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HOUSTON TEXAS FRIDAY (10HNING DECEMBER 26 1924.
PRICE 5 cet;
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Great Year Ahead
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'ttovtohB Feme
sMleal Satisfaction
;8omettang o( the wni f yr
which It ahead of Iloustoa-when
1925 makes Its bow to th world Ii
' indicated by th gigantla biftlfling
" .pfegram which la ahead.":
Katimatea place the building ex--pendlturea
for. 1936 at $35000000
these being baaed on projecta
. which are asaured alreadr or are
almort certain to get 'under way.
' A (aw of the ltema will give aa
. Idea ot the scale oat which Houston
la doing thlnga.
- - A hotel to be one of the largest
In the Sooth la expected to be
under construction during the first
. halt ot the Tear. The estimated
v coot ot the structure haa not been
' made public. t
A new bank building at Preston
. 4 and Main will be erected by the
A Publlo National
Municipal taproTementa and
abridge work during .the coming
" year will total about $8000000
- School buildings proTided for
; junder the building plana will be
f erected at a cost which will ap-
... ' proach $3000000
'-' The ship channel will hum with
building activity In 1125. Estl-
. ' . mates aay that between $5000000
-v and $6000000 will be spent on bar-
v." bor facilities and channel tadua-
" tries during the coming year.
' H fr Many apartment houses one of
whlch may be the largest south of
. St Louis are being planned and
the new year should see work
started on most of them.
".i .These are only a tew ot the items
' 5 . which go to make up the program
- ot construction work during the
t : coming year. To enumerate them
f sounds very much as it one' were
; ts- daydreaming or merely collecting
n material for a Rufus J. Walllngford
'Tatory but they are the estimates
'j ot consenrattre experienced bual-
" sesa men who re planning theae
great expansion! In Industrial and1
:v.nuniClDU KCUTlLr.
V. will have more worriea trallttl at!
. the heels of his Cbriatntaa bills.
V " City taxes are due December 31
and after that date a penalty at-
: v-tches for the delinquent .
c' The wise cltlien will make oreo-
. aratlon to pay these taxes on time.
X- The penalttea of the law are heavy
. h enough to make prompt payment
profitable.
V' It miy hart and the Christmas
w UDa may be heav.but U U the
V beat policy.
. J. takes It is not a far cry to the time
- when the State takes Its annual
i-.J-- toll. Automobile taxes inoutd oe
" 'paid by December tl but the State
' ' is lenient there and allows 30 days
. -i grace on these.
- v 'Prniu.ri Mid Ttnlt lUM mnt ha
i paid by January 31.
s It may spoil the Christmas holl-
i..1 Jtmrm tn ttnn haw afifl fAtirf in ttlA
. y nAAB k If va nav ttina Uvm
-promptly It will mean a worth-
V while saving to you in the matter
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Dental students from Japan pre-
7 tented Dr. O. F. Gambatl dean ot
. .U. T. n.l.l nnl I... will m
u9 leu. muii uuiicbo HIUl
tea let on Chrtstmas day. There
' were nine students from Nippon
Swho so thoughtfully remembered
i.m yiou iiiouu eauu ioovui.i sat
" glft and very appropriately they
' selected something from their
' .homeland.
7 The Incident reminds Houston
v ; : that the city boasts another great
v institution. Evidently the stu-
denta are pleased win the instruo-
fJt s tlon they are receiving.
V They will carry to the Far East
j atorlea ot Houston's greatness.
' They will carry back with them
v the ideas and customs which they
r:t. hare acquired in this cKy.
s v.JIouston it becoming more and
i more a city oi interna uonai nine i
? ".Now that Christmas It over
A aren't you glad you gave some to
aid the charitable organisations ot
JV the city in brightening up the glad
' - "L holiday for the poor?
' We may eat much Christmas
" dinner play a great deal and aeek
! amusements but there Is nothing
r Which gives more lasting satlstac-
D tlon -than that ot making someone)
else happy. '
- Over and over the comment has
been made ot late (that there has
'" jjever been such an outpouring ot
'i charity at Chrlatmaa or any other
" '.time at hu taken place this year
h 1 .That more than anything else is
n1 1 responsible for the tine spirit
' which hat prevailed in the city
tbl season.
j -
Ililder Weather;Is
; .Pwmiscd Houston
For Next Few
V
O' Milder
temperaturet are prom-
v ised Bonstonkna for1 the next fsw
.days In a bulletin Issued by the United
' Butei wssther meteorologist Tburs
dsy.if- -.mj . ..
