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John C. Seibert of Deanville, Bur-
MORTIMER HAS
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for W. C. Gray,
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SAN PEDRO, Cal., Dec., 9.—With
FORT WORTH, Dec. 9.—Council-
DESTROYS THEATER
trwo dend and 16 snilors unacrounted
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waiter,
must
Affecting City and County
Mr. and
their
three children.
thet jury in
A verdict of guilty with recom-
President Tom O'Donnell will de-
the Standard Oil Company of New
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has been placed in effect, according
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Cleared at $92,471 Cost
"9 SENATE
Kammerer said had been coming to
school at least 100 days during the
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Kammerer killed the family with
safety, razor blade
of President at Breakfast
Miller-Hebart Murder Trial
Jury at Amarillo Selected
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SENATE RACE
Chaplains Not Dismissed on
Account of Views Expressed
Condemned Slayer
Of Five Planned
To Kill Others
The date on which the law become
effective is set by the trustees of
TO TELL CONCERN!
CAPITAL CORRUPTII
(469M)
(492M)
tendent W. T. Doggett, The law pro-
vides that all children between the
ages of 8 and 14 years must attend
and others dismissed, the
ing orders being entered on
time Monday night given
working on the puzzle and
December (to dae!
Precipitation at the
the right of
reason. An
present Egyptian Government
accepted, are designated to
respect for those interests
men
drove
all right,"
the verdict
three oth-
ficient to warrant trial of Davis and
the charge of selling liquor pend-
ing against Davis, and on call for
first witness to-
in the 1920 elec-
ATTACHED WITNESS
JAILED ON DEAN LAW
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VIRTUALLY EVERY MONTH THIS
YEAR SHOWS RAIN DEFICIENCY
of
to
Missing Sailors Not on
Water Taxi Which Burned
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ferring to the murder of the sirdar,
Sir Lee Stack, His Majesty said:
“The British demands, which the
Tuesday morning when he failed to
appear here for trial on the charge.
is, interesting. I
were as follows:
January
February
March
April
May ---------------—
Juhe -----
July .........
August
September
October
November
liver his annual address
neon, after which W. C.
tor Company's elevators and barge ______
Alexander Maitlahd here, with large ( automobile
stores of grain, nt an estimated loss "urmed wit
of $1,000,000. - about the polling plates during the
The fire started in the elevator .day of balloting, he said. I-g=
.Farm was short of i that in Denton
nine out of the 11 full end ode par-
TO BE EXTENDED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—President
ing to, Stuart, who was here
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION
WASHINGTON; Deo 9.-A
Ferguson and was presented from
the" 1922 Democratic pri-
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$1,000,000 LOSS IN
PORT HURON BLAZE
Month
January
, February
March ..
, April
May . --
June .
July
August
.Septemrber :
October-, '....
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DENTON;TEXAS,TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER9. 1924
a white man, who
brought to court
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ore on my list and would have
killed them if I hadn't been- caught.”
It was his first public confession
cBhe8
(yd
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hundred thousand tusnes 1
________ was destroyed in the eleva- ad
tor and a grain cargo t t
$150,000 was lost on the Maitland.
ing ever so often but who always
comes back, is editing a colyum,
"Roughly Speaking" in the Wichita
Times. John believes in trenting 'em
And That’s That
Jersey and Charles Mitchell
New—York, banker, will speak.
Lake Ballas Site to Be
the case
g,
gEE-
absent without leave,
fleet said.
him when he is givena chance on re- M2
direct examination. - ‘ ; --MM
Easby-Smith, dynamic resouree—
ful, little man with iron gray hair 171712
attempted to discredit Mortimg— —-44—
'all of his charges against 1
a
VIOLATION CHARGEE
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Mary Annette Henderson, 425 Fry
Street, writes to "Pop Gunn” of
the Record-Chronicle comic, strip as
fclows:
“I think your 'Magic Mud Song'
is very nice. However, the thing
17.72 inches to .date. A comparison
by months of the precipftation in
Denton and at the Experiment Farm
but whose testimony was
stitute meeting here ztoday will.
