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TONY’S
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Today
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 11 ,1926
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WGHT PAGP TODAY t | ' | BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 11 , 1926 »j ' , ! IYQL. XXVI NO. 176
CHANGES IN DRY LAN GIVEN APPROVAL
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Vaccination of Dogs to Prevent Rabies is Ordered in Proclamation
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ATTEMPTED HOLDUP OF OIL FIELD DRUG STORE FRUSTRATED
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DEADLY EFFECT
jLxJkKIUA Texas. May 11 -OP)
—The arraignment of Rob (lark
•ml a companion, who*- name wok
net divulged, At Pirmon* todafc on
a charge* of robbery, brought to
light the details of a holdup that
rivals anything the movies can
produce, and as a result of which
four men arc In the hospital.
The holdup occurred Mist Friday
night when three masked men.
brandishing revolvers, appeared at
the door of “Chappy” Henderson'*
drug store ip ttu tittle Panhandle
oil field town of Pantex As the
bandies entered. Henderson slipped
out the rear door. Two bystanders,
tfho had thrown up their hands.
According to the story, were beat-
en into insensibility by the masked
sn. who then turned to the cash
dtawer.
^ Henderson returned with n shot-
gun he had borrowed, and fired
wounding one of the men. Then
the fun Jammed He raced out the
back door dgaln, and
Railways Supreme Volunteers Run British Trams, Bui People Fear to Ride
VKW YORK, Muy ll.-MPl
' . Whether the htutorjc day In
American Irtinsporlaiior, . wu
Vhich Commodore Vanderbilt
•nnuuneed that ralltoadN
thenceforth would nuptdant wo-
ter ae the principal rommem*
carrlms. nill rep«*i It****!* soon
with a switch from rail** to the
all* wits discussed for th<- A***,-
t tilled Press today hy lending
American railroad presidents.
None saw a change in ‘h*- n^sr
future.
Among those expressing opin-
ions were'Agnew T. Dice of th*
Reading, J. M. Davis of the
Lackawanna. E. J. Pearson of
the New Haven and P. K. Crow-
ley. New Ydrk Central.
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CROPS RUINED
ill
DALLAS. May 11.—<>P>—Wind.
____„ ___'returned' hail and rain swee
with a psitol. He fir«i as two of!?0***" ye‘tfrl',,1 ,e(t
the bandits were dragging their *,e*d- .one missing.
* ™awM« 'TST w2&VZ X
millions Pf dollars. A tornado
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^=PTIG«TENIN60E
car. and wounded n second mna.| |
The three guntnen were raptured
half hour later hy a posse.
IlnnS for Clark aud his dompan-
Ion wws art at Ain.lkW todnr Whit-
ney Hughe*., the man who was
wounded when Hroi<'mon fired
first, was unable to leave the oil
field hospital, hut ehnrgea were
Wed against him. The^two hy-
hm slander*. also In the hospital, re-
fuacd to. dlrufJre th~lr names.
drive tram
'FAKER F6NERIU. TO
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11 NEW m CHURCH jffld
■wept ■ Strip of Southwest Lamar
county about ten miles wide and
twenty miles long, laid waste
crops, uprooted trees and damaged
m ore* of buildings. The four re-,
ported dspd arc negroes of Lamar
county. .
The storm swept area Is more
than ten miles wide and seventy-
flve tniles long, origtnatirg at Deni-
son and trawling across Grayson,
Fannin. Lamer. Delta knd Rid
Itiycr counties. Ail along this area
farmers were hit hard by the loss
of crops, chick'-n*. '.iv« stock and
damage to buildings. Thousands
of acres of oats just beginning to
bead were .a total loss and much
cotton mast' Ik- replanted.
Kcoerik of hall storm* yester-
day ifin-’j from fort. Worth. Cor-
*ka i.i. Boil lift m, St plvenvill'- and
(HntiHi. b*!» 1 tlH*4'* points raid
iliiiaHi* 1 hpn dope to crops
IN an effort to move traffic in. London during the strike* Civilian.* have volunteered
* uars and busses to riprry workers back :.ndl "forth front their homes to work. This photograph,
taken in London Friday and truri.tmttU'd to KKA[ Service's N*k York lajn au Isr radio, shows one of the
Voniml. mod pedestrians feartng it would Is* attacked. 5
^L’HTIN, May 11.—^*1—Vaccina-
tion of dogs to render them im-
mune from raldes in order to pro-
tect livestock Is ordered In a pro-
clamation Issued today by the State
(Livestock Sanitary Commission,
effective May 15. The proclama-
tion was signed hy Governor Mir-
iam A. Ferguson. The penalty is
quarantine of the animals.
