The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, December 27, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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PARLEY TEXT
Says Ktlloflg Pad As It
Now Stands inadequate
Proposal
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ii'W ' ii"(min the French po .i i i
In the .-naln the prlnclpl" laid
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I That tho London conference
i !l n -ich n ngreement" pnn
nil principle! and methoili
v. inch will be a tfiil'lf for the dr.ilt
.i f nn International convention
fi r limitnMon of Naval nrmam. u:-.. I
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fret Join if the seas and Uie right '
I cf uelllgtitnw and neutral nation
. iii war time
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V.s Scrcn Hearty
Doesn't (lei Did
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Tl n.xt pli r i: nl M'.iltt.
Iu.lillnt I- tiubi to the kinj; nmt
the ace of Diamond pn-neil
1 'ii n Murray'i partner. Eric
Tuinir with 12 npudf InrluJInK
tne Ace and Queen and the Ace
of f'lubi bid wven spades
Turner fulfilled his contract
h trumping the ie.ul of the
fi'inth nnn Jnnict Ailuini who
had 12 Diamond and lls Kiri('
of Spade and then taking Ad-
hmh' Klnp with the ace
Saved From Death in Frozen Wastes
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HOLD BANQUET
FOR BUCKAROOS
ON JANUARY 3
Waller D. Cline Wichita
Falls Principa!
Speaker
MOTHER TRIES
TO APPLY 0 L D
'WEST' REMEDY
Father Poisons Child And
Self; Woman
May Die
ST. LOUIS IS
IN AIR OVER
DEATH OF DOG BOY ATTACKS
REFORMATORY
One of the .rifatett uir eurlic-. in hi-toi vi u m iin .. .i t'i I l I! Ij. Mjune mining
onglncei and hn pity of even auitni-t'.ploit'i v. i. tin u.ctun w i Jn n m ... nib. i - if the missing
expedition after they hud been di-coveied by a noinadie b.iml ut I'NI.iiuni on C.aibiuL'i '! in tin Aictlc
Ocean The above photo hi ought back foi The lltecltem id;e Anin ic.ni and NIJA Seiwe by Klchnid
Praice editoi 'tnd matiuger of the expedition bhow leadeis of the puty with theh lescueid and one ot
tin u planes which msj foiced down in the ftozen wastes At the riplit (In a light colnred costume) is
Colonel MacAlpine and at his left ate William Goodwin. Cnpt. J. .McMlllin Alex Mllno and Majoi J
Uaki i They wtie r ported missing for two months.
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$2100 Donated for Capture
of Person Who Sewed
Cur's Mouth Up
Leader Of Italia
Disaster To Lead
Search For A' uuui
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MOODY'S PLACE s
T W C T "Q II P TAD r'0u nn;Unl:-v' i" of tbf " (P . r
1 li D 1 IV U VJ 1 vR cup ofthp "vivoii or ti. A.rtic lariiscr Jim rergusensay
The r'l.ininirn I3uckiuoo.s and
theii paients. togethei with as ma-
ny iar. i as possible will gathei at
tho Y M. C A. on Fiiday nlsht
Januaty 3td. to jointly celebinte
the successful season just complet
ed by the local high school team.
The banquet sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce will be giv-
en primarily to honor the youths
who have can led the Green and
White colors so far into the state
race this season.
A committee headed by John rA.
Mai tin and made up of Elvln Til-
ton Jesse It. Smith. W. Hodges A.
1 J. Iluchanan Ttay H. Leach E. V.
' Fai met md Jimmie Brewster has
Ipiactlcally completed plans for the
i banquet. This committee is at
tempting to anatiKO tne nnest uan-
Ulnd evei held in
MOSl'OW. Dec 2T C
untf. boya jo t.i the penlti nti.irv
x it he city fellows MCape with
f ne or jail penalty Withoat su-
ti6n aa to which law U crcfer-
h!u the thOURht is advanced tnat 'B" covenans wnicn proviues
here should be uniformity so that I for consideration of every nation's
in itn practical application It will actual needn compatible with ee-l
rrate nllke upon the
pnrts of Mie fite '
p iple in I
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to taW ..I p. . I
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u i'it Inst ml if tl. still .