Select the new directors of the or-'
ganization as the first step in the
convention’s annual program. The
findings of this committee will be
reported to the general sessions of
the institution which will open this
ifternoon.
Moyne when the engine exploded.
Ofeersef the fleet were hopeful
that the missing sailors may report
today. They may have overstayed
their leave, it was explained.
One officer and seventeen sailors
were burned in the explosion:
in late yesterday.
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chuckled when asked whether he -8
was glad the day was qver.. The 12
Government’s star witness slip indi- 82
cated new stories would be told by
NKSD, St. Louis (516M)
(EST Annual dinner
Sigma.
WCAP, Washington
and WEAF, New York
Tuesday gave the feature favorable
mention to Roundabout and others
of the staff. Solution of each day’s
puzzle will appear next day. to an-
swer the question that started the
paragraph.
"I was trying to sell a business
man from another town in the coun-
| ty the other day," said George Fritz
| Tuesday. "I had what he wanted
and the price suited, but he didn’t
buy. I argued so hard with him that
I he finally told me that the business
f men of his town had an agreement
under which if any one bought
Lanything out of town that could be
P.bought at home or ordered thru a
F home merchant he would be boy-
l rotted by the other business houses
I ' of the town. ‘I’d like to buy your
goods, but I can't,’ he said. I was
disappointed in making the sale, bat
when I think of the Denton bunt-
—ness men who buy anywhere from
I much to most of their goods out of
town I’m inclined to believe it.
I wouldn’t be a bad idea if there were
sortie way to get them to patronize
h their home-town merchants.’’ _
, Br and Mrs. William Fred Gal.
I bralth are moving into the*’First
I—Presbyterian manse and will be at
L' home to their friends as soon as the
I “Dear Pop Gunn,” reads a postal
• card addressed to that comic strip
worthy in care of the Record-Chron-
icle, of which "Momm and Popp”
is a daily feature, "I think your
I . 'Magic Mud Song’ is very nice. How-
| ever, the thing I am wondering is,
I । why don't you use the mud yourself?
AAnd what has become of Mrs. Gunn
and your boy? Do you cell the mud
I to readers’ If so I should like to
have several bottles—I need it. Yours
truly, Mary Annette Henderson, 425
Fry St., Denton, Texas."
Paul C. Smith, Denton boy in the
employ of the Gulf Production
Company, has been transferred from
Eiouann. Ark, to Wortham, and
I in a lett r to ‘retutives- here stated
that one of the largest producing
r wvetts in the Statewas expected to
"be brought in there Monday.
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trial Tuesday was dismissed.
located and
since of Brigadier General Smed-
ley Butler of the marne corps for
Rice A. Means (above) of Colo-
rado and Jesse H. Metcalf (Below)
of Rhode Island are two of the
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174 voters in
WITNESS IN PEDDY CONTEST
SAYS THOSE WHO VOTED
AMERICAN PARTY TICKET
KEPT OUT OF PRIMARY.
fort or convenience of " fel-
“low’ and there are more than a few
of ’em.
the same
— East Texas tonight a
p. m.
Kappa
her and she did -not-
ment- was also Issued in
CHICAGO, Dec. 9—"I haven’t yet
•old nil I know about corruptien in 25
Washington, but I will before I get M
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and Thompson.
Despite protests from the
and Government attorneys, Moi .. . ........
insisted upon “playing up the wo- 12
man angle." He charges Forbes
alienated the affections of his wife
and insists this was the motive in
his "expose." -
Mortimer told of a "spree- at Hay: 272
iiw' senators now on the job
and Washington. -' “
to get
eight witnesses called by counsel
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SAN PEDRO, Cal., Dec. 9.—None
of the Id saitors missing from the
Pacific fleet in the harbor were on
the “water taxi” Tamoyne when it
burned-in port yesterday.
