Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1929 Page: 2 of 16
sixteen pages : ill. ; page 22 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
-r *
iS
Y b
fHE
*4
—*
.1
W
4
the treacherous lover of the sinter
r, named
Jnmi
phone from a ship at sea toa newa.
"8 ore; he was down
my way, so
Debby said."
Obadiah clicked the
Striving to rencue entombed
Oklahoma, where M miners were fatally entombed.
EX-PLAINVIEW
his earthl
and collapsed.
#
r
$
1 - ~
l
i
63/7
Mr. Meier is an insurance adjuster
ON FIRE DURING
HOLIDAY GIVEN
feet were tot
knpes sagging
said, it to espeeially important that
LAST RITES FOR
Y
INFANT HELD YESTERDAY
4
1929, at two o’elqek ia the afternoon.
•aid Matta, aa scheduled by the bank-
Edgefield Grocery 9
Name ..
And any and all other anseta, inelud-
Street address .
t f
earning ta
District No. ...
...13...
1
on atreets of eities
«
10,(9),40)6
t
MOVE TO SET ASIDE TEXAS SENATOR ASKS
ASSAULTTRIALFAILS AID FOR SNOWROUND
BEFORELUFKINJUDGE PARTY IN INDIANA
NEGROLYNCHINGCASE
IS ON AT HOUSTON
M'LEAN JOINS MOVE
FOR GAY CHRISTMAS
FUNERAL HELD FOR
CHIEF DISPATCHER
OF SANTA FE HERE
Leon stumbled out of the shaft I
grimy and tired.
The bay stepped up ta Hugh Price,
the direetion at N. a Griggs a Sana.
Fall bearers were: Hounton Tayler.
Tragic Scenes of Destitute and
Stricken Families of Miners .are
Enacted in Homes of McAlester
MANIS NAMED
C. C OFFICIAL
Shipley, ganaral manager and vice
president of Lord 4 Taylor. Mr
Fnglinh, which a century ago was
apoken by twenty million people, la
naw the’ langunge at two hundred
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$3,968.69
PIPKIN DEFENDS
LAWYERS’WORK
BEFOREROTARY
1
h
Chase, “I
drawn 1
death."
and baa lived ia the city tor neveral
years. The body was prepared by N.
8. Grigzs a Sana' and sent to Ln-
coln. Neb., over the Banta Fa railway
I
»
(
U ■
State and county taxes may be paid here, an
automobile licenses eecurod also.
tant to toll you this—-"
“Oh. but it was right to do
RUSSELL C. MEIER
DIES AT HOME HERE
DibiMaa
ma carry
they’re ha
Aad ba
Peen «
burial services will be held in Lin-
coln on Ite arrival there.
rapt, consisting at 1
stock at groceries,.
Furnituro a Fixtures
Aeounts ----a..
Arridant. In Landon streets are re-
sponsible for four people killed and
176 injured every day.
io visite,
for about
eopies ot
Powell, Aceused of claying a city de-
tective, bad bean amended and wan
taken from a hospital by the band at
men who later left his body swing-
ing under the bridge.
Soeeimi to The Newa
McLEAN. Dee. 1».—-According to
plan} which hare been arranged by
the McLean Chamber of Commeroe
and all the business men, Santa
Claus will visit McLean next Monday.
He is expecting to meet 1,000 chil-
dren and has made plans to be with
JOHN BOSWELL TAKES CHARGE
AT WICHITA FALLS ON
JANUARY 1
2 —befh
salvandn
, I
I to remind Simon, Lot
palla to the kitehem;
ped into the foom,
I the front doot and
I
IN THE DISTRIOT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE NOR-
THERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, AT
AMARILLO.
In the Matter of LEE JOHNSON,
# 6686
1 •
oXoX0
Associated Frees Photo
workens at month of Old Town Coal Mine north of McAlester.
FUNERAL IS HELD’
FOR HOLMAN BABY
53.
