Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 318, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1925 Page: 7 of 20
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WICHITA D AILY TI MES, FRIDAY, MARCH 27,1925
7.
- PROBE FINANCIAL
• FEATURE OF CASE
OF JUDGE ENGLISH
-sr.-LoUrs. March 21. mn—with A
, turn toward the financial aspect of
the case the congressional investi-
| gallon of the official conduct of
Judge George W. English, East St.
Louls. Ills. today approached one
T of the most important phases of
the hearings. The committee has
the power of recommending im.
peachment proceedings depending
upon the outcome of the inquiry.
# Members of the Union Trust
Company of East St. Louts had test
| tified that the bank paid Judge
English's son: Faris, who was in
its employ, interest over a period
of nine months on bankruptcy funds
on the theory that young English
could prevent withdrawal of the
federal deposits.
The deposits. It was testified,
. were made. through trustees ap-
pointed by Charles B. Thomas, him-
C self aneappointee as referee in
bankruptcy of Judge English. Paul
Schlafly, chairman of the bank
board. said Faris English was paid
three per cent to assure holding the
funds which averaged more than
, $75,000. .
1 K. P. Keshner, vice president of
the bank. told the committee that
Schlafly and Fred W. Hemker, an.
other bank official told him they
had discussed the interest payments
with Judge English.
Frank T. O'Hare, counsel for
Judge English, sought to bring out
that the alleged influence Eng:
, lish's son was an assumption and
that it had no direct connection
with the jurist. 1
STORM WARNING (SUED
1, BY GOVERNMENT BUREAU
WASHINGTON March 27. (A)—
- The weather buresy today issued
the following. storm, warning:
Advisory 10:30 a. Fresh south
and southwest winds will shift to
northwest this afternoon with thun.
der squalls Atlantic coast. Sandy
Hook to” Hatteras and late this aft-
ernoon or early tonight north of
Sandy Hook to East Port.
PLAN TO MOVE BODY OF *
ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY
TO BETHLEHEM CHAPEL
WASHINGTON, March 27. (-
Attended by ‘a naval guard of honor,
the body of Admiral George Dewey,
hero of Manila bay, will be moved
from Arlington national cemetery
tomorrow or Monday and placed in
Bethlehemchapel of the national
cathedral here.
The removal was requested by
the widow of Admiral Dewey, who
announced that George W. Dewey
of Chicago, son of the admiral, had
concurred.
A erypt at the chapel will be the
temporary resting place of the ad-
miral and when the cathedral is
completed a memorial will be built
in the Transept reservedfor mill-
tary dead. Woodrow Wilson and a
number of high church dignitaries
are entombed at the cathedral.
FOUR REPORT
DEAD US RESULT
- OF FOREST FIRES
ABERDEEN, S. D., March 37. (—
After burning over an area of ap-
proximately 150,000 acres, two
prairie fires near Wakpala, S. D.,
were reported extinguished in. A
telephone message from that town
today. 1
sioUx FALLS, s. D., March 27.4P
OMACH,
Chew a few Pleasant Tablets
—Stomach Feels Fine!
DEADLOCK IS REACHED
IN JAPANESE DIET ON
MANHOOD SUFFRAGE BILL
TOKIO, March 27. (P)—A deadlock
has been reached in the diet over
the manhood suffrage bill which has
pready prolonged the parliamentary
session by two days beyond the des
creed date and is now reported to
be threatening a government erisis.
,NARCOTIC BANDITS
LOOT DRUG STORES
TWO ARE ENTERED
The allied government'parties in
the lower house have thus far re-
fused to accept the peers' amend-
ments and insist that the bill pass
as drawn by the government. The
peers are equally stubborn, and it is
reported if today's conferences fail
in agreement the diet may be dis-
solved or there may possibly be a
ministerial resignation.
With prairie fires near Wakpala,
S. D., extinguished early today at-
tention of the state to the fire area .
is concentrated in the Rosebud In- SAN ANTONIO YOUTH IS
dian reservation, where unconfirmed
reportstellof extensive damage
Crippled wire communication made
it difficult to run down reports
from the southern fire zone, where
the village of Tuthill, Vetel and St.
Francis .were reported destroyed
and other reports told of deaths
In announcing plans for the re-
moval of the-body Mrs Dewey ex.
plained that Admiral Dewey was a
communicant o f th e Episcopal
church for many years.
The mausoleum of Admiral Dewey
in Arlington cemetery is near the
mast of the battleship Maine and -_______..,_______________
the dead of the war with Spain are . The list of dead in unconfirmed
buried in rows about it. , -------------4-4 %- *** **-
Admiral Dewey died in January,
1917, He was 80 years of age, but
by special act of congress he was
on active duty throughout his life
and at the eime of his death was
president of the naval general
board.
reports had mounted to four to-
day, all in the southern South Da-
kota-Nebraska area.
