The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 269, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 12, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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Harvey And Thomas Davis
Also Landed in Jail
At Eastland
lvde Thompson 17 and Hsrvey
uml Thomas Dnvla two y out hi who
ir-uii with limit (Miri'iiU in the Loo-
ia coiiiinunlty mw In Jdll in East
land thli afternoon having been
lodged ihcie In connection with the
l.iutil Mu)inn v.f Lucius and I .eon
' hock litnthfiH wliixtr oodles were
f and itiil. I hi dm un the lease of
WurlieJ
sheriff lolm Mint of ICustland
ti.unty tii-. (hut Ibompsun ha
i.hImii.I i.. itit in the mine al-
though he hat nut fl signed a
vrittcti statement The other hoy
uft held with hlin for It Is reported
that Thompson's statement Impli-
cates them
Th killing took place at S 00
oelock Friday night according to
information leaned and robbery
vas intent back of It all.
The boys are sons of farmer who
live In the section where the dual
tragedy took place '
Sheriff Hart has been aistttetT In
r aiming down the tecret of the
murder by officers from Cisco Abi-
lene Uicckvnrtdgi und other hear-
ty point Clues he said that they
i-olt picked Up led theln to llllike
the i 1 1 in I it Deputies l.ee Rood Cy
Bradford Constable M Sonbouru.
lu-.tice of the Pence Ilrnry McDon-
bid all of Eastland and Dud Deo-
st.ii ttuy Hlrkey lot-al deputies and
heiiff Henry Thornton or Stephen
ivuniy took pit in the man hunt
. hu-h tided thli afternoon
lleud U Crushed
The bodWs were dljcovered by
Lie Kelley a neighbor living on the
air Matlte Bargett farm who
was one of a party searching for
the men after their disappearance.
E-.lJtnct of murder was dlscovsr-
id U LltllUS' (Lull 6J ciuthsd
Hnd the top ortlon severed d
i Ini: beside Jhc bodl Loon's hoad
v. a crushtd and he appearod tof
have been shot through the bad)
though both bodies war In an ud-
anctd stale of decompoattloh
which made It dllflciilt to deflnlte-
i deteunlne the exact nature of
the wounds that caused their
deaths
Ufflcers who wunt to the ci
of the murder expressed the opin-
ion that the crime wna committed
between the oil well and the house
ccuipled by l.ucluh Shook but
there were Indication thai both
bodies had been removed from
where the were slain. us they
were lying about 30 feet upfiit. mid
about 7f yarda from' the house
I here was no evidence of u slruu-
fie to be found and the auppposl
lion Is thul they were wayluyed
and "lulu without warning Huth o(
the hats of the doad men were
found ntmr the bodies which were
lvin- on different sldoa of u tank
near the drilling well Indication
al-o wen thut one of lhebdles
had been drone" "' dtalftnce
after death
Justice McDonald nnd A C
t.reen. htestliuid oiflcar. went to
.CONTINUED ON PAQK FIVK
Sweet For Hoover
HISNVKR. Sept I- Koimer-
'C vernor Willlum K hwvet Uemo
' alte "dry." has announced he will
upporl Herkert Hoover for presl
in nt He Intends to hack the rest
v.f the llamocrutic lltkel with the
inception of Wuvernor Hmlth he as-
nrtei Artistic
Prim tin ti
at ttatontbte piicti . . . Let
us print your letterheads
envelopes and cardt . . . .
Phone No. I now .... The
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ALPINE. Hrpi U"UP Ihe rail
f the Kuiists city Mexico mill
iinent i all way will reai h ojlnuga
Mexico on the Texa border t b
tin- umi of tin present week VV L
Churchill consulting onglueei furl
thi rallioad said during u visit I
Completion of th. line to the1
nler will close the gap between!
iKitd
Chlhauhau to the Texas bordet
Churchill said the purchd.se of
the Orient by Ihe flsntn Ke rail
road will mean the building of a
railway Into Mexico cnKtble of
serving this section of the country.
