Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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Buy what you need in busy,
bustling Borger. Patronizing
Home Enterprise is the Best
way in which to Build your
Town.
Phone 13
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION CITY OF BORQfiR, TEXAS
,VOL. 2—NO. 31.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BORGER, TEXAS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1927.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WILLIAM HICKMAN CONFESSES TO OTHER CRIMES
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Borger Starts Campaign To Get Pullman Named In City's Honor
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OKLAHOMA SENATE IN ARGUMENT AS TO WHETHER SESSION IS LEGAL
# QUESTION POPS
UP WHEN ORDER
IS PRESENTED
Effort Is Made to Place Lieu-
tenant Governor in
Chair
BRINGS CLIMAX
Senator Argues That Court Is
Illegal and Cannot
Suspend
OKLAHOM A ('IT V. I>«•<•.
f/f'i — Impeachment charges
iiKiiiiul Governor Johnston and
Mvo other state officials wi'i'i'
dismissed today l>y members of
tin* Oklahoma stall' senate sit-
ling as a court of impeach-
ment. By a vote of 22 lo Iti
t I lie senators adopted a motion
of Senator .Andrews holding
that the House of Represen-
tatives had no authority to
convene and bring charges.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 2!), (/Pi
— An order suspending Governor
Henry Johnston from office until
charges against him have been de-
cided, and placing Lieutenant Gov-
ernor W. .1. Holloway in the chair,
was presented to the purported sen-
ate impeachment court h.v Sena-
tor Lester Smith today.
The ^presentation of the order
^^immediately brought to a climax
the discussion as to whether char-
ges against the governor had been
presented in a logical manner.
Thirthy-six senators were in the
hotel room when the meeting was
called to order. As soon as the
Smith order, which was signed by
Senator MasWillison. presiding of-
ficer of the court, was offered,
Senator Guy Anderson of McAles-
ter began a lengthy argument that
charges before the court were from
an illegally convened house, and
(hat. therefore, the court could not
suspend the governor.
The session was still meeting
early this afternoon with members
of the senate still discussing the
legality of the charges against the
governor.
FORT WORTH
EOUALS RENO
IN DIVORCES
Texas, Dec. 20,
martial ships go
every month in
HARDING BODIES IN NEW TOMB
LOCAL MAN
APPLIES FOR
'GOOD BOY,' SAYS EDWARD'S MOTHER
m
Santa Fe Headquarters Prom-
ises Cooperation in
Movement
TO COMMITTEE
Pullman Company Will Con-
sider Application and
File in Order
Borger may say it with Pullman
r.-ir in tile future. John H. White,
local attorney has taken the mat-
ter up with officials of the Pull
man company, and also with the
Santa Fe headquarters of Topeka.
Both companies promise considers
tion of the plea, the Santa Fe stat-
ing they will bring all pressure av-
ailable to bear and the Pullman
impany promising to place the ap-
plication before the committee on
nomenclature
lu a letetr to Mr. White, th<
issistant to the president of the
Pullman company points out that
llie company already has a list of
|approved names and further calls
I attention to the fact that few cars
are being built at present. Hi
adds, however, that Borger's ap-
plication will be filed and considei
ition given in due ordei
when Hie bodies of President
to the new $800,000 Harding
shows Hie sarcophagus, con-
Formal burial rites were held the other day
and Mrs. Warren (!. Harding were removed
Memorial tomb at. Marion. O The picture
taining the body of President Harding, being lowered into the crypt
final resting place.
MAN ARRESTED
WHEN CAR HITS
A PEDESTRAIN
Posses Give Up In
Search For Bandits
Tax Refund Bill
May Be Postponed
CISCO, Dec.
day
FORT WORTH,
Wl—One hundred
upon the rocks
|Fort Worth
This is indicated in the total
number of divorce eases tiled in
the four civil courts here during
si 12 month period ending Dec. ."> 1.
With several days yet to go there
were 1.18:* divorces granted in
11)27 and more than 100 cases dis-
missed. It is estimated by attor-
neys thai these cases netted Fort
Worth lawyers approximately $22.-
000 on the estimated average of
twenty dollars a case.
The securing of divorces ran
steady through the year with a
slight increase in August and the
fall months. Notable was the in-
crease ill number of husbands suing
for separation over the number of
the year before.
Chief allegations against hus-
bands have been cruel treatment,
Intoxication, non-support and ab-
andonment. The main charges
against wives have been infidelity,
a penchant for night parties away
from their homes and desertion.
