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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
PUMP MATERIAL FOR THE
GULF EXPECTED TODAY

Pump material for the Gulf well No. is ex.
pected today, according to report from the well
Monday night. A 500.barrel tank is on the ground
and work of installing pump and laying pipe
line to the railroad it is said will be going in few
days.
Location by Fitch and Hall of Bartlesville
Okla, of another test well near Gulf No. 2, has had
a very stimulating effect among owners and leas.
ers in Carson and Hutchinson counties, but no big
turns have been reported the past two days. Offers
are being made and many inquiries are coming in
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

Diamond Jim" negro whose
real name Is James Calvin. lies at
The lucll Sinitarlum with five ful.
D., wounds In his ho,iy. Diamond
jung wife ~ held In the county
jail awaiting preliminary hearing
on the charge Il shooting her hus-
baud
The ARRAY tuok place about .
O'Clock sunday morning In Negro.
town. immediately following the
shooting the negro woman went e.
the court house and surrendered
herself tu Sheriff Burton Reach
According tp her story "a tho ~.
ticcrs Diamond Jim" insisted that
his wife sign a deed She refused.
ana tu overcome her ohsiinacy
Diamond Jim" was making NJ her
With both razor and Ratchet when
she rcsortvd 10 the usc ~ q Us
calihcr Remington and cmp,ied five
chambers into his body.
one hulic; struck the victim In
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
ARKANSAS STORM Death LIST
REDUCED TO SIXTEEN ESTIMATED
PROPERTY Loss AT $4,000

TExARKANA, Ark April Is. tBy Associated Press)-The
Miller and Bowie death list has been reduced to sixteen
two Of the reported dead having been found alive Approximately
fifty seriously injured while received mi
injuries Red Cross officials report sxysix families o,alng
2o6 persons need Of relief Houses totally destroyed number
and eight houses partially wrecked Total damage
estimated S2S00oo Miller and Bowie county. Only the
seriously injured Florence Polk IS whose back broken
critical condition.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

and the board ruled there posponng
s<WwIF
Scores Of exhibits Of them dealing with living
and for similar labor in other industries filed with
board carrier after carrier brought lie evidence forward this a
Nearly roads had finished their presentation
when the session finally adjourned Following protest earlier
the day by the employees the board had extended the limit
each aides testimony five days five hours each Tomorrow
other division Of roads will present their evidence.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

SWEEPING WAGE REDUCTIONS ARE
NECESSARY, RAIL OWNERS aver

CHICAGO, April 'sBy Associated Press-Eastern railroads.
appearing before the United States Railroad Labor Board opened
their drive today for sweeping reductions for all unsed Ia
bo and instances for shop and train employees
Over protest Of the labor organizations board decided
proceed with the consolidated hearing disputes certified by
% railroads from all sections Of the country The board decided
proceed Immediately despite three vacancies due the fact that
has confirmed President Hsngs apponees and
that member absent Five members quorum remain
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
NEW York "WETTEsT"
PLACE IN AMERICA
~ Associated Pms


NEW YORK, April lS--W l.. Pussy
foo," Johnson. veteran dry campaign.
81, declared today before sailing Tor
England ua the Cedric, tina, there were
three wet spots In the United states
New York. Chicago and Raliimur"
and that New ork was the "wvttcst.'
hut" said Mr., Johnson YOU drink
rrS had better drink while the driukin.
is good for " will not last long. The
world will go dry before | die. and
within thrive YEARS the United States
viii be hone dry.
Mr.. Johnson viii hc away year, dur
lng which pcriul' he expects To visit
india.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
10 anxiety tc let go.
New Test Considered.

The Dixon Greek OIL Company owns
n number of tracts near the Fitch.
Hall location. and there II some talk
Of drilling ON Dixon Creek by this com.
pany. The Dixon Greek Company also
has holdings NEAR the whIte.Parks well.
and test near that well by the Dixon
Greek Company II probable.
In cleaning out the Whlte-Parks well.
oil has been encountered In the same
oil sand passed through in drilling last
fail. In empiylng the boiler In the clean
Ing out process. oil had run down the
ravine 200 yards. according 20 visitors
returning from the well Monday.
Results ~ the shot put of In the
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
RANGERS VIII, GUARD
NEGRO ID RING TRIAL.

