Houston Post-Dispatch (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 155, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 6, 1924 Page: 3 of 18
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C hie f Executive
H e a r 1 1 More Re-
- ports on .Political
Outjook Friday. ;
(Associated Prees.) V
. JTASHINQTON Sept 8. Addi-
tional reports on the political sitae
lion Friday were plsoad before Prtri-
tfeut Coolidge who alio save atten-
tion to domestic and foreign problem
of covernment Saturday he will mo
tor to Baltimore to deliver aa addreta
t the unveiling of toe Ia JFsyetts
Ambassador Houghton of Germany
home on vacation called FNday to pay
bis respects to Mr. Coolidge and gave
a dowiiir account of tba auecesa of
tbo Dawes reparation plan in so far ss
It alratariv naa hum ma
"We must cot more capital Into
uermany ne saia "ana uo wan
wnicn la wonaenuur secured ww sc
torn nil h that." . . '
- The president went over details of
bis plan for investigating agriculture
wun memoers oi nis caoinet a nasi
morning and it waa indicated ha wool
nam the eammliiinn to make the in
estigatioa within a few days. The
president waa said also to be giving
consideration to the tariff commission
report on the sugar duty but in view
of- ths divided oninion of the commla
aion-on the proposal for a reduction
ha had found considerable difficulty in
reaching a conclusion and an imme-
wate report la not anucipaieo.
Renresentative Tilson of Connect!'
'cot manager of the speakers' bnrean
of too Eastern division of tne repuo'
lican national committee.and BeprO'
aentativa UttA of West Virrmia con
f erred with the orestdent and pic
tured a bright outlook for the election
in their mates.
As'-
Chance Reunites'
f Father and Son
I After 26 Years
-r Caaiw did-.lor- CLJWBatmet 71
- former Houstonian now an uakiana
' Ual ' contractor what two score
years' of effort had failed to do ac-
cording to information reaching
Houston. n
v "Boy show the gentleman up" the
toom clerk in a Los Angeles hotel
where Mr. Baqoet had registered or
dered 1
The bellboy himself middle-aged
Icked up the guest's baggage then
Topped the traveling bags to tbo
na emoracea tne gray-oairea
He waa bis father from whom
-floor and embraced the gray-haired
He wai
i become
ago and
ide aearc
name is O. W. usquet jr.
Suest
ebaV
. years ago
I tlonwtde
baU become separated in Texas 26
and woo naa msae a no-
arch for him. The son's
The elder Baquet formerly was
' cattleman here.
BAPTISTS WILL
t HOLD REVIVAL
taneaiesssesssel
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BOSTON READY
FOR. ni
(Cont'd from Tg. 1.)
many yacht$g parties
the lookout alLdat-for the flyers and
atooa out to
watch the airmen
era bad descend
ass. trace tne riy-
bowever word ot
' Broadway Baptist church. Harris-
burg and the Magnolia PaTk Baptist
church have arranged to join in a
" tent meeting to be conducted by Kev
Thomas w. wnite missionary even
' mlist of the Union Baptist smocia
' : tion. The tent was placed Friday on
the lots running back north of the
corner of Harrisburg boulevard apd
' Klihtirth street.
y" Sunday night the revival will begin
and the eboira and workers from both
the Harrisburg and the Magnolia Park
churches will co-operate in all the
. services. Pastor Luchia Robertson
'. will represent the Broadway church
- and Y. M. 0'HairSeducation secre-
. tary will represent the Magnolia Park
! church. The meetings Will be roff-
tinned with both day and night ser-
vices as the interest may seem to'de-
Band. . '
tS For the first week of the meeting
'A. C. Maxwell Sunday school worker.
'.- also ia. expected to assist Dr. Whits
in the meeting.
