The Breckenridge Daily American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 5, No. 99, Ed. 1, Monday, October 27, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. No. 90.
BRECKENRIDGE STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS MONDAY OCTOBER 27 1924.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SECRECY AROUND U. S. FORC
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U. S. RUM FLEET CAPTURES
MANY LIQUOR LADEN BOATS
AND PRISONERS IN RAID
If tbt AMoriitd Tfn.
llOSO.V Oct. ".". Tln rum
wn (it .'iH) Coil nnd tape rin.
mr nilrit'(l lodii) n a result
of their first mnjiii engagement
It It the irilioliltl(in enfoncineiil
tiuvj nuil eight prize t'ru tied
i Hi nt the ilockt heio at (Hon-
ihcster mill New Loudon with
nini'i) than a scoro f pilsonrrs.
1'lght essels with their crews
nf oiitrolmml lliiinr ulticil at
SMMl.OOO represented tho week's
operations'.
The cruiser Tampa nssuted by
squadron of fast rum chasers.
rnitunil tlio cssels taken In a
running battle IVIilit) anil In
Mhlch (lie Tnmp.i used nr '? Inrli
gtlll.
Paralytic Dies
Tn Austin Fire
AUSTIN OcL ST. Laurence Mc
Inula lunch stand owner was burn
ed to death whon fire of undPterm- utter firemen hnd extinguished the
Ined ortieln this innrnlnic destroyed blaze
HERE'S WHAT NEIGHBOR" "
CISCO THINKS OF GAME
PLAYED HERE FRIDAY
That Rreckenrldge did th.. big
ttling and did It right In the mlmU
of those who rnme for tho big
Ktinie last Friday with llreekenrldm
m Known oy uio comment matlo
on tht name by the Cso Dally
News eHterday.
The story In jwrt as It appeared
In the News Sundiiv follows:
The brand of hospitality dispe-
ed by lluckaroos and Hreckerld
ti.inr.l. iliielwai tk . r..iitl.nll umlhI
people ourlna tri- rixitball Kauie
in llreckenrd:e I'rul.o haa don
more to comeut n tie of frietidahlp
between Cisco and her aler city
than nil the propaganda that muld
have be n published The I. oboe
and Cico people w.re In erry under dot. and only by n inngnifi-
senne f th. worl th ir gnent. and cent show of courage and fight did
were treated a mirh After the. j they p.t tje Cisco made eleven
mini' i rorgoiwu man)' cuuriMte
nhi.wn wir People will bo
be red null chorlsltL-tl.
remem
The Loboes retuued from llrMk-
enrldge in good plrlt foltowin;
the grueling with the Ruck-
aro0 wmcti enu.i id a woreieaa
tie Coach Cnaimun nunouncad
earl in the HHimuer that he was
ojtpectloK a harder ficht with Ilrack
enrtdge thn wltli Abilene and the
result of tho lame showed that ho
wan a good Judge
Following tho victory aglnst Ab-
lleno Urcckcnrldgo played a erX
Poor gumo itgiiltist Ranfr which
was seon by tho Loboea. Tho Ui-
bos cheat' over tkotr wlu from
Abilene could not b convinced
that they would oncountar mjrlous
opposition from tho Ruokaroos. and
rather than listen to thotr coach's
admonitions thy helievtsl tho talk
thnt was curront on tho street
that tlmy would have an easy win.
and the result wns that thoy imr-
lowly escaped a defeat. Although
the Loboes made the moot first
downs and in tho opinion of tho
state paper sporting editors out-
played tho Ruckarooi. tho Rreck-
curldgc boys outfought the I.ow
nnd Cisco wan lucky tc Ret off!
with a tie game. Rreckenridgo
had a powerful toam at that nnd
earned thoir tic although they
made but two first downs.
