The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 160, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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FISHING TACKLE I THE S VMSON
w? r Windmill with Hyatt
ror livery INeed R..iicr rearing Needs
Oilir.« only onrc every
W. H. I’utegnai Hardware Co. - vcars
b«...vuv t«.. ALAMO IRON WORKS
Browiw»l.e. T«»a«_ 5AN ANTONIO_BROWNSVILLE
VOL. XXXV No. 160. I
WILLACY WILL
GET TOGETHER.
SHERIFF SAYS
People Tired of Fac-
tionalism And Un-
favorable Publicity
Given County
“Willacy county r idcnts v ant
nothing but pence* and an oppor-
tunity to develop the coi.nty" vn
the comment of Luther I> Snow re
eently appointed sheriff of Willacy
county who came to Brownsville to-
day to attend the hearing in th< al
l?ged intimidatiqp ease.
“I believe 1 am speaking for P;»
|x*r cent of the resident of Willa >
county when I say that we arc ••><1
heartily tired of the unfavoral <•
publicity the ccunty has been re-
ceiving and the factional strife
which has torn the county. I hive
talked to cores of representative
citizens of the county since um-
ing the office of sheriff and 1 can
► uy without qualification that mem-
bers of all factions and part es are
ready to end the factionalism and
to work in harmony for the inter. -'
of what w® contend is the In s; coun-
ty in Texas.
I wish to stnte emphatically that
I will endeavor to enforce the law
to the best of my ability. I am ui M r
obligations to no man party oi f .
lion. When I accepted the position
of sheriff. I did *o with the hope
that I could rally to my support the
entire citizenship of the countv. and
with their aid recover the prestige
that has l.<cn lost- 1 am making no
criticism < f anyone. I believe that
every man is entitled to justice and
it will b
Is met'd out to the Jaw breakers r«
gardles* of who they may he.”
Sheriff Fn< w ta’ed t ‘ .it. h.- in
appointed no deputies hut will i.
aided by I.sght Townsend Texa #
ranger on® of the most v id'df
known peace officers in Texas* "*l
realize my inexperience as a.ptac
officer" 'tr. Snow added. “Ijut I nm
not the kind that will no Venice the
advice of men of exper.Jk. lik» Mr.
Townsend."
"We are g*-ing to ffj together in
Willacy county. nni^n feel assured
from the stateniju-flr mad - bv lead-
0 I
w thin a ^ jti’f'nt* Willacy countv
* ciliz-ma Will be* found wot king t*I
e.*tlg|fr7 shoulder to shouldet for the
<yf' elopmetit Ian era >f good will
** and pi* peril* which wall complete!
obliterate the tioublous period
through wh cli we ha* e pruned."
Sheriff Snov. for twelve ai
resident of Willacy county has
never be n identified with any p -
liticul group or faction lie ha* al-
ways sought to bring peace betwetn
the various elem< ts to eliminate
factionalism aid .ecur unanimous
cooperation in pi* u • ting the prog
res* and development of th«■ county.
He h:i* served as deputy game war-
den for sevornI mouths is an an! lit
wportsman. having made u record as
a lion-killer lie i- ".'i years of ag<
and bis clean out-door life i re-
flected in hi -taluart figure and
easy bearing ..huh rmirks h m
man who fuiiy i t able f haul
deimg the harden he ha a-sum <1
in accepting the p unit ton of sheriff
SECOND STAY IS
GIVEN HASSELL
AUSTIN
(leorgi* .1 ila "11 tif Fa tew ell con-
fessed slayer < f thirteen persons. an*|
rentence.l to die '1 irvh ita was grant-
ed a aecond HO ■ .. -i ij* of < xecut.*•
by (love11 r Mm U today
liasacIt's ex utian nr t potdp nej
from February *'■ bv . ' 1 day reprieve
now is set for A in il utile* higher
court action result in a reversal.
In g aecond
of clemency w l > h w rerotittnerid * *
by the be..id i pard . Mcody a d
the death warrant w..» 11 tea.-t 11 v exe-
cuted and gianti I Hassell H'l m • e
day* in which i fit application.
WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Lower ILo
pjian d* ValL I r t • partly
cloudy tonight a 1 Thursday; no de-
cided change it ■ |eiature
For Rust V. as: Fa r tor.ght:.
colder in north* t ortion: Thui*
day portly elm. .’. colder m r no-
cost portion. 1 . ht to moderate
shifting winds 1 tlu oo-t Lecon n
northerly
pailt Riior Bulletin
FlewJ I’r. out 24 Hr. 24 Hr
Fiacc Stater Chng. Ham
Pel R»
Fugle P**'" * *
Uredo .. 21 “*:t O.rt
Kio Grande 21 1 I
Mission 2S » •» ®
San Benito .. 2S '• • «
Brownsville Is - 0 1
Hirer Forces*!
There will be no material change
j„ the river
temperatures
City - Highest Lowest
Brow n.-v ■
Miami .
T»nn»» I 't
Sen Francisco ••*• •*»
111 ...""" ■
I
Shanghai Base for
6World Revolution’
Commander Says
-„ -
BOOZE SEARCH
IS LEGALIZED
Follow Ups on Arrest
Permitted Without
Warrant
A • ST IN’ Text« . Mar. 23. -iA*i—Of
fleers can legally search premi es
for h«|u r and chtain admissible evi-
dence us a follow-up to an arrest
made in the same lonn.tion without
* search warrant the court of crim-
inal appeals held today in so mining
the one year conviction of Jack
Moore Krith county on a charge of
pfssessitig limit r.
I ml court testimony presented
with th«* appeal showed that Moore
w:» arrested by iin officer who
claimed to have seen him put a quart
bottle of beer in a paper sack and
*arr\ it out of hi- store. Without a
warrant the officer am tod M n-
and using the seized bottle as a
!due got a warrant itn«l searched the
store allegedly fir.dieg other beer.
“Hearsay evidence” figured in!
the criminal appeals court’ reasons j
for reversing the one year conviction i
of James Scott 1 a*s county. <>n a j
chmg • ot possessing liquor maim-I
laetui ing equipment.
N©ft was convicted mainly on ten-I
timony of a witness who claimed to
have.*seen him operating a still ana I
thep*told the sheriff who raided the
-.Ifll and later arrested Scott else- |
fwhere. The court held that the tes-
timony w; **heai ay” not sufficient
for conviction and sent the case
back ftr retrial.
HOLD DOCTOR FOR
MURDER OF WIFE
WASHINGTON I*. < . March 23.—
4' \ft»*r finding a woman's body
Hi the i’otomac river today the
U ashingti n p ill telegraph .1 |..
Madmen Wi.*„ authorities to take
into custody four ir.ve-tigat.cn Dr.
Knut Houck formerly a physician
at St. Kli/ahetn's hospital here
'whose wife disappeared several
months ago.
The police said th body had been
identified as that of Mrs. Gladys
’Houck by calling cards on her per-
son.
Tin woman had been missing from
her home here since December 17
. Dr. Ilouik was found in an ex-
Mmnely nervous condition at New
^oik. two days later and was brought
l ack to \\ ushington. where he was
placed uml r observation at a hos-
pital
He was neVer able to throw any
l:ght on his wife's disappearance al-
though hi had expressed confidence
that she v.;ts •till alive. After un-
dergoing treatment he went to Wj*
consul to join relatives.
Peaches Has $150
And Her Rent Paid
NEW YORK. March 28-—(**>—
Beaches Browning was somewhat
more optimistic today o\ r loss of
the separation suit against her
wealthy husband Edward W. Brown*
il»«.
*‘l*ve got $150 in the hank my
apartment rent is wpaid until the
first of April— and who knows but
the tide may turn by then." she
said.
"March always is my hoodoo
month anyway. That’s the month 1
met Mr. Browning Now Judge Ser-
ge iV decision comes in March.”
IViicnes who attended a Broad-
way show last night with u young
man. says she has numerous valid*
vilU and l ight club offer*.
Henry Kpstrin her counsel said
-h would not seek an annulment
since dower rights would t mount to
nearly fT60000 in ease of th»* death
of Mr. Browning.
HARLINGEN WOMAN
VICTIM OF BLAZE
HARMNCEN. T
Nettie Council received burns
of her har.*i• and *>n her ht] * when th*
It i Ison Apart meats caught frre ht re
x est-rdav afterno* n.
