The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 7, 1930 Page: 1 of 6
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Slje Hfreckenrifcge American
HIE. KCMUDf.n ntcpiicns rorxTY. TEWS n tmay JAM AU 7 19;ii
WEATHER FORECAST
I i :.!. lc '1 ul and nnpt-
. ! tv ' ' ju.n i . -iow 11 we- '
I'mri- 'on V an I -Incsdnv.
IRRIGATION
Holds the Key to a
Greater Prnkcnridgo
t
1.. 10 NO. .12
PRICE 5 CENTS
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I Mi ! i 1 1 amtt W
Women Politicians
Son. Margie Ncitl
Not To (Jtiit
IIMUIt the vu w of a vomsi
frtlrijl as to public office n
i J--JI - trust It might lr well
' i l I b many aa an ex ujtj-l '
CI'' Mur-n N. ii . r i i))3jrr
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Jrf . n-cle t .t I -.hi ul.l I. iii
nl'-.l in n - If f r I h. liM
r iylf ! i a child who hint
i a in-iv plaything on-'
r layli-if w th it fur i while
I'lwn tlioil hi 'l hnil d"UK'ii
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I i fir-' i rn li hi ' i . in
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' ftii ii i trnp.i'trns -
ml I w it I i. it n-l th- i i
li' ' the J iiipv .f niv t . f i
i -ni r nfflci" until I hi t f !'
imii n.vsrP" 'n 'tv one I i -
ND there weie thorn n f v.
pftnt nl.t uhn it-lrMi.. . ihf
I . . " ... . .'.
wni-iiirr wiwntn wnuMl KH' w
V "".' ihoulder ih rranonalbl! t e.
'Itv. voting
lritHNDR of the late J T I: h
i ' - who give o lifetime of
tv r mi agrily Mtld-fpr in h'i
(j0U ami died noun after h mm
iil. tion in in.-ieaclitne it pro
4 ri on c ' ris- s that stt irked
i i on.luct nf t'u land off 11
eiwi !i in m i-
M'HCY hav. il!- .1 a tnce'ni-
1 Ii Id nt -5-I-1 Angrio I-el.
form the P. b' un Vernon il nr
lollop arJ t bin w 1 1- '
I ivijnc a uit.ihle monun em
. i-y plan U nek h-t fUenda all
tcr Toxo.1 thoc who reipcc'iil
fi-4 Pdmircd the noble of e'i vet
an of the itttt erv.e anil ap-
T 'ined hU hard and ron-en
s wirh in the ata'e's lr!ril'
f r th'rd i f -X century t cm
! 'a't ti the ni'ini-Mi nt fun I ' '
- h i't that .U h t-U 1 in
1 It nur will c nli ' In "toi th
pre mi of tsti r.i and nffic'l -i
i i huiidiciln nf iii'i1c
'I
iHF
it;liwn department will nl-
jjo i- to o-nprtltlon with
e entirptlfi and coftitli-
When the critmil i Inn
mntH.r
ohlppm
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bifr
h t in
t1 it tncnt'i The corniin-
It award c-ontmct for tttn
of ninr tlian five i.id .i
ilmi t. '. 1 li-nuth nv I a
ml Oup iiu Imj.f on th-
Thoac 'v. i I'jtiK biiilM-1
mpletc tl.i h iuk up nf tin
hlghwaj f i nm (JalM'tm
to Corpus hriitl
W.ll e.
O-U.1
a uuii 1
fPEXAS U the great eat of ..tt.m
' :a'e bu. ki1"'c-i are re-niml
rl that loll weevil rAVnges i u'
tli fornieni it iitiun Trxiui ir-i
nillliin.-. nf d'.IUl- in 102 Mie-
arc reminded that nf the 2.(biiiiii
ii tthern fanner p'uducing 'it m
Ii1 e ntnie tftan hi fujfi uf tli--n m
now mtritberi "' a .nc.prraln- i.
mx la'.on
fPHLY are renu-i.lisl that cji-m
' ration I th. -hmp and t it if
the c-jopcmtli i-lcft l tci win the
in 1st b.ind therm. Im-ii tnfrettr r and
rk aa one man for the auc-rem
c( iclKantic e4-rp nation to n unJ'-r
taken l-y Chair oian I-ennn a- ! lu-
c i rm-mbera.
