Amarillo Sunday News-Globe (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 112, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 26, 1928 Page: 2 of 36
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house is
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serious until -two
weeks ago. Pneumonia developed last
four, saying they are expected to tea-
OF NEW WHITEWAY
crossing here.
AFTER
ESTICROW
conductor and his name bespeaks
! two daughters, ages 8 and 10, all of
i Brooklyn, Ind.
Mme heights.
gold at the faetory.
people.
ley, Blanton nor any of the others
Mayor Thompson’s deeision to line
GERMAN POLICE WININ
FIGHT WITH
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OWN WORLD'S RE
support did not In-
his ho
WIDER CREDIT
City Briefs
eighteenth amendi
I am opposed
iuwil hold
vale which the farm
NEW TASK FOR GOATS
7, died, today of burns
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when her dress
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Is Now Developing
Into Actual Combat
HEARINGS SET
FOR MARCH 15
OF PHONE WORK
FOR DEM? MET
SMUGGLER ENDS
ILIFE WITH GAS
CHILDRESS MAN IS
HURT IN FALL FROM
MOVING AUTOMOBILE
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Mrs. Thacker and a small daughter;
and Mr. and Mrs. John Buckner and
ishment is given runawi
He was told that wl
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annun l
ably be
There is considerable serious talk
that Joe Bailey may get in the race
for the senate. His friends are rell-
Dr. L V. Cradit hee meved Mg of-
ooe from the Blackburn building to
Benoie
arranged to turn over their suppor
to former Senator Pomerene without
* struggle, ead Wiliam G. McAdoo
has renewed his prohibition war on
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OPERA SEASON
AT WICHITA FALLS
IS TWO-DAY FETE
Herzinger
expected
the night.
Mias Je
reading b
and orch
America 1
Thora
and ever
world’s greatest soprano, to appear
here on April ! under the local di-
rection of the band.
western and uouthwestern states if
Mexican laborers were barred.
At the same time. Representative
Rex. Demoerat, Texas, author of the
ITS AFTERNOON PASSENGER
THROUGH COLEMAN WILL
BE DISCONTINUED
erats have definitely decided to send
an uninstrueted delegation.
girla,
i an es-
his way to Texas after an estrange-
ment with his wife in Little Rock.
Ark., ended disastrously her today
fsr Frank E. Johnson. 46.
Johnson fell under a freight train
he attempted to board here early to-
day and both legs were severed. He
died in a hospital after dictating a
letter to hie mother. Mrs. B. B.
Johnsen. 7001 Kimbark avenue, Chi-
-•gg. expressing sorrow for the dif-
ficulties hs had had with his wife.
The jury
against F.
6 1
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dent.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. F.
Todd, and L. O. Lunsford, who was
driving the sutomobilo, all have suits
pending against the city for injuries
received In the accident. Miss Todd
alleged that her injuries were per-
manent.
SUPREME COURT REMANDS
CASE OF CONVICT FOR
SLAYING GUARD
BARLT SETTLEMENT OF PRICE
WAR IN INDIA SEE MS
IMPROBABLE
superintendent of the North London
home of Oar Dumb Animal Friends'
league.
Fifty thousand unwanted dogs- are
put to a painless death in London
annually. Owners cannot, or will not
pay the taxes on most of those dogs.
"The way out of the difficulty is
to prevent so many dogs being bred,"
WEST
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ESCAPES CLUTCHES OF LAW
BY COMMITTING SUICIDE
IN NEW YORK
Late Sports
CANYON A6AIN BEATS
IEW MEXICO INSTITUTE
PROPOSES REMOVAL OF
UNEMPLOYED
SOUTHWESTERN BELL BUILDS
NEW TOLL OUTLETS
FROM HOUSTON
All—WB MUM GUOM
MAKES $1,000 BOND
FARM
the Oliver-Eaklebuilding,
eated la room s 106 and *
his state protesting agaiast the en-
actment of the measure.
Pointing to reports of unemploy-
ment in many sections of the country.
Chairman Johnson suggested that it
' By The Ammoeiated Prens)
CENTERTON. Ind.. Feb. 25.—Six
agree. He has attacked at one ,
personally except the Republicans.
Likewise Senator George of Georgia,.
I the automobile in which they were
| riding collided with a Terre Haute,
The band will make the trip in new
34-passenger busnen, now ordered,
which are being pointed purple and
Plains towns, with an attendants of
ever thirty thousand people, and we
are very much satisfied that consid-
erable good was done.
"Everything on the South Fialas is
unusually good; best in ths history
of the country. Recent moisture which
covered the entire plains, has put
the wheat crop in safe keeping for a
fine crop, ae well as placing sum-
mor-furrowed lands in fine condition,
and made the future plowing the hoot
over.