This definite announcement came
from naval authorities today after
a careful check. Men who were on
the Lamone have been questioned
closely ahd it is Certain the 16 miss-
ing sailors overstayed their shore
estimated at.$5,000.
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Congress Today
(House Refuses to Abolish
District Court marked time all
WILSON, Okla:, Dec. 9. J. C.
Horton, 17, and Harvey Edminston,
19, local youths, were burned to
death, early today when fire destroy-
on June 27, last. He denNi knowl-
follow- , edge of the crime, but later cor-
the fessed to Dr. Hulbert. Dr. Hulbert
the attachment. An attach-
Immigration Committee con-
siders Johnson deportation bill.
Banking and currency commit-
tee considers report on duplica-
tion of bonds.
Interstate Commerce Committee
holds regular meeting
Shipping Board investigating
committee with James W. Bor-
ing. advertising manager of the
board on the stand.
criminal docket: .declared (hat Kammerer was a re-
Elijah Turner, forgery; reset fof ! ligious fanatic and insane. Stale
next Monday. i nhenists testified he was sane.
Hazel Turner, three cases of 1 —_____________-
Tom West, unlawfully selling in- 19 House Members Guests
toxieating liquor; reset fot next
Monday.
----!voting in
PORT HURON, “ich., Dec. —‘nary election on that ground.
Fire of unknown origin early today
destroyed the Grand Trunk Eleva- '
another year so that he may act
as director of public safety in
Philadelphia with the understanding
that it will not be extended arnin,
it was said at the White House
today.
has of Tuesday morning awaiting de-
secure i velopments in the Davis case
which i because of not being able
ere a vital concern to my empire."tany of the defendants in jail to
The King's speech covered all thejtrial. Hazel Turner, a white woman
I 39 Land Offices; Economy
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. Cry Fails to Get Response
through,” Elias H. Mortimer, mt
stay of the Government.t.sewmm
against Colonel Charles R. Forbes 1 284
end John W. Thompson, declared to- '3
day as he pt epared for new grilling
on the witness stand.
Attention for the moment was di- 282
verted from Forbes, former chief
of the Veterans Bureau, Thompson, -1
a St. Louis contractor, and their 8
alleged plot to defraud the Govern- 1828
ment through illegal contracts in 7#
the construction of veterans hospi- 4
tals, while James S. Easby-Smith, «
Forbes attorney, submitted Morti-
mor to rapid fire cross-oxamfhaUen.
"I have goods on these fellows and 222
no amount’ of cross-examination
will shake my story," Mortimer
LONDON, Dec. 9. King George
V formally opened Parliament to-
day, reading his speech from the
throne to a brilliant assembly of
Lords in their robes of State, la-
dies in gorgeous furs and jewels
and plain members of the House
of Commons in every day attire.
Surrounding the houses of I'arlin-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9— President
Coolidge today had 19 House mem-
bers with him at breakfast at the
WICHITA FALLS-F. C. Miller of
Denison. ,Missouri-Kansns Texas Rati
way Co. freight trainconductor, died
Monday, of injuries received Sunday
‘wigltfle was found at a crossing at
which an automobile was wrecked by .
running into the train ad two met of
Iowa Park are being held on charges
of negligent homteide,
SAN ANTONO Forty four birds
Forbes .3
ige
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Presi-
dent Coolidge believes the result
of the German elections are a hope
ful sign for figure feace and
prosperity so far as they indicate
continued support for the Dawes
pfirn, it was. made known at the
White House today.
for. official boards of inquiry met. conta)
here today to investigate the explo-
sion and fire which destroyed the
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, III., Dec. 9.—John
38-year-old Bavarian
'hang' for the murder
Mrs. Otto Eder and
SAN ANGH1O-Re Mitphetl, was
caught under n 1,000 pound block of
concrete that fell from nnder the foun
datan of an adjoining building while
exe avating was being done for another 8
Im l Id Hui and was instantly killed. N
leave and ar.e
TO DEATH WHEN FIRE " ' h'
BRITISH DEMANDS ON EGYPT,
DESIGNED TO SECURE RE-
SPECT FOR INTERESTS VI-
TAE TO ENGLAND, KANO
SAYS.