Mis* Council's burns were r t re-
I gmde.l u:» i:«rioat. she was burred
1 xxb n an oil stove in her apart me? t
e*;pleded ignited w.ndt w curtains ar j
• caused th* fti-nt purl of the bu bjing
to catch on fire. A portion of the
roof and front of the budding were
destroyed bv the fire. Approximately
w 11h of damage ws* 11 •*«* t*>
• the »’ ru •tu'e which t* own*.- 1 by .!
' *ic. Wils n.
fhere were few* pers ns in the
i buildup when it ignited. There w»
a sick WotUttB in one of llIC
meats.
• By The Associated Pri-.tl
Shanghai is to be- used by its t an-
onese captors as the base for a
“world revolution.” A mar.ifi to
'onta icing this familiar con.muni-t
phrase was issued t day by the an
nose commander Pai Teung-flsi.
f*ai assured the foreign consular
office however that he intended to
ma.ntain order and he warned the j
Chine e population that the lives and
property of foreigners must be
respected.
With American marines assisting
the other foreign troops in holding
the barricades policing the intcrna-
ti nai settlement the • ituation touay
..p pea red much easier.
Chinese shnput beg n t open in the
native districts indicating that the j
reign o terror which r. ached its peak
ye terday with unrestrained looting
murder and trcttidtarism wa- over.
There v.as some firing in the hapdt
district where a small body of Shan-
tung • -i' held out against the increas-
ing w ight of the arriving Cantonese
soldiers.
AMERICAN MARINE'
STRCf K BY HI F.l.ET
SHANGHAI. March (A*> - An
armed mob numbering 500 made a
demonstratii n this morning before
the British post guarding the north-
east boundary of the international
settlement. The demonstraters fired
their rifles in the- air. The troops did j
(continued on page two.)
Contract Will Be Let
When Figures Are
Tabulated
Bids for the construction of a
drainage system in El Jardin were
opened by ttho board of directors of
i ameron county water improvement
district No. 5 in session in their of-
fice* in the Riegman Building yes-
terday afternoon*
There wer? t.vc bids on the work
with several bids made on the St>00.-
000 bond issue voted hf the distract
in January for the purpose of fi-
mincing the drainage syst?m.
These bids are now being tab- «
uh.ied and will be considered prob-
ably tomorrow by the board of direct-
ors. The directors have the right to j
reject any and all bids at that tan \
but it a choice is made the contract
probably will be let without fur-
ther delay.
Callahan & Crawford of Ran Be-
nito bid on the entire project. Kirk-
wood. Wharton & Lee bid on tile
only Th McWilliams Dredging
Company of New Orleans bid on
I
Cornu nv of Wuxahaehic. Texas bid
on the entire project and. the J. 1.1.
tieorgy Construction Cum pony oil
Beaumont Texas bid on three of
th * four section* into whicn the j
werlt is divided.
The Trinity Farms Companv gut;
thy contract for the North Flood*
wav division of the Cameron coun-
ts- firi d nr!'*ct*on works recently.
The firm of Blanchard. Bowman
*’ W*m«l of T 'lcdo Ohio was one of
*h» companies h 'iilinif p the bond
ssne John ffunti r. president of the j
bnnrd of d-rectors stated th-it the
i t re li-t not available for pub-j
1 ’ation today
BASFBALL TEAM j
BEING UNED UP
A number of player* a-e ready to
eome to Brown svilL and play hall n - I
soon as the word in given it is stated
here.
(Tarer.ee Tiner who is to manage
the Brownsville team it is proposed to
enter in the I« \.«s Valley League ;•*
getting in touch with a number t
1 all t sser*.
The number includes Meredith Hon- l
eyman first ancker; Maurice P.ed
leant second h.urger; Jesu- Pomp* j
catcher; (Hen » h ney third base !
man; “ITk " a'chieffer. cat her ;
U. of these. with the exception of
Schicff nlayed wit'' B_own * !’« 1
i»t y3ir. Sch offer cau -ht for We j
laco and also maniiM'd the team for
a time.
Ai engent* nt* are living made to j
act a ball park in shape.
Cameron Courthouse
Lawn Is Beutified
Farther beautifkwtiolt of the f*»*n- j
cr.-n countv courthouse lawn is being
accomplished.