HEXiV' flnnnc-UI inntltutlom
in a iieallhv i .minion A-i
Frlrra lteei..' Hank at Da.
Its m nthly tullttin and iloali
pt-rt fur the .d' pn-dlcted (-.
tatc wilt be r"" .-nd that 7-
linr tin irnsc-n 'n be jwaalri.
! Ued that li should cai i
'it hey l.ate imc.l ..n In th
tie ui enr H' ' fur the f
I th-
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X re
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xani
mil '
s . n
pi'
iitut
i aec-
w 'in i-nnflder r l..i. on eou
-hO 'ion a-.t th. detorrnin
tion
tiWr t -ue " h ifl I an.l d-
fj ruinmi.nw a'th .tnd It
tu tl rsoni .n w-ll ii
jir nl t.ie a "
i top
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rpEXAS It detuird t 1 the ireat
' est i.f Aa.eitij.n Bintci Tcxii
)t03 all Die raw inatcrlalu Including
n ncrol wealth which niukntu it
rich .nd jniwcrful an 1 iU people
pronjieroua nnd coi. tented
fpHEKE la a jrold nilne unde
eter-where nml-r the all
.le- foot
litr-i of
Texas and the Inteillx'-nt workers
nrc t be the winners m '.iture
tiu-j ha ter In Un p i .t
IT ii -.d that th population will
near the fl.000.000 mark when the
count has beon tal-.im In 1030
IT U said Utat Uie cltloa nml town
and vlHaBt' '' Texan will con-
tain u majority of the people of
Texan In other word that Texna
M cone urban. Re(rardle.ia of nil
this Texas will be the banner nsrl-
cultum.' atuto for many ymtre to
r me but all the time the expan
aion of manufacturing will continue
nnd om day the cotton and the
wool and tho mohair produced In
Texas will be turned into the fin-
liOMl product In Texaa mills and
Contlnuad on Page G)
I
2 1 Indicted By
CHARGES OF
AUTO THEFTS
ARE GREATEST
Eight Charged With This
Crime; Seven Whiskey
Cases Returned
Al!rvre automobile thefts-l-ni
i hf list of 21 indictment!
h t.unetl todav at n(Hn l).v the
tt-pliens county p;rand jury
jtfti'i- Iwinvr in session since
Monda morninfir. Eijjht in-
flKtii'ents. rhanrinsr automo-
bile thieving were turned ov-
er to the district court by the
iur . Of the 2t indictments.
20 vverp for felony charge-
and one for u misdemeanor.
1 The eight theft indictments cli-
imx a wave of this kind In and
around BreckenrhtRe during the
11-t two weekn. which wan ar-
;iall broken up last week with
the nrrent of alx men Two youths
lui ilreadv been sentenced In
-iiinty courU on ai-nllar charge
Vh!key Indictments ran the a.i-
to tli ft charges u close second
there being seven In this group.
i while one man was Indicted for
driving a car while under the In-
fluence of liquor A negro was
indicted for his part In an oaaault
case and vn? Indicted for ' as-
sault with intent to murder "
One Indictment for the theft iif
1 prop rty over $50 valuation wai
turned In by the grand Jury-
Two indictments for child deser-
tion were returned nnd Uie last
one was for adultry
Wore cam came before the Jury
UiIiT'tlmc for Iitve4t1f?ntIoii thftnl
were wepected at ftwt. according
to District Attorney I. II Welch
who Btatmd beforo the Jury con-
vened that only about 12 cases
would be Investigated.
