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PAGE TWO EL PASO EVENING POST TUESDAY. NOV. 29. 1927 PROPOSE $3,000,000 FOR BOOZE REFERENDUM ASK FUND FOS STRAW VOTING N. M.

Soldiers Guard Against W. W. invasion vJ 1 $3,000,000 Pool lor Mailing Letters nitet! Press Tensed ire NEW H. Stayton, chairman of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, asked financial support from 300 Republican last night for a $3.000,000 campaign fund to conduct a national referendum on prohibition. Stayton spoke at a private dinner sponsored by Geo.

B. Wightman, York broker. Other speakers were Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. Borah Says, Uphold The U.

S. Constitution XEW HAVfX, Conn. Sen. Wm. E.

Borah, advocate of a strict prohibition enforcement plank in the 192S Republican national platform, told an audience here last he believed the convention would vote uphold the constitution." Godiva as Idle Soldiers of the New Mexico National Guard are shown halting an auh li nrar the state line. The guardsmen were ordered out by Gov. Frank Dillon after the invasion of southern coal fields in Colorado by the I. W. strikers, wit resultant bloodshed.

Soldiers are now stationed on the motor highway south of Trinidad. and north of Raton, along the state line. president of Columbia University; former Sen. Jas. W.

Wadsworth, and i'ormer Rep. John Philip Hill, of Maryland. Wrhile the speeches were not made public, it was understood two main points were stressed. One was for a national referendum to be held along the same general lines as the New York 1926 vote when citizens overwhelmingly voiced their opinion for revision. The second was for the Republican party at the 1928 national convention to pattern its plank after the 1880 one which pro- 3 giving each state the fullest iiberty in dealing with its domestic affairs.

Stayton suggested that a plank calling for a national prohibition referendum be placed in the 1928 platforms of both parties. He also wanted the results to be used as a basis for future action. The $3,000.000 campaign would be used, he said, to tell the voters of the high points of the arguments. The money is sought for two letters to each of the 27,000,000 voters in the United States. At five cents a letter this would cost about 53.000.000, SANTA AGAIN kills self SEEKS NAMES where loved SCHOOL CASE SETS EXAMPLE Only City Wh ere Recovered unds El Paso county is the only county in the state where banks containing county school funds have failed and all the school money been recovered, Miss Lillian Huggett, school superintendent, said today.

P. Walker, state school auditor, told me this when I was at Austin last Miss Huggett said. She returned from the State convention, Monday night. said he is writing letters to other counties telling them that it is possible to recover all school money from failed banks because El Paso county has done Miss Huggett said more than 6000 delegates registered for the Houston convention. Gov.

Dan Moody was one of the speakers. He appealed for support of a constitutional amendment to be voted on next November which would change the board of education. The board now is composed of the governor, of state, and comptroller. Under the amendment it would consist of 10 members appointed by ihe governor from a list of 20 names submitted by the heads of Texas L'olleges. Pres.

H. Y. Benedict, president of Texas university, appealed for more junior colleges in the state to relieve congestion in lower classes at university, Miss Huggett said. Three Autos Stolen Three automobiles were stolen Monday, police report today. C.

D. Johnson, 3133 Federal, reported the theft of his Ford from the Union Station. A Ford owned by Pauline Mena, the upper valley, was stolen from Second and El Paso. Theft of a Maxwell roadster from Pioneer Plaza was reported by Mrs. Ray Daniels, 3917 Cumberland, Police Changes Three minor changes wrill be made the police department effective December 1.

Patrolman J. H. Tepfer will become jailor; Detective W. N. Glover will become a patrolman, and Patrolman C.

E. Bluth will be transferred to the detective department. Marr-Piper Agency Dependable INSURANCE Firemen Want I Begin Tagging Toys BY CYNTHIA GREY Post-Fireman Santa today makes the second reminder about sending in names of children who should be given toys from his pack. Letters from children will not be considered. Teachers especially are asked to furnish names.

In sending in names and addresses include all the children in the family under 14 years of age and give name and age of each child. The two prior years Post-Fireman Santa was handicapped by failure to get names in soon enough. This year positively no names will be accepted after Dec. 12. That is only 14 days off.