Mining and Industrial development
In this xactlon has been letutded
In the m (it by lack of lullroad fa-
cilities The city of OJIuiibu has called
upu.ii Ita cttl7ens to Join In a huun
celebration when the l.iylliL' ot the
raits Is completed Hull fights
Ito.xlnt; matclKH. wruatllin;. horse
racing cock flr.hta und other spuria
permitted by law in Mexico wilt
feature the celebration Citizens'
of Presidio. Tex . titroan the Klo
tirandi from OJlnuti have been
Invited to Join In the eelebiutlun
Plans for Parade
SAN ANTONIO. Sept 12 Of-
Klaborate. plans for the participa-
tion of leading towns In the Texas
vinter garden district In the na-
tional convention of the American
Legion here October 8-12 have bean
mada by representatives from that
section Some COO people from Ash-
erton Catorlna Crystal City Car-
rlzo Springs Dllley and Eagle Pass
according to present plans Will
inurch in a body In the parade that
Will taku plaee Octobri
Reconciliation
NKW YUltK Sept 12 ''- The
Ially News In a copyrighted article
today said thut Clmence Muckay
Postnl Telegraph houd and his
duuihter. Mm Irvlny Herllu wife
of the sonQ writer have been ri-con-clted
The reconcllatlon the Dully
News says come bealde the bier of
Mri Mane Doutse Hungerturd Mac-
Itay motlier of Mr Maclity Ht tne
MacKay home at Roslyn Lonp
Island ana vus a fulfillment cX
Mrs Alaskay's dctnbed wish
MT.AT CUTTKK HEARI!
.Moro Testlmuny iiue HegurJInp
Mrllua i.uc Affair.
LOS ANOKLRS Sept 12V-
More testimony about his love uf-
falr with Mrs Myrtle Melius was
exported from l.eo P Kelley toduy
as the morning court senslou wus
reicrved for the youthful meat cut
ter to testify ukuIii In his own de-
fnse Kelley Is on trial for the al-
leged slaying of Mrs Melius during
u di Inking parly In her fuehlou-
able home here
Un the witness stand for the first
lime yesterduy Kelley told the story
of his five year clandestine lomuuve
with Mis Melius He answered u
burruge of questions from Chief
Prosecutor JatuoH H Costello and
as time tor court adjournment
inured shouted "I am being
framed'"
Some of Kelley's testimony wus
iitilckin from the record
The uccused man charged he was
the victim of a frumcup englueeiedj
tiv Frank Melius husband of the
slain woman her maid and a police 1
nfftn.tr '
Aside front the tale of liquor and
parties IColleys' teatlmouy Indttect-
ly brought out u denial that he
killed Mm Melius but Instead that
Ihey went to sleep after drinking j
liquor und thut he wuh about to
leave the home when Mrs Melius
found her husbund was returnimi
home Kelley said he hid In a closet I
then where police found him
JOHNSON APPOINTED.
DALLAS Sept 12 il Appoint-
ment of Albert Sidney Johnson lo-
cal attorney us secretary of the
state Democratic executive commit-
tee wus announced today by D W
Wilcox Georgetown chairman of
the committee Johnson succeeds
Richard T Fleming of Houston
An executive conference between
National Coifuiilttetinati Jed C
Adams W A Thomas state Demo-
cratic campaign manager Chair-
man Wilcox and members of the
newslate executive committee wus
sturted toduy Its purpose was to
co-oilinute activity of the stute
campulgu committee and that of
the executive committee
Governor Dan Moody took no
part In the council leaving early
for Fort Worth.
Charged With Killing Brothers
TI I HAlrt XT f.-T-K-l ft
KAVUKS YUUnU
COUNT FAIR
C Of C. RatiltS IVOjCCt To
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urry iioou win 10
(iraliain Show
U It Maxwell chairman. W. S.