Sixteen additional trees cf the rr- .
namental type have been planted. This
includes two Japanese ce.itr* ir i *«vn j
leouat trees for each of the f or en- j
A *s to tfc'O c 'U.iy
"» {*(> W|* 3||* r J|i!;;l»"|!*!j|||y j| ||yj Itiinff1 of HJ&ifli s
ard other tree in the count} front
yard.
ountv official* are prottd of the
. appjarar.ci: tf the building tat; ti;
riaovauo a»4 ef the igwa.
Banquet Will Follow
Auto Tour; Will In-
spect Entire Valley
Section
SAN BENITO Tex. Mr. **.—
Change.- in ai ran eluent. ' i enter-
taining the Member of the Am nan
Agricultural Editor* Association who
will l»e in the Valley on March -a.
vi* heen m;i k* it was announced
here today by J. K. Bell pre idcnt of
the Valley Chamber of Commerce
secretaries association with a ban-
quet ir Matamoro* on the night < f
larch :;.r> as the f vatu re of the enter-
tainment.
At this banquet the 75 editorfrom
all parts of tne United State? will b;
joined by leading men of the Valley
al ng development lines Chamber «»f
Commerce secretaries newspaper nun
and other representative Valley peo-
ple who have been invited.
"This trip meat:* a lot to the Val-
>y."* Mr. Bell said. "All the visi-
tor? are men and women connected
vith t u» leading agricultural publica-
tions in the country and it is im-
portant that they be gi en a t h met
to hear and see nil about the Valley.
“In view of this visit and the de-
sir* for Valley people to meet with
the visitor* at a banquet before they
g into Mexit >. the >1 eretari*. » have
decided to postpone their meeting
scheduled for the night of March -it. I
at Bio Hondo ir: order timt all rc'uhl
be pre cr.t at the banquet in Mata-
moro*. ”
1 iu- visit rs will tie taken oil a lout |
of the Valley during the day with
automobiles supplied by the various
cities t*f the Valley and a luncheon
will be given at Edinburg at neon.
The visitor* will be in charge of the
Chamber of Cum merer secretaries
during the tins; that they are in the
Valley.
The visitor* who will reach the Val- j
lev Friday are: Mr. and Mrs. M. C. !
Burritt. American Agriculturist New
York City: Paul B. Talbot and K. F.
Fox. C< m Belt Farmer. lies Moines
low a: Mr. and Mrs. George Wey-
mouth. Mrs. D. \V. B ach. and mot i-
tr Farm Life Spencer Indiana; Mr.
and Mrs. T L. Wheeler Indiana
Farmer Guide Huntington Indiana:
Mr. arid Mrs. Frank G. Morrhcad.
i wa Homestead l>e Moines Iowa;
Ja nes T. Nichols Wisconsin Fa: me ;
Madison Mis.; Mr. and Mr*. Dan W I
lace. The Farmer St. Paul Minn.; Mr.
and Mrs. Georg M. Slocum Michigan !
Business Farmer. Mt. lemon•. Mich.; j
Mr. and Mrs. J< W: F. Case. Mi souti.
Ruralist. St. Loui*. Mo.; Mr. and Mr*. |
L. Kurnmell. The Ohio Farmer
rlevel"ad. Ohio: Mr. and Mr*. Frank i
I. Mann The Prairie Fanner fhica- 1
go. 111.; Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Bayard
The Ohio Stud man and Farmer
Pittsburgh Pa.; Prof an! Mrs. R. U.
Rla«ingame. P*r r*vlvania Stockn.an
and Farmer. I’-tiitbti’-gh. Pa.; VV C.
Lnsset* r. Birmingham Ala.: Dr. and
M->. Tail Butler. Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Niven Memphh Tenn : Mr. and Mrs.
Enron ■> Butler. M. II. Martin Ihtllns;
•trd Mrs. W \. Hutt. Southern Pines
v r nil * The Pr«g»v aive Farmer;
Mr. and Mrs. L. R Neel and Mr. • ■*»•!
Mrs. B. Kirk Karkin. Na-hville.
T nn.: "tui Mr. and Mrs James S- ■ cd.
I ui ville Kv.. all of the Southern
Agricrltur’st. Nashville Tenr>.: C A
obb. H. W. Brown and Robert J. C.
