The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1926 Page: 1 of 4
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C01FARMERS
/ We sell Cotton Sacks
Knee Pads Scales
\? Wagon Covers Etc.
j W. H. PUTEGNAT CO. J
I —- --1 - ~ wtK <1TI'MUY Id V 17 1926 4 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS A COPY
I VOI.. XXXV No. 14 ESTABLISHED 1892 BROW N^\ II.LL TEXAS SAT! 6I1AI .JItl I < not_
[three deaths
IN; WISCONSIN
! FROM STORMS
I« _
Vind and Hail Sweep
i Northern Part of
If State; Heavy Dam*
M age on Farms
[ ASHLAND Wis. July 17.—A
Hidden summer storm 'stinting on |
[the Iron Range of Minnesota swept
[ninety miles between Chisholm j
[Minn. and Ashland Wis. yesterday
[causing at least three deaths injury
to probably two score persons and
considerable damage to farm and i
town property.
The distuibance followed a day of
lextreme heat throughout the north-
west in which mercury records of
^twenty five years were shattered.
Four additional deaths were attrib-
Luted to the heat with the average
'temperature well above the century
mark.
| The storm which crossed the tip
Lof Lake Superior a few miles east
Fof Duluth. Minn. was accompanied '
|by hail and rain and reached the )
| jpioportions of a tornado near Ash-
land and Island Junction.
| Much of the countryside west and
south of Ashland was damaged am:
Lthree persons were killed in th.
micmity. Kvery building in Upson a
■village of three hundred Id miles
[south of here was reported blown
'down or damaged and twenty-five
inhabitants were believed injured.
The invaded territt •>* suffered
heavily from the fall of hail.
The icy pellets rained upon this-
holm foe fifteen minutes and de-
stroyed so mu.h glass that one
hardware concern ordered three and
I-lie half tons to rei .r th damage.
Roads were covered with debris
notions of railroad were dumugod
miking rerouting of trains neces-
nry. Wire communication was ham-
ered and farm homes were mowed
own as the storm advanced south-
rest wind. The known dead all of
rhom lived on farms are: Mabel
ohnson 18; . Julia Johnson 20;
dbert Anderson 12.
Several who were injured were
■truck b\ object - driven w.ih cannon
ball velocity by the wind and are
in hospitals A-hland. Among them
are Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnson par-
ents of the two Johnson girls killed
and Mrs. Klmer Johnson who lived
on another farm.
'OFFER reward
> FOR ASSASSINS
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CANTON. Ohio. July 17.—(A**—
James M. Cox former governor of
Ohio and'head ..f the Nows league
of Ohio today ^posted a $5000 re-
ward for information lending to the
I arrest and conviction of “those re-
sponsible’' for the murder of Don
K Mellvtt.
The Star county commissioner*
posted a similar reward of $2000
and the Cleveland News. $1000 Re-
wards offered now total $20450.
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I (Mexican Bandits
Release Captive
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^ VERA CRl'Z. Mexico. Julv 17 —
— Miguel Love a Mexican railway
engineer who was ki.naped by ban-
dits late in May. has been liberated.
• le is seriously ill from the hard-
\ hips eudured during more than
v sven weeks of captivity.
*l.oyo was kidnaped with J. W.
1 anklin of Canyon City Texas
y r e latter was freed June 3. after
ment of 6.000 pesos ransom.
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; THE WEATHER
| *-1
'j For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
tirande Valley: Mostly cloudy ar.d
I unsettled tonight and Sunday with
occasional showers; not much change
in temperature.
For Fast Texas: Generally fair to-
1 night and Sunday except partly
cloudy with local showers on the
i coast. Light to fresh easterly to
I southerly winds on the coast.
L Daily River Bulletin
\ ' Flood Present 24 Hr. 24 Hr.
Siacr Stage Chng. Rain
(PeT Rio .— — — .00
■F.aglc Pass .16 2 5 -0.5 .60
Isa redo .27 0.0 0.0 .00
Rio Grande .15 0.5 -1.0 .10
Mission -24 0.7 -0.4 .11
San Benito .21 14.7 *1.4 .00
i Brownsville .— — — .42
River Forecast
There will be no material change
in the river during the next 24 to
9* *•»». __r_
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Peaceful Revolution
Against all Religious
Regulations is Called
MFXICO CITY July 17.—The:
National league for defense of re- 1
ligious freedom has announced plans i
for a vigorous campaign throughout 1
Mexico against the new religious
regulations when they become ef-
fective July 31.
