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- MILLION BARRCLt OF OIL DOOMED IN FIRE Houston. Texas —Mor* than one nllllon barrels of oil was doomed fend Indications were that a similar amount probably would be consum ed In a spectacular Ore sweeping the Gulf Production company tank farm at Humble. Lightning caused the blase. Three ^ enormous underground reservoirs said to have a capacity 400!000 barrels each, caught Are and the boiling matter spread rap idly toward other nearby pits. The whohrN(arm consists of 20 tanks, all or which may be lost. The blaze can be seen for miles. COTTON STATES BOARD TO MEET GOEVRNOR MORRISON ISSUES A .CALL FOR COMMISSION TO MEET IN MEMPHIS. BEPLIES TO GABLE BEQUEST •ALLIED AUTHORITIES MAY TAKE ACTION AS NEEDED IN CONSTANTINOPLE. WILL CONVENE DECEMBEB 4 To Adopt a Permanent Plan of Organi zation for Submission to the Sev eral Legislatures. EXPLOSION OF CAS BLOWS UP FAMILY Morgantown. W. Va.r-When thir- teen^year-old Agnes Thomas struck a match in the celler of her home here a flood Of gas Ignited and the building collapsed, like a house of cards. Six young women, including Ag nes, were so badly burned that their recovery is doubtful—Nine other persons, in various parts of the house sustained burns, cuts and bruises. * Firemen reported gas escaping from a le^j in the maih in- the street entered the cellar of the Thomas home via fhe sewer. Andrew Thomas, Sr., was blown through a bedroom window in the second story but escaped with mi nor injuries. CALLS DAY OF T Raleigh.—Governor Cameron Morri son issued a call for the cotton states j commission, composed of three repre- J sentatives of each of the cotton grow ing states to meet at Memphis, Tenn., j Monday, December 4, at 1 o’clock, to adopt a permanent plan of organiza-j PRESIDENT HARDING ISSUES tion looking to the maintenance of the THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION CONGRESS TO MEET IN EXTRA SESSIONl PRESIDENT HARDING ISSUES A FORMAL CALL IN PROCLA- . . MATION. BE6ABDS IT AS NECESSABY Congress to Convene Just Two Week* Ahead of Meeting of Regular New Congress. Certain That Commissioners Will Deal commission for submission to the leg islatures of the various southern With Any Attempts at Disturbance or Infringement. AT WHITE HOUSE. states. Henrj* C. Wallace, secretary of ag- [ Washington. — Congress was called by President Harding to meet ip extra session November 20, exactly two weeks in advance of the regular ses sion. The call, set forth as usual in the farm of a proclamation, declared the extra session was made necessary by public interests. The text of the proc lamation follows: “Whereas, pnMIc interests require that the Congress of the United States ricujlure. Governor Morrison announc- To Observe Thursday, November 30, should be convened in extra session, Constantinople.—The allied commls- «d. W *H b* present at the meeting of g* p Thanksgiving Sup- I ° n ^ went * et h day of .November, sioners in Constantinople have been fhe commission, and has designated j n •• '** ' n * n,?teen t wt *nty-tw’0.‘ to receive such given full authority to declare a state A. L. Quatntance. of the bureau of pucat.on and Devot.on. communications as may be made by of siege or take eny other measures entomology, and G. S. Mallory/of the i * the executive. lo nreaerve order. bureau of agricultural economics, to. Washington. — Declaring that the "Now. therefore. I, Warren O. Hard- attend as representatives of the Unit- state of the nation "presents very . i n k. President of the United States of preserve This was the response of the allied gov erntnents to the rahled requests of the high commissioners for permis- slon to take complete and speedy ac tion It Is now certain that allied all ies here will deal with any at :s at duinrhaare or tafrinrement s Mudanta conveatloD la drastic lb« let of R3 3 ed States department of agriculture. The commission had Its Inception In an art passed by the legislature of North Carolina to 1*91. authorising the governor of North Carolina to appoint a cum mission to set In concert with similar rotnmissions from other rot- are as eck the Keaaal •owing st •rmanmt ears lino n much . to justify a nation-wide and most sincere testimony of gratitude for the bounty which has been bestowed upon us." President Harding in the annual Thanksgiving proclamation Is sued. «alls upon the American peo ple to observe Tharsdav. November 30. "as a day of Thanksgiving, supplica tion and devotion " plan to gre ratline n dor -atkm to th> Thanksglvtni attoa any* tb< no ark i tn« n brwarv jx, •gsetW/S •tttv *!t i* • most fees f trials and of I • 4 >&n ’SpefletM i« • wmm bb • hove Bet 4 toons^osi tmmrntn hi keen BMP mBMeOtan Ml the Me > • i I be America, do hereby proclaim and de clare that an extraordinary Occasion requires the Congress of the United States to convene In extra session at the rnpltol in the city of Washington on the twentieth day of November. 