Pampa Daily News from Pampa, Texas • Page 1

Accepts Cigaret Tax m. GEDOUER -CENT LEVY teachers Are of started April 20, adopted tbe report to levy f.3 cenis per iiackagiey on Vote to adopt the frep rep6rt was 71 to 50 rdame fyltor almost two h9Urs in i which the corporation lobby the school teachers Verety'jcritlclzed by 1'The, corporation was ed' by Representative Davis krownWood having adv 1 the cigaret tax to lessen the ipres- f. -p ii T. 1 6 nthe ROBBERS ACTIVE HERE Jack's Friend Jack Dcmpsey has been reported as escorting the dashing Mrs. Elizabeth Church, above, Pittsburgh divorcee, abput in Reno, (Where the former he heavyweight champion has gone to hltiinglble assets tajt and, othejr $ax I su for divorce against Estelle OIL STATION AND CAFE SEE POINT OF GUN Lone Star Restaurant Is Held -Shot Fifed at Fleeing Man Attracts Police.

TTNION OIL But Bandit Gets Only $2.00 In Raid; Station Is Burglarized And Coat And Pennies 4 Taken. TV.O -committed Saturday night and the -burglary 1 of the; Phillips service station the corner of Klngsinlll and lost night, gave Uhe' police something txr worry about during" the weekend, For the second tithe within ten daysj the Lone 'Star, cafe on South Cuyler was: reported: robbed 2 30 o'clock Sunday morning The cafe attendant told police that, as v.tuiv, Medics' Queen ji T- j- (E I lliCI BUXb 1UI UAVUftvc UKM.UUXV lDs jDavls said He also Taylor, mlovie actress. Mrs. the pievlous robbery, the hold- "Vinri t.t urn.c rlnno htr nnai winrt Attnul 40 'sterling "had thrown behind the cigaret -V field Six MiUJons 1 Represehtative Sandeis; of 'dochesi one oft the leaders for cigaret OOOi'psr year.jCdppqngnts," h6.w'ever, claimed it. bring- olound $11,000,000 sirice, (Mrfederal fyx )The free also receipts tax of er gas production, ret added py'the house bill levying a nat- of and three senate cut per cent itattVe Duvall Of Pott "Stflpi tax to 1 Repi gas Worth 'charged the action pf the senate 1 Mfaddlng the pigaret tax lo violated'the spirit of which Wnd of ft toic wftawkr to, dyery tax bilttsent the.

house. ntotiVe Albntto'il of Sanders plfearg answering the question by saying It smoked by "big nelis' finen" while the, poor man jsnioked.cleitets. i '''JDon't How Much" fi Dumtl denounced tlie scliwl ieachclfe of the "state fpr trying? to i dljjtafe the poUcles of the stut-e ''They, dott't care hoV imuoh taxes the so long "tfcheir sfyanw 'And'whenever, any jnenibei of i the'leglslatuie opposes -qrie'of tax they fsf, iup 'the howl 'he's opposed to ifidiica- Duvall said. jBepreserjtatlvte 'Reader of S.an -Antonio, one of the members of the confeience committeje. said he favored the tax tyie 'ouiisance featuies liavei beep, eUm- (-1 hmtecU'' Reader previously had tax.

tf Representative Long ot W.lcn.lta. declared the tax bootlegging of clgarets and iRut a peniflty-on the legitimate geaW. also accused the corRorotjp.ii Jobby of responsibility for the tax, saying "the lobby for the corppjate interests has; been dancing free conference cQminit- to levy the clgarst tax. thpy knew ild be If ihe c.ig- IP.Vllvl levied ought to oilt ithe tax, and theHajc on ir -companies and. i plane "the burden of government on Who can, afford it andr smoking free conference lepoTt epough in- recently divorced Reginald E.

was done by one man About $8 Church. Pittsburgh society man. DENVER ROCK FILE PETIT! The Home Newspaper in Pampa Since April Qf ticial of Oil, Wheat, Homes AM PA, GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1931. Julian Assessed $500 Fine NEGRO SHOOTS MANY PERSONS I in cash was taken I dant said that a well-dressed i Nightmare Is Blamed Shower Of Bullets Houston Last Night. for In HOUSTON, April 20 (fP) A negio's nlghtmoie Started a series of shootings late last nighti which had culminated eoily today in the death of "Sonny" Reed, 28, negio, and his wife(, Lola, 29, and the senoUA wounding of three nerhons.

