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VOL. 40 NO. 269
HOUSTON TEXAS MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 29 1924
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Jack in Hijacking
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Millionth Bale
Trees Need Care
Street Repairs
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"Oh what baa become of the
- lack' in hijacking?" the would-be
robbera must be walling.
v ' Flrit young man is killed at-s'-
tempting a roadside holduo.
; Neit a negro la shot In the face.f
. ana later la carried away by hia
. ' two confederates.
7 And now ignominy of all lgno-
f .mlnles a bold Jesse James of mod-
ern times is felled by one blow of
woman her only weapon being a
lowly flashlight
.Verily romanee has forsaken us
In these modern times.
; Tbe knights of plunder who
' would have garnished the pages of
fiction and set aflame the Imagina-
tion of youthful Tom Sawyers lose
- - much of their glamor when a mod-
era -descendant 'Is laid low by a
blow from a prosaic flashlight.
4 ' snaaes or cola corsairs in times
past doubtless are bemoaning the
degenerate modern times. Possl-
- bly these shades. If such there be
are humiliated more by the dumb-
. aess than by the 111 fate of their
' .. modern brethren. Eventually it
would seem the woulf-be bandits
1 would find out they are not In a
paying business and direct their
endeaYors to other channels.
' i Howeyer If these almost dally
' combats between hijackers and ln-
; . tended Tictima continue some cit-
izen may be injured or killed.
It Is time we were making an
' attempt to round up our amateur
robbers and stop the annoyance of
their activities on roads and
streets.
Houston rejoiced last'year when
the mllliont) bale of Cotton was
i hoisted aboard a watting freighter.
Houston would feel humiliated
t this year If only a million bales
were exported from the port.
All of which goes to show that
the progress of time means greater
expansion for the port and the
city.
The next ship which carries a
cotton cargo from this port will
take the millionth bale of this sea-
son.. The port has shipped oyer
110000 bales more this season than
for the same period last year.
j The amount of cotton actually
handled bere last year and the
' ' gross receipts of all transactions
show proportional increues.
The export figures for this cot-
ton season are 'expected to be
4. Bearer two million than one.
ylUajusttte ..would bar mach
4 ado over this. Houston we fear
: will take It as a matter of course
and wonder when we'll ship 3000-
000 bales.
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Many sidewalks In the city have
been rendered practically useless
because of the overhanging
branches which were weighted
down by the heavy coat -of ice and
aleet during the recent cold
weather. t
Pedestrians have been forced to
get out in the Btreet in many
places where the walks were
blocked completely. On other
atreets especially at night the
overhanging branches are so low
that they are a source of great an-
noyance. This situation must be remedied
' sooner or later. The trees will
benefit by having the broken and
"damaged branches cut off" or
straightened. The people are en-
titled to the use of the walks.
The property owners who are
permitting their trees to block slde-
walks probably would complain It
city employes came out and pruned
. the trees. They will not be Juui
fled in objecting to such a pro-
cedure unless they show more in-
terest in the welfare of the trees
and their neighbors.
' The recent coat of Ice which has
f been ground into the shell and
gravel streets during the thaw of
" last week certainly Dad not im
' proved the condition of the city
.. highways.
Nearly every Houston street
which has that class of paving la
; in very bad condition and rapidly
;" becoming worse.
The longer the city waits to re -
' pair these streets the more ezpen-
v' . sive will be the. Job. Ukewise the
t progress of deterioration will be-
' come more rapid -with each day of
. V nae in their present condition.
". f Borne prompt action by the city
' J In repairing tbe shell and gravel
- ' streets will be appreciated greatly
; by the people of Houston.
' HcCOY JURORS '
: RETIRE WITHOUT
...REACHING VERDICT
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LOS ANGELES Csl. Dec 2&
The Jury In the cat of Kid McCoy
-former pugilist charged with the mur-
' i aer of Mrs. Theresa Mors here last
. Anna retired to its hotel shortly
- after 0 p. m. Sunday without having
reached terdict.. ;
Bailiffs were Instructed to bring
J the Jury tack Into court at 10 a. m.
