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Page 2 JEFFERSON CITY POST-TRIBUNE Friday, December 26, 1930 HIT flTTflCK ISFflTflLTO I '1 I I Cartoonist Creator of "Abe Martin" Dies Early Today. HIS COMICS TO DIE WITH HIM Many of His Quotations Were Published In Book Form. RANTOUL, Dec. -Radio equipment valued at more than $500,000, was destroyed by fire last night together with a war-time wooden hangar housing the army aviation radio school at Chanute Field here. The building was valued at $30,000.

A steel building valued at $250,000 is under construction and was to have replaced the wooden structure soon. The flames menaced the entire post but were confined to the one building by fire companies from Rantoul, Champaign and Paxton. Post officials began an inquiry Into the blaze. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26--(AP)-Kin Hubbard, creator of "Abe Martin" and "Abe's" various neighbors, "Constable Newt Flam" "Squire Marsh Swallow." "Rev.

Wiley Tanger," and "Dr. Mopps." died suddenly at his home here this morning. A sudden attack of heart disease caused his death. It was in 1904 that Mr. Hubbard drew for the Indianapolis News his first caricature the gangling rural character called "Abe Martin." This character has lived and will die with Mr.

Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard was 62 years old but his age was unknown to even his close associates until after his death. He warded off all inquiries as to his age. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, the son of Thomas and Sarah Hubbaid.

His Last Broadcast Annually he published a book in which he culled from "Abe's" sayings during the year some of his 'favorite expressions. His last book, published just be- jiore the holidays, was "Abe Mar: tin's Broadcast." Prom "Station RFD, Bloom Center," Mr. Hubbard announced: "A pedestrian is mostly some one who'd rather walk than try to park I flat to the curb." Some other announcements from the Bloom Cen' ter station were: "Woman is the most confusin' thing. She'll kill her husband's vote an' turn right around and charge a new dress to him." "Alcoholic psychosis is nothin' more or less'n old D. in a dinner suit." "I wonder If the Mediterranean fly would be interested in spinach?" Mr.

Hubbard created the charac- ter of "Abe" shortly after a trip through Indiana during one of the Candidate For Mayor Is Going To Clean Up the City. TO RUN AGAINST MAYOR THOMPSON '5 mm Auto Crashes, Brownings and Poisoned Rum Take Toll. Judge Asks For Support of City's Law Abiding Element. GUN BATTLES CLAIM FIVE Two Men Are Frozen To Death While Others Revel. presidential campaigns of William 'Jennings Bryan.

Gets Many Ideas In an autobiography prepared at request of his associates Mr. Hubbard described the ''Abe." "At the close of each day 'during the trip," he wrote, "I made feany of scenes and incidents and statesmen encountered mailed them to the News. At rthe end of the campaign I had a surplus of My system was still full of the things I had seen and heard and I asked to be allowed to work off some of them after 'election. I drew a character which I 'called Abe Martin and for several I wrote two unrelated sentenc- bearing on politics and things in 'general and published them beneath rthe picture. This feature caused some favorable comment and it -was decided to continue it.

As the readers got on to Abe he fcrew in popularity and after a few i I could 'not have stopped -him if I had wanted to. A Retiring Man "Very often I had things to say i Martin would not be likely to say, so, from time to time, I quoted various neighbors of his--Contable i -Newt Plum; Miss Tawney Apple, ticket seller of a nickle theater; Squire Marsh Swallow, Tilford Moots, Lafe Bad, Miss Pawn Lipp- ineutt. Stew Nugent, Rev. Wiley Tanger, Dr. Mopps, Pinkey Kerr other familiar country town characters." Mr.

Hubbard was of retiring dis- (By the Associated Press) Two hundred or more deaths marred Christmas joy yesterday as accidents took a heavy toll from coast to coast. Fires, drownlngs, hunting tragedies and poisonous liquor cost lives, but automobiles running in many sections on slippery roads, were the greatest agent of destruction, causing more than two thirds of the deaths. In the Middle West about sixty of the fatalities were recorded. Hames trapped lodgers in a rooming house at Whiting, and seven men died. Gun fights claimed five in the south, one victim was a woman.

Poison liquor claimed between five and ten lives in New York. In California three were believed to have drowned when a launch capsized. In Missouri two died when a bridge collapsed. Two children were fatally burned in when their father poured gasoline on the kitchen fire. A man froze to death in Indiana and another in Pennsylvania.

CHICAGO, Dec. 26--AP)--A new candidate for the Republican mayoralty nomination, Judge John H. Lyle, militant foe of gangsters, was in the race today with a platform in which he promised to break up what he termed alliances between "crime and politics." Judge Lyle, who is a jurist on ths municipal court bench has gained widespread publicity by his treatment of gangsters, will oppose Mayor William Hale Thompson, Charles V. Barrett, chairman of the county board of tax review, and any other candidates who may enter the contest before th. February primary is held.

