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THE MAKERS OF THE HOUSTON POST-DISPATCH WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR
TIM Houston Po«t-DI»p«tch Hu tho
Larg.it HOME DELIVERED PAID
CITY CIRCULATION «f Any Now*,
papar la Taxaa.
Consolidated Aoem*t t.
Dispatch. established Sept. I. lUii.
Host. Established
VOL. 40, NO. 272*
H6U? TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1,1925.
20 PAGES—PRICE 5 CENTS
Looking Forward
*****
Port Expansion
*****
More Playgrounds
¥ W ¥
Traffic Needs
In 1924, 6988 building permits were
.Rued by the city of Houston, to cover
otal expenditures of $17,209,809.
♦ ♦ t
The time for both retrospection
ml looking forward is at hand. For
lo t.>n. tho story of tho past, year
s most gratifying. The breaking
•f nil sorts of records for growth
did er.pansion has followed in prat-
tciill) every business known to the
grout as has boon the indus-
1aI und civic development of 1924,
pales before that which is prom-
pt! during the coming year. Truly,
ue best is yet to be.
♦
To begin with, in 1925 Houston
<tces u building program which will
lean the expenditure of possibly
2D.OOO.OOO In new construction.
Chief among the projects Is a
Ik office building, a $1,500,000 ho-
el, a $900,000 building for Sako-
vltz Brothers, a $1,000,000 apart-
nent house, a new home for the
*ubllc National bank to cost ap-
mxiniaUly $3<i0.000. $300,000 im-
rovements to the city auditorium,
ml three downtown warehouses
'hlcta will cost about $500,000.
♦
Port Houston will be much
renter at the end of 1925, when
illllons will have been spent to
quip it for its ever increasing busi-
est.
A million dollar grain elevator
III open up a new era In the shlp-
*ng business of Houston. Cotton,
11, rice and steel will have a pow-
rful rival in the grain exports
/hlch will flow from tho groat
(elds to the north.
The Southern Pacific will build
ips and terminals at Clinton, upon
/hlch work has been started al-
•ady. The building program of
lis company alone is $1,050,000 on
Ship Channel.
The Ship Channel will be deep-
ned to 30 feet for the remaining
vo and one-half miles at a cost
f $450,000. This project will be
oui pie ted by July 1, giving th-3
ort the depth which has been
>ught for years.
Twf» new concrete wnarven will
o udded to the municipal facili-
9a. hi a coat of $500,000.
The Humble OH and Refining
>mpany will complete during the
;rst part of tho year a concrete
iding pier, to coat $350,000.
A passenger station at Pier No.
will be built to care for a future
ater travel route, with Houston
s the gateway to the outside
orld.
Safeguarding the tremendous In-
•■atments along the water front,
n electrically equipped flreboat
v til be bought In about a month.
Horton and Horton, engineering
irm, will build their own slips,
ormlnala, wharves and dry docks,
t a cost of $1,000,000. Their dry
ocks will afford a repair station
or the increasing volume of ma-
Ine work as moro ships make this
■ort. Everything in the plant will
e operated by electricity.
The port commission has $200,-
10 at Its disposal, with which to
take necessary extennions of tho
'ublic Belt Terminal railroad,
hlch serves tho ship channel in-
ustrles.
Every Industry on the Ship Chan-
el has made such strides in
rowth that all are building addi-
.onal facilities during 1925.
♦
A great enterprise in itself is
he building program for the city
'J'ools in ll»25.
A bond Issue has made available
J fund of $3,000,000 which will give
he city six new high school build-
ngs. Most of the sites have been
(elected, and actual work on them
s only a matter of a few weeks.
♦
Churches are keeping pace with
louston.
The German Evangelical Luther-
an congregation will spend $70,-
>00 on a new home this year.
A more beautiful city will be
mrs before the youthful 1925 tot-
ers to its grave.