'» d Bouthe-n R-i-nlist. Atlanta
fa • r • nd Mrs John F. Ognning-
*•• •>! Wisconsin Avncultur i • t Racine
W .: \ G. K'**-11. fanners W ■* kly
Toneka. K ir - Frank A. Bviewj Farm
>n-j R-.n-h. Dallas. Texas; Charles E.
Durst. American Fruit Hr wer Chi-
cago 111.
Fourth Trial of Jess
Billings Is Underway
<\N ANTONIO Tex. M ir. 2?
Tc *'-i *■ v in »h? fourth trial of
Jets Bill’fg* charged with ? h* mur-
!*r of 1 is w f-. D 11’* B ll:ng«. be-
-rr her** todsv after two day* had
* een s**'-nf in selecting a • ury.
Mrs. B IT re* and Hartley Home-
fiat r1 #o>md !< d in the Billing
home in July of 1924.
Johnny Shows ’Em
I n w-vr-'.w* * s-w*.. mm i
---
"Sure Shot" Johnny Jovma 10
i> unofficial pistol instructor of
the New ^ork police depart-
ment. His lather has been sup-
plying weapon* to members of
the department for years and.
Johnny has been developing his* !
marksmanship since he has "been
able to crook his finger over the
crook of a gun. \S ith a .liii. be
can hit the pistol range bulls-
< ye—no larger than a dime—TJ
times out of 100.
POUCH DRAW
Tearing Down Alibis
of Alleged Slayers
Of Snyder
XKVY YORK Mar. iiM.-a p—police
today set about to tear down piece by
piece the clab rate alibi they say
Henry Judd (Jr*»y erected for himself
w bile he and Mrs. Ruth Snyder
planned the murder of the woman's
husband.
Haddon Gray an insurance agent
unrelated to the defendant and Harry
1'la.t an adjuster were bn tight from
Syracuse tor questioning. Both mer 1
today told I’istr.it Attorney New- I
combe that the corset salesman had |
a ked them to cover up for him at
syracu-e Sunday according to infer- 1
mat ion coming from the room where
the two men were being questi ned. i
Henry Jtfi’d Gray the police say I
told the two friends that he had an
i ogag.-ment in New York with a girl 1
friend ’ and that his office might |
cheek up on him and b; “peeved" ..t
him for leaving Syracuse where he
was supposed to be working his sales
territory.
Hadd n Cray according to the at-
tache of the di-trict attorney's office*.
•' •aid to have declared it was he
who used the ttlephcne from Henry
Judd Cray’s room ir the salesman’s
absence and who rumpled the bet!1
making it appear thy salesman had
lept there Saturday night.
Anderson Is Not
Board Candidate
The name of I A. Dudley ha* been I
ubstituteo for that of A. K. Ander- !
who decided not to make the
race f r re election to the school
board. Mr. Anderson is the only cut-
tfoinif number of the present board
who is not a candidate to ucreed
h inself in the election to be held on
th fi t Saturday in April.
Petitions circulat'd yesterday were!
filed today with F. K. Starr k. see re- j
tmy of ‘he ! iard. He .ides the names'
of Harbert Davenpott. Judtre James
A. firnhrm. Dr. O. \'. Lawrence and]
Mr. Dudley a l.-t of th* f I lowing j
name was filed a candidate* for the
b ard: J. W. Ainsworth C. W.
* lark. C. €. Henderson and E. J.
i Le w i.!.
Brothers See Each Other
First time in 59 Years
After 50 and ••n**-ha!f years
Ben and H. E Summers broth-
ers. were re*united near Brosrns-
ville the other day.
Almost three-score years ajro
the brothers parted in the East
when they were still hoys.
B-r. S'irr •• -- v. <.r
years and la days on the i'enr.-
■ylvar.ia railroad. Finally he was
ef tired.
in the meantime his brother
H. E Summers lived m various
places. In 1011 he moved to
Brownsville and was in the
b>strh»ti»lthii»tr bin m-* with
Charlie Carr tint 1 Iflli when he
n»o * d to a farm near the eity.
No* • lout into lien txiiwito r-
Wtote to hi- brother here an 1
then derided to come to Browns-
'rill' an l pay h m *» visit. He
arrived here the other day and
went out to the farm.
His brother was in the front
yard as he drove up.
PI* this Henry” 'aid Ren.
"Yes** said Henry looking at
him.