“The most optimistic, and never a
bettor community of God's people
ever lived, than on the South Plains."
DALLKS,TaA
Suecess of the occasion, and the
number of people from Hereford and
surrounding trade territory who were
attraeted to the eity despite the eold
weather, hare .lad merchants here to
decide to make a similar window un-
railing and mutomobile ehour a nemi-
2 • •
1
I By The Amoclated Prues!
PAMPA. Texas, Feb. 25.—Demages
elleged slayer of hie frfnds, George
Lay and Roee Gustin, at an ieolated,
hunting and fishing camp oh Febru-
Senator Curtin ench capture HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
their first inetructed delegete8; Sen- ■
etor Willie haa completed formalities
elude the delegates controlled by
Mayor Thompsoh. '
Although the Chicago mayor’s an-
houneement who made after he had
been to the White House, there wae
nothing to indicate that Preeident
Coolidge knew of it ia advance or had
ehanged his twieeannouneed de-
elalon against tee swing • eandidate
game. Second string and yearling
Buffaloes played. Now Mexico dis-
played flashes of fine team work
and passing but could not penetrate
the Buffalo defense with any eer-
ie any law that will permit the inva- ’
sion of • private home gs a basis for
liquor proseeutions,"
Leaving here on June 1, the l
will be booked along the rood
svoNEr.™Auht
reces have been
these tired of di
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Good
STI
The che
West Ama
ond and I
cinto, will
next Mond
Profesee
rector of
risen, dirt
appear in
Seleetiot
orchestra
will be fa
Mrs. Ri
whistling
two song
acheduled
male qua
“If that be true, he who seeks to
undo the change to extricate the
country from the morass of semi-
sociallsm in which it is being in-
volved, to bring the government baek
to sound policies, to return the
states their just powers and dutlss,
to drive the ereohs. grafters and
scoundrels from Washingtor. to pro-
duce decency and honesty in elee-
ztens, hs is fsr progress, progress
baek toward the old high ground;
progress away from danger.
GM Dles of Burma.
(■» The Amoeieted Prene)
BAN ANTONIO, Ten., Feb. 25—
Amarillo
volating th
tag the hi
trsh by a
to A. Kiel
lector, who
. public reg*
The,sour
garhage eu
ktrely ditfe
mined it g
ment a Ml
trouble, Mt
Garbage
hog while
go, into the
town and i
the garbag
' it will not
ineinerator
If the mix
hogs they
because of
Mr. Miekel
Mr. Mie
that ha w
garbage
ordinances
matter pin
ahlaw r«
(B sny
W draw
day tha vi
eaped inmate is brought bach her
hair is elipped close. He learned
that no girl has ever made a break
when her hair was still short. She
cannot stand being exposed to pub-
lic gaze in this condition.
» establish a prisbaor's right to thia,
ml la praetice it is generally granted
mless it is erairtsee er extravagant.,
Jae prisoner eshod to “learn to play
Be piano" before being put to death.
Now anelent Ia the euetoes of let-
Hng the prisoner ch s res hip "loot
—mm--* eon from the fact that
________ museum there io a me-
sword of justice wih s epostal
I in the ieabbard for a hadAs
night' and, due to her advaneed age, .
brought death quiekly.
The wealth of Mrs. Busch was spent
with equal generosity for the sol-
I diers of Germany, the land of her
, birth, end those of her land of adop-
tion. When the war broke out, she
transformed her home in Germany
into a hospital and she end her two •
MANFOUNDGULLTYOF
ASSAULT IS FINED
wurM
SAY
I
___,____, in the last year Mid
AU esza l» Mt daya. F
of $1,500 were nesessed Saturday ... .
against the city of Pompe in a suit I persons were., killed late today when
I 1
repo end Ameriea. Giorgia Polaceo
1 /Ah
Sandefer experienced no difficulty - tg,
Virginia meeting he was hailed as tian held in connection with the of-
one who would make a good presi- l ficial inauguration of the city's new
dent ! whiteway lighting system and the
Some of Senator George's sup- formal opening of the new city hall,
porters in his home state are offer- 1 More then 430 people crowded into
ing him as an all-Southern, dry can- the Texas Utilities building to hear a
didate for the nomination but the short program of speeches in beeping
nctivBy on his behalf has not been with the occasion. Introduced by Pres-
widespread. The Rood supporters, on : ident T. E. Seigler of the Hereford
< By United Pres)
a PRENZLAU, Germany, Feb. 25—
Follee today wed a fight against eom-
munists who tried to storm the town
hell. Thirty men wete. arrtetod.
The police ereccd barrjeades
around the town hall and dubbed
the attackers.
The mayor has prohibited public
meetings. Order has been restored.
