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SUNDAY, 30, 127% < FIRE TRAGEDY Student of 21 INVESTIGATION trie, Brite 30 Years Older TW FIX BLIME|-seseenee— derson Bible Training School may storm anf threaten expulsion for Jamen Beas m : ate ii = = " Thorough Probe to Be jest past 21, t nat. baa. oapeiceen, weal So Says President Of | Sienea Seine een Gitei eens eo his new bride of 61 is undisturbed. Beaver slipped away from the school one afternoon, met Mrs. Ten- nie Cates and hastened to the near- est justice of the peace. Her first husband died a few months ago at the age of 92. The faculty immediately got their Made of Disaster at “Insane Hospital. CHICAGO, Dec. Bar Association 29.— (United nounced tonight as the coroner's jury investigating the fire which adjourned over the New Year holl-}me.- What difference does it make if| Bar associaation here today. day. she is thirty years older than I. Wolff indicated several officials “It from this schoo! | saloon might be found guilty of criminal hipenlir pet ie yas neglect in connection with the | preacher of the Gospel.” blaze. Sixteen inmates, a caretaker Wednesday night. N Graphic description of the con- flagration was given the jury today. Three factors stood out: 1—Ward fire drills were discon- tinued two years ago. 2—The structure contained two exits, both of which were doors opening from -the inside. 3—It was a frame building and even was known to the patients as the “death house”. Panic stricken patients congested the exits as horrified attendants fought to save them. Cripples and blind patients, unable to assist themselves, were the ones that perished, witnesses testified, Coroner Wolff announced the in- quest will be continued, after the holidays. AUSTRIA TO HAVE REAL bride hurried to the rescue and said she would pay her young husband's way through school. Sunday in Philadelphia.” Ministers Join In Crusade to Fight Divorces DODGE CITY, Kans., Dec. 29— Alarmed by the increasing number of “two time” marriages by women, local ministers joined tonight in a bridal boycott of divorces whose de- crees are not justifiable scriptures. Proclaiming that “wilful aband- onment” and “adultery” are the only legitimate excuse for divorce, stead of producing shackels them by dacity. ‘representative democracy.” st golfer.” by the] Saner eaid: seeking re-marriage. If the records show that the di. vorce is unsupported by Christian the pastors will refuse to perform the. ceremon:; WIND DAMAGE SMALL tion demands VIENNA.—(By Mail to United Press.)—Austria is to have real money again. After five years of doing business on almost worthless Kronen, a bill has been introduced in the national council which would empower the government to replace the notes of 10000 and 5,000 crowns by silver coins called shillings and half shillings. Another new silver coin, equal in value to 20,000 crowns, will be called a double shilling. The new shilling will contain 85 CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 29— per cent of fine silver and will | Cheyenne Saturday took stock of weigh seven grams. Bronze and nickel coins, ranging |'ar,-hour fale that swept the city Fri-|shot as they entered the in value from 100 crowns to 2,000 day, and found that, aside from the| While one of their number crowns, will also be issued. by_the new coins ligible, a fusilade of shots. AE-WAITING OF | Jolly Irene — Weight 62 CONSTITUTION IG IMPOSSIBLE] ‘® Weleome Leap Year Scathing Speech. 2" LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 29. — “It Press.)—“No one will be spared. We| heads together and talked solemnly | would be impossible under the pres- are going to the bottom of this af-| of expulsion because of the “undesir-|ent dispensation to elect men who fair," Coroner Oscar Wolff an: | abie notoriety” brought to the school| framed’ the American const.tution by the December and May wedding.