Court officials admit lllat il still
Is customary for the husbands lo
permit the wife lo tile a divorce
suit, "as a courtesy of a
gentleman" when the
finds grounds. However.
The first acident to be reported
since the opening of the new coun-
ty and city paving in the south
port of Borger, occurred last night
when W. A. Henderson, Isom town-
site man, was run down in a car
driven by J. W. Hawkins, employed
at Grissom's garage in Isom, who
was driving a Buick roadster. Mr.
Henderson was unconscious for
several minutes following the acci-
dent.
Mr. Henderson was crossing the
street in company with Harry
Lightcap of the fsum Townsite com-
pany between Hatcher Drug store
and the Black hotel when struck
by the speeding car. Hawkins drove
to the curb after having drug the
victim for several feet and park-
ed his car. rushing back to
the injured man.
Mr. Henderson was rushed into
I he hotel and an emergency physi-
cian called, who reported that I he
extent of his injuries could not be
determined, but said lie believed
Henderson was suffering from in-
ternal injuries, the patient having
complained of pains in his right
side most of the night and regis-
tered a high fever.
Hawkins was arrested by Deputy
M. K. Brown and lodged in jail, but
was released a few hours later on
an appearance bond, to await a
change in the condition of Hender-
son.
Fields Undertaking company am-
bulance answering the call, rushed
Miss Heeder to the scene as nurse
The patient was left at the hotel
and Aliss Heeder assigned to care
for him.
29, (/P)—- I'osses
concluded their search for two
men believed to have been implica-
ted in the bank robbery here last
week. The robbers are thought to
be hiding in the dense cedar brakes
of the Brazos river, near here.
In the meantime officers have
turned their attention to the state-
ment made hv the slain chief of po-
lice, Bedford, that tt was a woman
who shot him. Bedford died the
day after the robbery. Officers are
tracing the movements of a wo-
man now being held in jail at Al-
bany.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 2!).
I(/P)—That is was the desire of ad-
to-1 ministration leaders in the senate
to delay the tax bill until after
March 15. so that definite informa-
tion could be obtained on this
year's returns was disclosed today I
by Chairi^k Smoot of the Sen-'
ate Finan^pcommtttee, who asked
Secretary Mellon if such action I
would inconcenience the treasury, j
Pictured here is the
kidnaper and murder
sists that her boy is
mother of William Edward Hickman, confessed
of a Los Angeles banker's daughter, who si ill in-
innocent of the crime with which he is charged
ADMITS ONE
MORE MURDER
MORE THEFTS
California Druggist Was One
Of Victims Last Christ-
mas Eve
WRITES IT
Says Kindness of Officials
Induced Further
Confession
LOS ANGELES, Dec 29. (/Pi
Wiliam Hickman, kidnapper and
murderer of Marion Parker, has
j confessed to another killing and an-
| other series of lesser crimes.
The nineteen year old youth ob-
' igingly admitted to police last
■night that he shot down Ivev
Thorns, Rose li ill, California, drug-
gist. in a gun battle while holding
! up Thorn's stor1 on Christmas eve.
j 1 9 26.
' Hickman's newest confession,
i written iii his own hand, implicated
[Welbv Hunt, Alhambra, California
j youth in the drug store gun bat-
111 e and in the theft of an automo-
bile from Kansas City a few weeks
I previously. Hunt, arrested and
| questioned, admitted taking part
jin the holdup but denied any part
|in the actual murder of Thorns.
Police declared Hickman's con-
fession was written by him in re-
turn for kindness bestowed upon
! him in jail by officials here.
Hickman today confessed lo other crimes.
Cavats For Americans
From Napoleon's Pants
Lions Will Have a
Banquet and Dance
"BORGER" IS
NAME OF NEW
PUBLICATION
The Borger Lions dab meeting
at luncheon Thursday noon ai the
Black hotel, set next Thursday
night as their official date for a
assist | banquet and dance to be given the
Lions and their ladies. Rev. John-
son, who is holding services every
evening at the Baptist tabernacle
and Mr. Vaughn, his choir leader
were guests. Mr. Vaughn sang
several solos and led the Lions in
other songs.
Haywood Moore was appointed
Lion of the Day to have charge of
next Thursday night's celebration,
which will be held at the Black
hotel.
Snake Earrings Now
Affected in Mayfair
earrings
is more
Speeders Warned
' Following the arrest of .1 W.
