Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1928, Page 22

22 WHOLESALE RAIDS COMB TEXAS TOWN _Ti\irty Resorts Closed and| Scores Held on Liquor and Other Charges. By the Associated Press. i Three Residents of Home for Blind Pool Cash and Give $9 to Mission's Yule Fund Doomed themselves to sightlessness, three residents of the Home for the Blind, at 3050 R street, yesterday scraped togethér their surplus wealth for the relief of other unfortunates— destitute families, down-and-out men and orphaned children—and last night the Central Union Misslon’s Christmas appeal receipts were increased by the trio’s $9. John S. Bennett, superintendent of the mission, recefved a telephone call. It was Oscar Simkins out at the Home for the Blind, speaking and would Mr. Bennett please come for a donation? allow any one else the privilege of Mail- i‘nx ‘u for him. So Mr. Bennett called or_it. Opened last night at the mission, the envelope contained $9 and the con- tributions were listed this way: “Oscar_Simkins, $2. “Miss Margaret, $2. “Miss Maria J. Matchett, $5.” ‘The $9 was added to the appeal re- ceipts, which the misston has been recelving since last Saturday, one day after it announced it needed this year $9,872. This amount, sought by New Year day, will be used to provide 83 ARRESTED IN MEXICO. Women Seized at Religious Service Freed by Governor. MEXICO CITY, December 19 (#).— A dispatch to El Universal from Tolu- ca yesterday said that 59 women and 24 men were taken into custody on Sun- day when troops broke up a religious. manifestation in honor of' the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mex- ico. The women were later released by order of the govrnor of the state of Mexico of which Toluca is the capital. The incident was not accompanied by any violence. Those under arrest were charged with violating the law | against public religious manifestations. Quality at a price! WINK, Tex, December 10.—Thirty | yriigi BN Jlgined that announce- | dinners for destitute families, Christ- resorts are closed here today and|ment of the mission’s annual Christmas | mas dinners for down-and-out men, a scores are held for law violations ar | appeal in mef n;wspnpm h-;! tb):er;‘ read ;Jhmtms kfl'}:; party ;t Keith's Theater estioning following the eatest | to & group of the inmates o ie home. | for poor c! ren..and Christmas cheer 5 oyt e I ey | " said he couldn't very well get to|for the 41 little boys and girls who are bobm Oxown has known. 'The alleged|t® letter box himself to post the en-|residents at the mission's Emergency s oo bl A oo -8 8¢4 | velope containing the contribution and | Home for Children, 624 Loulsiana e pagipdipin e 8. |he was not particularly anxious tolavenue. Where Gift Worries In our Basement, of course! For here one finds many lovely Attracted by the commotion which a | grlvlle feud between rum runners lndi i-jackers aroused here this week, Fed- | eral and State officers descended on the town in force last night and proceeded to a swift and business like clean-up. ‘While the Federal dry agents, customs | and narcotic inspectors and Dyer act| investigators sought violators of national | laws, Texas rangers enforced the State gaming laws by raiding and closing 11 alleged gambling resorts. The dry agents made 25 arrests on | lquor charges in 18 resorts and thef| narcotic inspectors reaped a good harvest of suspects. | The raids came with such startling| suddenness that all the town's resorts were caught by surprise and officers were handicapped with handling prison- | ers in wholesale lots. The drive was precipitated by the kidnaping last week of P. C. Burcham, local cafe owner, by rum-runners seek- | ing revenge on hi-jackers for the con- fiscation of a $500,000 cargo of liquor being brought in from the Mexican border. Burcham, alleged leader of the | hi-jackers, was found yesterday after a | 36-hour search in which 100 men par- | ticipated. He had been bound and left | to die in an isolated water trough in the semi-desert, but managed to escape | his fastenings. When found Burcham | was unable to talk coherently because | of hysteria and exhaustion. Later he charged several Wink men with his kidnaping. Directly following | this Sheriff “Pecos Bill” Priest arrested | a dozen reported members of the rmm- ! running and hi-jacking gangs. Bur- cham was charged with theft in con- nection with the hold-up, while the others were charged with kidnaping. Wink, one of the newest of the Texas boom towns, is located in an isolated stretch of West Texas mesquite waste. and attempts to curb lawlessness have not had any lasting effect. —e ; CLOSED MONDAY. i 1 — ‘District Employes Will Be Given Added Holiday, Too. The District Building will remain closed on Monday, Christmas eve, the District Commissioners ordered yester- day. In these matters the Commission- ers always follow the lead of the President and their action follows that of the President giving employes. of the zecutlve departments a holiday on that te. Obregon Pension Approved. MEXICO CITY, December 19.— “The Chamber of Deputics yesterday ap- proved a monthly pension of 3,000 pesos (about $1,400) for the widow and chil- dren of Gen. Alvaro Obregon, the Presi- dent-elect, who was assassinated last July. TWO PLAYS ON PROGRAM OF CITY CLUB TONIGHT Dramatic Group to Make Debut in “Nativity” and “Her Christ- mas Hat.” The City Club will stage two plays in connection with its annual Christmas entertainment tonight in the club’s ball room. This 'marks the first appearance of the City Club's dramatic company which was organized by Jack Mullane. The director of the cast is Miss Flor- ence Jane Adams, formerly a profes- sional actress and now a teacher of dramatic arts. The first play to be given is the “Nativity,” a Christmas service, followed by “Her Christmas Hat,” a farce in one act in which will appear in character parts, Dr. J. Buy- nitsky, Edward Muth, Larry Zuch, Harry Angelico, Nell Grove, Margaret McReynolds, Esther Holmes and Newel Atkinson. Those taking part in_the “Nativity” are Esther Holmes, John Fahrenback, Margaret McReynolds, Bertha Leonard, Doris Cunningham, Theodore Menk, Marbury Seaman, Ann Fox, Ethel Hayden and Virginia Cun- ningham. 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