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m. 19. W0 361 FIVE CENTS A COPY TEN PAGES VOL. S7 TEN PAGES TUCSOX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26, 1926 PROTOCOLS FOR BOLIVIAN PEACE New President of Mexico Forbids Drumhead Courts EVEN 'GLOOMY DEAN' HOPEFUL AT YULE SEASON STUDENT SHOT BY POLICEMAN AFTER ROBBERY WOMAN, HELD IN MIZE QUIZ FREED AFTER GIVEN APPROVAL Dry Plan Prize Is Awarded To U. S.

Prohibition Officer Alcohol Permits Called Cause of Failure; Remedies Include Closer Inspection of Permittees, Stopping Supply, LeSS Politics NEW YORK, Dee. Chester P. Mills of xw York former tederal prohibition administrator for the New York dIMrirt -lay was announced as winner of the $25,000 prize offered bv Durant for "the best and most practicable plan forsaking the eigh- toenth amendment effective." Christmas Inspires Inge to Optimism Over World Peace IF' QUESTIONING Companions Say Thty Wished To Get Money For Christmas MORE CRIME PLANNED Special Committee of Latin Conference to Sumbit Them to Meeting PARAGUAY FREES ARMY nniiiiD a im lie winner ot th mm hooi 5000 Soldiers Sent Home as Peace Moves Succeed In Washington prize was Malcolm D. Almack. rep Wales Broadcasts Appeal to Assist Starving Miners LONDON, Dec.

25. Prince of Wales tonight broadcast an appeal in behalf of the 250,000 unemployed miner who at Christmas had found themselves with "everything gone and nothing left to sell." He pictured the state of destitution of many of their families. Ha told of small boys going to school with only a jersey between their backs and the cold air while their little sisters were practically without shoes and stockings. In some families, hi said, "the mother does not go out until the daughter comes home for the simple reason that the only dress is joint "May I make one practical suggestion? it is that no Christmas gathering to which I have been speaking should break up without everyone right here and now mustering some concrete help for the fund. On person in the party can start the ball rolling.

Do this tonight and I feci sure that for the remainder ot the evening you will be animated more than you were befora with the real spirit of Christmas. Good night, evsrybody." Father Stunned by News of Son's Death, States He Had Money BERKELEY, Dec. 25. Thorn- Private Detectives May; He Called to Solve Murder SEARCH "CONTINUES MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24.

President Emilio Portes Uu today made a Christmas gift ot liberality and justice by ordering th abolition ot summary executions. He announced that respect for human life will be strictly enforced and that even persons apprehended in open rebellion against the government will not be put to death summarily, but i'l be turned over the authorities for formal trial. These instructions of th provisional President were given to the war department which immediately instructed the military commanders throughout the country in accordance with them. President Portes Gil told the war department that he was resolved to initiate a campaign ot increased morality and respect for human life and that in no case or under any circumstances will any one be considered authorized to exceed tho order. Heretofore it has been the practice ot military commanders to executi rebel leaders or insurgents afte-a drumhead court marital.

FLORIDA VISIT as Donald Hall, 21-year-old sopho- more cf the University of Redlands, i was shot and killed here today by Patrolman Thaddeus Ornes, and William Cornewell Cooney, II, and George I. Keller, 23. both juniors at the same school, were arrested I after they bad robbed a florist's shop "to get Christmas money." After Hall was rhot Cooney mir- rendered, but not until he bad been fired at. twice by Ornes. Later on information given by Cooney, Kel- ler was arrested at a hotel.

Both boys are alleged to have confessed Rewards Close to $1000 Offered by Citizens Of Tucson WORLD HONORS DAY Capitals of Nations All Report Happiness Is Keynote Dec. 25 (IP. Mindful the sick kins in Buckingham palace. London celebrated Christmas in a subdued spirit today which, though lacking In external -liety, was perhaps no less sincerely happy. Like Queen Mary many citizens tasted the quiet joys of united family.

Thousands of others were tempted out by sunshine and rather mild temperature. This evening the theaters were full of holiday mak- ri. The stay-at-homes and radio fans listened to the Prince of Wales broadcasting an appeal to aid the miners. His royal highness, speaking through 2LO, pointed out that 550,000 of these have been entirely without wages for many months and are in dire want, with starvation menacing them, and with women and children dependent upon them. Many churches held morning services.

