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Amarillo Daily News
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
HOME EDITION
AMARILLO, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1927.
VOL. XVIII. No. 201—Associated Press Day and Night Leased Wire.
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Takes Second
YOUTH FROM THE
Sisterly
Befitting Address
WINNINGS ARE $30,000
CASE MAY END TODAY
RELIEVED MORE KILLED
the
tatives of this country’s earlier wars
trial
COLLEGE SITE
the amphitheater
Chief Justice
through the union and the eonstitution. Spamish War Veterana, also spoke.
M ILROY OIL AND
SOVIET RUSSIA
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ACKNOWLEDGES
ONE OF INJURED DIES
Russia broke up in a riot yesterday
the
Be died two hours later in a bee*
it.
pital.
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TENNESSEE HIT
BY CLOUDBURST
GAS FIRE WORSE
THAN SANFORD’S
CUB
UNION
FOR
INAL
FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE 1
RELEASED BY BOARD ASF
TURE PLANS INDEFINITE
to tea which would
Marian (below) won.
THREE REPORTED DROWNED IN
JOHNSON COUNTY; PROP*
ERTY DAMAGE HEAVY
Peter De Paele after taking the lead
when Lockhart went aut becaune of me-
chanical trouble hept it several laps to
k.
angered at alleged alighting remark to-
ward Great Britain. 1 Resentful members
of the crowd tore down red flaga and
broke up the meeting- Mounted police
ear, was turned loose at a high speed
on Alabama headed for a big ditch
flashes all dur-
'or miles.
hurdled the ditch, three sidewalks and
other obstructions and ran thtough both
walls of the frail frame house in which
Mr. and Mrs. David Sparks and three
children were sleeping, before it lodged
with the front wheels stieking out of the
ATCLARENDON
PUT ON SALE
lag on civil airways and is working on
other rente* so that schedules may be
maintained both day and fight.
were forced to intervene to quell
disturbanee.
shape of the <
It more diff l
tion, the gas
cauming light
PRODUCT OF DIRT TRACKS WINS
1STH ANNUAL EVENT IN
HARD COMPETITION
The exact motive la not known and
Cowan refuses to make any detailed
statement.
The roadster, which wat a tobaeco
INTRODUCES ALLEGED CONFES-
SION WHEREIN BLAKE ADMITS
ROBBERY OF CONNER
and the official represetatives of other
nationa.
On the stsge with Mr. Coolidze In
NOT BELIEVED THAT EITHER SIDE
WILL INTRODUCE MANY
MORE WITNESSES
CHANGED FROM LAST NIGHT
TO DAWN TODAY
LEE TAYLOR. ONE OF VICTIMS OF
BLAZE, DIES YESTERDAY
FROM BURNS
WILLIAM JOHNSTON AGAIN
PACIFIC COAST CHAMP
One in Jail on Theft
Charge in Connection
With Runaway Car
STATESPRINGS President Honors
Soldier Dead With
CONSIDERS IT SHOULD BE CITrS
NEXT IMPORTANT OB-
JECTIVE’TN
courage In driving hl* ear engulfed in
flames, refusing to desert it to save hie
life.
Joles Ellipgboe of Menphis, Tenn, J
Traffic Captain Lac,. in
number of young men end
and nearly every piece of furniture in
the house destroyed by the machine, a
fund of $25, headed by *10 from N. B.
Griggs, a woman whose name Is with-
hold. and the News-Globe already has
been raised to assist the family.
Cowan, since Saturday eight, moved
hl* residence to 1000 Fairmount avenue,
sad did not appear for work yesterday
morning. He wee preparing to leave for
St. Louis at noon yesterday, according
to the officer'* information.
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borromedrtko Pmros.PotttwonottKDATE OF SHOOTING BLAZE WAS
signed. ,
No action was taken with refetence
to the location of the viaduct.
