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Evening star., 1928-12-30
Picturesque Charity Ball.

One of the biggest charity events of
the season took place just before
Christmas. This was the Silver Rose
ball, organized by Lady Greer in aid of
the National Society of Day Nurseries.
1t was most picturesque affair.
Violet Lorraine, the acress, supported
by SO of society's most beautiful girls,
sang "Only Rose" from THE Vaga-
bond King" Afterward each girl,
dressed in white and silver, with hair
encircled by bandeau of roses, moved
among the guests with basket of roses
which she proceeded to sell. Every tenth
Wose was the harbinger Of handsome
lbri9e. such as g baby sHodel Of q GaI
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Canal Zone Flight Delayed.

CURTIS6 FIELD, N. Y, December 90
N1.-The proposed nonstop fight of
Mrs. James A. Stillman'S monoplane
North Star to France Field. Canal Zone,
was postponed today until tomorrow.
No reason for the delay was given.
Oliver Leboutillier is to pilot the
plane and Lewis A. Yarcey will do the
'payigatings
Evening star., 1928-12-30
$39 and $40 Odd Wood
BEDS
All are beds c. OE
left out of QsAsOO
expensive suites. -

S239 Luxurious 3-Pc. Living
Rosm Suite. Fine construction
throughOut' Out of $49.5O
storage ...........
$3.50 Radio Tables (floor
samples); gumwood in G0 80
mahogany finish. ....~ ~o
S39.50 Large Overstuffed Wing
Chair, velour cover S4.O5
$3.50 Decorated Green 5-Pc.
Breakfast Suite, table and
" Windsor lsdsos. chairs Out $9.05
$z4.50 simmons Day Bed and
SGa cretOnne Pad. Floor $l2.05
$3.50 Mahogany Veneer Gate
Leg Table. Floor $l4.05
sample ............
$500 Four Poster Bed. all
gumwOod gIt1, o1.ra in walnut walnut $l4.05
$22 Guaranteed 2O-year Coil
Beds Bed Spring. Floor $ll.95
$3.50 Felt Mattress, arrow
IIn1ets,i Imperial edge. Floor $l3.05
$3.50 Haywood wakefield Car
riage, with balloon tires and
artillery wheels. S7Q7S
Floor sample. 3D.. %A
$24.50 simmons Baby Crib,
complete with comforta Bile
matt. m attress' Floor STATS
SIS Chifforobe, left 1905
out of suite. .......
$3.50 Guaranteed Link
Bed Spring. Floor $3.50
sample .............
Is simmons All White Cotton
Mattresses, roll edge. S7 Or
Floor samples. .....
$29 Walnut Veneer
Dressing Table. Re S4 OK
SIas l-Pc. Bedroom Suite,
walnut W veneer. Out $39.5O
OF storage. ........
1895 Bedroom Chairs S2.98
and Benches. .......
s24.5O Dresser, drawers;
gumwood. walnut fin S6 0S
ish. Reclaimed. -. W
S295; Very Handsome SDanish-
type Bedroom Suite. extra size
dresser. vanity and 4-post bed
This suite was a bargain at the
original price. Now to @CO
80 IOF.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Man Denied Right
To Quit Job Because
He Wed in Leap Year
By the Associated Press.

by tIEE AasUNlatG0 IEE6os n
CHICAGO, December 29.-The
one redeeming feature Of being
q "Ieap year husband" has been
dissipated for Herman Matten.
Sued for non-support. Matten
told Judge Edgar Jones in Do
mestic Relations Court that fol-
lowing his marriage last April, he
quit his job, because he was a
leap year husband"
Judge Jones was not impressed.
He told Matten to pay his wife,
Ida, $40 q week.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
SANDING is REPORTED
PLANNING NEW DRIVE
Rumor Of Nicaragua Rebels Pro-
posed Offensive Comes as Sur
prise to Washington.
BY the Associated Press

