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TRUTH IS THE FIRST ELEMENT or ALL NEWS AND ADV
VOLUME XXIII, NO. 29
Established December, 1904
Cleburne, Texas, Sunday, January 2, 1927
Fifty Cents per M
Y DENOUNCES
AGE TEMBLORS CHECKED
NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION
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DECIENATE
ULUIUlin I
THIEF Calles Is Q
His Stand Against
M TUDAGUU
Western States and
Mexico in Path of
Quahes ._
NENOFFICERS
(By Associated Preset
CALEXICO Cal., Jan. 1.—Martial
law followed New Year’s festivities
across the international border here
today, when the first of a succes-
sion of more than 50 earth shocks,
centering in Calexico and Mexicali,
caused damage estimated at more
than $2 000,000 throughout the en-
tire Imperial Valley, in the Un tod
States and Mexico.
j Governor Rodriguez of Lower Cal-
ifornia declared martial law in Mex-
icali, which with Calexico, shared,
the heaviest damage. The order
closed al saloons in the city until
further notice. The sale of liquor
was prohibited during the er sis---
No deaths were reported from any
of the valley towns, shaken by the
series of quakes that continued until
afternoon. Dozens of persons were
slightly cut or bruised by falling
debris. Subterranean rumblings were
heard almost constantly, th’s after-
noon in Calexico, but earth shocks
were of diminishing intensity.
Los ANGELES, Jan. 1.—Thou- -
sands of persons are tn flight from
points shaken by earth tremors
whiel early Saturday terrorized in-
habitants of territory from Tucson
and Yuma, Ariz., west to the
Pacific Ocean and south into Mexi-
co. Thus far no lives have been re-
ported lost, but fear of further
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TAKE ATHO
The new Commissioner’s Court
met Saturday morning,". January
let, at which time the two new
Commissioners were sworn in, to-
gether with all other county of-
ficers. As has 'been announced,
there were very few changes, these
being in the Sheriffs Department,
the tax collectors office, two new
commissioners and constable pro-
vided the only new faces to be
seen about the county capitol build-
ing today. ______-,—
There has been no radical change
in the official roster of the poun-
ty court outside of the Sheriff's
office, as the Incoming Tax Ool-
leetor, Mr. C. J. Lookhart, retains
all the deputies in his office for
the present, and he will probably
not announce his official family
before February 1st.
(By Associated) Press)
WASHINGTON Jan. 1.—Ap- j
poval of the final location of the
United States system of highways
by the Federal Government and by
all of the states was announced to-
day by the Bureau of Public Bonds.
It consists of approximately 80,000
miles of the mo t important roads
and embraces 10 continental routes
east and west and as many through
routes north and south. t
The work of designation has been
under way almost a year, and was
finally approved by the American
As ociat on of State Highway Offi-
cials in November. The purpose %r
designating the fina’ location was
to establish a main system of high-
ways for the nation. The un mprov-
ed sections of which would be given
priority in improvement, and to
eliminate confusion as to mute desig-
nation, marking and safety signs.
Saturday afternoon about 4 o’clock
three youths entered Dempwolf’s
grocery while clerks were busy and
a few minutes after their disappear
ance a member of the firm discover-
ed that three cartons of tobacco,
valued at about $17, had been taken
from -the storeroom in the rear of
the main store.
Officers were notified and Police-
men P. D. Lacewell and Carroll
started work on. the case with the
remit that a 16-year-old boy was
lodged in jail last night and the po-
licemen, a ded by members of the
sheriff's force were on the lookout
for the other members of the trio.
—The tobacco was recovered and
charges of theft will be filed against
the boys Monday. /
Prospects Bright
for Local Church
MEET MONDAY
The Cleburne Pastors Association
will meet Monday at the Y. M. C
A. Building, at 10 a. m. This asso-
ciation is one of the best of its
kind in the wholq country, for the
Cleburne preachers, regardless of
denominations and creeds, are a
broad-guaged, forward thinking
band of religious leaders, who are
the peer of any association mem-
. bera in the land. . *-
In fact, tere is a closer coopera-
’ tion and feeling of fraternalism
among the Cleburne preachers, pas-
ters, and so forth than is found
generally. They realise they are all
working for a common end, and
. ..travelling a summon road to a tola-
mon goal, dispits side issues. Rev.
Thomas M. Melrose, rector of the
Episcopal Church of this city,
claims to be a representative of eve
gry evangelic church in the city,
and can prove his case conclusive-
ly. However, the call for the pas-
tors meeting, issued by Rev. J. J.
