Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 101, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 15, 1925 Page: 1 of 6
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FIREMENS SHOW
CLEARING DEBRIS
AFTER FIRE HERE
Kansas City to Send
Delegation of 500
To This City.
MURDERER WISHES
TO DIE AS A MAN
SEEK NEW TRIAL FOR
WILLIAM LANGHORN
BOY JAMS CANDY
DOWN HIS THROAT
CHIGGERS HAVE y
OPENED SEASON
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menta of the eity, and Mrs. E. N.
Blackburn, secretary of the Retail
Merchants Association. has been nam-
ed to arrange with merchants to keep
their stores open until 7 o'clock on
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Preachers Denounce
PI ANS TO GREET
VISITING MEN
ARE COMPLETE
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the derrick to be erected near the nal business
Whalev Chapel for an oil teat to be
drilled by Elliott and associates. j
Paris,
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made this *1
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by the president to form a cabinet
in succession to the Herriot ministry,
had accepted the invitation.
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lepartmeat has completed ar%nge-
uents for its celebration to be held
May 6. A three day_ rodeo and horse
Formerly an annual affair, the fir%*
ssefi’s celebration this year is being
held for the friat time i<. th,T* afternoon
three years.
IELLY BEAN DOES
WORK OF FIREMEN
chairman of a committee to provide
Episcopal church was destroyed byj Udi^ViU
* an informal meetii
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hearts and friends are invited, will
he held, and will be featured by
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NAN FINED FOR
HIS NEGLIGENCE
LOCATION FOR
NEW OIL TEST
WELL IS MADE
was serious I;
by a falling I
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buildings on East California street.
Tuesday morning, has resulted in-(
donations by many citizens, and the
* oh
Paris, France, April 15.—(United r
Press.)—Paul Painleve, president of •
thfe chamber of deputies, infromed f
President Domergue late' today that '»
be; would accept the task of form-
ing a cabinet to suifcecd that of
Edward Harriot. I *'. ■ ' J*
• J painleve’s acceptance of the port-
folio of* premier wrhieh haa .been of-
fered-him- repeatedly, since Herrfot’p
frovemnieut fell last week, came aft-
s, April 15— (Uy Associated
—Official announcement was
_I.1_ afternoon that ex-Premier
Paul PainlSve, who had been invited
k- Ak 'A
Houston, April 15.—William David
Gamble, 7, fell from his bicycle to-
day, jamming an all-day suckfcr dfiwn
his throat'. -The boy was riding with
the candy in his mouth. Hospital
attendant* said his condition was se-
rious. ■'
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Many Donate to
Fireman Fund
Dallas, April 15.—Husky fire fight-
•rs here have not been able to figure
>ut how a “jellybean” showed them
ip—but he did. '
Called \to bring back to normal a
dazing sedan, the firemen exhaust-
ed three chemical tanks and made no
headway. Then the jelly stepped in
with a vest-pocket-size extinguisher
ind turned the trick, i
MAN CLAIMS TO BE
CHAMPION PICKER
Dallas, April 15.—Picking cotton
rom Corpus Christi, Texas, to Okla-’,
homa, J. M. Coker of. May, Brown
■ounty, Texas, garnered a. total of;
pounds and has laid claim to
le of champion cotton picker
»f the two states.
Coker spent 119 days working
northwards from Corpus Christi. His
iverage was 384 pounds a day. f
best day was 903 pounds. He
•aid 0870.90 for the seasons work.
A force of workmen began the
task Wednesday morning of clear-
ing away the debris on East Cali-
fornia street where fire destroyed
the brick buildings occupied by the
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ton office, and several other estab-;
Ifobmvnt*.
The sidewalks were covered
portions of awnings, and brick form- V**? «« tr“n a1"d4 Pr.°7
the front wall of the building ?W-V Pupate in the parade to fol-
’ which was pulled down by firemen !?*'
to prevent it from falling and. thi.K-b«C of Po,lre
debris is Iteing carried away in or-
der that the sidewalk may af'~ v‘
used by pedestrians.
London. April 15.—(By' Associated
Press.)—John Sargent, the noted
airtist, VW suddenly at hi* home in
Chela** this morning. Mr. Sargent
suffered a stroke at 3 o’clock, and
died a few hours later.
CHURCH BURNED
WITH HEAVY LOSSJ .
■ that evening.
’ New York, April 15.—(Associated (
Press.)—Holy, Trinit v Protestant
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fire this morning with an estimated ,
damage of a half million dollars.
LaGrange, Texas, April 15.—Mo-
tion for a new trial for William
Langhorn, Jr., convicted and sen-
tenced to death March 21 for the mur-
der of Valeria Zapalac, February 3,
was filed here today.
The motion contains a list of er-
rors which the defense contends the
court committed. No arguments will
be heard la the case, it was said.;
Attorneys for the defense will mere-
ly present the brief to the court.
