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Associated Press Leased Wire in Our Office Connects Brownwood With the World Every Minute of the Day.
16 PAGES TODAY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1929
EDITIONS
VOL. XXIX. NO. 178
AMARILLO
EL FIRE
8 WE dry-clean our mail-order
bifocals a«<t prepare for the day's
the thought ocnira^a ua that
has been a mi* -nort week,
it is due to the fact that our (
locals are from a mail order house
the week looks short, in retro-
; but we are convinced that}
is nothing wrong with our,
s*. When mail-order printing is!
|1 right, and mail order clothing
automobile tires and Jewelry i
to be found in the best of fam-,
spectacles that are sold on a ,
Jng-distance bargain basis must be
Not that we are urging our
ds and customers to get their
tarles from the mail-order hous-
we are Just trying to impress
in a certain Center Avenue spec-
ie doctor that our bifocals are all
ht and that we can see everything
ought to see and a lot that is not
lutely essential to our welfare
happiness.
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Hectic Hearing on C. D. Neff Blue Sky Charges
Doctor and Nurse Prescribe
Jail Duties of Sinclair
TEXAS COTTON
Say His Fortune
Was Rebel Loot
BT FIST FIGHT
AU8TIN. May 11.—c<P)—C. D.
... ,___. .. .w_ Neff. Dallas broker, who last night
t to get back to jaxt,jis the before the House state af-
fairs committee that the Secretary
isters say after they have di-
of State and Attorney General*
leased briefly, this 1ms been a short
cusslon. This week had the re-
l
appear
further testimony.
■mmm s
are living too fast, but the fiaster ciient ^ voluntarily withdrawn
go the faster the world goes, and fro|U TurUier proceedings and had
is almost impossible for any of us . ^ jor San Anionio.
keep up with it. Days come and, Henry Amarillo attorney,
go. and in spite of our speed who was alao expected to testify in
come and go too fast. | Neff's behalf that members of the
• • • • Attorney General's Department had
It has been that way ever since sought monetary favors for the is-
last Democratic administration. suance of oil permits, likewise failed
• • • • !to appear for today's hearing. Ford
IME is passing so fast that the made a transcript of the evidence (o b^fm mrHmg hK <w-4ay sentence, he was aligned to special dntv as
Parson tomorrow will celebrate which _he_ ex pec ted to offer to^Rep. m11 pharmacist and assistant to Dr. Morris Hyman, left, prison
physician, and Nurse Mary Kathleen Wright. So Sinclair, who once
studied pharmacy and worked as a drug clerk, compounds pills and
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This doctor and nurse are the bosses of a multi-millionaire. For when
T?rUI*i/WU Oilman Harry F. Sinclair was received at the District of Columbia Jail
the evidence . . . .__•__.. u .__. .. _____ __,... . . _ ...
twenty-fifth anniversary of his Coke R. Stevenson, Junction, before
jrate here. Or. maybe, his his departure from Austin. Miller
Uion will celebrate it. Any said.
he and his congregation will Pickle Apologises
the anniversary. We would Pickle frxiay apologised td the
’to hear his sermon, but it seems committee foe any effrontery to the
it we are predestined to hear our group but asserted that “when any
preacher tomorrow because his man attacks my honor and integrity,
will be in the nature of an I have always made it a point to
one. Dr. Gray is defend myself."
_ to leave next week far a Representative Cecil Storey.
months visit to the holy lands Vernon, chairman of the committee,
xd his wife going with a party said he regretted the incident and
ministers and other church lead- declared that any witness who ap-
who will tour Palestine and other seared to testify would be folly
of great interest to Bible protected,
eota and teachers. Pickle today testified he had owned
We are glad our p»M la going he did not attempt to dispose of any
™ &T3 of the a raror for aiding
looks like a hard summer Without NefI 10 obtain a permit.
here We'just naturally have to Denial by Nichols
ive a little spiritual advice now R. B. Nichols, chief of the law
then and while all the ministers enforcement division of the Attorney
grown wood are wonderfully fine General's Department, charged by
en and very kind to us, they are Neff last night with having asked
to have tb combine their forces MOO for a picture painted by his
work mighty hard if they keep daughter as an incentive to aid the
contented during the next three Dallas broker in obtaining a permit,
jnths. today denied the assertion.