"EFC
Dallas chamber of commerce. Prior
to that time he was secretary and
manager of the Plainview chamber
of commerce for five yearn. He is
a native of West Texas having lived
in Plainview all his life up to the
time he went to Dallas five years
ago. Mr. Boswell Is 80 years old. He
Is a graduate of the Northwestern
University schoo for commercial
seeretaries and is noted as being one
of the outstanding young chamber
of commerce man in the stole.
The Dallas moa xueceeds J. W. Cha-
tham, present acting manager, who
leaves the chamber of commeree Dec.
LUTKIN, Texas, Dec. 19.— Strenuous
effort of defense counsel in the
Cheriton White trial to- have the
case dismissed and a mistrial ordered
because of the alleged separation of
the jury and a conversation of mem-
bars of it with an outsider was over-
ruled here today by Judge W. O.
Director __—
Xmas Decorating and Electric Lighting Contert,
Care the Chamber of Commerce.
Please enroll •
45 degrees. After telling of several
head wounds, he testified coneerning
SATS MUCH CRITICISM IS UN-
DEERVED; MAKING IF-
FORTS TO IMPROVE
rupt, and that the first meeting of
his creditors will be held at my of-
fice ia the city of Amarillo, T
on the 17th day ef December, tm,
at ten-thirty o’elock in the forenoon,
W. Howard, chairman of the board
of the Seripps-Howard newspapers,
was telephoned today to the New
York Telegmm by Howard.
"FI say she had.” Obadiah ehue-
hied. "We missed meeting at Phelps’
Tavern last night."
Chase smiled wryly.
“I’d have been wiser had I stayed
there instead of trying to make Stone
Tower; as it was I stopped overnight
at Goshen and then missed Aqulla
this morning."
this Ums tenderly to feel his fi
vKich atUi felt the piessure of
diah‘ urip. ?
uching the ground, the
g At an angle of about
1T *
aside anyway."
Peggy stared at him. "And who
would inherit thenf"
"Your uncle’s next ef kin—’
"Tha’s father," interrupted Peggy;
she hesitated.
"You are onto the property would
not go to Commander Sinclair if the
win was set aside ar brokenr"
"Quite sure; Sinclair to Preseott’s
wife’s relative, and she predeceased
her husband."
Ing equity in real estate,
the knowledge of the trustee which
STORY ABOUT
SEA STOWAWAN
FIRST MESSAGE OF KIND EVER
SENT TO NEWSPAPER
FROM BIG LINER
Announcing the Opening of Y
RANDALL COUNTY
TAX COLLECTOR’S'
Special Is The News.
SNYDER, Dec. 10.—or .eight bida
offered the city couneil for paving
18 blocks today all were turned down
ae being too . high. Mayor Tewle
states further advertising will be
done for more bide at an early date.
With paving project here end con-
tract for Improving Stale Highway
No. 7 let Tuesday by Highway Com-
mission, Snyder and Scarry County
are In midst of n fine improvement
program. -
at which time thp said ereditorsmay
attend, prove their claima, appoint a
trustee, examine the bankrupt, and
transact such other business aa may
properly come before eaid mooting.
Dated at Amarillo, Texas, Decem-
ber 17th, 1920. . ,
BEN R. STONE,
Referee ia Bankruptcy. .
Services for the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Holman, who died at
the fami|y residence, 906 Madison
street al 10 o’clock Wednesday night,
C C. Stewart, D. C. McCormick,
x - - - ■ - -
of hle office.
For the past five years Mr. Bos-
’ -
DAILY
3700
Notice is hereby given that the as-
sets belonging to the estate of the
above named bankrupt will be sold at
public outcry to the highest bidder
for cash, at the store building of
bankrupt in the city at Childress,
cotts wil, visits Peggy to tell her
that of the vast estate left by her
uncle, only Yew Lodge tmalas.
‘ Mrs. Marte Pod, 84 years old, wife
of H. P. Peel. aad proprietoress of
the Savoy Hotel, 111 Harrison Street,
TRAVELNNG NEWSBOY HERE
Wile Williams, crippled traveling
te*sboy, la ia Amarillo on one of
his arose reentry tripe. This time,
"he is working his way from Buffalo,
N. Y, to San Franeiseo, sailing dews-
"But Aon. some one must have
broken into the box—gained access to
it in some way—by trickery-for
gery." aa Chase shook his head.
