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E ABILENE MORNING
_____________FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT BY EASED WIRE
YOL XXVE__ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, SEPT. 28, 1924—THIRTY-SIX PAGES
NEFF ACTS IN CA’
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NEWS //V P/C TURES
G. 0. P. AND PROGRESSIVES LINE
UP IN BATTLE OF PICTURES
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THE LA FOLLETTE “MANSION” IN WASHINGTON
. BOND P. GEDDES (IN FOREGROUND EXPLAINING as
RUDIMENTS OF GOLF TO PRESIDENT AND MRS. COOLIDGE.
By NEA Service.
. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—There’s another little rumpus going on
in the national capital. - It’s a battle of pictures.
Aligned against each other are the Republican and Progressive
national headquarters.
It all started when the G. O. P. management began circulating
photrgraphs of th® homes of the three lading presidential candidates.
they were pictures obviously designed to show that Senator Rob.
ert M. LA Follette, Progressive ‘Standard bearer, lives in a more pre.
tentious home than President Coolidge.
. The Progressives dug out a Photo showing Bond P. Geddes. Harry
Sinclair’s publicity agent, explaining to President and Mrs. Coolidge
the intricacies of golf.
Now “Midge” Fights Back
eusndge", Casper, 17, was for ward on her basketball team in
1 eveland. . Largely through her playing the girls won every game.
But when i came to passing out the league title, a church quintet
protested Midge s eligibility. She was playing out of her class, its
manager said. So the church tea mi won the cun title and every,
thing Now the backer of “Midge’s’ team is suing the church five,
individually and collectively, for the trophies it was awarded.
DISEASE OUTB
He
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1924 Fair Goes Into History as Big Success
ABILENE DR. BUTTE GETS ATTENDANCE AND GAINESVILLE MAN
ENDORSEMENT OF INTEREST BETTER HELD AFTER TWO
THE "DEMOCRATS” THAN LAST YEAR WOMEN WOUNDED
“GOOD GOVERNMENT DEMO- MANAGEMENT AND DIREC
CRATIC LEAGUE OF TEXAS TORS EXPRESS SATISPAC.
IS ORGANIZED AT DALLAS TION WITH SUCCESS OF SIX.
SATURDAY DAY EXPOSITION.
WIFE OF J. Jr. GLIDEWELD
PROBABLY FATALLY INJUR-
ED AND NEIGHBOR IVOMAN
ALSO IS WOUNDED.
Declared that , Pledge Taken . in Exhibits More Numerous and Fin-
Primary is Not Binding on Vote er. Amusements Topnotch and
er Tills Being Announced 57 Crowds Larger Than Any vre-l in county custody here 55
Thomas B. Love, vious Fair 1: here today
_____* _____isharged with having shot and
DALLAS Sept., 27.—The "Gooa The ctehih annual West Texas wire Gertrude line moeiycunt:
Mrs. Matilda Dresbach. a
neighbor, late last night. He had
been confined in the county jail
several days ago on an insanity
charge, but was released late yes-
terday, after a physlelah had pro-
nounced him normal
GAINESVILLE, Texas, Sept. 27.
7 3......*MAU* u EnNal J. H. Glidewell, 53, was placed
Crowds Larger Than Any Yre-I in county custody
charged with having
probably fatally
GOES IO HOUSTON FOR 1
CONFERENCE, QUARANTIN
MADE BY SEVERAL STATE
Government Democratic League of Fair, which Fair officials declare ing
Texas” was organized here today to be the greatest in the history of
the organization, came to a grand
. .. , and glorious close Saturday night
1 publican nominee for governor was with one of the largest crowds of
indorsed for that office. the week jamming the midway.
Among those attending the The Cen T Kennedy Shows was
meeting were Thomas B. Love, for-Ana tNocethewcdiewentrn,"5n
mer democratic national commit- advantage of the last opportunity
teeman: Dr. Charles A. Selecman, to make merry. ,...