•Is • • Nichols said Neff and a group of
JMORROW will be Mohter’s Day, friends had visited his home after a
observed as such all over the conference in Austin and viewed
Jnited States. Like most other ^veral pictures painted by his
nationally observed days and anni- daughter, but that no mention was
[entries, it has been commercialized mad* of the sale of any to the Dallas
some extent, but this does not
tract from it. As a matter of fact. “Under the circumstances, if he
is probable that the efforts of had tried to buy any of the pictures
Lor is u and candy makers and others
AUSTIN, May 11.-<£»)—Although
slightly retarded by cool weather,
cotton is promising and the wheat
crop Is above average the May 1
crop estimate by H H. Schuts, sta-
tistician for the federal division of
estimate*, disclosed today.
Wheat In the northwest part of
the state is badly in need of rain,
and the abandonment of 2.576.000
■err3 was due to winds that took
the moisture out of the ground, the
report Mud.
Cotton chopping is making good
progress and most of the corn crop
has been- planted. Oats in south-
central countise are ripening, feed
crops are in excellent condition, and
much new land in south and north- ******* of to rep-
,n auu-
ti ation this >ear. for jury investigation of
High Wheal Yield conspiracy charges against him.
The report says indications point When arrested. A ter a was seeking
to a wheat yield of 26.524.000 bush- “deportation." with the money to
elr, the highest since 1926. and ex- *pain. He declared he is wealthy and
ceeded by only three crops in the that the money Is hi* own.
Guests Jump From
3rd Story Windows
as House Destroyed
Seised in New York City and re-
Dan Confesses
Ambition to be
Newspaper Man
AUSTIN. Texa*. May 11.—
(A1!—Governor Dan Moody
May follow in the *tep» of
former Pmidmti and write
after hi* term expires.
He has not exposed it to
many, but hi* secret ambition
is to become a newspaper
man.
“There isn't anything 1 had
rather do than write editor-
ials," be said the other day
over a cup of coffee. “You
know, if I could afford it I
would own a newspaper."
prescription* for ailing fellow prisoner*.
SIX DROWNED, MANY PERSONS
MISSING IN NANSAS FLOODS
FOLLOWING TORRENTIAL RAINS
rm-ned. .<*
Two persons were drowned and sev-
eral were missing in floods that in-
vaded four towns In Kansas today
as the result of torrential rains.
mam streets KT Gypsum At Linds
borg many homes were surrounded
by water following a rainfall of 428
HERRINGTON. Kas
past 10 years. Texas wheat condi-
tions index 78 as compared with 83.6
for the entire country.
> Watermelons will begin moving
| from Salith Texas by the end of the
month, according to'the report.
Pastures in the state were report-
ed 88 percent normal on May 1 as
compared with 8*5.8 for the country
as a whole.
Fruits and vegetables from South
Texas are producing in heavier
quantities than last year, and al-1
V ready the total of \9M shipments
e has been exceeded try several thou-
sand cars, the report said.
May 11 —
At Herington »wo unidentifiedi(^h—Four unidentified Mexicans
Mexicans were drowned, three more were drowned, three more were re-
vere reported mining and at least ported missing and at least ten per-
ten persons were in hospitals suf- son* were tn hospitals suffering from
fertng from injuries ard exposure, injuries and exposure as the result
Lime Creek swept through the town °* » sudden flood of Lime creek
. . which swept through the city today
early today af.er an eight-inch ^ downpour of
LONDON. May 11.—— With
: parliament dissolved and the gen- ...