Thompson and Barrett already are in the race. The announcement from Judge Lyle was made without awaiting the decision of various political factions which have been seeking a candidate on whom they could unite in opposition to Mayor Thompson. Neither did his statement indicate whether he would seek the support of these groups. Among polltlca 1 leaders with whom Thompson has broken is Bernard W. Snow, chairman of the Re-publican Cook county committee.

Can Be Suppressed Referring to Chicago gangsters and their bands of followers, Judge Lyle said In his statement that it vos "ridiculous to assume that all hese officers (Cook county) cannot suppress and almost totally annihi- ALLIANCE, Dec. 26--(AP) --Two bank robbers under 20 year sentences battered their way out of the county jail here late yesterday while scores of citizens were attending a Christmas tree celebration in front of the building. The singing of carols kept officers from hearing the noise inside the jail. No trace had been found today of the fugitives, Harold Domnisse, 28, and Forest Cook, 23, In agreeing to plead guilty last Saturday to holding up the First National Bank at Hay Springs, September 18, Domnisse bargained hat he be allowed to stay in jail here over Christmas and see his wife. The automobile the two men used in their flight was found an hour later at Chadron, 50 miles north of here, motor running.

It had been left behind the jail by an Alliance resident attending the Christmas tree exercises. Sheriff George P. Jones said the men evidently used a crowbar or some heavy tool to break out of the on the third floor of the courthouse. In doing so, he said, they wrecked the interior. The Hay Springs bank robbery netted five men $14,000.

FINE! OF GOULD DIES ON Was Formerly An Actress and Magazine Writer. WAS INJURED IN ENGLAND Received $36,000 Annnally From Divorced WORE ASK RATE REDUCTION CHICAGO, Dec. 26--(AP)--Poss- bility that southwestern railroad companies might file applications with the Interstate Commerce Com. mission for a two-cent rate between competitive points on the Frisco sys- was announced today by G. J.

McGulre, secretary of the Western Passenger Association. New rates go into effect on the February 1. While no notice has been given him that southwestern railroads would seek a general two cent rate, McGuire said it seemed the "logical thing that railroads should meet their competitor's rates." NORFOLK, Dec. 26--(AP) --Theron T. Spoor, 21, a cigaret salesman, died today in an ambulance while being taken to a hospital from his apartment here, where he was found suffering from a blow on the back of his head.

Investigators have not determined how he was injured. They notified his mother, Mrs. Sidnie death. Spoor's landlord, John Relnhold, Hundreds dents. were injured in acci- NEW YORK, Dec.

2G--(AP)--Five persons were dead today because they drank poison liquor on Christmas. In their homes, on the streets in subway stations and on piers they dropped yesterday and were taken to hospitals for treatment that foiled. Five more deaths were being investigated in the same connection and 45 persons were being doctored for acute alcoholism. Dr. Charles Norris, medical examiner, said it was the lightest Yuletide toll in three years.

The dead were John Cochrane 82; Patrick A. Breen, 42; Andrew Reichert, 34, and two unidentified men. Among the mortalities under scrutiny was that of Mrs. Lena Gorman, 55, whose body was found in a vacant lot on West 17th street. ate them." "No candidate for mayor," he said the young man returned home about 2 o'clock this morning.

A few minutes later, Reinhold said, he heard a loud crash. He rah to Spoor's apartment and found him unconscious, with a small wound died two hours added, "can hope for the votes of he good citizens unless he defines unmistakable terms his position tn the issue of divorcing crime from wlitics, and unless the language of declaration accords with his of public service. "I have hesitated because of the work I am already doing in the effort to purge Chicago of the criminal gangs that Infest the city. The mayoralty office Is the one spot in Chicago where all the lines that touch crime and racketeering converge. The mayor is the law enforcement officer, charged with re- for protecting lives, property and reputation of the citizens.

He is head of the police department and directs the prosecuting branch of the city government With this in mind, and believing that as mayor I could promptly and completely finish the work that I have engaged in as judge, I have decided to become a candidate." To Clean Up City Asserting he would give Chicago an efficient police department, the judge called attention to "such hoodlums as Capone and his underworld semi-politician criminal allies," and declared that "with a club in one hand and a gun in th? other, officers should run them out of every public building in this city." Anton J. Cermak, protege of the late George W. Brennan, is the only Democrat who has announced himself for that party's nomination. in his head. He later.

Charles Kelsey, acting county coroner, said Spoor apparently had been injured after his return home. The window of his room was open few It was unscreened. CIPMDIIK, KANSAS Dec. men, who escaped from the Sedgwick County jail at Wichita, Kansas, last night by the use of position and refused to engage in! sm 'J3glcd weapons, were arrested at an apartment house here today. Their whereabouts was made known, public speaking.