PARIS. TEXAS. April IN. Sheriff
Brown has received information from
Austin that the adjutant general has
ordered Rangers here for the trial next
Wednesday II Virgil Hampton. negro.
charged with criminal assault In Fan
min county.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
DIAMOND jim" IN HOSPITAL
HIS Wife IN COUNTY BASTILE

the mouth, one In the nose, two
entered the abdomen and one
pierced the arm. diamond Jim"
was still living AZ late hour Mon
day night.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
MRS. BERGD0IL MIST
PAY trrOR>EiS FEES
y Associated rr~s

rHlLApEl.rlliA. April 18th"
state supreme court today dccrrcd
Mrs Emma !, Brrgdoll must pay coun.
sci Zee Of $4,000 incurred In defending
lea against federal charges ~ aiding
her sons, Grover G, and Erwin u, To
cvadc thr draft law, She fought the
fees as excessive. Mira Bergdoil was
convicted on the federal charges and an
appeal II pending.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
NNNIIOE PETROIEtM co.
N SUED By DRII.LERS

The case IL l.. { Morgan. an oil
driller against the ivanhoo Petroleum
company was begun before a jury In
district court Monday. II viii DO con.
iinued today.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
IF YOU Love AMARILLO HELP
PUT over HOTEL enterprise

Amarillo must have hotel as nucleus around which
10 grow bigger and better city.
hundred Amarillo citizens viii be the streets this
forenoon and this afternoon soliciting support Of the popo
sition build great modern hostery-the New Amarillo
Hotel
Those who want to Amarillo grow and prosper, and
not lose Of the prestige and advantage that al
ready hers should withhold liberal support from this
proposition
Dozens Of salsried people ralying to this enter
prise because they the city 60 Harvard is
entitled do without the handicap Of limited hotel faci
ties.
Money put into the Amarillo Hotel enterprise, is money
pot into Amarllo- is for the development Of the
nifty. When the rush incident to opening the oil field
in a big way, Amarillo win need supremely good hotel
All those who love the city should get in this enter.
prse-youl be given opportunity to help Join the
mtees at the luncheon in the Amarillo Hotel at noon today
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
FINANCIAL SITUATION IN This
COUNTRY Rapid CLEARING UP

Austin. Tex. Apri iS-rhc nn,n.
cal Sitra,ivr - thu United States aud
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

Highest Yesterday "a lsse' ~ ~"
rst a..
Highest yesterday IS.
Lowest. ~.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
WEATHER
WEST rENiS; Thursday fair and
warm.r. "Wednesday fair.
L. =. department d Agricallurr
Weather surrau.

rcml.ra,uc ~ hours At Amarillo
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-20

ment on top of the clock. The alarm
is thus drum-beat, but not loud
enough to be heard, were 1t not that
q rubber tube extends from the drum
compartment to the ears of the person
who wishes TO be awakened at given
hour.
The tube terminates in pair OF
ear pieces, which are so held by a
fork-shaped arrangement that their
ends are clasped within the ears of
the sleeping person. 1t is no serious
inconvenience, inasmuch as the ten-
BILE rubber tube enables him 70 turn
over or move about in bed without
disturhina. the ear pieces
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-20
WAKES ONLY THE RIGHT MAN
New Alarm Clock That Should Prove
Boon in a Crowded Apartment
Building.

1t really is not fair that a man,
obliged to get up in the morning IN
response to a clock alarm, should sub
iect his wife to the inconvenience of
being simultaneously and unnecessarily
awakened. Nevertheless, it often hap
pens that way.
A novel contrivance which gets over
this difficulty is the idea of Charles
w. Waller of Chicago. 1t is an alarm
clock that will wake up one person
without in the least disturbing an
other.
Connected with the clock is little
hammer which, instead of striking a
bell, hits diaplTagm-the latter be
ing housed within separate compart-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-20
HALT FlREMEN AT BORDER
Italians Refuse to Allow Austrian 5ri-
aade to Cross Line-Forceo 70
Watch Buildings Burn.