? Galveston Fair Fund
Boosted $350 More
(Post-Dispatch 8ptctaL
1 GALVESTON Tefcas-1 Sept. 5.
. Unusual interest In tie uaiveeton
t- county fair which wfH be held at
Dickinson September 23 to 28 is
- found in adjacent counties according
to James A. ' Boddeker of Galveston
and Judge W. T. Smith of Frienda-
- wood who completed a tour of ths
' ; territory.
All records for contributions to the
- fair were broken Friday when Mr
V' Boddeker wbo ia in charge of the
' - ramoaicn for funds bare received
T' more than $350. The contributions
came aa a result of solicitation by
Air Mail Service
To Deliver Films
h ' BOSTON. Sent B. Special air mall
service for the purpose of carrying
photographs and films snowing the
arrival of the world fliers to New
. lork to connect with the regular
transcontinental planes was author-
v- bed today by the post ome depart-
ment -
GOES TO NEW YORIC
Lee B. Wellman manager and
buver for Bakowita Brothers left Fri-
' day evening for New York to purchase
'. new fall merciiandise lor tne reopen-
' ing of the store which hss been closed
f since tba fire of August 24. v
their coming to this oas spread slow
ly and it was not until aiter oinner
Uit Miidi Itacan to collect at Nere
Point By 8 p. m. however several
nundrea people naa visiiea ue nay vt
Innk over the nlanea.
By this time the fog waa clearing
and the three seaplanes were fully
visible from the shore. Later in the
evening the entire bay was clear of
mist although a heavy fogbank still
hung threateningly on snore.
PICTOD N. s; Sept B. The
American round-the-world fliers set
out from Pictou for Boston Friday
at'10:85 a. m. on the last lap of own
foreian territorr and the final jump
overseas of their long and arduous
globe encircling trip
The three plane got under way
laiter a 19-minute delay caused by
motor trouoie wnicn oereiopean
the heavilv laden plane "Boston- II
This machine which had been Sent to
Pictou to permit Ueutenanta Leign
Wade and H. H. Ocden to complete
their world f Dght Interrupted by the
wreck of their first plane ok tne
Faroe islands waa forced down 4hree
minutes after taking the air with the
machines of Flight Uommander Men-
tenant Lowell H. Smith and Lieuten
ant Erik H. Nelson at 10:10.
Repair Md Quick.
It took only a few minutes to 're
pair the motor trouble of the "Boston
II" snd the three machines were away
at 10:35 on their 620-mlle Jionstop
hop to Boston. ' '
The fliers court led across North
Cumberland straight to the Isthmus
of Cbignecto which connect Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick'. From
this point they followed the coast
line of New ran sw let ana new rag
land.
At 10:15 tba machine passed
Rivera John and at 11:18 they passed
over the mouth of Pur Wash harbor
about 60 miles from their stsrting
point. They were flying abreast and
going very fast
Watchers on the shore off Wallace
harbor.whlch the airmen passed be
fore reacbina Pug Wash harbor as
serted that the "Boston II" droppou
very low. followed by the "Chicago"
while the "New Orleans'' slackened
its pace and hovered overhead. For
a time it looked aa though the "Bos-
ton II" had alighted but a few min-
utes later she gained-altitude again
and the three machines disappeared
from view.
At 11:45 the airmen pasesd o-nr
Amerst about 28 miles beyond Pug
Wash harbor.
Hit U. 8. Coast.
At 11:45 the airmen passed orer
over Albert New Brunswick flying
at a faat rate of speed toward the
southeast. They were quite high and
abreast of one another.
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One snore reunion of parents and
lildren. oae more big da of are-
free playtime before the golden un-
children more big day of eare-
shine J suamer givea way to the
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Top. left to rlohtr Lieutenant
Erio Nelaon Lieutenant Leigh
Wade and Lieutenant Lowell H.
Smith commander of the flight fol
lowing the mlshnp which caused
Major F. L. Martin (above) te aba
do the trip.