; MmkUv lit wthlrti time Judce C. 8.
; Crall will decide whether to dismiaa
v It or demand tnrtber deliberation.
''' The Jury foreman's last report to
"the Judge was that the vote stood. 10
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MAJOR C. E. COOKE DIES.
A1TSTIN. Texas. Dec. 28. Major
Charles B. Cooke B0. of the United
tBtates geological survey died hers
Sunday night of pneumonia.
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3 Snmme Peiisizts Die
FHMU
Victims Are Trapped in
.Bed; Overheated Stovt
Is Blamed; Thirteen
Others Escape
(Associated Pra.l
ALTON 111. Dec. 28. Three aged
paticnU of tbe Htate insane ho.piul.
three miles eaxt of Alton were burn
ed to death early (Sunday when a
f none farm house was destroyed by
bre. Tbe dead are Charles Sunder
land 67 of Alton; Henry Langrath.
70 of Monroe eonnty and Fred
Lange GO relatives unknown. Thomas
Guyu a fourth patient was severely
burned.
There were 15 patients in the farm
house in charse of Fred Tecken-
brock and his wife. The buildinf was
one of four used to hooae patients
employed on the hospital farms and
was situated about a quarter of a
mile from the main institution. Teck-
rnbrook said be was awakened at 4:30
d. fa. br the smell of smoke and saw
the portion of the hsuse occupied
by tbe Datients burRtlna into flames.
apparently from an overheated stove.
Arousing his wife and patients
Teekenbrock directed the latter to
barn nearby and summoned appa-
ratus from the hospital. The fiamts
gained such headway that the build'
inc could not be saved.
Gu.vn. who occuuied a room with
'the three who died in the fire said
he escaped only by running through
the flames and the others apparently
bad been overcome by smoke. He
was severely burned about tbe legs
and lower part or the body and was
reported in a critical condition at tbe
institution Sunday mint.
lecKenorocK ana dii wue ana me
11 patients who escaped hv their night
clothing suffered considerably from
m i i i . 1 . . . .
the below sere teniae rature until
blonketv y4re roiikht'e tbra f"i ou
the hospital and they were trans.
ferred from tbe barn. In which they
ought refuge to the main building
In automobiles.
The fire caused no disturbance In
the institution proper which houses
1300 patients from -the Western sec
tion of Illinois.
CADDO.. Okla.. Dec 18. Four
children were burned to death while
sleeping in one room of a farm house
near here which was destroyed early
Mindny morning.
The dead are: Alien and Aline
(Cont'd on Pg. 2 CoL 2.)
Arctic Stations to be Quer-
ried for News of Hunt-
ing Expedition
PITTSBURG Pa. Dec 28. Aa
effort will be made Monday night by
threa .American radio stations to get
in touch with members of the Nut-
ting expedition lost in the arctic
wastes for four months.
Stations KDrfA Kast Pittsbwg;
WftZ Springfield Mass. and KDI
Chicago will radio a special message
.addressed to inhabitants of the arc
tic asking for news of the ill-fated
expedition.
The Nutting expedition organised
William KnMiw . nllna rka
yoU.M taken by the Vikings In their
daring ventures to the North Ameri
can continent left Denmark on Sep-
tember 8 last bound for Battle Har-
bor tabrador. Nutting was accom-
panied by Arthur Hildehrand John
Todahl and Mr Fleischer. Their
sbip. lutet Ericsson has not oeen
heard from since it passed the Boath
Greenland coast Government cruis
ers and airplanes have conducted a
fruitless search lor tbe expedition.
The effort to obtain news of Nut-
ting snd his party by radio waa de
ferred until tbts time wsen trappers
from the remote arctic regions make
their trips to the trading stations.
It is boned that these posts equipped
with wireless receiving sets will
communicate tbe message to tbe
trappers who may- have some word
of the lost men.