For tho Ruckaroos Schulman
trnd Harrison stood out like beacons
on a darg night. Captain Schulman
was easily the best offensive man
n tho field no showed to great
advantage returning punts ana wbh
a good field general. Harrison tho
biz Buckaroo rePe&todly broke
through and smeared Lobo plays
aHd several times ploughed the lino
for good gains when called back.
Nanny although light was very
fast and mado several teautlful
rims. Saretr. at center gave Orlst
r handful and wa a- Powerful play
TWO HURT ON
'DEAD MAN'S
CURVE' SUN.
S" T Stnv. r and Hon. I'lrod
8tover. were Injured when their car
turned over yesterday niornlug
a boil t 0 o'clock on the Clico high-
way Iimi they wore ninklnj; tho
turn on "Dnd Man's Curvo" about
twelve mil south of town. Thoy
wort picked up '.nil brought in to
tho nmorganoy Hospital by a pass
lug car.
Their Tftuno Is In Do Leon.
the structure In which ho resided.
Mrlnnia wan a paralytic and was
unable to anvo himself from tho
flame. 1Mb charred body was
found on his partially burned cot
or. Zarnfonets was a marked man'1'0 leltvorptl a forceful address bo
and was not permitted to get
awny. Several Loboc Hmashcd him
ench tlmo ho started. irow.v(.r.
kwnlnc urn covered rained
the
Lobooa to let other men got nway
and the "Great On-ok" was useful
to his team In thnt mnnnor.
Irving lind a decided ndvnntago
In puntlnt; nnd tho LoTiooa outdls
tAn0rl tMr oppononU J
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lun. However. Rrecknnrldgo
turned th. nunu fnr mnm .r.i-
than the Ihooa dd.
Ureekenrldge wr happy over the't0 t"ny otHir and toro'"hI bulnc
game. They wore dopttd as the
iirai uowim to two for Ilrocken
ridge but did not score and thnt
j waa a-ood cause for happlnos. on
the part of llttokaroo fans. Too
.great pralso cannot be given the
oty ntuhoritlos of tho oil city for
ih way may handled tho crowd.
Also the goocT spprfsmanfthlp of the
Ilrockonrldge high school students
nnd fnns dosorvo praise. The spe
cial policemen tn charge were each
courteous giitloi.:in dnwn from
tho hualnojHi and piufmslonnl ranks
of the city. No six-shooters wore
In evidence but Instead they do-
ported themselves aa gentlemen
should who were dealing with la-
dles and gentlemen nnd not ono
ovldonee of disorder occurred. The
Rreckenridgo pep squad tlio wed
good sportsmanship. Repeatedly
they preserved tho utmost quiet
when Cisco was calling signals near
them and when Rrowno wont out
with Injuries they gnve him fifteen
rahs nnd spoke highly of Rrowne's
playing. Tho girls of the Rreckon
rnigo pop squad nleo Invited tho
iovo Kins 10 remain over lor a
party and the utmost good fellow
ship was evidenced on all hands.
Judgo H A. Leaverton. president of
tho Rreckenridgo athletic council
personally was in charge of the
ushers and was an excellent host
to Hrfcckenrldgo's guests. He saw
to t that visitors received every
consideration and courtesy. Every
visitor had good words to say of
Rreckenrldge and our neighbors
did themselves proud as hosts to
tnouianos of people from a score
0f cities. Such occurences make
high school athletics worth while
and are among tha best features of
athletics. Friendship between Cisco
and Rreckenridgo was more closely
cemented by this game and al
though both towns were disappoint
ed In that thoy failed to win each
town went away with admiration
I for the other town and team.
BALLOTS ARE
PRINTED FOR
VOTING NOV. I
The offlrl.il ballot to bo nood for
the election November I ore being
printed today b the Dallv American
job department and according to
I". V.. Coulee county auditor
will be ready tomorrow to be dis-
tributed to qualified voteis who timy
be away from home on election day
and il cm I re to cast their ballot bo-
fore leaving.