AMARILLO, Dec. 9.—A jury was.
being drawn today ‘Tor the trial of
Former District Attorney E. T. Mi!-
ATLANTA. Gm, Der, 9- Charges that
ehnpiains approved by their denomina
tionar committees have been dismissmit
from the servire because they claim
liberty of speech and actions as citi
zens were denied in the report of the
committee on army mid navy chuplaius
Imlay submitted to the Federal Conn
ell of churches.
Altegattons that several chaplains
had been discharged bernuse of ex-
pressed oppositin to defense day were
received by the committee, one official
sal, and the report ienied their „ truth.
The organization, which convened
last Wednesday, closed its quadrennial
meeting today.
tion he voted—for the American
party ticket headed by Jams E.
faeturing intoxicating liquor; reset
for next Monday.
LEAGUE POSTPONES
CONSIDERATION OF
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White House, continuing his prac-
tice of getting personally acquaint-
. , ed wit h Republican legislators over
R,F.Holley. unlawfully manu- the coffee cups. He previously has
entertained all Republican Senators.
Those present today included:
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ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
tial months included, phead in two
months— Aprtt—of an inert and -
June .09—-and the same jn only one ------,
month, Oetober, when no measur- duced by Chairman
able rain fall at either location. The —
minor months were January .18,
February .18, March .07; r. * 1"
July 31, August 43. Septmeber A
dX'S" * and
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— loson. County, the
day, testified that
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„l ain wondering is, why don’t you
4use the mud yourself? And what
| baa become of Mrs. Gunn and
boy? Do you sell the mud to read-
ers? If so, should like to have
—severak-moteles—i=need—it"=—=-
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well, known to railroad men_____of___
Denton. He had been railroading
—wih ■ the Katy- tor abewt 35 yeers.
Information received through the
T. & P. division office here stated
Miller had stept to the ground
7-
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. €Souzene comn> it t*e -eontinucs
investigatian of internal revenue
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Expert to pass Interior De-
partment appropriation bill and
then take up agricultural sup-
ply bill.
Appropriations committee con-
siders treasury, army and nvy
supply bills.
Naval Affairs Committee con-
siders omnibus land bill.
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Only slight damage was done to 40252
either machine when a car driven cdM
by Miss Lucille Covert of Pilot ‘
Point and one driven by Walter- AM
B. MeClurkan collided at the north-
west corner of the court square
.Monday afternoon, MeClurkan was ‘jaJ
driving north and Miss Covert' ’
proceeding west on to West
Street when the accident occul
ed the Greenland Theater here. -
■ii wm ue- Both boys were eployed in the
this after- —reater and were -steeping behind
Teagle of t the stage. Origin of the blaze is
- - unknown. Loss to the theater was
Wood, Indiana; Scott, Michigan;
। Haugen, Iowa; Rogers, Massachu-
lsetth; Magee, New York; Anderson.
, ROME, Dec 9 The council of < Minnesota and Darrow, Pennsyl-
the League of Nations decided at ! vania.
a private session today to accede I - ————-----
to England’s request and postpone BUTLER'S LEAVE OF ABSENCE
consideration of the Geneva peaee
pro torn I.
Assurance that the United States
vould be represented at the propos-
ed conference on the traffic in arms
Study of local rain records this
year is interesting. The deficiency,
which a few days since passed the
12-theh mark, has gone back a bit-
to 12.92 inches because of the .99
of an inch local show er last week,
but most months of the year have
shown a deficit n-y from the nrmal.
