Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 296, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1926 Page: 1 of 14
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YOL. XVIII. No. 296.—Associated Press Day and Night Leased Wire.
AMARILLO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1*26.
FOURTEEN PAGES
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
RGE BR
TEMPT IN BOOK CONTRA
_ _MAP -
I Herrin Slayings Bare Two Armed Gangs Commissioner Yoe
----- -of Text Book Board
Says Offer Made
BULLET-RIDDLED
BODIES OF TWO
MEN ARE FOUND
SHELTON BROTHERS AND BIRGER
CANG BOOTLEG FEUD IS
2 s.DISCLOSED
Texas Prison Chaplain
Tells of Booze Parties
When Men Executed
A. H. Watson Testifies About All-Night Drinking Bouts Staged
When Condemned Prisoners Are Put
To Death at Huntsville
MACHINE GUNS USED
ARMORED CARS, 12 MACHINE
GUNS AND 26 GANGMEN IN
1 ONE CAMP
(Br the Associated Press)
- HERRIN, 111. Oct. 26.Two camps
of armed men, one bousting an ar-
mored track, M men and about 12
machine guns were disclosed today
after William McQuay and Ward
Jones had been found shot to death.
In McQuay’s body sixteen machine
... bullets were found, and 28 bul-
let hole, punctured the back of hla
automobile on the country road
where be was shot. Jones was shot
four times. His body whs found ta a
creek some distance from where Mc-
Quay wae found.
The .hooting resulted from fries
tion ef gings ef Charlee Birger aad
the Shelton brothers who are re-
ported to have heavily armed gauge
reedy to fight it out to settle diffi-
culties la the bootleg business.
“We are going to got even, and
we are going to work fast," Birger
told newspaper men today. Birger
said McQuay was shot when he Ven:
tured out without company, and close
ton road house operated kg the
Shelton brothers. Birger tonight
planned to remove relatives from his
Harrisburg home because he saw
men scouting around his place last
night. He operates a road house in
Williamson county and wus Jones’
employer.
Little is known of the strength of the
Shelton brothers gang.
Sheriff George Galligan at Marion,
the county seat, said toaight that he had
not heard of the possession of the ma-
chime guns by Birger, although he knew
of armored truck. He said that “as
far as he knew everything is quiet” and
that two of his deputies made a round
of the county late today.
On their trip Galligan said, the dep-
uties visited Birger’s road house on the
Mount taveral of meune here, but
that no search was made for arms.
“Illinois has no law against carrying
weapons if they are net concealed,” he
said, “ and even if we did find machine
gen. we could not do anything because
a men is allowed to have guns in hte
Galligan said he had never seen Birg-
er’s truck, although he had made an in-
vestigation, but that he had heard the
truck was hept "for protection."
QUEEN NAME CROSSES
NIAGARA INTO CANADA
(to The Associated Premo)
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., Oct. 26.-
Queen Marie of Rumania and her royal
party crossed the Niagara river onto
Canadian soil today.
Marie had breakfast at Niagara Falla,
N. Y. where oho wae welcomed by Mayer
Walliam Laughlin, of Niagara Falla, N.
Y. aad mayor M. P. Stephens, of Niagara
Falls, Ontario.
The party then left on a eight-seeing
meter trip.
The queen’s Canadian schedule Includ-
ed an address in Toronto during the af-
ternoon under the auspices of the Wo-
men Canadian club, and a dinner at gov-
ernment house.
Or The Associated Propst
AUSTIN, Oct. M —Men visiters to
the electrocution of Frank and Lo-
renzo Noel, Dallas “black terrors,"
June 28, 1925, were drinking and
disorderly, but it waa when S. A.
and Forrest Robertson, Dallas ne-
gro brothers, were electrocuted
April 6, 1926, that the aU night
drinking beet waa staged at the
state penitentiary at Huntsville, A.
