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HOUSTON F0ST-DI2. YIG I r SATURDAY' MQRrlNG? DECEMBER 27i f 924
TilQUGIIT KJSAIJE
r&Xottvicledl of KUling
V Paynu;VThuib:He
T. ' ' TV ' "'. ' I .
is aemg rersecuiea :
4 BOSTON" Dee. 2fi Counsel for
Bartolomeo Vaneettl convicted with
Nicola Sacco as the slayer of par
matter and guard In 8outh Bralntree
Via April acted Friday on report that
The was under observation at the
Charlestown State prison hospital a
In hta aanltv. William G. Thompson.
chief eouneel for Saccq and VansettL
jnid ha had lorn mi of Vansettl's eon-
dition thraurh newspaper reports and
planned to make a personal investlga-
. tion immediately. v-
.- L am toln to the nrlaon." ve sale.
; xTUa will probably mean that we will
aik for a commission of alienists to
observe VanseUl'a condition and re-
sort to the courts."
. Prison authorities refused to dis
I "cues the case but It waa learned that
. for some time the prisoner had been
obsessed with the idea that he waa
being persecuted and followed about
Vantettl haa been serving sentence
f 'of 12 to 15 years Imposed in August
I 1020 for assault and battery. Be
i ; was convicted of murder with Saoco
in 11121 and haa been a prisoner at
. Obarlestown while defense counsel
' heve been striving to obtain a new
trial. .Judge Webster Thayer some
time ato- dismissed motions for a neW
trial and the case is now Jeing taken
to. the Maasachiiaetts supreme court
u -exceptions. Sacco who was pro-
nounced sane by alienists sfter he
I . had attempted a hunger strike a year
: - ago; is held m Uedbam jail.
Chicago Revelers
Warned Against
;i VNew Year Drinking
I r '. ' (United News.)
i - CHICAGO. Dee. 20. "If they ex
"pose so much as a cork above or
'I below the table they will be taking a
'rink."
That's the New Tesr greetings of
V-Chief of Police Collins to the merry
Chicagoans who received hip pocket
.flasks for Christmas.
' "Anr one caught drinkint in public
places with bottles in sight either
1 ' under or above the table will be ar-
a ; rested immediately" Chief Collins
'fContiaues. lie states that where 1025
' ' tests its wings timidly over the mid-
tilrht lichts of Chicaro. keen-eved do-
x Jicemen and detectives disguised in
I" "dinner jackets and dress suits will
' he watching every coffee cup in every
. cabaret
Enjnncer Killed When
'r! Freight Train Derailed
Lt (Associated Press.)
V SALT LAKE CITY Dec 20. En
i -glneer John GerMenachlnger '
i EUled and two otner trainmen were
:': lulu red Kridsv when a freicht train
11 on the Marvsville Utah branch of
th Tkanirer anil Kin HmnHe Western
railroad was derailed. The cause ot
the derailment haa not been determined.
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gSJMajJJSJsjsjis
Diil TAi:: EXPECTS
KillS'
I If
Starched Front Shirt end Collar V
It la 'equally silly taw Idolise and to anathema tixe fingllsu fashions.
For Instance there waa tha amusing fellow who s&ld "I ain't got no
use for none o' them EngllBh styles." Betorted the listener "No! nor
for the Engllan Unguage either." ' What
difference doea it make where fashion
cornea from' provided that It goed to make
one better and more becomingly dressed?
To deny that the English have atwmyi
borne the torch in men'a atylea lighting
the way for the world to follow would
be to write one's gelt down aa ignorant
of fact and fashion. Not all English ideas
are good and worthy of adoption. Not
all are bad and worthy of rejection.' The
Well-Dressed Man weighs and sifts them
ever mindful that becomingness to the
individual transcends mere style and that
all things can not in simple reason . be
ulted to all types of faces and figure.
One of English fashions though not
wholly new which is now being favored
by many Americans In metropolitan cei-
tera la the short-front starched-bosom shirt together' with a stiff collar
to match as Illustrated here. The object of thU style it to unite the
comrort or the soft shirt with the smooth smart appearance of the
starched shirt when the waistcoat la worn. This is admirablv accom
plished. The old-fashioned full stiff front was not. flexible; did not curve
readily to the chest and was prone to bind the wearer under the arms.
