McKinney Daily Courier-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 28, Ed. 1 Monday, June 2, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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ESTABLISHED MARCH 4, 1897.
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MeKINNEY, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1924—8 PAGES.
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
MILLIONS MAY I
r TO SAVE BC
CONFESSED KILLERS
OF ROBERT FRANKS
SHOWING REMORSE
YATES PERSONALITY FIREMAN KIL
TOR IN SERMONS;
SUNDAY SERVICES
FIGHTING
TWO HURT
EHOUSE BLAZE
PLANS BEING L.AID FOR DE-
VISITATION DAY BY MEST BAP-
PEASE 0I YOUTHS
TINT W AN SU CCESS.
Chicago II. June 2 lad
State’s Attorney Robert E. Cro
ste State today was building up
Rich
milli
Itoi
son
against Nathan Leopold
ard Locb, 13-year old KOI
onaires, confessed murder
its
and
of
, of
lis personality in the pulpit has
been a factor in the winning of his
congregation to a reverent hearing
has been a factor with Dr. G. L.
Yates during his four years success-
LIONS WILL PLAY
COTTON MILL TEAM
AT LEAGUE OPENING
GAME WILL IT: PLAYED TO EN-
DAY BEGINNING AT 5 O’CLOCK.
W hille
Frank*, 14 :
wealth.
parents of
old, another
fut pastorate of the
Little
fireman
lock
is dead.
others were
Ark.,J une 2.—One
one missing and
seriously injured
early today by the: fire which de-
stroyed the warehouse of the Strat-
ton-Warren Hardware coinpany here.
McKinney People
Leave For Memphis
For Big Reunion
ful
steps
ably
slayers we
o
sanity
anxious
atrly killed
the fun of i
chagrined
, establish
be based
Leopold.
to prove
the t w o pouth
rapidly taking
defense prob-
, a plea of in-
church in McKinney,
ing and evening he
speaking in his own
l’irst Baptist
Sunday morn-
was at his best,
tender, consid-
young l’rankm "just for
erate style, using eloquent expressions
and beautiful language. His expres-
tons and him very appearance in the
pulpit indicated to the congregation
plot was discovered,
law students were
their story of the
killing believed.
e their murder
the two young
anxious to have
kidnaping and
that he ‘
At the
wan at lain bent.
preached on
Other Hide."
moor ning
“The
hour Dr. Yates
Man On The
He had respect, he
The City baseball league will open
Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock on the
South Ward grounds when the fast
High School Lions will start the
city league season with the fast (ot-
ton Mill team. Indications point t o
a large attendance as the teams are
pretty evenly matched and it In ex-
conter
he game
1 affair.
will
closely
Cox will be twirler
Among McKinneyites who will at-
tend the annual Confederate le-
union, being held this year in Men-
phis, are the following who left Mc-
Kinney Monday afternoon: Mr. and
Mr*. J. 1). Morrow and Miss Serelda;
Will Burke Ns, Lee Burgenm, w. M.
Kerr and G. M. Edwards. The party
left . Monday afternoon for Plano
where the will take the special Cot-
HIGHWAY OFFICER
MAKES STATEMENT
ABOUT ROAD SIGNS
ALL SIGNS MUST BE REMOVED
BY TENTH OF MONTH.
/
N. BARRY MILLER
ERE IN INTEREST
OF HIS CANDIDACY
GIVES PLATFORM AS CANDI-
DATE FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR.
SPLIT RAIL IS
CAUSE OF FATAL
WABASH WRECK
PASSENGER TRAIN SIDESWIPES
FREIGHT IN INDIANA.
Continue Coroner’s Inquest.
The Corons r’s inquest, started be-
fore the confessed slayers were ap-
pretended, was continued today
Clarence Darrow, leading counsel
for the *$16,000,000 defense," in-
dented the course he will follow by
objecting to having J.opold and
Locb examined by State alienists.