H. Watson, Chaplain of the Hunts-
ville prison, testified before the
house investigating committee Tues-
Chaplain Watson said that the
men “acted, talked and smelled like
they were drunk." Although he re-
fused to say they were not sober,
he would not say they were drunk.
At the double electrocution of the
Robertson brothers sentenced to
die for the murder of a Dallas mo-
toreycle policeman, a large crowd
attempted to any the Lord’s Prayer
as the chaplain prayed, the Bev. Mr.
Watson testified.
“Frank O'Bourke, secretary of the
prison commission, asked me to pray
for the flrot Robertson man and I
did," Chaplain Watson said.
"I felt that if there waa any vir-
tue to be brought out of the con-
demned man by prayer that I should
pray. The crowd war so disorderly
aad boisterous that I felt that on
such an occasion as that, that the
crowd needed the prayer as much aa
the man in the electric chair. Several
of the men attempted to say the
Lord's Prayer and when I concluded
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN)
MEDICAL ARTS SECOND WOMAN
BUILDING WILL DEATH MYSTERY
START ATONCE
TEN-STORY BUILDING AT EIGHTH
AND POLK WILL U
MODERN
That The Medical Arts building, an-
nounced by Charles A. Fisk, local bank-
er, will be built immediately, is aa as-
sured fact.
A wire from Mr. Fisk, who is la Dallas
attending a meeting of ths Texas Bank-
ers’ association, to Guy A. Carlaader,
arehitoet of the building, states that
bids will be advertised for immediately
for the work of excavation and building
foundation.
The structure, which will be tea
stories high, to to be located at Bighth
and Folk streets. Plans call for cou-
struction te be of reinforced concrete,
face brick and out atone trimmings.
According to Mr. Carlaader, the build-
lag to designed so as to accommodate the
particular needs of the medical profeo-
sion. Individiual prospective renters of
office speace will have their floor apace
designed and built according to their
own plane for the beat utilisation of
available space. The entire flrot floor
will be devoted to mercantile establish-
monte. Three elevators are planned for
the structure.
Advices received from Mr. Fisk express
the belief that over half the building
will be occupied with members of the
medicat profession, and it to planned to
turn the remaining space to members of
other professions. Within six hours
after the announcement was made that
had been Completed a numoter of*appli-
cations were received for office space,
and it to reported that a group of local
business men have applied for aa allot-
ment of one entire floor.
The entire first floor wiU be devoted
to shop spaces and mercantile estab-
lishments.
BAFFLES POLICE
SECOND MURDER VICTIM WITHIN
DAT AT TOLEDO IS ELDERLT
WOMAN
(By The Associated Press)
TOLEDO, OHIO, Oct. 28.—The second
PLAINS CITIES
CLAMOR TOSE
WILL ROGERS
RESERVATIONS POURING IN FOR
GALA NIGHT NOVEMBER
EIGHTH
FEAR TICKET SHORTAGE
TOWNS IN KANSAS, OKLAHOMA,
NEW MEXICO SEEKING
SEATS
All aboard for Will Rogers:
Reservations from out-of-town for
the Will Rogers gala night are pour-
ing in and if there la ae let-up Dr.
B. P. Parcello is fearful there will
not be sufficient seats to go around
for Amarillo people who plan” to
attend. The eeat sale in Amarillo
opens Saturday.
“Frank Sewell, of Texhoma, has
sent in for 30 tickets,” said Dr. Par-
cells, last night. “He wanted more
but I wouldn't let him have them as
I though that waa enough from one
town. Plainview is sending a big
batch ef folks and we’ve heard from
every town In the Panhandle. I’ve
had requests for reservations from
at least fifteen towns la Olkahoma
and New Mexico and six seats have
been laid by for parties who live
away ng in Liberal, Kansas.”
Reservations accompanied by checks
or money orders are now being accepted
by Dr. Parcells from persons who live
out of town. Those who plan to attend .
had better write la immediately as it,le
not believed there will be many seats
available after Saturday.
