Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico • Page 1

EDITION GOOD MORNING Tbia Is "tint day after." sea If yoe can make the OirWt-bh spirit last a few mora days, lessC Associated Press Leased Wire Serric Day and Night ALBUQ SXJKTY -Kit, HTH tKAK -4 Albuquerque, Mexico, Wednesday, December 26, 1928. PRICE nVK CKHTa Jk l. rtO. eM. PEOPLE DIE IN FIRE IN HOTEL MORNING rrr "an naw jJ -Vj' SIX STUDENT KILLED, VIOLENT DEATHS BOLIVIA READY GIRL PURSUED ACROSS CONTINENT MID DIVORCE POLITICS FROM i fFodayj By ARTHUR BRISBANE it Hfl PROHIBITION TO IE SUCCESS Major Chester Mills, Form- I a I a i tor? Central Press telcphoto of Miss it1, 1 sh er AammisTrarnr New Ynrk nictrirt Wine 9v- 1 il I I Mig Va.

000 Duranr Prize WOULD RESTRICT THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS Malcolm D. Almack of Palo Alto, Wins School Prize; 23,230 Persons in thp flnntPt 1 NEW YORK, Dec. 25 (AP) Major Chester P. Mills of New York, former fur1 r.rrV,iK;rtn nHmfnU- 5 a. vv- littiur lur iiic new iuin uio- 11 nt, iucaj noa an nounced as winner of the $25,000 prize offered by W.

C. Durant for "the best and tt i uiwi piouiiouio Mian i making the eighteenth ampndmpnt pffprtive." The tnn Ul "'f prize was iUaiCOim U. Al- mack, representing the high arhnnl Pain Altn. flnlif. Under the terms of the con test Almack receives $1,000 and the school $4,000 Checks were mailed by Mr.

Durant to reach Major Mills, Almack and Walter H. Nichols, principal of the Palo Alto high school, Christmas day. The winning Mills plan, which waa released Tueaday, deals In de tall with prevention of tha diver sion of Industrial alcohol, which aecorJIng to the author, la the lprlnelpal source of srpply for the (loontlegger. Young Almack plan ris to be made public January 1. i in pme winning plan were 1 selected by a committee headed by it Dr.

W. O. Thompson, president I emeritus of Ohio state university, and Including as members: William H. Allen, director. In stitute for Public Service of New Tork, secretary: Jane Addams, Hull House, Chicago; Senator noren, ni laano; Mruce I (Barton, of New Tork; George Oor-I I I I I Tork heirefg, snapped at the completion of her mysterious trans-continental airplane-train race at Sam Francisco, Calif.

From Omaha to San Francisco Mies McConnell waa of Rochester, N. whose attempt waa unsuccessful. Both Miss McConnell and Dr. Meeker refused to comment on the cause of the pursuit, But they disappeared together after giving reached Salt LakeClty, by train and plans. A love affair I 1.

TWO C0MPAN10KS IN HOLDUP HELD University of Redlands Boys Rob Florist's Shop to Get Christmas Money; Get in Trouble BERKELEY, Calif, Dee. 21 Wl Thomaa Donald Hk.1L ll-year-old sophomore of the University Redlands (Ca-lif.) waa shot and killed here Tuesday by Patrolman Thaddeua Ornes. and William Cornwall Cooney, 21, and George I. Keller, 21. both Juniors at the school, were arrested, after they had robbed a florist's shop "to get Christmas money." After Hall was ahot, Cooney sur rendered, but not until he had been fired at twice by Ornea.

Later, on Information given by Cooney, Kellar waa arrested at a hotel Both boys are alleged to have con fessed and aaid they were without money and devised a plan to com mlt some robberies as a means of raising funds. The robbery of the florist's shop waa their first at tempt. An Inquest waa to be held over Ha-ll'a body, possibly Wednesday, when the other two students are expected to be arraigned. Advices from Redlanda eon firmed that the three were de scribed by President V. L.

Duke of the Institution as "average student with good records." Hall was tha eon a rancher near San Bernardino. The other two live San Bernardino. They had come north for a Christmas holiday and adventure. They went broke except for the price of a motion picture ahow, where they aaid they made their plan Tuesday night. IN MURDER CASE Charged With Killing James banou ot riagerman on Street; Bad Blood Between Families ARTESIA, N.

