The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 274, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 23, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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pO ON Ontlln." That was tho
J word of encourRgoineiitggivpn
r I) Ontlln. candldato for ilia-
rir. delegato to the National
Di'inocrutlc party nt Houuton. as
J left for llcftuinom Monday.
It looks like rimt ii delegate tills
Mir N going In l.ae to um his
1 i iti ami his In ad hi imtrlot-
l tin .mil' lil ii.uiiit ut tlii tm-
liiiml cotivi'tn.ni The forty
Tat illcgat will llkt'ly k un
in ir tried ar i.i n'lnm thi-y ii.iii
iiit.nrt apl m.in uf tin m will
an-ordltir l. bur uif i.- tools
rf cnnviiHoii lbb Inta nml con-
entlon politicians (iatlln I a
afo mnn for l.i knews tln wlroi
nnd luiw to watih for tin. wool
Hi went throntili I'm li.ntlt nf
ladltnn Siiiart in lust
4Ja.ll-.on .siiuar in u
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)fl ITICrf ninkt-M Mtranie In d-'
1 itllows am) (unii) ronirnlluti
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aniici )etuoimi inaild Ileatl
tnont Tuoaday and whon tho
hIiouiIiik and tiitiuilt dlotl away
it im found thai ttnrt woro four
minis ix-sm"i.nr nail one very
liv. but do tlnd. aetlvi govr-
nor preient. WheOter Mn Ktreu-
"on and tho revt-n-d Joioph D.
' 'hi att iij
ili-m wore
CulM-d In th
preaunt waa not dt-
lliu nnn.. U'l..... niil.1
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v nail 1 Un- rniuunUon atorloa.
Irt iliios that n Tuxaa Democratic
f' Million I no plan- for woinrii
U ..Id nee. It's hurd on th I
. '
in art Hut tho Heauiiiont scent-
l n inero ilinp In the bucK.-t
toi.Murod will what Is tu In-
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1 nil - under out- niof irty load-
ir nr thin Innd of fnedotti nud
fi.bn.iK. "Thou win sen strati or
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i and as certain as en-thly ox
lutein-.- Is tho liiuuort.il words of
the Kreat and good tlulllvnii. "tKo
poor yo hnvo with ye always."
Homit nnd Htnte do woll to bear
t ils truth lu mind and tho wlsn
home nnd the fnr sighted Kovern-
ent provide accordingly. Httlld-
a fitruu for tho tudlgout and
maimed poor l caketitlally n
ri work for tho county inn btopn-
i tti C'junt commissioners and
'( ottnty JuilKo W J. ArrliiKton
cst. 11 do n wortbv work one that
ioA-ilt iiiditio forov.tr nud 0110 thatrllon rro"1 lll' seventernth tils
riVlU ..fleet credit upon tho peo- I'1"- Mr- ""' il iTomlnont at
jjl . ... ... . torney of this place was a dolu
pjile tney 111 "I'. 11 iney win ri'iieui
credit upon the people they servo
ix tbc win nut take hold or tuo
"rtWratlon now eating In thin
county and make such provisions
as necessary to lift the burden
front the few itml place It on tho
ast.iMe. Ilttlhl Hid f u 111 for (lie
poor.
Keith Freed By Jury
HOME DEFENSE
PLEA WINNER
IN TRIAL HERE
Srnrr (loiiriillllillr
I )clVii(l;ml In
(last
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Traii "iinwiitii n Ijv I P
Ktlth. Iiri'iiulit i trl:. I m tl i
'til illxtrlrt. r.nirl Tor tin nunli
of H Ward wall.t d '
Ihf rotintv rinirtlioiiMi. .1 1 !
o rliick TuimiIbv aft. 1 noon. .1 1 n t
man Jiirv In tlm ra' ntinni.t
11 idiot of not mult) aft'-r mil
In inlnnti'M .l.'lllnrallon
('huri'iH of "fialiH'd listltnon" '
f.'ll liark anilnwl tin uRi'-old ar
tniiii nt of on know what win
would liai iloii.'. and un in- j
i.inkilili' utnioHihi'iH of Mniint)iv 1
for thf defendant nt iiiimI to till
tin- iiouiIimI room. 1'ltftn that
ti'l'hf.M rnunty vhoulil not lu n
roiinty of blond ntninx wnakfiii't!
with tho rohitttal of "(iod nnvt
a country whnn a man Ix not
allow ad to protect bin own wo-
rn tin his wlfo hla Mttort his
ilRUghtora."
