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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
NEGRO SHOT IN RI0T. DIES OF: HIS WOUNDS
Others Leave Homes In Settlement
 Where Woman Was Killed

VAN BUREN, Ark, Dec. 31.A Charles Ruck, negro, died late today of wounds he received yesterday when he was shot by special officer during the race riot in the Catcher community, five miles from the city. Ruck was the father of Sturgeon Ruck, one of two negroes charged with tho murder last Friday of Mrs. Robert I.atimer, s4, who was slain in her home at Catcher.
 More, than 1oON negroes quit their homes at Catchers, last night and to- day Hooking to Van Buren and near by towns. Armed men who were re- ported to have remained in, Catcher throughout last night and today were said to have returned to their homes tonight and save for the exodus or the negro population the community was reported quiet. 5as
 A special, grand jury Is scheduled to convene here Wednesday to inves- tigate the killing of Mrs. Latimer. Eleven negroes arrested yesterday on charges of night riding were still held in jail here tonight. e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
New York ReveIs

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Augmented government forces working for the enforcement of prohibition today reached the peak of one of the great est drives of the dry era in the metropolitan district and sought in the last few hours of the year to seize and destroy some of the stores set aside by bootleggers and restau- ranteurs for New Year cabarets.
 With 50.000 jewellers estimated to be spending more than 8 quarter of million dollars tonight to welcome in 1924, along the Great White Way. special squads of dry agents set out to mingle with the marrymakers and check the flashing of flasks in cabarets.
 Meantime. while keeping their eyes on the bright lights enforcement of ficials reported that the efforts to dam the principal tributaries of the rum that had been flowing into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01

[; ! LONDON Jan. 1.--American egg nog featured the British internal situation as, at midnight, London downed the drinks that welcomed 1924. .a ai s s The New Years Eve celebration here was both wet and hectic.
 Ambassador Kellogg joined the celebration at the exclusive Cla- ridges hotel, where he is now resid- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
Obregon Imprisons Officials

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. s1.-(By Associated Press.)-The government of President Obregon has taken steps against senators and deputies who are making propaganda in favor of the revolutionary movement headed by De La Huerta Senator Joe Morante of the state of Tamaulipas and Dep uty F. Mercado have been made pris- oners, the first in Tampico and the second in San Angel, on charges of rebellion, according to Mexico City press dispatches reaching San An tono o tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
NO LoNGER PLAIN

T suppose if you go to the Iegisla ture you'll emphasize the fact that you are one of, the plain people" E T dunno" answered Farmer Corn .tossel, "as I feel so plain. The way politicians are maxim up to us en- titles an agriculturist at present to feel like a pretty fancy article."- Washington Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
EX-CHTEF REARRESTED
Patterson Says First Warrant Was
 Never Served On Man

Never Served On Man
 PHEEIX CITY. Ala. Dec. 3i.-(Spc- Cial)-A. r.. Cullatt, former chief and now patrolman of the Phenix City po- lice force was rearrested this after noon on charge of embezzlement made by F. R. Patterson, who alleges that a warrant for his arrest on the same charge sworn out some days ago was destroyed by a relative of the official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
FOOD LAW NEXT WEEK

pr. Bowling Announces start or En-
 forcement For Januarx
 Next Monday, January q has been set as the date on which Birming- hams new pure food ordinance will become effective, Dr. J. D.. Bowling. health officer, announced Monday.
 Copies of the measure will be dis tfibuted among food dealers and butchers beginning Wednesday, he said. Preliminary inspections of stores affected by the new law are now being made by sanitary inspec- tors. .o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
FIRE MENACES TOWN
Wind From Prairie Drives Flames
 Toward Center

Toward Center
 RUSSELLVlLLE Ark. Dec. 31.- The town of Knoxville, Ark, 20 miles west of here. was threatened with destruction early tonight by a fire which originated in residence building. Strong winds sweeping over the prairie were said to have driven the flames into the business district, threatening the entire town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
FIRST COTTON MILL PRESERVED

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Feminized c d completely, the woman's court today was in the hands of women judges. women lawyers, women detectives and women court attendants. The en- tire process of the law in the case of six women arraigned on variou { charged wore carried out without aid of one man.
 Judge Mary Belle Grossman of Cleveland, shared the bench with Magistrate Jean Norris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01

Specimens of petrified sea lilies in- cluded one of the largest ever found, and were 10 feet high and II feet long,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
CHURCH VANDAL 6 BURNED ID DEATH
Infuriated Citizens Mob De- spoiIer Of Relics Of
 Patron Saints

