The Watchman and Southron, 1927-12-31

Guatemala City, I2b. - </V) - Guatemala, is tin* first of tho Con Contra! - tra! Contra! Amorioan roubiics to moot tlio wood-will ambassador from tin* I'nitoil States, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Undln-rgh today Hew j over flio mountains that separate Mexico City from Gualomala City. I Tim first to make tin* flight 1>«*-j twoon tln-so two points, ho oann* winging his way tmtwoon tho pon pondorons - dorons pondorons mass of two volcanos, Fuego and Agua Giro and water) and was over tin* Hying field soon after noon. Ih* had loft Mexico City at a. m. (Central Stand Standard - ard Standard linn*). Although In* arrived over the field shortly after noon. Colonel Lindbergh did not land until 1:10 p. m. (Central Stand Standard - ard Standard time). No event has so stirred the peo people - ple people of Guatemala, and thousands were at the flying field to give suit suitable - able suitable greeting to the youth who has stirred the pulses of the world. They began to arrive early in tin tinday - day tinday and were still moving in tlm direction of the tield, when Lind Lindbergh - bergh Lindbergh landed. Tin* "Lone Eagle" evidently was bent, on speed; he made the aerial voyage in much faster time than he had expected. The enthusiastic Guatemalans had bedecked their automobiles with bunting; others carried banners with appropriate inscriptions of welcome, and every everywhere - where everywhere were to be seen the Stars and Stripes, along with the national colors of the country. First to extend the hand of fel fellowship - lowship fellowship to the intrepid airman was Col. Francisco Atnado, speak speaking - ing speaking for the Guatemalan army. Government officials followed with their welcome, and Arthur Geissler, the American minister, after a warm greeting, bethought himself of the anxious mother, who had parted with her son at Valbucna. flying field a few hours before and was herself on (lie - way back to lmr homeland. Ho sent her a telegram reading: "Your sou lias again achieved glory in making the first non-stop tlight from Mexico City to Guate Guatemala. - mala. Guatemala. Cordial felicitations." President Chacon went to the -lying field aiul received the youth youthful - ful youthful aviator with every manifesta manifestation - tion manifestation of cordiality. l-t<* was accom accompanied - panied accompanied by several ministers, gener generals - als generals and high officials of tho gov government. - ernment. government. The president had high words of praise for the daring feat, j Lindbergh was taken from the (lying field to the city hall, where Mayor Angel Arturo Rivera wcl-' coined him in the name of tin*! people of Guatemala, gave him a! medal and told him he was the na-j lion's guest of honor. The flier was loudly acclaimed in every street lm passed. Tho city is decorated profusely, build buildings - ings buildings with bunting and automobiles with pennants. Lindbergh's first words on land landing - ing landing at Aurora field were: "Hello, Guatemala." lie was smiling as usual. In a nsw'-r to Colonel Amado's speech of welcome, he said: "In the name of niv conn-j try, 1 thank you for this hospi- J t: i lily." As th<> enthusiastic welcome ecu-1 timcil. t h<* tlier exclaimed: Tlii- | is a great country." j The Spirit of St. Louis perform performed - ed performed niagnitleently on the trip from i Mexico City. Lindbergh told the] Associated Press later in the af | ternoon. He expects to continue! his Central Ameriacu tour Friday morning by taking off for ltelize. Pritish Honduras, and landing t le-rc if tlx* field Is in snilalde eon-i Iiti<in. Hut he is not sun- of that.j IT h<- stops in Rcli/.e, In- exp'-ets tc, gi> to Sna. Salvador January L re-i maining there two days and tin e J old inning his tour. The Aeiericae flier had luncheon tnday with tlm American minister In Gua 11-inala, Mr. Geisel'-r. whose guest In- will he during his star in the city Afl'-rward he went | back to Aurora field to go over! the Spirit, of St. Louis, which In-1 found to h<- in perfect ei*indition. Li the affernoun the flier was entertained with a tea. at lie* Guatemala club (Mi the nay large crowds waited on tin tinstreets - streets tinstreets in the hope of seeing him] pass and giving him an ovation

Washington, Due- <A') - <A') - Executive - Executive <A') - Executive acts tending t<> crystal crystallize - lize crystallize Into definite form tin- atmos atmosphere - phere atmosphere of reapproach ment. between Mexico ami the United States that siiiToumleil tlie I jndberglt Hight from Washington to Mexico t'ity cann* to the surface today in both ea pita Is. President e'allcs moved toward tin- amendment of bis republic's oil laws in conformity wilh the recent decision of the supreme court of Mexico in I tic Mexican Petroleum company drilling permit ease, apparently with the purpose of eliminating retroactive features of articles It and 15 against which American companies have appeal appealed - ed appealed to the Mexican courts. President Coolidge made it known that the Washington gov government - ernment government was prpoaring to ease the, arms embargo against Mexico to permit importation by the Mexican government of airplanes and other munitions from the United States. Tim state department announced that a license bad been issued to permit the Mexican government to purchase the Ford piano in which .Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh Hew to Mexico pity to join lor son for the <'liristmns holidays. The action of the Mexican pres presilient - ilient presilient came as a complete surprise not only to the state department but to the Mexican embassy here. No authorized comment on the significance oL the p r o p o s e d amendments to Mexican oil laws that have been the main hone of diplomatic, contention between the two governments for the last two years was available either at de department - partment department or the embassy. The fact, however, that Pvcsi dent fa lies has seen fit to take prompt measures for bringing those laws into conformity with the court ruling that the cancella cancellation - tion cancellation of drilling penults in the Mexican Petroleum ease was uncon unconstitutional, - stitutional, unconstitutional, obviously lias further relieved tension. Presumably, if the Mexican congress completes the enactment of toe administra administration - tion administration amendments, it will mean that at least the remaining drill drilling - ing drilling permit cases before the su supreme - preme supreme court and involving Amer American - ican American oil companies will fall to the ground of their own weight. In the absence pf such a. legislative treatment of the problem, four additional similar decision by the court would have been necessary to establish a precedent of noti notieuiistitiitionality - euiistitiitionality notieuiistitiitionality in regard to the sections of the oil laws involved Mexico City. Dee. K7. - (/IT - -Tim house of deputies today passed the first reading of a bill amend amending - ing amending constitutional articles to which foreign oil men had objected. The general reaction tonight among the oil men is that tin* measure, sent, to congress hy Pres President - ident President i'alies, is to consider it a movement, promising elimination of the principal objections of for foreign - eign foreign oil companies and the United Slates government to alleged rel re reactive - active reactive and confiscatory features.of i ho oil law s. The embassy declines to com .. for publication and the oil men. while privately expressing pleasure over the new develop development., - ment., development., reserved comment until fur further - ther further examination of the amend incut.

Los Ang'b'S. I)pr, 2«i. - "D.h1 Bill" Spears. All-American quarterback, who i>unts n wet and dry football alike, led a team of Soul horn conference senior stass to an S to 0 victory here today over an nil-senior star team of the 1'ncitic coast. Playing in a sea. of mud, with rain fulling at times during tin* game. Spears and his punt-block ing. fonibU-reeovenng mates "made hay" even if the sun was not shining and grabbed a <> to '- margin early and augmented i' with a. safety late in the final pe^ riod. The Westerners seemed unable to stand the hard tackling. Tes lean, Moser and Cook all being forced to retire from the contest because nt injuries. The South's first marker came in the first quarter when Earenei Eareneita - ta Eareneita fumbled and Creson recovered on the West's 3-yard line. Oil the next play Dodson fumbled, and it was .still Lluee yards to go. Estes made a yard at center, and tt was third down and two yards to go. Middlekauff replaced Dodson. The West stopped the Florida ba'k on tie* 12-incli line, but lie went, through tin* line for a touchdown on the next attempt ypears' attempt for a goal from placement was short. Taking the ball on his 20-yaril line, Spoars romped 7 yards around end before being forced out. of bounds. A minute later, "Bound "Bounding - ing "Bounding Bill' fumbled »>n the fourth down but picked the ball up and kicked to the West's 32-yard line. It was one of the prettiest pieces of.work of the game. liTe mud began to hamper play early, and before the game , was more than a few* minutes old, tlie referee was allowing the ball to be wiped off its mud ou every play. Estes alternated with Spears at kicking, and many of his spirals were long and "High, Cresou and Crowley getting down under them well. It was not until the second pe period - riod period that Pendleton and Cook be began - gan began using the spin play, made famous by Stanford's use of it a year ago against Alabama at the Tournament of Roses. The South Southerners, - erners, Southerners, however, apparently had been well coached against it In Wallace Wade, one of the Dixie coaches, who faced the same type of play last New Tear's with Ala Alabama. - bama. Alabama. The gains on the play were scant as a usual thing, but once the Westerners got away for lb and 17 yard runs. McDouall, the North Carolina State flash, replaced Spears for a time in the second period, but the oval was too wet for his famous passing arm, and he ran Drown Alabama halfback, ami Estes. Georgia half, frequently. Thomas of Maryland. Menville of TUlane and Cohen of Olo Miss also got in the backfield later, but they had little chance, as tlie Southern team was taking no chances and Spears ami Estes were kicking on first downs.