1023. it 12 o'rlprk. noon, of whirk nil persons who shall at that time be en titled to art as members thereof am hereby require*^to take notice «... ~la witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and rsusr4 the seal of the United (Mates to Im,affixed "linns at the city of Washington this ninth day id November In the year of onr Lord one I bos as ad bias hundred and twenty two. nnd «*t the independ ence of (Be United Mates the «*n* ban |fej| f rbff « 4MF t 0* fvf || 11 MllIfNXO* iMNt iMNff I M #dF ff #^1 * »t«ra I IMS WRMUYS -v Few of us chew our food enough. Hasty meals are harmful, hut Wrigley’s stimulates the flow of saliva that helps the stomach take care 0 • • ot its load. Tbs Eat less* chew It more and use Wrlflley*® after every meal. II keeps teeth white, breath sweet and t a- Is n The Flavor Lasta c i STUMPS. TREES. BRUSH *#%* f « • * * # Wo *# mmm s Lonsnrv rn> <a> i Isa fsss mssmss ssd .i. . -1 Missouri P* 2 0*3; tlktaboa Man. 413 4tl a* * trfS.COf: er states. 7.1! ■ 4; Ijnm V VS IV1 i.74t: TVx >3. sll oth- tbi r I tt * Ns Changes m Chilsan Trsaty. Santiago. Chile —None of the mem ber* of the Chilean rabinet have yig rifled their a**mt to any condition which would stand in the way of flat ratification of the oViginal Washington agreements with Peru over the disput ed provinces of Taona and Arica, it was announced by Premier Izqu4erdo. His statement was made in answer fo reports that his approval had been counted upon by the congressmen who are seeking-to have the proctocol accepted, but with certain conditions. Deputa Maza is now canvassing the congressmen to support a new propos ed resolution whereby the proctocol and complimentary act would be de clared approved without any consider ations or additions. fun rd*r «al tment i ‘Is SO I its or equlpm*nt umstanros.” the . 'll ts the desire justice thst all Ixed shall be re leased. and you will be governed ac cordingly. A report should be made to the department in each instance.** Governors Will Meet December 14-10. Simple .Ceremony Armistice Day. Washington. — President Harding, Secretary of War Weeks arid Secre tary of the Navy-Denby, with military ascort, will go to the grave of the un- ^known soldier on Armistice Day and leave a wreath there, after a brief ceremony, which is expected ^estab lish a precedent . to be followed throughout the years tio come. I* mak* our own great .fortune* * Frank 0. Gannon Dead mesas of helping and serving as best New Torh Frank 8. Ganboa. pre*l- ** ran. the cause of all humanity. deot of the Norfolk Soithern railway "Now, therefore. I. Warren U Hard- and since 1909 president of the Mont- ing President of the United States of gomery. Wyoming and Southern rail* America, do designate Thursday, the road. died, after a lingering illness at thirtieth day of November as a day his home In Staten Island. He was of thanksgiving, supplication and de- born in Spring Valley. N. Y.. in IRSt. votlon. I recommend that the people Mr. Gannon began hi* long railroad gather at their family altars and In service when 17 year* old. as a tele- thelr house* of worship • to render graph operator on the Delaware dlvla- Madison. Wis/—The fourteenth an thanks to God for the bounties they ion of the Erie railroad. He was a nual governors' conference, composed have enjoyed and to petition that general manager of the Southern rall- of state governors and governors-elect these may be continued in the year way from 1S98 to 1902 and In 1908 be- will meet nt White Sulphur Springs, before us.” [came preaident of the Norfolk South- W Va. t December 14 to 16, Miles C. * . | ern. Riley, secretary of the conference, For Uniform Divorce. nounced. - Washington.—Preparations of a bill Beer Proposals Are Expected. This year's meeting, Mr. Riley eald. establishing notional marriage and Washington.—Proposals for legisla- will unusual in the number of the divorce regulations for introduction tion modifying the VoUitead_Act with state executives attending, ana iu the in the next congress was announced respect to the sale of beer and light importance of problems to rZ consider- by the General Federation of Worn- wines -were regarded at the Treasury ed. The conference program is to be en's Clubs, which has authorized Mrs. as extremely likely as a result of the announced later. Thirty-two gover- Edward Franklin White, deputy ht- outcome of Tuesday’s election, nors were elected November 7, only^toyney general^f Indiana, to draft the; 4n the meanwhile, however, Secre- [eight of the men now In office being bill and a resolution amending the con- tary Mellon was reported as holding returned for another term, Mr. Riley stitution of the United States, if such that the treasury’s policy of a strict | said. | a course is necessary to make possible enforcement ^of the prohibition laws —I ;— ' ^federal marital law. i would continue unchanged, despite the Consumers Urge Child Labor Law. Provisions of the bill would make expression of public opinion in differ- Washington.