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HOUSTON
i-RQBE DEEPENS
r.aiysis ot Urcans Decks
b Determine Cause ot
iHipnaire s End
CHICAGO Dec. 25.The grim in-
'jvtyrtlgatioi. into circdmstaacee or
rountfnf the death of Billy McClla-tock..U-yesr-old
mUlloaslrs was eon
ducted f throna-hont f!hritmas -dav
here with (our eminent pathologists
Denqiog over tne aody in a laooretory
und a score of persons belnsr aues-
tioned to the office ot the State's
attorney. . '
i It svea learned definitely that the
'analysis of the Ill-fated youth's vital
organs oaa gotten under way oat in
formation retarding the developments
were - withheld pending the arrival
front Albuquerque N. hL of the boy'a
. foster Darenta. Mr. and Mm. William
fcbepherd. :
fount McCllntoek. the last lineal
heir of the "Ul-ifated" McOlintock inll-
- lions died December 4 from typhoid
fever according to the ohysicinna
who attended him. At the instigation
of distant relatives of the youth who
had been ignored in bis will an inves-
tigation of bis death -was Immediately
began In secret
Uer
ertain information which baa not
Jet been msde public wss submitted
to authorities' severs! days ago and
-JSI
tete'a Attornev Robert E. Crowds
announced suddenly tndt be would in-
ligate the boy's destb.
Important and romantic pbasea of
the young millionaire's death were the
nets that on bis deatoDed Be es
: : pressed a wlsb to marry the girl wno
' 4iad been his .lifelong sweetheart Miss
'v Ins belle Pons. He died a few minutes
before the eeremonv was to have been
performed.
i Miss Pope hss been active in the In-
vestigation - concerning the cireunv
ituml antronndinr: bar lover! death
and came voluntarily to the State's
; attorney s office with toe information
tbal ttie Kbepberds bad made ui-con
eealed efforts to prevent the death
' bed marriaie.
air. and Mrs. Shepherd will return
- to Chicago within tbe nest few day
- to DC questioned rney nsve aent
j word through their attorney that they
hava pot been surprised at tbe action
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Foslcr Fat!y.r Denies
Excluding t'iancee
tALBTJOUEHOTJB. N. M.. Dec.
2S.-William D. Shepherd foster
? father of WUliam N. McCUntock. de
nied the truth of statements contained
.' is reports from Chicago Thursday
J concerning events prior to the young
1 nian's death.
"Miss Iaabelle Pope was not kept
from- Billy's room." aid Shepherd.
s Kb wis cresent In the room whea
' -Billy died. Besidea Miss Pope there
tj were Dr. Stolp the attending physi-
:: ciao two nurses Mrs. Shepherd and
aiyaetf.
"Billy was unconsdoos for some
t dsy-before his death. Miss Pope
talked with him last just a week be-
fore he died."
8bepherd admitted that they raised
v objections to the marriage of Billy
X and Miss Pope after the young man
' became ill but denied tbst a "cold-
v new bad exixted" between Mrs.
v Shepherd snd Miss Pope. Both be
;" and jdrs. Shepherd he said were in
'favor: of Billy's marriage to Mias
- Pope.-
y "We wanted to see Billy married
and we thought tbe match between
. i him and Miss Pope was ideal" he
said.
Objections were raised after Billy
- became ill he said at the insistence
. (of Billy wbo said he did not want
.v! to marry until the date set February
-22 t925. and until be was entirely
jrecovered.
-."We never refused to let Miss Pope
Y stay in the bouse." Shepherd con-
tinued. "I can't remember Miss Pope
' asking to stay the night before Billy
died. Of course at tbe time we were
distracted and worried over his ill-
Vneas but I would have remembered
'.J-ench a request Miss Pope was si-
'i ways welcome in our home. Ws had
aotbinc to say concerning wbo should
-K- aae Billy. At all times we followed
- the- orders of physicians. Naturally
. they ordered nuiet and rest for the
.X boy and kept visitors from bothering
v hi iik
' Reports of quarrels between Billy
V. and aia foster parents drew a stron
.denial from Shepherd. Bill he saic
'i had been a model youth cheerful sc-
- ' commodatins and appreciative of
-everything done for him. "Billy never
v left bur home for a single night while
in Kenilworth" he said. "There Is no
truth in reports that he quarreled
Alwlth us snd left to stay st the Pope
uome.
Cfoitt Jailed When
. vVrOld Fetid Claims
Vr Lives of Two Men
i b 1 1
'-. (Associated Prssa.)
- HATNESVIIAE Ala.. Dec. SoV
-f Poor men spent Christmas behind the
:r bare here under murder charges as a
result of a longstanding feud which
baa claimed tbe lives of two saea.