GIRTH CONTROL FOR DOGS
IS SUGGESTED IN LONDON
i By The Assbelated Ptme)
LONDON, England, Feb:‘25.—Birth,
control among London’s dog popula-
ford, several unique features were
erotic clarion in two senthern stata today before ths house immigration
besides his own; Governor Smith hss committee.
received the pledges of on Initial r They presented a picture of de-
block of delegates from the faraway moralized agriculture) conditions
Philippines; the Ohio Democrats have which they said would result la
Ptem)
egr Elliott.
The dead are: A
Democratic presidential eandidate he
did net reveal but he made it clear
that he intended to follow the cam-
paign he hod mopped out for his
western trip la his journey further
westward next week.
FALLS UNDER FREIGHT
arranged for the-enjoyment' of all
visitors. Windows which had been
specially decorated behind drawn cur-
tains during the week were unveiled.
In eonnection with this port of the
program nearly two hundred mer-
viol ted thirty
It bee been quite epparent that
Secretary Hoover's zartin the polit-
ical neise-making of the peat few
days has not been performed on his
owa initiative. Although he is on
evowed candidate,' he has eaid re-
peatedly that he does not intend to
condee • vocal campaign. In an-
neeaolag his candidacy he declared
bo would not take the Mump, and in
replying this week to Senator Bcrak•
prehibUlea questionnaire he observed
that such a method of developiag po-
litical views was unsatisfaetory. Bowe
time ago e questionnair ea farm re-
lief wee addresaed to him by a west-
era farm leader, bet there has been
no indication that he would reply
to it---- - . ---u •
Both Senator Willis and the ani-
saloon lengue have indieated that
they ‘would try to induce Mr. Hoover
to amplify his letter to Senator
Borah, in which bo eald he did not
cording to W. G. Winters, division
commercial superintendent at Hous-
ton.
Except fer a small amount of east
and west toll business, Houston hss
been isolated from the big centers of
the country.
Between new end June, new outlets
will be built to Beaumont, New Or-
leans, Dallas, Shreveport end San An-
tonio to connect-with the large toll
circuit centers of the country. Ap-
proximately 15 carloads of cappar
—
ASKS CONGRESS
TO FIND SUBS
FORMEXICANS
4,2 c., i:
Ing him that neither Connally, Ows-I said Mise Kennedy, "It might 1m-
‘ i prove Conditions generally if the tax
sons connected with the working of
tko official meehinery.
Washington! ^Feb* FS^-An ap-
peal to congress to point the way to
a new labor supply before shutting
off the influx of Mextean form
laborers through enactment of the
Box bill to place all western hemis-
phere nations en a quota basis was
made by opponenta of the measure
brought by Mise Delia Todd, who was
injured May <5 in an automobile ae- , .0 ... — r—
eident. She alleged on open ditch Indianapolis A Eastern interurban at
which wes unmarked caused the acci
daughters acted as nurses.
When America entered the war she ;
gave her time and money freely to
this country.
SIMMONS COWBOY
BAND GOING EAST
I Special to The Sunday Now.-Glaba MB
ABILENE, Feb. 25—The Simmo
University Cowboy band will appear
on Broadway next summer, according
to Gilbert B. Sandefer, manager, who
returned this week from a conferene.
undesirability of Mexicans.
E. J. Walker of Phoenix, Aric.,
general manager of the Arizona Cot-
ton Growers association, told the
committee the ezperiences of his or-
ganlzation in producing farm labor,
declared that his seetion was not
wedded to Msxieaa labor, but to
labor, and urged it to discover ea
effielent subatitute before cutting off
the pregent supply.
The needs of ths California citrus
farmers for Mexican labor were
stremsed by A. C. Hardison of Santa
Paula, California. The Mexican he
contended, wee adapted to the sea-
sonal movemeet from piece to place
necessery ia the harvesting of Cali-
fornia crops.
Representatve Smith. Republican,
Idahe. chairman of the house Irriga-
tion ommittee, appeared to present
telegrams from numerous eitizen of
chandise prises were offered by tainty. ,
merchants. -----------------
Second and Third streets was cut off, POLEVAULTER BREAKS
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
hopes. He may even be characterized
a prosecutor.
“Nevertheless, there are eemo of
us who believe that the deatruction
of evil leada to the preservation of
good; thet the highest hind of con-
structive etatesmanship coneiota in
maintaining the integrity, the ma-
joety and the greatnese of the United
States of America.*
"Progress meas chenge in the
right direction and many of the
changee which have been demanded
in recent years in my humble
opinion have been changes in ths
with theatrieal men of New Yoghhi
Sr 26
Frank T. Kintzing, nationally knows
booking agent, apd then will begin
their run in Manhattan’s leadingi
theaters July 1:
NEW TOM, Fob. SB—Sabin W.