—Enactment of a Fed- marriage more difficult, the announce- ent states, until Congress acts, s eral child labor law that would with- ment stated, arid would allow’ diyprce Unless the question actually comes stand any attack made on the ground only on five grounds, enumerated as up in Congress, high treasury officials of unconstitutionality was urged in res- follows: Infidelity, incurable insanity, indicated, littie consideration will be olutiotis adopted at the annual meeting abandonment for one year, cruel and given to the possible source of reve- here of the National Consumers’ lea- Inhuman treatment or conviction of nue which-might' be developed from gue. fan Infamous crime. ’taxes on beer and wine. IDEA" SCHOOL DESKS B*B* . 9 0« * 0R0 B0M4 #* fttaajpMl • ** ••«» *1W0 * m* ■ MB 4NB4A mk !*•* 4NfcBflH9 *Nfi B#R| I*# ff 0* ffama*4k0 fskn#*'* %4ffNi 4MBB BffP %» F • ► ■ ' *• m - * MS fffft BfcHRBff flB) ' Ml BMMfciHtMM M0 |0* Makes Oid Waists Like New Fadeless Dyes dyBB Of tints BS y04l 11 u Csnniry 0ig*s M>a* nas •lrt% l nx la llUf aarTli wtMMla a0«l su • was stm with I he tlew*. (he xlltfi|Mea of ail%ef lakes, (he rucTfed hills, the orufMta, (hat for quite a while site forgot about %"**. and a definite a|i|M>ltitiuent. re lates the Oiicago Journal. Suddenly, however, she reiiieniltcred site was due at a certain place at 1 'Aiev had told hrr that It was x straiglit r<>ad for nine' or ten miles, and then the road forked, and then— Poor Bws r For real £•■«! advh* to }own Imstnem atea I think the following tot ter that was sent n*e the oilier day is the heat that could be offered ; *‘A who would he sueeesaful In huslnean hiumI ever treat the public as hla friend. He mn*t ever strive tu give hon est values and be courteous to pruo- IMN-tlve patrito*. Another' |sdnt that should he carefully considered Is tho folly of trying to l»e|lttle a. <*onipetltnr. To knock «jnun engageil In the same But the rest of the directions the line of husinc** as yours creates In the Woman hud forgotten, Was she to mind of the customer a doubt us to take the road to the right o.* the left? the excellence of your own warm* and of Dynamite. »edy evacuation East Side took 9 ^ Boy Played With New York.—The sp a tenement on the place when H was digeovered that the '*nlc©c shiny stick** with which ten-year old Salvatore Cotlllo was playing was dynamite. la-Lrit havsu.i.Ql of th* Screw Driver Falls on Head of Woman Withdraw Deposits. New York. —* A half-pound screw- Geneva.—Former' Emperor William driver, which rolled from a window-sill of Germany and several members of on the nineteenth floor of a Sixth ave- the Hohenxollern family are reported ^ Alleged Pyromaniac ia Held. Chicago—Jack Sorrentl. 34, was held by the police in connecting with tfee But surely there'll In* a signboard at the forks, she thought, nnd that would tell her what to do. And when she got to the forks there was the signboard, ami In strag gly black letters it announced: “Either Botul.” Poetry is truth set to music. arouses a feeling of sym|/athy for thn man who is not there to defend him self against your charges.”—Exchange. To be womanly is the charm qf woman. If all flesh is grass men/ought to b* less shy of lawn mowers. nue bulldlflg. landed on the head of to have withdrawn their deposits from in’ r »tlg*H ( >n of 20 Are* or more,, be-, Mrs. Elia Coleman, a passer-by. peon- Swiss banka and transferred them to Ueved to h^ve been started during the j tratityt her skull. Sweden and Holland. Thfr transfer ia month by a pyrnm^nia.- Gaa_woJ. The farce scrqmutatnff byTheuntlT' d*«lsr*d ~fo Five Been ■ made threo man was burned to death and severab’ home, where the boy said be found the tool ia Its fall knocked Mrs Coleman weeks ago with a "view to the puasi- persons were injured,,and overcome ‘ dynamite while t ‘hopping WO0d do- to the aide walk and her left leg be biltty of a tax on capital by smoke ia one of the*most r* rent teettves found 23 other stti rks of thn came instantly paralysed At ftoUevsn u ia also reported that there have grq« explosive hidden la the woodpile hunpunl s hrr* he rondlllu* was de additional withdrawals of money horrent I was armst ed whea he *00 8*arck was begun tor n wg irhmaa re ar ti bed as rrtclral It sms found thn its transfer to other plams sola* uhservwd trying lo 1 burn a S10 bill centiy dis-'barged from a 0 ear fey ceo *rr»w drtvrr bad eaierwd b«r k*s4 Wf ll he United Btatas far aim liar ran wtth a ci* arwtt* -I 1 lth« to so* th taga garwrtina Jnk tor alsat two tarbaB swaa - € % Van. he salt Theauloa, Ont w March 29.1920 Mr*. 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