"The Gloomy" Dean Inge, preaching in St. Paul's, frankly admitted an optimism in his outlook for international peace. He believed, he said, that the League of Will Go Direct to Washington In January Before His Inauguration ABOARD U. S. UTAH, Dec.

VP) President-elect Herbert Hoover has changed his plans and will proceed directly to Washington upon returning from his South American tour. This announcement was made today in the midst of Christmas celebrations cn board the battleship Utah which now is cruising northward. Under the revised schedule the battleship will head for Hampton Roads, Virginia, where it is expected to arrive January 6. The Hoover party then will disembark and proceed to the capital city. Mr.

Hoover probably will remain in Washington for a week or 10 days attending to matters awaiting his attention. After that he will go to Florida as originally planned. resenting the high school of Palo Alto, Calif. Under the terms of the contest Almack receives J1.000 and the school $4,000, Checks were mailed by Durant to reach Mills, Almack and Walter H. Nichols, principal ot the Palo Alto high school.

Christmas day. The winning Mills plan, which was released today, deals in detail with prevention ot the diversion of industrial alcohol, which, according to the author is the principal source of supply for the bootlegger. Young Almack's plan is to be made public January 1. The prize winning plans were selected by a committee headed by Dr. W.

O. Thompson, president emeritus of Ohio State university. 23,230 Compete There were 23,230 persons in the contest for the $25,000 prize, submitting 19,000 plans. Half of the contestants were women. Prize plans were received from every state in the union, the district of Columbia, every territorial possession of the United States and ten iorelgn countries.

One was from a Brazilian general, another from an official of China. Plans submitted ranged from suggested modification of the IStli amendment, urged by 774, to jail sentences for all convictions and deportation of all alien offenders. Modification of the Volstead act was urged by 5,340, while 1,536 favored government manufacture and sale of intoxicants and 400 wanted light, wines and beer. "Diversion of alcohol and liquors under cover of indiscriminately granted permits controlled by unreliable persons provides the vast KING IMPROVES FOR CHRISTMAS and said they were without money ami devised a plan to commit some robberies as a means of raising funds. The robbery of the florist's shop was their first attempt.

Advices from Red'ands confirmed that the three young men had been going to the university there. All three were described by President V. L. Duke of the institution as "average students with good records." Dec. :5.

An agreement on the general terms of a special protocol to govern the Pan-American arbitration conference's efforts to conciliate the Bo-livian-raraguayan dispute was reached today by the special committee on this question. The Bo-11 via and l'araguyan representatives attended the committee session. The committee met shortly after tho Bolivian legation here had received from its home government a reply to a questionnaire addressed to Bolivia last week by the special committee. Tho questionnaire sought information as to that government's attitude on certain phases ot the proposed conciliation proceedings and the legation today said the tone of the reply was "fav- At the committee meeting, Dr. orable." Victor Maurtua of Peru, chairman i the special committee, minister Diez do Medina of Bolivia, and Eligio Ayala, Paraguayan delegate to the conference, were instructed to draft the text of the conciliation protocol.

This will be transmitted to the two interested governments for their approval after which it will be reported to a plenary session of the arbitration conference for that group to take action and appoint the judges of the conciliation tribunal. After its meeting today the special committee issued the following communique: "The special committee met. to consider replies made by Bolivia and Paraguay to its inquiries. "These replies were fully satisfac- DRIVER IS FREE OF DEATH BLAME Information received by city and county authorities yesterday may lead to the unraveling" of the tnvstcry surrounding thu death ot O. L.

Mizc, sales man-arcr of a local automobile firm, whose bullet riddled body was found in a desert canyon near here Saturday. A woman, quizzed by police Monday, has been released but is being- kept under surveillance, it was announced by authorities. While the police refused make public the nature of the. information, a detective has been detailed to follow out sev- Roy.tl Family Has Pleasant Day Filled With Simple Pleasures of Season Could Not Avoid Fatal Accident to Jesus Olivas Say Police Nations had almost unlimited opportunities for good, "if the nations really have the will to peace and friendship." LONDON. Dec.