I president of Southern Methodist By eleven o’clock, when all but wife
University: D. A. Frank,
head 1
and Dr George, C. Butte, the re-
Officers charge Glidewell obtain-
ed a pistol and a shotgun, went
to his home, cut the telephone
wire with scissors, attacked his
----------- - —-- with the selsgors and
------ — -----former a few hangers-on" had departed, four pistol shots into her back ad
of the Ex-Student Associa - the work of dismounting the car- she r.,„ from the house After
- ... ---------------------hate-----, -------------. Mrs. Glidewell had house. After
be Dresbach. home. It is charged,
fired
tion of the University of Texas, nival shows was well under way.
.and Rev. Arthur Jones of Arling- The sound of hammers could .— .*---, nome, It IS cn
Photo by Parish ton, former president of the Anti- heard on every hand as workmen Glidewell using the shotgun.
-—SA ** — Saloon League of Texas--------set about the task ofhurriedly dis—through a window
BAN L. DRYDEN p There was no opposition to the sembling the dozens of shows and
Sam L. Dryden of the Dryden-indorsement of Dr. Butte.
Bratton Marble Works at 509 Wal-t John Marshall of Grayson coun-' All you can drink for a nickel
Street e had * atkiity who presided as temporary and similar cries which accompany
nut Street, .has been cutting marble chairman was named president of * - •
for more than 25 years, beginning the league; E. J. Man tooth, Luf-
as an apprentice in the marble kin; A. J. Mayhew. Waxahachie,
works of sunken & Stinson or one Wed premaens 2. 2rTA2hbr.
Greenville, Texas. After three Dallas, secretary, and R. E. Burt,
years, apprenticeship Mr. Dryden Dallas, treasurer.
began work in this factory and Love contributed $50 to
. . , . league’s fund, as did M. Little.
worked there for six years. In 1909 An executive committee of
i drawing them to the railway cars.
“All you can drink for a nickel
the closing of any carnival stay
sounded on every hand late Satur- |
day night as anxious and over-
stocked vendors sought to dispos-
ed of their wares for as much as
could be obtained. None of the
sandwiches and glass-drinks could
the be carried with them and a nickel
he came to Abilene and was for 10‘members will be chosen.
years with the Tandy Marble Works
after which he went into business,
for himself. Later Mr. Bratton
Is Not Binding.
31
was considered better than noth-
ing at all.
The exh Sts bulidings were com-
pletely deserted at midnight and
In the discussion Love, who col-
laborated with the late Senator
Terrell in writing the present elec-1
tion law declared that the pledge
was never intended to bind voters.]_______... .... ...
"In the same law,” he said, “itf week bit they,
goes on to tell voters how to write
in the name of & candidate, or how |
to vote for the nominee, if the
pledge was to have been binding
- , this provision could not have been
Mary Agnes, Virginia, written.
bought out his partner and became
a member of the Dryden-Bratton
Marble Works,
Mr. Dryden was born in Leo Coun
ty, Virginia, In 1882 and came to
were in strict contrast to the early
part of the night when thousands
thronged the aisles on their last
visit for the 1924 fair. Many of
the exhibits were still in the same
condition as they had been in mid-
reached the
—-------— athis wife
while she lay on a bed. The shots
struck Mrs Dresbach on the arm
[and about the body,
Glidewell, an insurance agent,
has three grown children by a for-
mer marriage. He expressed re-
gret today that he had wounded
Mrs. Dresbach. Mrs. Glidewell has
two children by a former mar-
riage.
INISTE
TITLE
I LOSES
i RESULT
Texas when he was 18 years old.
He married Miss Jasie Hefner
May 25, 1904, and they have four
children,
too, will be re-
moved Curing the early part of the
next week.
A Big Day.
