Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 174, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 8, 1926 Page: 1 of 9
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BROWNWOOD. TEXAS. SATURDAY. MAY 8, 10 26
VOL XXVL WO. 174
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BRIBERY CHARBES AGAINST AGENT FOR TEXTBOOK COMPANY
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j)FF[RED PAY SAN FRANCISCO
TO MEMBER OF GABLE CAR IN
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it a diophotogra ph ofstrike scene
day 8.—(/P)
score San
Franciscoan* Coway wore nursing
Injuries received Yesterday when 1
a' crowded California Street cable
DROWNSVILLE. Texas. May i SAN FRANCISCO.
® (A*)—Sheriff L, G. Nichols »:f —Upwards of three
Cameron county on May 3 tiled
a complaint belore Justice of »lic\
Peace George ft. Brown pf Browns-
ville attain*! Frank R.‘Adrien, a
representative from the American c.a^- slipped beyond control at the
Book Company, charging attempt- summit of Nob Hill and dashed
. , ‘ . ' | madly down the steep hill
The complaint was filed on in-; ., _ ... . , . ,
formation by Thomas J. Yoe. Wiping »n-
perlntcndent ' of Brownsville “’her cable car and scattering hu-
schooln. who aino is a member cf Uunobilts and trucks iii its path,
the State Textbook t’omd||s*i>«n. Three of the victims were ln-
that Adrien on October 12, -1923, Jured seriously. They are Mr*,
offered Yoe *3,»>nu if he. as a mem-j Eleanor Flaming, fractured ankle!
her of the Textbook Commission, and possible internal injuries; Van j
would vote for tfi* purchase nf I Cloves Knight/ fracture, and Mrs.!
certain textbooks for use In tfr® Doris Divics, -crushed hip and In-
puiltc ncboola. . terrial Injuries. I ' ,
Adrien has apt br-j here since I The accident was a spectac ular
list tktuber SO far, as «s kn»wn. one. At Unwell. Street the toavily
and is void to have ha-1 «ut of Mm loaded car got beyond control of I
•ta.e since lad Octol»cr. He 1s sup- the gripman. Isadore Navarro, and
pdsed to have w er arrested I tsi j hurtled down^t’allfiynla Street j
night in Dallas on a warrant nept^ across Stac ktonT*m< TMirant >v»-
.h.r.^rom ,b. oSc, rf1 •>*>«< s”r. S7SEZ ;
Vo, b It. A.« « MW** ICM d‘*tW£. ,.Mb,r Cr.
The runaway car. spilling ita hw»
. SF2r£%?Ss
icptaincl m M comfrDnll Montgomery ftyeot. driving it as)
far as Sansome Street, Knroute
,y it had overturned automobiles and ,
trucks hurling occupant* to thoj
street. . .j i
Nearby banks were turned into)
fir-1 aid stations and 'scores of,
persons w-er - given. treatment tor,
injuries ringing tr«>ni scratches;
ftr^s
the Hta'e Inters, holaidi-
i-w-et and Harry Ll’.isR. crtfnt;.
3 FIFTY-TWO ARE
UNOER ARREST
Birmingham, Aia. May i/p)
-—County Tax Collector James
K. liawkins and Judge Thomas
Lee of the municipal court, were
among 32 persons arrested in a
series of dry raids last night by
federal agents recruited from four
statea. The at rest of the two offi-
cials was mat e when the federal
officers entered the Elks Club. It
was said. • - , \
The series nf raids was the
largVsj ever st iged in Birmingham,
H. O. MrPhers in. Deputy Adminis-
trator for Alabama, said.
Flvc> atitomnhUea and a truck
were confines ed by the officers.
Approximately 200 gallons of li-
quor were aelxed.