AVEZZENO, Italy, Dec. S1.-(By Associated Press.)-Francesco Tomei last night met death at the hands or the infuriated townspeople after he had been caught stealing from the church, here, relics of martyred saints. patrons of Avezzano. lie was beaten. trampled upon and then sat urated with gasoline and burned alive.
 The man had cut the electric wires in the church extingishing the lights. Notwithstanding the darkness, how ever, a group of peasants saw nm carrying from the church an urn bearing the ashes of one of the salnts. The coctd seized ~omei, knocked him down snd tAei ragged his body through tne etHae;s
 While he was s,t'i alive the gaso- line was poured DIT his clothing and r ma-eh aor t"d. His body was incin afa cd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
Eqqnou For London

New York for months had been un usually successful. i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01

of ths Elerea,A judicial circuit iroih Clay eonN y. , l.,
 ]. B. Ard pt Birmingham filed his anneunyenlent of candidacy for cir cuit lgEga MInber nine of the Tenth jS,d E ci#'Ilt 10 fill the .eiectlve f3r,asso1 .oHs ,il5ApIred term or Judge Da A. Greene. deceased.
 C;o}. Jonn J. Haynes, visitor at the capitol Monday announced informal Iy that he 'gould be a. candidate in Shelby county for judge of the Eightranth .rcuir. This is to m tie unaxpired term of Judge w. M. Iackey, deceased
 Colcre, Haynes, who resides at CoIumbiana, said he would, in the aesr future, formally quilify for the primary of May IS.
 {While EIost of the state offices wiIl he closed New Years, the quail sications If candidates coming in tuesday Will Ae taken care of, it was anpounced ay9a1ay by w. P. Fonville, chief clerk VI the office of the secre- tary of saa Q. The time limit for en- tranrS ir q presidential primary the second Tueatay in March and in the eonsress'oA {; primary the second Tuesday in May expires with mid night January 1. In spite of the holi' day at the capitol, such entries re. ceived January will be valid and entitle the person making them te participate in the primaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-01
LAST MINUTE
 WIRE BRIEFS
CAP PISTOLS FATAL TO FIVE

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 31.-Five negro children in one group died 1T, Charity hospital late today of teta- nus caused from wounds by cap pistols and other explosives Christ mas Day, hospital authorities an- announced.
 WIFE DEAD. TEXAN NEAR DEATH
 DAINGERFIELD, Tex, Dec. 31.-- Green Carrell, who was hadly beaten Sunday night at his home, was not expected to live tonight. His wife, whose body was burned in fire that destroyed their house, Is supposed by officers to have been beaten to death before the fire.
 FIRST COTTON MILL PRESERVED
 NANTUCKET. R. l., Dec. 31.--The old Slater Mill estate, including the first cotton mill established in Amer ica was purchased today by the Old Slater Mill association which will convert the mill into textile museum.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
WHAT IS ADDRESS
OF \. R. JACOBS?
Trusted Emp|oye Of Express
Company Takes Leave
Neglects to Return
COMPANY IS RET|CEN1

What has become of Fl. r. Jacobs,
former trusted employe of the Ameri-
can Railway Express company in the
Glenwood office? Last Friday Mr..
Jacobs requested of Agent F. j. Croyle
leave Of absence until Monday, say
ing he wished to drive over to Meeker.
The request was granted, and nothing
was thought of the matter until Mon
day, when Jacobs failed to return, as
per promise, and his absence was then
reported to headquarters at Denver,
and D. T. Wright of Grand Junction
was delegated to make an audit of the
office.
Mr.. Wright completed his work to-
day and he has made his report to
Superintendent +. o. Reed of Denver,
but neither Wright nor Reed will di-
vulge the contents of this report. 1t
is known that Jacobs left Glenwood
last Friday evening, driving his Star
auto, ostensibly bound for Meeker, but
it is now claimed that he never reach
ed that pSt..;.r' It is also reported, on
what seems to be good authority, that
he was seen in Grand Junction last
Saturday, driving his Star car through
the streets. Whether he left hero
alone or was accompanied on his trip,
is not definitely known.
Jacobs has been employed by the
company in the local office for nearly
two years and was always considered
very trustworthy employe. During
the most of this time Mrs. Jacobs was
also working, being employed as a
waitress in one of the restaurants of
the city. Besides, they had one or two
rooms in their residence rented almost
constantly, SO it would seem that they
were not pinched financially. Mrs.
Jacobs left Glenwood about two
months ago for Tulsa, Oklahoma, for
visit with relatives, Mr.. Jacobs con.
tinuing to maintain the residence at
Eighth and Palmer.
When the rumor became current last
Monday evening that Jacobs had flown
numerous creditors appeared on the
scene, the Express company was gar
nisheed for the amount of his wages
and Attachments were levied on his
Ford truck and his household goods
In the meantime the employing com
pany, through its detective force, il
hot on Jacobs trail, and further de
velopmeuts are due almost any time.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18