The city will exercise its option
>n the large park acreage near
;amp Logan. The plan is to ao
piire. as fast as possible, addl-
lonal acreage in that section and
lold the unimproved tract for fu-
ture development.
A campaign to beautify the park
drives will mean the planting of
many shrubs and trees. This year,
because of the convention of the
Advertising Clubs of the World,
scores of large flower beds will
add further to the beauty, of tho
White Oak and Buffalo drives..
A recreation center within half
a mile of every home in Houston
is the goal which the city council
has set for itself during the year
Houston will have a matchless sys-
tem of playgrounds for children
with the completion of this project.
♦
Thla la a alzeable program for
any city to undertake. But having
proved the paat, Houston can face
th" future, conscious of the city's
power, accomplish all this, and then
take on some more for another
<ar.
♦ ♦♦
And now while we are planning
for a greater Houston Industrially,
AGH) MAN FAT ALLY HURT BY AUTOMOBILE
Child With Bullet In Brain May Live
GOOSE GREEK
GIRL SERIOUS
Boys Playing With Gun
Fail to Hear Cries of
Tot; Is Brought to Hos-
pital Here.
Annie Mae Wall, 5, of Goose Creek,
is nt the Baptist, hospital with a .22-
caliber bullet lodged in her brain, and
may live, her attending physician
states.
Annie Mae was having a good time
playing dolls in the garage of her
homo. 502 I>«-fee avenue. Wednesday
afternoon. Some little boys in the
neighborhood also were at play, aud
had a .22-ealiber rifle which they were
shooting.
So interested were they in their
sport that they did not hear the cries
of Annie Mae for some time. When
thoy did, tlioy rushed to her and found
her" bleeding from a wound in the left
temple.
The little girl was rushed to Hous-
ton in an automobile and taken to the
hospital. Her condition is very seri-
ous, attendants state, but they can
not say whether or not her would will
prove fatal.
After entering just over the left
temple the bullet split. Part of it
lodged under the scalp without pene-
trating the skull, but the other piece
lodged about an inch and a half within
the other sido of her head, going
throogh the brain.
She Is the daughter of Mrs. Sue
Wall.
SEVENTY HOUSTONIANS MAKE
WISH FOR CITY BETTERMENT
AND HAPPINESS FOR ALL
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Here are things which more than 70 Houstonians from many walks
of life wish for Houston during the year ushered in at midnight Wed-
nesday:
Oscar F. Holcombe, Mayor of Houston: "May happiness and pros-
perity reign in Houston during 1925 and may the year bring the com-
pletion of at least a part of the constructive program planned by this
administration."
E. A. Peden, president of the Peden Iron and Steel company:
"Let's all pull together and make a success of the 21st annual Ad con-
vention to be held in Houston next May."
H. H. Haines, vice president and general manager of the Chamber
of Commerce: "More industries."
R. C. Kerr, florist: "Let's make Houston's parks more beautiful
during 1925."
Rev. E. P. West, minister: "At this season of kindly thoughts
and good wishes I would humbly offer an unfeigned prayer for every-
body in our city."
Rev. T. J. Windham, minister: "Kind words in the home."
W. E. Carroll, secretary of the Houston Labor and Trade Council:
"My wish for 1925 is for indus- (Cont'd on Pg. 2. Col. 1.)
World Foundations
Solid, Hoover Says
PUT IN MAIL AS
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building for '25
to era past
Construction For 1924
Total $17,209,809;
Larger In 1925.
Building permits for the corporate
limits of Houston during 1924 totalled
$17,200,800, according to figures com-
piled at the permit office at the close
of business Wednesday night.
This total was below that of 1923.
when permits aggregating $19,117,106
were issued, but it is well above the
total for any previous year.
Figures kept by the permit office
do not take into account the build
ing operations in the area known as
"(Iroater Houston," with the exception
thnt construction at the turning basin
is included
During th<» year 6988 permits were
issued. In December, new construc-
tion valued at S1.319.4J6 was begun,
while in December or last year the
total was $1,345,542.