{eral election scheduled for May 30.
the British election campaign was
in full swing today
The government came out this
morning with an a tack on
WASHINGTON, May 11—(/P>— scheme of former Premier AS
The house gave up its usual Sautr-' Lloyd Georg*- Liberal leader, for
day recess today to continue gen- solving unemployment, charactenz-
eral debate on the tariff bill, with ing it as "impracticable and based
the large republican majority not on a misunderstanding of the un-
yet in agreement on the procedure employment problem."
under which the measure is'to be , premier Stanley Baldwin at Al-
ton side red in later discussion. I ben Hall attacked the labor part
Under a tentative plan which and Ramsay MacDonald on the
emerged late yesterday from the score of the general strike of 1926.
first of a series of republican ccn- ; At Durham. Mr. MacDonald rldi-,*
? AMARILLO, Texas. May 11—(Jf)
J—At least five persons were known
j to have perished in a fire which de-
' stroyed the three story tourist ho-
tel here today. Three others, one a
woman, were believed to have been
Injured fatally
Identification Difficult
Immediate identification of the
victims was impossible because of
the charred condition of some of the
'•bodies and the jack of identifing
'papers on the others.
The bodies of three men. ap-
parently lully dressed, were found
in their beds on the third floor.
Two other men. one of whom was
believed to be “Buffalo". Atchison,
Shamrock. Texas, cattleman, were
killed when they jumped from the
third floor of the blazing building.
Proprietress Injured
Miss Birdie Rhodes, who operated
the hotel with Fred Rogers, a blind
•I man. was injured, probably fatally,
| when she also leaped from a third-
floor window. The others,, believed
to have been Injured fatally, were:
C. H. Wekhel. Gainesville. Texas,
burns and bruises; R. Barnhart, Elk
City. Okla . burns and bruises. Bodies
were identified py police and under-
takers as: Raymond Cozart, Detroit,
Texas; Ray Cozart. Detroit, Texas;
Pete Kearns, Pine, Colo. The Caatrts
s ere brothers.
Rogers, the blind manager, was
burned about the hands and body.
Firemen said they feared a furth-
er search of the ruins would reveal
ferences looking to such ah agret-
ailed Mr.
slogan" in the
Baldwin*
he camps
“safety first
Identification of the victims, it
was said, might be expedited by the
discovery of the intact hotel regis-
ter. and officials were comparing
aManed rooms wttR the lovaf.vn*
where bodies were found-
, Many Narrow Escape*
The fire began about 3:30 a. nu
and those who escaped said the sec-
ond and third floors of the struc-
ture, were in flames before an alarm
could be given. Many narrow escapes
were related by guests forced to leap
to the street.
H. C. Wilson, aged oil mill
worker who had lived in the
ign. at Ching-
dqwnpour. J1IBIB.H
Water was knee deep ,n business Estimates placed at IS the number
houses in Council Grove this mom- buildings, mostly frame structures,
ing About 150 Dome* were flooded ....................
Rescued From House Top* J f MARKETS
have conducted national adver-
(COjmxrED ON I*AOK TWO)
Jising campaigns in connection with
lother's Day have actuallyi tended
nationalize the observance of the
iy; and now the second Sunday in
iy is as definitely set aside as a
iy on which the American people j
iy tribute to motherhood as Is any,
)ther of the dozen or more holidays
the calendar.
• • • •
Mother's Day ought to be for all of
a day of Joy and happiness. Some
bf as will be permitted to be with
bur mothers tomorrow, to rejoice in
VILLAGE IN
DANGER FROM
FOREST FIRE
. . NOGALES. Art*, May 11-
heir love ^nd to give them assur- —a village of fifty people and *ev*
Dozens cf persona were rescued
from house tops and other perchea I
of safety when the suddenly rising
'water* swept through H»itnfton ;
{The sleeping town was arouv-d by
• warning blast* of the siren at the!
city water plant. Two bridges and:
about fifteen frame buildings were'
I washed away.