The newest style permits one to be slightly formal in one's mode ot
dress without any discomfort whatever.
Buch a shirt may have the fairly long bosom as shown or it may
have what is known as the half or deml bosom Intended for those who
seek the utmost degree of freedom. Naturally with your waistcoat on
the -difference In the color and pattern of bosom and body is not exposed
to view. With this starched-fronL oval-shaped shirt you may wear either
the stiff turn-down collar ot the same material as the bosom and a four-in-hand
scarf or you may wear the white wing collar and a boW-knot tie.
The cuffs ot the shirt are a single thickness and sharply rounded.
The material of the garment may be madras or almost any hefty ma-
terlaL This sort of shirt Is meant expressly and exclusively for town
and business wear. It Is "dress up" in character. It goes well with the
veivet-couar overcoat and the derby hat. It symbolizes the crednal
return to more formality In men'a clothes from which we were lured'
away by the spread or sport and charm ot country life.
Copyright 1924 by C. E. Wry.
Ambassadors Looked To
for Support of
Evacuation Delay.
Mrs. Sweetin Prostrates
Self On Husband's Grave
And Sobs Her Innocence
?! ;Ru1U Proof Vts to
(Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY IW 2fl RsOMi
-vi'City Kps. police will be supplied
'SfWith bullet proof vests next year.
. Mayor W. W. (lordon announced Fri-
: bullet -proof vestg results from the
: . - -. i v . i i : .
m teciie. or wj uauuns.
-v
i Bulgarian Premier to
pr NegoUate Balkan Pacts
U (Associated Press.)
SOFIA. Dec. 20. Premier Tian
-4' koff. under an agrement of the
Juro-Slvin and Rumanian covern-
-'MDta left TSursday night for Bel-
v.' 'grade and Bucharest to negotiate
nnderatandings among the Balkan
.''; States on various pressinc issues. No
i' derails of the premier's program were
' . .l L i 1 . L T 1 .
(iven out aj uie ouisanau (oreis
MOUNT VERJfON 111.. Dec 28.
How Mrs. Elsie Sweetin who waa
found guilty by a jury here Wednes-
day of the poison murder of her hus-
band Wilford threw herself In the
snow upon her husband's grave Christ-
mas eve was told Friday by Sheriff
Grant Hoi comb who took the woman
to Benton where she la held In jail
pending disposition of her motion for
a new trial '
As. the motor car in which Mrs.
Sweetin was driven to Benton reached
the cemetery at Ina ahe begged the
sheriff to stop snd let ber visit the
grave of ber husband. The sheriff
at first declined but Mrs. Sweetin
implored him to grant the request.
asserting it probably would be her
last chance to visit the cemetery.
The sheriff then consented sod or
dered the car stopped while he and
Mrs. Sweetin walked through the snow
Into the little village cemetery. When
sne reacnea tne grave of Wilford
Sweetin she threw herself serosa the
; ment
;!Three Burned to Death
In Explosion of Stove
Yi'W (Aesociated Press.)
? ' DUNKUM. I1L Dec. 26. Mrs. Ce
t ; Herod and Dorothy Brooks 8 were
beraed to death Friday when a kilch-
i ea store in which coal oil had beea
i ' poured exploded and set the boms of
C Brooka a farmer. Into flames.
Five Jumped to safety from a second
t stpry window.
mi :a .
r-jt-
an you
anticipate
a1An).
bif. are foo a wteto of Itching burn-
Inr skin trouble that la maddening at
night and makes you scratch and tost
from side to sida untu exoausisar
Aon! RestnolOlntment then band.
age lightly. Aadbon as thU eooth.
iog healing ointment touches as itch-
mgskin.the Itchtagneually stops the
Inflaamatioa U allayed and hesilsg
beilna. c 1 .
' I m ..ft .d
A. tws sow mjwr
.fr - WHW aawy awiavy . .-
Resin ot
!:iojel
snow-covered mound eobbina snd cry.
ing that ahe was innocent and al
though convicted hsd not noisoned
ner nusoana.