FIRE HAZARDS
TO BE MOVED
Smith Says Business
District Must Be
Cleaned Up
Proprietors of several business
houses on Congress avenue between
San .Jacinto and Austin streets were
ordered Friday night by Fire Mar-
shal Will Smith to clean up their
laces early Saturday and warned that
aimre to oner ue order wouta sun-
lect them to auroearanc in court
air. runitn maae a onei inspection
of the Congress avenue section at the
request of W. O. Woods president of
tne Houston . insurance jucnange
who made public Thursday -report
from representatives of 83 fire lfK
suranc companies doing business
here.
The report characteraed fire
hszards in Houston as "slmost un
believable."
Fled Hazards.
The fire marshal accompanied hi
Mr. Woods came noon ollea of trasi
and rags in stairways leading to the
basements of seversi tmuuings.
Mr. Smith declared that poOcenrtn
honld aid the fire deoartment and
saniUrv authorities bv making Oi
era or tenants of such establishment
keen them free from fire hasards oi
this nature. .
Roxie Ollre and Mr. Smith declared
Friday they stood ready to tale uy
necessary steps to. reauee tne asn-
- M 1 I. JnH L. mw'b
er vi lire muu Rvvp uvwm -naa.
The maTor said that i spite
of the inspectiqn made over tne city
a ahort time aco. he would order
house-to-house inspection at once if
the situation demands sued action.
fl UA at Wark.
Mt. Oilre stated that he has 118
men at work daily en fire inspections
over the city. - -
Mr. Woods urged that citlxens give
closer attention to precautions sug
gested by tne fire department
"I believe the fire ftahtera are do
ing all in their power- to keep'down
losses" he stated "but I also think
the public does not fully appreciate
the menace which confronts it"
He pointed out thst in 1423 there
were 1321 biases in Houston while
already this year there have been
1240. In Ausust. 1023. there were
85 fires while last month there were
145 an increase of 00.
arore sombre tones of fall that Is
what fact Judd's Birthday-Houston-Post-DUpatch
Children's Day is go-
ing to be on September 13 at Her-
mann park. )- '" .'
AH of Houston' thousands are in-
vited to comedo Hermann Park on
that day and throw themselves into a
round of gaiety that will make k one
of the happiest daya that Houston bs
bad during the whole year.
j Unle Judd Lewhv beloved author
of a thousand children's stories and
poema will be on band and has prom-
Wed to read some of his choicest
Doems. i Uncle Judd- has spent the
greater part of hie life writing for
tne entertainment oi tne cnuaren
end he ha a boat of friends among
Ihem. --
. Ha wants every nttle kiddle and
the Brown-on fri and of everv little
kiddie ia Houston and nearby towns
te eome te his - birthday party and
help hint-have the beat time he has
ever - had in hi life.
' Bands have been engaged to furnish
musje for the event Orffl O'Reilly
tne ire pan movie man naa prom-
H0USTONIANS RETURN.
Judge Presley K. Ewtng and Mrs.
wing UU3 uiay avenue who hav
been touring abroad this summer sr-
E'
rived in New York Tuesday accord'
ing to word received here Friday. The
two Houstonians disenlbarked from
the Atlantic Transport Line stesm
ship Minnetonka which sailed the 1st'
ter pact of August from London Eng
land and uneroourg France.
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burk shot- 'fob-
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ooBtrutloa. Existing ordara aad
-tftmand fo.at1la ssoaads Xlflit
(I) MIlltoB-fullr protaetad. Com-
pasr Ineorporatad Btata of Taxaa.
Stock will aooa be atfaral flrat
tlma only Ti aharaa allottad for
Houston at par 11 OS par shara .
shara aubaarlDtlona aoltaltad. -
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Shortly before 1 o'clock the airmen.
flying low .in triangular formation
passed over St John and continued
down the coast toward Maine.
The fliers reached the United States
at 120 p.m. The three planes flying
very fast passed over the Weat
Quoddyhead coast guard station on
the boundary line between Maine and
New Brunswick at that hour. The
wind waa alight from the southeast
and there : was a slight fog. They
headed down the coast
7EAI(RUtlD0Wl
AFTER SICKNESS
.. haasssaa-ii aiswsissswsfs.