|}to a constitutional convention,” “It's nobody business but my own,”| Robert E. Saner, president of the took a toll of 19 lives at the Chi- | the young student told his professors | American Bar association, declared cago State Hospital for the Insane | defiantly. “I love her and she loves|in an address before the Nebrauka “Wayne B. Wheeler of the anti- league would immediately I shall study elsewhere to become ajSend out a questigmnaire asking George Washington and John Mar- Beaver's parents were bitterly op-| shall if they ever in all their lives his wife, and small son perished in | posed to the match and threatenea| took a drink. and Dr. Harry Bowl- the fire which swept tho institution | to cut off his allowance. Then the|by of the Blue Sunday league woud interrogate Benjamin Franklin as to whether he ever few his kite on This is the age of the moral and political liliiputiations, Saner de- clared, and the land of Lilliput, in- Gullivers, overwhelming number of its mediocrity and men- He ridculed the phrases ‘making the world safe for democracy” and “When one speaks of a ‘repre- sentative democracy’ he might as well speak of a hea'thful sickne: © a truthful fisherman, or an hon- Declaring that there cre eighty different proposals . for amending the const.utiun now in congress “The conntitution seems to ap- peal to the political gentry as a sort of laundry lst to which you can add a new sbirt every day, or IT the divines pledged themselver to| { a", ~ on another collar whenever MONEY 10 Al LE SOON scan the decrees of all divorcees! tne exigencies of the political situa. _————— would be a total loss in a modelling BANK BARDIT ape “It may be that ‘everybody loves SUMMIT, Ml, Dec. 29—(Unitea but I'll make the weighty state- Press)—Armed posses tonight unroofing of one residence, the up-| guard at the entrance, the others! No. 6 shoes and is sald to be the| “leap” onto a husband during the Three hundred and ninety billion | rooting of a few trees and telegraph | lined employes against the wall, fore-| largest mob‘le woman in the world. coming 12 months when women | like a regular old tar,” wrote the crowns represents the total valué|poles and the breaking of several|ed Cashier Fred C, Mandel to open of the Austrian notes to be replaced | show windows, it was virtually neg-4the safe and fled with the loot amia|-—an interesting companion, and her be Casper Sunday Cridune By STEVE HANNAGAN. “Yes, but would you marry me?” NEW YORK, Dee. 29.—Thank she flung back. I blushed my prettiest. “That's just it,” she said em- fe fl. in sary an arm. giraffe. dress it JOLLY IRENE, FAT LADY, A ND JOE CRAMER, RUBBERNECK GENTLEMAN TO WHOM SHE IS GOING TO PROPOSE DURING THE LEAP YEAR. pounds, has biceps three times as/phatically, “everybody thinks I'm large as Jack Dempsey and whe/| dandy as a dainty juggernaut novelty—but as a life mate I'm as useless to them as an ordinary par- lor chair ts to me.” Out for a Husband. a fat man’, as the sage commented, were| ment that ‘nobody loves a fat} to accommodate three persons and searching for six bandits who held! oman’—and I'm love starved," | having the tensile strength of the|a world tour. up the Summit State bank here to- day and escaped with $18,000 in cash. Seventeem police squads from Chi- cago have joined in the chase. The damage resu’ting from the 80-mile-| bandits laid down a barrage of buck- said she. Jolly Irene, whose other name ts Amanda Quinn, is Irish and looks it with a colleer smile grown in New Jersey and as infectious as bank, | the mosquitoes reared there. stood| She stands 5 feet 11 inches in her Woolworth building is necessary | sydney, when Irene parks in comfort. band. Somebody nicknamed years that can be divided by four (like uzinta 1924) as leap year. just ‘what I'm going to do— tralian. man. interv r told her s0. As matter of fact Jolly Irene | tobacco. does have her moments. For in- Stance, she can't get through sub- way turnstiles—they have to open the double gates for he: go to the theater for it would take Pounds—Is Love Starved:|£2°.