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, j : y- .4 v ! ! .fT'fL fllTKN ft FIRST SECTION Pages t to $ f WO SECTWllS SALEM, OREGON, rniURSDAY MORNING, AY 10, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS a 1 1 . f I I : I I ii.ii . i i i i v i v l i sr jvriLi ti it m i i & . a r & mm i w m mrm p i. r f'";- l l i r;sEyEN;iT-riMKD YEARr ;. ;; j : j'; j ' .;. : i y .. ; ; 5 - , i ; i 'I 1 - . - : ' --- J '-rn Anri7 l r) n? r) n n-r - ' ' - i .... .. ... !? " 1 kit mLR MUM :' ; i ; ilTllMI I inr I I It I 1 1 ' I - Ul If IT' I I! Hi H I 'JKiud rt I II" " . - kb. m mm . .w - - ! . mm n a mm mm ii a w . at . r toft Hn BlHS -ram Iki. , .t, J I I V - if I !; M W W i r-. 1. I 1 Lit II II t-H 'if VBTVTl IU UIW U I I ! : -! Pi ' - ' I - I .--If Miss Lillian Auld Cables Aunt and Self Afe Safe m pk- rnQrtme, fs Fear ed :jf Or :;:..':(.!; M 7;:-' IbaIidits threaten plRElCQflSE(ljaEPICES f r A rr p " j .. 1 v Officials Begin to DdubtAbil- 5 1 ity ot : uninese , uovern- 15 Y mont. in 'l!atP ?. . I;'i SHANGHAI. May JO.-i(By Associated: Prss.)-AII :JT or-1 i eisrt cafitiVes held ' by i th fehantufig bandits are being re leased except ChevilierRlasso, fthe Italiaa attorney, accord. inwt in 3i messacre from Tsao Chwilne signed , by fa relief! - rOjeni- naineauaiJii uu j ; dressed to the Asia Develop ment company.- : EUGENE, Ore.. . May 9. Miss Lillian Auld and her aunt i Mrs. Lillian Seaton, of Eugene, I who were reported to" 3ave beii. captured by ft Chinese; ," bandits Sunday, :: are! 'safe In ' Peking and were not captured, .according to a cablegram c re veeivedJfrom Miss Auld at 5;30 this afternoon by her mother, mire. David Auld The Icable- gram read: -;; '-y.-'l : SHANGHAI, May .1CL (4 by Associated Press.)- Kiinaped Americans and oth er foreigners held by the Su chow bandits in the hills back of Linching face" "dire conse- ?quences" unless the (troops J iurrounding the brigands' 1 itronshold are withdrawn ac cording to a message which :kas been sent out by one of 5 the." captives, J. -B. P0welL - American newspaperman bf SaanghaL ;r'-;!b ., .. .. v WASHINGTON, May 9L -Com-" meat here today on the Chinese situation revealed a doubt On the l part of some government 'officials as to the ability of thef Faking t government to bring about the re- : lease of Americans and oher fpr . eigaers taken prisoner by: Chinese -bandits and to pay the ransom de v f toanded' ;-::"- r1"- tm--hj -p. It was pointed out thaf none of 1 Minister Schurman's reports had i shown definitely j what motive 'in spired the brigande. Whether they sought: ransom , Ins cash i or 4 recognition, was said to e a que j tion. Information on this point is K expected fronf. Jlnister Schurman. - ! , While the resources atailaWe to I , the Peking authdritiesre unde-" il stood-to be sufheientdfo ransom ! the prisoners in cash, it was point : ed out; that unlesa the money was 1 paid by Sunday the progressive in demnity demanded by jthe jttiplo !' matlc corps for every day prison r ers remain captive afteT then, if continued over for a period of ' few weeks probably would exhaust the finances of. the central gov ernment. C -U : : ':;- ''A r :pt Outrage Condenlned I An official report from the Pe king foreign office, h first to be ' received here was communlcatea by Minister Sze.fin person,' to f Secretary of State -.Hughes ' today i soon after his i arrival 1 in Wash 1 ington from China. f The report said the Chinese i govern ment was doine all in its power to'effect-an adjustment of the situation and ' Secretary Hughes wasi understood to have expressed gralif Ication at ih promises made byl Peking but reHerated bis prlmari determlna- tion that the American, prisoners ' j (Continued on page 5) THE WEATHER y OREGON Thursday occasion i rain and cooler Thursday. if1 LOCALS-(Wednesday.) Temperature, max; tain. - - - - "S - 56 Rver, rising - . ! - ; 3.7 "atmosphere ' - !, Cloudy. Wind . - - .South NEW YORK. Mav 9. Ppdprfll Jnrlw'lfnnv 'Al clared unconstitutional, as restricting the right of a physician to prescribe; for 'his patients, the provisions of the Volstead act and its amendments, prohibiting the prescribing of more than- n ;n. T i. I , - " . , jinn, ut fepxriLuous nquor United States Circuit Court 'Refuses to Grant Govern -merit's Application ; i NEW YORK, May 9. The sbmnment's applicaObn " for a temporary ? Injunction to" enjoin tradins.ln raw sugar futures 'by the New: York Coffee and Sugar exchange land its clearing associ ation' .was ; denied W tbday by the United: States circuit court, of ap- peals , before which the, case was heard. The court; announced that a; memorandum stating '. its 4 reaW onft. jnight be filed later, f - The ? temporary injunction had been ' applied tor " pectding .final hearing on the charge -that trans actions ' Iri raw sugar futures, a3 operated by theexchange and its clearing - essoclation, constituted a conspiracy or an . agreement in restraint" of! foreign and inter state trade and commerce in vio lation 6tJ the .'Sherman law and Wilson tariff act. ; " " ' The government asked the court .particularly to enjoin trad ing in raw sugar futures which were not backed, up by ownership or control of actual sugar, stating that investigations had shown that . only a small (fraction of the sagars dealt in bad actually been delivered dealers, to refiners or. sugar Pries i of refined . sugar , were artificially fixed, said the United States attorney, who added they were manipulated for gambling or speculative tfurposej J .tWEHBiOOM Efforts -to Pull .Craft From Rocks Faih Will Iry -I Again Today SEATTLE, May, 9. An attempt tonight by, the coast guard cut" ters Cahokia and Snohomish and the ttig' Humaconna to pull the steamer-L.ak'e Gebhart from roclu near j Umatilla reef where she struck early today failed tonight, a radio message received here at 9 o'clock I stated. Another at tempt to float the uebhart is to be made tomorrow morning. None.of 'the'messagea received tonight said anything about; the crew of St and the one passenger aboard the' Lake Gebhart beyond the fstatement early in tne. even ing that preparations were being made to aoandon her; Tlje at- tfmnt ton float her tonight was believed to Indicate that every bodv was' still abbarif.' The 9 o'clock message said mat holds No 1 and 2. were full of water, but that the fire and en glne rooms were dry. v. 'The tug Sea Monarch wes des-? patched, from ; here tonight to aid in jthe attempts float the Geo hart tomorrow. VICTORIA, n. C, May 9. The salvage steamer -Algierine left here tonight for Umatilla reef to afd the .steamer Lake 1 Gebhart, which went upon the rocks near Umatilla reef early today. comwrris dead SPOKANE." Wash.. May 9 James " McCrea Corbet, agei died" here today following ser ious Illness. He was widely ! known as . a mortgage ': and, "Joan dealer,- t and wat -ytk- nativef of '.Pennsylvania, where-a number-of mm ISJ1IED 9T 5 STEAMER BEBHAHT Irelatives live. - every ten aays v . By implication, he Indicated bis belief that a provision of the Har rison anti-nareotic act, prohibitinR physicians from " : prescribing in creased doses of drags to addjets under treatment also was. unsti tutional for' the i same reason. Counsel for Dr. Ernest S. Bishop, recently indicted for Tiolatioh of the drug act prescribing limitation announced they, would apply for dismissal of the indictment'." ; , The decision in, ,the liquor pri scription case was.Tivat blood : for tht association; for tb .Protect Ion of constitutional right . n breanj- ization - of3 00 prom inent ' pltysle- ians, who brought the suit through their presrderit. Dr. ;tSamuer :iy& Lambert. ! : ' ': ' - ' . '" j ;: '.Assistant I'Uited Statea V Attor ney Clark announced," howeTer