Rains near cloudburst proportions
in Salma and vicinity sent, flood
waters from Spring and Gypsum
By Th* AMoclato* From
NEW YORK:
Stocks irregular; Utilities at
cord levels. |
Bond* irregular. French Republic
7s heavily traded.
Curb Irregular: Electric Investors
rises 7 points to a record high.
Foreign Exchanges steady; Dutch
ment. the general debate Will con-
tinue until next Thursday, afurjfoal winston Churchill,
which consideration of amendmr-nU Chanct:ior of the Exchequer repri-;
will be in order for one week. The manoed Sir John stmon. chairman
tentative date for postage of the bill I ^ ^ statutory commission.
.■nRYAW:.l7.“*-.M*T|.!1'nA.rr rrV,"nn.“*o,. .uf^t ln 01
** ®Uvr^ "2*? ed until several days later 'the Ubermls'
J p_ j-v waji iCf the republicans from ten western
— ww* lUrm who want some of the
promised by District Judge agricultural rates changes was indi-
D*v»* \ cated after the conference Reprc-
The case* will be set for triai tentative Dickinson of Iowa, their
as soon as the papers are received spokesman, indicated he would be
here, probably Monday. Judge Davis willing to let their proposals for
amendment reach the floor through
hotel
• saved
GBP TO INVITE
creeks running waist deep in the | Guilder at new 1929 high.
of our appreciation. Some of us j
rejoice none the less, although
mothers have passed away;
'Bkie we know that where they
^they are infinitely happier than
could make them here, and be- j
we know that some day we will I
jin them again, to be with them
rorever and ever.
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For a long time it was difficult for
to understand that we should re-
after our own little Mother had
away, because we were selfish.
tral valuable mining properties
were threatened today as a for-
est fire swept unabated over the
Patagrna mountain range a few
miles from here. More than 3.-
000 acres of timber had been
laid waste and high wind* were
minimizing the efforts of 100
men to stop the conflagration.
SUNDAY BROADCASTS
Church services will be broadcast
7e wanted her. Oh, how we wanted over the Brownwood Bulletin
to remain here and minister to station KG KB Sunday, in the mom-
and care for us, as she did jng by remote control from the Cog-
Dugh so many years. But now we gtn Avenue Baptist Church, and in
much richer than while she was the evening from the First Baptist
»; for we literally have a treasure church,
up for us in Heaven, and know
Heaven Itself is a brighter and
QUARANTINE AGAINST FRUITS
THAT CARRY CITRUS CANKER
.
AU8TIN. Texas, May 11 .—iff*)—i bill which would permit the com-
A statewide quarantine on the 1m- mi&sloner of agriculture to Invoke an
portation of fruits and nursery {emergency quarantine. He now
said. Warden E. F. Harrell will be
asked to send two guards from the
penitentiary to serve during the
trials. Judge Davis said Saturday.
After District Attorney A T. Mc-
Kinney, Jr, read the Indictments
at Huntsville Friday the four men
entered pleas of not guilty and
Judge 8. W. Dean, on his own mo-
tion. changed the venue to Bryan.
claiming impossibility of
trisl in Walker county.
a fail
stocks carrying citrus canker, scaly
bark and Florida white fly will be
placed In effect today. George B
Terrell, state commissioner of agri-
cqlutre, announced today.
Terrell made the announcement
cannot estaglish a quarantine with-
out ten days1 notice and a hear-
ing.
Another resolution recommended
the appropriation of $25,000 for the
inspection and pest control of citrus
after about fifty Texas citrus grow- / fruit in this state.
|a happier place because she is there. T - T , T , , , ,---T , - , , t T —
land the earth is a much brighter » , •
THE WEATHER j
only to us but to many others so .............-...... ■ •*
Sdhwthsitrrif I w^tjfxas' v™**-
memories which we may marshal ln nor^h c^ler north and
review as we will, re ye ling again in west portions tonight; Sunday,
'the Joys of all the days when she cfoudy. cooler in south portion,
was/.ur playmate, our physician, our EAST TEXAS: Cloudy, lo**1
jKeDor, our teacher by precept1 thundershower* and cooler in
' M9d -xaraple; our Mother. -north portion tonight and 8 unday
1 Moderate to fresh" southerly winds
" ■ ~ • j on the coast.