Dec. 25 W- The preliminary hearing for four members of the Cavendar family, charged with murder for the fatal shooting of James Ballou, 60, on the main street of Artesta Monday, will be held here Wednesday. R. H. Cavendar Is alleged to have been the man who ahot Ballou and the othera to be arranged are Percy Cavendar, his father; Gus Cavendar, rls ancle, and Eugene Cavendar, hla cousin.

Ballou, who resided in the Ha-german community, came to Ar-tesia on the day before Christmas and encountered the Cavendara on the main atreet. Enmity had existed between the famillea for years over a goat range dispute, the police were told, and last spring Ballou was temporarily blinded by a bullet fired at tim while he was at his home. Evidence offered at the Inquest Monday constructed a story that the Cavendara had come to Artesia armed and looking for Ballou, who sought police protection. The Ar tesia policemen were looking for the Cavendara to disarm them, when Perry Cavendar met Ballou and attacked him. R.

H. Cavendor then was reported to have pushed his father aside and fired two shots from a revolver. One shot entered Ballou's arm and the other his side Just above the hip. District Attorney J. G.

Osborn of Roswell haa charge of the in vestigation. Hl'NTKK IS SHOT CARLSBAD, N. Dec. 25 Ml Howard White. 21, waa accident ally shot and perhaps fatally wounded Monday while hunting ducks on the Black river.

A com panion fell and his gun was dis charged when te waa running toward White. HOLIDAY SEASON HEARING TODAY FOR CAVENDARS HOOVER WILL GO TO WASHINGTON INSTEAD OF FLORIDA ON RETURN FROM SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNEY BLAZES IN EARLY HOUR Flames Spread So Rapidly Firemen Called From the Station Block Away Aro Powerless to Save It TWO 0THERSTAKEN TO HOSPITAL BEDS Four-Story Building Usually Houses 85 Roomers From Rubber Factories; Many Escape Uninjured AKRON, Ohio, Dec 25 (AP) Flames which swept the Park hotel, a small structure occupied mainly bf factory workers, resulted in the death of six persons early Tuesday. A number of others were badly burned. One man was burned to death, while five other per sons, one of them a woman, died as a result of being overcome by smoke. The dead: Arthur Alexander, IT, retired.

Mrs. Alberta Miller Alexander, 55. his wife. Charlea King, II, cook. Wilbur Wilson, 17, Luclan O.

Curtis, 20, pool room employe, formerly of Indianapolis, A. C. Burrell, Akron. Six of the seven Injured persons were releaaed from hospital Tuesday night, but Paul Looklatr. 41, was reported In serious conditio.

He waa suffering from severe burns. There were a eutslde Bre escape on the building and the guests were forced to the windows to escape the flames and smoke. Firs Chief John Merts said ha believed the flames started from spontaneous combustion In a plls of rubbish In the basement. The fire was noticed about 4 o'clock in the morning. Although the fire station was leas than a block away, the flames had 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 soother died shortly afterward. Ths Park hotel was a four story brick structure and normally has about 15 roomers, mostly employed In the rubber factories here. AUTO HITS BOY ON ROAD NEAR ATRISC0; HE'S NOT BADLY HURT A car driven by M. Williamson collided with Nick Herrera of Atrtaco about three milea south of town Tuesday night. The lad was riding a bicycle, snd had Just ridden Into the main highway from a side road when he waa hit.

He was rushed in Strong's amhulance to St. Joseph's hospital. No bones were broken, and, excepting a few bruise, he la unhurt. In an effort to avoid ths crash, the car was swerved 4)8 the road, tearing down a fence, and crashing into a telephone pole. IRVING BERLIN'S YOUNG BABE DIES NEW TORK.