It is declared the league intends
to produce an “intense economic
crisis” thus forcing the government
to cease enforcement of the regula-
tions.
A circular issued by the executive
committee of the league appeals to
NO AGREEMENT
SAYS R All HE AD
No Discussion on Dif-
ferential Safford
Assert
HOUSTON Tex. Julv 17—The
Missouri Pacific Lines in a state-
ment issued by H. R. Safford. ex-
ecutive vice president denied today
that any agreement had been entered
into with regard to proposed action j
in removing the existing freight \
differentials in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley. Mr. Safford'- state- j
ment was made after reading news-
paper reports to th-‘ effect that the
carriers would Ik* favorable to such
movement.
“The present differentials ap-
plicable in the Valley were found
proper and deemed reasonable by
the Interstate < ommerce Commis-
sion. in a decision rendered in Aug-
ust 1H'23. as a result of complaint
brought by shippers of that section
of the state against the then exist-
ing differentials which the com mis-
sion modified and ordere 1 in the
present differentials and were so
fixed based among other things on
the additional mileage and transpor-
tation service involved as compared
with corresponding service to and
from the so-called common point ter-
ritory. and corresponded with the
differentials applicable generally
throughout We«t and Southwest
Texas." Mr. Safford said. “Therefore
this differential adjustment is not
confined to the Rio Grande \ alley
or to the Missouri Pacific Lines but
applies alike to all territory in-
voiced and to all carriers serving
that section of Texas.
“Since the decision of the Com-
mission referred to the traffic has
moved freely under the existing
rates and no complain has been |
made to u< involving the gereral ;
piinciples laid down by the < om- j
mission in their decision. The ques-
tion of removing the differential .
has not been discussed with us ami
manifestly could not be considered
without at the same time giving
consideration to the entire differ-
ent al territory in West and South-
west Texas served by Missouri Pa-
cific Lines as well as other lines
where the conditions are not sub- 1
stantially different and where the
rates are differentially related to
Texas common points.”
GALVESTON GRAIN
SHIPMENTS HEAVY
GALVESTON*. Texas. July IT.—
—The deluge of golden grain which
broke with the opening of the new
season on July 1. continues unabated
and for the first 16 day? of this
month shipment? aggregating 4.4**-.-
! gOO bushel? of wheat have gone
through Galveston enroute to for-
eign ports according to figures made
1 public today.
Grain cars are arriving at the rate
j of around 400 per day. Ample ele-
vator space and shipping tonnage
has facilitated the movement which
is in full swing. All elevators are
working night shifts to cope with
the situation. The grain this year
averages an unusually high quality.
Sends Invitations
To Attend Funeral
CHICAGO. July 17.—(jF*—Scores
of friends of M»ss Fsther Pore. 2~
who a few days ago received invi-
i tations to her wedding on September
1. today received invitations to at-
tend her funeral. She wa~ stricken
with a heart attack and when told
that she could not live made out a
list of all those to whom she sent
wedding invitations asking that each
be invited to her funeral. She died
ym--—5 i
all “liberty lovtng" Mexican people
to open a campaign beginning July
•11 to "create a grave situation
paralyzing ns much a» possible the
economic ami social life of the coun-
try."
The circular urges Mexican cit-
izenry to carry out a joint boycott by
refusing to buy newspapers and re-
fusing to advertise in newspapers
not supporting the league silence
being consider! d a lack of support.
Hy avoiding the us«* of automobile
and other vehicles and refrain from
attending private and public amuse-
ments use the least possible amount
of electricity refuse to send their |
children to the public schools and
become active propagandists for the
boycott punishing those who attempt j
to break or weaken the campaign. |
“These drastic measures do not j
nenl to scare or awaken the scruples ‘
of the people because it is a life or 1
death struggle being carried esut '
against the Catholic church of Mex- ;
ico” the circular says.
The circular declares the campaign S
will he fully supported by the gen- 1
eral committee of the national Epis-1
copy of which Archbishop Mora Del
Rio is president and the bishop of
Tabasco is secretary. Embodied in
the circular is a letter from the
archbishop wherein he says:
"The plan seems to us to be de-
serving of full praise owing to the
ebjective* pursued and also because
of the orderly and peaceful manner
in which it is to be developed. We
are with you in your work of vindi-
cation of just rights and wc recom-
mend that worshipers and clergy-
men operate wholeheartedly.”