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'THIH pfccdo shows volunteer Engitsh workers in Hyde vJrh. l>.nd<.'., mn’iotOR ro»|ior lorrt. * to distrl-
■* hnte milk *w- lioedon’s baEites and invalids. Hyde Dark has been clos'd
used as a d^pot for the city’s milk supply, i This pic ture wan taken last Ttterd;»j.
million ttnbrn workers had walked c>ut. and'was s**nl to NKA SctviC'*, New Ycirk
The picture ir copyrighted by Nex [pad Tb^ Ixtodao Times.
lie and l> being
if!er fltltain’s five
'an by radiophone.
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A warrant for the arrest of Fr>nk'
' R. Adrien, charged .it Brownsville
with attempted bribery, fs ho!*1, here
by Sheriff SchnyJer Marsjjtall..
whose demi«i*»s h;o" b"en1 unabl*- *o
•erve it became be is out, Of the
rltyj At the offeie oFthe An eric en
K*>k. CofaT*. '*> her-' Kdrieil was
sa*d to Jie' on hi* vav 'O Nee- V'trh
to pi;rcbn»« my>ki. !iis <''tr“tary
sa‘d be t/,rt iiere Aprili30*.b,
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Waterspoilt Krar
* Matakzfi*. ('vbri,
Ca'wc of Dan jo rt?
MATANZA^. Cuba, May v.r (JT'l-
A waterspout near here last nigl’.t
narrowly missed wrecking a futj-
toms launch with eight men on
board which was f-haxing j.a sup-
posed rum runner flyinc the Amer-
ican Gag. The captain and the en-
gineer were slightly injured.
A huge wiad on shore during the
phenomenon unrooted tNvJ an'*
broke the telejpoue cable ibtweeh
Matanzii* and Limonar.
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House Doorkeeper
Under Arrest for
i Operating Still
au>! .bruises to brok«-n bfwos. ,
the accident wus placr
Blame for
cd by Navarro on
the failure of
the
WASHINGTON. May liP)—
Clarence, Joseph IRery. assistant
doorkeeper of the House of Repre-
sentatives, was»jirrested at a hotel
here last nightyand held for Vir-
ginia authorltiesV who charge biui
with maintaining a st-ill In his
home at Fort JJyer Heights. Va.
Pollcg assert ■ that when they
raided tilery's homo they found
the still, a small quantity of mash
and some of I he _prc»diict «»f »the
still.
bis grip1 to hohl the c able,
failure of brakes to' hold and the
tap-lik - siipiorilu Vl ’he rai»s
wet by tain. \ .
SIOflOY LEAVES
STRIKERS ARE
FEEL i HUNGER
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MARINES ARE
LANDED FOR
PROTECTION
COLEMAN GRAND JURY
REPORTS THIRTEEN,
FELONY INDICTMENTS
Hunger Begins
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¥ LANELLY, Carmarthanshipe,
Wales, May N.—HP)—Hunger
Is beginning, to stalk though
the strike bound mining dis-
tricts of Wales,
i Hundreds of strikers and
tlieir families already have ap-
plied to tb? poor guardiars, for
relief and the board of guard-
ians here, an<T“ in many other
i sect ions are facing a problem
as their funds are already over-
drawn. The relief officers here,
however. Hate b*en Instructed
tp give rid in‘ destitute cases
despite the-shortage of funds.
It Is impossible to pay unem-
ployment doles to the men on
strike as they'are not classified
as unemployed and can Ik* help-
ed only through their unions or
t|je poc.r guardians.
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SHOT DEATH
DURING RIOT
the chamber sal
CHICAGO.
shall and Lee. charged with bank
robbery were indicted by the grand
killed and inether man was rcr-’Jiiry. Tbejr cases have been tried
led in a hattb* of bul- | *n fj* district court. One was giv-
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f. May
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I>ealing for (relief to the poor guard
Ians.