Person desiring to nvall them-
selves of tlio pri liege of absentee
voting may do so by calling at the
county clerk's office where they com-
ply with the new law on this sub-
ject and leave their ballots to be
counted on election day.
The vote Is expected to be heavier
tills year than usual in Texas. There
will bo electors Tor President of the
United States elected and other of-
ficers on down to constable.
Dr. F. S. Groner
Preached Here
Sunday Niirht
Dr. I'. S. Oroner. oxccutivo sec-
retary of tho Ilaptist Oenoral Con-
vention of Texas with headquarters
In Dallas spoko at the First Ilap-
tist church to a large crowd last
night.
"Missions" waR his subject and
he brought a message of much In-
formation and Inspiration to tho
targe congregation that greotod him.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock
foro a crowd that filled the First
Ilaptist Church of Cisco those In
attendance representing various
churches In tho Cisco Ilaptist Asso-
ciation of threo counties. He talked
on the Convention's obligations to
pay off tho balance of the 7G mil-
lion Campaign and launch n pledge
taking drive for tho 102fi budget. .
He also urged all churches to adopt
. a .. i - . . . ...
ro-""' """ot Pan '0'" Dnanclng their
affairs declaring this has proven l'i
many Instances to bo far superior
like. A large delegation of 12 or
IS cars of local Raptlsts attended.
The Rev. C. R. Shlmr BPoko ton
large crowd at tho church hero yos-
terday morning and had additions
to the church at both services during
tho day
MacDonald Says
Soviet Letter
Political Plot
Br tl AtMcUtM l-ram.
CARDIFF.- Walos. Oct. 27-
Prime Minister MacDonald. spcakim;
before tho National meeting hero
today declared lie honestly bolioved
to he genuine the alleged letter
from M. Zlnovleff to tho Rrltlsh
Communists upon which was based
in part a protest submitted bv tho
RrltlHh Foreign office on Friday to
the Soviet representative in London.
MacDonald said ho could not avoid
suspicion that thu entire Incident
was a political plot.
Breck High Wins
Basketball Game
The Rreckenrldge High School
basketball team took the first
game It played when it met tho
Turks tentn nt Parks Saturday
night winning by tho score of 17
to 7. "' 1 m -s
Tho following boys played on the
Rreckenridgo line-up: Oeotge Cog-
burn Welflon Hefner Jack Card-
well I.eland r3tcr John Vail and
Wayno Fitzgerald.
Tho school has somo promising
material coming out for practice
now.
Frank Faber an employe of tha
Texas Carbon Dlack Industries ts
in the Emergency Hospital suffer-
ing from burns he received when
I tsa U5lliu uaviv'lticu Ullliliuft
his hands and anna.
First Christian Folks
Launch New Building Drive
B. S. Walker Gives $25000
The. building campaign fee u
lieu i'Iiiim'Ii edifice for Hie I'lrst
('lit Utlaii i'ongiemttiii of this
cltj was laiindicd fiitbiixlnstlral-
Ij li) thai hod eslitdii.
Definite plans and a complete
uiuanlittlou of iicrcsar commll-
lees mid nfriieis vvvi' fonneil
est'nlay and the bin drive
Marted in tlead riirnest.
I Is planned that a rhtirrli
Imlldliii; be elected to cost
sjTo.OOll on the site of tho pres-
ent chinch mid (bat the lie"'
Mruetiiic will ' cnmpletid n-.idy
for occiiinitit' mi Irii iimntlis.
Mii'clc S. Walker u uiemhct' of
this church announced to tlio
lutr mid offHial boaul estcr-
da thai he will glte .-'."i.tMlO
rash when the hae raised the
other S.-.O.IHIO iiNo that he anil
tlrs. Walker will erect in tho
chin th it hit; pipe oigau cniu-
liieiisttrate h the building: and
Its a) 'hlei title.
