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BITTER FIGHT Oil
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f OF PROFITS TAXES :
- Rcpubltcfinr Senators T and Coh
l flressmcn Hearing From .The
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RETROACTIVE FEATURE
- AROUSES OPPOSITION
Houie tfeepuMioans ; Knocked
Oat MeHon-Harding Proposal
, aad. Now Senator Ptnrpse
- Proposes To Pat It Through
la Senate ; Se "r Calder
2. Wants To LeiaUxe Bier
- The New nS Observer Bureu,
803 WTrieTWiont:Bank Building.
Br EDWARD I. BRITTOX
((By Special Leased Wire)
- Washington, Sept. 10. There is ti be
a-merry war -between the House and
tie Senate, .a well as between fae
' Hon la hoth Honae and Penate, on the
v eautrei of tSe tax bill 'that 8ecretary
of the Treasury Mellon i endeavoring
to pat over. No matter that he ii laid
bow to have the backing of President
v Harding, since the President hts found
ythat Chairman Fordney and hi erazy
wilt tax bill has put Aim in a hole.
r there are insurgent: .Republicans in
both the Uou5 nnd the Senate, who
propose n kf!. Secretary Mellon s,nd
wren the President. '
, These Representatives and Senators
hare either, been "back heme" or bare
beard from "The old folks at home"
and the young folki at well, and the
talk it lot to -their Hhinf-at all. In
fact they And that what has been going
n in Congres and what hat not beer
going oa ha provided fuel to 'keep
the borne fires burning" rather too
htly to anil them, and they prefer
J ho ksai f the weather here to the
' h ratal wrattt tiwjl have, found on their.
- Kttm frip. - ttt HP"8 of them are back
- prcparcdjt. g. p against the things
efv which the voters tomplain, for they
' are tWakixg of vots for Bxt year,
and they tee mo votes in nominee of
the thiBgr Jhit1 8eMtary Melhin and
Provident Harding are calling for.
Bitter Flfhl Expected
The big point ia dispute is the an-
nonwted MeUon-Harding jla -telnet
along teeo.ro the repeal of Ahe excess
proflU tax. but to make the repeal re
tfetf to" January ,1, 1921. That
proposition mean a bitter fight between
" the House and Senate, for while the
Bcpublieaos ea the 8et llaance com
itte4laolE US. favor Li the Jdea,
- having the favor ef the nile f Big
' Busine in wiew, the H erase Bepubli-
1 cam hare already knocked out the re
' trctctiv feature of the exees aroflt
tax. tSat featnre felt by the wayside
in A Republican Heh eaBWi bf
vote ef W to 87, and at the Democrats
epttrati ht4flMt7 ' T,4
nill throw their vbtes 'Mb the insurg
ent Bepublieans to" kill their retroac
tive feature, if the Senate-puts that in
the revenue bill, and the signs right
now indicate that there will be rough
aledding for that Mellon-Harding plan.
, And the fight Is to be .warmer be
cause Secretary Mellon ew wants to
junks the reduction pi the matimum
aurtax to S5 per cent in place of 32
for cent, while even the 33 per cet
rate figure was antagtinixed by 50 Be
pubiicans who bolted Jhe Republican
caucus Older and votad with the Dem
ocrats to recommit the bill. The view
expressed by the opponent of the re
troactive feature is that the big eor-
' porations have taken time by the fore
lock and anticipating paying- the pres
ent surtax this year hav already levied
that npon the public, and have the
money in their pockets. Making the
tax retroactive they Bold will .simply
keep the government from getting
"xnoaey that it sorely need and allow
the; corporation affected to hold on to
it, without a scintilla of relief to the
public
- PearoM Backing Measwrer -The
Senate finance committee have
angled ninch over . the matter; but
Penator Penrose proposes to put it
through. Leading the fight against It
is Senator LaPoUette and even if it gets
threngh the committee it wilt be fopght
en the floor of the Senate by .the Pro
gressives and there will be almost solid
Democratic support for the Democrats
are against any repeal at all as they
aro also against any reduction of the
surtax and the continuation of the
transportation taxes. "Indefensible,'' de
iarea Senator Simmons of the proposi
tion to reduce the surtaxes, declaring
a:A that the transportation taxes
have increased freight rates and re
sulted in stagnation of traffic." The
immerine of the kettle of opposition
to the retroaetive feature" of the xcea
profits taxes and the surtaxes is to
.h.in intn 'haiUnar antagonism with
. the temper of the people furnishing the'
fust"'"
Waata Te Legalise Beer.