Creed, president and Chas. E. Wau-
ford, secretary, is as follows:
All the members of the Cleburne
Pastor’s Association are urged to
be present Monday morning at 10
o’clock at the Y. M. C. A. Mat-
ters of importance are to come be-
fore the body and every member
is requested) to attend.
Oil Lamp Explodes
Quarter Square Burns
(By Associated Press)
COLLINSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 1—
An oil lamp exploding in a cafe
where food was being cooked for
New Year watchers ear y today
started a Fre that swept the east
side of Collinsville’s public square
Four business places were wiped
out with a loss of about $35000. On
Jan. 6, 1926, the west side o fthe
square burned with a loss of $27,-
000.
.WEATHER
Aggression
DE LARIO POST
n
n
In commemoration of the death
of their late comrade, and loyal
soldier of the great American Ex-
peditionary Forces, which carried
the flag that never went“down in
defeat to France, during the World
war, C. E. DeLario Post No. 50
adopted affecting 'resolutions upon
- the passing of one of their gallant
number.
Volley Ball Game a
Hotly Contested One
The lately organised Y. M. C. A.
volley ball team went to Fort Worth
ye terday afternoon, under the di-
rection of Secretary N. T. Lee, to
play one of the picked Fort Worth
Former Local Teacher
Now in Fort Worth
, Mid Virginia McMaster, formerly
a member of the staff of teachers in
the local public schoo s, is enjoying
expected success in her work in the
M. G. Ellis School at Fort Worth
. Lille Paul Freeman, a fifth grade
pupil in a class taught by Miss Mc-
Master, won first place in an essay
contest conducted in Fort Worth
recently. -----
Miss Frances Jones, also a former
I - The past year has been a very
- successful one for the First Chris-
Though the auto never will look just the same, the girl
driver escaped unhurt! Forty feet was the height from which
the car dived at Joliet, III. ------------- -
member o fthe local teaching ataf ff,
is being recognized for her ability at
Hi Mount Schoo', Fort Worth,
tian Church, and the earning year
presents even brighter opportun-
ities. Last Wednesday evening the
Church gave a beautiful cantata,
the "Light Eternal, and it was
heard by a packed house. Many
have expressed their praise of the
spiritual beauty of this production.
Work will soon begin on an Easter
cantata, which will be equally as
well enjoyed.
The officers of the Church for
the coming year have been elected,
and they are all expected to be
The resolutions which were pre-
pared by the committee on resolu-
tions and unanimously passed by
the Post in regular session are as
follower
Whereas Almighty God has seen
fit to take from ear midst our
- (By Associated, Press)
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 1—At a R
hour there were no indications
any action had been taken tod
possess oil companies from their la
for failure to apply for new ex
cessions.--------
Among the numerous theorise
to what w 11 happen, naturally all
them being mere speculation, is c
that the Mexican government as
require the companies to pay it 1
all oil taken out after Jan. 1, unc
the theroy of government own
chip. This undoubtedly would ear
law suits for ths purpose of forel
a test case with an idea of an u
mate Supreme Court decision re
five to the matter involved.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 1.—cone
rent y with the going into effect
the new petroleum and land laws
midnight last night, the Chamber
Deputies during the closing ho
of its midnight session, heard v
friend and fellow Legionaire, Jas-
per Perry Williamson;
Be it resolved; that in the pass-
ing of our friend and comrade, C.
E. DeLario Post No. 50 American
Legion Department of Texas, has
lost a valuable and a loyal mem-
(Continued on P
ber, and that his fellow Legion.
sires have lost a true and tried
friend. th
teams at the Y there.' The Cleburne. The former Cleburne teachers
boys rendered a good account of
themselves, despite the fact that the
evening before was the first time
the team had ever played together as
a whole. . T
have numerous friends here who are
glad ko learn of their continued sue-
cessses.ri
Landis Learns Lots of
Startling News Sat-
urday
Kenneth Ormiston
Talks to Grand Jury
Five games were played, of, which
Cleburne won two and one of .the
three lost was a “duo" or f’dud,’’
or something like that, which pracs
tically made the series a tie. But
the locals were loud in their praise
of ths Fort Worth Y team, who,
they said, invited them out to din-
ner and showed them every courtesy
and promised them a return date in
the near future, when the home boys
are sure they will even up the score
with the Panthers.
Funeral of Robert :
Vedder Saturday
3/6T T re *
o’Whe funeral of Robert Vedder,
seventy yean old) and for forty
yean -a resident of Kimball’s Bend
and Blum, southwest of Cleburne,
was held at the Presbyterian
Church of Blum Saturday afternoon
The services which were largely
attended, were, conducted by two
Presbyterian ministers, William T.