Youth Dies Trying to
Prooe Gun Not Loaded
ST. LOUI3 Dec 28. Francis
Frank. 18 accidentally ahot and killed
ntmseir aa he sought to assure a
friend thst tka ana waaVnot loaded.
He placed the musale to his bead and
pulled the trigger exploding a car-
tridge he had failed to remove (rem
me weapon. . .
" NEWSPAPER MAN DIES.
' ST. LOUIS. Dec. 28-Joseph M.
Adams 48 assistant managing editor
of the St Louis Post-Dispatch and
for 25 years a member of the edlto-
riitl staff of that newspaper ttnecpect
edlv died late Sunday ol heart die
ease. He was 'a native of Trlblett
Mo. and a graduate of ' Washington'
j 1UU fcrvs waaavvaeteja
snd iee university.
111 TO SEEK
LOST EXPLORERS
VICTIMS OF CURSED' MILLIONS
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WIMaa MoCnatook mUlleaalre
eraaae whsee death Is aader la-
Vary. -
William N. IfcCUntock. heti1
while his .fiance Isabella4 PopeJ waited at bedside with marriage li-
cense la to be Investigated. Once McClintock's will has been filed
several claimants have appeared. Mist Pope was left $8000 yearly.
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Coroner's
McClintock Awaited
SHOALS TO GET
QUICK ACTION
Postal Salaries Also to
Be Taken Up J Holiday
i uam aMiv a wuj
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON Dec 28. The
Christmas week recess at an end con
gress goes back to the grind Monday
with bonse and senate facing ieglsls
tive tasks that are expected to keep
them working at top speed until the
close of the present session on
The Muscle Shoals problem vexing
as ever still has right-of-way in the
senate which also faces a show down
early next week on the question of
sustaining the presidential veto of the
postal salaries bill and is pledged be-
fore the windup of the session eto
take final action on the Isle of Pines
treaty.
un the bouse siae. appropriation
bills will continue to have priority
with leaders planning also to dispose
of the McFadden bank bill and per-
haps the rivera and harbors authori-
sation measure during January.
The house already has sent three
of the dosen annual supply bills to
tbe senate. A fourta the treasury
post office measure carrying more
than three-quarters of a billion dol
lars snd incidentally the largest peace
tune appropriation bill in congres-
sional history will be disposed of
this week clearing the way for the
army supply bill which next will have
me tight or way.
Thus far the senate hss failed to
take up any of tin appropriation bills
although their consideration In com-
mittee has begun. With less than 10
weeks remaining before congress
must sojourn sine die leaders recog-
nise tbe necessity of speeding action
on these pro do sals and It is exttect-
ed that the next few weeks will see
several of them on their way to the
president With the senate sched-
uled to vote Tuesday. Jsnnsrx 8 en
the postal salaries bill veto the Joint
committee hearings on the rate in-
creases proposed by the poet Office
department will continue this' week.
while in tbe bouse tbe committee In-
vestigating the abipping board will de-
cide whether additional witnesses
should be examined aad tbe commit-
tee coadnctlnc aa Inaulrr into all
branches of aircraft expects to press
lorwara witn its examination of wit'
nessea
Exngressman
Rudolph Kleberg
Dies at Austin
(Post-Dtspatch Special)
AU8TIN Texas Dee. 28.--Fonncr
Congressman Rudolph-v Kleberg re
porter of the criminal appeals court
since February 28 1906 died at his
home here Sunday morning. He. Is
survived by his widow and five chil
dren Caesar Kleberg of the King
ranch Kingsville; Dr. A. J. Kleberg
Misses Luis and TlHia Kleberg ef
Aqattn and A. 1 Kleberg ef Hous
ton art of whom were here at the
time of hit death. .
Funeral services will be held hers
MoBxlay afternoon. Judg Kleberg
served as a member of congress from
the Cuero district a Htate senator
and United States district attorney.