Ilatciier'wlil
lie In Runninfi
For Governor
DALLAS T.x . Jan 7. (U.R -I'lana
of W Gregory Hatcher atate
'.leunurer to make an udlve cam-
paign for govirnor througbout the
.i'e beforti th July primary were
niali kno-A.- -U.v through a letter
meivtd f-orn the -sute otficial at
u 'in
It. plvlnv t i iiuerv from the
. i 1 n aou-nttl toncerning hU plana
Matcher t i I In Intended to Com-
mence 'fli-ct with the boys at the
l . i ka of "i .erk ami later will
.mile to .. ..-.is He Mated he
I- now pt'-ariiig hla platfoim.
i 'oni-trui ' ion of kUte highway
on a pfy-a sou gu plan and oppo-
sition to 'If plliporied iSfiO.OO.OOO
lute road bond lsue will be one
of the plunk :n the- Hatcher plat
form
Search For Iiandil
Ends lii Failure
EAGLE LAKE. Tex. Jan. 7. .UP
i'ciaaea who Miurohcd th tough th.-
' r ikes of the C III ado Ittvcr Jill
li-t night ie ntiiining to their
v. nk tinli. .fii filling to find
h tiuigiu . im in okf Into the
in urn i !i in 'i ii 1 ' vi-'erday.
nl fhot i iihiiu'i 'iliiughter
Elizabi-tlt ' w it ttorelund In a atrug-
gie
Tlte 15-i m-oli! i-irl who had
Kotie hom frmn at liool early be-
cttiikc of nn ratache. discovered the
burglai' in her home.
mil- g tubbed her father's pistol
from a dieaser marched the man
-.lpatiurs. and reached for tin-
phone to call her father
The burglar raggadly droaaed
nnd with a three day growth of
beard pounced on the girl as she
i i ned to the 'i hone and in the
uttiiKrfle the pUtoI fired the bul-
; ii i ' u r ng I'd way thtough hri left
I nh.nilui-i
SEEKS llS-EI.KCTION
DALI-S Tox. Jan. 7. (U.R -State
.Senator Ed Volbrook of Sliorman
will be a candidate to succeiwi him-
.self bt the next election he tin-'
1 nounccd while visiting in Dallas
Monday He was defeuted by one
J vole lust summer for county judge
nf Ora'ton County.
ATTOKNEV BURIED
DALLAS. Jnn. 7. (URv-cMombers
of the Dallas Bar Association at-
tended tho funeral today for Ed
Lauderdale 6S well known Dallas
attorney who was found shot to
death on his farm near here Mon-
day night. A pistol bullet had
pierced his head.
1 (tar den of Eden'
Ctflsod At El Paso
I". PXSfj lr Jan 7 'UPi
I'.l I'asi-i (Jurden nf Kclen wa
c 'oh. J fin ri i'i t .tav.
It w. I n it l op- ii shI.I May r
It K Thomaion. until he Eve
nnd AcIhih.i who ill .ported there
went tnori ' tiy i 'in i
The Kden thmtte pl.i d to
men onlv and citueni tc Id tho
mayor the plac n win- .nlot-i
I much as the nit'imal ' nn
and E' i only iinunc tit le-ie-
i'.nir.i.i Itiyn.i U- iding I ul
does nof iiKic-e with h iitienM
"There s nothing to it" she
.aid Why the police even gave
us th" o i ovei an-1 they liked
. the she w '
WORKMEN GO
TO WORK ON
DEPT. STORE
L. C. Burr Chain Organiza-
tion to Occupy old Wink-
ler Store Building
The fliit b.t of New Year pro-
gress got underway hero Monday
When workmen took up the task of
remodeling the old Winkler Dry
Goods building for the L. C. Burr
Co.. department atore which hns
secured a lease on the property
i he new comer to Breckenrldgo
arc operators of u national retail
chain of depnttment stores. The
plan here cni for one the most up-to-dato
department Stat oln the
chain of thla big organization.