every 20 minutes the water spouts sew
eral feet out Of the hole, while when.
ever the tools are pulled out or the
bailer is withdrawn a geyser of water
shoots 20 to 40 feet in the air. Similar
conditions prevailed at the Meyers
well, which never was capped and
which still shoots a column of water
high in the air at intervals. For
years the action of the Meyers we'll
was so regular that the times when it
would spout could be determined in
advance, but in the past couple Of
years the interval between such occa.
sions has greatly heightened.
While so much water at times makes
drilling operations unpleasant and re-
suits in some loss of time, the pres.
ence of the water does not dampen the
enthusiasm of Manager J. F. Harri-
son, whose real objective in the test is
the Lloyd sand, found in the old Iloyd
well at 2010 feet. He knows how to
and is capable of handling the water
whenever he considers it necessary to
shut it off and dry out the hole.
Just at present the interesting fea-
ture Of the work is the near approach
to sand that is expected at about
1475 feet, which was reported to be
oil and gas bearing in the Lloyd, and
which may make a better showing in
the Harrison we'll. 1t has been ex.
pected that a dry test Of this sand
was to be made and the results will
be watched with special interest
Discovery Of such large volumes of
natural gass in the Debcqhe field so
close to town strengthens the belief
that within the town itself profitable
producing gas wells can be developed,
and this is a matter that is being
worked up by Mr. Harrison, DR.. De.
Beque and number of local property
owners. With numerous wells drilled
years ago close to the town limits and
never plugged or capped, but which
have continuously been making more
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
A SAD CASE

Last Monday Judge Bell of the
county cd-rt committsd d to the state
home for dependent children at Den
yer, Verna, Pito and Bennie Roderiges,
Mexican children 8, 6 and years of
age. The children were brought here
from Rifle. Their parents both died
with the flu couple years ago, and
since that time an older sister, aided
to some extent by thu community,
has cared for them in rather indif-
ferent manner. They are bright little
tots and have been making good rec
ords in school. Sheriff Winters con
veyed the children Monday evening
to their new home.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
WILL RESIDE IN GLENWOOD

Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Paine of Den
yer are visiting at the home of their
son, D. w. Paine, Jr., the latter be-
ing the manager Of the new Glenwood
creamery.
Mr.. Paine is an old time Colorado
miner, and was well acquainted with
the late Johnny Campbell, with whom
he worked in the mines in Central
City 81 years ago.
In 1880 Mr.. Paine went to Lead
vile from Kokomo, and engaged in
mining for time, but for. the past
several years the Paines have made
their home in Denver. They are so
well pleased with 6lenwood that they
have about decided to adopt this place
as their home.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
TARBELL FAMILY
ENJOYS REUNION

Ed F. Tarbell of the used good store
on Cooper avenue returned home Tues
day from Denver where he attended a
reunion of four brothers and one
sister.
The Tarbell family came from Des
Moines, Iowa, to Colorado, in an OK
cart fifty-two years ago and have lived
here most Of the time, but it was the
first time in forty years that all the
brothers and sister had been together
at one time.
The reunion was celebrated at the
Adams hotel in Denver last Friday
night, and the participants were W. 8.
Tarbell, prominent oil man Of Denver;
Charles Tarbell, vice president of the
Saguache County bank; Harry Tarbell
former coiner at the Denver mint, now
income tax expert in Portland, Oregon ;
Ed Tarbell of this city, and Mrs. W.
u. Hartman of Pueblo.
Mr.. Tarbe1l also visited daughter
in Boulder while away.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
MRS. ROBINSON DIES

Mrs Amelia Eleanor Witten Robin
son, wife of DR.. L. A. Robinson of
Spokane, Washington, passed away last
Friday, December IL, after an illness
of six years.
Mrs. Robinson will be remembered
by many Glenwood people. She came
here in the early ninties and in 1893
married DR.. Robinson. She was a
beautiful woman, an excellent mother
and devoted church worker, and
was loved by all who knew her in
Glenwood.
DIR. Robinson practiced in G1enwood
for eleven years and, with his wife
and family, left in 1906 for Spokane
where they have since made their
home.
Mrs. Robinson was but fifty years
of age and is survived by nine chill.
dren, including Mrs. Bonnie Ikeler Of
this city, who received the sad news
last Friday. The funeral was held in
Spokane.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
LOCAL OFFICE SUSTAINED