Riviere of Cleburne and: W. H. Wy-
The Pantherville Y volley yard, or .
field is entirely different to that cough of Fort Worth and Blum,
at the C'eburne Y and much larger Pall bearers were W. B. Erwin,
and their unfamiliarity with the Jesse Camp T. Stanly, Irvin de
surroundings placed * the Cleburne
team at the same disadvantage they
Pall bearers were W. B. Erwin,
Cordova, W. F. Lyon, and J. E.
Carmichell.
expect their visitors to enjoy in the
near future.
Those who went up to Fort Worth
yesterday under the chaperonage of
Mr. Lee were Elmo Self, James Bar-
nett, A. E. Fincher, Jack Vickers
and Clarence Meals.Mr. Lee said
they played a dandy game and with
a little more practice ought to make
a winning team.-------------------------
Grass Fires May
Yet Be Dangerous
Yesterday the fire department
responded to an alarm from 408
North Buffalo, which proved to be
a grass fire in the rear, of the
residence of J. N. Humble, a con-
tractor of Cleburne. The blaze was
quickly extinguished and no dam-
The late Bobert Vedder was a
. (By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Jan. ‘1.—The baseball
scanda’s of 1926 were continued In-
to the new year ton‘ght with dis.
closures of an alleged fixed series
back in 1917.
Chas. A. (Swede) Risberg, one of
the banished ‘Black Sox’’ of the
1919 world series scandal, tonight
gave an affidavit to Commiss oner
K. M. Landis describing a four-
game series which the Chicago White
Sox fixed with the Detro’t Ameri-
cans so the White Sox would win
and capture the American League
pennant.
Those four victories on Labor Day
1917, and the Sunday previous, gave
the White Sox 14 victories in a row.
The Sox raised $1100 to pay the
present at this morning's service
and sit together as a body. The
pastor, Homer A. Strong, will
preach a special message for the
occasion. The Church extends a
cordial welcome to everyone to'
come and onjoy its friendliness and
lovetiodoll a inter’T],
(By Associated) Press) 1
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1.—Kenneth
Ormiston today told a grand jury
that in company with a Seattle,
Wash., tra'ned nurse he left Carmel,
Caby and journeyed to Santa Bar-
bara on last May 29, the date the
State charges fib and Mrs. Aimee
Semple McPherson, evangelist, left
Carmel after a sojourn there of 10,
days Ormiston said that the nurse West. Wilson Street,
was the famous “Miss X" of the
Miss Velma Crank
Makes High Score
Be it further resolved; that the
City of Cleburne has lost one of
its most: charitable and benevolent
citizens, a citizen upon-whom no
needy person ever call without ro-
ceiving assistance. No person “in
sorrow or distress ever met pur
friend and comrade .without re-
ceiving from him consolation, en-
couragement, sympathy and assist-
: ance. no ' / w •. 1 AT
The case of Wilma Blanton Hemp
hill against the Southern Surety
Co.and the National" Surety Co.
and other bondsmen for the guard
ians of W ilma Blantons Hespuil
Miss Velma Crank, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Crank, 412
has been
Detroit team for laying down, Rise-
berg’s affidavit said, and the plan
was instigated by Clarence Bowland,
Scotsman, born at Dernis in the
Orkey Islands, in 1856. In 1878 he ..... . u .....______
was married to Miss Sarah Archer then manager of the Sox and now an
at Kimball, Bosque County. To this
union were born seven children.
One died in infancy.R. E. Vedder
American League umpire.
McPherson case. After quarreling
with the nurse at Santa Barbara he
went north without her, he said.
Negro Accosts Nurse
in Doctor’s Absence
spending the holidays at ome, and
has qujoyed her rest and) the social
activities of the home town very
much. However, the period of re-
creation is fast drawing to a close,
and the Texas University students.
Be It further resolved; that this
Post extend to the sorrowing
mother and family of our friend
and comrade our sincere and heart-
felt sympathy in their bereave-
ment and wish for them the con.
tinned blessings of Him who taught
us to say “Our Father Who Art in
Heaven."
for any accounting and settlement
has been settled by edmproxi.b.p
This suit was: filed hr the % Die
triet Court, of Johnson County
"I Toeipien for defendant,,” the case
was mansferred to Grayson County.
By the terms of the settlement the
plaintiff received the sum of six
thousand dollars, and all costs of
suit 1
of whom Miss Vrima is one, as al-
so an assistant instructor in Eng-
lish, must soon be- hustling back to
Austin.