And there is also another fire in the
In tiff riuned Tiy .th"t)l'otosttiOB"T(f
Benator Calder, of New York, to put a
tax on beer np to t.75 per eent at 15
hamL the orohobition forces see "A
ilmi in tb woodpile'' on this psop
'osition, that it is an attempt to legalize
beer wth 2.75 per eent aleonone eon
ienta, Wayne B. Wheeler. geMral ceun
ael for the Anti-8alloon League of Am-
erica, savsjpf this: The proposal to raise
on million dollars la taxes on t.75 per
eent beer will meet the solid opposition
of the. dry forces. tSfl per ' eent beer
is intoxicating liquor and ia prohibited
by the Coutitaton. The Amerea -peoJ
pie are law abdlng. They win spend
a bljlloa dollars if tecrssary to defend
the constitution but will never be brib
ed by aay amAint of money, no matter
hew large to nullify the constitution.
The Calder proposition is also nam
snared by Colonsi Dan Morgan Smith,
lately Major in the 90th division, who
wu i Washington today on his wsy to
Chicago. His attention was called to the
fact that the bnainess this $3 a barrel
beer taxes wan suggested by I member
of Congress being the thing to raise
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE CAROLINAS
t EXPOSITION WHICH OPENS IN CHARLOTTE TOMORROW
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Insert: John L. Dahbi, president i at top, C. Line Etheredge. secretary; standing, H. O. Miller, viee-president ; read
ing left to rights first row, B. E. Seoggin, assistant treasurer; P. L. McMahan, treasurer C. W. Parker, director; socnud
rm i B. Kent Blair, director! John Paul Lucas,-director : J.j C. PBtteHh eawveeerTyrJ. A.-Dhrs publicity mannirtr:
Thomas. M. Glasgow,-director; David
ficers are from C'Harlotts, The Mnds ln-uaroluiM exposition, with mor t9ita.;suuianuiaenrr el tie tw state dis
playing their product," will b held in Charlotte, September 12-29. ,
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Will Reduce Pressure Monday
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Unless Waste
Ju'dflfi Manning Proposed, But
It Is Said He Would
Not Accept -
Judge W.. J. 'Adams, of Carthage, and
Attorney, General J. 8. Mhnning are
apparenr leading ft thB mass of tele
grama and, letter of reeommlndation
and endorsement, piling Up on Gover
nor Cameron Morrisftit U tnfldeeff h
the selection lf i aaeeessor to Associ
ate Justice w; B, 'A Hen,, ef'ih Ksrth
Csrglin Supreme Court.-
pearly a seore of nsmei have bees
proposed to the Governor, either, as ae-
in various sections of the State. Gov
ernor Morrison yesterday conceded that
Judge Adams and Attorney General
Manning ;probably led the list, but lie
had been informed that Attorney Gen
eral Manning's name did hot carry with
it the attorney general s consent. Judge
Manning yesterday- was 'in Charlotte,
where, according ' to -tl - Governor', he
has taken over the Governor's part in
the counsels of the,' attorneys of the
Hardaway Construction Company in
their "million dollar uit against the
Southern- Power- Company. It was
stated " yesterday ' that Judge Mannina
would not accept the office.
