Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 96, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1927 Page: 2 of 16
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dispatch Myo that all commtnications
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spent the night fol- triet attorney.
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“The cov
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Our Unusual Clearance Sale
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THE FINEST WORK CLOTHES
their return.
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EXTRADITION TO
FACE CHARGES
$1.65
$2.65
4om,
made
ENDS LIFE N,
GOINAMOFHCE
Amarile Sand
and reach El
Amarillo from less than Md to 1,000.
The Rock Island train wiB leave
Elevators made in America are being
inntailed in several government build-
Ings now being erected in Monica.
Of the ease against William Hargrove
and John Sawnner.
For Regular $33.50
to $40.09 values.
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agencies in the thirteen woetom states
Texas has sixteen agencies, and of the
three and one-hif years she has been
in the field, this state has claimed one
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and seareh."
b They are continuing the hunt.
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SPECIAL
.-$2.95
ATTRIBUTE SUICIDE OF WILLIAM
E. KNOX TO GENERAL ILL
of Kern county, California, and the pos-
sibility of damage to crepe and trees
much greater.
______$6.35
$7.45
L2-$105 '
ess’ Aid.
Miss McMechen arrived here Febru-
aryle from Dallas and will leave to-
day for El Paso on her round of in-
$2.50 —Imm --
63.50 values --
$2.65
-.$2.95
ALLEGED FORT WORTH SLATERS
LEAVE ARDMORE UNDER
HEAVY GUARD
SENATE APPROVES
FARM UEN PLAN
Deputy Sheriffs
Kiersoy guarded
Chambers aloe wm
r—Tm
For Re
, gentiemen!" Jacks shouted,
lution decried nay such, but
TAKE STEPS TO STAMP
OUT FIELD MICE ARMY
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Sweaters
PossiMty that Amarillo, may have
a regular agency of the National Asso-
ciation of Travelers’' Aid Societies this
fall, was expressed yesterday by Virginia
McMechen, field representative for thir-
teen western states with headquarters
in Les Angeles,
At present Mrs. Jessie Koss, secretary
of the Welfare association, is-ths co-
Leather Jackets
AUSTIN. Feb. d.—Bv unanimous vote
the senate Friday passed a bill by Lave
of Dallas and Hardin of Stephenville,
providing liens on crops of members of
farmers co-operative marketing associa-
tlons must be eollected through the as-
sociations.
Brqwers of Caldwell, succeeded Ip eg;
acting an amendment specifying chatteh
mortgages, landlords and lions of per-
sons furnishing money for the growing
of cram shall not ho impaired.
The senate adjourned until 10 o'clock
Monday morning.
Members characterised the legislation
as th “most important” thus far before
the legislature and declared mgrieultural
marketing conditions will be greatly im-
proved to the relief of present low prices.
The bill authorizes the recording of
marketing agreements in county clerks’
offices to be available for inspectimend.
will result in farmers being able to cell
mortgaged erope at any time.
Palmer Miami Champ.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. 4— T. W.
Palmer, of Miami, former state amateur
golf champion, wow the annual Miami
Beach Amateur championship tourned to.
day by defenting C. A Roberts of New
York City, d to ». _________
VondMmerwe, champion Mon hunter
of the northern Transvaal, died recently
from wounds inflicted by his thirty-
ninth lioness.
Many Germans an going to Australia
to live.
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SERMON HR BUY MRS
TO BE BROUGHT SIMMY
Agee of the defendants range from 26
to about M years; the ages of the “vie-
tims" range from Id to about to ,
Am rag the "victime" are whites, me-
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FROM
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SPECTION
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. LISBON, PORTUGAL, Feb. A—Fight-
ing waa continuing at a late hour to-
aight at Oporto where a revolutionary
movement was started yesterday.
The building at Oporto used as revo-
lutionary headquarters is surrounded
by troops who are trying to arrest the
members of the revolutionary commit-
tee the government announced.
$4.550 and $5.00 values----$3.65
$6.0 values ----- -- —---$445
FINEST QUALITY SKILLED TAILORING
3 EXTREME PRICE REDUCTION IN
$5.00 velues -----
$8.50 valus ——
$10.00 values ----
$13.50 values La.
men about the alleged offer white in
Houston reporting to the optomietrists
* before arranging the “deal.” Moore la
author of a bill to increase the greet
production tax on crude oil.