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upon tli in' ui i if the tut'
the nrrt'.tm i ffm r 01 th.
llier give unprerfdenle 1 " 1
Hly for dlscilu'inittlon '1 hi i
'i. motion m be In a nl i n
flucnced by f ivmitlsin m i
or induced !iv mime eoi'u
igf'nent wi'h t'n 'iffcld' i
nditlona P '''' J ""' "'"
in the opi i.
ll i nil fur
i. nl
eurlty can not be reconciled with
nny attenpt to fix arbitrary ra-
tion. 5 Thii' Mie close Inter-depend-t
nc e bel m i :i land naval and aerinl
foices ii 'i-t be iceognlzed in any
ilisaiinaini'.i' negotlationa
After hintini; that Franco may
iipp-me "'. signing of any njrrei-
tnent whuh will mi ke the London
detuions binding she propones ne-
gi'tiatlon fm a .separate MeUlter-
i mean iiiiriiit between Prance.
In t Hi 'Jim Itnlv and Spain e
iiggt 'ii f.iie. i; tiv political ob-
. i mi ln. luvi' watched France's
:i -id f "i. ii(!'il iigaiding those
s .iters
The ii in i mil. n which Is 10
ivpiwiiM.ii si'i s in Itngth em-
jh ini k ii i ills that the Kellogg
P'i ' i hi Mill i.tiiiKt 'he i ut-
1.' aK ' .) iiul hirt Iii' 'It
u i im i i 'his i ij nl i i . in that
liimn'i
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RT. LOt'IS Dec. 27 (UR)-The
death of a tiny flea bitten dog
which resulted after sv fiend aewed
Its mouth shut has aroused St.
Loula to such an extent that today
more than 52100 had been contri-
buted for arreat of the "stitching
moron."
The dog a terrier was dlscovei-
ed Tuesday by a member of the
humane society ahlverlng In the
cold and near duath from starva-
tion Ita mouth held securely shut
by eight stitches of a strong cotd.
Too weuk to walk the dog was
taken to headquniteia of the hum-
ane society where attempts weio
I made to sav$ Its life. It Inter wins
1 mercifully killed.
Not since tho CnidinalB won the
'championship of the National Lea
gue has St. Louis taiKeu so mucu
upon one subject.
In the street cars busses and in-
teibubun trains only one topic pre-
vails that of appiehendlng the
person oi petsons guilty of toitur-
ing the dog.
Offici i s of the humane soeuty
hae lece'.vod hundieds of teln-
ohoni calls daily fiom per .ons ml I
a ii.uk-1 . ( 1 1 ivw.irtl unil offeilmc :
irluctiiiri in hcrlpiupg. i
i from j Rich and poor alike have donnt-
l.iteNt to the' reward fund One boy 10
Rumors of Mob Violence
Cause Officials to Spirit
Boy Away
ROONEVILLE Mo Ettc. 27. (U.P.)
To frustrato thtcats of mob vin-
le.icue txpeditlon will get under
way probably next week In sea ich
of Capt. Carl Hen Elelson and Enil
1 Forland American airmen missing
for several weeks In the frozen
Arctic between Siberia and Alaska.
I The Soviet Government respond
ing to suvji.il unofficial pleas from
Amctlcn to search for the fliers
first had planned to place the e.-
pidltlon in charge of Seymon A.
... . T. - u . fiub oiiuiiiiin.uii icauci oi iiiu icueilL o
leneo. State Reformatory officials yIot fom (
hero today spirited Richard Cong- York.
don 16-vear-old Inmate from the chuknovsky probably will pilot
Institution to a secret hiding place. thu oamo planc jn wmch ast bum.
Talk of lynching Congdon began IUr ll(1 tUacovoleil morA than 11
nailj today after it became known lsIaruls In ih( Kaia aPa
that he had assaulted Miss Oia D.
Hayes state reformatorj- teacher i
late yesterday. Miss Hayes Is in a
critical condition at 3. Joseph's
hospital.
Congdon nssaultcd Mls.s Hayes In
the main school building whci-0 t-he
teaches the thiid and ffliuth guide
punllg.
Refpimntory officials said he re-
turned to the loom aftei classes
had been dismissed and was uitnril
wjth an iton pipe two feet long. I
He sttuck the teaehet over tho
head seveial tlmos with the pipe.