Dofetiiio rcstPd Its enso on this
"right of any man to protect his
homo and to kill whon tlif virtue
of his wlfo. daughter or alstor Is
at Btaki." In tho words of Jud;e
S. J. Oaborno who upnncd tho nr-
gtituiint rollowlnt District Attor-
ney I. H. Wolflh. proaoctttor for
tint stall).
I'vory aent In tho district court
room was tntcon ami urors of nn-
lookers stood for lionrH during
the Monday m union when Keith's
textlinony nnd :iruniuiiit In tho
cut. offend one dramatic hiti-a-tion
nfter nnothir. JiiiIki ' f
llamllii wan roict'd to rail for
nrtlcM durltiK JuiIro Onbi)rni's
xensntlonal plea for ncmiltlal
1 w hen emotional stroas of tho case
found an outlot In smothered
lniiKhter nud whlaporlitB.
PolloultiK tho road Inn of JikIkr
Hatnlln's eliarite to the Jury lv-
1 fi 1 11 it nt tt I ttil liitt.i itri.liillitu tt
ttBw iMui1n and the law
' vlilch "lioiulrlde U JiiHtlfled
Ia the lumuutil on one taken In
"'""'"y wim the wif..." Atlor
hull Ual4il aimmnt..l ..Anfo
m-y W!mIi preneiited n forenful
oeaae for the prosecution with
arKumoiil centminic nrouiid con-
(Pontintii'd on I'aue :i)
Kimdolpii Namo
Given Air F'wUl
W .Mill I ll I llis. .MBV J. IW
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1 11- nv'v air uurps irainina ct'ti-
tor t sn Antonio will e "d
Itnpitolph Pleul in 'uior of ("apt
CllHnni Handolnh. a native of
'V' whJ? .la "
airplane rraah at (iorman Tt-xn.
Ui4 Kehrunry
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Sumlnv inorulnic. June a. and
'' commoncemont excrclaa Tuoa-
J "J' Jur6' at ""J A
AM. CoIIdkr of Toxrs. will ho
bmadrHstoil by WTAW. the A
.t M CoIIokq of Toxns radio
broadcasting station urmcmni for
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Jun Jttat turned ahowa. Dr. I.
II. Ontea pastor of the Pirt
llnptiat Chureh. gan Antonio
will preach the bnccalauruato sor-
tnoti whllw Dr. Hradford Knnpp
president of the A. i.M. College
of Oklahoma. ' will deliver the
1 coinini'uceiiu'iit address.
Galliii Named As
DisLrieL Dohigatc
K. I). OntUn wna Tuesday nam-
fid one of the two dennatvH to
the national democratic conven
gate to New York In 1024. He
Is attending the Heauiiiont con
vention this year
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Woiufln mechanics huvn nnulo
Places for tluuuHolvos-lrutho avia-
tion shops-of' this alnfluld. Two
of them liavo he'eti at i.Avork for
homo time.
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Volt si e In the ipp..' photo
what bombers did to the llleh-
iiioikI Hill 1. 011 iHlnnil. home
of Hubert C. Klllott ( below I
official executioner for New
York and several other east-
urn atates as Hlllott nnd his
family sln.pt within. N'onr was
Injured. Hlllott put S.icco and
Vnnzottl and also Mrs. Jtuth
Snydur ami Jmld c.raj to
death In the ..bcti h- chali
G. 0. P. BOLTERS
ASK FOR SEATS
Slonny Convention
A l Dallas
. DAI.1.A.S Mny 2. (?--I loth of
two ronteatliix republican ruc-
tlonr In Tuxas will send delOBR-
lloits to the national convention
as tho result of n split nt the
stato meeting hore yesterday.
Aftor 0110 of the Btortuloat state
conventions lu the hMoiv of Tex-
as politics a faction hendd by
H. II. Creuger or Ilrownaville. In-
atructod twenty-two deletjatPS and
four delegates at larg' to vote
for Herbert Hoover for president.
Porous led by C. C. Littleton
and Congressman Harry Wurz-
bach of Han Antonio walked out
of the muotluK and held a con-
vention of their own. Th-y chbse
four delegates nt Inrtee nnd con-
firmed the recont election of
twenty-two delogntoi In tho dis-
trict conventions. The Wiirzbnch-
I.lttibton faction favored an u n-
iiUBtructed (loleatloii.