The Austin Park girl reserves, sponsored by Mae Crysler, are dressing 30 dolls for Post-Fireman Santa. The following girls are dressing dolls: Mary and Ernestina Flores, 703 Magoffin, six dolls. Edna and Florence Fisher, 135 N. Ochoa, five dolls. Jeanette Brockman and Grace McArthur.

702 Myrtle, five dolls. Trinidad Barron, 109 Hills, two dolls. A boy signing himself 705 Arizona donated $1 and some toys. Other donations follow: Byron Knoblauch. Wm.

Gradv, 621 X. Campbell. FilIeman' 2402 Pershing 2307 E- Yandell. -Mildred Mae Madison, 390S Tularo- SE. varUa Bassett- and Em Herman Gardner, 915 X.

Estrella Marcia Jean Willet, 3C16 Edward and Norma Hodge and Jackie Swan, 2616 Montana. Jsaura Chavez, 807 Airginia Oscar Ward, 1404 N. St. liose and Annie Mae Iloss, 1204 -Nevada. Billie, Alice and Ann Crombie, Mesa.

MoIIie Ackerman. 130,1 N. Cotton Dye boys, HOI E. California. has.

Richardson. 1025 E. River. Carlos Acosta, 715 X. Oregon.

f'Co. Malooly, 103 Wyoming. Geo. and Kirk Murry, 1515 X. Campbell.

Jane and Bill Lucas, 3 700 Chester. Francis Gallagher, 1145 E. California. Betty Koch, 1020 Wvomingr. Helen Dunlop, 1225 K.

-Missouri. A. M. Badoub, 1018 Montana. Bob Folk, 913 X.

Ochoa. J. D. 120 Hardaway. Billy 801 E.

Rio Virginia 810 E. Rio Grande. Carlos Reynaud, 620 X. Kansas. Jerry Alvarez, 1022 Arizona.

Patsy Allwine, 1708 E. Rio Grande. Bubbles Xorcop, 1610 X. Stanton. Bobby Lassetter, luio E.

Rio Grande. Joixi Bunting, 1105 X. Virginia. Dick Andrews, 1005 E. Xevada.

Elaine and Fred Bigando, 406 E. Missouri, Jean Lassetter, 1016 E. Rio Wanda Joe and Allen, Blunt, 603 E. Xevada. Gilbert Carter, X.

Stanton. Martha Litter, 1125 E. California, Miss Tracy, Morehead school teacher. Dorothy Treat, 1 405 E. Yandell.

Edna Bond, 1710 X. Ange. John Kayser. 1145 E. Rio Grande.

GANGSTER DISAPPEARS United Press Leased Wire police pondered over the sudden and mysterious departure of Capone, gangster leader, on a bomb warfare for control of the vice continued unabated, police think. The two newest explosions were in a restaurant and a soft drink parlor, both said to be owned by Jack Zuta, one of minor enemies and rivals. Police, were inclined to believe the unprecedented absence of Capone during war-times presaged a new outburst. Girl A Suicide at Scene Courtship United Press 1 eased 1 Yire AULT, to the scene of her first courtship, Mrs. Nina Ruffner Daniels, pretty 27- year-old divorce, of Denver, shot and killed herself here Monday night.

The body was found today. She left two notes. One addressed to says: Ault, I learned to love so 1 came back to die where sweet memories linger. The babies are to be left with my folks as they were the only parents they ever The other missive, found near the photos of two children believed to have been hers, said: dearest folks a girl ever had: I am leaving you my darlings as I know they will have good care. Adopt them please.

I am too sick to go on. My head hurts me. I do love you all and can see things no other way. Forgive me please. P.

S. It is not because I loved Myron. I did NAME GALLO JUAREZ BOSS Opponent ill Carry Contest to Court Augustin Gallo declared elected mayor of Juarez today by the board which canvassed election returns. Pedro P. Pineda, defeated candidate, is contesting the election.