Will Rogers’ night in Amarillo will be
the biggest one night in the history of
37 Years Apart
The Late Governor, J. N. Browning.
Negotiations on Half Million Dollar Contract With American
Book Representative Disclosed Before Investiga-
tion Committee at Austin
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)
AUSTIN, Oct. 26.—That an effort to bribe him was made
. by Frank R. Adrian of Dallas, Texas, agent for the American
Book Company of New York, in interest of a $500,000 text
book contract, was testified to before the Investigation Com-
- mittee today by T. J. Yoe, Brownsville, member of the State
Text Book Commission.
Two or three weeks before the rom-♦—-—————————————-
mission met in October, 1925, Yeo and
Adrian discussed books for the schools
at a hotel in Brownsville, and Adrian
told Yee that he wanted to got the con-
tract for the speller, the text book com-
missioner testified. Adrian asked me
“how much do you get here a year T" and
1 told him $3,600. He then said, Would
you be interested to have your ealary
increased doubly beginning the first of
the year, if you would be favorable? I
told him he could not afford to make
such an offer and that 1 could not af-
ford to accept ouch an offer. 1 informed
him that I was going to vote for his
book, anyway, because I thought it the
best speller."
Adrian had been on the stand before,
and as a closing statement ho said, “1
want to tell you that 1 never offered
anyone anything."
Yee related that a complaint has been
filed against Adrien charging attempted
bribery, bat that to hte knowledge the
Cameron county grand jury had not re-
turned a bill of indictment.
HANSON POST
GETS READY FOR
OVER 200 FEET
OIL STANDINGIN
CADMAN VEIL
MOORE COUNTYS FIRST PRO-
DUCER SHOWS HIGH
GRAVITT OIL
Moore county has an oil well at last.
M. V. (Mike) Codman came la from
his oil well late last night and he was
extremely optimistic. More than 200
feet of fluid wae standing in the bole
whoa he left, It is of 36 gravity.
“I have an oil well, but bow much of
a well 1 cannot say," be doctored to
a’News reporter. “We were drilling in
hard time when we noticed just a trace
: or ell brought up by the baller. We
drilled not mere than * foot more and
Fine Clothes
And Beauty
A fashion model’s own story of beg
work in play in the grunt New York
women’s clothing market Will appear
in an exclusive series beginning in
this paper tomorrow.
It le an intimate story of personal
experience, written by Marian Hale,
feature writop for NEA Service and
The Daily News. The anther made
' sure of her facts by two weeks actual
work as a model.
In these stories you will meet
Dolly, ex-chorus girl, who advises:
“Be broadminded, dearie. Don’t
alap ’em until you have to.”
A.You will meet Salesman Harry,
.meek shelk who carries on • dozen
little lore affairs simultaneously.
You will meet the O. T. B. (out of
town buyer) who takes his favorite
model on a party and thereafter buys
Lustery gown she wears.
is You will learn the inside seerets
of New York sales rooms and Paris
designs, with a fascinating atmos-
phere of big business and bright
ATTORNEY CHARGES
WITNESSES ROUGHT
IN AIMEE’S TRIAL
woman murder mystery in Toledo in the
past St hours was thrust upon police
for solution tonight following the find-
ing of the body of Mrs. Mary Alden,
46, la the dining room ef her home.
The first victim war Mies Lillie Cray,
school teacher, who was murdered and
criminally attacked Monday night.
Mra. Alden’s body, pierced by several
bullet wounds, wae found late today by
her husband who had return from work
in a factory.
Civic organizations, city officials, po-
lice and private citizens had been work-
ing in a state of excitement throughout
the day in connection with the Croy
billing when newe of the Alden death
spread.
The Alden murder differed from the
Crey murder and three preceding it in
the pact 14 months here.
Mra. Alden was abet to death in her
own home about nine in the morning
officiate believe, while the others were
attacked in secluded parts of the city in
the night and clubs er heavy iron in-
struments were used.