Owners or caretakers of any
dog or dogs within the state arc
required hy the proclamation to
vaccinate their dog.* under super-
vision of a veterinarian recognised
by the Livestock Commission,
wheheyer the owner or caretaker
is notified the dogs have been ex-
posed.
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Tlie prodlamatlbn urge* all cities
to jiaes ordinances to compel dogs
to be vaccinated and solicits aid
of city, bounty and precinct offl-.
cers.
Livestock hss Jiecn in constant
danger as a result of rabies among1
dogs, the proclamation states.
civilian-manned trams. The car Wasn’t well pat
hy stHktr; ami preferring io walk.,_‘
BYRD’S REPORTED FLIGHT
OVER POLE IS GENERALLY
ACCEPTED BY' SCIENTISTS
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NEWS FLASHES
NKW YOR(v, M vy. ll.-hlb- A1
!•». B.-Parker, farm hoy ».ho I. - ' 1 ‘tVvM lal«» truck
came I' leading Jurist and was a j ..When her house collapsed, an
draiorrat c candidate for prcsl- nk*d negro woman who lived'near
1IMM against Theodore , Noble was washed into a creek,
to ' be burled t«- I,inr bo,,y hm* ,,,,, foUn'1 ,a,,>
dent In
jtoosevelL Is
•Mirrow. 'also cauglit In the^ water were
Jhe former chief justice o* the found later seriously" Injured.
Near York slate court of apdeals Clarence Kirkham. of Uoxton, his
llled of a heart attaca yesterday af- child and motlier-fn-faw were
NKW YORK May II—(4fi
Amerirq^j navy experts «rj» accept-
ing a* i fact accomplisin>d ih-
flight o J-icuttnant Commander
Richard K. Ify-d and Flint Fleyd
n»nnett from -Spitxbergertt . to ih«-
North iP dc and l»ack. not wPltsta'id-
iiiAC the leellns of reserve held lit
.Italy. D nmarkf Norway and <»er
many pending p isltiye prw>f of the
nchieven ient
WMhi us Hiinl compasa. and hit*
own bid ble set tunt Hyrd at Jll
times wm able1 to determine bin
exact pijsItJoh and know positively.
ternoon while driving through Cen-
tral Park on his way with his
wife and a nurse to his country
5 borne at Eaopus. N. Y.
He contracted cold three days
ago and because of his 74 year*
physicians ordered him to wait
until yesterday before leaving for
bla country borne vthere he had
piafancd~i holiday with
back riding and motor-boating. «
a Besides his widow, he is sur-
vivfd by a daughter. Mrs. Charles
Mercer Hall, wire of a Bridgeport
Conn., clergyman*- and two grand
children. Mary and Parker Hall^
Mrs. Hall la the daughter of Judge!
Parker and his first wife. Mrs.-
Mhry Lodise Shoeninuker Parker.
' whom he married in 1873. and who
* died in 1M7. He married the pres-
eat Mrs. Parker three years ago.
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seriously Injured when their house
was'h^iwn down.
Towns hit hardest bv the storm
yesterday were Roxton, Noble,
HowTrSd and 'B*,n FraukJIu. In
these places hail shattered the
shingles and other roofing. Two
churches at Roxton were blown
from their foundation and part of
horse” k**1* school building destroyed.
NOTED WOMAN
CROOK CAUGHT
AFTER ESCAPE
\yaco Fumjturt
Merchant lal
re
■akes
* Own Life Today
WACO. Mae I i.—<JP)—D. M. Had-
ley. local furniture merchant. 4»
years old. shot sod killed himself
today at his home, two miles from
V«wi on the Robinson road. •<•-
ccraiag to the verdict of Justice J.
J. Padgett
Had I ay had borrowed a gun from
„ uVshboir a' short time before his
wife and neighbors heard a shot.
They found him dead In his auto-
* mobile.
OKLAHOMA t Tsalrti fair, seme-
Te-
nhriit and Wedaesday eeaerslly
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last night. Her two ! when he cross**! oyer the Pole «»•!
Clrcb-d I bout it. It Is the beli-.f
of the f aval expcils that. wltlP.t
bright tun shining and absolute
freedom frsm fog or clouds. I’.yrl
wns. cer sliL when be returned to
Kings li i> Sunday, that lie had vb
itallzed rom the air the scene that
Peary hul observed from the lew.
the exa't top of the w'orhl.
Ilad Kxnef Formulae
It Is the opinion of naval cir
rles tint with the Tcrmulae that
bad been worked out for him to
determine bis geographical post-
j tioii. Byrd's claims will prove out-
' side the realm ot contradiction.
Because of rhe sun compass and
his ow r bubble sex'unt. res'-rt to
the ma -iner’s compass, which
of little value in the Arctic regio
owing ti> the magnetic vibratlou^
was unnecessary. He sailed
HtrtftshtI toward the Pole, without
cny markers; belosr' to show him
the route and the plane winged
its way back over the vast stretch-
es of ice directly to tiie spot where
the birdineti started on their mo-
mentous Journey.