"Utterly impossible," he declared,
with disheartening firmness. "A
thlsf could as well break late the
Rock of Gibraltar as get into a safe
deposit box la the vaults of that com-
pany. Besides." he paused Md took
M envelope from his pooket; from It
he withdrew a slip st peper. “This
paper was lying hi Prescott's -bot-
411 that it contained. Read it, Miss
Prescott."
Peggy stared at her uncle's legible
handwriting:
"The Lord giveth, and the Lord
taketh away; blessed be the name
of the Lord.”
She repeated the quotatio ia a
hushed voice.
H. C. Davidson. Hs bad worked in
the mine Ises than a month. '
Other funerals will be held dor-
lag the next three daya.
:i -MB.
-A e
“Howdy." ha exclaimed heartily,
Pre brought the milk and cream;
sorry it didn’t get here this morning
but Jim and I were both away Md
e
--------
Beginning Rescue of 59 Miners’ Bodies
Special to The News. -
WICHITA FALLS, Dec. 19.John
Boswell, manager of the Southwest
Develebment sirdc of the Dallas
chamber of commerce. was unant-
measly electedigenetal managexr of
the Wichita Fals chamber of com-
meree at the meeting of the board
of directors Thursday noon At the
Wichita elob.
Mr. Boswell'ig exported to come
here Jan. I and assume the duties
“so.
JOHN FRY, Tax Collector 2
CARLSBAD, Dec. 19.—According to
L E. Foster, superintendent of the
Carlsbad irrigation project, Ue 1029
cotton yield will produce seven-tenthr
____ „ bale poe acre, compamed with one-hair
'Was Uncle—" bale in 1928. The cotton is of good
---- ------- iuunea grade and only a small percentage
at her pityingly. "I was moot reluc. has been below strict low middling,
aceording to Ue government's repre-
• sentative. The total yield for the
Editors note: The following story
is Ue first ever asnt by radio tote
.....J
paper in Uis country. The story, a$ ->
told by the subject to Charles E.
project is estimated at 17,000 bales,
and twenty per cent of the crop was
sold at 19c and approximately only
3,000 bales have been marketed at
less than 18c.
, r
nc
e PAGE 1
possessions," broke in
Ue will, remember, was
Russell C Meter, 18, een of Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Meier, died at Ue
family home, 618 North Jackson
atreet at 4 o’clock yeaterday after-
noon.
3
1
mine superintendent.
"Is dad out yetr" he asked. Riee
nodded.
"Dead?" the boy asked.
“I'm sorry," Rice answered, “I be-
OFFICE
Atthe
in time for you to roach the trust
company—I wil consult hn eminent
lawyer, E. H. Riair, regarding your
unele’s wil and ask if your abeenee
far such a mum will jeopardise your
inheritance. Now I must go."
“Cant you wait for supper? Julia,
my maid, will be back ehortiy.
"Your mid ta oUF
Chase pat the question wRk a
quick, nervous twist of his head. He
drew a step nearer, a queer gleam
ta hit eyes, i .
"Mies Prescott, "
Banz, went the knocker on the
front door—a seco time Ito imper-
ative summons echoed through the
house before Peggy recovered suffi-
elent t from her eurprlee to mhewer
it. ondiah Evans faced her M Ue
White ie on trial la connection with
an alleged attack of Mra, Minnie
Wood near her home at Peavy Switch
1b days ago. Two other men alee
were indicted in connection with the
alleged erime.
A number of residents of the com-
munity testified Uey had never board
anything against Mrs Weed's char-
acter until the beginning of White's
trial.
White testified today, denying, any
criminal intent the night ef the crime.