With many huge projects practi-
cally assured, it is expected that con-
struction work far exceeding any pre-
vious year's total will be started in
1925.
Seven permits were issued on the
last day of the year, two for per-
manent structures and five for tempo-
rary ones. Building values for the
day were $4105.
Weather Bureau Says
Norther With Rain Due
Another norther, with rain and
colder weather near the coast and rain
or snow in the north portion of East
Texas, is forecast for New Year's day
by the Houston weather bureau.
The new cold wave will be of mod-
erate intensity, the weather man said.
lease property
Will Erect $900,000
Building on Lot Secur-
ed on Main Street.
Commerce Secretary De-
clares Economic Struc-
ture Best Since War.
A 99-year lease has been closed by
Sakowitz Brothers from Joseph F.
Meyer for the Main street property
loeated on the south side of the new
State National Bank building, adjoin-
ing the corner building formerly oc-
cupied by the Second National bank,
it was announced Wednesday.
The latter corner is owned by Sak-
owitz Brothers, who acquired the
new lease as additional 6pace for a
proposed new 12-story building, to
cost about $900,000.
The new structure will be used as a
store and office building, it was an-
nounced. Construction is not expect-
ed to begin inside two years, or at
least, for IS months, since some of the
property included in the lease made
this week will not be vacated by pres-
ent tenants before then.
With the property which Sakowitz
Brothers now own and the leased site
adjoining it. there will be available a
frontage of 96 to 103 feet on Main
street at Prairie avenue for the pro-
nosed new building.
According to Tobias Sakowitz, the
structure will be one of the finest
mercantile homes in the South.
There in a possibility that it will be
15 stories in height instead of 12, he
stated.
"Specifications and complete plans
of the proposed building: will be an-
nounced at a later date." it was said.
"It will be a new home for an old
institution—a bigger and better Sako-
witz Brothers' store to care for the
growing demand of the growing popu-
lation of greater Houston."
The new building will mark a sub-
stantial recognition of Houston's ad-
vancement as a great metro|M>litan
city and add greatly to the impres-
sivencss of the downtown skyline, of-
ficials of the store pointed out.
SENATOR UNDERWOOD ILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Sena-
tor Oscar Underwood, of Alabama,
former democratic leader in the sen-
ate who has been ill at his home here
with influenza, has responded readily
to treatment bis physician said Wed-
nesday night, and will be able to re-
turn to the senate as soon as the
present spell of bad weather has
broken.
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.—The
new year 1925 finds the "economic
structure of the world upon more
solid foundations than at any time
since the war," Secretary Hoover de-
clared in a statement Wednesday
night analyzing the business, indus-
trial and financial situation in the
United States and sbtoad
By the showing of recovery in agri-
cultural prive levels, recuperation in
Germany based on hope of repara-
tions settlement, the increase in con-
suming power at home and broad, and
statistics showing improvement in in-
ternational trade and employment of
workers, the secretary said, the popu-
lation of this county and the world in
general faces a new year of existence
with satisfaction and hope of bettered
material condition.
"With the exception of a few spots
of secondary importance," the state-
ment said, "there has been during the
past year a recall advance toward so-
cial, economic and political stability
throughout the world. The only ex-
ceptions are Russia and China, which
even before' the war contributed less
than Sl/i per cent of international
commerce and of course, a part of
this continues.
"Generally the world is producing
more goods, there is fuller einploy-
(Cont'd on Pg. 5, Col. 1.)
600,000 Men to Receive
$750,000,000 as Part
of Compensation for
War Veterans
John Monroe, 77,
Houston Resident,
Dies at Dayton
John Monroe. 77. a resident of
Houston since 1892. died at 8:30 a. m.