Hawkins last ngthl. charged with
speeding, for the running down
and injuring of W. A Henderson.
Isom Townsite man. County Attor-
ney ('. i>. Works issued a slate-
men declaring that break neck
husband i speeding In Hutchinson county and
It is HiHt-1 within the city limits of Borger
| must stop.
"We have had several cases
I where speedsters have been let oft
i with light lines, bin with improved
sunt hern 1
LONDON (Pi Snake
are the vogue. There
dangle about them than
some reach almost to tin
A popular pattern is that of two
snake loops interlocked, with bril-
liants tor eyes and jeweled langs.
Snakiness is so much the rage
jthat even handbags have frames
of snake designs, the head forming
i lie clasp.
Fort Worth Grocer
Hangs Self in Barn
An official bulletin of the Board
of Trade and Commerce will be
printed and distributed in Borger
and neighboring oil fields and cities,
informing the public generally of
the true conditions existing in every
industry in Borger—in an effort to
•sell Borger to the home people as
well as to people outside the state,
O C. Goodwin, secretary of the
Board of Trade announced Thurs-j
day morning.
Outstanding men in every indus-l
try. such as gasoline refineries, car-
bon plants, crude oil production
and other leading industries, will
contribute articles expressing their
views of the situations existing here
and also giving a detailed report
of the industry in which lhey are
interested and the many uses of by
products which are refined and
manufactured by their company.
PARIS (/P)—Historic wearing ap- j
parel of more or less authenticity
is being cut up to make cravats
| for sale in an exclusive New York
j haberdashery. Thus Wall Street oil;
kings may shortly be wearing ex-
pensive neckwear made out of Na-
j poleon's old breeches or the night-
shirt of Louis XVI.
| The American woman who is buy-j
jing fragments of famous folks]
clothes for cravat conversion has j
no easy task. Authenticated gar- j
meuts of proper richness and sub- i
stantialit.v are mostly in museums.
The few available pieces, sufficiently!
well preserved lo withstand reno-
vation. require seeking after. Once ;
found however, the ancient silks
are considered superior in quality !
and coloring to modern pieces And
their attractive history enhances
their retail price enormously
LIGHT DOCKET
GREETS COURT
THIS MORNING
One Paris Policeman
Collector of Language
PARIS (/P)—Paris has a lingtiis- i
tie cop, Monsieur Fickler, who can
speak six languages and has an j
ambition to master ten
He is a Frenchman, horn in Lor-
raine under the German regime, so!
he had two languages to start with, j
He left, school at fourteen, during |
One of the lightest dockets in
the history of the city was report-
ed at police court this morning. |
Two men were arrested for intoxi-
cation and lined $ 1 s and costs
C. D. Matthis was arrested on
three counts, charted with theft '
ot' over fifty dollars, on each count, j
in connection with the sale of bank-j
nipt drilling equipment, abandon-
ed by his company, which he is al- j
legen to have sold in order to pay
employees back salaries. His pre-
liminary hearing will be heard ill
.Justice II. M Hood's court this
a fternoon.
J. W. Hawkins, was
charged with speeding, in
tion wi
Abbey Gates Cleaned
First Time in Century
LONDON (/Pi—For the first time
jin more than 100 years the great
j bronze gates of Henry YII's chapel
|in Westminster Abbey are being
cleaned.
The marvelous fashioning of
'these gates was last fully revealed
I when in preparation for the coro-
|nation of George IV of England,
[who ordered them to be gilded all
over. For some time afterwards
I they looked like veritable gates of
I gold.
j The cleaning now going on is
! bringing to light, patches of gilt
1 that have withstood the wear of
ja century, but the old bronze, now
Visible, outshines it.
t The gates are of priceless value.
They are one of the best examples
iif tin work of Pietro Torrigiano.
j fellow pupil of Michael Angelo. A
man of most tempestuous tempera-
ment. it is recorded that Torrigiano
1n one of his frequent outbursts
hurled a chisel at Michael Angelo
and broke his nose.
th I lie
injuring of W
townsite man,
Henderson was
near the Black
arrested,
connec-
rnuniiig down and
A. Henderson, 1 so ill
last night as Mr
crossing the «treet
hotel.
Must Teach Milking
But They Lack Cows
EXECUTIVES OF
ASSOCIATION
MEET TONIGHT
... p ,. . .. . . I he war he was in a German prison
Heads of the leading business! .