Cooper secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce lllfford Clegg H. 11
Delano und S H Spoouumoro aio
the committeemen named this af-
ternoon to work out pluiiB for
Hreokenrldgoiluy at the Young
County Fulr next Wednesday Sept
U
The cause of the fair the rea-
sons why Breckeurldge should seek
the good will of Young County cit-
izens and Justification for the fine
feeling of fellowship hkjweeu the
towns of Graham and Urecl.cnrtdge
were emphasized at the Chumber
of Commerce luncheon at ijoon In
an address by the Rev K E Mont
gomery'. Christian minister of Gra-
ham who met with the body as a(
represeniuwve oi ins uranam ous-
Iness men and Youn- County Fair. I
Considerable enthusiasm In the
cause he represented was aroused
by his address and the organiza-
tion meatlng voted a" nne to get
behind the project and see that at
least fifty cars go from here next
Wednesday the 10th that a com-
mittee be named to work out plans
und thut everything possible to do
should be done In making the event
u success
fluents at the club meeting were
the Itev lleorge Shearer of Run-
gel R R. Riiduly Mute secretary
for Texas Swluobreedern of Texas
A A M
The cause of the Y W C A. In
the oil belt district was ably pre-
sented b Miss Kmma J Ross
southwest regional secretary and
Mrs T L Dyer local finance chair-
man One of the features of the work
to be stressed .here -.til be tne
Girl's Reserve moveme.-.t. according
to those ladles
Attention Is called to the Code of
the Reserve:
One of the most Important
branches of this Y W C. A Is that
for girls between the agea of 12
and eighteen years. These girl
members are known as the Oil 1
Reserves and today 200.000 girls
ore happy In the privilege of being
called Gill Heserves. Their pur-
pose Is "To find and give the best."
and this purpose is carried out by
finding the best In their environ-
ment their friends their homes
their schools their community then
giving their best back Into ttiese
channels through loyal aorvlce and
loving deeds Their slogun Is "To
fuce life squarely" uud this they
do by meeting squurely the dally
tests which came ut homo und at
school ut wojk uud ut play Their
J code Is An. a Girl Reserve 1 will
be
Gracious In manner
Impartial In Judgment
Rondy for service
1-oyu! to friends
Reaching toward th best
Earnest in purpose.
Seeing the beautiful.
Ruger for knowledge.
Reverent to God.
Victorious over self
Ever dependable.
Sincere ut all times.
TO HEAR EXTRADITION.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 12 OP)
Governor Henry S Johnston's dt.
clslon us lo whether extradition to
Colorado would be grunted for
Floyd Jarrett. who Is charged with
murder lit connection with four
deaths entuiled in the robbery of
tho First National Bank at Lamar
Colo probably would not be made
before late today or tomorrow he
Indicated today
EX-EMPRESS OIKS.
COPENHAGEN Denmark. Sept.
12aVP The ex-empress Dagmoi. the
81-year-old widow of Alexander III
of Russia and sister of Alexandra
late queen mother of England. Is In
a precarious condition. She has
been in poor health for several
mouths.
ATHI .RTir.S
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YANKEES
Coin pi dint a Still
t'lewnted to Board
Litsiuitlslled tfixpuyern continue to
treek to the city hall to obtain "a I
heutlng before the board of eiuull-
autlon I'ourernlug (he new propetty!
valuations uHaeaaed ugulnst irupei-
iy owiiein loin yirwi
Almost every taxpuyer In the elty
has been hefuiu the huuid or will
be fuie they end their session It l.'i
thought.
Veiy little adverse comment Is
hoard concerning the now unit
standard system of property valua-
tion adopted by the city this yeur
after the citizens aref ully made to
understand the system the city au-
thorities sav
The boa id will continue to meet
until everyone has been given ti
hearluK thai so desires one Mayor
'lark suul
Gas Fumes Fatal
BEAUMONT Texas Sept. 12?
jjts lungs paralyzed from Inhaling
asotlnc Tommle Joe Collumn tg
six years choked to death yester-
day at the home of his parents. Mr
and Mrs. A B. Collumn at Oak-
dale La He Was attempting to
syphon gasoline fiom an automo-
blla tank and sucked the fluid Into
his windpipe Artificial respllatlon
proved futile
ISSUK STOKM WARNING.
WASHINGTON. Sept 12 lPi
The Weuther Uureau today Issued
the following storm warning
"Advisory 10 a m Tropical dis-
turbance Central near Island of
Dominica lesser Antilles moving
west or wv.st not th west ward at rule
of about ISO miles per duy attended
by winds of hurricane force near
center Its center will pass some
distance south of Porto Rico to-
night and probably Houtn of Haiti
Thursday Great caution advised
i vessels in Eastern Caribbean Sea
especially nortn of latitude 15 next
3d hour- "
ADAMS OIVKN HEARIWO.