Dee. II tVP The twenty four day old aon of Mr, snd Mrs. Irving Berlin died Tuesday of a heart attack at the family home. The baby, named Irving had shown no signs of illness until seised with ths attack early in lliv mu.iJiiis. i UB vvi ill JTWpr and his wife, daughter of Clarence Mackay.

are the pur-nts of a girl, Mary Ellen, 2 years old. BRINGS DISPLAY provements and the new Ease, the Challenger, with Tt go oa display Wednesday at the NesbKt Motor Sales Hudson-Essex dealer, as part of a Batten-wide program-ef simultaneous display. Pre-showlngs af the new Hudson-Essex lines have i been made to newspapermen, tcchr.lcal experts, distributers and dealer In key points throughout the United States and Canada. Wr ths past month the Hudson factories In Detroit have been para ting ea day and night shifts, to are ride show ears and auffteteat dealer stocks to asrara Immediate delivery, i. Twenty-one body type era Included In the new combined Uaa TUR AKRON HOLIDAY MORN VARIOUS PLACES Children Die as Result of Explosion of Fireworks in a Carterville, Georgia, Store FIVE BOYS DROWNED SKATING ON THE ICE Denver Man Falls Down Stairs; Argument Over Gift Results in Shooting of Texas Resident CARTERSVILLE, Do.

26 William Hugh Pagett. 11, Tuesday of Burns suffered Monday Is an explosion of fire-worka that now haa claimed five Uvea. William Bhaw, II, Francea Shaw. H. Mary Beit Dodd.

II, and Mary Kennedy alao were burned fatally when a large supply of firecrackers, on sale for Christmas celebration, was set off In the store C. Davis Shaw, father of two of victims. All of the children were working In the atore to earn holiday money. The explosion of powder and the that quickly enveloped th9 building followed the lighting of roman candle by an unidentified customer in the store. TWO BOYS DltOWX ON CHIUSTMAS SKATES MAYNARD.

Dec. 25 C47) Two boys were drowned after breaking through thin Ice on a mm pond here Tueaday within the eight the parents ot one of the boye. ynPy were Frank Mlnko, I. son of chary Mlnko of Lawrence, end hla cousin. Micraei Minao, Timothy Mlnko of this town.

PARTY BREAKS TP wrni A KILLING OUNNISOX, Dec. 15 Christmas celebration at the Baldwin coal camp of the Rocky Mountain Fuel company, 20 milea north of Gunnison, turned Into tragedy Tuesday whest Clarence Owen, miner, shot and killed H. C. Seymour, a negro. Sheriff Ed Llndsley left for the camp to return Owen, who Immediately gave himself up.

and ad mitted the shooting, authorities Centlnned na Tsae Twe' BY CELEBRATOR When Officer Attempts to Arrest Vincente Sanchez at Dance at Martinez-town, Man Pulls Gun A celebration of Christmas day by excessive drinking resulted in a near trageay in Mamnenown late Tuesday night. Deputy Sher iff Silva was shot In the hand by Vnlcente Sanches. Silva was trying to arrest San ches for being drunk and fighting when the latter shot him with a 32 Colt revolver. Sanches was captured after he attempted to run away, and longed in tne "'t ja-n. IDENTIFY GIRL WHO DIED IN WRECK AS MISS LAURA G0ELITZ SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec 26 (M Mr.

and Mrs. G. A. Goelits of San Antonio Tuesday Identified photos found in the handbag ot an unidentified young woman. killed in the wreck of the Sun shine special near Palestine.

Tex, Sunday, aa pictures of their daughter, Laura. 10 years old. THREE SISTERS WILL WED: THREE OTHERS TO BE BRIDESMAIDS CHICAGO, Dec. 25 Sil sisters will participate in a triple wedding Saturday. The sis are daughters of the late John J.

Hayes, a former member of the board of education. The three to be married are Mary Josephine, EUen. and Rugenla Dolores. The bride grooms are to be, respectively, Henry Thomas Chamberlain. Eugene Barnard Harks, and Joseph Udward Bremner.