’ ■ idm"en
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$19.50
For Regular $25.00
, to -$33.50 values.
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ficiently strong to go to the jury in the
cases of these two men.” He announced
also that two counts mgainst R. K. Hobin-
son and one count against Floyd Dodd
had been disminsed.
Nine Tol Face Trial.
The defendants who remain are: Ray-
mond Teller, sheriff of Willacy county;
Floyd Dodd, Justice of the peaet; R. P.'
Robinson, county attorney; C. R. toek-
well and L. K. Stockwell, fanners; bank
Brandt, deputy sheriff; Cart aandt,
farmer; Lloyd Burnett, farmer ahd dir-
ian: RaD, Reisdorph, rettred farmqg.
The two Brandts are brothers; ths Stoch-
green and Morisons The goveh
contention has been that cotton
Hansen Gloves
$2.0 valuds —— --------1-
$3.00 values..-------------
aeon—Mr. Knox enter a third floor’
tonage room to root after luncheon, went
DALLAS SOLON
TitSe
muas OF MESSAGE FROM FIRM
APPROACHED TO GIVE
- - .LOBBYISTS FUNDS
with theorem
$4250
1 ” 2 E, 4
dmpeeRejulars5.00
to >07.50 values.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Feb. A—The Wi-
lacy eonty peonage cases will go to the
jury about noon tomorrow it was indi-
eated when the night session of court
adjourned tonight. Clarene Kendall,
United States district Attorney, only
counsel who has not argued, said that he
would require about two hours Judge
L.S. Huteheson said bo would take 45
minutes to charge the jury. Court will
open at d o’clock tomorrow morning.
Judge Gordan Boom of Corpus Chris-
ti and Judge James Graham of Browns-
ville argued last night. the latter clos-
ing with a two hour plea that no man be
convicted of such grave charges unless
the evidence is indisputable.
Clarence Kendall, United States dis-
values to $20---
$10.00 values -----
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Beek to Loans nf Part. •
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WASHINGTON, Feb. A — A request
that Secretary Kellogg inform eonereas
whether the American government has
wife, bis brother aasd sinter, who refqetd
to give their namea They ceme to Ard-
more today. 1 rvic,si2 1
Sheriff B. C. London of Ardmore and
Deputy Sheriff Balo Duna aerampaniai
WOboR. who was bandsuffei on baa mo-
tor ear. ___
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Wool Shirts
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of the dying process. Every yeare -
shows sems improvement in health
statistics but great loss in births.
With sbul 2000,000 population the
deaths have decreased in twenty
years from 32,000 to 32,000 while the
births diminished from 55,000 to 23,-
Odd.
ARDMORE, Okla, JMh a—cegil Cham-
bora and Ray Wilsn, indicted in Fort
Worth, Texas, on a charge of robbing
and murdering Harass Wilson, an em-
ploye of the Majestic theater there,
signed waivers fiextradition hero late
today and were started toward the Twas
city in automobile under heavy grari.
They were expeeted to amive ri about
sel and returned to hie homie yesterday.
"t‘* The first note left by the kidnappers
. who sought a ransom for the like ration
of the banker, directed that Grades’ re-
latives proceed to a point near Hart-
shorne. There they found another mes-
sare telfng them to “leave the car and
walk up the rood” to a white flag. Thora
they were instructed to leave the money
and return to their automobile. About
■ his time tbs posse hoard a car start ia
the mountains nearby. They gave chaos
but were outdistanced.
Returning to their automobile they
found another note directing them to go
to the culvert where the first note* was
TO BE GIVEH
JURY TODAY
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ARGUMENTS NEAR END IN TRIAL
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— died at his home in Houston Friday after
an illness of several months, will' bo
buried hers Saturday.
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Those exelusite photoe of the troops of Adolfo Dias, eonservative president of Nicararua, net sally preparing for war with the'Midlers of Juan R. Sacasa, liberal
claimant to the presideney, are first published by The News. They afford aa enlightened insight ints the modernity of the weapons with which the warring Nica-
raguan forees are eqanipved. Above is seen the Dias infantry marshalled for the march while at the left below a woman warrior is undergoing instruction in the use
of her rifle. And at the right, conservative leaders are shown grouped about a military telegraph station receiving reconnaisance reporta.