25. 7Pi Chrirl -runs proved a good day for King Gcorgo in his prociess toward recovery and a happy d.iy for his united family which rejoiced with the nation in the continued im FATHER SAYS BOY HAD MONEY DEL ROSA. Dec. 25. iPl Belief that the desire for a thrill led Thomas Donald Hall, university student, to attempt the holdup of a Berkeley florist shop and to his being killed by a police officer was expressed by T.

S. Hall, father of the youth, hero today. Hall, stupefied by the news of his era! new leads and it is hoped Jesus Olivas. 79, a resident of Tucson since 1S0O, Is dead as a result of being knocked to the pavement on South Stone avenue yesterday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock, by an automobile driven by Ed Wells, South. Stone avenue barber.

Olivas resided at 277 South Stone avenue and was going home at the time of the accident. J'liis change in schedule was hailed with joy by members ot the Hoover party as well as the officers and crew of the battleship as it had been expected that Mr. Hoover would land in Florida and remain in that state until almost time for his inauguration. Hampton Roads is the. Utah's base ami It now will be possible for its officers and crew to pay brief visits to their families before leaving on a three-months' practice cruise to Panama.

The revised plans also will enable the president-elect personally to attend to his affairs in Washington rather than to attempt to execute their direction from a winter home in provement, ef tho sovereign. The bulletin of Iho phyMcians at i'iare, tonight, gave to the public, the cheerful news that the nyal patient had passed a restful dav and shown improvement in the local coudiiiuu 10,000 UNABLE TO ADOPT BABIES CHICAGO, Dec. 25 (IP). Santa CH.U9 failed to fill the bill in Chicago, He fell short in at least one rspect. for nearly 10,000 couples petitioned for babies to adopt and failed to get them.

The demand for babies always son's tragic death. declared the youth bad all the money he needed and never before had given trouble. He said he believed that his. son's I action could be explained in no i returning from a funeral. halted his motor vehicle within a other way than that he sought thrill.

few feet after Olivas stepped in (Continued to Page 10, Column 3) I (Continued to Page 2, Column 4) front of the automobile, confused in the traffic, police officers who reaches its peak at Christmas, the Illinois Children's Home and Aid society, which placed more than youngsters in homes last year, beseiged by 5,200 would-be parents in the last two weeks, leading for a baby to adopt for Investigated said. Olivas was hurriedly removed from the street to the Southern Methodist hospital where he died near the time of OCEAN TRAGEDY AVERTED BY OIL arrival. Christmas. Christmas Day of Accidents Throughout Entire Country Automobile, Train Accidents and Fires Claim Many Lives; Child Who Swallowed Toy Still Lives, But is too Weak to Undergo Operation 'Of course most of them were here that his investigation will throw some light on the mystery Drib Wilkins and Reynaldo Leon, arrested Saturday for investigation are at liberty under $1500 bond each for further questioning as material witnesses. In the meantime Mrs.

Kath-erinc widow of the slain man has taken the body to their former home in Bisbee for burial. Funeral services will be held there this afternoon. Kcwards for solution of Mic's murder, offered by the Motor Trades association and a local newspaper have reached close to the $1000 mark today. It was reported yesterday that private detectives probably would be. employed in the case by friends of Mite in Bisbee and Tucson, in both of which cities he had important business connections.

Olivas had left the curb to cross from the west to the east side of South Stone avenue, a short distance south of Ochoa street, police said. "Wells was driving south on Stone at the time of the accident. disappointed," said Miss Margaret Jones of the society. "A year must (lapse before we permit a baby to adopted, and we make a long tearchlng investigation, before we even 'loan out' a baby." Florida. Whether a trip will be made to Cuba and Mexico before the inauguration is expected to be deck'od after Mr.

Hoover reaches Washington. President Coolidge and the president-elect today exchanged Christmas greetings via radio as did the first lady and the first lady-to-be. Mr. Hoover also received a number of other messages from members ot the cabinet and personal friends from all parts of the world. A number of the radio dispatches were from presidents of the South American republics recently visited, to whom he likewise had sent the season's greetings.

Mrs. Hoover, whose thoughtful-ness has endeared her to all on board the ship for a while today slipped away from the Christmas festivities in the admiral's quarters and made Iter way below to of the diseased lung. Maintenance of strength was also reported, indicating that the general condition of tho king was at least holding its own despite tho lung siege of illness. Tho brief bulletin, the only one of tho day. said.

