McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 283, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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HIDALGO COUNTY GINS
HANDLE 44,000 BALES
COTTON UP TO NOV. 1
Brooks Field Men
Will Investigate
Wreck Of Airship
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16.—
Colonel Robert W. Stewart, Standard
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dark waters of. the treacherous pas-
sageway.
It was reported that the men re-
< JDolnlng in the ship all had parachu-
tes but were unable to make any use
of them due to the terrific speed with
which the plane fell after the wing
had broken off. The craft landed
nose down, bdrying its propeller and
engine Into a field near the landing
station.
NORTH TEXAS: Fair and cooler.
EAST TEXAS: Local showers with.
No heavy
Nov. 16.—Freed !
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•. POLICE WANT HIM
Tightening their net around
the slayer of Arnold Rothstein,
multi - ‘millionaire Broadway
racketeer, police of half a dozen
cities are now aasldiously search
Ing for William McCabe, below,
who took .a leading part In fam-
ous poker game that relieved
Rothstein of a cop I quarter mil-
lion dollars.—<Photo by inter-
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Alleged Slayer
Is Exonerated
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HUNTSVILLE. Tex., Nov. 15.—.
Justice of the Peace Camp of this
city today exonerated Dog Sergeant
Gus Gray, of the Goree Prison Farm,
in connection with the fatal shooting
Wednesday of Convict W. C. Folson.
The shtootlng occurred during’'a
(Prison, break Wednesday and Folson
was mortally wounded as he attempt-'
ed to escape from the farm.
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Fall For Bribery
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NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 16.— An
official inquiry will begin here this
afternoon into the charges of surviv-
ors of the sunken Lamport and Holt
Line vessel Vestris that lost 115 lives
due to the bungling actions of the
captain, faulty life saving, equipment,
and the cowardice and inefficiency
■ displayed on the part of the crew.
This announcement was issued
early this morning by officials of the
company who yesterday stated that
they had no statement to make until
the surviving officers of the ship
could be consulted and their story
related,
United States Commissioner Fran-
cis A. O'Neill will conduct the probe
under the direction of United States
Attorney Charles E. Tuttle.
As is planned now, each survivor of
the wrecked ship will tell his or her
own story, and the hearing will prob-
ably be a long one, It was reported, i
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SAN ANTONIO, Tex.,
Nov. 15.—Brdoks Field
officers today began a
rigid and complete inves-
' tigation into the crash of •
the Douglas Army trans-
port plane that cost the
lives of six enlisted men
of the air service yester-------
day. Officials of the field
and thott connected dir-
ectly with the air service
will handle the investiga-
tion. The two men who
saved their lives by leaping
in parachutes will prob-
ably be the first question-
ed in the hearing. • •
LieutenantDyer, pilot of the huge
airship. In a statement following the
accident, said that the tail piece of
the-plane .had .broken off while at an
altitude of 4,000 feet. This caused,
he said, the plane to swerve sharply,
breaking off the right wing, after
which the craft went Into a tail spin,
heading straight for the earth. Dyer
and Sergeant Siebenajer wVre the
only two of the eight occupants of
the plane who escaped with their
lives.
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British Board To
Make Wreck Probe
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LONDON, Eng , Nov. 15.—The Eng-
lish Board of Trade, that section of
the British government which deals
with shipping. - will make .a vigorous
investigation into the loss of the Ves-
tris off the Virginian coast.
This announcement was issued from
an official source at the government
officials’ offices today.
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Stewart Loses 1st
Round From Court
Cotton ginnings in ^idalgo County
up to November 1, 1928 amounted -j
to 44^73 bales, according to a state-1
' ment made today by G. S. Hansen'
special agent for the country.
This report compared favorably
with that for the same period last
year, when 33,805 bales were, run
through the gins' of the county *up to
the first day of November.
The record established this year in-
dicates a rise of approximately 11,000
■ bales over the total registered igst
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ALLEGED ERAUDULEN1 CONDITIONS IN
15TH CONGRESSIONAL IHSIIUCT
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Intern at io nwl New* Subvice most section of the United States for. County was to be made -soon. •
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15‘ — wbat is reported to be several years.
EXST TEXAS:
■ cooler weather forecast.
‘ rains except near coast
WEST TEXAS:
Justice Jennings
District Attorney Leo
before the jury all of !
testimony made before the
Oil Investigation Committee
April.