OKLAHOMA: Thundershowers,
cooler tonight; 8unday, cloudy,
showers tn south portion, cooler in
southeast portion.
ARKANSA8: Local showers and
thunderstorms tonight and Sunday;
cooler Sunday and in north por-
tion tonight.
toUISlANA: Partly cloudy to-
right: 8unday. partly cloudy except
res. in conference in his office, had
requested through a resolution com-
mittee that he take such action.
Members of the committee were
W. A. Harding. Raymondville, chair-
man; Ambrose Johnson, Laredo; E.
L. Rothrock, Mercedes; T. M. Mel-
don. Mission, and J. E. Bell, San
Terrell saia ne had been advised
today that new areas ln Florida had
DIG WELCOME
FOR CALLES
members of the Ways and Means)
committee in view of sentiment
favoring certain changes he had
found In that group.
Amendment Precedence
The rule under which house action
on the present Fordney-McCumber
tariff act was expedited while it was
under consideration in 1922 gave
precedence to amendments proposed
by the members' of that committee
without regard to,regular rules.This
and other special arrangements un-
der which tariff legislation has been
considered in the past were called
to the attention of the conference
by Chairman Snell of the rules com-
mittee. but no action was taken to
govern procedure with the new bill.
Representatives of twelve organi-
zations interested in the proposed
agricultural rates, meanwhile, have
Joined hands in addressing a state-
Benito.
The committee
£5?* ^S; ssrir pc^ucu «
persons who have received citrus { arrive here late 8unday. I _ _•
fruit from Florida in the past few! The nation’s crack troop* will be ftestQUYQTlt HT€
lined up to greet him. and official
receptions have been arranged.
for the last 21 yean, was
rod because of % rope he had
kept tn his room since 196*.
When be discovered the fire he
packed his suitcase, lowered It
td the tround on his rope, tied
the rope to his bed and slid to
the ground. j ! •
Down Fire Escape
Jacob Dollar. Dallas youth, was
rescued, suffering from minor burns
and bruises. M. J. Oeohegan. third
floor guest. Was severely cut when
he crashed his way through a win-
dow and ran down the fire escape.
He said he heard screams as he
passed the second floor and at-
tempted to force the door on that
landing but failed Sam Scott also
was burned in his escape.
Nine streami of water played upon
the flames as the fire tighten af-
fected rescues. Police lines were laid
‘ WASHINGTON. May 11.—(JP> —! and crowds forced to stay bade as
Chairman Hawley of the House firemen searched the ruins for addi-
Ways and Means Committee an- tional bodies. -
ncunced today that beginning Tues- i Rogers said the hotel was filled
day Republican members of the | capacity last night,
committee would hear any sugges-l The hotel was formerly known as
lions for changes in the pending the Elmhrist Hotel, and was one of
tariff bill and If found warranted the oldest structures in Amarillo,
they would be offered as amend-1; The <*U5« of the blaze had not
meats on the floor.
. days or have cars in transit to noti-
approved the i fy hUft <io they might be Inspected.
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IN 6IS fllSH TOIIt
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D. O. Griffin, employee of the
Brownwood Ice and Fuel Company,
was burned about the arms and
face at the plant Saturday morning thundershowers and cooler in north-
in ■ gas flash. The burns, while west portions. Moderate to fresh
painful, were reported as not being southeast to south winds on the
[Sm\ . ... u.L . couu .
MOTHER’S DAY PROGRAM BY
BAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON
/mhJXSTIS* UIhe pro*ram for the Mother's Day concert by the
Old Gray Mare Band at Coggtn Park tomorrow afternoon at 4:30.