' The mercury la expected te osiin
s rlss .Friday morning. fijlswuig
Thursday's low mark which ml -'
tewd Xf la Hoasto at 7 a. m. The
weather man - alao promises fair
' I wesths'r for Esst Texas and Loulal-
t an v ' ' '
Thnrsdayf td wss "dry and
crl-o". the opposite of (he cold spflt
of laat week which warf sceomnsnleil
It the sleet blhurd; Tbs result wss
tut few if any complaints Were re-
ported to the offices of pnb aQi-
t t duruig the day. - v
CHRISTMAS
Traditional Vermont Sim'
plicity Obcrved by tH
President; Executive
Works Goes to Church
WASHINGTON Dee. 25. The
simplicity that attends observsnce of
Christmas In rural Vermont marked
the day at the White House and in
a measure pervaded the entire life of
the capital.
Whether by design er sot observ
ance of the holiday throughout Wash'
laxton partook ot the quiet and abaple
manner of celebration of President
and Mrs. CooUdge partly through the
Inherited custom of their Vermont
forefathers and partly because of the
recent vacancy in the family circle.
Cabinet numbers remaining' in the
dty for the holiday observed the fes-
tival with members of their families
and those of high and low degree- In
official and nrivate hie followed much
the earns plan. There were tew of
ue receptions and parties tnat ones
marked the day in -the capital.
Mr. CooUdce refused to Derm it the
holiday to interfere entirely with his
routine tie and Mra. uooiiate
although late m retiring Wednesday
nisht because ot the Chrlatmaa carol
ervice on the north lawn ot the
White Honse and the buffet supper
tney served to ue singers aiterwara
in the slate dining room arose aad
had ate before the usual hour.
Nine o'clock saw ths oresident la
hie office bat a dear deak greeted
nun and so ae waaeerea tnrougn Ue
executive offices seeking among the
desks overnight accumulation of mail
Finding this he sorted it out taklns
with him a few letters that appeared
most likely to be addressed to ala per-
sonal attention and then taking a aeat
beeidea the policeman's deak in the
main lobby read the morning news
papers t
tUturaiBg to the executive man'
sien. he a Dent an hour with Mrs. Cool'
Mm dud Jobs neHnad4s. Wbite
House's only Christmas gneats Mr.
and Mia. frank W. Stearns of Boston
and then the entire party drove to the
First Congregational church for the
union Christmas dsy services held un-
der the soapices of the Washington
Federation of Churches. Miniaten
representing the leading proteaUnt de-
nominations of ths dty participated In
these services and a sermon entitled
"the abiding Joy of the shepherds"
was preached by the Rev. Charles
wood or tne unurcn ot toe (jovenant
Presbyterian.
Atain before luncheon. Mr. Cool-
idge visited his office and finding there
Rudolph Forater White House execu-
tive clerk went over s few matters
with him. Late in ue afternoon h
went out for a long walk.
Mr. and Mm. Steams were the only
guests at the Christmas dinner tonight
at which the place of prominence was
given to a monster torkey rained on
a government reclamation project in
(Cont'd on Pg. 2. Col S.)
MilAGE TRIP
Man Dies When Car Cap-
sizes. En Route to
'Bureau; Grl Hurt.
(United News.)
I.TTRRnCiT. Tm. OK
Cheating ths goddess of love by only
a tew minutes fate late Thursday eve
inx anuitea out ue me of Brooke
Walker 10. ot ASemathy near
here. and. an hnt Ulmt tk. Mf. -
his bride-to-be when the automobile
in wdicii unj were noing overturned
on the highway crushing Walker te
death. -
Ths couple apparently were en
route here to secure a marriage h
cense for letters were found in the
UMikftt Ar til vtoHm'a Tnt)
ing permission from both parents eon-
cernev lor us issuance ox US S-
cense. - ....
Miss Ssnford the bride-to-be U
verv Dsinfullr but not oHlolV. In
jured. Walker it is believed died
almost instantly. Ths ear wss prac-
tically demolished.
WerjVhife
(Assodsted Press.)
MINNEAPOLIS Minn. Dee 25.
A son who lost his father 20 years
age and a father who searched tor
his . son tor a score of years wrote
"finis" to a Christmas drama of reel
Ufs Thursday . with s proposal snd
aaV impending wedding to add ro-
mance to ths closing chapter.