The shooting; started in thb servant tfuattm Plgj'ce avenue, Red; apparently awaking from ''a bad" dream," 'shot his wife three, times with a pistol, fired at a of white citizens and later shot by! detective H. Sullivan in an am- bularyje en loute to a. 'hospital wounded! were David Harrii, about 35, an attorney, Mis George Leach, about 46, of 407 Piprce avenue, and Miss Janet Aredale, 25, also 407 -Pierce avenue I Miss Arehdal, Mils Leach, and Harris, who were playing' cards at the Leach home just before the shooting, weie In a critical condition jn tlylng statement, tlyl told offlceis her husband apparently awoke from bad dream." and shot hei he fully conscious She was awakened by the shots that struck hei, and leaped thiougli the second story window in an effort to escape, Breaking hei leg as she fell the house She crawled under mediate effect until 80 iment Panhandle tW8 afternoon or freezip tonieht; Wr, southeast portion, 'Earnings in north'portiofi. jrfllB much central pprtlpfts west poitton rtg in (east portion partly cloudy, col east portions. and his covered four Reed took refuge in the basement of Lpuis Wagner's home at 409 Fierce avenue, When Mr Harris, Mrs Leach, Miss Aiendal, and Mr Wagner rushed out with demands that dome oiit arid surrender, he fired upon them, a- single rhaige from hisj shotgun wounding the two women and Harris The negro thgn barricaded himself in his home when Detective A Thomson attempted -to A crash in the door, the negio called out a wotnlng "all I'll give you one Chance Get off them steps The officer retired and Detective Sullivan advanced a teai bomb Then a shot heard the house, and officers in and discov- 01 ed Reed lying between his emp- Wed shotgun and with the left side of his face blown away he had used his lost caitrldge upon himself.

The negrp.wos placed In an am- balance to go hospital He made a sudden huch and seized om Detective SUlUvan; who Was rifling with lite. and fired ib point blank at the of-' fleer, The bullet crashed between Sullivan's legs, and the officer knocked dowft the weapon and drew his own pistol and shot the negrc twice in the abdomen Reed died an 1 hour later in, a hospital and his wife 40 minutes leu Qvei street returned a ver- diet pf fipipida ta 'conneci ta 'connection with Rmi's death, holding that (his sfeif wound h.44 proved, fatal BOY'S The lovely smile of Clara Louise Ewlaig, above, ojl IVIcGelup, fiaiilied over the 'footlights students of: the School of tliUveislly A she was chosen queen of the revue. Bra stick up lus hands, and) robbed the seiuor al Chrlsuan taMi register He said the robbei then marched him thjough the cnfe to the alley at the iear, and oidei- ed him to return the' cafe by going aroyrtd the block to tlie front entrance i He said he made a movement as If he intended to stai up the alley, but darted back in the cafe, snatched up a shotgun and fired iboth ban els at the retreating figure of the robber City officers heard the shot and hurried to the cafe. The attendant said theie weie no 1 cus- tomeis in the cafe when the bandit entered. About 1 30 o'clock Sunday morn'r Ing attendants at the Union Oil Gas company reported that a lone bandit held up "the place ab of i ai fThe Phillips station wa's burglarized of a.

leather jarket belonging to Lilly, manager, and all the pennies in the station The burglais made an unsuccessful attempt to open the safe' They gained entrance by smashing the glass pane In the rear door and by opening it With a skelton key Walt Chadwick, Pioneer Resident, Dies bi Spearman (Walt) Chadwick, Wealthy pioneer resident of the Panhandle and Gray county, died at 2 45 yesteiday morning at Spearman, according to word received here by relatives and friends Earl Taylor of this community is a nephew of Mr Chadwjek, Funeial services will be held at the First Baptist church at 2 30 o'clock tomorrovv afternoon, it WHS announced The Rev. Bichards of Spearman, assisted by 1 the Rev. Lancaster, 1 pastor, will be in chaige. Mr Chadwlck's home was at Pampa He spent the last winter at Chrlstoval, Texas, and was visiting a nephew at spearman at the time of his death, Mr Chadwick came- tq the Panhandle in 1884, settling on A farm at Mobeetie Miami and county near Pampa,) He married lii 1905 His wife, widely and affectionately known as "Aunt Kate," died Feb 4, 1914 i Mr. Chadwick was born hi Milssourl, July 31, 1353 The couple had no children He Is survived by seveial nelces and nephews by marriage.