The scene of the hilling of Mrs. Alden
was only a few blocks from the places
where the other four women were at-
tacked or their bodice found.
In connection with the slaying of Miss
Croy, the Toledo teachore’ association
offered a reward of $1,000 for the ar-
rest and conviction of the biller. City
officiate offered $1,000; a Toledo news-
paper offered $500 aad the automobile
club $100.
A round up of mentally defective per-
sons was in progress tonight In an at-
tempt to find a trace of the slayer of
Miss Crey.
wire OF FORMER SENATOR
JOSEPH WELDON BAILEY DIRS
(to The Associated From)
DALLAS, Oct. M.—Mre. Ellen Murray
Bolley, wife of former Senator Joseph
Weldon Bailey of Texas, died at the
family home in Dallas late tonight. Sur-
viving are the husband aad two sons,
Weldon Bailey of Tucson, Arizona, and
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr., of Dallas.
Amarillo. If the auditorium were twice
aa large it is believed it would be pack-
ed to capacity.
Rogers will appear in e benefit for
the Children’s Home. Dr. Parcells, Lee
Willlame aad The News-Globe are do-
nating their services and Mr. Rogers has
cut his regular charge la half. It le
believed at least $2,500 or $3,000 will
be netted for motherless end fatherless
children out on the hill.
LATE WIRE
BULLETINS
(By The Associated Press)
DALLAS, Oct. 26.—Machinery for ob-
taining a reduction to next season’s cot-
ton acreage and for alleviating the pres-
ent price depression was set In motion
here today by the Texas Banker’s asso-
ciation. Conceiving the cotton problem
to be primarily a banker’s problem,-the
association in special cession, passed a
resolution calling for a U per cent re-
duction in cotton acreage for 1927-28
and recommending withdrawal of 1,000,
000 baler of Texas cotton from the
market.
(By the Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—A mother and
daughter leaped to their death from a
window on the eleventh floor of the
Martha Washington Hotel, East Thirtieth
street, tonight. Police said they were
Mre. Bertha Washauer, 50 and
daughter, Dorothy, 80.
The address of the women was
learned.
her
not
(Br The Associated Press)
GAINESVILLE. Oct. 26.—Judge W. L.
Blanton, appointed yesterday to bear the
Owsley-Moore election contest, today
graated a substitute motion by attor-
neys for Moore to restrain the printing
of additional ballots with Owsley's name
aad appointing the district clerk to take
charge ef ballets already printed bear-
—Photo by Edwards.
W. II. Holmes of Amarillo, candidate for
Lieutenant -Governor.
With aa Amarillo man, W. H.
Holmes, la the race for lieutenant-
governor, his Triends and pioneers
here are recalllag that it has been
87 years since Amarillo had a man
In that position at Austin. He waa
the late Governor J. N. Browning,
who represented the Panhandle at
Austin la 1889, or 87 years ago.
Democrats and Republicans la.
• Amarillo are working in behalf of
Mr. Holmes’ candidacy, hoping to
eend him to Austin to nil the place
once occupied by Mr. Browning.
"Governor Browning was a pio-
neer lawyer and cattleman; W. M.
Holmes is a pioneer of the Panhan-
die ail fields, and oil is becoming
one of the chief industries of the
Panhandle,” aoye Tam Carried, pres-
ident of the Amarillo Holmes-for-
lieutenant-governor club.
The above picture of Governor
Browning was taken nearly 40 years
ago, when he was serving as lleuten-
ant-governor.
ARMISTICE DAY
PARADE. FOOTBALL GAME, BAN-
QUET AND SPEAKING ARE
ARRANGED FOR
Plans for observance of Armistice day,
November 11, were made at the regular
meeting of Hanson Post No. 54, Amer-
ican Legion, held in the city auditorium
last night.
Merchants of the city will he asked
to close their stores in observance of
the day, although no concrete move-
ment te that effect has been inaugu-
rated.