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lueneral A. B. Burleson and former
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aoaorary pauoearera.
wktsi aeaU rekaed gay ef wed-
lag; ... r . ..-.-
to 12000000 fortune -wnoae death
Report on
Prosecutor Says' Probe
Will Go on NaMattei
What Findings Are
(Associated Press. 1
CHICAtiO. Dec. 28. Investigation
of all factors entering into the death '
ul iviuiura ieiHou jucviuuioi-k win
be continued no matter what the
coroner's autopsy reveals it was de-
dared Sunday night by First Assist-
ant States' AttoroetXieorg(i2!Waib1
T'lUawa "aawlsTrf uaai.W . aVa1. anM.
meat on tbe results of the inquiry
to date declared however that hia
office would take no further steps or
3uestion sny other witnesses until
is coroner's report was at band.
Dr. William D. McNally coroner's
chemisn worked throughout the day
in examining vital organs of tbe "mil-
lionaire orphan's" body. He stated
Sunday Vight that his findings would
not be made public until the examin-
ation waa complete. He uid bis
6rst tests were for inorganic or chem-
ical poisons and then he would try
for alkaloid or vegetable poisons.
William Shepherd whose wife was
one of the co-guardians of Billy Mc-
Clintock. was permitted Saturday
upon bis return from Albuquerque.
N. M. to tell assistant State's attor-
neys what he knew of tbe circum-
stances attending the death of young
McClintock.' Sunday he declared thut
"ao far as I am concerned the State's
attorney's case against me is dend."
t : il : . l " l.A
1 will wan uvrni vuii-
tinued. "until the State's attorney's
office finishes its official investigation
and then I will start an investigation
of my own. T plan to unearth facts
not wild rumors."
Mr. Shepherd snowed a shear ot
clippings from Chicago newspapers
containing all that haa been printed
here on the case. The collection was
presented to him by Thomas A. New-
msn friend of the family ssepnera
would offer no comment nor mention
names but said rhst he believed the
statements quoting several persons in
the news articles were libelous. "This
Investigation was started by a busi-
ness enemy of Mr. Shepherd" Hobert
H. StoD. Shepherd's attorney assert-
ed Sunday night.. "We are not pre-
pared to disclose his name now. but
we know he linues to benefit If the
McClintock will be held invalid. It
la not one of the seven cousins who
plan to contest the wU.
"Chief Justice Harry A. Olson sad
Miss Pope (McClintock's fiancee) are
merely being used aa dupes by the
person who hopes to gain through
this investigation."
Shepherd plans to creste s trust
fund sufficient to provide an $8000
annuity for Miss Pope he said Sun-
day. He 'had previously intended to
fife her theprfneipal outright he ex-
plained. "When Miss Pope dies.'
Shepherd declared "the money will
pass from our hands forever. The
trust fund will be dissolved and the
money distributed for the use of boys'
work movements end for worthy
charities."
W.Y. BarrofHuntsville
Dies in New York City
Pnat.nUnatrh Snecisl.i
HUNTS V1LI.E. Texas. Dec. 28.
Aernrdln in word received here. W.
T. Barr Jr.. 22. of this city died in
New York Sunday morning.
Mr. Barr. who waa a well known
resident here was a graduate of
Houston Normal college. During his
college career he wa a prominent
member of tha Dramatic dub and waa
ia New York preparing to embark ea
dramatic career.
' Hia father who waa at his bedside
when he died will accompany the body
when it Is shipped here Tuesday for
burial ' Funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
He Is survived by hia father three
sisters. Mrs. R. B. Little Freeport;
W. B. Browder Willis and Mrs. Kate
twst MnntsvUle.