Houston, April J#.—Along with the
opening of the Texas League baseball
searon today .came a proclamation
from another quarter de^aring the
chwger season officially opener. “
The woods are full* of the little
red bug*, picnirfter* -i
thousand, mora'qr fo.
suggested before the
the opening day.
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The call for contributions to a
fund to be presented to Walker Hat-
field, heroic volunteer fireman, who
ly injured when struck
brick wall while he was
fighting the fire that destroyed two
buildings on East California street
Tuesday morning, has • resulted in
donation* by many citizens, and the
fund had reached a total of $144.75
at noon Wednesday.
AU contributions received after
noon- Wednesday, will be published
in Thursday afternoon’s paper. J
Hatfield, who is a mechanic em-
ployed at a local garage, was badly
eut and bruised, and will be unable
to work for several weeks. Being in
very moderate financial circipn-
stances, the fund being raised will be ,
put to good use in caring for his
family, as well as being a splendid
token of appreciation from the people
of Gainesville for his heroic and dar-
ing efforts to save.property from de-
struction. The donations received up
to noon are as follows: . '
Register Printing Co, $ 5.00
R. S. Healev 25.00
F. A. Kaiser 1.00
Joel Bryant J >■_ 1.00
8. B. Raitman -----------— 1.00
Hensley 4 Lynch —-------- 2.00
Sandy Parsons ------------ 1.00
Johnson A Little i— 1.00
J. W. Gladney ------- 100
Horace Wooldridge 1.00
Lee M. Moody--------------- 1.00
J; W .Dowoard —----- 140
Dr. P. P. Starr 1.00
Dr. Clark 1.00
Dr. C. R. Johnson ------------ 1 .CMJ
New Drug Store ------ 1.00
Chicago Store------------ ,5.00
Tyler 4 Simpson ------------ 5.00
Turner Hotel —
Tom C. Cheaney ______
George Grice x. _
John Johnson' _
Will Robison _________
T. A. Rogers ________
Lindsay House Barber Shop
L. B. Lindsay -
WiU Dark
Bert Davb
John Cunningham
Hague Roberta _
Acme Cleaners 4 Dyers
Claude Jones ..
Kiwanis Club
H. Kaden
Ed White
Waples Painter (
Gainesville Bakin
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The defense plea was insanity.
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Tulsa, Okla., April 15.—(Associated
Press.)—Eugene Purdy was found
not guilty of the murder of E. S.
Hutchison, wealthy Tulsa’ l«B|her
J.-M. Potter srtlred ... preeideot
fr . met ,«r .t tb. Th,
deliberating for nearly thirteen hours,
shot and killed Hutchison
in Tulia the night of January 13,
1925. His defense against a charge
of murder' in the first degree, was
insanity. ■ '
the Kansas City band, followed by
the principal business streets to the ;on •
gain oe tbe
Kansas City boosters, traversing
courthouse square, where the band
will give a short concert.
Hanover, Germany, April 16.—(As-
sociated Press.)—“I am guilty, gen-
tlemen, but hard though it may be,
I want to die as a man.”
With these words, Fritz Harrmann,
Hanover butcher, convicted of the
murder of twenty boys and men.
stepped to the guillotine, and a mo-
ment later his head was severed.
,'Tu)sa, Okla,, April 15.—(United
Pres*.)-?Eugene Purdy, young church
deacon, was found not guilty of ths
A murder 'of E. H.' Hutchison, wealthy
limber man by $ jury here today.
The Jury ha/i been’ out since late
last night, and returned its verdict
at 840 a. m.
lAirdy iihot Hutchison after the
latter had alienated the affections of
Mrs. Helen Purdy, wife of the slayer.
. Tektiidony- was Introduced in ihe
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Dallas, April 15.—(Associated i
Press)—The proposed unification of
the Northern and Southern Methodist
Churches was denounced as “foolish-
ness gone to seed” and as meaning
the ultimate destruction of the
Methodist Church, South, by speaker*
at an anti-unification meeting here
today. > ■«
A number of pastor* and laymen
from cities in the North Texas con-
ference of the Methodist Church,
South, attended the meeting.
Rev. J. A. Old of Commerce, one
unification of the churches would be
unification fo the churches would be
ruinous for the Southern Church and
would put it in a “pitiable condi-
tion.” He charged that discussion
had l>een throttled and the laymen
kept in ignorance a* to the plan.
LEO M. KUEHN - ‘
Leb'McKwshn wag inatatted ia thf
r*'lawi other officers of the organize- lumbeT^man^had
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& - Of Patterson waa elected vice
president; Will Milne, re-elected.sec-
retary;- Will MeDanisI, treasurer.
These gentlemen, together with Wilf
Rue, .Fred Blucher and J. M. Potter,
compose the board of directors.