Vienna.-Frontier restrictions were
carried to an extreme when they pre-
vented an Austrian fire brigade IRON
crossing the Italian border to hght a
blaze.
Some buildings on the Italian side
NJ the Rrenner Pass railway station
caught fire and the Austrian towns
Aremen turned out. Italian gendarmes
demanded their vises and having none
thev were forced to watch the ware
houses burn
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-20

The 1920 national encampment
voted TO meet every year as long as
a single member survived. Brig. Gen.
John L. Glenn. address Army and Navy
Club, Washington, d. c., claims him
self the youngest G. A. r. member.
He Is thought by the G. A. r. officials
here TO be seventy-one years old, hav-
ing enlisted as a drummer boy az the
age of eleven years. The question Of
who is the oldest member always
brings up hundreds Of claimants and
no reliable record has been obtained
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-20
INDUSTRIAL NEWS

A large fish fertilizer factory is to
be built at Panama City in the near
future. Some local capital viii be in
terested.
Contracts have been let for the
erection of new $4,000 school build
ing at Ponce de Leon in Holmes coun-
ty. Bombay contractors have the
contracts.
Winter Park citizens viii hold an
election the latter part of this month
70 decide on issuing $4,000 worth
of bonds for putting down water
mains and equipping a first fighting
apparatus.
St. Johns county is soon to call a
bond election for authorizing bonds
for road and bridge work for that
county. Approximately s465, 900 will
be the total of the issue.
The Halle Grocery Company, new
wholesale grocery concern, mas open
ed for business at Daytona.
Work is to start is about ten days
on the Cortez-Anna Maria bridge in
Manatee county The bridge will be
the longest bridge in the county when
finished.
A new $4,000 garage building is
to be built at Sarasota to be occupied
on completion by the Collins-Betts
Company.
Preparations are being made for
the starting of the work on the bridge
at Lake Worth The bridge will be
built of steel and concrete and will be
about 1000 feet long when completed
The big saw mill of the West Vel
low Pine Company, which has been
closed for some time, will resume
operations on October 1st at Weston
near Madison.
Three new concrete store buildings
are being built at Vero.
A handsome four-story building is
to be built at Panama City by the
Masons. The two lower floors are tt
be used for stores and offices and the
two upper floors are to be used by the
Masons.
The Capitol is the name of the new
theater which is being built at Or.
lando. 1t will be built of brick, tile
and stucco, fire proof and wher
finished will be a handsome theatel
seating 1400 people.
Ground has been broken for th'
new History 1kyscraper hotel build
ing at Orlando, costing approximate!
| 81 100000.
Work has commenced on new two
story Office and store building at Yves
Palm Beach. 1t will be built of hol
low tile and cement. The exterior
viii be handsomely finished.
The new st. James Methods
church costing $4,000, which is be
ng built at Palatka is progressin!
nicely
Work will start very soon at Sara
sofa on the building of the plant o
the Sarasota Fruit Produce Company
The new hotel which is being bull
At Palatka is. showing much progress
lie past few days 1t Will be finishes
in time for the winter business an
will be known as the Hotel Martin.
Manatee county recently endorse
bond issue of $350,000. n
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-20
LOCATION AND PHONE NOTICE

DR.. F. E. McClane is now located
IL Commercial Bank building. Office
phone 211-two rings; residence
phone ISL 15-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-20
BARGAIN

Don't miss our ad. IN this paper.
Read it right now and remember
Wednesday. o. K. Teapot Grocery. 1t
The spectator., 1921-11-25
DEADLY WEAPON OF SAvAGES
African Tribes Use Poisoned Arrows Which lnflict Death That Is
 instantaneous.

The most effective weapon of the Nasal and Andorobo is the arrow which they poison with the Accan- thera schimperi, small tree. accord Ing to a National Geographic society bulletin. They boil the leaves and branches until the mixture becomes thick and pitch-like in appearance. and place it on sheets of bark which they hide high on the branches of trees away from children until it Is needed When an animal is shot with an arrow dipped in the poison it dies almost im- mediately. The natives cut out the flesh around the wound as soon as pos sible and throw 1t away. The remain der is eaten and the blood Is drunk This love of blood as an article of food is common among many African tribes. several of them going so far as to bleed their cattle and drink the blood hot or mix it with their porrldge.
The spectator., 1921-11-25
NC THEIR! MOVE
 CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
 CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Hurry, mother! Even sick child love the 'fruity" taste of California Fig syrup and 1t never fails to open the bowels. A teaspoonful today may pre- ent sick child tomorrow. If con stip' ted, bilious, feverish, fretful, has cold, collie, or if stomach Is sour. tonfIe coated. breath bad, remember q good cleansing of the little bowels is ofto1 all that Is necessary.
 AK your druggist for genuine Cali forEia Fig Syrup" which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must say California" or you may get an imitatI ton fig syrup.-Advertisem
The spectator., 1921-11-25
REGARDED U. S. AS FRIEND.
Late Premier Hara Thought AbsoIut
 Break Unthinkabe.