“Well I'm your broth r Ren'*
was the reply. Thus were they
united after more than half a
century.
There followed then a king
talk betwe n th* r hr 'her who
k: i not seen each other in so
long a time and it was four
o'clock the next morning before
their head* finally touched their '
pillo1w.» » d th *y f ill as I ee p.
Very soon the brothers arc go-
ing tr set Amelia together. Ben
>ar.::.er- has gone hut they will
*.:.i another r union soon at
fan IHeg-i. iliforma which is
»o i the staring point for a
lagt: joarr.e*. < ?er the country.
Ben is "1 years old and Uenr; ii
7b. •
: 3
Four Men Including
Two FormerOfficers
are Arrested Today
Jesse Rose former chief deputy sheriff of Willacy county
■John Swanner also former deputy and Lee Calloway and
Archie Clark farmers near Raymondville were placed under
arrest this morning by U. S. Deputy Marshal Harold Jefferds
upon a bench warrant issued by Federal Judge J. C. Hutche-
son at Houston Monday charging the quartet with intimi-
dating at least two witnesses in the recent tiial of Sheriff
Raymond Teller and other Willacy county citizens upon
peonage charges in tedera:
court at Corpus Christi.
The four prisoners accompanied
by a number of friends in automo-
biles wera brought to Brownsville
and placed under bonds by l*. S.
Commissioner K. K. Goodrich to ap-
pear before him on March ;il for ex-
amining trial. Bonds were fixed at
16000 each.
The witnesses specified in th«
complaint who are alleged to have
been the recipients of threats are
J P. Currie and II. B. Hart the
form -r a nurseryman who has re-
sided near Knymondville two years
and the latter an attorney who has
been practicing in Willacy county
about two years. Both were wit-
ne:ses for the ynited States in the
trial of T iler and other Willacy
county citizens.
Th. first intimation that action
would lie brought against the Wil-
lacy county men emanated from
Houston las* week when J. I’. Currie
appeared before Federal Judge Hut-
cheson and n~s< -ted he hsd been
driven out of Willacy county because
he had taken the stand against Til-
ler and fondants in the Cor-
pus Christi trial.
11. G Hart who alleges he whs
iContinued on tinge two.)
PLANT LONG
PALM DRIVE
Over 5 Miles of Palms
Planted on River
Highway
Miles of palms will be planted in
Cameron County along the highways.
The announcement of the planting of
live miles of palms along the Rio
Hor.do-Harlingen highway by E. Heck-
ham who owns extensive holdings
west of the Arrcyo Colorado brings
forth an announcement of similar
planting nearer to Brownsville.
All roadways and ihe designated
highway to the 1’alni brove leading
through what Is known as the old
Kirby 1’lantati n one half mile east
of the city limits of Brownsville arc
being lined with palms.
This statement corn's from Roy
Sethman member of the S and R Sal*s
Corporation which firm is selling the
five-acre orchard tracts developed b>
New- York capital. This tract consists
of 4ho acres and when the planting
now already started is completed
there will be five miles of palms and
prospects are that there will be more
before all planting is done ays Mr.
Sethman.
Two varieties of palms a*-e b**inc
planted one palm every fifty feet
and twe A the! hedge plants in the
spaces in between. This means a
shrub every twelve and a half feet.
Alabama Reports
Big Flood Losses
YORK. Ala.. Mar. 26.—(Ah Proper-
ty 1 uss fr m flooding of the Tostbigee
river which spread over sor.ie Tl
acres yesterday was estimated today
at anproxi.tt ate Ip $500000.
II ghways were washed out and
In lock lost >n Pickens Green and
Suinter counties.
Farmer Beaten To
Death With Shotgun
TrlXARKANA. Ark. Mar. 2d.—<d‘i—
Preliminary hearing for Ben McFar-
land 60 year old farmer of Fouke.
Ark. charged with the murder < f
John Jones 65 also a farmer was set
for Saturday morning following his
arraignment t day before Mumcinal
' ourt Judge Louis Josephs here. Mc-
fnrland surrendered to Miller county
officer* Tuesday afternoon.
Jones was beaten to death with a
“hotrwn at hi* h me east of Fouke on
Red River about daybreak la -1 Satur-
day at the result of a dispute over the
ownership of a saddle arc rding to
Sheriff Fleet Magee.
