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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 1% 1928.
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AMARILLO DAILY NEWS
House of David Tom Again
The World’a Most Famous Rhymster
REALTY LUNCHEON
CONTINUE WEST
NO
WAUMSOW
restrain Dewhirst and his aides from
received callers at the executive of-
BODY CLAIMS
G
ASSASSIN POSED
WALL STREET BROKERS
Ih
ed
MILKSUPPLY
APPROPRIATED
engins
Neither flier was injured.
pr
It
an all-star FiUpia'- team. ‘
ii with difficulty that "
RELATIVE SEEKS ,
uting plants.
Texas; Dr. J. B. Cranfil of Dallas,
AIRPORT BOND
K.
K
Burma, president of Trinity college.
r
La Barra Lante Few Days
he was as optimistie aboat the No-
vember election
ha declnred that it would not ha an
easy
“But we must not
this convention hall and clapping,"
woman attended the meeting as rep-
business organization
greatest
aue- drs, will lie in state in the Mexican
lantine, the Villa Marguerite. In all
• appeared
Many ;
but WILL MOVE FOR NEW HEAR-
surcease from official eares.
In IMO Obregon was elected presi-
i By The Amoeiated Prem
-
party during the same troubled year.
for human
ption.
V
FRENCH POLICE
FINISH CAREER
SMITH BRUSHES
UP ON FINANCE
BEFORE SPEECH
PANHANDLE, GET FUNDS
FOR MAINTENANCE
(Continued From Page 1, Col. 3)
government inspectors and is the one
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the sucker’s hall of fame.
Copyright, 1928, by The George Matthew Adams Service
Saturday
trouble.
eeeded In ssnding Al Smith, a spawn
of Tammany, to the governor's ehair
and is ruling the state of New York.
in
He
bo eo foolish aa to believe that we
ean win this election by sitting in
FARMER’S MOTOR
FATALLY INJURES
CLARENDON CHILD
(Continued From Page 1, Col 2)
seven years old, to the ears of hie
Cameron county to print his name on
the ballot as a Democratic candidate
to assist in drawing up plane and
specifications for the flying field.
The city park coinmission offered
ored end it
even the o}
general w61
CLAIM TO HAVE OBTAINED
CONFESSION FROM SLAT-
ER OF 14 WOMEN
•r
in
fo
re
OCRAT ON HOUSE AP-
PROPRIATIONS
de
wi
ho
U. S. GUARD TO GO WITH MEX-
ICAN FLIER’S BODY TO
MEXICO TODAY
ollna, whose interest In agriculture
ha* always been a paramount one.
returns to the soil for mental and
physical tonic.
After the meeting Mr. Creager said
that “in event vacancies should oc-
cur on the electoral ticket, I should
welcome recommendations from the
to the doorway.
President Calls*, who was in Mex-
ico City at the moment of the tragedy
was advised immediately and hast-
ened to San Angel.
The stern face of the president re-
laxed aa he gazed at the body of his
dead associate, and he frankly wept.
Ae ho left he gave a brief statement
to newspaper men in which he soldi
“I have suffered such a shock that
Dewhirst came to the colony sev-
oral years ago from California, where
he had been a judge.
ING TODAY IN CAMERON
COUNTY ROW
MAILED OUT; MUST VOTE
IN PERSON NOW
ptest friends of the slain
irmed their way through
INKLING OF SUCCESSOR
AS SECRETARY OF.
COMMERCE
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playground, and a committee of six past 18. After leaving the academy,
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DISTRICT AND COUNTY ATTOR-
NEYS SHOW SOME
"FIRE”
the name Demoerats and is seeking
to rule the nation from the White
House_==g--=
Tammany Rotten. Claim.
Obregon Eleeted In 1920
Mis demise left the tieldctesr for
enuse of hie announced opposition to
‘ the information said.
left Albany at noon today.
In conversatton with newspapermen
Byrnes declared that nentiment for
Governor Smith was rapidly crystal-
Using in the south and in the border
. statea
the afternoon session were Bishop
John M. Moore of Dallas; O. B. Col-
in the past two years 5,444 horses
were shipped from Ireland to Holland
days and disappeared. T: _ .
'are condueting a thorough seareh
resolutons recommending the pur-
chase of Jack Hall's raneh *• a city
Cross i anti-Al Smith DemoeRats for appoint-
i ment of representatives in support of
not be confirmed. The headquarters
of Louis Moronss, secretary of Labor
and Obregon's greatest political op-
20
then pointed to the history of Tsm-
many hall etertIng at its beginning
when it wae organised to carry a
word of foreignore in New York.
