Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1929 Page: 1 of 16
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LAST; PREDICT
DRYCHRISTMAS
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Denver Loses; Santa Fe
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BLIZZARD HAS
TAKEN 21 LIVES
IN MID WEST
GOVERNORSAYS
MEXICO ACTION
IS U.S. AFFRONT
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WHITEY WALKER IS
CONVICTED OF BANK
ROBBERY CHARGES
examiner reomm
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WORST BLIZZARD IN DICAM
HITS MIDDLE-WEST; LOW
MARKS MT IN TEXAS,
DESIRE TO HALTCOMPETITION
IS AGREED; GO ON TO
LONDON FOR FIGURES
X B. M’CLELLAND SECTIONIZED
JA RANCH FOR GOODNIGHT;
LAB OUT TOWNSITES
6, was sentenced
ion te serve not
to damage eitrus fruita and truek
gardeng. A frost was predieted in
the’ southem areas, however, with
prospeet of some damage.
The death of a Houston hunter,
(Continued on page 18. col. 4)
e, Cireuit Judge Dewitt Merriam
ited Donald Rutledge a deeree
i Ma wife, Mata.
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Wakatsuki and his collengue,Admirat
Takeshi Takerabe, minister of marine,
eonferred wit* Beeretary Stimson and
Night Lenaed Wire.
Friday would be used by the defense
in presenting ita case, 74 witnesses
baring been bummoned. w
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at Beaver Crek.
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everal hundred yards from the
and the vessel jammed.
xas a four-hour battle in which
ASSURE NEW RAIL LINE
PASSAGE IN CITY
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By C. M. WILIIAMSON,
(Asnociated Pre«e Staff Writer.)
COLD WAVE SWEEPS SNOW TO
NEW ORLEANS, FLORIDA
FOR RARI RECORD
Mr. Wekatsuki further diselosed
that tba Tokyo government b favor-
abb to a progvam more closely limit-
ing the construetlon of airplane ear-
riore, aloe limited under tba Wash-
ington treaty. . *
"la addition," he sald, “the present
limits on the taaaago of airplane ear*
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with intent to murder la con-
with the sbootiag <* Chief of
AMford aad otficer Chrisman
U. S. SECRETARY BELIEVES
TROUBLE DUE TO OTHER
ACTS OF TEXAS
ASSAULT CHARGES ON YOUNG
MAN’S SWEETHEART
STILL ON DOCKET
SNOOK IS GRANTED
ADDITIONAL STAY
NOVEL SITUATION ARISES AS
’MURDERED MAN’ TAKES
STAND IN TRIAL
Speelal to The
ROBWRLL,
With the Japanese delegation ea
route to New York. Doe. 18.— Former
Premier Reisiro Wakatnuki, chief
dolegate of the Japanese Empire to
the London naval eonferenee, will
enter the parley prepared to support
a proposaf for a complete holiday
la eapital ships anti! 1926.
Texas by lense at the ulf, Texan A
Western be permitted, and that terms
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purchase of the eapital stock of the
Gulf Texas A Western Railway. The
examiners held, howevpr, that the
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price of 92,300,000 aredd i. .
two rbads apparently wee tee high,
pilot house, according to passengers.
When Captain Frank Hamilton
founA he could not free the vessel,
lh"rdered the passengers off. The
ice kas rough and choppy, and it was
dif Ault for the passengers to retain
I A footing.____________. ’
srarPOKER DIVORCEGROUNDS
I DETROIT, Dee. 10.—Kotding that
Shopping Dys
to Chrtom/
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tor.
The Railroad Recommendations.
. The Rock Ialand weald buuld 144 miles of new Mae from Shamrock,
couth throush Wellington and Quannh, to Bearer Oreek, south of Vermon.
The Vrisco would build from Vernon to Seymour, a dintanc of 41
miles. The Hoek leland would connect with th* Frlaro at Bearer Crook,
and run over Ite new line and the Gulf. Texas a Western into Fort Worth.
The Iatter read le to be purehmsed by the Prisco, .
The examiner did not approve the Denver extension from Childress
through Shamroek to Pampa, a distance of 110 miles.