The elimination of Attorney General
Manning, if lie is eliminated, would
leave Judge Adams as the leading fig
ure in the race. Judge Adams ran well
in the last primary when Judge Hnke
and Judge Stacy were nominated for
seats on the Supreme Court bench, tie
is strongly favored by a large part of
the bar of the State, his endorser de
clare, and his appointment would be
highly pleasing to the legal profession.
Governor Morrison yesterday de
clined to slate when he would make the
ppotirtmeirt. Ho tnferentially. denied
the rumor that the appointment would
be made in time for Judge Allen's suc
cessor to take a plaee on the . bench'
Tuesday morning when court convene
for" the argument of appeals in the
third district
The Governor wil leave today, prob
ably, fat; Charlotte and will not re
turn before Tuesday, but he was care
t.l not to eommit himself, even to the
extent of promising anxious delegations
that he would not moke an appointment
before they conld be heard.
A number of delcgattoBfTalted on
Governor Morrison yesterday but by
telegraph tad mail , 'h endorsements
flowed .in.
included in the batch, either as active
candidates or as proposed by friends.
wra Judg 0, Hi: Guion, JSew.Benii
Seaator L. V. BassettHocky Mount;
John E. Woodward,' Wilson; W .A,
Finch, Wilson; N. J. Bouse, Kinston;
J. W,.Bailey, Baleigh; Judge Thomxs J.
Shaw, Greensboro; Tasker Polk, "War
renton; Judge B. T. Long, Ptatesville;
I Horlot aarkjojb.,CABriottehMnyJDJ.
Warren, Aew Bern; - Judge Ueorge
Rosntree, Wilmington.
Want Tboraa M. Pittmsa.
Th Henderson Bar yesterday adopt
ed resolutions urging Thomas M. Pitt
man, ' prominent member of the Hen
derson bar a successor to the late As
sociate Justice Allen. Th petition
signed yesterday follows:
"The Henderson, N. C. bar, fh com
mon with all the citizens of our State,
moarn the loss of our distinguished
friend. Judge W? B. Allen. Yet we cl
that his work must go on. We feel that
should , you appoint our townsman,
Thorns kL Pittmsa, tv fin hi unex
pired term it would b highly pleasing
to the bar and of great service to the
Btate.
''Hi qualification are well known to
you and the profession. While' not too
old for work, his thirty year trn
obs nraetle and hi eager Study ef the
principle of th lw have rickly aa)l
fled him to pass upon , th questions
which will com before th court.
- "Hi" research ha tnd him familiar
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Oveas, vice-president;. J. PJ Harris and Jo
of Water Stops
Mayor Eldridge Finds Experi
mental Return To Normal
Unsatisfactory
CONSUMPTION JUMPS
HALF MILLION GALLONS
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Today Wfll Bt) Teit and Very
Likely Low Presiure Will
Be Eeianied
RMiptiS) at marmal pnsapiajf aer
ation at Lake Raleigh resulted In dally
vonsamiitloa jfamplng te srver tw mil
lion rations tad an!e a disposition b
shown at ne tahetd sm ef water
1 th cltyto a minien and a half gal
lon a day, th low presMr m4ag
schedule will probably ge int esTect
again tomorrow, .
This' tateAent wa madijrewftrday
by Mayor T. E. Eldridge, who Itated
that fridaj the fi rst xpejrtaejntaLd.sj
with .normal pressure we disappoint
ing figure showing water used being
more than two, million gallon.
t"The people of Baleigh must volun
tarily hold -consumption; of water down
to a million and a half gnlTons daily
with high pressure," aaid fis mayor,
"or it will b , necessary to force coa
servation again by pumping at loir pres
sure except at certain intervals during
th day."
IfermSl'PreMure Experimental
Normal water pressure was resumed
Friday largely as nn experiment to sei
if voluntary conservation would "hold
consumption down to about a million
and a half gallons, and it was stated
that in th event voluntary co-operation
was sufficient that normal pressure
would be continued. It was also pointed
out that under the low pressure sched
ule some consumers were able to get a
normal water supply at all time whilf
others had their supply practically cut
off except when the pumps were work
ing at high pressure. The administration
planned to give the people .opportunity
for Voluntary conservation a weli as jo
furnish all consumers normal water
supply at all times.