that "the case would be rushed ' to tha United ; States' ntiprri'V court tat-. & "firtal ; decision-and that' he v4i aid 'seek at stay of - Judge Knbx$ oflfr in the meafltlm-V: i ! i " I mmm Ausut Lentz in Motioa Filed !Accuse's! a Association 6M-1 : r n TraJ44?e&traint : r i Contending ;that the Oregon Growers Cooperative association has Illegally attempted to restrain trade and to regulate the .price j cf loganberries, August Lenta and Benjamin Lentz, defendants in suit brought by the Oregon Grow ers in the circuit eburtV yesterday tiled 'a, motion for dissolution! of an - injunction' ' which ' restrains them from delivering berries 'to anyone but the plaintiff. s ' ; f f According to the motion the de fendants delivered to the plain tiff in 1921 16,745 pound f of Royal Annes. 3.159 ipounds of prunes and 144,600 pounds of j lo ganberries for a rfput'ed consider ation of '-.0379 plus cents per pound fqr the cherries, 1 cent for plums and 3 cents for loganber ries No accounting : of the ; am ount due was ever given by the plaintiff the defendants', declare and only $2,557.51 was paid. The plaintiff, the defendants declare should thereby be adjudged In de faults -tr'-li"'!" in-f-.i" .: In 1922, August .Len'tx claims he leased loganberry land to. his son for a eonsfo'eratiojt orhaJf of the profits which acerued from berries grown thereon. 1 f The son delivered 4 4, ow pounds ot logan berries to the Growers, Lents as serts, for which he never received a cent, nor ev3a an accounting of the amounts received. ; I- The contract made between his son and -himself and the Oregon Growers the defendants claim, Is unilateral and lacks the mutuality to make it binding. ' ! :' j r . ' ' ',' ' :!:. Whitney Boys' Chorus ; 1 At Christian Church Whitney chorus - boys number ing 120, swarmed in to the'Flrst Christian churchj parlors Wednes day evening to enjoy the dinner served them by their mothers and friends. , It was . a notable- din ner, and a notable program, .-rney ate , with boyish 'enjoyment! and then they gave toasts and stories and plain talks, a dozen of the hoys appearing, if en brief hear ings, j : - . . f'"-; r '. Following the dinner, 'the f boys appeared in concert In the church auditorium. The sang to every person that could be crowded in to the building, and tc some bang ing outside of the doors and win dows. Thosa -who heard the pro gram ' say It "is perhaps the best they have yet giveni r- Joe Nee, ot Willamette assisted- in some cle ver Scotch songs, and Lloyd alts. also of. Willamette,! gave some - enjoyable humorous read ings. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Mc Croskey ? assisted with : ; reading and other numberp and the Iwhole program is rated as one . of the most attractive given by any or Conization in Salem this year. JSGG MEANT FQRHQSTER HITS WOMAN Labor - Leader. 'Undaunted, Continues Address to r f .Students in Cafe v NEW YORK. May 9. Undaunt ed by the fact that an egg hurled at hiflk missed its aim and struck. woman uesiae ins. William- v.. Foster, : labor leatr. whose trial n a: charge ot criminal syndical ism; ended ; with a hung, jury at 3t. Joseph, Mich., a few V weeks ago, completed his address to stu dents of Columbia University in a cafeteria on the campus today. ,''.' Foster' declared his recent trial was the result q efforts of cap- Hal to "put me out of the way." 'rof. andMrs. J, D. Shearer Please Hearers at Meth-; pdist-Church Other important attractions that helped; to divhiThe-crowds, and : the "weather" that promised rain', helped; to reduce' the attend ance' at the! Shearer" organ and voice" confer t at the ' First Method 1st 'church ; last ',"nlght;;fsiK'below its real lmerlts a3 -an artistic pof ductlon:'' ' r " The organist. Prof. J. D.. Shear- er. Is a'tiedl artist. He inakea the organ a itprsbnal Instrument, .'