EARTH TREMORS RECORDED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Karth
tremors of very pronounced inten
slty" were recorded beginniug at 6:08
p. m. Sunday on toe ueorgetown uni
s v Tjasta aepaw v a says
versity seismograpa.
in Fke
Bills
i iff a
OnerYear-Old Infant
Breathes Flames When
Father's Car Bums
Galveston
in
Roberta O'Leary one-year-old
daughter of Mr. and.Mr. F. L. O'Leary
9001-2 East Ninth street died at
1:15 p. m. Sunday from the effects
of flames she breathed into her lunga
and from burns about the head wnea
vapors faom the gasoline tank of a
sedan in which she wss sitting were
ixnited by s lantern in tbe car.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary bis sister
snd three children inducing Roberta
had driven to Galveston Saturday
and shortly before midnight stopped
at a filling station to refill tbe gaso-
line tank. When tbe hose waa in-
serted in the tank and the gaa turned
on the vapors ignited from the light-
ed lantern whtcb was just back of tbe
front seat
The inside of the sedsa wss a mass
of flames instantly. Mrs. O'Leary
threw one of the children from the
car window and that one escaped
uninjured. She then threw Roberta
from the Window and she landed in
the gutter at. the side of the car. At
the same instant Mr. O'Lesrv seised
the flaming gasoline hose and burled
it out of the car. Tbe nossle of the
hone landed near tbe child and soon
she was enveloped In flames again.
The .other five members of the
party suffered ffeioful burns but no
others were Injured seriously.
Roberta was taken to tbe John
Sealy hospital for first aid and
after examination her condition was
not believed to be serious. She was
brought to Houston and placed In a
local hospital where further examl-
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oauou u amiMM iae uia.t auv
had breathed some of tbe flames Into
eaejot 4r-ltmgs The child's coodW
tlon grew worse rspioiy iurr noos
Sunday and she succumbed at 1:15
p. m.
Mr. O'Leary's sister and the third
child escaped from tbe car while be
andNlis wife were disposing of the
other two children. His raincoat
caught on fire from the biasing gaso
line and be had some difficulty get
ting it off.
The Galveaton fire department waa
called out to extinguish the bhue.
Rev. Chsrles S. Rush of Woodlasd
Baptist church will conduct the fun-
eral services st the Fogle-West chapel
at 3:.'!0 p. m. Monday. Burial will
be in Hollywood cemetery.
U.S. WILL OPPOSE
FRENCH DEBT GUI
Officialdom Flatly Refuse
To Consider Reduction
Of $4000000000
(United News.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. France's
latest bid for a reduction ia her M.
000.000000 debt to the United States
struck the coldest wave of the year
in of final Washington. Cold is hard-
ly an sdequste word for describing the
word of the French finance minister's
proposals.
Officials or this government are
willing to go a long way in extending
a moratorium to allow France - a
breathing apell before beginning pay'
ments. But they are at againstwrit-
ing off any of the principal
Ibis Position bss been ststed so
many times by responsible official's
from President Coolidge down thst
it is historical information rather than
news. Kven if the administration felt
differently about tbe matter it prob
ably could do nothing as congress is
so firm that even the White House
would have difficulty in budging It.
This will continue to be the situation
unleaa snd until tbe public sentiment
changes. A change of sentiment is
what France bones for snd that
what lay behind Ambassador Jusae
rand's recent speech which dwelt In
crest detail on the sufferings of
France durina the war.
There is entire sympathy here with
(Coat-4 en Pg. 2. CoL 1.)
Thermometer Due
For Tumble Here
Honday Morning
North Texst temperatures took s
big drop Sunday and Houston
weather is exported to follow snlt
Monday morning when the third cold
wave of the year sweeps to the
coast rreealng weather is forecast
for this nart of tha Stat.
Sundav very equable temperatures
prevailed over tae city as tbe mer
cury readlnga ran from 38 to 43.
At Amarillo Sunday the tempera
ture waa 4 degrees: at Dallas. 14
Galveston 42: Brownsville 38. snd
j WiyBI Vwi Ml Ma. 99
Uorpas tartsu s&
Coldest Day Since 1 886
Is Reported in Chicago
RALPH 0BENCHAIN 'MAN IN
j A MILLION' AFTER TRAGEDY OF
FIRST MARRIAGE WEDS AGAIN
(United News.)