pIAoS 70 w dSnAAk LOn'
By the Associated Press
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Deem
Der 29.-The local newspaper el Demo-
crata today publishes a long article
stating that Augustine Sandino is about
to launch a great offensive in a
desperate effort to gain control of
Nicaragua. 1t is said that the resi-
dents are fleeing from Nueva Segovia
and nearby territory.
Reports that Sandino, rebel leader,
Is preparing new offensive to win
Nicaragua were an occasion for surprise
in Washington last night. The State
Department has received no informa-
ton of Sandino's movements for months,
and 1t was generally supposed that in
ternal conditions had been stabilized.
Confirmation Friday by the Nicaraguan
Congress Of the elections held under
the Stimson agreement were cited as
evidence that the government was we'll
in control.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Novel Exhibition Opened.

A novel exhibition has just been
opened to the public at the London Mu-
scum. It has been called Parliament
and the premiership" and 1t consists Of
relics of sentimental rather than of
monetary value of the various prime
ministers of England.
There is drama as well as abounding
interest in the exhibition, and what
could be more ironical than case 1872,
in which relics of those two great an
tagonists, Disraen and Gladstone, re-
pose side by side?
A novel, magniloquent sheet of
parchment, with @ red seal on 1t as big
as a saucer, the garter patent presented
by the Duke of Richmond and a pair
Of opera glasses represent Disraeli.
Gladstone's more Stolid temperament
is shown by translations, notes Of
speeches, the measurements of the
statesman made in the anthropometric
laboratory of Francis Galton in 1890,
autobiographical notes, book plates and
a couple of relics of school days at Eton.
There is a portrait gallery in which
all the premiers of England except one
(the Duke of Deyonshire) are repre-
sented There are also the black and
gold thought rather moth-eaten, robe
of the chancellor of the evchequer,
William Pitts copper warming pan and
the dagger with which Burke put the
full stop to one Of his periods.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
WHALEN CHARGES
STIR NEW YORK
Detective, Twice Winner of
Medal of Honor, Suspended
in Rothstein Case.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 2o.-Detec-
tive Sergt. John E: F. Cordes, the only
policeman who ever won the depart
ment medal of honor twice, and who
Evening star., 1928-12-30

s35 SidebOards, with
mirror. (Taken in I'D OK
$3.50 China Closet quartered {
oak, b o w front. 60 QS
$3.50 Parlor settee and 2
Chairs, tapestry seats. S7 0S
(Trade in) .........
S39 Tea Wagon Of mahogany
veneer. Wheel broken. $4.08
Grade in) ..........
SAC CHARTERED Oak Round
Dining Table. Grade Al. .OS
S179 Overstuffed Jacquard We
lour Bed Davenport Suite. rose
and taupe. Out of $40.5O
sis.5O Haywood Wakefield g.
piece Fiber Suite in green.
Loose cushions STATS
81 to $40 Dining Room Chairs,
some, some have have. genuine $l.OO
leather seats ........
S1s9 Overstuffed 3-piece Liv-
ing Room Suite, covered in fig
ured taupe velour. @7O S0
(Trade in) .......
Sl2.50 Gumwood on Mahogany
Finish Davenport Ia $l.08
BILE. (Reclaimed) -.
S3s Overstuffed Chair and
Rocker to match, spring seat con-
struction. (Trade I'M. "A. .O5
Each ...........:...
S45 Parior Suite with settee,
rocker and chair. Brentwood
mahogany finish. $50
(Trade in) ..........
Sl9S Walnut Veneer Dining
Room Suite, In ex-
cellent condition. Gal 7S
From storage ...... W.
$249 Long Bed, 3-piece Dayen-
port Suite. rose jac-
guard velour. Ex- GO E0
cellent condition. 49,.
S24 Bar Harbor Wicker Settee
and Chair, with Gre
tonne shionS. 60 *
= (Trade in) ..........
S19S Oyerstuffed 3-piece Living
Room Suite, in blue and gold
velour; loose cush- GOO 7S
ions. (Reclaimed) ~
So and SO Pictures, in attrac-
tive frames. Many dif- zoe
ferent scenes .........
Evening star., 1928-12-30
SEEING LONDON
Many Charms Designed to Restore His Health Are
Received by King.