The club voted to have some atten:
tion given to tree* end shrubs in the
North Amarillo park, which Ie in need
of treatment, it was ntated. f
Henry Daniels, reporting on the via-
duct mutter, enid that while be had
boon critic tend for remarks he made nt
earlier meetings, he believed that the
=anoyneed today.
Twa hundred commercial planes will
be in'service, flying a daily mileage of
‘2"
(-
Noon.
1 e- m
2 p.m
2m
Min:5
opening, but thin only made
icule to combat. In addi:
i pmessure cam* by "heada"
subjeet. This motion prevailed, J. W !
Hardin, M L. Miller and Dr. Fly being
named.
E. L. Hunter, the new principal of the
North Amarillo school, was introduced
to th* club and spoke briefly.*
K. L. Richardson was see rotary of th*
meeting.
Th* North Amarillo Civie club last
night ezpressed Ito Joy over the anur-
ance that a viaduet ecrose the tracka
would be constructed, and then, “ I
feeling that it might properly .embark
upon a new task, voted to try to bring
about early action for a union atatlon
for Amarillo. It will pretent a petition
on that point to the city comminslon,
and will probably endeavor to enlnt the
support of other civie organixatlona IB
tho movement. ri
Report* were made on the effort to
u emo. Widen Filmore street and to completa
Ae the family Is virtually destttute the paving of Tayler. It being indiceted
that a few property owner* have Mt yet
late this atternoon, only about half the
number required had been put in place.
The Coekrill-Mellroy fire was 4:
more speetacular than the one at AML
ford. although the blaze did not sho
as high. being spread about by the
COUPINTULU
MURDER TRIAL
# 4 #
Robert Blake of Amarillo,
TULIA, Texas, May 30. -What
peered to be a decisive point in
Blake was without any fund*, the
statement indicated, with which to buy
drugs.
Alex Mood, Amarillo, defense attor:
ney. said last night that he expected ,
tu elose the case tomorrow morning and
it will probably go to the jury nome
time during the day.
Three witnesses were put on the
stand today by the defense.
Doctor Blackshear testified that he
had known th* family for a number of
year* and that the youth used nar-
cotica. Jim Blake, a brother, testified.
Arville Meador of Amarillo testified
thet he had known Robert Blake in
the army and that he was in the habit
of hanging around the doctors trying
to obtain “dope.”
Coner wss found along the highway
near Kress in July, 1925, with his hood
partially crushed. He was an automo-
bile salesman of Tulia and was return-
ing home from Baird where he had mode
a trade. His machine was found a few
miles down the road.
The murder was one of the sensa:
We have flourished as a people besause
of our suceess in establishing nelf-gov
ernment as a people because of our sue-
com in establishing self-government But
all of thene resuir» are predicated upon
a law-abiding people.”
Tribute to Unknown Dead
immediately after the address the
address the president and Mr*. Coolidge,
accompanied by member* of the cabinet,
went to the front of the amphitheeter
to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
rolling on the hill overlooking the Po-
tomac river and beyond. Washington.
Mr. Coolidge placed a wreath of liilies
on the marble slab, then ntepped back
and stood for a moment with heed un-
covered.
Mrs. Coolidge then laid • white rose
beside the wreath and with the presi-
dent stood silently a moment before re-
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——32 eg-R== charged in connection with the murder
=-65 giaz of J- Fred Conner, in July, 1925, near
Eidc-e= Kresa, came today when the court al-
- —7Fdnfe? lowed the state tn introduce what was
67R774P alleged to be ■ confesnion made by the-
_-772885252258 22-year old youth in the Tuba jail since
—-ZM8MNV his arrest and return from Fort Smith.
—28288RNMN Ark., several months ago.
2444 Th* to have
-—" {made by Blake was to the effect that
I he admitted being a narcotie addict.
From kindergarten up through high that he had ridden for several hours
school at Ogden, Utah. Vilate Widdinon. with Conner, getting in somewhere
19, and her sister Marian, 17, studied around Slaton and finally became so
man. 20 miles from El Paso, Sunday.