The State, Darrow believes will at-
tempt to prove the boys sane and
thus forestall defense of insanity.
Darrow, it is understood, will di-
rent a full staff of attorneys retain-
c by parents of the two boys. Fif-
ti nu million dollars it
available for defense
father
Box (
is head of t he
in Maid, •
1a opold’s
Morris l’apev
ompary; 1,061 In the son
Albert H.
pendent
L.oeba multimillionaire
of
of Meur-Rtorbuci Company
• • •
To F’tgl Insanity l’lca.
Ll‘N Attorney of tons announ
the plea of insanity would be co
ea bitterly.
i Cube of inilliona ver.
h penalty" d’rome said
boys killed an innocent
r the xprt of adventure
said, for the opinions of others and
believed that in some instances a
stand of neutrality was commendable
but in the acceptance or rejection of
Christ there can be no neutral
ground. The sermon held the close
attention of the large congre gation
to the last.
At the evening hour Dr. Yates
preached on "The Master’s Touch"
which was also one of the best scr-
mons delivered in many months.
The order of service was well
planned and impressive. The or -
chestra, with seventeen pieces and a
full choir provided excellent music
at the morning hour, directed by
P’rof. it M. Crabb and at the evening
hour the orchestra gave a fifteen
minute concert before the regular
services.
The Sunday School showed four
hundred and seventy-seven present.
The Rusinems Men’s Bible Camm of
the Munday School had something
above one hundred present and the
teacher, w N. Smith delivered an
excellent lecture. The orchestra gave
some special numbers and the singing
was good. Little Miss Lucile lanjer
for the Lions.
President Is.
A. Gilbert of the
City League is urging a big attend-
lance, lie beltevisvith proven support
the league will continue through the
summer monlha and will be
of buliding one
school teams in
of the best
means
high
102 Mernoca M
Memphis Tuesday
union will opend
ing and will i
days.S
sing there during
Ai will arrive in
morning. The re-
ednesday morn-
session for three
he state for anoth-
er year. This is the primary ob-
ject of the league, to give the High
school team practice this summer.
For these games the small admission
fee of ten cents will be charged.
On Friday the second game of the
league season will be played when
the Modern Woodmen team will go
against the city team. These eutns
are practically unknown, but it is
being predicted both will have strong
tranm in the race for the city cham-
monship.
McKinney People
Go To Kansas City
For Shrine Meeting
and t hry munt %
ex Every effort
office
Both
€ 1 Iul
L,o06
to have
a Lt
IirlhrcONMN
•ill be made by my
I hanged."
cmorxful for the
They committed, Leopold and
ld stoutly to their original
conf. Malos. T’hry IMIMtou 1 ha I
murder was
months before it
« cution.
pro meditated
the
many
WIN carried into c x-
Leopold’s remorse, howev
dicated in an inte
for thestact that
Lebto participate
had
. * W
chiefly
allowed
Although cred-
iting his companion with plotting the
murder and accusing L.o0, of doing
the actual killing. Leopold sald he
could have carried it out alone and
never been found out.
Maya Loeb Is Weakling.
"Dick (Loeb) is a weakling," Leo-
pold said. "If 1 had known that he
was going to be weak, I’d have pull-
(Continued on the last page)
Judge Estes to
Deliver Lecture
In McKinney
Judge W. L. Esten of the Federal
court for the Eastern district of Tex-
as, will deliver a Bible lecture from the
pulpit
. he First Met hodist ( hurch
in McKiney next Hundaly at 8 o’clock.
Judge Estes is a noted Bible scholar
and has lectured in McKinney where
44 Aul Aucy Licuda. Elu Kulurul
public In cordially invited to hear him.
A special invitation will be extent’a
to the men’s Bible clameN of the city
to hear his forthcoming address.
CEMETERY CASE
IS PASSED UPON
BY JUDGE WILCOX
Several McKinney Shriners left
Sunday afternoon and Monday for
Port Worth and Dallas, to board the
snecial Sheinre irtione for Kaums
City, where the annual conclave will
begin the three days session Tues-
day morning.