An unmarried brother died number of years jigo Interment will be. in Pampa cemetery beside his Chadwick. was well-to-do. He left several valuable farms and other 1 real estate property and considerable investments in stocks and He farmed near then moved to Giay Oil Discovered In 'Roger Mills Bounty Evst Of Shamrock showing of oil estimated at 300 bajreU, da41y by O. p.

Palmer, associate driller, wasj encountered last week at 2,950 feet in Rook Palmei's JS i jjavls, section 28, Rogen Mills coimty. Oklahoma, 19 miles of Wlieejer, Mr, Palmer said the well Would probablv The oil be puj. on the swab a completed at that de gravity at ttw refinery company apcordlng: to Mr, Pajnjer, Test io cMeWlnp gasoJJiie of the oil wlH be made soo Mr. Palmer beUpyes OFFICER DIES IN HOT FIGHT Marlow, Is Scene of Battle Last Men in Flight. MARLOW, Okla, April 20 policeman was killed and the night police chief here wounded today In an exchange ol shots with thiee men who later escaped in a commandeered Automobile.

One of the pi Man Pleads Guilty to Carrying Weapon Unlawfully at Laredo. LAREDO, April 20. (AV- C. C. Julian, widely known Oklahoma and California oil man, pleadctl today to an Indictment chteging him with unlawfully car- weapon ahd was fined $500 and 'costs by District Judge J.

P. Mullally It was thn first cf four cases against Julian In connection with aft' incident In which Lamar S. Boiling, formerly associated with him 'in a business way, claimed, he was kidnaped by the oil man, who allegedly sought to extort $50,000 from him Other i agahist Julian charge kidnaping, consphacy to rob and assault with a weapon. Immediately after Julian pleaded guilty to the charge; of carrying an unlawful weapon, the court granted a request of both state and defense attorneys for recess', until 2pm, whfc the other Indictments would be considered Julian and Boiling sat in court Boren, also under charges in connection with the alleged kidnaping Raymond, Lal'Cdo attorney, represented him. 'Riiymdnd, Attorney -Vails Robeit Lee Bobbltt, special.

prosecutor in the case and former assistant attorney general of Texas, and Ed Mullally. assistant district attorney, went into soon opened Wheh" the 'chief, 'hot dowrt by a charge from it shotgun but was not seriously wounded, lie opened file and he woiinded one of his attackeis anfi- disabled their A short away and still in sight of the wounded oftfcer, the three stopped Lee Jr, Pui- cell, and a companion, oil scouts, forced them to aid in transferring: the wounded gunman, and fled southwaid out of the city the commandeered car "We were suspicious of the car and Its occunants when wo saw it driving around after midnight," Veach said today. ''We dlove car alongside, and we 1 did two fellows stuck shot out the windows and fiied at "The shots knocked Hill and me out of oui automobile H1U did not move again, I managed to get my gun and kept shooting at them until they weie out of ia.nge "I'm sure I' wounded: one of men and disabled car Then they took Mr Lee's car away from him and drove south:" In the abandoned automobile investigators found automobile taefc of Aiizona, Oklahoma, and Texas Marlow is about 80 miles southwest of Oklahoma City Lee the wounded! gunman appealed paralyzed from the hips down, evidently by a bullet fiom Verich's guri. A posse of and cltlpens set out in pursuit i Parker Freed On $2,000 Bond To.day A ball bond that was reduced- from $2,500 to $2,000 by James, Todd, Jr, Justice of the peace, was' posted just before noon today by Daw son Parker, charged with bigamy The bond was signed by a local citizen M. Parker of Gorman, 'Parker's father, announcsd today that the law firm of copfc, Smith and Teed had been retained to represent his son in couit Mr.