However, the mayor said, figure for
Friday showed an increase in consump
tion of water of over a half million
gallons, a disapjHintnnt from stand
point of conservation. -Figures for yea?
terday are not yet available, bnt Mr.
Eldridge stated that the results achieved
by ' voluntary conservation yesterday
and today would determine whether or
not normal pressure would be main
tained until the supply in Lake Raleiga
is sufficient to warrant the lifting of
all restrictions on use of water. On
the basis of the showing" Friday, the
mny'or intimated that Monday morning
would find the low pressure schedule i
effect again unless a marked decrease
is diielpicd In fifuresfor yeiteldayaod
today.
Not History Yet
Mayor Eldridge strongly stressed th
fact that the water famine is not his
tory by any means. Although the sup
ply ha been increased by recent .rain.
I . ant .-.ff -.- 1 1 ft . 1 . f 1 1 w tr a
J II ' . I u u ' I p . I U Mill 111 UI'J w ,
restriction and discontinuance of
voluntary eoiuervaton. A September.
October and November are generally
'"dry", months, Raleigh's water trouble
will not be over until tlfr-re has been
enough rainfall to fill the lake again
And assure the commissioners that the
danger ha passed. It is - now np to
th people to etrietlv conserve the rap-
ply tad-hive normal pressure or go
back on th low pressure schedule.
Th mavor-pointa out that the ordi
nance prohibiting the use of water for
wasting automobile, sprinkling lawns,
etc., i -still ia effect and that the orders
stopping the ns of city water for
"roa-d" locomotives, building purposes,
and bottling plant have not yet ben
rescinded.- The only let-op, he stated,
was a return i normal pumping pera
Hons . to save, eontnmer from Incon
venience, provided they keop consump
tion doXto- the 'million nd. ' half
marks, aad if this fails th pumping r
(tortious will go back into' ffef.,...
- Waste aad Extravagasie '
Mr. Eldridge stales nbat it ha bee
(Csatlsatd Pag Two.)
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Charlotte Undertaking Repre
sents Biggest Effort Of Kind
- In Carolina w
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Charlotte, Sept, 10. Representing the
successful culmination - of the greatest I
single effort ever made to Impress upon
Carolina people th tremendous value,
high quality- and wid - diversity ef
Carolina manufactured products, the
Made-in-Carolin Exposition will be
formally opened at 1 o'clock Monday,
with Governor Cameron Morrison do
live-ring at l;3fr o'clock the open big, day
addrea. Hon than COO of the) lMding
mannfaetttMM ot ths state rrnre-
scnting. eapttnKiation tinate.l.t
mor than 230,000,000, hav praetlrally
compleUd th-gret fenrtr ot frrangint
tnetr axnibita, ana tb anishlnf touchet
will ba given befor th open ling boor.
More tbaa SflQO different padut r
displayed, th in tetter of th great
Uriok, steel nnd tnvret building hav.
lhg been given an appearance of im
pressiveness nnd attractiveness -in keep
ing with the Importance of the exposi
tion, industrially and educationally.
Fine Co-operation Received
"Practically evcTy eiyie-organization
in North Carolina and many of them in
South Carolina hav co-operated with
enthusiasm in arousing interest in this
veut, supplementing in a most definite
and valuable way the month ot sus
tained effort, on tb part of the exposi
tion officials, under direction of Presi
dent .John L. Dabbs and the board of
directors, and the various exhibitors.
This concentration of-ffort has resulted
in the . development of an interest on
the pert ofhe Carolina people which
the expwoilioa etueuls believe wui ss
sure a total attendance of approxi
mately 100.000 people.