written exclusively for The Star and the
North American Newspaper Aliiance.)
LONDON, December 29.-One of the
results of the Kings illness has been
the enormous increase in the always
heavy postbag at Buckingham Palace.
His majestys secretariat, headed by
Lord Stamfordham, has to handle
thousands of letters a day, and even
the humblest notes are treated with
politeness and dispatch. >e
Many well intentioned people feel that
they must express their loyalty by
writing the King personal letters OF
sympathy, while others, regardless OF
the rule that the sovereign cannot
accept gifts from persons he doesn't
know, send small presents and flowers,
and charms destined to restore his
majesty to health.
Amulets from Egypt, strange powders
from China, trinketS from Russia and
medallions which have been blessed in
countless churches are among the many
talismans sent by all classes OF the
Kings subjects.
In this, history as usual. is repeating
itself. For there is letter extant from
Lord Chancellor Hatton to Sir Thomas
Smith, written during an alarming
epidemic, which reads:
II am likewise bold to recommend my
most humble duty to our dear mistress
Queen Elizabeth by this letter and ring,
which hath the virtue to expell infec-
tious airs. 1t is to be worn upon her
bosom"
Evening star., 1928-12-30

In one week last month 10 miles Of
road 18 to 20 feet wide we're laid n
Illinois.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Pug Pups Move Litter.

The Pug Pups may not be pretty, but
they are very useful folk. They are, to
give them their full title, the members
of the Pick Up Glass and Pick Up
Paper Society, and they pledge them
selves never to leave any litter about
and to clear away as much as they can
of other peoples litter.
in Cheshire, and consisted at first
merely of her children. The idea is
gradually spreading, however, and now
the badge "a pug dogs head in gilt) is
often seen. May the p. P.s grow and
flourish, for until the society expands
its foundation members are likely to
have very hard time of 1t!
Evening star., 1928-12-30

or champagne supper at a leading
restaurant.
A special film of the day nurseries
was shown, and Princess Marie Louise
received the guests, among whom were
Lord and Lady Melchett, Lady Sassoon,
Lady Plunket and Lady Louis Mount
batten.
Mechanical Drama Critics.
Mr.. Pemberton- Billing, author and
ex-r1ember Of Parliament, believes dra-
matte critics should be scrapped in
favor of an invention he has just per-
fected. This he calls an applause
ograph," and he says it would give a
record OF how the play was being
"It is very simple" he explains, "just
like the dial of clock to which are
attached microphones in the various
parts OF the house, and they will record
the applause, great or small, and reg
lister it on the dial.
Then, instead of the cynical criti-
cisms of the dramatic critics in the
paper the next day, Photographic re-
production of the dial could be pro-
duced. BY this means the general pub
lie could know what an audience really
thought of play"
An ingenious idea! But one cannot
help thinking that Mr.. Pemberton- Bill
ing has not entirely forgotten a recent
play of his which enjoyed a phenom-
enally short run, no doubt owing to
carping critics, and that he is anxious
to get his own back on those captious
gentlemen.
Evening star., 1928-12-30

Ringing the Old Year 'Out'--and all
Of the Old Pieces OUT WITH 1T!
The Peerless Furniture Co. wants to
start the new year right! We want
a CLEAN STOCK--so we've moved
everything from our Store to our
WAREHOUSE that isn't in full assort-
ment-of standard style-etc. ALL
GOOD HIGH GRADE MERCHAN-
DISE-BUT ODDS AND ENDS
THAT MAKE 1T HARD TO DO
BUSINESS WITH. We don't want
them-we want you to have them ]
AND AT THESE PRICES YOU
SHOULD BE ON HAND EARLY TO
GET THEM.
No c. o. D.'s, No Charges, No
Refunds, All Sales Final. Goods
lOiH be held on small deposit for
so days. Warehouse wiu BE-
open from am. to S pm.
QUANTITIES ARE NOT GUAR
ANTEED!!
Evening star., 1928-12-30