Wednesday at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ross Hardy, at Dayton,
Texas.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Ross Hardy and Miss Bessie Mae
Monroe, and six sons, John T. Monroe
of New Orleans, general passenger
agent of the Louisiana lines of the
Southern Pacific railway; W. O. Mon-
roe. Houston; J. E. Monroe. El Paso;
C. R. Monroe, New York; G. B. Mon-
roe, Miami, and T. H. Monroe, Hous-
ton.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30
p. m. Thursday at the residence of W.
O. Monroe, 407 Hathaway avenue,
with Rev. John E. Green officiating.
Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery
under the direction of the Houston
Undertaking company.
The pallbearers will be W. A. Cath-
ey, M. D. Bennett, A. B. Jarvis, W. R.
Smith, Fred Autry and Jerome Swin-
ford.
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Approx-
imately 600,000 adjusted service certi-
ficates, representing $750,000,000 as
part of the bonus voted for world
war veterans by congress were placed
in the mail at midnight Wednesday
night by the veterans bureau. Prompt-
ly as the New Year began more than
250 sacks of mail were moved from
the bureau to the railroad station.
Under the law the certificates were
not to be issued before January 1.
By arrangement with the postoffice
department a postal branch was es-
tablished at the bureau and as each
certificate was completed, it was ad-
dressed, stamped and the stamp can-
celled. ready for the train.
Thirty thousand checks for amounts
of $50 or less, representing the cash
payment for soldiers who served only
a short period, have been prepared
at the bureau, but these, under the
law, are not to be mailed out until
March 1. In mailing the insurance
certificates the only preference made
was to those veterans who have died
since applying for the bonus. These
total not more than 700 and benefi-
ciaries of these soldiers may receive
payment immediately. The certifi-
cate £rrJ lerly -ndorsed, together with
*?oof of death of the soldier, must be
(Cont'd on Tg. 2, Col 6.)
salarTIse is
MRS. SWEETIN EXHAUSTED AT
CLOSE OF FIRST VISITING DAY;
ASKS SHERIFF TO SHUT DOOR
(Associated Press.)
BENTON, 111., Dec. 31.—Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, convicted with
Lawrence M. Hight, former clergyman, of'the poison murder of her
husband, Wilford, was so exhausted last night after having spent
her first visiting day in the Franklin county jail that the sheriff an-
nounced today only immediate relatives and friends would be al-
lowed to see the woman on January 2, the next visiting day.
Before all the curious ones who were seeking a glimpse of the
convicted woman had gained admittance to the jail corridors Tues-
day, Mrs. Sweetin had asked that the solid iron door of her cell be
closed, and she threw herself on her cot. Apparently she was worn
out by the staring gaze and incessant questioning of the three hun-
dred or more persons who had crowded past.
Mrs. Sweetin will be taken to Mount Vernon Saturday where
Judge J. C. Kern will hear arguments on the motion for a new trial.
U.S. Will Continue
Mail Fraud Fight
ESCAPE AFTER
ACCIDENT HERE
Second Car Believed to
Have Struck W. A.
Tilling as He Lay Pros-
trate on Ground.
F
t
Clementel Assures Ambas-
sador Herrick Only
Wanted Lenient Terms.
Kendall Says Schemes
Are Like Growth of
Fungus; Slate Full.
Postal Committee Agrees
On Scale for One Year
Pending Hearings.
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. — An
agreement was reached Wednesday
by the joint congressional post office
sub-committee to recommend that
provisions of the administration bill
increasing postal rates and salaries
be effective for one year only, pend-
ing further hearings.
With the conclusion of hearings on
the measure Wednesday the sub-com-
mittee took under advisement the
proposed legislation and chairman
Moses announced that sever:;! amend-
ments recasting the rate increases of
the various classes of mail were fa-
vored.
Senator Moses called the subcom-
mittee into session for Friday at
which time he will present the
amendments. It is the hope of ad-
ministration leaders that the bill will
be whipped into shape to report to
the senate by Tuesday when that
body has agreed to vote on president
Coolidge's veto of the postal salary
increase measure passed last session.
