Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 315, Ed. 1 Monday, September 17, 1928 Page: 1 of 12
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Amarillo Dahy News
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Sept. 22-29
AMARILLO, TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1928. 1
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TROPICAL STH LASHING FLORIDA [1ST coisr
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ROBINSON TO SPEAK A T CLOVIS AND ROSWELL, OCTOBER 5 AND 6
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NEW MEXICO WOMAN TO FACE TRIAL FOR HUSBAND MURDER
MRS. HALSEY IS
Democratic Nominee
FEW DETAILS
How Smith Looked at Syracuse Fair
His First Call
GIVEN RETRIAL
ARE AVAILABLE
ON INTENSITY
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VENUE CHANGE
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with a purported letter saying Smith was "disgustingly intoxicated" at th® fair. At th® left of the photo
Tri-State Exposition
IS SLAIN
fatally
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and telegvaph
SALESMANSHIP
CLASSES OPEN
HERE TONIGHT
ROCK ISLAND
OFFICIALS GO
department of commerce, which is the ' pated, and a performance of a new
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Indiana.
Storm Death Toll in
FREE GATE
Porto Rico May Pass
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Story of Butchery ofThreeBoys in
California is Believed by Officials
FOUR MEN ARE HELD IN
BOY KIDNAPING CASE
FREE GATE at
SState Fair
I olas Longworth wants to see a
publican victory in November.
TO SEE VICTORY
FOR G. 0. P. PARTY
Thuraday.
ported no
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MIAMI fH CUT OFF
FROM COMMUNICATION
MI, Ponce 36. Arechio 15, Agunilla
10. Naguabo 10, Las Piedras 5, Fa-
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a part of the equipment
speaker of the house.
Twelve offieials of the Rork la-
lend railroad company who are mak-
ing a genernl in.poetion tour of the
company’ lines, spent nearly an wotr
in Amarillo Saturdey afternoon
The offielals, traveling in a .pee
Fired 20 Weeks
Ago, Stewart
Is Still On Job
COURT WILL CONVENE AT CLO-
. VIS WEDNESDAY AFTER
thia year than ever before at this
time. There will be less of the rush
and flurry about the fair office thia
eeason, due in part to the free gate
and in part to the intensive early
preparation for the event.
There also will be many less work-
ore around the fair offire aa no ticket
nellers, ticket taken and persons to
handle the money asd ticket record*
will be used.
Fair officials are urging peraons
wishing to buy concession space, re-
nerved parking apace or having other
business with the fair which can be
transacted now to do no before the
office le moved to the fairgrounds
Wednesday morning.
A vL
shot after a dance here Isle lant
night. Sherirt John Compton, eeld
to have witnessed the shpoting. ar-
reeled a man against whom he saya
charges will be filed.
West Palm Beach or the island resort
across Lake Worth.
LINDBERGH DOES
STUNTS FOR CROWD
AT LOS ANGELES
TWELVE EXECUTIVES SPEND
HOUR SATURDAY DRIV-
ING OVER CITY
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“Ta-—-n
Secretary or Commere, William
V. Whiting io pictured here leav-
ing the White Mouse after pay-
ing his first formal call there.
He ehatted with Prenident Cool-
idge, who wae juet home from hie
vacation.
DEAN SHELBY TO ARRIVE THIS
MORNING FOR FIRST
SESSION
CARS LEAVE THIS AFTERNOON
AT 2 O’CLOCK FOR NEW
MEXICO VISIT
the flying of licensed airplane* with-
out pilot’s license, carelesaness end
HUSDAND SHOOTS
. ESTRANGED WIFE
• ON DANCE FLOOR
1 see the G. O. P. in control of con-
gress.