Parker said today that his son would plead hot guilty, and that it was opinion that the woman who calls herself MUdied Ohisum Paiker-of would never appear in Gray county to press charges aeainst the man from whom, she said she had npt Jjeen (11 voiced "My son is npt guilty, and he never be convicted." the father declared. The 31st district grand jury is due to investigate the case when Oistilct Attoniey Raymond Blossoming Beauty at Capital Letter's ObjectJong by Agreement; 1 ton Asking Right to Build And Sell Half General John A. Hulen Expected Here Soon to Pick Right-of-Way From Fors; to Have Conference to- steji'r- The oil man walked fore-: ward and told the court he to plead guilty to the charge of cai lying a Weapon. When his plea had been accepted and, the f(ne the couit ordered the recess. Boiling sat outside the bar, flanked by two officers Miss Harris Will Be Heard In Piano Recital A difficult nrogram will be'pre- sented publicly by Mlis Margaret Harris; concert pianist and teacher of piano and musical theory, this evening at 8 o'clock in the city hall auditorium.

Miss Harris is connected with the Schick conservatory of Assisting the artist will be Mrs, A Dourette, soprano, and Prof. Otto Schick's violin quartet, com" of Willie Reese Taylor, Doro- and Mrs rS Frank Keehn Belated Winter Is Felt Here Today With a light mist over most of thei Panhandle fl'ct-fcn and 'with we temajerature dropping rapidly, another Ibeated assault of was made on northwest to. day, A hiffh wind from the- southwest yesterday veered aiound to tine north eaiiy today, bringing low clou.df> with, a threat of rain or snow. tures Close to freezing tempers with possibly inow flurries Were foiecast fqr tonight. A drop froni 50 to 38 degrees between 7 a.

Ham was recorded hero. The cold wave was expected to be of short duration, fan- weather being forecast tor tomorrow, The wintry attacks iollowed three W.eeks of spring weather which came on the heels of two heavy) show- sforms three weeki ago. returns tomoi'rojy from Corpus OJn-lsti, has been visiting' since Saturday. WORKMAN RUNS AMUCK TEXARKANA, April 20. Officers today looking for a man, to be a Longvlew oil woKkev, who yfes(wday ran, amuck an axe and an iron rod at tha home of B.ob Flint, 73, injuring Flint and wpmen.

'Mrs, Peggy Sim mpns, Flint's houiekeeper, and her tw.o daughters, Mary, 10, and" Gene- WASHINGTON, AplU 20, The Fort Worth Denver Northern Railroad and the Chicago Rock Island Gulf today applied to the Interstate commerce commission for approval' of.lah (agreement covering', construction of a new line between Shamrock and Qimnah, Texas. The commission a year ago authorized construction of a lino jointly by the two roads. The Chicago, Rock island Gulf objected to. some of the terms of the and the agreement submitted covers these. i It is proposed that the Fort Worth Denver Northern build ttye new line and give the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf an option to btiy an undivided one half interest in the section of the road between Shamrock and Wellington.

The option is to run for 120 daysi after completion, of construction arid when the Chicago, Rock Island- Giilf makes posh payment hi exeV- clslng the option they would the right lo operate between the two points and participate both In Iccal find through traffic. right. Chert-y iilossd'iris! fragile' 'ivhlteli bloom an- beautifully in Washington agram attracted thousands of'tonrlstsf; to rintlnnal capital this year. Here the llowcrs make a lovely fi ame for 'smiling HazeirlWw. i Two Bandits Men While Slug Third Dallas Grabs Bag Containing Money.

DALLAS, April 20. their victims with red pepper, three armed men today held up three men in an automobile carrying, the payroll of the Sam Dysterbach department store and escaped with a satchel containing $7,000. The three store employes, W. E. Kerns, George Swartz and Henry Well, were en route to street car barns in East Daljas, where on every pay day they were in the habit of-cashing; checks of company employes and making collections on accounts.

As rode through thet business district, the robbers' automobile crowded their" car into the curb Two of the bandits, blandishing pistols, jumped oh the running board of the store's machine, dashed red pspper from cans into the eyes Of the three victims and ordered them, to hand over their wea- pons. "We have no guns," Kerns, who, was driving, told them. Swartz and Well wer.e the car and Weil was slugged 1 with a jjistol. The th'i'rd robber- snatched the money satchel from the floor of the car and threw-It into the coupe in which the, three robbers were riding. They jumped Into their machine and sped.away.

