Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 247, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 2, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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tendments Are Defeated as Few Go to Polls on Monday
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mT CALL FOR STATE WATER MEET
WCttORSTp^H
pHT IH STATfflRURPHEY GOES
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T •r^rm Aj STATEWIDE conference on #•-
StS, ter conservation may follow a
The'tneetln* between President W “
Murphey of the Brown wood
t*r of Cotnmeror. Manager
D. Wade of the Wert Texas
appan-nUT s’.tract
fc. .which was !
Worth Tuesday.
The
mm* flffilllll totalled *1.541 of
55* 2mi T*-*T* ““ °nly
change In the MU-
ehtoh its advoedtes
perrr.it
favorable
but was
Wert 1 Texas
intends to _
fight for the water rights
until an amicable aoluuon of the
problem la reached. R. WrHaynle.
Abilene, president of the organiza-
tion, said Monday morning Haynie
was in Fort Worth on private busl-
. ness and wtU not be able to attend
“ Tuesday's conference
Watch Lava Flow
;T5g
seekers, n
'NO. Italy. Aug. 2—(A»|
-Thousands of sensation
mostly foreigners, have
swelled the population of this
tiny town, famous for its dang*
erous situation at the foot of.
Vesuvius. In order to watch at
close hand the stream of flaming
lava moving down the mountain
tejtlte direction
Prom the edge of the town. Vir-
tually the entire region toward
the crater seemed this morning,
to be covered with an undulated
red blanket spotted with large
black patches. Most of the towns-
folk. mindful of the narrow es-
cape of their homes In 1906 and,
again In 1938 carried on their
dgity tasks with one eye fixed kon
the ulowing lava despite the as-
surances of lack of dancer given*
by Profesabr Malladra. head of
the royal obeervaUkt *■' i
Mkny tourists [ ventured into
the chestnut forest which to be-,
tng slowly destroyed by the .ad-
vancing lava stream.
The activity of the volcano
this morning seemed unchanged
from that Of last night.
DOCTOR DOEHE
ME
FRANKLIN^
—Sheriff Cl
today the
■August 2—</P>!
Peeot ouuye public
slleged
made yesterday by
to have.
■Jaaor.il
i Plans ’ for a statewide meeting
v acts SjStLiSjSh
the
both for
proposed constitutional amend
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*T far 3S445: against 76.-
ef the 253 eoun- • cation to
tabulated at noon Ned and
the Vote Monday on Brown
‘ar-old
The water r%hts conference will
>e based on the Colorado River dis-
jute. which has been heard and is
reviewed by the aiste
ater Engineers., < The
on Brown wood's appii- mg
oi 7 Jim
9ow being
Board Of
- j yearH
Beadle, one of the defendant* in the(
Lebouef I murder trial* |n which
Beadle accused Dr. Thomas E. Dre-
her. another defendant, of murder-1
Ing James L. LcboQef. and splitting
the body ooen. /-.) In
( Beadle Dr Drehef and Mrs Ads.
Bonner Lebouef. widow ef the vie- if S
tun. are on trial here on. a charge
of murdering Lebouef :
Dr -Dither cantot *to my hoyv
me to gc} hunting wlUi
ad reached a
had come out
f,f the con-
id he k*d the physi-i ■
kill Lebouef, and |tto
quoted as replying:
going to do it and if
you open your mouth about this. 1
am going to klU you." ~ '
The confession continued:
When wo me* Juu'Lebouef, Dr.
No fore damage was report d dur
month of July, according tc
released Tuesday
asked that a 14- trjt
of permission to s being tc ported during June
water poser company to Impound May
the watershed
be set aside.
of the Colorado river month
_____. They claim that the Struct
power company had never made gaC.Ooo. ■ H
P*P use of IU permit and that Brown-1 ^ .p^ng without | a
for 1A516; mgin« woo<* A**1 otoer Wert Texks cities, glngj€ flrc fatSKL other
are being deprived of rights essen- (jamaae to nrooertv la 1
tial to their welfare
11.793; against
; and to a moment he fired two shots
'bam. bam.'* j —
Dr Dreher said. Let's go get
iron in that >« ak tree.' He said. T.
is the second month Passing want to sink 1 hat-In the lake.’
it fife loss no material fire* He almost wdrked the life out of
me getting ou oh the lake. He tMd
costly the irpns to ! is head and feet. j!
iue to -urf Dre her
ire amounting to to split him.