SI49 bedroom Suite, CONSISTING
of large dresser, chest of drawers
and bow end bed. From @SO
storage ................
S27.5O Dresser, with drawers
and large size mirror. Polished
walnut finish on
g.n,n,S gumw 00d' Ne" $l4.95
$i6.75 Chest of Five Drawers,
polished walnut finish
on hardwood. New GO OK
sample .............
SiSS Bedroom Suite, with
dresser, cllifforobe, vanity Dress
er and bow end bed. All polished
walnut finish on ca bin ct
wood. New sample SEQ so
s2.9s Gard Tables, with OSc
imitation wood top. go. ~~N
S129 Living Room 3-Pc. Suite,
covered in fine We
lour. New sample @S0 CS
from our store. -.
$219 Long Bed Davenport
Overstuffed 3-Pc. Suite, in fine
Ne, New sam sample from SII9.5O
$2I9 10-Pc. Dining Room
Suite, made of fine cabinet woods.
W a In ut veneer. S1O0.5 so
$39 Handsome Combination
Veneer Mahogany Occasional
Table. New sample @7Q 7S
from our store. -. ~A'
S2.98 Unfinished Breakfast
Room Chairs of hardwood o.
with panel back. ......
$3.50 Fine Quality MOhair Liv-
ing Room Suite, soft, reversible
cushions. Brand-new
floor sample from our $50
SVOTe
$39 French Vanity Dresser.
genuine walnut We CID ~
neer. large mirror. %AG' AZ
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
SPLIT PARTY
Is Read By
Democrats to Get
Legal Status

HOUSTON. Jan. 25.-tP-Both
factions Of the city democratic execu-
tive committee which snlit Monday
over adoption Of a resolution en-
dorsing Al Smith for president and
Dan Moody for vice president were
looking up" law today in an effort
to determine the legal status of the
situation.
George +. Woods, city manager,
who was deposed as chairman be-
cause he was a city official, was
investigating to determine whether
his custer was legal and whether
James L. Bailey and G. +. Williams
could legally appoint another man
in his place.
Bailey and Williams, two Of he
five members of the executive COM
mittee. met Monday and appointed
Z. z. Clancy, contractor. successor TO
Mr.. Woods and then went on record
as endorsing Smith and Moody for
president and vice president.
Mr.. Bailey was looking into his
law books to determine whether his
committee should hold another meet
ing and Immediately elect another
member TO the committee since he
declares Henry Dudley, n committee
member lives In LaPorte and IL
therefore DISQUALIFIED from serving.
Dudley and Woods both opposed the
Smith-Moody resolution. Another
meeting of the committee will be
held and another member elected IL
i Is found that is the law. Mr.. Bailey
said. Otherwise the committee will
wait until IL becomes necessary to
meet again.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
STOCK CHATTER

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-tPl-Stock
prices broke sharply at the opening
of today's stock market on selling
inspired by the raising of the re-
discount rate Of the Chicago Federal
Reserve bank. Initial losses Of !
to 3 1-2 points took place in Union
Carbide, international Nickel, Mont
gomery-Ward, Atchison, General
Railway Signal, Gold Dust and
Nash Motors.
Wall Street obviously was taken
by surprise by the Chicago banks
action although the likelihood Of
higher rediscount rates has been
stressed in conservative banking
quarters since the agitation over
the mounting volume Of brokers'
loans grew acute u few weeks ago.
Midland Steel Products preferred
broke z points, Warren Bros. 6 1-2,
Greene Cananea Copper 5 and
American Machine and Foundry,
American Railway Express, Interim
tional Business Machines, General
Motors. Montgomery-Ward, Vanadi-
um Steel. Mathieson Alkali and
Canadian Pacific ell sold down 3 TO
4 points.
Rallies of ! to 3 points took place
in a number of issues before the end
Of the first hour.
Except for a slight easing of
sterling cables to S4.S7 7-16 in re-
Election of the higher Chicago bank
rate. the principal foreign exchang-
es showed a firm tone az the open
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
.LIVVER ship
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pressure, he said that after passing
Asheville. he flew for an hour to-
ward Spartanburg, S. c.. and. decid-
ing to return, covered the same dis
lance in ten minutes.
Brooks had great praise for his
machine. declaring II performed
wonderfully"
Flying a plane like this" he said,
ais no more difficult than flying 4
larger machine. except that in this
plane the pilot has to think a little
faster"
The pilot said enough gas remain
cd when he landed to take him 70
Miami, but he vas reluctant TO give
details until he is able to confer
with Henry Ford. He estimated,
however. that rs Of the As gallons
taken aboard at Detroit remained.
On those figures Brooks said he flew
about $50 miles to Asheville on 20
gallons of gas, roughly an average
OF 80 l-2 miles to the gallon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