Woodmen’s Circle ■
Chiefs Visit Here
i McAllen Sunday will be the host ... . ™
to officials of the Woodmen’s Circle' WEST TEXAS: Partly cloudy and
of America, when the McAllen Grove; cooler. Fair la southern secilow.
frffmber 17M will MkterUln f1vg fgl- j ’ , -- . v
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trffmber 1724 wUl entertain five offl- j
~ciiklJ“ot the national - organization!
who are making a tour ot the Valley. •
Thio officials are Mrs Mary E- I* •
Rocca, national president,’ and Mrs.
Dora Alexander Talley, nnXonal se-
cretary, both of‘ Omaha, Nebraska;
Mrs. Jeanie Willard, national drill-
ing Instructor, ot Statnitord, Texas;
Mis.. Etta Davldsom state supervisor,
of. Houston, Texas; and Mrs. Callie
§a'rry, district manager, of Kfngsvllle, i
Texas.
They will arrive in Brownsville
I Saturday when-mr alf-day ineeting
*' ot the aeveraj groves Of the Valley (
Is to be held. They will appear on the
The announcement made today by program to be given In that city and
-the |louse Campaign Funds rtivesH- wiU thej^jM^
gating'Committee at the ofth*l«l trap- AyWMW WttirThe»nBePr of th*,,
local grove during the entire day,
International News Service
RVE, Eng., Nov. 15.—While thielr
horrified families watched them from
the stqjre, 17 members of the Rye
lifeguard station plunged from their
| lifeboat into the turbulent waters ot
the English channel and drowned to-
day when sent to the assistance of
the crew of the stranded Latvian
steamship Alice.
The crew of the Alice was later
rescued by the German, steamer
Smyrna.
The high waves Of’the wind-beaten
channel were apparently too much for
the small boat in which the man at*
tempted to start their rescue work and
Oil Company magnate, lost his round the> were thruwn into a watery grave
today Ln his trial for perjury uhen l°n8 before they reached the side of
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' the stricken Latvian streamer.
I The families of the near score men
i had all congregated on the sandy
I beach of the channel to witness their
I husbands, brothers, and fathers go
No more will writings of Dr.
Frank Crane, famoua author,
journalist, and editor, Inspire
the great body of newspaper-
readers. He ~ died In Nice,
France, after a brief Illness, ac-
oordlng to telegrams to rela-
tives in the United Statee. For
many..year». Crane . waa one of
the beet known American writ-
era, articles flowing from hie
famous quill being read by per-
aone over entire United Statee
and the world.—Photo by Inter-
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FT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 15.-*Fred
Btatebp. W, wm seriously injured
17 COASTGUARDS DROWN IN CHANNEL
Meet Death While
Going To Rescue
Of Stranded Crew
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THE WEATHER
SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND RIO
GRANDE VALLEY: Cooler, with
clouds Ln northernmost section. Fair
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WASHINGTON, D-'c.. Nov. 15. —
erio bring
Doheny to
trial on charges of bribery*in Connec-
tion with the Elk-Hills Naval oil
lease, Attlee Pomerene, government
oil counsel, reported to President
Coolidge today.
Pomerene is now making an in-
I quiry Into Fall’s health in connection ■
, with the proposed hearing. If Fall is
too ill to appear, Doheny could be
tried separately, Pomerene stated.
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SENT TO PRISON FOR
CRIMES OF DOUBLE;
FINALLY JS FREED
Bailey permitted
Rover to lay
Stewart’s
! Senate
last
• about the work of rescuing the crew
Sbewart sat placidly as the testlm- of the Alice—almost a daily oocurr-
ouy was read, offering no sign that ence in the portion of the channel
near this town—-and were horror I
stricken when the meh leaped from
their light craft and soon sank In the '
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ALLEGED MURDERER .
SAYS DIDN'T KNOW
OWN TRIAL DATE
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• AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 15.— J.
H. Dumas, Lubbock man, charg-
ed With murder' and conspiracy
to murder in connection with
the elarylng pf two unidentified
at Rankin, appeared before
Judge R. Hamilton today add
irahTDiaf he did not know that "
his case had ben called for trial
here last Monday.
He stated that he understood
'tha^Mm datfl jor tfce hearing
was November M. Jud»e~flainTT.
ton then set aside a 15000 bond
of forfeiture that was ordered
Monday when Dumas failed to
appear in court.