Rome incredulous
From Koine come reports of
some Incredulity, but It is admltf-d
that if the claim i* scientifically
proven it will mark a wonderful
achievement. The chief doubt
raised in the minds of the Italian)-
IT over the ability of the plane
P«»^e "we "may he sure h|e liar d' ne
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l>r. Skiti tuth. presldcfit of the
Geograpbiegl j Society of Norway.
.iHsrrts (flaw'It is -Imitoakible t^ ar-
ceplfByrd'r jt.lhim until his obderva
Urns are pitbH*h«*d.
AKkANNAS liULF MKFT
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TKXARKA.NA. Ark . May 11-(/Pi
—One hundfed And fifty Arkannas
gedfers feed .off at the Texarkana
Country Clun this morning lit the
qusUfylng round of the loth An-
nual TournamentTnjf the Arkansas
State ,Golf A.**o< latten.
AMFKIiMtK, Wsks May 11.^
IV) The -trlklnr railway men
In (he Aberdare district have
reft sed' In accept wpec* due
Ih«-m. Th* lr refusal «a* ha*ed
on the eonfeution that Ike pay
roll had been handled hy the
"black leg" clerk*.
1.0*110*. May IL- (API
The Kri’Uh Worker, the lahog
organ, announced late lodn
flint the workers in shipyard
and engineering shops wua
he. railed out l«*nighl.
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IlftrsTOA, May IL-b3v {
Frrd II, Aewuian «f (treeaillle!
today ua* ejrrled district rot.
ernnr *»f ihe Texas Mens flub
ut the etas* «»f (he two day ses*
slon sad Mr Alien was named
fhe IDj; r«»ntenilnn elly.
Such an ordinance Is now in
effect In Brownwood. and there
has been geueral com
t*a provisions.
ipliance with
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SIX ROUERS
GET $20,000
IN OHIO BANK
, SIDNKY. Ohlo. Msy ll._(4*i_Rlv
armed m*-n roblw-d th» First Na-
tional Bank here of $30,000 just us
if o|«ened today and escaped In an
automobile'in the direction of do-
elMNWl. ,, j-1 . ” t
While two robbers kept the auto
ready and one guarded the door,
three threatened three employes
with ruvolvers. compelled (’ashler
('amnions in ope^ the vault frniu
which they scooped bundles of cur-
rency. and sped away.
Pursuit was organised p*illce
In nearby towns.
SYRACTSE, N. Y.. May 11.—OP)
-L Rain drenched. hungry an*!
wretchedly cold. Lillian McDowrell.
the “ent eye Annie” of numerous
spectacular Jewel thefts, who es-
cape*! from. Aaburn pris«m early
yesterday, was recaptured at day-
light one mile northeast of Weeds-
port.
She wv* found In an open field,
partly hidden in a pile of weeds and
brush, which she had collected to
protect her from the cold and rain.
Still clad In her prison uniform of
blue and white gingham, she ap-
psareil to have suffered greatly
from exposure during her tvventy-
feur hours’ flight. She said sh"
w ilked to Wt-edsport yesterday. 8
mile? without once being cballeng-
•G. . • l l - ,
It was the opinion of the guards
tlfat their prisoner was glad to be
recaptured. The prospect of dry
clothing, wurmth and something to
eat appeared to interest her more
than anything else on the trip back
to the prison.
APPIMtVK TITlJr WAI T
NEW’ YDRK. May U.X<j|*)_The
State Aft let it Commission today
approved a light heavywefght cham-
plooship battle between Paul Ber-
lenbadh and Young Stribling at
the Yankee Stadium on Jane 10.
la o
Jpsephine Ford to negotiate l.-Vd)
miles from Spitxbergen to the Poi'-
otid return in fifteen and. one half
hours. It Is contended that Wh* u
the Amundsen-Ellsworth dirigible
Norge, whlrh was built near Rome,
makes |ts flight over the Hole, it
will lie possible to make scientific
investigations under more favora-
ble conditions than from ah’ air-
plane. The Norge started its flight4
from- Kings Bay today.
IniGermany, although reserving
final Judgment until Commander
Byrd presents proof supporting his
claim,, the newspapers class his an-
nounced conquest of the Pole as a
characteristic result rtf "Yank*r
enterprise and daring."
In ilie opinion of the Danish ex-
plorer I’efhr Freuchep. Byrd solved
the problem where Amundeen fail-
ed InjM- ythr “by traveling light
FreuChen says that If the
mender asserts that he circled
npuKSK two men will figure large-
T ,y ,n Britain’s Industrial up-
heaval If It becomes necessary to
use the military to a^pwjj Jjl
orders They are. above. Lard Jel
Ilcoe. former admiral of thw BrU
Ish fleet, and. below, COloneL^W-
Collingwood. brigade commander
of the first sir defense.