The iixccittlvo committee of
the national organization prob-
ably will rule upon tho contest.
sti:i'iii:.s . (. r. has
m:i.i:iTi: i i.iis
In n spirited convention of ro-
nubllcans of Stephens County
held In tho Colonial hotel on
Mny 8th Paul Martin wns named
ns doloeate to tho Dallas ('atlior-
Ing. Ho was sent unlnstructod.
The h legato from the T'arlcs pre-
olnct. 10. K. Holiday was not
seated In tho county convention
on the ground that tho precinct
had no duly appointed chairman.
IIODKO PMIADH SATPICDAY
The parade to lie glvon Satur-
day afternoon nt 2 o'clock by
the management of tho linden
which Is to ho given Saturday
nml Sunday is due to bo a big
drawing card according to those
planning the features of the pa-
rade. A couple of oxen will he
driven through town pioneer
fashion.
SMITH IS HACK
Senator Jesse Smith returned
Wednesdny from the Henumont
convoutlon of Toxas Democrats.
Ho was a member of the WQst
Toxas special out of Port. Worth
and this trt.ni returning Tuesday
night brought ninny delegates
back.
Homo Bonihod
IpX
benior Talenl
To Give Play
Ply away. Jack fly away
Jill fly away thoughts of Hlks
nnd Lions and nil such
weighty bubjeeta and all oth-
er cirs that Infest tln day
and laugh with the s.-nlors to-
lilglit nt the HIkIi School when
they lu-osmit "Adam and Rva"
In nil their pWstln. glory and
beaut. Whethnr its n storv of
"llenttiy and the lleast" ' ro
mnlns for the curtnln to un-
fold at S:ir Wt'dnesday p. in.
at tho audltorliitu Hreek will
bo given an opportunity to
find out whether there are In
the senior bunch an (Jnrrets
and Cowb here
.?
CADDO SCHOOL
ENDS TUESDAY
Large (.lass Given
Diplomas
Diplomas woro presented' to IP
graduntes of the Caddo grammnr
school nt tho !lgh school audi-
torium at Caddo Tuesday night
by County Superintendent Mrs.
Ula Urockman. A cominoncmnnt
program wns giver with musical
numbers by n class chorus and
by Miss Plorenco Hale.
Mlas Prancs Williams Intro-
duced tho class. Landollnn Press-
mil nave the valedictory speech
and Itnbort Turner Johnson was
siilutatorlaii. TIiomp unuluatlng
wore James llntul. Ada Marie
Cut Us Mlna Orouiids Plorence
Hale Lloyd Horn Junnltu John-
son Robert Johnson I.eUl.i John-
son Coorge Leedy Nolan Nixon
I-nndoIlne Proskiial. Myttle Reyn-
olds Prances Williams Lois
Williams. Jimmle Haydnn and
Ilernlce Harlow.
At the close of the exercises
Mrs. nrockman and tho class
sponsor. Miss Cladys Rogers were
presented beautiful presents by
the class.
KL PASOTroitl Mqlor Com-
pany "will add another' story- to
Its building; 'at '017 Texna Street
at coat of about $6 GOO.
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.in 18 Minutes
SHIPPERS ASK
RELIEF FROM
LOCAL ROADS
I Icai'Mii. Scliednlcd!
i
l'I'orr I. C. (1.
lirjiuir
Plans whetehy an InteicliaiiRC
ir.icl between the Wichita Palls
and South. nit and the Texas Pa-
cific railways will be established
at tlreckenrldge and shipping fa-
cilities for this territory Ituprov-
id InO uif cent mn being nego-
tiated h.re with some settlement
or the ton- desired transaction
t M.ected 111 t.ie et- near future.
it was ii-iirne.l Weilnesdaj tnorit-
Inv. ult filed with the Interstate
CiMiimen'e Poiniuisslou at Wash-
In. ton by the lo'cal chamber of
I'li-inierci' acting as mediator for
tin- two eompnnh's will bo set
for bearing on June 1 of timl-
rahle auteeiniint Is not 1 pitched
b that time accor.lltip t- p com-
uiunlentlon vecelved t ( s. H.
llrown president. .'Ir. I rown
stated that he did not yet know
vhat action would be observed
hut that ome better arrnnfje-
ment would reault from the in
gotlattons iindem way nt this
time.
Tho project has been under
ponnlileratlon""foT four years with
one hearing held In 102C result-
in t- In continuance Mr. llrown
aid Until railway companies
taor the proposition nml will
make no aetlvo opplsltlon to the
iii.-.isuri'. it was learned.