Lon urr, A. M. Dowell, w. 1..
Brown and Herman Harris went to
Fort Worth Sunday to join the ot h-
er members of Moslah Temple. This
party left over the Rock Island
10. It. Hill, highway officer for Col-
lin county, who is in charge of the
state highways of the county, issued
notice Monday morning that all road
signs along the highways in the
county, the state highways, must be
removed by the tenth of June.
"These are not my orders," said
Mr. Hill, "but they are issued by the
State Highway department. It is done
in an effort to beautify the highways
and to do away with signs at curves,
which prevent travelers from seeing
around the curves and up and down
the roads. Unless the owners of
these signs get them, they will be
destroyed after the tenth of the
month."
This, Mr. Hill pointed out, in not
only being done in Collin county, but
in every other county in the state.
It is also a national move and has
the sanction of the National High-
ways Association.
TRAINING SCHOOL
FOR METHODISTS
TO OPEN TONIGHT
favored the CIaas with a piano Ne- CAS#:
lection which was highly appreciated.
In the afternoon the church
served visitation day.
committer
church to
I11 mbers
of about
visit the
mending out
fifty from 1
hi-
he
homes of the
of the church. teporte
NOLNII QUESTION OF
CEMETERY I l’kill.
from
be a
fhr committees showed this to
very pleasant experience
wan planned to strengthen the
It
fel.
low ship of the church members
among each other other.
trot Frank 1 Wilcox
of this city, MrMMdia ‘‘* ‘ of the
Fifty-Nintho Patriot-d’ourt, Grayson
and Collin countEN, wire rule upon
Saturday afternoon to DENn upon an
unusual case, III that 1 involved the
Sunday afternoon and reached
MAN City, Monday morning,
in advance of the opening.
Mayor Tom W. Perkins.
K an-
a day
M rs
Leonard l’erkins, Mrs. Tom W. Per-
kins Jr., City Commissioner Will J.
Rhea, and Mrs. Ithea and Benny
l’arkm, left at noen Monday for Dal-
las to join the special train arranged
for by Holla
left Dalls over
this afternoon.
Temple.
T’his
The Kitty at
The party
train
o’clock
was to
FUST CLASS SESSION WILL BE-
GIN AT 8 P. M.
Legion Show Tonight;
Curtain At 8:30 For
McKinney Minstrel
Will Take Nurses’
Training Course
Miss Bonnie brain has gone to Dal-
las where she has entered the nurses’
training school of the Mt. Paul Sant-
tarium in Dallas, where she will pre-
pare herself for professional nursing.
She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, A
1 Drain who live just north of the
city and has many friends here to
wish her success in the calling she has
chosen for her life work.
Tonight and tomorrow night th’
Jollies of 1924." a minstrel musical
issue n two acts and fourteen scene,
will be presented by the local l’ost of
American legion. This is wald to be
one of the best local talent shown to
ever play here and indications are that
i capacity house each night will greet
theactors. Rehearsals have been
held every day for the last two weeks
and Director Stevens said today that
h. wan one of the best casts he ever
worked with. 1 you enjoy good clean
minstrelsy with worlds of fun, and
like to hear the newest NONEM, the
catchy music, the pretty kirla in their
numbers, the features and novelties of
a beautiful stage De rformance, then
you can attend tonight or Tuesday
with a promise made of seeing and
nearing all this.
It is announced that some seats are
still to be had. so don’t stay away
thinking you can’t be avalod. When
the lower floor is sold out many will
go to the balcony, where you can Men
and hear just as well and the adinin-
sion there is only fifty cents for all
but the first two rows, which are
only a small ordinary minstrel. It isn’t,
only a small, ordinary minstrel. it isn’t
it is just as funny, as big as good an
the Elks’ Minstrels, for the Ming iro-
duction Co., is staging it, the same
people who have been here every yeur
lately for the Elks’ annual show.