" The son is Arthur Swanaon tsken
from his boms wbea he was two
years old ' brought up among strang-
ers under ue name of Arthur Peter-
Son. The father Is Edward Swan
sou who for CO years has sought his
sos. MreSwnstm s stattonsry ea
ginetr went to Uretn Bay (Jhicsgo
FATAL TO YOUTH
16 Victims of Fire In
OkliahbmaiSchol
?? ": (Associated Presi.)'
HOBABT. OkUL Dse. 26-Wlu
the idsntificstion ot tbs last victim
established the deatht .list in 'the
Christmas eve-fire- at the Babb
Switch rural school stood . at 8$
Thursday night Twenty Injured per
sons sro still confined in two hospi-
tals. One is espseted to die and
two others sre in a critical condition.
Funeral services for 16 ot the deed
wiU be held Fridsy.
Lste this afternoon fire broke out
in a jewelry store directly scross ths
street from s hoapitsl where a num-
ber oi those injured in the school fire
Sre being treated. The atore is sit.
usted between two moving picture
theaters end the sudiences their
nerves on edge were thrown into s
mild panic. No one . was seriously
injured although William Nerr own-
er of the store wss slightly burned.
. Twenty-seven others sre listed US
missing and efforts sre going for-
ward to determine whether they are
STAMFORD HOTEL
Mother Her Two Chil-
dren and a Man Die in
Blazing Hostelry
(Associated Press.)
STAMFORD. Texas. Dee. 25.
Four naraons. a mother her two enll
Arum and a man wera burned to death
late Wednesday night in a firs which
destroyed the SUmford Inn one of
the moat famous West Texas hotels
Six others were injured one serious-
ly. Property loss wss estimated. at
Mrs. Warren Winters of Rails
Texas lost har ltrt with tier two-CSU
drea. Warren it aged 8 years and
a 15-months-old girl Johnnie Bessie
SJ. V SJWIMIVIUI TO m Evuw yivmwf. I
was burned to death after he hsil
aroused guests on tne tniro floor
where he had a room. The' floor
eollanaed a moment after as had tOs
ceeded in getting the others out end
as be wss making his way throngs
smoke end flame to a fire escape
Mrs. Winters and ber children lost
their lives on ths second floor. War
rent Winters Sr. a business msn of
Halle waa seriously burned and Is in
s local hospital as sre five ethers
seriouslv hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Cole ot Corpus
unnsu were registered at us in and
a a they had not been located st soon
Thursday fear waa felt that they may
have loat the! lives. The debris wss
being' searched. It wss considered
possible however that they were
spending Christmss with friends m
the country nesr here.
The fire wss discovered st 10
o'clock lsst night snd wss under con
trol shout 11 p. m.
$160000 Lost in
Si. Loins Fire
ST. LOUIS Dec 25 High winds
ana a near aero temperature combined
with Christmas day fires resulted in
damage estimated at mors than $160
000 and threatened a aeneral eon-
flagration in the levee district and
in ue Dullness. section or Bt iiouis.
Thirty-five slarma were answered be.
tween the boura of 7 s. m. snd 7 p. m.
A river front blase virtually de-
stroyed two warehouses with damage
estimated at $106000. A second firs
In tns downtown district resulted in
damage of SSO.OOO while s &30O0 bias
waa reported at a residence. Most of
the losses were covered by insurance.
rut T.isrui rrrrr rtf.k tw m
Da Biare estimated at over 1100flnA
wss caused by fire which today do
nravM tbs r srsmnnnc KmimM th.
star here. . - . -
BENTON. TIL. TtoA. 5i lrtr. a.
Veved to have started from 'an oil
stove virtually destroyed a business
block on Esst Main street here today
with s loss estimated at $200000.
HTJNTSV1LUC Ahu Dec. 25
Tne aicuee Hotel and several business
houses adjoining were destroyed by
fire this morning causing an sea-
mated loss of $200000.' Hotel gneets
In night dress were driven Into the
street with s bitter cold wind blow
Ing and ths mercury around 20.
DALLAS Dec 25. Tire today
vWecked the building occupied by aa
automobile rent company snd de-
stroyed between 40 and 60 sotouto-
biles with loss estimated st $100000.
Three men were slightly injured.
Son and
and then Sistere Bay Wis seeking
his son. At lsst hs cams to Minne-
apolis. Arthur Peterson sitting in
local theater with "the girL" wss
called to the telephone by an usher
and told to call his own boms. Hs
met a msn who called himself "Mr.
Hanson." They talked a minute.
Then the msn said: "I'm not Han-
son. I'm Edward Swanaon your
father."