DALLAS Sept 12 -Ray Ad-
amu Burtlelt farmei charged with
Hid Hlaylug Sept 1 of O L Mat-
thews employe of a Dallas bank
was given a preliminary heating
today to determine If he would be
allownl bond
Starting this morning the hear-
ing stilt wus under way this ufter-
uoon. Matthiwrt wus shot In the crowd-
ed business section while en route
to ihe bunk Adams .surrendered
shortly alter.
RP.STS WRI.L TODAY.
J M Taylor employed by the
Texus Electric Power und Light
company is resting well at his
home toduy following uu accident
Tuesday ufteruoou thul almost
pioved futul
Mr Tuylor is employed to refill
Filgldulrea In ull buslneas houses
thut use them with the eurbon di-
oxide gah. As Mr. Taylor w- fill-
ing the Filgldulre at the Lowery
tirocery store on East Walker
j street Do gus escaped und almost
tendered hlui uucbiisolou
He Is tecuvetlug toduy howi-vei
RADIO SUIT lll.KD
CHICAGO Sept 1L.P - Suit wus
filed toduy In (Milted States Dls
trlet Court seeking to lestruln the
Federal Rudlo Commission from
enforcing Ita order of September 1.
ruling moro than three score sta-
tions off the air The suit wus
filed on behalf of Stutlon WCRW
of Chicago operated by CHnton R
While who said other MtatlonH
were expected to Join in the auc-
tion. IIKAH l'EI.ON' "OAblJh
The first' of three felony cases
neildtlip HPnlnnt l.nnlln Tla(lo In
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' district court here were started in-
I da Tito first one Involves ths
i possession and sale of tntoxlciting
liquors
A Jury was solecled for this case
after much bickering The .fury-
men are: W. E. Adorns. II. Q. Scog-
glns. W. H. Cowen J H. Coleman
D. H. Coffman. D E. Bryant. T.
I Nixon S. A. Reynolds Herbert
Cranberry A J Dean.
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Pertinent Points
In Demo Platform
High spots of the plutfoi m adopt-
ed by the demociutlc patty of Tex-.
us: i
Ileuffltms devotion to the prluci-jor
plea of the putty. Its Idouls of per-
suual and political freedom und
fieo government. I
Right of election by the people'
und ucqulescence In the decisions
of the mujorlty.
Encouragement of public educa-
tion. Rigid economy In public expennos. I
Progressive udmlnistrr.tli poll-1
clos In keeping with r.tute uud na
tional advancement
Fidelity on tho part of public of-!
fleers
Endorse tha olstform of Govor-
nor Alfred E. Smith and Senator i
Joe T. Robinson.
EndoMej administration of Oo'-
a.am tmm XfnnjM a. ItftMiil m.4-
CIIIWI Ult HIWWUJ It IIWII9I hWlll-
petent eccnomlo and statesman-
like. Right of control of public utili-
ties and all classes of public ser-
vice concerns is Invested In the
government.
Legislutuio should consolidate
I existing departments bureaus und
commissions u.s step in economy.
Advocutea legislature study tux-
atlon. as existing system was de-
veloped without proper regard for
scientific und Just distribution of
tho burdens of government
Judicial reform Commission ot
appeals should bo ubollslfed und
units' Justices placed on tiie su-
preme court instiad of present
three men.
Commends present administra-
tion In progress made In reorgan-
ization of the management and bus-
iness administration of the state
prison system Favors prison cen-
tralization. CalU upon all officers and par
ty members to support settled pol-
icy of the state looking to the de-
stitution of traffic in alcoholic
liquors
"We submit that no luw can be
Ignored except at the cost of pub-
lic Integrity und that disobedience
of any law by common consent If
curried to Its logical end would es-
tablish u precedent that might be
pleaded in defense of anarchy. We
Helium riant To Be
Built bi Government
AMARILLO Texas Sept I2.tP
Government production of hullum
for use In llghter-thuu-uir ciafl of
the various services will he In
ceaed with the construction of
u helium plant ut honey near here.
