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Abilene Daily Reporter (Newspaper) - March 31, 1920, Abilene, Texas To number 92 Abilene Texas wednesday Mauch 31. 1920 i Kice five cd a a ifs a great stunt if the Public does no to weaken by Morris rumours of move to Stab ask Merlin government Lish Republic Persic j to cease activities tent in Copenhagen in Ruhr District ministry is powerless a a reds ult us. I Kings order for preventing revolutionary leaders in secret strike apparently will not be carried out by the labor ministry. Session admit hopelessness of the Outlook for the future. By tho United press. Cogent a it March 31.--the labovites were to present to the trades Union Congress a plan to Era strike As a protest Kings act Ion in dismissing Premier j in i Els Cabinet. I it is a if the King has Hirgelt a tho new ministry of labor with responsibility of preventing the strike but was told the ministry was now ass. Humours of a move to found u re a Public persisted. The socialists Are. Said to be preparing a proclamation to be issued simultaneously with the j railing of Chr it Noral strike. Crowds paraded the streets crying a a Bong live the Republic a troops guarded the Royal . The polio have been Able to de Perse the hostile Street crowds far. The Independent socialists Are joining the majority socialists in mantling the general strike. The lib Fry associated press Berlin March 31.�?leaders of the three socialist parties have rent an ulva a Gen j Tima Tum to the government requesting against the to respect the Bielefeld convention a re immediately suspend military in the Ruhr Valley. They give tho government until i by Rad by afternoon to answer. Should tho government reject the r a r11< St immediate proclamation of to general strike will follow he Sola Psi informed the government. Dessel it if March 31. A the revolutionary leaders in the Stuhr Dis to it have been in secret session for Many hours trying to Lind some Way flit of the Corner in which they feel to y have been i Iven by the govern Ihus by Quot m measures. Most of the Lead a admit defeat. De some of the Lead. Is however arc resolved to pursue the course of Sabot ministry appealed to the populace saying it will resign As ooh As Thoj elections Are Over and the new rigs dad has met. I ago in regard to the mines and destruction of factories if the government troops Advance. There Bias i Eon a sudden tightening of the food trillion in the Ruhr Region. Co Penha g in. Ai Rich 31.�?offers by responsible Trade unionist c of a comprise by1 which the general strike might he averted if the rigs dad were called immediately wire not accepted by the King and tho new danish ministry and the general strike in Denmark seems inevitable. The to Puvion is hoarding food candles and water. A a. I. Clemons died at parents Home Here on wednesday the ii ague March 31.�?the re Bidu Ous German workers army besieging the fortress of Wesel it Hen in i i Russia has received reinforcements and made new attacks according to dispatches Here. The town of Hamm. In Westphalia and several other places arc reported to hive been plundered. Call issued por i have he it n Many friends in this City and surrounding country will regret to learn it the death of mrs. A. I. Clemons. Ared 3, who died1 at the Home of her Parent. Or. And Vin. Jul Mcdonald 902 Butternut Street at 12 8� a. In. Wednesday. Deceased had been in ill health forr several years and the end was not wholly unexpected. A recant attack of influenza hastened the death. Deceased is survived by her husband and five children four boys and one girl being Donald John Mills a. L., jr., Hayden and Ouida. Besides her father and Mother the deceased is also survived by five Brothers John Mcdonald of Dudlin c. Mcdonald of san Antonio m. J. Mcdonald of it. Stockton j. C. Mcdonald of Miles j. D. Mcdonald of Abilene and one sister mrs. J. N. Houth of this City. The funeral will take place thur Day morning at to of clock from the Home of or. And mrs 1. E. Mcdonald 902 Butternut Street. Word has been received a rom John Mcdonald of Dublin and j. C. Mcdonald of Miles stating that they will be Here for the funeral. No Wold had been received from the other i others wednesday morning. Chg Wiz Viton of v do i str a i bin i my i its to he m Ade i v t of Vav. Fri i heading Iii bolshevik Washington March 31. A tin bolshevik offensive against the polish Eastern Frontier