EX-MINISTER DEAD
WOODSTOCK. (Hu, May 30- Herbert
W. Bowen, 71, United States minister to
Venezuela from 1901 to 1904, is deed at
his ■ bom* here. He bad been ill far
several months. Bowen was graduated
from Tele with William Howard Taft
n‘mhAi1
which, apparently, would wreck it. it
(Ry The Assoeiated Presa.v
WASHINGTON, May 80. America'
war dead were honored today by Presi
dent Coolidge on behalf of the nation and
with the nation. ,
As in past years, Mr. Coolidge at-
tended the Memorial day exereises O'.
Arlington national cemetery given un-
der the auspices of the Grand Amy of
the Republic, offering “the affectionate
garlands of honor end acclaim” for the
soldier-dead of all war* and placing a
wreath of lillies on the tomb of th* Un-
known Soldier.
In the marble amphitheater which was
unprotected from rain-threatening cloude
overhead, the president spke to the as-
sembled representatives of patriotic or-
ganizations, calling upon the nation to
give it* respect to the living defender*
of America along with "reverence for the
dead." He dedicated the armed forces
of the United State* to the preserva-
tion at peace.
America in New Ponition
Mr. Coolidge pictured the nation In •
new position in world affaire and he
warned that it should give attention to
1 low observance if it is to maintain this
' position and it* own institutions.
“We can be a moral force in the
world,” he said, “only to the extent that
we establish morality in our own coun-
try ’ ' * Unless we are an industrious,
orderly nation, we can neither minister
to our own requirement! or be an effec-
tive influence for good in the world.
“We have made our place in the world
First
Steps-
Along any line nre more or
less difficult; those that fol-
lew are made eMier through
vrctis Md experienee
Firet ntops in home owner-
ship are EAST because of
Glebe-New* Classified Ads and
L, the real estate offer* they
contain. ’ ~
Read Real itat tor Sale in
the Ctassified Ada today; a
low eash payment and enwp
monthly payments thereafter
complete the deal.
GLOBE-NEWS
PHONE 4752
Taft, the only living former president;
Major General John L. Clem, the “drum-
mer boy of Chickamauga.” who is de-
partment of Potomac commander of the
G. A. R. presided at the exereises which
included the reading of Abraham Lin-
coln'* Gettysbure addresa end patriotic
musie by the "Marine band. Rice W.
Means, former senator from Colorado,
who is commander-in -chief of the United
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS SAY
OTHER LIVES WERE LOST IN
EAST TENNESSEE
property, Including the plant of Clar-
endon college, valued at $550,000, went
on sale last week. The city of Claren- I
don voted bonds to purehase the admin-
istration building and the girls' dormi-
tory for high school purposes. The pur
chase price is $51,000. Actual cont of
the buildings at tho time of construc-
tion was $165,000. The president's horns,
ths power plant and the boys' dormi-
tory, with 30 acres of land, is being of-
fered for immediate aale.
From the proceeds of the sale a re-
fund of 821.000 le being made to the
eitizens of Clarendon who subseribed
that amount two year* ago with th* un-
derstanding that this eity would remain
the permanent home of the institution.
The conference recognised this obliga-
tion a* an "honor debt" and authorised
the refund.
With the failure so far of Amarillo
to provide for the removal of the school
the entire faculty was released lest
Thursday.
The indefinite status of the plans for
the new building* as proposed in Ama-
rille mode releese of the faculty mem-
ber* necessary. Action wee taken at a
joint meeting of the board with the
church committee.
Prof. B. IL Condron, 1* year* dean ef
the inntituion, ha* accepted a posit'on
with the West Texes State Teaehers
college and Dr. Morgan plans to return
to th* Oklahoma conference.
Clarendon college was establimhed in
IBM and with the closing of its doore
the Panhandle's oldest Institution ‘of
higher learning passes out of existence.