"Then," Dr. Burns said, "Tammany
sought to rule the city of New York
was gravely concerned over the con-
dition of her father, C. D. Henry who CONFERS WITH RANKING DEM-
wae reported to be weakening gradual-
ly at a eanitarium at Placerville,
Waxahachie, Texas.
Not Easy to Beat Smith.
Dr. Burns, one of the last speakers
of the day, urged them to quit talk-
national palaeo.
Rumors of Uprising.
Between 250 and 300 people at-,
tended the political rally for the Pot-
I ter eounty candidates last night at
Elwood park. Tkis was the ftiat of
I a series of three such rallies planned
I by Grover B. Hill, county chairman
! of the Democratic party.
I Mr. Hill presided at the meeting
and candidates for district attorney.
the Democratic presidential nominee.
Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New
York. The lower courts refuned the
barred candidate a writ of mandamus
compelling the printing of his name
and today the fourth court of civil
appenia uphold the lower eourts' rul-
lag that if a man changed his po-
litical stand he should not expect the
honors which his former party had
to give.
Love's attorneys said that if the
motion for a rehearing was denied
they would carry, the ease to the
supreme court.
Fletcher and Edward W. Thomsrscn,.
eandidates for district attorney; Leo
Sparks, Rsy C. Myers and Harry
Bishop, candidates for eounty attor-
noy; Judge J. W. Minter, eandidate
for Justice of peace, and Jim Shea.
artistie tendencies that strugzled for
expression. and a dual nature that
warrod within him — always urged
on by the intrepid soul of an adven-
turous father, to wild ways and dar-
ing deeds, and held back by the
shrinking spirit of a gentle, timid
mother.
At 13 he ran away and joined a
(By The Aweelated Pres)
DULUTH, Minn., July 17 — Bidding
good bye to President Coolidge, whose
guest he has been for two days at
Cedar Island lodge, Herbert Hoover
resumed his wsstward journey late
today after receiving an ovation in
this city from which his train-left
for Falo Alto via, Bt Paul. Omaha
and a number of other cities where
stops are to be made.
The Republican presidential nomi-
nee appeared much refreshed by hie
two days at the Coolidge retreat.
During the forenoon he motored tp
Superior with the president. who
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 17..
ive, who
(By The Amociated Prss
ALBANY. N. Y, July 17.—in prep-
aration for his speech ef aeceptance.
Governor Smith has familiarised him-
self with federal government financ-
ing. particularly the appropriation •
angle, by conferring here with rep-
resentatives Byrnes of Tennessee,
vision, the eity should certainly be
interested enough to improve it and
maintain it. The city should at least
furnish the water for beautifying the
park during the first year."
Ths park commiasion recommended
that the eity furnish half the water
for the first year.
An order for 100 sewer sticks was
authorised by the commission. ,
A letter addressed to the Amarillo
Gas company, demanding action of the
request for lower rates, was read and
approved.
Matters of a routine nature were
quite absent from last night’s meet-
(By The Auoeinged Pres.)
COLUMBIA, 8. CjJuly
ported that it had not been called
on to inspect any shipped-in milk
for -distribution as whole milk but
(Continued From Page /, Col. 8)
summer White House for luncheon.
Mra Hoover's Father 111
Mrs. Hoover also seemed to have
been benefitted by her brief stay at
Cedar Island lodge. However, she
a gigantic scale; they had the figures
' that would show how rapidly my roll
would grow, the project could not fail.
This venture didn’t swell my stack; I
never got a doubloon back of all that I
put in; but this would cause me little
grief—regrets with me are alwaye
brief, they don’t expunge my grin. But
when I made that break, I wist, by name
got on the sucker list to stay there ever-
more; I advertised to rascals dark that
which Dewhirst controls, not long '
ago voted to oust Mary as a trustee >
The three or four hundred members
of the colony are told to bo about '
evenly divided on the matter.
Fist fighta and rioting have mark-
ed clashes between the rival factions
and Governr Green of Michigan is
body had been taken to his horns,
which, through the precaution of •
and a billowing field of the grain
and purple-flowered vetch, standing
more than waiat high, has attracted
admiration from farmers and eity
dwellers alike. Spending what bears
he can on his Ifttle eity farm, the
governor is profited sa unusually
heavy harvest
The grain crop does not monopo-
lite hl* attention, however, aa those
who have tasted the exeellent straw-
berries from the mansion house
patch ca testify, while vegetabtes
from hh own back yard contribute
to the table of South Carolina's first
eitisen. .
that it was prepared to place an in- older brothers and sisters. From
specter at each of the-three distrib- father and mother Temple inherited
' which
When Pur- I
i'
■
Mr. Byrnes came to Albany at H
----------------. .invitation of Governor Smith, «hho
ulo which means that ths producer* said he had no engagements for con: *
receive a higher or lower prieo if ferences with other Demoeratie con-
their milk is above or below 4 pergressional leaders,
cent In butterfat As for Governor Smith's setivities
all
' 1
time, troops continued their patrol
and the utmost effort was made to
prevent trouble.