Ths new-found father bought a.
new auit and s diamond ring for
Arthur. Thursday at their iirat
Christmas tree together for 20 years
father snd son shook hands and ths
son- - proposed ' to ' "the girl." ' And
everyone wee happy. . .-
BLAZE CLAIMS 4
smoW the injured who were taken
after tne firs to tsrm nouses tnrougn-
out the eoontryaids.
. Death enured the Christinas cele-
bration suddenly cutting oft- st its
height the program rendered by the
children of the neighborhood. The
lsst Uttle siri hsd spoken her "piece"
snd a iofly SanU la red suit snd
furs had. distributed to esch chubby
pair ot eager bends a little ssck of
candy while psrents and friends who
peeked the small one-room structure
to capacity looked on.
1 Santa .reached for one of the
swarming candy sacks. His arm
struck ' a candle on the Christmas
tree. 'The tiny blase fell from its
meager perch and in an Instant s
ball of cotton on the tree burst into
flame. A' rush to. put out the fire
and . the tree feu over scattering
biasing twigs in sn instant the
room was in a panic. Men and wo
men sprang M the single exit st. the
resr and to windows beating out the
panes nly to find the openings cov-
ered b a heavy wire netting. The
windows shattered a brisk wind blew
through the-room fanning the flames
and the flimsy structure caught like
firewood.
Manr wera Crushed In the lam be
fore the door and it is believed that
moat ox those wao perlsbed nad Been
biTurud before ths flames found them.
Ths injured were taken to Hobsrt
in motor cars whsra emergency boo-
pitsls with ' volunteer nursing staffs
Sinks tarod to their injuries. Work
recovering the dead was retarded
by the lack of -water en the school
grounds with which to cool the em-
bers. 1
The Bat of identified deed aa re-
vised Thandaf siaht. follows:
T. 0. Coffey Mrs. T. 0. Coffey
Msudie Coffey Audrey Coffey Ethel
Coffey Orley Coffey. -v
Mrs. Florence' Perry HID teacher
at no acbeoi in charge ot ue enter-
tainmnr." -Vesta
Jsekson.
A msrrisd woman from Fort
Worth Texas nee Juanlta Clemmons
and her infant
Among the list ss missing and be-
neveo to ss seed were
J. T. Ooforth Bud Biners Perry
rs Do well BoUing. Eugene
is. John Duks Jr Mima liuke.
Paul . Peek.-Buss Peck Opel Peck
FCeto ehild WUUasa Curtis- X
William Curtis. 33. two Curtis
drew ft and 10. Marv Elissbsth
Eden 4flLjolm Hetaenberger. Cur
tis Peterson. Iilia Reville. Ijun He-
villa Olsdys Clemmons 22 Mary Lois
Clemmossi tL Mm Olsoa' foang
Mrs. Hhods Brsdabaw. AT. Ifattle
HoMrng lit Kdwara Homing id Wil
liam liaxer vt alter v lexers.
Victim Dragged 40 Feet
. Is Believed to Be Little
York Resident.
An old man believed to he Pietro
Olovinco of Little York was run
down and injured fatallv by an au
tomobile on ths Eaat Montgomery
road about 9 p. m. Thursday. The
ear sped on after striking the old
msn and dragging him shout 40 feet.
' The aeit car which came along the
rood discovered tbe body oi ue msn
who was still alive but unconscious.
He waa taken to. a house in the
neignnornood aear ue Bites scnooi
and a Houston Undertaking company
ambolsnce was summoned.
The old man never regained con-
sdousness. snd died lust ss the am
bulance reached ths hospital with
Police have no dne as to ths Ideu
tity of ths person or persons in the.
sutonoous. ABej were trying 10 gei
hi touch with his relatives in Little
fork if hie identity Is that which is
Indies ted by papers found on ths body.
Five Badly Wounded
: By New York Gunmen
(Assodsted Press.)
NEW. YORK Doc. 25. Five men
were seriously wounded when two
gunmen entered en Esst Side pool'
room and enened fire on them Thurs
day. The victims are in a hospital
sni three of them ere not expected
te five. -. The men who did the shoot-
ing fled with several companions in
sn automobile in which thev hsd driv
en to tbe poolroom
AU too wonwMd man told detee-
tires thav knew of bo motive for the
.v ' ' p.iir idMSSW
Seaman Swept From
Ship in Heavy Seas
--' (Associated Press.)