Pxtreineiy unfavornlile pondl-
tio'is as reganlH fteliiht Inler-
pli.iiiKe nt Ilr.'ckenrldKe have ob-
tained since the two companies
entered this territory .luting
boom das. W. . Cooper chnm-
hor of commerco secretary point-
ed out. Freight shipped from
Wichita Palls to Throckmorton
for Instance had to be smit via
Ranger and Cisco buck through
llreckenrldge nnd on to ibe hind
log point. Rates on 11 route thut
would tut direct with un Inter
chnngo here hnv.. Mn almost
doubled in souii- Instances by the
additional inllnare nceexHll.ttod.
ho said.
Whother frolglit tariffs would
lu affected by the project Mr.
Cooper could not snv aa " vet.
1 Thero Is anuie possibility of this
j being lowered however though
1 tho mutter would follow doflnlto
1 uctlou on the track piopoaltloit.
Mr. Hi own was In conference
with other chamber of coinemrce
officials Wednesday morning on
his return from Wichita Falls
where he (ad made additional in-
vestlgntlnti of tho matter and an-
nounced that the measure would
not In- t.ft ponding any longer.
"Whatever action wilj he taken
will be prompted by the need for
belter facilities here ami with the
I sol. purpose of rendeiliiK what
I we think wll p.. ii valuable rntn-
lnunll service" he wild. He em-
Pbnslzed the fnct that all nego-
tiations have been made on a
friaiitlb basis and that officials
of both railways would cooper-
uie wan tuo chamber of com-
merce bureau lu effecting the
mensuru at the earliest possible
dttte.
"Nolthor toad will ho favored
mote than tho other In the set-
tlement reached. " he nld.
Thero are only Texas towns
In the same or a similar condi-
tion as Hreckoiifldgo n the mat-
ter of freight transfer Mr. Coop-
er pointed out. Ho expressed the
opinion that benefits accruing to
this city as tho center of this
traffic would ho highly algnlfl-
cant and that greater tonnage
oor both lines could be predict-
ed. m . I"HV .mTxiCHS-
M THi; Penn.. May 2.'!. (tfy -Mather
today turned Its Itten-
Hon to burial of the dead while
state mine officials and respite
squads continued to search for
other victims of last Saturday's
coal mine explosion. A hundred
and sixty four bodies have been
recovered.
FALPURRIAS--. Ground brok-
en for construction of now Htqrn
building on Rico Street.
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RETAIL CREDIT
.BUREAU HEARS
BUISCH SPEAK
lVli.ss omit:: lloim
i
I'Vnni Annual
Session
Miss Idnlin Young. Scpretnn
of the Retail MeiLtinuts' Asiocia-
tlou has returned from Wichita
Palls where she M'ent the past
two days attending the 2Sth an-
nual convention of Retail Merch-
ants. Associated Retail Credit
Men and the Texas Retail Credit
ltttrenus. She leported a splendid
uieeitiiK. with about 4U0 In nt-
tendattpp. In addition to the eu-
thtislnsttP business sessions u
utimbr of entertainment features
were glen for the visitor" In-
cludliiK a hiiiclii-on for R. M. A.
secretaries on Mou.luy nud a bar-
becue swimming party and
ilnncn.
The program Included several
helpful ami constructive talks
one uf the ljo.it being that of
L. 11. nulscli of tho Merchants'
Service Division of the National
Cash Register Co. of Dayton 0.
whose subject wan "Better Re
tailing." At the secretaries lunch-
on various local problems were
discussed and the question of
the adoption of a Hade clear-
ance coupon was takon up.
The 1929 convention of tho
credit organizations will be held
nt Sun Ron Un.
Appeal Is Made
hor S. S. Ouola
The .'-'.ilvatlon Aitny drive for
funds Is com Inning to make pro
grnffii ihnurh still fnr short of
the quota for Hreckonrldge ?3-
500. It is felt that many have
not contributed because thev were
unable to v w ian:e sums though
i-Vfi v ifirt I- t nllcltt d und tvppie-
pint d no mutu 1- huw small It
Ilia; lie
T R Rldg. II. appeal chair-
man for Hie diive innlies the
following statement:
" VII ineinboru and office ra of
tho local Salvation Army Advis-
ory Hoard urn anxious that tho
number of donors to this year's
Home Menlco nppenl he large
e-.en If the nvernge contribution
is small'' said the appeal repte-
sputatlve who hi in Hreokan-
ridge to cooperate with the Ai?
vlsory lloartl In raising the quota
this year.