At 8:20 tonight President Cullen
called a conference of all staff offi-
ears 'at the national palace. As the
president entered his eyes were rod
as though he had been weeping.
The purpose of the conference was
not announced, but there was eon-
president to serve a whole term has
passed away.
Attorney Francisco Leon De La !
naw T am m any hall
NEW YORK, July 17— With the
assassination of President-elect Gen-
| oral Alvaro Obregon the last Mexicaa
Mary's suit is a counter-attack to |
an offensive originally launched by ,
Prestdents Cutter was already owr-
rounded by a large force of soldiers
and police. A bugs crowd had gath-
dont ef Mexico, both De La Huerta
and Calles being given posts in his
cabinet. The Adolt De La Huerta
revolt of 1923-24 followed. The Do
La Huertelatas wore defeated and
their leader became an exile in the
United States.
Later in 1924 GonsrsI Calles was
elected to supercede Obregon, and for
the first dims in decade* a Mexican
. of those he had installed women for
i a ley or two. Then the women dis-
defeat Governor
THE SUCKER LIST ■
Each day I get a lot of mail informing me that ample
kale may eaally be mine; some benefactors far away have
proposition that will pay, have schemes superbly fine.
Some years ago I bought same shares
apaaeam from fellows raising- Belgian hares on
Officiate of the Mistletoe. Cream- | today, they were mainly for the bene-
eries Mid that every one of their cue- fit of a small army of photographers
tomsrs had marketed milk yesterday and movismen, who had a wide range
and was successful, later it
Acting on what appeared to be
defame information the polie ... . . ..01
searched the Villa Genevieve and dbg atatesmen have many hobbies to offer
up the floor of the poultry house. .0.. - . ----_
Fht, fezna the nude bedy of a Gov. John G. Richard* of Routh Car-
woman which had been there ap- |
cfub
and
fra*
outi
He
in
tier
maj
ing to go home and got busy. While
Francisco Leon De La Barra wae in
office only a few days after Porfirio
Dias was deposej of powsr through
Maderos political plan of Han Lula
Potosi, May 26, iR Madero wa* in-
augurated on November 6 for the
term ending November-30, 1915, but
was driven from office and assassi-
nated on February 22,1013, during a
local revolutionary movement in
Mexico City headed by General Felix
Diax, a nephew of the former presi-
dent, and Vietoriane Huerta.
VIctoriano Huerta made himself
president after having arrested the
members of congress, and on October
10, 1913, aaaumod eomplete control of
the judicial and legislatiye powers.
Husrta was overthrewn by ths plan
de Guadalup which started tha Ven-
ustiano Carranza revelation late in
1013. Obregon wat eno of Carranza’s
foremost lieutenants, together with
late general Francisco Villa. Huerta
resigned July 18, 1114 and Franeinco
Carvajal acted at provisional presi-
matter to
United Statea Ambassador Dwight
W. Morrow was profoundly shocked
and hastened to the foreign office to
present his condolences.
Other diplomatic representatives
in Mexico City presented their eon-
dolences at the foreign office and
scores of messnges were received
during the evening.
No arrangements for the funeral
have boon made as yet. It was be-
lieved that a national funeral would
be held almost immediately and that
the general would be buried in the
little churehyard of his home in
Sonora.
It is known, however, that the
body, dressed in full uniform and
bearing a ribbon of the national col-
mlad of the publie of the impression
that her husband and her children’s
father, Temple Houston, is the son
of. an Indian squaw, because, he q
adored his gentle, aristoeratie mothdr 8 '
and hold her memory in *s 4a
reverence. He Was proud of the part
General Houston played la Indian af- -
fairs, of the trust and confidence re-
posed in him by ths Cherokee tribe
whieh ha understood and loved M
well. He treasured his colleetion of
Indian relics and curios; but, his 2
mother was Margaret Lea Houston 5
and NOT an Indian.
As tha evening wore on the crowd
L abssi the mgsral’a baron praw l*rg— .
> and excitement in the sity became
• more intense. There were innumer-
able rumors in the etty of uprisimgs
and other killings, but thsse could
Barra. Pedro Larcurian, Francisco
-Carvejal snd Adolfo De La Husrta,
who hava served as provincial presi-
dents are alive, all living abroad
and the last in the United. States.