John Crain’s records show precipi
tatiop of 20.17 inches to date against
ar average of 3109. By months the
record of 1924 stands:
Coolidge will extend a leave of ub-
the elevator day of balloting, he said. Hays
and-spread to the ba'rge. Efforts of/Bowers, election judge, according to
tugs to break the cabteshotdingthe -Seibert, declared he would keep all
Maitland to its dock proved futile. • American party members from yot-
Six hundred thousand bushels of l ing, in. the 1922 primary. Seibert
grain whs destroyed in the eleva- I said Bowers knew the American
= - • vatued at tparty -members would not vote tor
, Mayfield. Members of the Klan; he
testified, "had charge of all ballot
PETROLEUM INSTITUTE ™n’ ShiiRN
OPENS IN FT. WORTH IWU TUUihs BUMN
was being observed in all of the
common school districts. The law
was placed in operation in Denton,
Dec. 8, Doggett said.
Germany’s Support of Dawes
Plan Is Seen By President
Eder to pay a debt of $15, which
to the County Superintendent I . A.
- Allison and City School Superin-
The semifinals in the Texas high
school football championship ure
the next on the sporting docket and
there is a lot of’ interest among
footban failisover the State regars-
l_ ing the outcome. In the towns
| 4v*hoee teams go into the smi-fi-
I P its Tn ost thtngs center about the
' chances of their respective nteams.
Beaumont put Marshall out of the
I running last week and Oak Clif did
the same thing for Vernon; Beau-
mont and Waco are carded for one
game nd Oak Cliff and Cisco for
the other and the winners of those
settos will play the finals to decide
—the— ehethpionship.— Texas— high
L—zthoo—fvotbzt handeieleped some
—veryremarkable players.The lead-
l ing Texas teams include former high
stars, but the rule" requiring one
year in college before a student is
eligible for the teams keeps fremh-
men off for a full season. At Texas,
! this year the freshman team—all in
eligible*—gave the ‘Varsity about
all it could do. and Texas support-
ers are counting on al"wonderfu
team” next year. The class of Tex-
as high school teams, has improved
[____much during the past few years, and
Athat is one reason for the improve
/ in Texas college and univer-
l sity teams.
F. C. Miller of Denison, Katy
freight train conductor who died
Monday at Wichita Falls from in-
juries received Sunday night, was
leader rlnrrsosDemorapicunoo+kether’T wm procied TtiHher in
Jalm,Gguldf wha JUwqyBirT.( »ives, was snapped at the Capitol
before the opening of the second w. S. Lewis and John Mauer, Bur’
sessiop of the sixty-eighth Congress logon County election supervisors
--—-===== testified yesterday.
the other car before it was too ...
late to stop. •-MMMM
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Sterilization of g9
Insane Proposed
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AUSTIN. Dee. 9 Sterilization Of
insane persons of the State will hemMhieM
recommended in a bill to be pre- , f j
sented to the coming session of *
the Legislature by Senator R. A.TMNESM
Stuart of Fort Worth. ' . .2.2 a&]■
Both men and women will be
included in the treatment, aceord-MS
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+ WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The ♦
+ Int. roir Department arpropria- ♦
+ tion bill, first of the annual +
• supply measures, was passed +
+ today by the House. ♦
+ The measure, carrying a to- ♦
4 tal of S238 000,000, was sent to ♦
• Senate minus an original pro- •
• vision calling for abolition next ♦
• July 1 of 39 land offices. ♦
• A last minute effort -was +
• made to restore this section ♦
♦ previously eliminated on an •
4 amendment, by Representa’ ive ♦
• Sinnott, Republican, of Oregot, ♦
•• but it was kept out of the bill •
+ by a vote of 185 to 162. +
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Debates Underwood Muscle
Shoals bill.
ler and Mrs. Ruth Hobart, charged
jointly with the murder of E. W.
Hobart, Mrs. Hobart's husband.