"It Is the friends of the Sal-
vation Army who are tosponsl-
ble for tho wonderful growth of
the organization and the good it
is now doing for humanity and
the more fiiendH the Salvation
has the better" he added.
"One thing that the people un-
derstand and like most about the
Salvation Army. Is that the of-
ficers and soldi rs aie intelligent
but plain people 'olng about in
a plulu and simple manner bring-
ing faith hope and succor to
hopeless humanity without
thought of earthly reward or per-
sonal ambitions.
While the larger business In-
stlttillons and concerns hnvo to
bo solicited for amounts consist-
ent with-tholr standing In the
community the Advisory Ronrd
will gladly rocelvo small dona-
tions. "Let us not all down on this
small amount naked by this
very worthy organization. If you
weie In need they would help
you.
"I urn making this appeal in
the citizens tun! business ui"ii of
llreckenrldge. Thanking all who
have contributed nnd all that will
"aiiy as possible.
T. II. RIDCKLL
Appeal Chairman."
K.STi..i roppLi-: wi:ns
T D Aklns .rig builder resid-
ing In Pastlaud eounty and Miss
Pthel Agnnw also of Rastlnnd.
woro (tuiotly married lu the of-
flco of Juitioe of tio Peacco J.
W Castleiunn at 8 o'clock Tues-
day evening. Tho couple loft
tor Kastand 'Immediately after
Ui'e ceremony Judge Oastloiuan
said.
Plan Ocean Hop l
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1 z&m k
t w-r p
A h. I n urk ll'irniH
Mis Tin a Itnsihe daring (iermnn
nvlatrix. u.xpfits to take off from
New York Hinni oti (utinusntlantic
flight She is liown above with
L'lrkii Kuencmnnn her navlator
mid to-pllot Tbcv will nxe a stln
snii-Detroltbr tncnoplnne
CLEAN STREAMS)
IN THE COUNTY
G a in e Warden fn!
Aeli
on
Art. Intensive campaign to en-
force' anti-pollution laws of tho
state In this district nnd to
thoroughly clean public streams
of siiR wnter ami waste oil Is
being put In action here this
week by It. S. Thrasher deputy
gmiio. fish nml oyster cominla
sinner of Austin. Mr. Thraaher
stuiod that he bad come to stuy
until present conditions in this
section were remedied nnd that
n atiiotor enforcement of the In-
junction font urn or tho law would
lie resorted to In case of uon-
cnoperatlon. Pollution of at tennis In Steph-
ens county has not boon chooUe
propot ly at any time since oil
was tllacoverod several years ago
Mr. Thrasher affirmed. The altu-
atlnn bus been neglected as It
was not acute in moat cases but
is sufficiently had to warrant spe-
cific action he said.
It wns pointed out that pres-
ent conditions of nil streams Is
oiiewlilch should be maintained
due to the fact that recent rains
have cleaned out all pollution
ami washed stuMiunt wuiers tin
Into tin- ilver Cooperation from
all oil opeiiit.irs at tbU (nudum
will obviate tli antic action in
mum ca.ts ami effeptually rem-
edy lb. worst features of the
Hltnuiion Mr. Th rusher mild.
Cedar. Conales Clenr Pork
Rig Sandy and other creeks einp-
t InK into the Ri-nzos hnvo been
lu about the same conditions and
all In need of sanitation mona-
tint It was asserted.
"Criminal actions in the local
courts will bo resorted to Ir
cases of flagrant violation of lb'
anti-pollution lows from this time
on." tho "official said "Leniency
baa been nbsorved up to this
time and only cooporntlve meth-
ods used but failure to cooper-
at will menu lernl procodtite
hencofotih."
Mr. Thrasher stated that ho
had received- encouragement from
many oil opetators lu this luiinn-
iliatn district who will take care
of their shaie In the cumpalgu.
"Most of those gttlltv of stream
uollutlon attribute tho cano to
neglect and will aid the state d"-
partment when requested to do
so through official channels" ho
said.
DikoB broken bv lecent r.ilns
nro to be repaired at oneo Mr
Thrasher announced stating that
uny failure to do this would re-
ceive immediate attention as the
streams are in condition at pres-
ent which should be preserved.