Chairman Sterling, of the senate
post office committee, expressed the
opinion Wednesday that the veto
would be sustained on the strength
of the new measure, which provides
for the same increases in salaries
but also includes rate advances to
meet the cost of salary increases.
Senator Moses did not state the
opinion of the senate and house joint
subcommittee on the reapportionment
of the rate increases among the va-
(Cont'd on Pg. 5, Col. 5.)
(Associated Press.)
PARIS, Dec. 31.—M. Clementel,
the French finance minister, lias set
before Myron T. Herrick,, toe Amer-
ican ambassador, various observa-
tions on the minister's inventory of
France's finances, indicating that
France had no thought of repudiating
her wTar debts but sought leniency of
treatment and the application of the
principles of the Dawes plan to a
settlement.
M. Clementel called on Ambassador
Herrick Wednesday and the conver-
sations between the two occupied a
very considerable time. At their
conclusion the ambassador said he
■would forward a copy of the inven-
tory to the state department at
Washington , and a transcript of the
discussion on the subject.
The prospect that the Dawes plan
may be utilized as a basis for a set-
tlement of the French war debts and
those of the other allied countries
created even more interest than the
identical note which France and
Great Britain are sending to Ger-
many regarding the postponement of
the evacuation of Cologne, originally
set for January 10.
M. Clementel's declaration on (he
subject moves one publication to re-
mark:
"These declarations, coming on the
(Cont'd on Fg. 5, Col. 3.)
Foley Brothers to
Increase Space by
45,000 Square Feet
While the Foley Bros. Dry Goods
company is preparing to increase its
90.000 square feet of floor space to
135,000 with its Preston avenue addi-
tion. it is offering a prize of .$100 for
the best suggestion for the use of the
fourth floor.
The fifth, sixth and seventh floors
of the new addition, which will be
completed about May 1, will be used
for offices, warehouses and for rooms
to make over 700 employes of the firm
more comfortable.
The disposition of the fourth floor
will not be decided on until the sug-
gestions are considered. If a new line
of goods is suggested, the line should
be named, and reasons given for its
addition.
The first three floors of the addi-
tion will be used to enlarge the pres-
ent departments.
Although federal investigators and
attorneys have scored a batting aver-
age of 1000 in 10 big mail fraud
cases tried in federal court here dur-
ing the last 14 months, while evidence
has been gathered and indictments re-
turned in several other important
cases, there will be no let-up in th_e
war against fake promoters in 1025,
according to Assistant Federal Attor-
ney Clarence Kendall.
"This mail fraud business is like
a fungus growth," he said. "Where
one or two have been cut off, a
dozen spring up in their places.
Enough work to keep six postal in-
spectors busy for perhaps a year al-
ready is in sight, federal investiga-
tors say. Eight inspectors have been
stationed at Houston most of the
time since the government launched
its first big offensive against illicit
promotion companies in the summer
of 1023. Two will be transferred to
othar fields with the coming of the
new year.
Mr. Kendall is the only special mail
fraud attorney working here now,
however, George E. B. I'eddy's resig-
nation having been handed in, ef-
fective January 1. For a time, there
were four men handling fraud cases
alone from the federal attorney's of-
fice.
Five important eases involving al-
leged abuse of the mails are expected
to be heard early in the year. Three
of tbem are against C. C. Cannan,
scheduled to go on trial March 16.
One is against B. N. Garrett, whose
Cont'd on Pg. 5, Col. 1.)
IVIII YOUTH IS
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let's do a little more planning with
reference to our traffic.
We asked Mayor Holcombe
Wednesday what he thought about
removing the esplanade the rest
of the way out Main street, and
told him we wanted to write an
editorial about it.
He laughed and said that he
knew our scheme—that we'd find
out in advance that he was in favor
of it, then come out and advocate
it, and take all the credit.