York. N, J.L R. Via' Meter, general
...... ... . traffic manager of the long lines de
Chase rubbed.his bnd. togatkar. partment of the A. T. A T, Md Roy
FINAL WARNING ffiZJS
terday by J. W. DeWeese, elate fire
insurance commissionet.
Ia departmoat .tores and eUer
shops which are dangerowsly crowded
daring Ue holiday season, DeWeese
(Ry The Asnoclated Prem)
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19.—United
States Senator Thomas Connally of
Texan today asked the office of Gov-
ernor. Harry G. Lealie to aid a party
of .twenty-five people who he said
were marooned by enow drifts en Uni-
ted State. Highway 80 near Near
River and the Porter-Lake county
line.
The party had been marooned for
J8 houre la a farm house about half
way between Valparaiao and Crown
point Md Uat their supply of food
was running low.
A. H. Hinkle, suporintsadent of
maintenance of the state highway
commisaion, said every effort would
be made to get relief to Ue party.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS,
nipt. No. 784 in Bankruptcy.
Fleet Meeting of Creditors.
To the Creditors of Lee Johnson, of
Childress, Childress County, Texas,
in said District, a Bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on Ue
17th day of December, 1929, Ue above
named Lee Johnson, of Childres,
Texas, was duly adjudicated a bank-
you.’ he said, extending a huge hand,
"and I knew your brother; taint any
doubt about being twins,’ regarding
Chase olosely. 1 3 ..
“Our mother had difficulty telling
us apart" '
quickly. "I—" she swallowed hard.
"It’s hard to comprehend."
"Surely; to have a fortune slip
away," he sighed. “It’s devilish
tough. Miss Prescott."
Paggy closed her eyes; Chase must
not, should not see the blinding
tears. Oh, Ue man did not know
how dreadful it was; her pleas for
hsr fathoe—her invalid mother—Md
Jim. Chase’s voice came to her from
far off—what wae that lie was say-
Ing T Gamely, desperately, ahe pull,
sd herself together.
“There’s no telling what year
unele did wiU Ue necurities," he be-
gan; “thrown them ia the river—giv-
M them piecemeal—tO churches; you
knew bo went dippy on religion after
his wife’s death.”
"I wasn’t aware of it. Peer Unels
Herbert.” She drew a long, long
breath. "Is Uero no way to trace
the serurities!"
“I've called in Pinkerton detec-
llvaa," answered Chasa. “We plan a
consultation with the bank offieials
on Monday—Pd like you to be la New
York then."
"Oh, bat I can’t leave here for
more than aa hour, until after the
seventeenth of June," she exelaim-
ad. "If I do, Jamieson Sinclair in-
herits Tow Lodge."
Chase regarded her dubiously, "I
believe any court would excuse your
absence on such an errand," he ex-
plained patiently, “and that it would
not invalidate year claim to the in-
heritance under Ue will, which, if
are subjeet to rale. All aasets to be
sold free Md clear of Dorna, or ia
the alternative, subject to any and
all valid indebtedness against the
same, if My.
Invoice may be inspected on appli-
ealien to Ben N. Stone, Referee ia
Bankroptey. Amarillo, Tezas.
Dated at Amarillo, Texes, Doeam-
ber 17, 1020,
' T ‘ * REN B. STONE.
_. .... Referee la Bankraptey.
Loom’s courage, the widows an-l
fatherless children of the colony mt
about making Ue best of things,
although grief was manifest every-
where in the crepe etreamer Uat
hung where belly wteaths had been.
A Christmas fund was aecumulat-
lag. At the head of the list of
donors was Ue name of Will Rogers.
JOklahoma cowboy humorist. The Me-
Alester chapter of Ue Red Cross
already had collected $4,000 and radio
stations throughout the state carried
appeals for aid.
Last of Bodies Out
The last of Ue 19 bodies were re-
covered late yesterday and as'identi-
fications were made at the town
morgue, miners went to Ue homes to
announce tbs sad news. The mes-
STATE OFFICIAL INCLUDES
"DONTS TO AVOID CHRIST-
MAS TRAGEDY
if Peggy forfelts her - rights.