''The bousing committee", under jiree
tion of Chairman S. A. Van Xvery, is
making every possible effort ia prepare
for the influx of the throngs of visi
tor which are expected to arrive daily.
until the closing day, September 29.
Th eo-operation of the railway of
the Southern states, in allowing a round'
trip rate of one and one-half fare from
any point in tb Sot th, give an added
assurance ef very large attendance
; figure. .,
This action by the railways eonsti
tnted definite recognition of th exposi
tion importacce, and, with the pro
vision of a fast trcet ear service be
tween the city and the building by the
Southern Ptiblio Utjlitie Company and
the P. N- Railway in co-operation
every possible transportation! facility
is made available. The routes for mo
tor ears have been put in condition, and
excellent parking facilities afford pro
tec tion for automobile.
Splendid Maslcal Progrssa
Rivaling tb importance' of the pri
mary purpose of the exposition is the
magnitude ef -the mstieal featares,
though the official of the exposition
declare they do not in any sense wish
the public to consider the event in the
nature of a noste festival. Two pro
grams will be rendered daily by th
offlci! New York City concert band.
'under direction of AV Hv Hussbaum,-nd
fiv famous srtists. Th high rank of
the bandsmen, linger an I violinists
which will render th-rse programs, pre
pared with the view of etererting a pe
culiar appeal to the people of these
Rates, is pointed out by exposition of
fleers ss giving evidouce -of the.npen
sire and elaborate scale en which the
whole undertaking has been developed
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Dollar Day
Coming
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 15 .
Continuino; - through Sep
temb 16th and 17th.
EXPOSITION WILL
PENT II
FLOOD
AT FORTY AT SAN ANTONIO;
MANY MORE BELIEVED LOST
Hish Winds and Heavy Rains
Cause Heavy Property Loss;
"Many Injured--:;
Dallas,, Texas, Sept 10.-Higb. winds
nd heavy rains which swept south
Tex lt( yesterday and early today
several years, causing property damage
pf ihouiaads ofTunr7ni Injury to
numbers of people, had subsided late
today, according to report received
here.
Only one fatality, that of Brakeman
Wssmer, who was killed near Koonan in
th wreck of Southern Pacific train No.
227, has been reported s resulting di
rectly from the storm, excluding the
persons who were killed in the flood at
San Antonio. The train, a mixed pas
senger and freight, was derailed early
today when it plunged into a washout.
Th engineer ami fireman of th train
were injured. None of the passenger
was hurt..
Near Austin property damage - was
estimated at 1130,000, and eight persons
were injured by. a tornado and cloud
burst late today.
Hardly had th fore of tb tornado
spent itself when a heavy fall of rV
commenced. The torrent soon filled the
streets. Hooding store ancTbatldings.
During th twenty-four hour ending
at 7 a. m. today, 18"3 inehe of rain
fell in Austin, the Federal weather ob
server announced, the greatest precipi
tation for that lefigth of tin ever re
ported thpre.
All tram from Austin to San An
tonio d Dallas are held np and bifh
way are impassable.
Reports from - Cameron, south of
Waco, said that th little River there
had broken its banks, causing' much
havoc, the damage being-confined prin
cipally to crops, '
Tho town of San Marcos was under
water this morning and. without . light or
power, although later reports said that
th water waa receding. Several house
there were washed from their founda
tions. The Texas-Mexican Railroad at Cor
puChriiti announced that eleven
bridges and 1,000 feet of track had
whe ent between Corpw Christ)
tad Laredo.;
Th business district of Laredo wa
report! inundated by flood waters..
RAINFALL OF M INCHES
- IN 14 H0HH9 IN TEXAS
Houston, Texss, Sept. 10 A report
from th weather observer at Taylor,
Texas, to th Houston wtather bureau
at 10:30 tonight ittte that 23.63' Inches
of rain has fallen there tit the Inst 24
hour. An ojcial message fr,om Valley
Junction ttate that Valley Junction,
near Hearne, Texas, is under water.