The government gives hq indica-
tion of yielding in its attitude i it
intimates it will close every school
where religion is taught also strictly
enforcing all other details of the
regulations that religion must not
be taught in the schools and that
foreign clergymen shall not offici-
ate in Mexican churches. They are
designed to enfyrce provisions of the
Mexican con.-titution which hereto-
fore have been disregarded.
Vera • i;.. dispatch)
nuns two of them Mexicans and the
ethers believed to be mostly Spanish
sailed for Havana on the s*'-ain.*r
Cristobal Colon. Seven Spanish
m ie>ts were aKo on board leaving
the country because of the re-
ligious situation.
MEXICO CITY July 17.— *T< — Dis-
patches from Puebla say that repre-
sentatives of the federal govern-
ment closed six catholic schools there
charged with having violated* the
constitution by teaching religion.
Cons’dcrable excitement wa« caused
when troops searched the churches
for foreign priests while services
we he being held the dispatches say.
The search was fruitless they add.
NEW FEATURE
IN KIDNAPING
Mayor of Agua Prieta
Charged With At-
tempt to Extort
LOS ANGELES July IT.—vP —At-
torneys for Aimer* Semple McPher-
son evangelist and center of a sixty-
day mystery involving her reported
drowning alleged kidnaping* and
•graphically na; rated escape today
placed in the hands of the district
attorney here an affidavit charging
Erne»to Budion mayor of Agua
Prieta Mexico with attempting to
extort money from the Angelus
Temple religious leader.
The affidavit was made by William
Appel interpreter who said that he
officiated in that capacity in con-
versations in the Curio Cafe. Agua
Prieta July 2 between Presidente
Budion and Mrs. McPherson.
At that time Mrs. McPherson was
making her second series of inrur-
I sions in an effort to locate the
! shack in which she said she had
j been held by kidnapers.
DIVORCED A ITER 51 YEARS
OMAHA. July 17 - P—After 51
years of married life Mrs. Lorina
■ Creely. 6*. Blatteraouth. Neb. vts
| granted a divorce in district court
here from Charles F. Creely 72. She
| charped non-support.
They were married in Arizona in
1S75.
APPROVES APPOINTMENTS
WASHINGTON. July 17.- P—
President Coolidpe ha* approved the
appointment of Lt. CoL Frank P-
Lahm and Lt. Col. William E. 0*11-1
more as brigadier generals in the
army air service.
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GET EXTENSION
OF OPTION ON
BARREDA LAND
Chicago Company Ex-
pects to Close Deal
For Big Acreage Be-
fore August 15
Chicago capital is expected to
close in a short time a deal for the
Harreda Tract containing 10.0K9.U6
acres one of the largest individual
holdings of irrigable land in the
Lower Rio tirade Valley and in-
volving a total consideration of $1-
560000.
F. (1. Gillock of the Gillock De-
velopment Company of Chicago has
been in the city several days and
$5000 was paid to ('. 1’. Bi.rreda own-
er of the tract Friday as an ex-
ten ion of an option taken on the
property on June 5. and running to
July 15. The option was extended
until August 15. but Mr. Gillock ays
the property will change hands be
fore that time. The eomj any also is
acquiring about 3000 acres of land
in the Lagum Vista tract for which
nearly $500000 will be paid. This
tract is owned by lift stockholders
all over the United States and the
land is bt ing bought from the indi-
j viduals.
The Chicago interests paid down
$10000 on the option on June 5 when
tin; contract was made and an ad-
ditional payment was made Friday.
W hen the deed is made over the
Chicagoans the first payment will
be $250000. Payments will extend
ever a period of five years
Mr. Gillock >ai.l the reason the
j transfer was not made Friday was
i because the proper papers were not
ready but that they would probably
be before August 15. The company
proposes extensive development to in-
clude a towns it e at the railroad sta-
tion of Harreda.
The Harreda tract i one of the
j few remaining undeveloped proper-
! ties in the irrigated area of the Val-
| ley. It lies between the Kio Grande
\ and South Iowa gardens. It is
j bounded on the west by the Canales
tract also owned by Mr. Harreda.
BRIAND WARNS
OPPOSITION
Radicals Blamed For
French Financial
Situation
PARIS July 17. <■?*) — Premier
Briand's tenth government resigned
! today after suffering a defeat in
the chamber of deputies on its full
power financial bill.