Miss. Velma will leave 'Cleburne
Four Cars Collide;
Auto Wouldn’t Whoa
Besides this, the last guardian of
Mrs. Hemphill surrendered speeifie
property, consisting of bank stack,
vendors lien notes and money
the value of $3000.00 making
all about $9000.00. Judge J. M.
Moore of Cleburne was the attor.
died March 3rd, 1918. The other
five survive: Mrs. E. E. Nelson,
1220 North Anglin, Cleburne; Mrs.
A. A. Rose of Fort Worth; Mrs.
F. E. Stanley of Blum, Hill Coun-
ty, and James Vedder and Johnnie
Vedder of Blum.
Mr. Vedder is also survived by
his wife, his brother James Vedder
of Blum, and besides the five chil-
dren already named there are twen-
ty-five grandchildren.
Interment was in the Blum ceme-
tery.
Be ides Rowland Risberg brought
in the names of other players who
are still in baseba’l, including Eddie
Collins, Sox manager last year, who
is now with Philadelphia. Hay
Schalk new Sox manager for 1927,
and Donnie Bush, former Detroit
player, who has been s’gned to man-
age Pittsburgh next summer.
George (Buck) Weaver, White Sox
third baseman in 1917, who was dis-
missed with Risberg after the 1919
scandal, listened to his former team-
age resulted.
During the past few montha a Moves Town Houses
number of such instances have oe-
Out to His Farm
curred, but 80far no serious
damage has resulted, but the peo-
ple of the city should exercise the
great precautions against setting u ..
out fire in the grass about their on North Border Street, near the
premises, ae a great conflagration J- M. C. A. The property was
might be started,. Under favorable
conditions for such a calamity.
B. I. Gifford) has purchased the
three residents in the 300 block
bought from an insurance company
and does not include the lots. Mr.
Gifford is wrecking
the south
East Texas: Sunday fair, warmer
. in the east; Monday fair
West Texas: Sunday and Mon-
day fair, Utt's change in tempera-
ture.!
Five Drown After
New Year Dance
NELSON, B. C., Jan 1.—Five per-
sons were drowned early today when
the boat in which they were return-
ing from a New Year’s Eve dance
capsized in Upper Arrow Lake.
house now, and will use the lum-
ber to build a residence and a barn
on a farm five miles west of Cle-
burno, which is located on the
croee road leading from ths Meri-
dian Highway to the Glen Base
road, and a part of the C. C. Cor-
nelius farm.
Mr. Gifford has been renting the
farm out to tenants, .but now in-
tends to move out to the farm,
The party consisted of Mrs Dan-
tel Rogers, Barnb Rogers, Mary
Kelly, 20, Fannie Graham 19, and which he has bought and will now
Albert Marslund 27, who was row-improve for his own residence. He
Ing. The body of Mrs. Rogers was will build a residence and a barn
recovered. . lout of the two Cleburne houses.
out of the two Cleburne houses.
(By Associated) Press)
FORT WORTH, Jan. L—Police
Saturday were looking for anegro Monday morning for Austin, to ro-
who entered a physic'an’a office port for duty, and willbe ae-
during the noon hour, and made im- companied there by Mr. George E.
proper advances to n nurse. Her Cooper, pt California, but who has
screams frightened the intruder, who been visiting his brother at Wichit-
fled down the stairway. ta Falls prior to coming to Cle-
Reports of the incident spread burns to spend a part of the holi-
rapidly and within a few minutes days.
scores of persons thronged the s’de-
walks in the vicinity of the build-
ney for the plaintiff .
Ed W. Hemphill is a Cleburne
boy, and was formerly employed
Two automobile collisions oe- r_____-=== =====
curred in the business district yes- by A. J. Wright. Mr. Hemphill
terday afternoon. Fortunately no now in business for himself
one was injured in either instance,
Austin, Texas.
bu t the cars involved more or less
damaged. The first accident oc-
curred on the southwest corner of
the square, when a five passenger
Dodge going east on Chambers
Mr. Tom Hemphill father of EA
W. Hemphill, is a citizen of Cle-
burne, and an employee of Cle-
burne public schools. ---e
ing.
Miss Velma received her “report
card" from the college shortly af-
ter her arrival home, and it was
one truly to be proud of. A in
English, A in French, A in His-
Soviet Points Out / tory, A in EAmomtion, the four
American Attitude principal subjects, and 85 in phy-
------sical education, or training. This
mate ^recital tonight and haded at MOSCOW, Jan. 1—Soviet offi- is a most exceptional report and
t declined to talk him- cia 8 reiterated today that they Poe will take some hustling for other
* though he declined to talk b sess facts pointing to a definite yoong collegiates to equalMiss
______change in policy on the part of the Velma Crank’s record here' spread
United States in its relations with before the public eye.