Carr of Yale shattered all of his own
world’s records for the pole vault to-
night when he cleared the aatontsh-
lag height of 14 foot 1 inch in the
notional eeater A. A. V. indoor track
and field championships.
Corr vaulted this height, eclipsing
both his indoor and outdoor marks.
0* his first attempt, a few minutes
after shattering the indoor standard
with a leap of ia feet 10% inehes.
"r
KLAN MAY BE
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
not talked as much here In Dalles at
one would expect. O. B. Colquitt, an-
other Dallas candidate, is not con-
ceded much of a chanee by the Delies
in the nose of 1
M. Wiliams la
tions, would plead guilty in Federal
court next Wednesday. He declined did not become
to disclose the whereabouts of the re h *“ Pnm
Further, Owsley declared: "I am a
icht loyal Democrat and will support the
a. gag beadir in her home pominee pt my party whoeref he may
bo. Al Smith or anybody iW A
HOUSE AGRICULTURAL COM-
MITTEE WILL HOLD EX-
ECUTIVE SESSIONS
—— * dg,"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25— Moving
completed Ito lengthy hearings on the
difficult question of farm relief leg-
islation today, the house agrieuiture
eommittes Plane'to begin executive
sessiona on Marsh 4 to draft a bin.
Ths executive sessions ere expested
to last only a few days and members
of the committee predicted thet a bill
would be reported to the house by
March 11.
While more than half a doesn farm
aid plans have been outlined in the
hearings, the committee's diseussion
haa revolved chiefly around the $400,-
000,000 equalisation fee bill sponsored
by Chairmen Haugen.
Hgugen it confident that the equal-
ization fee plan which was passed by
coagrees last session but vetoed by
President Coolidge will be ths choice
of st least 18 ef ths committee's 11
members. Ths nenate agriculture
committee already has reported the
McNary bill, which eontains the
equalization fee, but the senate lend-
ers have not indicated when ths
meqsure win earns up fer action.
House Republican leadere have
promised right of way for farm leg-
ialatlon en the house floor. Repro
eentative Tilson of Conneeticut, Re-
publican floor lender, said today that
the bill weald roeeive prompt dispos-
al, coming up after the appropria-
tions measure and the warship eon-
struetion program here been cleared
away.
Chalrman-Snell ef the rules eom-
mittee slso cold that farm legislation
weald be given speedy consideration,
but added. “If it is the Haugen bill,
the committee might just as well take
a day as a week in its executive see-
sions."
tai punishment exists in German in-
tellectual circles, the newly projected
■ewe! code contains no abolition
Elause, and aims merely at estab-
Making a uniform process of execu-
r The law now in force decrees that
the death penalty in the Reich must
La inflicted by means of behending,
but ia parts ef Germany different
methods of deeepielien, booed ea
eneiemt local usage, ere still ■ em-
. ployed. In the Rhine province, Han-
•ver. Hamburgi Bavaria and Saxony
• more er less modern form of the
guillotine is in use, but in Mecklen-
burg. Anhait, Reuse and Lippe the
executioner still performs his grim
Office with the “sword of justice,"
in Prussia proper, the sword was re-
placed shout IM years ago by the
ax.
A few weeks ago, when Karl Boett-
>r was executed by the ex in Ber-
for a doable murder, e new ordi-
first eame into force whieh
lined the executioner to perform
. office Tn a dark seit, instead of
the hitherto obligatory black awal-
- tail eoat, white choker, top hat
- white gloves.
Another old custom whieh mey
tea be done away with is the grant-
• of a prisonera last wish. There
nothing is the German penal rode
FOrI* WORTH,r FebT’M —M
Peter, the Pumpkin Eater, had
shingled his Mile’s hair regularly,
he would set hate found it necen
eery to put her in a pumpkin shell.
District Judge Hal B. Lattimore
concluded upon kls rotors today
from a visit to the state training
school for girls st Gainesville.
Judge Lettmore, ss presiding
judge of the county juvenile board,
went to the school and talked to ■
every one of the 24 Tarrent county
girls who ON inmates of the insti-
tution. He found all at them in
good health and had a good report
on all of them save one. Site had
run away, and thia aroused the
judge's curiosity ss to what pan
The telephone company will hoop a
card index of all delegates, alternates,
dignitaries end other officials con-
nected with the convention. In this
index will be listed the delegate’s ho-
tel room, committee meeting he is to
attend and all infoemation necessary
to lorate the delegate et eny time.
In the convention hall the company
will maintain a page service. As each
delegate has a certain place assigned,
a chart will show where the peges
mey readily locate the delegate with-
out telling his nemo. "
For the general public 40 booths
will be placed near the entrance of
the ball. Boys to provide change
will be stattoned near the public
booths, which will be arranged in
nine batteries.
1 The telephone company is also
planning to provids radio cireuits,
through which the convention pro-
ceedings will be broadcast.