1 Ranger baptain Frank Hamer
charges that the slaytag result-
ed from a 15000 reward otter-
ed for dead bank bandits to be
given by the State Bankers*
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LOWELL, Mass,
English after serving five day. ^ehlnd th.,
to grim granite wallsi of Charleston.',
state's prison for handbag snatching
crimes he did not commit, Benjamin
C. Collins ^aid: . |"
’’I bear 'malice toward none”.
His release came about through.
_ . ' the’arrest of his "double”, who f>ces
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Inspectors Told To
Take All Testimony
Intebnational News Bzkvicw
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16 —
Inspectors of the Steamboat Lnapec-1
tion Service of New York and Nor-'
folk have been directed by D. N.'
Hoover, chief inspector, to take all * -
testimony avaltable from the survF1
vors of the Vestris disaster, it was
dnqowpiced here today. ?-1|
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ed, hdweveiT aa the service’s juris- 1
t diction does not extend to vessels of _____
foreign registry, it waa learned. ,
John L. Crane, New York Inspector |
tor the service,' hhs prepared a re- '
port on his investigation of the Ves-
tris, made just a few days before it
sailed on its tragic voyage.
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Warden Jones Gives
Hunters Statement
“Parties destring to transport game |
from the Republic of Mexico into the
state of Texas should first get in
touch with Charles G. Jones, of Mis- {
sion, or any other authorized game,
warden, who will then- issue them a
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receipt from the customs officials at J
the port Ot antry stating that the game' WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16t — what is reported to be several years.
was killed in the Republic of Mexico." Ths House Campaign Funds Commit-1 a r —---- -— ; /
The foregoing statement was’ isau* tee today decided to investigate the Fntolanri» AjM>fti»n4WW - - —*
0d ‘"this moi utng by District Gxinv ' uliegetT fmnds Hi fhe southern part In Tnlk Here
Warden Charles G. Jones, of Mission, of Texas, par tcularly in the congres-'
relative to the bringing of game kill- slonal district in whteh Congressman ,n •“ *ddrc8s delivered before the ^4 for an investigation tn .the 16th
ed across the Rio Grande River into John Garner, one of the Democratic meeting of some 5000 followers ot the -Congressional District lends apparent
ths state of Texas. leaders, resides and in which he re- Cittzena-Republican ticket Wednes- j corroboration to the fact.
The committee announced that the
__ would be made in
|f'South Texas, particularly in the 15th
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Arrive On Myr>am
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NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 16— Fifty-',
seven more survivors of the sunken
ship Vestris landed at pier 7 here this
morning. They were brought tn by
the French ship Myriam. The Myrlam
anchored out tn the harbor here and
the refugees were brought into port
by tugs working tn the harbor. I
The French steamer was scheduled
to drop anchor here at 10:00 o’clock
tast night, but due to a delay in hand-1
ling the large load of passengers it
I did not dock until early this morn-
ing.
their respective*bomee.
All members of the local grove
were urged by Mrs. Emnw Jopes,
local guardian, to be present nt the
meeting tonight at the Odd Fellows
Hall at 7:S0, when plans and • dis-
mission of the coming of the officials
will be made. Mrs. Jones stated that
she was anxious that every local meme
her have the opportunity ot tndhtiug
the officers. ’ -
The tragedy is said to be one of.
the wor^t that has occurred in coast [ •
guarts stations along the channel for
many years an,d the news of it,1
flashed across the entire
seacoast, brought consternation
many engaged in rescue work and
coast guard work.
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BORGER^—Office building, of. Pan-(
handle Power & Light Co., under (
construction at 5th and Main Sts.
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FAIRFIELD—New location of Fed-
eral Highway- No. 75 will pass ,rlnl fQr the ^‘-■nses first laid to the
I through, this place. 1 door of Collins.
reau in Washington that the commit- _ „ _____
tee would come to Texas Noverflb'bx, returning Ahe *fjrst of the week to
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Warden Jones also stated that he'oently was re-elected to. his poet .in jgy night on the McAllen high school'
would be glad to give any aid possi- Washington, the committee announc- athlet,c f,eld Maytjr mBk B I lnTegt| |
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McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 283, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1928, newspaper, November 15, 1928; McAllen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284035/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McAllen Public Library.