his confidence in his handiwork, but his hands were shaking and his nervousness was otherwise apparent as he climbed through the small trap door into the fuselage of the ship, following Lieutenant Harold R. Harris, pilot, Lieutenant Muir Fairchild. assistant pilot, and Engineer Douglass Culver. Under its own power, the giant craft majestically swung around quarter turn and moved off to the southwest, to get into position.

Arrived at this position, the ship remained for a time, with motors idling. Suddenly came 8 deafening roar the six Liberty motors were speeded up preparatory to the takeoff. An instant later the ship was seem to move across the field. nine seconds and after run of 120 yards as Lieutenant Harris "gave her the gun" the ship was off the ground, leaving the ground at a speed of about 50 miles an hour. The big craft gained altitude steadily and was 310 feet in the air by the time it passed the place where a battery of cameramen was stationed.

Similar in many instances to historic flight of the Wright brothers almost 20 years ago, this giant craft appeared strangely similar to the first Wright ship when it was viewed from the rear in the air. The tail of the Barling has a wing spread greater than that of the DH-4. standard training ship of the army air service, and this large tail, especially when the ship was far away, appeared quite similar to the box kite tail of the first Wright ship. The propellors on the engines in the wings also recalled that the two propellors on the first successful heavier machine were located the wings. Visitors in Awe.

As the Barling bomber circled the field. expressions of awe were heard on every side. This dreadnaught of the air traveled about 25 miles in its short flight. The highest altitude gained was 2500 feet, although pilots expressed the belief that much greater altitude could have been obtained if desired. And them came the time for the landing, which most engineers believed would be the critical time for the giant craft.

With the sunset as a background, thie greatest of all airplanes majestically glided to earth, never waverins from the conses set. Its landing speed whereas was about 60 miles all hour, the craft attained a maximum speed of 03 miles an hour in fight. The landing was perfect. The ship seemed to be suspended on some giant cable and gently lowered to the earth. As the crowd swarmed to the field, they were driven back by soldiers, and under its own power the buge craft maneuvered up the field until it was ready to be moored in exactly the same place where it had rested for many weeks while final adjustments were made preparatory to this flight.

Designer Jubilant. But this time the crowd could not be kept back, and it surged forward to the plane. Harris was the first to. come out. Then Fairchild, followed by Barling and Culver.

They all wore broad smiles, but Barling waS like a small boy in his delight at his great accomplishment. The fust question on everybody's lips was "How did she go Anticipating this, question, Harris said: "I never handled big ship that answered more readily to the controls than the Barling. It was simply fine in exery detail but one. That one was the connecting rod between the upper and lower elevator planes. There seemed to be a lot of vibration there." YOUR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT A 25-word Classified Advertisement in The Sunday Post costs 75c.

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