On the morning of Novmber 11 a par-
ade will be given composed of legion-
arise and ex-service men, decorated
floats and a large number of citizens
as well as clubs of the city.
la the afternoon a football game will
hold the center of attention, while in
the evening a banquet for legionaries,
ex-service men and their wives will be
MURRY JACKSON
PARDON DRAWS
FIRE FROM DAN
MOODY AND EIGHT OTHERS DE-
CLARE GOVERNOR’S GRANT
MISAPPLICATION **
(By The Associated Proa)
LOB ANGELES, Oct. 25.—The charge
that witnesseses were being purchased
and aliens corrupted was hurled by E.
J. Dennison, assistant prosecutor la the
conspiracy bearing of Aimee Semple Me-
Pherson la Municipal court here today.
Forrest Murray, another, deputy pros-
ecutor, aroused the fire ef W. I. Gilbert,
chief of defense counsel, when he per-
sisted in questioning defense witnesses
no to who was paying their expenses
here from Douglas, Arizona.
When R. E Irwin, photographer of
Douglas left the stand, Gilbert leaped
to hla feet and ordered Murray to take
the witness stand.
"You often bring witnesses from out-
side this county and sign vouchers for
their expensea don’t you!” Gilbert de-
manded of Murray
Dennison challenged the materiality
of the question and Judge Samuel B.
Blake sustained it Murray left the
stand, bet Dennison remained on hie
feet.
"Your honor," he shouted, “What the
state does is different from purchasing
witnesses and taking up collections for
the purpose of paying aliens and cor-
rupting them.” \
“That’s utterly false, if he is refer-
ring to this case,” retorted Gilbert.
Ing the Denton man’s name.
(By The Associated Press)
AUSTIN, Oct. 26.Dan Moody, guber-
natorial candidate, end eight others who
prosecuted Murray Jackson of Taylor, in
1923 for connection with the flogging of
H. W. Burleson by Ku Clux Klansmen,
issued a 1,000 word statement Tuesday
given at the Amarillo hotel. The pre-
gram for the evening has not yet been
completed.
Prices of $25, $15 and $10 will be given
by the legion to the merchant, club, or-
ganisation or individual presenting the
most appropriately decorated store win-
dow, Darrell H. Rascoe le in charge of
the window decorating feature of the
program. Information in regard to the
prizes and contests will be given by Mr.
Rascoe to those calling telephone num-
ber 1000.
Arrangements for the banquet on Ar-
mistice night ara In charge of R. R.
Nation.
Arrangements for the parade are in
charge of Harve Radey. ,
A flag observance committee wae ap-
pointed at the meeting composed of the
following legionaries: E. B. Lewis, Dr.
R. P. Parcells and R. R. Nation.
All citizens of Amarillo will be asked
to display the American flag either
la front of their place of business, resi-
dence or on their automobile.
The committee announces that flags
will be installed free to flag purchas-
Young Kansas Farmer
Is Shot Down and Car
Is Stolen Near Borger
— declaring the clemency extended to him
by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson is re-
garded by them ae a misapplication af
the pardonlag power.
Jackson was pardoned last week after
serving less than a year of a fire year
sentence.
The statement issued in connection
ers.
BORGER VOTES TO
INCORPORATE CITY;
(By The Associated Press)
BORGER, Oct. 26.—0. C. Kirk, young
farmer from Bucklin, Kansas, wae chet
down and his car was stolen Monday
eight near Electricity, aa ell camp close
to Borger, by a man whom he had given
a ride te a tent show. Kirk’s wounds,
while serious, are believed not fatal.
Kirk eaid he had known the man ae
“Fred” end that late Monday the man
came to him and asked Kirk to take him
to the show. After the chew the two
men started back to the Phillips camp,
where Kirk was staying, when something
went wrong with the car and KM pulled
up.
The ether men drew a gaa and de-
manded the automobile, firing twice
without warning, Kirk said. One bullet
took effect in his abdomen and the other
grazed his head. As he fell, the other
man drove off, Kirk declared. Although
bleeding profusely, Kirk mode his way
to an ell ramp end reported the occur-
rence. It is thought he will recover.