MOBILE. Ala Dae. 25. The Nor.
wegisn steamer Dago arriving here
Thursday to the Munson line from
Galveston reported the loss of Wil-
liam Olson one of her crew at sea
Tuesday In rough weather. Accord-
ing to reporta the aesmsa wss swept
Overboard by a heavy wave aa Ae was
painting Us deck.
British Government
Has Four Day Holiday
1 (United News.)
LONDON. Dee. 25. The business
of government stooped in Knglsnd
Thursday for tour-day holiday ex-
cept v the ministry of sericulture
which' Issued s formal looking docu-
ment placing an embargo os Ameri-
can potatoes because of the Colo
rado beetle
GAR KILLS AGED
MA
SPEEDS OfJ
THIS III
GlllIN
Two Women Are in Criti
cal Condition O n e
Elating Apple Sent by
Unknown.
SAN ANTONIO. Tctas. Dec. 25.
Two men were dead and two women
are in a critical condition as the re
sult of a series of Cbristmaa trage
dies here.
A man shot to desth in the Ter-
minal hotel had in bis pocket a com-
mission which led police to believe
he waa A. P. Oliver aged about 60
a deputy sheriff of Washita county.
Oklahoma.
Tassels and a button from a
womaa'a dress found . in the room
where the body waa discovered led
to disclosure of the alleged slayer. A
man was srreteed. Mrs. A. M. Po-
test told officers the ala in man bad
registered at tbe hotel as J. O.
Thompson no sddrers. snd said she
tried to separate him and another
man during sn argument that led to
tbe tragedy.
Tony Hilarie was stabbed to desth
during a free-for-sll fight in the dty
Jail and police prepared to file mur-
der charges against the alleged slay-
er one of a score of prisoners in
the lockup at the time.
Miss Rite Bolado. 25. stenograph
er who became violently ill after
ratine an sddIc from a Chrlatmaa box
of fruit brought by a meseenger boy
from an unknown aendar wss nuhed
to a hospital while hasty examination
oi tns fruit was said to fasve re
vealed noison. More careful ezamina
tion was begun while officers sought
to trace tbe package.
Mrs. L. 8. Mills of Kendalla Texas
waa injured internally had a broken
arm and waa near death in hos
pital after an accident in which she
was thrown Dartlv ont of an automo
bile in which she wss riding with her
son. William.
Their car was crowded off a steep
vnoananioni oy snouer automobile
that turned into the JPredericksburg
E
Analysis May Determine
Preliminary Fate ot
Trapper.
(Associated Press.)
BACDETTE Minn. Dec. 25.
Whether Tony Reamer north woods
trapper held in the county jail here
in connection with the recent desth
of Mrs. Elsie Wheeler of Clearwater
Kan. in a cabin in the northwest
angle country of Minnesota will be
arraigned Friday on a charge of first
degree murder appeared problemat-
ical Thursday night pending the ar-
rival of information from Clearwater
and Wichita Kan. and the completion
oi an analysts by tne university of
Minnesota of a shawl covered with
red a tains believed to be human
blood.
County Attorney E. C Middleton
said he ia trying for conclusive evi-
dence that Reamer ia the same per-
son reported to hare worked in snd
around Clearwater last falL A pri
vate operative workinx onder the
county attorney's office st Wichita is
gathering data and photographs
which Mr. Middleton said be expects
to receive together with the findings
of the University of Minnesota aa to
whether the steins are human blood
before he presents the facts to the
court. According to Mr. Middleton
this may take till next Monday.
Mr. Middleton atated that he hoped
te have auScient evidence when
Reamer ia arraigned for preliminary
hearing to have him bound over to
tbe grand jury.
Hight Is Cheerful in
Jail Without Visitor
(Associated Press.)
rr vsbvau til n.M
HI X V Alt. M'V.
Lawrence M Heixhf. convicted poison
murderer seemingly was cheerful in
lall here Thursday slthouih no rela
tives or friends paid him a Christmas
visit
Mrs. Elsie S wee tin. found auiltv
with Hight of murdering ber husband
Wilford Sweetin. had been brooding
ovur tbe verdict in .the jsil st Benton
according to reports received here.
Mrs. Bweetln eoosrently waa disap
pointed not only that ehe had received
so heavy a sentence of 85 veers but
thst the former dargyman for whom
shs expressed hats had received e
Ufa sentence rather than hanging.