The sergeantgat,arma of the con-1
ventlon and.Clem Shaver, secretary.
of the Democratic national commit-
tee. will be provided with a special
F. B. X.' board with two operators.
The board will be connected with 44
stations, giving the directors of the
convention quick access to all per-
< By Untted Pre.1,
NEW TOM, Feb. 25—Early settle-
ef the price war in India be-
_____the Royal Dutch Shell interesta
and the Standard Oil company of New
York seemed improbeble in the opin-
ion ef well iformed oil moa here
today. "*
Desptte European reports of an “oil
peace,” it was reliably assorted that
there wes no change in the situs-
tion.
While some writers interpreted the
I sail tag of AS. Debenham for London
last night as meaning the price war
virtually bed been settled. geseip
among well informed oil men here
was to the effect that his departure
signified failure of peace negotia-
tions.
Last summer the Dutch Shell inter-
esta attacked the policy of the Stan-
dard of New York in purchasing
Russlan ail said to have been produc-
ed from confincated properties form-
erly owned in Russia by the Dutch
Shell.
Agents of the Shell Interesta ae-
cased ths New York company of
purchasing "stolen" oil Determined
to fight the sale of Russlan oil ia
India by the Standard, the Dutch
Khal aa.una m mftd ss e m a, ntd ukAkak
D“044 "eEveG DoHe ew WOH-9 JeGUF™
prices on superior aU ae soon aa more
Russian oil arrived at Indian ports.
These reduetions were initiated
September 22.
In reply the Naw York company
warned that the price war would cost
Dutch Shell and the Burman Oil
companies approximately $12,750,000
a year while the Standard's lose
would be only $4,000,000 a year.
The Standard said the Dutch Shell
interests started ths price cutting and
that it had followed only ineotar as
it seemed necessary to protect its
market position.
I tify against the fifth suspect, Jilius
I Adler, New York diamond merchant.
and nearly every automobile dealer
in the city was represented la the
display of twenty automobiles and
tractors.
the sther hand, have workers in most I chamber of commerce, talks were
a complet. and perfectly trainea of the state, between the Mississippi made by Manager K H. Oberthier
pera. I and the Paeifie. During the past I Jr., of the Texas Utilities Company:
"‛SR.nz.ction - Alran. munic week kis managers announeed ke Judge I. R. Kelso, president of the
drama, based on Tolror, immortal would enter. Winconstn, Michigan and Texas.Utinties Company who came
atory, on th. night ef March 1. I. the I North Dakota. from St. Louis for the event; Mayor
•per. i. which Mary Garden has dis- mpi., a.n1 o, , . “ . ndothers;
tinguished herself a. another Sarah , There already is • great deal of Lght Ceremomy Held.
Bafnhardt. As Katiusha, th. R..- tall elaimine among the rval politieal The official turning en of the hew
•ia. pensant girt, .ha riles t. sub- eempttoi.g mor, than
thia or that state I. In th. bag for on. hundred standards in the resi-
tkslr particular eandidate. As a mat- dential and business sectionsft the
While la Naw York, Sandefer ale* 4
signed a eontrct with Galll-Curei, (
HOUBTOH^* Feb!-!?I‛r souen.
western Bel Telephone company will
spend approximately $209,000 er more
than the total eoet of the ‘conven-
tion hall, completihg various projeets
needed to handle the Democratic ra-
tional eonvention hero ia June, ae-
(CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE)
mm gad sure enforeemenr of the
up his delegation from Copk eounty,
Iinois, for the drafting of Presl-
dent Coolidge, announeed here to-
day by the mayor himself, marks th.
renewal of a long-standing feed be-
tween th. Thompson organization la
Chicago and farmer Governor Law-
den in 1920, who. Lowden was one
of the lenders for the nomination.
WICHITA FALLS. Feb. M — Wieh-
fta Fall, grand opera season, Feb-
ruary M. presenting "Aida” aad
March 1, "Resurreetion," will be a
two day.’ festivel of good thing, it
all those who come. Th. town will
ba la gala attire and the Woman’s
Forum, one ef th. biggest woman’s
dub. In the state, will have hostess-
M at the leading hotels and will hoop
open house at their club house in
the beautiful Country Club Eatatee.
Motels are prepare* to take cage
of all visitors and tickets to the
operas may be procured even at the
last minute by people deeiding later
to come. There will be lots of good
peats op until time for the curtain
to go up so eemo, ovea if you de-
cide at the last minutet
The opera “Aida." given the first
•lght. February 29, is called "the eir-
cus of grand opera.” It is the meet
spectacular opera ever produced and
include, everything but trapeze per-
formers snd ths elephant act. Rosa
Raisa, ths star, is the world's great-
est lyric soprano and in her cast is
Rimini, her husband, who is too well
known to need comment Others in
bar east include. Charles Marahall,
Chase Baremreo and Cyrena Van Gor-
-don, noted American stars and other
well known siegers.