Everybody is invited to attend. A special invitation is extended
to people of neighboring towns snd communities:
PROORAM
1. Coast Pacific—March ,.v •..«
2. Th, wukint
1 Th^Olri1 MoooUgfa*.............-by Abel Beer
1 Pond—Characteristic .........by H. L Alford
J .............................by Ch Gounod
6. Somewhere a Voice 1* Calling..................by A. F. Tate
Comet Solo—played by Merle M. Baker
*' .......................by Fred Jewell
J' Special—March ........i.... by J. Qu* DavU
9. Vc*al Solo- Mother Machrre
... _ . Sun* by Mr Morgan Hall
10. Finale. —
Liner Is Forced
into Harbor bv
9
Fuel Depletion
HALIFAX. May 11—<JP>-Pbrced
into Halifax harbor by a depletion
of her fuel supply, the United States
liner President Roosevelt remained
here today to load 3.000 barrels ot
fuel oil while her passenger* pro-
ceeded to New York by special
train.
Captain Vanbeek sold that on
May 1. the day after the ship clear-
ed Cobh, the low pressure turbine
broke down forcing the ship to run
1 st reduced speed. He said the re-
sulting excessive use of fuel oU de-
pleted the supply,
Out Before Heavy
Damages Done
A fire originating in a long cor-
ridor back of Ned Thompson * cafe
at 20f East Broadway, probably
would have caused the destruction
of the restaurant owned by Mr.
Thompson and the building owned
by M. Castro, were it not for the
prompt work of the lire department,
about 8:45 p. m. Friday.
The fire, its origin unknown,
burned along the walla of this cor-
ridor and into the unused room ot
the building formerly used by the
City Cleaners and Dyer*, but now
vacant.
The fire was directly back of the
Oraham Hotel and a high wind
was blowing at the time Piremen
stated that if it had gotten beyond
their control it might have been
disastrous.
Sinclair Is Not
Permitted to Give
Attendants Tips
i ' mml
WASHINGTON. May 11—(A3)—
Major William L. Peak, superin-
tendent of the Washington jail,
said today he had advised his
wealthy prisoner. Harry F. Sinclair,
that Upping of Jail attendants was
not permitted and that from now
on the “no Upping" rule would be
enforced.
-Peak took this action after his
altenUon he said had been called
to the generosity of the oil man to
his fellow prisoners and JaU em-
ployes.
As a result, all of Sinclair's mon-
ey except “five or six dollars" has
been taken away from him and
placed In the office safe. The mon-
ey left In his possession is to en-
able Sinclair to purchase sweets
and other delicate morsels at the
Jail store.
Peak said Sinclair brought “abodt
two or three hundred dollars to
Jail with him and a large part of
this amount was placed In tbe safe
upon his arrival. —'
An investigation of the oil man'.*
Upping was started after a report
leaked out that he had given an at-
tendant five dollars for performing
an errand. Peak said he believed
this report exaggerated, but he
took Sinclair's money away never-
been determined.
T
iwHAT CONGRESS!
1 IS DOING
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. Senate is in adjournment.
House continues tariff debate.
Senate Interstate Commerce Com-
mittee continues hearing on federal
communications commission pro-
posal
Special Senate Committee meets
to decide course to pursue tn special
ssesion on seating of William S.
Vare of Pennsylvania.
general debate
FRIDAY:
House continued
on tariff bin.
Senate acted on amendments to
farm relief bill and adjourned un-
til Monday.
, Agreement to limit debate on
farm bill after 3 p. nu Monday, was
reached by senate.
Senate Interstate Commerce Com-
mittee continued hearing on pro-
posed federal communications com-
mission.
Senate confirmed nomination of
former Governor Colquitt of
to Railroad Board of
Ted, the Copy Boy,
Says
That we me*
minded nca'
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