Mrs. Sweetin refused to leave and
the sheriff wss forced to carry her
from the scene. Sbe wss hysterical
when ahe again entered the car but
gained her usual composure before
sbe reached Benton.
Mrs. Sweetin waa aentenced to
years In prison snd Lawrence M. Eight
wss given a lite sentence by tne "jury
wnicn tried tnem jointly.
EXTRA DIVIDEND VOTED
NEW YORK Dec. 26. Directors
of the Central Railroad company of
New Jersey Fridsy declared an extra
dividend ot in addition to tne regu-
lar quarterly dividend of that amount
both pavable January 15 to stock ol
record iJanuary S. Similar dividends
were declared on June 26 and Jan
nary 13 of this year.
V (AaanMlated Praas.V
Woman Clihas to
After Accident; Unhurt
PAftlS. Dec. 26. The alUed conn
rij of ambassadors at its meeting here
HatuMiat . is eaoectea to coniirm ue
decisions taken by the Hritish and
French covernmente not te evacuate
the Cologne bridgehead January 10.
Th ambassadors. In addition it Is
forecast will .send a memorandum to
Berlin explaining the -decision. They
are not expected to go much farther
with tne matter nowever penaing
romiot of the final report from the
military ' control mission concerning
the' statue of Oerraan disarmament
which may be forthcoming the Utter
part ef January. ...
' Ona maon for tha Cautions attl-
tude by the ambaassdors is found here
In . the different viewpoints ef the
British 'and French eoveraments on
tha fluastion... The French demand
inac UO evaeoauoa na gntmg w
canse of the discovery by the eon
trol commission ox clandestinely
maanfanenM rml 'and .other -an-
dences ot violations of the -treaty ot
Versailles: The British btse their
decision m the fact that the final
report of the mission is not ready
snd that ths .evacuation should not
precede n. .
There la an incBnatlon u political
eirelea to' anticipate that the final
Rritial .-dedaion. after the receipt of
the complete report will be to evacu
ate while" rremier uerrtot wnose
aonai mainaiioaa ara Known u oe
the . same direction would en
counter- great' difficulties in parlia-
ment it he approved the evacuation
in-the face of the mission's reoent
discoveries.
Rifle and. Machine Gun
Depot Found in Germany
(Associated Press.)
PARIS. Dee. 28. Officers from
the interallied control commission
have discovered in Berlin a depot of
rifle and machine gun barrels the
Echo de Paris learns from an 'incon-
trovertible Informant" . in Germany.
An. inventory now being .taken has
accounted for 4Q.000 barrels snd it is
said that the total will reach 100000.
The depot waa found In a cunningly
devised hiding place. .
The allied council of ambaasadors
is meeting Saturday ' to consider
whether Germany haa . fulfilled bet
obligations under the Versailles treat
to an extent making anvl sable evacua
tion ot -the Cologne area by the allies
on the stipulated date ef January 10.
The French contend that Germans
have violated the disarmament clauses
and Premier Herriot on Wednesday
submitted to his cabinet a memoran-
dum to which the ministers agreed
declaring that evacuation of the Co-
logne bridgehead was impossible.
IM)1 ANAPOLlk ' Deft kVl've
thanked God a thousand times that
I'm alive." sobbed Mrs. Mary Clark
19 as she lay on a hospital cot here
Friday and described a Christmas
sight ride of 12 miles en the-locomotive
pilot of the fCickerbocker spe-
cial a feat New -Iork Central train
running from Indianapolis . to New
fork. Mrsi Clark was caught on the
pilot when the train demolished as
automobile at a crosslag here' killing
one member of her family and in-
juring two others. ;(
Mrs.' Clark's mother-in-law' Mrs.
Clyde Clerk -died of Injuries Ken.
neth Clark. 22 husband of Mrs. Msry
Clark and-Clyde Clsrk Kenneth's
father were Injured. "Billy" Hart-
man 20-months-old nephew: ef 'Mrs.
Kenneth Clsrk' escaped uninjured.
"It was the sjost terrifyint ex-
perience I ever' expect te have. . siid
Mrs. Clsrk s she told of clinging to
the locomotive until sbe finally be-
came nneonaeioaa end was swept off
into a ditch where she was round
hr a farmer who heard her scream.