Saturday was truly a big day at
| the Pair One of the largest
I crow ds of the w eek was present I
OF ACTION VOTED
HISI ACCEPT A
PROPOSITION OF
THE SOCIALISTS
LA FOLLETTE WILL HAVE TO
TAKE WHAT OFFERED HIM
. IN ORDER TO GET ON CALI-
FORNIA TICKET.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27. —
After resorting to every recourse of
the law In an effort to have the
names of the 13 La Follette presi-
dential electors placed on the state
ballot in November. La Follette
supporters will be forced to accept
the offer the socialist party made
them and vote for Senator La Fol-
lette and Senator Whepler on that
ticket, according to announcement
last night by Frank Havenner, Cal-
ifornia campaign manager for the
Wisconsin senator. |
HOUSTON, Sept. 27—Governor
Neff who will arrive here tomor-
row for a conference on the foot
and Mouth disease to determine
just what is needed to check its
spread, has not yet given consider-
ation to the possible need for call-
ing a special session of the legis-
lature for the purpose of making an
appropriation to combat the plague,
the stated in a long distance tele-
phone conversation with the Hous-
ton Post-Dispatch late today prior
to leaving Austin for this city.
The rumor had spread In Hous-
ton that Governor Neff would call
a special session of the legislature
to convene within the next few
days. The governor stated he would
t make any decision on this mat-
ter until he had made a personal
investigation and conferred with of-
ficials- and experts on the ground
here.
A second infection in a herd of
700 head of cattle on the ranch of
Perry McFadden, one and one half
miles north of Webster, was dlag-
nosed as the foot and mouth dis-
ease late today by Dr. W. E Cot -
ton, government expert from Wash-
lington. Dr. Cotton stated however.
The announcement followed the that the herd in which the new out-
action of the state supreme court break occurred is within the six
denying the petition of the 13 elec- thousand acres now under guard
tors for a rehearing on the recent land only a short distance from the
decision which barred their names: Jacoba ranch, where the first out-
CARBONDALE. Ill., Sept. 27.—socialist ticket.
[Lawrence M. Might of Ina no long-- . . ,
ler bears’ the prefix Reverend, for’ Smackover Crude Raised
Sam Jr., and Zuma Nell., He is al Love continued to say that her during the day. Two football be wan deprived of that title by
member of the First Methodist agreed with John W Davis that games. Anson-Big Spring and Sim-the select number of the South-
Church and has been superinten- the republicans should be defeat-. mons-Baylor, were the big draw. ern. Illinois Conference of the
dent of the Sunday School there for ed “but.” he added, "I can not ling cards for the day. 1_________:
six years. He is a Mason, a W. O. agree with him and vote for Jim Big Spring sent two or three hun-
W., and a Modern Woodman. [ Ferguson." • idreI each and many of these re-
Mrs. J. D. Claybrook of Austin, | mained over for Saturday after-
president of the Women’s Demo-
cratic Club of Texas, made the
“The Latest”
noon and early night.
A : Methodist Church in session here
Anson and yesterday, and today the action of
this committee was to be recorded
as an official matter of the con-
ference meeting. .
from the ballot, (break occurred.
.Havenner In * statement said Notice has been received here
1 that the last recourse has been “x-from several states announcing the
i hausted and called, upon the La establishment of a quarantine
Follette adherents to vote for their against all cattle and livestock from
can didate through the onl means Texas. This according to J. E.
1 left them by the supreme court, the Boog-Seott. chairman of the state
‘socialist ticket livestock sanitary commission was
to be expected.
A number of federal inspectors
arrived here today to aid in the
work of stamping out the disease
and others are expected tomorrow
SHREVEPORT, La, Sept 27.-
Smackover, Ark., heavy crude be-
low 24 gravity was increased 10
cents a barrel today by the Stan-
dard Oil company of Louisiana
making the price 85 cents, while
cuts of 10 cents were announced
in all grade of Homer, Eldorado
and Haynesville crude.
Farmer Fatally Hurt.
and Monday.