Masons Bring Christmas
Cheer. to 400 Families
More tbaa 450 families in Hous
ton enjoyed S resl Christmaa dinner
throuea the reneroaitr of the four
downtown Masonic todies here. About
$4000 subscribed by the Masona was
spent for tusteys. groceries and
other Chrialmaa cheer to brighten
the day for the less fortunate.
Tbe volunteer Rant a Clauses were
bnsv all Wednesday afternoon and
worked late tote tbe night delivering
the besksta'.'
MURDER
CI
HIES ON BLOOD
Death
Fifty Are
. (Assodsted Press:)
CHICAGO. Dec. 25. More then
60 persons were killed upwards of
bslf a hundred were injured and 15
others are missing as tbs result of an
unusual number of accidents Christ-
mas Eve and Christmas Day.-
In addition to the lose of Me
firn many ot them resulting from
overheating due to the sero Christ-
mas weather in some sections of the.
country caused a heavy property
loss.
The most serious ss well as the
most pathetic Christmas Eve tragedy
near Hobart. Ok la. where 83 per-
sons are known to be dead as the
result of s fire in s school house
where a Christmas entertainment
which was in progress.
The next highest toll of life was
taken near Roanoke Vs.. where six
are dead nine sre missing snd 215
sre In hospitals as tbe reault of the
breaking of a "muck" dam at Salt-
Ville last night
At Stamford Texas four were
Lumber Magnate to
a m aw
Divide Profits With
Employes.
(Assodsted Press.)
COLUMBUS Ohio Dec. 25. A
Christmss gift of a possible value of
between $2000000 and $3000000
was announced sere lbursday.
William McClellan Hitter of Wash
ington I). C formerly of Columbus
and founder of the W. M. Hitter Lum
ber eomoany. the executive officea of
which are here ia tbe donor and 124
men and women who reside here and
in 12 Eastern (States are the benefi-
.tljiet li( JwnJnf back to the
men and women most or whom" fere
employes of the company approxi-
mately one-fourth of the capital atock
of the corporation that bears his
name. Plans for distribution of the
stock were completed by him Wednes-
day night.
The shares that will be divided
number 12.RO0 and have a par value
of fl2r0000. As the slock of the
corporation is closely held no exact
approximation of the real value of
the gift could be obtained but local
bankers expressed the opinion that it
mirht run between $2000000 and
$3000000.
The stock will be held under a
trust agreement for tbe beneficisries
but the gift is without restrictions.
The trust will be executed wben those
who will share in it meet in eight re-
gional gatherings on Saturday. These
will be held in New York Philadel-
phia. Columbus Bluefielcl W. Va
Hufhesville Pa. Washington D. C
Colleton 8. C snd Asherille N. C.
Of the list of beneficiaries 94 are
officers and employes of tbe company.
The balance of the list includes rela-
tives and close personal friends of
Mrs. Ritter. . Exsctly how the men
and women will share in the division
was not made known.
The employee of the company re-
ceiving the stock indude many who
were with Mr. Rittter in hia early
struggles in West Virginis to gsin
a foothold in tbe lumber industry.
The Ritter company now declared to
oe one ot Ue largest In the world
manufactures hardwood lumber.
Tbe execution of the distribution
without any restrictions is said bv
Columbus associates of Mr. Rittter to
follow out bis nrten expressed be-
liefs that such distribution of prop-
erty is mors beneficial to the recip-
ient than If surrounded by conditions
thst wouM prevent freedom of sctlou.
Dying Detedioe Gives
Wife Burial Advice
(Assodsted Press.)
KANSA8 CITY. Ksn Dec 25
After calling his wife to his side
kissinar her and tellina her what un
dertaker to summon. Rndolpb Mar
ine dty detective died Thursday of
peritonitis caused bv a runahol
wound inflicted Saturday night.
Marble surprised three bandits
who. were robbing s drug store. He
waa wounded three times in the abdo-
men. The bandits who were srrested
Monday were sentenced to long terms
in prison.
IML1RE
$31000 6IFI
Cards From Four Ex- Wives
Fail To Cheer Kid McCoy
(United News)
LOS ANGELES Dec 25 Kid Mc
Coy probably will know Friday wheth-
er he is to be declared guilty ot the
murder of Mrs. Teresa Mors.
With only the final instructions of
Judge Charles Crail to the jury the
nine women sad three men who will
decide McCoy's fste will start their
deliberations Friday morning. Both
prosecution and defense attorneys
have stated that they expect a speedy
verdict.
There are six possibilities in tbe
jury's findings. They may adjudge the
firbter suilty in tbe first degree with
out recommendation as the Htate de
manded in its closing argument. Or
they may find him guilty and recom
mend lite imprisonment.