is under direction of the famous russian general Brushoff v to planned the great russian Del which swept Over the same territory in 1910. According to advices to tin i polish legation Here. Appointed chairman for by the democratic adm Sills nation executive come it toe of Texas and take this method of announcing the same. It is desired to perfect at once a Complete organization of and Sinistri Tion democrats throughout Taylor county. All democrats men unit women who approve endorse Ami support the eight years of Wise sane patriotic and american government achieved by the administration of Woodrow w Ilson Are included in this Call. A mass meeting is hereby called us Convene at the Taylor county court House in Abilene at 2 00 of clock p. In. Saturday april 3rd. 1h20, at which time ways and in ans of organizing the Cut linty will lie considered and a permanent organisation perfected. It is urged that representatives from every precinct in tho county attend the a meeting in mass. Addresses will to Given by local speakers. All who love Good govern mint and cherish the traditions of democracy arc urged to Lay aside their affairs and attend this meeting. T. N. Carswel also been appoint vat my to l Secretary. Jas. P. Stinson chairman Intima Ted he Woff j accept nomination a die forced Iron him dog Hill it. There Essi to March 31.�? activity in be Stephens postal a North. Tex., is considerable Community of Lily More than any other Center of the Field and two my Well arc reported there. One has established a new level of production and As such will ii crease the activity it is tho sat to White Well if the Gulf production company which has found a Sand at 2,600 feet. It has not yet been tested out. The other new Well is the necessity Tow site number one of the Aubyne Oil and Gas co. Which is flowing 500 barrels after a shot. In Young county another wildest is showing it is the Scott veil of the North american Oil company which lit flowing 20 barrels of Oil daily at a depth of 2.iss feet. The Roxana Petroleum company a Pratt Well also is reported to have encountered an Oil a and and when it blew in unexpectedly the Rig caught on fire and burned own. This will delay completion of the Well for some time. F6y associated Pressl san Francisco. March 31.�? plans for an Active National Campaign to obtain the nomination in Herbert c. Hoover Are being launched Here following Hoover s announcement that he would accept the Republican nomination if forced upon him Hoover intimated he would or. A pain on the Hague of nations with proper Riser at ions of a guarding american traditions and interests on a platform with planks for immediate solution of Domestic problems. Cold at big Spring big Spring March 31.�?the to pipe nature dropped Here monday night to Twenty five according to the thermometer at it. S. station. J. E. Mundell superintendent fours All the fruit is killed. Says me reports indicate mexican presidential candidate injured Plank per sea Tei Lor com i no Cana ass of the it try disorders be indicated Obrego nista and Gonzales elements join forces in demonstration against Bonillas. Douglas and Mary Dodge Public gaze following marriage by the United press. Los Angeles March pick Ford and Douglas Fairbanks who were married a Cretty hero sunday night dodged the Public Eye today. Formal announcement was made of the wedding at a dinner at the Fairbanks Home at Beverly Hills lost night. San Antonio tex., mire ii 31.�? Laredo advices state Ignacio Bonillas the mexican ambassador to the United stau. Candidate for tile mexican presidency was wounded tuesday ii rioting at Mexico City according to a wireless picked up by the fort Mcintosh station there the extent of Bonillas injuries win not stated. The rioting followed a counter demonstration by the followers of Obregon and Gonzales. A the report indicated Obregon and had split the parties although it was not indicated which one of the two would receive the unit cd support or whether another per i son would be selected. A a bolshevism is the subject Taft address Here on april 17th the Cooth City memorial the com funds at to Day i la tis were perfected for i Jet Ion of the canvass of for the West Texas Baptist sanitarium at a meeting of Iii to tees appointed to eol i it the chamber of co Mem night. Under the new plan tile committees will ask the property owners who have not already contributed As much or More than two per cent on their real estate property and one and a half per cent on their pcs Emu property. To Rale their subscription to that amount. It is stated that a vigorous Campaign will he made to raise the $159-000 needed As this City ssh ire for the securing of the sanitarium the Baptist denomination i a jiving $190-000 toward the building. Inky engines and dump cars arrive for Lake Abilene Washington Mardi 31.