The vote was on the question of
passing to discussion the govern -
! raent's bill article by article and
; had been made a question of confi-
dence by finance Minister ( aiilaux.
| The offciial vote was given at 24o in
j favor of the government and 2nd
aaginst.
PARIS July 17. — (A’t—Premier
Briand and Edouar i Herribtt the
radical leadt r locked horns in one
of the most memorable oratorical
{duels in the history of the thirl re-
public this afternoon in the open-
ing of debate on the government’s
bill demanding full power to settle
| the financial crisis by the issuance
jof decrees.
The debate began before a feverish
house which was treated to the
j unusual spectacle of the pre-idem of
the ohamber i Herriott). deserting
his station and mounting the ros-
trum to attack the government as
leader of his party group.
Premier Briand had so much the
better of the encounter that dur ng
a suspension of the session.- Her-
riott's partisans decided to with-
; draw their motion designed to -end
-the government's bill bark to the fi-
nance committee for reconsiderat on.
However as soon as the sitting
was resumed former Minister Louis
M rin. leader of the moderate group
which has seved Btknd from defeat
on several occasion* declared hi*
' . w* r a .to .*<« ord the
government the right to regulate by
decrees such matters as readjust-
ment of taxe- inflation the contrac-
tion of foreign loans or disposal of
the met»llic part of the bank of
France.
Premier Briend solemnly warned
the deputies that if they refused to
grant the government a free hand
to act quickly am! check the slide of
the franc thev would be responsible
fur the situation.
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CONGRESSMAN SELLS
* * *
‘BEER’ WITH LEGAL
* * *
ALCOHOLIC CONTENT
NEW YOHJC. July 17.—i/h—fon-
gressman F.* 11. Luguardia “tended
bar** in an uptown drugstore to-
day.
He served a concoction composed
ol malt extract 8.50 |>er cent alco-
hol) anif near beer (lean than one-
half af one per cent) mixed so as
to form “beer** of a legal alcoholic
content of 2.75 per cent.
The demonstration was an at-
tempt to force a test of the dry
law but MajAr t’hester I*. .Mills.
New York administrator an-
nounced that he “would take no
cognisance** of the occasion.
To whiih the socialist congress-
man replied “so much the better'*
anil poured out another round for
a group of friends and newspaper
reporters.
SECURE OPIUM
IN HOTEL RAID
Border Smuggler Used
Diplomat to Trans-
port Narcotic
NEW YORK. July 17— <**>—Close
uj on the h* els of discovery of opium
in the hotel room of his secretary
and before he had accomplished hi<
mission to the United States I»r. A.
j H. Saavedra vice-president of Ro-
* livia was listed as a passenger on
a vessel sailing today for Rio De
Janioro.
' ustoms inspectors here notified
Washington that they raided the
room at the hotel McAlpin of Reyes
Ortis. secretary to the vice pres-
ident and found a 25-pound pack-
age of opium.
Dr. Saavedra consented to the seiz-
ure and neither he nor his secrc-
try i- suspecte l of hav nir had knowl-
edge of the contents of the package.
Dr. Saavedra who jg accompanied
hy his wife and two doughters came
here to think the United States for
it special representation at the in-
auguration of the Bolivian presi-
dent. He stopped in Mexico City
for the same J urpose. and while
there it was explained a Mexican
named Vazquez asked S< nor Ortis
to bring a package to New York for
him. and Senor Ortiz consented.
Yasquez. however hoa-ted of his
trick to a friend on the border and
customs inspectors here were in-
formed. Yasquez is reported to be
under arrest either in Laredo or
El Paso.
LAJtEDO Texas. July 17.—<-P.—
Jose Yasquez Claure. a Bolivian. wa«
held in jail here today in default of
$500000 bond after a hearing on
charces of conspiracy in the importa-
tion of opium into the United States.
He was arrested yesterday after a
quantity of the drug was seized in
the rooms of Reyes iirtiz secretary
of vice president Saavedra of Bo-
livia. in a New York hotel.
Claure first gave his name as
Yasquez officers said. He was for-
merly a newspaper reporter in Mex-
ico City. He is charged with hand-
ing the package of opium to Ortiz in
Mexico City recently and it was
brought into this country by the lat-
ter without knowledge of its con-
tents. according to New York alvices.