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. US. - (4J) - ' Decision whether George Remus .should he granted complete liberty as a sane man or incarcerated in tho state hospital for the criminal insane at Limn. rested tonight with one man - Judge William II. Len Lenders - ders Lenders (if the Hamilton county pro prohate - hate prohate court. After a full day devoted to a sanity hearing, made mandatory by the verdict, of a week ago in Remus' murder trial for the slaying of his wife, imogenc - not guilty on the ground of insanity - Judge Lenders announced ho would need some time to formulate his opinion. Remus himself was forced upon tile witness stand, so that tho judge and the three alienists who sat with him in advisory capacities might the hotter look into his mind. He followed there his aged mother, a tiny woman garbed in deep black, who testified in Ger German - man German that, her son was "worth gold.'* good to his parents and never had struck her, as had been charged. Obviously straining for complete control of himself, Remus went deeply into self-analysis. j At the outset lie denied lie had intended to shoot his wife when h* whirled his automobile ahead of the taxicab in which she was riding through Eden park the morning of last October C. "If l had expected to shoot. I'd have had some one in the. car wlm would have waited," lie asserted. j George King, driver of the death ear. ran away with the machine i when Remus leaped out and fired i the fatal shot, ftenius was picked up by William Ifulbershorn. wlm testified today concerning Remus' extreme excitement, excessive talk talkativeness - ativeness talkativeness and mixed emotions a few j minutes after Hie shooting. j Remus asserted that previously j in all his life he had been accused | of nothing but a violation of the j federal prohibition law. Even then, I he said, the government was his , partner, accepting its revenue of | $2.20 a gallon for whisky he had sold. He denied lie ever had termed I himself greater than Xapoleon. ''Ridiculous,'' he said. "How , could a defunct bootlegger call j himself greater than Napoleon?" -» - Camp Jackson To Share In Big Fund Washington. Dec. US. - (A1) - -An j improvement program fot Nation-j al Guard camps which is expected j to cost $270,000 during tlio next j six months was announced today! by the war department. Tho camp j sites involved include Camp Jack- 1 son near Columbia, S. C. The work j to lie done includes installation of | water systems, kitchens, mess halls j and administration buildings and J tlie construction of roads. BURGLARS TOOK SAUK Clnus.sen's Columbia linker* llob lloblied - lied lloblied ClirMmns I>a>

Oklahoma City, Oklu.. Uec. «7. - -i OP) - A t e in |» ii f a r y injunction against a iih.m ting fo tin; Oklahoma self-convened senate lo nft on impeaehmeiil charges against <b>\ <b>\< - < <b>\< rtior I hairy S. .lohnsloii was granted (|m; e\eeuli\e in district 'court Inro tonight. Tin1 in.iuiK' it'ilf is I'll Ill'll, i My January '-> Consideration of impra< him nt hills carrying charges of general ttieoiripiTency against 1 li«- governor was schedul'd to stal l I>efurr 111<* senate tomorrow. The governor yesterday was given iiolico lo ap appeal' - peal' appeal' mol aliswer the elimgcs. The temporary iiijniietion was! designed to prevent the convening of "an alleged iinpeaeliinent court to eolisider certain charges" against j the governor and to prohibit 111'' i senators from holding fnrlhei j meetings or receiving additional! eh a rges. it was issued hy District Judge < borge \V. Clark, who has not pre-j viously been involved in tinnier- j ons court actions directed by the! [governor against, the. proceedings ! of thu self-called special session j 1 of the legislature. ; TJte injunction, which was I"'-! ing served on members of the ; senate tonight. directs Ben C.l i>aney. sheriff of Oklahoma comi comity, - ty, comity, to enforce its dictates, and or orders - ders orders th<' governor to lend all as-] I sistanee at. his disposal for en-j ' forcoinmit. Senate leaders expressed belief; ; that tlie move indicated the gover-j ! nor again might tise the national at the capital, to which lie] ; summoned it to disperse a meeting] | of the house of representatives - several weeks ago. but which lias been withdraw n during the Christ-j mas holidays. The district court action, enm enming - ing enming on the eve of the proposed sen-j ale meeting add'd one more, le legal - gal legal block le I lie proceedings of [the self-eon veiled legislature, i The district court already laid enjoined the house members from] j tiling or prosecuting impeach impeachment - ment impeachment charges and from collecting Jpnvtnent for the period of their j i ' . j session. ' A Buildolt seientist suggests I lie use of baboons as lumsenia ids. 11 hasn't, been proposed yet, however, to train baboons to become scien scient - t scient ist s.