This announcement of Mr. Wnl-
ker was lecelved with much appre-
ciation on the part of tho pastor
and nfflciaU of tint congregation
nnu It l belleed by those In
charge Unit the other $50000 can
bo secured In cash ami pledges all
payable within ten mniitbit which
will uinki' It oni-y on those who
subscribe. The church Is to b
thoroughly moiTern tlirniiBhout witlt
up-to-date Sunday School quartors
young people's parlors and every
modern detail i'ur senMceB of va-
rious kinds.
The pastor the Rev. S. J. Shet-
tlesworth said today In comment-
ing on tho gift of Mr. Walker that
the gift is greatly appreciated.
"Since becoming Mr. Walker's
j pastor and moving to this city I
havo never known him to fall to
H1()W tho IiroRrosslVo 8Prlt nd char
ncteristlc of roal bigness toward ov-
ery move that Is worthwhile In tho
community" said Rev. Shettloswonh
"nnd our people will endeavor to
mntch i 0ffr j a big way."
Judge W. C. Veale has been!
made genornl chairman of the
building organization' nnd thro are
throe committees In charge of the
campaign as follows who will se
all members of tho church for n-i
dividual pledges. It all being plac-i
ed on a voluntary basis with (he
money to be deposited In the bnnkP" .' ' "'" -
In tho immd of the trustees and
mo iinmo- oi tne irustcew
to bo rstunied to tho donors f the
building is not erected as promised
Committee Number 1: Jack Rob-
ert chairman: M. H. Dan'ol R. H
Foster. Monro Vonle. V. W. IMt
zer and L. D. Head. Committee
No. 2: Wood H. Jonen chairman:
II. F. Illnckburn. Otis RnmBe II
S. Kelfer. Charles II. Clark and
E. n. ("Sober. Committee No. 3-
Mrs. W. R. Veale chalrmnn; Mos-
dames R. II. Trammel Otis Ram-
sey. Robert Raney. II. F. Rlnck-
burn nnd Wood II. Jones.
Frank Leonard
Dies Suddenly
r ran i.eonaru a tinner waa
taken suddenly ill yesterday while
at work on tho Walker-Caldwell
lease with nppoploxy and died
died In the Thompson nmbulnnco
on the wny to tho hospital.
He was 51 years of nge. Unmar
ried and has no rolatlves living
here. Ho has a brother. I-awronco
J. Leonard. Ivng at Rutler Penn.
to which city tho body wR be ship
ped by the Thompson Undertaking
Co.
Railroad Man Is
Killed Under Car
f tk IiihIiM rrM-
WICHITA FALLS Oct. 27.
Clyde Smith car Inspector for tho
Fort Worth & Denver Railroad here
wao Instantly killed this mornlnjr
while at work In tho yards when a
car passed over his body.
THREE YOUNG
WOMEN VICTIMS
OF 'ROAD HOG'
Misses I'ldine Rnnrh nnd 'lernl
ill till fll-.tlllf ft f .. Ill lll.l I 111 .. ..Alt
mm vij" a Hip ai ni'- xiiirit)' UW
Hospital and Lola Wllxoti was giv-
en first aid treatment at tho Hos-
pitat n the result of a car acci-
dent on the Cisco Highway yes
terday nftetnoou about 1:30. Ac-
cording to Information tho throe
oiiiig women wei-o trnvellug in the
direction of Cisco when n man In
a car going in tho Sumo direction
nt a lilfli rate of speed struck
their cur knocking it into the
ditch on thu right sdo of the high-
way. Tho car turned throe com-
plete turns nnd landed upright in
the ditch. The mnii In tlio other
car never slacked his speed or stop
Pel his car.
The three young women were
picked up by Mr. and Mrs. H. II.