Hobart's bullet-riddled body was
found July 15, on the outskirts of
town. Neighborhood residents testi-
fied at the coroner's inquest that
Hobart's body was thrown from a
high-powered motor car.
Hobart was a traveling salesman.
ment while" the customary cere
meny was taking place in the
throne room of the House of .
Lords, were hundreds of special po- i
lice and plainclothesmen on guard j Hiram Erwin I col.), witness at-
against a possible demonstration by i tached in the case of John Davis
Egyptian extremists or sympathiz- (col.), charged with selling intoxi-
ers. , i eating liquor, was jailed Tuesday
A,With all the pomP.and. pageantry lafternoon.whenhe was brouzht here
of pre-war days, the King and | in custody of Deputy Sherif J. K.
Queen, closely guarded, drove to I Lee of Justin on a charge of un-
Westminster from Buckingham Pat- , lawfully transporting intoxicating
ace in the famous State coach "f j I'-rt-r. Officeri rtefUtwA tb* witness
gilt and crystal, surrounded by was under the influence of liquor
cuirrassed "life guards." I v hen he reached court and Deputy
Members of the newly elected I Sheriff Lee said he threw a part
Commons crowded to the bar of of a bottle of liquor out of an
the House of Lords a few minutes .automobile -when he located him to i
later to hear the King's speech, 1
which outlined the policies of the j
Baldwin Government. '
King George began by declaring ‘
“my relations with foreign powers
continue friendly," and then took
up the Egyptian problem. After re-
Alias capias was ordered issued.
Orders Entered
At 2 o'rtock Tuesday afternoon
Judge Pearman told the jurors,
who had been waiting all day, that
it was impossible to get any of the crime,
cses set for the day to trial and . Defense attorneys have asked for
excused them tor the remainder of I a new trial and arg/ment will be
the week. He consulted with Coun- leard Dec. 26.
eneh-sehool andAllisonsaicthe_lawty.AttqrneyBoyd relative to cases I.___ i
pending on thedocketand semen htehet end
of them were reset for next week
Oscar Chambers, miscegnation ;
dismissed -on, motion of county at-
torney.
Munn White, unlawfully manufac-
turing intoxicating liquor; reset for
next Monday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—The will
of 'the last of the McClin-
tocks,” William J. McClintock
Jr., millionaire orphan, filed for
probate, bequeaths $8,000 a
year for the rest of her life
to Miss Isabell Pope, his in
tended bride, who changed her
bridal vet! for one of black
when “Billie" died of pneumonia
as she waited at his bedside
to marry him.
The remainder of the estate,
reported to be worth $7,500,000,
goes to William hepard, his
foster father.
c , ,0.0, "Well, I killed them
The compulsory attendance Tav -Count eharged.with theftof,dogsKammerer said when
affecting county and city schools nrom.n Ninaasiey:.wa8 forfeited | w as anzounced. “I had
Jim Lee, unlawfully possessing
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DALLAS, Dec. 9.—Snow is
falling today over New Mexico
and partions of West Texas and
the Panhandle.
Ih a shippci’b forecast the.
Dallas Weather Buicauwarnet
zgainst temperafuces within .24
to 36 hours of 18 to 24 degrees
north" aid from Dallas and
freezing in east and West Texas.
The City of Dallas Monday award-
edcontraettotheR,G.Smythe
Company of Dallas for clearing the
lake Dallas site of all timber for
a cost of $92,471. The company was
the low bidder in the second lot
of bids received for the work and
through receiving additional bids
the city saved $47,000, the prev-
ious low bid having been $139,000.
The city also paid the W. E.
Callahan Construction Company the
sum of $150,000 on its second esti-
mate on work on the dam at
Carza. The company was gaid $125,
COO some time' ago on the first es-
timate and this makes $275,000 it
has •’received on its $3,000,000 con-
tract.
—reugh-ne-talking the same -way. He.