Strike beleftts. If any. are small
i and striker i and their families are
AUSTIN. May ,H.-^-A.torn. 7; jjrrjd Jrom the government-uc
General Mcssty leB[ arriving at South-
today for>ylor ^eret^fgHhel^ >n ^ ,^vlathan fmim, „t.
will make his opening speech tt*, |fe-Pd|soM|#>r in (he provinces Pas-
governor. n , senger vessels have been able to
T. K Irwin of ^^ dis. harge passengers without dif-
for attorney general, and fUulty and the companies have
terwh te speaker of *,0^‘ *‘f suffered no Interference in trans-
the 39th leg Mature are ^ong, ferrj t<),irl.UH ltI mnt0r lorries,
those who will hear the speech: Saturday half hcdldayMn London
Moody’s bride of direw J relieved traffic congestion but po*
before her marriage Miss Mildred |1<<t r, in force mental ate being mov-
Paxton of Abilene., will hear h in, f(J |nlo K1IHnl lh, food shops from
make his maiden guls-rnatorial, |llo.jnjc by payless workers over
upfwn. | wf*i*kt #'Vh| »
McMKly suppprturs (.redlcfed that . Jh, r<.n,.nl| foo<l HUppiy wa* re !
lo.iHKi persons will attend provid- ,w| ROO<1 o*t<.Bsions of
tng rain is not falling lonlght Mud- m, ,hral h(ipply HPrvlcr Few dls-
dy roads may keep down, the ut-'orfl,.rH W(.r„ r-,port«d throughout
tendanc e. Reports h* re say that j fh„ r(4, ntry. the only* pUces affect-*'
uf b'ust forty automcd>lleii are . |i(j th«> rougher sections of
stuck on the Ausiin-Taylor rogd. |j(Glasgow and scattered
l/mg detours will be- necenaary for whf>r# lnlnot .disturbance.!
many of the motorists. . _ I brtmrred. - V
auk corps contingents were
moved from AJeiersot and Belfssi;
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. May S. -
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into its fifth day with .nefufftry st.U ' of the capture of ,hej lets‘and bri k/today between ,he J^ the penUentUpr and PJ cent of the
1 adlv tied ulh and no signs of prace. »* ^ resuir oi me capnire m inr . . , „ . . the other in years. * . | wheat and flour
llthlarv ,n.l rmlic, 1" *'"1 Kl "l"1' ,,y l"*'ri1 '"I n>tod«,«iiorl' for! I* H. D. W.id c
Mr. '
TV minihR dUlrtrt, Hr W.l'. NIcWMMn Ro„ran,„1
arc. beginning to feel the pinch of
hunger, hundreds of families ap-
Mav T— <^*»^A strik-
wnrker was sliOt and
coIjEMAN. May 8.—Nineteen in-
dictments were returned by the,
(*obman County Grand Jury, sc- dhM’®s»ed by j
I cr rding to the report returned Frt- ness executives
j day afternoon to Judge J. O. Wood- puMic today b;
sard, presiding, W, E. Gideon, dls- Conune
jtrijrt He^k. said this morning.
Thirteen of the hills were felon-
I l«s while six were misdemeanors, expressed that
There w*ere three robbery indict-, ence of nations
| ments. (hree for manufacturing
liquor, td-o for possesion and trans-
porting'liquor. on* for driving a
car w hillin'ox icated. one for steal-
ing cottcfh and one for negligent
hrmicidei '
The two Ratliff bfotber* Mar-
aud
WASHINGTON. May §.-<*»>—
The effect the Brtllah strike might
have on Ametican business. In
tile event It Ins s six weeks, was
number of busl-
n telegrams made
the Chamber of
erce of tie United SUtes.
From prsetic ,lly every source,
’the opinion was
the interdepend-
is so, great today
that one nation could not suffer
an industrial disturbance without
haring effect on other nations.”