Lydia E Finkham's Vege
table Coiiipotlnd Made Mrs.
Dube WeatTong
K Hartford Ckmn.-" After a se-
vere sickness I was go weak that I
could not do my
rr
housework so my
mother told me to
take Lydia &
Pinkham s Vege-
table Compoand
The 'first bottle
helped me so much
that I took six
more bottles and
fait fine. I have
just given birth to
aiiicebaby girl and
am feeling strong
and wett. Bo different from th Way
I felt before. I mm taking the Vee-
table Compoand right sJona; while
nursing. Tbo baby seems to be ta
good health and myfriendrsay they
see a bier ehanar for tba better in
ine.''--Mrs. Eoonni Dobss69 Wood-
bedn St EL Hartford Connecticut.
" Tbo VegeUUeCo&ipoundi asplen-
dld medtabe to bring back health and
strength. Many mothers have found
this true as did Mrs. Dub. There) are
women everywhere who know by ex-
perience the raids of Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound. -
Writs) to Lydia EL Pinkham lfedV
cms Co. Lynn Masaachosetta. for a
free coby of Lydia E Pmkham'a
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Joy Befo re Summer
Fades Promised
Kids
Isel to display his best and funniest
picture in tne evening mere ww
also be a program by some ot Mrs.
Anna Glesendnnner's dancing pupils.
A thousand details are being worked
out to insure the complete sucrem
of the party. Every possible precau
tion will be taken against minhap.
Two trained nurses and an ambulance
will be kept ea the grounds in case of
aa accident
. There will be free Ice cream free
cold drinks dosene of different kind
of souvenirs and everything else to
add to the merriment of the occasion.
. Everything la being centered around
a day of real pleasure for the chil
dren. The park swings see-saws
mery-go-rounda shoot-the-shoots and
other amusement devices are stsndina
idle wslting tor some little child to
enjoy himself. The park soo with
all of its wonderful antmala la wait
ing for the admiring eyes of the kiddies.
The omeial program starts st ft
o'clock in the afternoon There will
be gamea-and contests of all kinds
with a prise for the winner of every
event Thbv morning hours will be
plsvtima for the children.)
Whole families are urged to
GALVESTON. Tetss. Boot 5.-
Four hundred delegates te the Inter-
national Association for Identification
and Texas police chiefs' convention
which Is being held in Houston ar-
rived in Galveston Friday afternoon
on special interu roans enjoyed a surf
bath and a touy of inspection of the
city as well aa a special seafood din
ner and returned later u tne svs-
nine. . j i A.--. - ei
The delegates who came to the con
vention from every section of the
State an expressed pleasure with the
"otg tune enjoyea on ue trip to ue
iauud. . v.
GALVESTON. Texas Sept 5.Po-
sitloos of shins at sea were recem.1
by the naval radio atation Friday as
follows:
Hoxbar 03 miles east southeast of
Galveston bound for xexaa mty.
W. W. Mins 140 miles east south-
sat pf Sabine bound for Philadelphia.
ring i
There will be something doing from
10 a. m. until On. nv The Boy Scouts
and the Girl Scouts are invited to
come in uniform and spend the dsy.
The weather man has been consult-
ed and promisee that the proper
brand of weather will be supplied and
everything point to one of the big-
test birthday partiea that baa ever
een held in Houston.
Glenpool 207 miles southeast of
Galveston bound for New York.
W. H. Libby 70 miles eaat south
east of Galveston bound Ut 1
City. v; ;V
GALVESTON; ' Texas Sept 6
William Parr 73 veteran steam i..
agent died Thursday at hi hom ii
Dawlish- Deronahire England ac
cording' to a cablegram received here
bg T. aVThlHips maasger of the loo
efflea of William Parr Co. Y.c.