Cafe Owner Held
On Slaying Charge
BROWNWOOl*. Tex. Mar. -id.'
—Robert T. Phi Hi ns. 85 was * hot and
killed Tuesday n"hl at ' r»* 1 ut. o I
f eld town 25 miles north of Brown-
wood.
L. -I llocver. cafe owner was ar-
restrd and nlr«t J in the Brown coun-
ty tail. The shooting followed a ouar-
rel that (icvvl ped after Phillip* h id
stumbled over a menu sift a on the
.Jew ala in front of Ho ewer1* cafe.
A shotgun was used
BODIES GOOD
WILL FLIERS
BACK IN U. S.
Army and Navy Pay
Tribute to Men Kill-
ed in Buenos Aires
Crash
NEW YORK X. Y.. March 2X-
f/I*;—The bodies of Captain Clinton
F. Woolaey and Lieutenant John \VL
Benton Pan-American good-will fli-
ers. who were killed February 26 in
Bu nos Aires were brought home
today for a final resting on Ameri-
can soil.
With army airplanes from Mitchell
field circling overhead the liner
Vaudnna flags at half mast slowly
crert up the harbor to its ji.er in
(Hoboken with the bodies.
Simplicity marked the ceremonies
when the ship docked.
As military and naval officers and
n emnpnny of the 16th infantry at
Governor’s Island stood at attention
the flag-draped caskets were Ijwered
from the vessel to the nicr. The
-or moot'd hand played "Nearer My
G d to Thro"
A detn hment of Hoboken mount-
ed police led th funeral procession
that slowly made its way from th •
dock to the Lackawanna railroad
station where th" bodies were to be
shinned to the west later in the day.
Ma s W ’noise y will receive th body
cf her husband at Detroit.
lieutenant Benton's body will be
taken to San Francisco.
Let Contract On
Bakery Building
< Special lu i tie Herald*
HARUKGEN Tex.. Mar. 2a.—Con-
tract has been awarded to K. II.
Buck of this city on the Svadlenttk &
lorris building here according to
R. ill. Aluihausen & Co. architects
on the building.
The bid or Ruck was approximately
$26000. The two story brick build-
ing is to be leased by Kline k- Tram-
mel of ban Benito who will operate
a wholesale bakery in it.
a ^instruction work is to start on
the building at once. It will be of
! ireproof construction 50 by 120
feet.
KYVWG ARRANGES
ACCORDION SOLOS
A new •'delicacy" has been ar-
ranged for the musical bill of fare to
be presented over KWWG local
breadcasting station at H:»ti o’clock
| on Thursday night wr.eri J. J. Telia vo*
will pl.iy solos on hi piano arc rdun.
George Desha of Brownsville bari-
tone; Mi.«k Gladene Willis pianist;
and Mrs. Jack Carley of Harlingen
-cpran.o. also arc on the program.
< arlos Guardiola is to pi a; at noon
Thursday with the L nghorn Hand
entertainers from the University of
Texas taking the air at •'* o’clock in
the evening.
Admit Letter In
Ford Libel Suit
DETROIT Mich-. ‘March 23.—GBP-
Three tunes today Aaron $apiro
participated as a reader in his ♦!-
000000 libel suit against H nry
Ford and enlivened what otherwise
was a session devoted almost ex-
clusively to arguments of counsel in
the absence of the jury.
Tb’ chief argument wav over
whether the plaintiff rou.J intro-
t dut> a letter from A. < berry of
Vakiraa Wash. of *.h< Northwest Pa-
f «if.. Association to W. J. Cam* ron
' editor of the Dearborn Independent
pointing out alleged erroneous state-
ments in an article printed by the
weekly.
The letter was barred by Judge
Fred M. Ramon bet.use he said if
that t *» of corr* - pondeneg was a«l-
1 m *!>‘d the trial w »uld become hope-
! 1* sly complicated and too broad for
I comprehension by ihe jury.
SapiroN counsel did gain permis-
«»n to cite authorities on the ad-
missibility of letters to prove the
unreliability of a writer or a report-
er imd that mean* an extended argu-
ment at a later date.