Margaret, Rosemary and Patricia are te ee bridesmaids. MAR IS MAS CELEBRATION DEPUTY SHERIFF HO HAND of TO (Ml ATE TO an-American Conference Is Pleased at Having Re ceived Psvorable Replies From Both Nations SPECIAL COMMISSION TO MEDIATE WRANGLE General Body wll Be Free to Adjourn; Threat of Armed Conflict Felt to Be Growing Less WASHINGTON. Dec 2S An agreement on tha general terms of a special protocol to gov ern the Pan-American arbitration conference'a efforts to conciliate the Bolivian-Paraguayan dlapute was reached Tuesday by the special committee on this question. The Bolivian and Paraguayan rep resentatives attended tha commit tee session. The committee- met shortly at ter tha Bolivian legation here bad received from lta home govern' ment a reply to a questionnain addressed to Bolivia last week by the special committee.

The qu-i tionnaire sought information as to that government attitude on cer tain phases of the proposed con ciliation proceedings and the le nation Tuesday aaid the tone 01 the reply waa favorable." At the committee meeting, Ur Victor Maurtua of Peru, chair man of the special committee. Minister Dies de Medina of. Bo livia, and Kllglo Ayala, Paraguay an delegate to the conference, were Instructed to draft the text rof the concllH on protocol. This will be tisnsm ileal the two interested governments for their ap proval, after which It will be re ported to a plenary session of the arbitration for that group to take action and appoint the judges of the conciliation tri bunal. Agreement aa to the general nurDose of the protocol waa quickly reached by the special committee after considering tie repllea of both Bolivia ard Para guay to tne questionnaires requested a definition of the controversy and the make up of the proposed conciliation tribunal.

It was said that a close agreement on the main points at Issue wu found in both replies and that this would expedite the work of the committee. After lta meeting Tuesday th special committee issued the fol lowing communique: "The special committee met to consider replies made by Bolivia and Paraguay to lta Inquiries. These replies were fully eavls- factory, agreeing on all baaic points and after receiving further information from the two gov erninents the committee wHl sub mit a report to the Committee members expressed the hope that by next Saturday both governments would have agreed to the protocol now being drafted and that this document would have been ratified by the conference itself. After edoption of the proto- col and appointment of the Judges on the conciliating tribunal the arbitration conference will be free to adjourn leaving the actual me diation efforts to a special body for -hlch the protocol provides. DAY PARTY IS SIBLEY.

Mich, Dec. 26 OP) A residence In which 17 persons, eight ot them children, were gathered around a Christmas tree for a yuletide party was dynamited here Monday night. None waa injured, but a side wall of the house was caved In. Ihe home waa that of William Cristiana and the Christmas party was being attended by relativea and neighbors. Police are holding Angelo An- geluccl, II, another neighbor for questioning.

He waa arrested by Sibley police two blocka from the Christiana home aoon after the blast. Officers said there had been 111 feeling between the Christiana and Angeluccl families. The explosion occurred in a cellar under the house. Officers be lieve a stock of dynamite was thrown through a window. Windows in the home of Mayor Robert Barker of Sibley, who re sides next door, were shattered and his car.

parked in a driveway between Ihe two houses, waa wrecked. The mayor had left his car only a few minutes before the explosion occurred. AVOID WA WITH PARAGUAY OL DYNAMITED HOUSE DAMAGED The Happiest Day. Kin George la Better. Coolldge, Hoover Cheerful.

When Mr. Canto, boots. (Copyright 1111 oy Star Co. I jjl Christmas Day meant mora to tha happineM of tha human race than any other In tha year. It haa been a happy day for all.

Including th.oie that do not accept Christianity, for it haa softened and parti- civilized many savage racea. Including; white races bow ruling In Europe and America. Tha niUiili--xojdi united the km 1. better, Ul" doctors aay ha shows "less resistance In taking fotas An awlor trying to force food upon hlm- metimes doctors du endangers hyfihance of recov- ery. A bodjrKiltmlnating poison hould not MT cob-celled at tha same time abttorb nourishment eyond the absolute minimum ueruert Hoover "a on his way home and w.U have his Chrlatmaa on battleship.

That will In- cneruoine President Coolldge goea away to Sapoloe Inland, oft the coast of Georgia, where he will be the of Howard Coffin for Christmas rest. Messrs. Bchenck, Zukor, B. Mayer, Fox, Laemmla and others Interested in movies should atudy Peter Cardone, who was disturbed by four armed gunmen while play lug poker In Brooklyn. Peter Cardone wears American clothes, but carries an ancient Roman heart.