Furnished to The Herald by Tex
as Department of Agriculture, Unit
ed States Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics and the San Antonio.
Texas Chamber Of Commerce coop
Grating.
+. o. B. shipping point information
reported for Tuesday, Jan. "a:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Cabbage: Cool, partly cloudy. Haul
ings light, light wire inquiry. demand
and trading very slow, market weak.
Carloads and in mixed cars F. O. b.
usual terms, round type bulk per ton
sl6-1S, few low as sl4; crates $1.00-
lis. Some consigned. Wagonloads
cash to growers mostly SIP per ton.
Beets: Haulings light, moderate wire
inquiry, demand moderate. market
about steady. Carloads r. O. B.
usual terms, too few sales to estab-
lish market. In mixed cars F. o. B.
usual terms. buskel baskets mostly
$3.50; crates "$1.75-1.90. Carrots:
Haulings light. light wire inquiry,
demand and trading very slow, mar
ket weak. Carloads and in mixed
cars F. o. B. usual terms. bushel bas-
kets 1890; crates around si.25. In
mixed airs +. o. B. usual terms,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
CITY RESIDENT
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home Of friends Tuesday night, very
much better, officials at the insti-
tuition said Wednesday morning.
Luna was in bed, asleep, members
Of his family told police, when a
soft voice from the darkness out
side his house called his name. At
first he paid no attention. but the
call was repeated, this time in a
more insistent tone, and accom-
panied BY a scratching on the win
dow sill.
Officers on Case
The voice was low-pitched, IL was
said. as though the gunman feared
he would awaken other members Of
the household. Al the second call
Luna rose from his bed and pushed
open the window.
AS he leaned over the sill a shot
rang out. and he pitched forward
across the window-ledge mortally
wounded. The shell from a COM
pact. hiRh-powered automatic. Of
small caliber, was found in the al
ley outside the house by police.
The victim is survived by a widow
and six small children, besides one
brother, Leopoldo.
Lieut.. j. n. Armstrong. Of the
Brownsville police department. and
$. NJ. Jester, special investigator for
the district attorneys office, were
working on the case Wednesday.
Cases Unrelated
Several important clues were left
By the murderer when he fled the
scene Lieut.. Armstrong stated. ex-
pressing the possibility of an early
arrest.
Neither Lieut.. Armstrong nor Mr..
Jester are clinEing to the theory
that there might be any connection
between the two recent shootings.
The similarity of the two cases is
merely a coincidence, they say.
Two shots were said to have been
fired BY the killer. both apparently
from very close range.
Members Of the dead mans family
told Lieut.. Armstrong they heard
footsteps Of two men fleeing the
scene, following the shooting. Luna
had lighted a lamp prior TO the
shooting, they said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
HOUSTONIAN
z, SELF
Fear of Death Blams !
For Crime of Civil
En- ;neer