Screams of tho teacher weio
People Want Kim
RUBIO HONORS
. U. S. HEROES
Visits Tombs Of Washing-
ton and Unknown Soldier
I.- it lug HritUh iitKUiiu nts cause he too had a dog.
m attempt to r-p! ice the 1 l olke hae been called into the
f Nations convt'itu.n bvlra.-r and they are seeking tho per-
t dcitcd I.
t e wuter I
'1
HIS for th
..j.i
public thought
u iitth of Texa
i iprcocdenicn
. i Amecan
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i-i th- hi '
mimwenlt''
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HtEXAS has lue.i niiow ro-. .n 1 t.
f'lM
V .- ilnntl. Ihnt w irratlfMi i; ti
f" who know the v ll'n- f "
ii a fertilizer.
r the Kell gg I" the mejmnandum (trator much In the manner they
would the murderer pi n numun uo-
Ing. Special detectives have been as-
signed to try and lenrn whoro the
cord was purchased that sealed tho
terrier's mouth.
Authorities tinned their Investi
gation today tn u search of stoics
where the piece of cord might have
been purchased. Seveial clues have
been given along these lines in-
cluding one ftom n woman who
said a man pin chased ii needle
from her and aski tl for a htrnnd
of cord.
fPLWSlim b-1 i given . nil
'iceilng so t . .p.-ak am1 a gt n
u. fneio Is tl ' b"t "f ''l"1
niito'i Of the bag and wmius
whicn wotk hnv... in tfw f.inis
.1 1 harn ':
tuid gardens on.i
coiVJionwcomi
rpHEIin la mol-tiiie in the oath
" There Is mo'ituie in the eai ' i
evoryNherc In he M.uihwmt
flHIS co vera the in h valley
JL the vvlieat fields of West Tex-
ui and the norUiwo' Panhandle
ti " grazing Innda t-veiy where un-
der Texas skloo win re the cattle
Ad tho sheep and the g i.ta wan-
tlor for forage.
V".VUIKHS who did Uiolr Jilowihg
btfore tho snow fall and lh
liiiio came know that there U a
fJilutdld season in the ground
rntcr who terraced their hold-
i w.m are confident of bountlom
ci in 1030. In the livestock dU-
Tltu pastutago in tho early spring-
UirJiti is cettnln to be huh tvnd
7 undant
ndt'H tli it the Kieiich sou rtiment
I neve thi less willing t. a.alst
the pow i- to obtain an) anange-
inent it the Ixwidon cmfeitnee
which wi.l be possible und i pies-
cnt i li in t mcea
TOKIO 1c 27 U.P After a
meiung n' the tahlnet council Ua-
nin Sln.l'h-iia announced Hint
111 eat Biiuln and the United States
had not in i cj-tcd Jajian'a jiropoaal
of a lO-to-7 naal ratio Its recom-iiietiilatluii-1
in nmneetlon with the
undersea f h et
Th JaiMi.H e government ho said
vwu con-'il. 'ing the Hrltlsh-Amr-i.-an
atti'ii'h with ii view to aug-e-ting
j' -Nihle hiibstltutlon pro-
posals. I Report Hits At
1 Texas Pen System
NEW YOKK. Vec. 27 tU.PJ-The
. pi iNnn system in Texas should be
'i mi-leittly reorgnnUtHl tho aoclety
nf tiL.-.a! information reports in
nubllshliiK results of a survey of
lands l"'"" conditions in four southern
man it
lli- juihon at Huntsvllle Tex.. Is
imtiiltii.il il. the reMt said unil
jirlxon fuims aie too widely seiiain-
ted Tin buildings in which con-
victs on these farms are housed
were also declared to be grave fire
'nenact s
years of ago sent In 50 cents be- i heard by other hoys In the building
who rushed Into the room and
found Congdon loaning over his
victim. Angered when she i ef used
to give him the keys to hvr cur so
ho could tiuikc his escape he wns
beating her bi-utnlly. They seized
him but wore foiced to almost
strangle him into submission it
was said.
Congdon confessed to nttncklng
the teacher telling reformatory of-
ficers he had beaten her to get
tho keys fiom her In ordvr that lie
might escape.
i.r.o woktii sio.oim
WACO Doc. 27. U.fUJoo Edge
Waco wants $10000 for his lug
Suit for thla umount wns filed
against the Kuly railroad by Edge'
Family Burned In
Log Cabin Fire
WOODSFIELD. O. Dec. 27. (U.R
A mother and daughter were burn-
ed to death n baby was burned bo
severely It may not live and a fath-
er and son wcro seared when firo
made n flumlng ptlson of their log
cabin home in the hills of Monroe
county near here.