The other is his disinclinetion to
part with the automobile which la
WILSON MM KILLED
IN TRAIN CRASH
(By The Asmociated I’rma)
CHICAGO, Sept. 16. — Four men
were reported held by police today
CHILDRESS MAN
VIOLATORS OF
Until the
Amarillo Tri-
State
Exposition
Opens,
Sept. 22 to 29
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HARRY BURGENS NEW
GOVERNOR OF PANAMA
By BASCOM N. TIMMONS
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Rockefeller'* demand followed admis-
■ Ion* made by Colonel Slewart before
the senate committee investigating
the Teapot Dome oil scandal. Colonel
Stewart, 20 weeks later, remains en
tks job.
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taBapIn, 300 feet from the ground end
scrawl spurred police to set a trap
in Chicago’* Loop for the kidnapers
of Bdly Ranieri, 10-year-old son of
A. Frank Ranieri. The child has been
held for 560,000 ransom for 10 day*.
The note received by the father
read: "Please, psps, pay the money,
or. you will never see me again.”
With It was another demand for
money and instructions to Ranieri |
to piece 115.000 In a rubbish box at
a street intersection in the Loop.
Raneri, who had been working in-
dependently of police in an attempt i
to find hi* ton, showed it to au-
thorities.
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is Mrs. Smith. At the right are John H. McCooey, Brooklyn political leader, and his wife.
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(By The Associated Prss)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. - There
l are at least two reasons why Nich-
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MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 10—(Via radie
to Boston, Mase.)—Exeept for the
Tropical Radio, whieh managed to
maintain service despite the loss ef
two aerials, Miami wae cut off from
communication with the outaide world
at 3:30 p. m. today by winds of fifty
WEATHER BUREAU REPORTS
STORM IS OF GREAT a
SEVERITY 12
“The Proof " 1
Of the Pudding— •
is In the eating'* . • • •
The proof of results fra* J
Globe-Newe Clasaifled
Ado Is In their Bee.
There’s a Classitiedi
Ad for every problem j
erashed on the municipal landing
field here today.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. Id.—Col.
Harry Burgess, engineer of mainte-
nance et the Panama canal, hes been
elected is governor of the Panama
Canal tone to sueceed the fneum-
bent, Coh M. L. Walker, whose term
expires next December.
211 FUTURE "LINDBERGHS" TO.
BE CALLED BEFORE
COURT
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CHILDRESS, Texas, Hept 1« —
overload. One case Involved fraudu-
A picture of Al Smith as a spectator at the recent Syracuse, N. Y, atate fair, this. It I* interesting in
connection with Smith’s "Nailing a Lie in the Whisspering Campaign” statement. The statement deelt
When I vm scolded
or reproved
I simnply will not
mend my ways
Dut how I .strvggle
to improve
BaaMory belleves they did not
ceved today by the federal govern- j
ment. Governor Towner of the is- 1
lend cabled the information to the
bureau of insular affaire of the war
department pleading for food and
Other towne
OF IM WILL GO
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downtown office, 510 Polk etreet, to
give out information.
Office details, records and other
business are in much better shape 219 future
°Fairparksept.n9 Al TAfFI
Two day* after meeimg the boys
a telegram otlerlez se reward
for their deteattea waa received,
but pollce were uneble to lecate
the*.
Reportu. from New Braunfela,
near San Antenie, ugid police plek-
ed up two boys rembling those
eoeghl I" Los Adgeles about,
menthe ago. end that the youths
esld they were as Aheir way to
Temple. They were allowed to pro-
"I‘d hate to see Jack Garner run-
ning around in my automobile," he
said today after a call at the White
House.
Representative Garner of Texas,
would be In Uno for ■pecker If the
democrats should win.
Barnes, 30,
one of these was cancelled. Repri- ‘ Fort Crockett, .near Galventon. Texa",
mends were given in 116 rates Civil would begin its return flight prob-
penalties of 5500 to 13,000 were as- i ably tomorrow morning.
(By The Amocinted Prem)
SAN JUAN, Porto Rieo, Sept. 16.