MEETING TURNS INTO BIOT.
LONDON, May 30.—A meeting in
Hyde park to protest the break in diplo-
matic relations between England and
tional mysteries of thst time. Several
months aco .Blake wan arrezted.by1J. »“•'» up •" ' rior yenwrany
Etti. whWotrkalone At Fore smith, when members of the audience become
Ark., and brought back to Texae for
(By The Awociated Pre ।
BORGER, May 30 -The hour foriat-
tempting to extinguish the Coehril-
McIlroy eil-gesser fire by moan* of live
■team wo* set late today for daybreak
tomorrow. The flame, which cost one
life, that of Lee Tayler, was Mid to be
much more difficult to appreoeb than
the one at Sanford, where eight lives
were lost, on necount of the shape of
the orifice through which the geo es-
.it vu desired sloe, it was atatba,
to try to save ths "bradenhead” which
direct* the heavy flow of oil from the
well into storage without It becoming
ignited. Small fires in the slush pit
and a dangerous blaze in a storage teak
today were extinguished with ehem-
leal*.
The string of tools, it was stated, wee
being maintained near the top by gas
sizet
The airways dlvlslen of the depart- .
me nt ba* completed 1386 mile* of light- *
WILL USE MONEY FINISHING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COURSE AT PURDUE
be salutatorian. had something like *20.
mle*N kb Mede ewea,
HORE PLANES, MORE
SOUDERS, DIRT DRIVER, WINS BIG AUTO CLASSIC
DELUGE CLAIMS 9 LIVES; PROPERTY DAMAGE HEA VY
turning to the capital. -
In the group Also were the represen- «ive away later toSoudern who won.
threat of North Amarillo to oppose th*
bond issue unless assuranee wa* given
that a viaduct would be built, wa*
largely responsible fur such assuranee
being given by the commission.
Th* union station matter wn» brought
up by the chairman, G. H. Bryant, who
•aid he had talked to some offieials
about it, and had been encouraged to I
believe that the time was ripe for ac-
tion. He thought that the club might
take tho lead in bringing the matter'to
the publie'* attention. After diseussions
by Dr. Fly, M. L. Miller and other*. E,
L. Richardson moved that a committee
G BlaUo h Third.
Third place went to Tony Calotte of
Kansai City, who graduated into the
raeing businena by acting no a rdhy
meehanie to famous drivers. Gulatdehid
got $5,000 in cash for himself. Wilbur J
Show of Indianapolis finished Fourth;
Dave Evans, .another veteran, finHis* i
fifth. There were 11 of the originel « H
starters in the race to finish and Qhe i
were strung out all over the plane fiom
10 to 50 miles back of the winner. |
’ For a time it appeared as if Pemndi 1
Lockhart, winner of the 1926 eveot. ieae I
going to repeat his victory of A sear
ago. but after leading for 291 mites he
threw a rear right wheel and was fetced
out of the race to the diaappointment of I
the great throng.
Lockhart. servikes were offered to I
Seeders as a relief pilot, but Suders |
promptly decided that he started the I
roe* and would finish it. Souders t anide I
only two steps •• the pita for three mimita
utes, 24 seconds once to take <• ell |
gasoline and water, and the second tint*. I
14 change tires.
The race was replete with thrills. . J
Batten Drives in Plames.
Normnn Batten of Brooklyn won the I
THE WEATHER
hi
J
Dr. W. M. Pearee, chairman ef the
church committee on plans for locating
the college in Amarillo, was in Claren-
don last night and could not be reached
for n statement in connection with
latest developments in the college sit-
uation. In no interview given out in
Amarillo Saturday, however, he said the
plans for the school were still "hanging
fire" aed intimated an optimistic report
STICKS LEADS
500-MILE GRIND
CLARENDON, May 30 Methodist
trial la the Conner com. He has been
held at Tulia since then.