The man a O. Rives and hla twe
soaav 0. 0. Rives Jr. and Gordon
Ilives and a negro Jamea Duneaav
are charged with the murder of Eaton
. fiayaes descendant of a revolutionary
hero and a grandaon of the founder
' of Haynesvllle - '
At the time of hla death Honaag
"bight. 'Haynsa with hla brother. Bus
sell JBayaea. waa en bond for appear
Nance in court for a second trial for si-
- ge4 complicity in the killing of Hugh
' Bivee a sob of a O. Bives. Baoee
was shot down after being called from
hia i(oaia at night by a negro .
r a-
College Suicide
SlPactJteoBs.in
Cia Death of Girl
noSTOK MaaaDse 25. The
stropga suklda pact of two Radcltffe
oolite girls made a few week ago
' ended- to tragedy Wednesday-whea
ons of them Miss Grace Winiams
of Cambrldgs died tl polsettiaf at
the tome el aer-aaca.ur. junoa ai
lnir-.-ia 1'ramlttahanL - " - - --"i
i " Ilsr college chum Mks Margaret
Korojrrloe of Worcester Is etill puf.
ferlnig from the effects t the pelaod.
. 4 2'h i two girls took poison tablets
I i VVhlle riding horaeback along a Cam-
I ' bridge- bridle path Later they re
sret ted -their act and staggered to tbe
. Mvstry.; aurrounos the . motive
wh irk prompted their pact v Accord-
i't toi)en. Brewa ef RsdcHrfe bolh
The Bos Gets Started orOneof the Blame Tjhliiigs
tlUMKVlVl
PAYlM Vow &
((CssyngM. CTHhy Tas Ben ayad&t. he.)
RIO VALLEY GETS
SEGDNDFREEZE
Christmas Dawns With
Ground G)vered by a
Thin Ice Coating
(Post-Dispatch Special.)
SAN BENITO Texas Dec 25.
The Rio Grande valley woke Christ
inas morning to find Itself encased in
thin armor of ice the mercury stand-
ing one degree below freezing. Just
what damage to the vegetable crops
and citrus trees will result from the
two severe northers' the last striking
before the first hsd passed can not
be determined accurately until after
tbe tbaw.
Rain turning to sleet fell through-
igbt and early morning- tnis
sheet of ice remained on the trees
and truck throughout the dsy although
there was some melting by the mid
of the afternoon whsu tbe tempera
ture rose to 33 decrees.
Thursday tbe sky remained cloudy
which Is in the growers' favor in the
battle with the elements.
When tbe freeis is at sn end a
complete inspection ot tbe valley will
be made in sn ettort to estimate tbe
damage.
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE.
MIDWAY. Texas Dec 25. Tbe
recent cold spell snd freese tbst pre-
vailed over this section of the country
for the psst several dsya did not do
any damage in this vicinity. -Very lit-
tle sleet has fallen but it has rained
st intervals. The cold spell rained
tbe turnip crop snd snother would do
s great damage to the cattle as few
farmers are prepared to teed tnem.
NORTHER HITS CHRIESMAN
CBRIESMAN Texas Dec. 23.
The second cold norther in the psst
two weeks struck this vicinity Wed-
nesdsy higbt and put the thermome-
ter several degrees below the frees-
Ing point The cold hss been very
bard on the live stock but as yet no
losses have been reported.
LEEf AtTaREDO.
LAREDO. Texaa. Dec. 2.WChrlst
mss dsy wss ushered in with cool
weather and sunshine but st noon the
mercury began to drop and st S p. m.
sleet began to fall indicating that a
colder spell waa due here Thursday
night and Friday.
Two Die as Skidding
Auto Hits Street Car
CENTRALIA. 111. Dec". 25.
frank Mabrey M. and Charles Mills
us. Here to spend unnstmas rrom
bis home near Ashley ware killed
Wednesday 1 when the automobile . in
which they were riding skidded and
collided with a street ear - standing
near tbe car barns. John Millar. 80.
and son Howard Miller. 18 who waa
driving ware injured out not sen-
ooaty. i
Bwbank Contributes
New Variety of Corn
SANTA ROSA Cal Dad. 25.
Luther Borbank. noted plant ul tor-
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idv wuv nv umm vumrvuvro
that he hae perfected a aew eariety of
sweet corn which ha bellevea will
prove mora productive and tweeter
than any sweet eora yet produced.
Ha also annonneed the narfaelkMB oc a
new variety of gladiolus and two va
rieties of euuuaa -.