More than 250 person* have been
reported dead up to 6 o'clock to-
night in nine of the islands, 77 towns
as the result of the hurricane of
from several buildings. Verifiention
. . . of the report was impossible as there
lai train, warp met at the depot by was no communiention with either
commerce. However, the air traffic
rules, promulgated by the department
of commerce, apply to all aircraft,
registered or unregintered by the fed-
eral government.
Headquartetrs for the Amarillo Ti-
State expoaition will be moved to the
fairgrounds office at tha Main en-
trance gate for businesa on Septem-
ber 19, according to R. T. (Bob) Em-
mett, manager.
The office will be moved on Tues-
day night, September 10, and opened
for business Wednesday morning.
One person will remain at the
type navy fighter in a nixty-mile race
were features of the closing day of
the Notional Air Exposition here.
Lieut. Thomas P. Jeter, who with
Lieutenant* Tomlinson and Davi*
make up the "three sea hawks," fa-
mous navy stunt trio, piloted the
new Boeing, XFIB at an average
speed of 170 mile* cn hour, over the
course, end established the record of
the meet when for one of the six
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(By The Aasneleted Prem)
TEMPLE, Texes, Sept. 10Twe
boys wearing Bey Seesi uniforme
ana anawerlng the deseription of
ths twe Winelow boye reported
mtnatng el Lee Angeles, pas**d
threngh Temple chest twe monthe
age, ehlef’ef Pollee Lee Sautbury
nun lection with many others still le
lacking. No continental Americans
have been reported either killed or
injured. More than 70 percent of the
almost 2.000.000 population live in
rural sections from which It may
weeks before accurate reports are
received.
The known dead in tko vanoaa
towns are as follows:
Cayey 75, Guayama 60, Humecao
were driven over the city.
Henry Hat,nan of the Herman Mo-
otor company, Toney Chisum, distri-
butor for the Hudson and Ennex,
and the local agency for the Cadillac
furnished automohilen for the roll-
road men." . *
The tdur of Ura city included a
drive through the-Woiflin, Bivins
and other high class additions, and
an inspect tea of the site of the nsw
Santa Fe building at Ninth and Polk
streets, now under construction.
The officials were the guest of A
R Stinnett during their short stop
in Amarillo.
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Letter, from John D. Rockefeller,
on April 27 and April 30, demanded
the resignation of Col. Robert W
Stewart an ehairman of the board of
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HALF POPULATION OF
PORTO RICO HOMELESS.
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WASHINGTON Sept 10.—Half the
population of Porto Rieo is home-
less and the extent of the damage
resulting from last week's hurri-
To Make 2 Speeches
On New Mexico Visit
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I.OH ANGELES, Sep*. 13.— Pollee
Detective J. J. Jones announced
tealgbt that offieers had obtained
“information that eonvince us
that the story of the butchery of
three boye and a Mexiean youth
ou a RIverelde. Callfornta far* aa
related by Sanford Clark la true."
"The matter le aa merioue, how-
•ver," the detective coot I e Bed “and
of each vital taapostanee to the
The Business, Psychology
“sir traffic court,” and answer vari-
ous charges mads against them.
Violators hsvs run the whole gamut
of the sir traffic rules, the depart-
ment nays. Low flying over congeal-
ed areas and established landing
fields, acrobatics with pay passen-
gers, dropping of objecta, and carry-
ing of explosives, Infractions of take-
off end landing rules, light*, mark*:
Salesmanship classes to be conducted
under the direction of C. P. Brower
of the University of Texas will'
open In the Amarillo high school
auditorium tonight.
T. H. Shelby, dean of the univer-
sity. is scheduled to arrive in Am-
arillo thia morning and will glvo the
first lesion on “Educational Avenues
open to Adults” tonight. He will
also give a clear word-picture of the
background of the course.
Five hundred and seventy men and
women, representing 75 local firms,
have enrolled for the various courses.
The school le offered by the di-
vision of extension of the state uni-
versity and more than 100 occupa-
tions are represented in the classes.