Big Force of Guards
With the definite diagnosis to-
day of the disease affecting 400
head of Brahma cattle on the ranch
of Rev. William H. Jacobs as the
foot and mouth disease, plans were
He lost his clergyman’s title af-
ter a church trial on a charge of
murder, preferred in connection
with poisoning of his wife and of
Wilford Sweeten, a member of his
last charge, who became the vic-
tims of the confessed plot between
_ , -----was Texas Fair park the former minister and Mrs. Elsie
Fergusonism party” declared he and possibly was even A. Sweeten, in order that the sur-
would withdraw and support the any withletime inyengrCAter than vivors might be married,
republican nominee. He said he Abilene Fish 5 106 ran son Another minister was shorn of
would complete the certification of Reccipre-ann att'-ndanco at the his clerical rights by the confer-
his candidacy to the - secretary of West Texas Fair had reached a ence, namely, C. Il Latimer, for-
state before formally withdrawing, mark slightly higher than that for mer master or ” Fairfield congre-
to Keep the record straight," the same oav last year Fridaygation. .
It was announced that state head ‘ night, and Saturday was much lar-', The action of the -select num-
[quarters would be established in ger than for the last day of the her in the Hight case is final. It
: Dallas and a thorough campaign Fair last year, it was announced was explained, as this committee
in the interest of Dr. Buttes can- by T. N Carswell, Secretary of the was the jury in the church trial of
didacy would be conduct ■ Ap- 1 Fair Association, Saturday after- the accused men and the verdict of
proximately $200 in cash subscrip- noon. This year’s Fair has proved th .trint jury would be accepted
tions and pledges was raised a the a great ’ ' ss and a rectors have Ahe conference; a c f ---------,____, .
close of the meeting, expressed their satisfaction with ieten in jail at Salem | ‘ I carcass of all ruminants and their
--------------- both the number attending and list night ate the first solid food ---— hides or wool, as well as to all pro-
- A ------ with the receipts taken in at the since, Tuesday, GENEVA, Sept. 27.—The dis-ducts of the soil. Including hay,
gates. 1, Joy permeated her mind today, armament commission of the leag-grain, biological products
—This is the eighth annual Fair for tomorrow she was to have with ue of nations assembly tonight
held by The west Texas Fair AEd: I her her three boys whose future adopted the Benes report on the
ciation. during which time the has been her greatest cause of draft protocol of arbitration and
grounds have heer greatly improv.: . security,
led building 12-e 25 My life was as pure as these The commission decided that
I larger 125 exhibits hand flowers until I met that man the world wide disarmament con-
be^n brought from exhibits have Hight," she exclaimed when Sher- ference is to be held June 15,
1 enen arewsoint orimu ra to. ream Hire Vest, broughther a bouquet 1925, it by May 1. a majority of
the states represented In the leag-
ue council and ten others shall
----------.. anue „„ The Simmons-Baylor gridiron
address placing Dr Butte’s name Cash was the big feature of the
* * day • A crowd of approximately
16,000 football fans looked on dur-
ing the bitter “fight of the two
teams. It was the largest crowd'
. .. . ever atterding’a football game at
ant the West Texas Fair, at Fair Park,
and possibly was even greater than
- nd any with ssing the games of the
He said he Abilene high school last season
Receipts and attendance at the
before the assembly.
Following the endorsement of Dr.
Butte, John L Andrews of Denison
who recently announced that he
was the candidate of
LL LENTE
mi
IIC OCTORED ART
Senator James Couzens of De- III
troit, chairman of the committee Ul UU 1 UULI UNIL
investigating affairs in the Intern-I -—
al Revenue Department, ran the GIANT DIRIGIBLE WILL FLY
gauntletrof newspaper men when
he called at" the White House to
see President Coolidge. A report-
er is interwiewing him.
ACROSS
JERSEY
ATLANTIC TO NEW
DI RING
MONTH, STATED.
Fast Flyer
HARTFORD, Conn. Sept. 27. —
The American radio league, which
is making plans to keep navy of-
ficials and the public in contact
with the dirigible Shenandoah on
Ita flight across the continent and.
return, was advised today that the
airship would leave Lakehurst, N.