He formed some close friendships i with other American humorists and His early efforts attracted the attention of the Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley. HARHI3BURG, is Dec. the 26-only officers said, by a man and woman iiey kidnaped in Wichita and forced to accompany them in their flight. The three men are Melvin Gridley, Walter Hoffman and Charles Owens, who were said by officers to have been serving sentences for forgery and highway robbery. Police were informed by William T.

Harness, Wichita motor car deal- SUSPECTED DEPRESSION TO LICK OFJONFIQENCE KLMIRA, N. Y-, Dec. E. Loomis, president of the Lie- High Valley in an interview published today by the Star Gazette, expressed the opinion that lack of confidence was the major cause of stagnant business conditions in the country. "The present business situation Is so full of complexities I feel it is mpossible to predict what Is going to happen in the near future," Mr.

Loomis was quoted, "particularly as there would seem to be no excuse for existing conditions. "When one stops to consider the magnitude of this country," he said, "and the economic condition of its people, it is difficult to understand why business has declined to present levels, the racketeers are everywhere Jays, and may have something do with It. Certainly, the major rouble, in my opinion, is lack of Confidence. Mr. Loomis said he could see no good reason why conditions should not imyprove, unless the people have entirely lost confidence in the United States.

LYNCHBURG, Dec. Katherine Clemmons Gould, estranged wife of Howard Gould, is dead. She was 56 years old. She died Wednesday after an illness of several months at Blue Gap Farm, near here, where she had lived for 15 years. She and her husband had been separated since 1307 Before her marriage in 1898, Mrs Gould was an actress, known on the stage as Viola Katherine Clemmons She also was the' author of a nove and contributed to periodicals.

She was born in Illinois, bu spent spent her girlhood in California, where her stage career began at the Grand Opera House in San Francisco in 1886. She suffered a vere accident while touring England when she was thrown from a horse In attempting a Jump on the stage. Her principal theatrical ventures were sponsored by the late William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," Her marriage to Howard Gould was the cllr ax of a four-year courtship during which their names were frequently 'inked in the news. Many believed Gould was risking the loss of $10,000,000 as the will of his father, Jay Gould, stipulated that any child who married against the wishes of a majority of the trustees would lose half of his inheritance.

No eqort was made to curtail his Inheritance, The couple spent much of the time they lived together on the Yacht Niagara, where they entertained, among others, -the former Kaiser William and the late Czar Nicholas, of Russia. In 1909 Mrs. Gould obtained a legal separation after a trial in which she was exonerated of serious counter charges. She was awarded $36,000 a year. During her residence here she was active in philanthropic work.

FIILTflFIBI FOI METEOR SEEN IS MIL TOB Seventy Others Injured In Destruction of Village. German weather observers stuiy atmospheric conditions daily fcy airplane flights, their planes carrying recording instruments and-4 Cameras to photograph cloud formations. SURVIVORS CAMP ABOUT DEBRIS People Terror Stricken By Tremors During Holidays. Residents Claim They Heard It Explode On Christmas Eve SCIENTISTS HUNT FOR THE CRATER Leaves a Trail of Flame Through Sky Near Lewiston. Miss Gcraldine Sparks, that they hsd been kid- state infested with the European corn borer, -which has been able to show reduction In the rate of infestation between 1925 and 1930, Secretary of Agriculture C.

G. Jordan said today in his report to Governor Fisher. The average number of borers per 100 plants in the infested areas was i reduced to 0.68 in 1930, as compared with 1.91 in 1925, and a maximum of 5:49 to 1927. Commenting on this record, Secretary Jordan scud, i i "The policy ol this adirdnistra- tlon has been to teach the farmers I the perils of the corn borer, meth- I ods of control and to have the work of supervision, inspection and cleanup done by farmers for farmers. This has brought good will and an uirusual spirit of cooperation, with results no other has been able to approach." er and Wichita.

naped by the trio who used harness 1 automobile In their flight. Harness and Miss Sparks were overpowered while seated in the car in front of the home of a relative of the girl in Wichita. Haniess ajid Miss Sparks said they had been taken to a hotel here and told not to inform police. REED SPECIAL Good Illinois Lump Coal, $4.75 per ton Phones 1852--1202 NEW YORK, Dec. 26--(AP)-Communists and short selling brokers of bank stock were equally suspected today in official attempts to trace to inspired sources the run which has resulted in the closing of the Chelsea Bank and Trust company early this week.