Tho exterior of thn building
which Is 40 feet by 100 feet will
be remodeled to suit the1 needs of
the new store and will conform
with the standnid plans used for
all ef the L C Uuir A Co. utorea
Tho Interior of the store will
also bn remodeled and teflnlaheil
nnd new equipment and flxtuics
will be Installed throughout. Th
decoiatlons of the new store will
be novel and unusual. A mollified
modernistic note will I.e.- curried
through the whole store The wood-
work of light walnut will bu uccon-
tuated by the background decorat-
ions of light gray with trimmings
I green
""lite lemodellni; work will be
done by local contractors undei
the nupervlslon of the company'
aichitec'uial ikpurtment In Chi
cago .
This new atoie will be one of L.
C Uuir ft Cos. Class A Depart-
ment Storts and will carry more
than thirt departments arranged
in a way to make shopping a plca-
nur. Each one of tho L C. Burr &
Co. lAes o io rat cm as n separate;
unit and takes un active putt in
all local and civic activities. The
management and personnel nn far
as possible will be composed of lo-
cal ueople
This new department store is nn
important development in tho local
retail section and It is believed that
his new atoie when completed will
be one of the finest in this section
of the state.
Our readers will he ndvlscd
through theso columns of tho open-
ing date a-i soon ns the icmodcl-
ing work has progressed far enough
so that the opening date can be
definitely determined
Daniel Speaks
At Rotary Club
Members of the Brcckonrldge
Hotary club met today for their
regular weekly meeting Tho meet-
ing wns short
M E. Daniel now proaident of
the Lions Club wuu the Itotnrian's
honor went nt the noon luncheon
Mr. Daniel made an Interesting
' talk 'o tho ho4t club Today's
I program wns In charge of Hay n.
Leach chairman cf the Club Sri.
vice Committee.
Rates Unchanged
AUSTIN Jan. 7 UR-Motor
'ruck frei';h rates and railroad
freight rntes will bo the same lu
Texas after Feb. 15 under an or-
der isautd by the State Railroad
Commiamcn after nn all day hear-
ing held yeeterday The lates are
an experiment members of tha
commission admitted and may lat-
er bo changed.
At prsent motor truck ratea arc
Just what they wero when the
lines passed under state supervi-
sion. Some are higher than rail
rates and some aro lower.
OLMAN KILL
;- jjj .. .- t. .1.
Stephens County Gran
New C -
Take
The new ailrmni tiatun u.ill
take over the dulle of the 11)30
Hreckeni icluje chamber of com
merce Wednesday at the regu-
lar weekly luncheon J D San-
defer Ji . letlring president
Hiiid today
Sandefer will make his annu-
al reiiort along with the tepoit
to be made by Hay 15. Leach
secietaiy. nnd Ilivn .1 Dean
new president and the new dl-
leitora will officially begin
-li n .ldniini.sttntior.
YOUTH GIVEN
REFORMATORY
TERM MONDAYi
15 Year Old August Salter
Sent To Gatesyille
Correction Home !
August Salter. 1.1 year old youth
was found guilty yesterday aftei-
noon In county court on charges
of theft. The lad Is onv of a group
captured here last week and charg-
ed with theft of automobile parts.
He was the youngest of the group
A five year reformatory senten-
ce was assessed against the youth
Sheriff Sayle left today at noon
with young Salter. He will be tak-
en to Gatesvllle where the utnte
maintains a reformatory Institut-
ion. Alton Salter older brother of
-August was fined $100 and given
a four day Jail sentence yesteidny
on charges of carrying a pistol.
Brcck. To Have
Rep. A l Ranger
Institute Meet
Breckeni idge representa t I v e s
from the Woman's Mlsslonaiy So-
ciety of the Methodist chuich will
leuve early Wednesday morning ot
attend the District Missionary In-
Ututo at Ranger which begins at
9 am.