J. on October 3 for Seattle by way
of Ft. Worth and San Diego, Cal. |
Each division of the Fair has been presented by sa
continuously enlarged and now the ---m woman
continued enlargement and im-SON OF JUDGE FOUND
provement is assured by the in- DEAD AT SAN ANTONIO
creasing number of people who vis- -
It the Fair every year, and by the SAN ANTONIO, Rept. 27.-
Interest taken in the exhibits each William Anderson, 20. son of
NEXT succeeding year Judge W. S. Anderson of the 37th
I There has been some interesting district court, was found dead in
i event in the world of sports each a hotel roam here today with n
day before the grandstand which bullet hole through his head and]
has satisfied the sport fans. The a pistol nearby.
automobile races furnished thrills ================================== |
(Continued on Page 6; Column 6.) •
300 MILE BOOST
***** - = TOUR COMPLETED
BY STAMFORDITES
—The ZR-3 will start on its trans
Atlantic trip to Lakehurst, N.
on October S or 6. provided
the
weather over the Atlantic ocean 25
.put into operation to hold the dis-
FORT WORTH, Sept. 27.—Frediease in check. Seventy five men.
Vanabie, farmer, was fatally in-y guards, inspectors and laborers
jured late yesterday when thrown were thrown into the ranch and
from his plow near Claude. He before night six thousand acres of
was not discovered for three hours land and 1.100 head of beef eat-
after the accident.
before night six thousand acres of
tie were under guard.
This force
n
UALL______...mb
MEET FOR WORLD
FORJUNE,1925
was expected to be augmented by
Monday with the probability that
ultimately 1,000 men might be en-
[ gaged in the task.
The state livestock sanitary com-
I mission issued an official quaran-
| tine today on all of Harris and Gal-
j veston counties and that part of
Ft. Bend and Brazoria counties east
of the Brazos river, prohibiting the
movement of livestock either with-
in these counties or out of them.
The quarantine was extended to
. _______-----______J manu-
factured in the quarantined terri-
tory, trees, grass, shrubs, bulbs,
flowers and green house plants.
The quarantine first was extend-
ed to dairy products but was mod-
ified during the day to permit their
Maj or Carl Spats flew from Self-
ridge Field to Mt. Clemens, Mich.;
in 3 hours and 2 minutes, Flying
conditions were reported as “only
fair." He has been called in for
a conference with Mn for General
Mason M: Patrick, chief of the air
servic o.
favorable at that time. Dr. Hugo
Eckener, director of the Zeppellin|
company, announced today.
Lieut. Commander Garland Ful- Special to the Reporter,
ton, American naval officer who STANFORD, Texas, Sept,
has been observing the construction The Stamford business men com-
of the dirigible by the Zeppellin pleted the 500-mile boosting tour
company for the United States Friday night, covering ........
navy, has advised Washington that Leuders, Albany, Woodson. Throck-
the airship will start for America morion. Haskell, Weinert Munday, i
within reven or eight days, ISoree, Seymour. Vera, Benjamin,
The American navy department, Knox City, O’Brien, Rochester and 1
it is stated, is sending three ves-Rule. The principal speakers of
sels to take up stations at different the trip were Col. R. L. Penick,
points on the Atlantic for the pur-Judge E. V. Hardwick, D. L. Hay-
pose of keeping Dr. Eckener ad-nie, R. E. McDonald. J. K Brady,
vised of weather conditions. ) Rev. J. M. Youree and Rev. J. D.
----- Harvey.
AMARILLO AUTO RACES I The keynote of the addresses at
SATURDAY ARE FAST the various towns that were visited
n—- ’* closer relationship and a har-
AMARILLO Sept. 27.—Hiram|monious fellowship between Cen-
Thompson of Amarillo won both tral West Texas towns,
of the motorcycle races staged at
the Tri-State Fair today. He rode
a Harley-Davidson. C. C. White
of Shawnee, Okla.; H. L. Paugus,
of Mulhall, Okla.; Harry Wetzler
of Baxter Springs, Kas., and J. A.