ARMS EMBARGO
NOW SUBJECT
MUCH DEBATE
Report Coolidge Ha*
Given No Consider-
ation to Advisability
Of Move
%
WASHINGTON P. C. Mar. 23.—</P|
—Interest was manifest in unofficial
circles today over the effect if any #
that termination by the United States
of the smuggling convention with
Mexico will have on the attitude of
the American government toward lift-
ing of the presidential embargo on
arms shipments into the Central
American republic.
Even in the face of authoritative
inform tion frttn the state depart-
ment that President Coolidge in re-
cent conference* with department of-
ficials has given no consideration to
the advisability of lifting the embar-
go. the subject bobbed up in informal
conversations and press dispatches
from Mexico touching upon this p int
were read with intetest.
Emanating from Mexico City the
dhpatches threw no positive light on
the situation. They said however
that the decision of the Washington
government to terminate the smug-
gling pact at the en.i of its first year
of operation next Monday had given
rise to the question of whether his
move would be followed by the lifting
of he arms embargo. Many think
one dispatch said that removal of the
embargo would result in increased
revolutionary activities against tho
l alles government.
Ir this ccnn-eetion Senator Norris
cf Nebraska chairman of the senate
judiciary romn itte< interpreted ter-
mination of the convention a* an in-
vitation to resolution and gun-run-
ning. declaring that "it simply means
that we are going to permit the ship-
ping of arms and ammunition into
Mexu •> without any restriction.*
Chairman Borah cf the senate foreign
relations committee also viewed t«r*
minatioo of tbs treaty as an act that
• <»••!' * e rftrnrded hv the Mexican
topic as ar unfriendly gesture.
THE ATI' M APE AT
- r of v s
MEXICO CITY. Mar. 23.— MP>—In
making formal announcement that
tho United States government through
it* embassy had notified Mexico of
the abrogaten of the anti-smuggling
convention the f reign office declares
that the treaty w-as entered into at a
special request of the United States
and that Mexico gave hearty coopera-
tion to fulfillment of it* provisions
during the time it was effective.
• As the initiative for this treaty lay
with the United States as also its de-
nunciation.” the foreign office -ays
"Mexic must consider the pact con-
cluded in accordance with the term*
thereof from tie twenty-eighth day
of the present month.
Mission Edinburg To
Play Exhibition Tilts
'Special to The Herald)
MISSION. Tex. Mar. 23.—The Mis-
sion and Edinburg dubs in the Texas
Valley League will play a series of
I three exhibition game* beginning on
• Thursday when the first contest will
be played in Mission. The second
game will be played in Edinburg on
Saturday and the third game on Sun-
*uv • n a diamond remaining to bo
chosen.
Mia»«olt has played two exhibition
games losing twice to the San An-
tonio rookies.
NEW BANK OPENED
At ST IN Texas Mar. 23.—iiD—
0|ening of the Lad on i a State Bank.
L.-.dootn with a capital stock of *36-
000. assuming asset* and liabilities
of the First State Bank which eluted
recently wan announced today by the
j>tatc bunking commissioner.
TRUCK MARKETS
Rr Naval Radio to The Herald
from V. S. and Texan Agriculture'
Departments
Potatoes: Kansas City—10 cars
Chicag—250 cars on track including
t Id »->ck. Texas Bliss Triumphs
$7.40-$7.60. St. Louis— 64 cars on
track. Texas Bliss Triumph $7.50-$8.00
Cabbage: Kansas City—Seven on
track. Texas new stock $2.25 per cwt.
Cincinnati—11 on track. Texas new
stock $46-$60. Philadelphia—-36 on
Hack. T< xa- R» w stock $45-$&5.
Primary destinations of Texan
r ovement reported for Tuesday#
March 2?:
Cabbage: 6 St. Louis. 4 Houston. 3
each Ft Worth. Chicago; t each
Kim rat City Cincinnati; I each
Brooklyn. M mphis. Cleveland Erin
Penn. Tital 24 cars.
Mixed veg tables: '3 each Hous-
ten St. Louis i each Shrevepoit
Lufkin. Beaumont Chicksaw Buf-
fab* fetal 11 cars. Carrots: 1 Jer-
*e< i itf.
Houston passings previous
bourn (to midnight March 22):
Cabbage: 1 Texarkana- Beets
ford. Potatoes
each i (alias. Memphis.
meats for entire t
t.r.ue1 i on pegs twj.)
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