Since the late President Profirio
Dias, who ruled Mexico for more than
20 years wa* driven from power in
1811 by the Praneiaco I. Madero revo-
lution, Mexico hue had 12 presidents-
elect and provisional presidents. None
of them hadserved s full term except
j v ... । B. Creager, Republican national com-
in active session for special highway [ the Republican loader* were present
maintenance work in eleven conijes. at the Democratic meeting.
Most of the work will be for as-
CLARENDON, July 17. — Willie
Evelyn Hatley, 8 years old, daughter
of L. A. Hatley of this city, was
run over and fatally injured by Jeff
Addudell, farmer of the Briee com-
munity. when he was returning home
from Clarendon early last night.
Funeral services were held at 8
o'clock here today.
No charges wsrs flisd. Ths acci-
dent occurred at the south city
limits on the Brice highway. The
child supposedly was geroasing the
road as shs had been playing nearby.
ELEVEN COUNTIES, NONE IN that in the regular Republican pahty
in TexM would permit the nameW of
some anti-Smith Democrats to be
the
pho
Dr.
t rot
Cui
ms
in
dental importance to the country as
he represented all the hopes aad am-
bitions of the Moxican people. In
A
• eve
rase
•ent
mak
life,
vest
Cou
H
han<
•tan
neve
tree
on t
—s<
ther
cese
placed on the ballotjin place of som
of the Republicans This also was
the only Intimaticn that there ha*
boon any kind of trade made with
the Republican party. Although R.
hie collengues, my estimation the country has lots
its greatest representative."
continue the fight and encourage
other producers to stop bringing milk
into Amarillo.
The eity health department re-
A tablet record' ng Asquith's ap- 1
pointment as Prime Minister of Eng- I
land on April 7, 1908, by King Ed- I
ward, when staying at Biarrlts, I
Fraace, was unveled there recentlyp
(Continuedrom Page 1. Col. 1.)
S* Democrat who participated in the
May primaries from voting for him.
Concerning organisation for tha
state-wide campaign ths meeting au-
thorized a state campaign committee
composed of 11 men and 81 women,
one of each to be selected from each
of the 11 sonatoiial district*. This
eo mtn it too shall be authorised to fill
vacanies and to appoint officer* for
a properly functioning organization.
Meeting Harmonious
Selection of electors and the meth-
od of putting their names upon the
ballot was left to the discretion of.
the committee. It wae this section
of the organization committee's re-
I port that brought the ftt and only
1 open discention n the otherwise har-
| monious mooting and this threatened
; rift was quiekly smoothed over when
it was explained that it was likely
Folly 2,000,000 pounds of ekicle, used
in making ehewing gum, were shipped
from Gntamala in the past 11
months.
A wall that dates back to the four-
teenth century and is a part of the
great priority of Black Friars, where
three English Parliaments assembled
previous to 1130, ha* been discovered
in London. -
eonsidering asking the courts to op-
point a temporary receiver until
’present litigation involving the fu-
ture of the colony now before the
supreme court of the state, is de-
elded.
I .am completely stunned. The death ___
of General Obregon is of transeen- Obregon who held office in 1120-24.
self was driven from the capital and
shot while he slept in a house in
the hills of Vera Crus.
ponent, were surrounded by a guard
at ths instance of Prenident Cellos.
"emptonntd thnenemi«htnbenzom.at- p. La Huerta, Obregon and Calles.
Walt Mason Himself AERLEVE
FKCJIUNI IU
(By Th* Aawoeiated Prras. I
NEW YORK, July 17—Hundreds
of men and. women paid tribute to
Captain Emilio Cartanza today, the
last day before his body is started
bath to Mexico with military pomp.
The casket was closed today, but
all day long a steady stream of
mourners passed slowly through the
funeral church and crowde waited
silently in the street for a chance
to enter.
Tomorrow afternoon., brief services
will be held for the good will flier,
who wa* killed in a erash at ths
outset of a return flight to Mexico
City.
Then, followed by 10,MO troops
and representatives of many civic
organisations ths casket will be
drawn on a >flag draped caisson a
mile aloag Broadway to the Pennsyl-
vania station where a special five-
ear train will be in readiness.
Four United States army officers
and sixteen men will accompany the
train and act as a day and night
guard of honor in athe observation
ear where the easket will be placed.
Tita program for this meeting today
noon of the Amarillo Real Eetem
Board, due to take place at the A mM
rille hotel at 12105 o’eloek, win be
featured with the presentation of cer-
tificates from the national associa-
tion of real estate boards of 12 mem-
bora of th4”"local organization who
succehafally passed courses in ap-
praisal of property offered by the na-
tional association.