Practically all communication out of
Houston to point In the flooded area
aro broken, but meagr reports' tbo.r
considerable areas affected.
SECRETARY WEEKS WILL
VISIT CAMP BRAGG TODAY
(By Leased Wire.)
Washington, Sept. I, Secretary
- of War Weeks, accempanled by Gen.
Harbord, ClootLng and Jena
M. Morchead, Republican National
committeeman for North Carolina,
left tonight for Fayettevllte and
will visit Camp Bragg Sunday.
Secretary Weeks goes to personally
lit pert th camp, which be has been
rged to retain in active tie, order
having been Issued that It b vs.
caled, th traop now there te be
eat principally to Camp Knox,
Kentucky. Genernl Bow ley, In
charge at Camp Bragg-, hs urged It
retention,' a It is held to be the
bos heavy artillery rang la Amer
ica. Secretary Weelu said today
that while ia Fayettevill that he
woald be glad to hare aay ef Us
cltisens call on him, but aa he woald
be ther on Sunday there weald he
no pshlle reception. It had been
. planned to hare sch recognition
la cave the Secretary of Wsr visited
. Fayetteville during; the baalneas
days ef the week, bat he (lads that
hi dntie keep him so stesdily la
Washington that Sanda I th only
day In which he raa be absent from
th War Department
FIND BODY. OF FRUIT
GROWER IN A DITCH
MoOrhaven, Fl., Supt. 10, The body
of Eugen Haskell, fifty, farmer and
fruit grower ofJbe citrus center neigh
borhood, was fquritl in a drainage ditch
between here and that place this after
noon. The man hail been missing for
several days, snd while the body was
so. deenmpoeed a to mako the eanse
of death only a matter of conjecture,
the coroner's jury brought in a Ver
dict of "death by violence at theKaads
of om person unknown, the n?tire be
ing robbery.'' - '''-'
CHANGE IN DATES FOR
30TH DIVISION REUNION
Knoxyille, Ten., Sept;-10. Dates for
th reunion of the Thirtieth Ditiaioa at
Nsshville have been changed from No
vember 11 aad 12 to November 4 ind 8,
according to announcement todayby
Major Frank P. Bowen, secretary ef the
Old . Hickory Association with head
quarter in Knoxvile. The change was
msde in order that General Pershing
aad Marshal Foeh can attend.
ELLFNBORO VOTSS BONDS TO
ERSCT NEW SCHOOL Bl'II.DlNC
- Ellenhoro, Spt. 10v la an election
her today a bond Issue of t35,000 for
th erection of school building, wa
ea tried by Urge majority.
A J7 A TLT T TOT OTA 71 rn
1VEnVtPCTSONSOTOWN rJ
WHEN BRIDGE COLLAPSES;
1 MAN Y OTHERS INJURED.
Chester, P-, Sept. li Between 2J
ind 3 prsas were drowned or
trashed to death and more than
cor of other-Injared her tonight
when . tB foot path f th Third
street bridge ever Cheater river col.
lapsed. Th dead tad injared were
part of a .crowd of approximately
Jvntx-v eerson JUu,juC
red en the strnctnr to watch th
tfforta f police In grappling for th
body ef five-year-old hoy who wa
drowned bat n half hour befor.
Many ef th dead ar wrinm and
children. ..
;Thf brtdf old fashloaW
stractnre, ninety fret long, and
cleared the water by about twenty
feet It carried tw trolley tracks
acroaa th stream and had foot
path. Th river is shout fifteen feet
deep where the accident ocenrrcd.
An hour and a half after th col.
taps mr than twenty bodies hsd
been removed to the merge. At
that time there were (even erioaly
Injured persona In the Chester bos.'
pital.
At rrtne, o'clock more than n cor'
of bod! had been taken to the
morgue: Aa the dead were carried
In, men, women and children Barged
boat th place. Mother sought
children and ,BsbiRd wr looking
for thslr wive er children.