.like a rear violinist "does his violin'.'5 His' Concerto. In 1 A Minor, by Bach, '-The' Father of the1 Orgatfr? wa a masterly -pr6dUitih'jir ' 'Old Bach, may have lived baek In the dark ages, but his musical ear was projected " both ways back" id the Creation and forward to the day of judgment, and he wrote tt all into his pieces for the or gan. Mr. Shearer Interprets the music marvelously. lie played a number of other pieces of consid erable age, 'making'. the evening a real study of the development of organ technique through the ages. There were some modern pieces, frivolous dances and rol- HckiTtg days out-of-door a, that told a merry stdry ot; youth and happiness.' , The ' Marcbe Mili ta.ire, by Gounod, was !a" splendid, martial piece, with? all the bril liance and massiveness of the great organ4 and the tuba and everything going off at once,' The Fantasy,' a medley of familiar airs that captivated . the audience. Airs.- a nearer uas a soprano voice of rare and beautiful qua! ity. Her offerings, drawn from a wide geographical and historl cal range, always pleased;, i tOver the Steppe," a Russian folk song. was one: of the most delightful numbers, though all -were well rendered, and highly appreciated. Law Requires Employes to be Citizens Funds Found. Necessary ' U. G. P.o ye r, "Marion county clerk. Is wondering how far hi-J authority goes under an act of the 1923 legislature requiring rounty clerks to chec up on all public employes as to their c.I 7enshlp qualifications, ami wheth er his budget will -allow him ;to administer the law to the full ex tent. He haa asked John H, Car son, district - attorney, for an opinion. -. i - Under the law only citizens df the United States may be allowed on the payrolls of state, county. STATUTE IS WORRYING BDVEFI district, dty or other, municipal ity. ..The secretary of state Is re quired to check on all state em ployes, and whether alt the oth era fall to the county clerk is the question ;" - ' ; - " ; H is presumed that the law Is supposed to apply'to all who are employed on streets or roads, 'Ot to carpentejra and other workr men employed on public works. Th necessary forms on which the employes mnst record their quall: flcattons doubtlessf will be' neces sary, and will be in Item of con siderable expense,' ,"' "' ''-":' -,; ' i 'i '-J ' '" ',: ' I '' "r : '-''''; QNE 'PICTURE RE ' NETS CHARLIE IS $2y00'6,000 'fThe Kidw j Brings f Prof it f of .$1,000,000; Business Abil- 1 ity Said Shrewd NEW! VQIUy, Mby 9 ;Shrewd business ability of Charles Chap- 11-14 brought Mini' $2,000,000 profit Ircm motion picture, one of eijfht w h ich he - had contracted Jl e produce tor. 1 1 ,075,000 Jamesi ci Williams,.' organizer 'of the First National company, testified today at the ; federal trade J commission investigating 'into charges that the' Famous Players-Lasky corporation and' stf other- defendants consti tute a trust.- : ' ' Xrr .' Chaplin. Williams testified, was allotted $100,000 additional ; for each of the pictures over-the orig inal . ; contract"" price J because . - of heavy production' expenses,1 and la Edition had received. 76 per cent'Of the gross receipts ml, "The Kid,? which brought .' him' $1,000,000 prbfitiJ ' f t- If : Mary Pickford, he continued, also was alowed j $200,000 ex penses of each picture, she pro-dnced-as the First? National ebn tracteil with stars ;!so they , were obliged tn pay -the production, ex- p nces out of the . contract price. 