IE MAN OR
TYSDEAD
1 11 to become manager of a local
’ textile plant on Jan: 1.
mable nature be avoided and Uat all
temporary wiring for electric light-
. ing .or power be installed by expert
electricians, a
Accumulations of holiday packing
materiala, ho Mid, hold dangerous
fire posibilities, and all scraps
should be removed twice a day. It ta
espeeially hazatdous, he declared, to
allow such rubbish to pile up under
epumters Md stairways sad at Uo
base of elevator shafts. He recom-
mended Uat "M hmoking" signs be
displayed throughout stereo and Ue
rules enforeed.
Christmas trees, Ue commjssioner
Mid, should not be trimmed with in-
femmable decorations, glow burnihg
up two months before his
pails together. "Soon’s I put these
tn Ue kitchen. I’ll take you back
with me."
"But I must return to Stone Tow.
er—" -
“It’s bad going over Mohawk paae
after last night’s rain” broke in
Obndinh, quickly. "Besides, Debby
said your brother left word, he’d be
back—"
“In that case,” Chase turned to
Foggy aa Obadiah disappeared into
the pantry; "I’ll go with Mr. Evans.
Ill get in touch with you without
fail. Don’t worry,” he held her hand
in a firm clasp, "and, above all, keep
your own counsel.”
The advice was given in little above
a whisper Md Obadiah failed to
catch it on re-entering Uo room.
“I’m ready, now, Mr. Evans," and
enatehlng up his hat Chase accompa-
nied Ue farmer out of the front door.
Peggy watched them go, giving but
a mechanical reply te Obadiah’s last
wards, Men eloned the door. Half
across the room, eho etopped -and
picked up the clip of paper found in
her unele’s cafe deposit box.
Droppnig down on a ehair in front
of hle desk, ahe again read with
dared, bewildered eyes the message
upon it:
"The Lord giveth and the Lord
taketh away. Blessed be the
name of the Lord."
Suddenly her heed fell forward on
the desk and her overcharged feel-
ings found veat in a burst of tears--
her inheritance was but a house of
cardsa
A musty book throws a new Hght
on the identity of Jamieson Sin-
elair ia tomorrow’s tnstanment.
Christmas decorations of sap tnflam- Bankrupt.
- - * No. 784 Ia Bankruptcy.
NOTICE OF SALE.
CARLSBAD IRRIGATION
COTTON RETURNS HIGHER
_________________ _ _______ were conducted from the home yes-
m-esent every child here with a well- F terday afternoonat 4 oretoek.
med Christmas cock.
and fire proof products, such as
metel tinael, flake aebestos and
powdered mica may now be purehnsed
with the safety feature added to their
benutityihg effect, he peintod out.
Lighted candles, DeWeene declared,
should act bo usta on Christmas trees
or anywhere else. Electric bulbs
should net be bung on trees in eon-
mua"ienria"cebi
Church of Christ offieiatd. Inter-
meat wm made la Llano cemetery un-
der the direction of N. 8. Griggs A
Sons’ funeral chapel.
--------------
sdges were received quietly. Widows,
mothers and sisters already knew.
The plight of the Davie family was
typical. “Red" Davit, the father, bed
been one of the belt liked miners in
the town.
Leon “went to the mines with dad"
whea hs wss 16 years old snd worked
ss a switchman. After tha explosion
he joined the men la rescue work.
Ia the crowd at the tipple were his
mother snd Leona.
The girl learned first of her
father’s death. She had been re-
assuring the mother, saying "dad will
be all right."
Then two miners standing nearby
spoke of the bodies coming froth the
shaft.
“I understand Red Davis was
killed," one said.
Leona screamed. Hsr mother looked
at her, sensed what had happened
CHAPTER 28.
HER NOUBB OF CARDS
The ehock ot the news stunned
Peggy and Philander Chase looked at
her aympathetieally- Her fortune
vanished ar at least that part of it
with which she had planned to make
her father and mother happy to their
declining yean.
A moment ef silence and then
Peggy looked up, anxious for farther
details.