Then there is the possthlutr of a
verdict - of ; second " degree - murder
ILVvlLILIL 1
Claims
killed and sir wera. tutored one se
riously in n fire la the Stamford Inn.
Two men were iroaen to aesu in
Chicago's five below sero Christmss
westher a - policeman .was killed ' as
the result of s fall and Chinese
laundrvman was ahot and orobably
fatally wounded in a renewal of tong
warfsre.
Pour were killed and another in-
jured In an automobile accident at
Ricfamsnd. Va and at Dixon. III. s
three-year-old child ahot and. tilled
his 10 -year-old brother with their
father's shot gun and one person wss
f 1 1 . i. . i .. . ..
siiifo as ine resuu oi piscina; on id s
cookstovo.
Two were killed in a Christmss Evs
shooting scrape sesr Richmond Ky.
two were killed In an automobile ac-
cident at Birmingham Ala. a 8-year-
old girl died of burna at Worcester
Mass.; one was killed in sn automo
bile accident at Lexington N. C a
policeman was killed at New Orleans
by s bank robber s mother died of
burns st Lincoln Neb after pouring
kerosene on a kitehen fire two were
injured at Glendale Cal when s
bomb in the form of s Christmss
package exploded two were killed snd
two were injured in an automobile ac-
cident at Centralis. Ill- and at
Michigan City. Ind.. two were killed
and two were injured when a train
struck an automobils while in New
xork five men were seriously wound'
ed by two gunmen.
Nine Bodies Found
In Dam Disaster
GLADE SPRINGS. Vs.. Dee. 2&
After a search lasting sll Christmss
oay mna Domes nave been recovered
from tbe icy waters of tbe Holston
river which nearly swent a war ths
little' town of Psrmartown Va. nesr
sere wnen s nam anovs tns town
collapsed on Christmas evening.
Twenty-three neraona were stfTl
listed as missing when the searchers
who had lelt Christmas celebrations
in their homes for milea around gave
up their work as night fell Tbe
search will be continued Friday.
Many persons went from hara to aid
in the rescue work which was carried
on in the bitter cold.
Renorta from Saltvltle. V nsarti
atated that many of the 28 who are
in the emergency hospital there sre
m a serious condition and several are
not exnavted to live.
' ATT of these victims- oTbe'dfirssf of
were blinded by the slkali muck of tbs
dam.
Bullets Fired From Rear
Without Any Warning
By Assailant
Christopher Diss Mexican 2110
Leona street wss shot in the back
three timea about 6:60 p. m. Thurs-
day on a sidewalk at the 1000 block
McKee street W. J. McDsvid ia held
at the dty jail In connection with tbe
shooting charged with assault to
murder.
When McDavid was arrested on
Thursday afternoon police officers
considered him too intoxicated for
questioning but late Thursday night
the prisoner was able to make a
statement lie stated that he did not
know anything about the shooting
that he did not do it and that he
does not remember anything similar
to a shooting happening around him.
Police are holding a bottle which
they state wss 'found on MeDavWs
person when he was arrested. The
bottle contains a liquid which has the
smell snd otherwise appears to be
raw corn whisky.
The bullets were fired from s .45-
caUber sutomatic. which la now ia
the possession of police.
Diss was taken to St. Joseph's In
firmary in a Kogle-West ambulsnee
where after examlnationa physicians
stated that hia condition wss very
serious. ?
The assailant la said to have ap-
proached the Mexican from the resr.
snd fired without wsrniag taking his
victim unawares.
carrying a penalty of from 10 years
to life. It is also possible to convict
McCoy on s manslaughter charge
With its penalty of from 1 to 14 years.
Or the jury may acquit hltn. The
net possibility is that the jury may
dissgree. a
' Scores of Christmss presents bsve
been delivered for McCoy but jailers
did not allow any of them to reach
him. Friends visited him during the
day to wish him s "Merry Christmas
Kid" but the prisoner was depressed
and did not talk with his usual eager-
ness. Four of the priae ring champion's
eight former wives bare gent him
holiday greetings but they left little
Impression.
The only two women I ever loved
sre deed my mother aad Tress" he
said. "I live only for the day I
may meet them up above."