The Legion members will greatly
appreciate the patronage as the pro-
ceeds will be used to equip their club
rooms.
The curtain rises promptly at 8:80
and all are asked to be in their seats
at that hour.
right of certili
the grave* in I
man.
The-city on
a ll ordine,
provementscol
done by Ili I
ton for the cur
coming within
of t he decANc
cently tried
court to be
of Hherman
providing I
piron to keep up
, cemetery at Sher-
Horun had passed
providing that Im-
EL.IWIH should only be
gulr appointed se x-
tery or by retutives,
certain consanguinity
stop one hour in Greenville to march
and was to stop in Denison, this
evening for dinner. The train is
due to reach Kansas City Tuesday
morning.
The train for Moslah w as made up
of sixteen l’ullmanu, two diners and
two baggage cars and was to go
as a doubleheader. It was expected
the Hella train would be about the
same length.
I IIC
This e
held by
■ unreasonable
NO wan ro-
I he appeals
The city
Grand Jury Resumed
Work Here Tuesday
luH
them upkeeps of
engaging in !
a bond in the
was brought
n passed an ordinance
verNonN engaged in
the cemetery, before
e work, should file
kulin of $1,000. Suit
by seventy three lot
The county grand jury, after a re-
cens of several weeks, resumed work
Monday morning and will likely be In
seslon for the next three days, Bev-
eral matters are to be considered dur-
ing the session. N. O. Miller of P’rince-
ton is foreman of the body.
owners in the cemetery to declare
the ordinance invalid. This was the
case passed upon Saturday afternoon
and Judge Wilcox ruled with the
plaintiffs, but held that any one reg-
ularly employed as the cemetery sex-
ton should first file a bond in the
sum of $1,000.
Hamp I’. Abney represented the
city of Sherman in the case. I, (‘.
Dillard and Is. it. Gafford re pre-
sented the plaintiffs. Heveral witnen-
ses from Sherman were here for the
trial of the case.
Dancing Recital
Planned Thursday
GOEN EAST TO ATTEND
JERSEY CATTLE SHOW.
l orto Worth Texas, June
I >.
T. Simons of Fort Worth, sercretary
of the Texas Jersey Cattle Club and
field man in Texas for the American
Jersey C’attie Club, left Saturday
Enrollment for the Standard Train-
ing Mchool for Munday school workers
to be held at the First Methodist
Church this week began Sunday after-
noon. This will be completed tonight
by eight o’clock at which time the
first class sessions will be held. Quite
a number enrolled Funday afternoon,
but it IM expected that an even larger
number will enroll tonight.
Class sessions will be held each eve.
ning beginning at eight o’clock, there
being no day meetings at all. These
meetings are open to any workers with
children and young people and those
preparing to work with these ages.
Although under the auspices of the
two Methodist Churches of the city,
this training school is open to mem-
bers of other denominations and
any one desiring to improve himself
for more efficient service in the Sun-
day school will be welcomed.
Those intending to receive cortifi-
cates at the end of the week’s work
must attend all clans sessions, unless
providentially hindered, in which case
one absence will be allowed. If two
absences are necessary, there is still a
possibility of receiving what is known
as an "office" credit, which means that
extra written work must be done and
this sent to headquarters for grading.
The school closes Saturday night.
It In expected that the enrollment for
credit work will go beyond fifty.
Hon. Barry Miller, candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of the State, de-
livered an address here Saturday
afternoon in the interest of his can-
didacy. He spoke at the district
court room to a crowd of about two
hundred farmers and business men.
His address was a plea to thinking
men, he said, to vote for him because
he stood for more economy in the
administration of state affairs. He
delivered a most interesting address,
outlining briefly the main points of
his platform. He was especially
high in his praise forthe farmers and
the laboring men and as he outlined
the platform of the l’arm Labor
Union. He was severe in his crit-
icisms for the men who had attack-
ed that platform.