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Colds Grippe Dnjro HwttJ-
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MEANING -
Buddies Paroled From
Pen; One Makes Good
Other in Jail Again
(Associated Press.)
DEXyER. Colo- Dec. 25. Two
yeara ago Christmas eve the gates
of the Colorado State penitentiary
opened and Mack Stanley expert au
tomobile mechanic and former cbaui-
feor to Jack Cudahy of Kansas City
and Robert Turner bis pal were
released on parole by former Gov-
ernor Oliver H. Shoup.
Sentenced to Ions terms In orison
for robbery in Denver the two swore
they would go "straight
That was two years ago.
Wednesday nirbt Stanley wbo for
the past year has been persons)
chauffeur to Governor William E.
Sweet was granted full pardon while
Tyler Negro of Slavery -
Dam Bums to Death
TILER. Texaa. Dec. 25.-
.-WheMf
charred remalna of Israel Eberhnrt
aged slavery time negro were dis-
covered Christmas morning in the
ashes of his cabin which burned to
the ground during the previous night.
The old negro lived slone in the
cabin and tbe cause of the fire is not
known.
CHRISTMA8 BOX EXPLODES.
GLENDALE. Cel.. Dee. 25. A
bemb In tbe form of a Christmas
packsge received by Ernest M. Tor-
ch la an attornev. exploded here esrlv
Thursday blowing off his left hand.
driving fragments into bis body and
injuring one eye.
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At Buckley's
Twice-Yearly
CLEARANCE!
Approximately 1200 Pairs
Pumps Strap Styles and Gored
v' - . -
Begins Today
. .
r-An event
long looked
for by our
customers!
315
fBy Fontaine Fbi.r
-
while Turner was held bv federal au
thorities charged with the sale of
narcotics.
After their release from prison
the twe pals entered the gsrage busi
ness st Florence Colo. and for some
time their renture prospered. A lit-
tle less than a year ago the partner-
ship wss severed snd Turner went bis
wsy snd Stanley his.
Stanley returned to Denver and
went into tbe employe of Governor
Sweet Turner's path wss s bit dif-
ferent. Little wss beard of him until
last nlgbt when it was revealed tbst
be wss being held in the city jail
wsiting arraignment for violation of
the Harrison narcotic law.
Irritated. Spouse ..
Egrtsflibby in Hi&t
F&it by Shooting
NEW YORK. Dec. 25. Mrs. Paul
Meissen gave her husband a alight
hint Wednesday that she was tired of
his nonsense and that when she want-
ed to play the phonograph she intend-
ed to do that very thing.
Mildly irritated by bis refusal to
allow music in their home she pick-
ed up s revolver snd shot him merely
ss a slight reminder that wivea have
their rights.
Meissen is in s hospital now and
hla gentle wife is held on 11500 bond
charged with felonious assault.
December 26th
A host of superbly
.styled models in sat-
ins suedes patents
"and other materials
are included I
At prices which
make the purchase of
several pairs a wise
investment.
KLEY'S
MAIN
r 'i tin urn Wi iirip7f;iBaj;nmq
lAjiijiiiris
it-
of Scaramouche
Gafc?r; Prize" for
Best Picture Story
(Associated Preas.)
NEW YORK Dec 25. Rafael 8a-
batinl for. bis novel "Scaramouche''
baa been awarded the 110000 prize
offered by Adolpb Zukor to th writer
whose story or play made the best
motion picture in tbe year which end-
ed last September 1 the Authors'
League of America through wbicb
tbe award was made announced
Thursday.
The judges were George Barr Bak-
er chairman of the First Interna-
tional Congress ef Motion Picture
Arts St which tbe orize waa offered
last year: Ellis Parker Butler presi-
dent of tbe Authors' League; Edward
Child Carpenter president of the
American Dramatists: Allan Dwan.
Charles Dsns Gibson Frederick Roy
Jlartlu. Hary Roberts Kinehsrt El-'
mer Rice and Robert E. Sherwood.
Final selection wss made the reoort
of the judges said after consideration
of a "surprisingly large number of
worthy pictures" wbicb were nsr-
rowed down to 17. from which "Scara-
mouche" "Tbe Thief of Bagdad" and
t'A Woman of Paris" were chosen
for the final decision.
'Scaramouche was selected tbe
report coutinued. "because it was
from ' all viewpoints sn exceptional
motion picture. It possessed that
fluidity of action essential to effec-
tiveneasl it reflected realistically a
particular dramatic period of history;
It possessed grest pictorial beauty;
was directed with skill and played by
a brilliant cast.