Mrs. Clark said aa the automobile
started across the tracks sbe beard
a terrinc crash and men remember
ed nothing until she found herself oe
ue engine pilot. ' - ' . .'
"I wss still somewhat dased" ahe
aald "but I realised where I' waa. I
apparently bad enough presence "ef
mind to cling to soma aino or an iron
bar on the head of the locomotive
"I . screamed shrieked and shouted
until my throat became so raw 1 wss
unsble to make further outcry. It
seemed tbst I wss flying the train
was going so fast.
"The minutes seemed . like hours
snd ths wind wss so strong I wss
afraid to turn around and look ahead.
It was the coldest wind 1 ever felt
"I felt It would be only a ones'
tion of s few seconds until I prob
ably would be dashed to the tracks
below sod ground to 'pieces. It-was
terrible. I preyed to God to give me
strength to bang on just a little
further. I also asked that if I
tended to Uke me te please spare
Kenneth and the rest of the family.
"I thought of Kenneth and his
father and mother and little Billy
many times ss the train sped on snd
I wondered if they had been killed. I
prayed and prayed that they be
srved.
ChUd Crawls
To Safety in
School Fire
HOBART. Okla Dee. 29-
Crawlhii ea haads asd knees
dedslai la hetweeeUufll ag
feet aad itrslslsg bedlee allay
girl. Leila Blgeers fear and a
half years elef esoasea wlthest
a scratch treat the Bahb's
switch Christmas eve keleeaast
la which 34 aertoas lest thslr
MV"' crawled HI I get eat
late the eels" " was the simple
way la which Leila described
her escape. The child.' was
listed asisRi the mlsslRfla
early Hits ef vlctlam. Her two
brothers Walter asd Wllllssis
dies' la the fire ssf ber mether
Mrs. w. H. Blggsrs waa pres.
of
vue (Since the dawn of Christmas
mornlnc constitute the larcest num
ber ever admitted at any one time
Buffering from alcoholic poisoning.
Engineer on Merrimac
Dunng Great Fight Dies
(Associated Press.)
ELIZABETH. N. J. Dee. 26.
Daniel K. Lester 86 engineer on the
Monitor in its famous battle with the
Merrimac died Thursday night of
pneumonia. Before becoming engineer
of the Monitor during the civil '
he was an engineer en a Mississippi
river train transport. For 45 years
be wss chief engineer of ferries op-
erating from New Jersey points to
Stgten Island.
ably fatally bersed.
It Is believed a
Two Canadians Held oh
Counterfeiting Charge
QUEBEC Dec 26. Mounted po-
lice Friday eurrested T. Hamelln on
a charge or complicity in tne counter-
feiting of $10 -United Statee bills
Banker
other asiall childrea
lajary er death la the sane
I maaasr.
aM
which tha anthOrlties charce have
been circulated throughout this part
of Canada and in some parts of the
United 8tatea the past rew weeaa.
Hamelin'a arrest followed that of
Louis RobidouX. s barte operator
whose home In Ysmaska recently was
raided resulting in the discovery of
the press snd pistes used by the coun-
terfeiters the police said. Hamelin
waa held in (25000 bail.
a i
Three Dead Four Dying
From Poison Liquor
NEW IORK. Dee. 28. Three men
died in New York city hospitals four
are in an extremely serious eondi
tion at Bellevue hospital and. alth-
setber Z3 men were taaen u ine ii
from the effects of drinking the
ter institution Thursday night suffer'
lnr from the effects of drinkint thl
Dolaonous Honor that haa flooded the
city during the holidays.
The 23 patients admitted to Belle
9
All Texas Flint Days
(Postponed on Account of Bad Weather a Week Ago)
Saturday Dec. 27ty Sunday Dec. 28th
Look at the Flints Today!
AT THE
Conant-Paggi
Flint Company
JAMES E MANIERRE
MANAGER
1116 Main St
Houst
STYLISH BROUGHAM
on .'.' ' s
DUAL SEASON TOURING
rt- en i- " "-t -
SUPERIOR VALUE STANDARD .
DRIVING A HM
BRINGS REALIZATION
. OF BETTER .