“When did you discover thio, Mr.
Chase?"
“Whoa I was making an appraisal
of the estate for my report to the
probate court. So that you will
understand, perhaps I’d bettor start at
the beginning.
“As I told you when I mw you in
New York, your uncle wao a very
wealthy man. When he retired, he
placed a email fortune la building
and furnishing thio place. After it
wao built, he turned all other real
estato holdings late negotiable M-
curities. Those he put into a lock
box ia his vault in the Guarantee
Trust company in New York. I was
not only present bat an official of
the bank, tha vice president to be
exact, wae present also.
"Well?" questioned Peggy; her
throat felt dry and parched. “Go on,
please.”
“Preseott’s fortune was estimated,
then, and we have a list of the se-
curities. at more than 81,000,000.
"Thursday, in the presence of an
official from the registrar of wills’
office, and the vice president of the
bank, I opened the safe deposit box
and found not one Mcurlty—not eo
much m a dime.”
Paggy eyed Chase in despair.
“But,” she exclaimed, “Undo must
have put the securities in another
bank.”
“His will, Miss Prescott, states
that ia that box would be found all
MRS. MARIE POOL DIES
' AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
in the first annual Xmas Decorating and Lighting Contest.
Mail year coupon today « you Want to enter in the first annuni
Ort—M decorating aad ilghting contest. You are not eligible ter the
prizes unlesa year eowpon ta to tee Chamber of Commeree offleen Fee
farther information cal the Chamber of Ca—am or Mru W. R. Browne,
""T cM^.m • tta. Ctetmm sommittin 221
Pinal marningte peeple of Texas _ _
ngainst careless fires wm issued yes- and twenty m: 1 liens.
showing Mier plates and containing
500 designs of Ladies', Misses' nnd
Childrews Patterns, a CONCISE AND
COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE ON
DRESSMAKING; ALSO POINTS FOR
THE NEEDLE (illestrating 18 ef the
various simple stitches,) al! valusble
hints to the home dressmaker. Ad-
dress all orders to The Newa-Globe,
11-12 Sterlne Piace, Brooklyn, M. It
Gouldy, Louis Buffkin
wee Felten.
— w ptaMi—we Md in the stems rh
Rev. R. C. Jones, poster of the “ “
(By The Asoclated Pleas)
HOUSTON, Toxm, DM. 18,—To two
state witnesses, we a stocky phy-
aieian and the other a tousleheaded
newspaper reporter, tha defense In
the Howard Minton murder trial laid
stage today In an effort to show that
Robert Powell, a negro Minton is ae-
rased of having helped lynch, may
have died from eauses other than
strangulation at the and ef the rope.
The doctor, Ernest Wright, eounty
health officer, insisted that Pbwell
was a lynch victim.
Dr. Wright, deseribed in ghastly
detail the wounds be saw ea Powell's
body after it was cut down.
He testified as to the position of
the body on the repo Md Mid the
6317. ___________
Cut in 4 81pm 6,8,10
made with sleeves in :
length it will require 3%
yards. Price 15c. -
16686. Ladieg” Dress.—
crosswise.The width of the
et tiw lower edge with
plait fulnese extended ia 234
zards Price 15c.
Bond llle ia silver er stamps 7
Texas, odr UP-TO-DATE FALL AND wiN-
. 1920, TER 1029-30 BOOK OF FASHIONS,
lri”.
... __________ ___________ “Ob. Mr. Chase, what does it
well has been associated with the menn?” ahe ashed. ------
-- - “Mad? I presume ae." He looked
A Christmas tree well lighted will
be located at the intemeetion of the
two mala streets. Several streamers
of colored lights have been placed
across the streets.
etlpemtacca.TetmetM aidnrazarrslnb2ontatngt.3a
lieve you bettor go to your family |
now." Leon left, tears running down ।
hie face.
There were five sets of brothers ’
fneludee to the foil. All were
Mexchs.
\ Mexican Ie Stoical
The nemark of Valentino Cisneros,
T0-yeapold Msalcan, was typical.