An interesting program Is plan-
ned and thoae attending will hear
nuniorous instructive talks by out-of-town
speakers and poalbly from
missionaries who have returned
from foreign countries.
Approximately Miven members
from the Methodist W. M. S. will
be present nt the meeting if the
weather permits according to Mrs.
E. J. Benton president.
Coleman Sheriff
Eligible For
Rand it Reward
DALLAS. Jan 7 (U.PJ With the
killing of an alleged bank robber
near Coleman Monday Deputy
Sherltf Bob Summerall of Coleman
county automatically becomes a
candidate for the Texas Bankers
Association reward of J.l 000 on
the head of dead bink robbers.
W. A. I'hllpot. secretary of the
Bankers' Organization said today
Summerall likely will receivo the
reward after it has been definite-
ly established that the man slain
participated In the holdup of tho
Lohn State Bank.
Summerall Bhot the man when
he attempted to escape from u
shack In which hIx men were hid-
ing. ESCAPES DEATH
DENVER Colo Jan. 7. (U.P.V
Blinded by a snowstorm Melvln
O. Howen Western Air Express
mall pilot narrowly escaped death
last night when his plane crash-
ed a fow miles outside of Den-
ver. The pilot was attempting to re-
turn to this city when his craft
struck telephone wires and somer-
saulted landing upside down. Bow-
en escaped with concussion of the
brain.
CHILD DIES OF BURNS
HOUSTON. Tex.. Jan. 7. (U.R
Clarance Edward Iloagrs Jr.. two
and a half years old son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Rogers died today
from burns received whon he slip-
ped and fell Into a tub of scalding
water while playing In his home.
C Officers To
Up Duties Wed.
An especially lar;e gitlniiui
of chamber if commei e niem-
bets uie utged fni tomoltow
The lepoits to be made on
the conditions of the Chamber
and its activities duilng the
IKist year will be Interesting
to eeiy member of the oignn-
ization Sandefer said In ad-
dition -Mr Dean will outline
his wot It for the coming year
and he is expected to formally
announce nt this time that the
5 Dog Teams
Start Search
For 2 Missinir
NORTH CAPE. Siberia (Radio
Via Nome) Jan 7 (b " i i i ef-
fort to locate two dc-g teams which
are now two dov f-rdue '-"ie
five tennis nre planning depaiturc
from the Russian Trader Stavro-
pol also Icebound in this vicinity
The two teams left this vessel
to travel to the foothills near
where Carl Ben Elelson was laet
seen ot Inquire of natives wheth-
er they had heard any news of
the missing aviator and his me-
chanic. Earl Borland.
A terrific blizzard the worst of
the entire winter season swept the
region last week and Sunday
when the dog teams were due
back they had not returned
After n 10 mile Journey from th-'
foothills of another section a nn-
tive arrived here Sunday nnd ic-
ported fiat no airplanes had been
seen in that territory thus limiting
the search to other regions.
COLDWEATHER
PAYSJISIT
One Of Winter's Most Dis-
agreeable Days
Brcckenrldge awoke this moin-
lng In the face of the winters
most disagreeable wenther Al-
though the thermometer did not
register as low as It has on pre-
vious occasions this wlntet the
mist. Ice and cold today made
overcoats and raincoats alike po-
pular. The mercury was down to US de-
grees at four a. m. today and
gradually crept downward until
It was at the 22 mark nt noon.
Two hours later Uie drop In
temperature stopped and as thu
mercury started upwind again
light snow and mist began falling
The weather man predicts ox-
ontionnllv cllsnirreenhle wenther
I here and1 throughout West Texas
tonight.
CHICAGO Jan. 7. U.P. A chill
gale from the region of the Arctic
circle swept down Uirough a bot-
tle neck on the Canndian border
today nnd spread fan-wise over a
vast httctc.h from beyond the
Rockies to the Appalachians.