4-' Offices" of S82nd j Infantry :Are.itabHshed'lnfP.!' ' ! Pf0.VBuidirig!: " , The 1 3$2d Infantry. United States army, organized reserves has opened regimental headquar ters Ini the postoffice building here. The 38 2nd 'in fan try is j a reserve j regiment and is a com ponent part of the 96th division with headquarters in' Portland. The regiment'' Is commanded by Carle: Abrams-, whorls a colonel in the officers reserve corps, i' The headquarters of this regi- msnl vns; fnrmflrlv at 'MedfOrd. Staff. Sergeant C. R. Lucy of the. regular army has just arrived: n Salem an opened: headquarters. He is accompanied "by his wife and has taken up his residence on South Liberty street. He wllL per form all Clerical work of the ofi fice in tbd future. j The purpose of s the,se head quarters is to interest e-army officers and qualified civilians in the officers- reserve corps, and secure enlisted men for the enlist ed reserve corps ! The officers re serve corps is established for.tfie purpose of providJng a reserye of officers available -for military eervice when needed.' . Appoint ment as a reserve-officer is n,ot, in any case, to. be the mere con ferring of a rank, but is made to fill! an office in which service may be ' rendered. Appointment are not honorary or rewards fir past service, but are based primarily uponvtlie qualifications of the ap pointee to perform satisfactorily the duties of a particular office. ! . Reserve officers: are needed pri- maHW. Ynt not exclusively,? for units: ot; the organized reserves Thev will be assigned, so far as practicable, to units organized near their homes. It Is contem plated that, so tar as practicable nnv fiitnrA mobilization wITl be largely one of organizations land not of individuals. The enlisted reserve corps shall consist of; per sons voluntarily enlisted .theteln. The 382nd Infantry desires to i- list men for the non-commiasionj erades. such as, master sergeants. first serceants. eta ft sergeants and sergeants. t , When members of the enlisted reserve corns are formed ; into ' tactical !' oreanizations, as- prbvid ed by Jaw,- they are .part of the organized reserves. The organized reserve are the third , component of th army o t , the United States constituting purely aL war; force, which can be; employed? only, in the event of a national emergen cy expressly declared by congress Ail necessary inforhiation : m re gard to appointment in jthe- offi cers, reserve corps, and enlisting to the enlisted reserve corps," may be obtained "from Staff j Sergeant CL It. Lucy,? . Postoffice buiiaing Salem.;.'." f' - 'It y: ? : i Some 'gardeners have vegeta bles right along- now. affording to the empty cans In , their- gar dens. rA iir n iimu iOFFECER Ifl Here SchlogeteV Convicted by kuuii iwiai iiai ui I CI I Ul r Campaign Sentenced to Death :; :- --i r AID, IS SENTENCED - JO LIfE IN PRISON ; "; , 9 ..... r . ' Other; tqnvictions Result in ' HariJ; Labor From Seven to $Tvventy; Years ! DUESSE.LDORF,' May 9. (By the Associated i Press) Albert Schlogetter, one of the chiers off the so-called .'"murder gang" who has been carrying-on -a campaign of terror 'against French , oeu na tion In - the 'Ruhr, was 'convicted tonight:. by a? court -martial and sentenced to death. -lie was charged with espionage' and sa- bbtage. -. yi,yy.i i'::" if; : . " One of Schlogetter's aides Hans Sadowcky, was, sentenced to im prisonment for , lfe at hard la bor'.': ; FIye other .Germans of the 'murder' gang" 5wete ' given' Jail sentences varying from v: B' to 20 years! '1':' .'.' "v: :'" J. ;; '-;? - . Admits Sabotage 1 Schlogetter, who is' a former Prussian officer, admitted having committed 'sabotage. . He ; con tended however, ' that he had j ner vef damaged; passenger trains but merely had ; blown up railroads tracks and bridges. - One q? the defendants, Knhlnvan formerly worked for"lhe Krupps at Essen and ; the prosecution contended that the men of the gang going on trial had been paid for their work by a Krupp official, who fled before he could be arrested. It was charged (that one Of the objects'1 of the gang was ' to kill Germans who" Worked for the French? " -" ' Is i- . A - Others Are Sentenced The prosecution also claimed that the men received orders reg ularly from a spy organization to gather