Surviving mombors of the family
of Joseph Pierce today were being
cunid for by neighbors. A son.
Manuel! 17 saved a slater and a
brother whilo flames wore sweep-
ing the cabin and Is In setious con
dition himself. The mother uieu
trying to savo tho children.
When neighbors nrrlved they
found the family huddled in the
snow In their night clothes the
children crying the father and son
helpless ftom thoir burns.
SALAKIKS OP 1'IIIKMKN AND
1'OI.ICICMK.V TO I1K KA1SK.H
HOUSTON. Dec. 27. U.R Willi
Exile Allowed
To Come Home
I'AUIS. Dec. 27. U R Vigorous
opposition of Communists and ra-
dical Socialists failed to ju event
tho government fiom carrying out
Its Intention of issuing a pardon
and amnesty to Leon Daudet Ir-
lepresslble Monarchist author and
publicist. The "bad boy of French
jiolltlcs" will bo permitted to come
home fiom Brussels where ho has
been living In ti clinical exile.
After his defenso of the govern-
ment's umnesty program In which
he said Daudet was not a political
offender but ineicly one who had
broken the common law Premier
Andre Tardleu was given a vote of
confidence by 335 to 2C0.
WASHINGTON Dec 27. (U PV-
Tho best known as well as least
known of American hetoea teceived
Uie homage of Piesidont-olect Pas-
cual Aitlz Rublo of Moxlco today
us he visited Mount Vernon homo
of George Washington and the
tomb of the unknown soldier in
Arlington Cemetery.
Military' officials at Aillngton
and the adjacent Fort Myor made
arrangements for all appropriate
mllitaiy honors for tho noted visit-
or. Oitiz Hubio in turn expiossed
a dealt e to render tribute by
wreath and word at this country's
shrine.
At tho midday luncheon at Secre-
tary Stim.son'a home "Woodlcy" It
Is expected tho president-elect will
ellcldatti views similar to thoso he
oxjiresaed to the press hist night and
which were regarded by experienc
ed observers as affording a ground
wotk for coidial relations between
Mosico and tho United Stales dur
Ing tho Rublo adminlstintlon.
DALLAS Dec. 27. if!!) "Farmer
Jim" Ferguson wants to run for
governor and can show more than
1200 letters from supporters and
favorable comments fiom 300 news
jiapers.
Complete with th... charncteilstle
huge black hat "Farmer Jim"
stot my colossus of Texas jiolltlcs
visited District Attorney William
McCinw heto today anil disclosed
his jilnns
"Unlike othei jieople who run foi
office I do not send out private
f"clers; I inaltu them jiubllc." thn
former goveinor said.
"The load hog Is tho greatest
me'nnce to llft and limb. Oni of
my chief jilanks will be the ono ie.-
lating to tile tiuck and bus uun
tion I'll make the rouds safe.
Another jilnnk will he intended to
I ei Texas money in Texns. No
hank should he a dejiositoiv Inr
jiuhlic funds that lends more than
10 pei cent of its ca-iitul and de-
jio'ijts outside) the State."
Feiguson said Moodv intends lo
suppoit Tom Love for Governor.
"But If I don't get ohictod I'll not
gileve" ho told McCraw. "I have
been governor twice and my wife
onco. Vc can't expect to coiner thn
Covornorahlp."
Chicago Faces
Coat Shortage
TACOAIA Wash. Dec. 27.
(UP) A mother was recov-
ering from a "poison kiss"
Kivcn to her baby today but
tho child was dead of cyanid1
poisoning administered by her
father who also killed himself
in a maudlin moment after a
protracted Christmas spree.
Mrs. Raverm Rond had
heard many times she told po-
lice thai poison could be suck-
ed from a snake bite. So
when her five year old daughtei
Itltn lan to her ycsteiday and
ci led "Oh daddy put some stuff in
my mouth" and then fell in a fnlnt
the despetate mother put her mouth
to the baby's and sucked with all
her might linjilng to take Into hei
own sytem the poison which wn
taking the life of her child.