• bever me; am i
prowi dt to be
to prtWy
,oH »>Tij
the moat
for 15.563. against
'Wert Texas should have the right j^to not likely to be equaled in thing Hi thU J world to get out ol
whatever rain falls in its terri- Dran]tt(im4 or anv other ctti of “ *w*“ ‘ “k,u
Amendments Hard
[it in Brownwond
l w}U tout; a
than sUghr
consic eredl a
then said..-I'm going •
so- that he will
;T
found.
Defies Lawyers.
“The doctor and my lawyers want
e! to say that I did It all in self-
tecord by local firemen add on’ defense, but I told them I'd do any
» t-lr#>l« In be rnMailed in thing ill this S'Orid to get
I-ttokl them that
the total of
Complete unofficial returm
pv.r ,4t
Fvr
MSwgr salary amendment 94, agams*.
I umfflcial tnoompM* >re-
IfH
to whatever
tory." Haynie rtatad Monday. Jand ^ ^ ; .
we are going to carry this .fight on,
until we secure thorn rights. . J
-Every dam thaflk thrown across't
I a Wert Texas stream serve* as that
much of & benefit to South Texas.
It keeps that water from rushing
down over South Texas farm lands. "
Haynie stated.,
“Under the present ruling from
county boxes out of 1 the State Board of Water Engineers.
•- - |,i ja farmer was recently refused per-
»».wtow to erect a small dam to In- [
rtgate three acres of land.,
lit;] “The situation Is similar to that
at San Saba, where after a bond j > ;
Issue had been voted to erect a dam j The boan of Uc
across' the San Saba river, permls- wood School will u»et on Tuevlay
sion for Its construction was ref us- night to consider what action -*“**
Broan 'cour.tv
the four
to the consti-
sccordmg
from four
Brownwood or any other ettj
e.
SCHOOL 10
REETli
of it> this trouble
V -i had not done
Dr. Dreher
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Tor tti <—Tmlmmt at unliut
of Brown-
an alleged confes
sion admitted yesterday as evidence
accused Beadle of firing the fatal
shot and cutting the body open.
Mrs. Lebouef had admitted being
present when her husband was kill -
ett. but wss unable to identify two
men In a boat, one of whom she
said fired the shots. \ The defense! *
w«s overruled In seeking to keep
out the alleged confessions of Dr
Dreher and Mrs. Lebouef.
The sheriff west*© be placed on
the stand today to testify concern-
ing the confession He gave copier
oft it to newspaper men this mam
ing. r *r
A Altowsd to Return
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ENTIfit STAFF
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J^AVTT) Citt, S. D.* Aug. 3.
-W^-rOn the fourth ann/r<
wary of his beroniing president \
of the I’nited States, Calvin
C«Kili(ige today - Issued a terse
statement declaringdo not
choose to run f3r president in
year'and seven months
remain -of tl»> four year term
| to which h**1 was elected, in tlie’
fall of ]U24f»-«~|jtt)e more than
a war after he I
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by-
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office to 'com
00k the oath
the termf
m^lete
HtATE
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NEW VORK. Aug. 2. '-</*-
Wiliam M. Batlasl' jlsInin 11 uf
the rspwbHraa nattonal ewmtolt-
toe and clu* friend M
f oolidge is nut
the prrvident’s
Rapid City
as a 1923 '
f vi v«ry deeply regred
nouncemewt,’* be said, *M1 am
not convinced he wM ns4 run if
'llmkwBsx
pomlbUHv.
r*4 the wi -
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pfTVami) G. Harding who died
four years ago tonight in jSan
Francisco. J
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hlto.91
Ainiee Once
Controls as
and Moth
ore
s She I
er Kiss
ssiisrs
r!x fee S: against 791.