Which might indicate that the
mayor is in favor of making a
street instead of an ornament out
of the most travelled thoroughfare
in the city.
Houston traffic out Main needs
all the space on the street that it
can get. and the way to get it Is
to remove the esplanade. Making
a broad street out of the boulevard
will provide more room and re-
duce the number of accidents.
THE
WRATH TO COME
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
CHAPTER I. »
It is a passage which might well
be haunted with memories of th?
famous courtesans, dignitaries,
criminals "de luxe" and aristocrat*
of the world—the long straight
stretch of passage leading from the
Hotel de Paris to the International
Sporting club of Monte Carlo.
Nevertheless It seemed to GraDt
Slattery a strange place for this
meeting whicb; during his last two
years' wandering about Europe, he
had dreaded more than anything
else on earth. Complete recogni-
tion came slowly. Each slackened
speed as the distance between them
diminished. When they came to a
standstill there was a moment's
silence.
"Gertrude!" he exclaimed.
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"Grant!" she murmured.
The purely automatic exercise of
this conventional exchange of greet-
ings helped him nt first through
what must always have been a bit-
ter and terrible moment. For
though Grant Slattery had every
quality* which goes to the making
of a man, he had also, about some
things, a woman's sensitiveness.
"It is a long time," she said soft-
ly.
"Time is entirely relative," he re-
marked didactically.
She seemed a little helpless. It
was an embarrassing situation for
>) her and a painful one for him, this
encounter with the girl who had
jilted him publicly in the face of all
Washington society and eloped
with his rival. This meeting in the
curved archway passage with a
flunkey at either end was the first
since he had taken leave of her at
her house one night three years
ago, after an evening at the opera.
She had lain in bis arms for a
moment, her lips had met his will-
ingly—even as he had often remem-
bered since—with a touch of some-
what rare passion. And on the
morrow she had become the Prin-
cess von Diss and had sailed for
Berlin.
"This was bound to happen some
day." she said, regaining her self-
possession almost to the point of
(Cont'd on Pg. 11, Col. 1.)
Body of Jesse Mills Is
Found in Wagon With
Gun Nearby.
Knocked down by a car which sped
away without stopping and then
struck by another machine before be
could arise from the pavement, Wil-
liam A. Tilling Sr., 62, of 1715 St.
Emanuel street, received injuries
shortly after 8 p. m. Wednesday
which caused his death a few minutes
later.
The accident occurred in the 3700
block on McKinney avenue. Tilling,
a night watchman for Horton &
Horton, was walking down the ave-
nue when the first car drove up be-
hind him.
According to Roy Hutton, driver
for the Yellow Cab company, who
was coming up the street in the oppo-
site direction, the car which hit Till-
ing was making at least 45 miles
an hour. The second auto either
struck the aged man or ran over him,
Hutton declared. It followed in the
path of the first, without stopping.
Hutton jumped from his cab and
dragged the unconscious form from
the street to the edge of the side-
walk. He placed Tilling in the cab
and took him to a hospital, where it
was revealed that his skull was frac-
tured and he was injured internally.
He did not regain consciousness.
J. C. Griffin, 739 Cortlandt street,
a watchman for the International-
Great Northern Railroad company,
was standing in front of his flag sta-
tion a short distance away wUen the
accident occurred.
Griffin declared lie saw the first car
strike Tilling, but was not sure
whether the second one hit him or not.
He helped Hutton assist the injured
man into the cub.
Justice Campbell II. Overstreet held
an inquest.
Tilling is survived by his wife and
a son, W. A. Tilling Jr., both of
(Cont'd on Pg. 5, Col. 3.)
HEKTOEN ENTERS
M'CLINTOCK CASE
Noted Pathologist Who
Held Post Mortem on
Franks Is Called.
(Post-Dispatch Special.)