The dispute over the vote will be carried before the state congress for final decision. PAPER PLANS FIGHT ON JUAREZ GAMBLING Reporters Get Data on Games As Mayor Goes to Chib, City TOTS READY FOR I1SJR Crippled Children ill Sec Movie By CYNTHIA GREY El Paso orphans and crippled chil- dren today are looking forward to a day that to them is even reater than Christmas. For Thursday at 9:45 a. m. the Ellanay theater and the Po will be hosts to the kiddies at a special showing of The orphans know they are going to a big movie, but they quite realize how big it is.

"It's goinj to be the finest show they ever saw for is the finest picture that ever was made, most everyone says. a story of Christ's time, and not too deep for the little fellows and girls. It has so many exciting scenes like the big sea battle when scores of men are flung into the sea and the big chariot race, such a race never before was seen in the movies. be a big day for the orphans, and crippled children. Empire Bottling Works will give each child a sack of candy.

El Paso Electric will take the children to the theater in street cars and send busses down the valley to St. Margaret's orphanage. The special matinee was the idea of John Paxton, manager of Dent theaters. He asked the Post to help him show' the orphans a good time. Institutions to be represented at the show are: Crippled school, El Paso Protestant home, Sacred Heart orphanage, Salvation Army Children's home, Associated Charities nursery, Guadalu- pano Day Nursery, Krakauer Memorial home, and St.

Margaret's orphanage. R. R. Jones, assistant dent of city schools, today said the matinee is the finest treat the crip- pled children could have. He has arranged to have the Crippled school bus take the cripples to the show.

Dayton Payne. Ellanay organist, will play free of charge at the matinee. Dean Tells Freshmen Not lo Loaf shall do nothing to cheapen myself or my This is the slogan Dean C. A. Puckett of College of Mines proposed to the Freshman class at a meeting held Monday in stadium.

Puckett lectured to Freshmen on how to study and told them that they are being badly fooled by upperclassmen. see upperclassmen lounging around the campus as tho they were doing he said. believe that they study. But they do study or they wouldn't be upperclassmen. attitude of most Freshmen is am here.

Teach me if you was all right in high school, but in college the proposition is more knowledge is here, get it if you can. with your fellow students. with your professors, with your books, and with your institution all are parts of your college life. But to take part in these things properly, you must budget your time. You will find that before you are thru college you will have to budget your time so you might as well begin More Freshmen fail to make their courses than any other class of students, Puckett said.

Next reports on failing Mines student, will be sent to their parents or on Dec. 15, just before the Christmas holidays. Deaths Wm. J. Pearce, who operates the Green Nursery in Pontiac, dropped dead in the lobby of a local hotel early today from heart failure, Pearce had just spoken to the; desk clerk when he fell dead.

Body1 was sent to Leo C. Hartford Co. Attempts are being made to reach relatives. He had been in El Paso a week. Rena Marks, 37, of 418 N.

c.iCd at her home today. She is nyed by a sister. Mrs. Bona Soyla, of Globe, Ariz. Funeral arrangements are incom- The body is at Peak-Hage- cton s.

dM i HP Machines on rce Road Ballots There wilt be no organized eiiort of city and county political machines to vet out a big vote for the Artesia- Carlsbad-Bankhead road bond issue, officials said today. Both County Judge E. B. McClintock and Mayor R. E.

Thomason said they will not ask employes to get out the vote. am for the bond Mayor Thomason said. I am not going to dictate what city employes shall do. Everyone is free to do as he pleases both in voting or in working to get Judge McClintock said the same thing applies to county employes. The election is Dec.

17. Poll taxes I purchased a year ago will be used at this election. County Atty. Dave Mulcahy said. Poll taxes being sold now will not give the right to vote in the bond election.

The new receipts will be good only for elections held after Feb. 1, 1928. Mother, 20, Kills Baby en Mate Cannot Support United I-' in' QUINCY. the body of her five-week old baby in her arms Mrs. Madeline Otterman.

20, youthful mother, walked into the district court today and calmly announced she had killed her child because her husband could not support it. She was summarily arrested and arraigned in district court gn an in- ianticide charge. She pleaded not guilty and was ordered held in $10,000 bond for hearing Friday. On arriving at the courthouse. Mrs.