° 2. == ; Pi when she goes throngs storm the place and crowd 0 closely she can't eat; she can’t he squeezed smaller than a two-ton truck and a block and tackle is necessary to move her about in bed when she Only the other day s' dentist's chair and so snugly her rolls of flesh wrap around the corners of the chair it was neces- to take the chair apart to release her. When she doubles her arm, it’s a foot across. Daily she poses for the awed astonishment of the public at .the Harlem museum in 125th street be- tween Lexington and Third avenues, of which Bill Griftin She confided that s tively chosen the man she will pur- sue as leap year dawns. He's Joe Cramer, “rubberneck gentleman of the museum,” who can bring more neck from the hid- den recesses of a chest two bodies and often uses part of the excess neck-covering to shield his face. Whether or not Joe knows of the momentous romance about to fall on him, ment, for he rambled in his con- 1 ser 7 9 | 0Us not only for yourself and your | head-on collision. also, i€ your brakes are not in per-| CF, do not pull in too quickly tn cost of living. Many drivers when It may be only a coincidence, that when Jolly Irene gets a new the biggest st our very bes But Irene, who typically woman. She has used 1! the fancy weight-reducing exercises and compounds—and all to no avail. She measures 79 inches around the waist. ines to determine this. Jolly Irene will be a big girl when she grows up. —e——_— THREE, ONE A WOMAN, MAKE LONG VOYAGE LONDON.—(By Mall to United Press.\—A man and his wife, and one sailor to act as deckhand, have sailed a mpton to Australia, Five and a half months ago Cap- A settee or divan large enough | tain H. J. Symonds. Mrs. Symonds. and the sailor left Southampton on nounced their safe arrival after en- “But I'm going to have a hus-| countering “very heavy weather.” The Seaweed's skipper is an Aus- daughter of a retired English polica- “She takes her turn at the tiller Irene is a jolly conversationalist | have the traditional right to pop skipper of his ‘plucky mate. “In 4 fact, she does everything but chew @ can't into restaurants into any automobile sat ina accidents of various kinds occur Imagine—a foot for /arrora to ignore. ‘The trouble ia that a large number of new drivers | K do not know what these rules are.| swing out gradually, manager. t th has tenta- my fenepeh Lucky Joe! SWING OUT than a He has skin enough for and if there PULL OUT SUDOENLY FROM BEXIND he must have a presenti- fect orter. Slow moving traffic] front of him, moves about 10 miles an hour, and at this speed you should be ab’e to pull your car up in 9 feet, if your brakes are in good order. If, how ever, the traffic is traveling at 15 mites an hour, you need 20 feet to pull up in. Make it a practice therefore, to test the efficiency of your brakes frequently by giving them a tryout at least once or twice a week by throttling down to 15 miles an hour for about 20 yards, chen apply the brakes and note tho distance it took you to pull up in. Don’t drive a yard tn a car that has poor brakes; get them adjusted is just twice as large as lsh stout models in or It required three tape you has to | ager ome temern atime av 10 mats ree wove— | | against the curb. AeiP Tae ATS LES BER ae 20-ton yawl from South- Se = "NORE TE ABCME MULLS AND Dit /3 WATS Lam TO AAPOEN WEN THE CAR IN FRONT STOPS SAOLNLE you to go through. A message from to pull up @ car in traffic moving New South Wales, an Mrs. Symonds is the|car between the radiator of your|pull into the space than two lengths. You can’t fig- ure on what tho driver in front of the two cars. en he is going to driving. NYDER, WYOMING IS STEPPING ALONG Are You Going to Wait Until Snyder Is a Good Size City or Are You Going to Get In Now? The new town of Snyder is located at the depot in the new town of Salt Creek which is located on the North & South Railway. FIFTEEN PROSPEROUS BUSINESS HOUSES IN OPERATION NOW THREE MORE BUILDING Here is an opportunity to buy a lot reasonable, get into business and grow with the town. Others are doing it, why not you? Snyder is a permanent city and located on patented land. GAS GOOD WATER LIGHTS Improvements already made in Snyder includes the laying of ~ gags mains from which is now being supplied an abundance of nat- ural gas for heat and cooking purposes. Two flowing wells provide good, healthful water for domestic and industrial uses, besides tak- ing care of protection against fire. This hazard is being doubly guarded against through the installation of a 3,200-gallon-per-hour pump on one well and the recent purchase of sufficient fire hose to hook up to. An electric light plant is now under construction and will soon be generating light and power. Schoo] facilities for the children are already provided with a competent resident teacher in charge. The morality of Snyder is being closely guarded, it being the de- termination of the townsite owners to