"The king has passed a quiet, day. The local condition is improving and the strength is maintained. Tho next bulletin will lie. issued tomorrow-evening," It, was signed by his majesty's regular physieians, sir Stanley Hewett, Lord Dawson of Penn.and by bis surgeon. Sir Hugh Rigby.

Newspapers were not published today nor will thev bo en boxing tomorrow. The. bulletin was therefore posted in tho windows of poHtoffie-es in all towns having telegraph stations, ll was. also broadcast by radio. All members of the royal family except two sisters of the King.

Queen Maud of Norway, and the Princess Royal, were at the palace today participating in the. homely family pleasures incident to tho season. They nUended divine service this morning and then all lunched together with the exception (f the. prince of Wales. The heir to tho British throne left the palace to ike an appeal C0OL1DGES START SOUTHERN TRIP SALT LAKE CITY.

Dec. 15. (Pi- Salt Lake City's toll of Christmas Eve automobile fatalities grew to three today. Mary Mnxine Cooper, 18-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Clifford Cooper, died of injuries she received when a hit and run driver crashed through a party cf seven pedestrians on a downtown street. The baby was thrown from her WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (IP). The roar of America's mighty in 1 mother arms and carried away Steamer and Tow Facing Destruction On Rocks in Alaskan Gale SEATTLE. Dec.

25 (It'. What had seriously threatened to he a Christmas sea tragedy apparently was averted today with the steamer Starr anchored safely in the Clulf ot Alaska and the famous tug Roosevelt he-ins towed toward Port Etches, near Cordova, Alaska. The vessels were caucht In a heavy g.ile yesterday while the Roosevelt was towing the Starr to Seattlo and last night it was feared both ships would be smashed to pieces on the Jncged rocks of Weasel Reef in the Gulf of Alaska. Yesterday morning the heavy gale caused the Starr to go adrift but after a time the boat again was taken in tow by the Roosevelt. The hawser t-oon parted for dustries was hushed today and I's place there was heard in the capital city as well as throughout the length and breadth of the land the century old shout ot "Merry Christmas." on the sutomoltile of Monta D.

Johnson and was found later at his home. Clair Christensen. 5 WILL ROGERS SAYS NEW YORK, Dee. 25. Well, the Christmas spirit is over now.

Everybody can get back to their na- i Everywhere there was a renewing year old son of Mr. find Mrs. Jens H. Christensen and a cousin of the dead baby, died within a few minutes aftec tho crash. Johnson Is the sickbay where about a dozen bluejackets are confined.

The wife of the president-elect smilingly wished a merry Christmas to the sailors who are suffer of friendships and the exchange of greetings as a nation at rest from As a musician and collector, Olivas came to Tucson near the year 1300. He had formerly lived in Florence, Arizona. He had come to Arizona from Mexico. He left a widow, Dolores, and nine children. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Tucson Mortuary where the body will be held several days pending the arrival of relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Poage, of San Antonio, Texas, were injured when their automobile over-turned yesterday afternoon on the Vail highway near here. They were taken to the Veterans' hospital for medical attention and transferred later to St.

Mary's hospital for tho night. Their injuries were not serious. Sheriff's deputies who Investigated the accident did not learn the cause of the happening, and did not make a detailed report last night. The travelers' destination was not learned. Dick Alexander, horseman of the Rincon stables, received a.

hurt arm as he fell while riding with a. companion near the stables yesterday afternoon. Vernon Hayes. driver for the to be charged with manslaughter, i's labors gave itself over wnoie- 1 I the authorities announced today. teartedly to the spirit of the season and the peace on earth, good will The third death was that ot Vera Fnv Warner.

4-year-old daughter by radio in behalf of the unem- I ployed who are suffering distrcs as the result of the closing of the towards man for which it stands. At the white house, the President of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace O. Warner of Boise, Idaho.

Fhe was fa IN CYCLE CONTEST nnd Mrs. Coolidge, like millions of other Americans, were up early un tally injured by fragments of glass when the Warner car wos struck there had been as many good wishes in the heart as there was on paper, the devil would have to dig up soma new clients. r. i mil by one driven by Ludean Maxtield mines. 'Tonight Queen Mary Willi hrr four sons, her daughter and Ihe! Duchess of York attended a dinner parly which fittingly ended the day with quiei domestic convivial- I 22.