The eertitjeates, signed by the
president and secretary of the na*
tlonal association, will be presented
to the members by ths president of
the Amarillo board, C. T. Atwood.
The course studied by the 12 men
were given ever a period of 12 weeks.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich- July
17.—The turmoil that “King Ben"
Purnell created during his life lives
aftsr him. .
The House of David, mueh-attack-
od eult that ths long-haired leader,
took through aa eridtesa round of
trouble, notoriety and dissension, is
otill in a ferment, although Purnell
himself has been in his Erave Cor
months. <
Latest in tbs chain of rows to dis-
turb the eoloay is a bitter fight bo- .
tween “King Ben's" widow, Mary
Purnell, and H. T. Dewhirst, lawyer:
member of the sect, for control of
the. remnant* of the once powerful
(Continued from Page L Col, •)
Obregon, pretended to show him the
eartoons, and then with a gun which
he had concealed undor the papers,
fired directly into the president-
eleet’s body.
Knives Are Drawn
The horror-strieken guests jumped
to their feet as the president slump-
sd back ia his ehair moaning. Then
there was a dash fer the slayer and
guns and knives wers pulled. He
wa* in imminent danger but Roberto
Crus, ehiof ef police of Moxieo City,
jumped in front of him and hold off
the mon who thirated for his bipod.
“No, lot's kssp him, we want to
find out who’s back of this," Crus
whrned. Then soldiers whisked the
assassin away to jail.
General Obregon moaned and.
seemed to be in the greatest agony
as he wss carried to his automobile.
Witnesses sj4 he died before he
reached it. In a few moments ths
Dewhirst. Tha board of control.
he took a course in law and was ad-
mitted to practice when 19 years old.
Panhandle Attorney In 1882
When about 21 he was elected
eounty attorney of Brazoria eounty,
which position he held until 1882
when he was appointed district at-
torney of the Panhandle district. On
February 14, 1888, he and Miss Laura
Cross were married on the Waldeck
Plantation, three miloe from Co-
lumbla, going from there to Mobeetie,
where they established theit home.
In 1885 he was elected to the Texas
senate from the Panhandle district
and served two terms, leaving —
Mobeetie he moved with his family
so Canadian and in 18M he followed
the rush into the "Promised tend"
when the Cherokee Strip was opened
for settlement. Here, in Woodward,
he engaged in private practice, built
the home where he lived until his
death in August, IMS and here hit
I wife continue* to live in the home
that is filled with memories of days
1 that are gone.
The four children are grown and
married. Temple, a conductor, living
in Enid; 8am, a draftsman with the
corporation commission in Oklahoma J
City; Richard, a traveling salesman
for ths Severen Auto Supply eom-
pahy of Oklahoma City and Mary Lea,
Mrs. W. C. Henderson, living in Dal-
I las,
Mrs. Houston asserts that they will
on account
was nearly 17 when he realised the
importance of an education. His
brothsr-in-law snd guardian, aug-
gsstod Bryan Military academy. He
’ gay partie*. the chief executive’s interest was_______-____-_______
Neighbors told of frequent visits i stirred when he sew a two-acre tract i for Liept. governor. Mid tonight
' ef at least five women, ell between 1 back of his mansion. they would move for a rehearing
-ebe agoo of MaM -45, te ene or -Inquiry-disclosed-that the ___________________________
other of the villas rented by Prat, woe considered too dry, fer success- Love was barred from’the ballot by
They usually stayed two or three ful planting. Governor1 Richards the eounty executive committee be-
The police planted the field in Mt* and vetch
phalt topping.
“Bluebeard," thistime operating in""------------1 cTheappro priationssb countjea;
i^xMt! Their ^beMUri; ---- ImUM ef'h^hJiy 28 Jom
vietims in the same ws, and for .he NO MORE APPLICATIONS ARE Pipine to Eastland tountjrlin^ miles , preuzeneyg:
Among the principal speaker* at
,, HUNDREDS PAY
By Troubles King Ben Left LAST TRIBUTE
TU CARRANZA
It meant that extraordinary military
precautions were to be taken
throughout the republic.
At that hour presidential guards
on horseback and mounted police
were added to the previous police
and Infantry guards in ths streets in
the vicinity of the Obregon reel-
deuce.
Press Barred From Jail
Newspapermen tenight were not
permitted to see the assassi a nor to
go near the jail in which be was held.