The speaker was introduced by
former Mayor H. A. Finch who laud -
ed him for the brave stand he has
heretofore taken on public and polit-
ical questions. Judge Miller began
by paying a tribute to Collin county
people. He declared there were no
greater people in all Imperial Texas
than those of Collin county. He
then immediately launched into a
discussion of his platform. He paid
his respects to what he termed “pol-
ttical assassins." He told of reports
going out from Lamar county that
the Farm ‘Lobor Union had rejected
him as their candidate and they had
also rejected Whit Davidson, the
Farm Labor Union candidate for
Governor. "I investigated those re-
ports," said he, and I found that
thirteen men formed the meeting
that took that action. Seven of
them said I was an anti-prohibition-
ist and the others said I was a cor-
poration lawyer. I want to tell you
now that I was never a corporation
lawyer except a few months when
I was about twenty years of age,
having the hardest struggle of my
life to make a living for me and my
Attica, Ind., June 2.—Six persons
are known to have been killed and
more than a score injured, several
seriouly, when a Wabash passenger
train No. 2, en route from St. Louis,
to Detroit, sideswiped a freight train
ten miles west of here late last
night.
The passenger train, one of the
fastest on the system, is believed to
have hit a split rail and crashed
into the freight, which was stand-
ing on the siding. The engineer of
the freight, G. M. Borechard of Peru.
Ind., who was killed outright, was
the only one of the dead who had
been identified at an early hour to-
day. The engine and seven coaches
of the passenger train passed over
the place believed to have been de-
fective.
for New Yor
meeting of
tion June 4
While in
th.'
to attend the annual
American organiza-
hut section of the coun-
wife.
didn’t hold the job very
Monday Last Day
District Candidats
May File Names
Mrs. Zeb Purr, popular McKinney
dancing instructor, announces that
her recital has been postponed to
Thursday evening. June 5, at the Pop:
Theatre. Her friends are requested to
observe the change in the date of her
recital. An orchestra will play the ac-
companiments for her pupils.
e------------coreek.44ddmennhy *
J. Webb Nelson and family took a
pleasant automobile drive to Weston,
Celina and other close by Collin Coun-
ty towns Sunday, Things in the coun-
try are looking fine, Mr. Nelson says.
try Mr. Simons will visit some of
the annual sales of the more promi-
net breeders of Jersey cattle. The
annual picnic of the Texas Jersey
Cattle Club will be held Saturday,
June 28, on the Walter Trimble, Jer-
soy Farm, twelve miles northeast of
Fort Worth, on the Birdville road.
Monday, June 2, was the last day
candidates for all Htate, € onpression-
al and District offices could file their
names to be printed on the ticket.
June 14th is the last day county and
preeinet candidates can file their
names and get same on ticket.
long because I got beat in every case
that came up. I want to tell you
something else. You never got pro-
hibition until I voted for it. So I
say whatever my past record has
been on that issue, it is written. I
would’t do away with prohibition if
I could and I couldn’t if I would.
He then discussed the tax situation
of the state, declaring that it elected
Lieutenant Governor he would always
be found doing whatever he could to
reduce the expenses of state govern-
ment. He declared in his belief
there are too many men on the pay
roll of the state and so many of
them do nothing but ride around
over the country at the expense of
the state government. He declared
also his opposition to a tax equali-
zation board. In the course of his
remarks he paid glowing tributes to
the farmers and laboring men of the
country, stating that the population
of Texas was made up of forty-four
per cent farmers and thirty-six per
cent laborers, while twenty per cent
represented other classes. The repre-
sentation in the state legislatures and
in Congress, he said was not in
keeping with the percentage of their
population and he made a plea that
these classes send representatives to
the legislative hall of the state and
nation.
Mr. Miller was frequently applaud-
ed for his remarks and at the con-
clusion of his address the greater
part of his audience pledged him
support in the coming election.