Otterson asked a patrolman, who was standing in the corridor, if he thought the child was dead. He immediately notified Medical Examiner Fred E. Jones who shortly after pronounced the baby dead. KIDNAPS HER OWN CHILDREN Rosalind Hightower, who, as Lady Godiva, was to have led the arts ball in Chicago, didn't do her 100 per cent Godiva-ing after all. At the last minute, it, was decided to have a nice wax model do the heavy work.

BARROOM MEN NOT ALARMED Plan Law Force Them be Mex. Citizens Mother 1 Arrested Colorado i PLAN $250,000 JUAREZ PLANT Depends on Granting of Low Tax Rate SIXTH OF COLUMBINE VICTIMS DIE TODAY Near Solution; Four Are Fined In New York Hitfd Press Lean Wire LONGMONT, Vidovich, 35, died in a hospital here today bringing the death toll in the Columbine mine battle to six. idovich left leg, shattered by bullets from the guns of state police during tlie rioting, was amputated and two blood transfusions made in a desperate effort to save his DEN ER The I.W.W. coal strike) in Colorado appeared closer to a settlement today than at any time since miners walked out seven ago A committee of Lafayette, business men completed an investi- i gat ion into the strike situation and predicted that the strike may end in one week or less. 177 VESSELS CAUGHT BY CASPIAN STORM Hundreds of Salors Endangered on Soviet Vessels A newspaper campaign against gambling in Juarez was forecast today when municipal authorities were informed that wto reporters from leading Mexico City newspaper, are making an investigation of conditions.

Mayor Antonio Corona of Juarez is in Chihuahua City today for a conference with Gov. Fernando Orozco E. City hall officials denied that his trip to the capital had anything to do about the gambling concession. The gambling hail has been operating under the guise of a club. ENJOINS AUTO SALE Judge Ballard Cold well today issued an injunction restraining J.

Herbert Jordan from removing $400 from a bank account and from sell- I ing his auto. Mrs. Esther Jordan asked the injunction fTi her divorce petition led today. Other divorces filed include Blanche Ortner vs. Arthur Ortner.

Lillian I. Clanton vs. Jas. M. Clanton.

Micaela Sefuentes de Peralta vs. Alfonso Peralta. NEW New York sympathizers with the Colorado mine strikers paid fines of $50 each for their attempts last week to pick-' et the Standard Oil building with placards accusing John D. Roeke- feller, of hiring gunmen to fire on the miners. The charge against them was dis- 5 orderly conduct.

State de- i partment. following representations from the British embassy here, has asked the governor of Colorado to investigate alleged police brutality, in the case of Alexander Orr, a British citizen. Orr, who is said to be an I. W. W.I was held charge for 17 days in the Pueblo county jail, and when released was! taken to the hills and beaten.

United Press leased ire by lugh winds amid ice blocks. 177 small vessels, with crews totalling about 500, were isolated today a terrific storm in the Caspian sea, and grave fear was leit for them. Nine persons perished in the wreck of a small private boat. The boats unaccounted for, ice- locked in the open sea, all belong to the Soviet government or to Russian co-operative trading organizations. They include 100 vessels of the State Shipping trust, with 400 men; 14 fishing boats with 42 men: seven motorboats, eleven pontoons and many others unlisted.

FILE FEE SUIT Garnishment proceedings in the case of El Paso county against Sheriff Seth Orndorff for collection of federal prisoner profits were filed today against Harry L. Hussmann, Hotel Orndorff Operating Lee Orndorff, Frank Murchison and the First National bank. The petition alleges that Hussmann and the other defendants are indebted to Seth Orndorff. The action grows out of sale of the former Hotel Orndorff Operating Co. to Hussmann.

Seth Orndorff had an interest in the property. The petition charges that Seth Orndorff owes the county $37,387 in federal prisoner profits. The total is $67,000 but bondsmen paid their share. BARGAIN A Aluminum Egg Poachers or Steamers. Five-egg size.