Register Spencer and Receiver Mer.
rill have just been advised from
Washington that their decision in the
Bailey contest case has been sustained
by the commissioner of the general
land office.
This is case wherein the U. g
government contested the filings Of
DR.. A. R. Bailey to So oil shale
claims in township S., R. 96 and 81
W, in the Grand Valley country, on
the ground that the assessment work
had not been done in accordance with
the requirements of the law.
The local office sustained the con.
tention of the government, and the
commissioner of the general land Of
flee has approved of the local de-
cision. DR.. Bailey will probably ap
peal the case to the secretary Of the
interior.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
MRS. o'NE1I

Mrs. Ellen O'Neil, of Denver,
passed away Monday of this week at
Mercy hospital in Denver, following
an illness of heart disease.
Mrs. O'Neil was born in England
in 1916 and came to Denver in 1898.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs
w. P. Koran of Denver and Mrs.
Charles H. Misner of Peoria, Illinois,
brother, Rev. J. P. Carrigan of this
city, and five children, Miss Ann
O'Neil of this city, w. ]. O'Neil, L.
A. O'Neil, Joseph O'Neil and DR.. j.
J. O'Neil.
Funeral services were held at the
Horan funeral chapel in Denver, fol-
lowing the arrival Of L. A. O,Neil,
who has been in California.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
WATER INTERFERES
, IN OEBEQUE WELL
Flow Of Water and Gas De
lays Work Near the Ex.
pected Oil Sands
|.OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING

DeBeque, Dec. 15.-After having
cased off the water in the well being
drilled by the Harrison Syndicate on
the Dudley tract just west of the town
! of DeBeque, and working for about
ten days with dry hole, another
heavy flow of water with strong
flow Of gas was struck several days
ago. And since then additional flows
Of water and gas have been encoun-
tered about the depth of 145O feet.
While it is difficult to make any cor.
. rect estimate as to the volume of gas,
1t IL believed that if facilities were
at hand for measuring 1t the volume
would be found to be in the tens of
thousands of feet, and possibly up in
|. the hundreds of thousands.
The later flows of water and gas
have some Of the characteristics of
4 those Of the old well drilled about q
dozen years ago one mile north of the
! Harrison location, on the Alfons Myers
property. At the Harrison we'll the
} gas pressure keeps the water bubbling
and flowing constantly, and about
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
Community XMAS
TREE PROGRAMME

The schools will be dismissed at 2
p. M, December "a, for the Commune
ty tree exercises. About 500 school
children will take part. The Boys
band will play. There will be quite
elaborate drills. Christmas carols will
be sung. All the citizens of the town
and of the neighboring towns and COM
munities are asked to join in the fes.
tivities.
Chain March, High School, accompa-
MED by march song.
The Advantages of Community Tree
Richard Cahill.
Carol-O Little Town of Bethlehem
School.
Jinglg Bells-Boys of Junior High
School, accompanied bv,, song.
Wreath Drill-One hundred Children
of Third, Fourth and Fifth Grades,
accompanied by band.
Christmas Carols-"It Came Upon a
Midnight Char "Holy Night, 3"
"There's Song in the Air."
Figure Drill-Sixty Girls of Junior
High, accompanied by band.
Distribution of Treat.
Nine hundred stockings filled with
treats will be distributed to all chill
dren. Come in and join the city folk
in real Christmas.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18

Glenwood was saddened last Sunday
night by the news that Mrs. Hannah
Blaine had passed away at the home
of her son, W. D. Blaine, superintend-
ent of our city schools.
Although Mrs. Blaine had been all
ing for several months and death was
not unexpected, the passing of this
good woman was severely felt by her
relatives and many friends.
Hannah P. Demng was born July
8, 1S45, at Marietta, Ohio. She taught
several years in the public schools of
Ohio. In 1878 she Joined her brothers
who had homesteaded in the plains of
eastern Nebraska. Here she met John
F. Blaine whom she married in 1874.
Three sons were born, Hardy IT.,
William d., and Walter F., all of
whom are living.
In 1898 the family moved to De.
Beque, where they engaged in fruit
growing. In 1911 John f. Blaine died
and since that time Mrs. Blaine made
her home in DeBeque. In August Of
this year she sold her home and joined
her son, William D., in Glenwood
Springs.
Hardy II. and Walter f. had been
with the mother the last two weeks Of
her illness. Hardy is prosperous
farmer of the Uinta Basin in Utah,
and Walter is an engineer with head
quarters in New York City.
Blaine home Tuesday morning at $3.50
'clock. The body was shipped to
DeBeque where brief services were
held and intermcnt took place at $3.50
p. m.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
Big Strike Made Some Months. Ago il
District But News is Withheld
Until Quite Recently
A VERY IMPORTANT DISCOVERY