Some 18 ucres of luud lying be
ween fedeiul highway No Ot) uud
the Ruck Island railroad have been
donated tor the purpose by W. H
Hush uwnei Natural gas from
which the helium Is extruded will
be obtulued from the Amurlllo Oil
company's Cllffslde workings by
pipeline. A new well with a flow
of 7100.000 cubic feet u day le-
! ?" CUm '" U"a UnMUr '"
drilled
The bureau of mines will super-
vise construction of the govern-
ment plant which will consist of
steel und timber frame buildings.
Walls will -be of hollow tile ot cor-
rugated fireproof sheeting. Equip-
ment will Include gas engines com-
proasois and uppaiatus for low-
pressure liquefaction of gus aoine
of which will bo spare nils moved
from the government helium plant
at Fort Worth
McMillan down.
ROOSEVELT FIELD. M Y Oct
12P A telephone message receiv-
ed here this afternoon from Clif-
ford McMillan of Syracuse first to
take off in tiie transcontinental air
race said McMillan had been forced
down on a mountain eight miles
west of Wllkes-Barre Pa.
The filer reported that his plane
had not been damaged but he re-
quested that a ship with spare
parts be sent to him at once.
ure opposed to any tepeul of our
statu constitutional amendment
piohlbltlng the uiuuufucture
transportation of intoxicating
liiruora." I
Legislature und the executive
should consider means for linprov
1 Ing agiicultuml conditions to alli'-t
vlute depresslonu In inrul living
conditions.
Uiges Texas lepresentatlveo in
Congroae to continue their efforts'
to reduce unfair and InequltublA
burdens Imposed upon agricultural
classes
Requests Texas railroad com-
mission to use Its best efforts to
bring about a reduction In unju
and burdensome ratc3 now initios-
ed upon firm products and live-
stock. i
Advocates that stabilized mini-
m 1 1 tr nut iBnlla ftVinn1 innnpllhn.i
I ui aciiuuia oe proviueu unu tout
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lno i.fiuov oi mv uv v;uiiiiiiui-u wy - ... . ...
the list legislature to guarantee' Geo. W Shearer are delivered In
payment of tuition of children from0 ?te " bh "? .
rural districts while attending high nd ent.?r"!n1nfEITlie church lawn
schools In other districts. was well filled wl'.h eager listeners
Fuvora laws to safeguard health
und liven of wuikmcn In their em-
ployment. "Wo bcllevo labor and
capital should have fall treatment
by the government and that rights
of each should be respected und
protected
Encourages
tho .legislature to
adequately support and maintain
institutions of higher learning
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Advocates enactment ox lcgLfa-
tlon u Preserve to the people the UntC(1 St(ltC3 mornln? t0 w-j flold sc0 ov jioj. hcad
streams and rivers as public re- ter Floyd McClaln son of J. A Mo-1 Ehmko sacrificed Gehrig to Lax-
source. Claln. 000 Eost Hullum YounK Mc-ri ninhoti sent un a hlch onn to
Public- roada snould be const act- claln Is leaving for the Venezuela r"mhV Hn 1 am Ld to
cd and maintained as other forms 0 cid3 as soon as his passpott Is Xlg No uns one hit n cr-
r. ltl un.vl... Tnvillnn nf mn.1 .-.1 1.. .V... Itr- .v. I.. . - n..- -'nnri. iXO rilllS. OHO Ull. "D r-
w Mu..w dv.i.v un....w. v. -
tor vehicles fuels and lubricants
U a proper source of Income for
highway construction and mainten-
ance. "We advocatu classification
of our hlghwuy.s into a system of
primary and secondary roads; that
the stute have u correlated system
of the mute Important hlghwuys ut
the earliest possible dute; uii'i thut
tho highway commission should fill
gups existing in otu present high-
ways." Convicts Captured
HOUSTON. Sept. '.Qn -Three
convicts of five who escaped from
the Winn statu prison farm for tu-
berculosis two miles northwest of
Huntsvllle still hud not been re-
captured early today
i 'I wo of the prisoner? were retok
o-H twn un lo(. a(or (h
bieuk. One wus found on u muln
stieet at Iluutsvtllc. dressed In his
prison uniform und the other wus
"treed" by bloodhounds about u
mllu from the V-rni
Convicts still ut lurge toduy wete
Paul Duunlson Eastland county
13 yeuis robbery by flreurms; Rob
Robblns Harris county & years.
robbery by firearms; John Reid
young county. 28 yeais robbery by
ilreuruu
GUN SHOT SCATTERS
GASOLINE THIEVES
Thieves were scattered In every
direction late last night when two
men attempted to drain the gaso-
line from the uutomobllo of a Mr
Duultou living on Live Oak street.