Swoboda, the greet Russian dancer.
Who heads the ballet, ia worth the
price of admission aad with him are
many dancers famous in both Eu-
for his battle with Hoover ia Ohio;
Senator Watson haa opened his cam-
paign with a party jubilee at Indian-
apelis, and the battle cry of the
"Draft Coolidge" brigade has been
raised once mere, this time by Mayor
Thompaon of Chicago
Rood of Missouri has hold the
Demoeratie spotlight with ■ stump-
tag whirl neross the continent but
meantime George of Georgia, like-
wise haa bean sonding the Demo-
* (B,UnftedPrena.)
DALLAS, Taxes, Feb. 24.— Beating
- (By Uuited Pres.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. SB—A Mur
trial fir George Call under sentence
to die far the murder ef W. R. May-
field, was ord. rod Saturday by the
criminal court of appeals.
“We are impressed with the con-
victiong that the defendant was no*
accorded that fair and impartial trial
guaranteed by law," tho court bold.
Call killed ‘Mayfield, guard in tha
prison brickyard, January 14, 1928,
and was sentenced to die. Recently
the alienist board appointed by Gov-
ernor Johnston bold that Call was to*
sane
“Ta summarise the testimony it
shows without dispute that tbs de-
ceased came into the dining shed
where the defendant and three or
foar other prisoners were finishing
their noon meal; that .ho called the
defendant a vile name and struck
him with his fist; that the defend-
ant arose from the bench and the
deceased hit him again with his fist.
“It shows that shortly afterwardge
while the defendant eras standidh
watching other prisoners play%y
cards ths deceased walked up and hm".
him with a hickory stick or cane.
“It is undisputed that the deceased
struck the defendant with his cane
or struck at him two or three times
before the defendant threw tham
rv
The briek thrown by Call struM^
Mayfield and resulted in his death
two days later. Ed Cornell, another
guard, shot Call twice.
Evidence that Call was a eonviet
committed to the penitentiary for
five yean on a burglary charge from
Jefferson county and that he had
later been given a 27-year sentence : .
for killing another priaoner was in- 6
admissible, the court held. “The
eriminal record of a defendant is not —
a matter to be referred to In the
prosecutor's opening statement," the
court held.
Call should hsve been tried for
manslaughter the court inferryd. 1,
Smith. Polltical forecasts always ara mensure, prepared to introduce now
precarious, but it seems safe to say witnenses to testify eoncerning the
tha* the political . month of March
promises to eomo ia like a lion.
—— —1 3
WARRINGTON. Feb. N —Spreading
from scattered sectors, where ths
guas have been busy far weeks with
a preparatory barrage, the political
campaign is developing into aetaal
combat ever a wide front,
in mere than a neore of states, as
well as ia tho rival camps of meat
of the presidential candidates, the
past week has recorded develppmenta
of more than loeal Amport. .
Among ths Ropubllcana, Seeretary
Hoover kss beau drawn into expres-
atoh sit bl* views ou prohibition and
flood control; Governor Lowden and
r. Credit. He U a graduste ... ...
Eirkaville college. aef a
wire far these circuits have been or-
derod and work is already under way.
As aa indication of the facility
with which the work is being accom-
plished, Mr. Winters said that a new
line from Dallas to Houston wss au-
thorised at noon on February 1J. By
noon of February id, oil engineering
work was complete and the lino was
building 14 miles south of Dallas.
Ths demands of the convention are
being felt la other states as well ss
Texas. The Seuthern Bell Telephone
company is building- three new cir-
cuits from Shreveport to Meridian,
Miss., to provide sn outlet for con-
vention traffic to the Iarge toll cen-
tors at Birmingham aad Atlanta.
Tentative plans Mil for the in-
atallation of 80 booths in the con-
vention hall. Twenty will be re-
served for the official business of the
convention. Three operators will be
hmenamene,"tco
jy7”«urk.du^: employea where there —» ned for
SiptlM^X,. ezperimentain “Reprenentative Rutherford. Demo-
etooed whether ho is wiihine to dhyerat.ceorginneidihatmanyleborer . - A
more 5 1 were unemployed in Georgia because wrong direction.
_ . the farmers had been unable to
la his wentern awihu.hich has,market.ttheir cropgand werptored
carried him through the southwest' t.lav larzt.d hTw" in the de-
" HEREFORD PROUD
________' TUN9
OKLAHOMA MAM
$200000Hair..,
To Kner Gwam IS ORDERED
(veeiel to The Sunday Newa-Globe)
CHIDRESS, Texas, Feb. 14—J. W.