Koine. Italy, Iht. 2il. - (Ar') -- Jtuine was sli.jlvi m today |i\ an cart )ii|iiu ke of unusual violem-e. lasting about I'mn minutes The Ill'st shock was at. 1:07 t>. in. A fissure was opened up in tlie populous quart 1'1'S uf tile rity, the ceilings in severals houses fell, anil the cornice uf a elmreh broke off, injuring' a priest who was passing hy. The priest, Lido Itrando Fort Fortno - no Fortno of Kiu de Janeiro, Frazil, 2 7 7year-old - year-old 7year-old student at. Gregoriana' uni university, - versity, university, was taken t<> Polyclinic hosidtal, where lie was treated for minor injuries. The tremors were distinctly felt at. the Vatican. The Pope, in Ids private study, was astonished to see hooks and papers moving per perceptibly - ceptibly perceptibly and tin: furniture wobble in the room. Servants ran in to ascertain if any objects had fallen near the Pontiff. Tim shock varied from live to six degrees. according to different localities in Home itself, increas increasing - ing increasing to seven or eight decrees at the towns of itoeea di Papa and \H \Hhi - hi \Hhi ri. Spectators at a. football gunif ill tin: Appian aclodrome fell Hie shock distinctly, and a stamped" was threatened in the stands, but officials quieted the half panic panicstricken - stricken panicstricken football fans. Iteport.s from Naples, Avczzuno, Florence and Milan indicate that lher" was no shock at these con cont - t cont e|-s. Koine was visited b\ a shah' earthquake October !] last. The renter of the quake at this time was A vi-/./,aim No damage was done in the Kternal City .although houses «,were reeked and the streets quivered underfoot. Tin- central point, of the Oisturb Oisturbatirr - atirr Oisturbatirr seemed to have been in the Itoeea di Papa district, about. 2't miles from Koine. At that place and Vnlletri, as well as several other small towns, fissures were opened both iu flu* streets and in a number of houses, and the inhab inhabitants - itants inhabitants were for a time in a panic. A few walls fell. in Kome liremen were quickly summoned and took measures to prevent accident, through the cracks caused hy the quake, and they also cleared away much of the debris.

makes flxk -confession On Board Hickman Train. San Jose, Cal., Dec. JO. - OP) - W. Ed- ! ward Hickman today made a de detailed - tailed detailed confession or tin- killing of1 Marian Parker. lie gave it to Dis District - trict District Attorney Asa M. Keyes, tin*! chief of detectives. Herman Cline, and Chief of Police Davis or Cos Angeles, on a train taking him t>. Don Angeles from Pendleton, Ore., near when* lie was arrested. Ills motive in the kidnaping was to get to go til College. lie oaid he had no accomplice. Hickman killed Marion hy stran strangling - gling strangling Iter with a towel, lie knot knotted - ted knotted it ahont. her throat and pulled tightly for two minutes before slm was unconscious. Then he took a pocket knife and cut a hole in her throat. Then he cut off each arm to tlm elbow. Then lie cut lu*r legs off at the knees. Ho hut tin* limbs in a cabinet. He eijt. up tile body in his roim at tiie Bellevue Arms apartments. Then lie removed the clothing and cut the body through at the waist. He put it on a sludf in tin* dress dressing - ing dressing room. He placed a towel in the body to Urn in the- blood. Ho wrapped up the exposed ends? of the arms and waist with paper. Ho combed back her hair, powder powdered - ed powdered her face and then with a needle fixed her eyelids. lie did this because lie realized that lie would lose the reward if in indid - did indid not have the body to produce to her father. Hickman said he wrote tin* "last chance" note to Parker. He went to Loew s State theater in the after afternoon - noon afternoon after slaying the girl Hickman returned .about a o'clock p. in., took all ports of the body down to the car. which was parked by a side entrance, hurried out Sunset boulevard and turned into Elysian park, where he dis disposed - posed disposed of the limbs. Then he took tin* torso in a suit suiti - i suiti use, parked his car on Fifth street, drove around to see that there were no police iri sight. He Stopped between I'il'lh and Si-Nth on Marshall and took the suitcase out. Next, lie turned the ends of his license plates, so that