Mexico Secretary
Arrives in U. S.
I-AREDO July 17 ~t4V—Aaron
Saenz secretary of foreign relations
| in the cabinet oj President Calles of
Mexico accompanied by his family
private secretary and other prom-
inent Mexican officials arrived here
this morning from Mexico City and
left on the morning train for San
Antonio.
It is reported that Secretary Saenz
is enroute to the Pacific Coast on
a plca-ure trip and a needed rest.
REVERSE NATION CASE
ST. LOUIS. July 17.—JP—The
case of Herber Nation of Jefferson
City convicted in May. 1926 in fed- !
| <ral court of conspiracy to violate
i the Volstead Act. was reversed today j
in the United States circuit court
j of appeals here.
ROOSEVELT ON DUTY
NEW YORK. July 17.—>P—fol. |
Theodore Roc «*••?’♦ refo*m«»fi tr *». j
tive military dupy today for the first
time '.i»'e th<r world war. He w»*
assigned far a fifteen d-y period to
the Twentv-'Wth Infantry at Platt*.
buigh barracks the same regiment
<9f the first division A. E. F which
I he led*iu France.
DIES IN IRELAND
»
I). A. O’BRIEN
News of the death of D. A. O'Brien prominent Browns-
ville business man was received this morning in a cable*
gram front his old home in Ireland.
Body of Man Taken
from the Rio Grande;
Not Fully Identified
The body of a man believed to be J. C. Elliott w hose
home address is unknown was taken out of the Kio
(■rande at Brownsville early this afternoon.
Sheriff L. (■. Nichols said (hat papers indicated the
man to be some sort of a salesman. The upper part of
his face was eaten away. The body evidently had been
in the water for a day or more.
A purse was found in his clothes but was empty.
Other effects included an express receipt from San An-
tonio. and a honehandled pocket knife.
The sheriff’s department was working on the case
this afternoon.
PART STOLEN
GOODS FOUND
Matamoros Officers
Assist Clearing Up
Valley Robbery
Five members of what is believed
to he a ring of thieves which has
been operating in the Lower Rio
Crande Volley recently are in the
jail at Matamoros following a serie>
of raids by the police thrre on
houses where stolen goods were
found. The ring leader is being
sought by officers.
Matamoros police were furnished
with clues secured by John T. Arm-
strong. lieutenant of police in
Brownsville and John Martin peace
officer. Matamoros police made a
series of searches and arrests which
revealed merchandise part of which
has beeen identified as having come
f/om the Mission store of 1. E.
Oppenhe-mer. Members of the M.
T. Kaplan firm in Brownsville rob-
bed several weeks ago have inspect-
ed the goods found but were unable
to identify any of it.
.Many dresses have been discovered
and merchants from Mission. Har-
lingen. Weslaco and Brownsville who
have been robbed in the last few
weeks have been inspecting the
goods. So far only goods from the
Mission store have been identified.
First information on the stolen
goods was secured when a Matamoros j
saioon keeper traded some liquor for |
some clothirg. The saloon keeper :
was the first man arrested and he !
revealed the name of the man from
whom he purchased the goods. Dis-
covery of some of the stolen goods
in the hands of a woman who re-
sides there led to the search of
several ether such places with the
discovery of more loot.
The men in j»i! are Mexican citi-
zens and will he tr>ei in Mexican
court# on charge# of «elling stolen
goods and os charges of having vio-
lated the Mexican customs law# by
smuggling the mater:;.! across the
river.
KILLED IN LANDSLIDE
VIENNA. July 17. <4*i—Reports
from Belgrade say that between 80
and I on person* were killed when a
land slide burned a railroad train
near Scars jero Bosnia.
ENGLISH DOCTOR SAYS
* * *
BOBBED HAIR IS GREAT\
* * *
BOON FOR THE WOMEN
_
LONDON July 17.— Robbed and
shingled hair is an undisguised
|
bleftftin? fays Dr. J. Franc is Tay-
lor. medical officer of heulth for
Walthamstow in the section of hi«
annual report referring to girls’
schools.
“May the fashion long con-
tinue" adds the doctor.
“Cleanliness and freedom of the
brain-case from the weight and
heat of great masses of hair more
than compensate for the lots of
the abundant locks to which an
old fetish attributes a woman's
glory” says the report.