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$3.50 values--
$4-00 values —r
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in Ri Paso Tuesda;
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soon after the
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Houston Attorney Dies.
HOUSTON, Feb. 4—Presley K. Ewing.
66, prominent Houston attorney, who
(, The Amorist sd Prems)
LONDON, Feb. A—A dispatch to the
Daily Mall from Vigo says that the
military revplt in Portugal extends over
the whole north Portugal end that all
'the northern garrisons are involved ex-
cept those at Braga and Vianna. The
iz mi
minded the “people of Texas", that’. the
legislature always is willing to get atti-
itudes of those with legitimate interesta.
4 Miss Louise Snow of Lyford, assistent
of the house for three sessions, was
elected clerk to sueceed Carl Phinney,
BRIBE HEARING
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____ the money on the bed “or some-
thing like that,” it was deeided that he
should give the money to Dole as the
latter wm on his way to the capital,
Chamberlain said.
As he and Date left. Mode called his
brother legislator back to the room for
a moment, and that he notified the
ranger epatains in the meantime that the
pasing of the money "wise about to take
place and that they preceded him and
Dale to the rendezvous. ka-v - • •*-
- Handed Dale Motey.---
After handing Dale the money, he tola
Mm:
“Now I’ve dope my part. you go on in
the committee and handle that bill,” but
that Dale -demurred, suying heymould
"have to go back and satisfy Moore,"
Chamberlain testified.
Asked whom he told of the purported
offer before getting the "identified"
money to complete the deal, Chamberlain
said he hed conferred with Speaker R. L.
Bobbitt aad others. who had advised him
to notify officers. He wm hazy, however,
as to who had told him specifically to
the Classified Ads
rite twstqiwd to booeme Governor Dan —
Moody's asistant secretory. Vise Sisow
lo the first woman to hold the honse
place. George Puri of Dallas charged
"railreading" when supporters of Miro
siow attempted to elect her by aeclamae
idion shortly after Phinney's resignation
"was read. tart secended bar nomination _---
ritev other candidates got la the race
this afteinoon. He said be wee very -
much in favor of Mise Snow but opposed '
cutting off other nominations
Johq I. Lowery, nergeant of the me-
me divinion of Um Now York polleedh-
artment and Henry Gertner were found
otzuilts
( • rto $50.00 values.
amemersrseaaguqmr-wpucEDI
take the matter to the rangers. c.n . —A
Chamberlain denied having told anyoil AT CORPUS CHRISTI; TO
Two stoves, andineed eniN
-l2ne “ ensient. thipee
the word io eellce*tk
sieve. Globe Newi elnahifie
Merchandjme Ado wisutdd
triek! •20
If you wane ehiri a
- ejunt road the often linted M
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—A revolver shot,
muffled by the roar of traffic outside,
the Forty-second street branch of the
Bowery Bavings bank today ended the---
life of Wiliam Rliott Knox, who raw
fromaninor clerkship to the presideny
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w.-ninn tH -Santee "idriv,4 Perey- Delamat
$3.50 a 400
$5.50 values --1-1
10.00 values -I--.
Winter Underwear
Specini loRbbedTUnion Suits
all sizes -75c
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LOGAN, UTAH, Feb. 4.—Millions of
field mice have infested the rich Cache
valley of Utah, R. L. Wrigley, county
agent declared today and five tons of
poisoned oats have already been used
in an effort to exterminate them with
practically no appreciable dereane in
their numbers being noticed. J
County Agent Wrigley expressed the
opinion this morning that the fields
throughout Portugal have been inter- bad orchards of the Cache valley era as
badly invested as the certain regions
spection. Of the forty-five organized
AUSTIN, Feb. A-^PrafMaioael 007
ista” said “to hire out” to fight or
. spooler any given bulinethe. Fortieth
lezislature, were scored in a resolution -
1 Sadopred by the house today.
1 Represetnative Net Jackm Dallas, au-
Ihor of the resolution, declared that only
" qtnoon he tot telephone taH from: ==
B.IU1 concern saying that » supposed
feuad. There they feued directions to
“go tea’house fear miles west of Howel 7!M6
were Chambers’ wit and stator. Mis
brother rode with Wilco*.