"Above all it waa a good story-j-written
with broad strokes snd in
heroic mood snd tbe prize wss of-
fered nrimarilf to a storvteiler. The
committee members were unanimous
in praising tbe spectsculsr beauty and
fantastic charm of "The Thief of Bag-
dad." But the authorship of the Ara-
bian Nithts which it recreated is ob
scure. . Chaplin's directing genius
rather thsn the story msde "A
Woman of Paris" notable. "Scara
mnnche" was adapted to the screen by
Willis Goldbeck directed by Rex In-
gram and distributed by tbe Metro
Pictures corporation. Adolpb Zukor
who has made the prize a permanent
annual establishment of the Authors'
Iearue is president of the Famous
Players-Lanky corporation.
Bandits Stage Old
Time Holdup on
Modern Motor Bus
(Associated Press.)
CARTERSVILLE. Ga. Dec. 25. A
dunlication of frontier holdups with
big motor bus substituted for the stage
coach of former times Thursday bad
authorities seekins two masked ban
dits who Wednesday night escaped
with s gold watch and 3Q after sto
oinx s cross-countrr bus st s lone
spot on tne Dixie nignway. as me
bus came to a standstill one of tbe
men entered snd deftly relieved the
driver the only occupant of bia watch
and money. Tbe pair then entered an
automobile parked beside tbe road snd
sped sway.
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BuckFever
r Claims First
Faialiiy
... . (Ualtad HvniX fl
uii0iniu yi.k -vm' akV f
"Back fever" asvef hsi a
proper place la the catalogue
of physical Infirmities a a til
aew whsa the first fatality
waa recorded easiest the dis-
ease. "Back fever ' Is better
kaewa as "stage fright"? It has
bsea kaowa to atrika gsrraleua
people speechless oa the lec-
ture platform and Im mat are
actors havs dreaded It
Aadrey Bleauveld a 15-year-old
hay la the first to pariah
from Its effects. He banged
himself la a a abandoned ' J
slaughtsr bouse Wednesday and J
the eerensr'a ary found that J
he had doae aa because he was j
afraid to faee aa andlence aa
a member ef the cast of a J
school Christmas entertain- 1
ment.
Id HELP SCIENCE
Passengers on Liners Will
Be Asked to Observe
Solar Eclipse
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. Pas
sengers on tbe transatlantic liners at
sea January 24 will have sn oppor-
tunity to serve science in connection
with the solar eclipse of that day. The
hvHrnrranhie office of the navv de
partment has suggested that ships' of-
ficers and passengers on vessels in the
eclipse none can mate pnoiograpnic
and other observations of tbe st-
tendsnt astronomical phenomena that
will be of "interest and value to
astronomers especially if tbe land
stations oappen iu ire utouj.
Full instructions ss to tne onservs-
tion-i desired are printed on the back
of the January North Atlantic pilot
chart just issued by the office.
Tbe officers and passengers sre
asked to draw diagrams of the sun's
shadow bands lust before the total
eclipse sketch the flaming corona and
try to photograph it. and study the
moon s contour ana toos tor comets
which may flare up when the sun'a
light is cut off. Any unususl behsvior
of animals on board ship will be
snother effect suggested to be
wstched for.
Centering at Montauk Point Ixng
Talon! Ik. AMin ntttlt nt ttia aliruj
about 00 milea wide will eitend thence
far serosa the Atlantic In a southeast
erly curve it was said before swingini
sharply upward to pass over the nortl
coast of Scotland.
NEGRO IS KILLED.
TYLER Texas Pec. 25. Dark
town business district Here was
thrown into a panic Wednesday night
when Henry Ijewis negro jitney dri-
ver fell dead following five pistol
shots fired at close range. Will
Williams another negro. Is being
held.
LUXURIOUS SEDAN
DGEAN TRAVELERS
IE
ULTRA-SMART BROUGHAM
- f Trr'
ELOPEMENTMURDER
AND SUICIDE FOl
CHRISTMAS
v RANDOLPH N. T. Dec 25. Twe
elopments a divorce and an abduction
in all of wbicb the same girl figured
were disclosed Thursday in connection
with a domestic tragedy here Wednes-
day. ; Peter McLsrney killed bis young
wife ahot her mother and brother
tben'killed himself.
Mrs. Grace Anderson motber-te-la
w of tba slayer and her eon. John
are expected to recover from bullet
wounds inflicted by McLsrney. while
be bad them -locked in s bathroom
after he bed taken the life of hia wife.
Dorothy Anderson McLsrney.
McLarney and the girl were sweet-
hearts five veers ago. She waa the
17-year-old daughter ' of -the late
Clarence A: Anderson -then president
of tbe Randolph FurnitHre company.