II of Sixty;
BadlyHurt
MEXICAN IS 5HQT EXTRA SESSIOH TO
DQWNDfJSTREET AIR BORAH PQVJER
A ' -if'
a a-swaawa asaaaaasM iVW:.'
m Mm
BULLET EK
ROMANCE OF
E RICHARDS
Message To Sweetheart
" Says 'I Cannot L i vc
Without You;'
Enacted in Room.
ii
Leaving a note to hi sweetheart'
that hs could not live without her'
Esrl Richards 29 fired a 8 calibre C
bullet through his brain about 6:80 p. ; ;
m. Christinas dsy. st his rooming
souse iui uaroy street.
Tbs young man wss s welder em
ployed by tl
had lived in
tio
io Southern Padfic' and
i nousion several years t '
Justice Campbell R. Overstreet re. ;
turned a verdict of suicide after the i
inquest. vfiV'.f
"He hsd been ont all afternoon" s
Mrs. 8. 0. Ferguson wife of the
boarding house proprietor ssid.
"JVhen he cams in ws were all sitting
around the stove in the use. He
came in stood by tbe stove a few mo- .
masts snd then walked out on the "
porch." ' S ;(... tj j
He had been gone only few :
minutea when the family beard a-
alight explosion but did not pay sny
attention to it for some moments
Thinking a tire on one ot the sutv- v
mobiles in the ysrd hsd exploded Mr. v
Ferguson snd his son went to the '
porch where they found the young
sn.
Ms was sitting in s natural posi '
tion and tbs .38 calibre pistol wss
found in his Isp. . . i '
The Fergusons were st a loss to '
understand ths affair until tbe ex-
planatory note wss found. Those
who had occasion to observe him did
not notice anything unusual in his 1
movements. ...
Otto Helnerman a dose friend of -Richards
said that tbe last time ie
saw Richards he was in the best of
B drits snd wss joking about ' the '
hristmss presents thst he hsd re-'
eeived. That waa at noon Thursday.
The young man Is known to have '
s brother snd a slater living in New '
Orleans and another brother Uving .
In soma other port of Louislsoa.
- Tho body is being held bytb WerU:
beimer compeny pending location1 of
relatives.
Idaho Senator Is Ardent
Advocate of Post Holiv
day Congress Meet
(United News)
WASHINGTON Dec 25. A teat
of the strength of Senator Borah at
A
Idaho who now holds a dominant po-
sition will come wben he renews luV'"' -aitstion
for an sxtrs session of con".'
gross which President Cooliuge and' -
administration oppose Borah is ex ; ''
pected to carry hia campaign for an- ;
rxtrs session forward soon after tbe'K';
holidays. '
The Idaho senator cams out pubtic-
ly for sn extra session st tbe begin t.
ning of the present session dedaritigVV
it necessary to redeem campaign
pledges ss regarded further tax re .
ductioo . farm legislation redaw.'f '
tion relief snd other matters. He
bss not cbsnged his opinion.' J ;'.'
"I'm more for it now then before
if anything.' be told the United News.;
erisply. - s.:
After the holidays he Is expected :'-.r
to carry his esse to the country in y
s public speech perbapa a series will
be necessary. '
In recent months Borah has beea'V j'
called frequently to the White House y
by the preaident for advice os vari-
oua country problems. Borah has '?..' '
never been a regular. He ia not sow .
But from hia long service and hia..-J.j
ability in hia recent elevation to the u
chairmanship of the powerful foreign -.
relatione committee he occupied a .
strong position and must be considy'
ered. biv
But he snd Coolidge sre fss apart r .;
on an extra session of congress ss ...
on some other matters. Apparently
he haa bad no Influence on the presi- '
dent up to thia time as regards an. ; 'v
extra session. There is the probability. 'V
ity. of course that eventti a jam?-
at the last moment the failure ot er
tain Important legislation or some ''
other eventuality may turn the tide -i :
in Borah's favor. This is. of course.
if he has not won his way up to;"
that time. ''-V'fv'
"The time to settle several pmb ix
lems is right now. with the electios ' ..
over and nothing to interfere wl(li.'
(Cont'd on Pg. 2 Col. 1.)
Nine Japanese Students?
Adopt Christmas Cuslohf
Nine Japanese students at .the
Texas Dental college not only' are
learning the dentistry of the. western ;
world but likewise are 'fadoptinr
western custom of Christmas giving
Tbnrtalay they presented to Dn.OK.
Gambia i. ilen of the college" S 'te
set which luey imported from tten-
home land for the Durioae..;i'i
Gnmbati was touched dceplyby.
token oi regard irom mo apan
students and Thursday proudly s
ited to his friends the tea. set 1
Nippon Jf.-.'fv
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