Information concerning trobp movement and the French Intelligence service. Several other : Germans tried with SchlogetterT also were con victed ' and! received sentences ranging from 7 to 20 years at hard labor. . The sentence of death against Schlogetter is the first ot its kind . imposed by the French courts since the Frenlh troops entered the Ruhr. Schlogetter was , charged with having been the leader of a band of Nationalists who committed acts of sabotage against railways and bridges in the Rnhr. ' EX-SERVICE ; passes mm T, L;-Streyfeller, Member of j Old Company ivl, bu "it cumbs to Disease IT. h. Streyfeller, 2 a years old, member of old Company M; of Sa lom, and who saw service over seas during the World war, died Tuesday in the federal soldiers' home. In Los Angeles. He was a graduate of Salem high school and was a, junior at j Oregoh Agricul tural college when" he ' was com pelled to go to the hom for treat ments ; f ' ; . , ' f "While at Camp'Mills during the war he suffered an attack ot pneumonia, and since had been In poor health, much - of the ' time since the r war having been spent In hospitals. ( ' He jvas 1 only 18 years! old j when he enlisted and It was necessary for; him to obtain special permission to . enter the service. - c " ' , ' : j j; Mr. Streyfeller, Is "survived by his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs.f Henry Wenger; two stepbrothers, i L. . H." Wenger and Arnold Wenger; one stepsister, Helen Wenger; 'and one half-brother, Clarence Wenger, all of Sa lem. His mother had been with him a month before his death, and the stepfather had V, been there more -recently. ' ' " 1 - " funeral arrangements have not yet been made I of the Salem. -lodge of .Elks, Mil SUM ARE WWW TOlEWr.OII-E CORSICANA. Tex.. Mav Instantaneous! death was meted Working on the G. K. Hughes No. 1 well ten miles southeast of here late today, with a pos sibility of thejnumber of dead reaching 25, when the monster producer exploded. ; : i ; . A spark? from a hammer was being changed at the well the gusher. - A crew of twenty men who ing had not been accounted for. The crew was working in" the near vicinity .of the well Tvhen it caught fire. The,bodie3 of five men have been recovered." . " - KPJPEBiliN 4 SENT TO Jl :- I Contempt ' o' f Court I ;s Charged -Against. Staff of i V Birmingham fyst "" BIRMlNCIiAM. Ala.,, May Three members of the ntaff ot the A. err- . 1 - ' ' ' T airraingnam f osi, nrternoon news paper, 'wore today sentenced-' 1 6 jail for 24. hours for. contempt of court. " ,: .. y ... i 'Those sentenced were , E. .T. Lehr, editor; Jack Bethe, manag ing editor, and "Dewey Robinson; reporter.- 1 The ': newspapermen were cited to" appear by Judge IE P." Hetlin, in circuit . court, and sentenced by, him following - a hearing in which , theywere dep fended . by Newton D. Baker ot Cleveland and local counsel. : ' The case arose over a news item concerning thej alleged rec ord of a man.' charged with mur der. ; The citations charged that the news story was prejudicial to the defendant . and caused post ponement of the trial.' The court In sentencing them said that the court was - higher than the newspaper and that the liberty of the press was not para mount to human liberty. -K Right of appeal"' was denied. The-men were locked In Jail at p. m.,' fifteen minutes after sen tence was 'passed. , 1 ' . FREAK WEATHER East Shivers, West Swelters While Centrat Part Gets" Variation . ' CHICAGO, May 9. While the east shivered and the west swel tered,, the central west, covered this morning by a blanket ot snow,, was , treated by capricous May o more moderate weather although still below the seasonal normal. . : ;. : :. : -! ''.