A sanity hearing was first held before
a apeciai jury and the youth adjudged
aane when the trial on an indictment
for .^murder opened eight days ago.
Jack Cowan, 1« years old, 7M Ten:
nessee avenue, whose parents live at
i Colonado Springs, and former employe
I of the Down Doughnut company in San
Jacinto, wks turned overAo the county
iast night and lodged in shil on a charge
'. of automobile theft in connestion with
the desertion of the speeding Ford
* roadster which ran through a house at
508 Alabama avenue, injuring five per-
sons Saturday night.
pressure, it was desired to save these
■IB, it fmbIHb. - --
It - was the Object 6 Tex Thrnton,
noted oil well hire fighter and “•hooter,”
to got a* many aa M boilers in place
for the •mothering attempt. Up until
together. Since each siater had 13 erazed for the drugs that he conceived
"As" and five "B‛s," it was decided by the idee of holding up Conner.
school authorities ts cut a deck of cards { Conner, according to the statement.
MILEAGE BY END OF —____________
YEAR, SAYS AIR HEAD”" “""i" *“
BRITISH BREAK
-— ■ af
SAYS ENGLAND PRECIPITATED
TROUBLE, WHICHIS "BLOW
AT PEACE”
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(By The Assosteted Press. >
SAN FRANCISCO, May M. William
Johnston, former natjonai chempion, to-
day won hie ninth "conseevtive Paeifie
Coast tennis champinship by deteating
Gerald Stratford * nets out of 5. The
sets were s-T, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 4-1.
ESCAPES FROM TRAIN
EL PASO, Msy 30—Herman Seville
NORTH AMARILLO--
(By The Ansoeiated Pres.)
PAINTSVILLE, KyM Msy 30.—The
highest headwaters in 40 years were
sweeping down the Big Sandy valley
tonight, leaving nine known dead and
unestimated property damage in their
wake. -
Rainstorms of cloudburst proportions
■truck southeastern Kentucky about 10
o'clock Isst night and continud for 11
hours. By 8 o'clock this morning small
mountain streams ware torrents and per-
sons were fleeing from their homes or
seeking refuge in the upper stories.
With heuMs washed away, railrosd
tracks submerged or gone, and lines of
communication disrupted, the storm
damage probably will mount into the
thousands of dollar*. Tho atom-swept
mountains are sparsely settled, prob-
ably accounting for a small loss of life,
although unconfirmed reports told of
additional deaths.
Families Trapped in Homes
Six persons lost their lives at Rox-
ana, Leteher county, when the cloud-
burst sent mountain streams out of
theirPanks and trapped several fami-
lies (h their homes. Those drowned
were trying to reach a place of safety.
None of the bodies bss been recovered.
The nemos o four of tho victims wers
sheto bs Mrs. Chester Fields of Elsie-
coal, a mining camp: Mrg. Green Calla-
han and two children, uno man was
reported drowned at Elsiecoal.
Mrs. Agnes Bsiley, 80, Mrs. Maude
Bailey, 40, and Willard B. Bailey, 11,
mother, wife and aon of Dr. T. B. Bailey,
were drowned when their home was
•wept into Toms creek in Johnson
county.
Many Flee for Lives
Persons in the lowlands down the val-
ley were moving out tonight as re-
ports told of the flood waters sweep-
ing down the mountains toward their
kame*.
Fleming and Neon, in Leteher county,
and numerous towns in Floyd and John-
■on counties, ob the Big Sandy, were
hard hit.
Another storm struck Morehead, Row.
an county, some mites wsst of hers,
and did extensive damage.
Wind and rainntorma in western Ken-
tucky during the past few days have
caused considerable damage, principally
to barns snd crops.
By CHARLES W. DUNKLSY
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
INDIANAPOLIS. Msy to George
Souders, a shy, unassuming unknown boy
from Lafayette, Ind., becnme somebody"
in the busitess of automobile racing to-
day.