Snow sifted over most of the
nrea affected and temperatures
plunged from yesterday's equable
levels to near the zeio point in
the midwest with the cold Increas-
ing In Intensity back toward the
origin of the frigid wave
HANKOW China Jan. 7. U.P-
China is experiencing tho coldest
weaUier In 150 years. Eighty
homeless Coolies have been frozen
to death.
Destitute pnients ate selling
their babies for ten dollars Mex
($5).
Many sampans have been wreck-
ed by Ico cakos in the Han liver.
GIRL TAKES POISON
HKOAUSE SHE CAN'T
I'INII A ROY FRIEND
DENVER. Colo. Jan. 7. (U.R)-
A heart broken 18-yenr old girl lay
In a Denver hospital today because
she couldn't find a boy friend
For six months Mury Romero an
orphun lived in Denver During
that time she failed to meet n
single boy.
"You can't walk up to somebody
on the street and say 'I like your
looks let's got acquainted' she sob-
bed. She will recover ftom the pol3on
she drank.
local uitport and field 1 as bi . n
ti.in-.fetn d t i the city
The meeting will be the List
of the 1029 administration and
will be the slatting point for
the 1U30 directois of the ot-
ganizntlon. The .new chambei
of c mmctee head Is consider-
ed by the members a.i n cap-
able leadet dnd it Is thought
that he will bring into piny
m my active featuiei for
Ilieckeniidge
TRIO OF LOHN
BANK ROBBERS
STILL FREE
One Bandit Shot And Killed;
Loot Is Found
O.K.
j BRADY Jan. 7. (U.R Search for
I three men believed to have been
i implicated In the $1037 robbery
! of the Lohn State Banlc of Lohn
Monday continued today In the
dense thicket which surrounds the
Jennings oil field near Coleman.
The men escaped to the brush
after officers had cornered six
men In a shack near the oil field. I
Loot taken from the bank was
found in a car iwirked outside the
shack. Confusion broke loose
when four of the men made a
(break for liberty while officers
had them covered with guns. One
I man Identified by Cashier W. F.
I Roberts Jr. of the Lohn State
Bank as a member of the robber
I gang was shot and killed two
iweie held captive and tho tenialn-
Ing thiee reached the dense biush
hefoie officers could head them
off.
The man killed was the victim of
bullets fiom Uie gun of Deputy
Sheriff Bob Summeiall. Tho two
captives weie lodged In the Cole-
man county Jail whete both pio-ti-sted
then innocence. They claim-
ed their car was stolen by the
other foui and that they had gone
to the shack to claim it
Robbers Get
sif..nfin.fln in
I v ' "
Conroe Bank
CONROE. Tex Jan. 7 U.R-
Ahout $15000 in cash and jiectul-
tles was taken by burglnts who
last night cat i led away the nafe
of the Fust Stnte Bank at Mont-
gomery seventeen miles west of
hole.
T. L. Wilcox cashier said be-
tween $700 and $S.00 of the loot
was in cash.
The burgluis pried open a side
door dug a hole in the brick wall
around the safe latgo enough to
permit a man to crawl tluough
aitei which tho vault door was
opened ftom the inside.
The safe then was lifted out by
using a block nnd tackle Wilcox .
said It weighs about 3500 pounds I
he estimated.
Held For Death
Of His Fiance
JEFFERSON CITY Mo Jan. 7.
(U.R) Assorted Jealousy which al-
legedly caused him to utter threats
against his deceased fiance today
had caused Roy Secrlst 30 to be
imprisoned In the Colo county Jail
while the county prosecutors' stnff
nought evidence on a minder
charge pending against him.
Secrlst waa formally charged
with tho murder of Elyda Ander-
son 20 employe In the seciotary
of state's office hoie who was fa-
tally Injured In a fall front Se-
crlst's automobile on New Year's
eve.
SELL OIL PROPERTY
CAiiVhsTON Tex. Jan. 7. U.R
Swlftsure Pott oleum Company and
Terminal Oil Refining Company
properties Including approximately
nS iicres of land at Texas City to-
gether with 1685 bhares of Common
ctpltal atock of the Terminal com-
pany nnd a negotiable promissory
note for $300000 will be sold at
fi piaster commissioners' sale hcic
Feb I.