They include: Salesman, realtor,
lawyer, doctor, bookkeeper, treasurer,
driver, clerk, packer, buyer, collector,
stenographer, office man, secretary,
laundry owner, laundry solicitor, dry
cleaner, washman, foreman, auto
salesman, bill clerk, manager, bank
teller, filo clerk, banker, assistant
caahier, president, transit clerk, in-
surance man .parts man, tire sales-
man, machinlat, credit man agricul-
tural manager, assistant manager.
Traffic manager, Moro owner,
auditor, dyer, chain store proprietor,
letter carrier, laborer, telephone op-
erator, lumberman, serviee man,
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JACKSONVILLE, Via., Hep*. 16.
—The tropical atorm, which vielted
Porto Rieo Thureday, drew in from
the Bahamas today and tonight was
lashing the RaM Const of Florida.
Described by the weather bureau
aa "atil of great intensity." the
Morse apparently waa taking a
couree inland between Jupiter, M
miles north of Went Palm Beach
and Miami, an approximately H-
mile Mrip of the coaet.
Few detalls aa to the neverity of
the blow were available. Telephone
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Traffic By Th. Amociated Prees)
violations of the air last year caused 1 MINES FIELD, Los Angelae, Sept.
_________ "Lindbergha" to be called I >« The departure of port of the 100
before the neronauties branch of the 1 service planes which hove partici-
last Texas) Monday partly cloudy,
coqfer In north portion; Tuesday
prdubbly fair. Moderate northly
wing 6n the coast.
West Texas: Monday fair, cooler
u north portion; Tuesday fair.
' Oklahoma: Monday fair, cooler;
Tuenday fair.
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eta her today. The boys warn not
Hunt. 1 bp ektleers an Chlef Jeed aftee
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SUPREME COURT COMMUTES
i 1. ARCHER SENTENCE TO
ge. LIFE IN PRISON
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Tha gateway to New Mexico Tu
cumcari-will be swung wide open to
et least 100 Amarilloan*, including
members of the local Kiwanis club
and business men, whsn thsy msreh
into thst eity tomorrow svening as
ths guests of the Kiwanis club thsrs.
Mors thsn 75 hsd registered Sat-
urday night for .the good will trip,
but this number io expected to in-
croaae to one hundred or more be-
fore time is up , .
The automobile caravan will form
at tha Nat, West Sixth and Georgia
atreets, at I q’cloek sad ia scheduled
to leave ehordy after that hour. It
is about a three-hour drive. Accord-
ing to word from Tucumcari, an elab-
orate program, without the usual
long speecboa, has boon planned for
the trippers and a good time is as-
su rod those who go.
Tho visit la being mode in the
epirit of friendship and to acquaint
Amarillo business men with the/peo-
pls of thst seetion.
Amarillo Is ths trede center for
Tucumeari, and according to records
of the hotels there is an average of
21 traveling salesmen, representing
noerly every kind of businoao in thin
lent certificate, and another pilot waa .
engaged in the amuggling of aliens '
into this country.
Of the total, 195 cases have been
There were only two cases I H was announced thia afternoon
where hearings were requested, and ! thst the Third Attack Group from
buy, nell, rant or •2-
change — they're always
an tha job.
(Br The Amocinted Press 1
CAPE GIRARDEAU. Mo., Sept. 16.
—Apparently infuriated by the re-
fusel of his divorced wife, Mrs. Ber-
tha Stallings, 88, to dance with him.
Lawrence C. Stalling* shot and killed
her in a crowded dance hall here Sat-
urday night. Miss Mary Griffin,
28, waa critically wounded and Jerry
Hagen, with whom Mr*. Stalling* was
dancing, was shot through tie wrist
and hip.