�?the permanent committee of the my by a Iran Congress resenting Whit it it i is the violation of the constitutional immunity of members of Congress has demanded action by the Federal government against the governor of the Federal District for the arrest of five deputies in connection a americanism is bolshevism will i add the Obrego nista demonstration he the subject of the address to he de at the recent reception to am Basso slivered at the first Baptist Church m Dor in Mexico City according Load the evening of saturday april 17, at vices. 8 of clock by William Howard sex president of the United states. Or. Tafts address will be one of timely in-1 Crest to everyone. Or. Taft will appear in this City un-1 Der th1 auspices of the Simmons col Lyge lyceum Bureau. Abilene is considered very fortunate in securing or. Taft for an address in View of the fact that he has Only seventeen speaking engagements in the Southwest. Has Barlow attempted to shoot u Jay Bird that a setting on the limb of a Cicada live ibis morning but by fore hcs had fired a great Many Many shuts the Bird flew away. Having grown suspicious of what Buz was trying to do. Boke Easil y took the family clock to pieces sunday and put it puck to gel her hut it w mid not run. Upon closer investigation he found the it White he had Pat it Hack right he had accidentally left out four or five of the Little cog wheels which was the Only reason it run and ought not to be held As a reflection on his v. Ca Kun shop. Big crowd expected to hear Bailey thursday y judge Beall has quit the Bench the a Linky engine thro in number. And three carloads of dump cars have reached Tuscola shipping Point for the Sitiko Abilene project according to announcement mad wed no Day by City Engineer a. A. Bluey list a a y j if Ford the contractors. Have a big s am shovel on the to Abilene and As soon As this a Rhine reach s the Ink an i the Small railway system is installed the dirt will begin to Fly on the big dam. The a a link ices a Are miniature Loco in at Ives which run on narrow Gage tracks with sufficient Powei to pull a considerable string of dump cars. Is Elhag i its in exit act a Delaware gig it a it to ii by the United i Ivanh Dover Delaware March it a a a a it a a a a in of a Resolution ratifying the woman suffrage Anu ral rent claim Jed Victory is assured. Was stated the Republican caucus night agreed to give sufficient t to pass when taken up today. House was to Start consideration France refused will not permit sending of troops into the Ruhr District Jorge measure second read big majority Sirmans Ade surprised outbreaks Are deported indicated that government had expected France to accede but the latter declined to yield. It by the associated press pay in March 31. France Tine a tin request of the Derma ii government flt. Permission to sen i troops into the Ruhr dry to ii in rile Neutral Zonn the it Man Border. Rile French is handed to the German representative said that to Glen till request would violate the \ a Ranill a int it mini oui tin impel by a Arni sex id it necessity Contd justify i a step. reply maid that military intervention in the Ruhr Lien would is useless tis Well is dangerous Berlin evidently expected France to but the i mules. A Berlin dispatch tuesday an id it was announced in the notional Assembly that Frame a a undone the demand for Allied operation in the Neutral zone and had const qts to Grant Germany from two in three weeks to employ St rang Force in the Buhl a it us i re it Unk to prison it Bhide Reau est i by associated press Pitts i Iury Jil March i. Reeding the req nest of his English wot Bride Thot he purr either my nerve the renin Imhof of a penitent i sentence interrupted by his escape from Rockview prison in 1917, Walter ices is in a cell of Western Penitentiary today. La Isle for a Mission \ est it Liny. Desecrate cemetery in California with fiendish purpose f by associated Pressl Al race dbl cal., March 3 Monument were toppled Over Woolen headboards