Only th rootway an the brldg
cells peed. Tho rest r th brldg
remained Intact
Jm Imerbe, (, Cheater, wa
Unding near the bridge when the
accident scarred. He dragged SS
men, won) and children from th
wtar. Nine of them upon exami
nation were found to be dead.
POLICE TO DETAIN
"FATTY"
Death of Young WBman Fol
. lowing Affair Inr Hotel Will
Be Investigated
San Francisco, Cat, Sept. 10. The
police, tday announced they would take
into eustody Rose (Fstty) Arbuckle,
motion pletur aomedla whe atarUd
front Loa Angeleg Imi fight by auto
mobil to elear np an affair at hit suit
ia hotel here last Monday following
which the death of Mist Virginia Bappa,
a film atren, is aid to hav resnltsd
Arbnckl will be taken into eustody
by the police, it was said, pending an
investigation into th woman's death.
No charge will be placed against him,
according lo Michael Griffin, acting
captain of , detectives, bnt he will be
detained until after the inquest
Arbuek.l?' was quoted as saying when
h passed through Fresno? today on his
way here that he had never met the
girl until Monday when she was
brought into his suite, to loin a party
She hod a few drinks, Arbuckle said,
end then it became necessary to call
physician and have her removed.
According to a sworn statement to
the police by Minis Alice Blake, one of
the party, she and another woman, Miss
Zey Prevon, missed Miss Rnppe from
the room,, nnd found her ia an adjoin
Ing room in great distress. The hotel
physician waa summoned, Miss Blake
bated.
Miss Ruppe later was removed to a
hospital where she died yesterday
Physicians who performed an sutopsy
said death was caused by peritonitis
and that bruises were found on her
body. The" stomaeh was removed for
examination.
Arbuckle and all members of the
party will be subpoenaed to testify, st
the inquest, according to the coroner.
Harry Kelly, ucretary of the grand
Jurv. said that body would invs-
tigate the case at Its meeting Monday
night.
Mi's Bappe waa- born in Chicago
She was 23 years old. She went to Los
Angeles about five yesrs ago and ob
tained employment with motion pic
ture companies.
In the last season or two she ap
peared wifg well known male stars
.She made her home in. I Angeles
with an aunt.
BALFOUR IN REPLY TO
CRITICS OF THE LEAGUE
Geneva. Sent. 10. (By the Asso
Mated Press.) Arthur J. Balfour, of the
British deI-ntior, speaking today at
the assemS lv of th league of Nations
in defense of the council, which had
been .under sharo fire for three days
warned the assembly that the mandate
question was foil of difficulties and
dancers and that it was venturesome
to try, as K bert Oeril proposed
to Mr the'trrrcs" of the mandnte im
meliately. He was much 'pahiedj he
sniii, by Hjalmar Branting'a charges
that the council and the issumbl were
under the control of a smalt group of
powers. ,
He expressed surprise at the s
jck of the Jugo Slav delegates, M.
Shalaitkorikh, on Albania, and at
Lotd Robert Coeil'demand for the im
mediate fixing of the terms of the
niindafes.
Mr. Balfour pointed next to the in
ternaiionad nur of justie as aa
achteTemcBt wTficbTlrH "ijrfltcT-nt in it
self to justify the lcg" snd con
found it critics, who tduied It of
inaction. T resting. ef disarmament sa
well as mandate h plainly intimated
that it wa the absence of the United
8tts fro the lcague-whicb. made it
impossible to move quickly,
jh first week or the assembly ends
without having developed any .figure
on m rioor, ana tnt att appear
rather shop worn. f
ARBUCKLE
Police Officials at Texas City
Say Estimate of Two Hun-. :
- dred and'FiftrtJve5tet
. t is Conservative r ;t:..
HIGH WATER HAMPERING .
WORK 0; RESCUE BANDS
IN RECOVERING BODIES
Proferty miriag e Wftt1tuialio
Millions of Dollars; Beports
Prom Outlying Sections Con-.