BY
T7
' f. - --
w
0. S. TO M
OPEN MINDED
Will Listen To Any Propos-
al of Reduced Arma-
ment; Leave Soon
V1IIN;T0N. .Inn. 7 iUP'
the iiierlcnii people and the
administration nt Washington
stand solldl) behind the Am-
( rican delegates to the Lond-
on Nimil Conference Presi-
dent Hooter said in a farewell
bri-.il.fast to the delegati s on
the etc of sailing.
President Hooter told the de-
legation proves-! of the pence
of the world depends to u wry
large degri..' upon the success
of Ihe conference.
WASHINGTON. Jan 7. U.R-
The United States Intends to en-
tei the London nival conference
with nn open mind and will be re-
ceptive to all proposals holding
promise of t educed competition
and expense in at moment
Beyond that the United States
has no rigid and Inflexible pro-
gram it Is learned on the eve of
the American delegates departure
Demands which some of the
powers are making In advance are
not entltely satisfactory to the
United States. But this govern-
ment concedes to all others tho
right of free speech. It would not
welcome a result forced upon any
reluctant nation by stiong-arm
pleasure The United States would
regret any decision which forced
tluough by such tactics would be
later resented by tlte weaker pow-
er. N
Presiuit Hiover . l:ei Ameri-
can delegates tor a White Housn
breakfast today for final dl-cc.ii.i-slon
of these policies.
Secretary of Stuto Stlmson chief
Ametlcan delugute planned to
leave late today foi New York to
ntct in seclusion before sailing
1'huisday.
The secretary of atate will leave
heie late toduy for New Yoik in
advance of the othei Ainri Icm de-
legates foi a day of lest In New
Yotk hefote embuiking upon ono
of the gieatest peuco pilgi Images of
model ii duys. The delegation will
sail Thursday on the Geoige Wash-
ington historic ship that cat lied
Woodiow Wilson to the Versailles
Peaco Conference.
Investifalina
Airp'anv Cval
GALVreS10' '1 v
Lieut. Willi.i' i
gcant Undi-.'j .
of an airplane t
ed the lives of t. n
near Fort Crm kill i i
principal witnetu. i ui ..u
was continued by uny o.u i i
day.
The bodies of Lieut. Clarence
Mitchell of Sim Jose. Calif nnd
Sergeant Julius T. Blhemi of New
Yotk wsie held In a funeral home
pending shipment and burial ar-
rangements. Lieut. Mills and Sergeant Brax-
ton escaped Injury by jumping in
niriichiitcs. The bodies of Lieut.
Mitchell and Sergeant Hiheml wore
badly crushed.
Both planes were demolished
pievontlng attempts to reconstruct
possible attempts nf the two vic-
tims to escape.
No statement as to the cause
will be released officials said until
the inquiry Is completed and n re-
port sent to the War Department.
Robbers And Safe
Of Rank At Large
MINCO. Okla Jnn 7 UR -Search
for four bandits who yes-
terday plundered tho First Na-
tional Bank and carried the safe
away in a truck was accelerated
today by reports that tho bandits
wore fleeing toward Texas.
County Sheilff Sankey at Chick-
asha believed the bandits had
headed toward Wichita Falls Tex.
VITIA I'ES APPOINTMENT
AUSTIN. Jan 7. U.P -Adjournment
of the Texas senate nt Its
Iat session without having con-
firmed ilu appointment of Dr. Da-
vid L. Wortsman of Dallas ab a
member of the State Board of Op-
tomctiy examlneis vitiates the ap-
pointment Attorney General R. L.
Bobbltt today advised Dr. CJ. H
Aronieldt of Houston president of
the board.