keep Snyder clean and a decent place to live. This vigil will not be slackened. . A welcome hand is extended to all to come to Sny- der, to live, to invest and to boost. A golden oppor- tunity is offered. Weekly Excursions to the Townsite Automobiles are making weekly excursions to the new town of Snyder. It is certainly a trip worth while. Out there you will see a town, rapidly shaking off its swaddling clothes, and teaming with activity and enterprise. These cars are at your disposal. We will be glad to take you out and back for the nominal fee of $5, or foot the entire expense of the trip, if you, after seeing the opportunity before you, invest in a lot. A Word To the Wise Be located in Snyder when the development work starts this spring. The oil fields are going to be full of activity. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. NOW OPEN IN SNYDER Snyder is already well represented with establish- ed business enterprises that are making nice profits for their proprietors, but there sti!l remains many. openings. Compare these Prices with any Town Lots in Vicinity Residence lots 50 feet by 130 feet, $350.00 each. Business lots, 50 feet by 130 feet, $500.00 each. 60-foot streets, 20-foot alleys. Liberal terms to all who build now. Wholesale prices on lumber, hardware, and furniture to all who build now. EVERY DAY’S DELAY IS COSTING YOU A POSSIBLE PROFIT The People Are There-—More Coming Daily. Let’s Go. Wesley Grooms Realty Company EXCLUSIVE SALES AGENTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION Room 6, Mokler Building, Over the Campbell Hardware Store on South Center Street. Phone 2364 am NON ROROT HONE BULCHE Cows aig he make it a rule never Now we know that it takes 9 feet |other vehicle on the lett side. Suppose you are driving in heavy at 10 miles an hour, therefore you | traffic with three cars abreast. and can easily see that if you want to|the car ahead of you pulls ahead Play safe, you must leavo at least 9|or out of line, watch the cars in feet cr about the length of your] front carefully before you matt to the car car and the car ahead of you. [f{at your left may wish to pull over the traffic is moving at 15 miles an | closer to the right side of the road, hour, you are not safe with less|and if you pu'l ahead too soon you may find yourself jammed between Next Week—More Pointers Every day in the week fencers are} his brakes and pull up with a jerk, dented, radiators are smashed ami|and if you are too close—smaah. Suppose you are driving in fairly because some driver took a chance | fast traffic ani you have a slow or misjudged his ability to handie|car ahead of you that you wish to his car in emergency. pass, Do not attempt to pull out There are certain basic rules that|/and get ahead before you are sure no driver, however experienced, can|the road in front of you is clear pecially ff it is a narrow p about three length away, then 20 as to got Driving in traffic is highly danger-| a view of the traffic ahead, and at the same time put out your hand to give the driver behind you warn- re going to swing out. Mf you both happen to pull out at the same time and thero is only room for one car to pass, then there are going to be some fenders dented GRADUALLY WHEN PASSING When you start to swing out, thera ANOTHER CAR SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ROAD fore, signal the driver behind you, AWEAD. then swing out gradually so get a clear view of the road at: before you pu!l right out. Tf you pull out sucdenly from be hind the car ahead of you, it does not give you a chance to see wh Is coming {n the opposite dir hould be another coming there is a big risk Then, again, r to a, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUTRY TO PASS ON THE LEFP-|' YOU ARE ABLE TOBE JAMMED AGAINST THE CURB MUOGUARD SMASHED they pass another car think it is clever driving to pull quick swing, and the man Behind yly his brakes to avokl Don't do it. Don't try to pass another car om the left, for you never know when the car you are trying to pass ts going to swing in and When you want to pass another car and it is in the center of the road, sound the horn to let the driver know you wieh to pass, then he will either pull over to the side of the roac a you or signal Play ofe and pass an- on