_______has made up his personal roster of
the Amalgamated Association
People Who Give Me a Pain. -Jill
Tint membership roster, which he
says is growing rapidly, includes
these: “Nearly all Ford drivers;
bridge dummies who talk; folks
Whorvad movie sub-titles out loud;
individuals who paste placards on
windshields, and persons who make
ramasks about our new belt ” One’s
nomination for membership in the
A. A. P. W. G. M. P. is the fellow
; sitting behind you at the sho w who
x persists in sticking his knees up on
A the back, of your seat and then
kepping time to the music with his
.swinging fet. One can get along
with Ford, drivers, ignore talking
bridge dummtes, plug up one’s ears
abroad, and get along one way or
another with most of the others. But
one can't successfully ignore the
rythmic bumping against the flim-
sy back of his seat and keep up with
the picture at the same time. Most
folks who can qualify for member-
ship in the A. A P. W. G. M. P. are
mb .. aunaguu.cu 1 a Jd ' • ih
.,T : . dPh."GN‛
■* ■
intoxicating liquor; dismissed on
motion of County Attorney.
road consolidation bill was int
; \ ' a Winslow of 1
House Commerce ommittee tod«
. 1. The Mil would declare it the Rol
Maf 1.18, of Congress to authorize and.br
neber .41, about the unification of the «to
-.roneatmheleticuz
her-pag
him . for ten years, caused the
77%--
to the brutal crime. Failure of
♦ The conspiracy under -inves-
♦ tigation is an alleged boollog- "a
♦ ging conspiracy in the form of 2 22
+ a syneicate which is said to ♦
♦ have landed millions of dollar* ♦ 2
+ worth of liquor on the Wee- ♦ «
♦ hawken waterfront under po-2-
iieteiu-ueaa
den Laake, Wash„ when Forbo* and
his party were inspecting proposed 48M
sites for veterans hospitats, Forbes, .Emd
he said, "got drunk apu jumped inmsm
to the lake with a woman. They 8222
were both fully dressed.
Forbes livened to most of the tes-a
tmony without a trace ofemotiontat
but once he gripped the arms of his
chair, scowled at Mortimer and seem-
ed about. to stand up. That was 218
when the witness said::
"From the time I met « lmel
Forbes he paid more attention to 2%
Mrs. Mortimer than to business. He G
stayed with us most of the time. I
couldn’t get rid of him. Finally, one
labor day, I helped put him out." >
“Have any.(help T’ Easby-Smith K J
asked.
“No, it wasn’t necessary, and it
isn't now,” the witness replied, ^»r——6
ing down at Forbes. Questions and
nnswers passed a moment while thesMM
two men engaged in a string con--M
test. ▼ ’ *- 25
Easby-Smith said today his cross- . 3522
evaminatibn of Mortimer likely will d
consume all of today. When he is 22886
through, Randolph Laughlin of St. IE
Louis, counsel for Thompson, will <|
grill the witness. * ,5 I
Former Justice Pitney Beal d
WASHINGTON, Dec, 9 Former Jus- ? I
tie Mahlon Pitney of the Supremo I
Court died bere early today. Justice ...Al
l’itney was G years old anr retired I
from the bench because of ill healikcmtMI
De. XL 1022. I
TRAFFIC MISHAPS
Speaker, Gillette, Massachusetts;
Representatives Longworth, Ohio,
Fepublican floor leader; Snell, New
York; Madden, Illinois; Anthony,
Kansas; Sanders, Indiana; Sinnott,
Oregon; Tincher, Kanshs; Green,
V wa; Winslow, Masachusetts;
Graham, Pennsylvania; Begg, Ohio;
i moving is completed. He has been
| aetually in charge of the pastoral
I work for the past several weeks, but
was formally inducted into the lo-
cal charge only last Sunday. . '
4 ,2 ------
K Thereswill be no dearth of appli
* whom to select a
in.