CHICAGO Dec. 28. The dust
thst hss been gathering xWer the
dramatic story of tbe "man in a
million" has been brushed aside aa
if by a sniff of wind by the an-
nouncement of the quiet marriage
here of Ralph Riley Obencbain. the
staid and conservative young Chica-
go attorney who recently proved
that romance still rides with a
white plume and that chivalry ex-
ists outside the movies and the sto-
ry books.
Ralph Obencbain became an O.
Henry character come to life about
two years ago when he rushed to
Las Angeles to help snd to defend
tbe woman he loved but who did
not love him. The woman was
Madelyn Conner bis former wife.
$25000 Peace Award
Made To
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-E.N.SLEEPIHG
Coach Is Also Derailed a
'Sunshine. Hits Broken
Rail Near Galveston
A aleenlnr ear waa overturned and
a day coach derailed about 10 mileo
from Galveston st 116 s. m.. Sun-
duy when the International-Great
Northern HuuhiRj aoeciaL train No.
1-2 boo od from Oajrestoa to Houston.
struck s broken rail. .
Than aan nnlv 12 nasseiicera on
the train. Mrs. H. EL Rich of Love-
lady Texas tbe only one injure sus-
tained a slight scratch on the face
and a few minor bruises.
At tbe time of tbe accident toe
train was traveling at tne rate ot
about 45 mileS per hour. Trainmen
state that the rail was not broken
ahead of the train but that tbey felt
tbe rail give way as the trucks under
the engine passed over tbe place. Tbe
rail was broken in tbs middle.
Pressure brakes were applied In
stsntly. but the train could not be
stormed until a sleeninc car had over
turned and a day roach had lumped
the track. Tbe sleeper turned over
on its side at tbe side of tbe tracts.
When It wss found that ao ooe was
Injured the train proceeded to Hous
ton without tbe two dersiled cars.
Tbe train was in charge of Con
doctor Borer snd Engineer Garress.
The damaged sleeping car was placed
back on the rails early in tbe after
noon.
'YeUowKid'Isin
Toils on Alleged
Swindling Scheme
rriTrinrt n. oa Tnnk Wall
the "Yellow kid" was arrested here
early Sunday in connection with tbe
swindling of H. I. K utter. Hamilton
Ohio manufacturer of $.18000. The
police announced that Kutter had
been notified and would probably
reach bere Monday noon to sign
ramnlalnt acainst WeiL
The "Yellow Kid" was without his
familiar flaxen beard when officers
found him in company with a youni
ladv whose name was not revealed
Weil wore dinner clothes and waited
in the police station several hours
until his brother brought him a bus!
neaa suit before he retired to a cell.
He said he had shaved off the beard
ao that old acquaintances would not
recognise him and so that be could
Mm nn a leritimate business enter
prise "which gives me sa income of
about 19000 a year."
William Archer British
Dramatic Critic Is Dead
TmnflV Der 28. William
Archer the noted dramatic critic and
autbor died Saturday.
William Archer was born at Perth
rVotland in 1856 and was called to
the bar. Middle Hemple. 1883. Hia
career as a journalist and a critic was
varied. He traveled for a time in
Australia and then went to London
and served as dramatic critic en many
na iters.
lis edited Ibsen's prose dramas
Ave volumes and tbe collected works
of Ibsen. 11 volumes snd wrote many
books relating to the theater and dra-
matic criticism. He was author of
the Green Goddess a drama 1021.
and the Old Drama and the New
1023. and was sssodsted with H
Granville Barker in tbe preparation
of a "national tneater scheme and es
t tastes.''
ELKS OFfTcIAL DIES.
SAN DIEGO. CsU Dec. 28. Rob
ert Wood Brown past grand esalted
ruler of the Elks and editor of tbe
Klks' national magnalne died at bis
bome bere Sunday of cerebral hemor
rhage. He waa first stricken when
visiting his mother's grave on Raster
OVlHltyi' AVesV eat iMWCVUfUlV) nj
Sunday lust at itusacuvuie Ky.