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after a most successful year at the
helm of the chib. The member»hi£
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Mrs. Jerome McKinney is to be
chairman of a committee to provide _ _
roses which will be given to each of I by the
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At 8 o’clock in Robertson’s Hall, . rection of 'a wmmittee headed by
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ixulpieks headedkv Frank “Morris, Jr. Brown of thia eity, was fined 61,000
....---i •_ —J r-—u by a jury tn Brownsville, who found
him guilty of negligent homicide, in'
the case of a fatal highway aap-
dent in which J. Alvarado, Mexican
actor, was killed. Brown was tried
i charge of murder, but the jury
returned a negligent homicide ver-
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During the*aincert the visitors will Walker Hatfield, who was iajur-
> to the various business establish-1 «i the fir* here Tuesday morning,
was reported resting well Wednesday
, Here fs the first picture of the havoc created by the twister which struck Miami, Fla., April 5th. Seaschers
are shown among the ruins in which three are known to have been killed. 32 injured and 000 made homeless. It
is reminiscent of the terrific storm which recently killed hundreds in Illinois and Indiana. The Floriada storm
carried off 20 head of cattle and destroyed eight residences, ten trucks, five garages and a bam on one dairy farm.
It tpre the roof off a stable at the new Hialeah race track. An unidentified man is reported to have been carried
two miles on the wind. '
Washington, April 15.—The Van
Sweringen Brothers won the first
victory today in their hearing before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
for the approval of the 9,000 mile,
JI ,500,000,000 Nickel Plate Railroad
nerger.
The central figure* of the merger,
L P. and O. J. Van Sweringen who
■ngineerad the gigantic financing
□Ian, sat in a comer of the crowd-
'd hearing room among 150 railroad
•fficials and attorneys.
The Van Sweringen boys, youthful
in appearance, bad no comment to
make cm the fight made by the
,'heasapeake 4 Ohio minority, to con-
inue the hearing, which meant so
much to them.
The audience included the presi-
Ntots of all five road* to be absorbed
>y the merger. All five executive*
•nd thslr managements approved and
supported the plan.
Washington, April 15.—(By United
E*ress.)—The first round of the hear-
ngs of the Van Sweringen Nickel
Plate railroad merger opened before
:he Interstate Commerce Commission
today by a motion by a groupof
ninority stockholders of the Chesa-
peake 4 Ohio railroad, one of the
•foments of the projected merger, to
idjourn.
The motion, presented to tbe full
■ommission sitting under the chair-
manship of Commissioner Clyde B
ktchison, head of the body, asked
hat the commission postpone its re-
view of he npoject until the Rich-
nond, Va., chancery court rules on
he legality fo the consolidation un-
!er the laws of Virginia.
Florence Farm to Be
The Scene of the
Activities.
Location has been, made on the M.
E. Florence 160 acres for an oil teat.
The well will be drilled 180 feet
south of the north line of the mid-
dle part of the tract.
This well wifi be drilled ahd fi-
nanced by tbe Godley Oil and Gas
Company of Henrietta, Texas and
the Cranfill aad Reynolds, Inc., oil
concern of Corsicana.
The contract for the 116-foot der-
rick has been awarded to S. W. Jones
of Corsicana and he will put his rig
builders to work Friday morning
The derrick material wa* purchased
this week from' Waples Painter Co.
of thia- city and is being hauled to
the‘Florence f<pm today. Mr. Leo T.
Dernear of Dallas assisted in block-
ing the acreage for this well. . i
A six inch rotary will be used in
drilling this tact 'and the location
will tq about fpur miles northwest of
the Big Indian oil well.
The Cranfill Reynolds Company
just completed a 3,000 barrel well
in the new Lyteon Springs oil field
in Caldwell county. Texas.
Clopton and McMahon report the
Orfona well on the Thorn farm has
reached a depth of eome 1200 feet.
Driller* are now in soft" formation
and making rood time.
The well of Red River Drilling Co.
on the Whaley ranch nine miles
northwest of Gainncville is drilling
around 1500 feet.
The Big Indian w<ll is being swab-
bed each day and about the usual
amount of oil is* being produced.
The Aldridge well la drilling again
after being shut down on account of
fishing job.
The well on the Ed Nelson farm is
shut down <H» account of fishing job.
S. W. Jones, rig contractor of Cor-
sicana, w<* In the eity Monday
i and stated that he had or-
dered the tenths'Shipped here for J
Plans to greet the Kansas City
Boosters, a group of about 500 men
representing the manufacturing plants
and jobbers of that city, who will be
here bn May 5, have been completed
by a committee frqpi the Chamber of
Commerce headed by Jerome Mc-
Kinney.