This is the flrot crime here of serious
nature since the claying of Mildred
Toothman about two weeks ago.
poporm,E58E-The o.
C. Kirk, Bucklin, Kansas, farmer, men-
tioned in dispatches M having been shot
at Borger, Texas, it believed to be O. O.
Kirk, who left Bucklin about three
weeks ago to work in the Texas oil fields.
His father, John Kirk, lives in Bucklin.
O. C. Kirk is 29 and unmarried.
with the granting of the pardon by the
Governor was declared erroneous by the
statement signed by Dan Moody, who
was district attorney for Travis and
Williamson counties when Jackson was
convicted and H. N. Graven, D. W. Wil-
cox, J. F. Taulbee, Richard Crita. 8. J.
Reinhardt, W. H. Nunn, K. H. Lawhorn
and A. 8. Evans, all of Williamson coun-
ty.
Denies Agreement.
It was denied that the Stale's Attorney
in the case agreed to recommend a
pardon for Jackson after he served one
year, and the entire record le riefly
reviewed.
“In connection with the recent pardon
of Mrray ackson, who had been con-
victed in what is commonly referred to
as one of the flogging races from Wil-
liamson county, a statement was made
purporting to come from the Governor
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN)
thee the fluid started to come in. It
looks like we here barely scratched the
top of the sand."
The Cadman well to 8,226 feet in deptir
and the hole in 60 feet above sea level.
It has more than 1,000 feet of open
hole and the six-inch casing will be
run. Mr. Cadman expects to be ready
to drill in Friday.
Scorer of all men visited the well
yesterday and all of them were “high"
on the well. This means that they
were of the opinion that Mr. Cadman’s
prospects are splendid.
Erasmus Tack last night received
scores of telephone calls from carried
stockholders la The Boob OU Company.
Mr. Toek was calm and serene and la-
rood a statement saying that this war
a time for cool heads. He advised bis
constituents to hold their stock. There
were some frantic bids for Boob stock,
but little of it changed hands. The Beeb
Oil company has 80 acres n mile and
aa eighth north of the Cadman well.
Mr. Tack stated last night that if the
Cadman well proves to be a good com-
mercial producer that he has an ambi-
tious plan for the formation of The
Boob Production company, but that of
course that any plan he might advance
waa first subject to the will of the
stockholders.
“There will be no high-powering of
the stockholders in The Beeb OU com-
pany," he declared with emphasis.
WIDER PAYING ON
NORTH FILLMORE IS
URGED DY CITIZENS
North Fillmore street will be paved
60 feet wide, according to a petition pre-
sentod to the city commission last night
by property owners between North First
and North Eighth streets.
If the petition le granted. North Fill-
mere' street will be the widest in the
city. Only a few of the down-town
streets are 52 feet wide, the majority
of them being only 43 feet.
North Fillmore street to 32 feet wide
- at this time.
Residents of that street called atten-
JOHN MILLER MAYOR
tion te the heavy traffict at this time
and stated that it was constantly in-
Definite action to expected to be tehee
by the commission in a short time.
(By The Associated Press)
BORGER, Oct. 26.—its the city of
Borgerinow, if you please. Citizens of
Berger, loom and Dixon Creek town-
ships chose Tuesday to incorporate the
three oil field villages by a veto of 96
to 5 in the first municipal election held
bare. The 101 votes cast, however,
is not to be considered indicative of
the population as the bulk of residents
of the three places have lived in the
county lean than the eix months re-
quired for voting.
John Miller was named mayor and
head of the temporary city government;
I. Fleig and Dr. W. T. Malone were
elected commissioners. The newly
elected officials will serve until April,
when the first regular biennial elee:
tion will be held.
No untoward incident accompanied
the election.
The Weather
Forecast Till Cree P. D. Weds
For Amarillo and vicinity s Wedi
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