Little Boy Suffers
Bad Injury To Hand
DENTON RAIXEN T’UNDN
TO NEOURE BIG HOTEL.
Denton, Texas, June 2.—Following
a mass meeting held Friday night
to discuss plans for securing a mod-
ern hotel for Denton business men
of the elty Saturday subscribed $9,-
100 of the $25,000, it is proposed to
raise for securing such a structure
and additional funds are being se-
cured by the committees.
N. J. Marley, for many years with
the McKinney Ice and Coul Company,
and a veteran resident of this city and
county, left Monday afternoon for
Memphis, Tenn., where he goes to at-
tend the annual Confederate Reunion,
which opens in the Tennessee city on
Wednesday morning. He went from
here to Plano where he went aboard
the Cotton Belt Special.
L. L. Bowman, Greenville attorney,
is here on business Manday,
Hurled Against Freight.
The remainder of the train, which
consisted mostly of Pullman cars,
left the track, however, and were
hurled against the freight.
Doctors, nurses and ambulances
were rushed to the scene of the
wreck from West Lebanon, Ind.:
Danville, III.; Williamsport and other
neighboring towns and little inform-
ation was available regarding their
condition. four of the injured. who
were taken to a hospital in LaFay-
ette, however, are expected to die.
+ 4 -
Dallas Negro Hurt.
Among the more seriously injured
are W. J. Smith, Evansville, Ind.;
Earl Ferris, Negro, Dallas, Texas:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Baller, Roch-
ester, N. Y.; Frank Garneu, Tovey,
III.: C. E. Holderman, Crownswell,
Ind.; Tony Toltonoss, Mason City,
Oowa; Tony Defonbre, Detroit: Ralph
Turner, Negro, St. Louis; Mrs. D. J.
Plow, Farmington, Mo.: Mrs. J. A.
Powell, Decatur, III.; A. S. Driscoll,
Bement, III.: Mrs. Lora Grant, ne-
gress, Detroit; Mrs. J, C. Shulte, St.
Louis.
Mrs. Schulte and three others
whose names could not be learned
were injured so badly that little
hope in held for their recovery.
Cotton Choppers
In Great Demand
Cotton choppers are in great de-
mand just now. A farmer, who has
450 acres in cotton, called on us,
stating that he could use from twelve
to fifteen hands a day; that he was
paying $2.00 per day and dinner, or
$1.50 per day and board, working ten
hours. He comes in early in the
morning and brings people back to
town early in the evening, so there is
no excuse for anyone desiring to
work, not to work now. There are
quite a number of loafing persons
around town, who will be given an
opportunity to go to work for the
farmers who need them, or work for
the county at.50c per day. The of-
ficers are on the look-out for all
those who have no work, and will as-
sist them to get work at once. The
farmers need cotton choppers: let’s
help get them some.
Little Jim Webb, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Doyle Nelson, is suffering from
a severe injury to his left hand. In
some way the child caught his hand
about the hood of the automobile.
He was crying and the father ran
to get him and he lifted the little
fellow up not knowing his hand was
caught in the hood of the car—as
he did, the flesh was torn from one
of the fingers. Medical aid was
immediately had and while extremely
painful, it is not thought to be ser-
ious.
Daughters Of
Ti
Confederacy To
Honor Jeff Davis
Honoring the memory of the preal-
dent of the Southern Confereracy.
Jefferson Davis and the Confederate
veterans who are resting in Pecan
Grove Cemetery, the U. D. C.’s will
cause the flag to be raised and the
smaller flags placed on the graves
of the veterans, June 3, Jefferson
Davis’ birthday.
Commissioner Jones
Is Acting Mayor
Commissioner M. T. Jones is Act-
ing Mayor this week. Mayor Tom
W. Perkins and Commissioner Will J.
Rhea are attending the Shrine con-
clave at Kansas City. The left Mon-
day and will return Friday night.
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