Ptor salary 109 Mb ‘
T tp The
McCulloch. Ban
counties indicate
Ught and
ountp: l
•gstort Th
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mS'1
flan Rsha-
ed bscsuM the wuitor rights-had al-, be token in regard to the refusal! . Miss Martha Dslrymple of-' the
ready been obtained by a powed,of the City Council to grant sddi- ;New Ortesns Hem who Was excluded
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" Aimer- Semple McPherson tpok
full conuul of her Angelus Temple
2. H/Pir- Minnie Kehondp relinquished
1 jn miM* tv
company,
'Mr Murphey left here Monday
afternoon for Port . Worth. . He
made no state men’ before leaving
following the, policy of silence
adopted by the Brownwood: OfeMh
b*r of Comptarps.
Ml to one tudge
Broa n*ood were
or older kccord-
Veryi few young
Moody Makes No
Statement today
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AUSTIN Aug. 2.—OPH»OOvemcr
Dan Moody had made ^w etamnent'
TunsrtBT D°2V^utioCA] aove,»d-
sleetkSnTbut indicated, he
have something to say later
to the day. P
Ltot night the governor expressed
at the (heavy vote against
Judiciary amendment. .
t Governpr James *. Per-
us blessed with the p1 “
distinct and
___ PITY. . Ahg:
A. M P.;Bchlff1ey. Afgsntlne school-
master. traveUlng on horseback
from Buenos Aires to New York to
prove the good qualities of Affen-
tine horte*. has crowed the Guate-
malan border Into Mexico
{tionM/ funds for maintenance a>
vchooU. ■«« ;i ,
, ‘the meeting. Wu.ch was to hsvq
tr n held Monday night, was i*at-
poi ed until Tussday due to Uv fact
Hat SuiAer.ntcifdent E. J Wood-
ward was absent from tha city. Mr.
Woodward has returned. ;
Council was asked at two meetuns
to give the schools mors that, the
1 cents leyy now aQowsd them. The
2.-4/PV— 1 adnum.vtratlon contends that a
‘ ‘ took in valuations will to sderiuate
to care for the nchool systeir.
rived rtj Tapachula. state of
t, and is expec
ty within a few
night.
He ar-
expected la
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KILLED IN CRASH
started from Buenos
in AprU. 1925.
. PUFBLO. Colo . August 2,
Mrs. H. E. Smith, 7U saother of
T. P. Duncan, of Dallas. Texas.
killed In
automobile
near here late Monday.
MINISTER CALLED TO CONFER
P: Wahnixctov, j Aug, li.-f^-Minister MacMurray at Peking
ka» been suifiniotK^l Aioroe by Secretary Kellogg for conferences
in connectioa witji tlie situation in C'liina.
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~ LEAFS FROM PLANE IS FATAL- } ,
Moi'nt Ci.cmoxn. Micii., Aug. 24 I reaping from bis buitn*^
from the court room. - last night,
when, she pas summoned as s de-
fense witness, was permitted tore-
t0"Di*trlct Attormry Emile Vuillemot
asked at the opening of court that
the rule be lifted against Mias Ofen
Bristow of the New Gfrleans Times-
Picayune, who had been summo ned
as a state witness, and that she
permitted to return to the ccurt
■tod.iv as the result of siv sgreemei
announced last night in khifh Mi
The defense objected
was sustained by the court. |
Ns Action
No action' was token concerning
Meigs Q Frost oMhe/New Orleans
States who was ig at hli hotel,
had been summoned as a qrf
reporters obtained
nt
Mrs i
active .{business management of the
churc!
ly k!
dtffi
ive^bu'ii
ircti and
kiN^d'ai
ferepcer.