All the way to the hospital Mis
Bond kept tip hot "poison kisses '
but when the ambulance arrived
lover of sports; a fluent speaker and j Hita was dead and the mother was
one who is capable of holding any
audience Intcrssted as long as he
might care to talk. Mr. Cline past
president of the sum t'.otary uib-
ttlct was chairman of the enter-
tainment committee -which arrang-
ed the program for the Interna-
tional Botaiy Convention at Brus-
sels Belgium He was dined nnd
decointed by the King of Belgium
J. D Snndefer Jr.. will act as
toastmaster A piogiam that Is
shoit yet Interesting nnd snappy
is being plinneJ.
The dlstiibutlon of tickets will
bo started us auun as it is definite-
ly known how many peipon-. can be
seated in Uie Y SI. C. A. gymna-
sium wlieie the banquet will he
held.
line of Wichita Falls
has been secuied as the pilnclpal
Njienliei Mr. Cline. former Mayor
of Wichita Falls oil man and caji-
ilalist is regarded as the finest
orator In the southwest. He is a
Congratulates
Her Successor
CHICAGO Dec. 27. (U.R) - Chicago
today faced jiosslbillty of a strike
by the conl tenmsteis chauffeurs
nnd htlpets union and a conse-
quent coal shoituge.
The present agi cement between
the union and the coal met chants'
Association exphea in a few days
and Jacob Best president of the
merchants organization has noti-
fied the union the Association will
not treat with It while George
3 Burlier lubor racketeer and ex-cou-!.
ict is its busings agent. The
union nas lepiiiti mai us poison-
nel Is none of the Association'
biuincss.
Youth Has An
U npleas.au I
uSnr'ee' Thurs.
This story is told concerning n
young man residing outside the
citv limits of Btockoniidge. Thurs
day he acquired u stiff dose of
Muxican preparation supjiosedly
dope which made him hapjiy then
londeied him unconscious. He was
hi ought to town immediately by
f i lends.
In tho meantime his mother not
knowing the whereabouts of her
son whom she believed was suf-
fering with ptomaine poisoning
telephoned evcty doctor nnd hos-
jiital in the city asking for incl-
ination as to wheio hvr son was.
Companions thinking the boy
intoxicated had hi ought him to a
poisoned. It was feared during
the night that there was no hope
for her recovery but she rallied to-
day and attendants said she wa3
practically out of danger.
As far as authorities could learn
tho only leason for Edwaid Bond'-
helnoua act was drunken melancholia
Break Family Gets
D e a t h Message
Mis G. M. Sutton of West H'i'
lum stieet has received a mcsaagi
of the deatli of her brothur. Hi
Donley Mllkr 00 of Morgantoi. n
West Virglniu on December 2."i.
Dr. Miller hns been a lo.sidenl of
that city for nrmy years and hi
sides his wife he leavi.s one mhi.
Dr. Homy Miller who was assm i
at-'d with his father as a ph"
an; two grandsons; his mothi i
Mi i Amy Millet of Mt. Mori Is I 'a
fn i -i 'e. a ynu- J. M. Hi 'I
fo r -pus C'hrlsti; Mis. G. M
Ssi 'o' I'.n e'lenrldgc: a brother
Pi. " I' J'lIUr who is spending
the ei !n Corpus Christl.
Death Laid To
Liquor Poisoning
HOMER L-i Dec. 27. (U.R1 A!
coholic poisoning probably caused
the deatli of Glenn Grafton 20
Baylor Univeislty student whose
body was found in an automobili
on the loadside near heie I'hui
day.
Geoige Llndscy of Bernice. I .a
who was found violently ill In th
car told officers lie and Graf ton
attorneys hero today Edge alleges j announcement mado of salaiy rais-
h wan iniured when a switch en-1 . .! Inr. tllSOOfl In IV'3 unl-
glno bumped a fieight car from! ton)ie(l cmbeis of tho jinlice andMarkham and her youngest daugii-
Mother Daughter
Freeze To Death
HUNTSVILI.E. Ala Die. 27. (U.R)
-The proverbial sunny south hud
lost Its cluim today to tho pseudo-
nym when n mother and her baby
were found nfter wandering four
davs in a mountain blizzard.