Ann Pear That ; Ploofc U
Worst In The History of Ban -Antonio;
Heart of Business
Section Inundated, Buildings
Swept Away and Thousands -Made
Homeless; Heroic Sel
cue Work Performed Durisi;
a Nifht of Horrcr; Flood ,
Waters Came Upon City
Without Warning
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San Antonio, Texas, Sept.
10. With the-known list of.
dead Btaftding at forty this
afternoon, policeofficials still
believe an estimate of two
hundred and fifty lives lost as
a result of the disastrous flood, .
which struck this city arly
Saturday morning:, to be a con
servative one. No attempt has
betn made to estimate the .
property damage, but it is cer
tain to run into millions of
dollars,
Because of the continued
swollen condition of the three
streams which caused the
flood, the work of recovering
bodies is progressing slowly.
Great piles of driftwood which
hav lodged m' trees pid
against bridges, when re
moved, it is feared, will reveal
additional dead. Many bodies
also are believed to have float
ed down stream nd may never
t accounted for.
Belief Work Underway,
-milct work 14 iBBitary precaution
ar well underway. A thoroughly or
ganized relief eommltts haa begun
earing for flood victims aad health of
flrer ax engaged in rigid leaHip .'
of tho city. '
Report coming from out-lying sec
tions confirm the fear that th flood is
th wont in th city' history. Street
in some instances- have been swept
clean almost their entire length.
Houae in th southern portion of th
eity were lifted from their foundations
and piled on upon another, or in om
case driven entirely through adjoining
buildings. Dead animals line the banks
of the stream.
v City I Flooded.
The flood -water from the San An
tonio River and from Alsxan creek and
small tributaries inundated ah area ap
proximately two mile long by one half
mile wide, including the heart of the
business section and a portion of the
residence section along River Avenue
and adjacent (treet a well a the
thickly populated West Side, where to
day thousands of Mexican are home
less and the dead not yot counted.
.. Tbest) were, tho things visible to the
eye when day dawned, cloudy, gloomy
and threatening.
Night of Horroc.
But what occurred in th blackness
of the night and when score of men, -women,
nnd children met death in the
oil coated water of th flood, aa
ho'uses collapsed, bridges were swept
out, trees and electric light and tele
phone poles crashed is something that
will new be known in detail. Count
less at;ti of heroism are current, aa
civilians and aoldieTa braved the cur
rent and floating debris, to carry women
and child ren to places of safety.
Thousands of families along the river
wore rescued before day break by men
who worked the long hour risking
their lives almost every minut of that
time to sav others.
In keeping with such heroic set wr
the tragedies. Babies were swept from
mother arms and lost, mother were
cirncM away and children rescued.
Fathers were lost saving little ones aad
tortny ihfrr are' wtdtrwi ind 'orpin ia
San Antonio who shudder st the thought
of last night.
Came Without Warning..
Han Antonio wu caught without
warning. The rain which caused th.
flood fell sfter three o'clock Friday's
evening ia the hills along the Olmos
Crook.
The electrie display accompanying
the storm w.:s the most vivid ever seen
here as lightning flashed almost coa-
tinuously nnd t' e thunder bombed and.
reverberated through the heavens.
Whilo tnrivjta of rain were still fall
ing in the streets of Ban Antonio and
the residents, unable to get out because ,.
of the downpour, went early to bed, a
roar was h ird, subduced but ominous
aa the flood waters broke down npon
the town.
'It was imoossibl to stand on tout
feet against the swift' current," aaid
one man, who escaped from hi bom
before th ore of th flood struck.
"I got awsy early a the trst waters '
roar was beard, subdued, bat omineus
cling ti buildings tree, fence ' nnd ,
wreckage to get out, I could not stand
Upright sgsiast th water. When th.
rest came few aslant later- I
not believ any hnmaa' being eould
hav withstood, it." .' '
- . Ho a Srft Awy
Large hopse wr wpt about a
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