- eny seret understandipe with foreign
- powers over the roe of military forces
le China was asade in‘a resolution to-
dey by Representative Black, Democrat.
U a. m. teaserrow.
. It wm learned 1
“ men signed the W
he said,"that it has not made a case suf-
Although the financing will be done
locally through the Community Chest,
supposedly, if an agency ia established
here, Miss McMechen is trying to stimn-
late interest.
The number of transients and travel
avenues ere the basis for establishiqe
anragency, she says. Amarillo has
three •main line railroads with thirty
trains In and out daily and one central
bus station with slaty busses incoming
and outgoing daily which makes this
an important transportation center, she
explains.
The nearest Travelers* .Aid agency is
at Wichita Falls. If one is established
here, one woman would handle the four
station centers earing for aged propio,
ehildren aad girls. . Mre. Resa hM been
co-operating hero through the, Welfare
association for two yean.
MANSFIELD, Ark. Feb. 4. —Bandits
are taking-the game of "treasure hunt"
or at teast are fitting it to their pur-
A sherifrs posse seurehing for oat-
taws who kidnapped C. C. Graves, MaM-
field beaker and left him tggsned and
cagged la a deserted farm ouse Bear
eonceal aad distribute
chandine le eonneetio
handily in the Classified Ade
today and every day.
' ezmrzatar,mmrooe;
pvodruren
Fighting Follows in Wake
- - 4year of the time, she said.
Of Portuguese Revolution
ROCK ISLAND TO SPEND ”
27 MIUION-THIS YEAR
-
Kg Delegation
To Cattlemen’s
-- Meet Is Assured
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Added Interesta in the special
traina which win run from AxsariHo
to El Paso, to the Cattlemen's con-
vention, March Id, Isvilspil into
yesterday when the Santa Fo railway
announced that 184 reMrrattons had
been made with them, in .addition to
the 100 announce by the Rock Isiah
goad Thursday.
(With a total of 234 teiervations
made fire weeks in advance of the
meeting, offieinis of the Board of
City Pevelopment, who afe sponder-
Ing the trains, are elated and have
were held on the farms under rih ___
tary eervitude" and that the cetesty {all
was a “reeruiting office for the fidlds."
Kowe, Qklahe
lowinz ail
retukned today
nd empty HM
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^Professional Lobbyists' Scored In Resolution Adopted By Hou
to summon him on the telephone in his -
office downstairs. Hs found Mr. Knox,
• revolver gripped In his hand, lying
lifeless on the Qloor. A physician said
he had-been dead for halfsan hour.
Had Nervous Breakdown.
Officials of the bank attributed Mr.
Knox’s suicide to general ill health. They
said he suffered a nezvous breakdown
three months ago. Recovering,. Knox
returned to duty at the baah, worhing,
they said, eight, tea'At twelve hours e
day as conditions dictated. He wm not
despondent at any time, they said.
Mr. Knox was born in Strabane, Ire-
land, in 1862. He casse to America as •
boy and was educated in Nsw York pub-
lic schools end city college. He entered
the employ of the Bowery Savings bank
in IBM as a elerk. He rape steadily and
ia IMS wm made president. Under his
-direction the bank became the second
largest savings bank in New York, with
a total of $259,000,000 in deposits and
2,111,000 depositors.
Ho wm sueeoeded m president of the
American Bankers' assoclation in 1923by '
Oscar Wells of Birmingham, Alabama.
of written direction end
to this point they start-
lea: Gtavs released him-
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fiwtnKvknmminn
Wisse of •■dgawntoe, IL 4. He hlef ri
Pole and we deteetivee and othen
Gayety Is Blamed
For Birth Decline
Among Vienese
eBy #. Am-Oeinta Premn
VIENNA, Feb. 4- The Vienese ore
dying out because they don't want
zhildren.
The death rate now le forty per
cent higher than the birth rate and
the population is shrinking every
year: Gayety and intemperance are
blamed.
Sanitation aad lessened infant mor-
tality have merely lessened the speed
of the bank and-of the American Bank-
ets*associstion.
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Howe, Gene A. Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 96, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1927, newspaper, February 5, 1927; Amarillo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1570104/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.