Finns DEVASTATE MORE
THAN 300 SQUARE MILES
ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY
CHARGE DEMOCRATIC -
SECRETARY RESPONSIBLE
IN MRS. CHAPLIN CASE
WASHINGTON, March 27. ()-
Responsibility for the presence an
this country of Mrs. Hannah Chap-
lin, mother of Charles Chaplin, film
star, was placed today by Secre-
tary Davis on the last Democratic
administration.
The secretary presented this as-
bect of the case in a letter to Rev.
W A. (Billy) Sunday, revivalist,
who joined in the request that Mrs:
Chaplin be permitted to remain in
this country for another year to re-
celve further treatment for the
mental disorder from which she is
suffering. Mr. Davis wrote that
he would consider the ease from
the humanitarian standpoint at the
same time .keeping the “departs-
ment's peculiar Interest in the case
in mind," and expected to reach an
early decision.------------
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 27. (P)-
Fire fighters in two widely sepa-
rated areas today continued their
battle against prairie tires which
have, according to unconfirmed re-
ports, destroyed three villages,
taken the lives of three persons and
devastated more than 300 square
miles of land ragingvirtually un-
checked for two days.
In the Rosebud Indian reservation
country of South Dakota, near the
Nebraska border, volunteers from
six counties were fighting a blaze
which had levelled the villages of
Tuthill. Betel and St. Francis. Fire
in southern North Dakota was ren
ported to be flaring across a huge
strip of land.
Reports that three persons per-
ished in the fire when it destroyed
Tuthill could not be confirmed early
today. Several persons were re-
ported injured, while great property
damage was suffered in the vicinity
of the South Dakota-Nebraska bor-
der. About 100 square miles of land
SAN ANTONIO, March 27. (PP)—
San Antonio’s youngest burglar
was arrested and placed in the
county jail late Thursday night.
The boy is 11 years of age and is
charged with burglary and theft.
He was arrested in connection with
the burglarizing of the Annahuac
Athletic Club on Alamo Plaza.
Tworcomplete baseball uniforms,
boxing gloves and other athletic
wear were recovered by detectives,
Norton and Dwyer.
COTron smiprons HAv
MEET IN NEW ORLEANS
NEWORLEANS, March #7. (A)—
Matters concerning the shipping and
exportation of cotton were before
the American Cotton Shippers' As-
sociation as it opened a two-day
meeting here today. Representa
tives of foreign cotton exchanges
and cotton belt men were in at-
tendance.
Frank B. Hayne, president of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and
C. W. Butler, president of the ship-
pers: organization, were speakers
After negotiations for Mrs. Chan
lin's entrance into the United States
had continued for two years. Mr
/ Davis said. Secretary Colby of the
1 state department on March 3. 1921.
| cabled her authority in London to
sail for the United States, guaran-
I 1 feeing her admission. 1. When Mrs.
Chaplin arrived on March:26. 1921.
three weeks after Secretary Davis
took office under the Republican
, administration succeeding that of
- President Wilson, he approved her
admission, he said, under the cabled
guarantee for a,period of one year
for treatment.
Since the expiration of the first
vear Mrs. Chaplin's stay has been
extended from year to year on the
howing of phystelans that her con-
lition had steadily improved.
So pleasunc so inexpensive, so
quick to settle an upset stomach
The moment "Pape's Dlapopsin”
reaches the stomach all pain and
COUNTRY PUBLISHERS
: TO BE HONOR GUESTS
SAN ANTONIO DINNER
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 21.
—A dinner in honor of all editors
and publishers of country newspa-
pers in southwest Texas will be
given on Friday, April 24, by the
SAN ANTONIO. March 21. 0=
Narcotic bandits looted two drus
stores of narcotics and prescription
whiskey here before dawn today.
Forcing the lock of the front
door of Prassel's Drug Store, 902
Nolan street the burglar jimmied
the narcotic case and escaped with
a large assortment of drugs and
two pints of whiskey.
Admittance to the Carsow Drug
Store at 1501 East Cincinnati ave.
nue was gained by smashing a rear
window. An amount of narcotics
“f. "WcuN"r Bor storwr was
discovered early Friday morning
O. Hillock, deputy constable of
precinct two delivering . a paper
route discovered the open door of
the Prassel store. Investigation:
disclosed the robbery. ---C______
The burglary of the Carsow store
was discovered when opened for
business.
SAN ANTONIO WOMAN
HELD ON CHARGE OF
PASSING BAD CHECKS
SAN ANTONIO, March 11. un-
Mrs. Harriet Kinneybrew, arrested
by city detectives when she at-]
tempted to cash a check, is held in
the Bexar county jail in default of
$8,500 bond, fixed by Justice of the
Peace Ben S. Fiske. The woman
faces nine complaints charging for
gery and eight of passing a forced
instrument. Justice Fiske fixed the
bond at $500 in each case when the
woman waived examining trial. The
papers now will go to the 94th
grand jury. ‘ :
TAILORED AT FASHION PARK
NOTTOLY Mrs. Helen R. Roberts repre-
A U 1 IUC. senting McCall Patterns. will
be at Saul's all next week. See our ads in Sunday's
papers announcing Saul's Home Sewing Week
Here’s Why They Come From all Over North-
West Texas to Trade at Saul's, the Busiest Store
In Wichita Falls. 1
MATCHLESS VALUES IN NEW
Spring Dresses
HUNDREDS OF THEM
0
$1 00 $1500
All Leading Materials and Colors
EXCEPTIONAL
MILLINERY VALUES
Hundreds of new Hats at
. Over 1,000 Pretty New
HOUSE DRESSES
Hundreds of styles, all colors and
sizes, Saul's Bargain Annex.