Tollce announced todav that Maxfiold also will be charged with doing the tinseled bundles bearing tokens of good wishes from friends. For the chief executive and first lady the day was an unusually busy one because of their departure in mid-afternoon for a Tacatlon in the milder climate of the Georgia coast. manslaughter. SIX PERSONS DIE IN HOTEL FIRE PHOENIX, Dec. The motorcycle racing championship of Arizona today rests on the shoulders of Ted Miller.

Phoenix police officer, bv virtue of an easy victory in the feature event of the speed program given this afternoon at the Arizona Slate fair grounds here. The first race was a five mile SXjTJI will never be ing from such ills as colds, fever, and minor accidents incident to work aboard ship. She shook hands with all of the patients and placed her hand on the brow ot several of those with fever. To each she gave some kind of present, cither a package of sweetmeats, candy or some toy from the Santa Clans collection she herself had provided to give a Christmas touch to the dining room in the admiral's quarters. The sick sailors grinned with boyish delight as they toyed with acrobatic monkeys, squeaking dolls, tin horns, wooden rattlers and other articles from the collection Mrs.

Hoover had obtained in P.io Do Janeiro. When Mrs. Hoover departed she probably left tho happiest group of bluejackets in the navy. Later the medical officer visited the sickbay and remarked that Mrs. Hoover's visit had done more good than all of his medicine.

I i I AKRON, Dec. 25 (IP). Flames which swept the Park Hotel, a small structure occupied mainly by a chart ty benefit, Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge left tne SHOOTING CLIMAXES BUSINESS QUARREL fity by special train about the hour that the sputtering naval radio 1 event won by Carol llcndershot of second time and in attempting to get.

a line aboard again the Roosevelt fouled a propeller wheel Both disabled, tho Starr and Roosevelt were dangerously near the jagged reef, with tho lives of the 1G men aboard the Roosevelt in danger. The steamer Northwestern of the Alaska Steamship company, rushed to their assistance and pumped oil on the water to quiet the waves. The Starr dropped anchor in 60 fathoms of water and today was reported apparently safe. Tho fishing schooner Attu, which also went to aid the ships, was able to take the Roosevelt in tow and late today the big tug was slowly nearing l'ort Etches, near Tho Northwestern was still standing by the Starr. The sea had moderated slightly but It was snowing hard.

The Roosevelt was used by Commander Robert K. Peary when he discovered the North Pole. Tucson Motor Service, reported yesterday to police the damage to his automobile, when hit by an unknown driver at South Meyer street and Broadway. brought word from the other side of the enuator that the President elect and Mrs. Hoover were enjoy- I Phoenix in five minutes 12 seconds.

MEXICO CITY. Jack Early rode easy for the last. Mrs. P.ernice Rush, ho donated five miles of the second event, public homes in New Haven, Ken-I affair to win in 12 minutes, tueky, and Is the proprietress of a I 35 seconds. in? the holiday aboard the big battleship Utah, now cruising northward to Washington.

till we learn to eat those Christmas cards. If we spent as much with the Salvation Army as we do with the telegraph companies every Christmas, why the poor would be fat all winter. But we can all go back to work with a clear conscience. We fed 'em Christmas and New Years. Now all the poor have to do is just to fill in the few meals till next Christmas.

Yours, WILL. HOLDUP MAN USES DISGUISE OF SANTA The President and Mrs. Coolidge only Tucson en-ln the 23-mile Gene Merrill the i try Placed third milincry store in the center of this city, was held today on the ehnrce of shooting, probably fatally, a factory workers, resulted in the deaths of six persons early today. A numbpr of others were badly burned. One.

man was burned to death, while five others, one of them a woman, died as a result of being overcome by smoke. The dead: Wilbur Wilson. 27, Akron. Arthur Alexander. 67, Akron.

Thomas King, 2S, Taden City, W. Va, Alberta Miller, 32, Mapleton, Pa. A. C. Eurrell.