Well was'blinded by the pepper and suffered a deep scalp The eyes of Kerns arid Swartz were partially protected by spectacles. None of the. victims was able obtain the license number of robbers' KILLS CHILDREN AND SELF SYRACUSE, N. April 20, The bodies of Webster L. Wainwright, 64, and his three small children whom he killed before hang- Ing himself, were found early today In his Polios were questioning his wife, Mary, 31, and Harry Blancliard, 35, a chauffeur, who were mentioned in notes left by Wainwright.

PROGRAMS OF ARTISTS TO BE HEARD NEXT WEEK RECEIVED The program Joe Lefkowitz, Kan- Flske; Awakenlner, Snroas. sas and Hazel Silver- Both programs are subject to 4, soprano, will change. Mrs, Rickel Is known man Can-, chairman the program committee for music week The munbers to be'- given by the artists are favorites, ns well as gems of beautiful music. Mr. hmt ab llty.

She has in con cert in ma 1 md a a east ies where she sang al1 Lefkowitz nnn 0 Lefkowitz. a young £(nd promising accompanied Mme.pchuman-Hem: vlqllnist, has submitted tlie follow- on hneif 1 st favewe11 tour as a 88 8 interesting program: nnt aimt in Minor, first move- Alter a recital of Mr. Lefkowilz ment, saintrSaens; Gypsy Airs and at tne Kansas City Conservatory of two Spanish dances, Romanza An- Music, the Kansas City Times car- dulusia and Jota Nava'rro, Sara- rled the following sate; On Wings of Love, Mendels- "Joe Lefkowitz is rather small and sohn; Serenade, Tosejll; MJnuet in pale and boyish of; stage, bub wjien Mozart; Melody, Tschalkowsky; he plays he is curiously changed Polanaise Brillianto, 1 Wleniawskl! hito a figure almost commanding, Waltz, Braluns; Schoen-Rosmlarln, Although he has a full rjph tqne, an Krelsler; Serenade, Ki-elsler, agile and fluent technlo, ttysse The soprano's program, follows: Itles in, his i playing are forgotten by Ca.ro Selvie, oanzonetta, the hstenor yrtio is presently ap- Loewa; Alleluia, Mozart; The Night- sorbed in the. message interpreted, ingales of Lincoln's ijnn," Oliver; A flexible i wrist and' faultless, ear TJTrt t.l_ T.Tnul. 11.

I -r a it Hark, the Is Syl- accounted vla; To Be Sunffv by the tonatton and tne nnfalHhgr purity of nfalHhgr Genital John A. Hulen of Worth is due In Pampa about the middle of this week to confer with chamber of commerce officials and others regaidlng thd entry route of the Port Worth and road into Pampa, and procedure 1 for obtaining right of way. It is expected that Major 'Hulen" will make definite announcement of the road's route from LePorsHo Pampa and when of the railroad will begin here, i City Officers in Detained in City police seized 95 bottl6S iof. four quarts of "Gordon's 'dry gin," 24 pint bottles of whisky, a half-dozen kegs and a number of cases of fruit Jiirs and a raid made last night at a two- room housil 'the addition. One man was amiited and Is being held hi the 'city jafi for fedetal officers.

The rail was made by H. C. trell, assistant chief of police, and H. L. Kenner.

Tlie liquor and containers are being kept in the city Jail, it was the biggest raid made by city oficers in sortie time, i Tlie house in which the'intoxi- cants were seized was occupied, officers said. A bed which had'been lately slep in was in the iind the liquor was in the back room. The raid was made about 10:30 last (night, -E Deepening of Wefljs Increases Flow Two County Tests A contention of several years standing that deepening of the wells In the Marland-Pinley southeast past of county result in greatly Increased" duction was justified last 1 if Champlln Refining company deep- ened its No. 3 tion 30, block 1 2,960 feet for an duction from crease of 1,298 Gulf PioductJon A Faulkner, (Section 33; a half mils south well, was deepened 2,942 and Increased 1,100 barrels day.s These experiments wjll probably, similar 'fio. ithe area, it Is believed.

All deepening pperations an operation as for that' win lead well is a course frp the proratlon ndvjsflry But both Gulf forced to deepen" because other. pool are under fl.