Detective Alvaro Basail, who inves-
ligated the attempt to assassinate
General Obregon laat year, declared
that the man had been among pre-
vious plotters against the general’*
life.
all over the district for traces of
misaing women The two bodies
found ia ths Villa Genevieve were
identified a* Mlle. Jeanne Bonnet,
who for several year* wshworking
for a high department etFAkL and
Nile. Jeanne Ebel, mho Aha board-
ing hqmse at Pracignah.k n
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Servivee Heavy Volfze.
i hr United Prem)
| LGRAND ISLAND, Neb- July 17—
1 welltagton Nutter, Grand Ialand
lineman, is expected to live although
he eame la contaet with 6,000 volts
ef eleetricity and then fell fifteen
feet to the ground.
Neater won unconseious when be
Iwas found but was survived by fel-
’lew werkmen. Bo is in a hospital
the evening.
Hide Inspectors Brief
The shortest talks of the evening
I were mode by John Arnot snd Ranch
McQueen, candidate* for hide and an-
l imai inspector.
J. T. Robinson, »ho ha* servtd as
I state land commissioner for the past
B 20 years, wa* given an opportunity to
I speak. > w .
Other* who spoke wore: W J.
and that a* far a* they know no com- of ideas aa to the poses and settings
plaints as to the price had bpen.paid. they desired. To appease their ap-
Member* of the dairymen'* com- petittes, the nominee and members
. FansotMantta;P.i,recenttywes mittee..which recommendenth e,"nik of his family spent the betterpart
0sqDaMaininefrom. Japan,Gnyeventmramttznotknow duzttmthecmaryarcotthe.executiv-
an all-star Filipin team.- what action will be taken.but the mansion.
general impression is that they will .
Mrs. larry Mills of Dallas.
A Siem^er o£ telegrams from
Democratic leaders of Texas were
read end ench wee greeted with ap-
Detailed organization plan* will
.be announced later. Moody Mid,
parently a few day*. Noticing that
there wa* a layer of cement recently
j tplneed an the floor of tha cellar | _
they dug up that and found another i Cares of office have prevented him I
woman's body. in a smilinr state. All from making frequent visits to his
ever the floor were empty botties of country home et Liberty Hill, 46 .Attorneys for Thomes B. ov.
champagne sad liqueurs, indicating miles from here, where he was a sue failed todey in hie efforts to force
tbet the occupants of the villa had ceeofu! farmer for many years, but "
alif.
While Mr. Hoover cleared up hie
desk at the commerce department be-
fore leaving Washington laat Satur-
day, it wes announced today at the
executive offices that his resignation
as commerce secretary would not be
accepted until after he reaches ths
Pacific coast as there are some mat-
tars thors connected with his deport-
ment which he desires to sttsnd to
beforessevering his eonneetion "ith I ranking Democrat on the house ap-
While the president has been given propriationa committee.
thought to the filling of the cabinet Mr. Byrnes, who is rezarded as an
post thus to be made vacant, there authority on the budget system and
still was no inkling as to who would congressional appropriations, was an
Nt the appointment. overnightguest at the executive man-
"‘Theenamouppermost i. th. in- .ion. After giving the D—«•“«
formed discussions around the sum- presidenti nominee the benefit o5
mer executive office. wet th.t of his knowledge of the fiscal aide of
Dwight W. Morrow of New York, sm-1 federal government operation., h.
bassador to Mexico.
resentatives of women*.-organisation*
of the city to suppart the action of
the park board and to further urgo
upon the commisnienets the need of
perks and playgrounds for Amarillo.
Hall Ranch Turned Down
The project wa, tentatively turned
down by the commissioners, after
considerable diseussion of lands al-
ready owned by the city which were
bought for perk purposes.
"I am of the opinion that we should
Improve some of the sites ws havs
beore making any more purchases,"
Mayor Lee Bivina said. "We have
four sections at -the water pleat,
which were bought primarily for a
park alto. Of course it is twenty
miles to the site, but disitahee ‛doesn*
mean anything any longer."
"Distance should not be consider-
ed,” declared Commissioner J. H.
dent for less than a month. On
August 81 Carranza entered with his
troops into the capital..
— The-Gerranse-renme ended—with- -
the Sonora revolt in 1020, in which
th* liberal conatitutionalist party
estadiished, Adolfo De La Huerta
governor of Sonora as provisional
president of Mexico Carransa hint-
“Here are the objective of Tam-,
many," Dr. Burns warned. “First,
it wants beets back in the United
States; next, it Wents a president
who will annul the immigration taws.
m Uai s earialn UorA, *HU MM-
quarters in southern Europe, mey
find an outlet for Its oppressed
psople and then it.wants a coalition
with Wall street fer the cancellation
of foreign debts. By getting ha-
tiensl debts cancelled Tammany ean
pocket billions. Just as Tammany
hall used the ignorant foreigner in
the Rast. - it is now seeking to use
the negro to get control In the
South," he charged.