Cochran of near Childress was quite
badly injured. In an accident which
oceurred deer Childress this after-
noon. Tbs mishap occurred when
Cochren was driving to Childress and
fell from the oar which was moving.
He rolled quite a distance and was
injured bzdiy, his hand and leg hair. J
bruiser. And his head appeared to
be badly bruised.
He whs given medical attention in
Child ress. At last reports seems to
be doing as well as could be expected.
now in the race eon beat Mayfieid,
and (hat it in his duty to make the
race.
North Texaa is decidedly against
Al Smith, while Senth "Texaa,
whale, is either neutral ar for him.
Houston and Harris county may re-
main neutral on the question of in-
atruetiohs, and many South Texan
eounties will send delegations to the
state convention that afe aggressively
for Smith. But North Texas will
send larger delegations, ineluding one
from Dallas. just as aggressively
agaiast him. Dallas voters seem
proud that Houston and a Texas city
not th« demoeratie convention, but
they do not seem impressed with the
idea that the lbws ef hospitality de-
mand that they remain neutral in the
fight on Smith.
The local reaetion to Jim Reed's
appearance here last Mondhy night
has not been favorable to Reed. It
sticks in the eraw of North Texas
that Reed was an opponent at Wod-
raw Wison, and even more that he
is not for prohibition. These worn
enough bp make the warmth of hie
reception doubtful. Rut whoa ba ap-
peared an the stage escorted by a
group of neon who an unpopular in
North Texas polltical eireles, such as
Jim Ferguson, T. N. McGregor and
others of elmilar political beliefs, Jt
pus the Mimnouri sendtor under n Mg
handicap. i 9,
DUTCH SHELL Political Campaign
STANDARD
PEAINViEw;Srekas"R.6.228
C. Barton, superintendent of the
Slaton Division of tha Banta Fa rail-
road has returned here, after com-
pleting a trip over the South Plains
of the Panhandle, with the A and M.
College and Santa Fe Heme Demon-
stration train.
Commenting en conditions in gen-
eral over the Panhandle country Mr.
------L-------- ter or fact, although various state eity, was made a small ceremony in
_____________IO orvanizations are pledged oae way or ftseif. Following a sheet speech of
DISCARDS DRESS GOAT ***** ***k*’* ion Prmnafl, ih weppomacocprandy"bynemtena
UlouAnU unCd UUNI structed how to vote in the nominat- board in view of the audience and
n,,. c.-, M vs xi ing conventions remains almost nil. elosed the eireuit, bathing the city
BERLIN, Germany, Feba.2-Al On the Repabliean side the score of 1n mor. light than it had ever hetero
though "trong feellag against eapi- instructed votes atands thus: known.
Senator Curtis 4 (second and After the program in the Utilities
fourth Kaneos distrieta). ; company offices, the newly completed
- Frank O. Lowden 2 (first North eity hall and fire station was thrown
Carolina district). I open to the public for the first time.
And among the Democrats. /This strueture, built at an approx i-
Senator George 28 (all of Georgia) mate cost of 884.000, is said to be
Governor Smith 4 (Philippine Ie-|the finest municipal administration' _
landa). 1 building fer • eity of this also in the i , . .. .
Nowbero ele haa the question been I Panhandle. I CANYON, Texas, Feb. 25-The
formally deetdnd by party off totals) Wort Touno Teaebovs collage Ruf-
merce and tha business men af Hero- inatitute cadets bare tonight, 36 te IS.
Burton hooping his entire first string
on the side lines throughout the
- 1
PAGETWO
- 1 g.+ L ‘ (L
Mub2c00a
on dogs were bigger. And if a tax
wens put on puppies at the age of
six weeks people would keep only the
puppies they wanted and would have
the others painlesalydestroyed im-
medAateiy./
’ Many dogs are loot because owner* ,
take off their ollars at night. Miss
Kennedy suggests that owners mere-
ly loosen the collars.
Ten thousand lost dogs are re-
turned annually to owners in London
by various animal refuges. It is
chiefly women who are employed in
these animal homes, as it hng been
found that women are more euecesh-
ful than men in handling strange
dogs. No whips are used in handling
fierce dogs, as it has been found by
women nuperintendents that fierce-
noes in dogs is invariably due to fear
and kindnese overcomes thio more
effectively than whipping. ,
CHAMPION KANSAS HEN
HAS HIRTHDAT PARK
A n. ~4. A---aah.a D.-.AN
,".""6. M
Among the birthdays to be celebrat-
ed in Pebruary In that ef Miss B 122,
egg laying champion of Kansas.
The White Leghorn hen, weighing
41-1 pounde and owned by' Coombs
and Ben of Sedgwick, will ba the
guest of honor at a nerles of fasti-
WIDOW OF ADOLPHUS
BUSCH, BREWER, DIES ;
(By The Anoelated Frass)
PASADENA, Cal., Feb. 24.—Death
brought to a elose today the 84 years
of life of Mrs. Lily Busch of Ivy
Wall, her home here.