Washington - The late Premier Hara of Japan viewed the United States as the strongest and longest friend of Japan,' Rev. K. Tsunashina of Tokio said in an address at the First Congregational church. He quoted Premier Hara as holding 1t ~unthinkable that this friendship unique and unparalleled In the fellow. ship of nations,' should be broken.
 Strains may come and misunder. standing may arise,' the premier, not long before he was assassinated, told an American missionary. But that the time should ever come when they shall be unable to find any solution of their problems-that to my mind Is absolutely unthinkable.
The spectator., 1921-11-25
MISSOURI RIVER
 FLOODS TOWN
L o w L A N DS INUNDATED AND MANY OTHER CITIES ARE
 THREATENED.
FLOOD STAGES REACHED
Fears Still Entertained for Safety of Residents of Small Places Along Black River-Men Build
 Entertainments.

Poplar Bluff, Mo.-The Black and St. Francis rivers are at flood stage ill the vicinity of North Poplar Bluff as result of the tornado and rains of the past week.
 The village of Greenville is com pletely isolated by the two rivers and the town of Piedmont is under water although no homes have been washed away nor any loss of life occasionG The water at Piedmont last night forced about 20 families to leave their homes in small boats. Great loss tC property and crops has been forecast but no estimate of the loss will be available until the water recedes en tirely.
 The tornado Friday night killed four people and injured about 50 Prop, erty damage is estimated at S100,000 Between 10 and 90 homes of residents and farmers within an area of 40 miles were completely demolished, as we'll as a number of barns. silos and other outbuildings.
 Today forces of men, women and children started work to rebuild the homes for those who are without shel. ter as a result of the storm.
 The heavy rains in the Ozark Noun tains during the storm showed their effeets Saturday night and Sunday, when the streams poured down to the lowlands and practically flooded all territory in their immediate vicinity.
 It is expected, however, that the water. will recede soon.
 It is not expected that damage at GreenyilIe will be high, other than tc crops and foundations of homes. The town is reported to have about 3,00G residents.
The spectator., 1921-11-25
Christmas Smokes in Danger.

cigar makers on strike here and little prospects of compromise in sight, Christmas smokes are in grave danger. The men continued to walk out follow ing O vote of 50 to 10 in favor of a strike. Refusal of the cigar factory owners to put back into effect wage scale under which they worked pr,- viously to the strike of last year was the cause of the walkout. Strike lead CTS claim wages have been reduced from 15 to 40 per cent since that time.
The spectator., 1921-11-25
Workers May Ask Bonus.

New York.-Workers in the New York navy yards passed VI resolution at a meeting asking congress to give & years salary to all employees who nave been in the yard more than a year should they lose their jobs on ac- count of suspension of work upon agreement of the arms conference. The gathering was held under the aus. picas of the Navy Yard Retirement Association.
The spectator., 1921-11-25
Heavy Cold? Chest
 All Clogged Up?

nON'T let it get start, Dr. Kings D New Discovery will get right down to work, relieving the tight feeling in the chest, quieting the racking cough, gently stimulating the bowels. thus eliminating the cold poisons. Always reliable. Just good medicine made to ease colds and coughs.
 For fifty years a standard remedy. All the family can take it with helpful results. Eases the childrens croup. No harmful drugs. Convincing, heal- ing taste that the kiddies like. At all druggists, 6Oc.
The spectator., 1921-11-25
A COATED TONGUE ]?
What It Means

A bad breath, coated tongue, bad taste in the mouth, languor and debility, ara usually signs that the liver is out of order. At such times one should take pleasant laxative. Such g one is made of May apple, leaves of aloe and put into ready to-use form by pr. Pierce, nearly fifty years ago, and sold for 25 cents by all druggists as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
 San Antonio, Texas-"It gives me pleasure to recommend Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as doing what they arc advertised to do. have used them in my family for nearly fifty years, with never. failing success "-Rev. John c. Groth. S27 Denver Blvd.
The spectator., 1921-11-25
EDISON WILL ACCOMPANY THE MANUFACTURER ON SOUTH
 ERN INSPECTION TRIP.
RUM0R AGREEMENT NEAR
Ford lntimates Major Details of Trans. fer of Plant Have Been Agreed On-Pians Huge Project
 for the South.