Against neither group, however, were those in authority prepared to make supported accusations, although it was intimated the state banking department had information tangible enough to warrant the attention of the District Attorney Grain. The closing of the Chelsea Bank and Trust company, a small institution patronized largely by stage people, was blamed by Joseph A. Brocierick, state banking superintendent on a run which gained in proportions until the doors had to be closed to safeguard the institution's assets. Assistant Attorney General Watson Washburn was seeking evidence that operators were selling Chelsea bank stock short were interested in depressing its value and Assistant District Attorney Pilatsky has been assigned to run down rumors that a concerted Communist conspiracy has been under way to start bank runs. MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Dec.

26 --(AP)--Prince Louis, ruler of this little country of Monaco, today issued a decree dissolving both the national and municipal councils elected last January and suspending some of the constitutional guarantees. When the prince returned from Paris recently seven thousand Mon- casques rioted at the station in protest against his prolonged absences and against political developments which have caused widespread dissatisfaction among the people The official decree makes constitutional dissolution of both legislative bodies which was ordered by Prince Louis while he was still in Pans several weeks ago. Neither council has met this month. New elections must take place within two months. Mrs.

Harry Parker spent Christmas in Kansas City with relatives and friends. PRESENT ML EITHER HELEN, Dec. 26--(AP)--A shot gun H. L. Hall gave his son Paul, 12, as a Christmas present was said by authorities today to have been used by the youth to kill his father in a According family dispute last to the police report NEW YORK, Dec.

26--(AP) -New York's Christmas bill for orchids was $100,000. Twenty five thousand of the fragile blossoms were and last minute sold by florists prices in some LEWISTON, Idaho, Dec. 26-(AP)--Expert opinion was divided today as to whether residents of dozen towns in northern Idaho could ever prove a meteor struck in the area Christmas eve. Hundreds of persons agreed mysterious light flashed across the sky about 9:45 o'clock Wednesday night and that it was followed by an explosion resembling the detonation of a monster shell. But concrete evidence was lacking.

Dr. O. J. Moorehead of Kendrlck, Idaho, an amateur astronomer, said he was certain the meteor, if it was a meteor, exploded in the air. He watched its fiery course, he said the light grew dim as it neared the horizon.

Just before the explosion, other witnesses said, the flare seemed to split into four parts, as if it had divided in the sky. Prof. P. B. Laney of the University of Idaho, on the other hand, said he believed a meteor hit the earth, probably twenty or thirty miliis southeast of Moscow, at which the University is located.

He said telephone company wire crews had been instructed to watch for the crater. Professor Laney said the aerial visitor probably originated in the constellation Andromeda and, if discovered, would be found to contain many minerals. SALTA, ARGENTINA, Dec. 26 -(AP)--Thirty-three dead and more than 70 persons injured were counted today as the toll of earthquake over the holidays which destroyed La Poma, small Andean village. A relief expedition arrived in the little mountain town Christmas day after a 24-hour march and found the survivors of Wednesday'; quakes, terror-stricken by six new tremors, camped among the debris of their homes.

Survivors said that the earthquake which Saturday knocked down the village houses and caused most the damage was xmpanied by a sound that commenced like distan thunder from beneath the earth's surface. Its crescendo increased un til at one time it sounded like the greatly amplified galloping of many 1 orses. As the masonary fell and plaste was thrown from ceiling the inhab Itants of the little village fled to th open fields where they wanderec bout until dawn when they return- to their fallen homes. Two huge cracks in the earth's urface, which oozed hot water, wer ft by the quake. A number of ersons were said to have fallen into he cracks and disappeared, Neigh- wring mountains eimtted smoke uring- the tremors.

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Hoover then will to the official Washington and the citizenry. At 11 o'clock New Year's morning Mr. and Mrs. Hoover will receive members of the cabinet, the diplomatic corps and the director general of the Pan American Union. Ten minutes later the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court will head the line of the judiciary living in Washington.

Senators and representatives will follow and then the army, navy and marine corps will be received. Officers down to an inclusive of the grande of lieutenant colorlel and commander will be invited. Next in line will be the chief executive and assistants of members of the cabinet and the members of tiie various boards and commissions. Members of patriotic organizations will be the last of those in line for the morning reception. At 1 o'clock, after a hasty luncheon, the President and Mrs.

Hoover will begin shaking hands with the long line of citizens who annually troops through ths executive mansion. Hall, a plantation manager, war shot to death after threatening hi wife with a stick of wood in thi presence of Paul and 'five other! children. The boy was placed in custody of a neighbor pending a decision as to whether charges woul dbe preferred against him. Builds Sturdy Heal To reduce the fire hazard the Turkish government has forbidden construction of wooden houses in the congested sections of Istanbul 6 6 6 Is a doctor's Prescription for COLDS and HEADACHES It is the most speedy remedy known. 666 also In Tablets Now that the last Christmas gift wrapping has disappeared and the Christmas tree ornaments are sa'fely packed away for another season--all thoughts turn to Millsap's Great After-Christmas Clearance.

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