pulled up and i Nussli Minim covering family plots unearth i or in grave Yards Here. The police in i nut account tor the Quot ii err Aion. Bomb headboards we in a Forred from on 1111 to in the r. Popel Viton figures Ign Sulphur a it i Nguk raiders attacked police Barracks near Cork More soldiers Are sent to guard Londonderry. A Lloyd Ireland the vol Leer Pii iss Wix my the United i a Rem. To Max March 31 gets Home Buie Hill for 1 t he second Reading 348 to. In during the finn debate i e.1-v my a arson the Irish unionist at a Scotland Yard had warned him Tbs six it a Bael members Bindi from America with the avowed i in i Quot tinn of nor t sol no Ting him. Dork Ireland. A Fth 31 a a Large tinned party attached the poll a Hart arks at Burros 4f Miles West get Here. The raiders were driven after a tin a hours fight. Two ii pm i a Ere funded. Off pout Blix Ireland March 31.-�ii� to armed w Ith Moi Hin guns i mrie i by flying squadrons with Arm outed ears a guarding land Oneriv prison following outbreaks of Din a Fei Liers imprison ii then and reports that an Effort would be May to Rem be them. Additional troops arrived est urdu it Mirim clashes in Ltd it sorted in 1 is i lots. So slip up in Negr Al let a rat Are Rug i i r avidly by associated per so Chicago. March sith d Burlet of to Middle West and South swept by sundays tornadoes with a loss of in Llvy i Are recovering am rebuilt a is and buildings have begun to Rise. 11.\ the United press. Ash i not in March 3 risks to ii in a denounced 11n Bon of Sulphur Springs. Text a Quot in an inc refine of 407. Or a cent. I the Populis at .9 i rare to be built \ Bill Nilo Supply several town s in tills Hui in i v mum Elf to k Ltd arranging details of presidents stay at Slimmer Home i by associated press Woods hoi mass. Much 31 i inhere of the White i lunge staff a he arranging for the arrival or i Iii it Wilton find Fumito abut Jun i making Sun a y of the i wit with i View to a cum modal Iona fat. So Ril hit pin ii cd i is Ami tided Nestr a i a a attach. T by tin United in a a Hallas March 31 James rim Rob it ight 32, lawyer is dead and his wife it a Hospital nun tall wounded the i ii tints of a double shooting this morn i in mrs. Bright the police Bilbo a Bright was in Heil when ii was shot in the Temple and hts wife wait shot Over the heart tit neighbor s were inlaid to it ascertain by motive by the Assoria by i . Texas March it j. R blight an attorney was sir to and inst. Fitly killed As be Lay in Mal at his in in Ami his wife is at a Hospital with a Bullet wound under tin but relatives say mrs Bright has been Quot it Al rendely jealous a i it unit vote to Lahl Lincock says it in remarkable How firmly a fellow cart get in debt when he had plenty of credit and no Money. Hon. Joseph Weldon Bailey former United states senator from Texas Ami a candidate for governor of the state will address what is expected to in a very Large crowd of voters in Abilene thursday i tomorrow afternoon at 2 2d of clock. The speaking will take place on the Lawn no the of the Post office if the weather will permit otherwise it will he at the District courtroom in the county courthouse. Or. Bailey will reach Abilene at 10 20 wednesday night on the Suu Hine from Eastland. He will spend Forenoon meeting old Friend and renewing a co a internees. At noon he will be a guest of the Abllan Lions of the Bill at the afternoon session. Mcadoo flub i or Noel but the United press Chicago a March 31.�?william Gibbs Mcadoo was placed in til race for the presidency with the launching of a Boom by Illinois democrats Here a Cuca Doo for president club has been forme i and National Lead Inners will be eat a bushed Here within two weeks. Club at the noon luncheon and May make a Brief talk. He Wilt not however make a speech of any length at the lion s meeting his Campaign manage4, Luther Nickels insisting that he preserve his voice for the larger meeting in the afternoon. Of the weather is pleasant a great i crowd is expected to hear or. Railer Here Many coming from consid Jet Ahir distance to hear him. J it has been announced that the speaker will be. Introduced by Hon. J sin Western Union profits. K mi"1ni Thor new Tork March by net prof i station taught by Hie friends who its of the wet in Union Telegraph will Haw the Abilene concert band company for 1919 were $30.435.3�, j Altoun tor i occasion. Cd ii Valient to �10. Fat pet Sinare. Swift water Texas. March 31.