Tho victims were Mrs. Frank
which he was unloading lumber
TEXAS Is the bunri".- agricultural I TWO l'LACKS ItOItllKU
J state It will continue to be DALLAS Dec 27 (U.P)-Sncak
tho banner ncrlcultural state In tho thieves last night broke into two
yoars to come regardless of tho
ffrmvtli of manufacturing and tex
tile plants and the expansion of
Industrial life
establishments here securing a total
of $100 in cash and checks. Places
robbed wore the Sunshine Laundry
and the Hardio Fruit Company.
fuc dvpaitments city council t"
day continued its study of th" pr.v
Hchedulo with the purpose of fixing-
further Increases amorur tho
higher ranks In tho two dcpait
ments.
The raises will be effective Jan-1.
tor. Two othor children Markham
14 and Pearl 7 were in a hospital
after the experience. The four had
set out for their mountain homo
from a road at the foot of the peak
and lost their way.
The bodies of the mother and
daughter wero found In a hollOTf
HOLLYWOOD. Doc. 27. U.R)
Congratulations to tho girl who
soon will succeed her as the wife
of hor former husband worn wired
today by Pauline Garon movie act-
ress. The telegram was addressed
lo Hclcno Costeilo the prospyctlvo
bride of Lowell Sherman screen
actor.
"Congratulation on your forth-
coming marriage to Lowell" Mia?
Summon Airplane
In Bandit Hunt
SMITH'S GPOVE ICy Dec 27
(U.R) An nlrpluno was summoned
from Louisville today to augment
tho search for three bandits who
concealed themselves In n woods
near Hays after robbing a bank nt
Oakland nnd killing a local bank
president when ho tried to Inteicept
them.
Pollco bellevo the robbers nio
making thoir way across country
Gnron's wltu said. "Mny you both ou foot atcr escaping from the
have years of happiness" woods which had been surrounded
Ilvlcnn Costeilo is a sister of Do-jy nn armed posse during tho night.
I The possemen jienetrated the grove
today but found no truce of their
quarry.
local hospital wheie he was given
tip.-itmnm -nnd a .sleenlnir powder.
He slept until midnight when hv had bought half a gallon of liquni
was taken to his home. Following in Bernice before Jtaiting on then
thu unpleasant experience the bey
is repotted as not resting well today.
New Airline Plan
Is A n n o it n c e d
CHICAGO Dec. 27. (U.Pi -Formation
of n new ail tr.inspoit com-
pany which pioposcs to operate
between Chicago and New Yoik on
a seven-hour basis with planes caji-
able of cai lying 20 tons of freight
or 200 passengers has been an-
nounced heie by Edward E. Cle-
ment of Wuslilngton D. C
The now comjiany the air Amer
ican surier -transport company ex
journey. About a pint of the liquor
was found in the car and turned
over to Dt. Willis P. Butlei Caddo
Coroner foi analysis.
30 I.IVKS LOST
SOFIA Bulgaria Dee. 27. (U P
The sinking of tho Bulguiinn
htcnmshli Varna at the entiance to
tho Bosphotus took nbout 30 live
repoits received today said.
Four men were rescued after the
Vurnu collided with the Greek
steamer Chryzsl.
AMBASSADOR. KKSIGNS
VASHINGTON Dec. 27. Hp'
lacoh Gould Hchuimun Ambus--dor
to Berlin has lesigned and his
lehignation lias been accejited by
pjcts to have it : gigantic jilanes In President Hoover the United Pi t
operation hy the end of 1930 I learned on gootl authority.
NOTICE TO ALL CANDIDATES
lores Costeilo wife of John Batry-
more.
PEAK OF DEATH CAUSE
OF PANTAOES' CONDITION'!
LOS ANGELES Dec. 27. (U.P) A
fear of death and not heart trou-
MINERAL WELLS MAN
HONOKKI) WITH MEDAL
WASHINGTON Dec. 27. (U.R)-
Award of tho distinguished btrvlco
blc has caused the physical decline cioss to David C. Harris. Jr. Mln-
of Alexander Pantages multi-mil- ernl Wells Tex. was announced
lionalre showman It was testified by the War Department today The
log. Thty had died from exposure jail on ball
today at tho hearing by which he
hopes to obtain his freedom from
cross is given for gallantry in act
ion and tho medal lor meritorious
non-combatunt services.
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. charged for the Breckcnridge Weekly Democrat If an-
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prices will prevail. These prices include 500 pocket cam-
Ipaijjn cards without additional charge. Special prices made I
on additional campaign cards needed. All campaign an-1
I nouncements and campaign advertisements are cash in
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