COW SAMPLES
BY TO DEATH
BEAOIONT Teias. July 17 —T. |
C. He man. Jr. 13 month* old baby
of Mrs. Herman of this city died ;
this morntr.jr as a result of betnjr i
trampled by a row in the yard of
their home yesterday afternoon.
The father was romping with the
child and was carrying him on hi* ]
shoulders when the cow suddenly |
howled them over. The baby received
internal injuries which resulted in ;
death.
Claims Friend In
Asylum Illegally
AUSTIN July 17.—Charging that
N. T. Sharp of I'lainviiw is being
held “unlawfully and illegally” in
the state hospital for the insane
here B F. Ray as next best friend
has filed sut here for writ of habeas
corpus ng'iimt Dr. J. Spr nger sup-
erintended of the asylum.
Rav filed the suit in the criminal
district court here asking that Dr.
Springer he commanded to bring
Sharp into court and that Sharp be
released from the asylum.
The petition alleges that Sharp Is
he ng held against his wilt and has
“committed no offense and no crime.”
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RECEIVED BY
FRIEND HERE
Left Brownsville Six
Weeks Ago to Visit
Boyhood Home in
Old Country
D. A. O’Brien of Brownsville for
many years one of the most prom-
inent residents of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley died at f'lonakilty
County of Cork Ireland. A briaf
cablegram announcing his burial yes-
terday was received here today by
John Gregg from Mrs. O’Brien who
hud accompanied her husband on
his trip to the old country.
Mr. O’Brien’s friends here had no
intimation that the was ill and tho
news of his death rame as a great
shock.
Mr. O'Brien left six weeks ago to
visit his old home in Ireland. Ho
came to this country when a boy
and this was his first trip back to
the old home a trip he had been
anticipating with pleasure for sev-
eral years.
His family consists of his wife
one daughter. Miss Julia who is at
present in lies Moines Iowa attend-
ing a convention of the Professional
and Business Women's Clubs and a
grandson. Julian Giraud.
Prior to coming to Brownsville in
1913 Mr. O'Brien resided in Hous-
ton Austin and Kingsville serving
as chief clerk of the state railroad
commission several years. He was for
many years connected with several
of the big railroad companies in
Texas in an executive capacity.
Huring the first years of his re»^ I
idence in Brownsville Mr. Oflrien
was secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce resigning that position
when he acquired control of the Rio
Grande Railway. His efforts from
that time were wholly devoted to
-ecurir.g a deep water port at Point
Isabel and in many campaigns for a
Valley harbor he was tendered lead-
ership.
He retired from the management
of the Rio Grande Railroad when
that property was acquired by W.
T. Eldridge and he immediately an-
nounced that he would make a long- t
deferred trip to Ireland to visit tho
old home of his boyhood.
“This is the first vacation I have
ever had" he stated just prior to
leaving. “For thirty years I havo
been longing to see my relatives my
old home and old friends in Ireland
and now that my business affairs no
longer require my presence 1 am
going to make the trip."
DIES AFTER '
GUN BATTLE
Victim Refuses to Dis-
close Details of
AMARILLO July 17 — Hi.
left arm broken shot twice in the
abdomen and once in the right leg in
a gun buttle with several alleged
bandits between 1 and 2 o’clock Fri-
day morning near the bridge over
Canadian river north of Horger in
the Panhandle oil field “Boll
Weev I Blavlork d.*t. died l«iKt night
in an Amarillo hospital.
“Boll Weevil” died with closed
lips failing to tell the story ut the
fight. Police Chief Clark Cain at-
tempted to have him “come through*
but “Boll Weevil” was adamant.
Whitteman Heads
Bar Association
DFN'VLR Colo.. July 17.-
Former Governor Charles S. Whitta-
man of New York wras unanimously
elected president of the American
Bar Association succeeding Chester
L. Long of Wichita Kansas at tho
closing session of the organisation'*
convention here today.
Frederick A. Wadhamt of Albany*
N. Y wa* re-elected treasurer and
William I*. McCracken Jr. of Chir
eago re-elected sercetary.
TWO KILLED
BURLINGTON. La. July 17.—(Ay—
Fred Briggs of Mount lieasant La.*
and Mrs. W'alter Hteinfeldt of Co-
lumbus Ga. were killed when
automobile turru-'g«v*r while gala
odwn Blakery hill southeast of
today.
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The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1926, newspaper, July 17, 1926; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1379428/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .