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' UL. 11, No. 84 Poll Associated Press Leased Wire-Service.
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1922.
Slngla Copies 2 Cents Daily. 8 Cants Sunday.
Thomas Pollard, Promi
nent Man, Faces Murder
Charge For Killing Sten
ogrnpher.
arraignment
HELD THURSDAY
Police Try to Unravel
Death of Monday Night.
Think Stenographer
Loved Employer.
RICHMOND, Va. — Mrs.
Thelma H. Richardson came to
her death from "a bullet
»ouno—that she was shot bV
Thomas Pollard in a scuffle"
was the verdict of the coro
ner's jury •which* mot here
Thursday to Investigate the
killing of the young stenogra
pher at the homo of her former
employer Monday evening. Pol
ish's bond of $10-000 Was con
tinued and hla preliminary ar
raignment in polio, court was
set for December 2$.
Love Letters to Slain Former Atlanta Stenographer Are : f?diiii§§
*-*' *~+ ■ *~+ *-* *-* '<&*+"', *4+' ■
MURI IQ Hammon Widow and
IVInil ID Husband She Sues
MA TO YIELD
Friendly Intervention of
American Ambassador
At Rjght Moment Saved
j' Parley From Rocks.
TURKEY RECOGNIZES
WO^tD INFLUENCE
Turkish Spokesmen Say
j Their Nation Wants to
1 Do Right Thing Toward
! Alien Residents.
Rutledge Man Killed in
CarWreckNearMadison
AWAIT DECISION
S. V. Sanford And
Stegeman to Go
to Gotham
MADISON, Ga.-m(Spedal to Banner-Herald.)^-T Inofficial Information
John G..Oxford of Rutledge met a tragic death Wed- j Indicates
nesdity night When hewas pinned under an over r ! That verdell and Jack-
turned auto on the Madison-Rutledge Road about six I son Are Relieved.
miles^from Madison. While'the accident occurred LOCAL DISVISION
about seven o’clock, the car overturned in a clump of | RPTisir 1 PPnTOPnrn
tall weeds and was not discovered until Thursday | U irKOlLCTED
morning. The deceased was alone, returning from Fred Oismuke, State Pro-
nrAvlr in MofIScAn .1. * T> _
LAUSANNE.—(By The Associat-
ed Press)—Turkey will. join the
I league of nations as soon as peace
lie signed at Lausanne, Ismet Pa-
jsha announced at the Near East
conference Thursday. As the league
j exercises general supervision over
minority populations Ismefs an-
nrnineejhent w»» Interpreted aT
meaning that Turkey will accept
the lesene's supervision over the
Christian peoples'or - Turkey.' * ; ; -f
The second marriagQ.ship oLMraJ^TprktvtrvacceDts in principle the
oltL William L. Roher, widow of Jake vappUcation to the rriatlonal minor-
SfwSUI^gJSon, sialnOklahqmaoll mil- •^J^^Tn^^pcUnae,
>ber. Mrs. Thelma Richardson, at lUnaire and politician has run BulEaHan a^Lotter ^ce
*■**«•• **■«» me*.™* «*>!
hibition Director, Re
fuses to Make Comments
on Situation.
work in Madison.
Surviving the deceased are his widow, two daugh
ters, Mrs. John Dobbins, of Rutledge and Mrs. John
W. Ford, of. Atlanta; four sons, Ernest, Bernard,
James aid Hugh; five brothers, W. A., E. B. and
Seaborn Oxford of Rutledge, T. D. and W. H. Oxford^
of Deland, Fla., and a sister,'Mrs. Ebbin Denham of ken on the suspension of Prtrtiibl.
this county. Funeral arrangements have not ; Been] vert e a“Mte!ieS;
announced. ft •-."•% I and Scott Jackson,, one of the of-
* l —■■ U LV'~ ' ■ ifleers working under Mr. Verdell,
■ ■ ■ - according to officials In touch with
The local ’ prohibition enforce
ment activities will be well taken
care of pending action to be ,ta-
Dr. S. V,. Sanford, director of
athletics at the University oT
Godrteila, and 'H_‘ J. stegeman, head
A _. _.. „ _
coach, will leave about December
25 fir New York wSiere they will
attend the,session of the National
Football coaches association and
17 ARE DEAD AND
15
T
the; NatipUal Collegiate. Associa
tion. Dr.'Sanford la on the Exe
cutive committee- of the latter,
which meets the evening of the
28. nf December.
The ccpch'a asociation meets on
the 28.
It was at this meet'ng two years
go -that the Dartmouth game was
arranged for and Georgia’s touch
with" the big colleges of the east
and west has resulted largely
from having attendSf-Jce at these
meetings.'
SPEEDY TRIALS FOR ,Ali BEING TRIED
dared at the coroner’s Inoqest on has tiled suit for divorce. She says the gran0ng ot amnesty to the .
Thursdnv that when he went to the Robrer. below, despite claims to men ,*ers of these minorities. 1
r.„._ V„„ p "Per the shoot- the etyle to which she was accus- , Am hnRimdnf. child’s frank talkl-
I«S Pollard exclaimed to bi,m T wealth, refused tol support her in viuf^sha'wednesday o^the stfib* I continued the Introduction of'evt-jthe case of R. P. Klnlaw, on’ the Sation will follow the suspension
a. « »*•*»•• !■••«»* in *»-1 den “ Thursday in the trial of fire; chargre of assault .with, intent to 1 3&2SL “J iiSSM
the matter.
- No definite statement has been
given out by State Prohlbltion.OHl-
cer Fred Dlsmuke on the suspen
sion of-the two-local officers but
it has leaked out from the Atlanta
office that both wore suspended'
; following charges of technical vlo-
i latlon of the prohibition laws sev-
I oral months ago.
y. MARION, Ills.—The prosecution >• WAY^ROSS Go^-The trial of] It is understood that an Invest!-
I ^Aw4l—.MwA XLw *— a V - - ,*» - - .SJ . i» • X1. _ A e% y», i • .. tfAff Alt .*.(11 8a1Iam. 4Va amhaamnIam
. the first witness to be turned "and practiced Jiu-jitsu od t e v made a g(»d impression In mm ehnwKkiwi/h „ Z*, in , be determined whether the offense
was nut on the stand her.' \ ' I TuTirlA cfrcles ^nd exereised a ' >“ con- murder to connecUon with the al- warrants dismissal or hot or wheth-
“ Y — 1 calming lnfluenre on the enUre! necUon wIUl 0,6 Herrin ri0t8 last | 1< « e ' 1 *» have been made on John er for the good of the service It wtll
InTB.nun conference. - v ‘- v nor- , Jone - ] Boss chief car Inspector for the I be necessary to make a change In
do^-ofriltt^MkoUaSoM”^: The speed with which'the ad- Atton00 Coast Uno raiload 0,1 ,he ‘rew'Cre ° l enforcement
cense of the threatened rupture j dresses to the Jury by both tho' ° f Julr 1T ’ "j 11 ^ > ™ babIy ’
over the treatment ot Greeks and ' prosecution and the defense were ,eaCh Its conClu8lori late Thursday-
Armenians by Turkey. completed Wednesday and the ex- \ ,n the Superior court here.
1 The case which, is being
by ten jurors by agreement
ea'led. He
?^cr rnmner J. Whitfield refused
the reoneat of Commonwealth At
torney Dave Satterfield for a post
ponement of the hearing. Jones said
he was on his way to his home
wh*n be saw the bodv of the nretty ,
young divorced on the lawn he-
twe on pollard home and the
hm-uft urUotning. end that PollaTd .
vas staedine on the steps of his |
T ‘* ,5, deAoe. He declared that if
K.R.K, FIRST TDPIC
WAS INFLUENTIAL
*«s then that he apnroached Pol- 1 . WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, j " Thei ([rjendiv intervention of the
m *w.i ,he latter told of having Va.—Numerous questions -cf ,»a-. American ambassador, at the right
from 9 o’clock until noon In Beth
any Presbyterian church, where the
famous merchant had worshipped
since boyhood and where he was
a familiar figure. A long line of
persons formed on tie streets ad
jacent to the church awaiting turns
to pay their laBt respects.-Perhaps
never befei-o has Philadelphia bow
ed Its head In more reverent
mourning at the passing of a pub-
FIVE MEN IN
THIS DIVISION
Four men were under Mr. Verdel
,, - , „_ — - ^ , , . - , . .... .. ..j m, .in» ....... when it was found that many of principal witness for tho prosecu
•not kompb-wiv." Jones said ho did tional and istato importance were momen t haa convinced the Turks of the state’s, witnesses were not in tion, testified as to the alleged ct
else around at tinted for'dlsdusslqn In addresses iTn — ■ - -- — ■ -
not ,ee anybody .
ihe t'”'o nor did he notice an an
lomitbile in front of the house.
, . ... . . , _ immense strength of world.court,
by state executives here for the opinions—particnlarly that of the I
opening session Thursday of the states—on the need for a A list of more than thirty wlt-
Ifo-.-t- -th. anmml conference of 8e tuement Of the minority itrob- nesses , haa boon prepared by the
rgqvernore. ActivIUea. of the Ku Iem Amb assador Child urged Ismet 1 the defense, to support
fiaux Klau fortned one of the ques- t( ; reconsider hla position as to Its contention that the five defend.-
tions for dlscdsslon on the offleial y,. Armenians and other dislodged « nt » ven aot present at the scene
Mrs. Rirhnrdson is supposed to program, whlle Governor Parker of populations, pointing out that Am* pe.’hA iriniwww w.1 wwid *A w»d*
tali' been driven to the Pollard Louisiana had announced that he er ican contributors to relief work
“ome by J. Mosby West, former intended to inject into the Wte.j jn thn Near -East desired to know
onbloyo of Pollard qnd now In tho ference also the question of prohf- ;j,at their gifts vrould help the ref-
“ bltton enforcement despite Its ah- ngees In Asia Minor to settle in
nennmmt homes.
"•j estate business of his r .
Themns Pollard, real estate and 8e nco from the list of subjects.^
'"Hirance man. and J. Mosby . Following on the program'the
nest were to be arraigned address of welcome by Governor
" rp Thursday in connection Morgan of West Virginia and the
»ih the death of Mrs. Thelma response by Governor Hardee of
whsnisnn. a stenographer, form- Florida were addresses by Gov-
f’* Atlanta, who was shot and ernor McKelvlo of Nebraska on
t iled at the Pollard home Monday ."Legislation and the Farmer”; by
“tin Pollard is charged with mur- 1 Governor Hartness of Vermont on
wr sa.i is now a t liberty on bond the "Industrial Code and Human
"Mmimn. nni , W eat is being held Economies:” and a discussion by
Governor Preuss of Minnesota from
the viewpoint of the west, ot the
oau as an accessory.
•veceiling the nrellmlnary hear-
oaer Whitfield will hold an
Inquest,
cmi nnliee early Thursday con-
'Met their work of attempting to
“ravel whit they termed the mys-
SJ surrounding the shootlnttf. Of
ai ' "‘■'’’“"dann after they declar-
"® an usday night they had sue-.
ihe cha*-" another^ link-, in thrce r day conference. .
draco bywMch’Sey expect to hold
“Hard on the charge of murder.
proposed SL Lawrence waterway.
Governors Campbell of Arisona and
Ritchie of Maryland also were
Thursday’s program .for ■
on national and s^te" '
Questions ot taxation and
construction', wjero among-'pthers
scheduled ,t4'cdmeYjip.-/autll^;.the
a’”' 1 fTTF « a sid
check are FOUND
" ne, e Is based on a dls-'
a J„ erj ’ h T detectives of a series of
■ noro, ’ B notes and a cheek signed
nl , during a search of the wo-
,V " , """V this citv. The
. is signed "Thomas Pollard”
R:. k peveble to Thelma H.
1911 80n - and is datod June 25 ’
8- 1921, detectives said
Slrb.-T 1 ”* tfl the hearing of the
ffZ*"}* 01 ' divorce case. Mrs.
n 5 , “ r ’ n ra-ent to a local hospital.
Win at Ul0 Um o and an op-
Ptoceedlngs ed COn8plcutni£lly ln 1116
1 *ddr
*.„ 7i- n ' “ I ^ earea . t Lltt, ° H " m ”
tm, „Hr "Tom” expressing
herM f ha ‘ . ah8 take good care of
a. .. , hllFls, and rrot wall
are, as a rule,, such
’‘fcMne to me and I Jove ~~
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Turkish spokesmen contend that
Turkey desires to do the right
thing, but adds that any measures
designed to dissatisfy -world opln-.
ion must not violate Turkey’s sov
ereign rights or force her to grant
exceptionaL privileges to people
within her borders whom she can
not assimilate.
Ismet’s reply to Lord Curzon’s
vigorous denunciation of the Turk-
amination of three arallable wit . Dy ren Jurora Dy ag .,^ ement ot t thl8 gectl0n according to infor-
nesses practically without cross- I counsel for both sides; was called
examination, forced an early con- ■ Wednesday and a recess was tak- P ““ ^, H .v ld
elusion of Wednesday’s session en until this morning, after Ross “S™ d • ot tteae
—<* —~ »a—j *«•-* — - —... .. .. . r was Mr. Jackson. ; v ,,
, Mr. Dlsmuke refused to comment
1 r ’ | one wav or the other- on the re-
Jr- ported suspension of the two. of-
unroSamAriisI 5he ?l^“a 1«S 0ce ” ? th6 t L? a ^ atat0 tba ‘ ‘ ho
“. i work in this division was being
handled as usuaL He intimated that
’ ^ r - Verdel was on a leave of ab-
?hl' i seuco but would not state definite-
j ly whether this was the case or
whether he was under suspension.
of the killings was said to be ready
for call ot 100 or more.
Athenian'Receives
Soldiers’Bonus
,r
Lewis corkran, veteran of tho
world war and now a resident of
Athens. Is ln receipt of a check for
$140 which la part payment of the
soldiers’ bonus paid by the'state
ot Missouri to veterans ot the late
war.
, : , viuuu fliau-B ui uih uuiOD.uutl nao
ish attUude toward the minority votcd B special bonus to her et-
«»dlers and Corkran Is benefltUng
^ hy this MU although he is now Uv-
KU K.LUX KLAN
FlRST.SUBJECT
TheAbJect-of theTKil Kluk E%n
probably will be the first broached,
when Governor Olcott of Oregon;
discusses. it In ah address at
tonight’s spEsJmv.; ;ou-. rAmjBripBj
Adrift." There was a possibllitv,
however, that Goverhor Parker,
who has indicated he would touch
on this question nlso -would take
the floor on the’ first day. He Is
scheduled to speak Saturday but
will be forced to leave Friday night.
- Governor Parker indicated on his
arrival for the conference that he
was prepared to offer suggestions
for curbing what he termed the
"un-Americanism” of the Klan and
made it plain that he intended to
confer on the question with Gov-
Concentrate To
Find Aviators
PHOENIX, 1 krir.—Army and air
•" written on Mav 16 and >"-n"r Olcott and Goveroor Allen.
of Kansas. The latter is listed to
address the conference on ’ The Ku
King Klan. th» prchlem it attacks
It
so tv, and "hurry hnd" get well, and the problem it creates.'
S'V%?L be - WUb -^ b ^lw.£l,« n ^nrtf UoS
met, bowing to high humanitarian
■' .tipns, would offer new
ns. calculated to prepare
!e way tpf-a satisfactory settle-
UnLof the Armenlan-Greek dlffl-
ing In this state.
This man's Christmas troubles
are all solved now.
' PHILADELPHIA. — Thousahds
of persons representing virtually
every walk in life, .did - homage
Thursday atithe bier of John Wan-
amaker, whose body lay ln state
11c or private citizen.
Many celebrated persons, includ
ing high representatives of the of
ficial life of the nation are here to
Officiate as honorary pallbearers or
to attend the funeral services this
afternoon. The services at bqth the
church and the Wanamakor man*
solemn in the cemetery of SL
James., the Loss, will,be.private.
Invitations have been issued com
mensurate with the seating capaci
ty of the church which is estimat
ed at slightly ln excess of 2.000.
Simplicity will mark the last
rites, of the merchant prince. Three
hymns that werevhis life-long fa-
vdritPR will be the musical- requl'-
wltness raid he .did not, reiigMzo "'SrSoi.conceraeAinto?^ SaYioar P ‘;.
amt ot hls atuokera lure rathef>eticcnt on fhe report
satisfied to await fur- Th« ■ nApripoa m>n ha
The Proeecut’on. . is attempM«*T. Ma ., 8 6em 'fertlaffc
t 'LF r i , . ya J !I 10 dofe " dant was con*. t her - rc8uUs . lt j 8 stated, however.
neCteir with assault upon Ros» tSat no personal encounter has ta-
while the defense is. claiming K)n.- ,k e n place between Mr.'Verdel and
law was not present when the. at- n r . Jackson and tost the charge of
tack was made. . violation- of- the law was purely
State National guard troops I technical and admitted by both
were ordered by Governor. Hard- officers,
wick following the* attack' upon- '
Ross and bald officials and non- .VERDEL <MkKE8
Union men, Thg . troops were sta ■
tioned here, nearly a month.
STATEMENT.
Mr. Verdel when asked aboqt the
matter said that he had but little
to say and was willing to await the
: PEACE IS GOAL
tnnnow »*, TC*Ai,,n-A ta-Ai» *° sa T ana wa8 ■willing to await the
action taken by the department He
trranh illonofAl* . ttUUUU WACU Oy lUu Uepttl lUltJUU XI«
^ a f >5l . dla P a ‘ c ’ 1 5 ®^ B 'V dld atate - however, that he had
that delepites of the Sinn F"in mad e no charges against any mem-
w? U n t e n S f J? f “" lta ^ t /ar d ,?h 0U i , H t i: ba t ot the force and had alwqys
nhlir* Ar f L, 1 lln 0 if lB a ^L^ Kb h I wcAkcd for elliciency and harmony
object of establishing peace. . : J since be had been in charge of the
———ifUstHct and* nny violation Of tft©
tj V>1_* w* - i • law was unintentional and purely
rar Reaching rarmers Co-operative : technical he had nothing to
Gohference Opens In Washington
WASHINGTON.—What Its spon-i The program Thursday'was de-
sors characterize as the most 1m-1 voted largely to addresses ;by>,Secr
' retary• Wallace,. Secretary Hoover,
Dr. Julius Xlien.- director of the
bureau nt foreign and domestic
commerce, and representatives of
: portant “ovement for fanners ever
mSh inaugurated ’was- launched here
Santa Rita mountain region south Thar8ffay with-the assembling of
of Tucson Thursday intoeir search I the nat i 0 nal council of the
i 0 iL,?°o t F T=L1£' - V ? n r jX™ 0 i ad farmers co-operative marketing, as- farm organizations.
LieuL C. L. Webber, missing avia- . soclqtlons. Delegates representing ‘
a I the associations Interested ln ev-
According to information receiv-1 rrv ma i or prodncL from cotton of
fhe re^in 8 ,“heller.hAt tho U S P ?f ae 80utl1 t0 C a «fornla fruit, came
8r °", i,18 baliat at B ^? 0 a p,?: to Washington to take part In tho
•tors went down in the Santa Rita three-dev mnfernnrA
mountains when _ they disappeared I^The prograL included a com-
toor rrv," “ ^ “ v77“'«™« VwTvX I I ne program included a com-
TOe“^ d r J »i re 1 w^hvlfer^ ! p,ete review of the co-operative
S utle l ee?r Weufe^L , I marketing movement ln America,
?s miiL H 2,;« featuring the handling of cotton,
Pe4 u*Ileh 1 tob scco, fruit, grain and other farm
^^^’.fYf, , y
hfiS» ^ “srwssars
reported ethat he had seep an air- uch con,nudity group. aud oo-op-
Se m *„,A~: eraU ™ educatlonof “thefimoerr.
I- i ?^uuSr Wd pl ! aM the public. ; . _
m
The services will be conducted
hy the Rev. A. Gordon MacLennan,
assisted by the Rev. a Ritchie.
Girl’s Disanpearance
Probe Is Dropped
. , Occurs.. When
Switch Engine “Drifts”
Side Swiping Texas Pas-
senger Train. .■ . .
CONDUCTOR MET -
DEATH INSTANTLY
All . of Those Killed Met
Death When a Two Inch
Steam Pipe, Burst in
Their Smoker.
HOUSTON,; Texas—^Theto-
tal nuihber o7 dead as a reault
, of the wreck Wednesday night
on the Southern Pacific rail-
way at Humble, 17 mllet from
here, waa brought to 17 short
ly after noon Thursday when
three; more vlctl'mi' died In lo
cal hospitals. Of the three to
, die late thit'morning, two were
white men, Albert Plchard and
Richard Randle, both of Hous
ton, The Casualty list shows <
White Men and aleve|n negreea
killed.The white men were res
idents of Houston with one ex
ception, and the majority-of
the negroes were residents
here. yV V "afli ■■
HOUSTON, Texas—Seven 'per
sons were scalded to death by live
steam and ’ aiiproximately 35 oth
ers burned, probably fatally, when
Houston East and West Texas
passenger train No. 28 sideswlped .
a switch engtno near’ the depot at
Hnmble Wednesday night
The seven met death when a two
Inch steam pipe, torn loose-from
the cylinder head fey the collision,
crashed through a > window of the
smoking car of the passenger train.
Conductor William Campsey, ih.the
smoker, at the moment of Impact,
died Instantly. M; Young, the train
news 1 dealer also died Instantly.
The five others who. were killed
by the Bteam were two negTO-Bten
and throe negro women, passengers
In the coach. Bodies of the dead
were-removed to the morgue at
Humble:and the. injured :. were
brought here in.ambulances. ' v. ;
"Drifting" of the ■ switch engine
from a point near tjie 'depot to a
spot nearly a block away where
the siding converged with the main
line, was Blained for the- accident.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.—Local police
teve dropped their Investigation of] The cylinder heads of the two lo-
the disappearance for five days of comotives struck squarely and a
Miss Jennie Rogers* trained nurse. I two inch steam pipe on the* switch
who was found near here last weekl engine crashed through the win-
bound and gagged, beside 'tte dow of the smqker of the passen-
tracks qf a street car line, accord- ger train _. iL '
ing .to an announcement made Into A few mlautea after ^ ^ a
conceal when questioned by. men
higher up ln the service.
Disciples of Christ
To Consider College
Located At Auburn
A mass meeting of the Disciples
x..x ui 6 aim,<tuuua.' ■ . of Christ of Atlanta will be held
Group meetings Qf represents- j Friday at 8 p. m. at the West End
tives of various associations han-\Christian church. The purpose is
dling the same commodities will, to consider the project of a college
feature the Friday session. Those lor the southeastern states, Geor-
'will include a meeting of tho Am- sia, Florida, Alabama and. Missis-
erican Cotton Growers Exchange; a jslnvi.
meeting of tobacco group which it' At the Georgia state convention
about two-thirds of the entire crop of the Disciples of Christ, held last
is estimated will sell collectively, month in Macon a campaign was
this year; and meetings of grain launched to raise $200,000 fo^ edu- *
co-opovat!v€.s, dairy, perisbahis, cational purposes. The bulk of this
Wi/ol e;\.m-<.rs and. other groups. fund is intended to complete bnlid-
J* V ings now under construction at
Publicity men, including .editors Hontheastern Christian college at
ot farm papers and their represent- Auburn, Ga., and to perfect that in-
atives, field service and organize-, stitutlon Into a standard Junior coi
tion men, agricultural coMego man lege. After this it is . planned to
and extension workers, will->meet build a'strong standard college for
in. a. forum to discuss educational the states-named at some central
features Friday night. "* / , 1 point,- most probably At*
Jiii ^ -: -. ..,..
Wednesday night .
A brother • of Miss Rogers who
spent several^hours with .her Wed
nesday nightt at a local hospital,
Bald that her jnlnd is blank S3 'far
as occurrences during the time she
claims she was held a prisoner by
an unidentified man.
The trained nurse also has In-,
formed - the police that she remem
bered nothing from,. Sunday night
a week, ago until she regained ! con
sciousness Tuesday, night. ,
Astor Donates
relief train carrying doctors and
nttrses-.was en route to the scene
from’ Houston- At midnight more
than a-score of injured-had been
brought here. (> ;, .,'v OmaSt;
According to members of the
crew of the switch-engine a watch
man named Smith had beeh left in
charge while they went to a nearby
restaurant The first they knew of
the engine's "drifting” came with
the impact of the two- locomotives.
. The watchman was so unnerved
by tbo.tragedy that he was unable
I to explain how his charge happened
' to drift.- -
non pAb Rnljaf j The passenger train, running be-
4><l)UVv 1 vJl IVCllCI tween Houston and Shreveportleft
ASTORIA. Orc.^—Vincent Astor,
of New York, a direct descendant
ot CoL Jacob Astor who founded
Astoria as a fur trading post in
1881, Thursday wired the Astoria
relief committee .$5,000 for its tire
relief fund, : -.
$2,627,170 .DISBUR8ED
WASHINGTON. — The United
States employes compensation j
commission disbursed $2,627,1701
from its compensation fund and
here at 9:JL5 P> m. In charge were
Conductor Campsey and Engineer
Harry Hottle and Fireman Charles
Newman.
The engineer escaped unscathed
but Newman received slight burns.
Although they received a severe
shaking up, none of the passengers
in the Pullman cars were injured.
AH of the dead and injured were
passengers in the first and second
coaches of the train.
FRENCH NEGLIGEES
A new note to French negi
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