$-98
$6)95
was said to have been laid waste
with the flames pushing to ward
Valentine, Nebr.” r
ESTIMATE rinE Loss IS
MORE THAN ONE NILEFON
VALENTINE, Nebr.. March 37, un
—-An estimated loss of $1,000,000 or
more to hay lands and ranchers'
property was caused by the prairie
fires which have ravaged north cen-
tral Nebraska and the southern
section of South Dakota.
Several smaller fires are known
to be present northwest there.
but ranchers reported they were be-l
ing extinguished rapidly without
considerable—loss.—3.2
Early reports that a school teach-
er and two children were burned to
death in a school-house near here
were found to be groundless, a sur-
vey made today showed. The closest
call the fire made was when It gut-
ted a school house six miles south-
west of Crookston, which is several
miles west of here. The teacher
and/12 pupils saw the flames ap-
proaching and they were taken to
safety about an hour before the
structure was destroyed. to 4
Germa on Paper mioney
BERLIN — A German, bacterio-
logist says that coins are far more
ENTIRE STOCK-OF .3
Spring Coats and
Ensemble Suits.
--1 AT REDUCED SALE PRICES .
The Season's Leading Styles and Materials-at Wonderful Savings
- - -
distress from indigestion or a sour,
gassy stomach vanishes. _____________
-----AMilions —know—its—magic—All the chamber of commerce, it was .-,------_______.__....... ...
druggists recommend this harmless'decided at a meeting of directors of'culation for some ttime as many as
stomach corrective.—Adv. the fiesta Thursday night. 143,000 bacteria were discovered.
------- --—----- — ------- -------— - Xel ---,--
San Jacinto Fiesta Association and
sanitary than paper money, on
paper money that had been in eir.
BASEMENT STORE
NEW BLONDE
SATIN PUMPS
---Novelty Strap Mneea Hecemionalx---
NORMANDY VOILES
AND PETER PAN
GINGHAMS
In Every Imaginable Pattern and Color.
Wichita Falls : . Wichita Falls
: . PERNINS-TIMBERLAKE COMPANY
*7.4 AUNINCORPORATED .
.
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Do
P
YARD
REMNANTS
of Every Kind—Thousands of Them—All New. 4 Big Counters Filled
to Overflowing in Saul's Bargain Annex. Bargain Prices to be Sure!
WOMEN’S, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S
BARGAIN
COUNTER
—--—-
1T T 0 T &
,S--3 6 DE Cars
>1 A. P - H
$149 $195 $60415
7
Children's Bargain Counter Shoes, a pair .
.98c
Hats of high quality and individuality offered at
a price that sets a new high mark in value-giving!
: AN EVENT
, BEYOND
YOUR
r FONDEST
, EXPECTATIONS
/ IN COLOR
Blend, Wad Ordhd,
Soeria, Thiele, Rein
Trucf-aiG
Bloan. Three,
While, Bled
Saturday %
Beautiful hairbraid hats -
Stunning new crepes —
Smart ribbon effects—.
3 Colorful embroideries —
1 Richly flowered hats—
2 Wonderful Selections for Mini and Motion
-
BASEMENT
*
STYLE PREDOMINANCE
IN
ROYAL PARK
• GENEROUS VALVE . :: : : $45 -
ROYAL PARK SUITS IN SINGLE AND
. DOUBLE BREASTED STYLES AN
AMAZINGLY LARGE ASSORTMENT
TO CHOOSE FROM
FOR MEN OF MODEST TASTE
$50
PARKTOWN WORSTEDS COMBINE GOOD
TASTE WITH SUPERIOR WEARING QUAL
ITY. TAILORED FOR US AT FASHION PARK
BETOND COMPARISON : $55
CLOTHS FROM THE FINEST MILLS
TAILORED IN ROYAL PARK MODELS —*
‘ STTUISH COMFOPTABLE DISTINCTIVE 1
MMcClurkan&Co
Scott and Ninth Sts. .
%
GP
CARHARTT
PooLs
UNION MADE
F OVERALLS
$1.75
, Men's $5.00 And $6.00
SHOES
- Black- and—Rrewn-Leathora—
Special
,- $3.85
A PUN
Men's $2.50 •
ENGLISH
BROADCLOTH
>—SHIRTS
$1.50
- MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN S
A. B. Kirschbaum Spring S
100% all wool, latest models, select spring patterns
750 $995
1 04
$9750
Young men's wide bottom, extra Trousers,
in leading patterns .... ... .......
.....: $4.95 and Up
Famous forits Values"
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