�? w. W. Beal i District judge of the 32nd judicial District has resigned a Alai Yiv Leslie District attorney of this District who is candidate for Dis toilet judge has been appointed a gov. Hobby to fill out the in explore i term of judge Beall. E. I. Hill county attorney of Nolan county who was making the race for District attorney has his application in with gov. Hobby for the position vacated by judge Leaile judge Hill has endorsement of the entire bar of Sweetwater and other it Dor serpents Over the District anti expects to receive his appointment tomorrow. Judge Leslie is now on the Bench holding District court which is in session in Sweetwater. It is understood that judge Beall will represent Oil interests in the new Oil Field opener. Up at Pecos. Mother slashed throats of five children and her own discovered the Mother and her five children in frightful conditions by the United press. Elk City okla March 31. Met. E. J. Bowart despondent with ill health Thia morning Cut the the roam i try associated press of her five children and then slashed bulb City vkli., mulch ii. A with her own i the Heads badly crushed Ani throats. ,. A a Cut tho five children of or. And or la children Are dead and the tooth jul near Cowart ranging rom four or in a Hospital unconscious from ios i i months to ten years were found dead j of blood and will probably Cie. In us a let a Morary h Nix near j the to warts were Farmers until five Jhu in. La Mot hoi Lay beside them. In tenths ago Wien a crop failure ruined no la Lier Throat a a Adly Cut in to run j them. Bowart brought the family Jae Toua her and hied in a tent two Miles oui bloodstained axe a razor and a town. Mrs. Bar arts a Sialei died Butcher knife a Ere found in tha ten1-Tbift weeks ago. Bow u t want to the the husband said his wife had been it Sponhem since an attack of Influent the a thing of for the new High Power line from Abilene to Anson is porn do Cathy Complete. With work now Hing rushed to completion in the i v limit of Abilene. The work Var ingims the wire. Which will carry 83, volts f electricity will legit no week. Three wire Beimer in ill Between the two cities just Aab two a to Abilene mid Merkel re approx Iti. I Quot Cost of the line from Abilene to Anson is $50,00� manager i. A. Hawley of the Abl a lip y Kik an t electric Coop any. Stat a wednesday morning that very ilk is the new in will r. It it a pm into use until the comp finn of the in it i wet Plant which is boing built at Iii Al a Ltd to to of a nillion a a is both a astern part of the City. Villi the on plei on of i High tin to apr Abilene will i a in ill i. Anson. Stamford. Hamlin it i Merkel. All Ltd thee towns will to served out of Abilene when the of Plant is finished and put in operation material is arriving Lahy for the a Ilene Cisco High pow r line which in will also reach Baird. Material is Al o arriving at Baird and Cis o for this Una the Rev n do the work is in Abilene my ready to St it work just As soon As enough Materiel arrive to keep than hush. The Survey to it to is practically completed. Vein Likely work will Stair or. Rills linearly in april. Or is the intention or th"1 Abilene ties and Rlee tric Dom pan to serve Abilene. Ails a Jis in Ford Hamlin Merkel i Laird and Chao rom the new i Quot it. Ill of which cities a in this disc riot of uhf i it mrs Ary. Thus Abilene Wilt ii the Center of Supply. Just what will be done with the Power plants tis ii Are now in Home of these Citi a has urn Beer but it is Fin liable the it they a retain in a a a a a of int. Roca by. Weather i k. Dju in a Tincani of York attire a earlier Bureau t night a showers for Abilene and i in Ltd and Thiroway iou let with cob a thursday. For bust to Aas. Tonight an i Thors Daj Louil it with Shower cooler thur Day except in a Siuth cast portion. For avs . Tonight fait colder in a ast portion Frost thursday fair temperature null at sight about 8 30 a mar the tent u Ciodyk this morning. Little girl driving cows Hoard strange cries Aud % but showed rang Emea. No signs of mental dry thermometer a it thermometer do relative he nudity a tees. Tui s wed pm am. I 76 a ii 2 ,. 78 61 3. 74 6 4. 77 61 8. 76 Elk. 7 5 6 i 7. 72 62 x. 67 64 9. 63 6&Quot to. 62 69 la. 65 i i . 6p�t. Noon. 73 Shin Ria 6 29 Sunset. It ski . I a. In. 12 39. 6 7 74 2 53 62 28 r a 5% so a a

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