PERFORMANCE
lliSilii
Justice . Department ' Post-
i Dones Acbon Until At
tomey General Returns
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The
department of justice expects to
make no further move in the investl-
catlon of affaire in the office of
United State Attorney Wlnue of New
Jersey untill Attorney General Stone
rerurns next wees-
Officials at the department Friday
aald they bad M Jtnowledge aa re-
ported in press advices of sny con-
templated conference between the at-
torney general and Charles D. Kirk a
State witness in the Weebswken rum
case. Tbey asserted tbst Mr. Kirk
bad not been "Summoned to Wssh-
incton.
Mrs. Mable Walks WlDebrandt
assistant attorney general who with
the attorney general has beea han-
dling the weenawkeii situation how
ever la also out 01 tne cirjr.
Mr. Stone has asked Mr Wiano to
come here early next week for an
other discussion of the sf fairs in the
letter's office snd It is believed thst
others of Mr. Winne's staff may be
present at that time.
Church Council Sends
Thanks to President
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. A
morisr tbankinc President Coolidie
end Secretary Hughes "for emphatic
denial of malevolent rumors" in re-
gard to the nation's relations with
Japan waa received at the- White
House Friday from the federal coun
cil of churches prepared on behalf of
the commission o( international jus-
tice and good will and the national
committee on American-Japanese re
lationa.
Kansas
i;iHad tolijesign
. .:. (Aasodated Press.)
T6PEKA Kan. Dec 2u-Aa lm
portsnt dedaion is expected to t
snnounced Saturday by Governor J.
M. Davie as a result of the re cert
inquiry into affairs of tha Stat vol-
versity. . . i ') ? ''
Asked concerning a rumor that ke
will request the State board of ei
ministration to ask for Cbaneallor
E. H. Lindley's resignation Gover-
nor Davia said: t
"V.. V il. 1.4 -.t.
but I will not make any announce-
ment until tomorrow possibly not
then. I hare my mind pretty well
made up In the matter but I may be
convinced I am on the wrong track.'
Argentina and Brazil '
Place Big Oil Orders
WASHINGTON Dec. 28. Con-
tracts for 848000 barrels ef fuel o3
were awarded by the shipping board
today. '
A contract for 160000 barrets te)
be delivered at Buenos Aires st 12.63
t barrel was given to the General Pe-
troleum corporation of Los Angeles
Cel. and the other for 198000 bar-
rels to be delivered at Bio De Janeiro
at $17.60 a metric ton was grsnted
to the Mexican Petroleum corpora '
tion of New Iork. ; -
6
ap Rowdies Who Broke ' ;
p Dance rreed by Court
(Associated Press.)
T0B30 Dec. 26. Two leaders of
a gang of political rowdiea who were
arrested after they had stopped tha
American colony dance st the Hotel
Imperial on June 7 ss a protest
against the passage of the Japanese
exclusion clause in the AWriran Im-
migration bill were discharged by a
criminal court Friday because of In-
sufficient evidence. The men were
charged with disturbing the peace. M.;
After-Christmas Sale!
Cflen's and Women's Wear
Now in progress An annual event
that is eagerly awaited by hun-
dreds of Houston men and women
for the really remarkable savings
it affords on Women's Coats
Dresses and other essentials and
Men s Suits and Overcoats. An
opportunity you will do well to
take advantage of.
PRIOR-TO-INVENTORY SALE
Hundreds of articles that are new
and seasonable bought for holi-.
day business remain in our store.
We do not wish to carry them
through inventory hence they
are placed on sale at deep reduc-
tions. Time and space forbid the
listing of the articles but you will
find them in practically every department.
STORE OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL 3 O'CLOCK
Special Table tf Hole Dinner 75c
MENU
Shrimp Oyster or Fruit Cocktail
Hearts af Celery and Qreen Olives
Escalloped Potatoes ' . Cauliflower In Butter
Chleken a la King er Tenderloin Steak
Lettuce and Tomato Thousand Island Dressing
Chocolate Sundae or Choice of Plea
Tea Coffee or Milk
Special Muslo In Dining Room 6 to o'clock
Dr. Earl Shew Soloist Misa Vivian Soby Accompaniat
IT NEVER COSTS MORE AT MUNN'S
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