Aa eluht-mile breach of the Beata Fe from Henton, bat east af Pam.
pa, to Lefors waa approved.
The.new roada approved by the examiner total IM miles and will
coot $6,302,000, accordlag to estimates,
. The Roek Iuland-Vrinco hook-up gives the Rock Ietand a new trunk
Ila. from Amarillo to Fort Worth and Dallae, using Ite present Ine to
Rham rock.
as be permitted to operate under
trackage vights over the ptoposed line
of the Chicago Rook leland and Gult
la Herdsman aad Wilbarger counties}
that the St, Louie, Sa Vranceco A
Texas be not permitted to rotate the
euceer earings from this operation.
. Allow R. L T, Build IM Miles.
That the Chicago, Rock lotend aad
Oulf be authorised to eonstruet a
Ma* to Wheeler, Collinaworth, chil-
dress, Hardeman, Fear* and Wilbar-
ger countiee, a distance of 1M miles
from Shamroek to a point near Quan-
ah, and from Quansh to a connection
to a peine near queneh, eommetine there with an extenslom
. From there the read wul4Jet wOh 6 Tese. gelt A
i to Beymeur. The sm
ladle Mae from ■eaten to Ltin
more attendance at atrip
the b suffieient groan
AMARILLO. TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1929.
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VOL. XXI. No. 4—Associated Press Day
EXTRA CHRISTMAS CARMI
... ta that apare room is the
money to buy your Christmas <
Gift-if you rent the apere
room to a nice, reliable person
who is watching aad waltine
for a room in a private home.
Tell ALL the prospective rent-
ore about it with * well writ- (
a0e"ad.
gmssgme
2NEe
That we have the right committee
is eaey to be seen. They era busy
every day working hard aad getting
results too. Those who hesitated
Prepomea new railread ermetruetlom, ee reeommeded bp aa examimer efthe
Interetate Cmmeree Commimelom yesterday, to shown ee nccompenyine mep. The
arrrga: • J ► mourui
peoaoeAaoW • P. ma- . • • e •21
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y Commerce Comminalon ea the per-
torneys of the re 11reed eompantes say.
(Continued ea page 15, eol. 4)
BLACKIE GREER IS
GIVEN 5-YEAR TERM
"2a
G. L. WOMBLE SENT
TO PRISON 15 YEARS
BY ROSWELL JURY ,*
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HOME EDITION SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE
(By The Aunoctated Presa.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Construction of 159 miles
of naw railroad in the Panhandle and north-central part
of Texas, involving an outlay of approximately 90,302,598,
would be begun soon under recommendations submitted
to the interstate commerce commission today by Examiner
Thomae F. Sullivan. •— ----——-
(By The Aamoelated Prem)
While Chleago and the Middle West
reported 80 deaths direetly attrib-
utable to the worst blizsard that see-
tion bad braved la a decade, the Paste
fie eonat, for the past tea days also
gripped by unsensonable weather, at
bet has Been the errant sunshine
through murky shies.
Bat eyen as the sun poked through,
stories of suffering from cold wore
numerous. Havana, Cubs, wrapped in
winter garmenta, feared anow mighs
tall fer Christmas.
The mid-west suffered most. Thou-
seeds idle because of factory shut
downs, eommunication Hess asunder
sed snow covering the settee dis-
triet, after 4 36 hour fall, w the
net result hue far. Five prisonens,
under cover of the bllzzard, allege 4
from a county jail near Chiengo, at
Elkhart, Me 70 atudenta spent Wed-
nesday night in the sehool room.
Be tba "Sunny South," a biting
northwest wind brought on a OOM
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Speelal to The News.
CLAYTON, N. M., Dee. 19.—The
sighatures of the 107 Clayton busi-
ness men and woman who guaranteed
the Beata Fo e right-of-way through
the county were accepted by the com-
pany bet Friday aad the contract
signe and returned by them. They
recognized that when that maay
wanted their line and had Ue eour-
age to sign a contract guaranteeing
it that it would be procured and
given Uo mat the required time. It
b now up to the committee ea fi-
nance to raise the necessary funda
or secure a right-of-way great from
the land owners. It is this commit-
. . . (BsThe Amodleted .Mua) . ,
NEW YOM, Des. ia-A paekage
eontaining $63,000 worth of New York
City bons, loot eight months dguMi
a taxicab by Mo owner, Mrs. Ida Rod-
am, of Autin, Texas, was turned to
at the bat had fomd bureau la the
Pennsyivania railroad terminal to-
day by ea unidentid man.