Akron. Curtis. 30, Akron. Jeff Hamilton and Paul Locker, event. first opened the gifts they hart bought for one another.

This took in the library on the second floor of the white house. They thn got busy inspecting the many PIONEER OF FILMS TAKES THIRD WIFE PUT BOULDER UP TO UTAH, UDALL URGES presents sent by friends. In the city itself a full program 'id boon arranged for the day. All the AVashington churches held pocia 1 services, and many of the had arranged special holl-i3y programs. ROBERTS FUNERAL RITES TO BE TODAY PEDR0ZA IN ARMS AGAINST MEXICO Mexican, Marline-, owner of a drygoods store.

The shooting ocenri ed last night in the gardens of the building which Ionises the jail well as the police and civil com Is, It is alleged that Mrs. Rush drrw n- pistol from her purse and fired five shots at Marline, ivo ot which took effect. Mrs. Rush and Martinez. had left tin civil court where Rush had a case pendim; against the drycoods merchant.

The shooting occurred after a brief conversation In the gardens. Mrs. Rush and Martinez, it. is s.tid, have been engaged in a business controversy dating back a year. Mrs.

Rush to nuke PAXTA MOXiCA, Dec. 23. (IP) To Robert Dundel. who told police his home was In Xew York, the blessing of Santa Claus conveyed no good will. As Ilundel told it today, he and his wife were driving down Santa Monica boulevard when out from the curb stepped a man in the full regaila of old St.

Nick with a bag beneath his arm. "He waved to me to stop the car," Rundel "I did. smiling in anticipation. The next thing was a request for me to 'give and give and I did that, too. with two staring me In the face.

After I had paid over my watch and two of my wife's diamond rings in that fellow's bag. I was blessed and wished a 'Merry Christmas' and to) 3 to go." PARIS OBSERVES DY OF REVELRY PHOENIX. 25 that the only recourse left to this stale to assure it of justieo in the matter of the Boulder Canyon d.ini project is the cooperation with Arizona of the state legislators of Utah. John IT. L'dall, prohibit ion administrator for Arizona is urging the placing of this state's present problems squarely before the Utah leaders.

PARTS. Dee, 25 (VP). Paris elevated Christmas on a lavish scale nl year, the annual revillon be-n- nn the most extensive scale in both ot Akron, were in a hospital tonight recovering from burns. Six others were treated at hospitals and later released. The fire was noticed about A o'clock this morning.

Although the fire station was less than a. block away the flames bad gained such headway that efforts to save the building were in vain. Four of those who succumbed from suffocation died on the way to the hospital, while another died shortly afterward. Curtis was burned to death, evidently while he slept unaware of the blaze. The Park Hotel was 8.

Jour-story brick structure and nominally has about S5 roomers, mostly employed in the rubber factories here. TWO WOMEN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 15. (IP) The walls may have cars in Hollywood, but James pioneer film director, erstwhile husband of Clara Kimball Young and Clara Whipple Young, film celebrities, has been married again for nearly half a year, and no one heard a whisper of it.

The Counters Julie De Yalera ot roland became Young's fourth bride on August -8, in Prince George's county, Maryland. He has announced the news of a Christmas surprise to his friends. Mr. Young Is credited with having produced the first film feature to contain any of the art and technique ef the present day. Previous to his film career he won fame as a Shakespearian actor on the legitimate stage.

3ny years. MorA limn mo tens poultry, turkev and chickens a statement when asked for an interview. dominating, were consumed slc-rie. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23.

(IP, El Universal Grafico prints dispatches from Coasmaleapam in tho state of Vera Cruz saying that the Agrarian leader, former lieutenant colonel Jesus Pedroa, has taken up arms in the town of Tlacotal-pan against the state government headed by Colonel Adalberto Teja-da. Several other former army officers are said to have Joined the rebellion. The rebels declared that they were opposing the state government because it was unfairly elected but that they were not opposing the federal authorities. The churches were filled for the Funeral for Ivan Roberts, World War veteran, who died Friday in a San Francisco hospital, will be conducted in the chapel of Bring's Funeral Home, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev.

O. E. Corn-stock will officiate. Burial is to be in the plot of Evergreen cemetery, where services will be conducted by Epes Randolph Lodge No. 32, F.

and A. M. Roberts left a father. William II. Roberts: a widow: a son.