ALVIN, Texas, Dee. 31.—With a
dead rabbit lying beside it in a wagon,
the body of Jesse Mills, 16, only son
of Mrs. Edward Mills of North Alvin,
was found Wednesday afternoon on
the cemetery road a mile north of
town. A shotgun wound was in the
lad's side. His shotgun was lying on
the ground under the wagon, appar-
ently dropped through a dislodged
plank in the wagon bed.
Young Mills had finished paying for
the wagon and team only last week.
He was the only support of his wid-
owed mother, and had been hauling
shell for a living.
It is believed that he saw the rab-
bit while driving along the road, shot
it," and then stood the weapon up
against the side of the wagon bed, and
that when the plank became dislodged
the gun dropped through and was dis-
charged as it fell.
He had been dead only a short time,
apparently, when he was found.
Justice R. R. Parker held an inquest
and returned a verdict of accidental
death. Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
The youth is the second victim of
the hunting season in the vicinity of
Alvin. H. A. Blair, accidentally shot
earlfer in the year, died while en route
to a hospital at Galveston.
Wife of Dead Bandit Is
Arrested; Has $12,000
(Associated Press.)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 31.—
Nellie Wright, wife of the alleged
bandit killed Tuesday at the Louisville
and Nashville station at Mobile, Ala.,
by police of that city, was taken into
custody by local officers here Wed-
nesday afternoon. When taken to
police headquarters, .$12,000 in cur-
rency was found in her possession.
This is believed by local police of-
ficials to be part of the loot from the
New Orleans bank which was robbed
recently by Wright.
(Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—Authorities
investigating the death December 4,
of William N. McClintock, 21-year-
old orphan inheritor of a million and
a half, Wednesday arranged for
consultation for late Thursday
Dr. Ludwig Ilektoen, patholog"
editor of the Journal of Inf
Diseases. Decision of the as
.State's attorneys to call in Di
toen came after it had been
during a two and a half houl
ference, by Chief Justice Hai
son of the municipal court, at
request Dr. Ilektoen was aut!
to assist the coroner's experts
amining the exhumed body.
Dr. Ilektoen has been coi
with a number of post mort
animations, including that of
Franks. He is known in
circles here and in Norway.
"I asked that Dr. Ilektoen
signed to this case" said Chi
tice Olson, at whose request
vestigation was opened, "b
through long observation of his
in post morteins I have learnt
frequently observes facts of ut
significance overlooked by others
Dr. James P. Simonds of Nov
western University, expert assigi
at the request of William D. Shepei
husband of one of the guardians i
McClintock, who with his wife oc
cupied the McClintock home Wednes-
day made his report to Mr. Shepherd's
lawyers.
Dr. Simonds' report cited a number
of symptoms "typical of typhoid
fever." The attending physicians
had diagnosed the disease as typhoid
fever, according to statements made
to the State's attorney concerning
the history of the case. McClintock
became ill November 23 and died De-
cember 4.
The Weather
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TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY.
Time— IU24 1023
8 a.in 45 degrees 70 degrees
10 a.m. 47 dugrees 39 degrees
Moon 52 degree* 41 degrees
3 p.m 61 degrees 41 degrees
5 p.m. .......... 01 degrees 41 degrees
FORECAST.
Houston and vicinity: Thursday probably
rain and colder.
East Texas: Thursday probably rain in
south, rain or snow iu north portion: colder
in east and south portion.
West Texas: Thursday unsettled, colder in
southeast portion: livestock warning for
north portion.
Sunrise Thursday at 7:18 a.m.; sunset
Thursday at 5:34 p m.
Moonrose Thursday at 12:18 p.m.
Moon phase: First quarter. 5:2B p.m.
Winds on Texas coast: Moderate to f res It
easterly to northerly.
River forecast: Aside from slight rises In
the middle Trinity and middle and upper
Neches and Sabine rivers, there trill be little
change in the Brasos, Trinity, Neches and
Sabine rivers during the next to 48 ~
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