Before the meetihg adjourned Mra.
• Claude do Van Watts, president of
Texas .W. C. T. U. was introduced
snd she spoke briefly, doetaring that
she represented 10,000 organized
mothers la this state and pledged
their votes for Hoover. Other W.
C. T. U: members and Hoover club
workers were introduced add spake
briefly. They ware Mrs. W. M.
Beines, Houston; Mrs. H. A. Hill.
Ben Antonio; Mrs. T. A. Kindred,
Mexis, Mrs. J. T. Abbe. Houston:
Mra. Thomae Jenson, Austin, and
I was an easy mark, with little sense in
store. My name is known to every skate who may some
fraud originate, who has gold bricks to sell; I am a fall
guy for all time, the object of commeriacl crime, I know
it passing well. This is one penalty, my lads, of sending
in your hard-earned scads to men who deal in fakes; oxecutiv, ox.
your name’s inscribed upon their scroll as one whose wits Teel"there,ana iAter returned100 th.
are in the hole, who’s ripe for foolish breaks. And every
morning when you sail downtown to get your bunch of
mail, you’ll find imploring notes; why don’t you write to
Jaggs andeJones and send to them your bucks and bones,
your guilders and your groats? And all the sharks who
come to town right speedily will run you down to sell you
phony stocks; they have you on their sucker list, and
they will strive, while you exist, to get your hoarded
rocks. So, then, we wiser than a snake; don’t patronize
the glaring fake or play another’s game; regard the fa-
ker’s lure with scorn; don’t let your honored name adorn
in peaceful sequenee.
Announcement of General Obregon
for tbo presideney in 1927 to sueceed
General Callee precipitated another
revolt, beaded by General* Serrano
and Gomea, both presidential, eandi-
dates on an- anti-re-eleotton ticket.
This revolt was qunshed aummarily
with the executions of both Gome*
and Serraeno, and General Obregon'*
election oa July 1 followed with no
opposition at the pell*.
Among the provisional heads of the
Mexiean state alia have been Fer-
nanda Lescurian, "president for on
hoar,” whose brief elevation eccurre
daring the Yietoriano Huerta revolt;
General Eulalip Gutierrez, who was
appelated at the military convention
of Aguascallentes in 1814, and served
for a month or so of governmental
schism, and Roque Gonsales Gena,
appelated by the Agrarian Zapatista
Bill •Smith and J. W. Goff, candidates
for county treasurer. ,
The next meeting will be held at
the same place Thuraday night, at
which time other candidates will be
given an opportunity to speak to the
voters of Potter eounty.
year. and ovary poor. It ia tRe
Above io the first posed picture
of "Queen Mary" Parnell to be teh-
ee in ten years. Below is H. T.
Dewhjrst. new figbling her fo
LOST IN PUNE; FOUND i1"S1------
FOR NEW
brokers, who were believed lost in a I T 7
<s^!Mw.rtu।nuWAVc ic
ifdgpumia Tdse: Ha.! n I b IIW AI v Id
- The infrmation from the fliers
Ar ni I ir nr Ann was received st the office of Samuel
OF BLUEBEAKU
w """ been down near Lake David since
....... TWELVEVOTERS
(United Press Staff Correspondemt) A A AT " anArArrr AUSTIN, Texas, July 17.- A total
EzsaCAST ABSENIE-
xemz s RAI LOTS HERE
fade slightly when up comes another DFLLU.IU I ELlAL
Harriss. "We have several sites with-
in the city limits right under our
noses 4hat we have not been able I
to spend a dollar m.”
Upon the suggestion of Commis-
aioaer W. H. Brymer, the commis-
■loner* agreed to give the matter
further consideration:
Recommendations of the park board
that owners at now subdivisiona bo
required to provide park* in their
additiona, and equip and maintain
them for one year, after which they
would become the property of the
eity wore acored by Mayor Loo Bivins,
Mayor Seorne Park Plan
“The city must offer more induce-
ment than that if it ever has any
parks,” the mayor declared. "If some-
one io willing to give the city an
aero or twd of land within a subdi-
organization. ,
Dewhirst has been gathering the
rains into Ms handa. ■ And now
“Queen Mary)" a* the colonists used
to call her, has filed suit in the cir-
cuit court here for an injunction toT
siderabte -specuintton ns to whether president followed. ensthsr 4nte effiee
: "wire“pnnarm one unsupported for MAILED OUT; MUST VOTE I of highway Mon new location from
two or three years after he started n peDenN Nnw Stephenville to Chalk Mountain,
his murderous wsy to comparative IN rEKSON NUW 1 Gregg—838,000, widening 10 milea u.,m. . .
wealth despite the feet that the dis _____ of highway 15 from, 12 to 18 foot. quitt.ofDalls, formerly governor.of
I nppearance of woman aftet woman . .... ..from Gladewater east. TexaNi.Dr..J. B- Cranfil of n.n..
wreported to the police, the now Twelve absentee votes hod been cast Houston-87,500, graveling sand Alvin Moody of. Hou ston,Dr. J.