Raymond; a daughter. Betty; and two brothers. Harry J. Roberts and Melvln IT. Roberts, all of Tucson.

Pallbearers for the services will he E. E. Russell, Bruce Hanna, C. J. Killcn.

Ward Shelby, J. W. O'Neall and C. IT. Webber.

"lidnlcht mass. At the Madeleine "irch long lines of worshinners HIT-RUN DRIVER DIES IN ACCIDENT the services started end hun- TWO HOMES ROBBED POLICE ARE TOLD dr-ds were linahlo to find room immense structure. A few blocks away Monlmartre KICHMOXD. Dec. 25.

MV- 'sens and dance halls at the same Ir Wre forced to turn amuse- i'. BABY SON OF BERLIN DIES; ILL 24 HOURS NEW YORK, Dec. T' A "hit and run" driver who bad struck and slightly injured a pedestrian, was instantly killed today when be drove his car into a pillar of the elevated railroad in trying to evade a pursuing taxicab chauffeur. The driver's license Two women were fatally injured in two automobile accidents here tonight. The dead are: Mrs.

Sadie Ford Davis, 40, and Miss Lizzie Ragland, 6S. Hospital Given 50 Beds, Passes Old Ones to Charities Stipulating that the gift would be void if the giver's name were made public, an anonymous Santa Claus yesterday presented 50 Simmons beds, complete with new mattresses, to the Southern Methodist hospital. Announce ment of the windfall into th hospital stocking was made by Rev. J. Lyon, commissioner of the hospital.

At the tame time, Fhillip Ketchum, secretary of the Organized Charities an nounced, and asked that his gratitude be expressed therefor, that all of the present hospital beds had been presented to hia organization. Two house robberies were reported yesterday to city and county authorities. The home of Dr. V. G.

Presson, 1317 North Stone avenue, was entered and ransacked Saturday night during; the family's absence. a a Tcirty a special service was held at the American pro-eathedral with special Christmas music. Dean Bekman preached. Patients at the American hospital were visited and feeiv-d folwers and gifts of vari-n'! hinds. Mrs.

Davis was hurt fatally when Rurk- the automobile in which she was It was reported. A check-up of showed the name Gustavo hardt. Harry Cooperberg, taxi feur, followed the motorist. CHRISTMAS TRAFFIC IS FATAL FOR FOUR LOS AXGELES. Dec.

25. ijn Four persons died here Christmas day of injuries received in traffic accidents. They were: Miss r.ebrcca Roth-man, injured at Pasadena; Louis Dorame. 25, struck down here by an automobile driven by Charles Jor.es: Carlos Hernandez, f. hurt In an automobile crah hero TlTrictmas eve.

Vrnnk St-var: iU. injured Oi t. 4 last. FRED THOMSON ILL LOS Dec. 25 (IP).

Fred Thomson, film actor featured in row-boy roles, was reported to be in a. dangerous condition today at a Los Angeles hospital. He was taken there several days ago for an appendicitis operation. and had been recovering satisfactorily until riding collided with another at a street intersection. Her husband.

A. G. Davis, and their son. G. Davis.

escaped with slight in possible missing articles will be made when the family returns, it was said. Thieves entered the home of B. D. Jordan. 11 j- East Eighteenth took him and told him be struck a man.

The driver. NEW YORK, Dec. 13. The twenty four day rid son of Mr. and Mrs.

Irving Berlin lied today of a heart at'nck at the family home. The baby, named Irving. h3d shown no signs of illness until seized with the early this morning. The composer and his wife, rli'j-'iter ef Claren-e are pm rn ef a tiri. Mary L'l'en.

and f'i- juries. said, thereupon started his car street, and left with several shirts, handkerchiefs and a .25 autonir.t- Mifs Rag'and was knocked down bv an automobile as she was cross SIX DIE IN FfRE Sweden. Dec. 15. Fivs women and one child hvrned to death tiday in a a hotel at in western Sweden.

spd away. In the race th, lo rd through the lh-orv mobilist crashed in luimnL-c: r. I this rrorri'ig. consulting phy-' -ieians wrie railed brrause 0f a I 11'iC. pistol, it was (0 po'i, 11 and sheriff isouties.

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