-;p
He
e ise
an
1 jS-
wltbcse.
f The three
.Interview yesterday with Mrs
bouef Which led to their being suin-
nione4.Jp ! •
JJohnny Bigler, the ftrsl witness,
skid he tow Mr. and Mra.Leboief
boat riding bn the night of July 1.
when Lebouef is alleged to hire
been killed. < ,1
, The witness testified hi heard two ed
shots about 1:30 which sounded like
HOSPITAL IS
t,
and the two women public-
and made up to end their
The settlemept. annoup&d by at-
torneys for both after a two hour
conference apimrentty ended a ten
day row b<-!ween mother ana daugh-
ter ip which the Miter bad been
backed by 4 group of temple mem-
bers who rebelled against Mi*. Ken-
nedy's control of finance* , During
its bitter course Mrs. Kennedy had
said she was resigning
her daughter
matum tliat Mrs.
tely.
in an ulti-
Kenuedy
our ted: the latter charged that her;
daughter refused to speak to her
again vxrCpt through her lawyers,
and then MiR. Kennedy declared,
whih have extend- she would withdraw only upop av
we’ks closed Mon- fifty-fifty division of approximately
day afterhoon with the purchase of $100,000. which was not ,a part of
the Brownwood Ho ipitaL 1806 Aua- < the temnle DroOertv.
tin Avenpe. valued it 341.000. by Dr ]|
T. B Bailey and Roy G. Hallum
from Mlp. Thomai* J. Pier-
Tile hospital has been under a
lease to a Ban Antonio
the temple prop* rly
Give Lp Central j
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The ’management's announcemaht
merely sakl that “Mrs. Minnie Ken-
nedy Will give up active
syndicate. ; At a meeting of interest- Angelus Temple and Mrs.*
Monday, the syndicate M^ph^iwin «hii .Mima mmnuu
they were from a shotgun. They
came from the direction of a negro
schoomouse, he stated
1 ng airplane. atitAw height- of 1,000 feet; Lieutenant LeClair D
KToup at Self ridge field,
Scliult/e, men
was killed todk
nix)
iky
r of tlie first pursuit
when his parachute ft
to- open.
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pp ■ . KL|OHT|CONTRACT N(ny SIGNED
Faais, Aug. 2.*^F>-After two hount of liot discussion lata
-today, Maurice Drouhin, French aviator, and Charles Levind,
owner of ihe trans-Atlantic monoplajto Columhia, sm>arated
wklHMct^Mgriing the final contract for tlie projected, return
if the. plane. -
On cross examination he said
there had been'a great deal of hunt-
ing in the vicinity.
Defense attorneys clashed today
when a witness was
he had ever seen Dr. Thomas ■.
1. ; Dreher and Mrs. Ada Bonner Ls-
bouef meet in Morgan City--- • 1
.J “Did you ever see Dr. Dreher and
Mrs. Lebouef meet in Morgan City?"
Rene H. Hlmcl. attorney fdr Beadle,
asked Edv^ls Pises Us. tha witness
Object to Qutetfsn
James fL Parkerson. attorney for
DT. Dreher and Mrs. Lebouef. ob-
jected and the Jury was taken from
the room. j. » I , *
Mr. Blmel said the object of the
to«******** <••>»»«»*,«».,»ds**************■»»»>»«
(commuM) ok pAda two
ed partttoj
Xhh^f
t_____their contract
has three years to run.
Dr. Bailey, who to city health offi-
cer. stated Tuesday ,thkt a number
of Improvements would be made to
the hosptti l and equipment. Miss
Prances W nquest. who has been In
clashed today charge-of t ie Institution tat several
asked whether* months, wi 1 remain In that capa-
city. It
-ti*
all doctors
of/a clinic,
graduate
and a
l
will remain open to
will not be in charge
Bailey said. Only
will, be employed
school will not be
operated, bk stated.
Mrs. Piei has been In charge at
r her husband. Dr. Pier,
early this year. • .
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rrgaxainK
hospital
x Dr. Ballsy
McPherson will assume complete
control.”
Neither of the Sromen would dis-
close the details of the settlement,
but It was learned that It virtually
hinged upon the fifty-fifty plan in-
sisted upon by Mrs. Kennedy. The
attorneys aaid the full details of
settlement would be worked
within the next few
A hundred
onlookers greeted the two
with "hallelujahs” as they emerged
of mm
.LON
chad!