He was the son of Owen McLarney
aunerintendent In the furniture works
In September 1920 they eloped and
kept it a secret The girl wife went
to Dana Hall a Massachusetts school
to prepare for Wellesley college and
her 21-year-old husband remained in
Randolnh. - 't
But'tbe secret lesked out Mrs. An-
derson bad tbe marriage annulled be-
cause her dsughter was under age. By
tbe time of the Christmas holidsys
however tbe girl was of sge so she
and McLsrney again eloped to James-
town and again were married by the
same clergyman who performed the.
first ceremony.
'Whitewashing9
Landlord Gets
10 Day Term
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(Asseelatsd Press.) J
NEW YORK Dee. 25 The J
only landlord la town wbe pre- j
vlded his tsnants with a -white
Christmas"' will pass hit hall- j
daya la the workhouse. !
Joseph Etsea the landlord J
la the first ta draw a straight
workhouse asnteace indsr the
tenement hsasa act
Ordered te remedy dirty '
walla hrpksa windows falling 1
plaster and cracked celllnga la ;
bia aeveatssa-famlly apartment ;
house here ha complied by
whitewashing the entire Inter-
ior Including walls pictures ;
teaants' rags and furniture. Ha :
was glvaa tea days.
Meanest Thief
Steals Christmas
Toys in Denver
DENVER. Colo. Dec. 25. There
is no spirit of Christmas In this story.
Rather it is a tale of the meanest
man in- Denver. While an automo
bile filled with toys snd foodstuffs
to be delivered by an organisation of
Goodfellows wss parked in front of a
home In a residential district a thief
stole all of the toys. Lack of time
and fear of being apprehended prob-
ably caused bim to leave behind the
foodstuff.
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All Texas
Flint Days
(Postponed on account ot
bad weather a week ago)
Saturday Dec. 27th
Sunday Dec 28th
A
DOUBLE PURPOSE TOURING
sr.-
TRAGEDY
Within a rear the romaBce faded
They separated their baby boy wae
placed in tbe care oi its grsnamoijer.
When a divorce waa granted MrawMe i
La rney last fait she entered Pratt law
atitute aa a student. "--! ' v
McLarney found her In New lent
several weeks sgo. He urged her te
remarry him. When sbs refused ac-
cording to authorities he forcibly ve ! '
moved ber to a hotel In New Jersey
kept her there all night snd left her
the next day a prisoner hi the hotel -1
He was charged with Mann act viola ;
tion for thst episode and was out
$2000 bail. U'
Tbe former Mrs: McLarney came.
from New York to spend Christmas '
with her mother. While tbe young . '
woman was calling at the home of-
Mrs. William Atchison McLarney ea
tered and shot bis former wife
death with five nlstol bullets.
Then be went to tbe home of his
mother-in-law and shot her and her
son after locking himself in the bath"
room with them.
Deputy Sheriff Bragg appeared and - ;
ordered McLarney to surrender. A :
shot through the bathroom door waa -the
answer. It started a duel which
ended when Bragg crashed the door 7 f
snd found McLsrney deed with a
hnllt Ihrnnvh thm hmA m niatnl In rv-
one hand and a stiletto in the other 'i
oe curuuer iucu u ceruucaiv ox
suicide. '
t
Talesmen Are Dismissed
When They Fail to
Reach Murder Verdict
(Associated Press.) t
BUTTE. Mont. Dec. 25. Federal
Judge George M. Bourquln Wednes
JURY DEADLOCKS
N DRY SHOOTING
day dismissed tne jury wnlca Heard .
the case of John O'Lesry who waa ' '
tried on a charge of attempted mar ' ;
der for emptying two pistols on a
group of prohibition agents In a court
room wnere ne nad appeared for sen- '
tence following his conviction for vio-
la t ion of tbe prohibition law.
The end of the trial came after the .f' 1 '
Jury had deliberated nesrlr 20 hours r !'
and reported that no verdict waa pot- ' .
sible. Tbe defenee plea of insanity . .
snd "split personality waa discred- l-'
Ited bv Judge Bourquia In his adk J
oress irom me nencn neiore tne jury
reurea.
When O'Learv arose In federal
court an Ms 21 tA hear Ma nlann v
in tba liquor case he drew bis wean-' '.
oaa and fired at random 12 shots.
none of which took serious effect " - r-
O'Lesry himself waa wounded by the
last sbot he fired. ' -
Judge Bourquln act the case for
retrial at tbe Helena term of court'
EARTH SHOCK FELT. ' ' V '
LONDON Dec. 25. Severe earth- ; ;
quake shocks occurred Christmas day
at Smyrna and Baindlr according ta a '
message received hers from Coa-.
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