"Mora b a phekage l founa," the
utro-
Cab-
Utah
aker.
arfel
MOP MARLY and watch Ul
for your nama. One ticket
daily to the Mission Theatre
Todaye ticket b for-
L L. FERREE —
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Two of them, however. Master and
Greenway, were held under 04,500
bonds on charges of aumnulting Cea*
nie Franklin’s ormer eweetheait. Til.
Ite Ruminer, at the name Mmo the
state alleged Franklin wee dain and
his body burned on a leg fire in the
wood.
A charge ef murder against a zifth
defendast in the case, Abu Fulks,
who was not tried with the other
(Continued on Pags 18, CoL 1.)
LONDON, Dec. 19—Ramsay MacDonald’s Labor
CLAYTON SIGNS CONTRACT TO ty cabinet waa saved from possible resignation (
WOMEN, CHILDREN IN
- 30 PERSONS WALKING
WAKE ICE TO SAFER
(By The Asscetated From)
SANDUSKY, Okie, Dec. 19—Walk-
lag precariously through ths dusk
and snowfal for nearly a mile over
fracking loo, >0 persona including
eight women, and twe babies, were
I saved bare toaight after Ue passen-
ger vessel The Tourist, was eaagbt in
aa les jam just putside Sandusky Bay.
They were picked up by the pas
senger boat Messenger, which etood
by. The Tourist, a 78-foot eil burn-
TEXAS MM COLDEST NIGHT
(Br The AeiMtotoO Prem
After enduring the coldest night of
the winter, Tex thawed eat slight-
ly under a brightly ehining nuh
Thursday although freesing tempera:
turns were still in prospect for moot
Metlons. *
The abaence of snow during the
cold spell saved livestock and ranges
from damage, and tbs cold was not
. LAREDO BUSINESS OFF
F SOUTHERN REPUBLIC WANTS
RESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL
AFTER CALLES THREAT
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CLARENDON, Dec. 19—. 9. Mo* . _ - -___________
Cleland, age 72, original surveyor Presn.after the, delegetion
of thin part of the Panhandle, died deperted.trom.Washineton where Mr
bore Uis morning.
WiU hb brother, T.‘B., he section-
bed the JA ranch for Col. Goodnight
and surveyed many atber ranches in
Ue early days of the Panhandle,
He was Ue original operator of
Ue Panhandle Townsite compahy aad
laid out many towns in the Pan
handle aad was ia active charge of
Uio work at bb death. We had been
an officer and direetor of tba Farm-
ers State bank for the part 14 years
ia Uis city, has resided ia Claren*
STRANGE CASE1! Causes Trouble
vr "vry
STATE RESTS
IN ROBBERY CASE,
‛ BROWNWOOD
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/Hr The AMWtatM Press)
BROWNWOOD, Ten, Dec. 19—The
state reeled Uto today in* the trial
here of Captelo Clyde A. MeNeil,
charged in roaneettoh wlU Ue rob-
bery of the Pint Natiohai Beak here
March 11.
az*
or was caught ia Ue tee, which had l- — r . z222— a.
been blown in by a heavy north ggod.in.a financial, way their part
John A. Valle, diutriet attorney at
Laredo, Texas who threntened to ar-
root Plutareo EllAs Calles former
Moateen president, in connectton with
the death of two Mextean generals
there in 1922, thereby enuning the
consulate to be elosed.
ADA, Ola., Dec. 19. — Whitey
WelkeV, returned here recently from
Stinpett, Ten., was convicted late to-
day ef robbery with firearms in eon-
nection with a raid upon the Flret
National bank of Alloa August 14
1928. The jury, which deliberated
foar hours, left the sentepce to Judge
Orel Busby.