IS PROPOSED
Lf/ARHtNOTON, May 11.—<4^-
~r The revamped adm inlet rat lop
for tightening up dry law enforce
ment vu approved today by ■
majority of the Senate Prohibition
committee and will be recommend-
ed favorably to the Judiciary com*,
mittee next Thursday.
The bill, la not expected to pass
at this session of Congress. The
wets are prepared to dpbate it at
length, offering eh aim-mtaeutv
their modification proposal*. *
The salient features of the pro-
hibition committee bill are:
Manufacturers of malt bever-
ages required to give bond am
take out permits.
- The treasury could refuse llo re-
new liquor permits after review
at the end of each year, but the
permittee could appeal to th*
Penalties of imprisonment for.
ten year* or 125,000 floe, or both,
in cases of conviction of removing'
denaturanta from alcohol or rum
for beverage purposes.
Penalties ot imprisonment for
five year* or |10,o00 fine, or both.
In case* of conviction for diverting,
denatured alcohol to unlawful
Severe penalties for MWkfM*4
Ing permits or phyatetana prescript*
lions for Ifqaor.
Heart* and Scliar*.
More stringent provision• tap .
sellure of veblclea used to violet*
the prohibition laW.
I Seteure of all vessels on the
high seas undertaking to amugglr
, I liquor Into this country, except
that foreign vessel* must be eel«*
ed in accordance with treaty atlpu*
latlons
Search of American craft by the
coast guard at any place on the
high seas.
Search of dwelling* on evidence
of commercial distilling
Exchange of Liberty motors for
completed new power boats to be
used la enforcement.
Employment of retired army,
navy and marina corps of officers
in the prohibition unit without
forfeiture of their mired pey.
Authority for the police of the
District of Columbia to enforce
the prohibition lew es federal ag-
ents and pursue violators Into the
adjoining states of Maryb>n>: uo<l
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"OSLO. Norway. May 11.—OP)—
The Amundsen-Ellsworth dirigible
Nofge started on Us flight to the
North Pole and Alaska ct 10:10
o’clock this” morning, eays a mes-
sage from Kings Bay. Spitsbergen.
A wlreleas message received from
Captain Amundsen at 11:45 o'clock
this morning said: .
“Now flying across the Polar
ice. The expedition aend* It beat
thanks to the Premier (of Norway
for his kindly telegram received
immediately before the start.” J
It was officially announced this
afterneon that Chaplain Amundsen
will take possession of any *•*«
found during tie voyage tn the
name of the King of . Norway.
Roald Amundsen, the noted ex-
plorer, and Lincoln Ellsworth, his
companion on their'unsuccessful
attempt to leach Ihe* North Pole
hy alrp’.iB* last year, hope primar-
ily to discover land during the
flight of their Italian-built dirigl
hie Norge, which began today.
Amundsen hss pointed ouf that It
is only 12.(HK) miles from Spltxber-
gen to Alaska and that the discov-
ery of even ■ small piece of land
near fte top oT the world would
afford an Invaluable connection
link between America and Europe
and Aala.
Under the plane outlined by
Amundsen this spring, the Norge
w|l) fly in almost a straight line
across the Pole and through the
center of th{ unexplored region of
the Arctic area In the Polar Sea.
The leaders of the expedition have
estimated that R will taka three
days to fly rrom Kings Bay. Spits-
bergen. to Point Barrow, Alaska.
Mr. Ellsworth is the only Ameri-
cas member ot tb* flying crew.
Prisoner Held in
Florida Suspected
of Bank Robberies
s
MIAMI. Florida. May 11.—t/F —
J. B. Williams. 26. one of three al-
leged robbers held Id connection
with the Clarence flounders
robbery here April 1$, today
said to have' been Idintlfled
Little Rock police as
reamer, alias Henry Caper,
in Arkansas, for a series
robberies.
Peamer is said to be wanted
a robbery In Hope county.
mi. and was believed by ..police to
hhve been implicated iif another
bank robbery at Texarkgna* ^AlM*
and Weatherford. Texas.
ited for
Arkan-
t <
End School Term
Result of Damage
to the Building
GAINESVILLE, Texas. May 1U
OP)—Roofs and windows on wind-
ward sides of practically evOty
building In Dexter, 21 miles north*
east of here, was shattered by ball
Monday, according to reports de-
layed by crippled telephone lines. , .
Nearly two hundred window
panes in the Dexter consolidated
r school together wtht the roof were
ruined, necessitating sudden termi-
nation of the school term.
fU‘
House takes up Haugen Mil for [
labor bill continues be*
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