Mr Daulton heard the men dick-
ering with his car und fired In
their direction with a shotgun. Tho
men escaped howovei They left
their car behind which bore a
New Mexico license
Several suspicious persons ha.vel
been picked up by the police de
partment for Investigation.
DK MOLAYS TO MEET
Announcing the Majority degree
of the Dc Molay chapter at the
high school tonight at 8 o'clock
All Interested In the De Molay
work and all candidates please be and conductor died today at Rei-
present. I gate Surrey.
Man Dies When
ttridye Collapses
AU1L1CN10. Sept. U'.W- Four
hours after the collapse of u 43-
foot concrete hpun on a btldge
near heie yesterday the body of
Sebu Riles foreman was found
bulled under 70 tons of wet con-
ci ete.
Riles who resided In Waco wus
sab-Liiiiil' hminath the center sec
tlon on a. scaffold when the atiuc
turn collapsed.
Nine other workmen Including
i-10j j Hutchlus of Abilene In-
npector were on top of tho span
.vin u invi wnv. but oscupod
with minor Injuries.
An investigation was slotted to-
tiav .. w. n Elv. stute highway i
commissioner und W. H. Van Lou-
dou resident highway engineer of
Mitchell county who was super
vlslne construction of the bridge.
iiiJ.Vf f?;l
ZMCtfUitcoi in;tnui
Grows In Interest. i"TT"v. Mtiu
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snir ted and the sermons 1
last night
Daylight service 10 to 11 a in
Evening song service 7 30 p m
Evening services 6 p in.
All Christians and well wishers
arc cordially Invited to participate
In these services
Passport Issued
lllo HTnfr.nl tt.'Mjl lln. ttnrt
UAIP3 .Vi'lUVI IIWUi uiaw.i.fc i.iw.i
.. .. tnr innvinr- iim.
liUlifjJICU U) Ull' UUIIIIIt) tWll U
thorltlci.
He has spent 22 months in the
Venezuela fields bcfoie he said
MrCluin Is u roiintiuctlon worker
uud wuiked for the Ataudurd Oil
Company of Indiana uu his tlr.it
trip to the foreign country.
McClaln will be accompanied by
u companion.
Ballough Wins
YUMA. Ariz Sept J'-MP) E. E.
Bullotigh of Chicago with a brund
new motor In his Laird plane led
the field of 15 cluss B transconti-
nental rucers out of Yu1u ul 8-'15
mountuln time toduy for San Diego
where the last leg ot the national
air races claamlc to Los Angeles
will stitit lutr toduy.
Abandons Search
ROME. Sept 12. P) Abandon-
ment by the Itulluu government of
fuither seurch for possible surviv-
ors of the "balloon party" in the
Noblle atctlc dlsastei wua seen to-
day when miutinccmont was ptude
thiuugh the Stefunl News agency
that vessels now in Spitsbergen
watets would be leculled.
Oglesby Acquitted
Roy Oglcsby. uu ttlut iu district
court Tuesday on charges of pos-
session of liquor was ucqultted by
the Jury und given his liberty Im-
mediately following.
Cases werec ontinued this morn-
ing in the district court. Including
the charges against Luclle Hejda
HOOVEIt NOT PLEDGED
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. P-
Herbort Hoover today frankly told
u delegation from the woman's
rty that he would not pledge
pa
himself to an equal rights amend-
ment to the Constitution until he
had completed an exhaustive study
of tho effect of puch a change In
tho fundamental law
COMPOSER DEAD.