Three persons in the bank at the
time of the holdup identified Walker
as one of the robbers. They quoted
• (Be The Assoelated Presa)
MOUNTAIN V1CW, Ark, Dm. 19-
Thera was ae Conals Franklin mur-
dsr, a Jury of bill country tarmers
decided today.
The verdict acquitting four Stone
county mountaineera of charges of
murdering "one Conhie Franklin,"
thus ended one of Ue strangest egpes
ever brought before an American
court by declarint that a wandering
farm head who appeared before the
jury waa the came person named in
ths indictment as the murder vie-
Um.
The jury returned the verdiet at
5:45 o’clock, 10 hours after It re-
ceived the MM.
The four men who have been bold
fl. I.-FRISCO UNE TO FORTmflTH IS RECOMMEND
1‘NO CONNIE FRANKLIN MURDER’ ARKANSAS HILL JURY FINDL,
STIMSON-MOODY IN MISUNDERSTANDING ON DORDER INCIDENT
zbem’vutng thete — - ehe
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Nearly Forced Cabinet
Of MacDonald To Quit
On Mines Bill Ballot
Those who like mow with their
Christmas will probably be. disap-
pointed this year, accordinz to H. T.
Coilmoa, United States weather eb-
server here.
Snow which began falling here
early last night will not last long,
he predicted, with warmer weather
scheduled for the week-end.
The latest eold wave was due to
pass bet night, he said, aad today
will be warmer, although unsett’ed
wiU rain er snow probable. The
minimum temperature last night was
not expeeted to be below 20 degrees.
The mercury elimbed to 11 degrees
yesterday from the season’s law mark
of 4 early yesterday morning. Tem-
perature eztremes a year ago yester-
day were 22 and M.
Noom.-..n
The doagate dlaclpsed this tonight
in aa interview with Ue Associated
Formol ruling by the Interut
mite Ia exported to 14 to 44 days.
‘eg, kan.
,UDET‛-
aad set $1,800,000 as nearer a correct
value, although he would not have
the eommlMlon arbitrarily fixe Ub
definitely as the sale price.
Th* proposed eonatruetion of the
Frisco through Ue St, Louis, Ben
Ue Burlington, to spend 84,276, 144
Franeleco and Teka» would cost ap*
ptoxtmately 41,744,744, while the Roek
island construetion through the Chi-
eego. Rock Island A Gulf, would eout
approximately $4,217,854. Nine mibe
of Ue Beata Fe would eost about
$375,000.
It was held by the examiner that
both reads were la need ef less slr-
eulteuz rentes to the south, and, in
denying the application of Ue Bur*
lington, Sullivan held that the claims
of that road that the region to be
traversed in naturally tributary to Ito
ayntem, was not borne out. The Fris-
co aad Roek Island routes, he eddod,
would better serie Uo reglon.
sbeeifically the recommendationa
of the examiner werez
That the St. Louie, Ban Frahelneo
and Texas be permitted to eonstruet
in Wilbarger and Baylor counties
from a conneetion wlU Ite line at
Texas A Western at Seymour, a dis-
tanee of 42 miles, at a cost of ap-
proximately $1,700,744; that the St
Leota, Ban Ftaneinco A Texas be per-
mitted to operate under trsekage
righta over the Chicago, Rpek Ietand
end Gulf in Jock, Wise end Tarrant
counties; that the name reed be not
Tomon to a conneetion with th* Galf,
permitted to . retain exceus earnings
geeruing from the operation of the
proposed ine; that aequleitien of th*
At. Louis-Baa Yraneiseo of the eontrol
by parches* ef eapital stoek of Ue
The examiner recommended that
Uo applications, through subaldlaries
of Uo St. Louis-Ban Franelsco, and
Chicago, Roch leland and Pacifie rail-
roads, designed to open a through aad
shorter route than now avallable from
notthern Tease end southwestern Ok-
lahoma to Fort Worth end Dalbo, be
approved.