., ,,, , . camp in Russia and since then he
institutions in the city will contri- , ... , bailments
, . . .... . ,, , has picked tip Knglish. Italian audi1'"'""" ,
bute articles telling ol the wonder-l" | u number of
ever, and!1"' advantages to be derived from
shoulder. I trading at home, of the perman-
cd, more husbands are losing their
chivalrous quirk each year and
have since been granting of equal
rights ,1o women. ...
Kejf divorces are contested. Inl'oad conditions this ruthless prac-
negligible number, only tIn
I ency of Borger and the opportuni-
ties existing here in every phase
of development.
The official organ of the Board
| of Trade will be known as "Bor-
j ger" and will be published on the
| tenth day of each month, Mr.
j Goodwin is securing the names ot
prospective subscribers and centers
j where the bulletin will be circula
i ted. He plans to distribute the
first edition on January 10.
ihas picked up
Spanish after hours at night
Chinese is his pastime now
afterwards lie intends to study
bian Portugese and Polish
LATE NEWS
Ara-
}
(By Tha Associated r*riMB)
■fr iii„ uushand appears, as the
i ',,H "Irfncn u waiver, or liasi
t lie I'mintrv ... .
«v- only u ipvv inin
lilies is required |0 t|.v
lice has assumed
portions. I inli
unreasonable pro- i
ml to investigate ,
the city ordinances with references:
to^speeding in Borger and also in
FORT WORTH, Dec. 29, (/P)-~!
Hanging himself with a rope to
a rafter in his barn, Walter Car-
son, grocer, ended his life here to-
day. He had been in ill health I
for some time.
Klectrle locomotives are belli);
I > .1 i 11 by Italy for Us railroads.
mill
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Shakespeare
universities of
is being
Japan,
si udled in
Charlie Paddock Could i
Learn Fom These Men
I'LAIWIKW, Dec. -2l . (/Pi—
A. I„ Ilitchcj and three com-
panions inn dow n mid rapt ne-
ed alitc pound buck deer
near here. The animal was lied
b.\ ills feet and brought back lo
town.
SANTA FK, \. >1.—Bronson
(lilting. republican publisher
of the Santa Fe \e« Mexican,
was today appointed by Gover-
nor Dillon to till llie unexpired
tenn of Senator .(ones. Demo-
crat, who died last week.
I HKVKWK. tt mi. — The
I'nitcd Stales navy loilay re-
gained possession of the Tea-
pot Dome Oil reserve when
Judge Kennedy ordered a for-
mal decree transferring t In-
lands leased by Albert B. Fall
to Harry Sinclair, buck to the
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A special called meeting ot the
Christmas Cheer association was
i issued this morning for a meeting
one | tonight at the City Hall at 7:30
p. m. by Mayor (.leu A Pace, cbair-
ui a n
The purpose of tonight's meet-
ing is to cheek up on the work
done by the association in charity
relief campaign and to establish tin
association on h permanent basis.
"Wi have near $1,000 in the
bank at present with a great deal
of merchandise and clothing." tin
chairman said, "and now that Hie
Christmas cheer and charity work
is nearing completion, we should
arrange the association so tha! il
will be able to take care of charity
cases that arise throughout, the en-
suing year ot 192S."
Baskets of food, clothing and
other necessities have been dis-
patched to needy homes for more
i I han thi "'' weeks. More than -tin
Over Half Way Home'basket s of food, costing approxi-
mately ten dollars each were left
DALLAS. Dei 2! , (,<Pi Mrs. Kv- .it netjdy homes, while tovs. clolh-
angeline Lindbergh stopped. h< 'e'iim. bedding and other lfecessitles
twenty-five minutes today on her | were also contributed where need
return flight to Detroit from Mex-ied
leo City The plane left San An- Fven mem bet of the executivi
PARIS (/Pi Milking cows i
of tile principal courses of study
in the agricultural education d<
recently instituted in a
girls' high schools here,
and I ''"I'"" proficiency in the art is to
be determined by examinations
The course presents problems
which directors of the school are
having difficulties in solving. Since
the Board of Kducasion has NOT
provided cows, the schooling must
be done b> prox> 111 two or three
cases where puhlii benefactors have
offered to provide the hovines.
teachers are slumped by the prob-
lem of teaching a few score stu-
dents with only one cow at test-
ing ground.
Mrs. Lindbergh Is
will he Muskogee.
jineellng al 'he City Hall,
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Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1927, newspaper, December 29, 1927; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth209340/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.