LONDON. Sent. 12. 1P Howard
Talbot. 03. American born composer
CONNIE MACK
ENTERS (IAME
AGAINST ODDS
Frantic ThroiMj Sees Yanks
Co Down In Defeat
Wednesday
YANKKK STADIUM NI'W
YORK Sept 12 !'- -Nursing lha
smuitlng bi nines of three heavy
defeuts the Philadelphia Athli-tlc)
came out toduy to capture the final
struggle with the New York YanU
ecs uud halt the cliuliipluus In thell
rush for the Ainurlcan League
pennuut.
Anothei defeut for the Alhletl'i
would set them three nnd a hulf
utiles behind the flVlng Yunkeen
Another big crowd saw the con
test In which Hoyt opposed I'hml e
on the pitching hill.
Tho butting order:
N13W YORK. Combs cf; Koenig
ss Oehrlg lh Ruth rf; Mcusl
If: Lnzzerl 2b Robeitson. 3b. Bui
gough c; Hoyt. p
ATHLKTK'R Rlnliop. 2b. Hans
cf Cochrane c Simmons If: Foxx
lb. Miller rf: Dykes 3b; Boloy ss
r.hmke p.
Umplroa Dlnecn N.tllln Owens
I and McOowan.
I Firs' riinlni.
athletics: Bishop poPPad to
Kocnli? Haas sent up a high one
which Combs took. Cochrane sin-
.i.i -. ..i eii- 411..!
Combs ICoenlg grounded out to
Foxx Gehrig took a third called
strike No runs no hits no ertota
Second Inning
ATHLETICS Foxx struck out
Miller lined out to Lazzurl Lazzeri
made a leaping catch. Dykes also
fanned going after a high lual one
No runs no hits no errors
YANKEES Ruth singled Into
left. Meusel hit Into a double play
Dykes to Bishop to Fovx. La.en
foulod out to Cochrane No runs
one hit no errors
4JIIIU AIIOIIIK.
a tut vma n. i... .
Third Innliu.'.
rors
YANKEES- Robertson singled
past Bishop Bcugough filed out ti
Miller. Ilovl forced Roberts m
Elimke to Boley Boloy wus hint In
Robeitson who slid into the bag
Combs wuiked Hoyt scored in
j Koonlg'.s single over shortst ip
ouioa koiuk iu mini iieiint; ini-ii
out to Simmons. One tun two hits
no el I old
Fourth lulling
ATHLETICS- Coimruuo doubt!
into tight. Simmons got a bso on
balls. Bengough Uy a quirk throw
hud Simmons trapped off fu it
Cochrane dinted for third and tho
play was made uu him and ho w is
run down BeugouKh to La-7.erl to
Robertson to Koonlg. Foxx singled
Into center Slmmoni' gnui Ij
third Simmons scored on Millrr
sacrifice fly to Combs tombs
throw to the plate was wide m.J
Foxx went to second Foxx 'rt 1
on Dyko'a single to center UoKj
filed out to Meusel Two ran
three hits one error
YANKEES- Ruth was out Blsl
op to Foxx Boley threw out Mi u
set at flint Luz't'ri stiuck out Ni
tuns no hits no errors
Fifth Inning.
ATHLETICS Luzzoil tossed out
Ehml'.e. Ruth muired Bishop' fly
Haas filed out to Meusel No runs
no hits no crtors
YANKEES: Robeitson got a
base on balls Bengough got a Tex
us Leuguer Into light Robertson
going to third Hoyt hit Into a doti
ble pluy. Robeitson scored the play
being Bishop to Boley to Foxx
Combs singled to loft. Comb-i went
out stealing Cochrane to Boley
One run. two hits no orrurs
Sixth Inning.
ATHLETICS. Cochrane went out
to Gehrig unassisted Simmons
sent a hot single to center Foxx
?truc- out- " ' olt
Mil
ler No runn one hit no errors.
YANKEES- Koenlg singled into
r8ht Gehrig hit Into a double
play Bishop to Boloy to Foxx
Ruth singled past Bishop. Meuu 1
struck out. No tuna two hits no
errors.
Seventh Inning.
ATHLETICS: Gehrig took Dyke's
shot and beat him to tho hatr Boley
CONTINUED ON PAQE 5 )
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