"Well, I have two more," he eaid
when workers told him two of his
sons had perished. “If I had more
they would be minors." He had
spent moot of his life mining coal.
More than $12,000 fer melief had
been given by various agencies and
individuals today. The Rsd Cross
sol the relief fund at $35,000. First
request wm for $20,000, but a survey
of the destitute tamilies occai le ned
raising the relief figure.
The Red Cross announced that
funds would be Mod only to provide
for needy families Md burial at first.
The scores of childmen rhess fathers
perished ia the depths of the little
Bolen were assured of having some-
thing in their stocking.
The' bodies of the 59 victims were
being removed to homes today as
funeral preparations were made. The
first funeral will be hold Friday for
Chase rose with some abruptness.
" However, before I send for yen
Texan, on December, enaMondzamndannerhon ahmen
_c
. 4 Upited Prema.)
ON BOARD THE S. 8. LEVIATH-
AN. 1400 miles at see—By Radio
Telephone, 11:30 a. m. ship’s -time,
Dec. 19. After one of the most pn-
succesaful trips to Europe on record,
Louis Salazacheck, 20, New York,
warned all would-be rtowaways to
stay away from the United States
lines.
He wm hard at werk polishing ma-
chinery while he told his story.
Tha lad stowed away on the Le-
viathan when she loft New York on
her last trip and surrendered to the.
■hip's officers when hs wm 24 hours
at Ma, saying he wanted a job. He
wm promptly accommodated by be-
ing put to work scrubbing docks way
down inside the ship.
On the way over, as everyone
knows, the weather wm about the a
worst in history, and Louis lond A
for his happy home. When the »i•
arrived at Southampton, he waa taken
ashore, but hie only view of England
consisted of what ha could see on
a quarter mile walk to the Bargate, ,
prison where he spent two and onK
half days on short rations. 14
On Monday ho eras brought bock tp
the Leviathan and tot to work again
for the return voyage.
“You can toll 'em for me that Im
all through with life at sea," be Mid.
illness.
' Mr. Fool waa la Winelew, Arizona,
on business at the time of hie wife's
death. He has heed notified by wire.
The body is in the care of N. 8.
Grigge A Sona, pending the arrival
of relatives.
(By United Prose)
McAlester, Okla., Doe. 19.—
Smiling bravely through their tears,
a 19-year-old girl of the miners’
colony and her 17-year-old brother
“carried on" today as sa example far
the saddened families of the 19 vie-
time of the Old Town mine disaster,
"I wil? Rave to stand it," Leona
Davis said'when she learned her
father’s body waa ta one ef the sacks
that was lugged from the explosion-
torn depths. “Mother has too much
M h»r hands with seven of us to look
Mt for. New there's only Leon and
mo to make a living.”
Leon will go back to tbs mine to
take up the pick and shovel he
wielded as one of the rescue erew.
Taking heart from Leon and
dART ATTACK IS FATAL TO
R, W. DUREN AT HIS
W . HOMI HERE .
Funeral services for Freida Caro-
Une Reddy, 3-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mre. O. T. Reddy, who died
Wednesday morning in a local hM-
pital, were oi a de st id from the Folk
Street Methodist Church yesterday
aftemnoon at 2 o’elock.
Bov. J. A. Raya, pastor, officiated.
SYNOrsiss An fromie fate
broughe Leut. Egar stanton to
hta death at the handaof Foggy
AuNSSinentt’meh, ^ritb^OM
tore be trifled. Foggy makes thia
dlscovery with the old ef Julla and
- tksai an hour ted a belt. He will
followed him toward the dinlag Mom.
- "Wait, Mr. Evans," she exclaimed.
"Have you met Mr. Philander Chaset"
Deliberately Obadiah t reas ferrod
both palla to one hand before facing
the other man.
"I heard Mr. Ptescott talk about
I . Outlof-town relatives of Richard
I ,W. (Dick) Duren. 81 years old, who
I was found dead in bed el his home,
| 818 Proapect avenue, yesterday morn-
I Ulg. wih arrive in Amarillo early this
I Morning. Funeral arrangements will
likely besmade soon after.