New York-Henry Ford and Thos A. Edison will visit Muscle Shoals q week after Thanksgiving, it is under stood on good authority. Primarily, their trip is to inspect the nitrate plant with Q view to proyid- ing nitrates for the nations farms. But behind this plan is another, which may mean an industrial advance for the south heretofore undrcamed of. I is known that Henry Ford is in earn est in his offer to buy the battleships which may be junked by the disarma- ment conference That these steel monsters may be converted into farm ing implements at Muscle Shoals is now known to be one of the ideas uppermost in MT Ford's mind.
 Mr. Ford visited Mir Edison and dis cussed his plans for employing tens of thousands of men to complete his proposed plans late Saturday. after he had discussed the major details of his offer to buy the government plant with Secretary Weeks in Washington. He intimated that the major details were agreed upon.
 MT Ford and Mf Edison will take q corps of technical experts with them on their trip.
 "EIr. Edison not only knows abont water power but hes the best au. thoritE on nitrates in this country MT. Ford said of the inventor When ever want to know anything n chem. istry l ask Nr. Edison
 MT Ford smiled at the army engi- neer's estimate of $25o00,0eo b com psete the Wilson dam b develop Wa- ter power at the shoals.
 'I suppose sa@e interests will op- pose this project Mir. Ford continued, but they can't heat us.a
 Hr. Ford when questioned about the farmers support of lis plans, said that the farmers are "a two-fisted people who can do q lot"
The spectator., 1921-11-25
DISCUSS CHURCH PENSION.
Methodist Council In Session al
 Detroit

Methodist Council In Session al
 Detroit
 Detroit. Mich.-The council of the boards of benevolence of the Metho- s'lst Episcopal church will hold two- day session here, at which funds for the work of the various boards will be apportioned for the next year and at which plans for a world campaign of evangelism will be mapped out.
 The pension plan by which retired Methodist ministers and members of their families are aided by the church received it's first official recognition in the councils program, when the executive committee of the council de dided the body would make the request for pension funds at the annual con ference of the church. This decision, according to church leaders, places the pension system under the council s supervision.
The spectator., 1921-11-25

so that am now able to do my work. l recommend your Vegetable Compound to my friends who have troubles similar to mine and you may use these facts as testimonial. Mrs. c. F. PHILLIPS, Toomsboro, Ga.
 ' Weak, nervous women make unhappy homes, their condition irritates both husband and children. It has been said that nine -tenths of the nervous prosration, nervous despondency, ''the blues, :" irritability and backache arise from some displacement or derange- ment of woman's system. Mrs. Phil lips letter clearly shows that no other remedy is so successful in overcoming this condition as Lydia E. Pinkham 8 Vegetable Compound.
The spectator., 1921-11-25
PUT TRUTH IN SECOND PLACE
Salesman, Like Some Oldtme Adver, tisers, Must Have Had Strangie
 Hold on Conscience.

Frank Irwin Fletcher, the New York advertising expert, said in m address 10 advertisers: Another fault that is fast disap- bearing is xaggeration-lying. you know. Some of the advertisements of the past remind me of dialogue between n salesman and patron. It runs like this:
 "'What's the price of the articie?' "'One dollar, sir
 "'Bought direct from the mannfnc- turer, I presumeT
 No, sir, we got it at sheriif's sale of the manufacturers stock "Why did the manufacturer bust upY
 Through selling this article at a dead loss.
 - suppose he'd paid too much for his raw material, eh? "'Oh, no; he stole the raw matcrial' "'Gee whiz. Wrap mo up half a, dozen
The spectator., 1921-11-25
tending System.

Riga.-Notwithstanding difficulties resulting from the "unintentional in. efficiency and red tape" of the Russian soviet government, the American re. lief administration Is now feeding about 100000 children in Russia, ac. cording to Col William x. Haskell. chief of the organization in Russia, who arrived hero from Moscow. One of the greatest hind1anees of the work is the bad condition of the Russian railways, he said
The spectator., 1921-11-25
Fatal Turn of Affairs.

Mrs. Wigs" said MT. Huggins. Il asked your daughter to marry me and she referred me to you.'
 Mrs. Wiggs--1'm sure that's very kind of Sadie, she always was duti- full girl. Really, Mir Higgins, Il had no thought of marrying again at my age but if you insist, suppose we ma e the wedding day next Thursday.