INDIANAPOLIS, JnfL.......Soviet Russia last summer, which —•—
. liar," was Donnie Bush’s 2 WRig Builder Shoots
comment ton ght on charges made Teitea states
by Charles Risberg before Comm is- sin by the United t
sioner K. M. Landis that the Chi- . .un ploina
engo Detroit series late jn 1h°,1017 At „ite hour Iyenteraay the
base a » “christian meeting" which was to...
Chicago to win, be at Cleburne A. Calvert, 26, is dead and her husband,
--------•-------building this afternoon at 4 o’clock Fred. Calvert, a mechanie, is near
Springfield Paper waspesipomed “"" Jan. 9, ", the w^XX double shooting
Deal Announced The speaker for the occasion was Russell Parks a rig builder waive
------unable to make this date as per the ed preliminary hearing and has not
r SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 1—E orig nal program, and this notice is yet made bond on a herge of mur-
E. McJimsey, for 17 years editor issued to prevent disappointment on der.
and publisher of the Springfield the part of those who were Interest
Morning Republican, announced tor ed in the announced meeting, and
day that be has sold the newspaper who might have expected to attend
to E. K Dixby and Joel Dixby of
Muskogee, Okla, and their assoe’.
Mechanic and Wife
(By Associated Press)
AMARILLO, Jan. 1.—Mrs. Fred
Street and a five passenger Ford
A
Street and a five passenger Ford Radio Fans Hear
going South on Main collided. The -------.AC-----
John McCormack
Ford suffered the loss of one front
wheel, while the running board
and fender of the Dodge were more
or less delapidated.
The second accident occurred at
the intersection of Wardville and
North Main streets, near the Wood-
men Building, in which neither
car wan seriously damaged. None
of the drivers involved in the four
accidents were driving fast, which
shows that some other cause was
to be given for these mishap. One
poor fellow hollered “Whoa!”
manfully three or four times, but
his “blamed old lizzie ‘‘wouldn‘t
stop at the command
Special Music Today
For Presbyterians
Miss Maurins Scott will play the
organ at both services at the Tint
Presbyterian Church today.
Miss Scott is a junior at Trinity
University, Waxahachie. She is a
musican of great talent, and her
playing, while at home on her vaca-
tion gives great pleasure to her
friends of the home church, as well
_ as contributing largely to the
Fort Worth contractors Ft was an- spiritual part of the service’.
Electricians Strike in Ft Worth
FORT WORTH, Jan. 1.—Every
union electrical worker, except line-
Steal 80 D'amond Rings men, will be on strike Monday un-
ates. WACO Jan. I.-Eighty diamond lemm. en agreement is signed with
— With Tuesday’s issue the fir t un- rings valued at over $10,000 were cos *
der the new management, the name s’olen, from a local jewelry store-wounsed late. Saturday: Members *+ Miss Sett 1s a graduate of Cle-
of the paper will be changed to the here this afternoon. The gems were electrical workers claim 200 men are burne High School. She is the
Springfield Daily News The News stolen from the window after the involved, whi e contractors said 05 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Burgle
will be independent in politics. thieves gained access to the store. are out. , ta Scott, of Forest Avenue.
Local people joined radio fans of
the United States and Canada in en- -
joying the Victor Talking Machino
Company’s presentation of John Mo- 1
Cormack a t night.
The great McCormack’s voice was
carried through 27 relay stat ons in
the United States and Canada. Oth-
er prominent Victor artists ineInd- -
ing the violinist Mischo Elman were
heard. At the conclusion of the pro-
gram McCormack spoke New Year’s |
Eroet NF" to Hip ofmiren
Dallasite Burned
. in Gas Explosion
DALLAS, Jan. 1.—W. E Whit’s, 1
72, was fatally burned and five oth-
ers barely escaped injury in & fire |
caused by a gas explosion which
wrecked a frame .cottage here Sat-
urday Mr. Wh tis died Saturday. . .
Alabama Ties Stanford
PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 1.—Ale-
bama’s football team, held down in
a seemingly hopeless struggle to"
break Stanford’s line at the New
Year’s Day intersect’ onal feature
today, grabbed a break in its favor
with four minutes to play when a ,
Stanford punt was blocked and
the ball shoved over for the score
that made a tie game. The final -
ta ly was Alabama 7, Stanford 7.9
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