VnteH and brought In to the I'uicr-
Ki'iicy IIoHpltnl In their enf. The
hospital report in that none of the
LlrU ure seriously injur tt. but that
Mies Roach received cuts and
bruises that wet very painful.
o
FUNERAL FOR
SEC. WALLACE I
HELD TODAYi
nr th iwvuifJ rr j
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. The
funeral service for Henry Wallace I
Secretary of Agrlculturo since 1920.
were held today In the Hast room1
of tho White House wlioro high of-1
flclals of tho (ovornment Including i
resident and Mrs. Coolldfo. gath-j
I
ered with the foreign diplomats nnd
friends of the family to pay their
last respocta. '
The services today also represet.tj
ed i he ko eminent' official tribute
to the lute cabinet member. -. '
iioMTiimentnl officio wvrw closed
The body will he tnkan to Des
Molne. Wallace's home for hurlal.
I lliu fiiniitiat nnnlo luavlnn ll'naatt Im iv.
ton this afternoon
-
Out Of Debt
Says School's
i .1 I . r rival of th brother when definite
illlieilC liOlll.'nrranitemnts for th funeral will
Tho athletic cnmmltteo of th"
IVJgh School this morning check d
ocr the tlckot sales for the foot-
ball ganvp with Cisco Friday md
gavo out tho results as. follows:
Tho ticket sales total was
fr.f24.30 and the exponaes of th
g.ime wore nhout 1500 leaving
clear proMt of J3.124.30. The ex-
pense of tlio new bleachers was
;?.021.3l which was paid Tho
debts to tho School Hoard and for
the football equipment vr nil
paid and the remainder anniit
5.r00. turned over to tho school
board.
H. A. Lenvorton. chairman of th
athletic council "today expressed
tho appreciation of tho School
Roard for the publicity glvon to tho
gaino by the Daily Amorlcan and
the stato papers.
Tn contrast to tho above rosulta
of tho Kumo hore thnt was Klvon
local publicity nnd stato publicity
through tho local representatives of
tho Papers it Ib hiterestinff to noto
tho results of tho Comnnche-San
Angolo game at Comancho Satur
day. Tha game like ours was a
sectional gamo between two unde-
feated teams but Unlike tho local
gamo was given but Httlo publi-
city. Tho results show the value
of publicity. The Bate receipts here
were $3634.30 and they had a
ticket sals of ?3E0
46AB.
UMMIUNIjU
UP IN SMOKE
r th Anoiuua r:ti.
AI'STIN Oct. 27 FIro of un-
dermined origin Sunday destroy-
ed over IGOO bales of cotton In tlio
Farmers I'nion Warehouso nt Lick
hart.
Tho fire waa melng In practic
ally till Parts of the plant when
discovered Sundny and had not been
complotely checked today.
Tho wnrehouso was one of tho
largest In thnr section. hnviiiE floor
space of seteti'v thousand feet
NAVY DAY CELEBRATED
THROUGHOUT NATION;
ROOSEVELT'S BIRTHDAY
nj thu Aitnniltd rr.
WASIIINCTON Oct. l!7. Tho
.Viny Kept "open ship" todii In
honor of -Vay Da nnd the blith-
dii of Theodore llooseelt.
in eery harhor mid at every
liimtl estahllsliment thu public
ns litIUii to Insiiect tho ork
lugs of the sea defense.
In addition nt various stations
patilotic reremoules ueio held
nnd higli NiimiI officers ilelUeusl
llllltlCssOS
Xinnl nlridnii04 flew oer iniicli
of tho country and every effort
put forwnrd to gho the people
more Intimate knowledge of thu
spirit and purpose of Mils bianili
in tho sen Ice.
The. death of .Secretary Wal-
lace caused curtailment of plans
for a celebtatioii of thu day In
Washington mid elaborate cere-
monies gae way to simple com-
iiieuioiiitho exeicNes at the iiitin
iimunts of .Naval heroes.
W. S. CiirpCiltei'
Passes AwayiwH p- '
J el At noon ho will
W. CBrpenter. BO er. of are
idld at his home in this city near
I tha wattfi roiupnny'a pump station
I yeaterday afternoon about CIS t
n M11. llniu
erwl WB0r Brim(l h my holl.i
who were not connected with the
ter BTSttm. He was n member 0f'he south part of tho city this at-
tha Odd Fallowa UhIk-
H leavea a wife ajtd atip child
living liar and a brother living
In KaiiBns.
