The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1924.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
'
iLD WAVE PREDICTED OVER STATE
[WO CHILDREN BURNED NEAR GREENVILLE
Ith Temperature
Propping Ten to
Twenty Degrees
IAS LEAD
CUT TO 5,000
(By AfOtfUl Prrm> -
New Orleans, La., Jan. 17.—With
pproximatoly two-thirds of the un-
fficial returns In Tuesday’s Dem-
ratlc primary counted, Henry Fu-
ay is leading Hewitt Bouanchaud
about five thousand votes for
according to tabulations
4he Times Picayune today. Hie
ite of Fuquay is 68,855, Bounchaud
1,437, Long 55.5*0,
I The present returns indicate that
| second primary will be necessary.
r Orleans, Jan. 18.—The
in yesterday’s Democratic
cry for governor received up to
Ijlght, showed that Henry L. Fu-
had been reduced to ap-
’ 5,000 votes, according to
abulated by the Timea-
Icayune Aat that hour.
) Retums\ from 050 precincts out
1,088 i* the state give:
[Fuqua, 4M58; Hewitt Beuan-
and, 88,087; Huey P. Long, 55,-
jf '
Tabulation of the vote east for
lididates for the other state of-
was proceeding slowly. Tor-
ntial rains throughout the state
eyed returns from the country
PREMIER
(GIVES SUPPORT TO
LABOR AMENDMENT
I CBS Assesses #S Press;
| London, Jan. IT.—Fenner Pre-
Asquith, leader of the re-united
il party, announced in the
of commons today that ho
veto in favor of the labor
sent, sxprsaaing "no eonfi-
in the Baldwin government
, said he would advise alt his
to do the same.
IS DEAD
16 ARE INJURED
M WRECK TODAY
flh) AsserteM Prt*>
oulsville, Ky., Jan. 17.—Sixteen
were injured, one fatally,
i an internrban car crashed into
linol* Central freight train at
ling near hero today. C. H.
of Louisville, interurban mo-
an, died soon after the wreck,
nn)an, died so
bjpssi
TONERS ■
FIND BAD ROADS
county commissioners wont
m the eounty farm Wednesday
JM a great time looking osar
In, as everything was In ex-
condition. After eating a
feminer, prepared by Mrs. Skln-
(hey started home late in the
oon. Then ia when the trouble
as their ear stuck eight |
I causing them to arrive in
8 o’clock Wednesday night
donor is more than
, f*vor of good roads.
—
>le Clef club will serve
i luncheon next Tuesday at
(By AuoriaU i Pruts)
Dallas, Jan. 17.—Sleet and snow
fell over Oklahoma and portions of
North and Northwest Texas, with the
theniometer today ranging from
eight degrees above zero at Ama-
rillo, to fifty degrees at Corpus
Cnristi, according to the Dallas
weather bureau.
Unsettled, with probably snow or
rain, is the forecast for Dallas and
vicinity tonight.
Shippers are warned to prepare
for the following temperatures in
£he next iwenty-four to thirty-six
hours: North Texas, 10 to 20 de-
grees; Bart and Weat Texas, 20 de-
grees; South Texas, freezing to near
San Antonio and Houston.
NEGRO WOMAN GETS
FIVE DAYS IN JAIL
THEFTOF 7 CENTS
Austin, Texas, Jan. 17.—Sally
Parry, negro woman, waa convicted
ia the Travis county court
Wednesday of theft of a package
of washing powder, valued at seven
cents, from a local store, and sen-
tenced five days in jail and to pay
all costs of court.
REBELS DEEY UNITED
SIAIfS AND SET UP
Are the Daughters
of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Spencer
HOMER L PHARR
APPOINTED JUDGE
AT BROWNFIELD
The many friends of Homer L.
Pharr of this county will be glad
to learn that he was this week ap-
pointed special district judge st
Brownfield to try a number sf
esses in which District Judge Mc-
Mullen was disqualified.
HOPKINS COUNTY
BONDS APPROVED
AT AUSTIN
Austin, Texas, Jen. 17.—The At-
torney General Wednesday approv-
ed $160,000 of bonds for Hopkins
.county road district No. 8, being
serial fire and one-thirds.
(By AmoH«trd Prsm)
Mexico, City, Jan. 17.—Three reb-
el gunboats today are blockading
Tampico, the greatest petroleum ex-
port in Mexico. The gunboats are
patrolling off the Tampico harbor.