"Bluebeard," Jerome Prat, was a at the office of County Clerk E. M. stretches on highways 19 and 21.
* fugitive from 5untice, known to the Pittman at 6 o'clock yesterday after-1 Jasper and Newton — Asphalt top-
I dtSatronrar.fasperaonttasafterhe noon, - fine ““
was arroeted. and police clamed to manner was permitted under taw. to the Orange county line,
n have obtained a confession. All of the votes were cast at the j Kaufman— 84.087. graveling hill of
Si la caeb case it was the talk of clerk’s office, none being received by Forney highway 15 for Detour while
I neizhbors that put.the police on the marl. Those moiled ia wm begin | Forney gap is being improved.
— tresk. v ‘”^*4 arriviae today. H sees ehRorted. | Montgomery— $38,970 topping for
- sible to live so isolated that nobody . 5...002 offfra was bent onens miles of highway 19 from Conroe, .... . , .. .. u
ia aware of what yea are doing.' The elecks ofice wy bept open n Smith, but he believed that Hoover
Smoko from Landru’s stove at extra- until 8 o’eloek last night for the • . . would be elected. "But we must not
ordinary hoars of the night brought. convenienee of absentee voters, ,,,8.
nttention to him and it was alleged will remain open until that hourlot highway 2 from Austin City limits
' he was burning up the bodies of hisjench evening until next Tuesday, inorth., • .... . . ns _____________________ _
Vietime of whom there were aaid to when it will be hept open until mid- Williamson — 319.380 topping on he warned.
be at least 14. Strange eomings night. Tuesday. July 24. Is the test 10 1-2 miles of highway 98 from "We are fighting the mighty
and goings of many women in villas day votes may be east in this man- Taylor south to Bastrop county line: Tammny hall, that organisation
in the saburbs of Marseilles led to nor. $10,154, asphalting six miles ef high- whieh is buny twelve months in the
Prat's andoing. Several applications for absentee ( way 2-B from a point one mile north —- - - -- --
Had Many vmas voting were received In yesterday's of round rock east to Hutto.
rPat rented a villa in the name of' mail. No more applications will be ; Trinity— $25,293, asphalting high- the world today.” be nsserted.
Gaillard. Within a few days a worn- j mailed out, and all votes must be way 19 from Houston county line,
an named Mme. Feee, known to have cast at the office of the elerk unless 18 miles south to the Trinity river.
recently Inherited a small fortune. J the applications have already been 1 -------------------------
was found strangled. Prat has die- > received, Mr. Pittman said. | AaI IFA ranr
appeared Hewas .traced to i.little Interest in local politic. I. re I IIVE I II |AKk
room in the lowest Mar fleeted in the number of absentee 11 11 f F EU | HRE
Mill., where thepollee diseovered votes being east for the primary *“ " " --uu
z-nmife ii,u- AAer RER
GOVERNOR GROWS — UHoLhIVn-N
GRAIN BACK of MANSION IF NECESSARY
Human bodies need nourishment uP
six forme—food, xunlight, fresh air, E
physical exerelso, warmth, eleanli- :
nejs ead root— recently declared 8ir •'
George Newman, chief medical ettie-
er of the Board ef Education ef Lon-
Sr FAGETWO
tOUNn RALLY
AT PARK HAS
GOOD TURNOUT
hide and animal inspector. county st- temrmin vewmss mu a— -
torn.), justice of the peace an, Sellng colony "literature”
I county treasurer were giveh 12 mir: does not bear her name. Ci
I etea in which to tell why they should nell lived, all the tracts, pamphlet* |
I be* elected, and in many ease why and dodgers distributed by the cole- ,
r the fellow shoutd not. tny wasinthe name ef “Hasp andt
The talks made by the candidates Benjamin." , 4
! for district attorney and county at-
torney proved to be the "hottest” of
being considered by the commission- number of cowboys who took him to
era the vast range.
The commissicrers recommended At 14; through the influence of a
the appointment of an airport eom- friend of his father, he secured a
mission of five men to work out the position as page in the United States
elty'a needs in the airport line, and aenate, where he remained until he
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