Souders, a former student st Purdue
university, driving his flrot major event,
won the fifteenth annual 500 -mile grind
at th* Indianapolis, motor npeedway be-
fore a record-breaking crowd of 145,000
| spectators. souders’ victory wav epee-
taeular because he did not figure to have
any more chance to win than Bat Nelson.
This 27-year-old youth from the sticka,
driving ths entire distance without re-
lief and making only two quick itopo.
piloted his tiny racer, painted a dusty
shade of gray, 240 perilous trips around
the bumpy 2 1-2 mil* track in 6107:a8
for an average of 97.54 miles an hour.
He had o lead of seven and • half mile:
when he got the cheekered flag as signal
of victory.
By his victory Boudera enriched him-
**if to th* extent of shout $a0,000 in
(Dr United Prem.,
WASHINGTON, Msy M. —By th» end
of the year the airway system of the
United States will be Increased to 9,435
miles and will serve ** cities wltk a
combined population of almost 24,000,
000, Assistant Secretary of Commeree
William P. McCracken, civil air bead.
TRIAL OF ROBERT BLAKE PROMISES ABRUPT ENDING
KENTUCKYAND i
was tho most serjounly injured of I
thro* victims of th* race, Ellingl
'■ N
(By United Presa.
MOSCOW, May 30 The Soviet gov-
ernment, In a note sent to Greet Britain
yesterday, acknowledging the British
note severing diplomatic relations be-
tween th* two countries, charged Eng-
land precipitated the rupture to conceal
the defeat of her hinese problem.
The break in relation* ia “a blow at
peace, inereasing European chaos,” tbs
note said. It charged England violated
a provision of the prade ngreement be-
tween the two contries requiring six
months warn lag before termination of
the pact.
Race Car Driver Killed.
< B, The Asociatea He>
LOCKPORT, N. Y. May s0.-Harald
Van Imen, of Roc heater, driver of one
of the ears in apoed trial* of the Loek-
port dirt truck automobile racet today,
wanifateliy) hurt when the right rear
wheel of Mt car collapsed and the ma-
chine turned over, pinning him beneath
(Dy The Aseclated Ptem
PAINTSVILLE, My, May 30.Taree
peraona wove drowned, and considerable
property was tombed by a cloudburst
in Johnson count todmy-i > >
The dead aret
, Mrs. Agnes Bailey, », mother of T.
B. Malley.
Mrs. Maude Bailey, 40, wife of the
doctor. . , ( ■ ।
", ‘ Willard B. Bailen, 11, son.
(coNTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
critical, rash money. He won 820,000 as
first prise snd picked up (5.100 in lap
prises, bonnes, urtting $100 every time
he led the field tech lap Souder ean
use the money because he Intends to
resume hl* studles in mechanic*! eni-
neering al Purdue.
Souder* is s product of the dirt tracks
and ths whw his first attempt on the
well-traveled htieka ef th* famous eld
speedway. He did hi* first automobile
racing in the county fairgrounds teach
In hl* own home town, back la 1022.
Since that time, however, he has been
•teaming fast automobiles around the
dirt track for five years. He was • big
speed thunderstorm down in Texnn but
he was just a shower around Indiana-
polis previous to today's race.
By a strange twist of fate Fori De-
vore of Los Angeles, an old-tiher at
the major league racing game, grabbed
second place and Its price ef $10,000,
due to the misfort unt of Babe Stapp,
who when having ■oeend place within
his grasp'was forced out of the race with
only two lop* te gq beesuee his motor '
began to sputter trouble. Stapp, werk-
Ing f rantieallg ever his motot, wei
forced to see th* $10,000 flash past him
aad go to Devore.
Investigated a
d xire who kad
_________________ iebdewan. An-
other youth, who left th LSaturday
morning, and twe girls, hone names
Cowan did not know, were drinking beer
with him, according to cdptain Luce’s
information.
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