Mrs. Busch was the daughter at
the late Eberhardt Anheuser, founder
of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing com-
pany in St. Louis and widow of the
late Adolphus Buseh, who was ons of
tho owners of ths brewery.
Mrs. Busch became 111 aboard ship
while returning home from an Euro-
pean trip laet fall, but her condition
in two addresses, one before a Demo- — ... .. .
cratie district convention in Virginia. (Sneimit The sunday NeyaGqbe.) . "Neverthelene, it. Ie destructive and
and the other before the South Care- - HEREFORD. Feb. 14Crowds, eon- he who neeomplishes the task must
line legislature, ashed for a return servatively estimated at 2,500, always be in a sense a prosecutor."
to fundamental Democratic tenets, thronged here Thursday night. Fehr Just what aroused the ire of the
but mentioned no names.' At the ruary 23. for the great civic celebra-
in getting a contract from ths New
York men, as they said that thia
"cowboy idea” was something new
and would no doubt draw large
crowdmi the cart. ~ , T amtvs
THREE ESCAPE FROM
GUTHRIE (OKLA.) JAIL
GUTHRIE, Ohl*., Feb. 18,—Three
negro prisoners ehcaped from the
county jail' here at 4 a. m. Saturday
bysawing the bars of their cell and
a rear" window of the Jeil.
Crawley Sprainga, the negro who
shot and wounded Bharat . Tom
Boggess about three weeks age, war
one of the trio which staae dfail
break.
The other prisoners who escaped
are Nahan Roberta, chtge with
poasession of whiskey, and Andy’ ' I
Conrad. Jailed fer stealing ehikens..
Spraings was awaiting (rial on • C
charge ef assault to hill. I, -12
Sheriff Boggenu, who is recovering
from hie bullet wounds, said thadhi
negroes had outside aesistance i6D
staging their escape.
(Hy The Asoetated Pre I
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 24.—The Santa
Fe Railroad’s petition to discontinue
operation of ite eastbound afternoon
passenger train No. 78 through Cole-
man and substitute instead another
Train. No. 92, on a revised schedule
25 minutes later, was granted Satur-
day by the state railroad commis-
sion.
By the new arrangement, train 7S’s
run from San Angelo tn Brownwood
will be speeded up about 14 minutes
and will leave San Angelo 35 minutes
later, departing there at 4:45 p. m.,
and making Bvownwood at 7:40 p. m.
The detour to-Coleman from Coleman
Junctien on the main line will not be
made hereafter and the former 8:40
p. m., stop at Coleman will be elimi-
nated.
Coleman, however, will have an-
other evening train instead, by an ar-
rangement first objections to dis-
continuation of No. 71 through there.
Train 82 which now comes through
Colemen at 7:80 a. m., eastbound
from Sweetwater, will be changed to
an even lag train leaving Coleman at
7114 p. m., or U minutoe later than
the discontimued train 78.
Morning easthound pervices for
Coleman and Brawnwood will be fur-
niched by Train 78 leaving San An-
gelo at 4:80 a. m., Coleman at 8:50
a. m.. and Brownwood at 7:50 a. m.,
and going on to Temple.
The change of train,92 from morn-
ing to evening through Coleman and
Brownwood will put it to Temple at
11:44 a. m., instead of noonday ae at
prenent.
The new plen wae laid before the
Railroad commission here at a hear-
ing February 14 by E. F. Adame, gen-
eral passenger agent, G. W. Veston.
(By The Amocinted Prens)
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—A man who
wae wanted by authorities aa the
chieftain of an international diamond
smuggling combination escaped the
clutehee of the low, by killing him-
eelf with illuminating gas in a Brook-
lyn tenement houee laet night, fed-
eral officials raid today.
The body was identified ae that of
B. Bartnowsky, who wss arrested ve-
cently on a smuggling charge near
the Caned ian border at Rousp’s
Point, N. Y. He was credited by au-
thoritiee with being the guiding mind
behind a ring which previous to its
discovery isst November ‘ smuggled
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of gems into ths country over
a span of several years.
Bartnowsky was at liberty under
18,000 bond pending his appearance
in Federal Court next week when
others of his syndicate are scheduled
to come to trial. Five men and one
member of that authorities deseribed
ae a group of women “go-betweens”
were arrested in November when au-
thorities discovered 3100,000 worth
of gems ia the ehoe of one of the
quintet, a seaman on the Red Star
liner Lapland, ae he stepped off the
veeeel on ite arrival in New York.
Four of the five, said John M.
Blake, assistant United States attor-
ney in charge of smuggling prosecu-
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