MILTON BRONNER ; to express the private view that to
vnrif ( nrrcxpondeai 1 would not make any statement of
f. Aug. 30 -"The king Is his plans for another term and
It. BY MILTON BRONNEK
I' -NEA
NDON. Aug
f - Long live tto king” They
cried out this age old formula in
Bucharest the other day when they
proclaimed that King Ferdinand of
Rumania had been gathered to his
fathers and that his five year old
grandson. King Michael,. had sue-
everybody In Ru-
ss a sham
that as tto new
Rumania would be
ty by a re-
first rumbling* of the 102# ragu
l>aii;n are getting under war. It
took br complete surprise those
<Io*c to tlie president.
1 Mr. Cooiioge had ashed newspa-
per men U? see him at 12 o’clock to-
' day. : j
| Until a, minute or two before
{there was not the slightest knowf-
' edge among the presidenttal staff of
what would occur at the conference.
8hortly before 12:60 o'clock Mr'-
Coolldge sent lor his personal sten-
ographer. Edwin Gelaer. end dic-
tated the brief message which was
then transcribed onto small pieces of
paper on typewriter.
I After the newspaper men tort *
, come into the room the president
1 asked them to file part him.
He handed each the small slip of
paper with the mmeage. ■ : . {.
The paper had been folded by
him. ;
No word was spoken outside of
Mr. Coolldge asking If “everyone to
present,” and inquiry of newspaper t
• men if there are anything more to
!*4t to safe to my that the prlfci-
dent counseled with no <me to pre-
paring hto startling announccmtot
Those cloeest to bur. in hie official
family had taken occasion on this
day—the fourth snrsversary of Mr.
Ooolidge taking the oath of
. w-
‘ ;
/
A\
grandson KUig w
reeded htol. And
manUL knew it Ww
They announced
king was a bal ~
rul(d during 1
gency. And e
w this was
Uftkng
__piani
.would accept the nomination If gtv
m to turn without expressing him-
self
It was pointed out later by those
same staunch *-eupporters at the
president that the door to the noml-
at km had not been closed by the
statement in the rvrnliOf his selec-
tion by the convention.
Dawes Makes No
Comment on Act
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Aug. 2.—VPV*'flee
• president Charles G. Dawes receiv-
ed without comment the tnfonna-
t :on that President Ooolidge had
announced he did not choose to
'rial for president in 1928. Ilrtgertki
--* —— w— 1—- widely
from the eonff
ed In smiles 1
ed each Other!
”1 always
Mia. McPherson
“And sister,
has been ,
love for you.
room, wrakth-
and kite-
in Rumania
too. j
ey said the QpemMothef. Ma-
would continue to be a power
the throne, out this aUo was
a team. . ;Jij < .i
The Only Real King—Brltteao
For there is only one real k ng In
Rumania. He* has been king for oeberrt Dawes to* been
many > ears now. He will probably menttoned as a possible prito
be king until , he dies or until he candidate!
wear|es of the game. He Krears no J
crown. He holds no court. He gives
no levees. He bears no title. But
Just the same Ion Bratiano to master
ol Rumania and everybody knows it.
Whether, to to Prime Minister, as
to, or whether he allows
. Vise to to premier, as he
sometimes does, all the strings of
power are always In the hands of
army In the main to loyal to
him and the army to the big power.
Big business to loyal to him. because
Bratiano himself to a big business
man.
strongest party in the land,
own crea
father. Ion
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V
he mostly
somebody
“King
The
the
iy
B11.
J>Lititn3_Bjrtar. i» hu
First. It to Liberal U
tto
tk>n.
in name on-
Bratiano.to well educated, smooth,
sauve, alert and sixty. Kto will ie
law. Be to the boas of k toriwble
Ruritanie. - f
BANDIT IN I
PARK KILLS
CAFEPATMN
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D1TROIT. Aug. 2.—<^>—A jeteth-
ful bandit became panic-stricken
during a holdup here today and
•inng promiscuously at patrons of
a restaurant, Hosney Kerch
35.
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