Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1929, Page 24

24 OUCK CARRETTDES PARALYSS VITI Yeteran Peace Officer in Days of “Wild West” Cap- * tured Clara Smith Hamon. By the Associated Press. ARDMORE, Okla., May 7.—Cheating death of the violence that marked the passing of his numerous cotemporaries, Buck Garrett, veteran peace officer of Southern Oklahoma and Texas, is dead, a victim of paralysis. He passed away peacefully -at his home here yesterday at the age of 58. ‘Although turbulence accompanied his early day campaigns against despera- does and his later political career, he gained perhaps his greatest national note as the captor of Clara Smith Hamon, who in 1920 shot and killed Jake Hamon, Republican national com- mitteeman, who was credited with hav- ing played an important part in the nomination of Warren G. Harding for the presidency in 1920. Mrs. Hamon fled to Mexico, where Garrett foun her. She was acquitted after a sensa- tional trial. Seldom Used Firearms. Garrett was known as & {wo-gun man, but his intimates insisted that this was a misrepresentation and that he re- sorted seldom to the use of firearms. One of Garrett’s exploits which gained the adulation of the masses was b= capture of “Wabbling Billy” Ballew, a character of the days when Ardmore was an untamed boom oil town. Ballew killed a_companion, and retiring to & basement dive on “Bloody Caddo” street, sent out word that he would kill any officer who attempted to arrest him. Garrett, newly elected sheriff of Carter County, strolled unconcernedly down the dark stairway, toward the hiding place of the drink-crazed man. “I've come after you, Bill," the sherift proclaimed, “and I haven't even got a gun in my hands.” Ballew surrendered peacefully. Pursued Dalton Gang. Garrett was born in Tennessee, and went to Texas as a child. As a strap- ping youth of 18. he became a posse- man under the United States marshal’s office, which was engaged in ridding the Lone Star State of desperadoes. He be- came a full-fledged deputy when he tained his majority, and for nearly 20 years was a Federal officer, credited Wwith a leading part in the elimination of the notorious Dalton gang, Which preyed on banks of the Southwest. Ent Oklahoma politics in 1910, Garrett was elected sheriff of Carter County, and held that office for 12 years, when he was ousted after a mfl jury investigation. He was a can te in every election thereafter, and was a formidable factor, but he never iccessful. e again drew notoriety in %hte upheaval of 1923, when J. C. ‘alton was ousted from the governor's thair. The former sheriff was one of the bodyguard of rough-and-ready men whom Walton chose to surround him- self in the hectic days of martial law. I The list of active and honorary pall- bearers for the funeral today includes ploneers of Southern Oklahoma. MRS. L. B. SCHLOSS When taking office as president of Undergraduate Association of Barnard College, Gladys Vanderbilt agreed to re- sign if her personal convictions became imcompatible with those of the organi- zation. —Associated Press Photo. COUZENS BILL IS LISTED FOR COMMITTEE HEARING Proposal for the Creation of Fed- eral Communications Commis- sion Slated for Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. Hearings will be begun tomorrow by the Senate interstate commerce com- mittee on the bill of Chairman Couzens for the establishment of a Federal com- munications commission. L. G. Caldwell, former general coun- sel for the Radlo Commission, will be the first called by the committee in the hearings, which are expected to go extensively into radio, telephone and telegraph communication. Cotton Sport Dresses Shown. PARIS (#).—Much cotton fabric is used for sport dresses in the new Mid- summer collections couturiers are showing. ~Sleeveless sport dresses are developed in cotton materials much as silk frocks were in the earlier show- ings. Wash silks are somewhat re- placed by the cotton and linen for beach wear, Many houses show printed linen or cotton sport coats. Quality and Style at Prices Guaranteed to Be Lower Than Elsewhere i RE-ELECTED TO POST |{ fWuhinzhm Section of National Council of Jewish Women 4 Names Officers. " Mrs. Leonard B. Schloss was re-elect- #d president of the Washington section, ational Council of Jewish Women, at tary; Mrs. Emanu , tary, and Mrs. Seymour Herz, cor- . Wolf. Delegates were s Oarrie Hart, Mrs, George Hyman Mrs. Kann. The business meeting was preceded by usical tes e being carried by fashio: “All Over Town” The Better to Serve You All dresses offered in two price groups. A varied stock of superlatively chic models from which you can surely THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. y’.['U'ESDAY. MAY 7, 1929. SAMOA TAX POLICY CHANGED BY ALLEN Natives’ Refusal to Pay Brings Levy for Treatment in Hospitals. By the Associated . APIA, British Sames, May 7.—Col. S. 8. Allen, administrator of Western Samoa, yesterday announced & new policy of dealing with the natives re- fusal to pay taxes as part of their pro- gram of organized passive resistance to being governed by New Zealand. ‘The premier of New Zealand, the ad- ministrator said, had decided to dis- pense with the native personal tax, and instead make a charge for hospital treatment of the natives. Arrears in the personal tax must be paid, he sald. An export tax of 10 shillings has St . etk L S, For correct time tune In on Station WMAL at 7:30 P.M. each evening. Zoating the day telephone Franklin 869 JEWELERS been placed on copra, making the total tax on that commodity 30 shillings. The New Zealand government inti- mated its to negotiate with the Mau (Native League of Samoa) and treat it sympathetically when the Mau ceased to defy the law. Until then there will be no deviation of the foregoing ! policy. ‘The government's latest action in an effort to make the natives obey its laws grew out of trouble of long standing, which had its root in the natives’ claim that their chieftains were not allowed & proper voice in the government, in the natives’ assertions that prohibition was enforced in Samoa while liquor was permitted in New Zealand and that re- strictive regulations were applied to the handling of copra. — POLICE FORCE PRAISED. Payne, Red Cross Chairman, Lauds Convention Work. ‘The Police Department yesterday re- ceived a letter of commendation from John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, for its work in the recent Red Cross convention. Maj. | Henry G. 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