It is understood they arrived frdtn
Vtrfa Urttz Monday.
Vessels seeking to enter Tampico
harbor with munitions from the
United States for the Ohregon gov-
ernment will be escorted by Ameri-
can gunboats, the war office here
announced.
This was the only comment made
by the government on the action of
Adolfo De la Huerta, rsbsl leader,
in declaring the blockade.
Vessels desiring to leave the har-
bor have been given six day* in
which to do so, while those desirous
of entering may_do so until Friday
night.
U. S. DELIVERS 34 PLANES TO
FEDERALS
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 17.—
Twenty-four airplanes will be deliv-
ered by the air intermediate depot
at Kelly field to the Mexican gov-
ernment, according to orders receiv-
ed from the war department at the
Eighth corps area headquarters here
today.
Eight pianos have already been
delivered to Mexican federal repre-
sentatives at Eagle Pass. In addition
to the planes, 5,000,000 rounds of
ammunition and 25,000 rifles are to
be delivered from the Eighth corps
area storehouse. Five car loads of
ammunition and rifles have been
shipped.
In addition to the government
shipments, 8,000 saddles have been
shipped this week by a saddlery com-
pany here to the federals.
All of the transactions are being
handled here by Consul General
Alejandro Lubbert.
(By Am-j-mwi Prrm,
Greenville, Texas, Jan. 17.—
Burned beyond recognition, the bod-
ies of Ruby Lee, three years old,
and Maybell, two years old, daugh-
ters of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Spencer,
were removed from the ruins of the
Spencer home, which was destroyed
by fire early today, at Floyd, near
her*.
Clause of the fire has not been as-
certained.
U. S. CRUISER
TACOMA AGROUND
NUEVO LAREDO OFFICERS TOLD
TO STAY AT HOME /
Laredo, Texas, Jan. 17.—Instruc-
tions were issued yesterday by mili-
tary commander of Nuevo Laredo
prohibiting any members of the mil-
itary, federal, state or municipal
services of Nuevo Laredo from
crossing to the American side of the
Rio Grande. As there have been a
few rebei sympathizers in Laredo, it
is thought that these orders were is-
sued to prevent any employe of the
municipal or state government from
meeting with these sympathizers.
MORE PUBLICITY
FOR SULPHUR SPGS.
Sam Cohen, business manager of
the Edenborn Lines, a well known
magazine published in the interest
of the L. R. A N. and other rail-
road lines owned by Mr. Edenborn,
is here today in consultation with
the busineae men of Sulphur Springs
in regard to giving the city more
publicity along that line.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 17.—The United
States cruiser Tacoma, aground on
Bianquillas reef, off Vera Cruz, has
three compartments flooded, accord-
ing to a wireless received from the
ship today at the navy department.
Tugs standing by said that hopes
vAire entertained that the craft
could be drawn into deeper waters
as soon as the heavy seas subsided.
The Tacoma was thrown onto the
reef during a storm.
GETS ONE YEAR
IN STATE PEN
IN FLOGGING CASE
HENRY FORD MAY
MAKE A DEFINITE
OFFER FOR SHOALS
(By AwmM IWal
Washington, Jan. 17.—A predic-
tion that Henry Ford within tho nett
few daya will maka a definite itate-
mont as to whether be would bo will-
ing to take over tho government’s
nitrate project at Muscle Shoals was
mad# today by Chairman Kahn of
the houaa military committee. The
hearing on the question gave no de-
tail! to the eommittee.
J. E. Stribling waa in town again
today with fifty more eggs from his
famous White Rocks that he placed
in the Johnaon hatchery. He placed
fifty in the hatchery last week.
WOMAN GETS
LIFE SENTENCE
IN KENTUCKY
(By AMorimtvrf Brrtt,
Georgetown, Texas, slan. 17.—
Glenn Gossett, charged with assault
with a prohibited weapon, was found
guilty and his punishment fixed at
one year in the penitentiary today.
He is charged with having assaulted
R. W. Burleson in April of last year,
when Burleson was taken from an
automobile near here and flogged.
(By ^wociaM Pr.u)
Paducah, Ky., Jan. 17.—Mrs.
tmma Skilian was sentenced to life
imprisonment here today on a
charge of being an accessory to the
murder charge growing out of the
killing of Mrs. Rosetta Warren and
her unborn child here last April.
Tho atato charged Mrs. Skilian con-
spired with Mrs. Henrietta Wagner
to plant ten sticks of dynamite under
Mrs. Warren's bed.