Of, new hole, a considerable body Of
sill was discovered on September 9th.
Attempts were made to bail the oil,
hut it rose faster thai i, could be
'a;'c] and on September 14th the oil
stood 'f75 feet in the "tn.
Tho oil is gaseous with parafine
base and tests 80 degrees gravity. 1t
is estimated that the we'll will pro-
duce over 500 barrels per day. 1t is
located in the SWA SWA of Section
10, Twp. 2 NJ, R. 1O2 W., about eight
miles northwest of the town of Range
ly in Rio Blanco county.
The reopening for application Of
lands that have at one time been
granted in oil and gas permits is made
by lottery system, all applications
for the land that are made between
9 and 10 a. m. on the day of the
opening being included in the draw
ing. Heretofore all money paid on
these applications whether success
iui VI uot, Wds requueu " De tu1neu
into the treasury of the United States
and the unsuccessful applicants could
secure repayment only after making
a proper application and waiting a
considerable time, often several
months.
A new circular 1866 received at the
Glenwood Springs land office has
changed this part of the procedure.
This circular authorizes the local Of
fices to turn into the treasury Of the
United States the fees on the success.
full application only and return by
official check the money sent in
with unsuccessful applications. This
adds somewhat to the work of the
local office, but is great saving Of
time in the department and should be
greatly appreciated by the unsuccess-
full applicants.
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
Statute Supposed to Protect
Fish Interferes With
Lumber Industry
MAY REPEAL THIS Law

Locked up by two lines in the book
of Colorado game laws, six billion
board feet of mature timber, worth
from $12,0OO,OOO to $25,OOO,OOO as it
stands, which would bring in reve-
nue. of $411,000 yearly, will die and
rot unless action is taken to remedy
the law, according to advice received
by the local forest office at Denver.
This timber is scattered over 12 ma
tional forests in the state. Some idea
of the amount of timber in jeopardy
may be gained from the campaign of
the McPhee Lumber company operat-
ing in Montezuma national forest near
Dolores The lumber town of McPhee
has been established and plants in
stalled to saw 20 million board feet
yearly. The big mills will operate for
20 years. They expect to ship train
load of sawed lumber daily. For these
operations the McPhee company has
only 350,OOO,OOO board feet of timber,
compared with the six billion mention
ed above.
The law which ties up this vast re-.
source of the state is one prohibiting
the driving of logs down streams in
which there are fish As there are
fish in all of our streams, all driving
is prohibited. The last two lines OF
Section 275S, Colorado game laws,
states that no ties or timber shall be
driven or floated down any stream
containing fish. 1t seems that this Is
one law that is enforced in this state
= The six billion board feet of timber
is mature, and mature timber should
be cut. If it is not cut it rots and
loses all value. 1t is now ready to be
made into lumber, but this cannot be
done unless the above law is repealed
Sportsmen Of the Western Slope re-
Gently went on record as favoring a
repeal of the law, and it is believed
that a movement for its repeal will
encounter little or no opposition. The
law apparently was passed to protect
the fish, but fish are not harmed by
the driving of logs. Driving is all nee
arily done at high water stages. Old
timers say that driving will not hurt
the fish at any stage of the stream
This timber cannot be utilized unless
it is driven down streams. The San
Juan national forest has the largest
tracts of timber tied up by the game
law with l,5oO,oOO,OoO feet
The Glenwood post., 1924-12-18
HOME FROM COLLEGE
AND UNIVE RSI1y

The following students will arrive
next Saturday from the Eastern Slope
where they have been attending school
and will remain over the holidays with
their parents in this city:
Misses Annie May MacRae and Ger.
aldine Dickson and Orville Dow who
have been attending the University of
Colorado at Boulder will arrive on No.
8 Saturday morning. They will be
joined by Theodore Torrey and Esther
Porter Of Denver University, Agnes
Hubbard, who has been attending Op.
portunity school in Denver, and Cor.
nelia Burdge, who attends the Barnes
Business college.
Miss Selma Rawles will arrive on