Spiaklng of the grain trade Jul-
ius H. Barnes, former head of the
United States .Grain Corporation
mU:. 'T '
“Six weeks of a general strike
in Great Britain would seriously
affect American grain export since
Great Britain Imports twenty-five
weekly overseas
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"watc hing all port* tc» guard agaii^ mnlder. was
the importation of arms from j ku::, "Iso a
Mexico to aaslat the revolutionists.(Mi
movement.
misdemeanors were for! H. D. Weld of Swift atid Com-
j dlsiurbing the peace aod gambling. I PanY* about the meat situation:
Thomas l^llwnod., 39. a striking The ja?ry reported to Judge “M the British strike lasts six
<4ain. Charles Shim-1 Wclodward about S o’clock Friday' 7c#k** 1 do not believe It would
. . , afternoon after being in session for b**6 »*‘rioua effect ; on American
ftriser. was shot In thej ,, ^yn g p Hafe* « business in general, but might
foreman of the Jury.
taw mm f '• warn — I
The scttnrney general will apeak j
(nr unreveab-fi destinations.
• FATAL NHOI
' KANSAS CITY. May H (Ah Harry (he town where he wn«c bon and
T. .Mc<‘onnell was killedynd Abel^ reared, and where for a time h"
Millard wounded and-^ffTKured In *| worked as an electrician to pbtain j Th„ K,(y,.rnment announced that
'tbyrr cornered shooting affair^ in, rnnds lo lake him'to Texas l*nl- COndltipna were improving, that
the downtown district this after-: vvrMlty where he studied law. j transportation especially In Lon-,
dc|n was better, that railways .arc!I
district .this after-: versify where he Kttidfed law.
noon. A third man. deaorlbbd. by | _ _ __
witnesses as a large man, escaped
before the police arrived.
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THE WEATHER
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'OKLAHOMA: Tonight sle>wcrs,
Munewhat colder; Sunday, partly j
EAST TEXAS: Tonight c*rc's*ionsl
thunder showers, cooler in Jrk»rthwe*t (
|M»rtion; Sunday |»crtly cloudy to
cloudy, shower* in southrs*! portion,
c WEST TEXAS; Tonight and Sun-
day partly cloudy, cooler, tonifht.
MARY AND l»OI (i. IIOXOKF.O
ROME. May *._(jp>_preni»er
Mussolini hs-s agreed to receive
Douglas Fairhahks. American film
star, next Monday and Mr. Fair|
banks Is returning to Italy purl
pofcely to meet the premier.
Fairbanks and his wRe, Mary
increasing service and that many t
workers would like to return to
their jobs b-ut fear loss of union
benefits. .* >, ' .
The'principal anxiety concerned
the possibility of disturbances to-
night, when life men receive tlieir
slim strike benefits Instead of the
usual weekly pay envelopes.
Edinburgh authorities closed the
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THE Oim/JOK.
WASHINGTON, May K- Weather
outlook for the week beginning Mon-
day i’
West C»ulf Slate*: Scattered show-
ers about middle and again towards Senate,
end; temperature* mostly normal or1-, Admiral-Oriental
above. 1 ff«»ry ends.
Bickford, arrived at Genoa. April saloons this afternoun but there
13. They were last reported in were' liw reports of such action clse-
Ucilm early this v.«ek. where. In Ixmrion. scores of truck >
loads of policemen’were sent into’
those areas where trouble was most
likely.
smum—i
Police Mobilised. V
8cores of truckloads of police
were rolling into the congested dis-
tricts of London today as a pre-
caution against possible attempt*!
loot food shops tonight, when'
pinch of the strike will be felt
I TODAY IN WASHINGTON!
House winds up farm relief de-
bate. ■ / , ^
RailiX>ad labor bill, is before
slow down our export trade in
pork products.’*
Ouorge il. McFadden and Bros.,
Philadelphia cotton exporters:!
“Every days the general strike
continues unfavorably affects ex-
port of rottnn from the United
Staten aa such strike diminishes
purchasing power of the British
consumer of goods manufactured
from American cotton and exten-
sion uf strike to British textile
industry will still further affdet
our cotton exports as tendency
will be to substitute other cottons
in manufacture of good* In pres-
ent English markets.
As to coal, 8. Pemberton Hutch-
inson of the Westmoreland Goal
Company, Philadelphia: “Contin-
ued atrika might have temporary
benefhlal effeet on exports of
American coal hut In long ran
effect on American business would
be bad as one of our best cus-
tomers would be seriously crippled
in their purchasing power.”