Aa his contribution to the poker party he killed two of the four gunmen and none ot them killed him. Hia face would screen well. He'd make Hollywood gun totera look like Sunday school teachers. Hereafter, gunmen Interrupting Doker nartles will ask first, "are there any Italians present If Henry Ford aeea the latest stock market report, he probably never sees them, he will know that it Is not easy to start a Ford company In Great Britain and let the British have the stock. Ford turned over 10 nonesi I(rItons 40 pr cent of hia com Americans bought 350,000 shares rootlsoee f( Three EIGHT KILLED EE TURIN, Car Is Hit at Micheaud, and Bus Collides With a String of Freight Cars at Sedalia, Mo.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 26 j.our perg0na were killed Tuesday when trelr automobile waa demol ished by a Louisville Nashville passenger train at a crossing at Micheaud, fifteen milea from here. The dead: Irving L. Cooper, driver of the automobile.

Robert, Eugene and John Gerde, brothers, all of New Orleans. Witnesses said the automobile approached the track at a fast rate l0f Bpd. disregarding danger alg- ntiL TRAIN niTS IH'S AT SEDALIA, MO. SEDALIA. Mo, Dec, 26 04?) Three persona were killed and aev eral injured Tuesday afternoon when a bus collided with railroad cars being switched at a crossing.

The dead: Mary Griswold, II, Fortuna, Mo. Thomas Stanley of Knobnoster, 45. An unidentified man about 2t 'er" The driver of the bus, Emmett Burge. was severely but not aerl-ousl- Injured. A.

Salrd and his daughter, Helen, Kansas City, were tie most seriously Injured among 'he thirty passengers. All those hurt are In hospitals here. Mr. and Mrs. It.

R. Holman, Kansas City, were Injured. PRF.ACIirn KILLED IN LOS LOS ANGELKS, Dec. 26 Rev. H.

Robert Smith. 14, Baptist minister and city clerk of Axusa, a suburb. Was killed and his wife in'nred hen their car was struck, t-v a passenger train at a crossing hers Tuesday. AUTO CRASHES ldon Battle, attorney of New 15 share. Ywrterday Ruth McConnell, 20-var-old New pursued by Dr.

David O. Meeker, to catch her by using an airplane i close attachments of the many miles traveled together. Exchange Presents viin mum joimy memDers of tne Hoover party exchanged pre sents with one another. Many In the group were equipped with tin horns, rattlers and wooden noise-makers which Mrs. Hoover had obtained In P.lo De Janero In prep aration for Christmas.

The flrst-lady-to-be early Christ- maa morning had a Christmas tree placed in the admiral's quarters which she and Mr. Hoover are oc cupying. breakfast all mem-bera of the Hoover party found toys and trinkets at the table. while around evary plate were tinsel 'decorationa, Christmas tree candles, and gifts such as clears, boxes of candy and souvenirs from the cities visited. I SearCherS for COUple WhO Ch Dnnlrln in 4hft flmnH WHVl I lUIUJ III IMV VII IV.

I ii Vcuiyun nupeiui ui riuu- ing Them GRAND CANTON. Dec. 25 04?) Whether Christmas carried the Joy of rescue to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hyde, lost In the Grand Canyon of Colorado, was not known here Tuesday night, aa this little community awaited word from Beaching parties.

Footprints had been found In silt at the bottom of the mile-deep gorge near Ruby canyon rapids. Hoping to pick up further traces of the stranded pair, rescuers push ed further along the tortuous course of the river, but no reDort of finding additional marks left by the thrill-seeking due had been received here. Emery Kolb, pioneer of the can- yon region, was heading a band following the river from Diamond creek to Separation rapids. This party used a Crude boat, but the searchers believed they be able to reach the acow that army aviators reported stranded on a sand bar. Kolb's party will be met Thore- I day by a pack horse expedition farther down the river.