OVERTURNS
The story unfolded itself st the
trial of tbe woman for tbe murder
of J. Belton Kennedy tbe man for
whom Obencbain bad permitted his
wife to divorce him. 'Kennedy a
millionaire oil man badbeen shot
to death one night jut as he was
about to enter his borne in ios
Angeles. Madalyn waa with him.
The police arrested Mndalyn and
charged ber with murdering the
millionaire because tbey said he
would net marry her. After a lot
of investigating the police arrested
one of Madalyn'a friends a man
named Arthur Burch. They said
that Madalyn and Burch conspired
to kill Kennedy.
When Ralph Obenrhain heard
that the woman who bad divorced
(Cont'd on Pg. 2 Col. 4.)
Chelwbod
Wilson
Foundation
ki
rnze
Viscount
Who
VUVC11
Praises U. S.
(Associated Press.)
NEW YORK Dec 28. Before
distinguished gathering which includ-
ed Mrs. Woodrow Wilson -Viscount
Cedl of Cbelwood waa presented on
Sunday night with the $23000 peace
sward and medal given under the
Woodrow Wilson foundation fur meri
torious service in the cause of inter-
national co-operstion and peace. Tbe
presentation was made at a dinner at
the Hotel Aator.
In accepting? tbe award viscount
Cecil asserted thst tbe advance in
the oast nve years in the direction of
International co-operatMra"-naa 'mew
"little short of marvelous.
PraieiDB the United Htates for hnv
Ing consistently stood for peace. Vis-
count Cecil said that he would not
utter a word of criticism of tbe atti
tude of America toward tbe league of
nations. He stressed howevoc the
accomplishments of the league since
its inception under the leadership of
Woedrow Wilson whom be cbarac-
terixed as "a great American uud
great citizen of the world" adding:
litre is no title to tame signer
than that."
Mr. Wilson's contribution he said
was tbe idea that peace was based
on unity and solidarity of mankind.
au idea contrary to that motivating
tbe pre-war system which Viscouut
Cecil called "international anarchy
diversified by war."
In explaining tbe actions and atti-
tude of tbe league throughout its ex-
istence. Viscount Cecil dwelt on the
problems raised by tbe Egyptian and
Corfu controversies." He championed
the stand of the league in both cases
affirming that the outcome bad been
a victory for peace.
"The league is there to deal with
international relations not with rela-
tions affecting the national adminis-
tration ot any country" Viscount
Cecil explained and he pointed out
that tbs "relations between England
and Egypt are of a very special char-
acter.'1 He asserted that "no objection can
be iustly raised to tbe British ac-
tion regarding Egypt which he said
was pot an international matter.
England's offer after tbe controversy
to lay before the council of the
league a full atatement of ber action
in Egypt he declared to be "one of
the moat striking; testimonials to tbe
progress of the idea of international
unity.'
Tbe viscount defended tne league'a
(Cont'd on Pg. 2 CoL 3.)
Business Block In
Mississippi Town
Destroyed By Fire
(Associated Press.)
CORINTH UISS Dec. 28. An
entire business block on the west side
of court house square here waa de-
stroyed by fire Sunday. Early esti-
mates of the damage place it between
$1800000 and $2000000.
Over 80 stores were destroyed by
tbe fire which starting early Sunday
morning threatened for a time to
wiiie out the entire business district.
After a fight ot sis hours in bitter
cold weather the tire department suc
ceeded in confining It to tbe single
block.
The fire Is believed to have started
from an oil store la a cafeteria.
Arrested Man Confesses
San Francisco Theft
(Associated Press.) .
CHICAGO Dec 2a Wniiam Ity-
an 25 abas William Smith was ar-
rested b ere 8uaday with bis lN-ycar-old
wife. Martha Gieaer Smith and
Sunday night confessed that he had
taken part in the theft of $17700 in
currency and $H0.000 in bonds from
messengers of tbe Pacific (las and
Electric company Sutter street Sau
Francisco December 4.