Thu body la belna; n-l at the
Cook Futieral Hom utl thu ttr
be made.
High School Sentiment
Ripe For Other Games;
Beauty
"We will carry on for old DrecU
III!"
That was tho spirit mnnttastud In
tho High School chapel exerclhea thU
morning tho first meetlri: of thu
jttulont body luld tunce thu hlatorv-
making gamo of last Fiidav
It ono is to judgo from the en
thuslftsm that pervades the en tiro
student body there Is a faith In th"
Rucharoo toam now that will onrrv
It onto Uctory" our all competitors
for tho stato championship.
II. I. Tiout of tho Dally Ameri
can wns Invltod to addreas tho stu-
duntB briefly this morning tal'ltitt
as hU subject "Crystnllzlm: Senti-
ment of Friday's Victory." Ho de
clared that tho gamo waa a victory
In every senso of the word for
Dreckcnrldgo and urged tho students
to continue their loyal support to
tho team and said that those who
have learned bo much about. Bteck-
enridgu through publicity given to
this ovent will not bo disappointed
in futuro contests In which thlj
Marines
Landed
at Pekin
Djr th Aiv1ittxl Pru.
'I'll'NTslV Oct. 27. One liuii-
dietl Ameilciui niarliu-s woro
landed from tho Amertcitli CniU-
er Union nt Tukit tinlny and
left Immediately for l'eklng.
Humors of ileelopments at tho
capital mo circulating eerhero
but reliable newt cannot ho ob
tallied
NOTED COMEDIAN
DIES AT HOME
IN NEW YORK
NCW YORK tict 27. Uroad
way checked Its j;a' course today
to mourn for Lew Doekstader. tlio
famous minstrel blackface comed-
i Inn who died yoiturday at the homo
I of his daughter.
J Death nas tlie culmination of
two years Illness resulting from a
fall.
DrtokHtnder wns fiD and had been
on tho stage for half a century.
Y" Secretary of
Boys Work Coming
J 12. Lewis State Secretary of
Roys work of the V M. V. A. will
be In llreckenrldKo Wednesday and
kept busy while In the city appear-
Ing before various gatlierlngs.
I Wednesday morning nt 10:15 ho
School chap-
til be at tho
Chamber of Commerce luncheon and
Wednesday nlht ho will addnT
numbir or th Hl-Y Club
-;
PJKlii
ismn
Th. Fire Department was called
no a house on DaVeuPort Hill In
ternoou at I o'clock.
The fire original l from an ol
stovo n tho lioiiso and damaged
the wnlla around the stove. The
ama Wer quickly put out by thev
I Mr. Roys wuh only small Human o
ia tho huihlliiif which It owned
by Mrs. Nannie M. Davenport and
occupied by a tenant.
Contest Started
itch oo I plai a part.
Manv cheers wero given tho team
and Captain Schulman announced
that thu lluckaroos will play the
Comanche Indians neu Friday at
Comuiicht and that "wo are going
to fight to win.'' The Indians are
considerud strong opponent.
Jltumie l'ainu announced dotalls
of the annual beauty contest and
had each "beauty" to stand thero
bolng one representative for each
claw L'.xowpt tho Freshman which
kolactnd twins. Kadi class entty
was glon a good round of applause.
Raxes for otlng were placed thU
morning and tho pennies nickels
dimes and quarters began to nour
tn. Each cent deposited counts on
vote and at tho end of each day tho
class that U ahead Is credited with
fifty additional Totes. Tho class
bonutlod aro Miaa Ruth Stout for
tho Seniors Miss Fern Caraobell for
tho Juniors. Mint Paulino Proper for
the Sophomores and Mlsaea Tbeltna
and Elma Mlddleton for tho Freshmen.
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