He alee would permit the Bento Fe
railway, ihvough the Clinten-Oklaho-
ma-Western railroad, to build nine
mil af road from Heaton to a point
east of Uttn, bat would deny the
petitlon of the Fort Worth end Den-
ver Northern re il road, controlled by
on eonstruetlon ef a new line ffom
ChildroM to Pompe,
Woml4 UAllise Traekage
Truckers right over each other's
roads also would be utilised by Ue
Resh laland sad Frisco la completing
their system, end th* letter would
be authorised to acquire eontrol by
lb jalls inadjoinigeoentie
last month returped W MM
ia the SU James mbuntain
They are Herman Greenw
Younger, Jo* White and Hal
tor.
e
COLD BROUGHT MOT TME
TO SRM MARCOS FIRRMEN
(, The Ahcelatea Prwj
SAN MARCOS. Tea, Dm. H—Cold
weather got the Ben Mareos fire de-
partment all hot aad bothered thio
afternoon. White they wore fightig
one email fire doe to an oil tove
bring turned too high in a downtown
store, another alarm, 1ms than / a
block away, from the sems ceuse.
My inner natvre,
Ken4er deur,
I havly evev dan
have defeatd the measure, which was
sue of the chief projects of Ue gov-
ernment. The bill wee framed to
meet campaign promises.
The narrow margin of victory was
doo to a lessening of government sop-
port which hitherto has come from
the benches of the liberals under the
leadership of David Lloyd George. »
(Br The Amoelated Prema)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. it.—The
state suprme court today continued
the stay of executlon of Dr. James
H. Snook, convicted stayer of T heora
Mia, unth January SL
Dr. Snook was scheduled to be ex-
eenkod at Ohio state penitentiany
wometime tomorrow.
COLO.
(By The Aseociated Press)
AUSTIN, Tsxes, Dec. 1».—Hope
that the general government at Wash-
ington baa a policy with reference to
foreign relations that will not permit
the Mexican government to profess
friendliness toward Ue United States
and at Ue Mme time offer Uo af-
front of closing the door at one of
Uo principal porta between the two
nations, wae expressed by Governor
Moody tonight in a relegram to
Secretary of State Stimson.
He made reply to Secretary Stim-
son’s message advieing the governor
. that he understood the action of the
Mexican government in closing the
consulate and port at Laredo was not
in any HIM aa attempt etretallatlon
for a single ineident bat because the
Mexicans feel that from everal in-
eidents lasting over a cohalderable
period of time Laredo ta hot a safe
point for Uolr public eitizens to pass
in traveling”
It was Governor Moody’s second
appeal to the seeretay to um hle
gopd offices wiU the Mexican govern-
ment in on effort to have the con-
sable and port reopened. ; y
Laredo Senda Hezreta
The governor transmitted ts Sec-
rotary Stimson a copy of a reso-
lution passed by the Laredo Chamber
of Commerce that Uo "unfortunate
incident that prompted the Mexican
government to remove its consular of-
fice from Laredo," wae “deeply re-
gretted" aif re-establishment of the
consulate urged.
The governor denied that "the
question involved ta oBo of Mexican
* administrativ concern” ee Secretary
.V
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/By The Auacelnted Pnm.)
STINNETT, Tex, Dm. 10—Blackie
Greer of Borger today was eonvleted
by a jury hero of the fetal stabblag l
of Homer L. Brown la Berger be*
August. Hie puniwhment waa mssesg-
ed at five years ia prison.
This is Uo last week of Uh term
of court kero. District Attorney clem
Calhoun, sent born to elean ap alleged
tawlMsnoM by Govoraor DenMesdni
has secured more than a Mera of cone
vietions, a reord for Uta distriet.
but that the eonsideratien for such
stoek haa net boon show* te be rea-
zonable; that the nequisition of con-
trol by St. Louie, Sea Yrencises and
That Uo Chicauo Roch Island and
Gulf be permitted te operate under
tinekage righto over Ue lino ef rail-
...... JAPAN-U.S.IN
tor Pat
when the house of commons defeated a conservative AIKFFMFN I ||N
amendment rejecting the coal mines billjby the narrow ------ I Ull
-M: NOTED PIONEER NAVYBUILDING
The divislon of the House climaxed
the first serious crista that has con-
fronted Uo administration. Triumph
of Ue consorvative amendment would
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