VOL. XXIV Nt). 100
♦ ernor to "enforce martial law 4 -862
♦ upon our waterfront as the on- ♦ 23
♦ ly alternative to State-wide ♦ ■
♦ anarchy" was called to the at- ♦ 22
♦ tention of the Hudson County ♦ 18
♦ grand jury today by Supremo* .
♦ Cour Justice Minturn in his ♦ 2
♦ charge to them concerning ♦ 22
♦ their duties in the investiga- ♦ 5
♦ tion of a boo-logging eonapira- a;,a
♦ cy in Weehawken. —f
Miss Covert said that the su
Ake(~
t ____
--S
i—r
—these whenever think of the eom-lors of the American Petroleum i
subjects expected, the League of Na- 1 charged with, three cases of
tions. Empirical trade, unemploy- 1 fergery, was ill und could .not be
men t—tor which exceptional reme- (in court and her husband, Elijah I
dies are to be taken* and other for i Turner, charged with one case of
eign and domestic problems' con forgery, resisted the officers when
fronting the Baldwin Goverment. It they went to bring him to the.
— ntajed no surprise. court room for trial Tuesday morn.
■ f _ling and lunged .against the wall of
Compulsory Education Law ihiune “ p lrozsiornkornkMHEAToN
• ' head, the officers said. He severed wa:
a small artery in the forehead and of
which bled profusely. • t..
.Tom West, whose trial on a charge . His case has decided.
Schools Placed In Effect oquonlaa l rplnKuantoxicgtin5 mthatioti-dt-hznpngwne"stought
i ill and not able to go to trial. ■ ■
, The bond of Ohe Albert, of Fih
shot remained imbedded f in the
head arms, and .body of Georgi H.
Armistead, 18, after a hunting com-
panion fired at a bird between him
and Armistead. The wounded man
was siting in an "“to with his arm
A"*NBszd"hereenrot " s
from the caboose of his train at
a grade crossing when an auto-
mobile driven by two men from
Iowa Park, who are being held on
charges of negligent homicide, crash-
ed into the caboose and crushed
him between the automobile and the
caboose. His body was sent to
Denison Monday night for burial.
K "Are you going to publish the
Solution to the cross-word puzzle?”
was the burden of more than a few
calls to the editorial department
Tuesday following, publication of
the first cross-word puzzle in Mon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Six wit-
nesses remained to be heard by
the Senate elections sub-committee
in the context of George Peddy
against Senator Mayfield, Demoerai.
of Texas on resuming hearings .to-
day on the charge of fraud and
intimidation in the 1922 election.
__On the__basis_of__testimony__of
to be held in Geneva in April or
May, . 1925, was expressed in a
reply to the League of Nations in-
vitation received by the secretariat
today from the American State
department. —
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p. tn, (EST) Dr. Henry T.
Fleck’s chamber music lecture .
course, with assisting . string
quartet, —. ..w.---——;---
WMH, (ineinnati (309M) 8 p.
m. (CSf) Popular concert pro-
grams.
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IN WEST TEXAS
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♦ JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dee..9.4•
4 —The(.possible needofreqyest®
♦ ing the President and the Gov- ♦ 7
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motor boat La Moyne early yester-
day morning. ,
Forty five men returning from
shore leave were aboard, the La
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nesdas partly cloudy; so
unsettied in south |
prohably rain in Rio
Valley; colder tonight,=e—mg
bly freezing in interior except
in lower Rio Grande Yalley.
West Texas tonight unsett- 2
tied, probably rain In south "3
portion, colder with freezing or AM
lower in south portion; Wed-" , 3
nesday probably fair.
• Maximum yesterday .z Kt m
Minimum today ._ •» d
Barometer Reading
7 a. m. today ..............- 30.28 .'J,I
Relative Eumidity -----222
7 r. in. today . 85 per cent 1e22
Weehawken May Ask Martial J
Law to Curb Booze Runners 1
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November ......nu 42.....-.1.-0.41
December (8 days) ----0.99
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ip the rainfall locally and at the
Experiment Farm, four miles northt
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