VENIRE DRAWN
FOR COUNTY COURT
REUGIOUS THIEF
LUGS MASSIVE
CRUCIFIX AWAY
Houston, Texas, Jan. 16.—Police
today searched for a man whom they
believe stole a marble crucifix
from a monument company here to
set up a shrine in his home where
he might worship alone.
Search of every cemetery failed
to locate the missing monument.
The block weighed more than 106
pounds and absence of vehicle
/< racks near the marble yard led
police to believe the man lugged the
stone away in his arms.
The sheriff's force Is busy trt.iy
serving citations in different parts
of the county for the coming,.term of
District court, being the last dav for
that work.
The Jury commission to draw the
venire for the next term of county
court met today and completed its
work. J. G. Stephens of Saltillo
was unable to serve and Judge Bert-
ram appointed J. Boggs to take his
place. The other two members, J.
B. Mahaffey of Brashtgar and L. L.
Blansett of Sulphur Springs, were
present
The Treble Clef club met Wed-
nesday in a regular business session
at their club room in the library.
(Bn Associated Pram) _
Lake Hunt, N. J., Jan. IT.—Aft-
er the! most remarkable flight made
in e dirigible ainhip, a flight that
started early last-night when a sev-
enty-two-mile gale swept her from
her mooriag mast, the giant Shenan-
doar, pride of the United States
navy, waa in the hands of the ground
crew at the naval air station hare
this morning, aeon after 4, < clock
having been lodged safely in her
hangar.' .%<
Overcoming furious winds, Captain
Heinen, who was in command of the
crew of twenty-two men.
to turn the Shenandoah’s nose into
tho teeth of the gale, only'after they
had been blown over Staten Island,
New York.
Tho dirigible was only slightly
damaged.
Lakehuret, N. J., Jan. 17.—The
world’* largest ainhip, thevnavy
dirigible Shenandoah, which waa
loosed from her mooring meets and
swept along the Atlantic coast by
a gal* that reached seventy-two
miles an hour, was gallantly fighting
her Way home last night
For more than an hour ‘off
at the naval airship station held lit-
tle hope that she ever would be
brought back safely. Finally, how-
ever? wireless messages indicated
that the ship waa under control and
would ride eut the storm.
While it could not bo learned defi-
nitely whether the attempt would be
made to land her iast night, Lieut.
J. C. Sanderson, meteoroiigist, said
he helievetf the storm .would die
down'before daylight, and it might
be possible to bring the ship back toJ had turned her bow toward Naw
‘her hangar. Every man and officer
at the station was ordered to stand
by, ready to help with the landing
should the ship return while acres of
land above the station were Illumi-
nated with hug* searchlights.
Late reports said the hug* dirigi-
ble had passed over various New Jer-
sey cities, including Newark, and had
flown so low at one point that the
voices of her crew could, be heard
on tho ground; that it reached Sta-
ten Island, New York, and after
hovering there for several minutes
Jersey again in the direction of Lake-
burst.
FIVE RAILROADS
MUST INSTALL
SAFETY STOPS
Washington, Jan. 17.—Several
Texes roads were ordered yesterday
by the interstate commerce com-
mission to install automatic tffcin
atop or control devices before
February 1, 1926.
The roads and territory over
-which they were ordered to make
the installations were: Fort Woflb
A Denver City, from Texline to
Fort Worth; G. H. A 8. A., between
El Paso and Houston; Houston 4k
Texas Central, between Houston
and Denison; Ksty, between St.
Louis and Galveston; Texaa A Pa-
cific, between Dallas and El Paso.
INVALID QUELLS
DRUNK’S CAREER
WITH BALL BAT
Washington, Jan. l7.—Fifty-five
families wei;e held prisoners by a
drunken man with a revolver in a
down-town apartment building yes-
terday, until a sick man arose
from his bed and knocked out the
misoreant with a baseball bat
Sam W. Armor, after a quarrel
with a woman, mad* a futile attempt
at suicide. Somebody called the
police In the uproar and tho enrag-
ed man, racing through the halls ef
the building, revolver in hand, held .-J
its occupants cowering in thOkr
apartments threatening to kill the
first who emerged until George K.
Kidwell rose from his sick bod,
broke the marauder’s arm with s
baseball bat and held him until ths
police arrived.
Th*| small son of Mr. and Mrs.
BrodiS McClendon is skk.
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1924, newspaper, January 17, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth826125/m1/1/: accessed February 18, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.