The rescu ers hoped to find a message at the abandoned scow, or eome indies tion of the route the a-dventurira couple Intended to take when they i left their home-made craft. FOOTPRINTS AND INDICATE HYDESMAY LIVE Five died of the fire a of of A I President-Elect till Spend Few Days in Capital Be fore Going South; Christ mas Aboard Ship i ABOARD f. 8. 8. UTAH.

Dec. 25 C4? President-elect Herbert Hoover haa changed his plane and will proceed directly to Washington upon returning from his South American tour. This announce-was made Tuesday in the tfcidst of Christmas celebrations on board the battleship Utah, which now is cruising northward. Under the revised schedule the battU-shlp will head for Hampton tioads, Virginia, where It Is expected to arrive January I. 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. It had been expected that Mr. Hoover would land In Florida and remain In tVinf a 1 n.

no, i tIme for hls inauguration. Sailors See Families Hampton Roads is the Utah'a base and It now will be possible for Its officers and crew to pay brief visits to their families before lraving on a three-months practice cruise to Panama. The revised plans also will enable the presi dent-elect personally to attend to his affairs in Washington rather than to attempt to execute their direction from a winter home In Florida. Whether a trip will be made to Cuba and Mexico before the inauguration. Is expected to be decided after Mr.

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

The battleship was gaily decor ated for the Christmas season. Evergreens from the Brasilian tropics substituting for the holly and mistletoe of northern limes were strung between the big tur ret guns and at other places on the ship. An Imitation fireplace to provide an entrance for Santa Claus also had been erected on the quarter deck and along with the greens formed the setting Tor the Hoover's Christmas dinner. The meal, the fourth' Christmas dinner he haa eaten aboard ships in tropical waters, was a happy home affair aa the party accom-pnyln? the president-elect, and bis wife really has become almost little family aa a result vt the IDr. 8.

Parkes Cadman. former president of the Federal Council I 'of Churches of Christ In America: Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia: MaJ. Gen. James G. Harbord president Radio Corporation of America; William O.

McAdoo, for fner secretary of the treasury 'Robert L. Owen, former senatoi from Oklahoma; Owen Roberts, attorney of Philadelphia; Elmer Schlealncer, attorney of New Tork. P- Whale, president Vacuum Oil I company of New Tork, and Pr Stephen 8. Wise. Kabbl and lec turer of New Tork.

13,230 Contestants i There were zj.zju persons in the contest for the prire. submitting H.OO0 plans. Half of the contestants were women. Prise plana were received from every state in the union, the District of Columbia, every territorial posses- slon of the I'nlted States and ten foreign countries. One was from a Brazilian general, another from an official of Chins, New Tork state led In the nutn ber of elans submitted with 2.104.

Pennsylvania was next with Californlan submitted 1.12s. Wy- mlrg submitted the smallert number anions the states, only 22 5 Pinna submitted ranged from suggested modification of the 18th smendment. urged by 774. to Jan sentences for all convictions and deportation of all alien offenders. Modification of the Volstead act was urged by S.40 while 1.63 fa- rmtlnned tie Psse Five WEATHER FORECAST DENVER, Colo- Dec.

25. New mrA Irltnnl! Wednesday I anf Thursday generally fair; little change In temperature. I.CsTAI. RKPORT Weather report for the city of Albuquerque for tl-e preceding 14 hours ended at I m. Tuesday as furnished by the weather observer at be University of New Mexico: Highest temperature 4 lowest temperature .12 Rings Mean ...2 Humidity at ....91 Humidity at I p.

.21 Precipitation Velocity of wind Direction of wind fharncter of Clear Sim rixoa 7:11 Una seta I I OF SPEEDIER, SMOOTHER RUNNING AUTOMOBILES; PRICES TO BE LOWER Engineering Experts Pro-' duce More Powerful and Easier Operated Motor Vehicles Essex a 7 -mile an hour car; Hudson more than an 10-mlle an hour car; roomier and beautified body designs; much added equipment and price reductions of 151 to a ear. are the features of the Hudson-Essex program for 1121 ae announced Wednesday morning. The company's statement, marking Its 20th anniversary, declares it will build nearly as many ears In the first half ot t2 a In all of 12S which was the Mggest year In Its history. The It 21 Hudson wita 4 Im ns "6.