Ryan disclosed te entire story of
the robbery to imlice officers nam-
ing two San Francisco men aa his
WMIlHiyiUs
companion.
Polar Weather Takes Toll
Of Six Lives and Causes
Fire Damage of Half
Million Dollars
CHICAGO Dec. 28. Chicago
Sunday suffered tbe coldest December
28 in the history of ita weather bu-v
reau when the temperature at S a. ro. -went
to 13 degrees below aero. This
was the coldest here since 1886. 'The
polar westber took s toll of six lives . '
caused more than n half million del - -
la rs' damage by fires and led to the
snooting of two tenants by an apart
ment house janitor. Tbe entire Mid-
die West is suffering from the new
attack of winter. ' ; -' '
The cold did not anomaeh tbe ree-. j
ord for December tho merenry on -
December 4 IS 1 1 being poshed down
to 23 below. Relief within tha next
24 hours was promised br the .
weather man. At 7 p. m. the otfW i
rial thermometer read 2 'above.-. ' -
An epidemic of fire alarms swent ' .
over the city. More than 400 were
turned in Saturday night and Sunday.
Most of tbe fires broke out uring
the early morning hours forcing hnn
dreds into the streets swept by biting . -
wimis. - -..' j-r. ..
More thsn a thousand complaints '
against cold flats were registered
with the department. of health.'' Two
irate tenants Leonard Oslander and
L. Jacobson. sought to remonstrate
with their janitor in person. They
are said to have hacked np their de1
mands with a revolver but the lan
itor James Alexander "negro seised
the weapon and shot the men. Neither
was seriously wounded. The Janitor ' '
was arrested. 4 ii-'
Despite tbe cold robbera'' and
thieves were unusually hetive. More
than ov boldups and burglaries were
reported early Sunday. '.
Tbe dead are: Mre Louise HonsW -V
holder. 88; John Johnnie 53; Willlanf
J. Butler 45; Joseph Barter M; Em-
manuel Hull 40; Frank Clareiarfe
xio J0. ' ' ';" -
ST. LOUIS Dec728. With antf t'
firial temperature reading of 8 det ; -grees
below sero St. Louis and vtebvt s
tty Sunday experienced the coldest '
weather of the whiter. Tbe absence . ;
of wind emphasised the bitter strln- i'1
gent cold. At Hsrrisburg III Sooth- -east
of bere a -temperature-of JXt
degrees below sero waa reported' --'.
The severe drop in the mercury
was not attended1 tt any particular
damage to public utilities. Gas sere- .
ice was slightly impaired as the re ; .
suit of frozen pipes bat street ears -and
telephone service was nninter-' '
rupted. Police stations were pressed 1 .'
into service as refuges the municipal .
lodging house being packed with '
homeless shelter seekers. i
MARQUETTE. Mk.. Dee. 2S4-v'-The
upper peninsula of Michigan ia ia j
the grip of the coldest wave of the ;; -1
(Cont'd na Pa. 2. CoL l . r-Tr i
Car Turns Over Crushing
Chest of O tcupant
Pinned Beneath '.
1:
POUR HURT IN 1
SUHDAY CRASHES
Pour persons were Injured three . ? -of
tbem seriously fa four Harris ' ;
county accidents Sunday. V.V .
Frank Smith of Webster wee ran. i
over by a truck at Olcott at 11 a. nv. .
sustaining s broken leg. He ira
taken to tbe Baptist hospital in i
Koxle-Weat ambulance. ;V '
Joe Dlair. 34. received serlena to-
(Cont'd on Pg. 2 CoL 2.) i
A Yacht Ploughing
the Wavea
Toward Monaco
The second officer In
charge while captain and
owner are locked in their
cabins.
A young girl with a heavy
gun In her hand cornea up to
the bridge a moment later '
the yacht turns back upon her -
course Xnd America la saved
from war)
ew Serial
E. Phillips Ojpharn; f
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