' The train will arrive here from
Guthrie at about 6 o'clock on the
afternoon of May 5 over the Santa
Fe, and the following welcoming com-
ing
Mayor J. Z. Keel, Leo M. Kuehn, J.
R. M. Patterson. J. O. Patterson.
Luther Turner, William Tyler, A. L
Stone, J. M- Potter, Raymond King,
Jeropie McKinney, John S. Hardy,
Claude Grammar,' Grady Trew, Carl-
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nek.
The Gainesville Boys’ Band of 150
Tnionii onvilTIR
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I*y by State Treasurer
crept 9&4J77 of oil roy-
iversity of Texas’ land*
several short addresses on the rela-
tions of the Kansas City manufac-
turers and jobbers to the retailer* of
the southwest.
After th* talks, a ]
entertainmeat features wi
entertainer* accom-
panying the Boosters. The hall will
be especially decorated under the di-
Mr*. Arthur Teague, and eevera'l
stunts are being planned
amber of Commerce pablic-
Victoria, April 15.—Victoria’s fire
lepartment has completed ar%nge-
uent* for jt* celebration to be held
May 6. A three day rodeo and horse
racing carnival is sAeduled.
Formerly an annual affair, the fire-
men’s celebration this year is being
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Intanky Was Plea Of-
fered by the Defense
Lawyers.
Was Charged With
Killing Man Who
Loved His Wife.
Van Sweringen Bros.
Winners In The First
Court Ruling.
Minority Stockholders
Fight Plans of The
Magnates.
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Four Mexicans
Placed in Jail
Four Mexicans^ were arrested b)
members of the sheriff’s department
in the north part of the city Wed-
nesday morning on complaints of cit-
izen* ia that section of town. They
are bein^
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Great Falls, Mont., April 15.—(By
United Press.)—The sparks began to
. fly about the county court house to-
day immediately upon arrival of the
principals in the trial of Senator
Burton K. Wheeler, once a leading
proaecutor in the Washington scan-
dal investigations.
Escorted by a squad of attorneys
Wheeler set up headquarters in the
Park Hotel and immediately author-
izing a statement charging his poli-
tical enemies and especially Harry
leral
with
whfoh be wiff go on trial tomorrow—
Local Woman Attends
Funeral of Rotative
Um. F. if. Savage returned home
Monday evening from Fort Worth
where she attended the funeral of her
niece, Mr*. Raymond Stout, who died
of pswnmonia there Sunday evening.
Mr*. Savage was called to her bed-
side, when Mrs. Stout was taken ill
several days ago. Tbe deceased is
survived by her husband and four
children. ;
. Several Cases
In City Court
Fits cases were docketed in
• court Wednesday morning, four ol
which were disposed of by Judge N.
C- Snider. Two negro women charg-
ed with participating in an affray
weflh fined 59 70 each, a young man
was fine4 4474 for dristejt an.auto-
mobile with cut-out open, and anothei
defendant was fined 113.70 for speed-
ing. One case la which disturbance
of the peace was charged, wa* con
West Texas: To-;
aight^gad Ttarte
daj^tJy cloud,.
Local People
Attend Presbytery
Mr^nnd Mrs. W. W. Leverett, Dr.
and Mr*. Robert E. Joiner, Mr*. R.
8. Timmerman, Mrs. T. S. Crawford
and Mis* Minnie Fresher are in
Fort Worth for several day* attend-
ing the meeting of the Fort Worth
Presbytery being held there and at-
tendod by representative* of churches
in about sixteen North Texas cities.
Greenville, April 15.—The annua
meeting of the second district Texas
Mother* Congress dpWed here today'
with ait attendance of about 250. The
meeting i* scheduled for two days.
THE WEATHER
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Thursday
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HONOR COUNTRY
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San Antonio, April 15.—A dinnei
r>r of all editors and publish-
ers of country ne /^phpers in South-
west Texas will be given on Friday
April t4, by the Han Jacinto Fiesta
Association of Han* Antonio and thr
of Commerce.
Daugherty. former attorney-general
whom he ousted from office,
having instigated the charge
a charge that he misused his sena-
torial office by appearing as attor-
ney to* a private client before a gov-
ernment department.
*Daqghnrty and hi* men are stir
behind* the prosecution,*’ Wheeler
•aid. ♦‘One of the first men I saw
in town was Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Pratt, who waa first sent out
by Daugherty.”
SchMl Inspector
Visitor Tn City
Fhytou Irving, Jr.,-of Austin, col-
legv examiner of the State Depart-
ment <4 Education, was a visitor in
city Tuesday, having come here
for the k urpose of inspecting the
work being done in the G*‘ne*v,lle
Junior College. Mr. Irving was also
a visitor at tbe Register office, be-
ing accompanied b^Prof. Lee Clar
superintendent ot the local public
schools, and president of the Gaines
viB* Junior College.
East) Texas: To-
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