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HARMONY WING
! IN CONTROL OF
: STATE SESSION
Women Are Given
Ktpial Number
01' Voles
IIPM'MONT. May 2:1. W r-
: inneiiiH oer minor mattern 1I1 -11
veil Die late ib inocrntlc. con-
Minion hit. tnila) ami forced a
ioliouelli-ui of vital ille.itiOim
iiinl Mwli'ctin- of delegateH to the
n.itiona'l iniiM ntlon until later
et ions.
'I'lie cotn.nilou this mornliu;
made lis temporary organization
iiermanent. assuring the harmony
faction of tie party whatever cott-
tiol the pirmaiient organUatioii
gives it.
Most of 1 he morning was spent
in wratiKlliiK over proportioning
delegates to the national conven-
tion It was decided to elect 11!
no n ami 12 women delegates nt
lar-.e .acb of them to hav.i one
lth of a ote. A platform con-
t.imitiK the prohibition principles
iiinmulvRleil by Oovernor Mood's
iiarmony democrats wns reporteil
bv the platform resolutions com-
mit tee.
The minority renorts were pre-
pnrrt hv Cone Johnson and for-
mer Oovernor Colquitt. John-
son's renort rpcommcnilPd that
the constlt'ttlonnl democrnt'n
tnnd on nrnmtjiiion no niinpteu n
nnd Colquitt's report would in-
struct n.alnst Oovernor Smith
for nrpqdnt I
While walling on n commit- '
tee to renort on how delegntei
n the national convention should
be nnmed. Contressmnn Tom
Connnllv of Mnrlln. cntidhlite fnr
I nlte.l Stales senator. nddres'Pil
ih stnt" demecrnilp coientlou
f mlii He snld tht't the demo-
crats now have the best national
.'iinpniin Issues In 10 years.
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Wliiskev Case
Next Tn Cour
Trlnl of .1 It. nrnzelton.
charged with lh poqesslon and
tnumnortiUlon nf whiskey open-
i.i In the nntli distrlPt pourt
H'e.tnoml i iho'iiImu nt !) o'clock.
Fnmlnuii' " of 'erors occupied
ne emrnl'i" islon of court
wit1' li'.ioir n tlio eft' e op-
1 n ' In Hie .if'. 1 neon.
J tinmen win 11 In fov the
fin.- p"- a" foil w . T. .'. Turner
Tni- Pnin'roii. M IT. KeRh
It. l Itnlkp" . Tutu Alltilii'nul T.
. Pitrei. "' Uaher Ti T.
fephrnin. M e Cnmp. . .T. P.
i-'liie-net' j.mi I. (ienrgo anil A.
I- Clirtic.
T ll Rldgell Is defense coun-
sel for the plaintiff.
1 3 Die Tn'Mine"
Disaster Today
HI I'F.PinLD W Vn May 23.
(W Thirteen miners are kpown
to have ben killed nnd four aYo
mlsslnu todnv rollowinu a blnst
nt nilne number one of the Yu-
kon l'oc'ihonta Coal Company nt
Yukon hist nivht. The bodies
of l :'. workers h.'ve been brought
to the surfnee The cause of tho
explosion Is iMiiletermlned.
Turk isli Women
Proles l' To Worlc
CONST VNTINOPLC. (Pi Wom-
en hnve liecnnie the cause of la-
or iire. for Hie first time In
Turk'sh blstorv in a stormy meet-
li." of fie men Inbornrs In tho
to' cpo factofles liero.
The men (!mnniled that hi
tl oi-ands of Turkish women nf w
v.ii l-"t n tlio faplorles h 'Hs-
nilRmnl nnd woman labor be
Peppefo"ti iirnhlhlted liOpailRe of
their wllllnt'foss to work at wat-'ea
rnnplii'' from nniMtnlf tn one-
third the sum demanded bv 0
men.
The women tnbaeco mnnlr'ilnr-
ors earn an nverao of .M) centt
n day.
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WiSHiNOTnv jnV 23 (P)
rirs'.iiii peiiiiif todnv vetoed
Ida MfV-i-rv-Huo'en farm relief
bill. The for the second time
i.o o"ii''t ittannnroved of a
fnrm nlnn einhndvlnc nn equaliza-
tion fee us the machinery for
surplus crop control.
.
HARPER Tncnl telephone sys-
tom greatly Improved.
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Adair, A. Garland. The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 274, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 23, 1928, newspaper, May 23, 1928; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth69971/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.