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 25.-lPl-An
unfounded belief that death was inn
minent from heart disorder was held
responsible today for the suicide Of
B. T. Quarles, IS year old civil en-
gineer who yesterday shot and killed
his wife, Mrs. Sally Belle Quarles.
nine years his junior, and her fifteen
year old son, George O'Donnell. The
bodies Of the three were found last
night by a roomer who, returning
home, stumbled across the body of
Quarles in the hallway, that Of the
boy a few steps away, while an in
vcstigation later revealed the body
Of Mrs. Quarles srrawled among bits
Of broken china in the kitchen.
Quarles, physicians testified at a
coroner's inquest last night which
returned a verdict OF suicide and
double murder. was obsessed by n
fear that he was in a dying condition
from heart trouble. Their assur-
ances that his belief was unfounded
did not relieve a morbid condition
which they ascribed to m aftermath
Of a breakdown suffered by
Quarles last autumn, due TO over
work on large construction projects
in West Texas.
A pistol was found in Quarels'
hand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
Cosgrave to Visit
Grave of Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-R-
William T. Cosgrave, president of
the Irish Free State, mad before him
today a program which included one
of those visits without which a for
eign d~ignitary's trip TO Washington
is considered incomplete.
Starting off his third of a four
day visit after a flying trip TO Chi
cage from New York, the energetic
Irish executive first had a journey
to Mount Vernon on his schedule.
Here he was to pay tribute to AM
erica's first president and, after a
luncheon back in the capital, make
another visit to congress for a peek at
the senate and house in action. An
other call on Vice President Dawes
and Speaker Longworth in their Of
fees was likely.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
Navy Buys 100
Airplane Motors

WASHINGTON, d. C., Jan. 25.-R
A contract for 100 nine-cylinder
air cooled aircraft engines with
sp--e parts. TO cost $ii,141, 9l2 var
a.--ded today by the navy depart
ment TO the Wright Aeronautical
corporation OF Patterson. n. j.
The motors will be installed in the
new twin ~lotored PD coast patrol
FLAMES being constructed mt Santa
Monica. Calf. Although but % Of
th.se new planes are being built.
each will be provided with two spare
engines.
The navy also awarded n contract
rcr an experimental all-metal ar-
phibian combat plane to the Hell
Aluminium Aircraft corporation OF
Buffalo, N. y. at a cost Of S71 geo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
Mexico Police Halt
Mass Held in Secret

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 25.-A large
number of Catholics have been ar
rested by the secret police Of the cap
ital for violation OF the laws on re-
ligious worship. The arrests were
made when a mass was being held in
a private house, according to police.
A number were able to escape. Fol-
lowing an Investigation, several Of
the persons present, including women,
were freed with n warning. while
fines were imposed on others
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
AIRSHIP USED
IN Man HUNT
K Bank Bandit and
Killer Sought; Com
panion Dead

CLINTON, Okla, Jan. 25-LF-
Inc roar Of an airplane motor echoed
owe the Washita county to-
qay az the man hunt continued for
Sack Brown 30, of Oklahoma CITY.
elieged companion of T.. N. Rickard'
90, fatally shot when the pair held
up \ Bessie State Bank yesterday
n killed Ben KLEIN, cashier.
stopping only long enough 10 get
q death bed confession from Rick
ara, who died at 3 o'clock this morn
lng from wounds received from
Mems revolver, Washita county Of
9 began a systematic search OF
the broken country in northwest
Washita and southwest Custer
counties.
Sam Kaufman, Clinton aviator. who
covered a large territory yesterday
searching for the two men, was to
resume h hunt from the air today.
ADapdoning Richard in a dying
condition on the banks of a creek
' miles west of Bessie last night,
the men believed to be Brown took
to the rough country on foot. NJ
va armed and carried the 81, 900 loot
from the bank with him, Richard
said. The pair had abandoned the
sedan in which they escaped after
the robbery.
In a dying statement, Richard ac-
cused Brown of firing the shot that
Killed Klein. The bank cashier was
struck by a bullet that glanced off
the vault door and passed through a
two-inch crack. left when the bandits
failed to close the door entirely. or
Ulcers today were inclined to the
opinion that Richard fired the fatal
shot, as descriptions of v witness
es placed Richard in a position where
only q shot from his gun could have
entered the opening in the vault
door.
Funeral services for KLEIN a war
veteran, were to be arranged today.
NO arrangements had been made for
the funeral Of Richard, who gave his
home as Panhandle. Tex.