MUSKOGEE, Okla, May 8—OP)
—Two dabd,-two believed dy*
' ing, scores injured and property
losfcs mounting into the hundreds
j of thousands of dollars -was the
known toll of the storm that struck
Eastern Oklahoma late yesterday.
The dead are:
Ijeonard Tidwell. 14. killed when
his home at Coal Creek. Lefore
county, was destroyed.
George William*. 70, who was
trapped beneath the wreckage of.
his home near Spiro, died In a Fori'
Smith hospital today.
Mrs. R. M Masterson of near
Coal Creek was perhaps faulty
Injured- She was taken to a Fort
Smith hospital. ’
A 10-year-old boy, Ralph Brant*
ley of Boynton, Muskogee county,
was bit In the head by a splinter
from the walla of the Brantley
home and was near death In a
hospital hem.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., May
8—(A*)—Tha toll of tha tornado
that swept through East Central
and Eastern Oklahoma late yea-
HOUSE PBOCniM FOR
REST OF SESSION IS
OUTUNEO Of TIISOK
NEWS FLASHES
M 1 V\G! A, Mraragaa, May
(k— </Vi (.(Hornment cavalry
I* repaired la hate mated the
rrvnlatlonWtft at Agaa A grit.
The first federal army Is ap-
proaching Mama, (Inland from
PlaefleMs), and
prespeet far I
m§s.
battle I* la
Mea-
WICHITA FALLS, Hay K-(JP)
—N. A. (haw of Blertra wan
killed today when he fell (tea
the tep ef aa ell field derritk
he was wwrkiag, eae
reel ef HdlUday.
WASHINGTON. May 8.—(>P)~
The House program for the re-
mainder of the session was outlined
today by Representative Til son, of
Connect lent, the republican leader,
aa Including farm, rtyem and har-
bors. coal, veterans. Judiciary and
civil dervice legislation. /
The expressed hope the House
would agree on an “economically
round * farm relief hill, which Mat
ihe same time will give a* much re-
lief as ran be given by legislative
action.”
The Judiciary legislation will In-
clude both the judges salary* Iff*
crease bill and one for creation of
r number of additional judgeship*.
Among the veterans bills or/the
program Is that extending the lime
for conversion off war risk laaur-
cnee, already mSaed by the Sen-
ate. ^
—
Moonshiners Tap
Natural Gas Main
‘ to Secure Futt
SHAMROCK. Texas. Mar 8.-4P)
—Tapping a natural gas main to
supply fuel for a whiskey still m
a lonely canyon, la the charge
a gainst Floyd 8. White and JhwaU
Wooden, negroes In jail hare to-
day The novel distillery was dln-
eprered by Shsrtff Riley Prl** and
putfe* four miles north of Mw
a deep canyon. The men hn4
4 tapped the gna 11ns vanning from
1 tha
r-
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terday wilT probably be determin-
ed today with the full resumption
of communication. One is known
to be dead.
Several deaths are expected
among the injured Mrs. IL M.
Masterson, living in the Nubbins
Ridge community In Leflore
county, id in a Fort Smith , hos- ■
pital perhaps fatally injured.
Ralph Brantley, 10, ie in a Mus-
kogee hospital with a fractured
skull, a splinter having been driv-
en through It- He la tot expected
to live. i
A nine year old negro girl,
named House is also in a critical
condition. She was one of five
negroes injured by the tornado
which struck' near Mot sc, Okfus-
kee county. '
Approximately two score were,
injured in varying degrees In the 1
different storm sonet.
, Because of , crippled telephone
communication and the wtdeiy
separated storm areas no es".taste
of the number of damaged houses
and the loea to livestock, crops and
personal property could be made.
Although the tornado threatened
in many communities, three sect-
ions bore the brunt. They were
the little inlandylown of Morse.
Boynton near fWf Okmulgcc-Mus-
kogee county line .and the Nubbins
Ridge district near Spiro. Leflore
county. Morse and Spiro are
about 75 miles apart.
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