- The weather bureau 'here pre dicted warmer weather for this forecast .area tomorrow and Indi cated that normali May tempera tures , would return before the first of the week: following the freezing weather ti! last night and the sndw- . which at CTmes ap proached the proportions . of ; a mid-winter blizzard. ' , f While several eastern cities A-e-j ported snow 'flurries today, fhe western - section 'of the country was basking in warm . weathers that Bet May records at some points, yesterday Jwhen the ther mometer sailed dver the 100 de gree mark.. '; The snow .which covered most sections of the middle ; west this morning and at points in ' Mich'i gan reached a depth of ten inches nearly all disappeared, during the day. Despite the cold weather; it was reported that crops and fruK . ,. would . not be , materially damaged .because ; they, were .' be hind the seasonal normal . due to the cold spring, f 4 AFTKIt IjA VIOJLATOItS .j? VICTORIA, B. C, Vigorous measures against! violators of the liquor laws of British Columbia were ordered today by Attorney General A. "M. Man'son after ; he had conferred with the heads of . -. . . . t i: He was a memberthe four police districts in the pro vince. .-. . r.' - 9. - ( B v Associated Press 1 out to at least sixteen men- Developing company's McKee or a rock as the control valva ignited the oil and eras from came from Mexia this morn - Those recovered are .so - badly -charred that Identification la inv possible.' ' - - 1 ' .' One. !nan,r a Mr. Simmonds, who was-on the derrick floor with the; crew, ' escaped vby 'running. Ilia ? clothing, not being oil-soaked, did , not ignite. 1 A 15-year-old bdy es' caped. with-him. r , - The 'officials . of ;the - developins company are making a check ot, . the men working,-"' " One man said that tbe.bodies of . the dead men were where they felt; when the blast .occurred, and :w!tb r the well still - burning, it. would .' b impossible '.t or - some ' time to re move them. "' . i .. ' ' i ',- .t ; .. "."".Fire;! Sadden .;.-"- f . . The fire" started ab6ut;3 oc!ocli this,:- afternoon whTle hundred were in the" vicinity of the ;w6ll. , . According tp an' eye witness the) crew was . on the derrick.- floor; changing the control head, wLea suddenly there was a flash of fJre, followed by twor other flashes, tao r fire shooting over 100 feet in tha air. All the trees and shrutbery, around; theTwell was smeared w it! oil and the ground was quickly burned clear. ' . ;The well continues to burn aedt is now flowing wide open with the flames darting high into the air; Officials of the' Hughes "Develop ing company " are already s on th9 ground and steps to extinguish tha flames are being rushed.. Death list CORSICANA, Texas, May 9.- Two other charred bodies hava located hear the well but-cannot be reached, so intense is the heat from the biasing Inferno. - At present the death list reads W. A. Hicks, Worthan, Tex. James Phillips, Kerens, Tex. ( tt. C. Heck, Kerens, Tex. ' Dan Phillips, Kerens, Tex. L. 9. Sheek, Dallas, Tex. Fred Craig; Roane, Tex. Edwin C. Cooper, Corsicaca, Jack Cooper, Corsicana. : S.4iP. Allen, Corsicana. . M. O. Turner, Mississippi Cit'y unknown. Max Meisner, Corsicana. ' . - Travis Owen.. Corsicana.. Emmett Bird, Corsicana. Williams Brings Suit Against Terminal Company Suit for collection of $593.50 was brought against the Central Stage Terminal j & Hotel Co. by Fred A. . Williams, local attorney, in tha circuit court yesterday. , According to the plaintiffs com plaint the stage company engaged him between the months of duly, 1922, and November, 1922, for a consideration of 2S0 per month, or in all :. $1,000 Only $406. 50 wa3 paid, the attorney claims. : ' ' - " " NEED -A NEW BATTERY IN YOUR CAR? Try a Statesman . . 4 , w The . Results Will ' "Ton ' Surprise Below Is one of the Want Ads. appearing In. today's Statesman Classified Columns. One a Day. Yill it h6 Yews -Tcnicrrcv 7 FOR . 8 At, E tSAXWTXA, AKVt Dodge batteries, $24.50. Wiilar J 8errlc Station, 233 North 2iia.