Special Wednesday only, $1.19. DeKYLE SMITH 107-09-11 N. Stanton St. Kansas City Market United Press Leased Wire KANSAS CITY. Cattle: Receipts calves 1500; market short fed steers lightweight, weak to 15c lower; others steady; beef steers 15.10; light yearlings, steers and heifers beef cows low cutters and cutter cows vealers 13.00; heavy calves bull stockers and feeder steers Charge Vote Fraud Manuel Sandoval and Ignacio Cedillos, rival candidates for mayor in San Ignacio, valley town east oi Juarez, charge each other with clec-! tion irregularities in complaints filed today with Dist, Atty.

Alberto Terrazas Valdes of the Juarez penal court. The election was Nov. 20. Innoculate Children City school nurses today gave 700 diptheria toxin anti-toxin shots to children in Alta Vista, Crockett and Rusk schools. The rounds of all schools being made this week.

Shoe Causes Arrest The print of a shoe near the place where 100 bales of alfalfa burned several days ago caused the arrest today of Beatrice Garcia, 22, at San Agustin, a valley settlement! east of Juarez. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin.1 The young woman was jailed in i Juarez for investigation. She had been held previously for investigation in connection with the purported theft of corn from the farm where the alfalfa was burned, Dist. Atty. Alberto Terrazas Valdes said.

4 Held for Crime Tour NEW ORLEANS Jesse Tf. confessed leader of a with two Atlanta girls mid Ernest Ross of Dallas, Texas, was held herei today by federal authorities for extradition to one of several southern states. Smith signed a confession Sunday admitting numerous holdups attributed to him by the two girls, Cecelia Beatty, 15, and Betty Donaldson, 19. He also admitted count crfitting money by raising bills to $20 denomination DANDRUFF alling Hair Then Baldness These three stages of hair loss can be avoided. First shampoo with HerpicideTar NeujbroY Herplcide Th Mair fcold Applied ftarbtts Start Air Line Soon United Press 7 Wit'O WASHINGTON Construction! work on the Pueblo-Cheyenne air mail route will be completed Dec.

1, and operation by the Western Air: Express will begin immediately, the Commerce department announced todav. Seek New Rum Tax Reduction of a new federal tax on whiskey is being sought by Juar- ez'distillers. The of dustry has promised to use Ins influence 111 an attempt to induce the secretary of the treasury to revise the tax measure. ONE KILLED IN WRECK United Press Leased IV ire DAYTON, man was killed and three others were injured here today when a freight and a passenger train crashed head-on near Central Station. To ure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets.

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Denim for overalls is made by the present mill, which is not operating now. Whether the plant is to be increased will depend upon the government's answer to a request for a low tax rate which will enable the company to operate economically. Jack P. Burrus of El Paso and Manuel Alvarez of the International Overall Factory in Juarez are among those interested in the venture. There are five overall factories in Juarez.

American saloon men in Juarez today apparently were not alarmed by reports that a bill will be introduced in the Chihuahua congress in an attempt to require aliens owning saloons in Juarez to become Mexican citizens and reside in Juarez. Almost all of the big saloons are American owned. Labor leaders are urging enforcement of the state law which says that employers in Mexico shall speak Spanish. A notice bearing Mayor Antonio signature says that foreigners residing in Juarez must register at his office by Dec. 31.

This required by an old federal law and is enforced periodically. Violation of the law may be punished by a fine cf 19 pesos to 500 pesos. TO REPORT By C. J. LILLEY LI Paso Duri.au WASHINGTON.

L. M. Lawson. International Boundary Commissioner for the United States in its dispute with Mexico over bancos along the Rio Grande, was to report today to the state department on preliminary arrangements for an agreement between the two countries. Officials of the Mexican division of the department were awaiting Lawson's appearance this afternoon having been notified of his coming.

United I'ress T.eq&ed Wire LA JUNTA, Mildred Pearl Kronfield, pretty 27-year-old mother, held in jail here on a fugitive warrant charged with ing her two children. Richard 8, and Mildred 4. was to have been married in Los Angeles today to Duke Horn, pugilist. guess Duke is waiting at the she said, there is nothing I can do about weeks ago Mildred was taken from me and placed in a home. I tried every way to get her back but the judge diliatory.

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