I Mr. Duren had been a resident of
Amarillo for 81 years, having come
here from Corsicana in 1908. Ho
had been in the abstract business dur-
in; those years and was looked upon
at a dean of Panhandle abstraetors.
He was widely known throughout the
Panhandle country-
The aged abstractor had been
troubled with a weak heart for some-
time, according to Claude Duke, a
neighbor, who stayed with him until
2:30 o’elock yesterday morning. Be-
Moving that Mr. Dereu was resting
well, Mr. Dake went to his own home.
When he returned later in the morn
ing be found Mr. Duren deed. A
severe cold in his chest was thought
to have caused the fatal heart at-
tack.
Wife la ta Hospital
Hie wife, Mn. Eula M. Doren. is
confined in Northwest Texas hospital
Buffering from a broken hip, received
from a fall about three weeks ago.
In 1909 Mr. Doren began working
for the MeKnight-Williams agency
of Amarillo. When that firm merged
with the Amarillo Abatract company
be WM made secretary and treasurer
of the new company.. He had been
vice-president of the MeKnight-Wi-
liams company.
Besides his wife Mr. Duren is sur-
vived by three sisters, Mrs. J. B. Gid-
eon ef Daitas, a Mrs. Adams of San
Antonio and a Mrs. Jackson of Cor-
sicana; a son-in-law. Lather Stone
and two grandchildren. Richard Lee
and Gladys Stone, all of Hereford.
The body to being held at the N.
S. Griggs A Sons' mortuary pending
completion of funeral arrangements.
Eitos for F. B. Sanford, N. chief
dispatcher for the Santa Fe railway,
who died at bio home, 1626 Hayden
Street, Wednesday, were held from
the First Baptist Church at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Rev. C. L.
Yates officiated.
Barial was made in Llano cemetery
under lh<, auspices of Amarillo
Masonie Lodge xvat with a knighu
Templar escort, N. S. Griggs A Sons
were in charge of arrangements.
Fall bearers were: J. B. Briscoe,
R. W.* Prentice. W. H. Fuqua, C. S.
Cravens, T. W. Bruner aad H. E.
Billingsles.
The deceased is sarvived by his
wife and daughter, Mrs W. P.
Schooper, Shidler. Okla.; a brother,
W. E. Sanford of Greenville, Texas,
and a slater, Mrs. J. D. Jarvia, Okla-
homa City.
"Tbs lawyer's businesa is always
somebody sIm’s business aad ef a
controversial, nature," said Hermon
a Pipkin, in makiog a elasification
talk before the Amarillo Rotary club
yesterday. T“
"Many people think that the law-
rar's business is all profit but they
do not stop to think of the years of
training necessary and ths early
years of his practice whsn the re-
taraa were small.
"By reason of his training the law-
yer is expected to be a leader in
all civic activities aad much at his
work is ef an altruistic nature."
Mr. Pipkin discussed at length the
code of ethics of the legal profed-
nion and asserted that much at the
criticism directed at the fraternity
wm undeserved.
Ia telling of a recent grand jury
report la which reference wao made
to the alleged practice ef an Ama-
rillo attorney in suppressing testi-
mony. Mr. Pipkin told ef the meth-
ods that most be uaed in disbarring
any lawyer and asserted that the lo-
cal bar association waa new being
incorporated in order that it might
take the proper procedure in cases
sf professional misconduct.
Mr. Pipkin also told of the tre-
mendous growth of the legal ma-
chinery and told of the importance
of business men serving on the jury.
"The layman is prone to criticise
the jury system," Mid Mr. (Pipkin,
“and when he ia called for service
will make some excuse to get off
instead of doing his duty."
Jim Oakes, chairman of the elas-
sification committee, was in charge
of the program.
XMAS DECORATING AND -
LIGHTING CONTEST
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Howe, Gene A. Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1929, newspaper, December 20, 1929; Amarillo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1568044/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.