Mais of Abilene were the w inners
in the four auto races.
shipment after they had been ster-
flized and placed in containers ap-
proved by an inspector attached to
, the commission.
have ratified the protocol. Plans to conserve the T. Worth
The Japanese objections to the livestock, mark.., the largest in the
j arbitration clauses Ko over until state were m de and included per-
I the Sunday morning session of the mission to ship cattle from outside
judicial committee. There is lit-the Infected area It they were un-
tie hope tl at Japan’s position will loaded In daylight and properly
be changed, according to the im- i inspected.
pression conveyed by M. Adachi to Theories of Sources
the various delegates, notably M.. “We ape looking for the source
Brand tonight. l of the disease in every port in the
' 1 J today” Boog-Scott
. . . said today. He indicated it was
are not members of the league was possible It might have come
. the interpretation of security made through the port of Galveston and
•---a ' by Dr. Benes, as official reporter been due to the operation of boot.
WEATHER BUREAU to the assembly that states which leggers. This theory extended to
U a. Department of Agricritura do not sign the protocol and do the obability that germs of the
A BILENE, Tex., Sept. 27.__For not belong to the league may be1
Abilene and vicinity. Sunday fair I proclaimed aggressors states If they
For East Texas: Sunday fair ex-refuse the arbitral proceedings laid
cept showers on west coast; colder down by the protocol and the leag-
except In northwest portion ‘ | ue covenant, and resort to war.
For West Texas: Sunday fair col-l Should this happen, the signa-
der in southeast portion. ' Itory states would be
Rainfall for 24 hours ending 7
n. m. Saturday, .06 Inch.
I Total since first of the year to ‘—ague EUVEMAL ana vmpna-
, 7 n. m. Saturday, 18 45 inches.’ sized by the protocol under dis-
WEATHER
Of importance to the United United States
4 States and other countries which
foot and mouth disease might easi-
ly have become attached to the ma-
tory states would be obliged to
apply sanctions against the non-
member states, as provided for in
the. league covenant and empha-
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Wca.
- i — ither outlook for the week beginning, ,
Avoca, Monday. West Gulf States: Show 1
lers In middle or latter part; cool i
first half, warmer about middle 1
and cool again latter half.
* Temperatures’
-----SATURDAY
A M PM
.... 76 67
*-* 77 68
.... 67 69
.... 62 70
A.. 59 . 69
.... 60 66
.... 58 63
... 57 0 0
... 57
ER
,
cussion.
+---
4
The Stamford band accompanied
the trippers and stunts were per-
formed enroute by local comedians
The boosters were dressed in uni-
from dusters and grey hats with
red bands. They were given hearty |
receptions at the various
that were visited.
Noon ... 63
Sunrise ... 6:30
Sunsets..- 6:29
a.m. 12:39 7 p.m.
Dry thermometer . 58* 67*
Wet thermometer . 51* 54*
towns TI pre humidity . 61% 11%
630
51*
4398
OLDEST WOMAN IN
OKLA, DIES SATURDAY
LAWTON, Okla. Sept. 27.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davirlson,
113 years old, believed to
have been the oldest white
woman in the state, was bu-
ried here yesterday.
Mrs. Davidson was born in
. Scotland and came to the |
I United States with her par- 1
ents when she was a year I
| old. She lived successively I
in Wisconsin, Tennessee, |
Texas and Oklahoma. She I
moved to Lawton In 1901. I
She is survived by three f
sons, '22 grandchildren, 56 j
| great grand children and 1
• several great great grand I
I children. I
terial used in packing liquors from
foreign countries and smuggled in-
to Texas. A number of dismantled
packing cases which had the ap-
pearance of having one time held
liquor of a foreign brand have been
found on the ranch where the In-
fected cattle are located.
Another theory, which Boog-
[ Scott was careful to say was mere-
( ly one of the possibilities was that
| the germs had come from Japan
through the p.rt of Vancouver In
seeds shipped to a nursery conduct-
ed by Japanese within a few hun-
dred feet of the area where the In-
fection was first found. The swift- .
ness with which plans have been
executed moved the* federal state
and county forces to hope 'that the
struggle might not be of as long
duration as preceding outbreaks in
other state
AUSTIN,
ernment rei
of the stat
listed to cl
foot and m
near Houst
clared as hi
tonight. A
companied t
(Continued
Every govs
a command
will be en-
read of the .
• discovered
r Neff de-
for Houston 4
rangers ac- ’
He expects
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