Parr waa well known hero. . He came
to Galveston in 1881 from Cngtsna
and established one of the first steam-
ship compsa1 on ths island. For
to any years it has been a member of
both the Galveston and Houston Cot-
ton exchanges. The name of the firm
has never bees changed. 1
OALVE8TON- Texas Sept &. A
meeting of civic fraternal and other
organisations in the city of Galveston
has been called for next Sunday morn-
ing when plana for the mammoth pa-
rade to be ataged National Debase
day September 12 will be perfected.
GALVESTON Texas Sept bW
Sunday September 14 is tne uate set
for the opening of the Martini the-
ater Galveston s new playhouse. The
theater which waa formerly the old
Grand opera house baa been com-
pletely remodeled and an 'entrance
made on Twenty-first street' Feature
pictures vaudeville and road shows
will be seen in tie new house this sea
son.
We Are Now Gloriously
Ready To Serve You
Every reck Is overflowing with new Fell Merehandlae. Snappy
new clothing for every member of the family. Come In today.
WOMEN'S HATS
This Is a brand new department Every model the
neweat Fall etyle.
Ladies' Coats Suits and Dresses
Never before such a showing never before euoh
reasonable prices.
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1UWS 2-PA1MT
scjiool surra.
Get him ready for sohool. 2-
Pants Sulta which will wear
like Iron. The beat valuee
over offered. Bring him
today.
Open A Charge Account Yoik Crefit Is Good
Leader Clothing Co.
814 TRAVIS STREET
wit m vm. v lmt .tr
v v o vzzro
"THE STORE THAT GROWS AND KEEPS GROiVING"
TOM Y'S
SHOE
SPECIAL
In order to reduce
our stocks we offer
three of our best
selling shoe styles
at a big reduction
in " price today
only.
' Brown Calf
Blucher Oxford
$4.95
Brown or Light
TamCalf Lace
'Oxford
$4.75
All are excellent shoes
solid leather and our
best selling styles.
Showing the newest in Men's
and Young Men's Clothes.
STYLES The cut of the
.clothes this year is consider-
' gbly fuller. The coats are full .
backed; two or three buttons
equally good. The trousers are
fuller running from 17 to 20
inches at the bottom.
COLORS The tendency ia
to very light effects in the new
PowdeV Blue Seagull Gray
and London Lavender.
. FABRICS Are better than
ever. Consisting of Cassimeres
Flannels Cheviots and unfuv .
ished Worsteds and Serge.
PRICED
$35 to $55
TWO-PANTS SUITS
For the young man going into
h(s first long trousers
$30 $35 $40
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Newest in Men's Furnishings
Stetson Hats
New Colors and
Styles
$7 and $10
Fall Caps
New Patterns and
Styles
$2.50 $3.00
NEW FALL TIES
$j. $.5o $2 t50
SILK SOCKS
"Onyx" Brand Silk Socks
Special
Today!
English Broadcloth
Shirts white tan
blue and gray.
L85
in all colors
plain; 76c
and
or
fancy
$1.00
Full Fashioned Socks la
fancy colors; made ot Im
ported
lisle
$1.50
Hosiery
WOMEN
AND
School
Children
Women's Silk Hose $1.49
Pure silk medium weight "Wunderhose" with Hale garter
hem and reinforced heel and toe; in grain sky sandt am-
ber fog and sliver gray Congo and hazel brown bamboo
coating etc.
Chiffon Hose $1.59
Pure silk full fashioned with Hale garter hem high
ipllced silk heel and reinforced foot; in beige alredale
fawn French blue orchid black and white.
Misses' Hosettes 89c
Silk and rayon irf fancy dropstttch and fancy I-tnch cuff
top In the new blues green and tans also black and dark
brown.
Children's Hosettes 50c
Mercerised derby ribbed; J-lnch self colored enff top; ta
gray camel cordovan black and white.
a"
Children's Hosettes 35c f
Derby ribbed; extra nice quality; sites 8 to 10; ia black
brown and white; self colored' J-lnch cuff top.
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