HIGH SCHOOL BOY
INCREASING STORM CONDI-
TIONS ARE REPORTED BY
GOVERNMENT
sessed In 65 cases. -----------------------------
paTha for the regulation of civil air , LONGWORTH WANTS
navigation engaged in interstate air
(By The Aanocinted Preno)
BALLINGER. Tex., Sept. 15 —J. T.
Wendal, 67, of Wilson, Texas, was
killed instantly late yesterday wher
he was struck by a Santa Fe passen-
ger train at a criming less than 100
feet from the Ballinger depot. Wen-
dal is eaid to have driven hi* car
directly in front of the train.
the area waa dieturbed.
Befor MriUag the Vlerida eoast
the hurrieane teolated the Bahama
lelande. There baa been Be word
from Nansau Maee eerly today,
when the tropical radio serpen*
Itea aald It lost lie wireless eom-
munieation.
The weather bureau said the atorm
probably passed Central Near Nas:
aao, and reports from ths Island
rapltal before the communiention
wae brohen told of Incroesing eterm
conditions.
The tropical radio alto waa unable
to raiee any other point in the
lengthy island tier of the Bahamas
and grave fears were felt for the
eefoty of the inhebitents of lelande
known to have been in the path of
the storm.
In Florida, telephone wires were
reported down to all eoastal points
south of Fort Pieree to n distanee
below Miami, but the Western Union
had a wire into Miami bp a eireuit-
ous route and radie communiention
from that place was maintained by
the Tropical Bedie respite the feat
that two of lie aeriais were down.
A dispatch from Miami stated that
wenther bureau offielals believed the
storm renter Mraek ike eomst between
Woet Palm Boaek and Fort Laudor-
dale. They believed the worst Mera
was near Pelm Beach where they bed
a report that roofa had been blown
the Standard Oil Co.
Special to The News.
ROH WELL, N. M , Sept 16. -United
States Senator Joseph Robinson of
Arkansas, Democratic nominee for
president, will be in Roswell for en
address on October 5, according to
an announcement made here by Dem-
ocratic leaders. Senator Robinson
will speak only two times in New
Mexico, at Clovin on October 5 and
at Roswell on October 6, according
to the announcement, October 6 I*
the last day of the annual Cheves
County Cotton Carnival and efforts
are to be made to secure a record
breaking crowd for the viee preni-
dential nominee when ha speaka here.
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' Specia) to The News
ROSWELL, N, M , Sept. 1«.—The
case of the state against Mrs.
Catherine Halney, charged with
flret degree murder In connection
with the death of her husband,
Fred Halaey, is set for trial in
Carry county district court at Clo-
vis oa September 13. It bae been
announced here that the Mate will
aek another continuance in thie
ease because a material wltnees,
Zack Teal, has not been located.
This case went to Curry county
on a change of venue from Chaves
county, coming to Roewell fra*
Eddy county in th. first instance.
. Mra. Halsey, with Luther Footer
A end Claude B. Archer, was tried and
" found guilty here of first degree
* murder and sentenced to be hanged.
Upon review by the supreme court,
the eentence wee affirmed as to
Archer, whoee deeth eentence waa
later commuted to life Imprieen-
ment by Governor Dillon. Footer
waa renentenced ••• HI* imprison:
ment and Mra. Halsey waa granted
a new trial.
FOR SLAYING
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ten-mile laps he maintained a speed j
1 of 172 3* miles an hour.
Seventy-five thousand persona, the
largest crowd to attend the meet, '
watched Col. Lindbergh lead a series
of dering stunt*.
I INJURED IN HAZING
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CONCORDIA, Ka*., Sept. 16.Carl
Sparks, 15, freshman in the Kirwin,
Kan., high schorl, fa in a hospital
here in mertous condition ■■ the
men It of a boxing Saturday night. He
suffered internal injuries when he
wae thrown to the ground* and other
youths piled upon him. He under-
went an operation.
rwo FLIERS ARK BURT
AT COLORADO SPRINGS
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept,
16-- LiMU Charlo® P. Woll®, of Den-
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