M EXICAN
-TIED EX-
-CTWAS
-i.)ATALlOE
hikwi 'j Search Man Is
Cause of Officer Being
Shot Today
ALICE Tex.. Jan. 7. (Vf)
William D. McCalib. Lareii.
bolder patrolman stationed itv
Alice was shot and killed to
day 1 Pedro Habondo wild
to be an escaped convict from
the Texas state penitential".
McCain with I luck West '.i
senior patrolman had arrest-
ed l'abondo on charges of en-
terinjr the United States from
Mexico illegally.
The two officers failed to search
Uie Mexican and take his guns
While West was in a cafe drink-
ing coffee Rnbondo shot and kill-
ed McCalib.
Running out of the cafe Vc.-.t
engaged In a gun batt'e with t!r.
Mexican wounding him three
times. Sheriff C. W. Price Alice
arrested him.
P.ubondo is said to have i ctpe.l
from the penitentiary in 1927
Rubondo vis cli.u id wi'h the
murder.
Officers found suite ie con'aln-
I lng goods stolen from i drug stf)i
lust week In the Mc.Meane wai-
ters. Sheriff Price said RabondO con-
fessed to escaping ftom the peni-
tentiary In 1927.
I State Has Cash
Balance Of 10
Million Dollars
AUSTIN Tex. Jan. 7. (U.R The
State of Texas ended 1929 with :i
cash balance of $10310880 and out-
standing warrants ot $110012 a
stutcment issued today by th
Statu Tieasuiy shows Separate ac-
counts that were in the "red" wern
the Confederate pension fund which
was JII81.2SS behind and tho limit
sanitation fund whloh was ovei
linwn f7. The State Highway fund
had u balance of $5 578890 and Hie
nighwuy gas tax fund a balance
of $2 972 702
Records Show 117
Dead 211 Injured
A"..'L.. T.x. Jan. 7. (U.PJ Pub-
licli . via hunting accidents at
Hi ' nn n.i of the big game sca-
-i 1.1 en dited by sectotaty Will
Tucket of the Texas Game Comml
iion with helping i educe the num-
i lH.n'ng i ccidents for the
veil- 'the irconl issued today bj
.in ' show 37 deaths
. nn i total of (SO ac-
i i with 80 -for the
i v u an plane cra.-.h
' s vi ie htinllng
u.il i ipniteil. The
- 'I injuries. .Three
1 lutomobilo 'Upsets.
'. i two ft ore thtce died
1 it I. 'i i l tu and ono was kill
d li- i ii H o.iui'i wereshot
Holdup Details
Given By Victim
DALLAS Tex Jan. 7. (U.PJSuf-
fering fioir. gun-shot wounds that
made ncccssaty tho amputation of
his tight hand Lonnlo Collins 33
today told police how ho was at
tacked by three hl-juckers robbed
of $10 and wounded when ho at
tempted to resist them.
Ho was kidnapped from his cai
I Collins said and forced to accon.
j pany tho bandits to a lonely spot
I where he was robbed.
Seeing an opportunity to escape
I h grubbed the muzzle of the gun
land attempted to wrest It from one
of the men.
PROMINENT MAN DIES
DALLAS Tex Jan. 7. (U.R) Hai-
ry L. Monioe fQ vice president of
the Geneinl Electric Company
died toduy ut Mulrose Cotut wheie
he had been teslding while on u
visit heto His home is In Chicago.
His wife and son Hairy L. Mon-
roe Jr. and u daughter Mrs. Rod
MacPheison all of Chicago sur-
vive. MOODY STOPS LETTER
AUSTIN Tex. Jan. 7. (U.P A
chain letter purporting to have
.been stnrted by U. S Senator Hcf-
lln and continued by such promi-
nent persons as U. S. Senator Nor-
lis and Henry Ford stopped today
in iicivcrnor imn .tiuciuya waste
basket. It came to the governor
from .state highway commissioner
Ros.s Sterling of Houston. It urges
caro at railroad crossings.
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